February 2010 arXiv papers — page 19

R. Faccini, F. Anelli, A. Bacci, D. Batani

The advance in laser plasma acceleration techniques pushes the regime of the resulting accelerated particles to higher energies and intensities. In particular the upcoming experiments with the FLAME laser at LNF will enter the GeV regime with almost 1pC of electrons. From the current status of understanding of the acceleration mechanism, relatively large ang

Raphael Cerf, Pierre Petit

We expose here a short proof of Cramer's theorem in R based on convex duality.

Stefano Maggiolo

We compute the automorphisms groups of all numerical Godeaux surfaces, i.e. minimal smooth surfaces of general type with K^2 = 1 and p_g = 0, with torsion of the Picard group of order νequals 3, 4, or 5. We present explicit stratifications of the moduli spaces whose strata correspond to different automorphisms groups. Using the automorphisms computation, for

Ali Khajeh-Hosseini, David Greenwood, Ian Sommerville

This case study illustrates the potential benefits and risks associated with the migration of an IT system in the oil & gas industry from an in-house data center to Amazon EC2 from a broad variety of stakeholder perspectives across the enterprise, thus transcending the typical, yet narrow, financial and technical analysis offered by providers. Our results sh

Eman Simbawa, Paul C. Matthews, Stephen M. Cox

The Nikolaevskiy equation was originally proposed as a model for seismic waves and is also a model for a wide variety of systems incorporating a neutral, Goldstone mode, including electroconvection and reaction-diffusion systems. It is known to exhibit chaotic dynamics at the onset of pattern formation, at least when the dispersive terms in the equation are

Ofer Lahav, Andrew R Liddle

This is a review article for The Review of Particle Physics 2010 (aka the Particle Data Book). It forms a compact review of knowledge of the cosmological parameters at the beginning of 2010. Topics included are Parametrizing the Universe; Extensions to the standard model; Probes; Bringing observations together; Outlook for the future.

T. X. Thuan, L. S. Pilyugin, I. A. Zinchenko

The oxygen and nitrogen abundance evolutions with redshift and galaxy stellar mass in emission-line SDSS galaxies are investigated. This is the first such study for nitrogen abundances, and it provides an additional constraint for the study of the chemical evolution of galaxies. We have devised a criterion to recognize and exclude from consideration AGNs and

Donal F. Connon

In this paper we consider some possible approaches to the proof of the Riemann Hypothesis using the Li criterion.

Jonathan Busch, Almut Beige

Many quantum control tasks aim at manipulating the state of a quantum mechanical system within a finite subspace of states. However, couplings to the outside are often inevitable. Here we discuss strategies which keep the system in the controlled subspace by applying strong interactions onto the outside. This is done by drawing analogies to simple toy models

Yu. I. Bogdanov, G. Brida, M. Genovese, S. P. Kulik

A novel operational method for estimating the efficiency of quantum state tomography protocols is suggested. It is based on a-priori estimation of the quality of an arbitrary protocol by means of universal asymptotic fidelity distribution and condition number, which takes minimal value for better protocol. We prove the adequacy of the method both with numeri

Paul Balanoiu

Most developed countries have started the implementation of biometric electronic identification cards, especially passports. The European Union and the United States of America struggle to introduce and standardize these electronic documents. Due to the personal nature of the biometric elements used for the generation of these cards, privacy issues were rais

Liviu Ornea, Misha Verbitsky

We present an overview of recent results in locally conformally Kähler geometry, with focus on the topological properties which obstruct the existence of such structures on compact manifolds.

G. M. Kennedy, M. C. Wyatt

This paper considers the evidence that debris disks are self-stirred by the formation of Plutos. A model for the dust produced during self-stirring is applied to statistics for A stars. As there is no significant difference between excesses of A-stars <50Myr old, we focus on reproducing the broad trends, the &#34;rise and fall&#34; of the fraction of stars w

Xiao-Wu Chen

Let $\mathbb{X}$ be a noetherian separated scheme $\mathbb{X}$ of finite Krull dimension which has enough locally free sheaves of finite rank and let $U\subseteq \mathbb{X}$ be an open subscheme. We prove that the singularity category of $U$ is triangle equivalent to the Verdier quotient category of the singularity category of $\mathbb{X}$ with respect to th

Monica Manjarin

We study and classify up to a linear conjugation germs of flows in the space of quadratic birational transformations of the complex projective space of dimension 3. As a consequence we show that every quadratic flow preserves a pencil of planes through a line.

Bianca M. Poggianti, Gabriella De Lucia, Jesus Varela, Alfonso Aragon-Salamanca

We show that, observationally, the projected local density distribution in high-z clusters is shifted towards higher values compared to clusters at lower redshift. To search for the origin of this evolution, we analyze a sample of haloes selected from the Millennium Simulation and populated using semi-analytic models, investigating the relation between obser

Shuhei Miyoshi, Tomoya Akagi, Sakae Araki, Yoshisato Funahashi

We performed a photon generation experiment by laser-Compton scattering at the KEK-ATF, aiming to develop a Compton based polarized positron source for linear colliders. In the experiment, laser pulses with a 357 MHz repetition rate were accumulated and their power was enhanced by up to 250 times in the Fabry-Perot optical resonant cavity. We succeeded in sy

S. Deheuvels, E. Michel, M. J. Goupil, J. P. Marques

A 5-night asteroseismic observation of the F8V star HD 203608 was conducted in August 2006 with HARPS, followed by an analysis of the data, and a preliminary modeling of the star (Mosser et al. 2008). The stellar parameters were significantly constrained, but the behavior of one of the seismic indexes (the small spacing d01) could not be fitted with the obse

Joaquin Fontbona, Nathalie Krell, Servet Martinez

We present a first study on the energy required to reduce a unit mass fragment by consecutively using several devices, as it happens in the mining industry. Two devices are considered, which we represent as different stochastic fragmentation processes. Following the self-similar energy model introduced by Bertoin and Martinez, we compute the average energy r

Yu. Valdau, S. Barsov, M. Büscher, D. Chiladze

The production of the Sigma+ hyperon through the pp->K+nSigma+ reaction has been investigated at four energies close to threshold, 1.826, 1.920, 1.958, and 2.020 GeV. At low energies, correlated K+pi+ pairs can only originate from Sigma+ production so that their measurement allows the total cross section for the reaction to be determined. The results obtaine

M. Valverde, J. E. Amaro, E. Hernandez, J. Nieves

We describe a model for pion production off nucleons and coherent pions from nuclei induced by neutrinos in the 1 GeV energy regime. Besides the dominant Delta pole contribution, it takes into account the effect of background terms required by chiral symmetry. Moreover, the model uses a reduced nucleon-to-Delta resonance axial coupling, which leads to cohere

Luca Vercelli

Our primary motivation is the comparison of two different traditions used in ICC to characterize the class FPTIME of the polynomial time computable functions. On one side, FPTIME can be captured by Intuitionistic Light Affine Logic (ILAL), a logic derived from Linear Logic, characterized by the structural invariant Stratification. On the other side, FPTIME c

Yoshitaka Hatta, Takahiro Ueda

Motivated by the recent DELPHI report on the anomalous photon production in e^+e^- annihilation, we exactly calculate the inclusive cross section of soft photons in the strong coupling limit of N=4 super Yang-Mills. We find that the energy distribution is that of the Bremsstrahlung, while the angular distribution is spherical. Our result elucidates a new non

C. Rossler, T. Feil, P. Mensch, T. Ihn

We investigate high-mobility two-dimensional electron gases in AlGaAs heterostructures by employing Schottky-gate-dependent measurements of the samples&#39; electron density and mobility. Surprisingly, we find that two different sample configurations can be set in situ with mobilities diering by a factor of more than two in a wide range of densities. This ob

Walter Giele, Gerben Stavenga, Jan-Christopher Winter

A leading-order, leading-color parton-level event generator is developed for use on a multi-threaded GPU. Speed-up factors between 150 and 300 are obtained compared to an unoptimized CPU-based implementation of the event generator. In this first paper we study the feasibility of a GPU-based event generator with an emphasis on the constraints imposed by the h

David A. Tilley, Dinshaw S. Balsara

We present a combination of theoretical and simulation-based examinations of the role of two-fluid ambipolar drift on molecular line widths. The dissipation provided by ion-neutral interactions can produce a significant difference between the widths of neutral molecules and the widths of ionic species, comparable to the sound speed. We demonstrate that Alfve

Hakim Boumaza

We present a result of absence of absolutely continuous spectrum in an interval of $\R$, for a matrix-valued random Schrödinger operator, acting on $L^2(\R)\otimes \R^N$ for an arbitrary $N\geq 1$, and whose interaction potential is generic in the real symmetric matrices. For this purpose, we prove the existence of an interval of energies on which we have se

Bernd Freytag, France Allard, Hans-Guenter Ludwig, Derek Homeier

Observationally, spectra of brown dwarfs indicate the presence of dust in their atmospheres while theoretically it is not clear what prevents the dust from settling and disappearing from the regions of spectrum formation. Consequently, standard models have to rely on ad hoc assumptions about the mechanism that keeps dust grains aloft in the atmosphere. We ap

Hailiang Wang, Joshua Tucker Robinson, Georgi Diankov, Hongjie Dai*

We show a general two-step method to grow hydroxide and oxide nanocrystals of the iron family elements (Ni, Co, Fe) on graphene with two degrees of oxidation. Drastically different nanocrystal growth behaviors were observed on low-oxidation graphene sheets (GS) and highly oxidized graphite oxide (GO) in hydrothermal reactions. Small particles pre-coated on G

N. Kameswara Rao, David L. Lambert

High-resolution spectroscopy is a very important tool for studying stellar physics, perhaps, particularly so for such enigmatic objects like the R Coronae Borealis and related Hydrogen deficient stars that produce carbon dust in addition to their peculiar abundances. Examples of how high-resolution spectroscopy is used in the study of these stars to address

Tian Qiu, Bo Zheng, Guang Chen

Based on the daily data of American and Chinese stock markets, the dynamic behavior of a financial network with static and dynamic thresholds is investigated. Compared with the static threshold, the dynamic threshold suppresses the large fluctuation induced by the cross-correlation of individual stock prices, and leads to a stable topological structure in th

Norihito Toyota

The phenomenon of six degrees of separation is an old but attractive subject. The deep understanding has been uncovered yet, especially how closed paths included in a network affect six degrees of separation are an important subject left yet. For it, some researches have been made\cite{Newm21}, \cite{Aoyama}. Recently we have develop a formalism \cite{Toyota

Mazhar Ali, A. R. P. Rau, Gernot Alber

Quantum discord, a kind of quantum correlation, is defined as the difference between quantum mutual information and classical correlation in a bipartite system. In general, this correlation is different from entanglement, and quantum discord may be nonzero even for certain separable states. Even in the simple case of bipartite quantum systems, this different

Steve B. Howell, Thomas E. Harrison, Paula Szkody, Nicole M. Silvestri

We present a new sample of $K$-band spectral observations for CVs: non-magnetic and magnetic as well as present day and pre CVs. The purpose of this diverse sample is to address the recent claim that the secondary stars in dwarf novae are carbon deficient, having become so through a far more evolved evolution than the current paradigm predicts. Our new obser

Dong Pyo Chi, Kabgyun Jeong

We show that a quantum channel $\mathcal{N}$ constructed by averaging over $\mathcal{O}(\log d/ε^2)$ randomly chosen unitaries gives a local $ε$-randomizing map with non-negative probability. The idea comes from a small $ε$-net construction on the higher dimensional unit sphere or quantum pure states. By exploiting the net, we analyze the concentrative pheno

M. Stupar, Q. A. Parker, M. D. Filipovic

We present narrow band AAO/UKST HAlpha images and medium and low resolution optical spectra of a nebula shell putatively associated with the Wolf-Rayet star WR 60. We also present the first identification of this shell in the radio regime at 843 MHz and at 4850 MHz from the Sydney University Molonglo Sky Survey (SUMSS), and from the Parkes-MIT-NRAO (PMN) sur

G. Quznetsov

In this article the propagation of pointlike event probabilities in space is considered. Double-Slit experiment is described in detail. New interpretation of Quantum Theory is formulated.

Hyewon Suh, Hyunjin Jeong, Kyuseok Oh, Sukyoung K. Yi

We have investigated the radial g-r color gradients of early-type galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) DR6 in the redshift range 0.00<z<0.06. The majority of massive early-type galaxies show a negative color gradient (red-cored) as generally expected for early-type galaxies. On the other hand, roughly 30 per cent of the galaxies in this sample sho

M. Mehdipour, G. Branduardi-Raymont, M. J. Page

We present a new analysis of the soft and medium energy X-ray spectrum of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 3516 taken with the Reflection Grating Spectrometer (RGS) and European Photon Imaging Camera (EPIC) on board the XMM-Newton observatory. We examine four observations made in October 2006. We investigate whether the observed variability is due to absorption by t

Nuo Yang, Gang Zhang, Baowen Li

We study heat conduction and diffusion in silicon nanowires (SiNWs) systematically by using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics. It is found that the thermal conductivity of SiNWs diverges with the length, even when the length is up to 1,100 nm which is much longer than the phonon mean free path. Moreover, an anomalous heat diffusion is observed which is beli

Mauricio Cataldo, Fabiola Arevalo, Paul Minning

We study Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmological models with matter content composed of two perfect fluids $ρ_1$ and $ρ_2$, with barotropic pressure densities $p_1/ ρ_1=ω_1=const$ and $p_2/ ρ_2=ω_2=const$, where one of the energy densities is given by $ρ_1=C_1 a^α+ C_2 a^β$, with $C_1$, $C_2$, $α$ and $β$ taking constant values. We solve the field equations

Michael Poole, Pierre Weiss, Hector Sanchez Lopez, Michael Ng

&#39;Coil design&#39; is an inverse problem in which arrangements of wire are designed to generate a prescribed magnetic field when energized with electric current. The design of gradient and shim coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are important examples of coil design. The magnetic fields that these coils generate are usually required to be both str

Warren A. Reid, Quentin A. Parker

Our previous identification and spectroscopic confirmation of 431 faint, new planetary nebulae in the central 25 deg^2 region of the LMC permits us to now examine the shape of the LMC Planetary Nebula Luminosity Function (PNLF) through an unprecedented 10 magnitude range. The majority of our newly discovered and previously known PNe were observed using the 2

Subhash Kak

This paper presents certains aspects of the mathematics of Aryabhata that are of interest to the cryptography community.

Valentin Kostov

Using numerical ray tracing, the paper studies how the average distance modulus in an inhomogeneous universe differs from its homogeneous counterpart. The averaging is over all directions from a fixed observer not over all possible observers (cosmic), thus it is more directly applicable to our observations. Unlike previous studies, the averaging is exact, no

Rok Zitko, Minchul Lee, Rosa Lopez, Ramon Aguado

We study the transport properties of a serial double quantum dot (DQD) coupled to two superconducting leads, focusing on the Josephson current through the DQD and the associated 0-$π$ transitions which result from the subtle interplay between the superconductivity, the Kondo physics, and the inter-dot superexchange interaction. We examine the competition bet

M. Kormos, G. Mussardo, B. Pozsgay

We show that the matrix elements of integrable models computed by the Algebraic Bethe Ansatz can be put in direct correspondence with the Form Factors of integrable relativistic field theories. This happens when the S-matrix of a Bethe Ansatz model can be regarded as a suitable non-relativistic limit of the S-matrix of a field theory, and when there is a wel

C. D. Estrada, M. Robles

In this work we present a numerical study, based on molecular dynamics simulations, to estimate the freezing point of hard spheres and hypersphere systems in dimension D = 4, 5, 6 and 7. We have studied the changes of the Radial Distribution Function (RDF) as a function of density in the coexistence region. We started our simulations from crystalline states

D. Alayon-Solarz, C. J. Vanegas

The aim of this article is to give a generalization of the Cauchy-Pompeiu integral formula for functions valued in parameter-depending elliptic algebras with structure polynomial $X^2 + βX + α$ where $α$ and $β$ are real numbers. As a consequence, a Cauchy integral representation formula is obtained for a generalized class of holomorphic functions.

Mario Deile, David d&#39;Enterria, Albert De Roeck, M. G. Albrow

Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Elastic and Diffractive Scattering (Blois Workshop) - Moving Forward into the LHC Era

Pierre-François Loos

We study the properties of the Hooke&#39;s law correlation energy ($\Ec$), defined as the correlation energy when two electrons interact {\em via} a harmonic potential in a $D$-dimensional space. More precisely, we investigate the $^1S$ ground state properties of two model systems: the Moshinsky atom (in which the electrons move in a quadratic potential) and

Artur Avila, Alejandro Kocsard

Given any smooth circle diffeomorphism with irrational rotation number, we show that its invariant probability measure is the only invariant distribution (up to multiplication by a real constant). As a consequence of this, we show that the space of real smooth coboundaries of such a diffeomorphism is closed if and only if its rotation number is Diophantine.

Jessica Striker

We present a direct bijection between descending plane partitions with no special parts and permutation matrices. This bijection has the desirable property that the number of parts of the descending plane partition corresponds to the inversion number of the permutation. Additionally, the number of maximum parts in the descending plane partition corresponds t

Ozgur Ceyhan

This short note aims to describe the deformations of QFTs and give an action of the same pro-algebraic group $U^*$ which appears in Connes-Marcolli&#39;s setting, on the finite QFTs constructed by Epstein-Glaser renormalization scheme.

G. Ramalho, Kazuo Tsushima

Using a covariant spectator quark model we estimate valence quark contributions to the F1*(Q2) and F2*(Q2) transition form factors for the gamma N -> P11(1440) reaction. The Roper resonance, P11(1440), is assumed to be the first radial excitation of the nucleon. The present model requires no extra parameters except for those already fixed by the previous stu

Mustafa A. Amin, David Shirokoff

Oscillons are extremely long lived, oscillatory, spatially localized field configurations that arise from generic initial conditions in a large number of non-linear field theories. With an eye towards their cosmological implications, we investigate their properties in an expanding universe. We (1) provide an analytic solution for one dimensional oscillons (f

Jon C. Mauerhan, Mark R. Morris, Angela S. Cotera, Hui Dong

We report on the discovery of a luminous blue variable (LBV) lying ~7 pc in projection from the Quintuplet cluster. This source, which we call LBV G0.120-0.048, was selected for spectroscopy owing to its detection as a strong source of Paschen-alpha excess in a recent narrowband imaging survey of the Galactic center region with HST/NICMOS. The K-band spectru

Jorge Penarrubia, Andrew J. Benson, Matthew G. Walker, Gerard Gilmore

(Abridged) We use N-body simulations to study the effects that a divergent (i.e. &#34;cuspy&#34;) dark matter (DM) profile introduces on the tidal evolution of dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs). Our models assume cosmologically-motivated initial conditions where dSphs are DM-dominated systems on eccentric orbits about a host galaxy composed of a dark halo an

Sourish Dutta, Emmanuel N. Saridakis

We use observational data from Type Ia Supernovae (SNIa), Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO), and Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), along with requirements of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN), to constrain the running parameter $λ$ of Horava-Lifshitz gravity, which determines the flow between the Ultra-Violet and the Infra-Red. We consider both the detailed a

Matthias R. Gaberdiel, Christoph A. Keller, Roberto Volpato

A systematic analysis of the genus two vacuum amplitudes of chiral self-dual conformal field theories is performed. It is explained that the existence of a modular invariant genus two partition function implies infinitely many relations among the structure constants of the theory. All of these relations are shown to be a consequence of the associativity of t

Armin Rahmani, Andrea Velenich, Claudio Chamon

Using a mapping of compact polymers on the Manhattan lattice to spanning trees, we calculate exactly the average number of bends at infinite temperature. We then find, in a high temperature approximation, the energy of the system as a function of bending rigidity and polymer elasticity. We identify the universal mechanism for the relaxation of compact polyme

Jiun-Haw Chu, James G. Analytis, Kristiaan De Greve, Peter L. McMahon

Electrical resistivity measurements of detwinned single crystals of the representative iron arsenide Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$ reveal a dramatic in-plane anisotropy associated with the tetragonal-to-orthorhombic structural transition that precedes the onset of long-range antiferromagnetic order. These results indicate that the structural transition in t

Kristian L. McDonald, David E. Morrissey

We investigate a natural realization of a light Abelian hidden sector in an extended Randall-Sundrum (RS) model. In addition to the usual RS bulk we consider a second warped space containing a bulk U(1)_x gauge theory with a characteristic IR scale of order a GeV. This Abelian hidden sector can couple to the standard model via gauge kinetic mixing on a commo

Petr M. Anisimov, Daniel J. Lum, S. Blane McCracken, Hwang Lee

We present here a quantum tripwire, which is a quantum optical interrogation technique capable of detecting an intrusion with very low probability of the tripwire being revealed to the intruder. Our scheme combines interaction-free measurement with the quantum Zeno effect in order to interrogate the presence of the intruder without interaction. The tripwire

Victor Ginzburg

Let g be a complex reductive Lie algebra with Cartan algebra h. Hotta and Kashiwara defined a holonomic D-module M, on g x h, called Harish-Chandra module. We give an explicit description of gr(M), the associated graded module with respect to a canonical Hodge filtration on M. The description involves the isospectral commuting variety, a subvariety X of g x

S. I. Denisov, E. S. Denisova, H. Kantz

We study the biased diffusion of particles moving in one direction under the action of a constant force in the presence of a piecewise linear random potential. Using the overdamped equation of motion, we represent the first and second moments of the particle position as inverse Laplace transforms. By applying to these transforms the ordinary and the modified

Fa Wang, Hui Zhai, Dung-Hai Lee

We reiterate, in more details, our previous proposal of using quasi-particle interference to determine the pairing form factor in iron-based superconductors. We also present our functional renormalization group(FRG) results on LaFePO and Fe(Se,Te) superconductors. In particular we found that the leading pairing channel in LaFePO is nodal s$_{\pm}$, with node

ChongGyu Lee

When we have a morphism f : P^n -> P^n, then we have an inequality \frac{1}{°f} h(f(P)) +C > h(P) which provides a good upper bound of $h(P)$. However, if $f$ is a rational map, then \frac{1}{°f} h(f(P))+C cannot be an upper bound of h(P). In this paper, we will define the $D$-ratio of a rational map $f$ which will replace the degree of a morphism in the hei

Shamim H. Ripon, Michael Butler

Formal semantics offers a complete and rigorous definition of a language. It is important to define different semantic models for a language and different models serve different purposes. Building equivalence between different semantic models of a language strengthen its formal foundation. This paper shows the derivation of denotational semantics from operat

J. S. Kim, P. J. Hirschfeld, G. R. Stewart, S. Kasahara

We report specific heat measurements on the Fe-based superconductor BaFe2(As0.7P0.3)2, a material on which previous penetration depth, NMR, and thermal conductivity measurements have observed a high density of low-energy excitations, which have been interpreted in terms of order parameter nodes. Within the resolution of our measurements, the low temperature

Olivier Marchal, Mattia Cafasso

In this article, we show that the double scaling limit correlation functions of a random matrix model when two cuts merge with degeneracy $2m$ (i.e. when $y\sim x^{2m}$ for arbitrary values of the integer $m$) are the same as the determinantal formulae defined by conformal $(2m,1)$ models. Our approach follows the one developed by Bergère and Eynard in \cite

Nicholas Ruozzi, Sekhar Tatikonda

The max-product algorithm, a local message-passing scheme that attempts to compute the most probable assignment (MAP) of a given probability distribution, has been successfully employed as a method of approximate inference for applications arising in coding theory, computer vision, and machine learning. However, the max-product algorithm is not guaranteed to

Andrew Guillory, Jeff Bilmes

We introduce a natural generalization of submodular set cover and exact active learning with a finite hypothesis class (query learning). We call this new problem interactive submodular set cover. Applications include advertising in social networks with hidden information. We give an approximation guarantee for a novel greedy algorithm and give a hardness of

Hidenobu Yajima, Jun-Hwan Choi, Kentaro Nagamine

Combing the three-dimensional radiative transfer (RT) calculation and cosmological SPH simulations, we study the escape fraction of ionizing photons (f_esc) of high-redshift galaxies at z=3-6. Our simulations cover the halo mass range of M_h = 10^9 - 10^12 M_sun. We postprocess several hundred simulated galaxies with the Authentic Radiative Transfer (ART) co

Miguel Pato, Dan Hooper, Melanie Simet

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02), which is scheduled to be deployed onboard the International Space Station later this year, will be capable of measuring the composition and spectra of GeV-TeV cosmic rays with unprecedented precision. In this paper, we study how the projected measurements from AMS-02 of stable secondary-to-primary and unstable ratios

Daniele Alessandrini, Alberto Saracco

We prove that elliptic tubes over properly convex domains of the real projective space are C-convex and complete Kobayashi-hyperbolic. We also study a natural construction of complexification of convex real projective manifolds.

Christian Buth, Kenneth J. Schafer

We examine the archetype of an interference experiment for Auger electrons: two electron wave packets are launched by inner-shell ionizing a krypton atom using two attosecond light pulses with a variable time delay. This setting is an attosecond realization of the Ramsey method of separated oscillatory fields. Interference of the two ejected Auger-electron w

E. Momjian, W-H. Wang, K. K. Knudsen, C. L. Carilli

We present sensitive phase-referenced VLBI results on the radio continuum emission from the z=1.87 luminous submillimeter galaxy (SMG) GOODS 850-3. The observations were carried out at 1.4 GHz using the High Sensitivity Array (HSA). Our sensitive tapered VLBI image of GOODS 850-3 at 0.47 x 0.34 arcsec (3.9 x 2.9 kpc) resolution shows a marginally resolved co

Marcin Preisner

For alpha>0 we consider the system l_k^{(alpha-1)/2}(x) of the Laguerre functions which are eigenfunctions of the differential operator Lf =-\frac{d^2}{dx^2}f-\frac{alpha}{x}\frac{d}{dx}f+x^2 f. We define an atomic Hardy space H^1_{at}(X), which is a subspace of L^1((0,infty), x^alpha dx). Then we prove that the space H^1_{at}(X) is also characterized by the

Douglas Ulmer, Yuri G. Zarhin

Let $k$ be a field of characteristic zero and let $K=k(t)$ be the rational function field over $k$. In this paper we combine a formula of Ulmer for ranks of certain Jacobians over $K$ with strong upper bounds on endomorphisms of Jacobians due to Zarhin to give many examples of higher dimensional, absolutely simple Jacobians over $k(t)$ with bounded rank in t

Nirmalendu Bikas Sinha, S. Chakraborty, P. K. Sutradhar, R. Bera

Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) systems have recently emerged as a key technology in wireless communication systems for increasing both data rates and system performance. There are many schemes that can be applied to MIMO systems such as space time block codes, space time trellis codes, and the Vertical Bell Labs Space-Time Architecture (V-BLAST). This

Jianqing Fan, Yang Feng, Yichao Wu

Variable selection in high dimensional space has challenged many contemporary statistical problems from many frontiers of scientific disciplines. Recent technology advance has made it possible to collect a huge amount of covariate information such as microarray, proteomic and SNP data via bioimaging technology while observing survival information on patients

M. Toorani, A. A. Beheshti

A directly public verifiable signcryption scheme is introduced in this paper that provides the security attributes of message confidentiality, authentication, integrity, non-repudiation, unforgeability, and forward secrecy of message confidentiality. It provides the attribute of direct public verifiability so anyone can verify the signcryption without any ne

Vern I. Paulsen

We prove that if an infinite, discrete semigroup has the property that every right syndetic set is left syndetic, then the semigroup has a left invariant mean. We prove that the weak*-closed convex hull of the two-sided translates of every bounded function on an infinite discrete semigroup contains a constant function. Our proofs use the algebraic properties

Rupali Chandar, Bradley C. Whitmore, S. Michael Fall

The age distribution of star clusters in nearby galaxies plays a crucial role in evaluating the lifetimes and disruption mechanisms of the clusters. Two very different results have been found recently for the age distribution chi(t) of clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We found that chi(t) can be described approximately by a power law chi(t) prop

Douglas Ulmer

We study the elliptic curve E given by y^2=x(x+1)(x+t) over the rational function field k(t) and its extensions K_d=k(μ_d,t^{1/d}). When k is finite of characteristic p and d=p^f+1, we write down explicit points on E and show by elementary arguments that they generate a subgroup V_d of rank d-2 and of finite index in E(K_d). Using more sophisticated methods,

Douglas Ulmer

We study the arithmetic of abelian varieties over $K=k(t)$ where $k$ is an arbitrary field. The main result relates Mordell-Weil groups of certain Jacobians over $K$ to homomorphisms of other Jacobians over $k$. Our methods also yield completely explicit points on elliptic curves with unbounded rank over $\Fpbar(t)$ and a new construction of elliptic curves

Christoph Zipkes, Stefan Palzer, Carlo Sias, Michael Köhl

Improved control of the motional and internal quantum states of ultracold neutral atoms and ions has opened intriguing possibilities for quantum simulation and quantum computation. Many-body effects have been explored with hundreds of thousands of quantum-degenerate neutral atoms and coherent light-matter interfaces have been built. Systems of single or a fe

M. Alvioli, O. Benhar, M. Ericson, M. Strikman

The kinematics of the decay of a bound proton is governed by the proton spectral function. We evaluate this quantity in 16O using the information from nuclear physics experiments. It also includes a correlated part. The reliability of this evaluation is sufficient to open the possibility of correlated cuts in the missing mass and momentum variables in order

M. Toorani, A. A. Beheshti

The signcryption is a relatively new cryptographic technique that is supposed to fulfill the functionalities of encryption and digital signature in a single logical step. Several signcryption schemes are proposed throughout the years, each of them having its own problems and limitations. In this paper, the security of a recent signcryption scheme, i.e. Hwang

Mao Sheng, Jiajin Zhang, Kang Zuo

This paper is devoted to the study of the Higgs bundle associated with the universal abelian variety over the good reduction of a Shimura curve of PEL type. Due to the endomorphism structure, the Higgs bundle decomposes into the direct sum of Higgs subbundles of rank two. They are basically divided into two type: uniformizing type and unitary type. As the fi

M. Toorani, A. A. Beheshti

The non-repudiation as an essential requirement of many applications can be provided by the asymmetric key model. With the evolution of new applications such as mobile commerce, it is essential to provide secure and efficient solutions for the mobile environments. The traditional public key cryptography involves huge computational costs and is not so suitabl

J. Ambjorn, A. Gorlich, S. Jordan, J. Jurkiewicz

The theory of causal dynamical triangulations (CDT) attempts to define a nonperturbative theory of quantum gravity as a sum over space-time geometries. One of the ingredients of the CDT framework is a global time foliation, which also plays a central role in the quantum gravity theory recently formulated by Hořava. We show that the phase diagram of CDT bears

Nolan R. Walborn, Alfredo Sota, Jesus Maiz Apellaniz, Emilio J. Alfaro

On the basis of an extensive new spectroscopic survey of Galactic O stars, we introduce the Ofc category, which consists of normal spectra with C III \lambda\lambda4647-4650-4652 emission lines of comparable intensity to those of the Of defining lines N III \lambda\lambda4634-4640-4642. The former feature is strongly peaked to spectral type O5, at all lumino

Sk. Sarif Hassana, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Amita Pal, R. L. Brahmachary

Recently, scientists from The Craig J. Venter Institute reported construction of very long DNA molecules using a variety of experimental procedures adopting a number of working hypotheses. Finding a mathematical rule for generation of such a long sequence would revolutionize our thinking on various advanced areas of biology, viz. evolution of long DNA chains

Thomas Koberda

In recent years, the RFRS condition has been used to analyze virtual fibering in 3-manifold topology. Agol&#39;s work shows that any 3-manifold with zero Euler characteristic satisfying the RFRS condition on its fundamental group virtually fibers over the circle. In this note we will show that a finitely generated nilpotent group is either virtually abelian

Peter Albers, Al Momin

We prove that on a restricted contact type hypersurface the number of leaf-wise intersections is bounded from below by a certain cup-length.

Tian Qiu, Tarik Hadzibeganovic, Guang Chen, Li-Xin Zhong

Cooperation in the evolutionary snowdrift game with a self-questioning updating mechanism is studied on annealed and quenched small-world networks with directed couplings. Around the payoff parameter value $r=0.5$, we find a size-invariant symmetrical cooperation effect. While generally suppressing cooperation for $r>0.5$ payoffs, rewired networks facilitate

N. Brouzakis, N. Tetradis

We study the growth of matter perturbations beyond the linear level in cosmologies in which the dark energy has a variable equation of state. The non-linear corrections result in shifts in the positions of the maximum, minima and nodes of the spectrum within the range of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations. These can be used in order to distinguish theories with di

B. Cessac

We provide rigorous and exact results characterizing the statistics of spike trains in a network of leaky integrate and fire neurons, where time is discrete and where neurons are submitted to noise, without restriction on the synaptic weights. We show the existence and uniqueness of an invariant measure of Gibbs type and discuss its properties. We also discu