January 2010 arXiv papers — page 50

Emmanuel Roy

We give a second look at stationary stable processes by interpreting the self-similar property at the level of the Lévy measure as characteristic of a Maharam system. This allows us to derive structural results and their ergodic consequences.

Sridhar Sahu, Alok Shukla

In this paper, we present a theoretical investigation of photoabsorption spectrum of the newly synthesized hydrogenated cluster of aluminium, Al4H6. The calculations are performed within the wave-function-based semi-empirical method employing the complete neglect of differential overlap (CNDO) model, employing a large-scale configuration interaction (CI) met

Yun-Song Piao

Recently, it has been noticed that the amplification of the amplitude of curvature perturbation cycle by cycle can lead to a cyclic multiverse scenario, in which the number of universes increases cycle by cycle. However, this amplification will also inevitably induce either the ultimate end of corresponding cycle, or the resulting spectrum of perturbations i

Dhananjay P. Mehendale

We propose a new algorithm to obtain max flow for the multicommodity flow. This algorithm utilizes the max-flow min-cut theorem and the well known labeling algorithm due to Ford and Fulkerson [1]. We proceed as follows: We select one source/sink pair among the n distinguished source/sink pairs at a time and treat the given multicommodity network as a single

Konstantin Borovkov

We present functional versions of recent results on the univariate distributions of the process $V_{x,u} = x + W_{uτ(x)},$ $0\le u\le 1$, where $W_\bullet$ is the standard Brownian motion process, $x>0$ and $τ(x) =\inf\{t>0 : W_{t}=-x\}$.

Douglas M. Gingrich

Tidal-charged black hole solutions localized on a three-brane in the five-dimensional gravity scenario of Randall and Sundrum have been known for some time. The solutions have been used to study the decay, and growth, of black holes with initial mass of about 10 TeV. These studies are interesting in that certain black holes, if produced at the Large Hadron C

Elizabeth R. Chen, Michael Engel, Sharon C. Glotzer

We present the densest known packing of regular tetrahedra with density phi = 4000/4671 = 0.856347... Like the recently discovered packings of Kallus et al. [arXiv:0910.5226] and Torquato-Jiao [arXiv:0912.4210], our packing is crystalline with a unit cell of four tetrahedra forming two triangular dipyramids (dimer clusters). We show that our packing has maxi

Houjun Lv, Enwei Liang, Binbin Zhang, Bing Zhang

Recent Swift observations suggest that the traditional long vs. short GRB classification scheme does not always associate GRBs to the two physically motivated model types, i.e. Type II (massive star origin) vs. Type I (compact star origin). We propose a new phenomenological classification method of GRBs by introducing a new parameter epsilon=E_{gamma, iso,52

Sabin Cautis, Joel Kamnitzer

We introduce the idea of a geometric categorical Lie algebra action on derived categories of coherent sheaves. The main result is that such an action induces an action of the braid group associated to the Lie algebra. The same proof shows that strong categorical actions in the sense of Khovanov-Lauda and Rouquier also lead to braid group actions. As an examp

Jaswant K. Yadav, J. S. Bagla, Nishikanta Khandai

In the multi-fractal analysis of large scale matter distribution, the scale of transition to homogeneity is defined as the scale above which the fractal dimension of underlying point distribution is equal to the ambient dimension of the space in which points are distributed. With finite sized weakly clustered distribution of tracers obtained from galaxy reds

Klaus Fabricius, Barry M. McCoy

We compute the correlation functions of the three state superintegrable chiral Potts spin chain for chains of length 3,4,5. From these results we present conjectures for the form of the nearest neighbor correlation function.

Larry Goldstein, Haimeng Zhang

In the so called lightbulb process, on days $r=1,..., n$, out of $n$ lightbulbs, all initially off, exactly $r$ bulbs, selected uniformly and independent of the past, have their status changed from off to on, or vice versa. With $X$ the number of bulbs on at the terminal time $n$, an even integer, and $μ=n/2, σ^2=Var(X)$, we have $$ \sup_{z \in \mathbb{R}} |

Yassir Ibrahim Dinar

We obtain polynomial Frobenius manifolds from classical $W$-algebras associated to regular nilpotent elements in simple Lie algebras using the related opposite Cartan subalgebras.

Martin T. Barlow, Jian Ding, Asaf Nachmias, Yuval Peres

The cover time of a graph is a celebrated example of a parameter that is easy to approximate using a randomized algorithm, but for which no constant factor deterministic polynomial time approximation is known. A breakthrough due to Kahn, Kim, Lovasz and Vu yielded a (log log n)^2 polynomial time approximation. We refine this upper bound, and show that the re

James McNerney, J. Doyne Farmer, Jessika E. Trancik

We study the costs of coal-fired electricity in the United States between 1882 and 2006 by decomposing it in terms of the price of coal, transportation costs, energy density, thermal efficiency, plant construction cost, interest rate, capacity factor, and operations and maintenance cost. The dominant determinants of costs have been the price of coal and plan

Rajiv Soundararajan, Aaron B. Wagner, Sriram Vishwanath

This paper studies a class of source coding problems that combines elements of the CEO problem with the multiple description problem. In this setting, noisy versions of one remote source are observed by two nodes with encoders (which is similar to the CEO problem). However, it differs from the CEO problem in that each node must generate multiple descriptions

Alan Coley

The averaging problem in cosmology is of considerable importance for the correct interpretation of cosmological data. We review cosmological observations and discuss some of the issues regarding averaging. We present a precise definition of a cosmological model and a rigorous mathematical definition of averaging, based entirely in terms of scalar invariants.

Philippe Elbaz-Vincent, Herbert Gangl, Christophe Soulé

For N=5, 6 and 7, using the classification of perfect quadratic forms, we compute the homology of the Voronoi cell complexes attached to the modular groups SL_N(\Z) and GL_N(\Z). From this we deduce the rational cohomology of those groups.

B. L. Fleshman, P. A. Delamere, F. Bagenal

We investigate the chemical interaction between Saturn's corotating plasma and Enceladus' volcanic plumes. We evolve plasma as it passes through a prescribed H2O plume using a physical chemistry model adapted for water-group reactions. The flow field is assumed to be that of a plasma around an electrically-conducting obstacle centered on Enceladus an

Arthur M. Berd, Robert F. Engle, Artem Voronov

We propose a hybrid model of portfolio credit risk where the dynamics of the underlying latent variables is governed by a one factor GARCH process. The distinctive feature of such processes is that the long-term aggregate return distributions can substantially deviate from the asymptotic Gaussian limit for very long horizons. We introduce the notion of corre

Arthur M. Berd

We derive an arbitrage free relationship between recovery swap rates, digital default swap spreads and conventional CDS spreads, and argue that the fair forward recovery rate used in recovery swaps must contain a convexity premium over the expected recovery value.

M. Ben Shalom, M. Sachs, D. Rakhmilevitch, A. Palevski

The superconducting transition temperature, Tc, of the SrTiO3/LaAlO3 interface was varied by the electric field effect. The anisotropy of the upper critical field and the normal state magneto-transport were studied as a function of gate voltage. The spin-orbit coupling energy is extracted. This tunable energy scale is used to explain the strong gate dependen

Jun Geng, Zhongwei Shen

We show that the Neumann problem for Laplace&#39;s equation in a convex domain $Ω$ with boundary data in $L^p(\partialΩ)$ is uniquely solvable for $1<p<\infty$. As a consequence, we obtain the Helmholtz decomposition of vector fields in $L^p(Ω, \mathbb{R}^d)$.

J. Scott Carter, Masahico Saito

Foams are surfaces with branch lines at which three sheets merge. They have been used in the categorification of sl(3) quantum knot invariants and also in physics. The 2D-TQFT of surfaces, on the other hand, is classified by means of commutative Frobenius algebras, where saddle points correspond to multiplication and comultiplication. In this paper, we explo

Simon Portegies Zwart, Tomoaki Ishiyama, Derek Groen, Keigo Nitadori

Understanding the universe is hampered by the elusiveness of its most common constituent, cold dark matter. Almost impossible to observe, dark matter can be studied effectively by means of simulation and there is probably no other research field where simulation has led to so much progress in the last decade. Cosmological N-body simulations are an essential

Wystan Benbow

The VERITAS array of four 12-m diameter imaging atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes in southern Arizona is used to study very high energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) gamma-ray emission from astrophysical objects. VERITAS is currently the most sensitive VHE gamma-ray observatory in the world and one of the VERITAS collaboration&#39;s Key Science Projects (KSP) is the study

Richard Battye, Bjorn Garbrecht, Adam Moss

We use present cosmological data from the cosmic microwave background, large-scale structure and deuterium at high redshifts to constrain supersymmetric F- and D-term hybrid inflation scenarios including possible contributions to the CMB anisotropies from cosmic strings. Using two different realizations of the cosmic string spectrum, we find that the minimal

Petter Andreas Bergh, Steffen Oppermann

We study the notion of positive and negative complexity of pairs of objects in cluster categories. The first main result shows that the maximal complexity occurring is either one, two or infinite, depending on the representation type of the underlying hereditary algebra. In the the second result, we study the bounded derived category of a cluster tilted alge

Daewon Chung

We prove that the operator norm on weighted Lebesgue space L2(w) of the commutators of the Hilbert, Riesz and Beurling transforms with a BMO function b depends quadratically on the A2-characteristic of the weight, as opposed to the linear dependence known to hold for the operators themselves. It is known that the operator norms of these commutators can be co

Eric Falcon

This review paper is devoted to a presentation of recent progress in wave turbulence. I first present the context and state of the art of this field of research both experimentally and theoretically. I then focus on the case of wave turbulence on the surface of a fluid, and I discuss the main results obtained by our group: caracterization of the gravity and

T. E. Sheridan, Andrew L. Magyar

We provide direct experimental evidence that the one-dimensional (1D) to two-dimensional (2D) zigzag transition in a Yukawa cluster exhibits power law behavior. Configurations of a six-particle dusty (complex) plasma confined in a biharmonic potential well are characterized as the well anisotropy is reduced. When the anisotropy is large the particles are in

Giovanni Rastelli

In this paper we try to find examples of integrable natural Hamiltonian systems on the sphere $S^2$ with the symmetries of each Platonic polyhedra. Although some of these systems are known, their expression is extremely complicated; we try here to find the simplest possible expressions for this kind of dynamical systems. Even in the simplest cases it is not

N. S. Brickhouse, S. R. Cranmer, A. K. Dupree, G. J. M. Luna

We present X-ray spectral analysis of the accreting young star TW Hydrae from a 489 ks observation using the Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating. The spectrum provides a rich set of diagnostics for electron temperature T_e, electron density N_e, hydrogen column density N_H, relative elemental abundances and velocities and reveals its source in 3 distinc

Myoung-Sun Heo, Yonghee Kim, Kihwan Kim, Geol Moon

We show that an atomic system in a periodically modulated optical trap displays an ideal mean-field symmetry-breaking transition. The symmetry is broken with respect to time translation by the modulation period. The transition is due to the interplay of the long-range interatomic interaction and nonequilibrium fluctuations. The observed critical dynamics, in

John Campbell

The Darwinian nature of Wojciech Zurek&#39;s theory of Quantum Darwinism is evaluated against the criteria of a Darwinian process as understood within Universal Darwinism. The characteristics of a Darwinian process are developed including the consequences of accumulated adaptations resulting in adaptive systems operating in accordance with Friston&#39;s free

D. C. Lis, A. Wootten, M. Gerin, E. Roueff

Using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), we have obtained accurate measurements of the $^{14}$N/$^{15}$N isotopic ratio in ammonia in two nearby cold, dense molecular clouds, Barnard~1 and NGC 1333. The $^{14}$N/$^{15}$N ratio in Barnard~1, $334 \pm 50$ (3$σ$), is particularly well constrained and falls in between the local interstellar medium/proto-solar value

Tomaso M. Belloni

In the past years, a clear picture of the evolution of outbursts of black-hole X-ray binaries has emerged. While the X-ray properties can be classified into our distinct states, based on spectral and timing properties, the observations in the radio band have shown strong links between accretion and ejection properties. Here I briefly outline the association

P. L. Krapivsky

A ferromagnetic Ising chain which is endowed with a single-spin-flip Glauber dynamics is investigated. For an arbitrary annealing protocol, we derive an exact integral equation for the domain wall density. This integral equation admits an asymptotic solution in the limit of extremely slow cooling. For instance, we extract an asymptotic of the density of doma

Do-Nyun Kim, Cong-Tri Nguyen, Mark Bathe

The Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB) is a rapidly growing repository for the dissemination of structural data from single-particle reconstructions of supramolecular protein assemblies including motors, chaperones, cytoskeletal assemblies, and viral capsids. While the static structure of these assemblies provides essential insight into their biological fu

Lyndsay Fletcher

The emphasis of observational and theoretical flare studies in the last decade or two has been on the flare corona, and attention has shifted substantially away from the flare&#39;s chromospheric aspects. However, although the pre-flare energy is stored in the corona, the radiative flare is primarily a chromospheric phenomenon, and its chromospheric emission

J. Friedman, T. Hastie, R. Tibshirani

We consider the group lasso penalty for the linear model. We note that the standard algorithm for solving the problem assumes that the model matrices in each group are orthonormal. Here we consider a more general penalty that blends the lasso (L1) with the group lasso (&#34;two-norm&#34;). This penalty yields solutions that are sparse at both the group and i

Jingqi Miao, Koji Sugitani, Glenn J. White, Richard P. Nelson

With references to recent observational results on the nebula IC59, we applied our previously developed Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) code which is based on Radiative Driven Implosion (RDI) model, to investigate the possible formation mechanism for the observed morphological structures of differently shaped BRCs. The simulation results confirmed the

E. Barkai, R. Silbey

We study the diffusion of tagged hard core interacting particles under the influence of an external force field. Using the Jepsen line we map this many particle problem onto a single particle one. We obtain general equations for the distribution and the mean square displacement $<(x_T)^2>$ of the tagged center particle valid for rather general external force

P. Kharb, M. L. Lister, N. J. Cooper

We present the results of a study on the 1.4 GHz kpc-scale radio emission in the complete flux density limited MOJAVE sample, comprising 135 radio-loud AGNs. While extended emission is detected in the majority of the sources, about 7% of the sources exhibit only radio core emission. Many BL Lacs exhibit extended radio power and kpc-scale morphology typical o

Benton L. Duncan

We study operator algebras associated to integral domains. In particular, with respect to a set of natural identities we look at the possible nonselfadjoint operator algebras which encode the ring structure of an integral domain. We show that these algebras give a new class of examples of semicrossed products by discrete semigroups. We investigate the struct

A. L. Kataev, S. V. Mikhailov

We propose a conjecture about the detailed structure of the conformal symmetry breaking term in the generalized Crewther relation. We conclude that this conjecture leads to new relations between the QCD expansion coefficients of the Adler D-function and the polarized Bjorken sum rule B$_{jp}$

Ruediger Vaas

Multiverse scenarios in cosmology assume that other universes exist &#34;beyond&#34; our own universe. They are an exciting challenge both for empirical and theoretical research as well as for philosophy of science. They could be necessary to understand why the big bang occurred, why (some of) the laws of nature and the values of certain physical constants a

Alexander G. Rasin

The application of the Gardner method for generation of conservation laws to all the ABS equations is considered. It is shown that all the necessary information for the application of the Gardner method, namely Bäcklund transformations and initial conservation laws, follow from the multidimensional consistency of ABS equations. We also apply the Gardner meth

Martin R. Zirnbauer

Physical systems exhibiting stochastic or chaotic behavior are often amenable to treatment by random matrix models. In deciding on a good choice of model, random matrix physics is constrained and guided by symmetry considerations. The notion of &#39;symmetry class&#39; (not to be confused with &#39;universality class&#39;) expresses the relevance of symmetri

Peter Bokes, Frantisek Horvath

We characterize the role of the spin-orbit coupling between electrons and the confining potential of the edge in nonequilibrium 2D homogeneous electronic gas. We derive a simple analytical result for the magnitude of the current induced spin polarization at the edge and prove that it is independent of the details of the confinement edge potential and the ele

Mathieu Meyer, Carsten Schütt, Elisabeth M. Werner

We give an example of a convex body whose centroid and Santaló point are &#34;far apart&#34;.

L. Amour, J. Faupin

We consider a spin-1/2 electron and a spin-1/2 nucleus interacting with the quantized electromagnetic field in the standard model of non-relativistic QED. For a fixed total momentum sufficiently small, we study the multiplicity of the ground state of the reduced Hamiltonian. We prove that the coupling between the spins of the charged particles and the electr

M. Kobayashi, Y. Ishida, J. I. Hwang, Y. Osafune

The magnetic properties of Zn$_{1-x}$Co$_x$O ($x=0.07$ and 0.10) thin films, which were homo-epitaxially grown on a ZnO(0001) substrates with varying relatively high oxygen pressure, have been investigated using x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) at Co $2p$ core-level absorption edge. The line shapes of the absorption spectra are the same in all the fi

Karel Kolar

Although the choice of a factorization scheme is as important as the choice of a factorization scale, the dependence of theoretical predictions (at finite order) on the choice of a factorization scheme has been little investigated. This is due to the fact that the freedom in the choice of a factorization scheme is enormous, even at NLO. One of the reason why

Eric Ressouche, Virginie Simonet, Benjamin Canals, Marin Gospodinov

The Fe3+ lattice in the Bi2Fe4O9 compound is found to materialize the first analogue of a magnetic pentagonal lattice. Due to its odd number of bonds per elemental brick, this lattice, subject to first neighbor antiferromagnetic interactions, is prone to geometric frustration. The Bi2Fe4O9 magnetic properties have been investigated by macroscopic magnetic me

SPICA Study Team Collaboration

SPICA (Space Infrared Telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics) is a JAXA led observatory that will operate in the mid and far infrared wavelength range (5-210 micron) with unprecedented sensitivity, thanks to the 3.5 m (current baseline) cold telescope (< 6 K) and advanced instruments. SPICA will carry a mid infrared camera, mid infrared spectrometers and a

G. D&#39;Agostini

A quite old problem has been recently revitalized by Leonard Mlodinow&#39;s book The Drunkard&#39;s Walk, where it is presented in a way that has definitely confused several people, that wonder why the prevalence of the name of one daughter among the population should change the probability that the other child is a girl too. I try here to discuss the proble

J. Sadeghi, B. Pourhassan

In this paper, we consider a rotating heavy quark-antiquark ($q\bar{q}$) pair in a ${\mathcal{N}}$=4 SYM thermal plasma. We assume that $q\bar{q}$ center of mass moves at the speed $v$ and furthermore they rotate around the center of mass. We use the AdS/CFT correspondence and consider the effect of external electromagnetic field on the motion of the rotatin

A. Chuprikov, I. Guirin

We analyze the results of processing of data of observations which had been carried out with the VLBA during 10 last years. All the data have been retrieved from archive of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (USA NRAO, Socorro, New Mexico). Particularly, we examine data of VLBA observational sessions titled BK068, BL111, BL137, BL149, and BD086. Object

M. J. Rozenberg, M. J. Sanchez, R. Weht, C. Acha

We introduce a model that accounts for the bipolar resistive switching phenomenom observed in transition metal oxides. It qualitatively describes the electric field-enhanced migration of oxygen vacancies at the nano-scale. The numerical study of the model predicts that strong electric fields develop in the highly resistive dielectric-electrode interfaces, le

Amit Belani

A bag-of-words based probabilistic classifier is trained using regularized logistic regression to detect vandalism in the English Wikipedia. Isotonic regression is used to calibrate the class membership probabilities. Learning curve, reliability, ROC, and cost analysis are performed.

Soley Ersoy, Murat Tosun

The Lamarle Formula, given by Kruppa in \cite{Kr}, is known as a relationship between the Gaussian curvature and the distribution parameter of a ruled surface in the surface theory. The ruled surfaces were investigated in 3 different classes with respect to the character of base curves and rulings, \cite{Tu1},\cite{Tu2}. In this paper on account of these stu

M. S. Westmoquette, J. S. Gallagher, L. de Poitiers

We present deep WIYN H_alpha SparsePak and DensePak spatially-resolved optical spectroscopy of the dwarf irregular starburst galaxy NGC 1140. The different spatial resolutions and coverage of the two sets of observations have allowed us to investigate the properties and kinematics of the warm ionized gas within both the central regions of the galaxy and the

M. Baer, P. M. Dinh, L. V. Moskaleva, P. -G. Reinhard

We investigate the dynamics of deposition of small Na clusters on MgO(001) surface. A hierarchical modeling is used combining Quantum Mechanical with Molecular Mechanical (QM/MM) description. Full time-dependent density-functional theory is used for the cluster electrons while the substrate atoms are treated at a classical level. We consider Na$_6$ and Na$_8

G. Rauw, J. Manfroid, M. De Becker

The very young open cluster NGC 6383 centered on the O-star binary HD 159176 is an interesting place for studying the impact of early-type stars with strong radiation fields and powerful winds on the formation processes of low-mass stars. To investigate this process, it is necessary to determine the characteristics (age, presence, or absence of circumstellar

Giulio Biroli, Leticia F. Cugliandolo, Alberto Sicilia

We revisit the Kibble-Zurek mechanism by analyzing the dynamics of phase ordering systems during an infinitely slow annealing across a second order phase transition. We elucidate the time and cooling rate dependence of the typical growing length and we use it to predict the number of topological defects left over in the symmetry broken phase as a function of

R. M. Puscasu, B. D. Todd, P. J. Daivis, J. S. Hansen

We present an extended analysis of the wave-vector dependent shear viscosity of monatomic and diatomic (liquid chlorine) fluids over a wide range of wave-vectors and for a variety of state points. The analysis is based on equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations, which involves the evaluation of transverse momentum density and shear stress autocorrelation

A. Y. Potekhin, G. Chabrier

We briefly review analytic approximations of thermodynamic functions of fully ionized nonideal electron-ion plasmas, applicable in a wide range of plasma parameters, including the domains of nondegenerate and degenerate, nonrelativistic and relativistic electrons, weakly and strongly coupled Coulomb liquids, classical and quantum Coulomb crystals. We present

M. Alaburda, V. Gontis, B. Kaulakys

Expressions for energy and angular momentum changes of the hydrogen atom due to interaction with the electromagnetic field during the period of the electron motion in the Coulomb field are derived. It is shown that only the energy change for the motion between two subsequent passings of the pericenter is related to the quasiclassical dipole matrix element fo

John G. Kirk, Brian Reville

(Abbreviated) Particle-in-cell simulations of relativistic, weakly magnetized collisionless shocks show that particles can gain energy by repeatedly crossing the shock front. This requires scattering off self-generated small length-scale magnetic fluctuations. The radiative signature of this first-order Fermi acceleration mechanism is important for models of

M. Baer, P. M. Dinh, L. V. Moskaleva, P. -G. Reinhard

We explore from a theoretical perspective angular distributions of electrons emitted from a Na$_8$ cluster after excitation by a short laser pulse. The tool of the study is time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) at the level of the local-density approximation (LDA) augmented by a self-interaction correction (SIC) to put emission properties in order

Viet-Anh Nguyen, Zdena Koukolikova-Nicola, Franco Bagnoli, Pietro Lio

High-throughput data analyses are becoming common in biology, communications, economics and sociology. The vast amounts of data are usually represented in the form of matrices and can be considered as knowledge networks. Spectra-based approaches have proved useful in extracting hidden information within such networks and for estimating missing data, but thes

Christopher Oezbek

To learn how to introduce automated regression testing to existing medium scale Open Source projects, a long-term field experiment was performed with the Open Source project FreeCol. Results indicate that (1) introducing testing is both beneficial for the project and feasible for an outside innovator, (2) testing can enhance communication between developers,

G. Hebrard, X. Bonfils, D. Segransan, C. Moutou

We report the discovery of a planetary system around HD9446, performed from radial velocity measurements secured with the spectrograph SOPHIE at the 193-cm telescope of the Haute-Provence Observatory during more than two years. At least two planets orbit this G5V, active star: HD9446b has a minimum mass of 0.7 M_Jup and a slightly eccentric orbit with a peri

Boguslaw Hajduk, Krzysztof Pawalowski, Aleksy Tralle

We present some methods to construct smooth circle actions on symplectic manifolds with non-symplectic fixed point sets or non-symplectic cyclic isotropy point sets. All such actions are not compatible with any symplectic form.

J. Badziak, S. Borodziuk, T. Pisarczyk, T. Chodukowski

A novel efficient scheme of acceleration and collimation of dense plasma is proposed and examined. In the proposed scheme, a target placed in a cavity at the entrance of a guiding channel is irradiated by a laser beam introduced into the cavity through a hole and accelerated along the channel by the pressure created and accumulated in the cavity by the hot p

P. Descouvemont, D. Baye

The different facets of the $R$-matrix method are presented pedagogically in a general framework. Two variants have been developed over the years: $(i)$ The &#34;calculable&#34; $R$-matrix method is a calculational tool to derive scattering properties from the Schrödinger equation in a large variety of physical problems. It was developed rather independently

Alexander P. Zhuravel, Steven M. Anlage, Alexey V. Ustinov

A new phenomenological approach to spatially-resolved research of nonlinear (NL) microwave properties of operating thin-film superconducting resonators is proposed. The approach is based on frequency and spatial singularity of Laser Scanning Microscopy (LSM) images that can be extracted from a set of 2-D patterns representing x-y distribution of the LSM phot

Tomaso M. Belloni

I briefly outline the state-paradigm that has emerged from the study of black-hole binaries with RossiXTE. This is the starting point of a number of studies that address the connection between accretion and jet ejection and the physical nature of the hard spectral components in these systems.

Jean Zinn-Justin

Summation methods play a very important role in quantum field theory because all perturbation series are divergent and the expansion parameter is not always small. A number of methods have been tried in this context, most notably Pade approximants, Borel--Pade summation, Borel transformation with mapping, which we briefly describe and one on which we concent

A. P. Pyatakov, D. A. Sechin, A. V. Nikolaev, E. P. Nikolaeva

The chirality-dependent magnetoelectric properties of Neel-type domain walls in iron garnet films is observed. The electrically driven magnetic domain wall motion changes the direction to the opposite with the reversal of electric polarity of the probe and with the chirality switching of the domain wall from clockwise to counterclockwise. This proves that th

Marek Jaworski

The flux-flow dynamics in a long Josephson junction is studied both analytically and numerically. A realistic model of the junction is considered by taking into account a nonuniform current distribution, surface losses and self-pumping effects. An approximate analytical solution of the modified sine-Gordon equation is derived in the form of a unidirectional

Romuald Lenczewski

We study the asymptotics of sums of matricially free random variables called random pseudomatrices, and we compare it with that of random matrices with block-identical variances. For objects of both types we find the limit joint distributions of blocks and give their Hilbert space realizations, using operators called `matricially free Gaussian operators&#39;

T. Rohe, A. Bean, W. Erdmann, H. -C. Kaestli

Pixel detectors are used in the innermost part of the multi purpose experiments at LHC and are therefore exposed to the highest fluences of ionising radiation, which in this part of the detectors consists mainly of charged pions. The radiation hardness of all detector components has thoroughly been tested up to the fluences expected at the LHC. In case of an

H. B. Rhee, S. Banerjee, E. R. Ylvisaker, W. E. Pickett

The layered ternary sp conductor NaAlSi, possessing the iron-pnictide &#34;111&#34; crystal structure, superconducts at 7 K. Using density functional methods, we show that this compound is an intrinsic (self-doped) low-carrier-density semimetal with a number of unusual features. Covalent Al-Si valence bands provide the holes, and free-electron-like Al 3s ban

Jose A. Caballero, M. Cornide, E. de Castro

We look for high-amplitude variable young stars in the open clusters and associations of the Orion Belt. We use public data from the ASAS-3 Photometric V-band Catalogue of the All Sky Automated Survey, infrared photometry from the 2MASS and IRAS catalogues, proper motions, and the Aladin sky atlas to obtain a list of the most variable stars in a survey area

Michiel Wouters, Iacopo Carusotto

We theoretically study the superfluidity properties of a non-equilibrium Bose-Einstein condensate of exciton-polaritons in a semiconductor microcavity. The dynamics of the condensate is described at mean-field level in terms of a modified Complex Ginzburg Landau equation. A generalized Landau criterion is formulated which estimates the onset of the drag forc

Caroline Terquem, Aikel Ajmia

In this paper, we show that the eccentricity of a planet on an inclined orbit with respect to a disc can be pumped up to high values by the gravitational potential of the disc, even when the orbit of the planet crosses the disc plane. This process is an extension of the Kozai effect. If the orbit of the planet is well inside the disc inner cavity, the proces

Rung-Tzung Huang

Let $E$ be a flat complex vector bundle over a closed oriented odd dimensional manifold $M$ endowed with a flat connection $\nabla$. The refined analytic torsion for $(M,E)$ was defined and studied by Braverman and Kappeler. Recently Mathai and Wu defined and studied the analytic torsion for the twisted de Rham complex with an odd degree closed differential

J. Hooyberghs, P. Van Hummelen, E. Carlon

Quantifying interactions in DNA microarrays is of central importance for a better understanding of their functioning. Hybridization thermodynamics for nucleic acid strands in aqueous solution can be described by the so-called nearest-neighbor model, which estimates the hybridization free energy of a given sequence as a sum of dinucleotide terms. Compared wit

G. Hupin, D. Lacroix

In nuclear fusion and fission, fluctuation and dissipation arise due to the coupling of collective degrees of freedom with internal excitations. Close to the barrier, both quantum, statistical and non-Markovian effects are expected to be important. In this work, a new approach based on quantum Monte-Carlo addressing this problem is presented. The exact dynam

V. R. Coluci, V. S. Timóteo, D. S. Galvão

The behavior of a nanodevice based upon double-walled carbon nanotube oscillators driven by periodically applied thermal gradients (7 and 17 K/nm) is investigated by numerical calculations and classical molecular dynamics simulations. Our results indicate that thermophoresis can be effective to initiate the oscillator and that suitable heat pulses may provid

H. Beuther, H. Linz, A. Bik., M. Goto

We used the CRIRES spectrograph on the VLT to study the ro-vibrational 12CO/13CO, the Pfund beta and H2 emission between 4.59 and 4.72mu wavelengths toward the BN object, the disk candidate source n, and a proposed dust density enhancement IRC3. We detected CO absorption and emission features toward all three targets. Toward the BN object, the data partly co

Xiaolin Qin, Yong Feng, Jingwei Chen, Jingzhong Zhang

We present a complete algorithm for finding an exact minimal polynomial from its approximate value by using an improved parameterized integer relation construction method. Our result is superior to the existence of error controlling on obtaining an exact rational number from its approximation. The algorithm is applicable for finding exact minimal polynomial

M. M. Qazilbash, J. J. Hamlin, R. E. Baumbach, Lijun Zhang

We discuss the discrepancy between the measured optical Drude weight and band structure calculations in LaFePO and other iron-based superconductors. This discrepancy is mostly due to mass renormalization arising from electronic correlation effects.

Bertrand David, Chuantao Yin, René Chalon

M-learning (mobile learning) can take various forms. We are interested in contextualized M-learning, i.e. the training related to the situation physically or logically localized. Contextualization and pervasivity are important aspects of our approach. We propose in particular MOCOCO principles (Mobility - COntextualisation - COoperation) using IMERA platform

Pierre Clairambault

We show how solutions to many recursive arena equations can be computed in a natural way by allowing loops in arenas. We then equip arenas with winning functions and total winning strategies. We present two natural winning conditions compatible with the loop construction which respectively provide initial algebras and terminal coalgebras for a large class of

Jurek Czyzowicz, David Ilcinkas, Arnaud Labourel, Andrzej Pelc

A mobile robot represented by a point moving in the plane has to explore an unknown terrain with obstacles. Both the terrain and the obstacles are modeled as arbitrary polygons. We consider two scenarios: the unlimited vision, when the robot situated at a point p of the terrain explores (sees) all points q of the terrain for which the segment pq belongs to t

Stephen Pankavich

A collisionless plasma is modeled by the Vlasov-Poisson system in three space dimensions. A fixed background of positive charge, which is independent of time and space, is assumed. The situation in which mobile negative ions balance the positive charge as x tends to infinity is considered. Hence the total positive charge, total negative charge, and total ene

I. S. Rakhimov, Munther A. Hassan

The paper deals with the complete classification of a subclass of complex filiform Leibniz algebras in dimensions 5 and 6. This subclass arises from the naturally graded filiform Lie algebras. We give a complete list of algebras. In parametric families cases, the corresponding orbit functions (invariants) are given. In discrete orbits case, we show a represe