October 2010 arXiv papers — page 58

M. T. Beltran, R. Cesaroni, R. Neri, C. Codella

Context. In recent years, we have detected clear evidence of rotation in more than 5 hot molecular cores (HMCs). Their identification is confirmed by the fact that the rotation axes are parallel to the axes of the associated bipolar outflows. We have now pursued our investigation by extending the sample to 3 known massive cores, G10.62-0.38, G19.61-0.23, and

Gundula Behrens, Nial Friel, Merrilee Hurn

The method of tempered transitions was proposed by Neal (1996) for tackling the difficulties arising when using Markov chain Monte Carlo to sample from multimodal distributions. In common with methods such as simulated tempering and Metropolis-coupled MCMC, the key idea is to utilise a series of successively easier to sample distributions to improve movement

V. A. Bednyakov, G. I. Lykasov, M. G. Poghosyan

The hadron inclusive spectra in pp collisions at high energies are analyzed within a soft QCD model, namely the quark-gluon string model. In addition to the sea quark distribution in the incoming proton we consider also the unintegrated gluon distribution that has an increasing behaviour when the gluon transverse momentum grows. It leads to an increase of th

F. Carstoiu, S Misicu, V. Balanica, M. Lassaut

In the cluster expansion framework of Bose liquids we calculate analytical expressions of the two-body, three-body and four-body diagrams contributing to the g.s. energy of an infinite system of neutral alpha-particles at zero-temperature, interacting via the strong nuclear forces exclusively. This is analytically tractable by assuming a density dependent tw

Christopher R. Genovese

Discussion on "Brownian distance covariance" by Gábor J. Székely and Maria L. Rizzo [arXiv:1010.0297]

Bruno Rémillard

Discussion on "Brownian distance covariance" by Gábor J. Székely and Maria L. Rizzo [arXiv:1010.0297]

Junya Otsuki

The impurity Green's function Gf in the local non-Fermi liquid state is evaluated by means of the continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo method extended to the multichannel Anderson model. For N=M (where N and M are numbers of spin components and channels, respectively), Gf is expressed as -Im Gf(w+i0) = c - b |w|^{1/2}, and the zero-frequency value c depen

Arthur Gretton, Kenji Fukumizu, Bharath K. Sriperumbudur

Discussion on "Brownian distance covariance" by Gábor J. Székely and Maria L. Rizzo [arXiv:1010.0297]

K. J. F. Goss, C. Karoff, W. J. Chaplin, Y. Elsworth

We report on finding variations in amplitude of the two main oscillation frequencies found in the Be star Achernar, over a period of 5 years. They were uncovered by analysing photometric data of the star from the SMEI instrument. The two frequencies observed, 0.775 c/d and 0.725 c/d, were analysed in detail and their amplitudes were found to increase and dec

Tatsuya Honma, Pei-Herng Hor

Coexistence of the "metallic-like" in-plane and the "semiconducting-like" out-of-plane (caxis) dc conductivities (σc), generating a huge anisotropy in the underdoped hightemperature cuprate superconductors (HTCS), defies our current understanding of metal. In this report we present an intrinsic doping dependence of σc. We find that the σc for

O. V. Manyuhina, A. -M. Cazabat, M. Ben Amar

Motivated by recent experimental observations [U. Delabre et al, Langmuir 24, 3998, 2008] we reconsider an instability of ultrathin nematic films, spread on liquid substrates. Within a continuum elastic theory of liquid crystals, in the harmonic approximation, we find an analytical expressions for the critical thickness as well as for the critical wavenumber

Edward Hoyle

In financial markets, the information that traders have about an asset is reflected in its price. The arrival of new information then leads to price changes. The `information-based framework' of Brody, Hughston and Macrina (BHM) isolates the emergence of information, and examines its role as a driver of price dynamics. This approach has led to the develo

Andrey Feuerverger

Discussion on "Brownian distance covariance" by Gábor J. Székely, Maria L. Rizzo [arXiv:1010.0297]

Massimo Pica Ciamarra, Antonio Coniglio, Antonio de Candia

At low volume fraction, disordered arrangements of frictionless spheres are found in un--jammed states unable to support applied stresses, while at high volume fraction they are found in jammed states with mechanical strength. Here we show, focusing on the hard sphere zero pressure limit, that the transition between un-jammed and jammed states does not occur

Leslie Cope

Discussion on "Brownian distance covariance" by Gábor J. Székely, Maria L. Rizzo [arXiv:1010.0297]

S. Jalalzadeh, F. Darabi

In this paper, we calculate the one-loop quantum cosmological corrections to the kink energy in the closed Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe in which the fluctuation potential $V^{\prime\prime}$ has a shape invariance property. We use the generalized zeta function regularization method to implement our setup for describing quantum kink-like states. It is c

Stefano Frixione, Fabian Stoeckli, Paolo Torrielli, Bryan R. Webber

This is the user's manual of MC@NLO 4.0. This package is a practical implementation, based upon the Fortran HERWIG and Herwig++ event generators, of the MC@NLO formalism, which allows one to incorporate NLO QCD matrix elements consistently into a parton shower framework. Processes available in this version include the hadroproduction of single vector and

Piero D'Ancona, Reinhard Racke

We investigate the dispersive properties of evolution equations on waveguides with a non flat shape. More precisely we consider an operator $H=-Δ_{x}-Δ_{y}+V(x,y)$ with Dirichled boundary condition on an unbounded domain $Ω$, and we introduce the notion of a \emph{repulsive waveguide} along the direction of the first group of variables $x$. If $Ω$ is a repul

Alex Malins, Stephen R. Williams, Jens Eggers, Hajime Tanaka

Colloidal systems present exciting opportunities to study clusters. Unlike atomic clusters, which are frequently produced at extremely low density, colloidal clusters may interact with one another. Here we consider the effect of such interactions on the intra-cluster structure in simulations of colloidal cluster fluids. A sufficient increase in density leads

Gruia Arsu

We investigate some multiplication properties of Kato-Sobolev spaces by adapting the techniques used in the study of Beurling algebras by Coifman and Meyer. Also we develop an analytic functional calculus for Kato-Sobolev algebras based on an integral representation formula belonging A. P. Calderón.

Youngjo Lee, John A. Nelder

Rejoinder to "Likelihood Inference for Models with Unobservables: Another View" by Youngjo Lee and John A. Nelder [arXiv:1010.0303]

Gian Paolo Beretta, Enzo Zanchini

The physical foundations of a variety of emerging technologies --- ranging from the applications of quantum entanglement in quantum information to the applications of nonequilibrium bulk and interface phenomena in microfluidics, biology, materials science, energy engineering, etc. --- require understanding thermodynamic entropy beyond the equilibrium realm o

Hiroyuki Nakaoka

For an arbitrary group $G$, a (semi-)Mackey functor is a pair of covariant and contravariant functors from the category of $G$-sets, and is regarded as a $G$-bivariant analog of a commutative (semi-)group. In this view, a $G$-bivariant analog of a (semi-)ring should be a (semi-)Tambara functor. A Tambara functor is firstly defined by Tambara, which he called

Xiao-Li Meng

Discussion of "Likelihood Inference for Models with Unobservables: Another View" by Youngjo Lee and John A. Nelder [arXiv:1010.0303]

Robert Geisberger

Very recently a new algorithm to the nonnegative single-source shortest path problem on road networks has been discovered. It is very cache-efficient, but only on static road networks. We show how to augment it to the time-dependent scenario. The advantage if the new approach is that it settles nodes, even for a profile query, by scanning all downward edges.

Taku Inaniwa, Nobuyuki Kanematsu, Takuji Furukawa, Koji Noda

A 'dual-field' strategy is often used for tumors with highly complex shapes and/or with large volumes exceeding available field-size in both passive and scanning irradiations with ion beams. Range and setup uncertainties can cause hot and cold doses at the field junction within the target. Such uncertainties will also cause cold doses in the peripher

Geert Molenberghs, Michael G. Kenward, Geert Verbeke

Discussion of "Likelihood Inference for Models with Unobservables: Another View" by Youngjo Lee and John A. Nelder [arXiv:1010.0303]

Nora Brambilla

I discuss quarkonium physics at zero and finite temperature in the framework of nonrelativistic effective field theories.

Thomas A. Louis

Discussion of "Likelihood Inference for Models with Unobservables: Another View" by Youngjo Lee and John A. Nelder [arXiv:1010.0303]

Borys Jagielski, Johanne Lein, Arnt Inge Vistnes

The following work is motivated by the conceptual problems associated with the wave-particle duality and the notion of the photon. Two simple classical models for radiation from individual emitters are compared, one based on sines with random phasejumps, another based on pulse trains. The sum signal is calculated for a varying number of emitters. The focus l

Duane W. Hamacher, Ray P. Norris

We present 25 accounts of comets from 40 Australian Aboriginal communities, citing both supernatural perceptions of comets and historical accounts of bright comets. Historical and ethnographic descriptions include the Great Comets of 1843, 1861, 1901, 1910, and 1927. We describe the perceptions of comets in Aboriginal societies and show that they are typical

Avelino Vicente

The seesaw mechanism is the most popular explanation for the smallness of neutrino masses. However, its high scale makes direct tests impossible and only indirect signals at low energies are reachable for collider experiments. One of these indirect links with the high scale is lepton flavor violation (LFV). We discuss LFV decays of sleptons in the context of

R. Di Criscienzo, L. Vanzo, S. Zerbini

Studying the behaviour of a quantum field in a classical, curved, spacetime is an extraordinary task which nobody is able to take on at present time. Independently by the fact that such problem is not likely to be solved soon, still we possess the instruments to perform exact predictions in special, highly symmetric, conditions. Aim of the present contributi

Myriam Vimond

In this paper, we observe a fixed number of unknown $2π$-periodic functions differing from each other by both phases and amplitude. This semiparametric model appears in literature under the name "shape invariant model." While the common shape is unknown, we introduce an asymptotically efficient estimator of the finite-dimensional parameter (phases an

I. Predebon, F. Sattin, M. Veranda, D. Bonfiglio

In the reversed field pinch RFX-mod strong electron temperature gradients develop when the Single-Helical-Axis regime is achieved. Gyrokinetic calculations show that in the region of the strong temperature gradients microtearing instabilities are the dominant turbulent mechanism acting on the ion Larmor radius scale. The quasi-linear evaluation of the electr

David J. Toms

Quantum electrodynamics describes the interactions of electrons and photons. Electric charge (the gauge coupling constant) is energy dependent, and there is a previous claim that charge is affected by gravity (described by general relativity) with the implication that the charge is reduced at high energies. But that claim has been very controversial with the

Siegfried Hörmann, Piotr Kokoszka

Functional data often arise from measurements on fine time grids and are obtained by separating an almost continuous time record into natural consecutive intervals, for example, days. The functions thus obtained form a functional time series, and the central issue in the analysis of such data consists in taking into account the temporal dependence of these f

C Hartnack, H Oeschler, J Aichelin

Using the Isospin Quantum Molecular Dynamics (IQMD) model we analyzed the production of pions and kaons in the energy range of 1-2 AGeV in order to study the question why thermal models could achieve a successful description. For this purpose we study the variation of pion and kaon yields using different elementary cross sections. We show that several ratios

Simon Hands, Timothy J. Hollowood, Joyce C. Myers

We consider QCD at very low temperatures and non-zero quark chemical potential from lattice Monte Carlo simulations of the two-color theory in a very small spatial volume (the attoscale). In this regime the quark number rises in discrete levels in qualitative agreement with what is found analytically at one loop on S3xS1 with radius R_S3 << 1/Λ_QCD. The deta

R. Meijerink, M. Spaans, A. F. Loenen, P. P. van der Werf

Context: Molecular data of extreme environments, such as Arp 220, but also NGC 253, show evidence for extremely high cosmic ray (CR) rates (10^3-10^4 * Milky Way) and mechanical heating from supernova driven turbulence. Aims: The consequences of high CR rates and mechanical heating on the chemistry in clouds are explored. Methods: PDR model predictions are m

M. Baes, M. Clemens, E. M. Xilouris, J. Fritz

The origin of the far-infrared emission from the nearby radio galaxy M87 remains a matter of debate. Some studies find evidence of a far-infrared excess due to thermal dust emission, whereas others propose that the far-infrared emission can be explained by synchrotron emission without the need for an additional dust emission component. We observed M87 with P

J. Ebad-Allah, A. Schönleber, S. van Smaalen, M. Hanfland

We studied the crystal structure of TiOCl up to pressures of $p$=25~GPa at room temperature by x-ray powder diffraction measurements. Two pressure-induced structural phase transitions are observed: At $p_{c1}$$\approx$15~GPa emerges an 2$a$$\times$2$b$$\times$$c$ superstructure with $b$-axis unique monoclinic symmetry (space group P2$_1$/$m$). At $p_{c2}$$\a

Gunn Kim, J. Bernholc, Young-Kyun Kwon

Electrostatic screening between carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in a small CNT bundle leads to a switching behavior induced by electric field perpendicular to the bundle axis. Using a first-principles method, we investigate the electronic structures of bundles consisting of two or three CNTs and the effects of the electric field applied perpendicular to the bundle a

S. I. Denisov, H. Kantz

Superslow diffusion, i.e., the long-time diffusion of particles whose mean-square displacement (variance) grows slower than any power of time, is studied in the framework of the decoupled continuous-time random walk model. We show that this behavior of the variance occurs when the complementary cumulative distribution function of waiting times is asymptotica

Rahul Vaze

Two coexisting ad-hoc networks, primary and secondary, are considered, where each node of the primary network has a single antenna, while each node of the secondary network is equipped with multiple antennas. Using multiple antennas, each secondary transmitter uses some of its spatial transmit degrees of freedom (STDOF) to null its interference towards the p

Jipeng Cheng, Lihong Wang, Jingsong He

In this paper, we give a unified construction of the recursion operators from the Lax representation for three integrable hierarchies: Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP), modified Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (mKP) and Harry-Dym under $n$-reduction. This shows a new inherent relationship between them. To illustrate our construction, the recursion operator are calculated

Yannick Dumeige, Romain Alléaume, Philippe Grangier, François Treussart

We present both theoretical and experimental results on fluorescence of single defect centers in diamond nanocrystals embedded in a planar dielectric microcavity. From a theoretical point of view, we show that the overall fluorescence collection efficiency using moderate numerical aperture microscope objective can be enhanced by using a low quality factor mi

Seungwon Jung, Misun Cha, Jiyong Park, Namjo Jeong

The unwrapping event of ssDNA from the SWNT during the Watson-Crick base paring is investigated through electrical and optical methods, and binding energy calculations. While the ssDNA-metallic SWNT hybrid shows the p-type semiconducting property, the hybridization product recovered metallic properties. The gel electrophoresis directly verifies the result of

Syu Kato, Satoshi Naito, Daisuke Sagaki

The purpose of this paper is to prove that the Mirkovic-Vilonen (MV for short) polytope corresponding to the tensor product of two arbitrary MV polytopes is contained in the Minkowski sum of these two MV polytopes. This generalizes the result in our previous paper [KNS], which was obtained under the assumption that the first tensor factor is an extremal MV p

John M. Neuberger, Nandor Sieben, James W. Swift

In this paper we numerically solve the eigenvalue problem $Δu + λu = 0$ on the fractal region defined by the Koch Snowflake, with zero-Dirichlet or zero-Neumann boundary conditions. The Laplacian with boundary conditions is approximated by a large symmetric matrix. The eigenvalues and eigenvectors of this matrix are computed by ARPACK. We impose the boundary

Fantine Mordelet, Jean-Philippe Vert

We consider the problem of learning a binary classifier from a training set of positive and unlabeled examples, both in the inductive and in the transductive setting. This problem, often referred to as \emph{PU learning}, differs from the standard supervised classification problem by the lack of negative examples in the training set. It corresponds to an ubi

S. Ono, N. Minder, Z. Chen, A. Facchetti

High-performance $n$-type organic field-effect transistors were developed with ionic-liquid gates and N,N$^&#34;$-bis(n-alkyl)-(1,7 and 1,6)-dicyanoperylene-3,4:9,10-bis(dicarboximide)s single-crystals. Transport measurements show that these devices reproducibly operate in ambient atmosphere with negligible gate threshold voltage and mobility values as high

Jung-Jung Su, Yonatan Dubi, Peter Woelfle, Alexander V. Balatsky

We argue that the hidden order state in URu$_2$Si$_2$ will induce a charge density wave. The modulation vector of the charge density wave will be twice that of the hidden order state, $Q_{CDW} = 2Q_{HO}$. To illustrate how the charge density wave arises we use a Ginzburg-Landau theory that contains a coupling of the charge density wave amplitude to the squar

Richard Taylor

We develop a necessary condition for the existence of stable fixed points for the general network Kuramoto model, and use it to show that for the complete network the homogeneous model has no non-zero stable fixed point solution. This result provides further evidence that in the homogeneous case the zero fixed point has an attractor set consisting of the ent

Scott D. Berry, Jingbo B. Wang

We study the discrete-time quantum walk-based search for a marked vertex on a graph. By considering various structures in which not all vertices are equivalent, we investigate the relationship between the successful search probability and the position of the marked vertex, in particular its centrality. We find that the maximum value of the search probability

N. Quang Hung, N. Dinh Dang

The thermodynamic properties of hot nuclei are described within the canonical and microcanonical ensemble approaches. These approaches are derived based on the solutions of the BCS and self-consistent quasiparticle random-phase approximation at zero temperature embedded into the canonical and microcanonical ensembles. The obtained results agree well with the

Sumei Huang, G. S. Agarwal

We describe how electromagnetically induced transparency can arise in quadratically coupled optomechanical systems. Due to quadratic coupling the underlying optical process involves a two phonon process in optomechanical system and this two phonon process makes the mean amplitude, which plays the role of atomic coherence in traditional EIT, zero. We show how

Jose Carrijo, Rafael Tonicelli, Anderson C. A. Nascimento

The search for lightweight authentication protocols suitable for low-cost RFID tags constitutes an active and challenging research area. In this context, a family of protocols based on the LPN problem has been proposed: the so-called HB-family. Despite the rich literature regarding the cryptanalysis of these protocols, there are no published results about th

Soubhik Chattopadhyay, Sreetama Dutta, Palash Pandit, D. Jana

We report a systematic study on 1.2 MeV Ar^8+ irradiated ZnO by x-ray diffraction (XRD), room temperature photoluminescence (PL) and ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) absorption measurements. ZnO retains its wurtzite crystal structure up to maximum fluence of 5 x 10^16 ions/cm^2. Even, the width of the XRD peaks changes little with irradiation. The UV-Vis absorpt

Shang-Guan H. Wu

In this note, we argue that there is a bug in [Tirole, J., &#34;Hierarchies and bureaucracies: On the role of collusion in organizations,&#34; {\em Journal of Law, Economics and Organization}, vol.2, 181-214, 1986].

Hwankyung Sung, M. S. Bessell

We have studied the star formation history and the initial mass function (IMF) using the age and mass derived from spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting and from color-magnitude diagrams. We also examined the physical and structural parameters of more than 1,000 pre-main sequence stars in NGC 2264 using the on-line SED fitting tool (SED fitter) of Robit

E. Alec Johnson, James A. Rossmanith

We simulate magnetic reconnection in the GEM problem using a two-fluid model with 10 moments for the electron fluid as well as the proton fluid. We show that use of 10 moments for electrons gives good qualitative agreement with the the electron pressure tensor components in published kinetic simulations.

A. Rinaldo, S. Petrović, S. E. Fienberg

Holland and Leinhardt (1981) proposed a directed random graph model, the p1 model, to describe dyadic interactions in a social network. In previous work (Petrovic et al., 2010), we studied the algebraic properties of the p1 model and showed that it is a toric model specified by a multi-homogeneous ideal. We conducted an extensive study of the Markov bases fo

Chris D. A. Blair, Sergey A. Cherkis

Singular monopoles are nonabelian monopoles with prescribed Dirac-type singularities. All of them are delivered by the Nahm&#39;s construction. In practice, however, the effectiveness of the latter is limited to the cases of one or two singularities. We present an alternative construction of singular monopoles formulated in terms of Cheshire bows. To illustr

TalaWanda R. Monroe, Catherine A. Pilachowski

We present a moderate-resolution spectroscopic analysis of the 10-25 Myr clusters NGC 7160 and NGC 2232, using observations obtained with the WIYN 3.5-m telescope. Both NGC 7160 and NGC 2232 are found to have super-solar metallicities, with a mean [Fe/H] = 0.16 \pm 0.03 (s.e.m.) for NGC 7160, and 0.22 \pm 0.09 (s.e.m.) or 0.32 \pm 0.08 for NGC 2232, dependin

Alejandro Adem, Frederick R. Cohen, Jose Manuel Gomez

In this paper the space of almost commuting elements in a Lie group is studied through a homotopical point of view. In particular a stable splitting after one suspension is derived for these spaces and their quotients under conjugation. A complete description for the stable factors appearing in this splitting is provided for compact connected Lie groups of r

J. Tallant, D. Booth, J. P. Shaffer

Experimental measurements of photoionization rates of $nD_{5/2}$ Rydberg states of Cs ($50 \leq n \leq 75$) in a 1064 nm far off-resonance dipole trap are presented. The photoionization rates are obtained by measuring the lifetimes of Rydberg atoms produced inside of a 1064 nm far off-resonance trap and comparing the lifetimes to corresponding control experi

G. A. Gerolymos

The reconstruction approach [Shu C.W.: {\em SIAM Rev.} {\bf 51} (2009) 82--126] for the numerical approximation of $f&#39;(x)$ is based on the construction of a dual function $h(x)$ whose sliding averages over the interval $[x-\tfrac{1}{2}Δx,x+\tfrac{1}{2}Δx]$ are equal to $f(x)$ (assuming an homogeneous grid of cell-size $Δx$). We study the deconvolution pr

Carlo Mantegazza, Luca Martinazzi

We prove short time existence, uniqueness and continuous dependence on the initial data of smooth solutions of quasilinear locally parabolic equations of arbitrary even order on closed manifolds.

Mohammad Sadek

Let C be a hyperelliptic curve of good reduction defined over a discrete valuation field K with algebraically closed residue field k. Assume moreover that char k \ne 2. Given d \in K^*\K^*2, we introduce an explicit description of the minimal regular model of the quadratic twist of C by d. As an application, we show that if C/Q is a nonsingular hyperelliptic

Tomislav Vuletic, Sanja Dolanski Babic, Ticijana Ban, Joachim Raedler

We report a study of DNA (150 bp fragments) conformations in very low added salt $<0.05$mM, across wide DNA concentration range $0.0015\leq c \leq 8$~mM (bp). We found an intermediate DNA conformation in the region $0.05 < c < 1$~mM, by means of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) and UV-absorbance measurements. FCS detected that in this region DNA h

Tomislav Vuletic, Sanja Dolanski Babic, Danijel Grgicin, Damir Aumiler

We quantified the Manning free (uncondensed) counterions fraction $θ$ for dilute solutions of rod-like polyions - 150bp DNA fragments, in very low salt $<0.05$mM. Conductivity measurements of aqueous DNA solutions in the concentration range $0.015\leq c \leq 8$~mM (bp) were complemented by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) measurements of the DNA p

Kenneth R. Davidson, Christopher Ramsey, Orr Shalit

This paper addresses the isomorphism problem for the universal (nonself-adjoint) operator algebras generated by a row contraction subject to homogeneous polynomial relations. We find that two such algebras are isometrically isomorphic if and only if the defining polynomial relations are the same up to a unitary change of variables, and that this happens if a

Igor F. Herbut, Chi-Ken Lu

It is shown that the square of the Dirac Hamiltonian with the isotropic mass-hedgehog potential in d dimensions is the number operator of fictitious bosons and fermions over d quantum states. This result allows one to obtain the complete spectrum and degeneracies of the Dirac Hamiltonian with the hedgehog mass configuration in any dimension. The result perta

Todd Fisher, Lorenzo J. Diaz, Maria J. Pacifico, Jose L. Vieitez

We show that diffeomorphisms with a dominated splitting of the form $E^s\oplus E^c\oplus E^u$, where $E^c$ is a nonhyperbolic central bundle that splits in a dominated way into 1-dimensional subbundles, are entropy-expansive. In particular, they have a principal symbolic extension and equilibrium states.

Ariel Balter, Alexandre Tartakovsky

We describe a new, microscopic model for diffusion that captures diffusion induced fluctuations at scales where the concept of concentration gives way to discrete particles. We show that in the limit as the number of particles $N \to \infty$, our model is equivalent to the classical stochastic diffusion equation (SDE). We test our new model and the SDE again

Julia E. Bergner

Generalizing a definition of homotopy fiber products of model categories, we give a definition of the homotopy limit of a diagram of left Quillen functors between model categories. As has been previously shown for homotopy fiber products, we prove that such a homotopy limit does in fact correspond to the usual homotopy limit, when we work in a more general m

Junbai Wang, Lucas D. Ward, Harmen J. Bussemaker

Transcription factors (TF) play an essential role in the cell as locus- and condition-specific recruiters of transcriptional machinery or chromatin-modifying complexes. However, predicting the in vivo profile of TF occupancy along the genome, which depends on complex interactions with other chromatin-associated proteins, from the DNA sequence remains a major

Sandro Meloni, Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes

We present a novel mechanism to avoid congestion in complex networks based on local knowledge of traffic conditions and the ability of routers to self-coordinate their dynamical behavior. In particular, routers make use of local information about traffic conditions to either reject or accept information packets from their neighbors. We show that when nodes a

R. J. Baxter

Lars Onsager and Bruria Kaufman calculated the partition function of the Ising model exactly in 1944 and 1949. Since then there have been many developments in the exact solution of similar, but usually more complicated, models. Here I shall mention a few, and show how some of the latest work seems to be returning once again to the properties observed by Onsa

Sougato Bose, Pasquale Sodano

We show that a one dimensional device supporting a pair of Majorana bound states at its ends can produce remarkable Hanbury-Brown Twiss like interference effects between well separated Dirac fermions of pertinent energies. We find that the simultaneous scattering of two incoming electrons or two incoming holes from the Majorana bound states leads exclusively

Stefan Ragnarsson, Charles F. Van Loan

Well known connections exist between the singular value decomposition of a matrix A and the Schur decomposition of its symmetric embedding sym(A) = [ 0 A; A&#39; 0]. In particular, if s is a singular value of A then +s and -s are eigenvalues of the symmetric embedding. The top and bottom halves of sym(A)&#39;s eigenvectors are singular vectors for A. Power m

D. M. Harrington, J. R. Kuhn

Stellar spectropolarimetry is a relatively new remote sensing tool for exploring stellar atmospheres and circumstellar environments. We present the results of our HiVIS survey and a multi-wavelength ESPaDOnS follow-up campaign showing detectable linear polarization signatures in many lines for most obscured stars. This survey shows polarization at and below

Michael W. Mahoney, Lorenzo Orecchia

Regularization is a powerful technique for extracting useful information from noisy data. Typically, it is implemented by adding some sort of norm constraint to an objective function and then exactly optimizing the modified objective function. This procedure often leads to optimization problems that are computationally more expensive than the original proble

Maxim Dvornikov

We study the existence of stable axially and spherically symmetric plasma structures on the basis of the new nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NLSE) accounting for nonlocal electron nonlinearities. The numerical solutions of NLSE having the form of spatial solitions are obtained and their stability is analyzed. We discuss the possible application of the obtain

Massimo Siani

We study a fully backreacted holographic model of a four-dimensional superconductor by including a higher curvature interaction in the bulk action. We study how the critical temperature and the field theory condensate vary in this model and conclude that positive higher curvature couplings make the condensation harder. We also compute the conductivity, findi

David R. Bickel

The normalized maximum likelihood (NML) is a recent penalized likelihood that has properties that justify defining the amount of discrimination information (DI) in the data supporting an alternative hypothesis over a null hypothesis as the logarithm of an NML ratio, namely, the alternative hypothesis NML divided by the null hypothesis NML. The resulting DI,

Elena G. Strekalova, Marco G. Mazza, H. Eugene Stanley, Giancarlo Franzese

We study by Monte Carlo simulations a coarse-grained model of a water layer confined in a fixed disordered matrix of hydrophobic nanoparticles at different particle concentrations c. For c=0 (bulk water) we find a first order liquid-liquid phase transition (LLPT). For c>0 our simulations are consistent with a LLPT line ending in two critical points at low an

Cristina A. C. Fernandes, Matt J. Jarvis, Steve Rawlings, Alejo Martinez-Sansigre

We use new mid-infrared (mid-IR) photometry from the Spitzer Space Telescope to study the relations between low-frequency radio luminosity density L_151MHz, mid-IR (12um rest-frame) luminosity L_12um, and optical-emission-line ([OII]) luminosity L_[OII], for a complete sample of z~1 radio galaxies from the 3CRR, 6CE, 6C*, 7CRS and TOOT00 surveys. The narrow

H. Agakishiev, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, A. V. Alakhverdyants

Dihadron azimuthal correlations containing a high transverse momentum ($p_T$) trigger particle are sensitive to the properties of the nuclear medium created at RHIC through the strong interactions occurring between the traversing parton and the medium, i.e. jet-quenching. Previous measurements revealed a strong modification to dihadron azimuthal correlations

Qiuzi Li, Parag Ghosh, Jay D. Sau, Sumanta Tewari

We study the effects of spatially localized breakdown of time reversal symmetry on the surface of a topological insulator (TI) due to proximity to a helical spin density wave (HSDW). The HSDW acts like an externally applied one-dimensional periodic(magnetic) potential for the spins on the surface of the TI, rendering the Dirac cone on the TI surface highly a

Subir Sachdev

I begin with a review of quantum impurity models in condensed matter physics, in which a localized spin degree of freedom is coupled to an interacting conformal field theory in d = 2 spatial dimensions. Their properties are similar to those of supersymmetric generalizations which can be solved by the AdS/CFT correspondence; the low energy limit of the latter

Leonardo Modesto, John W. Moffat, Piero Nicolini

In this Letter we derive the gravity field equations by varying the action for an ultraviolet complete quantum gravity. Then we consider the case of a static source term and we determine an exact black hole solution. As a result we find a regular spacetime geometry: in place of the conventional curvature singularity extreme energy fluctuations of the gravita

F. Hammer, Y. B. Yang, J. L. Wang, M. Puech

The numerous streams in the M31 halo are currently assumed to be due to multiple minor mergers. Here we use the GADGET2 simulation code to test whether M31 could have experienced a major merger in its past history. It results that a 3+/-0.5:1 gaseous rich merger with r(per)=25+/-5 kpc and a polar orbit can explain many properties of M31 and of its halo. The

E. J. Lloyd-Davies, A. Kathy Romer, Nicola Mehrtens, Mark Hosmer

The XMM Cluster Survey (XCS) is a serendipitous search for galaxy clusters using all publicly available data in the XMM-Newton Science Archive. Its main aims are to measure cosmological parameters and trace the evolution of X-ray scaling relations. In this paper we describe the data processing methodology applied to the 5,776 XMM observations used to constru

Christoph Englert, Christoph Hackstein, Michael Spannowsky

We apply novel jet techniques to investigate the spin and CP quantum numbers of a heavy resonance X, singly produced in pp -> X -> ZZ -> l(+)l(-)jj at the LHC. We take into account all dominant background processes to show that this channel, which has been considered unobservable until now, can qualify under realistic conditions to supplement measurements of

J. Nordhaus, T. D. Brandt, A. Burrows, E. Livne

The collapse of a massive star&#39;s core, followed by a neutrino-driven, asymmetric supernova explosion, can naturally lead to pulsar recoils and neutron star kicks. Here, we present a two-dimensional, radiation-hydrodynamic simulation in which core collapse leads to significant acceleration of a fully-formed, nascent neutron star (NS) via an induced, neutr

A. Cava, G. Rodighiero, I. Perez-Fournon, F. Buitrago

We have analysed the rest-frame far infrared (FIR) properties of a sample of massive (Mstar > 10^11Msun) galaxies at 2<z<3 in the GOODS (Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey) North field using the Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) instrument aboard the Herschel Space Observatory. To conduct this analysis we take advantage of the data from

Ye Wang, Shantanu Rane, Prakash Ishwar, Wei Sun

Consider a network of k parties, each holding a long sequence of n entries (a database), with minimum vertex-cut greater than t. We show that any empirical statistic across the network of databases can be computed by each party with perfect privacy, against any set of t < k/2 passively colluding parties, such that the worst-case distortion and communication

Neil G. Dickson, M. H. S. Amin

It has been recently argued that adiabatic quantum optimization would fail in solving NP-complete problems because of the occurrence of exponentially small gaps due to crossing of local minima of the final Hamiltonian with its global minimum near the end of the adiabatic evolution. Using perturbation expansion, we analytically show that for the NP-hard probl