March 2010 arXiv papers — page 55

Qian-Ming Zhang, Ming-Sheng Shang, Linyuan Lu

We propose a similarity-based method, using the similarity between nodes, to address the problem of classification in partially labeled networks. The basic assumption is that two nodes are more likely to be categorized into the same class if they are more similar. In this paper, we introduce ten similarity indices, including five local ones and five global o

D. L. Rousie, J. P. Deroubaix, O. Joly, P. Salvetti

Thanks to a novel modelling programme to detect anomalies in the membranous semi circular canals (SSC) of idiopathic scoliosis (IS) we found severe anomalies mainly located in lateral SCC devoted to trunk rotation and lateral deviations. We also found a specific communication between the lateral and posterior canal involving the utricular chamber which is al

Mana Igarashi, Toshiki Nakashima

For a classical simple algebraic group $G$ we obtain the affirmative answer for the conjecture in [8] that there exists an isomorphism between the geometric crystal on the flag variety and the one on the unipotent subgroup $U^-$.

N. Spagnolo, F. Sciarrino, F. De Martini

We show that the quantum states generated by universal optimal quantum cloning of a single photon represent an universal set of quantum superpositions resilient to decoherence. We adopt Bures distance as a tool to investigate the persistence ofquantum coherence of these quantum states. According to this analysis, the process of universal cloning realizes a c

M. S. Turner

We reply to a recent comment [arXiv:1002.2445] and describe why the chemical potential conjugate to the mass of linear aggregates is not an independent parameter in the ensemble that the total length is free to adjust. It is only in the (unphysical) ensemble of fixed total polymer length that such a chemical potential can act as an independent control parame

V. P. Goncalves, M. V. T. Machado, A. R. Meneses

The exclusive processes in electron-proton ($ep$) interactions are an important tool to investigate the QCD dynamics at high energies as they are in general driven by the gluon content of proton which is strongly subject to parton saturation effects. In this paper we compute the cross sections for the exclusive vector meson production as well as the deeply v

Daniel Johansson, Cathy Horellou, Martin W. Sommer, Kaustuv Basu

Clusters of galaxies are effective gravitational lenses able to magnify background galaxies and making it possible to probe the fainter part of the galaxy population. Submillimeter galaxies, which are believed to be star-forming galaxies at typical redshifts of 2 to 3, are a major contaminant to the extended Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) signal of galaxy clusters.

Toshizumi Fukui, Krzysztof Kurdyka, Adam Parusiński

We call a local homeomorphism $f: (R^n,0)\to(R^n,0)$ blow-analytic if it becomes real analytic after composing with a finite number blowings-up with smooth nowhere dense centers. If the graph of $f$ is semi-algebraic then, by a theorem of Bierstone and Milman, $f$ is blow-analytic if and only if it is arc-analytic: the image by $f$ of a parametrized real ana

R. C. Tautz

The particle distribution function that describes two interpenetrating plasma streams is re-investigated. It is shown how, based on the Maxwell-Boltzmann-Jüttner distribution function that has been derived almost a century ago, a counterstreaming distribution function can be derived that uses velocity space. Such is necessary for various analytical calculati

Z. H. Zhu, H. Liu, S. M. Wang, W. M. Ye

This work investigates a kind of metallic magnetic cavity based on slit-hole resonators (SHRs). Two orthogonal hybrid magnetic resonance modes of the cavity with a large spatial overlap are predesigned at the wavelengths of 980 nm and 1550 nm. The Yb-Er co-doped material serving as a gain medium is set in the cavity; this enables the resonator to have high o

W. A. Bryan, S. L. Stebbings, J. McKenna, E. M. L. English

Modern intense ultrafast pulsed lasers generate an electric field of sufficient strength to permit tunnel ionization of the valence electrons in atoms. This process is usually treated as a rapid succession of isolated events, in which the states of the remaining electrons are neglected. Such electronic interactions are predicted to be weak, the exception bei

Takuya Satoh, Sung-Jin Cho, Ryugo Iida, Tsutomu Shimura

Coherent spin oscillations were non-thermally induced by circularly polarized pulses in fully compensated antiferromagnetic NiO. This effect is attributed to an entirely new mechanism of the action, on the spins, of the effective magnetic field generated by an inverse Faraday effect. The novelty of this mechanism is that spin oscillations are driven by the t

Simon Raulot, Alessandro Savo

We derive a Reilly-type formula for differential p-forms on a compact manifold with boundary and apply it to give a sharp lower bound of the spectrum of the Hodge Laplacian acting on differential forms of an embedded hypersurface of a Riemannian manifold. The equality case of our inequality gives rise to a number of rigidity results, when the geometry of the

Jack N. Waddell, Douglas G. Mullen, Bradford G. Orr, Mark M. Banaszak Holl

Nanoparticles with multiple ligands have been proposed for use in nanomedicine. The multiple targeting ligands on each nanoparticle can bind to several locations on a cell surface facilitating both drug targeting and uptake. Experiments show that the distribution of conjugated ligands is unexpectedly broad, and the desorption rate appears to depends exponent

Cyrille Marquet, Heribert Weigert

The JIMWLK framework offers a powerful tool to calculate the energy dependence of QCD observables at high energies. Despite a growing number of observables considered for phenomenological analysis, few features of JIMWLK evolution beyond its evolution speed are yet well constrained by experiment. We argue that meson production cross-sections have the potenti

Jakub Cieslak, Michael Reissner, Stanislaw M. Dubiel, Benilde F. O. Costa

A series of sigma-phase Fe_{100-x}V_x samples with 34.4 < x < 59.0 were investigated by neutron and X-ray diffraction and Mossbauer spectroscopy (MS) techniques. The first two methods were used for verification of the transformation from alpha to sigma phase and they also permitted to determine lattice parameters of the unit cell. With MS the Debye temperatu

Igor V. Sokolov, John A. Nees, Victor P. Yanovsky, Natalia M. Naumova

The emission from an electron in the field of a relativistically strong laser pulse is analyzed. At pulse intensities of J > 2 10^22 W/cm2 the emission from counter-propagating electrons is modified by the effects of Quantum ElectroDynamics (QED), as long as the electron energy is sufficiently high: E > 1 GeV. The radiation force experienced by an electron i

Mark Franey, Pritam Ranjan, Hugh Chipman

Deterministic computer simulations are often used as a replacement for complex physical experiments. Although less expensive than physical experimentation, computer codes can still be time-consuming to run. An effective strategy for exploring the response surface of the deterministic simulator is the use of an approximation to the computer code, such as a Ga

M. Sabatini

We prove a uniqueness result for limit cycles of a class of second order ODE&#39;s. As a special case, we prove limit cycle&#39;s uniqueness for an ODE studied in \cite{ETBA}.

Florent Madelaine, Barnaby Martin

We study the complexity of evaluating positive equality-free sentences of first-order (FO) logic over a fixed, finite structure B. This may be seen as a natural generalisation of the non-uniform quantified constraint satisfaction problem QCSP(B). We introduce surjective hyper-endomorphisms and use them in proving a Galois connection that characterises defina

A. Ruiz, G. Miniutti, F. Panessa, F. J. Carrera

The relationship between star formation and super-massive black hole growth is central to our understanding of galaxy formation and evolution. Hyper-Luminous Infrared Galaxies (HLIRGs) are unique laboratories to investigate the connection between starburst (SB) and Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), since they exhibit extreme star formation rates, and most of the

H. Koop, D. Schnurbusch, M. Mueller, T. Gruendl

We introduce an in-situ characterization method of resists used for e-beam lithography. The technique is based on the application of an atomic force microscope which is directly mounted below the cathode of an electron-beam lithography system. We demonstrate that patterns irradiated by the e-beam can be efficiently visualized and analyzed in surface topograp

Takahisa Igata, Hideki Ishihara

We report on our progress in research of separability of the Nambu-Goto equation for test strings with a symmetric configuration in a shape of toroidal spiral in a five-dimensional Kerr-AdS black hole. In particular, for a Hopf loop string which is a special class of the toroidal spirals, we show the complete separation of variables occurs in two cases, Kerr

A. A. Avetisyan, B. Partoens, F. M. Peeters

The effect of different stacking order of graphene multilayers on the electric field induced band gap is investigated. We considered a positively charged top and a negatively charged back gate in order to independently tune the band gap and the Fermi energy of three and four layer graphene systems. A tight-binding approach within a self-consistent Hartree ap

B. Coluzzi, M. Ghil, S. Hallegatte, G. Weisbuch

We introduce economic models based on Boolean Delay Equations: this formalism makes easier to take into account the complexity of the interactions between firms and is particularly appropriate for studying the propagation of an initial damage due to a catastrophe. Here we concentrate on simple cases, which allow to understand the effects of multiple concurre

G. Aquino, M. Bologna, H. Calisto

Logistic growth models are recurrent in biology, epidemiology, market models, and neural and social networks. They find important applications in many other fields including laser modelling. In numerous realistic cases the growth rate undergoes stochastic fluctuations and we consider a growth model with a stochastic growth rate modelled via an asymmetric Mar

Takahisa Igata, Tatsuhiko Koike, Hideki Ishihara

We generalize Killing equations to a test particle system which is subjected to external force. We relax the conservation condition by virtue of reparametrization invariance of a particle orbit. As a result, we obtain generalized Killing equations which have hierarchical structure on the top of which a conformal Killing equation exists.

Julie Greensmith, Uwe Aickelin, Gianni Tedesco

Dendritic cells are antigen presenting cells that provide a vital link between the innate and adaptive immune system, providing the initial detection of pathogenic invaders. Research into this family of cells has revealed that they perform information fusion which directs immune responses. We have derived a Dendritic Cell Algorithm based on the functionality

Chenyi Zhang, Jun Pang

This paper presents simulation-based relations for probabilistic game structures. The first relation is called probabilistic alternating simulation, and the second called probabilistic alternating forward simulation, following the naming convention of Segala and Lynch. We study these relations with respect to the preservation of properties specified in proba

Franz J. Wegner

The density of states of disordered systems in the Wigner-Dyson classes approaches some finite non-zero value at the mobility edge, whereas the density of states in systems of the chiral and Bogolubov-de Gennes classes shows a divergent or vanishing behavior in the band centre. Such types of behavior were classified as homogeneous and inhomogeneous fixed poi

R. P. Mignani, A. Sartori, A. De Luca, B. Rudack

The study of the younger, and brighter, pulsars is important to understand the optical emission properties of isolated neutron stars. PSRB0540-69, the second brightest (V~22) optical pulsar, is obviously a very interesting target for these investigations. The aim of this work is threefold: constraining the pulsar proper motion and its velocity on the plane o

K. Mydeen, E. Lengyel, Z. Deng, X. C. Wang

Electrical-resistivity and magnetic-susceptibility measurements under hydrostatic pressure up to p = 2.75 GPa have been performed on superconducting LiFeP. A broad superconducting (SC) region exists in the temperature - pressure (T-p) phase diagram. No indications for a spin-density-wave transition have been found, but an enhanced resistivity coefficient at

David M. Blei, Jon D. McAuliffe

We introduce supervised latent Dirichlet allocation (sLDA), a statistical model of labelled documents. The model accommodates a variety of response types. We derive an approximate maximum-likelihood procedure for parameter estimation, which relies on variational methods to handle intractable posterior expectations. Prediction problems motivate this research:

C. Rehwald, O. Rubner, A. Heuer

Supercooled liquids display fascinating properties upon cooling such as the emergence of dynamic length scales. Different models strongly vary with respect to the choice of the elementary subsystems (CRR) as well as their mutual coupling. Here we show via computer simulations of a glass former that both ingredients can be identified via analysis of finite-si

Gabriel S. Denicol, Xu-Guang Huang, Tomoi Koide, Dirk H. Rischke

The transport coefficients of causal relativistic dissipative fluid dynamics are calculated both in a field-theoretical and a kinetic approach. We find that the results from the traditional kinetic calculation by Israel and Stewart are modified. The new expressions for the viscous transport coefficients agree with the results obtained in the field-theoretica

Burkhard Zink, Oleg Korobkin, Erik Schnetter, Nikolaos Stergioulas

Rapidly rotating neutron stars can be unstable to the gravitational-wave-driven CFS mechanism if they have a neutral point in the spectrum of nonaxisymmetric f-modes. We investigate the frequencies of these modes in two sequences of uniformly rotating polytropes using nonlinear simulations in full general relativity, determine the approximate locations of th

F. Patat, N. L. J. Cox, J. Parrent, D. Branch

AIMS. In this work we explore the possibility of using the fast expansion of a Type Ia supernova photosphere to detect extra-galactic ISM column density variations on spatial scales of ~100 AU on time scales of a few months. METHODS. We constructed a simple model which describes the expansion of the photodisk and the effects of a patchy interstellar cloud on

Kathrin Maurischat

On the background of Zhang&#39;s local Gross-Zagier formulae for GL(2), we study some p-adic problems. The local Gross-Zagier formulae give identities of very special local geometric data (local linking numbers) with certain local Fourier coefficients of a Rankin L-function. The local linking numbers are local coefficients of a geometric (height) pairing. Th

Roumen Anguelov, Inger Fabris-Rotelli

This report presents properties of the Discrete Pulse Transform on multi-dimensional arrays introduced by the authors two or so years ago. The main result given here in Lemma 2.1 is also formulated in a paper to appear in IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. However, the proof, being too technical, was omitted there and hence it appears in full in this pub

Damian Osajda

We give a simple construction of Gromov hyperbolic Coxeter groups of arbitrarily large virtual cohomological dimension. Our construction provides new examples of such groups. Using this one can construct e.g. new groups having some interesting asphericity properties.

Aleksandar Kupusinac, Dusan Malbaski

This paper presents a special subset of the first-order predicate logic named S-program calculus (briefly S-calculus). The S-calculus is a calculus consisting of so-called S-formulas that are defined over the abstract state space of a virtual machine. We show that S-formulas are a highly general tool for analyzing program semantics inasmuch as Hoare triplets

A. V. Moiseev, S. A. Pustilnik, A. Y. Kniazev

The study of ionized gas morphology and kinematics in nine eXtremely Metal-Deficient (XMD) galaxies with the scanning Fabry-Perot interferometer on the SAO 6-m telescope is presented. Some of these very rare objects (with currently known range of O/H of 7.12 < 12+log(O/H) < 7.65, or Zo/35 < Z < Zo/10) are believed to be the best proxies of `young&#39; low-ma

C. R. E. Raja, R. Schott

In this note, we give an original convergence result for products of independent random elements of motion group. Then we consider dynamic random walks which are inhomogeneous Markov chains whose transition probability of each step is, in some sense, time dependent. We show, briefly, how Central Limit theorem and Local Limit theorems can be derived from the

Kazuharu Bamba, Chao-Qiang Geng, Shin&#39;ichi Nojiri, Sergei D. Odintsov

An explicit model of $F(R)$ gravity with realizing a crossing of the phantom divide is reconstructed. In particular, it is shown that the Big Rip singularity may appear in the reconstructed model of $F(R)$ gravity. Such a Big Rip singularity could be avoided by adding $R^2$ term or non-singular viable $F(R)$ theory to the model because phantom behavior becom

Li Ma, Baiyu Liu

In this paper, we use the DeTurck trick to study the short-time existence of solutions to the Dirichlet and Newmann boundary problems of the cross curvature flow on 3-manifolds with boundary.

Lei Bai, Jesper Rasmussen, John S. Mulchaey, Ali Dariush

We present the first mid-IR study of galaxy groups in the nearby Universe based on Spitzer MIPS observations of a sample of nine redshift-selected groups from the XMM-IMACS (XI) project, at z=0.06. We find that on average the star-forming (SF) galaxy fraction in the groups is about 30% lower than the value in the field and 30% higher than in clusters. The SF

Da Prato Giuseppe, Arnaud Debussche

We study the long time behavior of the solution of a stochastic PDEs with random coefficients assuming that randomness arises in a different independent scale. We apply the obtained results to 2D- Navier--Stokes equations.

Alice Sinatra, Yvan Castin, Yun Li

We study fluctuations in the atom number difference between two halves of a harmonically trapped Bose gas in three dimensions. We solve the problem analytically for non interacting atoms. In the interacting case we find an analytical solution in the Thomas-Fermi and high temperature limit in good agreement with classical field simulations. In the large syste

S. M. Dubiel, J. Cieslak, J. Tarasiuk, J. Niziol

Nine samples of ochre originating from the Sentier des Ocres near Roussillon, France, were studied with Mossbauer spectroscopy and Spectro-photo-colorimetry. The former yielded a quantitative phase analysis of iron containing minerals (goethite, hematite and kaolin), and the latter enabled determination of the CIE-L*a*b* colorimetric coefficients. Based on t

L. Stanghellini, M. Haywood

We use an extended and homogeneous data set of Galactic planetary nebulae (PNe) to study the metallicity gradients and the Galactic structure and evolution. The most up-to-date abundances, distances (calibrated with Magellanic Cloud PNe) have been employed, together with a novel homogeneous morphological classification, to characterize the different PN popul

M. A. Breddels, M. C. Smith, A. Helmi, O. Bienayme

(Abridged) Aims:We develop a method for deriving distances from spectroscopic data and obtaining full 6D phase-space coordinates for the RAVE survey&#39;s second data release. Methods: We used stellar models combined with atmospheric properties from RAVE (Teff, logg and [Fe/H]) and (J-Ks) photometry from archival sources to derive absolute magnitudes. We are

V. A. Skrebnev

Based on the general thought that mechanics cannot be absolutely exact, supported by pulsed nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments on the reversal of time in spin systems, we postulate existence of a probability which do not follow from the Schroudinger equation, or X-probability. It is shown that the X-probability allows explain irreversibility of evo

T. Hiraiwa, T. Ohkuma, T. Ohta, M. Y. Matsuo

We investigate the dynamical coupling between the motion and the deformation of a single self-propelled domain based on two different model systems in two dimensions. One is represented by the set of ordinary differential equations for the center of gravity and two tensor variables characterizing deformations. The other is an active cell model which has an i

Lorenzo Zaninetti

The 3D network originated by the faces of irregular Poissonian Voronoi Polyhedrons may represent the backbone on which the galaxies are originated. As a consequence the spatial appearance of the catalogs of galaxies can be reproduced. The selected catalogs to simulate are the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey and the Third Reference Catalog of Bright Galaxies. In o

E. Koulouridis, M. Plionis

We present a study of X-ray AGN overdensities in 16 Abell clusters, within the redshift range 0.073<z<0.279, in order to investigate the effect of the hot inter-cluster environment on the triggering of the AGN phenomenon. The X-ray AGN overdensities, with respect to the field expectations, were estimated for sources with L_x>= 10^{42} erg s^{-1} (at the reds

Shaoji Feng, Xiaosheng Wu

Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis, we show that infinitely often consecutive non-trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta-function differ by at least 2.7327 times the average spacing and infinitely often they differ by at most 0.5154 times the average spacing.

Yuichi Itto

The infection pathway of virus in cytoplasm of a living cell is studied from the viewpoint of diffusion theory. The cytoplasm plays a role of a medium for stochastic motion of the virus contained in the endosome as well as the free virus. It is experimentally known that the exponent of anomalous diffusion fluctuates in localized areas of the cytoplasm. Here,

Jasur Abdullaev, Dario Poletti, Elena A. Ostrovskaya, Yuri S. Kivshar

We propose a method for achieving dynamically controllable transport of highly mobile matter-wave solitons in a driven two-dimensional optical lattice. Our numerical analysis based on the mean-field model and the theory based on the time-averaging approach, demonstrate that a fast time-periodic rocking of the two-dimensional optical lattice enables efficient

Raphael Chenouard, Frédéric Jouault

Model transformations operate on models conforming to precisely defined metamodels. Consequently, it often seems relatively easy to chain them: the output of a transformation may be given as input to a second one if metamodels match. However, this simple rule has some obvious limitations. For instance, a transformation may only use a subset of a metamodel. T

W. M. Napier

Intersection with the debris of a large (50-100 km) short-period comet during the Upper Palaeolithic provides a satisfactory explanation for the catastrophe of celestial origin which has been postulated to have occurred around 12900 BP, and which presaged a return to ice age conditions of duration ~1300 years. The Taurid Complex appears to be the debris of t

Jun-Muk Hwang, Wing-Keung To

We show that a general $n$-dimensional polarized abelian variety $(A,L)$ of a given polarization type and satisfying $ h^0(A, L) \geq \dfrac{8^n}{2} \cdot \dfrac{n^n}{n !}$ is projectively normal. In the process, we also obtain a sharp lower bound for the volume of a purely one-dimensional complex analytic subvariety in a geodesic tubular neighborhood of a s

K. -I. Izawa, Y. Nakai, Ryo Takahashi

We provide nonlinear realization of supergravity with an arbitrary number of supersymmetries by means of coset construction. The number of gravitino degrees of freedom counts the number of supersymmetries, which will be possibly probed in future experiments. We also consider goldstino embedding in the construction to discuss the relation to nonlinear realiza

Emma Y. Jin, Christian M. Reidys

The random reversal graph offers new perspectives, allowing to study the connectivity of genomes as well as their most likely distance as a function of the reversal rate. Our main result shows that the structure of the random reversal graph changes dramatically at $λ_n=1/\binom{n+1}{2}$. For $λ_n=(1-ε)/\binom{n+1}{2}$, the random graph consists of components

Rajendra Bhandari

It is shown that a transparent birefringent element whose eigenstates are a pair of elliptical polarizations with principalaxes along the x and y axes, sandwiched between a pair of orthogonal halfwave plates with principal axes along directions at 45 deg to the x and y axes, is equivalent to an element with the same eigenstates and eigenvalues but with the f

Fang-Yu Hong, Shi-Jie Xiong, W. H. Tang

In the famous quantum communication scheme developed by Duan {\it et al.}[L.M. Duan, M.D. Lukin, J.I. Cirac, and P. Zoller, Nature (London) {\bf 414} 413 (2001)], the probability of successful generating a symmetric collective atomic state with a single-photon emitted have to be far smaller than 1 to obtain an acceptable entangled state. Because of strong di

Lili Zhang, Jinhua Jiang, Shuguang Cui

In this paper, we study the Gaussian relay channels in the low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime with the time-sharing compress-and-forward (CF) scheme, where at each time slot all the nodes keep silent at the first fraction of time and then transmit with CF at a higher peak power in the second fraction. Such a silent vs. active two-phase relay scheme is pr

S. Moritsubo, T. Murai, T. Shimada, Y. Murakami

Direct measurements of the diffusion length of excitons in air-suspended single-walled carbon nanotubes are reported. Photoluminescence microscopy is used to identify individual nanotubes and to determine their lengths and chiral indices. Exciton diffusion length is obtained by comparing the dependence of photoluminescence intensity on the nanotube length to

Li-Gang Wang, Shi-Yao Zhu

The electronic transport properties and band structures for the graphene-based one-dimensional (1D) superlattices with periodic squared potentials are investigated. It is found that a new Dirac point is formed, which is exactly located at the energy which corresponds to the zero (volume) averaged wavenumber inside the 1D periodic potentials. The location of

Dawei Chen

This work is motivated by two central questions in the birational geometry of moduli spaces of curves -- Fulton&#39;s conjecture and the effective cone of $\bar M_g$. We study the algebro-geometric aspect of Teichmuller curves parameterizing square-tiled surfaces with two applications: (a) there exist infinitely many rigid curves on the moduli space of hyper

V. K. Chandrasekar, A. Durga Devi, M. Lakshmanan

We propose a simple procedure to identify the collective coordinate $Q$ which is used to generate the isochronous Hamiltonian. The new isochronous Hamiltonian generates more and more isochronous oscillators, recursively.

Ghadamali Bagherikaram, Abolfazl S. Motahari, Amir K. Khandani

A $K$-user secure Gaussian Multiple-Access-Channel (MAC) with an external eavesdropper is considered in this paper. An achievable rate region is established for the secure discrete memoryless MAC. The secrecy sum capacity of the degraded Gaussian MIMO MAC is proven using Gaussian codebooks. For the non-degraded Gaussian MIMO MAC, an algorithm inspired by int

Ralph S. Sutherland

A new hydrodynamics code aimed at astrophysical applications has been developed. The new code and algorithms are presented along with a comprehensive suite of test problems in one, two, and three dimensions. The new code is shown to be robust and accurate, equalling or improving upon a set of comparison codes. Fyris Alpha will be made freely available to the

Keisuke Matsuya, Tetsuji Tokihiro

Existence of global solutions to initial value problems for a discrete analogue of a d-dimensional semilinear heat equation is investigated. We prove that a parameter αin the partial difference equation plays exactly the same role as the parameter of nonlinearity does in the semilinear heat equation. That is, we prove non-existence of a non-trivial global so

S. Jay Olson, Timothy C. Ralph

We note that massless fields within the future and past light cone may be quantized as independent systems. We show that the vacuum is an entangled state of these systems, exactly mirroring the known entanglement between the spacelike separated Rindler wedges. We describe a detector which exhibits a thermal response to the vacuum when switched on at t=0. The

Robert J. Ducharme

The Schrödinger equation and ladder operators for the harmonic oscillator are shown to simplify through the use of an isometric conformal transformation. These results are discussed in relation to the Bargmann representation. It is further demonstrated that harmonic interactions can be introduced into quantum mechanics as an imaginary component of time equiv

K. Pi, Wei Han, K. M. McCreary, A. G. Swartz

The effects of surface chemical doping on spin transport in graphene are investigated by performing non-local measurements in ultrahigh vacuum while depositing gold adsorbates. We demonstrate manipulation of the gate-dependent non-local spin signal as a function of gold coverage. We discover that charged impurity scattering is not the dominant mechanism for

Robert Ralowski, Szymon Zeberski

In this paper we invastigate the notion of generalized (I,J) - Luzin set. This notion generalize the standard notion of Luzin set and Sierpinski set. We find set theoretical conditions which imply the existence of generalized (I,J) - Luzin set. We show how to construct large family of pairwise non-equivalent (I,J) - Luzin sets. We find a class of forcings wh

T. W. Murphy,, E. G. Adelberger, J. B. R. Battat, C. D. Hoyle

Forty years ago, Apollo astronauts placed the first of several retroreflector arrays on the lunar surface. Their continued usefulness for laser-ranging might suggest that the lunar environment does not damage optical devices. However, new laser ranging data reveal that the efficiency of the three Apollo reflector arrays is now diminished by a factor of ten a

Mats Brodén, Peter Tankov

We analyze the errors arising from discrete readjustment of the hedging portfolio when hedging options in exponential Levy models, and establish the rate at which the expected squared error goes to zero when the readjustment frequency increases. We compare the quadratic hedging strategy with the common market practice of delta hedging, and show that for disc

Vladimir Savukov

This article is devoted to the results of an experimental test of the theoretical assumption that the basic axiomatic postulate of statistical physics according to which it is equally probable for a closed system to reside in any of the microstates accessible to it may be invalid for nonergodic cases. In the course of photometric experiments for the purpose

Anil C. Seth, Michele Cappellari, Nadine Neumayer, Nelson Caldwell

We examine the nuclear morphology, kinematics, and stellar populations in nearby S0 galaxy NGC 404 using a combination of adaptive optics assisted near-IR integral-field spectroscopy, optical spectroscopy, and HST imaging. These observations enable study of the NGC 404 nucleus at a level of detail possible only in the nearest galaxies. The surface brightness

Ulf H. Danielsson

In this paper we show that a recent attempt to derive dark energy as an entropic force suffers from the same problems as earlier attempts motivated by holography. The possible remedy is again the introduction of source terms.

Q. Luo, E. M. Sadler

A model for the evolution of low-luminosity radio galaxies is presented. In the model, the lobes inflated by low-power jets are assumed to expand in near pressure-balance against the external medium. Both cases of constant external pressure and decreasing external pressure are considered. Evolution of an individual source is described by the power-size track

Daniel J. Matthews, Jeffrey A. Newman

Many of the cosmological tests to be performed by planned dark energy experiments will require extremely well-characterized photometric redshift measurements. Current estimates are that the true mean redshift of the objects in each photo-z bin must be known to better than 0.002(1+z) if errors in cosmological measurements are not to be degraded. A conventiona

Waldemar Barrera, A. Cano, Juan Pablo Navarrete

Given a discret subgroup $Γ\subset PSL(3,\C)$, we determine the number of complex lines and complex lines in general position lying in the complement of: maximal regions on which $Γ$ acts properly discontinuously, the Kularni&#39;s limit set of $Γ$ and the equicontinuity set of $Γ$. We also provide sufficient conditions to ensure that the equicontinuity regi

Gestur Olafsson, Raul Quiroga-Barranco

Let $G$ be a non-compact simple Lie group with Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$. Denote with $m(\mathfrak{g})$ the dimension of the smallest non-trivial $\mathfrak{g}$-module with an invariant non-degenerate symmetric bilinear form. For an irreducible finite volume pseudo-Riemannian analytic manifold $M$ it is observed that $\dim(M) \geq \dim(G) + m(\mathfrak{g})$

Joseph M. Renes

We show that the tasks of privacy amplification against quantum adversaries and data compression with quantum side information are dual in the sense that the ability to perform one implies the ability to perform the other. These are two of the most important primitives in classical information theory, and are shown to be connected by complementarity and the

Oscar A. Bedoya, Dafni Z. Marchioro, Daniel L. Nedel, Brenno Carlini Vallilo

The sigma model describing the dynamics of the superstring in the $AdS_5 \times S^5$ background can be constructed using the coset $PSU(2,2|4)/SO(4,1)\times SO(5)$. A basic set of operators in this two dimensional conformal field theory is composed by the left invariant currents. Since these currents are not (anti) holomorphic, their OPE&#39;s is not determi

Sueng-il Nam, Chung-Wen Kao

We investigate the Lambda(1520,3/2^-)=Lambda* photoproduction off the proton target with the Regge contributions to go beyond the resonance region, in addition to the tree-level Born terms consisting of the s, t, and u channels, and contact term. For this purpose, the Reggeized propagators for the K and K* exchanges in the t channel are employed in a gauge-i

Juhee Hong, Derek Teaney

We compute the spectral densities of $T^{μν}$ and $J^μ$ in high temperature QCD plasmas at small frequency and momentum,\, $ω,k \sim g^4 T$. The leading log Boltzmann equation is reformulated as a Fokker Planck equation with non-trivial boundary conditions, and the resulting partial differential equation is solved numerically in momentum space. The spectral

Andy Buckley, Jonathan Butterworth, David Grellscheid, Hendrik Hoeth

This is the manual and user guide for the Rivet system for the validation and tuning of Monte Carlo event generators for high energy physics. As well as the core Rivet library, this manual describes the usage of the rivet program and the AGILe generator interface library. The depth and level of description is chosen for users of the system, starting with the

Dmitry S. Kaliuzhnyi-Verbovetskyi, Victor Vinnikov

Noncommutative rational functions appeared in many contexts in system theory and control, from the theory of finite automata and formal languages to robust control and LMIs. We survey the construction of noncommutative rational functions, their realization theory and some of their applications. We also develop a difference-differential calculus as a tool for

Maria Ercsey-Ravasz, Zoltan Toroczkai

Betweenness centrality lies at the core of both transport and structural vulnerability properties of complex networks, however, it is computationally costly, and its measurement for networks with millions of nodes is near impossible. By introducing a multiscale decomposition of shortest paths, we show that the contributions to betweenness coming from geodesi

Sheila Sandon

In her PhD thesis Milin developed an equivariant version of the contact homology groups constructed by Eliashberg, Kim and Polterovich and used it to prove an equivariant contact non-squeezing theorem. In this article we re-obtain the same result in the setting of generating functions, starting from the homology groups studied in arXiv:0901.3112. As Milin sh

H. De Bie, Y. Xu

For functions that take values in the Clifford algebra, we study the Clifford-Fourier transform on $R^m$ defined with a kernel function $K(x,y) := e^{\frac{i π}{2} Γ_{y}}e^{-i <x,y>}$, replacing the kernel $e^{i <x,y>}$ of the ordinary Fourier transform, where $Γ_{y} := - \sum_{j<k} e_{j}e_{k} (y_{j} \partial_{y_{k}} - y_{k}\partial_{y_{j}})$. An explicit fo

Anthony R. Pullen, Christopher M. Hirata

We search a sample of photometric luminous red galaxies (LRGs) measured by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) for a quadrupolar anisotropy in the primordial power spectrum, in which P(\vec{k}) is an isotropic power spectrum P(k) multiplied by a quadrupolar modulation pattern. We first place limits on the 5 coefficients of a general quadrupole anisotropy. We

Simon J. Karl, Thorsten Naab, Peter H. Johansson, Hanna Kotarba

We present a new high-resolution N-body/SPH simulation of an encounter of two gas-rich disk galaxies which closely matches the morphology and kinematics of the interacting Antennae galaxies (NGC 4038/39). The simulation includes radiative cooling, star formation and feedback from SNII. The large-scale morphology and kinematics are determined by the internal

Juan M. Romero, R. Bernal-Jaquez, O. Gonzalez-Gaxiola

In this work we present a scalar field theory invariant under space-time anisotropic transformations with a dynamic exponet $z$. It is shown that this theory possess symmetries similar to Horava gravity and that in the limit $z=0$ the equations of motion of the non-relativistic MOND theory are obtained. This result allow us to conjecture the existence of a H

Yi-Zen Chu, Harsh Mathur, Tanmay Vachaspati

We analyze Aharonov-Bohm radiation of charged fermions from oscillating solenoids and cosmic strings. We find that the angular pattern of the radiation has features that differ significantly from that for bosons. For example, fermionic radiation in the lowest harmonic is approximately isotropically distributed around an oscillating solenoid, whereas for boso

C. C. Steidel, D. K. Erb, A. E. Shapley, M. Pettini

We present new results on the kinematics and spatial distribution of metal-enriched gas within 125 kpc (physical) of Lyman Break galaxies at redshifts z~2-3. In particular, we demonstrate how rest-UV galaxy spectra can be used to obtain key spatial and spectral information more efficiently than possible with QSO sightlines. After recalibrating the measuremen