January 2010 arXiv papers — page 27

Ernesto A. Matute

We go beyond the Standard Model guided by presymmetry, the discrete electroweak quark-lepton symmetry hidden by topological effects which explain quark fractional charges as in condensed matter physics. We show that partners of the particles of the Standard Model and the discrete symmetry associated with this partnership appear as manifestations of a residua

Donald M. Davis

We determine the p-exponent in many of the coefficients in the power series (log(1+x)/x)^t, where t is any integer. In our proof, we introduce a variant of multinomial coefficients. We also characterize the power series x/log(1+x) by certain zero coefficients in its powers.

Peter Jorgensen, Kiriko Kato

We define the symmetric Auslander category A^s(R) to consist of complexes of projective modules whose left- and right-tails are equal to the left- and right tails of totally acyclic complexes of projective modules. The symmetric Auslander category contains A(R), the ordinary Auslander category. It is well known that A(R) is intimately related to Gorenstein p

Yu Bao, Allen Caldwell, Daniel Greenwald, Guoxing Xia

Low-energy muon beams are useful for a range of physics experiments. We consider the production of low-energy muon beams with small energy spreads using frictional cooling. As the input beam, we take a surface muon source such as that at the Paul Scherrer Institute. Simulations show that the efficiency of low energy muon production can potentially be raised

S. Silich, G. Tenorio-Tagle, C. Munoz-Tunon, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla

We present a detailed study of the hydrodynamics of the matter reinserted by massive stars via stellar winds and supernovae explosions in young assembling galaxies. We show that the interplay between the thermalization of the kinetic energy provided by massive stars, radiative cooling of the thermalized plasma and the gravitational pull of the host galaxy, l

R. Alonso, H. J. Deeg, P. Kabath, M. Rabus

We present the results of a ground-based search for the secondary eclipse of the 3.3 Mjup transiting planet CoRoT-2b. We performed near infrared photometry using the LIRIS instrument on the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope, in the H and K_s filters. We monitored the star around two expected secondary eclipses in two nights under very good observing condition

Gy. M. Szabó, O. Haja, K. Szatmáry, A. Pál

We detected the transit of HAT-P-6b at HJD 2454698.3908 +/- 0.0011 and that of WASP-1b at HJD 2454774.3448 +/- 0.0023. The updated orbital periods of the planets are 3.852992 +/- 0.000005 days (HAT-P-6b) and 2.519970 +/- 0.000003 days (WASP-1b). There is no indication of any departures from constant orbital period in these systems.

Sangita Bose, Vyacheslav M. Silkin, Robin Ohmann, Ivan Brihuega

Image potential states (IPSs) are electronic states localized in front of a surface in a potential well formed by the surface projected bulk band gap on one side and the image potential barrier on the other. In the limit of a two-dimensional solid a double Rydberg series of IPSs has been predicted which is in contrast to a single series present in three-dime

Johan Hansson

Two fundamental, and unsolved problems in physics are: i) the resolution of the "measurement problem" in quantum mechanics ii) the quantization of strongly nonlinear (nonabelian) gauge theories. The aim of this paper is to suggest that these two problems might be linked, and that a mutual, simultaneous solution to both might exist. We propose that th

Sebastian Deffner, Obinna Abah, Eric Lutz

We consider the nonequilibrium work distribution of a quantum oscillator with modulated angular frequency. We examine the discrete-to-continuous transition of the distribution as the temperature and the degree of nonadiabaticity of the frequency transformation are increased. We further develop a perturbative approach to analyze the effect of weak quartic anh

L. Fernandez-Jambrina, R. Lazkoz

We consider FLRW cosmological models with standard Friedmann equations, but leaving free the equation of state. We assume that the dark energy content of the universe is encoded in an equation of state $p=f(ρ)$, which is expressed with most generality in the form of a power expansion. The inclusion of this expansion in Friedmann equations allows us to constr

Z. Sadygov, A. Olshevski, N. Anphimov, T. Bokova

Design and physical operation principles of new microchannel avalanche photodiode (MC APD) with gain up to 10^5 and linearity range improved an order of magnitude compared to known similar devices. A distinctive feature of the new device is a directly biased p-n junction under each pixel which plays role of an individual quenching resistor. This allows incre

Miaomiao Fu, Zhenxin Liu

The concept of square-mean almost automorphy for stochastic processes is introduced. The existence and uniqueness of square-mean almost automorphic solutions to some linear and non-linear stochastic differential equations are established provided the coefficients satisfy some conditions. The asymptotic stability of the unique square-mean almost automorphic s

L. Fernandez-Jambrina, R. Lazkoz

In this talk we review the appearance of new types of singularities (big rip, sudden singularities...) in FLRW cosmological models that have arisen on considering explanations for accelerated expansion of our universe.

Sascha Kurz, Nikolas Tautenhahn

We combine the parametric Barvinok algorithm with a generation algorithm for a finite list of suitably chosen discrete sub-cases on the enumeration of complete simple games, i.e. a special subclass of monotone Boolean functions. Recently, Freixas et al. have proven an enumeration formula for complete simple games with two types of voters. We will provide a s

TOF Collaboration, M. Abdel-Bary, S. Abdel-Samad, K. -Th. Brinkmann

A systematic study of the production of omega-mesons in proton-proton-collisions was carried out in a kinematically complete experiment at three excess energies(epsilon= 92, 128, 173MeV). Both protons were detected using the large-acceptance COSY-TOF spectrometer at an external beam line at the Cooler Synchrotron COSY at Forschungszentrum Jülich. The total c

Vincenzo Branchina, Marco Di Liberto, Ivano Lodato

The fluctuation-dissipation theorem (FDT) is very general and applies to a broad variety of different physical phenomena in condensed matter physics. With the help of the FDT and following the famous work of Caldeira and Leggett, we show that, whenever linear response theory applies, any generic bosonic or fermionic system at finite temperature $T$ can be ma

Ivan Tsyfra, Tomasz Czyzycki

We consider a class of linear ODEs of second order with variable coefficients and construct its Lie algebra of Lie group of equivalence transformations. Further we find invariants and differential invariants of this Lie algebra and by using them we formulate criteria of equivalence of the equations under consideration. These criteria enable us to characteriz

G. Sardin

Special relativity calculates, by means of the Lorentz gamma factor, the proper time of all inertial systems from the observer proper time, which is taken as a time standard. So, any temporal inference relies in first instance on the observer own time. The question is thus: what fixes the observer proper time? This will be the crucial point debated here. Thi

Albert Guillen i Fabregas, Alfonso Martinez

The performance of bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM) with bit shaping (i.e., non-equiprobable bit probabilities in the underlying binary code) is studied. For the Gaussian channel, the rates achievable with BICM and bit shaping are practically identical to those of coded modulation or multilevel coding. This identity holds for the whole range of values

Y. Ascasibar, A. Diaz

We present a method to include the effects of gravity in the plasma physics code Cloudy. More precisely, a term is added to the desired gas pressure in order to enforce hydrostatic equilibrium, accounting for both the self-gravity of the gas and the presence of an optional external potential. As a test case, a plane-parallel model of the vertical structure o

B. Reulet, J. Gabelli, L. Spietz, D. E. Prober

We report the first experimental data of the third moment of current fluctuations in a tunnel junction. We show that both in the classical and quantum regimes (low or high frequency as compared to voltage), it is given by $S_{I^3}=e^2I$. We discuss environmental effects in both regimes.

Laura Greggio

This paper investigates on the possible systematic difference of Supernovae Ia (SN Ia) properties related to the age and masses of the progenitors that could introduce a systematic bias between low and high redshift SN Ia's. The relation between the main features of the distribution of the delay times (DTD) and the masses of the progenitors is illustrate

Paolo Pani, Emanuele Berti, Vitor Cardoso, Yanbei Chen

We study gravitational-wave emission from the quasi-circular, extreme mass ratio inspiral of compact objects of mass m0 into massive objects of mass M>>m0 whose external metric is identical to the Schwarzschild metric, except for the absence of an event horizon. To be specific we consider one of the simplest realizations of such an object: a nonrotating thin

R. M. Kashaev

A Delta-groupoid is an algebraic structure which axiomatizes the combinatorics of a truncated tetrahedron. By considering two simplest examples coming from knot theory, we illustrate how can one associate a Delta-groupoid to an ideal triangulation of a three-manifold. We also describe in detail the rings associated with the Delta-groupoids of these examples.

Mariam Bouhmadi-Lopez

Despite the nice features of the Dvali, Gabadadze and Porrati (DGP) model to explain the late-time acceleration of the universe, it suffers from some theoretical problems like the ghost issue. We present a way to self-accelerate the normal DGP branch, which is known to be free of the ghost problem, by means of an f(R) term on the brane action. We obtain the

Rustam Ibadov, Burkhard Kleihaus, Jutta Kunz, Michael Leissner

At finite weak mixing angle the sphaleron solution of Weinberg-Salam theory can be endowed with angular momentum proportional to the electric charge. Here we show, that this holds also for sphaleron-antisphaleron systems such as pairs, chains and vortex rings. We also address the equilibrium conditions for these solutions.

Aurora Sicilia-Aguilar, Thomas Henning, Lee Hartmann

We present accretion rates for a large number of solar-type stars in the Cep OB2 region, based on U band observations. Our study comprises 95 members of the ~4 Myr-old cluster Tr 37 (including 20 "transition" objects; TO), as well as the only CTTS in the ~12 Myr-old cluster NGC 7160. The stars show different disk morphologies, with the majority of th

S. -J. Paardekooper, Z. M. Leinhardt

We study the collisional evolution of km-sized planetesimals in tight binary star systems to investigate whether accretion towards protoplanets can proceed despite the strong gravitational perturbations from the secondary star. The orbits of planetesimals are numerically integrated in two dimensions under the influence of the two stars and gas drag. The mass

Yuji Kawamura, Takahiro Kai, Erika Satomi, Yukio Yasui

Magnetic and/or dielectric behaviors have been studied for YBaCuFeO5, LuBaCuFeO5 and TmBaCuFeO5, which are known as members of oxygen-defect ordered perovskite systems RBaCuFeO5 (R=lanthanides Ln and other trivalent elements) and have two magnetic transitions: The magnetic structure of the high temperature(T) ordered phase is basically antiferromagnetic, and

J. C. del Toro Iniesta, D. Orozco Suárez, L. R. Bellot Rubio

The ability of new instruments for providing accurate inferences of vector magnetic fields and line-of-sight velocities of the solar plasma depends a great deal on the sensitivity to these physical quantities of the spectral lines chosen to be measured. Recently, doubts have been raised about visible Stokes profiles to provide a clear distinction between wea

Nestor Armesto, Alexei B. Kaidalov, Carlos A. Salgado, Konrad Tywoniuk

We discuss the interplay of low-x physics and QCD scaling violations by extending the unified approach describing inclusive structure functions and diffractive production in $γ* p$ interactions proposed in previous papers, to large values of Q2. We describe the procedure of extracting, from the non-perturbative model, initial conditions for the QCD evolution

L. Herrera, A. Di Prisco, J. Ospino

The evolution equation for the shear is reobtained for a spherically symmetric anisotropic, viscous dissipative fluid distribution, which allows us to investigate conditions for the stability of the shear-free condition. The specific case of geodesic fluids is considered in detail, showing that the shear-free condition, in this particular case, may be unstab

Jan Moser

The nonlinear equation which is connected with the main term of the Hardy-Littlewood formula for $ζ^2(1/2+it)$ is studied. In this direction I obtain the fine results which cannot be reached by published methods of Balasubramanian, Heath-Brown and Ivic in the field of the Hardy-Littlewood integral.

Ewald Puchwein, Volker Springel, Debora Sijacki, Klaus Dolag

We use a set of high-resolution hydrodynamical simulations of clusters of galaxies to study the build-up of the intracluster light (ICL), an interesting and likely significant component of their total stellar mass. Our sample of groups and clusters includes AGN feedback and is of high enough resolution to accurately resolve galaxy populations down to the sma

Pierre-Louis Cayrel, Pascal Veron

We revisit the 3-pass code-based identification scheme proposed by Stern at Crypto'93, and give a new 5-pass protocol for which the probability of the cheater is 1/2 (instead of 2/3 in the original Stern's proposal). Furthermore, we propose to use quasi-cyclic construction in order to dramatically reduce the size of the public key. The proposed schem

Yi Ming Ding, Ai Hua Fan, Jing Hu Yu

Consider piecewise linear Lorenz maps on $[0, 1]$ of the following form \[ f_{a,b,c}(x)= {ll} ax+1-ac & x \in [0, c) b(x-c) & x \in (c, 1].\] We prove that $f_{a,b,c}$ admits an absolutely continuous invariant probability measure (acim) $μ$ with respect to the Lebesgue measure if and only if $f_{a,b,c}(0) \le f_{a,b,c}(1)$, i.e. $ac+(1-c)b \ge 1$. The acim i

Isabelle Chalendar, Emmanuel Fricain, Dan Timotin

We discuss boundedness and compactness properties of the embedding $M_Λ^1\subset L^1(μ)$, where $M_Λ^1$ is the closure of the monomials $x^{λ_n}$ in $L1([0,1])$ and $μ$ is a finite positive Borel measure on the interval $[0,1]$. In particular, we introduce a class of "sublinear" measures and provide a rather complete solution of the embedding problem

Bosiljka Tadic, G. J. Rodgers

We introduce cluster dynamical models of conflicts in which only the largest cluster can be involved in an action. This mimics the situations in which an attack is planned by a central body, and the largest attack force is used. We study the model in its annealed random graph version, on a fixed network, and on a network evolving through the actions. The siz

James G. Booth, Walter T. Federer, Martin T. Wells, Russell D. Wolfinger

Traditional methods for covariate adjustment of treatment means in designed experiments are inherently conditional on the observed covariate values. In order to develop a coherent general methodology for analysis of covariance, we propose a multivariate variance components model for the joint distribution of the response and covariates. It is shown that, if

Jessica Agarwal, Michael Mueller, Eberhard Gruen

Dust is an important constituent in cometary comae; its analysis is one of the major objectives of ESA's Rosetta mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (C-G). Several instruments aboard Rosetta are dedicated to studying various aspects of dust in the cometary coma, all of which require a certain level of exposure to dust to achieve their goals. At th

L. -T. Kizivat, G. Martinez-Pinedo, K. Langanke, R. Surman

We study proton rich nucleosynthesis in windlike outflows from gamma-ray bursts accretion disks with the aim to determine if such outflows are a site of the vp-process. The efficacy of this vp-process depends on thermodynamic and hydrodynamic factors. We discuss the importance of the entropy of the material, the outflow rate, the initial ejection point and a

R. Molina, H. Nagahiro, A. Hosaka, E. Oset

We apply a unitary approach together with a set of hidden-gauge Lagrangians to study the vector-vector interaction. We study the case of the $ρ$($ω$)$D^*$ interaction within the model. In $I=1/2$ we get strong enough attraction to bind the system. Concretely, we get one resonance for each spin $J=0,1,2$. For J=1 and 2 these resonances can be easily identifie

Shizan Fang, Dejun Luo, Anto Thalmaier

We consider Itô SDE $\d X_t=\sum_{j=1}^m A_j(X_t) \d w_t^j + A_0(X_t) \d t$ on $\R^d$. The diffusion coefficients $A_1,..., A_m$ are supposed to be in the Sobolev space $W_\text{loc}^{1,p} (\R^d)$ with $p>d$, and to have linear growth; for the drift coefficient $A_0$, we consider two cases: (i) $A_0$ is continuous whose distributional divergence $δ(A_0)$ w.r

Markus Reiß

The basic model for high-frequency data in finance is considered, where an efficient price process is observed under microstructure noise. It is shown that this nonparametric model is in Le Cam's sense asymptotically equivalent to a Gaussian shift experiment in terms of the square root of the volatility function $σ$. As an application, simple rate-optima

R. Molina, E. Oset

We study the vector-vector interaction within the framework of the hidden gauge formalism for the sector with quantum numbers charm C=0 and strangeness S=0 in the region around 4000 MeV. We get five poles, three of which could be identified with the Y(3940), Z(3930) and X(4160). These poles appear with quantum numbers I=0 and $J^{PC}=0^{++},2^{++}$ and $2^{+

S. Gosain, B. Schmieder

The STEREO mission has been providing stereoscopic view of the filament eruptions in EUV wavelengths. The most extended view during filament eruptions is seen in He II 304 Åobservations, as the filament spine appears darker and sharper. The projected filament width appears differently when viewed from different angles by STEREO satellites. Here, we present a

J. Cleymans

Results related to the possible chemical equilibration of hadrons in heavy ion collisions are reviewed. Overall the evidence is very strong with a few clear and well-documented deviations, especially concerning multi-strange hadrons. Two effects are considered in some detail. Firstly, the neglect of (possibly an infinite number) of heavy resonances is invest

Annapurni Subramaniam, Giovanni Carraro, Kenneth A. Janes, ;

We present BVI CCD photometry of 10 northern open clusters, Berkeley 43, Berkeley 45, Berkeley 47, NGC 6846, Berkeley 49, Berkeley 51, Berkeley 89, Berkeley 91, Tombaugh 4 and Berkeley 9, and estimate their fundamental parameters. Eight of the clusters are located in the first galactic quadrant and 2 are in the second. This is the first optical photometry fo

K. Miyake

Supposing the spin-triplet superconducting state of Sr$_2$RuO$_4$, the spin-orbit (SO) coupling associated with relative motion in Cooper pairs is calculated by extending the method for the dipole-dipole coupling given by Leggett in the superfluid $^{3}$He. It is shown that the SO coupling works only in the equal-spin pairing (ESP) state to make the pair ang

Xiaodong Liu, Bo Zhang, Jiaqing Yang

This paper is concerned with the problem of scattering of time-harmonic electromagnetic waves from an impenetrable obstacle in a piecewise homogeneous medium. The well-posedness of the direct problem is established, employing the integral equation method. Inspired by a novel idea developed by Hahner [11], we prove that the penetrable interface between layers

E. Klempt

The mass pattern of nucleon and $Δ$ resonances is compared with predictions based on quark models, the Skyrme model, AdS/QCD, and the conjecture of chiral symmetry restoration.

W. Schranz, A. Troester, J. Koppensteiner, R. Miletich

The properties of materials near structural phase transitions are often successfully described in the framework of Landau theory. While the focus is usually on phase transitions, which are induced by temperature changes approaching a critical temperature T-c, here we will discuss structural phase transformations driven by high hydrostatic pressure, as they a

G. Boffetta, F. De Lillo, S. Musacchio

The complex evolution of turbulent mixing in Rayleigh-Taylor convection is studied in terms of eddy diffusiviy models for the mean temperature profile. It is found that a non-linear model, derived within the general framework of Prandtl mixing theory, reproduces accurately the evolution of turbulent profiles obtained from numerical simulations. Our model all

Stéphane Mischler, Clément Mouhot

This paper is devoted to the study of mean-field limit for systems of indistinguables particles undergoing collision processes. As formulated by Kac \cite{Kac1956} this limit is based on the {\em chaos propagation}, and we (1) prove and quantify this property for Boltzmann collision processes with unbounded collision rates (hard spheres or long-range interac

T. Vaz Martins, V. N. Livina, A. P. Majtey, R. Toral

We show the existence of a competition-induced resonance effect for a generic globally coupled bistable system. In particular, we demonstrate that the response of the macroscopic variable to an external signal is optimal for a particular proportion of repulsive links. Furthermore, we show that a resonance also occurs for other system parameters, like the cou

A. V. Dolbin, V. B. Esel'son, V. G. Gavrilko, V. G. Manzhelii

The effect of a N2 impurity on the radial thermal expansion coefficient (ar) of single-walled carbon nanotube bundles has been investigated in the temperature interval 2.2 - 43 K by the dilatometric method. Saturation of nanotube bundles with N2 caused a sharp increase in the positive magnitudes of ar in the whole range of temperatures used and a very high a

H. Meusinger, M. Henze, K. Birkle, W. Pietsch

We announce the discovery of a quasar behind the disk of M31, which was previously classified as a remarkable nova in our neighbour galaxy. The paper is primarily aimed at the outburst of J004457+4123 (Sharov 21), with the first part focussed on the optical spectroscopy and the improvement in the photometric database. Both the optical spectrum and the broad

Gagik Ter-Kazarian

We address the gravitation and inertia in the framework of 'general gauge principle', which accounts for 'gravitation gauge group' generated by hidden local internal symmetry implemented on the flat space. We connect this group to nonlinear realization of the Lie group of 'distortion' of local internal properties of six-dimensional fl

Kaori Kubota, Yoshihiro Ueda, Nobuyuki Kawai, Taro Kotani

We report results of the 2006 April multi-wavelengths campaign of SS 433, focusing on X-ray data observed with Suzaku at two orbital phases (in- and out-of- eclipse) and simultaneous optical spectroscopic observations. By analyzing the Fe25 K_alpha lines originating from the jets, we detect rapid variability of the Doppler shifts, dz/dt ~ 0.019/0.33 day^-1,

David Krejcirik, Petr Siegl

We consider the Laplace-Beltrami operator in tubular neighbourhoods of curves on two-dimensional Riemannian manifolds, subject to non-Hermitian parity and time preserving boundary conditions. We are interested in the interplay between the geometry and spectrum. After introducing a suitable Hilbert space framework in the general situation, which enables us to

J. Escher, J. Seiler

In this note we show that the periodic b-equation can only be realized as an Euler equation on the Lie group Diff(S^1) of all smooth and orientiation preserving diffeomorphisms on the cirlce if b=2, i.e. for the Camassa-Holm equation. In this case the inertia operator generating the metric on Diff(S^1) is given by A=1-d^2/dx^2. In contrast, the Degasperis-Pr

Arnold Zellner

Comment on "Harold Jeffreys's Theory of Probability Revisited" [arXiv:0804.3173]

F. Mayet, J. Billard, G. Bernard, G. Bosson

Directional detection of galactic Dark Matter is a promising search strategy for discriminating geniune WIMP events from background ones. We present technical progress on gaseous detectors as well as recent phenomenological studies, allowing the design and construction of competitive experiments.

C. He, Y. Zhang, B. P. Xie, X. F. Wang

The electronic structure of NaFeAs is studied with angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy on high quality single crystals. Large portions of the band structure start to shift around the structural transition temperature, and smoothly evolve as the temperature lowers through the spin density wave transition. Moreover, band folding due to magnetic order eme

Pierre Bracconi, Olivier Heintz

Three different evaluations of the energy dependence of the transmission-detection function of a two-stage cylindrical electron analyzer have been obtained by resorting to three established procedures. Their relative merits have been tested as follows. First they have been used to correct raw XPS spectra of clean Cu, Ag and Au surfaces. Next, the secondary e

R. R. Chasman, P. Van Isacker

Pair vibrations are studied for a Hamiltonian with neutron-neutron, proton-proton and neutron-proton pairing. The spectrum is found to be rich in strongly correlated, low-lying excited states. Changing theratio of diagonal to off-diagonal pairing matrix elements is found to have a large impact on the excited-state spectrum. The variational configuration inte

Dov Null Gabbay, Karl Schlechta

We investigate the notion of independence, which is at the basis of many, seemingly unrelated, properties of logic like Rational Monotony in non-monotonic logics, and interpolation theorems.

Stephen Senn

Comment on "Harold Jeffreys's Theory of Probability Revisited" [arXiv:0804.3173]

Wei Jiang, Hong-yu Wang, Zhen-hua Bi, You-nian Wang

With an implicit Particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo model, capacitively coupled plasmas are studied in two-dimensional and axisymmetric geometry. Self-bias dc voltage effects are self-consistently considered. Due to finite length effects, the self-bias dc voltages show sophisticating relations with the electrode areas. Two-dimensional kinetic effects are also illu

A. Gorecki, A. Barrau, J. Grain, E. Memola

A new method, based on the absorption of very high-energy gamma-rays by the cosmic infrared background, is proposed to constrain the value of the Hubble constant. As this value is both fundamental for cosmology and still not very well measured, it is worth developing such alternative methods. Our lower limit at the 68% confidence level is H0 > 74 km/s/Mpc, l

Robert Harlander, Hendrik Mantler, Simone Marzani, Kemal Ozeren

The evaluation of the top quark mass suppressed terms to the Higgs production cross section in gluon fusion at next-to-next-to-leading order is reported on. In the region below threshold, the Feynman diagrams are evaluated using asymptotic expansions. The result is then matched to the high-energy limit derived from kT factorization. The result shows that the

Robert Kass

Theory of Probability is distinguished by several high-level philosophical attitudes, some stressed by Jeffreys, some implicit. By reviewing these we may recognize the importance in this work in the historical development of statistics. [arXiv:0804.3173]

Andrew Gelman

Discussion of "Harold Jeffreys's Theory of Probability revisited," by Christian Robert, Nicolas Chopin, and Judith Rousseau, for Statistical Science [arXiv:0804.3173]

José M. Bernardo

Comment on "Harold Jeffreys's Theory of Probability Revisited" [arXiv:0804.3173]

Kyoung Kon Kim, Sang Pyo Kim, Sok Kuh Kang

Dunkel and Trigger [Phys. Rev. A {71}, 052102 (2005)] show that the Leipnik's joint entropy monotonously increases for the initially maximally classical Gaussian wave packet for a free particle. After expressing the joint entropy of the general Gaussian wave packets for quadratic Hamiltonians as $S (t) = ln (e/2) + ln (2 Delta x (t) Delta p (t)/hbar)$, w

X. J. Lou, J. Wang

For the first time, we show that unipolar fatigue does occur in antiferroelectric capacitors, confirming the predictions of a previous work [Appl. Phys. Lett., 94, 072901 (2009)]. We also show that unipolar fatigue in antiferroelectrics is less severe than bipolar fatigue if the driving field is of the same magnitude. This phenomenon has been attributed to t

Quentin Merigot

In this article, we study the (d-1)-volume and the covering numbers of the medial axis of a compact set of the Euclidean d-space. In general, this volume is infinite; however, the (d-1)-volume and covering numbers of a filtered medial axis (the mu-medial axis) that is at distance greater than R from the compact set will be explicitely bounded. The behaviour

Yu Pan, Zairong Xi, Wei Cui

We investigate the optimal dynamical decoupling sequence for a qubit coupled to an ohmic environment. By analytically computing the derivatives of the decoherence function, the optimal pulse locations are found to satisfy a set of nonlinear equations which can be easily solved. These equations incorporates the environment information such as high-energy (UV)

Babak Vakili

We study the metric $f(R)$ cosmology using Noether symmetry approach by utilizing the behavior of the corresponding Lagrangian under infinitesimal generators of the desired symmetry. The existence of Noether symmetry of the cosmological $f(R)$ minisuperspace helps us to find out the form of $f(R)$ function for which such symmetry exist. It is shown that the

Jean-Pierre Macquart, the CRAFT collaboration, :, M. Bailes

We are developing a purely commensal survey experiment for fast (<5s) transient radio sources. Short-timescale transients are associated with the most energetic and brightest single events in the Universe. Our objective is to cover the enormous volume of transients parameter space made available by ASKAP, with an unprecedented combination of sensitivity and

K. Matsuyanagi, M. Matsuo, T. Nakatsukasa, N. Hinohara

Construction of the microscopic theory of large-amplitude collective motion, capable of describing a wide variety of quantum collective phenomena in nuclei, is a long-standing and fundamental subject in the study of nuclear many-body systems. Present status of the challenge toward this goal is discussed taking the shape coexistence/mixing phenomena as typica

Fernando Febres Cordero

The start of the physics program at the LHC has added great impetus in the development of powerful theoretical tools to meet the many challenges that this collider brings. The production of jets and weak vector bosons is at the center of most analyses, from machine performance to new physics searches. In this talk we review some recent advances in the study

Ch. Schneider, M. Enderlein, T. Huber, T. Schaetz

For several decades, ions have been trapped by radio frequency (RF) and neutral particles by optical fields. We implement the experimental proof-of-principle for trapping an ion in an optical dipole trap. While loading, initialization and final detection are performed in a RF trap, in between, this RF trap is completely disabled and substituted by the optica

Boris Alexeev, Rachel Ward

We show that inverse problems with a truncated quadratic regularization are NP-hard in general to solve, or even approximate up to an additive error. This stands in contrast to the case corresponding to a finite-dimensional approximation to the Mumford-Shah functional, where the operator involved is the identity and for which polynomial-time solutions are kn

P. H. Thomas Tam, Stefan Wagner, Omar Tibolla, Ryan Chaves

Very high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma-rays have been detected from a wide range of astronomical objects, such as SNRs, pulsars and pulsar wind nebulae, AGN, gamma-ray binaries, molecular clouds, and possibly star-forming regions as well. At lower energies, sources detected using Large Area Telescope (LAT) aboard Fermi provide a rich set of data which can

Gennady Lyubeznik, Wenliang Zhang, Yi Zhang

Let R be a ring of polynomials in a finite number of variables over a perfect field k of characteristic p>0 and let F:R\to R be the Frobenius map of R, i.e. F(r)=r^p. We explicitly describe an R-module isomorphism Hom_R(F_*(M),N)\cong Hom_R(M,F^*(N)) for all R-modules M and N. Some recent and potential applications are discussed.

He Debiao, Chen Jianhua, Hu Jin

Recently, Abdalla et al. proposed a new gateway-oriented password-based authenticated key exchange (GPAKE) protocol among a client, a gateway, and an authentication server, where each client shares a human-memorable password with a trusted server so that they can resort to the server for authentication when want to establish a shared session key with the gat

Xiaolin Qin, Yong Feng, Jingwei Chen, Jingzhong Zhang

We present a new algorithm for solving the real roots of a bivariate polynomial system $Σ=\{f(x,y),g(x,y)\}$ with a finite number of solutions by using a zero-matching method. The method is based on a lower bound for bivariate polynomial system when the system is non-zero. Moreover, the multiplicities of the roots of $Σ=0$ can be obtained by a given neighbor

Paul Kabaila, Khageswor Giri, Hannes Leeb

Consider a linear regression model with independent and identically normally distributed random errors. Suppose that the parameter of interest is a specified linear combination of the regression parameters. We prove that the usual confidence interval for this parameter is admissible within a broad class of confidence intervals.

Chris T. K. Ng, Gerard J. Foschini

Transmit signal and bandwidth optimization is considered in multiple-antenna relay channels. Assuming all terminals have channel state information, the cut-set capacity upper bound and decode-and-forward rate under full-duplex relaying are evaluated by formulating them as convex optimization problems. For half-duplex relays, bandwidth allocation and transmit

Jin Ho Kwak, Young Soo Kwon

A 2-cell embedding of a graph $G$ into a closed (orientable or nonorientable) surface is called regular if its automorphism group acts regularly on the flags - mutually incident vertex-edge-face triples. In this paper, we classify the regular embeddings of complete bipartite graphs $K_{n,n}$ into nonorientable surfaces. Such regular embedding of $K_{n,n}$ ex

Philipp A Hoehn, Susan M Scott

Quiescent cosmology and the Weyl curvature hypothesis possess a mathematical framework, namely the definition of an Isotropic Singularity, but only for the initial state of the universe. A complementary framework is necessary to also encode appropriate cosmological futures. In order to devise a new framework we analyse the relation between regular conformal

Jung-Jung Su, Allan H. MacDonald

At total filling factor $ν=1$ quantum Hall bilayers can have an ordered ground state with spontaneous interlayer phase coherence. The ordered state is signaled experimentally by dramatically enhanced interlayer tunnel conductances at low bias voltages; at larger bias voltages inter-layer currents are similar to those of the disordered state. We associate thi

D. Chung, B. J. McKeon

We investigate statistics of large-scale structures from large-eddy simulation (LES) of turbulent channel flow at friction Reynolds numbers $Re_τ= 2 {\rm k}$ and $200 {\rm k}$. To properly capture the behaviour of large-scale structures, the channel length is chosen to be 96 times the channel half-height. In agreement with experiments, these large-scale stru

Iosif Pinelis

Exact lower bounds on the exponential moments of min(y,X) and XI{X<y} are provided given the first two moments of a random variable X. These bounds are useful in work on large deviations probabilities and nonuniform Berry-Esseen bounds, when the Cramér tilt transform may be employed. Asymptotic properties of these lower bounds are presented. Comparative adva

Jack H. Lutz, Brad Shutters

The Tile Assembly Model is a Turing universal model that Winfree introduced in order to study the nanoscale self-assembly of complex (typically aperiodic) DNA crystals. Winfree exhibited a self-assembly that tiles the first quadrant of the Cartesian plane with specially labeled tiles appearing at exactly the positions of points in the Sierpinski triangle. Mo

Takeo Nishinou

In this paper, we give a tropical method for computing Gromov-Witten type invariants of Fano manifolds of special type. This method applies to those Fano manifolds which admit toric degenerations to toric Fano varieties with singularities allowing small resolutions. Examples include (generalized) flag manifolds of type A, and some moduli space of rank two bu

Hari S. Solanki, Shamashis Sengupta, Sajal Dhara, Vibhor Singh

We probe electro-mechanical properties of InAs nanowire (diameter ~ 100 nm) resonators where the suspended nanowire (NW) is also the active channel of a field effect transistor (FET). We observe and explain the non-monotonic dispersion of the resonant frequency with DC gate voltage (VgDC). The effect of electronic screening on the properties of the resonator

Sheng Wang

Motivation: Protein sequence world is discrete as 20 amino acids (AA) while its structure world is continuous, though can be discretized into structural alphabets (SA). In order to reveal the relationship between sequence and structure, it is interesting to consider both AA and SA in a joint space. However, such space has too many parameters, so the reductio