March 2010 arXiv papers — page 9

C. Feuillet-Palma, T. Delattre, P. Morfin, J. -M. Berroir

We report on spin dependent transport measurements in carbon nanotubes based multi-terminal circuits. We observe a gate-controlled spin signal in non-local voltages and an anomalous conductance spin signal, which reveal that both the spin and the orbital phase can be conserved along carbon nanotubes with multiple ferromagnetic contacts. This paves the way fo

Sreekanth Malladi, Pascal Lafourcade

Type-flaw attacks upon security protocols wherein agents are led to misinterpret message types have been reported frequently in the literature. Preventing them is crucial for protocol security and verification. Heather et al. proved that tagging every message field with it's type prevents all type-flaw attacks under a free message algebra and perfect enc

Sreekanth Malladi, Bezawada Bruhadeshwar, Kishore Kothapalli

Distance bounding protocols are used by nodes in wireless networks to calculate upper bounds on their distances to other nodes. However, dishonest nodes in the network can turn the calculations both illegitimate and inaccurate when they participate in protocol executions. It is important to analyze protocols for the possibility of such violations. Past effor

Stephen D. H. Hsu

We investigate the experimental capabilities required to test whether black holes destroy information. We show that an experiment capable of illuminating the information puzzle must necessarily be able to detect or manipulate macroscopic superpositions (i.e., Everett branches). Hence, it could also address the fundamental question of decoherence versus wavef

Miguel Brozos-Vazquez, Peter Gilkey

Let H be a 4 dimensional almost Hermitian manifold which satisfies the Kaehler identity. Then H is complex Osserman if and only if H has constant holomorphic sectional curvature. We also classify in arbitrary dimensions all the complex Osserman Kaehler manifolds which do not have 3 eigenvalues.

Yaroslav Filinchuk, Dmitry Chernyshov, Vladimir Dmitriev

Crystal chemistry of M(BH4)n, where M is a 2nd-4th period element, is reviewed. It is shown that except certain cases, the BH4 group has a nearly ideal tetrahedral geometry. Corrections of the experimentally determined H-positions, accounting for the displacement of the electron cloud relative to an average nuclear position and for a libration of the BH4 gro

Alex Ravsky

A Hausdorff paratopological group G is H-closed if G is closed in each Hausdorff paratopological group containing G. We obtain criteria of H-closedness for some classes of abelian paratopological groups. In particular, for topological groups.

Evelyne Miot

We consider a complex Ginzburg-Landau equation, corresponding to a Gross-Pitaevskii equation with a small dissipation term. We study an asymptotic regime for long-wave perturbations of constant maps of modulus one. We show that such solutions never vanish and we derive a damped wave dynamics for the perturbation.

Stergos Afantenos, Pascal Denis, Philippe Muller, Laurence Danlos

Automatically detecting discourse segments is an important preliminary step towards full discourse parsing. Previous research on discourse segmentation have relied on the assumption that elementary discourse units (EDUs) in a document always form a linear sequence (i.e., they can never be nested). Unfortunately, this assumption turns out to be too strong, fo

U. Munari, S. Dallaporta

The very fast, FeII-class Nova Ophiuchi 2010 N.1 rised rapidly to maximum brightness (the last 2.2 mag in V band were covered in 3.4 days), maximum that was reached on Jan. 18.3, 2010 at V=8.5, B-V=+0.95, V-Rc=+0.75, and V-Ic=+1.50. The rapid and smooth decline was charaterized by t2(V)=10.0 and t3(V)=23.5 days. The reddening affecting the nova was E(B-V)=0.

Xin-She Yang

The calcium transport in biological systems is modelled as a reaction-diffusion process. Nonlinear calcium waves are then simulated using a stochastic cellular automaton whose rules are derived from the corresponding coupled partial differential equations. Numerical simulations show self-organized criticality in the complex calcium waves and patterns. Both t

Nathan Argaman

A number of anomalies have been reported in molten Bi, including a first-order liquid-liquid transition at 1010K and ambient pressure, which is irreversible at cooling rates of several degrees per minute. An interpretation of these effects as due to long-range orientational order is suggested. Significant evidence for directionality in liquid Bi, albeit only

Diana R. Cerzo

Let Gamma be a Q-polynomial distance-regular graph with vertex set X, diameter D geq 3 and adjacency matrix A. Fix x in X and let A*=A*(x) be the corresponding dual adjacency matrix. Recall that the Terwilliger algebra T=T(x) is the subalgebra of Mat_X(C) generated by A and A*. Let W denote a thin irreducible T-module. It is known that the action of A and A*

Boris Hikin

The exact static spherically symmetric solutions for pure-aether theory and Einstein-aether theory are presented. It is shown that both theories can deliver the Schwarzschild metric, but only the Einstein-aether theory contains solutions with "almost-Schwarzschild" metrics that satisfy Einstein's experiments. Two specific solutions are of special

Manuela Bujorianu, Michael Fisher

The main workshop objective was to promote a holistic view and interdisciplinary methods for design, verification and co-ordination of aerospace systems, by combining formal methods with techniques from control engineering and artificial intelligence. The very demanding safety, robustness and performance requirements of these systems require unprecedented in

Elvan Ceyhan

We study a new kind of proximity graphs called proportional-edge proximity catch digraphs (PCDs)in a randomized setting. PCDs are a special kind of random catch digraphs that have been developed recently and have applications in statistical pattern classification and spatial point pattern analysis. PCDs are also a special type of intersection digraphs; and f

Yuan-mei Shi, Hui-xia Zhu, Wei-min Sun, Hong-shi Zong

In this paper, we extend the calculation of tensor vacuum susceptibility in the rainbow-ladder approximation of the Dyson-Schwinger (DS) approach in [Y.M.Shi, K.P.Wu, W.M.Sun, H.S.Zong, J.L.Ping, Phys. Lett. B $\bf{639}$, 248 (2006)] to that of employing the Ball-Chiu (BC) vertex. The dressing effect of the quark-gluon vertex on the tensor vacuum susceptibil

V. Gontis, A. Kononovicius

We scale and analyze the empirical data of return from New York and Vilnius stock exchanges matching it to the same nonlinear double stochastic model of return in financial market.

Taras Banakh, Alex Ravsky

A paratopological group $G$ is saturated if the inverse $U^{-1}$ of each non-empty set $U\subset G$ has non-empty interior. It is shown that a [first-countable] paratopological group $H$ is a closed subgroup of a saturated (totally bounded) [abelian] paratopological group if and only if $H$ admits a continuous bijective homomorphism onto a (totally bounded)

Hengyun Yang

In this paper, we describe nonstandard quantum deformation of the super-Virasoro algebra. Using the Drinfel'd twist quantization technique, we obtain the deformed coproduct and antipode. Hence we get a family of noncommutative and noncocommutative Hopf superalgebras.

Daniel J. Dougherty

Alloy is a lightweight modeling formalism based on relational algebra. In prior work with Fisler, Giannakopoulos, Krishnamurthi, and Yoo, we have presented a tool, Alchemy, that compiles Alloy specifications into implementations that execute against persistent databases. The foundation of Alchemy is an algorithm for rewriting relational algebra formulas into

Eugene Livshitz

We show that Orthogonal Greedy Algorithms (Orthogonal Matching Pursuit) provides almost optimal approximation on the first [1/(20M)] steps for M-coherent dictionaries

G. Chabot-Couture, J. N. Hancock, P. K. Mang, D. M. Casa

We present a study of the charge-transfer excitations in undoped Nd2CuO4 using resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) at the Cu K-edge. At the Brillouin zone center, azimuthal scans that rotate the incident-photon polarization within the CuO2 planes reveal weak fourfold oscillations. A comparison of spectra taken in different Brillouin zones reveals a sp

Marianne Akian, Stephane Gaubert, Bas Lemmens

We study the stable behaviour of discrete dynamical systems where the map is convex and monotone with respect to the standard positive cone. The notion of tangential stability for fixed points and periodic points is introduced, which is weaker than Lyapunov stability. Among others we show that the set of tangentially stable fixed points is isomorphic to a co

P. Pad, M. H. Shafinia, S. M. Mansouri, P. Kabir

In this paper we are going to estimate the sum capacity of a binary CDMA system in presence of the near-far effect. We model the near-far effect as a random variable that is multiplied by the users binary data before entering the noisy channel. We will find a lower bound and a conjectured upper bound for the sum capacity in this situation. All the derivation

Sezen Demirtas, Ali R. Koymen, Myron B. Salamon

Both magnetic-resonance damping and the giant magnetoresistance effect have been predicted to be strongly affected by the local density of states in thin ferromagnetic films. We employ the antiferromagnetic coupling between Co and Gd to provide a spontaneous change from parallel to antiparallel alignment of two Co films. A sharp increase in magnetic damping

Samih Mohemmed Mostafa

Minimizing waiting time for tasks waiting in the queue for execution is one of the important scheduling cri-teria which took a wide area in scheduling preemptive tasks. In this paper we present Changeable Time Quan-tum (CTQ) approach combined with the round-robin algorithm, we try to adjust the time quantum according to the burst times of the tasks in the re

A. N. Heinze, Philip M. Hinz, Suresh Sivanandam, Matthew Kenworthy

We present the observational results of an L' and M band Adaptive Optics (AO) imaging survey of 54 nearby, sunlike stars for extrasolar planets, carried out using the Clio camera on the MMT. We have concentrated more strongly than all other planet imaging surveys to date on very nearby F, G, and K stars, prioritizing stellar proximity higher than youth.

Steven J. Miller, Ryan Peckner

One of the most important statistics in studying the zeros of L-functions is the 1-level density, which measures the concentration of zeros near the central point. Fouvry and Iwaniec [FI] proved that the 1-level density for L-functions attached to imaginary quadratic fields agrees with results predicted by random matrix theory. In this paper, we show a simil

N. Werner, A. Simionescu, E. T. Million, S. W. Allen

Using a combination of deep 574ks Chandra data, XMM-Newton high-resolution spectra, and optical Halpha+NII images, we study the nature and spatial distribution of the multiphase plasma in M87. Our results provide direct observational evidence of `radio mode' AGN feedback in action, stripping the central galaxy of its lowest entropy gas and preventing sta

S. L. Lukyanov, A. B. Zamolodchikov

We study a family of classical solutions of modified sinh-Gordon equation, $\partial_z\partial_{\bar z} η-\re^{2η}+p(z)\,p({\bar z})\ \re^{-2η}=0$ with $p(z)=z^{2α}-s^{2α}$. We show that certain connection coefficients for solutions of the associated linear problem coincide with the $Q$-function of the quantum sine-Gordon $(α>0)$ or sinh-Gordon $(α<-1)$ mode

Vassilios Dallas, J. Christos Vassilicos, Geoffrey F. Hewitt

This paper is focused on the fundamental mechanism(s) of viscoelastic turbulence that lead to polymer induced turbulent drag reduction phenomenon. A great challenge in this problem is the computation of viscoelastic turbulent flows, since the understanding of polymer physics is restricted to mechanical models. An effective state-of-the-art numerical method t

Daniel Karapetyan, Gregory Gutin

The Lin-Kernighan heuristic is known to be one of the most successful heuristics for the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). It has also proven its efficiency in application to some other problems. In this paper we discuss possible adaptations of TSP heuristics for the Generalized Traveling Salesman Problem (GTSP) and focus on the case of the Lin-Kernighan alg

Edith Cohen, Michal Feldman, Amos Fiat, Haim Kaplan

We study auctions with additive valuations where agents have a limit on the number of goods they may receive. We refer to such valuations as {\em capacitated} and seek mechanisms that maximize social welfare and are simultaneously incentive compatible, envy-free, individually rational, and have no positive transfers. If capacities are infinite, then sequenti

G. Kesidis, Y. Jin, A. P. Azad, E. Altman

We consider the effects of altruistic behavior on random medium access control (slotted ALOHA) for local area communication networks. For an idealized, synchronously iterative, two-player game with asymmetric player demands, we find a Hamiltonian governing the Jacobi dynamics under purely altruistic behavior. Though the positions of the interior Nash equilib

Everton M. C. Abreu, Albert C. R. Mendes, Wilson Oliveira, Adriano O. Zangirolami

This work is an effort in order to compose a pedestrian review of the recently elaborated Doplicher, Fredenhagen, Roberts and Amorim (DFRA) noncommutative (NC) space which is a minimal extension of the DFR space. In this DRFA space, the object of noncommutativity ($θ^{μν}$) is a variable of the NC system and has a canonical conjugate momentum. The DFRA forma

George Costakis, Ioannis Parissis

A tuple (T_1,...,T_k) of (n x n) matrices over R is called hypercyclic if for some x in R^n the set {T^{m_1} T^{m_2}...T^{m_k} x : m_1,m_2,...,m_k in N} is dense in R^n. We prove that the minimum number of (n x n) matrices in Jordan form over R which form a hypercyclic tuple is n+1. This answers a question of Costakis, Hadjiloucas and Manoussos.

Bert Janssen, Airam Marcos-Caballero

We study the transformations of the worldvolume fields of a system of multiple coinciding D-branes under gauge transformations of the supergravity Kalb-Ramond field. We find that the pure gauge part of these NS-NS transformations can be written as a U(N) symmetry of the underlying Yang-Mills group, but that in general the full NS-NS variations get mixed up n

Matthew P. Szudzik

When can a model of a physical system be regarded as computable? We provide the definition of a computable physical model to answer this question. The connection between our definition and Kreisel&#39;s notion of a mechanistic theory is discussed, and several examples of computable physical models are given, including models which feature discrete motion, a

C. C. N. Kuhn, A. Foerster

We investigate trions, paired states and quantum phase transitions in one-dimensional SU(3) attractive fermions in external fields by means of the Bethe ansatz and the dressed energy formalism. Analytical results for the ground state energy, critical fields and complete phase diagrams are presented for weak and strong regimes. Numerical solutions of the dres

Le Anh Vu, Duong Quang Hoa

The paper is a continuation of the authors&#39; work in which we considered foliations formed by the maximal dimensional K-orbits ($MD_5$-foliations) of connected $MD_5$-groups such that their Lie algebras have 4-dimensional commutative derived ideals and give the topological classification of considered foliations. In this paper, we study K-theory for the l

David Tolpin, Solomon Eyal Shimony

Computing value of information (VOI) is a crucial task in various aspects of decision-making under uncertainty, such as in meta-reasoning for search; in selecting measurements to make, prior to choosing a course of action; and in managing the exploration vs. exploitation tradeoff. Since such applications typically require numerous VOI computations during a s

V. S. Usatyuk

This article presets a review of the achievements rapidly developing field of cryptography - public-key cryptography based on the lattice theory. Paper contains the necessary basic concepts and the major problems of the lattice theory, as well as together with the description on the benefits of this cryptography class - the properties of the reliability to q

Amittai Aviram, Sen Hu, Bryan Ford, Ramakrishna Gummadi

Timing side-channels represent an insidious security challenge for cloud computing, because: (a) massive parallelism in the cloud makes timing channels pervasive and hard to control; (b) timing channels enable one customer to steal information from another without leaving a trail or raising alarms; (c) only the cloud provider can feasibly detect and report s

Ira M. Gessel, Jang Soo Kim

We prove a conjecture of Drake and Kim: the number of $2$-distant noncrossing partitions of $\{1,2,...,n\}$ is equal to the sum of weights of Motzkin paths of length $n$, where the weight of a Motzkin path is a product of certain fractions involving Fibonacci numbers. We provide two proofs of their conjecture: one uses continued fractions and the other is co

J. Greaves

The dangers inherent in the utilisation of easily available and readily analysed datasets in tandem with &#34;blackbox&#34; software applications without supporting taxonomic understanding and data nature familiarity is exemplified via examination of a misrepresentation of the results from a DEBIL analysis of OGLE II Galactic Bulge candidate variables.

Juan Garcia-Bellido

The standard model of cosmology is based on the hot Big Bang theory and the inflationary paradigm. Recent precise observations of the temperature and polarization anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background and the matter distribution in large scale structures like galaxies and clusters confirm the general paradigm and put severe constrains on variations

Florent Schaffhauser

We examine a moduli problem for real and quaternionic vector bundles on a smooth complex projective curve with a fixed real structure, and we give a gauge-theoretic construction of moduli spaces for semi-stable such bundles with fixed topological type. These spaces embed onto connected subsets of real points inside a complex projective variety. We relate our

Chung-Lin Shan

In our earlier work on the development of a model-independent data analysis method for reconstructing the (moments of the) time-averaged one-dimensional velocity distribution function of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) by using measured recoil energies from direct Dark Matter detection experiments directly, it was assumed that the analyzed data

Chandrima Paul, Pravina Borhade, P. Ramadevi

Sinha and Vafa had conjectured that the $SO$ Chern-Simons gauge theory on $S^3$ must be dual to the closed $A$-model topological string on the orientifold of a resolved conifold. Though the Chern-Simons free energy could be rewritten in terms of the topological string amplitudes providing evidence for the conjecture, we needed a novel idea in the context of

Lui Lam, David C. Bellavia, Xiao-Pu Han, Chih-Hui Alston Liu

The distribution of the lifetime of Chinese dynasties (as well as that of the British Isles and Japan) in a linear Zipf plot is found to consist of two straight lines intersecting at a transition point. This two-section piecewise-linear distribution is different from the power law or the stretched exponent distribution, and is called the Bilinear Effect for

A. Skopenkov

This note is purely expository. A subset N of the plane is affine ambient homogeneous if for each x,y in N there exists an affine transformation taking x to y and N to itself. The result of D. Repovs, E. V. Scepin and the author on such subsets is presented, together with discussion, corollaries and generalizations. At the end some non-elementary corollaries

Yu-Ting Chou, Chung-Lin Shan

In the earlier work on the development of a model-independent data analysis method for determining the mass of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) by using measured recoil energies from direct Dark Matter detection experiments directly, it was assumed that the analyzed data sets are background-free, i.e., all events are WIMP signals. In this article

Mirko D&#39;Ovidio, Enzo Orsingher

In this paper different types of compositions involving independent fractional Brownian motions B^j_{H_j}(t), t>0, j=1,$ are examined. The partial differential equations governing the distributions of I_F(t)=B^1_{H_1}(|B^2_{H_2}(t)|), t>0 and J_F(t)=B^1_{H_1}(|B^2_{H_2}(t)|^{1/H_1}), t>0 are derived by different methods and compared with those existing in th

Corneliu Sochichiu

We analyze the slow roll limit of the massive version of time-dependent Yang--Mills type matrix model. We find that this limit reproduces the one-loop non-Hermitian matrix model, describing the dilatations of the local gauge invariant composite operators in the scalar sector of $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang--Mills theory. This coincidence is explained through t

Amir H. Safavi-Naeini, Oskar Painter

In this paper we study and design quasi-2D optomechanical crystals, waveguides, and resonant cavities formed from patterned slabs. Two-dimensional periodicity allows for in-plane pseudo-bandgaps in frequency where resonant optical and mechanical excitations localized to the slab are forbidden. By tailoring the unit cell geometry, we show that it is possible

Shailesh Lal, Suvrat Raju

We study rational remainders associated with gluon amplitudes in gauge theories coupled to matter in arbitrary representations. We find that these terms depend on only a small number of invariants of the matter-representation called indices. In particular, rational remainders can depend on the second and fourth order indices only. Using this, we find an infi

Jaime Hoyos, Andreas Reisenegger, Juan Valdivia

We study the effect of the non-linear process of ambipolar diffusion (joint transport of magnetic flux and charged particles relative to neutral particles) on the long-term behavior of a non-uniform magnetic field in a one-dimensional geometry. Our main focus is the dissipation of magnetic energy inside neutron stars(particularly magnetars), but our results

Brijesh Kumar

The mean-field triplon analysis is developed for spin-S quantum antiferromagnets with dimerized ground states. For the spin-1/2 case, it reduces to the well known bond-operator mean-field theory. It is applied to a coupled-dimer model on square lattice, and to a model on honeycomb lattice with spontaneous dimerization in the ground state. Different phases in

Pegor Aynajian, Eduardo H. da Silva Neto, Colin V. Parker, Yingkai Huang

Heavy electronic states originating from the f atomic orbitals underlie a rich variety of quantum phases of matter. We use atomic scale imaging and spectroscopy with the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) to examine the novel electronic states that emerge from the uranium f states in URu2Si2. We find that as the temperature is lowered, partial screening of

Matthieu Kretzschmar, Thierry Dudok de Wit, Werner Schmutz, Sabri Mekaoui

Flares are powerful energy releases occurring in stellar atmospheres. Solar flares, the most intense energy bursts in the solar system, are however hardly noticeable in the total solar luminosity. Consequently, the total amount of energy they radiate 1) remains largely unknown and 2) has been overlooked as a potential contributor to variations in the Total S

Animesh Datta

The positivity of quantum discord is shown to be equivalent to the strong subadditivity of von-Neumann entropy. This leads us to a necessary and sufficient condition characterizing the set of states with zero quantum discord. This also gives us a mathematical definition of pointer states, as they are the states with zero discord. Finally, we suggest that str

Kyuho Lee, Éamonn D. Murray, Lingzhu Kong, Bengt I. Lundqvist

We propose a second version of the van der Waals density functional (vdW-DF2) of Dion et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 246401 (2004)], employing a more accurate semilocal exchange functional and the use of a large-N asymptote gradient correction in determining the vdW kernel. The predicted binding energy, equilibrium separation, and potential-energy curve shape

Silvano Garnerone, Thiago R. de Oliveira, Stephan Haas, Paolo Zanardi

We study the set of random matrix product states (RMPS) introduced in arXiv:0908.3877 as a tool to explore foundational aspects of quantum statistical mechanics. In the present work, we provide an accurate numerical and analytical investigation of the properties of RMPS. We calculate the average state of the ensemble in the non-homogeneous case, and numerica

M. E. Gomez, E. Carquin, P. Naranjo, J. Rodriguez-Quintero

We study the conditions required for $\chi_2 \to \chi + \tau^\pm \mu^\mp$ decays to yield observable tau flavour violation at the LHC, for cosmologically interesting values of the neutralino relic density. These condition can be achieved in the framework of a SU(5) model with a see-saw mechanism that allows a possible coexistence of a LHC signal a low predic

Francis Bonahon, Helen Wong

We consider two different quantizations of the character variety consisting of all representations of surface groups in SL_2. One is the skein algebra considered by Przytycki-Sikora and Turaev. The other is the quantum Teichmuller space introduced by Chekhov-Fock and Kashaev. We construct a homomorphism from the skein algebra to the quantum Teichmuller space

A. Y. Abul-Magd, S. A. Mazen, M. Abdel-Mageed, A. Al-Sayed

We consider the possibility of identifying nuclei exhibiting the SU(3) dynamical symmetry as those having excitation energy ratio R4/2 >= 3.25. For this purpose, we consider the level statistics of some of these nuclei and perform interacting boson model (IBM) calculation of level schemes, and electromagnetic transition rates. We show that only some of these

A. Monreal-Ibero, J. M. Vilchez, J. R. Walsh, C. Munoz-Tunon

ABRIDGED: A detailed 2D study of the central region of NGC5253 has been performed to characterize the stellar and ionized gas structure as well as the extinction distribution, physical properties and kinematics of the ionized gas in the central ~210pc x 130pc. We utilized optical integral field spectroscopy (IFS) data obtained with FLAMES. A detailed extinct

Edith Cohen, Michal Feldman, Amos Fiat, Haim Kaplan

We study mechanisms for an allocation of goods among agents, where agents have no incentive to lie about their true values (incentive compatible) and for which no agent will seek to exchange outcomes with another (envy-free). Mechanisms satisfying each requirement separately have been studied extensively, but there are few results on mechanisms achieving bot

Mark Meiss, Bruno Gonçalves, José J. Ramasco, Alessandro Flammini

Analysis of aggregate and individual Web traffic has shown that PageRank is a poor model of how people navigate the Web. Using the empirical traffic patterns generated by a thousand users, we characterize several properties of Web traffic that cannot be reproduced by Markovian models. We examine both aggregate statistics capturing collective behavior, such a

Mark Meiss, John Duncan, Bruno Gonçalves, José J. Ramasco

We examine the properties of all HTTP requests generated by a thousand undergraduates over a span of two months. Preserving user identity in the data set allows us to discover novel properties of Web traffic that directly affect models of hypertext navigation. We find that the popularity of Web sites -- the number of users who contribute to their traffic --

A. N. Heinze, Philip M. Hinz, Matthew Kenworthy, Michael Meyer

We have carried out an L&#39; and M band Adaptive Optics (AO) extrasolar planet imaging survey of 54 nearby, sunlike stars using the Clio camera at the MMT. Our survey concentrates more strongly than all others to date on very nearby F, G, and K stars, in that we have prioritized proximity higher than youth. Our survey is also the first to include extensive

Alexander M. Bronstein, Michael M. Bronstein, Ron Kimmel

Fast evolution of Internet technologies has led to an explosive growth of video data available in the public domain and created unprecedented challenges in the analysis, organization, management, and control of such content. The problems encountered in video analysis such as identifying a video in a large database (e.g. detecting pirated content in YouTube),

Salvatore Capozziello, Luca Izzo

The relation connecting the emitted isotropic energy and the rest-frame peak energy of the \nuFνspectra of Gamma-Ray Bursts (the Amati relation), strictly depends on the cosmological model, so we need a method to obtain an independent calibration of it. Using the Union Supernovae Ia catalog, we obtain a cosmographic luminosity distance in the y-redshift and

C. Dermer

If gamma-ray bursts are sources of ultra-high energy cosmic rays, then radiative signatures of hadronic acceleration are expected in GRB data. Observations with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope offer the best means to search for evidence of UHECRs in GRBs through electromagnetic channels. Various issues related to UHECR acceleration in GRBs are reviewed,

Luis H. Gallardo, Olivier Rahavandrainy

We find all unitary perfect polynomials over the prime field $\F_2$ with less than five distinct prime factors.

M. Shifman

Axion-like fields can have a strong impact on non-Abelian strings. I discuss axion connection to such strings and its implications in two cases: (i) axion localized on the strings, and (ii) axions propagating in the four-dimensional bulk. Talk at the Workshop &#34;Axions 2010&#34;, in honor of the 60-th birthday of Pierre Sikivie, University of Florida, Janu

R. Louvot, O. Schneider, T. Aushev et al.

First observations of the B_s0->D_s*- pi+, B_s0->D_s- rho+ and B_s0->D_s*- rho+ decays are reported together with measurements of their branching fractions: B(B_s0->D_s*- pi+)=(2.4 +0.5-0.4(stat.) +-0.3(syst.) +-0.4(fs))x10^(-3), B(Bs->D_s- rho+)=(8.5 +1.3-1.2(stat.) +-1.1(syst.) +-1.3(fs))x10^(-3) and B(Bs->D_s*- rho+)=(11.8 +2.2-2.0(stat.) +-1.7(syst.) +-1

Jarrett L. Johnson

Detection of the radiation emitted from some of the earliest galaxies will be made possible in the next decade, with the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). A significant fraction of these galaxies may host Population (Pop) III star clusters. The detection of the recombination radiation emitted by such clusters would provide an important new con

M. L. Mayo, Yu. N. Gartstein

We study accommodation of an excess charge carrier on long even-N polyynic oligomers C_{N}H_{2} due to displacements of the underlying carbon lattice and polarization of the surrounding solvent in the context of carrier self-localization into a polaronic state. Spatial patterns of bond-length alternation, excess charge and spin densities are compared as deri

Alexandros G. Dimakis, Soummya Kar, Jose M. F. Moura, Michael G. Rabbat

Gossip algorithms are attractive for in-network processing in sensor networks because they do not require any specialized routing, there is no bottleneck or single point of failure, and they are robust to unreliable wireless network conditions. Recently, there has been a surge of activity in the computer science, control, signal processing, and information t

Igor Yu. Potemine

So far, GJ 710 is the only known star supposed to pass through outskirts of the solar system within 1 ly. We have reexamined the SIMBAD database for additional stellar candidates (from highest ratios of squared parallax to total proper motion) and compared them with new HIP2 parallaxes and known radial velocities. At the moment, the best nominee is double st

Yi Li

In this paper we construct Mabuchi $\mathcal{L}^{\rm M}_ω$ functional and Aubin-Yau functionals $\mathcal{I}^{\rm AY}_ω, \mathcal{J}^{\rm AY}_ω$ on any compact complex three-folds. The method presented here will be used in the forthcoming paper \cite{L1} on the construction of those functionals on any compact complex manifolds, which generalizes the previous

Xin-She Yang, Binzhong Zhou

There exists a paradox in dip moveout (DMO) in seismic data processing. The paradox is why Notfors and Godfrey&#39;s approximate time log-stretched DMO can produce better impulse responses than the full log DMO, and why Hale&#39;s f-k DMO is correct although it was based on two inaccurate assumptions for the midpoint repositioning and the DMO time relationsh

Xin-She Yang

Compaction in reactive porous media is modelled as a reaction-diffusion process with a moving boundary. Asymptotic analysis is used to find solutions for the coupled nonlinear compaction equations, and a traveling wave solution is obtained above the reaction zone.

Xin-She Yang

In the mathematical modelling of compactional flow in porous media, the constitutive relation is typically modelled in terms of a nonlinear relationship between effective pressure and porosity, and compaction is essentially poroelastic. However, at depths deeper than 1 km where pressure is high, compaction becomes more akin to a viscous one. Two mathematical

Wei Li, Guo-Zhu Liu

We study the effects of finite chemical potential and impurity scattering on dynamical fermion mass generation in (2+1)-dimensional quantum electrodynamics. In any realistic systems, these effects usually can not be neglected. The longitudinal component of gauge field develops a finite static length produced by chemical potential and impurity scattering, whi

Kausik Majumdar, Navakanta Bhat

This paper discusses a few unique effects of ultra-thin-body double-gate NMOSFET that are arising from the bandstructure of the thin film Si channel. The bandstructure has been calculated using 10-orbital $sp^3d^5s^*$ tight-binding method. A number of intrinsic properties including band gap, density of states, intrinsic carrier concentration and parabolic ef

Xin-She Yang

A mathematical model for poro-visco-plastic compaction and pressure solution in porous sediments has been formulated using the Voigt-type rheological constitutive relation as derived from experimental data. The governing equations reduce to a nonlinear hyperbolic heat conduction equation in the case of slow deformation where permeability is relatively high a

Fei Yu, Molin Liu, Yuanxing Gui

We employ the metric of Schwarzschild space surrounded by quintessential matter to study the trajectories of test masses on the motion of a binary system. The results, which are obtained through the gradually approximate approach, can be used to search for dark energy via the difference of the azimuth angle of the pericenter. The classification of the motion

Xin-She Yang

In modelling sediment compaction and mineral reactions, the rheological behaviour of sediments is typically considered as poroelastic or purely viscous. In fact, compaction due to pressure solution and mechanical processes in porous media is far more complicated. A generalised model of viscoelastic compaction and the smectite to illite mineral reaction in hy

J. I. Korsbakken, F. K. Wilhelm, K. B. Whaley

The question as to whether or not quantum mechanics is applicable to the macroscopic scale has motivated efforts to generate superposition states of macroscopic numbers of particles and to determine their effective size. Superpositions of circulating current states in flux qubits constitute candidate states that have been argued to be at least mesoscopic. We

Kausik Majumdar, Prashant Majhi, Navakanta Bhat, Raj Jammy

In this letter we propose the design and simulation study of a novel transistor, called HFinFET, which is a hybrid of a HEMT and a FinFET, to obtain excellent performance and good off state control. Followed by the description of the design, 3D device simulation has been performed to predict the characteristics of the device. The device has been benchmarked

J. M. Nordbotten, T. Rahman, S. I. Repin, J. Valdman

The paper is concerned with the Barenblatt-Biott model in the theory of poroelasticity. We derive a guaranteed estimate of the difference between exact and approximate solutions expressed in a combined norm that encompasses errors for the pressure fields computed from the diffusion part of the model and errors related to stresses (strains) of the elastic par

Derong Qiu

Consider elliptic curves $ E:\ y^{2} = x^{3} + D^{3} $ defined over the quadratic field $\ \Q(\sqrt{-3}) $. Hecke $ L-$series attached to $ E $ are studied, formulae for their values at $ s=1, $ and bound of 3-adic valuations of these values are given. These results are complementary to those in [Q] and [QZ], and are consistent with the predictions of the co

Xin-She Yang

A multispecies artificial ecosystem is formulated using cellular automata with species interactions and food chain hierarchy. The constructed finite state automaton can simulate the complexity and self-organized characteristics of the evolving multispecies living ecosystems. Numerical experiments show that a small perturbation or extinction event may affect

K. Saygili

We write the spherical curl transformation for Trkalian fields using differential forms. Then we consider Radon transform of these fields. The Radon transform of a Trkalian field satisfies a corresponding eigenvalue equation on a sphere in transform space. The field can be reconstructed using knowledge of the Radon transform on a canonical hemisphere. We con

Aleksei Aleksandrov, Vladimir Peller, Denis Potapov, Fedor Sukochev

In \cite{Pe1}, \cite{Pe2}, \cite{AP1}, \cite{AP2}, and \cite{AP3} sharp estimates for $f(A)-f(B)$ were obtained for self-adjoint operators $A$ and $B$ and for various classes of functions $f$ on the real line $\R$. In this note we extend those results to the case of functions of normal operators. We show that if $f$ belongs to the Hölder class $Ł_\a(\R^2)$,

Kausik Majumdar, Kota V. R. M. Murali, Navakanta Bhat, Yu-Ming Lin

In this work, we investigate the intrinsic limits of subthreshold slope in a dual gated bilayer graphene transistor using a coupled self-consistent Poisson-bandstructure solver. We benchmark the solver by matching the bias dependent bandgap results obtained from the solver against published experimental data. We show that the intrinsic bias dependence of the

Zhi Chen

We present a way to associate an algebra $B_G (Υ) $ with every pseudo reflection group $G$. When $G$ is a Coxeter group of simply-laced type we show $B_G (Υ)$ is isomorphic to the generalized Brauer algebra of simply-laced type introduced by Cohen,Gijsbers and Wales[10]. We prove $B_G (Υ)$ has a cellular structure and be semisimple for generic parameters whe