January 2011 arXiv papers — page 17

R. L. Jiang, K. Shibata, H. Isobe, C. Fang

We performed three dimensional resistive magnetohydrodynamic simulations to study the magnetic reconnection using an initially shearing magnetic field configuration (force free field with a current sheet in the middle of the computational box). It is shown that there are two types of reconnection jets: the ordinary reconnection jets and fan-shaped jets, whic

V. N. Pilipchuk

This paper presents an overview of physical ideas and mathematical methods for implementing non-smooth and discontinuous substitutions in dynamical systems. General purpose of such substitutions is to bring the differential equations of motion to the form, which is convenient for further use of analytical and numerical methods of analyses. Three different ty

Diego F. M. Oliveira, Edson D. Leonel

We have studied a dissipative version of a one-dimensional Fermi accelerator model. The dynamics of the model is described in terms of a two-dimensional, nonlinear area-contracting map. The dissipation is introduced via innelastic collisions of the particle with the walls and we consider the dynamics in the regime of high dissipation. For such a regime, the

S. Ran, S. L. Bud'ko, D. K. Pratt, A. Kreyssig

We have found a remarkably large response of the transition temperature of CaFe2As2 single crystals grown out of excess FeAs to annealing / quenching temperature. Whereas crystals that are annealed at 400 C exhibit a first order phase transition from a high temperature tetragonal to a low temperature orthorhombic and antiferromagnetic state near 170 K, cryst

Diego F. M. Oliveira, Edson D. Leonel

Some dynamical properties for a dissipative time-dependent oval-shaped billiard are studied. The system is described in terms of a four-dimensional nonlinear mapping. Dissipation is introduced via inelastic collisions of the particle with the boundary, thus implying that the particle has a fractional loss of energy upon collision. The dissipation causes prof

Anton Poluektov

Measurement of the CKM phase gamma in B->DK decays can be potentially performed with high precision due to low theoretical uncertainties. However, the precision measurement requires very large experimental samples of B decays. This report covers prospects for gamma measurement at the future e+e- facilities and upgraded LHCb detector.

Emmanuel Pereira

We address a fundamental problem for the advance of phononics: the search of a feasible thermal diode. We establish sufficient conditions for the existence of thermal rectification in general graded materials. By starting from simple assumptions satisfied by the usual anharmonic models that describe heat conduction in solids, we derive an expression for the

Emmanuel Pereira

We address the heat flow study starting from microscopic models of matter: we develop an approach and investigate some anharmonic graded mass crystals, with weak interparticle interactions. We calculate the thermal conductivity, and show the existence of rectification and negative differential thermal resistance. Our formalism allows us to understand the mec

Antonella Cid, Sergio del Campo

We study an intermediate inflationary stage in a Jordan-Brans-Dicke theory. In this scenario we analyze the quantum fluctuations corresponding to adiabatic and isocurvature modes. Our model is compared to that described by using the intermediate model in Einstein general relativity theory. We assess the status of this model in light of the seven-year WMAP da

James E. Geach, David N. A. Murphy, Richard G. Bower

We present a catalogue of 4098 photometrically selected galaxy clusters with a median redshift <z> = 0.32 in the 270 square degree &#39;Stripe 82&#39; region of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), covering the celestial equator in the Southern Galactic Cap (-50 < RA < 59 deg, |Dec| < 1.25 deg). Owing to the multi-epoch SDSS coverage of this region, the ugri

Bjoern Malte Schaefer, Philipp Merkel

In this paper, we revisit the aquisition of angular momentum of galaxies by tidal shearing and compute the angular momentum variance sigma_L^2 as well as the angular momentum correlation function C_L(r) from a peak-restricted Gaussian random process. This stochastic process describing the initial conditions treats both the tidal shear as well as the inertia

S. W. Randall, W. R. Forman, S. Giacintucci, P. Nulsen

We present results from Chandra observations of NGC 5813, the dominant central galaxy in a nearby galaxy group. We focus on three main results. 1) The diffuse gas shows clear signatures from three distinct outbursts of the central AGN, with three pairs of roughly collinear cavities. The inner two cavity pairs are associated with unambiguous elliptical shock

András Czövek, Gergely J Szöllősi, Imre Derényi

Conventional kinesin is a two-headed homodimeric motor protein, which is able to walk along microtubules processively by hydrolyzing ATP. Its neck linkers, which connect the two motor domains and can undergo a docking/undocking transition, are widely believed to play the key role in the coordination of the chemical cycles of the two motor domains and, conseq

Charles De Clercq

Let A, A&#39; be two central simple algebras over a field F and \mathbb{F} be a finite field of characteristic p. We prove that the upper indecomposable direct summands of the motives of two anisotropic varieties of flags of right ideals X(d_1,...,d_k;A) and X(d&#39;_1,...,d&#39;_s;A&#39;) with coefficients in \mathbb{F} are isomorphic if and only if the p-a

Ruth S. Van de Water, Oliver Witzel

We report on our progress in calculating the B-meson decay constants and B^0-bar B^0 mixing parameters using domain-wall light quarks and relativistic b-quarks. We present our computational method and show some preliminary results obtained on the coarser (a approx 0.11fm) 24^3 lattices. This work is presented on behalf of the RBC and UKQCD collaborations.

The CDF Collaboration

We present a search for a new narrow, spin-1, high mass resonance decaying to $μ^+μ^- + X $, using a matrix element based likelihood and a simultaneous measurement of the resonance mass and production rate. In data with 4.6 fb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity collected by the CDF detector in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1960$ GeV, the most likely signal

Sheldon Goldstein, Nino Zanghì

The most puzzling issue in the foundations of quantum mechanics is perhaps that of the status of the wave function of a system in a quantum universe. Is the wave function objective or subjective? Does it represent the physical state of the system or merely our information about the system? And if the former, does it provide a complete description of the syst

Irfan Bulu, Thomas Babinec, Birgit Hausmann, Jennifer T. Choy

We propose a novel source of non-classical light consisting of plasmonic aperture with single-crystal diamond containing a single Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) color center. Theoretical calculations of optimal structures show that these devices can simultaneously enhance optical pumping by a factor of 7, spontaneous emission rates by Fp ~ 50 (Purcell factor), and of

M. Bailly-Bechet, C. Borgs, A. Braunstein, J. Chayes

External information propagates in the cell mainly through signaling cascades and transcriptional activation, allowing it to react to a wide spectrum of environmental changes. High throughput experiments identify numerous molecular components of such cascades that may, however, interact through unknown partners. Some of them may be detected using data coming

S. Mühlbauer, C. Pfleiderer, P. Böni, E. M. Forgan

Superconducting vortex lattices, glasses and liquids attract great interest as model systems of crystallization and as a source of microscopic information of the nature of superconductivity. We report for the first time direct microscopic measurements of the vortex lattice tilt modulus c44 in ultra-pure niobium using time-resolved small angle neutron scatter

L. Mashonkina, T. Gehren, J. -R. Shi, A. J. Korn

A comprehensive model atom for Fe with more than 3000 energy levels is presented. As a test and first application of this model atom, Fe abundances are determined for the Sun and five stars with well determined stellar parameters and high-quality observed spectra. Non-LTE leads to systematically depleted total absorption in the Fe I lines and to positive abu

Giovanni F. Gronchi, Davide Farnocchia, Linda Dimare

The first integrals of the Kepler problem are used to compute preliminary orbits starting from two short observed arcs of a celestial body, which may be obtained either by optical or radar observations. We write polynomial equations for this problem, that we can solve using the powerful tools of computational Algebra. An algorithm to decide if the linkage of

Anton Gerasimov, Dimitri Lebedev, Sergey Oblezin

We provide a derivation of the Givental integral representation of the classical $gl_{\ell+1}$-Whittaker function as a limit $q \to 1$ of the q-deformed $gl_{\ell+1}$-Whittaker function represented as a sum over the Gelfand-Zetlin patterns.

Sven Dorosz, Michel Pleimling

Entropy production is one of the most important characteristics of non-equilibrium steady states. We study here the steady-state entropy production, both at short times as well as in the long-time limit, of two important classes of non-equilibrium systems: transport systems and reaction-diffusion systems. The usefulness of the mean entropy production rate an

Gustavo Didier, Vladas Pipiras

Operator fractional Brownian motions (OFBMs) are zero mean, operator self-similar (o.s.s.), Gaussian processes with stationary increments. They generalize univariate fractional Brownian motions to the multivariate context. It is well-known that the so-called symmetry group of an o.s.s. process is conjugate to subgroups of the orthogonal group. Moreover, by a

D. V. Fedorov, J. R. Armstrong, N. T. Zinner, A. S. Jensen

We investigate a system of two polarized molecules in a layered trap. The molecules reside in adjacent layers and interact purely via the dipole-dipole interaction. We determine the properties of the ground state of the system as a function of the dipole moment and polarization angle. A bound state is always present in the system and in the weak binding limi

Cara E. Rakowski, J. Martin Laming, Maxim Lyutikov

In situ measurements of ion charge states can provide unique insight into the heating and evolution of coronal mass ejections when tested against realistic non-equilibrium ionization modeling. In this work we investigate the representation of the CME magnetic field as an expanding spheromak configuration, where the plasma heating is prescribed by the choice

R. Vuilleumier, N. Sator, B. Guillot

The structure around oxygen atoms of four silicate liquids (silica, rhyolite, a model basalt and enstatite) is evaluated by ab initio molecular dynamics simulation. Thanks to the use of maximally localized Wannier orbitals to represent the electronic ground state of the simulated system, one is able to quantify the redistribution of electronic density around

Daixiang Mou, Shanyu Liu, Xiaowen Jia, Junfeng He

High resolution angle-resolved photoemission measurements have been carried out to study the electronic structure and superconducting gap of the (Tl$_{0.58}$Rb$_{0.42}$)Fe$_{1.72}$Se$_2$ superconductor with a T$_c$=32 K. The Fermi surface topology consists of two electron-like Fermi surface sheets around $Γ$ point which is distinct from that in all other iro

Ming Lam Leung, Yang Li, Shengyu Zhang

We study the communication complexity of symmetric XOR functions, namely functions $f: \{0,1\}^n \times \{0,1\}^n \rightarrow \{0,1\}$ that can be formulated as $f(x,y)=D(|x\oplus y|)$ for some predicate $D: \{0,1,...,n\} \rightarrow \{0,1\}$, where $|x\oplus y|$ is the Hamming weight of the bitwise XOR of $x$ and $y$. We give a public-coin randomized protoc

Francesco Ricca, Giovanni Grasso, Mario Alviano, Marco Manna

(To appear in Theory and Practice of Logic Programming (TPLP).) The seaport of Gioia Tauro is the largest transshipment terminal of the Mediterranean coast. A crucial management task for the companies operating in the seaport is team building: the problem of properly allocating the available personnel for serving the incoming ships. Teams have to be carefull

Stevan Pilipovic, Milica Zigic

We show that the sheaves of algebras of generalized functions $Ω\to \mathcal{G}(Ω)$ and $Ω\to \mathcal{G}^{\infty}(Ω)$, $Ω$ are open sets in a manifold $X$, are supple, contrary to the non-suppleness of the sheaf of distributions.

Luis M. Sarro, Angel Berihuete

Solar explosive events are commonly explained as small scale magnetic reconnection events, although unambiguous confirmation of this scenario remains elusive due to the lack of spatial resolution and of the statistical analysis of large enough samples of this type of events. In this work, we propose a sound statistical treatment of data cubes consisting of a

Loredana Spezzi, Pierre Vernazza, Bruno Merın, Lori E. Allen

We present Gould&#39;s Belt (GB) Spitzer IRAC and MIPS observations of the Lupus V and VI clouds and discuss them in combination with near-infrared (2MASS) data. Our observations complement those obtained for other Lupus clouds within the frame of the Spitzer &#34;Core to Disk&#34; (c2d) Legacy Survey. We found 43 Young Stellar Object (YSO) candidates in Lup

David Salabert, Jerome Ballot, Rafael A. Garcia

We analyze more than 5000 days of high-quality Sun-as-a-star, radial velocity GOLF and photometric VIRGO/SPM helioseismic observations to extract precise estimates of the visibilities of the low-degree p modes and the m-height ratios of the l=2 and 3 multiplets in the solar acoustic spectrum. The mode visibilities are shown to be larger during the GOLF red-w

Anand D. Joshi, Nandita Srivastava

Two large northern polar crown prominences that erupted on 2010 April 13 and 2010 August 1 were analysed using images obtained from the Extreme UltraViolet Imager on the twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory spacecraft. Several features along the prominence legs were reconstructed using a stereoscopic reconstruction technique developed by us. The thre

D. J. Walton, J. C. Gladstone, T. P. Roberts, A. C. Fabian

We present the previously unanalysed high quality XMM-Newton spectrum of an ultraluminous X-ray source candidate in NGC 4517. As with other high quality ULX spectra, a downturn in the spectrum is observed at ~6 keV. Both of the recent disc reflection and Comptonisation interpretations of this feature are applied, in order to present a direct comparison, and

Henning Prüser, Martin Wenderoth, Piet E. Dargel, Alexander Weismann

The Kondo effect, one of the oldest correlation phenomena known in condensed matter physics, has regained attention due to scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) experiments performed on single magnetic impurities. Despite the sub-nanometer resolution capability of local probe techniques one of the fundamental aspects of Kondo physics, its spatial extension,

J. W. Heal, S. A. Wells, J. E. Jimenez-Roldan, R. F. Freedman

We present a rigidity analysis on a large number of X-ray crystal structures of the enzyme HIV-1 protease using the &#39;pebble game&#39; algorithm of the software FIRST. We find that although the rigidity profile remains similar across a comprehensive set of high resolution structures, the profile changes significantly in the presence of an inhibitor. Our s

Attilio Cucchieri, Tereza Mendes

We investigate how the infrared behavior of electric and magnetic gluon propagators in Landau gauge is affected by temperature. More precisely, we perform large-lattice simulations in pure SU(2) gauge theory around the transition temperature Tc and study the longitudinal (electric) and transverse (magnetic) gluon propagators in momentum space, proposing the

Dario Bauso, Angelia Nedić

We consider a sequence of transferable utility (TU) games where, at each time, the characteristic function is a random vector with realizations restricted to some set of values. The game differs from other ones in the literature on dynamic, stochastic or interval valued TU games as it combines dynamics of the game with an allocation protocol for the players

A A Watson

Cascades of charged particles are created when high-energy cosmic rays enter the earth&#39;s atmosphere: these &#39;extensive air-showers&#39; are studied to gain information on the energy spectrum, arrival direction distribution and mass composition of the particles above 1014 eV where direct observations using instruments carried by balloons or satellites

P. E. Koehler, F. Bečvář, M. Krtička, J. A. Harvey

A recent Letter attempted to reconcile the disagreement between neutron resonance data and random matrix theory (RMT). To this end, a new formula was derived for transforming measured (Γ_{λn}) to reduced (Γ_{λn}^0) neutron widths for s-wave resonances (λ=1,2,...) in nuclides near peaks of the s-wave neutron strength function. In this Comment, we show that su

David Cébron, Claire Moutou, Michael Le Bars, Patrice Le Gal

A new element is proposed to play a role in the evolution of extrasolar planetary systems: the tidal (or elliptical) instability. It comes from a parametric resonance and takes place in any rotating fluid whose streamlines are (even slightly) elliptically deformed. Based on theoretical, experimental and numerical works, we estimate the growth rate of the ins

Sergej Flach, Mikhail Ivanchenko, Nianbei Li

We present computational data on the thermal conductivity of nonlinear waves in disordered chains. Disorder induces Anderson localization for linear waves and results in a vanishing conductivity. Cubic nonlinearity restores normal conductivity, but with a strongly temperature-dependent conductivity $κ(T)$. We find indications for an asymptotic low-temperatur

Nigel Cundy, Weonjong Lee

As shown by Mandula, the Ginsparg-Wilson lattice realisation of chiral symmetry has a possible ambiguity: there is no unique lattice chiral symmetry, but an infinite group of symmetries with non-commuting generators. The physical implications of this abundance of symmetry remain unclear. In recent work, it has been shown how these chiral symmetries for overl

Suman Majumder, Subir K. Das

We study diffusive dynamics of phase separation in a binary mixture, following critical quench, both in spatial dimensions $d=2$ and $d=3$. Particular focus in this work is to obtain information about effects of system size and correction to the growth law via appropriate application of finite-size scaling method to the results obtained from Kawasaki exchang

Matthias Christandl, Norbert Schuch, Andreas Winter

In this paper we illuminate the relation between entanglement and secrecy by providing the first example of a quantum state that is highly entangled, but from which, nevertheless, almost no secrecy can be extracted. More precisely, we provide two bounds on the bipartite entanglement of the totally antisymmetric state in dimension d x d. First, we show that t

Rituparno Goswami, George F R Ellis

We extend Birkhoff&#39;s theorem for almost LRS-II vacuum spacetimes to show that the rigidity of spherical vacuum solutions of Einstein&#39;s field equations continues even in the perturbed scenario.

P. V. Kaygorodov, D. V. Bisikalo, A. M. Fateeva, A. Yu. Sytov

The structure of a circumstellar envelope around a young binary T Tauri star is considered. The supersonic orbital motion of the system components in the envelope gas leads to the formation of bow shocks around the star. Two- and three-dimensional numerical modeling indicates an important role of these shocks in the formation of the structure of the circumbi

A. Di Domenico, A. Gabriel, B. C. Hiesmayr, F. Hipp

An effective formalism is developed to handle decaying two-state systems. Herewith, observables of such systems can be described by a single operator in the Heisenberg picture. This allows for using the usual framework in quantum information theory and, hence, to enlighten the quantum feature of such systems compared to non-decaying systems. We apply it to s

F. Brackx, H. De Schepper, R. Lavicka, V. Soucek

Hermitean Clifford analysis is a higher dimensional function theory centered around the simultaneous null solutions, called Hermitean monogenic functions, of two Hermitean conjugate complex Dirac operators. As an essential step towards the construction of an orthogonal basis of Hermitean monogenic polynomials, in this paper a Cauchy-Kovalevskaya extension th

K. Toyoda, T. Watanabe, T. Kimura, S. Nomura

Entangled states of two ions are realized by using an adiabatic process. Based on the proposal by Linington and Vitanov, we have generated Dicke states in optical qubits of two $^{40}$Ca$^+$ ions by applying frequency-chirped optical pulses with time-dependent envelopes to perform rapid adiabatic passage on sideband transitions. One of the biggest advantages

M. Warda

Cluster radioactivity in $^{114}$Ba is described as a spontaneous fission with a large mass asymmetry within the self-consistent HFB theory. A new fission valley with large octupole deformation is found in the potential energy surface. The fragment mass asymmetry of this fission mode corresponds to the expected one in cluster radioactivity with the emission

A. P. Lund

Projective measurements with high quantum efficiency is often assumed to be required for efficient circuit based quantum computing. We argue that this is not the case and show that this fact has actually be known previously though not deeply explored. We examine this issue by giving an example of how to perform the quantum ordering finding algorithm efficien

Rebecca Ronke, Tim Spiller, Irene D&#39;Amico

One of the main proposed tools to transfer information in a quantum computational context are spin chains. While spin chains have shown to be convenient and reliable, it has to be expected that, as with any implementation of a physical system, they will be subject to various errors and perturbative factors. In this work we consider the transfer of entangled

Gunn Quznetsov

Solutions of Lee Smolin Five Great Problems from his book {\it The Trouble with Physics: the Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next} are described. This solutions is obtained only from the properties of probability without any ontological hypotheses.

Mathieu Dutour Sikiric, Graham Ellis, Achill Schuermann

We determine the integral homology of PSL4(Z) in degrees at most 5 and determine its p-part in higher degrees for the primes p>=5. Our method applies to other arithmetic groups; as illustrations we include descriptions of the integral homology of PGL3(Z[i]) and PGL3(Z[\exp(2π{i}/3)]) in degrees at most 5.

Montserrat Bruguera, Mikhail Tkachenko

We present a wide class of reflexive, precompact, non-compact, Abelian topological groups $G$ determined by three requirements. They must have the Baire property, satisfy the \textit{open refinement condition}, and contain no infinite compact subsets. This combination of properties guarantees that all compact subsets of the dual group $G^\wedge$ are finite.

Silvia Boumova, Vesselin Drensky

We give an easy algorithm which calculates the generating function of the cocharacter sequence of the T-ideal of the polynomial identities of the algebra of upper triangular matrices over a field of characteristic zero. Applying this algorithm we have found the explicit form of the multiplicities in two cases: (i) for the &#34;largest&#34; partitions; (ii) f

A. S. Barabash

In this report I will briefly review the motivation and history of double beta decay search since the first consideration of two neutrino process (2$β(2ν)$) by Maria Goeppert-Mayer in 1935. The first experiments on search for double beta decay in the late of 1940&#39;s and beginning of 1950&#39;s are considered. It is underlined that for the first time the 2

S. Vazzoler, F. Cardin

An alternative proof of Eliashberg-Gromov&#39;s C^0-rigidity theorem is presented and a new notion of weak Lie brackets for Hamiltonian vector fields is proposed and compared.

N. Goldman, D. F. Urban, D. Bercioux

We investigate the properties of the Lieb lattice, i.e a face-centered square lattice, subjected to external gauge fields. We show that an Abelian gauge field leads to a peculiar quantum Hall effect, which is a consequence of the single Dirac cone and the flat band characterizing the energy spectrum. Then we explore the effects of an intrinsic spin-orbit ter

Lu Ding, Christophe Baker, Pascale Senellart, Aristide Lemaitre

We report on wavelength-sized GaAs optomechanical disk resonators showing ultra-strong optomechanical interaction. We observe optical transduction of a disk mechanical breathing mode with 1.4 GHz frequency and effective mass of ~ 2 pg. The measured vacuum optomechanical coupling rate reaches 0.8 MHz, with a related differential optomechanical coupling factor

Benoît Chalopin, Francesco Scazza, Claude Fabre, Nicolas Treps

Quantum computation and communication protocols require quantum resources which are in the continuous variable regime squeezed and/or quadrature entangled optical modes. To perform more and more complex and robust protocols, one needs sources that can produce in a controlled way highly multimode quantum states of light. One possibility is to mix different si

Hernando Quevedo, Alberto Sanchez, Safia Taj, Alejandro Vazquez

We investigate the thermodynamic geometries of the most general static, spherically symmetric, topological black holes of the Hořava--Lifshitz gravity. In particular, we show that a Legendre invariant metric derived in the context of geometrothermodynamics for the equilibrium manifold reproduces correctly the phase transition structure of these black holes.

Gerard Jennhwa Chang, Sheng-Hua Chen, Yongke Qu, Guoqing Wang

Suppose $G$ is a finite abelian group and $S$ is a sequence of elements in $G$. For any element $g$ of $G$, let $N_g(S)$ denote the number of subsequences of $S$ with sum $g$. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the lower bound for $N_g(S)$. In particular, we prove that either $N_g(S)=0$ or $N_g(S) \ge 2^{|S|-D(G)+1}$, where $D(G)$ is the smallest po

Nils M. Bezares-Roder, Hemwati Nandan, Umananda Dev Goswami

A model of induced gravity with Higgs potential is analysed for the FLRW cosmology. Conditions of acceleration and signatures for the primeval universe along with the inflation are discussed. It is shown that the scalar-field excitations act quintessentially within effective pressure terms for a negative deceleration parameter. The violation of energy condit

A. F. Yanin, V. I. Volchenko, L. B. Bezrukov, I. M. Dzaparova

The multichannel data acquisition system is intended to be used in the EMMA experiment studying cosmic rays. The array will be in the Pihasalmi mine (central Finland) at a depth of about 85 m. The scintillator counters (SC-1) of the array are cast plastic scintillators with a wavelength of each SC-1 detector is 12.2{\times}12.2{\times}3.0 cm^3. 16 SC-1 detec

D. B. Ion, M. L. D. Ion, Reveica Ion-Mihai

In this paper the essential theoretical predictions for the nuclear muonic radioactivity are presented by using a special fission-like model similar with that used in description of the pionic emission during fission. Hence, a fission-like model for the muonic radioactivity takes into account the essential degree of freedom of the system: muon-fissility, muo

Ivan V. Khodyuk, Johan T. M. de Haas, Pieter Dorenbos

Using highly monochromatic X-ray synchrotron irradiation ranging from 9 keV to 100 keV, accurate Lu2SiO5:Ce3+,Ca (LSO), Lu3Al5O12:Pr3+ (LuAG), Lu2Si2O7:Ce3+ (LPS) and Gd2SiO5:Ce3+ (GSO) non-proportional response curves were determined. By utilizing information from escape peaks in pulse height spectra the response curve can be extended down to several keV. A

D. B. Ion, M. L. D. Ion, Reveica Ion-Mihai

In this paper a short review of the theoretical problems of the pionic radioactivity as a new nuclear mode is presented. The essential theoretical and experimental results obtained in the 25 years from the prediction of the nuclear pionic radioactivity are reviewed. Using the fission-like model it was shown that most of the SHE-nuclei lie in the region where

X. Liu, Z. Ding, J. Liu, N. Marchili

Blazars from the first-three-months Fermi-AGN list were observed with the Urumqi 25m radio telescope at 5GHz in IDV (Intra-Day Variability) mode and inter-month observation mode. A significant correlation between the flux density at 5GHz and the gamma-ray intensity for the Fermi-LAT detected blazars is seen. There is a higher IDV detection rate in Fermi dete

M. Agnello, L. Benussi, M. Bertani, H. C. Bhang

The decay of $Λ$-hypernuclei without pion emission, known as Non Mesonic Weak Decay (NMWD), gives an effective tool to investigate $Δ$S=1 four-baryon interactions. It was theoretically suggested that the two-nucleon induced mechanism could play a substantial role in reproducing the observed NMWD decay rates and nucleon spectra, but at present no direct evide

Daoud Clarke

Techniques in which words are represented as vectors have proved useful in many applications in computational linguistics, however there is currently no general semantic formalism for representing meaning in terms of vectors. We present a framework for natural language semantics in which words, phrases and sentences are all represented as vectors, based on a

Hena Das, Prabuddha Sanyal, T. Saha-Dasgupta, D. D. Sarma

Employing first principles density functional calculations, together with solution of the low-energy, model Hamiltonian constructed in a first principles manner, we explored the origin of magnetism and $T_c$ trend in Cr-based double perovskite series, Sr$_2$CrB$&#39;$O$_6$ (B$&#39;$=W/Re/Os). Our study shows that the apparently puzzling $T_c$ trend in Sr$_2$

Cristina Serban, Carmen Maftei

The analysis of climate regions is very important for designers and architects, because the increase in density and built up spaces and reduction in open spaces and green lands induce the increase of heat, especially in an urban area, deteriorating the environment and causing health problems. This study analyzes the Land Surface Temperature (LST) differences

Nanda Rea, Paolo Esposito

Transient outbursts from magnetars have shown to be a key property of their emission, and one of the main way to discover new sources of this class. From the discovery of the first transient event around 2003, we now count about a dozen of outbursts, which increased the number of these strongly magnetic neutron stars by a third in six years. Magnetar outburs

Tao Zhu

The behavior of a scalar field theory near the event horizon in a rotating black hole background can be effectively described by a two dimensional field theory in a gauge field background. Based on this fact, we proposal that the quantum tunneling from rotating black hole can be treated as &#34;charged&#34; particle&#39; s tunneling process in its effectivel

Antonio Bucciarelli

We consider a simple model of higher order, functional computation over the booleans. Then, we enrich the model in order to encompass non-termination and unrecoverable errors, taken separately or jointly. We show that the models so defined form a lattice when ordered by the extensional collapse situation relation, introduced in order to compare models with r

Ran Qi, Hui Zhai

We study the two-body problem with a spatially modulated interaction potential using a two-channel model, in which the inter-channel coupling is provided by an optical standing wave and its strength modulates periodically in space. As the modulation amplitudes increases, there will appear a sequence of bound states. Part of them will cause divergence of the

L. Coraggio, A. Covello, A. Gargano, N. Itaco

The advent of nucleon-nucleon potentials derived from chiral perturbation theory, as well as the so-called V-low-k approach to the renormalization of the strong short-range repulsion contained in the potentials, have brought renewed interest in realistic shell-model calculations. Here we focus on calculations where a fully microscopic approach is adopted. No

Yuanyue Liu, Somnath Bhowmick, Boris I. Yakobson

Interfaces play a key role in low dimensional materials like graphene or its boron nitrogen analog, white graphene. The edge energy of h-BN has not been reported as its lower symmetry makes it difficult to separate the opposite B-rich and N-rich zigzag sides. We report unambiguous energy values for arbitrary edges of BN, including the dependence on the eleme

Josef Janyška, Martin Markl

This paper is a continuation of arXiv:0809.1158, dealing with a general, not-necessarily torsion-free, connection. It characterizes all possible systems of generators for vector-field valued operators that depend naturally on a set of vector fields and a linear connection, describes the size of the space of such operators and proves the existence of an `idea

Daniel Golovin, Andreas Krause

Many important problems in discrete optimization require maximization of a monotonic submodular function subject to matroid constraints. For these problems, a simple greedy algorithm is guaranteed to obtain near-optimal solutions. In this article, we extend this classic result to a general class of adaptive optimization problems under partial observability,

Mariya Bureeva, Vladimir Udodov

The results of investigations of main characteristics of a one-dimensional percolation theory (percolation threshold, critical exponents of correlation radius and specific heat, and free energy) are presented for the problem of bonds and sites. For the first time it is shown that for a finite-size system the stability condition is fulfilled while the scaling

Johann S. Brauchart, Josef Dick

Stolarsky [Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 41 (1973), 575--582] showed a beautiful relation that balances the sums of distances of points on the unit sphere and their spherical cap $\mathbb{L}_2$-discrepancy to give the distance integral of the uniform measure on the sphere a potential-theoretical quantity (Bj{ö}rck [Ark. Mat. 3 (1956), 255--269]). Read differently i

Thomas Gibaud, Frederic Cardinaux, Johan Bergenholtz, Anna Stradner

We examine the applicability of the extended law of corresponding states (ELCS) to equilibrium and non equilibrium features of the state diagram of the globular protein lysozyme. We provide compelling evidence that the ELCS correctly reproduces the location of the binodal for different ionic strengths, but fails in describing the location of the arrest line.

Andrew Drucker

We study the setting in which the bits of an unknown infinite binary sequence x are revealed sequentially to an observer. We show that very limited assumptions about x allow one to make successful predictions about unseen bits of x. First, we study the problem of successfully predicting a single 0 from among the bits of x. In our model we have only one chanc

Santosh Kumar Singh, Gajendra Singh, Vibhakar Pathak, Dr. Krishna Chandra Roy

Spectrum scarceness is one of the major challenges that the present world is facing. The efficient use of existing licensed spectrum is becoming most critical as growing demand of the radio spectrum. Different researches show that the use of licensed are not utilized inefficiently. It has been also shown that primary user does not use more than 70% of the li

A. Jechow, E. W. Streed, B. G. Norton, M. J. Petrasiunas

A microfabricated phase Fresnel lens was used to image ytterbium ions trapped in a radio frequency Paul trap. The ions were laser cooled close to the Doppler limit on the 369.5 nm transition, reducing the ion motion so that each ion formed a near point source. By detecting the ion fluorescence on the same transition, near diffraction limited imaging with spo

Anthony Henderson, Michelle L. Wachs

We prove two conjectures of Shareshian and Wachs about Eulerian quasisymmetric functions and polynomials. The first states that the cycle type Eulerian quasisymmetric function $Q_{λ,j}$ is Schur-positive, and moreover that the sequence $Q_{λ,j}$ as $j$ varies is Schur-unimodal. The second conjecture, which we prove using the first, states that the cycle type

A. Ueda, O. Entin-Wohlman, A. Aharony

We theoretically examine the effect of the coupling of the transport electrons to a vibrational mode of the molecule on the ac linear-response conductance of molecular junctions. Representing the molecule by a single electronic state, we find that at very low temperatures the frequency-dependent conductance is mainly enhanced (suppressed) by the electron-vib

Ph. Barbe, W. P. McCormick

Motivated by applications to insurance mathematics, we prove some heavy-traffic limit theorems for process which encompass the fractionally integrated random walk as well as some FARIMA processes, when the innovations are in the domain of attraction of a nonGaussian stable distribution.

S. Ali. A. Fakoorian, A. Lee Swindlehurst

We study the Gaussian MIMO wiretap channel with a transmitter, a legitimate receiver, an eavesdropper and an external helper, each equipped with multiple antennas. The transmitter sends confidential messages to its intended receiver, while the helper transmits jamming signals independent of the source message to confuse the eavesdropper. The jamming signal i

Mihail Semenov

Review of implicit methods of integrating system of stiff ordinary differential equations is presented. Defines and graphically presents absolute stability region for Gears methods (backward differentiation formula) used to solve system of stiff ordinary differential equations. Recommendations for selecting the order of Gears method are given.

Changchun Sun, Ying K. Wu

Compton scattering of a laser beam with a relativistic electron beam has been used to generate intense, highly polarized and nearly monoenergetic x-ray or gamma-ray beams at many facilities. The ability to predict the spatial, spectral and temporal characteristics of a Compton gamma-ray beam is crucial for the optimization of the operation of a Compton light

Satoshi Honda, Wako Aoki, Timothy C. Beers, Masahide Takada-Hidai

We report Zn abundances for 18 very metal-poor stars studied in our previous work, covering the metallicity range -3.2 < [Fe/H] < -2.5. The [Zn/Fe] values of most stars show an increasing trend with decreasing [Fe/H] in this metallicity range, confirming the results found by previous studies. However, the extremely metal-poor star BS 16920-017 ([Fe/H] = -3.2

Huang Huang, Changbin Yu

In this paper we study the optimal formation control of multiple agents whose interaction parameters are adjusted upon a cost function consisting of both the control energy and the geometrical performance. By optimizing the interaction parameters and by the linear quadratic regulation(LQR) controllers, the upper bound of the cost function is minimized. For s

Vilhelm Sjöberg, Aaron Stump

This paper presents a type theory with a form of equality reflection: provable equalities can be used to coerce the type of a term. Coercions and other annotations, including implicit arguments, are dropped during reduction of terms. We develop the metatheory for an undecidable version of the system with unannotated terms. We then devise a decidable system w