November 2010 arXiv papers — page 39

Chun Hung Lui, Zhiqiang Li, Zheyuan Chen, Paul V. Klimov

Few-layer graphene (FLG) has been predicted to exist in various crystallographic stacking sequences, which can strongly influence the electronic properties of FLG. We demonstrate an accurate and efficient method to characterize stacking order in FLG using the distinctive features of the Raman 2D-mode. Raman imaging allows us to visualize directly the spatial

Shriprakash Sinha, Gert J. ter Horst

Combining the properties of monovariate internal functions as proposed in Kolmogorov superimposition theorem, in tandem with the bounds wielded by the multivariate formulation of Chebyshev inequality, a hybrid model is presented, that decomposes images into homogeneous probabilistically bounded multivariate surfaces. Given an image, the model shows a novel w

A. Pipino, T. Szabo, E. Pierpaoli, S. M. MacKenzie

We study the properties of Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs) drawn from a catalogue of more than 69000 clusters in the SDSS DR6 based on the adaptive matched filter technique (AMF, Szabo et al., 2010). Our sample consists of more than 14300 galaxies in the redshift range 0.1-0.3. We test the catalog by showing that it includes well-known BCGs which lie in th

Gardner Marshall, Marc Sher

In the leptophilic model, one Higgs doublet couples to quarks and another couples to leptons. We study the supersymmetric version of this model, concentrating on the tightly constrained Higgs sector, which has four doublets. Constraints from perturbativity, unitarity, and LEP bounds are considered. It is found that the lightest Higgs, h, can have a mass well

David Kalaj

We prove the following theorem: every quasiconformal harmonic mapping between two plane domains with $C^{1,α}$ ($α<1$), respectively $C^{1,1}$ compact boundary is bi-Lipschitz. The distance function with respect to the boundary of the image domain is used. This in turn extends a similar result of the author in \cite{kalajan} for Jordan domains, where stronge

R. Afzali, A. T. Rezakhani, H. R. Alborznia

We study the effect of a weak magnetic field on the state of the spins of a pair of electrons forming a Cooper pair in an s-wave superconductor. By perturbatively solving time-dependent Bogoliubov equations up to first order, we obtain the two-particle Green function, and whence the two-electron spin-space density matrix. It appears that up to first order ap

Oleg Korobkin, Ernazar B. Abdikamalov, Erik Schnetter, Nikolaos Stergioulas

Self-gravitating relativistic disks around black holes can form as transient structures in a number of astrophysical scenarios such as binary neutron star and black hole-neutron star coalescences, as well as the core-collapse of massive stars. We explore the stability of such disks against runaway and non-axisymmetric instabilities using three-dimensional hy

V. V. Bavula

Let $A_1:=K\langle x, \frac{d}{dx} \rangle$ be the Weyl algebra and $\mI_1:= K\langle x, \frac{d}{dx}, \int \rangle$ be the algebra of polynomial integro-differential operators over a field $K$ of characteristic zero. The Conjecture/Problem of Dixmier (1968) [still open]: {\em is an algebra endomorphism of the Weyl algebra $A_1$ an automorphism?} The aim of

T. J. Davidge

Near-infrared images obtained with the CFHT WIRCam are used to investigate the recent history of the nearby Sculptor Group spiral NGC 253. The distribution of stars in the disk is lop-sided, in the sense that the projected density of AGB stars in the north east portion of the disk between 10 and 20 kpc from the galaxy center is ~ 0.5 dex higher than on the o

Angel Ballesteros, Alfonso Blasco

The three integrable two-dimensional Henon-Heiles systems and their integrable perturbations are revisited. A family of new integrable perturbations is found, and N-dimensional completely integrable generalizations of all these systems are constructed by making use of sl(2,R)+h(3) as their underlying Poisson symmetry algebra. In general, the procedure here i

J. D. Plumhof, V. Krapek, F. Ding, K. D. Jöns

We study the effect of elastic anisotropic biaxial strain on the light emitted by neutral excitons confined in different kinds of semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). We find that the light polarization rotates by up to 80 degree and the excitonic fine structure splitting varies by several tens of $μ$eVs as the strain is varied. By means of a continuum model we

Imen Ayadi, Saïd Benayadi

A homogeneous symmetric structure on an associative superalgebra A is a non-degenerate, supersymmetric, homogeneous (i.e. even or odd) and associative bilinear form on A. In this paper, we show that any associative superalgebra with non null product can not admit simultaneously even-symmetric and odd-symmetric structure. We prove that all simple associative

Sebastián Ferrer

Extending to 4 degrees of freedom a symplectomorphism used in attitude dynamics it is shown in a direct way the connection between the 4-D isotropic harmonic oscillator and the 3-D Kepler systems. This approach made transparent that only when we refer to rectilinear solutions, the {\sl bilinear relation} defining the KS transformation is needed.

Dezhe Z. Jin, Alexay A. Kozhevnikov

Songs of many songbird species consist of variable sequences of a finite number of syllables. A common approach for characterizing the syntax of these complex syllable sequences is to use transition probabilities between the syllables. This is equivalent to the Markov model, in which each syllable is associated with one state, and the transition probabilitie

A. K. Hartmann

Distributions of the size of the largest component, in particular the large-deviation tail, are studied numerically for two graph ensembles, for Erdoes-Renyi random graphs with finite connectivity and for two-dimensional bond percolation. Probabilities as small as 10^-180 are accessed using an artificial finite-temperature (Boltzmann) ensemble. The distribut

Jonathan T. Schwalbe, Petia M. Vlahovska, Michael J. Miksis

A small amplitude perturbation analysis is developed to describe the effect of a uniform electric field on the dynamics of a lipid bilayer vesicle in a simple shear flow. All media are treated as leaky dielectrics and fluid motion is described by the Stokes equations. The instantaneous vesicle shape is obtained by balancing electric, hydrodynamic, bending, a

Jason Kumar

We consider new signatures of WIMPless dark matter, particularly those which can be used to test models with low dark matter mass. We focus on detection prospects at hadron colliders through the production of new heavy QCD-coupled particles, which decay to WIMPless dark matter plus jets. We find that the Tevatron can probe a significant fraction of the low m

Benjamin P Brown

We live near a magnetic star whose cycles of activity are driven by dynamo action beneath the surface. In the solar convection zone, rotation couples with plasma motions to build highly organized magnetic fields that erupt at the surface and undergo relatively regular cycles of polarity reversal. Despite our proximity to the Sun, the nature of its dynamo rem

Adam Moss, Douglas Scott, James P. Zibin, Richard Battye

Physical constants and cosmological parameters could vary with position. On the largest scales such variations would manifest themselves as gradients across our Hubble volume, leading to dipole-modulation of the cosmic microwave anisotropies. This generically leads to a correlation between adjacent multipoles in the spherical harmonics expansion of the sky,

Sophie M. Fosson

The aim of this paper is to propose an alternative method to solve a Fault Tolerant Control problem. The model is a linear system affected by a disturbance term: this represents a large class of technological faulty processes. The goal is to make the system able to tolerate the undesired perturbation, i.e., to remove or at least reduce its negative effects;

Luca Capogna, Andrew Raich

We study $C^2$ extremal quasiconformal mappings in space and establish necessary and sufficient conditions for a `localized&#39; form of extremality in the spirit of the work of G. Aronsson on absolutely minimizing Lipschitz extensions. We also prove short time existence for smooth solutions of a gradient flow of QC diffeomorphisms associated to the extremal

Emmanuel Breuillard, Yves de Cornulier

We prove that a finitely generated solvable group which is not virtually nilpotent has exponential conjugacy growth.

J. K. Ochab, P. F. Góra

The aim of the study was to compare the epidemic spread on static and dynamic small-world networks. The network was constructed as a 2-dimensional Watts-Strogatz model (500x500 square lattice with additional shortcuts), and the dynamics involved rewiring shortcuts in every time step of the epidemic spread. The model of the epidemic is SIR with latency time o

V. G. Baryshevsky, A. A. Gurinovich

The radiative instability of a beam moving in a photonic crystal of finite dimensions is studied. The dispersion equation is obtained. The law $Γ\sim ρ^{1/\left( {s + 3} \right)}$ is shown to be valid and caused by the mixing of the electromagnetic field modes in the finite volume due to the periodic disturbance from the photonic crystal.

Chi-Hang Fred Fung, H. F. Chau, Hoi-Kwong Lo

The transmission of photons through open-air or an optical fiber is an important primitive in quantum information processing. Theoretical description of such a transmission process often considers only a single photon as the information carrier and thus fails to accurately describe experimental optical implementations where any number of photons may enter a

Matteo Colangeli

The problem of response of nonequilibrium systems is currently under intense investigation. We propose a general method of solution of the Liouville Equation for thermostatted particle systems subjected to external forces which retains only the slow degrees of freedom, by projecting out the majority of fast variables. Response formulae, extending the Green-K

L. J. Daniels, D. J. Durian

We report on an observation of propagating compression waves in a quasi-two-dimensional monolayer of apolar granular rods fluidized by an upflow of air. The collective wave speed is an order of magnitude faster than the speed of the particles. This gives rise to anomalously large number fluctuations dN ~ $N^{0.72 \pm 0.04}$, which are greater than ordinary n

Leslie A. Rogers, Paul L. Schechter

The microlensing technique has found 10 exoplanets to date and promises to discover more in the near future. While planetary transit light curves all show a familiar shape, planetary perturbations to microlensing light curves can manifest a wide variety of morphologies. We present a graphical guide that may be useful when understanding microlensing events sh

Javier de Frutos, Bosco García-Archilla, Julia Novo

A two-grid scheme based on mixed finite-element approximations to the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations is introduced and analyzed. In the first level the standard mixed finite-element approximation over a coarse mesh is computed. In the second level the approximation is postprocessed by solving a discrete Oseen-type problem on a finer mesh. The two-lev

Jes K. Jorgensen, Ewine F. van Dishoeck

The HDO/H2O abundance ratio is thought to be a key diagnostic on the evolution of water during the star- and planet-formation process and thus on its origin on Earth. We here present millimeter-wavelength high angular resolution observations of the deeply embedded protostar NGC1333-IRAS4B from the Submillimeter Array targeting the 3(1,2)-2(2,1) transition of

David Kelly, Mark Dillingham, Andrew Hudson, Karoline Wiesner

We present a new method for inferring hidden Markov models from noisy time sequences without the necessity of assuming a model architecture, thus allowing for the detection of degenerate states. This is based on the statistical prediction techniques developed by Crutchfield et al., and generates so called causal state models, equivalent to hidden Markov mode

Marcin Kaźmierczak

In this article the methods of canonical analysis and quantization that were reviewed in the first part of the series are applied to the case of the Dirac field in the presence of electromagnetic interaction. It is shown that the quantization of electrodynamics, which begins with a given Lagrangian and ends by perturbative calculation of scattering probabili

Teresa Vaz Martins, Raúl Toral

We consider a system of identical van der Pol oscillators, globally coupled through their velocities, and study how the presence of competitive interactions affects its synchronisation properties. We will address the question from two points of view. Firstly, we will investigate the role of competitive interactions on the synchronisation among identical osci

Matthias Braun, P. R. Struck, Guido Burkard

We study the spin exchange between two electrons localized in separate quantum dots in graphene. The electronic states in the conduction band are coupled indirectly by tunneling to a common continuum of delocalized states in the valence band. As a model, we use a two-impurity Anderson Hamiltonian which we subsequently transform into an effective spin Hamilto

Edoardo Ballico, Francesco Malaspina

Here we classify the weakly uniform rank two vector bundles on multiprojective spaces. Moreover we show that every rank $r>2$ weakly uniform vector bundle with splitting type $a_{1,1}=...=a_{r,s}=0$ is trivial and every rank $r>2$ uniform vector bundle with splitting type $a_1>...>a_r$, splits.

Paul de Medeiros

We investigate the structure of a simple class of affine toric Calabi-Yau varieties that are defined from quiver representations based on finite eulerian directed graphs (digraphs). The vanishing first Chern class of these varieties just follows from the characterisation of eulerian digraphs as being connected with all vertices balanced. Some structure theor

Florent Balacheff, Hugo Parlier, Stéphane Sabourau

Given a Riemannian surface, we consider a naturally embedded graph which captures part of the topology and geometry of the surface. By studying this graph, we obtain results in three different directions. First, we find bounds on the lengths of homologically independent curves on closed Riemannian surfaces. As a consequence, we show that for any $λ\in (0,1)$

Erhard Seiler

Nonlinear sigma models with non-compact target space and non-amen-able symmetry group were introduced long ago in the study of disordered electron systems. They also occur in dimensionally reduced quantum gravity; recently they have been considered in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence. These models show spontaneous symmetry breaking in {\it any} dime

Rafael Chaves, Luiz Davidovich

The robustness of multipartite entanglement of systems undergoing decoherence is of central importance to the area of quantum information. Its characterization depends however on the measure used to quantify entanglement and on how one partitions the system. Here we show that the unambiguous assessment of the robustness of multipartite entanglement is obtain

D. Hunt, G. Korniss, B. K. Szymanski

We study the impact of competing time delays in coupled stochastic synchronization and coordination problems. We consider two types of delays: transmission delays between interacting elements and processing, cognitive, or execution delays at each element. We establish the scaling theory for the phase boundary of synchronization and for the steady-state fluct

Pieter Moree

If the equation 1^k+2^k+...+(m-2)^k+(m-1)^k=m^k has an integer solution with k>1, then m>10^{10^6}. Leo Moser showed this in 1953 by remarkably elementary methods. His proof rests on four identities he derives separately. It is shown here that Moser&#39;s result can be derived from a von Staudt-Clausen type theorem (an easy proof of which is also presented h

Thibault Bernard, Alain Bui, Laurence Pilard, Devan Sohier

We propose an algorithm that builds and maintains clusters over a network subject to mobility. This algorithm is fully decentralized and makes all the different clusters grow concurrently. The algorithm uses circulating tokens that collect data and move according to a random walk traversal scheme. Their task consists in (i) creating a cluster with the nodes

Jake Bouvrie, Boumediene Hamzi

We introduce a novel data-driven order reduction method for nonlinear control systems, drawing on recent progress in machine learning and statistical dimensionality reduction. The method rests on the assumption that the nonlinear system behaves linearly when lifted into a high (or infinite) dimensional feature space where balanced truncation may be carried o

Scott D. Friedman, Donald G. York, Benjamin J. McCall, Julie Dahlstrom

We establish correlations between equivalent widths of eight diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs), and examine their correlations with atomic hydrogen, molecular hydrogen, and EB-V . The DIBs are centered at λλ5780.5, 6204.5, 6283.8, 6196.0, 6613.6, 5705.1, 5797.1, and 5487.7, in decreasing order of Pearsonâs correlation coefficient with N(H) (here defined as t

Helena Cobo Pablos, Pedro Daniel Gonzalez Perez

The geometric motivic Poincaré series of a germ $(S,0)$ of complex algebraic variety takes into account the classes in the Grothendieck ring of the jets of arcs through $(S,0)$. Denef and Loeser proved that this series has a rational form. We give an explicit description of this invariant when $(S,0)$ is an irreducible germ of quasi-ordinary hypersurface sin

Holger Homann, Daniel Schulz, Rainer Grauer

Conditional statistics of homogeneous isotropic turbulent flow is investigated by means of high-Reynolds number direct numerical simulations performed with $2048^3$ collocation points. Eulerian as well as Lagrangian velocity increment statistics under several conditions are analyzed and compared. In agreement with experimental data longitudinal probability d

Jason Wyse, Nial Friel

We introduce a Bayesian extension of the latent block model for model-based block clustering of data matrices. Our approach considers a block model where block parameters may be integrated out. The result is a posterior defined over the number of clusters in rows and columns and cluster memberships. The number of row and column clusters need not be known in

Massimo Vaccaro

Let $(\tilde Q,g) $ be a para-quaternionic Hermitian structure on the real vector space $V$. By referring to the tensorial presentation $(V, \tilde{Q},g) \simeq (H^2 \otimes E^{2n}, \mathfrak{sl}(H),ω^H \otimes ω^E)$, we give an explicit description, from an affine and metric point of view, of main classes of subspaces of $V$ which are invariantly defined wi

Anshuman Sinha

A traditional paper-based passport contains a Machine- Readable Zone (MRZ) and a Visual Inspection Zone (VIZ). The MRZ has two lines of the holder&#39;s personal data, some document data, and verification characters encoded using the Optical Character Recognition font B (OCRB). The encoded data includes the holder&#39;s name, date of birth, and other identif

Alexandre Gaudilliere, Benedetto Scoppola, Elisabetta Scoppola, Massimiliano Viale

We give a rigorous proof of two phase transitions for a disordered system designed to find large cliques inside Erdos random graphs. Such a system is associated with a conservative probabilistic cellular automaton inspired by the cavity method originally introduced in spin glass theory.

Patrick Azaria

We study a three-components fermionic gas loaded in a one-dimensional optical trap at half-filling. We find that the system is fully gapped and may order into 8 possible phases: four 2$k_F$ atomic density wave and spin-Peierls phases with all possible relative $π$ phases shifts between the three species. We find that trionic excitations are unstable toward t

K. P. Jayachandran, J. M. Guedes, H. C. Rodrigues

It is demonstrated based on continuum mechanics modeling and simulation that it is possible to obtain polycrystalline ceramic ferroelectric materials which beggars single crystals in electromechanical properties. The local inhomogeneities at the ferroelectric domain-scale level due to spontaneous polarization and the underlying anisotropy are taken into cons

Cristina C. Popescu, Richard J. Tuffs, Michael A. Dopita, Joerg Fischera

We present a self-consistent model of the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of spiral galaxies from the ultraviolet (UV) to the mid-infrared (MIR)/far-infrared (FIR)/submillimeter (submm) based on a full radiative transfer calculation of the propagation of starlight in galaxy disks. This model predicts not only the total integrated energy absorbed in the

Bob Eisenberg

We consider a simple working hypothesis that all permeation properties of open ionic channels can be predicted by understanding electrodiffusion in fixed structures, without invoking conformation changes, or changes in chemical bonds. We know, of course, that ions can bind to specific protein structures, and that this binding is not easily described by the t

Ch. Bonatti, S. Crovisier, L. J. Díaz, N. Gourmelon

Conditions are provided under which lack of domination of a homoclinic class yields robust heterodimensional cycles. Moreover, so-called viral homoclinic classes are studied. Viral classes have the property of generating copies of themselves producing wild dynamics (systems with infinitely many homoclinic classes with some persistence). Such wild dynamics al

A. L. Tadross, M. A. Nasser

We studied the principal parameters of some previously unstudied open star clusters using the JHK Near-IR photometry (2MASS survey). These clusters have been selected from the updated Catalogs of Dais and Webda. Based on the 2MASS database and the DSS visual images, some homogeneous methods and algorithms have been applied. The astrometry and photometric pri

Otgonbayar Uuye

In this expository note, we present a simple proof of the Fredholm Alternative for compact operators that are norm limits of finite rank operators. We also prove a Fredholm Alternative for pseudodifferential operators of order < 0.

Jason Wyse, Nial Friel

This paper presents a Markov chain Monte Carlo method to generate approximate posterior samples in retrospective multiple changepoint problems where the number of changes is not known in advance. The method uses conjugate models whereby the marginal likelihood for the data between consecutive changepoints is tractable. Inclusion of hyperpriors gives a near a

N. Gupta, B. N. Tiwari, S. Bellucci

This paper presents the intrinsic geometric model for the solution of power system planning and its operation. This problem is large-scale and nonlinear, in general. Thus, we have developed the intrinsic geometric model for the network reliability and voltage stability, and examined it for the IEEE 5 bus system. The robustness of the proposed model is illust

Neeraj Gupta, Bhupendra Nath Tiwari, Stefano Bellucci

From the perspective of the network theory, the present work illustrates how the parametric intrinsic geometric description exhibits an exact set of pair correction functions and global correlation volume with and without the inclusion of the imaginary power flow. The Gaussian fluctuations about the equilibrium basis accomplish a well-defined, non-degenerate

Carl Vogel, Jerom Janssen

A temporal analysis of emoticon use in Swedish, Italian, German and English asynchronous electronic communication is reported. Emoticons are classified as positive, negative and neutral. Postings to newsgroups over a 66 week period are considered. The aggregate analysis of emoticon use in newsgroups for science and politics tend on the whole to be consistent

Weining Kang, Kavita Ramanan

This work considers a many-server queueing system in which impatient customers with i.i.d., generally distributed service times and i.i.d., generally distributed patience times enter service in the order of arrival and abandon the queue if the time before possible entry into service exceeds the patience time. The dynamics of the system is represented in term

Armando Treibich

Let $\mathbb{P}^1$ and $(X,q)$ denote, respectively, the projective line and a fixed elliptic curve marked at its origin, both defined over an algebraically closed field $\mathbb{K}$ of arbitrary characteristic $\emph{\textbf{p}} \neq2$. We will consider all finite separable marked morphisms $π:(Γ,p)\rightarrow (X,q)$, such that $Γ$ is a degree-$2$ cover of

Camille Leroux, Ido Tal, Alexander Vardy, Warren J. Gross

The recently-discovered polar codes are widely seen as a major breakthrough in coding theory. These codes achieve the capacity of many important channels under successive cancellation decoding. Motivated by the rapid progress in the theory of polar codes, we propose a family of architectures for efficient hardware implementation of successive cancellation de

Guillaume Vassal

In this paper, we introduce the notions of ALF Weyl connection and of associated mass, and we prouve the positive mass theorem for the ALF Weyl structures.

Katrin Steinberg, Marc Scheffler, Martin Dressel

We have measured the frequency-dependent, complex impedance of thin metal strips in a broad range of microwave frequencies (45~MHz to 20~GHz). The spectra are in good agreement with theoretical predictions of an RCL model. The resistance, inductance, and capacitance, which govern the microwave response, depend on the strip width and thickness as well as on t

Lorenzo Zaninetti

Self-similar solutions to the problem of a special relativistic law of motion for thin shells of matter are calculated. These solutions represent the special relativistic generalization of momentum conservation for the thin layer approximation in classical physics. The analytical and numerical results are applied to Supernova Remnant 1987 A.

Nestor Guillen, Robert McCann

In this series of lectures we introduce the Monge-Kantorovich problem of optimally transporting one distribution of mass onto another, where optimality is measured against a cost function c(x,y). Connections to geometry, inequalities, and partial differential equations will be discussed, focusing in particular on recent developments in the regularity theory

A. V. Straube, A. Pikovsky

We study pattern-forming instabilities in reaction-advection-diffusion systems. We develop an approach based on Lyapunov-Bloch exponents to figure out the impact of a spatially periodic mixing flow on the stability of a spatially homogeneous state. We deal with the flows periodic in space that may have arbitrary time dependence. We propose a discrete in time

Jian Ren, Hongbo Fu, Daomin Cao, Jinqiao Duan

A conceptual model for microscopic-macroscopic slow-fast stochastic systems is considered. A dynamical reduction procedure is presented in order to extract effective dynamics for this kind of systems. Under appropriate assumptions, the effective system is shown to approximate the original system, in the sense of a probabilistic convergence.

Luca Lusanna

After the study of non-inertial frames in special relativity with emphasis on the problem of clock synchronization (i.e. of how to define 3-space), an overview is given of Einstein canonical gravity in the York canonical basis and of its Hamiltonian Post-Minkowskian (PM) linearization in 3-orthogonal gauges. It is shown that the York time (the trace of the e

Natalie Shlomo, Chris Skinner

Government statistical agencies often apply statistical disclosure limitation techniques to survey microdata to protect the confidentiality of respondents. There is a need for valid and practical ways to assess the protection provided. This paper develops some simple methods for disclosure limitation techniques which perturb the values of categorical identif

Thomas Preibisch, Frederic Schuller, Henrike Ohlendorf, Stephanie Pekruhl

The Great Nebula in Carina is a superb location in which to study the physics of violent massive star-formation and the resulting feedback effects, including cloud dispersal and triggered star-formation. In order to reveal the cold dusty clouds in the Carina Nebula complex, we used the Large APEX Bolometer Camera LABOCA at the APEX telescope to map a 1.25 de

J. Olejarz, P. L. Krapivsky, S. Redner

We investigate the long-time properties of the Ising-Glauber model on a periodic cubic lattice after a quench to zero temperature. In contrast to the conventional picture from phase-ordering kinetics, we find: (i) Domains at long time are highly interpenetrating and topologically complex, with average genus growing algebraically with system size. (ii) The lo

J. Pomplun, L. Zschiedrich, S. Burger, F. Schmidt

Image modeling and simulation are critical to extending the limits of leading edge lithography technologies used for IC making. Simultaneous source mask optimization (SMO) has become an important objective in the field of computational lithography. SMO is considered essential to extending immersion lithography beyond the 45nm node. However, SMO is computatio

James M. Kilner, Karl J. Friston

Neuroimaging produces data that are continuous in one or more dimensions. This calls for an inference framework that can handle data that approximate functions of space, for example, anatomical images, time--frequency maps and distributed source reconstructions of electromagnetic recordings over time. Statistical parametric mapping (SPM) is the standard fram

John MacQuarrie

Our aim is to transfer several foundational results from the modular representation theory of finite groups to the wider context of profinite groups. We are thus interested in profinite modules over the completed group algebra k[[G]] of a profinite group G, where k is a finite field of characteristic p. We define the concept of relative projectivity for a pr

Olivier Bailleux

Unit resolution can simplify a CNF formula or detect an inconsistency by repeatedly assign the variables occurring in unit clauses. Given any CNF formula sigma, we show that there exists a satisfiable CNF formula psi with size polynomially related to the size of sigma such that applying unit resolution to psi simulates all the effects of applying it to sigma

Siddhartha R. Dalal, Bing Han

Given the potential for illicit nuclear material being used for terrorism, most ports now inspect a large number of goods entering national borders for radioactive cargo. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is moving toward one hundred percent inspection of all containers entering the U.S. at various ports of entry for nuclear material. We propose a Bay

Patrick Seeling

In this paper, we present an evaluation of the Ethernet traffic for host and attendees of the popular opensource web conferencing system DimDim. While traditional Internet-centric approaches such as the MBONE have been used over the past decades, current trends for web-based conference systems make exclusive use of application-layer multicast. To allow for n

M. Ijäs, A. Harju

A density-functional approach on the hexagonal graphene lattice is developed using an exact numerical solution to the Hubbard model as the reference system. Both nearest-neighbour and up to third nearest-neighbour hoppings are considered and exchange-correlation potentials within the local density approximation are parameterized for both variants. The method

A. Lima-Santos

This work concerns the boundary integrability of the spin-s ${\cal{U}}_{q}[sl(2)]$ Temperley-Lieb model. A systematic computation method is used to constructed the solutions of the boundary Yang-Baxter equations. For $s$ half-integer, a general $2s(s+1)+3/2$ free parameter solution is presented. It turns that for $s$ integer, the general solution has $2s(s+1

Brian Kriegler, Richard Berk

In many metropolitan areas efforts are made to count the homeless to ensure proper provision of social services. Some areas are very large, which makes spatial sampling a viable alternative to an enumeration of the entire terrain. Counts are observed in sampled regions but must be imputed in unvisited areas. Along with the imputation process, the costs of un

G. Trinchieri, A. Wolter

Galaxies are essential building blocks in the Universe. However they are faint and complex X-ray sources and require high performance instrumentation to be properly studied. Yet they are fundamental for our understanding of the Universe, and a detailed knowledge of the local structures is mandatory to explain the deep and far Universe. We make a few examples

G. S. Djordjevic, Lj. Nesic

We review the relevance of quantum rolling tachyons and corresponding inflation scenario in the frame of the standard, $p$-adic and adelic minisuperspace quantum cosmology. The field theory of tachyon matter proposed by Sen in a zero-dimensional version suggested by Kar leads to a model of a particle moving in a constant external field with quadratic damping

J. Martin Camalich, L. S. Geng, M. J. Vicente Vacas

We review recent progress in the understanding of low-energy baryon structure by means of chiral perturbation theory. In particular, we discuss the application of this formalism to the description of the quark mass dependence of recent Lattice QCD results on the masses. We present the chiral extrapolation of those of the PACS-CS and LHP collaborations and we

R. Arthur, P. A. Boyle, D. Brömmel, M. A. Donnellan

We calculated the first two moments of the light-cone distribution amplitudes for the pseudoscalar mesons ($π$ and $K$) and the longitudinally polarised vector mesons ($ρ$, $K^*$ and $ϕ$) as part of the UKQCD and RBC collaborations&#39; $N_f=2+1$ domain-wall fermion phenomenology programme. These quantities were obtained with a good precision and, in particu

Jindrich Dolansky, Pavel Krtous

We study a system of an elastic ball moving in the non-relativistic spacetime with a nontrivial causal structure produced by a wormhole-based time machine. For such a system it is possible to formulate a simple model of the so-called `grandfather paradox&#39;: for certain `paradoxical&#39; initial conditions the standard straight trajectory of the ball would

Javier de Frutos, Bosco García-Archilla, Julia Novo

We consider two-grid mixed-finite element schemes for the spatial discretization of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. A standard mixed-finite element method is applied over the coarse grid to approximate the nonlinear Navier-Stokes equations while a linear evolutionary problem is solved over the fine grid. The previously computed Galerkin approxima

Javier de Frutos, Bosco García-Archilla, Julia Novo

A posteriori estimates for mixed finite element discretizations of the Navier-Stokes equations are derived. We show that the task of estimating the error in the evolutionary Navier-Stokes equations can be reduced to the estimation of the error in a steady Stokes problem. As a consequence, any available procedure to estimate the error in a Stokes problem can

Gengxin Li, Yuehua Cui

Genomic imprinting has been thought to play an important role in seed development in flowering plants. Seed in a flowering plant normally contains diploid embryo and triploid endosperm. Empirical studies have shown that some economically important endosperm traits are genetically controlled by imprinted genes. However, the exact number and location of the im

Si-xue Qin, Lei Chang, Huan Chen, Yu-xin Liu

We introduce a method based on the chiral susceptibility, which enables one to draw a phase diagram in the chemical-potential/temperature plane for strongly-interacting quarks whose interactions are described by any reasonable gap equation, even if the diagrammatic content of the quark-gluon vertex is unknown. We locate a critical endpoint (CEP) at (μ^E,T^E)

S. A. Artemenko, K. N. Grankin, P. P. Petrov

Long-term, uniform series of UBVR observations of T Tauri and Herbig Ae stars obtained over 20 yr at the Maidanak Observatory as part of the ROTOR program are analyzed. We find a linear relationship between the characteristic variability time scale and the bolometric luminosity of the star+disk system: the higher the luminosity, the slower the brightness var

Olle Hägström, Péter Mester

Some examples of translation invariant site percolation processes on the $\Z^2$ lattice are constructed, the most far-reaching example being one that satisfies uniform finite energy (meaning that the probability that a site is open given the status of all others is bounded away from $0$ and $1$) and exhibits a.s. the coexistence of an infinite open cluster a

Alejandro Luque, Ute Ebert

Streamer electrical discharges are often investigated with computer simulations of density models (also called drift-diffusion-reaction models). We review these models, detailing their physical foundations, their range of validity and the most relevant numerical algorithms employed in solving them. We focus particularly on schemes of adaptative refinement, u

Satyabrata Adhikari

Quantum secret sharing is one of the most important and interesting quantum information processing task. In quantum secret sharing, information is split among several parties such that only one of them is able to recover the qubit exactly provided all the other parties agree to cooperate. To achieve this task, all the parties need to share entangled state. A

Noriyuki Narukage, Taro Sakao, Ryouhei Kano, Hirohisa Hara

The X-Ray Telescope (XRT) onboard the Hinode satellite is an X-ray imager that observes the solar corona with unprecedentedly high angular resolution (consistent with its 1&#34; pixel size). XRT has nine X-ray analysis filters with different temperature responses. One of the most significant scientific features of this telescope is its capability of diagnosi

Yoichi Ikeda, Hideaki Iida

Potentials of quark--anti-quark pairs are studied from the anti-q--q Nambu-Bethe-Salpeter (NBS) wave functions in quenched lattice QCD. With the use of a method which has been recently developed in the derivation of nuclear forces from QCD, we derive the anti-q--q potentials with finite quark masses from the NBS wave functions. We calculate the anti-q--q NBS

Amelie Saintonge, Kristine Spekkens

We study the scaling relations between the luminosities, sizes, and rotation velocities of disk galaxies in the SFI++, with a focus on the size-luminosity (RL) and size-rotation velocity (RV) relations. Using isophotal radii instead of disk scale-lengths as a size indicator, we find relations that are significantly tighter than previously reported: the corre

H. Wang, Matteo Mariantoni, Radoslaw C. Bialczak, M. Lenander

Quantum entanglement, one of the defining features of quantum mechanics, has been demonstrated in a variety of nonlinear spin-like systems. Quantum entanglement in linear systems has proven significantly more challenging, as the intrinsic energy level degeneracy associated with linearity makes quantum control more difficult. Here we demonstrate the quantum e