November 2010 arXiv papers — page 16

Denes Petz, Laszlo Ruppert

In this study the determinant of the average quadratic error matrix is used as the measure of state estimation efficiency. This quantity is easily computable in some cases, so it gives us a reasonable tool to find optimal measurement setup for different quantum tomography problems. We present numerous applications for a single qubit when von Neumann measurem

Loet Leydesdorff, Kasper Welbers

Meaning can be generated when information is related at a systemic level. Such a system can be an observer, but also a discourse, for example, operationalized as a set of documents. The measurement of semantics as similarity in patterns (correlations) and latent variables (factor analysis) has been enhanced by computer techniques and the use of statistics; f

Xiong-Jun Liu, Yang Liu, Xin Liu

The strong correlation effects on topological insulator are studied in a two-sublattice system with an onsite single-particle energy difference $Δ$ between two sublattices. At $Δ=0$, increasing the onsite interaction strength $U$ drives the transition from the quantum spin Hall insulating state to the non-topological antiferromagnetic Mott-insulating (AFMI)

Thomas Vidick, Stephanie Wehner

We provide an explicit example of a Bell inequality with 3 settings and 2 outcomes per site for which the largest violation is not obtained by the maximally entangled state, even if its dimension is allowed to be arbitrarily large. This complements recent results by Junge and Palazuelos (arXiv:1007.3042) who show, employing tools from operator space theory,

David Kalaj

In this paper we discus the radial extension $w$ of a bi-Lipschitz parameterization $F(e^{it})=f(t)$ of a starlike Jordan curve $γ$ w.r. to 0. We show that, if parameterization is bi-Lipschitz, then the extension is bi-Lipschitz and consequently quasiconformal. If $γ$ is the unit circle, then $\mathrm{Lip}(f)=\mathrm{Lip}(F)=\mathrm{Lip}(w)=K_w$. If $γ$ is n

A. A. Lopatin

A classical linear group $G<GL(n)$ acts on $d$-tuples of $n\times n$ matrices by simultaneous conjugation. Working over an infinite field of characteristic different from two we establish that the ideal of free relations, i.e. relations valid for matrices of any order, between generators for matrix O(n)- and $\Sp(n)$-invariants is zero. We also prove similar

Mihai Patrascu, Mikkel Thorup

Randomized algorithms are often enjoyed for their simplicity, but the hash functions used to yield the desired theoretical guarantees are often neither simple nor practical. Here we show that the simplest possible tabulation hashing provides unexpectedly strong guarantees. The scheme itself dates back to Carter and Wegman (STOC&#39;77). Keys are viewed as co

J. X. Lu, Shibaji Roy, Zhiguang Xiao

This is a companion paper of our previous work [1] where we studied the thermodynamics and phase structure of asymptotically flat black $p$-branes in a cavity in arbitrary dimensions $D$ in a canonical ensemble. In this work we study the thermodynamics and phase structure of the same in a grand canonical ensemble. Since the boundary data in two cases are dif

A. Trenkwalder, C. Kohstall, M. Zaccanti, D. Naik

We report on the expansion of a Fermi-Fermi mixture of Li-6 and K-40 atoms under conditions of strong interactions realized near the center of an interspecies Feshbach resonance. We observe two different phenomena of hydrodynamic behavior. The first one is the well-known inversion of the aspect ratio. The second one is a collective expansion, where both spec

Dionigi M. T. Benincasa, Fay Dowker, Bernhard Schmitzer

A one-parameter family of random variables, called the Discrete Action, is defined for a 2-dimensional Lorentzian spacetime of finite volume. The single parameter is a discreteness scale. The expectation value of this Discrete Action is calculated for various regions of 2D Minkowski spacetime. When a causally convex region of 2D Minkowski spacetime is divide

Yannis Haralambous, Elisa Lavagnino

Our study applies statistical methods to French and Italian corpora to examine the phenomenon of multi-word term reduction in specialty languages. There are two kinds of reduction: anaphoric and lexical. We show that anaphoric reduction depends on the discourse type (vulgarization, pedagogical, specialized) but is independent of both domain and language; tha

Antun Balaz, Ivana Vidanovic, Aleksandar Bogojevic, Aleksandar Belic

Based on a previously developed recursive approach for calculating the short-time expansion of the propagator for systems with time-independent potentials and its time-dependent generalization for simple single-particle systems, in this paper we present a full extension of this formalism to a general quantum system with many degrees of freedom in a time-depe

Markus Johansson, Marie Ericsson, Kuldip Singh, Erik Sjöqvist

In the context of two-particle interferometry, we construct a parallel transport condition that is based on the maximization of coincidence intensity with respect to local unitary operations on one of the subsystems. The dependence on correlation is investigated and it is found that the holonomy group is generally non-Abelian, but Abelian for uncorrelated sy

George Georgiou

A particular analytic continuation of classical string solutions having a single AdS_5 spin is considered. These solutions describe strings tunnelling from the boundary to the boundary of AdS_5. We use the Legendre transform of the dimensionally regularised action of these solutions to evaluate the 2-point functions of the dual operators, holographically. Su

Giovanni Morlino

We study the acceleration of heavy nuclei at SNR shocks taking into account the process of ionization. In the interstellar medium atoms heavier then hydrogen which start the diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) are never fully ionized at the moment of injection. We will show that electrons in the atomic shells are stripped during the acceleration process, when

Yan Guo, Ian Tice

Consider a viscous fluid of finite depth below the air. In the absence of the surface tension effect at the air-fluid interface, the long time behavior of a free surface with small amplitude has been an intriguing question since the work of Beale \cite{beale_1}. In this monograph, we develop a new mathematical framework to resolve this question. If the free

M. Abad, M. Guilleumas, R. Mayol, M. Pi

We propose a new scheme for observing Josephson oscillations and macroscopic quantum self-trapping phenomena in a toroidally confined Bose-Einstein condensate: a dipolar self-induced Josephson junction. Polarizing the atoms perpendicularly to the trap symmetry axis, an effective ring-shaped, double-well potential is achieved which is induced by the dipolar i

I. Arregui, R. Soler, J. L. Ballester, A. N. Wright

We analyse the oscillatory properties of resonantly damped transverse kink oscillations in two-dimensional prominence threads. The fine structures are modelled as cylindrically symmetric magnetic flux tubes with a dense central part with prominence plasma properties and an evacuated part, both surrounded by coronal plasma. The equilibrium density is allowed

Viktor T. Toth

As an alternative to the LCDM concordance model, Scalar-Tensor-Vector Modified Gravity (MOG) theory reproduces key cosmological observations without postulating the presence of an exotic dark matter component. MOG is a field theory based on an action principle, with a variable gravitational constant and a repulsive vector field with variable range. MOG yield

Matthew Luzum

I compare the first viscous hydrodynamic prediction for integrated elliptic flow in Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC with the first data released by the ALICE collaboration. These new data are found to be consistent with hydrodynamic extrapolations of RHIC data with no change in medium parameters (e.g., average viscosity). I also discuss how, in general, a precis

Salvatore Catanese, Pasquale De Meo, Emilio Ferrara, Giacomo Fiumara

Online Social Networks (OSN) during last years acquired a huge and increasing popularity as one of the most important emerging Web phenomena, deeply modifying the behavior of users and contributing to build a solid substrate of connections and relationships among people using the Web. In this preliminary work paper, our purpose is to analyze Facebook, consid

Paolo Michetti, Patrik Recher

We analyze theoretically the bound state spectrum of an Aharonov Bohm (AB) ring in a two-dimensional topological insulator using the four-band model of HgTe-quantum wells as a concrete example. We calculate analytically the circular helical edge states and their spectrum as well as the bound states evolving out of the bulk spectrum as a function of the appli

Andrew Tausz

We discuss some properties of conditional expectation operators, and use these facts to prove an interesting counterexample regarding sufficient statistics. In particular, we show that there exists sufficient random variables X and Y, such that (X, Y) are jointly not sufficient. We follow the work of Burkholder and Chow, presenting complete proofs and supply

Javier L. Albacete, Adrian Dumitru

This note is a physics manual for a recent numerical implementation of k_t-factorization with running-coupling BK unintegrated gluon distributions. We also compile some results for Pb+Pb collisions at \sqrt{s} = 2.75 TeV, such as predictions for the centrality dependence of the charged particle multiplicity and transverse energy. The model can further be use

Roberto Boldini

A topological space TO(S) of total orderings on any given set S is introduced and it is shown that TO(S) is compact if S is countable. The set NO(N) of all normal orderings of the nth Weyl algebra W is a closed subspace of TO(N), where N is the set of all normal monomials of W. Hence NO(N) is compact and, as a consequence of this fact and by a division theor

Richard M. Brown, Alexei M. Tyryshkin, Kyriakos Porfyrakis, Erik M. Gauger

Electron spin qubits in molecular systems offer high reproducibility and the ability to self assemble into larger architectures. However, interactions between neighbouring qubits are &#39;always-on&#39; and although the electron spin coherence times can be several hundred microseconds, these are still much shorter than typical times for nuclear spins. Here w

Yurii Slyusarenko, Andrii Sotnikov

We study theoretically some effects produced by a propagation of the charged particles in dilute gases of alkali-metal atoms in the state with Bose-Einstein condensates. The energy change of the high-speed (relativistic) particle that corresponds to the Cherenkov effect in the condensate is investigated. We show that in the studied cases the particle can bot

Benjamin Hutz

Given an endomorphism of a projective variety, by intersecting the graph and the diagonal varieties we can determine the set of periodic points. In an effort to determine the periodic points of a given minimal period, we follow a construction similar to cyclotomic polynomials. The resulting zero-cycle is called a dynatomic cycle and the points in its support

Martin Jung, Antonio Pich, Paula Tuzón

In the two-Higgs-doublet model the alignment of the Yukawa matrices in flavour space guarantees the absence of flavour-changing neutral currents at tree level, while introducing new sources for CP violation parametrized in a very economical way. This implies potentially large influence in a number of processes, b -> s gamma being a prominent example where ra

Jun Duan, Xianghui Qi, Xiaoji Zhou, Xuzong Chen

We present an experimental approach to detect the saturated absorption spectroscopy different from conventional scheme. Using this approach, crossovers are removed to avoid their overlap with other peaks in the spectrum and sensitivity of detection could be enhanced, so the spectrum could reflect energy structure of atoms more explicitly. On the other hand,

Denis S. Goldobin, Nikolai V. Brilliantov

We consider a liquid bearing gas bubbles in a porous medium. When gas bubbles are immovably trapped in a porous matrix by surface-tension forces, the dominant mechanism of transfer of gas mass becomes the diffusion of gas molecules through the liquid. Essentially, the gas solution is in local thermodynamic equilibrium with vapor phase all over the system, i.

Gavin P. Salam

The aim of these lectures is to provide (experimental particle physics Ph.D.) students with an introduction to some of the core concepts and methods of QCD that are relevant in an LHC context.

Mudassar Rehman, K. Saifullah

We study Hawking radiation of charged fermions from accelerating and rotation black holes with electric and magnetic charges. We calculate the tunneling probabilities of incoming and outgoing fermionic particles and find the Hawking temperature of these black holes. We also provide an explicit expression of the classical action for the massive and massless p

G. I. Zebrev, E. V. Melnik, A. A. Tselykovskiy

We study theoretically an influence of the near-interfacial insulator traps and electron-hole puddles on the small-signal capacitance and conductance characteristics of the gated graphene structures. Based on the self-consistent electrostatic consideration and taking into account the interface trap capacitance the explicit analytic expressions for charge car

K. Cho, H. Kim, M. A. Tanatar, Y. J. Song

Measurements of the temperature and angular dependencies of the upper critical fields $H_{c2}$ of a stoichiometric single crystal LiFeAs in pulsed magnetic fields up to 50 T were performed using a tunnel diode resonator. Full $H^{\parallel c}_{c2}(T)$ and $H^{\bot c}_{c2}(T)$ curves with $H^{\parallel c}_{c2}(0)=17 \pm 1$ T, $H^{\bot c}_{c2}(0)=26 \pm 1$ T,

M. Bremholm, S. E. Dutton, P. W. Stephens, R. J. Cava

Sodium iridium(V) oxide, NaIrO3, was synthesized by a high pressure solid state method and recovered to ambient conditions. It is found to be isostructural with CaIrO3, the much-studied structural analogue of the high-pressure post-perovskite phase of MgSiO3. Among the oxide post-perovskites, NaIrO3 is the first example with a pentavalent cation. The structu

Tom Banks, Nathan Seiberg

We discuss aspects of global and gauged symmetries in quantum field theory and quantum gravity, focusing on discrete gauge symmetries. An effective Lagrangian description of $\Z_p$ gauge theories shows that they are associated with an emergent $\Z_p$ one-form (Kalb-Ramond) gauge symmetry. This understanding leads us to uncover new observables and new phenome

J. R. Sánchez-Gallego, J. H. Knapen, J. S. Heiner, C. D. Wilson

We present a first complete 12 CO J=3-2 map of M81, observed as part of the Nearby Galaxies Legacy Survey being carried out at the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. We detect 9 regions of significant CO emission located at different positions within the spiral arms, and confirm that the global CO emission in the galaxy is low. We combine these data with a new H

Matthias Wendt

This note explains how to prove that for any simply-connected reductive group G and any infinite field k, the inclusion of k in k[t] induces an isomorphism on homology. This generalizes results of Soule and Knudson.

M. V. Hauf, B. Grotz, B. Naydenov, M. Dankerl

We investigate the effect of surface termination on the charge state of nitrogen vacancy centers, which have been ion-implanted few nanometers below the surface of diamond. We find that, when changing the surface termination from oxygen to hydrogen, previously stable NV- centers convert into NV0 and, subsequently, into an unknown non-fluorescent state. This

Jan Maluszynski, Andrzej Szalas

The paper discusses properties of a DATALOG$^{\neg\neg}$-like query language 4QL, originally outlined in [MS10]. Negated literals in heads of rules naturally lead to inconsistencies. On the other hand, rules do not have to attach meaning to some literals. Therefore 4QL is founded on a four-valued semantics, employing the logic introduced in [MSV08, VMS09] wi

Luis Lopez-Oliveros, Sidney I. Resnick

Various empirical and theoretical studies indicate that cumulative network traffic is a Gaussian process. However, depending on whether the intensity at which sessions are initiated is large or small relative to the session duration tail, Mikosch et al. (Ann Appl Probab, 12:23-68, 2002) and Kaj and Taqqu (Progress Probab, 60:383-427, 2008) have shown that tr

Junfeng Deng, Jieci Wang, Jiliang Jing

How the Hawking effect and the prepared states influence the entanglement distillability of Dirac fields in the Schwarzschild spacetime is studied by using the Werner states which are composed of the maximum or generic entangled states. It is found that the states are entangled when the parameter of the Werner states, $F$, satisfies $τ<F\leq 1$ in which $τ$

Levent Demirörs

We present a search based on a time dependent neutrino flux prediction from the X-ray binary LS I +61 303. Results from data taken with the 22 and 40 strings of IceCube are compatible with background fluctuations.

Li Yang, Chong Xiang, Bao Li

Several kinds of qubit-string-based(QS-based) bit commitment protocols are presented, and a definition of information-theoretic concealing is given. All the protocols presented here are proved to be secure under this definition. We suggest an attack algorithm to obtain the local unitary transformation introduced in no-go theorem, which is used to attack the

Min-Feng Tu, Ching-I Huang, Hsiu-Hau Lin, Chun-Chung Chen

We investigate the error threshold for the emergence of quasispecies in the Eigen model. By mapping to to an effective Hamiltonian ruled by the &#34;imaginary-time&#34; Schrödinger equation, a variational ansatz is proposed and applied to calculate various quantities associated with the quasispecies. The variational ansatz gives correct predictions for the s

Andrey Dmitrievich Vlasov

We suppose and develop a simple quantitative model of polymer film conductivity. This model can be seen as a further development of the ideas of Vlasov, Apresyan et al. The main point of the model is that conducting islands exist, and the charge transfer between the islands is carried out by mobile segments of polymer molecules. This model quantitatively des

Mariko Kato, Izumi Hachisu, Angelo Cassatella, Rosario Gonzalez-Riestra

We present a light curve model of the symbiotic nova PU Vul (Nova Vulpeculae 1979) that shows a long-lasted flat peak with no spectral indication of wind mass-loss before decline. Our quasi-evolution models consisting of a series of static solutions explain both the optical flat peak and ultraviolet (UV) light curve simultaneously. The white dwarf mass is es

Jan Jerzy Sławianowski

In spite of its long history and classical character which goes back even to d&#39;Alembert and Lagrange, the problems of constraints in mechanics of continua is still mysterious and full of misunderstandings. Let us mention the problem of difference between special solutions of unconstrained systems and constraints dynamics, holonomic and nonholonomic const

Kevork N. Abazajian, Steve Blanchet, J. Patrick Harding

We perform a detailed examination of current constraints on annihilating and decaying dark matter models from both prompt and inverse-Compton emission photons, including both model-dependent and model-independent bounds. We also show that the observed isotropic diffuse gamma-ray background (DGRB), which provides one of the most conservative constraints on mo

Bo Xu, David J. Singh, Valentino R. Cooper, Yuan Ping Feng

A strategy for obtaining low band gap oxide ferroelectrics based on charge imbalance is described and illustrated by first principles studies of the hypothetical compound Bi$_6$Ti$_4$O$_{17}$, which is an alternate stacking of the ferroelectric Bi$_4$Ti$_3$O$_{12}$. We find that this compound is ferroelectric, similar to Bi$_4$Ti$_3$O$_{12}$ although with a

V. De Donno, G. Co&#39;, M. Anguiano, A. M. Lallena

We present a technique which allows us to solve the Random Phase Approximation equations with finite-range interactions and treats the continuum part of the excitation spectrum without approximations. The interaction used in the Hartree-Fock calculations to generate the single particle basis is also used in the Continuum Random Phase Approximation calculatio

Nobuyuki Kurita, Motoi Kimata, Kota Kodama, Atsushi Harada

We have carried out high-field resistivity measurements up to 27\,T in EuFe$_2$As$_2$ at $P$\,=\,2.5\,GPa, a virtually optimal pressure for the $P$-induced superconductivity, where $T_\mathrm{c}$\,=\,30\,K. The $B_\mathrm{c2}-T_\mathrm{c}$ phase diagram has been constructed in a wide temperature range with a minimum temperature of 1.6 K ($\approx 0.05 \times

Marc Mezard, Giorgio Parisi, Marco Tarzia, Francesco Zamponi

We discuss the analytical solution through the cavity method of a mean field model that displays at the same time an ideal glass transition and a set of jamming points. We establish the equations describing this system, and we discuss some approximate analytical solutions and a numerical strategy to solve them exactly. We compare these methods and we get ins

Alpesh M. Dhorajia, Manoj K. Keshari

Let $A$ be a ring of dimension $d$. Assume that for every finite extension ring $R$ of $A$, E_{d+1}(R) acts transitively on Um_{d+1}(R). Then we prove that E(A\oplus P) acts transitively on Um(A\oplus P), for any projective A-module P of rank d. As a consequence of this, we generalise some results of Gubeladze.

Andreas Schulze, Karl Gebhardt

Stellar dynamical modeling is a powerful method to determine the mass of black holes in quiescent galaxies. However, in previous work the presence of a dark matter halo has been ignored in the modeling. Gebhardt & Thomas (2009) showed that accounting for a dark matter halo increased the black hole mass of the massive galaxy M87 by a factor of two. We used a

Luis J. Alias, Paolo Piccione

Given manifolds $M$ and $N$, with $M$ compact, we study the geometrical structure of the space of embeddings of $M$ into $N$, having less regularity than $\mathcal C^\infty$, quotiented by the group of diffeomorphisms of $M$.

I. Bouras, A. El, O. Fochler, F. Reining

Quenching of gluonic jets and heavy quark production in Au+Au collisions at RHIC can be understood within the pQCD based 3+1 dimensional parton transport model BAMPS including pQCD bremsstrahlung $2 \leftrightarrow 3$ processes. Furthermore, the development of conical structures induced by gluonic jets is investigated in a static box for the regimes of small

Remi Tailleux

This paper shows that the energetics of Boussinesq and anelastic fluids possesses a term that can be identified as the approximation $δW_{ba}$ to the compressible work of expansion/contraction $δW =-P {\rm d}\upsilon$, where $P$ is the pressure and $\upsilon$ is the specific volume. It follows that Boussinesq and anelastic fluids admit explicit compressible

J. Wang, H. K. Chang, C. M. Zhang, D. H. Wang

We take the recently published data of twin kHz quasi-period oscillations (QPOs) in neutron star (NS) lowmass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) as the samples, and investigate the morphology of the samples, which focuses on the quality factor, peak frequency of kHz QPOs, and try to infer their physical mechanism. We notice that: (1) The quality factors of upper kHz QPO

Zhen Lei, Qi S. Zhang

Let $v(x, t)= v^r e_r + v^θe_θ+ v^z e_z$ be a solution to the three-dimensional incompressible axially-symmetric Navier-Stokes equations. Denote by $b = v^r e_r + v^z e_z$ the radial-axial vector field. Under a general scaling invariant condition on $b$, we prove that the quantity $Γ= r v^θ$ is Hölder continuous at $r = 0$, $t = 0$. As an application, we giv

M. Hohenadler, T. C. Lang, F. F. Assaad

We consider the Kane-Mele model with spin-orbit coupling supplemented by a Hubbard U term. On the basis of projective auxiliary field quantum Monte Carlo simulations on lattice sizes up to 15 x 15, we map out the phase diagram. The quantum spin-liquid state found in the Hubbard model is shown to be robust against weak spin-orbit interaction, and is not adiab

G. G. Kozlov, V. S. Zapasskii, Yu. V. Kapitonov, V. V. Ovsyankin

The effect of the light group velocity reduction in dielectric Bragg reflection waveguide structures (SiO$_2$/TiO$_2$) in the vicinity of the cutoff frequency is studied experimentally. The effect of anti-mirror reflection, specific for the Bragg reflection waveguides, is described and employed for detection of &#34;slow light&#34;. The experiments were perf

Abhiram Soori, Diptiman Sen

We study the effect that resistive regions have on the conductance of a quantum wire with interacting electrons which is connected to Fermi liquid leads. Using the bosonization formalism and a Rayleigh dissipation function to model the power dissipation, we use both scattering theory and Green&#39;s function techniques to derive the DC conductance. The resis

Alain Sarlette, Jean-Michel Raimond, Michel Brune, Pierre Rouchon

We propose an engineered reservoir inducing the relaxation of a cavity field towards non-classical states. It is made up of two-level atoms crossing the cavity one at a time. Each atom-cavity interaction is first dispersive, then resonant, then dispersive again. The reservoir pointer states are those produced by an effective Kerr Hamiltonian acting on a cohe

Sivan Sabato, Nathan Srebro, Naftali Tishby

We obtain a tight distribution-specific characterization of the sample complexity of large-margin classification with L_2 regularization: We introduce the γ-adapted-dimension, which is a simple function of the spectrum of a distribution&#39;s covariance matrix, and show distribution-specific upper and lower bounds on the sample complexity, both governed by t

Shinpei Baba

Let $S$ be a closed oriented surface of genus at least two. Gallo, Kapovich, and Marden asked if 2π-graftings produce all projective structures on $S$ with arbitrarily fixed holonomy (Grafting Conjecture). In this paper, we show that the conjecture holds true &#34;locally&#34; in the space $GL$ of geodesic laminations on $S$ via a natural projection of proje

Michael Kastner

The stationary points of the Hamiltonian H of the classical XY chain with power-law pair interactions (i.e., decaying like r^{-α} with the distance) are analyzed. For a class of &#34;spinwave-type&#34; stationary points, the asymptotic behavior of the Hessian determinant of H is computed analytically in the limit of large system size. The computation is base

Luca Mezincescu, Paul K. Townsend

The minimal (${\cal N}=1$) superparticle in three spacetime dimensions (3D) is quantized. For non-zero mass it describes a spin-1/4 semion supermultiplet of &#34;relativistic helicities&#34; (-1/4, 1/4). The addition of a parity-violating Lorentz-Wess-Zumino term shifts this to $(β-1/4,β+1/4)$ for arbitrary $β$. For zero mass, in which case spin is not defin

K. L. J. Rygl, A. Brunthaler, K. M. Menten, M. J. Reid

Cygnus X is one of the closest giant molecular cloud complexes and therefore an extensively studied region of ongoing high mass star formation. However, the distance to this region has been a long-standing issue, since sources at galactic longitude of ~80 degrees could be in the Local Arm nearby (1-2 kpc), in the Perseus Arm at ~5 kpc, or even in the outer a

F. Piazza, L. A. Collins, A. Smerzi

We study the instability of a superfluid flow through a constriction in three spatial dimensions. We consider a Bose-Einstein condensate at zero temperature in two different geometries: a straight waveguide and a torus. The constriction consists of a broad, repulsive penetrable barrier. In the hydrodynamic regime, we find that the flow becomes unstable as so

Keekwon Nam, Bongsoo Kim, Sung Jong Lee

We investigate, via numerical simulations, the phase ordering kinetics of a two- dimensional soft-spin O(2) Ginzburg-Landau model when a reversible mode cou- pling is included via the conserved conjugate momentum of the spin order parameter (the model E). Coarsening of the system, when quenched from a dis- ordered state to zero temperature, is observed to be

Marcin Ostrowski

This work is a discussion on the concept of information. We define here information as an abstraction that is able to be copied. We consider the connection between the process of copying information in quantum systems and the emergence of the so-called classical realism. The problem of interpretation of quantum mechanics in this context is discussed as well.

Jason Wyse, Nial Friel, Håvard Rue

This paper proposes approaches for the analysis of multiple changepoint models when dependency in the data is modelled through a hierarchical Gaussian Markov random field. Integrated nested Laplace approximations are used to approximate data quantities, and an approximate filtering recursions approach is proposed for savings in compuational cost when detecti

Asmaa Abada, Gautam Bhattacharyya, Debottam Das, Cédric Weiland

One of the interesting properties of the NMSSM is that it can accommodate a light pseudoscalar of order 10 GeV. However, such scenarios are challenged by several experimental constraints, especially those related to the fermionic decays of the pseudoscalar. In this Letter, we extend the NMSSM field content by two gauge singlets, with lepton numbers +1 and -1

Baptiste Devyver

Let $(M^m,g)$ be a m-dimensional complete Riemannian manifold which satisfies the n-Sobolev inequality and on which the volume growth is comparable to the one of $\R^n$ for big balls; if the Hodge Laplacian on 1-forms is strongly positive and the Ricci tensor is in $L^{\frac{n}{2}\pm ε}$ for an $ε>0$, then we prove a Gaussian estimate on the heat kernel of t

Luc Hillairet, Alexey Kokotov

We use Krein formula and the S-matrix formalism to give formulas for the zeta-regularized determinant of non-Friedrichs extensions of the Laplacian on Euclidean surfaces with Conical Singularities. This formula involves S(0) and we show that the latter can be expressed using the Bergman projective connection on the underlying Riemann surface.

Timo Karg

The IceCube collaboration is building a cubic kilometer scale neutrino telescope at a depth of 2 km at the geographic South Pole, utilizing the clear Antarctic ice as a Cherenkov medium to detect cosmic neutrinos. The IceCube observatory is complemented by IceTop, a square kilometer air shower array on top of the in-ice detector. The construction of the dete

N. Aizawa

We investigate the lowest weight representations of the super Schrodinger algebras introduced by Duval and Horvathy. This is done by the same procedure as the semisimple Lie algebras. Namely, all singular vectors within the Verma modules are constructed explicitly then irreducibility of the associated quotient modules is studied again by the use of singular

Yoshimichi Ueda

We give a complete answer to the questions of factoriality, type classification and fullness for arbitrary free product von Neumann algebras.

Florin Dumitrescu

A vector bundle with connection over a supermanifold leads naturally to a notion of parallel transport along superpaths. In this note we show that {\it every} such parallel transport along superpaths comes form a vector bundle with connection, at least when the base supermanifold is a manifold.

Ke Xu, Hongying Liu, Jiangchuan Liu, Meng Shen

Traffic Engineering (TE) leverages information of network traffic to generate a routing scheme optimizing the traffic distribution so as to advance network performance. However, optimize the link weights for OSPF to the offered traffic is an known NP-hard problem. In this paper, motivated by the fairness concept of congestion control, we firstly propose a ne

Krishna Kingkar Pathak, D. K. Choudhury

We modify the mesonic wavefunction by using a short distance scale r0 in analogy with Hydrogen atom and estimate the values of masses and decay constants of the open flavour charm mesons D, Ds and Bc within the framework of a QCD Potential Model. We also calculate leptonic decay widths of these mesons to study branching ratios and life time. The results are

El Hassan Saidi

Motivated by the study of black attractors in 8D supergravity with 16 supersymmetries, we use the field theory approach and 8D supersymmetry with non trivial central charges to shed light on the exact duality between heterotic string on T^2 and type IIA on real connected and compact surfaces Σ2. We investigate the two constraints that should be obeyed by Σ2

Ishwaree P. Neupane

We explore in detail the prospects of obtaining a four-dimensional de Sitter universe in classical supergravity models with warped and time-independent extra dimensions, presenting explicit cosmological solutions of the $(4+n)$-dimensional Einstein equations with and without a bulk cosmological constant term. For the first time in the literature we show that

Esmaeil Ebrahimi, Ahmad Sheykhi

A so called &#34;power-law entropy-corrected holographic dark energy&#34; (PLECHDE) was recently proposed to explain the dark energy dominated universe. This model is based on the power-law corrections to black hole entropy which appear in dealing with the entanglement of quantum fields between inside and outside of the horizon. In this paper, we suggest a c

Atsushi Nishizawa, Atsushi Taruya, Shun Saito

Proposed space-based gravitational-wave detectors such as BBO and DECIGO can detect ~10^6 neutron-star binaries and determine luminosity distance to the binaries with a high precision. Combining the luminosity distance and electromagnetically-derived redshift, one would be able to probe cosmological expansion out to high redshift. In this paper, we show that

Masanori Sato, Kiyotomo Ichiki, Tsutomu T. Takeuchi

To estimate cosmological parameters from a given dataset, we need to construct a likelihood function, which sometimes has a complicated functional form. We introduce the copula, a mathematical tool to construct an arbitrary multivariate distribution function from one-dimensional marginal distribution functions with any given dependence structure. It is shown

Masanori Sato, Kiyotomo Ichiki, Tsutomu T. Takeuchi

The estimation of cosmological parameters from a given data set requires a construction of a likelihood function which, in general, has a complicated functional form. We adopt a Gaussian copula and constructed a copula likelihood function for the convergence power spectrum from a weak lensing survey. We show that the parameter estimation based on the Gaussia

Sudipta Sarkar, Aron C. Wall

We study the classical second law of black hole thermodynamics, for Lovelock theories (other than General Relativity), in arbitrary dimensions. Using the standard formula for black hole entropy, we construct scenarios involving the merger of two black holes in which the entropy instantaneously decreases. Our construction involves a Kaluza-Klein compactificat

Christopher M Hirata

The inspiral and merger of a binary black hole system generally leads to an asymmetric distribution of emitted radiation, and hence a recoil of the remnant black hole directed opposite to the net linear momentum radiated. The recoil velocity is generally largest for comparable mass black holes and particular spin configurations, and approaches zero in the ex

Shea Brown, Jon Duesterhoeft, Lawrence Rudnick

We present a new radio-selected cluster of galaxies, 0217+70, using observations from the Very Large Array and archival optical and X-ray data. The new cluster is one of only seven known that has candidate double peripheral radio relics, and the second of those with a giant radio halo (GRH), as well. It also contains unusual diffuse radio filaments interior

Shigeki Onoda, Yoichi Tanaka

The effective quantum pseudospin-1/2 model for interacting rare-earth magnetic moments, which are locally described with atomic doublets, is studied theoretically for magnetic pyrochlore oxides. It is derived microscopically for localized Pr^{3+} 4f moments in Pr_2TM_2O_7 (TM = Zr, Sn, Hf, and Ir) by starting from the atomic non-Kramers magnetic doublets and

R. B. Neufeld

I derive the distribution of energy and momentum transmitted from a fast parton to a medium of thermalized quarks, or the source term, in perturbative thermal field theory directly from the quark energy-momentum tensor. The fast parton is coupled to the medium by adding an interaction term to the Lagrangian. The thermal expectation value of the energy-moment

Stepan G. Mashnik

MCNP6, the latest and most advanced LANL transport code representing a recent merger of MCNP5 and MCNPX, has been Validated and Verified (V&V) against a variety of intermediate and high-energy experimental data and against results by different versions of MCNPX and other codes. In the present work, we V&V MCNP6 using mainly the latest modifications of the Ca

A. J. Berrick, M. Karoubi, M. Schlichting, P. A. Østvær

Let X be a noetherian scheme of finite Krull dimension, having 2 invertible in its ring of regular functions, an ample family of line bundles, and a global bound on the virtual mod-2 cohomological dimensions of its residue fields. We prove that the comparison map from the hermitian K-theory of X to the homotopy fixed points of K-theory under the natural Z/2-

J. Ricardo G. Mendonça, Mário J. de Oliveira

We describe an approach to model genetic regulatory networks at the level of promotion-inhibition circuitry through a class of stochastic spin models that includes spatial and temporal density fluctuations in a natural way. The formalism can be viewed as an agent-based model formalism with agent behavior ruled by a classical spin-like pseudo-Hamiltonian play

Andrej Bóna, Çağri Diner, Mikhail Kochetov, Michael A. Slawinski

We prove that the symmetry group of an elasticity tensor is equal to the symmetry group of the corresponding Christoffel matrix.

G. Dumas, E. Schinnerer, F. S. Tabatabaei, R. Beck

We observed M51 at three frequencies, 1.4GHz (20cm), 4.9GHz (6cm) and 8.4GHz (3.6cm), with the VLA and the Effelsberg 100m telescope to obtain the highest quality radio continuum images of a nearby spiral galaxy. These radio data were combined with deconvolved Spitzer IRAC 8mum and MIPS 24mum images to search for and investigate local changes in the radio-IR

Axel Boldt

Today&#39;s peer review process for scientific articles is unnecessarily opaque and offers few incentives to referees. Likewise, the publishing process is unnecessarily inefficient and its results are only rarely made freely available to the public. Here we outline a comparatively simple extension of arXiv.org, an online preprint archive widely used in the m