October 2010 arXiv papers — page 13

Stephen Fine, Matt Jarvis, Tom Mauch

We use the SDSS, along with the NVSS and the WENSS to define a sample of 746 radio-loud quasars and measure their 330MHz to 1.4GHz spectral indexes. Following previous authors we take the spectral index as an indicator of the orientation towards the quasars with more pole-on sources having flatter spectral indexes. We use this proxy for orientation to invest

A. M. Savchuk, A. A. Shkalikov

Denote by $L_D$ the Sturm-Liouville operator $Ly=-y" +q(x)y$ on the finite interval $[0,π]$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions $y(0)=y(π)=0$. Let $\{λ_k\}_1^\infty$ and $\{α_k\}_1^\infty$ be the sequences of the eigenvalues and norming constants of this operator. For all $θ\geqslant 0$ we study the map $F: W_2^θ \to l_D^θ$ defined by $F(σ) =\{s_k\}_1^\in

Marianne Ludwig, Tim Huege

In recent years, the freely available Monte Carlo code REAS for modelling radio emission from cosmic ray air showers has evolved to include the full complexity of air shower physics. However, it turned out that in REAS2 and all other time-domain models which calculate the radio emission by superposing the radiation of the single air shower electrons and posi

Rainer Dietmann

Let $G$ be a subgroup of the symmetric group $S_n$, and let $δ_G=|S_n/G|^{-1}$ where $|S_n/G|$ is the index of $G$ in $S_n$. Then there are at most $O_{n, ε}(H^{n-1+δ_G+ε})$ monic integer polynomials of degree $n$ having Galois group $G$ and height not exceeding $H$, so there are only `few' polynomials having `small' Galois group.

Alexei Yu. Karlovich, Yuri I. Karlovich, Amarino B. Lebre

Suppose $α$ is an orientation-preserving diffeomorphism (shift) of $\mR_+=(0,\infty)$ onto itself with the only fixed points $0$ and $\infty$. In \cite{KKLsufficiency} we found sufficient conditions for the Fredholmness of the singular integral operator with shift \[ (aI-bW_α)P_++(cI-dW_α)P_- \] acting on $L^p(\mR_+)$ with $1<p<\infty$, where $P_\pm=(I\pm S)

Dhagash Mehta, Michael Kastner

We study the stationary points of what is known as the lattice Landau gauge fixing functional in one-dimensional compact U(1) lattice gauge theory, or as the Hamiltonian of the one-dimensional random phase XY model in statistical physics. An analytic solution of all stationary points is derived for lattices with an odd number of lattice sites and periodic bo

Oliver Schnetz

We review a reduction formula by Petersson that reduces the calculation of a one-loop amplitude with N external lines in n<N space-time dimensions to the case n=N and give it a geometric interpretation. In the case n=N the calculation of the euclidean amplitude is shown to be equivalent to the calculation of the volume of a tetrahedron spanned by the momenta

A. M. Gasparyan, M. F. M. Lutz

We report on a novel scheme based on the chiral Lagrangian. It is used to analyze pion-nucleon scattering, pion photoproduction, and nucleon Compton scattering. Subthreshold partial-wave amplitudes are calculated in chiral perturbation theory and analytically extrapolated with constraints imposed by electromagnetic-gauge invariance, causality and unitarity.

Bahram Nasr Esfahani, Mohsen Aghaee

Constructing the reduced density matrix for a system of three massive spin$-\frac{1}{2}$ particles described by a wave packet with Gaussian momentum distribution and a spin part in the form of GHZ or W state, the fidelity for the spin part of the system is investigated from the viewpoint of moving observers in the jargon of special relativity. Using a numeri

V. I. Dokuchaev, Yu. N. Eroshenko, S. G. Rubin, D. A. Samarchenko

A model for the formation of supermassive primordial black holes in galactic nuclei with the simultaneous suppression of the formation of intermediate-mass black holes is presented. A bimodal mass function for black holes formed through phase transitions in a model with a &#34;Mexican hat&#34; potential has been found. The classical motion of the phase of a

J. Haidenbauer, G. Krein

We study the production of charmed mesons (D) and baryons (Lambda_c) in antiproton-proton (app) annihilation close to their respective production thresholds. The elementary charm production process is described by either baryon/meson exchange or by quark/gluon dynamics. Effects of the interactions in the initial and final states are taken into account rigoro

E. Gotsman, E. Levin, U. Maor

In this paper we construct a model that satisfies the theoretical requisites of high energy soft interactions, based on two ingredients:(i) the results of N=4 SYM, which at present is a unique theory that allows one to deal with a large coupling constant; and (ii) the requirement of matching with high energy QCD. In accordance with these ideas, we assume tha

Y. Kobayashi, Y. Shiraishi, A. Hatakeyama

An atom moving in a spatially periodic field experiences a temporary periodic perturbation and undergoes a resonance transition between atomic internal states when the transition frequency is equal to the atomic velocity divided by the field period. We demonstrated that spin nutation was induced by this resonant transition in a polarized rubidium (Rb) atomic

Chihiro Tachinami, Hiroki Senshu, Shigeru Ida

We have numerically studied the thermal evolution of various-mass terrestrial planets in habitable zones, focusing on duration of dynamo activity to generate their intrinsic magnetic fields, which may be one of key factors in habitability on the planets. In particular, we are concerned with super-Earths, observations of which are rapidly developing. We calcu

Jacques Verstraete, Benny Sudakov

The {\em independence ratio} of a graph $G$ is defined by \[ ι(G) := \sup_{X \subset V(G)} \frac{|X|}{α(X)},\] where $α(X)$ is the independence number of the subgraph of $G$ induced by $X$. The independence ratio is a relaxation of the chromatic number $χ(G)$ in the sense that $χ(G) \geq ι(G)$ for every graph $G$, while for many natural classes of graphs the

Simon Bliudze, Roberto Bruni, Davide Grohmann, Alexandra Silva

This volume contains the proceedings of the 3rd Interaction and Concurrency Experience (ICE 2010) workshop, which was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 10th of June 2010 as a satellite event of DisCoTec&#39;10. Each year, the workshop focuses on a specific topic: the topic of ICE 2010 was Guaranteed Interactions, by which we mean, for example, guaranteeing s

D. Yonetoku, T. Murakami, S. Gunji, T. Mihara

The small solar power sail demonstrator &#34;IKAROS&#34; is a Japanese engineering verification spacecraft launched by H-IIA rocket on May 21, 2010 at JAXA Tanegashima Space Center. IKAROS has a huge sail with 20 m in diameter which is made of thin polyimide membrane. This sail converts the solar radiation-pressure into the propulsion force of IKAROS and acc

Craig Pastro

We develop an alternative approach to star-autonomous comonads via linearly distributive categories. It is shown that in the autonomous case the notions of star-autonomous comonad and Hopf comonad coincide.

Ruri Nakano, Naomichi Hatano, Tomio Petrosky

We present methods of finding complex eigenvalues of the Liouvillian of an open quantum system. The goal is to find eigenvalues that cannot be predicted from the eigenvalues of the corresponding Hamiltonian. Our model is a T-type quantum dot with an infinitely long lead. We suggest the existence of the non-trivial eigenvalues of the Liouvillian in two ways:

Xi-Han Li

We present an efficient entanglement purification protocol with hyperentanglement in which additional spatial entanglement is utilized to purify the two-particle polarization-entangled state. The bit-flip error and phase-flip error can be corrected and eliminated in one step. Two remote parties can obtainmaximally entangled polarization states deterministica

Daniel I. Fivel

Conventional quantum mechanics with a complex Hilbert space and the Born Rule is derived from five axioms describing properties of probability distributions for the outcome of measurements. Axioms I,II,III are common to quantum mechanics and hidden variable theories. Axiom IV recognizes a phenomenon, first noted by Turing and von Neumann, in which the increa

J. M. Stil, A. R. Taylor, C. Sunstrum

An analysis of structure in rotation measure (RM) across the sky based on the RM catalog of Taylor et al. (2009) is presented. Several resolved RM structures are identified with structure in the local ISM, including radio loops I, II, and III, the Gum nebula, and the Orion-Eridanus super bubble. Structure functions (SFs) of RM are presented for selected area

Wei Li, Shou-Shu Gong, Yang Zhao, Shi-Ju Ran

The two-dimensional Ising model on a distorted Kagomé lattice is studied by means of exact solutions and the tensor renormalisation group (TRG) method. The zero-field phase diagrams are obtained, where three phases such as ferromagnetic, ferrimagnetic and paramagnetic phases, along with the second-order phase transitions, have been identified. The TRG result

Song Jiang, Qiangchang Ju, Fucai Li

This paper is concerned with the incompressible limit of the compressible magnetohydrodynamic equations with periodic boundary conditions. It is rigorously shown that the weak solutions of the compressible magnetohydrodynamic equations converge to the strong solution of the viscous or inviscid incompressible magnetohydrodynamic equations as long as the latte

Jun Wang, Wei Wu, Fan Zhao, Guo-meng Zhao

Magnetic measurements up to 1000 K have been performed on hydrothermally synthesized $α$-Fe$_{2}$O$_{3}$ nanoparticles (60 nm) using a Quantum Design vibrating sample magnetometer. A high vacuum environment (1$\times$10$^{-5}$ torr) during the magnetic measurement up to 1000 K leads to a complete reduction of $α$-Fe$_{2}$O$_{3}$ to Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$. This prec

Xiangcun Meng, Wencong Chen, Wuming Yang, Zhongmu Li

Based on the results of Chen & Li (2009) and Pakmor et al. (2010), we carried out a series of binary population synthesis calculations and considered two treatment of common envelope (CE) evolution, i.e. $α$-formalism and $γ$-algorithm. We found that the evolution of birth rate of these peculiar SNe Ia is heavily dependent on how to treat the CE evolution. T

Wenping Ma, Shaohui Sun

In this paper, using the theory of polynomial residue class rings, a new construction is proposed for frequency hopping patterns having optimal Hamming autocorrelation with respect to the well-known $Lempel$-$Greenberger$ bound. Based on the proposed construction, many new $Peng$-$Fan$ optimal families of frequency hopping sequences are obtained. The paramet

Louise O. V. Edwards, Dario Fadda, David T. Frayer

We announce the first discovery of a bent double lobe radio source (DLRS) in a known cluster filament. The bent DLRS is found at a distance of 3.4 Mpc from the center of the rich galaxy cluster, Abell~1763. We derive a bend angle alpha=25deg, and infer that the source is most likely seen at a viewing angle of Phi=10deg. From measuring the flux in the jet bet

Aviv Rotbart

Although the alternating group is an index 2 subgroup of the symmetric group, there is no generating set that gives a Coxeter structure on it. Various generating sets were suggested and studied by Bourbaki, Mitsuhashi, Regev-Roichman, Vershik-Vserminov and others. In a recent work of Brenti- Reiner-Roichman it is explained that palindromes in Mitsuhashi&#39;

Stefan Klus, Tuhin Sahai, Cong Liu, Michael Dellnitz

The study of high-dimensional differential equations is challenging and difficult due to the analytical and computational intractability. Here, we improve the speed of waveform relaxation (WR), a method to simulate high-dimensional differential-algebraic equations. This new method termed adaptive waveform relaxation (AWR) is tested on a communication network

Kwokwai Chan, Siu-Cheong Lau

In this paper, we compute the open Gromov-Witten invariants for every compact toric surface X which is semi-Fano (i.e. the anticanonical line bundle is nef). Unlike the Fano case, this involves non-trivial obstructions in the corresponding moduli problem. As a consequence, an explicit formula for the Lagrangian Floer superpotential W is obtained, which in tu

Yi-Min Huang, A. Bhattacharjee, Brian P. Sullivan

The role of a super-Alfvénic plasmoid instability in the onset of fast reconnection is studied by means of the largest Hall magnetohydrodynamics simulations to date, with system sizes up to $10^{4}$ ion skin depths ($d_{i}$). It is demonstrated that the plasmoid instability can facilitate the onset of rapid Hall reconnection, in a regime where the onset woul

César Galindo

We develop a categorical analogue of Clifford theory for strongly graded rings over graded fusion categories. We describe module categories over a fusion category graded by a group $G$ as induced from module categories over fusion subcategories associated with the subgroups of $G$. We define invariant $\C_e$-module categories and extensions of $\C_e$-module

J. U. Fürst, D. V. Strekalov, D. Elser, A. Aiello

In whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonators light is guided by continuous total internal reflection along a curved surface. Fabricating such resonators from an optically nonlinear material one takes advantage of their exceptionally high quality factors and small mode volumes to achieve extremely efficient optical frequency conversion. Our analysis of the pha

Kostiantyn Drach, Yauhen Mikulich, Johannes Rückert, Dierk Schleicher

We give a combinatorial classification for the class of postcritically fixed Newton maps of polynomials as dynamical systems. This lays the foundation for classification results of more general classes of Newton maps. A fundamental ingredient is the proof that for every Newton map (postcritically finite or not) every connected component of the basin of an at

Alejandro Guarnizo, Leonardo Castaneda, Juan M. Tejeiro

In this paper we study the Geodesic Deviation Equation (GDE) in metric f(R) gravity. We start giving a brief introduction of the GDE in General Relativity in the case of the standard cosmology. Next we generalize the GDE for metric f(R) gravity using again the FLRW metric. A generalization of the Mattig relation is also obtained. Finally we give and equivale

Christian Koller, Alexandre Graell i Amat, Joerg Kliewer, Francesca Vatta

It has been widely observed that there exists a fundamental trade-off between the minimum (Hamming) distance properties and the iterative decoding convergence behavior of turbo-like codes. While capacity achieving code ensembles typically are asymptotically bad in the sense that their minimum distance does not grow linearly with block length, and they theref

M. L. M. Collins, S. C. Chapman, R. A. Ibata, M. J. Irwin

We present the first characterization of a thick disc component in the Andromeda galaxy (M31) using kinematic data from the DEIMOS multi-object spectrograph instrument on Keck II. Using 21 fields in the South West of the galaxy, we measure the lag of this component with respect to the thin disc, as well as the dispersion, metallicity and scale length of the

Alex James Bene

Nielsen reduction is an algorithm which decomposes any automorphism of a free group into a product of elementary Nielsen transformations. While this may be applied to a mapping class of a surface $S_{g,1}$ with one boundary component, the resulting decomposition in general will not have a topological interpretation. In this survey, we discuss a variation cal

Ram Gopal Vishwakarma, Jayant V. Narlikar

Observational astronomy has shown significant growth over the last decade and has made important contributions to cosmology. A major paradigm shift in cosmology was brought about by observations of Type Ia supernovae. The notion that the universe is accelerating has led to several theoretical challenges. Unfortunately, although high quality supernovae data-s

A. Muñoz Mateo, V. Delgado, Boris A. Malomed

We study fundamental and compound gap solitons (GSs) of matter waves in one-dimensional (1D) optical lattices (OLs) in a three-dimensional (3D) weak-radial-confinement regime, which corresponds to realistic experimental conditions in Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs). In this regime GSs exhibit nontrivial radial structures. Associated with each 3D linear spec

Philip Massey, Margaret M. Hanson

Spectroscopy is one of the most important tools that an astronomer has for studying the universe. This chapter begins by discussing the basics, including the different types of optical spectrographs, with extension to the ultraviolet and the near-infrared. Emphasis is given to the fundamentals of how spectrographs are used, and the trade-offs involved in des

James Simons, Dennis Sullivan

In [1] it was shown that K^, a certain differential cohomology functor associated to complex K-theory, satisfies the Mayer-Vietoris property when the underlying manifold is compact. It turns out that this result is quite general. The work that follows shows the M-V property to hold on compact manifolds for any differential cohomology functor J^ associated to

Andrea Erdas

The zeta function regularization technique is used to study the finite temperature Casimir effect for a massless Majorana fermion field confined between parallel plates and satisfying bag boundary conditions. A magnetic field perpendicular to the plates is included. An expression for the zeta function is obtained, which is exact to all orders in the magnetic

Jun Wang, Pieder Beeli, L. H. Meng, Guo-meng Zhao

Magnetic measurements have been performed on 40-nm sphere-like Fe3O4 nanoparticles using a Quantum Design vibrating sample magnetometer. Coating Fe3O4 nanoparticles with SiO2 effectively eliminates magnetic interparticle interactions so that the coercive field HC in the hightemperature range between 300 K and the Curie temperature (855 K) can be well fitted

Gerardo Odriozola, Felipe Jiménez-Ángeles, Pedro Orea

The metastable vapor-liquid coexistence of short-range attractive fluids hinders the formation of crystal nuclei, which in turn makes difficult the progress of the system towards its vapor-solid ground state. In this letter we show that crystal growth can be assisted by imposing temperature fluctuations. By so doing the obtained solid is nearly a fcc monocry

Joan M. Centrella, John G. Baker, Bernard J. Kelly, James R. van Meter

Understanding the predictions of general relativity for the dynamical interactions of two black holes has been a long-standing unsolved problem in theoretical physics. Black-hole mergers are monumental astrophysical events, releasing tremendous amounts of energy in the form of gravitational radiation, and are key sources for both ground- and space-based grav

V. A. Abramovsky, N. V. Radchenko

We have predicted the difference in inclusive cross sections on pseudorapidity in ${\rm d}σ^{p\bar{p}}/{\rm d}η$ and ${\rm d}σ^{pp}/{\rm d}η$ interactions at $\sqrt{s}=900$~GeV. Their ratio $R=\left({\rm d}σ^{p\bar{p}}/{\rm d}η\right)\left/\left({\rm d}σ^{pp}/{\rm d}η\right)\right.>1$ in the whole pseudorapidity range. On the basis of AGK theorem we show tha

Haifeng Chu, Yunping Jiang

This paper has been withdrawn by the authors due to a more research needed to estimate $h^{*}_{n}(b)$ which really should be written as $h^{*}_{n}(b,A)$ for $b\in Γ(t)$.

Jean-Sebastien Bernier, Guillaume Roux, Corinna Kollath

We analyze the effect of a linear time-variation of the interaction strength on a trapped one-dimensional Bose gas confined to an optical lattice. The evolution of different observables such as the experimentally accessible onsite particle distribution are studied as a function of the ramp time using time-dependent exact diagonalization and density-matrix re

Matthew McQuinn, Lars Hernquist, Adam Lidz, Matias Zaldarriaga

It appears inevitable that reionization processes would have produced large-scale temperature fluctuations in the intergalactic medium. Using toy temperature models and detailed heating histories from cosmological simulations of HeII reionization, we study the consequences of inhomogeneous heating for the Ly-alpha forest. The impact of temperature fluctuatio

Maxim Pospelov, Yanwen Shang

We show that coupling the Standard Model to a Lorentz symmetry violating sector may co-exist with viable phenomenology, provided that the interaction between the two is mediated by higher-dimensional operators. In particular, if the new sector acquires anisotropic scaling behavior above a &#34;Horava-Lifshitz&#34; energy scale L_HL and couples to the Standar

Chung-Hou Chung

We calculate the finite-frequency current noise of a nonequilibrium resonance-level quantum dot close to a dissipative quantum phase transition of the Kosterlitz-Thouless (KT) type between a de-localized phase for weak dissipation and a localized phase for strong dissipation. The resonance-level is coupled to two spinless fermionic baths with a finite bias v

Sachiko Kuroyanagi, Takeshi Chiba, Naoshi Sugiyama

We study the potential impact of detecting the inflationary gravitational wave background by the future space-based gravitational wave detectors, such as DECIGO and BBO. The signal-to-noise ratio of each experiment is calculated for chaotic/natural/hybrid inflation models by using the precise predictions of the gravitational wave spectrum based on numerical

John H. Simonetti, Michael Kavic, Djordje Minic, Umair Surani

We discuss the observable effects of enhanced black-hole mass loss in a black hole--neutron star (BH--NS) binary, due to the presence of a warped extra spatial dimension of curvature radius $L$ in the braneworld scenario. For some masses and orbital parameters in the expected ranges the binary components would outspiral, the opposite of the behavior due to e

Laura Marian, Stefan Hilbert, Robert E. Smith, Peter Schneider

We explore the possibility of detecting primordial non-Gaussianity of the local type using weak lensing peak counts. We measure the peak abundance in sets of simulated weak lensing maps corresponding to three models f_NL={0, +100, -100}. Using survey specifications similar to those of Euclid and without assuming any knowledge of the lens and source redshifts

Adam R. Brown, Alex Dahlen

There is a standard story about decay in multi-dimensional flux landscapes: that from any state, the fastest decay is to take a small step, discharging one flux unit at a time; that fluxes with the same coupling constant are interchangeable; and that states with N units of a given flux have the same decay rate as those with -N. We show that this standard sto

Adam R. Brown, Alex Dahlen

The rate and manner of vacuum decay are calculated in an explicit flux compactification, including all thick-wall and gravitational effects. For landscapes built of many units of a single flux, the fastest decay is usually to discharge just one unit. By contrast, for landscapes built of a single unit each of many different fluxes, the fastest decay is usuall

E. Rantsiou, A. Burrows, J. Nordhaus, A. Almgren

It has been suggested that the observed rotation periods of radio pulsars might be induced by a non-axisymmetric spiral-mode instability in the turbulent region behind the stalled supernova bounce shock, even if the progenitor core was not initially rotating. In this paper, using the three-dimensional AMR code CASTRO with a realistic progenitor and equation

B. Basso

We analyze the spectrum of excitations around the Gubser-Klebanov-Polyakov (GKP) rotating string in the long string limit and construct a parametric representation for their dispersion relations at any value of the string tension. On the gauge theory side of the AdS/CFT correspondence, i.e., in the planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super-Yang-Mills theory, the problem

Miguel Pato, Massimiliano Lattanzi, Gianfranco Bertone

We study the prospects for discriminating between the dark matter (DM) and pulsar origin of the PAMELA positron excess with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer AMS-02. We simulate the response of AMS-02 to positrons (and electrons) originating from DM annihilations, and determine the pulsar parameters (spin-down luminosity, distance and characteristic age) that

Jelena Bradic, Jianqing Fan, Jiancheng Jiang

High throughput genetic sequencing arrays with thousands of measurements per sample and a great amount of related censored clinical data have increased demanding need for better measurement specific model selection. In this paper we establish strong oracle properties of nonconcave penalized methods for nonpolynomial (NP) dimensional data with censoring in th

Darren D Price

We report on the observation of the charm mesons D^\ast \pm, D^\pm and D_s ^\pm with 1.4 nb^-1 of data, and of the J/psi-->mu+mu- resonance with 78 nb-1 of data from the ATLAS detector in 7 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC. The resultant signals support the high performance of the ATLAS detector as predicted from simulation and prospects for future me

Aiqing Chen, Miriam Deutsch

We report on the optical characterization of semicontinuous nanostructured silver films exhibiting tunable optical reflectance asymmetries. The films are obtained using a multi-step process, where a nanocrystalline silver film is first chemically deposited on a glass substrate and then subsequently coated with additional silver via thermal vacuum-deposition.

Masaki Asano, Yasuhiro Shimizu

In Higgsless models, new vector resonances appear to restore the unitarity of the W_L W_L scattering amplitude without the Higgs boson. In the ideal delocalized three site Higgsless model, one of large prodcution cross section of the neutral vector resonance (Z&#39;) at the Large Hadron Collider is the W-associated production, pp \to Z&#39;W \to WWW. Althoug

Juan Mauricio Torres, Emerson Sadurni, Thomas H. Seligman

The Dirac-Moshinsky oscillator is an elegant example of an exactly solvable quantum relativistic model that under certain circumstances can be mapped onto the Jaynes-Cummings model in quantum optics. In this work we show, how to do this in detail. Then we extend it by considering its coupling with an external (isospin) field and find the conditions that main

Moshe Cohen, Oliver T. Dasbach, Heather M. Russell

We develop a dimer model for the Alexander polynomial of a knot. This recovers Kauffman&#39;s state sum model for the Alexander polynomial using the language of dimers. By providing some additional structure we are able to extend this model to give a state sum formula for the twisted Alexander polynomial of a knot depending on a representation of the knot gr

Elena Magliaro, Claudio Perini

The central object of this paper is a holonomy formulation for spin foams. Within this new represen- tation, we analyze three general requirements: locality, composition law, cylindrical consistency. In particular, cylindrical consistency is shown to fix the arbitrary normalization of the vertex amplitude in the case of Euclidean signature.

Natalia G. Berloff

Nonequilibrium condensate systems such as exciton-polariton condensates are capable of supporting a spontaneous vortex nucleation. The spatial inhomogeneity of pumping field or/and disordered potential creates velocity flow fields that may become unstable to vortex formation. This letter considers ways in which turbulent states of interacting vortices can be

M. Monasor, I. Alekotte, J. Alvarez-Muniz, A. Berlin

Recent measurements suggest that extensive air showers initiated by ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) emit signals in the microwave band of the electromagnetic spectrum caused by the collisions of the free-electrons with the atmospheric neutral molecules in the plasma produced by the passage of the shower. Such emission is isotropic and could allow the d

Nicholas G. Polson, James G. Scott

This paper examines historical patterns of ROA (return on assets) for a cohort of 53,038 publicly traded firms across 93 countries, measured over the past 45 years. Our goal is to screen for firms whose ROA trajectories suggest that they have systematically outperformed their peer groups over time. Such a project faces at least three statistical difficulties

Sebastien Palcoux

Using Cayley graphs and Clifford algebras, we are able to give, for every finitely generated groups, a uniform construction of spectral triples with a generically non-trivial phase for the Dirac operator. Unfortunatly $D_{+}$ is index $0$, but we are naturally led to an interesting classification of finitely generated groups into three types.

Andrzej Jarosz

I use quaternion free probability calculus - an extension of free probability to non-Hermitian matrices (which is introduced in a succinct but self-contained way) - to derive in the large-size limit the mean densities of the eigenvalues and singular values of sums of independent unitary random matrices, weighted by complex numbers. In the case of CUE summand

Gautam Bharali

We provide some conditions for the graph of a Hoelder-continuous function on \bar{D}, where \bar{D} is a closed disc in the complex plane, to be polynomially convex. Almost all sufficient conditions known to date --- provided the function (say F) is smooth --- arise from versions of the Weierstrass Approximation Theorem on \bar{D}. These conditions often fai

Matthew Lorig

We introduce a class of randomly time-changed fast mean-reverting stochastic volatility models and, using spectral theory and singular perturbation techniques, we derive an approximation for the prices of European options in this setting. Three examples of random time-changes are provided and the implied volatility surfaces induced by these time-changes are

Semyon Dyatlov

We establish an exponential decay estimate for linear waves on the Kerr-de Sitter slowly rotating black hole. Combining the cutoff resolvent estimate of arXiv:1003.6128 with the red-shift effect and a parametrix near the event horizons, we obtain exponential decay on the whole space.

Nicolas Bousquet, Jean Daligault, Stéphan Thomassé

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a graph on $n$ vertices and $R$ be a set of pairs of vertices in $V$ called \emph{requests}. A \emph{multicut} is a subset $F$ of $E$ such that every request $xy$ of $R$ is cut by $F$, ı.e. every $xy$-path of $G$ intersects $F$. We show that there exists an $O(f(k)n^c)$ algorithm which decides if there exists a multicut of size at most $k$.

S. I. Glazyrin, S. I. Blinnikov

The propagation of thermonuclear flame in presupernovae Ia is considered. Front parameters are obtained, some speculations on front stability are presented.

Ionut Chifan, Jesse Peterson

Using an approach emerging from the theory of closable derivations on von Neumann algebras, we exhibit a class of groups CR satisfying the following property: given any groups G_1, G_2 in CR, then any free, ergodic, measure preserving action on a probability space G_1 x G_2 on X gives rise to a von Neumann algebra with unique group measure space Cartan subal

R. G. Bennett, N. Zhelev, A. D. Fefferman, K. Y. Fang

We present results of the $Q^{-1}$ and period shift, $ΔP$, for $^3$He confined in a 98% nominal open aerogel on a torsion pendulum. The aerogel is compressed uniaxially by 10% along a direction aligned to the torsion pendulum axis and was grown within a 400 $μ$m tall pancake (after compression) similar to an Andronikashvili geometry. The result is a high $Q$

Miguel Navascues, Tamas Vertesi

We find two two-qubit states such that any number of copies of one state or the other cannot violate the CHSH Bell inequality. However, their tensor product can produce a CHSH violation of at least 2.023. We also identify a CHSH-local state such that two copies of it are CHSH-violating. The tools employed here can be easily adapted to find instances of non-l

Pascal Anastasopoulos, George K. Leontaris, Robert Richter, A. N. Schellekens

We discuss SU(5) Grand Unified Theories in the context of orientifold compactifications. Specifically, we investigate two and three D-brane stack realizations of the Georgi-Glashow and the flipped SU(5) model and analyze them with respect to their Yukawa couplings. As pointed out in arXiv:0909.0271 the most economical Georgi-Glashow realization based on two

Paul B. Slater

Firstly, we reduce the long-standing problem of ascertaining the Hilbert-Schmidt probability that a generic pair of qubits is separable to that of determining the specific nature of a one-dimensional (separability) function of the radial coordinate (r) of the unit ball in 15-dimensional Euclidean space, and similarly for a generic pair of rebits, using the 9

Thomas L. Curtright, Cosmas K. Zachos

Functional conjugation methods are used to analyze the global structure of various renormalization group trajectories, and to gain insight into the interplay between continuous and discrete rescaling. With minimal assumptions, the methods produce continuous flows from step-scaling σ functions, and lead to exact functional relations for the local flow β funct

Dmitry Khavinson, Rajesh Pereira, Mihai Putinar, Edward B. Saff

Closely following recent ideas of J. Borcea, we discuss various modifications and relaxations of Sendov&#39;s conjecture about the location of critical points of a polynomial with complex coefficients. The resulting open problems are formulated in terms of matrix theory, mathematical statistics or potential theory. Quite a few links between classical works i

Rustam Ibadov, Burkhard Kleihaus, Jutta Kunz, Michael Leissner

We perform a systematic study of stationary sphaleron-antisphaleron systems of Weinberg-Salam theory at the physical value of the weak mixing angle. These systems include rotating sphaleron-antisphaleron pairs, chains and vortex rings. We show that the angular momentum of these solutions is proportional to their electric charge. We study the dependence of th

Thomas Jordan, Michal Rams

We consider infinite iterated function systems $\{f_i\}_{i=1}^{\infty}$ on $[0,1]$ with a polynomially increasing contraction rate. We look at subsets of such systems where we only allow iterates $f_{i_1}\circ f_{i_2}\circ f_{i_3}\circ...$ if $i_n>Φ(i_{n-1})$ for certain increasing functions $Φ:\mathbb{N}\rightarrow\mathbb{N}$. We compute both the Hausdorff

Daniele Oriti, Lorenzo Sindoni

We take the first steps towards identifying the hydrodynamics of group field theories (GFTs) and relating this hydrodynamic regime to classical geometrodynamics of continuum space. We apply to GFT mean field theory techniques borrowed from the theory of Bose condensates, alongside standard GFT and spin foam techniques. The mean field configuration we study i

S. Bellucci, B. N. Tiwari

Under the fluctuation of the electric charge and atomic mass, this paper considers the theory of the thin film depletion layer formation of an ensemble of finitely excited, non-empty $d/f$-orbital heavy materials, from the thermodynamic geometric perspective. At each state of the local adiabatic evolutions, we examine the nature of the thermodynamic paramete

L. H. Kristinsdóttir, J. C. Cremon, H. A. Nilsson, H. Q. Xu

It was predicted by Wigner in 1934 that the electron gas will undergo a transition to a crystallized state when its density is very low. Whereas significant progress has been made towards the detection of electronic Wigner states, their clear and direct experimental verification still remains a challenge. Here we address signatures of Wigner molecule formati

Sundeep Rangan

We consider the estimation of an i.i.d.\ random vector observed through a linear transform followed by a componentwise, probabilistic (possibly nonlinear) measurement channel. A novel algorithm, called generalized approximate message passing (GAMP), is presented that provides computationally efficient approximate implementations of max-sum and sum-problem lo

Karyn Le Hur, Chung-Hou Chung, I. Paul

We propose to increase the superconducting transition temperature Tc of strongly correlated materials by designing heterostructures which exhibit a high pairing energy as a result of magnetic fluctuations. More precisely, applying an effective theory of the doped Mott insulator, we envisage a bilayer Hubbard system where both layers exhibit prominent intrala

Frederic Abergel, Aymen Jedidi

Motivated by the desire to bridge the gap between the microscopic description of price formation (agent-based modeling) and the stochastic differential equations approach used classically to describe price evolution at macroscopic time scales, we present a mathematical study of the order book as a multidimensional continuous-time Markov chain and derive seve

M. dos Santos Dias, J. B. Staunton, A. Deak, L. Szunyogh

We present a finite-temperature theory of the anisotropic spin-spin correlations in magnetic metallic monolayers, deposited on a suitable substrate. The `spins&#39; are the local moments set up by the itinerant electrons, and the key concept is the relativistic disordered local moment state, which represents the paramagnetic state of a set of local moments.

Adriana Pálffy, Christoph H. Keitel, Jörg Evers

Coherent control of nuclear pumping in a three level system driven by x-ray light is investigated. In single nuclei, the pumping performance is determined by the branching ratio of the excited state populated by the x-ray pulse. Our results are based on the observation that in ensembles of nuclei, cooperative excitation and decay leads to a greatly modified

Gábor Székelyhidi

We show that the blowup of an extremal Kahler manifold at a relatively stable point in the sense of GIT admits an extremal metric in Kahler classes that make the exceptional divisor sufficiently small, extending a result of Arezzo-Pacard-Singer. We also study the K-polystability of these blowups, sharpening a result of Stoppa in this case. As an application

Ioannis Florakis

We discuss marginal deformations of string vacua with Massive boson-fermion Degeneracy Symmetry (MSDS), in connection to the cosmological evolution of the Universe from an early non-geometrical era. In particular, we discuss recent results on the stringy mechanism that resolves both Hagedorn divergences and the Initial Singularity problem. Based on a talk gi

Germano D&#39;Abramo

Summary: In the past decade both scientists and laymen have probably heard at least once through the newspapers, TV and Internet that a new asteroid has been discovered with non-zero (sometimes &#34;high&#34;) probability of collision with the Earth in the near future. Since early 2000&#39;s, such probabilities are routinely calculated by two impact monitori

Pramod Shukla

In the context of Type IIB compactified on a large volume Swiss-Cheese orientifold in the presence of a mobile space-time filling D3-brane and stacks of fluxed D7-branes wrapping the &#34;big&#34; divisor Sigma_B of a Swiss-Cheese Calabi Yau in WCP^4 [1,1,1,6,9], we explore various implications of moduli dynamics and discuss their couplings and decay into MS

Ernst-Michael Ilgenfritz, Christoph Menz, Michael Müller-Preussker, Arwed Schiller

We study the Landau gauge gluon and ghost propagators of SU(3) gauge theory, employing the logarithmic definition for the lattice gluon fields and implementing the corresponding form of the Faddeev-Popov matrix. This is necessary in order to consistently compare lattice data for the bare propagators with that of higher-loop numerical stochastic perturbation