February 2010 arXiv papers — page 12

Konstantinos Kondylis, Nikolitsa Yannopoulou, Petros Zimourtopoulos

The array factor of a both geometrically and electrically uniform array is the simple formula for the complex geometric progression sum. This fact, although results in the simplest of all possible analytical designs, obviously does not in the least simplify the complicated practical problem of feeding the array elements using multiple driving points. In orde

A. K. Chaudhuri

We argue that the ratio of $ϕ$ mesons multiplicity over cube of the mean $p_T$ is proportional to the degeneracy of the medium produced in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions. The ratio extracted from the existing $ϕ$ meson data in the energy range $\sqrt{s}$=6.3-200 GeV, indicate that beyond a threshold energy $\sqrt{s}_{th}=15.74\pm 8.10$ GeV, the medi

Martianus Frederic Ezerman, San Ling, Patrick Sole

We present a general construction of asymmetric quantum codes based on additive codes under the trace Hermitian inner product. Various families of additive codes over $\F_{4}$ are used in the construction of many asymmetric quantum codes over $\F_{4}$.

Stefano Bianchini, Camillo De Lellis, Roger Robyr

In this paper we study the regularity of viscosity solutions to the following Hamilton-Jacobi equations $$ \partial_t u + H(D_{x} u)=0 \qquad \textrm{in} Ω\subset \mathbb R\times \mathbb R^{n} . $$ In particular, under the assumption that the Hamiltonian $H\in C^2(\mathbb R^n)$ is uniformly convex, we prove that $D_{x}u$ and $\partial_t u$ belong to the clas

Kenichi Shimizu

We study Frobenius-Schur indicators of the regular representations of finite-dimensional semisimple Hopf algebras, especially group-theoretical ones. Those of various Hopf algebras are computed explicitly. In view of our computational results, we formulate the theorem of Frobenius for semisimple Hopf algebras and give some partial results on this problem.

C. S. An, B. Saghai, S. G. Yuan, Jun He

Within an extended chiral constituent quark model, three- and five-quark structure of the $S_{01}$ resonance $Λ(1405)$ is investigated. Helicity amplitudes for the electromagnetic decays ($Λ(1405) \to Λ(1116)γ$, $Σ(1194)γ$), and transition amplitudes for strong decays ($Λ(1405)\toΣ(1194)π$, $ K^{-}p$) are drived, as well as the relevant decay widths. The exp

Rok Zitko, Thomas Pruschke

We study the effects of the exchange interaction between an adsorbed magnetic atom with easy-axis magnetic anisotropy and the conduction-band electrons from the substrate. We model the system using an anisotropic Kondo model and we compute the impurity spectral function which is related to the differential conductance (dI/dV) spectra measured using a scannin

Giuseppe Galletta, Giulio Bertoloni, Maurizio D'Alessandro

We shortly discuss the observable consequences of the two hypotheses about the origin of life on Earth and Mars: the Lithopanspermia (Mars to Earth or viceversa) and the origin from a unique progenitor, that for Earth is called LUCA (the LUCA hypothesis). To test the possibility that some lifeforms similar to the terrestrial ones may survive on Mars, we desi

Wei-Cheng Lee, D. P. Arovas, Congjun Wu

Quasiparticle interference (QPI) in spectroscopic imaging scanning tunneling microscopy provides a powerful method to detect orbital band structures and orbital ordering patterns in transition metal oxides. We use the $T$-matrix formalism to calculate the QPI spectra for the unconventional metamagnetic system of Sr$_3$Ru$_2$O$_7$ with a $t_{2g}$-orbital band

Alina Beygelzimer, John Langford, Lihong Li, Lev Reyzin

We address the problem of learning in an online, bandit setting where the learner must repeatedly select among $K$ actions, but only receives partial feedback based on its choices. We establish two new facts: First, using a new algorithm called Exp4.P, we show that it is possible to compete with the best in a set of $N$ experts with probability $1-δ$ while i

R. N. Karasev

A counterexample is given for the Knaster-like conjecture of Makeev for functions on $S^2$. Some particular cases of another conjecture of Makeev, on inscribing a quadrangle into a smooth simple closed curve, are solved positively.

Sen-Peng Eu

Let $\mathcal{T}_3$ be the three-rowed strip. Recently Regev conjectured that the number of standard Young tableaux with $n-3$ entries in the "skew three-rowed strip" $\mathcal{T}_3 / (2,1,0)$ is $m_{n-1}-m_{n-3}$, a difference of two Motzkin numbers. This conjecture, together with hundreds of similar identities, were derived automatically and proved

Kohta Murase, John F. Beacom

It is crucial to identify the ultrahigh-energy cosmic-ray (UHECR) sources and probe their unknown properties. Recent results from the Pierre Auger Observatory favor a heavy nuclear composition for the UHECRs. Under the requirement that heavy nuclei survive in these sources, using gamma-ray bursts as an example, we predict a diagnostic gamma-ray signal, uniqu

M. J. Woolley, A. C. Doherty, G. J. Milburn

We propose a scheme for the quantum non-demolition (QND) measurement of Fock states of a nanomechanical resonator via feedback control of a coupled circuit QED system. A Cooper pair box (CPB) is coupled to both the nanoresonator and microwave cavity. The CPB is read-out via homodyne detection on the cavity and feedback control is used to effect a non-dissipa

Hideo Hasegawa

We have studied finite $N$-body $D$-dimensional nonextensive ideal gases and harmonic oscillators, by using the maximum-entropy methods with the $q$- and normal averages ($q$: the entropic index). The validity range, specific heat and Tsallis entropy obtained by the two average methods are compared. Validity ranges of the $q$- and normal averages are $0 < q

Bryce Gadway, Daniel Pertot, René Reimann, Dominik Schneble

We report the observation of many-body interaction effects for a homonuclear bosonic mixture in a three-dimensional optical lattice with variable state dependence along one axis. Near the superfluid-to-Mott insulator transition for one component, we find that the presence of a second component can reduce the apparent superfluid coherence, most significantly

Chiu Man Ho, Thomas W. Kephart

We consider a 4+N dimensional Einstein gravity coupled to a non-linear sigma model. This theory admits a solution in which the N extra dimensions contract exponentially while the ordinary space expand exponentially. Physically, the non-linear sigma fields induce the dynamical compactification of the extra dimensions, which in turn drives inflation. No inflat

M. B. Gay Ducati, M. M. Machado, M. V. T. Machado

The single diffractive cross section for heavy quarks production is calculated in next-no-leading order (NLO) in nucleus-nucleus collisions. Such processes are expected to occur at the LHC. We start using the hard diffractive factorization formalism, taking into account the recent experimental parameterization for the Pomeron Structure Function (DPDF). Absor

Nibaran Das, Bindaban Das, Ram Sarkar, Subhadip Basu

A novel approach for recognition of handwritten compound Bangla characters, along with the Basic characters of Bangla alphabet, is presented here. Compared to English like Roman script, one of the major stumbling blocks in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) of handwritten Bangla script is the large number of complex shaped character classes of Bangla alphab

Yue Zhao

In this paper, we study the idea about gravity as entropic force proposed by Verlinde. By applying the identification between partition functions of gravity theory and the dual field theory, we find the gravitational force can be calculated from the changing of entropy induced from its dual field theory side. Unlike Verlinde&#39;s calculation, our method doe

Shinta Kasuya

We investigate the Q-ball formation in the thermal logarithmic potential by means of the lattice simulation, and reconfirm qualitatively the relation between Q-ball charge and the amplitude of the Affleck-Dine field at the onset of its oscillation. We find time dependence of some properties of the Q ball, such as its size and the field value at its center. S

Changjun Gao

We explore the cosmic evolution of a scalar field with the kinetic term coupled to the Einstein tensor. We find that, in the absence of other matter sources or in the presence of only pressureless matter, the scalar behaves as pressureless matter and the sound speed of the scalar is vanishing. These properties enable the scalar field to be a candidate of col

Roman M. Lutchyn, Jay D. Sau, S. Das Sarma

We propose and analyze theoretically an experimental setup for detecting the elusive Majorana particle in semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures. The experimental system consists of one-dimensional semiconductor wire with strong spin-orbit Rashba interaction embedded into a superconducting quantum interference device. We show that the energy spectra o

P. Vielva, E. Martinez-Gonzalez, M. Cruz, R. B. Barreiro

One of the most interesting explanations for the non-Gaussian Cold Spot (CS) detected in the WMAP data by Vielva et al. 2004, is that it arises from the interaction of the CMB radiation with a cosmic texture (Cruz et al. 2007b). In this case, a lack of polarization is expected in the region of the spot, as compared to the typical values associated to large f

M. Fujiwara, M. Toyoshima, M. Sasaki, K. Yoshino

We report on the experimental demonstration of a source of hybrid entanglement pairs between two different degrees of freedom, a 1550 nm time-bin qubit and an 810 nm polarization qubit. The polarization qubit at 810 nm is transformed by an asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer consisted of a Glan laser prism and a polarization-maintaining fiber. We obtained

The D0 Collaboration, V. Abazov

Algorithms distinguishing jets originating from b quarks from other jet flavors are important tools in the physics program of the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron p-pbar collider. This article describes the methods that have been used to identify b-quark jets, exploiting in particular the long lifetimes of b-flavored hadrons, and the calibration of the

Justin Romberg, Ramesh Neelamani

This paper considers the problem of estimating the channel response (or Green&#39;s function) between multiple source-receiver pairs. Typically, the channel responses are estimated one-at-a-time: a single source sends out a known probe signal, the receiver measures the probe signal convolved with the channel response, and the responses are recovered using de

Wei Ku, Tom Berlijn, Chi-Cheng Lee

A general method is presented to unfold band structures of first-principles super-cell calculations with proper spectral weight, allowing easier visualization of the electronic structure and the degree of broken translational symmetry. The resulting unfolded band structures contain additional rich information from the Kohn-Sham orbitals, and absorb the struc

P. Brunet, M. Baudoin, O. Bou Matar, F. Zoueshtiagh

We present an experimental study of a droplet interacting with an ultrasonic surface acoustic wave (SAW). Depending on the amplitude of the wave, the drop can either experience an internal flow with its contact-line pinned, or (at higher amplitude) move along the direction of the wave also with internal flow. Both situations appear together with oscillations

Richard J. Hill

Neglected single photon processes are fit to an excess of electron-like events observed in a predominantly nu_mu beam at MiniBooNE. Predictions are given for analogous events in antineutrino mode.

Jason Kumar, Louis Leblond, Arvind Rajaraman

The usual (Bunch-Davies) Feynman propagator of a massless field is not well defined in an expanding universe due to the presence of infrared divergences. We propose a new propagator which yields infrared finite answers to any correlation function. The key point is that in a de Sitter spacetime there is an ambiguity in the zero-mode of the propagator. This am

Jonathan Pochon

The measurements of electrons from cosmic rays have begun a new era a few years ago with high precision experiments like PAMELA and Fermi-LAT. The positron fraction seems to indicate an unknown component above the standard background described in the last 40 years, mostly by HEAT. In the last few years, the PAMELA satellite has confirmed the positron fractio

S. Giodini, V. Smolcic, A. Finoguenov, H. Boehringer

We quantify the importance of the mechanical energy released by radio-galaxies inside galaxy groups. We use scaling relations to estimate the mechanical energy released by 16 radio-AGN located inside X-ray detected galaxy groups in the COSMOS field. By comparing this energy output to the host groups&#39; gravitational binding energy, we find that radio galax

Bruno Fabre

First we recall the definition of locally residual currents and their basic properties. We prove in this first section a trace theorem, that we use later. Then we define the Abel-Radon transform of a current ${\cal R}(α)$, on a projective variety $X\subset ¶^N$, for a family of $p-$cycles of incidence variety $I\subset T\times X$, for which $p_1:I\to T$ is p

M. Patterson, S. Hughes

We introduce a theoretical formalism to describe disorder-induced extrinsic scattering in slow-light photonic crystal waveguides. This work details and extends the optical scattering theory used in a recent \emph{Physical Review Letter} [M. Patterson \emph{et al.}, \emph{Phys. Rev. Lett.} \textbf{102}, 103901 (2009)] to describe coherent scattering phenomena

T. Kulich, J. Flegr

The origin of altruistic behavior, i.e. the behavior that is useful for a population or a species but goes at the expense of an altruistic individual, has long been a challenge for students of evolutionary biology. The populations with altruistic individuals thrive better than those without altruists; however, the altruists within a population thrive worse t

Valéry Mahé

We consider a particular case of an analog for elliptic curves to the Mersenne problem : finding explicitely all prime power terms in an elliptic divisibility sequence when descent via isogeny is possible. We explain how this question can be related to classical problems in diophantine geometry and we compute an explicit upper bound on the index of prime pow

H. Korhonen, M. Wittkowski, Zs. Kovari, Th. Granzer

We have obtained high-resolution spectroscopy, optical interferometry, and long-term broad band photometry of the ellipsoidal primary of the RS CVn-type binary system zeta And. Based on the optical interferometry the apparent limb darkened diameter of zeta And is 2.55 +/- 0.09 mas using a uniform disk fit. The Hipparcos distance and the limb-darkened diamete

E. Kuiper, N. A. Hatch, H. J. A. Rottgering, G. K. Miley

We present a population study of several types of galaxies within the protocluster surrounding the radio galaxy MRC0316-257 at z~3.1. In addition to the known population of Ly_alpha emitters (LAEs) and [OIII] emitters, we use colour selection techniques to identify protocluster candidates that are Lyman break galaxies (LBG) and Balmer break galaxies (BBGs).

Tanmoy Das, R. S. Markiewicz, A. Bansil

We present a theoretical framework for a quantitative understanding of the full doping dependence of the optical spectra of the cuprates. In accord with experimental observations, the computed spectra show how the high-energy Mott features continue to persist in the overdoped regime even after the mid-infrared (MIR) peak originating from the pseudogap has co

P. E. Hazard

We extend the renormalisation operator introduced in \cite{dCML} from period-doubling Hénon-like maps to Hénon-like maps with arbitrary stationary combinatorics. We show the renormalisation picture holds also holds in this case if the maps are taken to be \emph{strongly dissipative}. We study infinitely renormalisable maps $F$ and show they have an invariant

Kari Harkonen, Otto Vainio, Kalle-Antti Suominen

We study the output coupling of atoms from a magnetic trap into a linear potential slope of gravity using a weak radio-frequency field. We present a one-dimensional wave-packet model based on a continuous loading of a continuous spectrum of generalised eigenstates to describe the scenario. Analyzing the model, we show how the interference of the classical co

Gokarna Sharma, Brett Estrade, Costas Busch

We consider greedy contention managers for transactional memory for M x N execution windows of transactions with M threads and N transactions per thread. Assuming that each transaction conflicts with at most C other transactions inside the window, a trivial greedy contention manager can schedule them within CN time. In this paper, we show that there are much

Harm Derksen, Arno van den Essen, David R. Finston, Stefan Maubach

Algebraic actions of unipotent groups $U$ actions on affine $k-$varieties $X$ ($k$ an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0) for which the algebraic quotient $X//U$ has small dimension are considered$.$ In case $X$ is factorial, $O(X)^{\ast}=k^{\ast},$ and $X//U$ is one-dimensional, it is shown that $O(X)^{U}$=$k[f]$, and if some point in $X$ has tr

Saurav Chakraborty, Subhadip Basu

A smart Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) is designed and developed for some application specific missions to operate predominantly in hazardous environments. In our work, we have developed a small and lightweight vehicle to operate in general cross-country terrains in or without daylight. The UGV can send visual feedbacks to the operator at a remote location. O

Edouard J. Bernard, Matteo Monelli, Carme Gallart, Antonio Aparicio

(Abridged) We present the results of a new search for variable stars in the Local Group (LG) isolated dwarf galaxy IC1613, based on 24 orbits of F475W and F814W photometry from the ACS camera onboard the HST. We detected 259 candidate variables in this field, of which only 13 (all of them bright Cepheids) were previously known. Out of the confirmed variables

Antonio M. Oller-Marcen, Jose Maria Grau

Let us denote by $Z_{b}(n)$ the number of trailing zeroes in the base b expansion of $n!$. In this paper we study the connection between the expression of $\vartheta(b):=\lim_{n\to \infty}Z_{b}(n)/n$ in base $b$, and that of $Z_{b}(b^{k})$. In particular, if $b$ is a prime power, we will show the equality between the $k$ digits of $Z_{b}(b^{k})$ and the firs

Marek Wolf

We have calculated numerically geometrical means of the denominators of the continued fraction approximations to the Brun constant B2. We get values close to the Khinchin constant. Next we calculated the n-th square roots of the denominators of the n-th convergents of these continued fractions obtaining values close to the Khinchin-Levy constant. These two r

Ashutosh Nayyar, Aditya Mahajan, Demosthenis Teneketzis

The $n$-step delayed sharing information structure is investigated. This information structure comprises of $K$ controllers that share their information with a delay of $n$ time steps. This information structure is a link between the classical information structure, where information is shared perfectly between the controllers, and a non-classical informatio

W. Barreto, L. Castillo, E. Barrios

A study is presented for the non linear evolution of a self gravitating distribution of matter coupled to a massless scalar field. The characteristic formulation for numerical relativity is used to follow the evolution by a sequence of light cones open to the future. Bondian frames are used to endow physical meaning to the matter variables and to the massles

Maycol Falla Luza

We prove that a generic second order differential equation in the projective plane has no algebraic solutions when the bidegree is big enough. We also proof an analogous result for webs on $\mathbb{P}}^{2}$.

N. S. Hoang

An iterative scheme for solving ill-posed nonlinear equations with locally $σ$-inverse monotone operators is studied in this paper. A stopping rule of discrepancy type is proposed. The existence of $u_{n_δ}$ satisfying the proposed stopping rule is proved. The convergence of this element to the minimal-norm solution is justified mathematically.

Alessio D&#39;Alessandro, Massimo D&#39;Elia, Edward Shuryak

We investigate the connection between Color Confinement and thermal Abelian monopoles populating the deconfined phase of SU(2) Yang-Mills theory, by studying how the statistical properties of the monopole ensemble change as the confinement/deconfinement temperature is approached from above. In particular we study the distribution of monopole currents with mu

Christopher W. Morgan, C. S. Kochanek, Nicholas D . Morgan, Emilio E. Falco

We use the microlensing variability observed for eleven gravitationally lensed quasars to show that the accretion disk size at a rest-frame wavelength of 2500 Angstroms is related to the black hole mass by log(R_{2500}/cm)=(15.78\pm0.12) + (0.80\pm0.17)\log(M_BH/10^9M_sun). This scaling is consistent with the expectation from thin disk theory (R ~ M_BH^{2/3}

Walter Bergweiler, Alexandre Eremenko

We introduce a higher dimensional quasiregular map analogous to the trigonometric functions and we use the dynamics of this map to define, for d>1, a partition of d-dimensional Euclidean space into curves tending to infinity such that two curves may intersect only in their endpoints and such that the union of the curves without their endpoints has Hausdorff

Jack C. Sankey, Cheng Yang, Benjamin M. Zwickl, Andrew M. Jayich

A major goal in optomechanics is to observe and control quantum behavior in a system consisting of a mechanical resonator coupled to an optical cavity. Work towards this goal has focused on increasing the strength of the coupling between the mechanical and optical degrees of freedom; however, the form of this coupling is crucial in determining which phenomen

Volker Betz, Domenico Castrigiano

We give an explicit formula for the effective partition function of a harmonically bound particle minimally coupled to a photon field in the dipole approximation. The effective partition function is shown to be the Laplace transform of a positive Borel measure, the effective measure of states. The absolutely continuous part of the latter allows for an analyt

Ajit Bhand

A manifold with an arbitrary affine connection is considered and the geodesic spray associated with the connection is studied in the presence of a Lie group action. In particular, results are obtained that provide insight into the structure of the reduced dynamics associated with the given invariant affine connection. The geometry of the frame bundle of the

Oyvind Gron

In the standard formulation of the twin paradox an accelerated twin considers himself as at rest and his brother as moving. Hence, when formulating the twin paradox, one uses the general principle of relativity, i.e. that accelerated and rotational motion is relative. The significance of perfect inertial dragging for the validity of the principle of relativi

Tomasz Bojdecki, Luis G. Gorostiza, Anna Talarczyk

Occupation time fluctuation limits of particle systems in R^d with independent motions (symmetric stable Levy process, with or without critical branching) have been studied assuming initial distributions given by Poisson random measures (homogeneous and some inhomogeneous cases). In this paper, with d=1 for simplicity, we extend previous results to a wide cl

K. V. I. Saputra, L. van Veen, G. R. W. Quispel

We study the interaction of saddle-node and transcritical bifurcations in a Lotka-Volterra model with a constant term representing harvesting or migration. Because some of the equilibria of the model lie on an invariant coordinate axis, both the saddle-node and the transcritical bifurcations are of codimension one. Their interaction can be associated with ei

Alexander Vandenberg-Rodes

Using the recently discovered strong negative dependence properties of the symmetric exclusion process, we derive general conditions for when the normalized current of particles between regions converges to the Gaussian distribution. The main novelty is that the results do not assume any translation invariance, and hold for most initial configurations.

Amitai Regev, Doron Zeilberger

We present an elegant bijection between standard Young tableaux with 2n cells and at most two rows, and pairs of standard Young tableaux of the same shape, with n+1 cells, where only the top row can have more than one cell.

Bo Berndtsson, Mihai Păun

In this article our main result is a more complete version of the statements obtained in {\rm [6]}. One of the important technical point of our proof is an $\displaystyle L^{2\over m}$ extension theorem of Ohsawa-Takegoshi type, which is derived from the original result by a simple fixed point method. Moreover, we show that these techniques combined with an

Alexander W. Holleitner

In inversion asymmetric semiconductors, spin-orbit interactions give rise to very effective relaxation mechanisms of the electron spin. Recent work, based on the dimensionally constrained D&#39;yakonov Perel&#39; mechanism, describes increasing electron-spin relaxation times for two-dimensional conducting layers with decreasing channel width. The slow-down o

L. Shartser, G. Valette

We introduce smooth L^\infty differential forms on a singular (semialgebraic) set X in R^n. Roughly speaking, a smooth L^\infty differential form is a certain class of equivalence of &#39;stratified forms&#39;, that is, a collection of smooth forms on disjoint smooth subsets (stratification) of X with matching tangential components on the adjacent strata and

Svante Janson

We study positive random variables whose moments can be expressed by products and quotients of Gamma functions; this includes many standard distributions. General results are given on existence, series expansion and asymptotics of density functions. It is shown that the integral of the supremum process of Brownian motion has moments of this type, as well as

Guilherme F. Marranghello, Constança Providência, Alexandre M. S. Santos

We make use of isospin constraints to study the parametric coupling model and the properties of asymmetric nuclear matter. Besides the usual constraints for nuclear matter - effective nucleon mass and the incompressibility at saturation density - and the neutron star constraints - maximum mass and radius - we have studied the properties related with the symm

V. V. Sargsyan, G. G. Adamian, N. V. Antonenko, W. Scheid

With the quantum diffusion approach the unexpected behavior of fusion cross section, angular momentum, and astrophysical S-factor at sub-barrier energies has been revealed. Out of the region of short-range nuclear interaction and action of friction at turning point the decrease rate of the cross section under the barrier becomes smaller. The calculated resul

Lotfi Saidane

We show that the determinant $\nabla(d,α),$ which seems to be not considered in the past, is not zero. As an application of this result we prove that the Setoyanagi operator $S_{p,q}=\partial^{2}-(ax^{p}+bx^{q}) $ is irreducible over $\mathbb{C}(x) [ \partial] $.

Carlo Boldrighini, Paolo Buttà

We study the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes system on a flat cylinder with the usual Dirichlet boundary conditions for the velocity field u. We formulate the problem as an infinite system of ODE&#39;s for the natural Fourier components of the vorticity, and the boundary conditions are taken into account by adding a vorticity production at the boundary. We pro

R. G. Detmers, J. S. Kaastra, E. Costantini, F. Verbunt

We have analyzed three XMM-Newton observations of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 509, with the goal to detect small variations in the ionized outflow properties. Such measurements are limited by the quality of the cross-calibration between RGS, the best instrument to characterize the spectrum, and EPIC-pn, the best instrument to characterize the variability. For a

Zbigniew Ficek

We present a review of recent research on quantum entanglement, with special emphasis on entanglement between single atoms, processing of an encoded entanglement and its temporary evolution. Analysis based on the density matrix formalism are described. We give a simple description of the entangling procedure and explore the role of the environment in creatio

Giuseppe Murante, Pierluigi Monaco, Martina Giovalli, Stefano Borgani

We present a new multi-phase sub-resolution model for star formation and feedback in SPH numerical simulations of galaxy formation. Our model, called MUPPI (MUlti-Phase Particle Integrator), describes each gas particle as a multi-phase system, with cold and hot gas phases, coexisting in pressure equilibrium, and a stellar component. Cooling of the hot tenuou

Allan Gut, Fredrik Jonsson, Ulrich Stadtmüller

In two earlier papers, two of the present authors (A.G. and U.S.) extended Lai&#39;s [Ann. Probab. 2 (1974) 432--440] law of the single logarithm for delayed sums to a multiindex setting in which the edges of the $\mathbf{n}$th window grow like $|\mathbf {n}|^α$, or with different $α$&#39;s, where the $α$&#39;s belong to $(0,1)$. In this paper, the edge of t

Nima Khosravi

The entropy-area relation of black holes is one of the important results of theoretical physics. It is one of the few relations that is used to test theories of quantum gravity in the absence of any experimental evidence. It states that $4 \times \ell_P^2$ is the fundamental area that holds \textit{one} bit of information. Consequently, a question arises: wh

David Hilditch, Ronny Richter

With the aim of deriving symmetric hyperbolic free-evolution systems for GR that possess Hamiltonian structure and allow for the popular puncture gauge condition we analyze the hyperbolicity of Hamiltonian systems. We develop helpful tools which are applicable to either the first order in time, second order in space or the fully second order form of the equa

A. B. Poma, L. Delle Site

Simulations that couple different classical molecular models in an adaptive way by changing the number of degrees of freedom on the fly, are available within reasonably consistent theoretical frameworks. The same does not occur when it comes to classical-quantum adaptivity. The main reason for this is the difficulty in describing a continuous transition betw

F. Ammar, A. Makhlouf, S. Silvestrov

In this paper we construct ternary $q$-Virasoro-Witt algebras which $q$-deform the ternary Virasoro-Witt algebras constructed by Curtright, Fairlie and Zachos using $su(1,1)$ enveloping algebra techniques. The ternary Virasoro-Witt algebras constructed by Curtright, Fairlie and Zachos depend on a parameter and are not Nambu-Lie algebras for all but finitely

J. B. Griffiths, J. Podolsky

The static, apparently cylindrically symmetric vacuum solution of Linet and Tian for the case of a positive cosmological constant $Λ$ is shown to have toroidal symmetry and, besides $Λ$, to include three arbitrary parameters. It possesses two curvature singularities, of which one can be removed by matching it across a toroidal surface to a corresponding regi

K. F. Huber, S. Czesla, U. Wolter, J. H. M. M. Schmitt

The lightcurve of CoRoT-2 shows substantial rotational modulation and deformations of the planet&#39;s transit profiles caused by starspots. We consistently model the entire lightcurve, including both rotational modulation and transits, stretching over approximately 30 stellar rotations and 79 transits. The spot distribution and its evolution on the noneclip

G. Finocchio, N. Maugeri, L. Torres, B. Azzerboni

This paper introduces an oscillator scheme based on the oscillations of magnetic domain walls due to spin-polarized currents, where the current is injected perpendicular to the sample plane in a localized part of a nanowire. Depending on the geometrical and physical characteristic of the system, we identify two different dynamical regimes (auto-oscillations)

Juliette Stehle, Alain Barrat, Ginestra Bianconi

We present a modeling framework for dynamical and bursty contact networks made of agents in social interaction. We consider agents&#39; behavior at short time scales, in which the contact network is formed by disconnected cliques of different sizes. At each time a random agent can make a transition from being isolated to being part of a group, or vice-versa.

V. Balandin, W. Decking, N. Golubeva

The problem of errors, arising due to finite BPM resolution, in the difference orbit parameters, which are found as a least squares fit to the BPM data, is one of the standard and important problems of accelerator physics. Even so for the case of transversely uncoupled motion the covariance matrix of reconstruction errors can be calculated &#34;by hand&#34;,

Olivier Biquard, Marc Herzlich

We prove local polyhomogeneity of asymptotically real or complex hyperbolic Einstein metrics, with application to unique continuation problems.

Gabriele H. Greco, Enrico M. Pagani

In this paper a construction of affine exterior algebra of Grassmann, with a special attention to the revisitation of this subject operated by Peano and his School, is examined from a historical viewpoint. Even if the exterior algebra over a vector space is a well known concept, the construction of an exterior algebra over an affine space, in which points an

Steffen Roch

We consider spatial discretizations by the finite section method of the restricted group algebra of a finitely generated discrete group, which is represented as a concrete operator algebra via its left-regular representation. Special emphasis is paid to the quasicommutator ideal of the algebra generated by the finite sections sequences and to the stability o

G. A. Pavliotis

A detailed study of various distinguished limits of the Green-Kubo formula for the self-diffusion coefficient is presented in this paper. First, an alternative representation of the Green-Kubo formula in terms of the solution of a Poisson equation is derived when the microscopic dynamics is Markovian. Then, the techniques developed in \cite{golden2, AvelMajd

Shamir Rosen, Osip Schwartz, Dan Oron

The observed intermittent light emission from colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals has long been associated with Auger recombination assisted quenching. We test this view by observing transient emission dynamics of CdSe/CdS/ZnS semiconductor nanocrystals using time-resolved photon counting. The size and intensity dependence of the observed decay dynamics are

Tayyaba Zafar, Darach J. Watson, Daniele Malesani, Paul M. Vreeswijk

Context: GRB afterglows are excellent probes of gas and dust in star-forming galaxies at all epochs. It has been posited that dust in the early Universe must be different from dust at lower z. To date two reports directly support this contention, one of which is based on the spectral shape of GRB 050904 at z = 6.295. Aims: We reinvestigate the afterglow to u

Partha Pratim Bhaduri, Subhasis Chattopadhyay

Differential elliptic flow $v_2(p_{T})$ for identified hadrons has been investigated in the FAIR energy regime, employing a hadronic-string transport model (UrQMD) as well as a partonic transport model (AMPT). It has been observed that both the models show a mass ordering of $v_2$ at low $p_{T}$ and a switch over resulting a baryon-meson crossing at intermed

R. O. Umucalilar, Erich J. Mueller

We perform variational Monte-Carlo calculations to show that bosons in a rotating optical lattice will form analogs of fractional quantum Hall states when the tunneling is sufficiently weak compared to the interactions and the deviation of density from an integer is commensurate with the effective magnetic field. We compare the energies of superfluid and cor

Gabriele H. Greco, Sonia Mazzucchi, Enrico M. Pagani

By retracing research on coexistent magnitudes (grandeurs coexistantes) by Cauchy (1841), Peano in &#34;Applicazioni geometriche del calcolo infinitesimale&#34; (1887) defines the &#34;density&#34; (strict derivative) of a &#34;mass&#34; (a distributive set function) with respect to a &#34;volume&#34; (a positive distributive set function), proves its contin

Eva Curry

We investigate the connection between radix representations for Z^n and self-affine tilings of R^n. We apply our results to show that Haar-like multivariable wavelets exist for all dilation matrices that are sufficie

T. T. Yanagida, Kazuya Yonekura

Direct gauge mediation models using the Intriligator-Seiberg-Shih (ISS) metastable vacua suffer from the Landau pole problem of the standard model gauge couplings and the existence of R symmetry forbidding gaugino masses. These problems may be solved by using the recently proposed SUSY breaking models in a conformal window of the vector-like $SU(N_C)$ gauge

Jose A. Caballero

Aims: I study new deep (DeltaV ~ 1.20-1.65 mag) occultation events of the delta Scuti, Herbig Ae/Be star V1247 Ori in the Ori OB1 b association. Methods: I use the V-band ASAS light curve of V1247 Ori, which covers the last nine years, together with photometric data in the near-ultraviolet, visible, near-, and far-infrared taken from the literature. I carry

J. Braithwaite, T. Akgün, E. Alecian, A. F. Kholtygin

We review the interaction in intermediate and high mass stars between their evolution and magnetic and chemical properties. We describe the theory of Ap-star `fossil&#39; fields, before touching on the expected secular diffusive processes which give rise to evolution of the field. We then present recent results from a spectropolarimetric survey of Herbig Ae/

A. Fotopoulos, P. M. Petropoulos, N. Prezas, K. Sfetsos

A few supergravity solutions representing configurations of NS5-branes admit exact conformal field theory (CFT) description. Deformations of these solutions should be described by exactly marginal operators of the corresponding theories. We briefly review the essentials of these constructions and present, as a new case, the operators responsible for turning

Jörg Neder, Beate West, Peter Nielaba, Friederike Schmid

We investigate the properties of membranes under tension by Monte-Carlo simulations of a generic coarse-grained model for lipid bilayers. We give a comprising overview of the behavior of several membrane characteristics, such as the area per lipid, the monolayer overlap, the nematic order, and pressure profiles. Both the low-temperature regime, where the mem

Lila Kari, Benoît Masson, Shinnosuke Seki

A pseudo-primitive word with respect to an antimorphic involution θis a word which cannot be written as a catenation of occurrences of a strictly shorter word t and θ(t). Properties of pseudo-primitive words are investigated in this paper. These properties link pseudo-primitive words with essential notions in combinatorics on words such as primitive words, (