November 2010 arXiv papers — page 48

Du-Hwan Han, Changbom Park, Yun-Young Choi, Myeong-Gu Park

We investigate the properties and environments of Type Ia Supernova (SN Ia) host galaxies in the Stripe 82 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey centered on the celestial equator. Host galaxies are defined as the galaxy nearest to the supernova (SN) in terms of angular distance whose velocity difference from the SN is less than 1000 km s^{-1}.

Sophie Van Eck, Pieter Neyskens, Bertrand Plez, Alain Jorissen

S-type stars are late-type giants whose atmosphere is enriched in carbon and s-process elements because of either extrinsic pollution by a binary companion or intrinsic nucleosynthesis and dredge-up on the thermally-pulsing AGB. A large grid of S-star model atmospheres has been computed covering the range 2700 < Teff < 4000 K with 0.5 < C/O < 0.99. ZrO and T

Qunhua Li, Michael J. MacCoss, Matthew Stephens

Mass spectrometry provides a high-throughput way to identify proteins in biological samples. In a typical experiment, proteins in a sample are first broken into their constituent peptides. The resulting mixture of peptides is then subjected to mass spectrometry, which generates thousands of spectra, each characteristic of its generating peptide. Here we cons

Alireza Valizadeh, Meysam Hashemi, Yusef Azizi

A recurrent loop consisting of a single neuron is considered which is influenced by a chemical excitatory delayed synaptic feedback. We show the response of the system is dependent to the duration of the activity of the synapse which is determined by the deactivation time constant of the synapse. We show that loops with slow synapses, those which the effect

L. Harnagea, S. Singh, G. Friemel, N. Leps

Platelet-like single crystals of the Ca(Fe1-xCox)2As2 series having lateral dimensions up to 15 mm and thickness up to 0.5 mm were obtained from the high temperature solution growth technique using Sn flux. Upon Co doping, the c-axis of the tetragonal unit cell decreases, while the a-axis shows a less significant variation. Pristine CaFe2As2 shows a combined

Eugene Strahov

We construct Pfaffian L-ensembles related to the z-measures on partitions and to the Plancherel measures on partitions with the Jack parameters 1/2 or 2. The results imply that these measures on partitions lead to Pfaffian point processes, and the correlation kernels of these processes can be expressed in terms of the corresponding L-matrices. We give explit

H. S. V. de Snoo, H. Winkler, M. Wojtylak

A generalized Nevanlinna function $Q(z)$ with one negative square has precisely one generalized zero of nonpositive type in the closed extended upper halfplane. The fractional linear transformation defined by $Q_τ(z)=(Q(z)-τ)/(1+τQ(z))$, $τ\in \mathbb{R} \cup \{\infty\}$, is a generalized Nevanlinna function with one negative square. Its generalized zero of

Andrej Lajovic, Matija Tomšič, Andrej Jamnik

In this paper, we review the main problem concerning the calculation of X-ray scattering of simulated model systems, namely their finite size. A novel method based on the Rayleigh-Debye-Gans approximation was derived, which allows sidestepping this issue by complementing the missing surroundings of each particle with an average image of the system. The metho

Jose A. Cuesta

Eigen&#39;s quasi-species model describes viruses as ensembles of different mutants of a high fitness &#34;master&#34; genotype. Mutants are assumed to have lower fitness than the master type, yet they coexist with it forming the quasi-species. When the mutation rate is sufficiently high, the master type no longer survives and gets replaced by a wide range o

Kimberly F. Sellers, Galit Shmueli

Poisson regression is a popular tool for modeling count data and is applied in a vast array of applications from the social to the physical sciences and beyond. Real data, however, are often over- or under-dispersed and, thus, not conducive to Poisson regression. We propose a regression model based on the Conway--Maxwell-Poisson (COM-Poisson) distribution to

The Fermi LAT Collaboration, Pulsar Timing Consortium

The high sensitivity of the Fermi-LAT (Large Area Telescope) offers the first opportunity to study faint and extended GeV sources such as pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). After one year of observation the LAT detected and identified three pulsar wind nebulae: the Crab Nebula, Vela-X and the PWN inside MSH 15-52. In the meantime, the list of LAT detected pulsars i

A. Kievsky

Using modern nucleon-nucleon interactions in the description of the $A=3,4$ nuclear systems the $χ^2$ per datum results to be much bigger than one. In particular it is not possible to reproduce the three- and four-nucleon binding energies and the $n-d$ scattering length simultaneously. This is one manifestation of the necessity of including a three-nucleon f

Michela D&#39;Onofrio, Kari Rummukainen, Anders Tranberg

The baryon number is violated in the Standard Model by non-perturbative sphaleron transitions. At temperatures above the electroweak scale, the rate of the sphaleron transitions is unsuppressed and has been accurately measured using effective theories on the lattice. At temperatures substantially below the electroweak scale, the Higgs field expectation value

N. A. Silant&#39;ev, M. Yu. Piotrovich, Yu. N. Gnedin, T. M. Natsvlishvili

We suppose that linear optical polarization is due to multiple scattering in optically thick magnetized accretion disk around central black hole. The polarization degree is very sensitive to the spin of black hole - for Kerr rotating hole the polarization is higher than for Schwarzschild non-rotating one if both holes have the same luminosities and masses. T

Florin F. Nichita, Bogdan P. Popovici

The (G, θ)-Lie algebras are structures which unify the Lie algebras and Lie superalgebras. We use them to produce solutions for the quantum Yang-Baxter equation. The constant and the spectral-parameter Yang-Baxter equations and Yang-Baxter systems are also studied.

Diana Duplij

The nucleotide composition of human genes with a special emphasis on transcription-related strand asymmetries is analyzed. Such asymmetries may be associated with different mutational rates in two principal factors. The first one is transcription-coupled repair and the second one is the selective pressure related to optimization of the translation efficiency

S. Ramstedt, M. Maercker, G. Olofsson, H. Olofsson

Stellar light from an AGB star is scattered by the circumstellar dust and polarized in the direction perpendicular to the source. Therefore, images of circumstellar envelopes around AGB stars in polarized light traces the dust distribution and can be used to search for asymmetries, and to achieve a better understanding of the mechanisms at play when AGB star

Mathias Arbeiter, Thomas Fennel

We investigate the wavelength dependent ionization, heating, and expansion dynamics of medium-sized rare-gas clusters (Ar$_{923}$) under intense femtosecond short-wavelength free electron laser pulses by quasi-classical molecular dynamics simulations. A comparison of the interaction dynamics for pulses with $\hbarω$=20, 38, and 90\,eV photon energy at fixed

H. Olofsson, S. Ramstedt, S. Sacuto, M. Maercker

Mass loss is a fundamental, observationally well-established feature of AGB stars but many aspects of this process still remain to be understood. To date, self-consistent dynamical models of dust-driven winds reproducing the observed mass-loss rates seem only possible for M-type stars if the grains in the close circumstellar environment grow to larger sizes

M. Stefanak, B. Kollar, T. Kiss, I. Jex

Recurrence of a random walk is described by the Polya number. For quantum walks, recurrence is understood as the return of the walker to the origin, rather than the full-revival of its quantum state. Localization for two dimensional quantum walks is known to exist in the sense of non-vanishing probability distribution in the asymptotic limit. We show on the

Kristin P. Lennox, David B. Dahl, Marina Vannucci, Ryan Day

By providing new insights into the distribution of a protein&#39;s torsion angles, recent statistical models for this data have pointed the way to more efficient methods for protein structure prediction. Most current approaches have concentrated on bivariate models at a single sequence position. There is, however, considerable value in simultaneously modelin

S. Ramstedt, F. L. Schöier, H. Olofsson

The S-type stars are believed to have a C/O-ratio close to unity (within a few percent). They are considered to represent an intermediate evolutionary stage as AGB stars evolve from oxygen-rich M-type stars into carbon stars. As possible transition objects the S-type stars could give important clues to the mass-loss mechanism(s) and to the chemical evolution

A. Rozanska, J. Madej, P. Konorski, A. Sadowski

We present angle-dependent, broad-band intensity spectra from accretion disks around black holes of 10 M$_\odot$. In our computations disks are assumed to be slim, which means that the radial advection is taken into account while computing effective temperature of the disk. We attempt to reconstruct continuum and line spectra of X-ray binaries in soft state,

Tuomas Karavirta, Anne-Mari Mykkanen, Jarno Rantaharju, Kari Rummukainen

We present a perturbative calculation of the improvement coefficients of SU(2) gauge theory with adjoint representation Wilson-clover fermions and using Schrodinger functional boundary conditions. The computation of the boundary improvement terms is necessary for the full O(a) improvement. With two flavours of adjoint representation fermions this theory is c

M. Kimata, T. Terashima, N. Kurita, H. Satsukawa

We report the results of the angular-dependent magnetoresistance oscillations (AMROs), which can determine the shape of bulk Fermi surfaces in quasi-two-dimensional (Q2D) systems, in a highly hole-doped Fe-based superconductor KFe$_2$As$_2$ with $T_c \approx$ 3.7 K. From the AMROs, we determined the two Q2D FSs with rounded-square cross sections, correspondi

Pieter Neyskens, Sophie Van Eck, Bertrand Plez, Stéphane Goriely

During the evolution on the AGB, S-type stars are the first objects to experience s-process nucleosynthesis and third dredge-ups, and therefore to exhibit sprocess signatures in their atmospheres. Their significant mass loss rates (10^-7 to 10^-6 M*/year) make them major contributors to the AGB nucleosynthesis yields at solar metallicity. Precise abundance d

Andrey V. Korol, Andrey V. Solov&#39;yov

We demonstrate that the Auger decay rate in an endohedral atom is very sensitive to the atom&#39;s location in the fullerene cage. Two additional decay channels appear in an endohedral system: (a) the channel due to the change in the electric field at the atom caused by dynamic polarization of the fullerene electron shell by the Coulomb field of the vacancy,

Jarmo Mäkelä

We seek for an alternative to the metric tensor $g_{μν}$ as a fundamental geometrical object in four-dimensional Riemannian manifolds. We suggest that the metric tensor $g_{μν}(P)$ at a given point $P$ of a manifold may be replaced by a four-dimensional geometrical simplex $σ^^4(P)$ embedded to the tangent space $T_P$ of the point $P$. The number of two-face

Andrei Tokovinin

Complete census of wide visual companions to nearby G-dwarf stars can be achieved by selecting candidates from the 2MASS Point-Source Catalog and checking their status by second-epoch imaging. Such data are obtained for 124 candidates with separations up to 20&#34;, 47 of which are shown to be new physical low-mass stellar companions. A list of visual binari

Ignacio Bajo, Daniel Franco, Juan Perán

We consider a rational system of first order difference equations in the plane with four parameters such that all fractions have a common denominator. We study, for the different values of the parameters, the global and local properties of the system. In particular, we discuss the boundedness and the asymptotic behavior of the solutions, the existence of per

Xiaoling Zhang, Chris Godsil

In this paper, we study how the distance spectral radius behaves when the graph is perturbed by grafting edges. As applications, we also determine the graph with $k$ cut vertices (respectively, $k$ cut edges) with the minimal distance spectral radius.

C. M. Reed, A. J. Fenwick

Agreeing suitability for purpose and procurement decisions depend on assessment of real or simulated performances of sonar systems against user requirements for particular scenarios. There may be multiple pertinent aspects of performance (e.g. detection, track estimation, identification/classification and cost) and multiple users (e.g. within picture compila

Hael Collins

The evolution of an inhomogeneous universe composed entirely of matter is followed from an early, nearly uniform state until the time when the inhomogeneities have begun to grow large. The particular distribution of matter studied in this article is chosen to have a periodic variation in only one of the directions, which is simple enough to allow the behavio

V. A. R. M. Ribeiro, M. J. Darnley, M. F. Bode, U. Munari

Determining the evolution of the ejecta morphology of novae provides valuable information on the shaping mechanisms in operation at early stages of the nova outburst. Understanding such mechanisms has implications for studies of shaping for example in proto-Planetary Nebulae. Here we perform morpho-kinematical studies of V2491 Cyg using spectral data to dete

D. Impiombato, L. Zampieri, R. Falomo, F. Grisé

We analyzed the longest phase-connected photometric dataset available for NGC 1313 X-2, looking for the ~6 day modulation reported by Liu et al. (2009). The folded B band light curve shows a 6 days periodicity with a significance slightly larger than 3 sigma. The low statistical significance of this modulation, along with the lack of detection in the V band,

Sergey Andreyev

This book is about the transformation of screen objects into movable and resizable and about the design of applications entirely on the basis of such elements. The screen objects have a wide variety of shapes; they can be either graphical objects or controls; there are solitary objects and very complex objects parts of which are involved in individual, synch

Manuel Valle

We present in a local form the time dependent effective description of a superfluid Fermi liquid which includes Landau damping effects at $T\neq 0$. This is achieved by the introduction of an additional variable, the quasiparticle distribution function, which obeys a simple kinetic equation. The transport equation is coupled with first order equations for th

Luca Zampieri, Alessandro Patruno

The amount of data available for NGC 1313 X-2 make it a cornerstone for the study of ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs). We modelled the optical and X-ray data of this ULX with a binary evolution code that takes into account X-ray irradiation. We restricted the candidate binary system to be either a 50-100 Msun black hole (BH) accreting from a 12-15 Msun mai

Woncheol Jang, Ji Meng Loh

Line transect sampling is a method used to estimate wildlife populations, with the resulting data often grouped in intervals. Estimating the density from grouped data can be challenging. In this paper we propose a kernel density estimator of wildlife population density for such grouped data. Our method uses a combined cross-validation and smoothed bootstrap

Zhengxiang Li, Puxun Wu, Hongwei Yu

We study the cosmic expansion history by reconstructing the deceleration parameter $q(z)$ from the SDSS-II type Ia supernova sample (SNIa) with two different light curve fits (MLCS2k2 and SALT-II), the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) distance ratio, the cosmic microwave background (CMB) shift parameter, and the lookback time-redshift (LT) from the age of o

Marco Brunella

We give a characterization of Inoue surfaces in terms of automorphic pluriharmonic functions on a cyclic covering. Together with results of Chiose and Toma, this completes the classification of compact complex surfaces of Kaehler rank one.

J. G. Dai, Shuangchi He, Tolga Tezcan

This paper studies many-server limits for multi-server queues that have a phase-type service time distribution and allow for customer abandonment. The first set of limit theorems is for critically loaded $G/Ph/n+GI$ queues, where the patience times are independent and identically distributed following a general distribution. The next limit theorem is for ove

María J. Carro, Javier Soria, Rodolfo H. Torres

Let $T$ be an arbitrary operator bounded from $L^{p_0}(w)$ into $L^{p_0, \infty}(w)$ for every weight $w$ in the Muckenhoupt class $A_{p_0}$. It is proved in this article that the distribution function of $Tf$ with respect to any weight $u$ can be essentially majorized by the distribution function of $Mf$ with respect to $u$ (plus an integral term easy to co

A. Cieply, J. Smejkal

We use chirally motivated effective meson-baryon potentials to describe the low energy $\bar{K}N$ data including the characteristics of kaonic hydrogen. Our results are examined in comparison with other approaches based on the unitarity and dispersion relation for the inverse of the T-matrix. We demonstrate that the movements of the poles generated by the mo

H. Okazaki, T. Wakita, T. Muro, Y. Kaji

We use photoemission spectroscopy to study electronic structures of pristine and K-doped solid picene. The valence band spectrum of pristine picene consists of three main features with no state at the Fermi level (EF), while that of K-doped picene has three structures similar to those of pristine picene with new states near EF, consistent with the semiconduc

Stefano Gabici

Observations of molecular clouds in the gamma ray domain provide us with a tool to study the distribution of cosmic rays in the Galaxy. This is because cosmic rays can penetrate molecular clouds, undergo hadronic interactions in the dense gas, and produce neutral pions that in turn decay into gamma rays. The detection of this radiation allows us to estimate

K. Perraut, I. Brandão, D. Mourard, M. Cunha

Physical processes working in the stellar interiors as well as the evolution of stars depend on some fundamental stellar properties, such as mass, radius, luminosity, and chemical abundances. A classical way to test stellar interior models is to compare the predicted and observed location of a star on theoretical evolutionary tracks in a H-R diagram. This re

Fabio Pintore, Luca Zampieri

We present a systematic analysis of the X-ray spectra of NGC 1313 X-1 and NGC 1313 X-2, using six years of XMM-Newton observations (17 observations). We fitted the continuum with a Comptonization model plus a multicolor blackbody disc, that describes the effects of an accretion disc plus an optically thick corona. We checked the consistency of this spectral

Audrey Qiuyan Fu, Diane P. Genereux, Reinhard Stöger, Charles D. Laird

We develop Bayesian inference methods for a recently-emerging type of epigenetic data to study the transmission fidelity of DNA methylation patterns over cell divisions. The data consist of parent-daughter double-stranded DNA methylation patterns with each pattern coming from a single cell and represented as an unordered pair of binary strings. The data are

Guillaume Valette

We prove some de Rham theorems on bounded subanalytic submanifolds of $\R^n$ (not necessarily compact). We show that the $L^1$ cohomology of such a submanifold is isomorphic to its singular homology. In the case where the closure of the underlying manifold has only isolated singularities this implies that the $L^1$ cohomology is Poincaré dual to $L^\infty$ c

A. B. Van&#39;kov, T. D. Rhone, A. Pinczuk, I. V. Kukushkin

Coulomb exchange interactions of electrons in the nu=3 quantum Hall state are determined from two inter-Landau level spin-flip excitations measured by resonant inelastic light scattering. The two coupled collective excitations are linked to inter-Landau level spin-flip transitions arising from the N=0 and N=1 Landau levels. The strong repulsion between the t

Chung-Lin Shan

We reexamine the model-independent data analysis methods for extracting properties of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) by using data (measured recoil energies) from direct Dark Matter detection experiments directly and, as a more realistic study, consider a small fraction of residue background events, which pass all discrimination criteria and th

Andrew Pickles, Éric Depagne

We present fitted UBVRI-ZY and u&#39;g&#39;r&#39;i&#39;z&#39; magnitudes, spectral types and distances for 2.4M stars, derived from synthetic photometry of a library spectrum that best matches the Tycho2 BtVt, NOMAD Rn and 2MASS JHK_{2/S} catalog magnitudes. We present similarly synthesized multi-filter magnitudes, types and distances for 4.8M stars with 2MA

Carlos Díaz Mendoza, Ramón Orive

We study the asymptotic zero distribution of the rescaled Laguerre polynomials, $\displaystyle L_n^{(α_n)}(nz)$, with the parameter $α_n$ varying in such a way that $\displaystyle \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}α_n/n=-1$. The connection with the so-called Szegö curve will be showed.

Ryo Namiki

We present experimentally testable quantum limitations on the phase-insensitive linear amplification and phase conjugation with respect to the transformation of a Gaussian distributed set of coherent states following the footing to assess the success of continuous-variable quantum teleportation and quantum memory devices. The results enable us to compare the

S. Pellegrini

The past decade has seen a large progress in the X-ray investigation of early-type galaxies of the local universe, and first attempts have been made to reach redshifts z>0 for these objects, thanks to the high angular resolution and sensitivity of the satellites Chandra and XMM-Newton. Major advances have been obtained in our knowledge of the three separate

Weichao Xu, Yunhe Hou, Y. S. Hung, Yuexian Zou

This paper analyzes the performances of the Spearman&#39;s rho (SR) and Kendall&#39;s tau (KT) with respect to samples drawn from bivariate normal and bivariate contaminated normal populations. The exact analytical formulae of the variance of SR and the covariance between SR and KT are obtained based on the Childs&#39;s reduction formula for the quadrivariat

John Hughes, John Fricks, William Hancock

We introduce a procedure to automatically count and locate the fluorescent particles in a microscopy image. Our procedure employs an approximate likelihood estimator derived from a Poisson random field model for photon emission. Estimates of standard errors are generated for each image along with the parameter estimates, and the number of particles in the im

B. van Soelen, P. J. Meintjes

The binary system PSR B1259-63 consists of a 48 ms pulsar in a 3.4 year orbit around a Be star and unpulsed TeV gamma-ray emission has been detected near previous periastron passages. A likely source of the gamma-rays is the inverse Compton up-scattering of target photons from the Be star by the ultra-relativistic electron/positron pulsar wind in the region

Ravi S. Singh, Gyaneshwar K. Gupta

A hybrid Optical-Device (Phase-Conjugating Mirror Michelson Interferometer), made up of Phase-conjugate mirror along with ordinary mirror and Polarization Beam-splitter, is formally designed and investigated for the generation of an unusual Optical-Polarization States. This weird yet &#39;essentially single-mode&#39; optical-polarization state has non-random

Keiji Yada, Masatoshi Sato, Yukio Tanaka, Takehito Yokoyama

We study Andreev bound state (ABS) and surface density of state (SDOS) of non-centrosymmetric superconductor where spin-singlet $d$-wave pairing mixes with spin-triplet $p$ (or $f)$-wave one by spin-orbit coupling. For $d_{xy} + p$-wave pairing, ABS appears as a zero energy state. The present ABS is a Majorana edge mode preserving the time reversal symmetry.

Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Debajyoti Sinha, Stuart Lipsitz, Elizabeth Letourneau

Existing state-wide data bases on prosecutors&#39; decisions about juvenile offenders are important, yet often un-explored resources for understanding changes in patterns of judicial decisions over time. We investigate the extent and nature of change in judicial behavior toward juveniles following the enactment of a new set of mandatory registration policies

M. Gebran, R. Monier

Abundance anomalies have been determined at the surface of many field and open cluster A and F dwarfs. These abundance anomalies are most likely caused by microscopic diffusion at work within the stable envelopes of A stars. However diffusion can be counteracted by several other mixing processes such as convection, rotational mixing and mass loss. We present

Michael R. Huber, Rodney X. Sturdivant

How often can we expect a Major League Baseball team to score at least 20 runs in a single game? Considered a rare event in baseball, the outcome of scoring at least 20 runs in a game has occurred 224 times during regular season games since 1901 in the American and National Leagues. Each outcome is modeled as a Poisson process; the time of occurrence of one

Katsiaryna Krupchyk, Lassi Päivärinta

We establish the Borg-Levinson theorem for elliptic operators of higher order with constant coefficients. The case of incomplete spectral data is also considered.

Tapio Simula, Mikko Stenlund

We have studied a model of a random walk in a quenched random environment. In addition to featuring anomalous diffusion and localization, for special regimes of disorder parameters the particle density decomposes into multi-Gaussian structure while its cumulative distribution is normal. We explain the observed fine structure of the density and point out its

Feimin Huang, Yi Wang, Tong Yang

Fluid dynamic limit to compressible Euler equations from compressible Navier-Stokes equations and Boltzmann equation has been an active topic with limited success so far. In this paper, we consider the case when the solution of the Euler equations is a Riemann solution consisting two rarefaction waves and a contact discontinuity and prove this limit for both

Servet Martínez, Werner Nagel

Let (Y_t: t > 0) be the STIT tessellation process. We show that for all polytopes W with nonempty interior and all a>1, the renormalized random sequence (a^n Y_{a^n}: n integer) induced in W, is a finitary factor of a Bernoulli shift. As a corollary we get that the renormalized continuous time process (a^t Y_{a^t}: t real) induced in W is a Bernoulli flow.

Anat Sakov, Ilan Golani, Dina Lipkind, Yoav Benjamini

In recent years, a growing need has arisen in different fields for the development of computational systems for automated analysis of large amounts of data (high-throughput). Dealing with nonstandard noise structure and outliers, that could have been detected and corrected in manual analysis, must now be built into the system with the aid of robust methods.

Valentin P. Ivanov, Diana P. Kjurkchieva, M. Srinivasa Rao

We propose a procedure for light-curve solution of eclipsing binary stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud for which photometric data have been obtained in the framework of the OGLE project as well as way of determination of the global stellar parameters on the basis of the obtained solutions, some empirical relations as well as the distance to the SMC. Several

Ronnie Pavlov

For any two-dimensional nearest neighbor shift of finite type X and any integer n > 0, one can define the horizontal strip shift H_n(X) to be the set of configurations on Z x {1,...,n} which do not contain any forbidden transitions for X. It is always the case that the sequence h(H_n(X))/n of normalized topological entropies of the strip shifts approaches h(

Jarmo Hietarinta

We consider quasilinear, multi-variable, constant coefficient, lattice equations defined on the edges of the elementary square of the lattice, modeled after the lattice modified Boussinesq (lmBSQ) equation, e.g., $\tilde y z=\tilde x-x$. These equations are classified into three canonical forms and the consequences of their multidimensional consistency (Cons

Jianfa Zhang, Jun-Yu Ou, Nikitas Papasimakis, Yifang Chen

The fabrication of indented (&#39;intaglio&#39;) or raised (&#39;bas-relief&#39;) sub-wavelength metamaterial patterns on a metal surface provides a mechanism for changing and controlling the colour of the metal without employing any form of chemical surface modification, thin-film coating or diffraction effects. We show that a broad range of colours can be

Nicolas Dutil, Patrick Hayden

We present a protocol for performing state merging when multiple parties share a single copy of a mixed state, and analyze the entanglement cost in terms of min- and max-entropies. Our protocol allows for interpolation between corner points of the rate region without the need for time-sharing, a primitive which is not available in the one-shot setting. We al

Joseph Kerckhoff, Michael A. Armen, Dmitri S. Pavlichin, Hideo Mabuchi

Nanophotonic technologies offer great promise for ultra-low power optical signal processing, but relatively few nonlinear-optical phenomena have yet been explored as bases for robust digital modulation/switching~\cite{Yang07,Fara08,Liu10,Noza10}. Here we show that a single two-level system (TLS) coupled strongly to an optical resonator can impart binary phas

Jitesh R. Bhatt, Hiranmaya Mishra, V. Sreekanth

We investigate the thermal photon production-rates using one dimensional boost-invariant second order relativistic hydrodynamics to find proper time evolution of the energy density and the temperature. The effect of bulk-viscosity and non-ideal equation of state are taken into account in a manner consistent with recent lattice QCD estimates. It is shown that

Bor-Luen Huang, Ming-Che Chang, Chung-Yu Mou

The density of states near zero energy in a graphene due to strong point defects with random positions are computed. Instead of focusing on density of states directly, we analyze eigenfunctions of inverse T-matrix in the unitary limit. Based on numerical simulations, we find that the squared magnitudes of eigenfunctions for the inverse T-matrix show random-w

Q. E. Goddard, F. Bresolin, R. C. Kennicutt, E. V. Ryan-Weber

Using deep Subaru/FOCAS spectra of 34 HII regions in both the inner and outer parts of the extended ultraviolet (XUV) disc galaxy NGC 4625 we have measured an abundance gradient out to almost 2.5 times the optical isophotal radius. We applied several strong line abundance calibrations to determine the HII region abundances, including R23, [NII]/[OII], [NII]/

Mona Berciu

We study the Holstein polaron in transverse magnetic field using non-perturbational methods. At strong fields and large coupling, we show that the polaron has a Hofstadter spectrum, however very distorted and of lower symmetry than that of a (heavier) bare particle. For weak magnetic fields, we identify non-perturbational behaviour of the Landau levels not p

Zhaolong Yu, Feng Yuan, Luis Ho

Low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs) are generally believed to be powered by an inner radiatively inefficient, advection-dominated accretion flow (ADAF), an outer truncated thin disk, and a jet. Maoz (2007) recently challenged this picture based on the observation that the strength of ultraviolet emission relative to the X-ray and radio bands does

Lev Rozansky

The WRT invariant of a link L in S2xS1 at sufficiently high values of the level r can be expresses as an evaluation of a special polynomial invariant of L at 2r-th root of unity. We categorify this polynomial invariant by associating to L a bigraded homology whose graded Euler characteristic is equal to this polynomial. If L is presented as a closure of a ta

F. G. Garvan

New congruences are found for Andrews&#39; smallest parts partition function spt(n). The generating function for spt(n) is related to the holomorphic part alpha(24z) of a certain weak Maass form M(z) of weight 3/2. We show that a normalized form of the generating function for spt(n) is an eigenform modulo 72 for the Hecke operators T(p^2) for primes p > 3, a

F. G. Garvan

Congruences are found modulo powers of 5, 7 and 13 for Andrews&#39; smallest parts partition function spt(n). These congruences are reminiscent of Ramanujan&#39;s partition congruences modulo powers of 5, 7 and 11. Recently, Ono proved explicit Ramanujan-type congruences for spt(n) modulo p for all primes p>3 which were conjectured earlier by the author. We

Joachim Rose, Stella Bradbury, Isabel Bond, Paul Ogden

It is widely believed that the generation of high speed optical signals is not the job for an LED. However this work is done to show that there are techniques which can be used to produce nanosecond square pulses from a diode. Rise and fall times of a typical 10ns long signal were 1-2 ns and the intensity of the emission could be controlled by the supply vol

Subhra Sen Gupta, Hiroki Wadati, G. A. Sawatzky

We study the importance of inter-site coherences and quantum interference effects in the x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) of mixed-valent systems. We demonstrate its importance, first for a simple diatomic mixed-valent molecule to elucidate the physics involved, and finally for mixed-valent Ti oxides, using a model calculation including full spin and orbi

E. C. Vasconcellos, R. R. de Carvalho, R. R. Gal, F. L. LaBarbera

We study the star/galaxy classification efficiency of 13 different decision tree algorithms applied to photometric objects in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release Seven (SDSS DR7). Each algorithm is defined by a set of parameters which, when varied, produce different final classification trees. We extensively explore the parameter space of each algorith

Danil W. Boukhvalov

Results of first principles modelling of interactions graphene and graphite with iron impurities predict the colossal difference between these two carbon allotropes. Insertion of the iron atoms between the planes of graphite is much more energetically favourable than adsorption of the iron adatom at graphite or graphene surface. High mobility of iron adatom

E. Giraud, Q. -S. Gu, J. Melnick, H. Quintana

We present galaxy spectroscopic data on a pencil beam of $10.75&#39; \times7.5&#39;$ centered on the X-ray cluster RXJ0054.0-2823 at $z = 0.29$. We study the spectral evolution of galaxies from $z=1$ down to the cluster redshift in a magnitude-limited sample at $\rm R\leq23$, for which the statistical properties of the sample are well understood. We divide e

David Syphers, Scott F. Anderson, Wei Zheng, Avery Meiksin

Quasars that allow the study of IGM He II are very rare, since they must be at high redshift along sightlines free of substantial hydrogen absorption, but recent work has dramatically expanded the number of such quasars known. We analyze two dozen higher-redshift (z=3.1-3.9) low-resolution He II quasar spectra from HST and find that their He II Gunn-Peterson

William J. Keith, Rishi Nath

The combinatorial properties of partitions with various restrictions on their hooksets are explored. A connection with numerical semigroups extends current results on simultaneous s/t-cores. Conditions that suffice for a partition to possess required hooks are developed.

Courtney G. Brell, Steven T. Flammia, Stephen D. Bartlett, Andrew C. Doherty

We present a procedure to obtain the Hamiltonians of the toric code and Kitaev quantum double models as the low-energy limits of entirely two-body Hamiltonians. Our construction makes use of a new type of perturbation gadget based on error-detecting subsystem codes. The procedure is motivated by a PEPS description of the target models, and reproduces the tar

Pavel N. Krivitsky, Mark S. Handcock

Models of dynamic networks --- networks that evolve over time --- have manifold applications. We develop a discrete-time generative model for social network evolution that inherits the richness and flexibility of the class of exponential-family random graph models. The model --- a Separable Temporal ERGM (STERGM) --- facilitates separable modeling of the tie

Dong Zhang

(Abridged) Ultracompact Minihaloes (UCMHs), which formed by dark matter accretion onto primordial black holes (PBHs) or initial dark matter overdensity produced by the primordial density perturbation, provide a new type of compact dark matter structure to ionize and heat the IGM after matter-radiation equality z_eq, which is much earlier than the formation o

Sergey A. Moiseev

The photon echo quantum memory is based on a controlled rephasing of the atomic coherence excited by signal light field in the inhomogeneously broadened resonant line. Here, we propose a novel active mechanism of the atomic rephasing which provides a perfect retrieval of the stored light field in the photon echo quantum memory for arbitrary initial inhomogen

Mario Blaum, Sugata Sanyal

Given $r\geq 3$ and $2^{r-1}+1\leq n< 2^{r}-1$, an $[n,n-r,3]$ shortened Hamming code that can detect a maximal number of double errors is constructed. The optimality of the construction is proven.

I. Paul, A. Cano, K. Sengupta

Iron telluride doped lightly with selenium is known to undergo a first order magneto-structural transition before turning superconducting at higher doping. We study the effects of magneto-elastic couplings on this transition using symmetry considerations. We find that the magnetic order parameters are coupled to the uniform monoclinic strain of the unit cell

Roi Docampo

We study arc spaces and jet schemes of generic determinantal varieties. Using the natural group action, we decompose the arc spaces into orbits, and analyze their structure. This allows us to compute the number of irreducible components of jet schemes, log canonical thresholds, and topological zeta functions.

Sylvain Bonnot, Michael Yampolsky

We study canonical decompositions of postcritically finite branched coverings of the 2-sphere, as defined by K.~Pilgrim. We show that every hyperbolic cycle in the decomposition does not have a Thurston obstruction. It is thus Thurston equivalent to a rational map.

A. P. Cooper, S. Cole, C. S. Frenk, A. Helmi

We describe a correlation function statistic that quantifies the amount of spatial and kinematic substructure in the stellar halo. We test this statistic using model stellar halo realizations constructed from the Aquarius suite of six high-resolution N-body simulations in combination with the Galform semi-analytic galaxy formation model. These simulations sh

Xiang-Xiang Xue, Hans-Walter Rix, Brian Yanny, Timothy C. Beers

We present and analyze the positions, distances, and radial velocities for over 4000 blue horizontal-branch (BHB) stars in the Milky Way&#39;s halo, drawn from SDSS DR8. We search for position-velocity substructure in these data, a signature of the hierarchical assembly of the stellar halo. Using a cumulative &#34;close pair distribution&#34; (CPD) as a stat