February 2010 arXiv papers — page 45

Andreas Heuer, Christian Mueller, Oliver Rubner

The non-scientific event of a soccer match is analysed on a strictly scientific level. The analysis is based on the recently introduced concept of a team fitness (Eur. Phys. J. B 67, 445, 2009) and requires the use of finite-size scaling. A uniquely defined function is derived which quantitatively predicts the expected average outcome of a soccer match in te

D. Tibi

Two models of loss networks, introduced by Gibbens et al. and by Antunes et al., are known to exhibit a mean field limiting regime with several stable equilibria. These models are reexamined in the light of Freidlin and Wentzell's large deviation approach of randomly perturbed dynamical systems. Assuming that some of their results still hold under slight

Stephan Huckemann

Various concepts of mean shape previously unrelated in the literature are brought into relation. In particular for non-manifolds such as Kendall's 3D shape space, this paper answers the question, for which means one may apply a two-sample test. The answer is positive if intrinsic or Ziezold means are used. The underlying general result of manifold stabil

Agustin Perez-Madrid, J. Miguel Rubi, Luciano C. Lapas

We study thermal radiation outside equilibrium. The situation considered consists of two bodies emitting photons at two different temperatures. We show that the system evolves to a stationary state characterized by an energy current which satisfies a Stefan-Boltzmann-like law expressing it as the difference of the temperatures to the fourth power of the emit

Marius Ionescu, Alex Kumjian

Given a compact metric space $X$ and a local homeomorphism $T:X\to X$ satisfying a local scaling property, we show that the Hausdorff measure on $X$ gives rise to a KMS state on the $C^{*}$-algebra naturally associated to the pair $(X,T)$ such that the inverse temperature coincides with the Hausdorff dimension. We prove that the KMS state is unique under som

Taekyung Kim, Chong Oh Lee

In order to allow the asymptotically flat, we consider Hořava-Lifshitz gravity theory with a soft violation of the detailed balance condition and obtain various solutions. In particular, we find that such theory coupled to a global monopole leads to a solution representing a space with deficit solid angle, which is well matched with genuine feature of GR.

Heikki Tikanmäki, Yuliya Mishura

Fractional Brownian motion can be represented as an integral of a deterministic kernel w.r.t. an ordinary Brownian motion either on infinite or compact interval. In previous literature fractional Lévy processes are defined by integrating the infinite interval kernel w.r.t. a general Lévy process. In this article we define fractional Lévy processes using the

Mathew Johnson, Kevin Zumbrun, Pascal Noble

Extending results of Oh--Zumbrun and Johnson--Zumbrun for parabolic conservation laws, we show that spectral stability implies nonlinear stability for spatially periodic viscous roll wave solutions of the one-dimensional St. Venant equations for shallow water flow down an inclined ramp. The main new issues to be overcome are incomplete parabolicity and the n

J. J. P. Veerman, C. M. da Fonseca

We discuss some stability problems when each agent of a linear flock on the line interacts with its two nearest neighbors (one on either side).

David Schwandt, Matthieu Mambrini, Didier Poilblanc

We propose a general non-perturbative scheme that quantitatively maps the low-energy sector of spin-1/2 frustrated Heisenberg antiferromagnets to effective Generalized Quantum Dimer Models. We develop the formal lattice independent frame and establish some important results on (i) the locality of the generated Hamiltonians (ii) how full resummations can be p

Guo-Li Liu

In topcolor-assisted technicolor models (TC2) the hitherto unconstrained lepton flavor mixing induced by the new gauge boson $Z'$ will lead to the lepton flavor violating productions of $τ\bar μ$, $τ\bar e$ and $μ\bar e$ in photon-photon collision at the proposed International Linear Collider (ILC). Through a comparative analysis of these processes, we f

Yifu Zhu

I analyze an all-optical switching scheme in a cavity QED system consisting of multiple three-level atoms confined in a cavity mode. A control laser coupled to the atoms from free space induces quantum interference in the coupled cavity-atom system and performs all optical switching of the cavity-atom polaritons. When the cavity is tuned far away from the at

Vahan V. Mkrtchyan, Eckhard Steffen

A graph $G$ is class II, if its chromatic index is at least $Δ+1$. Let $H$ be a maximum $Δ$-edge-colorable subgraph of $G$. The paper proves best possible lower bounds for $\frac{|E(H)|}{|E(G)|}$, and structural properties of maximum $Δ$-edge-colorable subgraphs. It is shown that every set of vertex-disjoint cycles of a class II graph with $Δ\geq3$ can be ex

Kazuya Koyama

In this review, we discuss how non-Gaussianity of cosmological perturbations arises from inflation. After introducing the in-in formalism to calculate the $n$-point correlation function of quantum fields, we present the computation of the bispectrum of the curvature perturbation generated in general single field inflation models. The shapes of the bispectrum

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

We compare the observed bivariate distribution of masses(M) and ages(t) of star clusters in the LMC with the predicted distributions g(M,t) from 3 idealized models for the disruption of star clusters: (1)sudden mass-dependent disruption;(2)gradual mass-dependent disruption; and (3)gradual mass-independent disruption. The model with mass-{\em in}dependent dis

Oram Gedalia, Lorenzo Mannelli, Gilad Perez

A simple formalism to describe flavor and CP violation in a model independent way is provided. Our method is particularly useful to derive robust bounds on models with arbitrary mechanisms of alignment. Known constraints on flavor violation in the K and D systems are reproduced in a straightforward and covariant manner. Assumptions-free limits, based on top

Emmanuel Abbe, Emre Telatar

In this paper, polar codes for the $m$-user multiple access channel (MAC) with binary inputs are constructed. It is shown that Arıkan's polarization technique applied individually to each user transforms independent uses of a $m$-user binary input MAC into successive uses of extremal MACs. This transformation has a number of desirable properties: (i) the

Yohei Kashima

For a class of tight-binding many-electron models on hyper-cubic lattices the equal-time correlation functions at non-zero temperature are proved to decay exponentially in the distance between the center of positions of the electrons and the center of positions of the holes. The decay bounds hold in any space dimension in the thermodynamic limit if the inter

C. Parks Cheney, F. Bondino, T. A. Callcott, P. Vilmercati

The orbital symmetries of electron doped iron-arsenide superconductors Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 have been measured with x-ray absorption spectroscopy. The data reveal signatures of Fe d electron itinerancy, weak electronic correlations, and a high degree of Fe-As hybridization related to the bonding topology of the Fe dxz+yz states, which are found to contribute sub

J. J. P. Veerman

The movement of a flock with a single leader (and a directed path from it to every agent) can be stabilized. Nonetheless for large flocks perturbations in the movement of the leader may grow to a considerable size as they propagate throughout the flock and before they die out over time. As an example we consider a string of N+1 oscillators moving in the line

Maxim Dvornikov

We study spherically symmetric oscillations of electrons in plasma in the frame of classical electrodynamics. Firstly, we analyze the electromagnetic potentials for the system of radially oscillating charged particles. Secondly, we consider both free and forced spherically symmetric oscillations of electrons. Finally, we discuss the interaction between radia

Evgeny Feigin, Ghislain Fourier, Peter Littelmann

We study the PBW filtration on the highest weight representations $V(\la)$ of $\msl_{n+1}$. This filtration is induced by the standard degree filtration on $U(\n^-)$. We give a description of the associated graded $S(\n^-)$-module $gr V(\la)$ in terms of generators and relations. We also construct a basis of $gr V(\la)$. As an application we derive a graded

Stefano Pigola, Giona Veronelli

We provide a somewhat geometric proof of a rigidity theorem by M. Ledoux and C. Xia concerning complete manifolds with non-negative Ricci curvature supporting an Euclidean-type Sobolev inequality with (almost) best Sobolev constant. Using the same technique we also generalize Ledoux-Xia result to complete manifolds with asymptotically non-negative curvature.

Abhijit Bandyopadhyay, Sovan Chakraborty, Debasish Majumdar

We consider the recent limits on dark matter - nucleon elastic scattering cross section from the analysis of CDMS II collaboration using the two signal events observed in CDMS experiment. With these limits we try to interpret the Super-Kamiokande (SK) bounds on the detection rates of up-going muons induced by the neutrinos that are produced in the sun from t

A. A. Andrianov, F. Cannata, A. V. Sokolov

We examine the completeness of bi-orthogonal sets of eigenfunctions for non-Hermitian Hamiltonians possessing a spectral singularity. The correct resolutions of identity are constructed for delta like and smooth potentials. Their form and the contribution of a spectral singularity depend on the class of functions employed for physical states. With this speci

Elchanan Mossel, Noah Olsman, Omer Tamuz

We consider a group of Bayesian agents who try to estimate a state of the world $θ$ through interaction on a social network. Each agent $v$ initially receives a private measurement of $θ$: a number $S_v$ picked from a Gaussian distribution with mean $θ$ and standard deviation one. Then, in each discrete time iteration, each reveals its estimate of $θ$ to its

Boubaker Smii

We consider the generalized Ornstein- Uhlenbeck equation $\partial_t X=-m X_t+η$. In this paper We construct the Lévy noise $η$. The generalized Ornstein- Uhlenbeck process $X_t$ will be represented by a special types of graphs called rooted trees with two types of leaves.

Stephan Huckemann

The Central Limit Theorem (CLT) for extrinsic and intrinsic means on manifolds is extended to a generalization of Fréchet means. Examples are the Procrustes mean for 3D Kendall shapes as well as a mean introduced by Ziezold. This allows for one-sample tests previously not possible, and to numerically assess the `inconsistency of the Procrustes mean' for

Ç. Aksak, S. Turgut

Any quantum operation applied on a physical system is performed as a unitary transformation on a larger extended system. If the extension used is a heat bath in thermal equilibrium, the concomitant change in the state of the bath necessarily implies a heat exchange with it. The dependence of the average heat transferred to the bath on the initial state of th

Michel Broniatowski, Amor Keziou

We introduce estimation and test procedures through divergence minimiza- tion for models satisfying linear constraints with unknown parameter. These procedures extend the empirical likelihood (EL) method and share common features with generalized empirical likelihood approach. We treat the problems of existence and characterization of the divergence projecti

A. Streblyanska, X. Barcons, F. J. Carrera, R. Gil-Merino

Broad absorption line quasars (BALQSOs) are key objects for studying the structure and emission/absorption properties of AGN. However, despite their fundamental importance, the properties of BALQSOs are still not well understood. In order to investigate the X-ray nature of these sources, as well as the correlations between X-ray and rest-frame UV properties,

Luc Blanchet, Steven Detweiler, Alexandre Le Tiec, Bernard F. Whiting

We continue a previous work on the comparison between the post-Newtonian (PN) approximation and the gravitational self-force (SF) analysis of circular orbits in a Schwarzschild background. We show that the numerical SF data contain physical information corresponding to extremely high PN approximations. We find that knowing analytically determined appropriate

Yu Nakayama

We investigate universal time-dependent exact deformations of Schrodinger geometry. We present 1) scale invariant but non-conformal deformation, 2) non-conformal but scale invariant deformation, and 3) both scale and conformal invariant deformation. All these solutions are universal in the sense that we could embed them in any supergravity constructions of t

X. Shi, B. Joachimi, P. Schneider

Three-point weak lensing statistics provide cosmic information complementary to that of two-point statistics. However, both statistics suffer from intrinsic-shear alignment, which is one of their limiting systematics. The nulling technique is a model-independent method developed to eliminate intrinsic-shear alignment at the two-point level. In this paper we

Ho-Meoyng Choi

Using the light-front quark model, we calculate the transition form factors, decay rates, and longitudinal lepton polarization asymmetries for the exclusive rare $B_s\to (K,η^{(\prime)})(\ell^+\ell^-,ν_{\ell}\bar{ν_{\ell}}$ ($\ell=e,μ,τ$) decays within the standard model, taking into account the $η-η'$ mixing angle. For the mixing angle $θ=-20^{\circ}$ (

F. Murphy-Armando, G. Fagas, J. C. Greer

The role of reduced dimensionality and of the surface on electron-phonon (e-ph) coupling in silicon nanowires is determined from first principles. Surface termination and chemistry is found to have a relatively small influence, whereas reduced dimensionality fundamentally alters the behavior of deformation potentials. As a consequence, electron coupling to "

Giuseppe Nisticò, Angela Sestito

We prove that by adopting a strict interpretation of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen criterion of reality, the proofs of the known non-locality theorems fail in showing that quantum mechanics violates the principle of locality and reality.

Niel de Beaudrap

We present some observations on a restricted variant of unitary Cayley graphs modulo n, and the implications for a decomposition of elements of symplectic operators over the integers modulo n. We define quadratic unitary Cayley graphs G_n, whose vertex set is the ring Z_n, and where residues a, b modulo n are adjacent if and only if their difference is a qua

J. Chaste, E. Pallecchi, P. Morfin, G. Feve

The high-frequency transconductance and current noise of top-gated single carbon nanotube transistors have been measured and used to investigate hot electron effects in one-dimensional transistors. Results are in good agreement with a theory of 1-dimensional nano-transistor. In particular the prediction of a large transconductance correction to the Johnson-N

Raoul Normand, Lorenzo Zambotti

We prove well-posedness of global solutions for a class of coagulation equations which exhibit the gelation phase transition. To this end, we solve an associated partial differential equation involving the generating functions before and after the phase transition. Applications include the classical Smoluchowski and Flory equations with multiplicative coagul

Roberta Sinatra, Daniele Condorelli, Vito Latora

We introduce a method to convert an ensemble of sequences of symbols into a weighted directed network whose nodes are motifs, while the directed links and their weights are defined from statistically significant co-occurences of two motifs in the same sequence. The analysis of communities of networks of motifs is shown to be able to correlate sequences with

Andrea Brini

In this paper we begin the study of the relationship between the local Gromov-Witten theory of Calabi-Yau rank two bundles over the projective line and the theory of integrable hierarchies. We first of all construct explicitly, in a large number of cases, the Hamiltonian dispersionless hierarchies that govern the full descendent genus zero theory. Our main t

Amarjit Soni, Ashutosh Kumar Alok, Anjan Giri, Rukmani Mohanta

We extend our recent work and study implications of the Standard Model with four generations (SM4) for rare B and K decays. We again take seriously the several 2-3 $σ$ anomalies seen in B, $B_s$ decays and interpret them in the context of this simple extension of the SM. SM4 is also of course of considerable interest for its potential relevance to dynamical

Mario J. Edmundo, Luca Prelli

The aim of this paper is to give a unifying description of various constructions (subanalytic, semialgebraic, o-minimal site) using the notion of T-topology. We then study the category of T-sheaves.

Yuan-Harng Lee, Wen-Li Yang, Yao-Zhong Zhang

We introduce higher order polynomial deformations of $A_1$ Lie algebra. We construct their unitary representations and the corresponding single-variable differential operator realizations. We then use the results to obtain exact (Bethe ansatz) solutions to a class of 2-mode boson systems, including the Boson-Einstein Condensate models as special cases. Up to

Frank Aurzada, Leif Doering, Mladen Savov

We prove Chung-type laws of the iterated logarithm for general Lévy processes at zero. In particular, we provide tools to translate small deviation estimates directly into laws of the iterated logarithm. This reveals laws of the iterated logarithm for Lévy processes at small times in many concrete examples. In some cases, exotic norming functions are derived

Alexandru Dimca, Stefan Papadima

We examine groups whose resonance varieties, characteristic varieties and Sigma-invariants have a natural arithmetic group symmetry, and we explore implications on various finiteness properties of subgroups. We compute resonance varieties, characteristic varieties and Alexander polynomials of Torelli groups, and we show that all subgroups containing the John

Simon Foucart, Alain Pajor, Holger Rauhut, Tino Ullrich

We provide sharp lower and upper bounds for the Gelfand widths of $\ell_p$-balls in the $N$-dimensional $\ell_q^N$-space for $0<p\leq 1$ and $p<q \leq 2$. Such estimates are highly relevant to the novel theory of compressive sensing, and our proofs rely on methods from this area.

Roberto Alfredo Lineros

The electron and positron cosmic rays puzzle has triggered a revolution in the field of astroparticle physics. Many hypotheses have been proposed to explain the unexpected rise of the positron fraction, observed by HEAT and PAMELA experiments, for energies larger than few GeVs. In this work, we study sources of positron cosmic rays related to annihilation of

Kinjal Banerjee

We explore the relation of the Holst term with the Nieh-Yan term in terms of metric variables. We show that the Holst term indeed affects the classical equations of motion in the presence of matter with spin. Therefore the correct term to add to the Einstein-Hilbert action such that the equations of motion are not affected is the Nieh-Yan term. We then calcu

R. N. Karasev

We consider a continuous map $f :M\to N$ between two manifolds and try to estimate its multiplicity from below, i.e. find a $q$-tuple of pairwise distinct points $x_1,..., x_q\in M$ such that $f(x_1) = f(x_2) = ... = f(x_q)$. We show that there are certain characteristic classes of vector bundle $f^*TN-TM$ that guarantee a bound on the multiplicity of $f$. I

Alessandro Sergi, Gregory S. Ezra

In this paper we formulate Bulgac-Kusnezov constant temperature dynamics in phase space by means of non-Hamiltonian brackets. Two generalized versions of the dynamics are similarly defined: one where the Bulgac-Kusnezov demons are globally controlled by means of a single additional Nosé variable, and another where each demon is coupled to an independent Nosé

Masahiro Kawasaki, Koichi Miyamoto, Kazunori Nakayama

Gravitational waves emitted by kinks on infinite strings are investigated using detailed estimations of the kink distribution on infinite strings. We find that gravitational waves from kinks can be detected by future pulsar timing experiments such as SKA for an appropriate value of the the string tension, if the typical size of string loops is much smaller t

Richard D. Gill

Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, ``Do you want to pick door No. 2?'' Is it to your advantage to switch your choice? The

Daniel J. Price, Matthew R. Bate

Star formation is a complex process involving the interplay of many physical effects, including gravity, turbulent gas dynamics, magnetic fields and radiation. Our understanding of the process has improved substantially in recent years, primarily as a result of our increased ability to incorporate the relevant physics in numerical calculations of the star fo

A. Li, X. R. Zhou, G. F. Burgio, H. -J. Schulze

We study the properties of hot neutrino-trapped beta-stable stellar matter using an equation of state of nuclear matter within the Brueckner-Hartree-Fock approach including three-body forces, combined with a standard chiral model for kaon condensation at finite temperature. The properties of (proto)neutron stars are then investigated within this framework.

Nahomi Kan, Kiyoshi Shiraishi

We study solutions for boson stars in multiscalar theory. We start with simple models with N scalar theories. Our purpose is to study the models in which the mass matrix of scalars and the scalar couplings are given by an extended method of dimensional deconstruction. The properties of the boson stars are investigated by the Newtonian approximation with the

Dennis Courtney

Elementary complex analysis and Hilbert space methods show that a union of at most n arcs on the circle is uniquely determined by the nth Fourier partial sum of its characteristic function. The endpoints of the arcs can be recovered from the coefficients appearing in the partial sum by solving two polynomial equations.

Masanao Sato, Hideki Asada

Continuing work initiated in an earlier publication [Sato and Asada, PASJ, 61, L29 (2009)], we consider light curves influenced by the orbital inclination and eccentricity of a companion in orbit around a transiting extrasolar planet (in a planet-satellite system or a hypothetical true binary). We show that the semimajor axis, eccentricity and inclination an

Yu Lu, Tinggui Wang, Hongyan Zhou, Jian Wu

We identified a large sample of radio quasars, including those with complex radio morphology, from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the Faint Images of Radio Sky at Twenty-cm (FIRST). Using this sample, we inspect previous radio quasar samples for selection effects resulting from complex radio morphologies and adopting positional coincidence between r

Shiro Hirai, Tomoyuki Takami

In the present paper, certain inflation models are shown to have large non-Gaussianity in special cases. Namely, finite length inflation models with an effective higher derivative interaction, in which slow-roll inflation is adopted as inflation and a scalar-matter-dominated period or power inflation is adopted as pre-inflation, are considered. Using Holman

Shina Tan, Michael Pustilnik, Leonid I. Glazman

We evaluate the relaxation rate of high-energy quasiparticles in a weakly interacting one-dimensional Bose gas. Unlike in higher dimensions, the rate is a nonmonotonic function of temperature, with a maximum at the crossover to the state of suppressed density fluctuations. At the maximum, the relaxation rate may significantly exceed its zero-temperature valu

Constantin-Nicolae Beli

We announce a very general statement involving the rational quartic residue symbol $(m/p)_4$ and, more generally, Legendre symbols of the type ${a+b\sqrt{m}/p$. We show how our main theorem can be used to produce many older results such as Scholz&#39;s, Lehmer&#39;s or Burde&#39;s reciprocity laws and many others. It is very likely that all existing reciproc

Nero Budur, Morihiko Saito, Sergey Yuzvinsky

Conjectures of J. Igusa for p-adic local zeta functions and of J. Denef and F. Loeser for topological local zeta functions assert that (the real part of) the poles of these local zeta functions are roots of the Bernstein-Sato polynomials (i.e. the b-functions). We prove these conjectures for certain hyperplane arrangements, including the case of reduced hype

M. Ziaur Rahman Khan, D. G. Hasko, M. S. M. Saifullah, M. E. Welland

Coherent coupling between a large number of qubits is the goal for scalable approaches to solid state quantum information processing. Prototype systems can be characterized by spectroscopic techniques. Here, we use pulsed-continuous wave microwave spectroscopy to study the behavior of electrons trapped at defects within the gate dielectric of a sol-gel-based

The CMS Collaboration

Measurements of inclusive charged-hadron transverse-momentum and pseudorapidity distributions are presented for proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 0.9 and 2.36 TeV. The data were collected with the CMS detector during the LHC commissioning in December 2009. For non-single-diffractive interactions, the average charged-hadron transverse momentum is measured

Michio Otsuki, Hisao Hayakawa, Stefan Luding

The pressure and the viscosity in two-dimensional sheared granular assemblies are investigated numerically. The behavior of both pressure and viscosity is smoothly changing qualitatively when starting from a mono-disperse hard-disk system without dissipation and moving towards a system of (i) poly-disperse, (ii) soft particles with (iii) considerable dissipa

Dmitry Malyshev, Ilias Cholis, Joseph D. Gelfand

We study possible astrophysical and dark matter (DM) explanations for the Fermi gamma-ray haze in the Milky Way halo. As representatives of various DM models, we consider DM particles annihilating into W+W-, b-bbar, and e+e-. In the first two cases, the prompt gamma-ray emission from DM annihilations is significant or even dominant at E > 10 GeV, while inver

Alejandro Guarnizo, Leonardo Castaneda, Juan M. Tejeiro

The main goal of this paper is to get in a straightforward form the field equations in metric f(R) gravity, using elementary variational principles and adding a boundary term in the action, instead of the usual treatment in an equivalent scalar-tensor approach. We start with a brief review of the Einstein-Hilbert action, together with the Gibbons-York-Hawkin

P. De Bernardis, D. Bagliani, A. Bardi, E. Battistelli

The SAGACE experiment consists of a mm/sub-mm telescope with a 3-m diameter primary mirror, coupled to a cryogenic multi-beam differential spectrometer. SAGACE explores the sky in the 100-760 GHz frequency range, using four diffraction-limited bolometer arrays. The instrument is designed to perform spectroscopic surveys of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effects of th

David Isaac Wolinsky, Pierre St. Juste, P. Oscar Boykin, Renato Figueiredo

Online social networking has quickly become one of the most common activities of Internet users. As social networks evolve, they encourage users to share more information, requiring the users, in turn, to place more trust into social networks. Peer-to-peer (P2P) overlays provide an environment that can return ownership of information, trust, and control to t

Ljudmila A. Bordag

We study a class of nonlinear pricing models which involves the feedback effect from the dynamic hedging strategies on the price of asset introduced by Sircar and Papanicolaou. We are first to study the case of a nonlinear demand function involved in the model. Using a Lie group analysis we investigate the symmetry properties of these nonlinear diffusion equ

Takuma Suda, Masayuki Y. Fujimoto

We present extensive sets of stellar models for 0.8-9.0Msun in mass and -5 <= [Fe/H] <= -2 and Z = 0 in metallicity. The present work focuses on the evolutionary characteristics of hydrogen mixing into the He-flash convective zones during the core and shell He flashes which occurs for the models with [Fe/H] <~ -2.5. Evolution is followed from the zero age MS

Ayhan Dil, Veli Kurt

In this paper we focus on r-geometric polynomials, r-exponential polynomials and their harmonic versions. It is shown that harmonic versions of these polynomials and their generalizations are useful to obtain closed forms of some series related to harmonic numbers.

David D. L. Minh

In contrast with most Monte Carlo integration algorithms, which are used to estimate ratios, the replica gas identities recently introduced by Adib enable the estimation of absolute integrals and partition functions using multiple copies of a system and normalized transition functions. Here, an optimized form is presented. After generalizing a replica gas id

Daun Jeong, M. Y. Choi, Hyung. J. Kim, YounJoon Jung

Dynamics of a coarse-grained model for the room-temperature ionic liquid, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate, couched in the united-atom site representation are studied via molecular dynamics simulations. The dynamically heterogeneous behavior of the model resembles that of fragile supercooled liquids. At or close to room temperature, the model

Paul C. Canfield, Sergey L. Bud&#39;ko

The recently discovered FeAs-based superconductors are a new, promising set of materials for both technological as well as basic research. They offer transition temperatures as high as 55 K as well as essentially isotropic and extremely large upper, superconducting critical fields in excess of 40 T at 20 K. In addition they may well provide insight into exot

Jean-François Coeurjolly, Frédéric Lavancier

The inspection of residuals is a fundamental step to investigate the quality of adjustment of a parametric model to data. For spatial point processes, the concept of residuals has been recently proposed by Baddeley et al. (2005) as an empirical counterpart of the {\it Campbell equilibrium} equation for marked Gibbs point processes. The present paper focuses

Marc Louis Maurice François

The proposed yield criterion depends upon two material constants and is proven to be smooth and convex under a simple condition. These properties induce a mathematical robustness that allows a further use in a damage mechanics model. The analytical gradient and hessian are given. The obtained yield surface is relevant to Kupfer&#39;s biaxial testings on conc

François Baccelli, Bartek Blaszczyszyn

We consider Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET) with transmitters located according to a Poisson point in the Euclidean plane, slotted Aloha Medium Access (MAC) protocol and the so-called outage scenario, where a successful transmission requires a Signal-to-Interference-and-Noise (SINR) larger than some threshold. We analyze the local delays in such a network, nam

P. Jakubczyk, J. Bauer, W. Metzner

We present a renormalization group treatment of quantum tricriticality in metals. Applying a set of flow equations derived within the functional renormalization group framework we evaluate the correlation length in the quantum critical region of the phase diagram, extending into finite temperatures above the quantum critical or tricritical point. We calculat

Basarab Matei, Sylvain Meignen, Anastasia Zakharova

We study in this paper nonlinear subdivision schemes in a multivariate setting allowing arbitrary dilation matrix. We investigate the convergence of such iterative process to some limit function. Our analysis is based on some conditions on the contractivity of the associated scheme for the differences. In particular, we show the regularity of the limit funct

J. Zuntz, T. G. Zlosnik, F. Bourliot, P. G. Ferreira

We present a comprehensive investigation of cosmological constraints on the class of vector field formulations of modified gravity called Generalized Einstein-Aether models. Using linear perturbation theory we generate cosmic microwave background and large-scale structure spectra for general parameters of the theory, and then constrain them in various ways.

Sami-Matias Niemi, Pekka Heinämäki, Pasi Nurmi, Enn Saar

[Abridged] We study the properties, evolution and formation mechanisms of isolated field elliptical galaxies. We create a mock catalogue of isolated field elliptical galaxies from the Millennium Simulation Galaxy Catalogue, and trace their merging histories. The formation, identity and assembly redshifts of simulated isolated and non-isolated elliptical gala

Curtis J. Saxton, Ignacio Ferreras

The kinematics of stars and planetary nebulae in early type galaxies provide vital clues to the enigmatic physics of their dark matter halos. We fit published data for fourteen such galaxies using a spherical, self-gravitating model with two components: (1) a Sersic stellar profile fixed according to photometric parameters, and (2) a polytropic dark matter h

Alexander Labovsky, Y. Charles Li

We test a Markov chain approximation to the segment description (Li, 2007) of chaos (and turbulence) on a tent map, the Minea system, the Hénon map, and the Lorenz system. For the tent map, we compute the probability transition matrix of the Markov chain on the segments for segment time length (iterations) $T = 1, 2, 3, 100$. The matrix has $1, 2, 4$ tents c

Naveen A. Reddy, Dawn K. Erb, Max Pettini, Charles C. Steidel

We use a sample of 90 spectroscopically-confirmed Lyman Break Galaxies with H-alpha and 24 micron observations to constrain the relationship between rest-frame 8 micron luminosity, L(8), and star formation rate (SFR) for L* galaxies at z~2. We find a tight correlation with 0.24 dex scatter between L8 and L(Ha)/SFR for z~2 galaxies with L(IR)~10^10 - 10^12 Ls

Hiranya V. Peiris, Tristan L. Smith

Several anomalies have been identified which may imply a breakdown of the statistical isotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). In particular, an anomalous alignment of the quadrupole and octopole and a hemispherical power asymmetry have increased in significance as the data have improved. There have been several attempts to explain these observatio

Ben Rogers, Ignacio Ferreras, Anna Pasquali, Mariangela Bernardi

(Abridged) We present a detailed study of the stellar populations of a volume-limited sample of early-type galaxies from SDSS, across a range of environments -- defined as the mass of the host dark matter halo. The stellar populations are explored through the SDSS spectra, via projection onto a set of two spectral vectors determined from Principal Component

Andreas Maurer Massimiliano Pontil

This paper presents a general coding method where data in a Hilbert space are represented by finite dimensional coding vectors. The method is based on empirical risk minimization within a certain class of linear operators, which map the set of coding vectors to the Hilbert space. Two results bounding the expected reconstruction error of the method are derive

Naihuan Jing, Honglian Zhang

We construct all fundamental modules for the two parameter quantum affine algebra of type $A$ using a combinatorial model of Young diagrams. In particular we also give a fermionic realization of the two-parameter quantum affine algebra.

Suyoung Choi, Jang Soo Kim

A simplicial polytope is combinatorially rigid if its combinatorial structure is determined by its graded Betti numbers which are important invariant coming from combinatorial commutative algebra. We find a necessary condition to be combinatorially rigid for 3-dimensional reducible simplicial polytopes and provide some rigid reducible simplicial polytopes.

Johannes Lischner, T. A. Arias

We present a theoretical study of the intrinsic quality factor of the fundamental flexural vibration in a carbon nanotube and its dependence on temperature, radius, length and tension. In particular, we examine three- and four-phonon decays of the fundamental flexural mode within quantized elasticity theory. This analysis reveals design principles for the co

Manuel D. Contreras, Santiago Diaz-Madrigal, Pavel Gumenyuk

Loewner Theory is a deep technique in Complex Analysis affording a basis for many further important developments such as the proof of famous Bieberbach&#39;s conjecture and well-celebrated Schramm&#39;s Stochastic Loewner Evolution (SLE). It provides analytic description of expanding domains dynamics in the plane. Two cases have been developed in the classic

Anil Seth, Michele Cappellari, Nadine Neumayer, Nelson Caldwell

We summarize the recent results of our survey of the nearest nuclear star clusters. The purpose of the survey is to understand nuclear star cluster formation mechanisms and constrain the presence of black holes using adaptive optics assisted integral field spectroscopy, optical spectroscopy, and HST imaging in 13 galaxies within 5 Mpc. We discuss the formati

J. Rosti, J. Koivisto, M. J. Alava

We present statistical analysis of acoustic emission (AE) data from tensile experiments on paper sheets, loading mode I, with samples broken under strain control. The results are based on 100 experiments on unnotched samples and 70 samples with a long initial edge notch. First, AE energy release and AE event rates are considered for both cases, to test for t

C. Morningstar, A. Bell, J. Bulava, E. Engelson

Progress in determining the spectrum of excited baryons and mesons in lattice QCD is described. Large sets of carefully-designed hadron operators have been studied and their effectiveness in facilitating the extraction of excited-state energies is demonstrated. A new method of stochastically estimating the low-lying effects of quark propagation is proposed w

Fawzi Boudjema, Le Duc Ninh, Sun Hao, Marcus M. Weber

We calculate the electroweak corrections to the production of WWZ and ZZZ at the linear collider in the Standard Model. These processes are important for the extraction of the quartic couplings of the massive gauge bosons which can be a window on the mechanism of spontaneous symmetry breaking. We find that the weak corrections to some kinematic distributions

A. Petriella, S. A. Paron, E. B. Giacani

AIMS: We investigate the environment of the infrared dust bubble N65 and search for evidence of triggered star formation in its surroundings. METHODS: We performed a multiwavelength study of the region around N65 with data taken from large-scale surveys: Two Micron All Sky Survey, GLIMPSE, MIPSGAL, SCUBA, and GRS. We analyzed the distribution of the molecula

Paolo Piccione, Abdelghani Zeghib

We study the geometry of compact Lorentzian manifolds that admit a somewhere timelike Killing vector field, and whose isometry group has infinitely many connected components. Up to a finite cover, such manifolds are products (or amalgamated products) of a flat Lorentzian torus and a compact Riemannian (resp., lightlike) manifold.