January 2010 arXiv papers — page 36

Anatolii A. Puhalskii, Josh E. Reed

We establish a heavy-traffic limit theorem on convergence in distribution for the number of customers in a many-server queue when the number of servers tends to infinity. No critical loading condition is assumed. Generally, the limit process does not have trajectories in the Skorohod space. We give conditions for the convergence to hold in the topology of co

Volker Kaibel

This is a chapter (planned to appear in Wiley's upcoming Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science) describing parts of the theory of convex polyhedra that are particularly important for optimization. The topics include polyhedral and finitely generated cones, the Weyl-Minkowski Theorem, faces of polyhedra, projections of polyhedra, inte

Engui Fan, Kwok Wing Chow

Based on a Riemann theta function and Hirota's bilinear form, a lucid and straightforward way is presented to explicitly construct double periodic wave solutions for both nonlinear differential and difference equations. Once such a equation is written in a bilinear form, its periodic wave solutions can be directly obtained by using an unified theta funct

Sandro Mattarei

We prove that $\sum_{k=0}^{q-1}\binom{2k}{k}\equiv q^2\pmod{3q^2}$ if q>1 is a power of 3, as recently conjectured by Z.W. Sun and R. Tauraso. Our more precise result actually implies that the value of $(1/q^2)\sum_{k=0}^{q-1}\binom{2k}{k}$ modulo a fixed arbitrary power of 3 is independent of q, for q a power of 3 large enough, and shows how such value can

Jungwon Kim, William Wilson, Uwe Aickelin, Julie McLeod

The role of T-cells within the immune system is to confirm and assess anomalous situations and then either respond to or tolerate the source of the effect. To illustrate how these mechanisms can be harnessed to solve real-world problems, we present the blueprint of a T-cell inspired algorithm for computer security worm detection. We show how the three centra

Patrizia Berti, Irene Crimaldi, Luca Pratelli, Pietro Rigo

This paper deals with empirical processes of the type \[C_n(B)=\sqrt{n}\{μ_n(B)-P(X_{n+1}\in B\mid X_1,...,X_n)\},\] where $(X_n)$ is a sequence of random variables and $μ_n=(1/n)\sum_{i=1}^nδ_{X_i}$ the empirical measure. Conditions for $\sup_B|C_n(B)|$ to converge stably (in particular, in distribution) are given, where $B$ ranges over a suitable class of

Wafa Essafi, Marie Noelle Spiteri, Claudine Williams, François Boué

We demonstrate in this paper the influence of solvent quality on the structure of the semi-dilute solution of a hydrophobic polyelectrolyte, partially sulfonated Poly-Styrene Sulfonate. Two solvents are used: (i) one mixture of water and an organic solvent: THF, which is also slightly polar; (ii) DMSO, a polar organic solvent. In case (i), it is shown by SAX

François Fillaux, Alain Cousson, Matthias J. Gutmann

We examine whether protons and deuterons in the crystal of KH$_{0.76}$D$_{0.24}$CO$_3$ at 300 K are particles or matter waves. The neutron scattering function measured over a broad range of reciprocal space reveals the enhanced diffraction pattern anticipated for antisymmetrized macroscopic states for protons (fermions). These features exclude a statistical

Eric Colinet, Laurent Duraffourg, Sebastien Labarthe, Philippe Andreucci

This article presents a comprehensive study and design methodology of co-integrated oscillators for nano mass sensing application based on resonant Nano-Electro-Mechanical-System (NEMS). In particular, it reports the capacitive with the piezoresistive transduction schemes in terms of the overall sensor performance. The developed model is clearly in accordanc

Laurent Duraffourg, Eric Colinet, Sebastien Hentz, Eric Ollier

We propose a simple analytical model of a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor with a lateral resonant gate based on the coupled electromechanical equations, which are self-consistently solved in time. All charge densities according to the mechanical oscillations are evaluated. The only input parameters are the physical characteristics of the de

Martin Jelinek, Alberto J. Castro-Tirado, Antonio de Ugarte Postigo, Petr Kubanek

Four years of BOOTES-1B GRB follow-up history are summarised for the first time in the form of a table. The successfully followed events are described case by case. Further, the data are used to show the GRB trigger rate in Spain on a per-year basis, resulting in an estimate of 18 triggers and about 51 h of telescope time per year for real time triggers. The

Matthias Weidinger, Michael Rüger, Felix Spanier

In this paper we present a fully selfconsistent SSC model with particle acceleration due to shock and stochastic acceleration (Fermi-I and Fermi-II-Processes respectively) to model the quiescent spectral energy distribution (SED) observed from PKS 2155. The simultaneous August/September 2008 multiwavelength data of H.E.S.S., Fermi, RXTE, SWIFT and ATOM give

Aihua Xia, Mei Zhang

For a Markov chain $\mathbf{X}=\{X_i,i=1,2,...,n\}$ with the state space $\{0,1\}$, the random variable $S:=\sum_{i=1}^nX_i$ is said to follow a Markov binomial distribution. The exact distribution of $S$, denoted $\mathcal{L}S$, is very computationally intensive for large $n$ (see Gabriel [Biometrika 46 (1959) 454--460] and Bhat and Lal [Adv. in Appl. Proba

Julius Ranninger

The intrinsic metastable crystal structure of the cuprates results in local dynamical lattice instabilities, strongly coupled to the density fluctuations of the charge carriers. They acquire in this way simultaneously both, delocalized and localized features. It is responsible for a partial fractioning of the Fermi surface, i.e., the Fermi surface gets hidde

J. S. White, P. Das, M. R. Eskildsen, L. DeBeer-Schmitt

From small-angle neutron scattering studies of the flux line lattice (FLL) in CeCoIn5, with magnetic field applied parallel to the crystal c-axis, we obtain the field- and temperature-dependence of the FLL form factor, which is a measure of the spatial variation of the field in the mixed state. We extend our earlier work [A.D. Bianchi et al. 2008 Science 319

J. Gurell, H. Nilsson, L. Engstrom, H. Lundberg

Aims: We measure transition probabilities for Cr II transitions from the z ^4H_J, z ^2D_J, y ^4F_J, and y ^4G_J levels in the energy range 63000 to 68000 cm^{-1}. Methods: Radiative lifetimes were measured using time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence from a laser-produced plasma. In addition, branching fractions were determined from intensity-calibrated sp

Peter Olofsson

We investigate the $x\log x$ condition for a general (Crump--Mode--Jagers) multi-type branching process with a general type space by constructing a size-biased population measure that relates to the ordinary population measure via an intrinsic martingale $W_t$. Sufficiency of the $x\log x$ condition for a non-degenerate limit of $W_t$ is proved and condition

Roland Schnaubelt, Mark Veraar

We study the wellposedness and pathwise regularity of semilinear non-autonomous parabolic evolution equations with boundary and interior noise in an $L^p$ setting. We obtain existence and uniqueness of mild and weak solutions. The boundary noise term is reformulated as a perturbation of a stochastic evolution equation with values in extrapolation spaces.

Jean Schneider

Standard Quantum Physics states that the outcome of measurements for some distant entangled subsystems are instantaneously statistically correlated, whatever their mutual distance. This correlation presents itself as if there were a correlation at a distance with infinite speed. It is expressed by the Bell Theorem. It has been experimentally verified over di

Tanja M. Kneiske, Herve Dole

... A strict lower-limit flux for the evolving extragalactic background light (and in particular the cosmic infrared background) has been calculated up to redshift of 5. The computed flux is below the existing upper limits from direct observations, and in agreement with all existing limits derived from very-high energy gamma-ray observations. The corrected s

Hiroaki Hata, Hideo Nagai, Shuenn-Jyi Sheu

We consider a long-term optimal investment problem where an investor tries to minimize the probability of falling below a target growth rate. From a mathematical viewpoint, this is a large deviation control problem. This problem will be shown to relate to a risk-sensitive stochastic control problem for a sufficiently large time horizon. Indeed, in our theore

U. Schneekloth

Recent results from the H1 and ZEUS experiments are reported on electroweak physics and on searches for new physics. All results are in good agreement with the Standard Model.

S. Britzen, V. A. Kam, A. Witzel, I. Agudo

For the BL Lac object S5 0716+714 conflicting apparent velocities of jet component motion have been reported in the literature. This object is an intra-day variable source and suited to investigate a possible correlation between kinematic properties and flux-density variability on different timescales. We (re-)analyze 50 VLBI observations obtained with the V

Luigi Ambrosio, Vincenzo Capasso, Elena Villa

Many real phenomena may be modelled as random closed sets in $\mathbb{R}^d$, of different Hausdorff dimensions. In many real applications, such as fiber processes and $n$-facets of random tessellations of dimension $n\leq d$ in spaces of dimension $d\geq1$, several problems are related to the estimation of such mean densities. In order to confront such probl

Tadeusz Iwaniec, Leonid V. Kovalev, Jani Onninen

The Harmonic Mapping Problem asks when there exists a harmonic homeomorphism between two given domains. It arises in the theory of minimal surfaces and in calculus of variations, specifically in hyperelasticity theory. We investigate this problem for doubly connected domains in the plane, where it already presents considerable challenge and leads to several

Efstathios Paparoditis

Statistical inference for stochastic processes with time-varying spectral characteristics has received considerable attention in recent decades. We develop a nonparametric test for stationarity against the alternative of a smoothly time-varying spectral structure. The test is based on a comparison between the sample spectral density calculated locally on a m

Roberto De Leo, Todor Gramchev, Alexandre Kirilov

We address some global solvability issues for classes of smooth nonsingular vector fields $L$ in the plane related to cohomological equations $Lu=f$ in geometry and dynamical systems. The first main result is that $L$ is not surjective in $C^\infty(\R^2)$ iff the geometrical condition -- the existence of separatrix strips -- holds. Next, for nonsurjective ve

Suparna Sen

We study the Segal-Bargmann transform on a motion group Rn n K; where K is a compact subgroup of SO(n): A characterization of the Poisson integrals associated to the Laplacian on Rn n K is given. We also establish a Paley-Wiener type theorem using the complexified representations.

Dominik R. G. Schleicher, Marco Spaans, Ralf S. Klessen

(abridged) We explore how ALMA observations can probe high-redshift galaxies in unprecedented detail. We discuss the main observables that are excited by the large-scale starburst, and formulate expectations for the chemistry and the fluxes in the center of active galaxies, where chemistry may be driven by the absorption of X-ray photons. We show that such X

Tobias Renk, Holger Jaekel, Friedrich Jondral

We investigate the effect of imperfect feedback on the ε-outage capacity of incremental relaying in the low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime. We show that imperfect feedback leads to a rescaling of the pre-log factor (comparable to the multiplexing gain for networks operating in the high SNR regime) and thus reduces the ε-outage capacity considerably. More

C. Cabanac, G. Henri, P. - O Petrucci, J. Malzac

The spectral and timing properties of an oscillating hot thermal corona are investigated. This oscillation is assumed to be due to a magneto-acoustic wave propagating within the corona and triggered by an external, non specified, excitation. A cylindrical geometry is adopted and, neglecting the rotation, the wave equation is solved in for different boundary

L. K. Dash, H. Ness, R. W. Godby

We consider the interaction between electrons and molecular vibrations in the context of electronic transport in nanoscale devices. We present a method based on non-equilibrium Green's functions to calculate both equilibrium and non-equilibrium electronic properties of a single-molecule junction in the presence of electron-vibron interactions. We apply o

Tobias Renk, Holger Jaekel, Friedrich Jondral, Deniz Gunduz

We derive the outage capacity of a bursty version of the amplify-and-forward (BAF) protocol for small signal-to-noise ratios when incremental relaying is used. We show that the ratio between the outage capacities of BAF and the cut-set bound is independent of the relay position and that BAF is outage optimal for certain conditions on the target rate R. This

P. H Chavanis, A. Campa

We study the maximization of the Tsallis functional at fixed mass and energy in the HMF model. We give a thermodynamical and a dynamical interpretation of this variational principle. This leads to q-distributions known as stellar polytropes in astrophysics. We study phase transitions between spatially homogeneous and spatially inhomogeneous equilibrium state

A. Asensio Ramos, J. Trujillo Bueno

We explore the photospheric and chromospheric magnetic field in an emerging flux region. An image of the equivalent width of the He I 10830 A red blended component shows the presence of filamentary structures that might be interpreted as magnetic loops. We point out that the magnetic field strength in the chromosphere resembles a smoothed version of that fou

Michal Matuszewski, Ivan L. Garanovich, Andrey A. Sukhorukov

We predict that stable mobile spatio-temporal solitons can exist in arrays of periodically curved optical waveguides. We find two-dimensional light bullets in one-dimensional arrays with harmonic waveguide bending and three-dimensional bullets in square lattices with helical waveguide bending using variational formalism. Stability of the light bullet solutio

S. Molinari, the Hi-GAL Consortium

Hi-GAL, the Herschel infrared Galactic Plane Survey, is an Open Time Key Project of the Herschel Space Observatory. It will make an unbiased photometric survey of the inner Galactic Plane by mapping a two-degree wide strip in the longitude range |l|<60 degrees in five wavebands between 70um and 500um. The aim of Hi-GAL is to detect the earliest phases of the

G. Ingrosso, F. De Paolis, S. Calchi Novati, Ph. Jetzer

We show that exoplanets in the M31 galaxy may be detected with the pixel-lensing method by using telescopes making high cadence observations of an ongoing microlensing event. Although the mean mass for detectable exoplanets is about $2 M_{\rm {J}}$, even small mass exoplanets ($M_{\rm P} < 20 M_{\oplus}$) can cause significant deviations, which are observabl

H. B. Nersisyan, C. Toepffer, G. Zwicknagel

The spectral line shapes for hydrogen-like heavy ion emitters embedded in strongly correlated two-component electron-ion plasmas are investigated with numerical simulations. For that purpose the microfield fluctuations are calculated by molecular dynamics simulations where short range quantum effects are taken into account by using a regularized Coulomb pote

Christine Jacob

Let $\{Z_n\}$ be a real nonstationary stochastic process such that $E(Z_n|{\mathcaligr F}_{n-1})\stackrel{\mathrm{a.s.}}{<}\infty$ and $E(Z^2_n|{\mathcaligr F}_{n-1})\stackrel{\mathrm{a.s.}}{<}\infty$, where $\{{\mathcaligr F}_n\}$ is an increasing sequence of $σ$-algebras. Assuming that $E(Z_n|{\mathcaligr F}_{n-1})=g_n(θ_0,ν_0)=g^{(1)}_n(θ_0)+g^{(2)}_n(θ_0

V. O. Soloviev, M. V. Tchichikina

We obtain the Poincare group generators by proper choice of arbitrary functions present in the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation (RTG) Hamiltonian. Their Dirac brackets give the Poincare algebra in accordance with the fact that RTG has 10 integrals of motion.

D. Ladjal, K. Justtanont, M. A. T. Groenewegen, J. A. D. L. Blommaert

During their evolution, Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars experience a high mass-loss which leads to the formation of a Circumstellar Envelope (CSE) of dust and gas. The mass-loss process is the most important phenomenon during this evolutionary stage. In order to understand it, it is important to study the physical parameters of the CSE. The emission of t

Cyril Voyant, Marc Muselli, Christophe Paoli, Marie Laure Nivet

The official meteorological network is poor on the island of Corsica: only three sites being about 50 km apart are equipped with pyranometers which enable measurements by hourly and daily step. These sites are Ajaccio (41\degree 55&#39;N and 8\degree 48&#39;E, seaside), Bastia (42\degree 33&#39;N, 9\degree 29&#39;E, seaside) and Corte (42\degree 30&#39;N, 9\

H. B. Nersisyan, G. Zwicknagel

Binary collisions of the gyrating charged particles in an external magnetic field are considered within a classical second-order perturbation theory, i.e., up to contributions which are quadratic in the binary interaction, starting from the unperturbed helical motion of the particles. The calculations are done with the help of a binary collisions treatment w

Shahar Mendelson, Joseph Neeman

Under mild assumptions on the kernel, we obtain the best known error rates in a regularized learning scenario taking place in the corresponding reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS). The main novelty in the analysis is a proof that one can use a regularization term that grows significantly slower than the standard quadratic growth in the RKHS norm.

Teodor I. Burghelea, Zdenek Stary, Helmut Muenstedt

An experimental investigation of the viscosity overshoot phenomenon observed during uniaxial extension of a low density polyethylene is pre- sented. For this purpose, traditional integral viscosity measurements on a Muenstedt type extensional rheometer are combined with local mea- surements based on the in-situ visualization of the sample under exten- sion.

Jian Zhou

We present a proof of the full Mariño-Vafa Conjecture that identifies certain open string invariants of the resolved conifold with the Chern-Simons knot invariant of the unknot, i.e. the quantum dimensions.

Marc Louis Maurice François, Yves Berthaud, Giuseppe Geymonat

This note deals with stiffness tensors measured from anisotropic linear elastic materials, whose symmetry is unknown. Their possible symmetries (exact or approximative) are revealed by a pole figure. An intrinsic function allows one to obtain a stiffness tensor which posses the chosen symmetry, the nearest from the measured tensor, and its associated natural

Jussi Klemelä, Enno Mammen

We study estimation of a multivariate function $f:\mathbf{R}^d\to\mathbf{R}$ when the observations are available from the function $Af$, where $A$ is a known linear operator. Both the Gaussian white noise model and density estimation are studied. We define an $L_2$-empirical risk functional which is used to define a $δ$-net minimizer and a dense empirical ri

Athanase Papadopoulos, Guillaume Théret

In the Teichmüller space of a hyperbolic surface of finite type, we construct geodesic lines for Thurston&#39;s asymmetric metric having the property that when they are traversed in the reverse direction, they are also geodesic lines (up to reparametrization). The lines we construct are special stretch lines in the sense of Thurston. They are directed by com

Marc Louis Maurice François

A state coupling between the hydrostatic (volumetric) and deviatoric parts of the free energy is introduced in a damage mechanics model relevant for the quasi-brittle materials. It is shown that it describes the large dilatancy of concrete under compression and the different localization angles and damage levels in tension and compression. A simple isotropic

Dietrich Kuske, Jiamou Liu, Markus Lohrey

Automatic structures are finitely presented structures where the universe and all relations can be recognized by finite automata. It is known that the isomorphism problem for automatic structures is complete for $Σ^1_1$; the first existential level of the analytical hierarchy. Several new results on isomorphism problems for automatic structures are shown in

M. T. Huynh, R. P. Norris, B. Siana, E. Middelberg

Infrared-Faint Radio Sources (IFRSs) are a class of radio objects found in the Australia Telescope Large Area Survey (ATLAS) which have no observable mid-infrared counterpart in the Spitzer Wide-area Infrared Extragalactic (SWIRE) survey. The extended Chandra Deep Field South now has even deeper Spitzer imaging (3.6 to 70 micron) from a number of Legacy surv

K. Werner

The hydrogen-deficiency in extremely hot post-AGB stars of spectral class PG1159 is probably caused by a (very) late helium-shell flash or a AGB final thermal pulse that consumes the hydrogen envelope, exposing the usually-hidden intershell region. Thus, the photospheric element abundances of these stars allow us to draw conclusions about details of nuclear

Zheng Xie, Yujie Ma

The Westervelt equation is a model for the propagation of finite amplitude ultrasound. The method of discrete exterior calculus can be used to solve this equation numerically. A significant advantage of this method is that it can be used to find numerical solutions in the discrete space manifold and the time, and therefore is a generation of finite differenc

Richard D. Canary

We survey work on the topology of the space AH(M) of all (marked) hyperbolic 3-manifolds homotopy equivalent to a fixed compact 3-manifold M with boundary. The interior of AH(M) is quite well-understood, but the topology of the entire space can be quite complicated. However, the topology is well-behaved at many points in the boundary of AH(M).

K. P. Esler, R. E. Cohen, B. Militzer, Jeongnim Kim

We develop an all-electron quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) method for solids that does not rely on pseudopotentials, and use it to construct a primary ultra-high pressure calibration based the equation of state of cubic boron nitride(c-BN). We compute the static contribution to the free energy with QMC, and obtain the phonon contribution from density functional th

Hao Li, Vladimir Nikiforov, Richard Schelp

We introduce and study a new type of Ramsey-Turan problems, a typical example of which is the following one: let c>0 and G be a graph of sufficiently large order n with minimum degree >3n/4. If the edges of G are colored in blue or red, then for every 3<k<(1/8-c)n, there exists a monochromatic cycle of length k.

N. Lakshmi Prasad, B. Sundar Rajan

In this paper we construct low decoding complexity STBCs by using the Pauli matrices as linear dispersion matrices. In this case the Hurwitz-Radon orthogonality condition is shown to be easily checked by transferring the problem to $\mathbb{F}_4$ domain. The problem of constructing low decoding complexity STBCs is shown to be equivalent to finding certain co

Yoshio Koide

In the so-called yukawaon model, where effective Yukawa coupling constants Y_f^{eff} (f=e,ν,u,d) are given by vacuum expectation values of gauge singlet scalars (yukawaons) Y_f with 3\times 3 flavor components, it is tried to give a unified description of quark and lepton mass matrices. Especially, without assuming any discrete symmetry in the lepton sector,

Bela Bollobas, Vladimir Nikiforov

We show that if G is a graph of sufficiently large order n containing as many r-cliques as the r-partite Turan graph of order n; then for some C>0 G has more than Cn^(r-1) (r+1)-cliques sharing a common edge unless G is isomorphic to the the r-partite Turan graph of order n. This structural result generalizes a previous result that has been useful in extrema

Vladimir Nikiforov

A number of famous results about triangle-free graphs determine the maximum chromatic number of graphs of order n with minimum degree greater than n/3. In this note these results are extended to Kr-free graphs.

Benjamin D. G. Chandran, Bo Li, Barrett N. Rogers, Eliot Quataert

We consider ion heating by turbulent Alfven waves (AWs) and kinetic Alfven waves (KAWs) with perpendicular wavelengths comparable to the ion gyroradius and frequencies smaller than the ion cyclotron frequency. When the turbulence amplitude exceeds a certain threshold, an ion&#39;s orbit becomes chaotic. The ion then interacts stochastically with the time-var

Xiao-Song Yang, Songmei Huan

This paper presents an analysis on nonstandard generalized Hopf bifurcation in a class of switched systems where the lost of stability of linearized systems is not due to the crossing of their complex conjugate eigenvalues but relevant to the switching laws between the subslystems. Thus is remarkably different from the mechanism of the Hopf bifurcation and t

Toshiyuki Tanaka, Ryuhei Mori

A rate-dependent upper bound of the best achievable block error probability of polar codes with successive-cancellation decoding is derived.

K. P. Driver, R. E. Cohen, Zhigang Wu, B. Militzer

Silica is an abundant component of the Earth whose crystalline polymorphs play key roles in its structure and dynamics. As the simplest silicates, understanding pure silica is a prerequisite to understanding the rocky part of the Earth, its majority. First principle density functional theory (DFT) methods have often been used to accurately predict properties

Trinh Khanh Tuoc

The classical statistics of turbulence are shown to be not specific to turbulence and can be derived from a solution for recurring unsteady state viscous flow. Care must be exercised in using them to make deductions about turbulence structures and mechanisms. The conditionally averaged statistics, particularly involving the velocities of the ejections in the

Yanlin Geng, Chandra Nair, Shlomo Shamai, Zizhou Vincent Wang

We study the capacity regions of broadcast channels with binary inputs and symmetric outputs. We study the partial order induced by the more capable ordering of broadcast channels for channels belonging to this class. This study leads to some surprising connections regarding various notions of dominance of receivers. The results here also help us isolate som

S A Sisson, Y Fan

To appear to MCMC handbook, S. P. Brooks, A. Gelman, G. Jones and X.-L. Meng (eds), Chapman & Hall.

Shangduan Wu, Feng Liu

The criticality of vacancy-induced metal-insulator transition (MIT) in graphene is investigated by Kubo-Greenwood formula with tight-binding recursion method. The critical vacancy concentration for the MIT is determined to be 0.053%. The scaling laws for transport properties near the critical point are examined showing several unconventional 2D localization

Lukáš Vokřínek

We gather conditions on a class H of continuous maps of topological spaces that allow a reasonable theory of fibrations up to an equivalence (a map from this class) which we call H-fibrations. The weak homotopy equivalences recover quasifibrations and homology equivalences yield homology fibrations. We study local H-fibrations that behave nicely with respect

Lukáš Vokřínek

We prove a generalization of Thom&#39;s transversality theorem. It gives conditions under which the jet map $f_*|_Y:Y\subseteq J^r(D,M)\ra J^r(D,N)$ is generically (for $f:M\ra N$) transverse to a submanifold $Z\subseteq J^r(D,N)$. We apply this to study transversality properties of a restriction of a fixed map $g:M\ra P$ to the preimage $(j^sf)^{-1}(A)$ of

J. J. He, H. W. Wang, J. Hu, L. Li

The reaction rates of the key stellar reaction of $^{14}$O($α$,p)$^{17}$F have been reexamined. The previous conclusion, the 6.15-MeV state ($J^π$=1$^-$) dominating this reaction rate, has been overthrown by a careful reanalysis of the previous experimental data [J. Gómez del Campo {\it et al.}, Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 86}, 43 (2001)]. According to the present

Andrew Drucker

Boolean functions with symmetry properties are interesting from a complexity theory perspective; extensive research has shown that these functions, if nonconstant, must have high `complexity&#39; according to various measures. In recent work of this type, Sun gave bounds on the block sensitivity of nonconstant Boolean functions invariant under a transitive p

Alexander G. M. Paulin

For a cuspidal automorphic representation of GL2/Q associated to a modular form, the local and global Langlands correspondences are compatible at all finite places of Q. On the p-adic Coleman-Mazur eigencurve this principle can fail (away from p) under one of two conditions: on a generically principal series component where monodromy vanishes; or on a generi

Amr H. Hassan, Christopher J. Fluke, David G. Barnes

Traditional analysis techniques may not be sufficient for astronomers to make the best use of the data sets that current and future instruments, such as the Square Kilometre Array and its Pathfinders, will produce. By utilizing the incredible pattern-recognition ability of the human mind, scientific visualization provides an excellent opportunity for astrono

Benjamin R. Barsdell, David G. Barnes, Christopher J. Fluke

Astronomers have come to rely on the increasing performance of computers to reduce, analyze, simulate and visualize their data. In this environment, faster computation can mean more science outcomes or the opening up of new parameter spaces for investigation. If we are to avoid major issues when implementing codes on advanced architectures, it is important t

A. N. Petrov, N. S. Mosyagin, A. V. Titov, A. V. Zaitsevskii

Contributions from high-order (non-perturbative triple and quadruple) cluster amplitudes to the dissociation energies, equilibrium distances, and vibrational constants for the ground states of van der Waals dimers Hg$_2$ and Cn$_2$ are evaluated. The incorporation of these contributions into the results of large-scale CCSD(T) calculations leads to non-neglig

Dimitrios Emmanoulopoulos, Ian M. McHardy, Phil Uttley

The extensive use of the structure function (SF) in the field of blazar variability suggests that characteristics time-scales are embedded in the light curves of these objects. We argue that for blazar variability studies, the SF results are sometimes erroneously interpreted leading to misconceptions about the actual source properties. Based on extensive sim

Guo-Li Wang, Jin-Mei Zhang, Zhi-Hui Wang

We analyzed the decays of $B^{+}\to {\bar {D}^0}+D^{+}_{sJ}(2S)$ and $B^{+}\to\bar D^{0}+D^{+}_{sJ}(1D)$ by naive factorization method and model dependent calculation based on the Bethe-Salpeter method, the branching ratios are $Br({\bar {D}^0}D^{+}_{sJ}(2S))=(0.72\pm0.12)%$ and $Br({\bar {D}^0}D^{+}_{sJ}(1D))=(0.027\pm0.007)%$. The branching ratio of decay

Mikolaj Korzynski

We present a new approach to coarse-graining of variables describing dust flow in GR. It is based on assigning quasi-local shear, twist and expansion to 2-dimensional surfaces with the help of isometric embeddings into the 3-dimensional Euclidean space and deriving the time evolution equations for them. In contrast to the popular Buchert&#39;s scheme it allo

M. R. Haas, P. Anders

[abridged] Stars are thought to be formed predominantly in clusters. The clusters are formed following a cluster initial mass function (CMF) similar to the stellar initial mass function (IMF). Both the IMF and the CMF favour low-mass objects. The numerous low-mass clusters will lack high mass stars. If the integrated galactic initial mass function originates

Paul McFadden, Kostas Skenderis

We present a holographic description of four-dimensional single-scalar inflationary universes in terms of a three-dimensional quantum field theory. The holographic description correctly reproduces standard inflationary predictions in their regime of applicability. In the opposite case, wherein gravity is strongly coupled at early times, we propose a holograp

Nawaf Bou-Rabee, Houman Owhadi

This paper presents a Lie-Trotter splitting for inertial Langevin equations (Geometric Langevin Algorithm) and analyzes its long-time statistical properties. The splitting is defined as a composition of a variational integrator with an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck flow. Assuming the exact solution and the splitting are geometrically ergodic, the paper proves the discr

Manuel Athènes, Mihai-Cosmin Marinica

Various methods achieving importance sampling in ensembles of nonequilibrium trajectories enable to estimate free energy differences and, by maximum-likelihood post-processing, to reconstruct free energy landscapes. Here, based on Bayes theorem, we propose a more direct method in which a posterior likelihood function is used both to construct the steered dyn

Jia, Meng, Wotao Yin, Husheng Li

In cognitive radio, spectrum sensing is a key component to detect spectrum holes (i.e., channels not used by any primary users). Collaborative spectrum sensing among the cognitive radio nodes is expected to improve the ability of checking complete spectrum usage states. Unfortunately, due to power limitation and channel fading, available channel sensing info

Clara L. Aldana

The goal of this paper is to prove that on surfaces with asymptotically cusp ends the relative determinant of pairs of Laplace operators is well defined. We consider a surface with cusps (M,g) and a metric h on the surface that is a conformal transformation of the initial metric g. We prove the existence of the relative determinant of the pair $(Δ_{h},Δ_{g})

Hyunsuk Kang, Lina Lee, Crystal Zeager

We estimate the boundary behavior of the Kobayashi metric on $\C\sm\set{0,1}$. We also compare the Bergman metric on the ring domain in $\C^{2}$ to the Bergman metric on the ball.

Ekaterina Shemyakova

Given a right factor and a left factor of a Linear Partial Differential Operator (LPDO), under which conditions we can refine these two-factor factorizations into one three-factor factorization? This problem is solved for LPDOs of arbitrary order and number of variables. A more general result for the incomplete factorizations of LPDOs is proved as well.

C. E. Creffield, F. Sols

Benenti et al. recently submitted a Comment (arXiv:0912.3667) on our work &#34;Coherent Ratchets in Driven Bose-Einstein condensates&#34;. We show that the main claim of the Comment is wrong, and correct some other misunderstandings presented there.

Marcy Barge, Henk Bruin, Leslie Jones, Lorenzo Sadun

We consider one-dimensional substitution tiling spaces where the dilatation (stretching factor) is a degree d Pisot number, and where the first rational Cech cohomology is d-dimensional. We construct examples of such &#34;homological Pisot&#34; substitutions that do not have pure discrete spectra. These examples are not unimodular, and we conjecture that the

Sophie Grivaux

We study a hypercyclicity property of linear dynamical systems: a bounded linear operator T acting on a separable infinite-dimensional Banach space X is said to be hypercyclic if there exists a vector x in X such that {T^{n}x : n>0} is dense in X, and frequently hypercyclic if there exists x in X such that for any non empty open subset U of X, the set {n>0 ;

Kamyar Moshksar, Amir K. Khandani

This paper addresses an interference channel consisting of $\mathbf{n}$ active users sharing $u$ frequency sub-bands. Users are asynchronous meaning there exists a mutual delay between their transmitted codes. A stationary model for interference is considered by assuming the starting point of an interferer&#39;s data is uniformly distributed along the codewo

Rita Tojeiro, Will J. Percival

We present a comprehensive study of the evolution of Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs) in the latest and final spectroscopic data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We test the scenario of passive evolution of LRGs in 0.15<z<0.5, by looking at the evolution of the number and luminosity density of LRGs, as well as of their clustering. A new weighting scheme

Qing Hui

In this report, we develop a semistability analysis framework for nonlinear systems with bounded time-varying delays with applications to stability analysis of multiagent dynamic networks with consensus protocols in the presence of unknown heterogeneous time-varying delays along the communication links. We show that for such a nonlinear system having nonisol

David Lubicz, Damien Robert

We describe an efficient algorithm for the computation of separable isogenies between abelian varieties represented in the coordinate system given by algebraic theta functions. Let $A$ be an abelian variety of dimension $g$ defined over a field of odd characteristic. Our algorithm decomposes in two principal steps. First, given a theta null point for $A$ and

Joshua N. Winn

When we are fortunate enough to view an exoplanetary system nearly edge-on, the star and planet periodically eclipse each other. Observations of eclipses (transits and occultations) provide a bonanza of information that cannot be obtained from radial-velocity data alone, such as the relative dimensions of the planet and its host star, as well as the orientat

Francesco Miniati, A. R. Bell

Relativistic charged particles (CR for cosmic-rays) produced by Supernova explosion of the first generation of massive stars that are responsible for the re-ionization of the universe escape into the intergalactic medium, carrying an electric current. Charge imbalance and induction give rise to a return current, $\vec j_t$, carried by the cold thermal plasma

F. B. Bianco, Z. -W. Zhang, M. J. Lehner, S. Mondal

We have analyzed the first 3.75 years of data from TAOS, the Taiwanese American Occultation Survey. TAOS monitors bright stars to search for occultations by Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs). This dataset comprises 5e5 star-hours of multi-telescope photometric data taken at 4 or 5 Hz. No events consistent with KBO occultations were found in this dataset. We compute

Dmitry Belyaev, Lars Brink, Sung-Soo Kim, Pierre Ramond

The light-cone superspace version of the d=3, N=8 superconformal theory of Bagger, Lambert and Gustavsson (BLG) is obtained as a solution to constraints imposed by OSp(2,2|8) superalgebra. The Hamiltonian of the theory is shown to be a quadratic form of the dynamical supersymmetry transformation.