August 2010 arXiv papers — page 36

Yasumasa Hasegawa, Keita Kishigi

We study the edge states in the two-dimensional conductor $α$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$I$_3$ theoretically. We show that the Dirac points and the edge states appear at the 3/4 and 1/4 filling as well as the half filling, due to four sites in the unit cell. This situation is in contract with the graphene, where the Dirac points and the edge states appear only at the hal

Graham R. Dennis, Mattias T. Johnsson

We present a theoretical analysis of a coupled, two-state Bose-Einstein condensate with non-equal scattering lengths, and show that dynamical instabilities can be excited. We demonstrate that these instabilities are exponentially amplified resulting in highly-directional, oppositely-propagating, coherent matter beams at specific momenta. To accomplish this w

Kyungyong Lee

In this note, we find an explicit formula for the Laurent expression of cluster variables of coefficient-free rank two cluster algebras associated with the matrix $\left(\begin{array}{cc} 0 & c -c & 0 \end{array}\right)$, and show that a large number of coefficients are non-negative. As a corollary, we obtain an explicit expression for the Euler-Poincaré cha

Wenzhuo Ouyang, Sugumar Murugesan, Atilla Eryilmaz, Ness B. Shroff

In time-varying wireless networks, the states of the communication channels are subject to random variations, and hence need to be estimated for efficient rate adaptation and scheduling. The estimation mechanism possesses inaccuracies that need to be tackled in a probabilistic framework. In this work, we study scheduling with rate adaptation in single-hop qu

Maria-Florina Balcan, Mark Braverman

Motivated by the fact that in many game-theoretic settings, the game analyzed is only an approximation to the game being played, in this work we analyze equilibrium computation for the broad and natural class of bimatrix games that are stable to perturbations. We specifically focus on games with the property that small changes in the payoff matrices do not c

A. Oguri, S. Amaha, Y. Nishikawa, T. Numata

The triangular triple quantum dot is an interesting system which can demonstrate various types of the Kondo effects, such as the one due to the local spin S=1 moment caused by the Nagaoka ferromagnetic mechanism and the SU(4) Kondo effect. We theoretically study the low-temperature properties and the Kondo energy scale of the triangular triple quantum dot, u

Scott E. Field, Jan S. Hesthaven, Stephen R. Lau, Abdul H. Mroue

We present a high-order accurate discontinuous Galerkin method for evolving the spherically-reduced Baumgarte-Shapiro-Shibata-Nakamura (BSSN) system expressed in terms of second-order spatial operators. Our multi-domain method achieves global spectral accuracy and long-time stability on short computational domains. We discuss in detail both our scheme for th

August Lau, Chuan Yin

This paper is a continuation of our 2005 paper on complex topology and its implication on invertibility (or non-invertibility). In this paper, we will try to classify the complexity of inversion into 3 different classes. We will use synthetic models based on well control to illustrate the different classes. The first class is systems which have a group of sy

Andrei Rodin

The invention of non-Euclidean geometries is often seen through the optics of Hilbertian formal axiomatic method developed later in the 19th century. However such an anachronistic approach fails to provide a sound reading of Lobachevsky's geometrical works. Although the modern notion of model of a given theory has a counterpart in Lobachevsky's writi

Zi-Hua Weng

The paper studies the inferences of wave equations for electromagnetic fields when there are gravitational fields at the same time. In the description with the algebra of octonions, the inferences of wave equations are identical with that in conventional electromagnetic theory with vector terminology. By means of the octonion exponential function, we can dra

Oren Ofer, Yutaka Ikedo, Tatsuo Goko, Martin Mansson

We present muon-spin rotation measurements on polycrystalline samples of the complete family of the antiferromagnetic (AF) $zigzag$ chain compounds, Na$_x$Ca$_{1-x}$V$_2$O$_4$. In this family, we explore the magnetic properties from the metallic NaV$_2$O$_4$ to the insulating CaV$_2$O$_4$. We find a critical $x_c(\sim0.833)$ which separates the low and high

Niklas Een, Alan Mishchenko, Nina Amla

This paper presents an efficient, combined formulation of two widely used abstraction methods for bit-level verification: counterexample-based abstraction (CBA) and proof-based abstraction (PBA). Unlike previous work, this new method is formulated as a single, incremental SAT-problem, interleaving CBA and PBA to develop the abstraction in a bottom-up fashion

Murray R. Bremner

The operation of binary intermolecular recombination, originating in the theory of DNA computing, permits a natural generalization to n-ary operations which perform simultaneous recombination of n molecules. In the case n = 3, we use computer algebra to determine the polynomial identities of degree <= 9 satisfied by this trilinear nonassociative operation. O

Shesha Raghunathan, Todd A. Brun, Hsi-Sheng Goan

A promising technique for measuring single electron spins is magnetic resonance force microscopy (MRFM), in which a microcantilever with a permanent magnetic tip is resonantly driven by a single oscillating spin. If the quality factor of the cantilever is high enough, this signal will be amplified over time to the point that it can be detected by optical or

William Detmold, Brian C. Tiburzi, Andre Walker-Loud

Electromagnetic properties of the nucleon are explored with lattice QCD using a novel technique. Focusing on background electric fields, we show how the electric polarizability can be extracted from nucleon correlation functions. A crucial step concerns addressing contributions from the magnetic moment, which affects the relativistic propagation of nucleons

M. Belesi, I. Rousochatzakis, H. C. Wu, H. Berger

We present a thorough $^{77}$Se NMR study of a single crystal of the magnetoelectric compound Cu$_2$OSeO$_3$. The temperature dependence of the local electronic moments extracted from the NMR data is fully consistent with a magnetic phase transition from the high-T paramagnetic phase to a low-T ferrimagnetic state with 3/4 of the Cu$^{2+}$ ions aligned paral

Murray R. Bremner

Velasquez and Felipe recently introduced quasi-Jordan algebras based on the product $a \triangleleft b = \tfrac12 ( a \dashv b + b \vdash a )$ in an associative dialgebra with operations $\dashv$ and $\vdash$. We determine the polynomial identities of degree $\le 4$ satisfied by this product. In addition to right commutativity and the right quasi-Jordan iden

Jyoti Katoch, J. H. Chen, Ryuichi Tsuchikawa, Christian W. Smith

We have measured the impact of atomic hydrogen adsorption on the electronic transport properties of graphene sheets as a function of hydrogen coverage and initial, pre-hydrogenation field-effect mobility. Our results are compatible with hydrogen adsorbates inducing intervalley mixing by exerting a short-range scattering potential. The saturation coverages fo

Murray R. Bremner

This is a survey paper on algorithms that have been developed during the last 25 years for the explicit computation of the structure of an associative algebra of finite dimension over either a finite field or an algebraic number field. This constructive approach was initiated in 1985 by Friedl and Ronyai and has since been developed by Cohen, de Graaf, Eberl

Gary R. Goldstein, Simonetta Liuti

Exclusive meson leptoproduction from nucleons in the deeply virtual exchanged boson limit can be described by generalized parton distributions (GPDs). Including spin dependence in the description requires 8 independent quark-parton and gluon-parton functions. The chiral even subset of 4 quark-nucleon GPDs are related to nucleon form factors and to parton dis

Varun B. Bhalerao, Marten H. van Kerkwijk, Fiona A. Harrison, Mansi M. Kasliwal

We report the discovery of 1RXS J173006.4+033813, a polar cataclysmic variable with a period of 120.21 min. The white dwarf primary has a magnetic field of B = 42+6-5 MG, and the secondary is a M3 dwarf. The system shows highly symmetric double peaked photometric modulation in the active state as well as in quiescence. These arise from a combination of cyclo

Gabriela Jaramillo, Carlos O. Lousto

We study critical black hole separations for the formation of a common apparent horizon in systems of $N$ - black holes in a time symmetric configuration. We study in detail the aligned equal mass cases for $N=2,3,4,5$, and relate them to the unequal mass binary black hole case. We then study the apparent horizon of the time symmetric initial geometry of a r

Elisabete da Cunha, Vassilis Charmandaris, Tanio Diaz-Santos, Lee Armus

We present an application of the da Cunha, Charlot & Elbaz (2008) model of the spectral energy distribution (SEDs) of galaxies from the ultraviolet to far-infrared to a small pilot sample of purely star-forming Ultra-Luminous Infrared Galaxies (ULIRGs). We interpret the observed SEDs of 16 ULIRGs using this physically-motivated model which accounts for the e

Alexander R. Katko, Shi Gu, John P. Barrett, Bogdan-Ioan Popa

We present experimental demonstration of phase conjugation using nonlinear metamaterial elements. Active split-ring resonators loaded with varactor diodes are demonstrated theoretically to act as phase-conjugating or time-reversing discrete elements when parametrically pumped and illuminated with appropriate frequencies. The metamaterial elements were fabric

Murray R. Bremner, Hader A. elgendy

We determine the multiplicity of the irreducible representation V(n) of the simple Lie algebra sl(2,C) as a direct summand of its fourth exterior power $Λ^4 V(n)$. The multiplicity is 1 (resp. 2) if and only if n = 4, 6 (resp. n = 8, 10). For these n we determine the multilinear polynomial identities of degree $\le 7$ satisfied by the sl(2,C)-invariant alter

Jessie Shelton, Kathryn M. Zurek

In standard models of baryogenesis and of dark matter, the mechanisms which generate the densities in both sectors are unrelated to each other. In this paper we explore models which generate the baryon asymmetry through the dark matter sector, simultaneously relating the baryon asymmetry to the dark matter density. In the class of models we explore, a dark m

Jonathan L. Mitchell, Geoffrey K. Vallis

We show that by changing a single non-dimensional number, the thermal Rossby number, global atmospheric simulations with only axisymmetric forcing pass from an Earth-like atmosphere to a superrotating atmosphere that more resembles the atmospheres of Venus or Titan. The transition to superrotation occurs under conditions in which equatorward-propagating Ross

Murray R. Bremner, Marina V. Tvalavadze

We study the universal enveloping algebras of the one-parameter family of solvable 5-dimensional non-Lie Malcev algebras. We explicitly determine the universal nonassociative enveloping algebras (in the sense of Perez-Izquierdo and Shestakov) and the centers of the universal enveloping algebras. We also determine the universal alternative enveloping algebras

Philip Chang, Lars Bildsten, Phil Arras

Diffusive nuclear burning of H by an underlying material capable of capturing protons can readily consume H from the surface of neutron stars (NSs) during their early cooling history. In the absence of subsequent accretion, it will be depleted from the photosphere. We now extend diffusive nuclear burning to He, motivated by the recent observation by Ho \& He

Miguel A. Durán, Giovani L. Vasconcelos

The problem of Laplacian growth in two dimensions is considered within the Loewner-equation framework. Initially the problem of fingered growth recently discussed by Gubiec and Szymczak [T. Gubiec and P. Szymczak, Phys. Rev. E 77, 041602 (2008)] is revisited and a new exact solution for a three-finger configuration is reported. Then a general class of growth

I. Faye, I. Lavallée, M. Ngom, D. Seck

Résumé Après un bref aperçu permettant de situer notre travail, nous proposons une nouvelle voie pour aborder la programmation linéaire en proposant un algorithme élaboré à partir d&#39;une idée simple qui permet d&#39;obtenir une solution aussi approchée que voulu par translation dichotomique d&#39;un hyperplan de l&#39;espace des solutions. Abstract After

Murray R. Bremner, Hader A. Elgendy

For n even, we prove Pozhidaev&#39;s conjecture on the existence of associative enveloping algebras for simple n-Lie algebras. More generally, for n even and any (n+1)-dimensional n-Lie algebra L, we construct a universal associative enveloping algebra U(L) and show that the natural map from L to U(L) is injective. We use noncommutative Grobner bases to pres

Mark Yatskar, Bo Pang, Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil, Lillian Lee

We report on work in progress on extracting lexical simplifications (e.g., &#34;collaborate&#34; -> &#34;work together&#34;), focusing on utilizing edit histories in Simple English Wikipedia for this task. We consider two main approaches: (1) deriving simplification probabilities via an edit model that accounts for a mixture of different operations, and (2)

A. Lazarian, P. Desiati

The observation of a broad excess of sub-TeV cosmic rays compatible with the direction of the heliospheric tail (Nagashima et al. 1998) and the discovery of two significant localized excess regions of multi-TeV cosmic rays by the MILAGRO collaboration (Abdo et al. 2008), also from the same region of the sky, have raised questions on their origin. In particul

Manjesh Kumar Hanawal, Rajesh Sundaresan

The problem of guessing a random string is revisited. A close relation between guessing and compression is first established. Then it is shown that if the sequence of distributions of the information spectrum satisfies the large deviation property with a certain rate function, then the limiting guessing exponent exists and is a scalar multiple of the Legendr

Jeremy Rickard, Raphael Rouquier

This work is an attempt towards a Morita theory for stable equivalences between self-injective algebras. More precisely, given two self-injective algebras A and B and an equivalence between their stable categories, consider the set S of images of simple B-modules inside the stable category of A. That set satisfies some obvious properties of Hom-spaces and it

Anatolij Dvurecenskij

We show that every state on an interval pseudo effect algebra $E$ satisfying some kind of the Riesz Decomposition Properties (RDP) is an integral through a regular Borel probability measure defined on the Borel $σ$-algebra of a Choquet simplex $K$. In particular, if $E$ satisfies the strongest type of (RDP), the representing Borel probability measure can be

H. Schellman

We present recent W and charged lepton asymmetry measurements from the CDF and D0 experiments. Theoretical predictions agree with the CDF W asymmetry, measured using a new matrix element technique. These theoretical predictions are less consistent with the latest lepton asymmetry measurements from D0 and CDF, especially for high charged lepton transverse mom

Shashi Thutupalli, Stephan Herminghaus, Ralf Seemann

We outline a concept of self-assembled soft matter devices based on micro-fluidics, which use surfactant bilayer membranes as their main building blocks, arrested in geometric structures provided by top-down lithography. Membranes form spontaneously when suitable water-in-oil emulsions are forced into micro-fluidic channels at high dispersed-phase volume fra

Raphael Rouquier

We give a moduli interpretation of the outer automorphism group Out of a finite dimensional algebra similar to that of the Picard group of a scheme. We deduce that Out^0 is invariant under derived and stable equivalences. This allows us to transfer gradings between algebras and gives rise to conjectural homological constructions of interesting gradings on bl

Manjesh Kumar Hanawal, Rajesh Sundaresan

The Shannon cipher system is studied in the context of general sources using a notion of computational secrecy introduced by Merhav & Arikan. Bounds are derived on limiting exponents of guessing moments for general sources. The bounds are shown to be tight for iid, Markov, and unifilar sources, thus recovering some known results. A close relationship between

James P. Mithen, Jérôme Daligault, Gianluca Gregori

We investigate using numerical simulations the domain of applicability of the hydrodynamic description of classical fluids at and near equilibrium. We find this to be independent of the degree of many-body correlations in the system; the range r_c of the microscopic interactions completely determines the maximum wavenumber k_{max} at which the hydrodynamic d

Greg Martin, Charles L. Samuels

Recent work of Borwein, Choi, and the second author examined a collection of polynomials closely related to the Goldbach conjecture: the polynomial $F_N$ is divisible by the $N$th cyclotomic polynomial if and only if there is no representation of $N$ as the sum of two odd primes. The coefficients of these polynomials stabilize, as $N$ grows, to a fixed seque

M. Durán, G. L. Vasconcelos

The problem of Laplacian growth is considered within the Loewner-equation framework. A new method of deriving the Loewner equation for a large class of growth problems in the half-plane is presented. The method is based on the Schwarz-Christoffel transformation between the so-called `mathematical planes&#39; at two infinitesimally separated times. Our method

F. T. Hioe, David Kuebel

Exact analytic expressions for various characteristics of the hyperbolic-type orbits of a particle in the Schwarzschild geometry are presented. A useful simple approximation formula is given for the case when the deviation from the Newtonian hyperbolic path is very small.

Caglar Tuncay

In this work, the time chart of Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) index is analyzed and approach of recession time term is predicted, which may be hallmark of a worldwide economic crisis. However, the methods used for the prediction will be disclosed a few years from now. On the other hand, this work will be updated by the author frequently once in every f

Sudhakar Panda, M. Sami, John Ward

We study the bounds on tensor wave in a class of twisted inflation models where $D(4+2k)$-branes are wrapped on cycles in the compact manifold and wrap the KK-direction in the corresponding effective field theory. While the lower bound is found to be analogous to that in Type IIB models of brane inflation, the upper bound turns out to be significantly differ

S. Salem-Sugui,, A. D. Alvarenga, R. D. Noce, C. Salazar Mejia

We report on an anomalous magnetization observed with temperature for low magnetic fields applied in the plane of a film formed by a thin layer of Fe-Rh deposited on a thin foil of ordered Fe$_3$Pt. The anomalous effect resembles a metamagnetic transition and occur only in the field-cooled-cooling magnetization curve at temperatures near 120 K. We also obser

Rolf Dootz, Adriana Cristina Toma, Thomas Pfohl

Found in all eukaryotic cells, linker histones H1 are known to bind to and rearrange nucleosomal linker DNA. In vitro, the fundamental nature of H1/DNA interactions has attracted wide interest among research communities - for biologists from a chromatin organization deciphering point of view, and for physicists from the study of polyelectrolyte interactions

Pavlos Xenitidis, Frank Nijhoff, Sarah Lobb

Multidimensional consistency has emerged as a key integrability property for partial difference equations (P$Δ$Es) defined on the &#34;space-time&#34; lattice. It has led, among other major insights, to a classification of scalar affine-linear quadrilateral P$Δ$Es possessing this property, leading to the so-called ABS list. Recently, a new variational princi

Thomas Lam, Pavlo Pylyavskyy

We develop a combinatorial model of networks on orientable surfaces, and study weight and homology generating functions of paths and cycles in these networks. Network transformations preserving these generating functions are investigated. We describe in terms of our model the crystal structure and R-matrix of the affine geometric crystal of products of symme

Muhammad Imran Qureshi, Balazs Szendroi

We compute the Hilbert series of general weighted flag varieties and discuss a computer-aided method to determine their defining equations. We apply our results to weighted flag varieties coming from the Lie groups of type G_2 and GL(6), to construct some families of polarised projective varieties in codimensions 8 and 6, respectively.

Geoffrey C. Clayton, B. Sargent, M. L. Boyer, B. A. Whitney

The LMC star, SSTISAGE1C J050756.44-703453.9, was first noticed during a survey of EROS-2 lightcurves for stars with large irregular brightness variations typical of the R Coronae Borealis (RCB) class. However, the visible spectrum showing emission lines including the Balmer and Paschen series as well as many Fe II lines is emphatically not that of an RCB st

Robin Steinigeweg, Hendrik Niemeyer, Jochen Gemmer

Single-particle transport in disordered potentials is investigated on scales below the localization length. The dynamics on those scales is concretely analyzed for the 3-dimensional Anderson model with Gaussian on-site disorder. This analysis particularly includes the dependence of characteristic transport quantities on the amount of disorder and the energy

Marc Postman, Tom Brown, Kenneth Sembach, Mauro Giavalisco

The Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST) is a concept for an 8-meter to 16-meter UVOIR space observatory for launch in the 2025-2030 era. ATLAST will allow astronomers to answer fundamental questions at the forefront of modern astronphysics, including &#34;Is there life elsewhere in the Galaxy?&#34; We present a range of science driver

Hong-liu Yang, Günter Radons

Two sets of vectors, covariant and orthogonal Lyapunov vectors (CLVs/OLVs), are currently used to characterize the linear stability of chaotic systems. A comparison is made to show their similarity and difference, especially with respect to the influence on hydrodynamic Lyapunov modes (HLMs). Our numerical simulations show that in both Hamiltonian and dissip

Alin Stancu

The \begin{it} Invariance Theorem \end{it} of M. Gerstenhaber and S. D. Schack states that if $\mathbb{A}$ is a diagram of algebras then the subdivision functor induces a natural isomorphism between the Yoneda cohomologies of the category $\mathbb{A}$-$\mathbf{mod}$ and its subdivided category $\mathbb{A}&#39;$-$\mathbf{mod}$. In this paper we generalize thi

Hichem Hajaiej, Stefan Krömer

We prove a weak-strong convergence result for functionals of the form $\int_{\mathbb{R}^N} j(x, u, Du)\,dx$ on $W^{1,p}$, along equiintegrable sequences. We will then use it to study cases of equality in the extended Polya-Szegö inequality and discuss applications of such a result to prove the symmetry of minimizers of a class of variational problems includi

A. Bevan, J. Crooks, A. Lintern, A. Nichols

We present a conceptual design for a low-mass, all pixel vertex detector using the CMOS quadruple well INMAPS process, capable of working in the very high luminosities exceeding 10^36 /cm^2 /sec that can be expected at the next generation e+e- B factories. We concentrate on the vertexing requirements necessary for time-dependent measurements that are also re

A. Bechler, M. Ślȩczka

We propose a new type of gauge-invariant expansion of the ionization probability amplitudes of atoms by short pulses of electromagnetic radiation. Contrary to previous gauge-invariant approaches to this problem it does not require different partitions of the total Hamiltonian depending on the choice of gauge. In a natural way the atomic potential is treated

Thomas Becher, Guido Bell

The inclusive gluon jet function is evaluated at two-loop accuracy. This function is relevant for resummations of large perturbative logarithms in collider processes involving low-mass gluon jets. The jet function corresponds to the imaginary part of the gluon propagator in light-cone gauge, which is adopted for the calculation. In addition to the leading je

Hao-Ran Yu, Tian Lan, Hao-Yi Wan, Tong-Jie Zhang

The universe, with large-scale homogeneity, is locally inhomogeneous, clustering into stars, galaxies and larger structures. Such property is described by the smoothness parameter $α$ which is defined as the proportion of matter in the form of intergalactic medium. If we take consideration of the inhomogeneities in small scale, there should be modifications

Adrijan Borisov, Ognian Kassabov

We prove the following results: An almost Hermitian manifold of indefinite metric is of pointwise constant holomorphic sectional curvature if the holomorphic sectional curvature is bounded from above and from below. If the antiholomorphic sectional curvature is bounded either from above or from below, then the manifold is of pointwise constant antiholomorphi

Alvaro Sanchez, Hernan Garcia, Daniel Jones, Rob Phillips

According to recent experimental evidence, the architecture of a promoter, defined as the number, strength and regulatory role of the operators that control the promoter, plays a major role in determining the level of cell-to-cell variability in gene expression. These quantitative experiments call for a corresponding modeling effort that addresses the questi

D. R. Lorimer

The goal of this article is to summarize the current state of play in the field of radio pulsar statistics. Simply put, from the observed sample of objects from a variety of surveys with different telescopes, we wish to infer the properties of the underlying sample and to connect these with other astrophysical populations (for example supernova remnants or X

Julia Galstad, Gerald Hoehn

We study a new class of codes over Z_2 x Z_2 which we call L-codes. They arise as a natural fifth step in a series of analogies between Kleinian codes, binary codes, lattices and vertex operator algebras. This analogy will be explained in detail. We classify self-dual L-codes up to length 10 and provide tables for these codes and their weight enumerators up

Adrijan Borisov, Georgi Ganchev, Ognian Kassabov

We study two types of isotropic planes: weakly isotropic and strongly isotropic planes. We prove that a Riemannian manifold of indefinite metric is conformally flat if and only if its curvature tensor vanishes on all the strongly isotropic planes. We specialize the plane axiom for Riemannian manifolds of indefinite metrics. We show that manifolds satisfying

Armin Schwartzman, Yulia Gavrilov, Robert J. Adler

This paper considers the problem of detecting equal-shaped non-overlapping unimodal peaks in the presence of Gaussian ergodic stationary noise, where the number, location and heights of the peaks are unknown. A multiple testing approach is proposed in which, after kernel smoothing, the presence of a peak is tested at each observed local maximum. The procedur

Timothy H. Boyer

Thermal scalar radiation in two spacetime dimensions is treated within relativistic classical physics. Part I involves an inertial frame where are given the analogues both of Boltzmann&#39;s derivation of the Stefan-Boltzmann law and also Wien&#39;s derivation of the displacement theorem using the scaling of relativitic radiation theory. Next the spectrum of

H. Avakian, A. V. Efremov, P. Schweitzer, O. V. Teryaev

It is known how to access information on quark orbital angular momentum from generalized parton distribution functions, in a certain specified framework. It is intuitively expected, that such information can be accessed also through transverse momentum dependent distribution functions, but not known how. Now quark models provide promising hints. Recent resul

P. Anghel-Vasilescu, J. Dorignac, F. Geniet, J. Leon

A method is proposed to solve the challenging problem of determining the supratransmission threshold (onset of instability of harmonic boundary driving inside a band gap) in multicomponent nonintegrable nonlinear systems. It is successfully applied to the degenerate three-wave resonant interaction in a birefringent quadratic medium where the process generate

Sharon J. Gerbode, Umang Agarwal, Desmond C. Ong, Chekesha M. Liddell

Although glassy relaxation is typically associated with disorder, here we report on a new type of glassy dynamics relating to dislocations within 2-D crystals of colloidal dimers. Previous studies have demonstrated that dislocation motion in dimer crystals is restricted by certain particle orientations. Here, we drag an optically trapped particle through suc

S. Mianowski, E. Werner-Malento, A. Korgul, M. Pomorski

The photon spectrum accompanying the orbital K-electron capture in the first forbidden unique decay of 81Kr was measured. The total radiation intensity for the photon energies larger than 50 keV was found to be 1.47(6) x 10^{-4} per K-capture. Both the shape of the spectrum and its intensity relative to the ordinary, non-radiative capture rate, are compared

O. P. Ferreira, M. L. N. Goncalves, P. R. Oliveira

In this paper, we present a local convergence analysis of inexact Gauss-Newton like methods for solving nonlinear least squares problems. Under the hypothesis that the derivative of the function associated with the least square problem satisfies a majorant condition, we obtain that the method is well-defined and converges. Our analysis provides a clear relat

Yossi Farjoun, David G. Schaeffer

We study the vibrations of a hanging thin flexible rod, in which the dominant restoring force in most of the domain is tension due to the weight of the rod, while bending elasticity plays a small but non-negligible role. We consider a linearized description, which we may reduce to an eigenvalue problem. We solve the resulting singularly perturbed problem asy

Djalel Eddine Meskaldji, Leila Cammoun, Patric Hagmann, Reto Meuli

In neuroimaging, a large number of correlated tests are routinely performed to detect active voxels in single-subject experiments or to detect regions that differ between individuals belonging to different groups. In order to bound the probability of a false discovery of pair-wise differences, a Bonferroni or other correction for multiplicity is necessary. T

T. Ohtsuki, A. Chainani, R. Eguchi, M. Matsunami

We study the surface and bulk electronic structure of the room-temperature ferromagnet Co:TiO2 anatase films using soft and hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy with probe sensitivities of ~1 nm and ~10 nm, respectively. We obtain direct evidence of metallic Ti$^{3+}$ states in the bulk, which get suppressed to give a surface semiconductor, thus indicating

Luca Aceto, Paweł Sobociński

Structural operational semantics (SOS) is a technique for defining operational semantics for programming and specification languages. Because of its intuitive appeal and flexibility, SOS has found considerable application in the study of the semantics of concurrent processes. It is also a viable alternative to denotational semantics in the static analysis of

Michael Stoll

This is an extended version of an invited lecture I gave at the Journees Arithmetiques in St. Etienne in July 2009. We discuss the state of the art regarding the problem of finding the set of rational points on a (smooth projective) geometrically integral curve C over Q. The focus is on practical aspects of this problem in the case that the genus of C is at

Torben Winzer, Andreas Knorr, Ermin Malic

Graphene as a zero-bandgap semiconductor is an ideal model structure to study the carrier relaxation channels, which are inefficient in conventional semiconductors. In particular, it is of fundamental interest to address the question whether Auger-type processes significantly influence the carrier dynamics in graphene. These scattering channels bridge the va

S. Degla, L. Todjihounde

Sasakian manifolds provide explicit formulae of some Jacobi operators which describe the biharmonic equation of curves in Riemannian manifolds. In this paper we characterize non-geodesic biharmonic curves in Sasakian manifolds which are either tangent or normal to the Reeb vector field. In the three-dimensional case, we prove that such curves are some helixe

Oskar Vafek

Many-body instabilities of the half-filled honeycomb bilayer are studied using weak coupling renormalization group as well as strong coupling expansion. For spinless fermions and assuming parabolic degeneracy, there are 4-independent four-fermion contact couplings. While the dominant instability depends on the microscopic values of the couplings, the broken

Ali Khajeh-Hosseini, David Greenwood, James W. Smith, Ian Sommerville

Cloud computing promises a radical shift in the provisioning of computing resource within the enterprise. This paper describes the challenges that decision makers face when assessing the feasibility of the adoption of cloud computing in their organisations, and describes our Cloud Adoption Toolkit, which has been developed to support this process. The toolki

Victor Yushankhai, Tetsuya Takimoto, Peter Thalmeier

The 3d electron spinel compound LiV2O4 exhibits heavy fermion behaviour below 30K which is related to antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations strongly enhanced in an extended region of momentum space. This mechanism explains enhanced thermodynamic quantities and nearly critical NMR relaxation in the framework of the selfconsistent renormalization (SCR) theory. H

M. A. Hoefer, T. J. Silva, Mark W. Keller

A novel type of solitary wave is predicted to form in spin torque oscillators when the free layer has a sufficiently large perpendicular anisotropy. In this structure, which is a dissipative version of the conservative droplet soliton originally studied in 1977 by Ivanov and Kosevich, spin torque counteracts the damping that would otherwise destroy the mode.

Ermin Malic, Janina Maultzsch, Stephanie Reich, Andreas Knorr

We have performed microscopic calculations of the Rayleigh scattering cross section for arbitrary metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes. The focus of our investigations lies on excitonic effects and their influence on the characteristic features in a Rayleigh scattering spectrum. Our approach is based on density matrix theory including tight-binding energi

Martin Tancer

In 1975 Wegner conjectured that the nerve of every finite good cover in R^d is d-collapsible. We disprove this conjecture. A good cover is a collection of open sets in R^d such that the intersection of every subcollection is either empty or homeomorphic to an open d-ball. A simplicial complex is d-collapsible if it can be reduced to an empty complex by repea

Taekyun Kim

In this paper we study (h,q)-zeta functions associated with (h,q)-Bernoulli numbers and polynomials.

Sarod Yatawatta

Deconvolution is essential for radio interferometric imaging to produce scientific quality data because of finite sampling in the Fourier plane. Most deconvolution algorithms are based on CLEAN which uses a grid of image pixels, or clean components. A critical matter in this process is the selection of pixel size for optimal results in deconvolution. As a ru

W. Zhang, Z. P. Li, S. Q. Zhang

The potential energy surfaces of even-even $^{142-156}$Ba are investigated in the constrained reflection-asymmetric relativistic mean-field approach with parameter set PK1. It is shown that for the ground states, $^{142}$Ba is near spherical,$^{156}$Ba well quadrupole-deformed, and in between $^{144-154}$Ba octupole deformed. In particular, the nuclei $^{148

Dirk Stiefs, George A. K. van Voorn, Bob W. Kooi, Ulrike Feudel

Stoichiometric constraints play a role in the dynamics of natural populations, but are not explicitly considered in most mathematical models. Recent theoretical works suggest that these constraints can have a significant impact and should not be neglected. However, it is not yet resolved how stoichiometry should be integrated in population dynamical models,

L. Bonechi, O. Adriani, R. D&#39;Alessandro, P. Sona

NEUCAL is a neutron detector which is currently under study to be used as a sub-detector complementing electromagnetic (e.m.) calorimeters for electron/hadron discrimination in cosmic rays at high energy. Its aim is to reveal the different yield of neutron production in e.m. and hadronic showers, not only by counting signals due to their absorption in some s

S. G. Gregory, M. Jardine, C. G. Gray, J. -F. Donati

Magnetic fields play a crucial role at all stages of the formation of low mass stars and planetary systems. In the final stages, in particular, they control the kinematics of in-falling gas from circumstellar discs, and the launching and collimation of spectacular outflows. The magnetic coupling with the disc is thought to influence the rotational evolution

Xiao-Jie Hao, Tao Tu, Gang Cao, Cheng Zhou

We investigate the low-temperature magneto-transport properties of individual Ge/Si core/shell nanowires. Negative magneto-conductance was observed, which is a signature of one-dimensional weak antilocalization of holes in the presence of strong spin-orbit coupling. The temperature and back gate dependences of phase coherence length, spin-orbit relaxation ti

Tim Neuhaus, Christos N. Likos

We analyze the ground states and the elementary collective excitations (phonons) of a class of systems, which form cluster crystals in the absence of attractions. Whereas the regime of moderate-to-high-temperatures in the phase diagram has been analyzed in detail by means of density functional considerations (Likos C N, Mladek B M, Gottwald D and Kahl G 2007

Anne-Christine Davis, Camilla A. O. Schelpe, Douglas J. Shaw

We constrain the chameleonic Sunyaev--Zel&#39;dovich (CSZ) effect in the Coma cluster from measurements of the Coma radial profile presented in the WMAP 7-year results. The CSZ effect arises from the interaction of a scalar (or pseudoscalar) particle with the cosmic microwave background in the magnetic field of galaxy clusters. We combine this radial profile

Lior Bary-Soroker, Nguyen Duy Tan

Let K be a valued field of characteristic p>0 with non-p-divisible value group. We show that every finite embedding problem for K whose kernel is a p-group is properly solvable.

P. Di Porto, B. Crosignani, A. Ciattoni, H. C. Liu

We present a conclusive answer to Bertrand&#39;s paradox, a long standing open issue in the basic physical interpretation of probability. The paradox deals with the existence of mutually inconsistent results when looking for the probability that a chord, drawn at random in a circle, is longer than the side of an inscribed equilateral triangle. We obtain a un

Sergei M. Kuzenko

Consistent supercurrent multiplets are naturally associated with linearized off-shell supergravity models. In arXiv:1002.4932 we presented the hierarchy of such supercurrents which correspond to all the models for linearized 4D N = 1 supergravity classified a few years ago. Here we analyze the correspondence between the most general supercurrent given in arX

Soumya Singha Roy, T. S. Mahesh

An ensemble of nuclear spin-pairs under certain conditions is known to exhibit singlet state life-times much longer than other non-equilibrium states. This property of singlet state can be exploited in quantum information processing for efficient initialization of quantum registers. Here we describe a general method of initialization and experimentally demon