December 2010 arXiv papers — page 18

V. K. Dugaev, E. Ya. Sherman, J. Barnas

We consider spin effects related to the random spin-orbit interaction in graphene. Such a random interaction can result from the presence of ripples and/or other inhomogeneities at the graphene surface. We show that the random spin-orbit interaction generally reduces the spin dephasing (relaxation) time, even if the interaction vanishes on average. Moreover,

E. Pancino, A. Mucciarelli, L. Sbordone, M. Bellazzini

We analysed high-resolution UVES spectra of six stars belonging to the subgiant branch of omega Centauri, and derived abundance ratios of 19 chemical elements (namely Al, Ba, C, Ca, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, La, Mg, Mn, N, Na, Ni, Sc, Si, Sr, Ti, and Y). A comparison with previous abundance determinations for red giants provided remarkable agreement and allowed us to

Emmanuel Abbe

In this paper, it is shown that the rank function of a matroid can be represented by a "mutual information function" if and only if the matroid is binary. The mutual information function considered is the one measuring the amount of information between the inputs (binary uniform) and the output of a multiple access channel (MAC). Moreover, it is show

Adam Besenyei, Denes Petz

Some real functions f induce mean of positive numbers and the matrix monotonicity gives a possibility for means of positive definite matrices. Moreover, such a function f can define linear mapping beta on matrices (which is basic in the constructions of monotone metrics). The present subject is to check the complete positivity of beta in the case of a few co

Ying Ding

The Semantic Web is one of the main efforts aiming to enhance human and machine interaction by representing data in an understandable way for machines to mediate data and services. It is a fast-moving and multidisciplinary field. This study conducts a thorough bibliometric analysis of the field by collecting data from Web of Science (WOS) and Scopus for the

Leah Childers

The Torelli group, I(S_g), is the subgroup of the mapping class group consisting of elements that act trivially on the homology of the surface. There are three types of elements that naturally arise in studying I(S_g): bounding pair maps, separating twists, and simply intersecting pair maps (SIP-maps). Historically the first two types of elements have been t

Vera Lúcia Carbone, Marcelo José Dias Nascimento, Karina Schiabel-Silva, Ricardo Parreira da Silva

We consider the family of singularly nonautonomous plate equation with structural damping \[ u_{tt} + a(t,x)u_{t} + (- Δ) u_{t} + (-Δ)^{2} u + λu = f(u), \] in a bounded domain $Ω\subset \R^n$, with Navier boundary conditions. When the nonlinearity $f$ is dissipative we show that this problem is globally well posed in $H^2_0(Ω) \times L^2(Ω)$ and has a famil

Mantu Santra, Rakesh S. Singh, Biman Bagchi

Nucleation at large metastability is still largely an unsolved problem, although is a problem of tremendous current interest, with wide practical value. It is well-accepted that the classical nucleation theory (CNT) fails to provide a qualitative picture and gives incorrect quantitative values for such quantities as activation free energy barrier and supersa

Miguel A. Perez-Torres, Antonio Alberdi, Cristina Romero-Canizales, Marco Bondi

We present partial results from our monitoring of the nuclear region of the starburst galaxy IC 694 (=Arp 299-A) at radio wavelengths, aimed at discovering recently exploded CCSNe, as well as to determine their rate of explosion, which carries crucial information on star formation rates and starburst scenarios at work. Two epochs of eEVN observations at 5.0

Lorenzo Brasco, Rolando Magnanini, Paolo Salani

We investigate the location of the (unique) hot spot in a convex heat conductor with unitary initial temperature and with boundary grounded at zero temperature. We present two methods to locate the hot spot: the former is based on ideas related to the Alexandrov-Bakelmann-Pucci maximum principle and Monge-Ampère equations; the latter relies on Alexandrov&#39

K. C. Steenbrugge, E. J. D. Jolley, Z. Kuncic, K. M. Blundell

It has been proposed that the radio spectra of radio-quiet quasars is produced by free-free emission in the optically thin part of an accretion disc wind. An important observational constraint on this model is the observed X-ray luminosity. We investigate this constraint using a sample of PG radio-quiet quasars for which XMM-Newton EPIC spectra are available

U. C. Joshi, S. Ganesh, K. S. Baliyan

Observations on comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin) were made at phase angles close to opposition ($1.7^{\circ}$ - $10^{\circ}$). Photometric observations were carried out during 2009 February 24-28, in the IHW blue and red continuum and $R$ broad band using photo-polarimeter mounted on the 1.2m telescope at Mt Abu IR Observatory. In all the bands, a significant linear

Lisa M. Haas, Jens Braun, Jan M. Pawlowski

We present results for the phase diagram of QCD with two massless quark flavours as obtained from a first-principles functional renormalisation group approach. In particular we compute order parameters for chiral symmetry breaking and quark confinement at vanishing and non-zero imaginary chemical potential. Our analytical and numerical results suggest a clos

Benjamin Schlein

In these notes we review some recent results concerning the derivation of effective equations from first principle quantum dynamics. In particular, we discuss the derivation of the semi-relativistic Hartree equation for the evolution of boson stars, and the derivation of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation for the dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates.

M. Pomorski, K. Miernik, W. Dominik, Z. Janas

The beta+ decay of very neutron deficient 43Cr has been studied by means of an imaging time projection chamber which allowed recording tracks of charged particles. Events of beta-delayed emission of one-, two-, and three protons were clearly identified. The absolute branching ratios for these channels were determined to be 81(4)%, 7.1(4)%, and 0.08(3)%, resp

Clarisse Tur, Alexander Heger, Sam M. Austin

We have studied the sensitivity of supernova production of the gamma emitting nuclei 26Al, 44Ti and 60Fe to variations of the rates of the triple alpha and 12C(alpha, gamma) reactions. Over a range of twice their experimental uncertainties we find variations in the production of 60Fe by more than a factor of five. Smaller variations, about a factor of two to

Vladimir Gudkov, Young-Ho Song

As an attempt to find a way to resolve the discrepancy between calculated by traditional methods PV effects and the available set of experimental data, we analyze the methods of calculations of symmetry violating effects in few-body nuclear systems. The overview of methods of calculations of PV and TRIV effects in few-body neutron induced reactions is presen

Vladimir Gudkov

The method based on microscopic theory of nuclear reactions has been applied for the analysis of parity violating effects in a few-body systems. Different parity violating and parity conserving asymmetries and their dependence on neutron energy have been estimated for $n + ^3He \rightarrow ^3H + p$ reaction. The estimated effects are in a good agreement with

Xavier Durang, Jean-Yves Fortin, Malte Henkel

The one-dimensional coagulation-diffusion process describes the strongly fluctuating dynamics of particles, freely hopping between the nearest-neighbour sites of a chain such that one of them disappears with probability 1 if two particles meet. The exact two-time correlation and response function in the one-dimensional coagulation-diffusion process are deriv

Joël Lamy-Poirier, Pierre Mathieu

This is the second of two articles (independent of each other) devoted to the analysis of the path description of the states in su(2)_k WZW models. Here we present a constructive derivation of the fermionic character at level k based on these paths. The starting point is the expression of a path in terms of a sequence of nonlocal (formal) operators acting on

Jakob Mueller-Hill

Recently Ivanov and Skvortsov introduced continuous Dyson-Maleev (DM) representations of supersymmetric non-linear sigma models and motivated that these representations are non-perturbatively exact. Basic to all continuous DM representations of this kind are certain identities for integrals over hermitian (super)symmetric spaces. We establish these basic ide

A. A. Suzko, E. P. Velicheva

The Darboux transformation operator technique in differential and integral forms is applied to the generalized Schrodinger equation with a position-dependent effective mass and with linearly energy-dependent potentials. Intertwining operators are obtained in an explicit form and used for constructing generalized Darboux transformations of an arbitrary order.

Anna V. Kovacevic, Quentin A. Parker, George H. Jacoby, Rob Sharp

We present [OIII]λ5007 fluxes and angular diameters for 435 Planetary Nebulae (PN) in the central 10' x 10' region towards the Galactic bulge. Our sample is taken from the new discoveries of the MASH PN surveys as well as previously known PN. This sample accounts for 80% of known PN in this region. Fluxes and diameters are measured from narrow-band i

J. Magnus Wikberg, Ronny Knut, Sumanta Bhandary, Igor di Marco

We present an investigation of the magnetic behavior of epitaxial MnAs films grown on GaAs(100). We address the dependence of the magnetic moment, ferromagnetic transition temperature ($T_c$) and magnetocrystalline anisotropy constants on epitaxial conditions. From thorough structural and magnetic investigations, our findings indicate a more complex relation

B. M. Ovchinnikov, V. V. Parusov, Yu. B. Ovchinnikov

The Gas Electron Multiplier detectors with wire and metallic electrodes, with a gas filling in the gap between them were proposed and tested. The main advantage of these Gas Electron Multipliers compared to standard ones consists in their increased stability and reliability. The experimental results on testing of such detectors with gaps between the electrod

Edgar Bugaev

In the first part of the talk the interesting new results of MINOS, OPERA and CMS collaborations (connected with the observational evidence of the rise in the muon charge ratio at muon energies around 1 TeV) are briefly discussed from theoretical point of view. A short review of charge asymmetric effects in muon energy losses is given. In the second part of

Wenguang Wang, Weiping Wang, Yifan Zhu, Qun Li

The prevailing net-centric environment demands and enables modeling and simulation to combine efforts from numerous disciplines. Software techniques and methodology, in particular service-oriented architecture, provide such an opportunity. Service-oriented simulation has been an emerging paradigm following on from object- and process-oriented methods. Howeve

Adelchi Azzalini, Giuliana Regoli

The family of skew-symmetric distributions is a wide set of probability density functions obtained by combining in a suitable form a few components which are selectable quite freely provided some simple requirements are satisfied. Intense recent work has produced several results for specific sub-families of this construction, but much less is known in genera

Kirill Tuchin

We discuss azimuthal correlations in $dAu$ collisions at different rapidities and centralities and argue that experimentally observed depletion of the back-to-back peak can be quantitatively explained by gluon saturation in the Color Glass Condensate of the Gold nucleus.

Ming Li, Shao-Ming Fei, Xianqing Li-Jost

Quantum entanglement plays crucial roles in quantum information processing. Quantum entangled states have become the key ingredient in the rapidly expanding field of quantum information science. Although the nonclassical nature of entanglement has been recognized for many years, considerable efforts have been taken to understand and characterize its properti

Manjari Bagchi, Duncan R. Lorimer

We study luminosities of millisecond pulsars in globular clusters by fitting the observed luminosity distribution with single and double power laws. We use simulations to model the observed distribution as the brighter part of some parent distribution for Terzan 5 and try to find a model which simultaneously agrees with the observed diffuse radio flux, total

Garfield Brown, Steve Brooks, Winston Buckley

We present a mixture Poisson model for claims counts in which the number of components in the mixture are estimated by reversible jump MCMC methods.

Stefan Waldmann

Various aspects of Morita theory of deformed algebras and in particular of star product algebras on general Poisson manifolds are discussed. We relate the three flavours ring-theoretic Morita equivalence, $^*$-Morita equivalence, and strong Morita equivalence and exemplify their properties for star product algebras. The complete classification of Morita equi

Rossella Falcone, Edwin Laermann, Maria Paola Lombardo

We study QCD with 2+1 flavors at nonzero temperature and nonzero chemical potential. We present preliminary results obtained from lattice calculations performed with an improved staggered fermions action (p4-action) on lattice with temporal extent N_t = 4 on a line of constant physics with the strange quark mass adjusted to its physical value and a pion mass

Fan Ding, Hansjörg Geiges, Otto van Koert

According to Giroux, contact manifolds can be described as open books whose pages are Stein manifolds. For 5-dimensional contact manifolds the pages are Stein surfaces, which permit a description via Kirby diagrams. We introduce handle moves on such diagrams that do not change the corresponding contact manifold. As an application, we derive classification re

Steffen Godskesen, Thomas Sejr Jensen, Niels Kjeldsen, Rune Larsen

This paper introduces a three-phase heuristic approach for a large-scale energy management and maintenance scheduling problem. The problem is concerned with scheduling maintenance and refueling for nuclear power plants up to five years into the future, while handling a number of scenarios for future demand and prices. The goal is to minimize the expected tot

M. Kopecky, J. Kub, F. Maca, J. Masek

We report high resolution x-ray diffraction measurements of (Ga,Mn)As and (Ga,Mn)(As,P) epilayers. We observe a structural anisotropy in the form of stacking faults which are present in the (111) and (11-1) planes and absent in the (-111) and (1-11) planes. The stacking faults produce no macroscopic strain. They occupy 0.01 - 0.1 per cent of the epilayer vol

Nadeem Javaid, Akmal Javaid, Imran Ali Khan, Karim Djouani

Being most popular and IETF standard metric, minimum hop count is appropriately used by Ad hoc Networks, as new paths must rapidly be found in the situations where quality paths could not be found in due time due to high node mobility. There always has been a tradeoff between throughput and energy consumption, but stationary topology of WMNs and high node de

Andrzej Bialas, Robi Peschanski

The possibility that particle production in high-energy collisions is a result of two asymmetric hydrodynamic flows is investigated, using the Khalatnikov form of the 1+1-dimensional approximation of hydrodynamic equations. The general solution is discussed and applied to the physically appealing "generalized in-out cascade" where the space-time and

Julius Helm, Walter T. Strunz, Stephan Rietzler, Lars Erik Würflinger

For the case of phase damping (pure decoherence) we investigate the extent to which environmental traits are imprinted on an open quantum system. The dynamics is described using the quantum channel approach. We study what the knowledge of the channel may reveal about the nature of its underlying dynamics and, conversely, what the dynamics tells us about how

E. Arushanov, S. Levcenko, G. Fuchs, S. -L. Drechsler

We show that the zero field normal-state resistivity above Tc for various levels of electron doping - both for LaO1-xFxFeAs (La-1111) and SmO1-xFxFeAs (Sm-1111) members of the 1111-iron-pnictide superconductor family - can be scaled in a broad temperature range from 20 to 300 K onto single curves for underdoped La-1111 (x=0.05-0.075), for optimally and overd

B. Ghosh, S. Aziz

Although the Higgs particle is at the centre-stage of the Standard Model of particle physics and in many other related models, it has not been experimentally found so far. One of the major objectives of the Large Hadron Collider experiments is to detect the Higgs. In this article, we highlight the problems encountered in the Higgs sector of particle physics

S. Prem Kumar, David Mateos, Angel Paredes, Maurizio Piai

We propose that a holographic description of `walking' behaviour, namely quasi-conformal dynamics relevant for technicolor models, can be obtained from relevant deformations of N=4 super Yang-Mills. We consider deformations which drive the theory close to the N=1 Leigh-Strassler fixed point, eventually deviating from it in the deep IR. We use the Pilch-W

Suphakorn Chunlen, Kasper Peeters, Marija Zamaklar

We study corrections to the drag force exerted on a quark moving through a quark-gluon plasma of finite extent, using holographic methods. Interestingly we find that the leading correction is negative, i.e. it reduces the magnitude of the drag force as compared to its value in infinite volume.

Garfield Brown, Winston Buckley

In this paper, we review and apply several approaches to model selection for analysis of variance models which are used in a credibility and insurance context. The reversible jump algorithm is employed for model selection, where posterior model probabilities are computed. We then apply this method to insurance data from workers' compensation insurance sc

G. Van Hooydonk

We prove why claims on trapping antihydrogen are premature, if not false.

Yu. V. Kovtun, A. I. Skibenko, E. I. Skibenko, Yu. V. Larin

Parameters of a dense 10^13-10^14cm^-3) multicomponent gas-metal plasma in the pulsed reflex discharge with a moderate power (W \leq 10 MW) have been studied. The dynamics of the plasma density in time, the mass-element composition of the plasma generated, the radial distribution of the electron density in plasma, the rotation velocity and the rotation frequ

S. S. Agaev, V. M. Braun, N. Offen, F. A. Porkert

We provide a theoretical update of the calculations of the pi0-gamma*-gamma form factor in the LCSR framework, including up to six polynomials in the conformal expansion of the pion distribution amplitude and taking into account twist-six corrections related to the photon emission at large distances. The results are compared with the calculations of the B->

Dragana Bajovic, Dusan Jakovetic, Joao Xavier, Bruno Sinopoli

We study the large deviations performance, i.e., the exponential decay rate of the error probability, of distributed detection algorithms over random networks. At each time step $k$ each sensor: 1) averages its decision variable with the neighbors' decision variables; and 2) accounts on-the-fly for its new observation. We show that distributed detection

Chiara Bianchini, Antoine Henrot

We look for the minimizers of the functional $\jla{\la}(\oo)=\la|\oo|-P(\oo)$ among planar convex domains constrained to lie into a given ring. We prove that, according to the values of the parameter $\la$, the solutions are either a disc or a polygon. In this last case, we describe completely the polygonal solutions by reducing the problem to a finite dimen

A. Noutsos, A. A. Abdo, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello

We report on the first year of Fermi gamma-ray observations of pulsed high-energy emission from the old PSR J2043+2740. The study of the gamma-ray efficiency of such old pulsars gives us an insight into the evolution of pulsars' ability to emit in gammma rays as they age. The gamma-ray lightcurve of this pulsar above 0.1 GeV is clearly defined by two sha

Francesco Caravenna, Philippe Carmona, Nicolas Pétrélis

We consider a discrete-time version of the parabolic Anderson model. This may be described as a model for a directed (1+d)-dimensional polymer interacting with a random potential, which is constant in the deterministic direction and i.i.d. in the d orthogonal directions. The potential at each site is a positive random variable with a polynomial tail at infin

Igor A. Bandos

We are searching for the action principle for multiple M0-brane (multiple M-wave or mM0) system starting from the mM0 equations of motion obtained in the frame of superembedding approach. Surprisingly, the way from these equations to the action happens to be hampered by a problem which suggests a possible generalization of the action principle which we call

Stefan Walter, Björn Trauzettel

We propose and analyze different schemes to probe the quantum nature of nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) by a tunnel junction detector. Using the Keldysh technique, we are able to investigate the dynamics of the combined system for an arbitrary ratio of $eV/\hbar Ω$, where V is the applied bias of the tunnel junction and $Ω$ the eigenfrequency of the osc

G. Cynolter, E. Lendvai

A Lorentz and gauge symmetry preserving regularization method has been proposed recently in 4 dimension based on Euclidean momentum cutoff. It is shown that the triangle anomaly can be calculated unambiguously with this new improved cutoff. The anticommutator of γ^{5} and γ^μ multiplied by five gamma is proportional to terms that do not vanish under a diverg

I. R. Seitenzahl

Radioactive decays contribute significantly to the re-heating of supernova ejecta. Previous works mainly considered the energy deposited by gamma-rays and positrons produced by 56Ni, 56Co, 57Ni, 57Co, 44Ti, and 44Sc. We point out that Auger and internal conversion electrons constitute an additional heat source. At late times, these electrons can contribute s

N. Chamel

When applied to a single nucleon, nuclear energy density functionals may yield a non-vanishing internal energy thus implying that the nucleon is interacting with itself. It is shown how to avoid this unphysical feature for semi-local phenomenological functionals containing all possible bilinear combinations of local densities and currents up to second order

Thomas Seidel, Jeanette Hartwig, Richard L. Sanders, Dirk Helbing

The chapter describes the modeling of a material handling system with the production of individual units in a scheduled order. The units represent the agents in the model and are transported in the system which is abstracted as a directed graph. Since the hindrances of units on their path to the destination can lead to inefficiencies in the production, the b

Artur Nicolau, Daniel Suárez

We characterize the connected components of the subset $\cni$ of $H^\infty$ formed by the products $bh$, where $b$ is Carleson-Newman Blaschke product and $h\in H^\infty$ is an invertible function. We use this result to show that, except for finite Blaschke products, no inner function in the little Bloch space is in the closure of one of these components. Ou

C. Grojean, M. Spiropulu

The European School of High-Energy Physics is intended to give young physicists an introduction to the theoretical aspects of recent advances in elementary particle physics. These proceedings contain lecture notes on quantum field theory, quantum chromodynamics, physics beyond the Standard Model, flavour physics, effective field theory, cosmology, as well as

I. R. Seitenzahl, F. K. Roepke, R. Pakmor, M. Fink

The post-processing of passively advected Lagrangian tracer particles is still the most common way for obtaining detailed nucleosynthetic yield predictions of Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) hydrodynamical simulations. Historically, tracer particles of constant mass are employed. However, intermediate mass elements, such as e.g. Ne, Mg, Al, or Si, are typically sy

A. E. Bondar, V. F. Dmitriev, A. I. Milstein, V. M. Strakhovenko

The process $e^+e^- \rightarrow N\bar N$ is studied nearby a threshold with account for polarizations of all initial and final particles. The nucleon polarization $\bm ζ^N$ reveals a strong energy dependence due to that of the nucleon electromagnetic form factors $G_E(Q^2)$ and $G_M(Q^2)$ caused by the final-state interaction of nucleons. It is shown that th

H. Wunderlich, G. Vallone, P. Mataloni, M. B. Plenio

We report on the quantification of entanglement by means of entanglement measures on a four- and a six- qubit cluster state realized by using photons entangled both in polarization and linear momentum. This paper also addresss the question of the scaling of entanglement bounds from incomplete tomographic information on the density matrix under realistic expe

Sarmistha Sarkar, Biman Bagchi

Binary mixtures are known to phase separate via both nucleation and spinodal decomposition, depending on the initial composition and extent of the quench. Here we develop an energy landscape view of phase separation and non-ideality in binary mixtures by exploring their potential energy landscape (PEL) as functions of temperature and composition, by employin

Ta Sheng Tan

In this paper we are interested in the brush number of a graph - a concept introduced by McKeil and by Messinger, Nowakowski and Pralat. Our main aim in this paper is to determine the brush number of the two-dimensional torus. This answers a question of Bonato and Messinger. We also find the brush number of the cartesian product of a clique with a path, whic

A. Valcarce, J. Vijande, H. Garcilazo, T. F. Carames

We discuss recent results of hadron spectroscopy and hadron-hadron interaction within a quark model framework. New experimental data could point to the important role played by higher order Fock space components on low-energy observables. Our aim is to obtain a coherent description of the low-energy hadron phenomenology to constrain QCD phenomenological mode

Erik Van der Straeten, Christian Beck

The superstatistics concept is a useful statistical method to describe inhomogeneous complex systems for which a system parameter $β$ fluctuates on a large spatio-temporal scale. In this paper we analyze a measured time series of wind speed fluctuations and extract the superstatistical distribution function $f(β)$ directly from the data. We construct suitabl

A. Valcarce, J. Vijande

We present recent studies of charmonium multiquark states. We use different interacting models and numerical methods to study deeply bound four-quark states and meson-meson molecules. No deeply bound four-quark states are found in our analysis. A nice description of the X(3872) is obtained as a $D\bar{D}^*-J/Ψω$ coupled channel state.

Bharat V. Adkar, Biman Jana, Biman Bagchi

The catalytic conversion ATP + AMP -> 2ADP by the enzyme adenylate kinase (ADK) involves the binding of one ATP molecule to the LID domain and one AMP molecule to the NMP domain. The latter is followed by a phosphate transfer, and then the release of two ADP molecules. We have computed a novel two dimensional configurational free energy surface (2DCFES), wit

A. Valcarce, J. Vijande, T. F. Caramés

Doubly charmed mesons are studied within a quark model framework. We solve the four-quark Schordinger equation by means of a variational approach by using different interacting potentials. Our results point to the existence of a stable isoscalar doubly charmed four-quark meson with quantum numbers $J^P=1^+$.

Christophe Guyeux, Qianxue Wang, Jacques M. Bahi

In this paper, a new chaotic pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) is proposed. It combines the well-known ISAAC and XORshift generators with chaotic iterations. This PRNG possesses important properties of topological chaos and can successfully pass NIST and TestU01 batteries of tests. This makes our generator suitable for information security applications l

Oriol Vendrell, Hans-Dieter Meyer

The multilayer multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree (ML-MCTDH) method is discussed and a fully general implementation for any number of layers based on the recursive ML-MCTDH algorithm given by Manthe [J. Chem. Phys. {\bf 128}, 164116 (2008)] is presented. The method is applied first to a generalized Henon-Heiles (HH) Hamiltonian. For 6D HH the overhead

Gaston Miño, Thomas E. Mallouk, Thierry Darnige, Mauricio Hoyos

We consider two systems of active swimmers moving close to a solid surface, one being a living population of wild-type \textit{E. coli} and the other being an assembly of self-propelled Au-Pt rods. In both situations, we have identified two different types of motion at the surface and evaluated the fraction of the population that displayed ballistic trajecto

Xin-Jian Xu, Xiao-Long Peng, Michael Small, Xin-Chu Fu

Individual nodes in evolving real-world networks typically experience growth and decay --- that is, the popularity and influence of individuals peaks and then fades. In this paper, we study this phenomenon via an intrinsic nodal fitness function and an intuitive aging mechanism. Each node of the network is endowed with a fitness which represents its activity

Anthony J. Short

We unify two recent results concerning equilibration in quantum theory. We first generalise a proof of Reimann [PRL 101,190403 (2008)], that the expectation value of 'realistic' quantum observables will equilibrate under very general conditions, and discuss its implications for the equilibration of quantum systems. We then use this to re-derive an in

Zhao Zhuo, Shi-Min Cai, Zhong-Qian Fu, Wen-Xu Wang

This paper mainly investigates why small-world networks are navigable and how to navigate small-world networks. We find that the navigability can naturally emerge from self-organization in the absence of prior knowledge about underlying reference frames of networks. Through a process of information exchange and accumulation on networks, a hidden metric space

Christophe Guyeux, Qianxue Wang, Jacques M. Bahi

In this paper, a new pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) based on chaotic iterations is proposed. This method also combines the digits of two XORshifts PRNGs. The statistical properties of this new generator are improved: the generated sequences can pass all the DieHARD statistical test suite. In addition, this generator behaves chaotically, as defined by

Izabela Balwierz, Wojciech Wislicki, Pawel Moskal

The KLOE-2 detector is a powerful tool to study the temporal evolution of quantum entangled pairs of kaons. The accuracy of such studies may in principle be limited by the interaction of neutral kaons with thermal photons present inside the detector. Therefore, it is crucial to estimate the probability of this effect and its influence on the interference pat

Rukmini Dey, Samir K. Paul

In this paper we prequantize the moduli space of non-abelian vortices. We explicitly calculate the symplectic form arising from the $L^2$ metric and we construct a prequantum line bundle whose curvature is proportional to this symplectic form. The prequantum line bundle turns out to be Quillen's determinant line bundle with a modified Quillen metric. Nex

Sunandan Gangopadhyay, Dibakar Roychowdhury

We emphasize the importance of the Voros product in defining a noncommutative inspired Reissner-Nordström black hole. The entropy of this black hole is then computed in the tunneling approach and is shown to obey the area law at the next to leading order in the noncommutative parameter $θ$. Modifications to entropy/area law is then obtained by going beyond t

A. F. Rajoelimanana, P. A. Charles, A. Udalski

We have studied the very long-term temporal properties of the optical emission from Be X-ray binaries (BeX) in the Small Magellanic Cloud over a ~ 16 yr baseline, using light curves from the MACHO and OGLE databases. All the BeX in our sample display superorbital variations, many of them quasi-periodic on timescales of ~ 200-3000 d. These long-term variation

Vasile Poputa, Gheorghe Ivan

The main purpose of this paper is to study the vector groupoids. This is an algebraic structure which combines the concepts of Brandt groupoid and vector space such that these are compatible.

Aslak Bakke Buan

In this survey we discuss some combinatorial aspects of higher cluster categories.

Diego Sáez-Gómez

At the present work, it is studied the extension of F (R) gravities to the new recently proposed theory of gravity, the so-called Horava-Lifshitz gravity, which provides a way to make the theory power counting renormalizable by breaking Lorentz invariance. It is showed that dark energy can be well explained in the frame of this extension, just in terms of gr

A. Vershik

We introduce the definition of totally nonfree actions of groups; such actions are naturally related to the theory of characters of groups and their factor-representations of type II. This short note is a brief exposition of a part of a more detailed paper on this subject, which is now in preparation.

Ulrik Egede, Tobias Hurth, Joaquim Matias, Marc Ramon

We discuss a method to construct observables protected against QCD uncertainties based on the angular distribution of the exclusive Bd -> K(*0}(-> Kpi) l+ l- decay. We focus on the identification and the interpretation of all the symmetries of the distribution. They constitute a key ingredient to construct a set of so-called transverse observables. We work i

Chiara Vitelli, Nicolò Spagnolo, Fabio Sciarrino, Francesco De Martini

We investigate how multiphoton quantum states obtained through optical parametric amplification can be manipulated by performing a measurement on a small portion of the output light field. We study in detail how the macroqubit features are modified by varying the amount of extracted information and the strategy adopted at the final measurement stage. At last

Aleksandr Bekshaev

Spatial distribution of the longitudinal field component of a circularly polarized optical beam depends on the polarization handedness, which causes the lateral shift of the beam "center of gravity" when its polarization toggles. We present the generalized theory of this effect, which demonstrates its relation with the angular irradiance moments of t

Ernesto Nungesser

The late-time behaviour of the Einstein-dust system is well understood for homogeneous spacetimes. For the case of Bianchi I we have been able to show that the late-time behaviour of the Einstein-Vlasov system is well approximated by the Einstein-dust system assuming that one is close to the unique stationary solution which is the attractor of the Einstein-d

D. D. Bhaktavatsala Rao, Nir Bar-Gill, Gershon Kurizki

We demonstrate through an exactly solvable model that collective coupling to any thermal bath induces effectively nonlinear couplings in a quantum many-body (multi-spin) system. The resulting evolution can drive an uncorrelated large-spin system with high probability into a macroscopic quantum-superposition state. We discuss possible experimental realization

Er-ling Gong, Weiwei Zhou, S. G. Schirmer, Zhi-Qiang Sun

The problem of identifiability of model parameters for open quantum systems is considered by investigating two-level dephasing systems. We discuss under which conditions full information about the Hamiltonian and dephasing parameters can be obtained. Using simulated experiments several different strategies for extracting model parameters from limited and noi

T. Lomako, R. Salimov, E. Sevost'yanov

It is stated equicontinuity and normality of families $\frak{F}^Φ$ of the so--called homeomorphisms with finite distortion on conditions that $K_{f}(z)$ has finite mean oscillation, singularities of logarithmic type or integral constraints of the type $\intΦ\left(K_{f}(z)\right)dx\,dy<\infty$ in a domain $D\subset{\C}.$ It is shown that the found conditions

M. I. Kobets, K. G. Dergachev, E. N. Khatsko, S. L. Gnatchenko

The AFMR spectra of the NdFe$_3$(BO$_3$)$_4$ crystal are measured in a wide range of frequencies and temperatures. It is found that by the type of magnetic anisotropy the compound is an &#34;easy-plane&#34; antiferromagnet with a weak anisotropy in the basal plane. The effective magnetic parameters are determined: anisotropy fields $H_{a1}$=1.14 kOe and $H_{

Thomas Hambye

From the particle physics point of view, the most peculiar property of the dark matter particle is its stability on cosmological time scales. We briefly review the possible origins of this characteristic feature for candidates whose relic density results from the thermal freeze-out of their annihilation. We emphasize that each stabilization mechanism implies

O. Petruk, V. Beshley, F. Bocchino, M. Miceli

Experimental spectra and images of the supernova remnant SN1006 have been reported for radio, X-ray and TeV gamma-ray bands. Several comparisons between models and observations have been discussed in the literature, showing that the broad-band spectrum from the whole remnant as well as a sharpest radial profile of the X-ray brightness can be both fitted by a

Andrei Bogatyrev

We give an explicit multi-parametric construction for Jenkins-Strebel differentials on real algebraic curves. Roughly speaking, the square of any real holomorphic abelian differential subjected to certain linear restrictions will be a JS quadratic differential.

Taysun Kimm, Sadegh Khochfar, Sukyoung Yi

Current semi-analytic models (SAMs) of galaxy formation over-predict the fraction of passive small late-type satellite galaxies in dense environments by a factor of two to three. We hypothesize that this is due to inaccurate prescriptions on cold gas evolution. In the hope of solving this problem we apply detailed prescriptions on the evolution of diffuse ho

Hirotada Kobayashi, François Le Gall, Harumichi Nishimura, Martin Roetteler

The k-pair problem in network coding theory asks to send k messages simultaneously between k source-target pairs over a directed acyclic graph. In a previous paper [ICALP 2009, Part I, pages 622--633] the present authors showed that if a classical k-pair problem is solvable by means of a linear coding scheme, then the quantum k-pair problem over the same gra

H. F. Henrichs, K. Kolenberg, B. Plaggenborg, S. C. Marsden

The ultraviolet stellar wind lines of the photometrically periodic variable early B-type star sigma Lupi were found to behave very similarly to what has been observed in known magnetic B stars, although no periodicity could be determined. AAT spectropolarimetric measurements with SEMPOL were obtained. We detected a longitudinal magnetic field with varying st

V. V. Khruschov

A model of color particle confinement is considered. The model is based on the Snyder-Yang algebra, which takes into account a non-commutativity of generalized momenta and coordinates of a color particle and contains two new constants. An extended kinematical invariance in a quantum phase space of a color particle gives rise to an invariant equation with an