October 2011 arXiv papers — page 11

K. A. Bronnikov, E. V. Donskoy

A black universe is a nonsingular black hole where, beyond the horizon, there is an expanding, asymptotically isotropic universe. Such models have been previously found as solutions of general relativity with a phantom scalar field as a source of gravity and, without phantoms, in a brane world of RS2 type. Here we construct examples of static, spherically sy

J. C. Ndogmo

We give a determination of the equivalence group of Euler-Bernoulli equation and of one of its generalizations, and thus derive some symmetry properties of this equation.

L. Bertini, Emilio N. M. Cirillo, E. Olivieri

In this paper we develop a general theory which provides a unified treatment of two apparently different problems. The weak Gibbs property of measures arising from the application of Renormalization Group maps and the mixing properties of disordered lattice systems in the Griffiths' phase. We suppose that the system satisfies a mixing condition in a subs

J. C. Ndogmo

This paper deals with the comparison of two common types of equivalence groups of differential equations, and this gives rise to a number of results presented in the form of theorems. It is shown in particular that one type can be identified with a subgroup of the other type. Consequences of this comparison related in particular to the determination of invar

J. C. Ndogmo

A method is given for obtaining equivalence subgroups of a family of differential equations from the equivalence group of simpler equations of a similar form, but in which the arbitrary functions specifying the family element depend on fewer variables. Examples of applications to classical equations are presented, some of which show how the method can actual

Célia A. de Sousa

This paper discusses an instructional strategy which explores eventual similarities and/or analogies between familiar problems and more sophisticated systems. In this context, the Atwood's machine problem is used to introduce students to more complex problems involving ropes and chains. The methodology proposed helps students to develop the ability neede

Xiu-Hua Luo, Pu Zhang

Let $Λ$ be the path algebra of a finite quiver $Q$ over a finite-dimensional algebra $A$. Then $Λ$-modules are identified with representations of $Q$ over $A$. This yields the notion of monic representations of $Q$ over $A$. If $Q$ is acyclic, then the Gorenstein-projective $\m$-modules can be explicitly determined via the monic representations. As an applic

J. Brochado Oliveira, J. Monteiro Moreira, J. M. Machado da Silva

A study of the foating of a circular cone shaped buoy in an ideal fluid has revealed some new interesting results. Using reduced variables it is shown, that at a crossover value (3/4) of the ratio of the specific masses of the fluid and of the buoy, the anharmonicity of the oscillation is the highest and that, unexpectedly, above this crossover value the nor

Yongtao Guan, Matthew Stephens

We consider applying Bayesian Variable Selection Regression, or BVSR, to genome-wide association studies and similar large-scale regression problems. Currently, typical genome-wide association studies measure hundreds of thousands, or millions, of genetic variants (SNPs), in thousands or tens of thousands of individuals, and attempt to identify regions harbo

Michiko Shimokawa

Relationship between a surface pattern and vertical convections is studied in a condition of Rayleigh-Taylor instability. The vertical convections change with the case configuration and the aspect ratio r / h of the case, where r and h show radius of case and height of the lighter solution. Fractal pattern is observed at r < h, and cell pattern is formed at

Enrique F. Borja, Jacobo Diaz-Polo, Laurent Freidel, Iñaki Garay

The implementation of the dynamics in loop quantum gravity (LQG) is still an open problem. Here, we discuss a tentative dynamics for the simplest class of graphs in LQG: Two vertices linked with an arbitrary number of edges. We find an interesting global U(N) symmetry in this model that selects the homogeneous/isotropic sector. Then, we propose a quantum Ham

Shinichiroh Matsuo, Masaki Tsukamoto

We study the mean dimensions of the spaces of Brody curves. In particular we give the formula of the mean dimension of the space of Brody curves in the Riemann sphere.

Rafayel Kamalian, Arpine Khachatryan

We show that in any subset of the vertices of $n$-dimensional cube that contains at least $2^{n-1}+1$ vertices ($n\geq 4$), there are four vertices that induce a claw, or there are eight vertices that induce the cycle of length eight.

Janne Blomqvist, Petri Salo

We have studied the adsorption of bisphenol-A-polycarbonate (BPA-PC) on the alpha-Al2O3(0001) surface using density-functional theory (DFT) with van der Waals (vdW) corrections. The BPA-PC polymer can be divided into its chemical fragments which are phenylene, carbonate and isopropylidene groups. We have calculated the adsorption energy and geometry of the B

Bibhas Ranjan Majhi

This thesis is focussed towards the applications of the quantum tunneling mechanism to study black holes. Here we give a general frame work of the existing tunneling mechanism, both the radial null geodesic and Hamilton Jacobi methods. On the radial null geodesic method side, we study the modifications to the tunneling rate, Hawking temperature and the Beken

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees

We present a search for semileptonic B decays to the charmed baryon Lambda_c+ based on 420 fb-1 of data collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II $e^+e^-$ storage rings. By fully reconstructing the recoiling B in a hadronic decay mode, we reduce non-B backgrounds and determine the flavor of the signal B. We statistically co

Johan Bijnens

In this talk I give a short introduction to hard pion Chiral Perturbation Theory and an overview of the available applications $K\toππ$, $B,D\to D,π,K,η$ semileptonic decays and $χ_{c0,2}\toππ,KK$. It is pointed out that the reults for the semileptonic decays obey the LEET relation between $f_+$ and $f_-$.

Ting-Wei Chen, Szu-Cheng Cheng, Wen-Feng Hsieh

We study non-equilibrium microcavity-polariton condensates (MPCs) in a harmonic potential trap theoretically. We calculate and analyze the steady state, collective-excitation modes and instability of MPCs. Within excitation modes, there exist Nambu-Goldstone modes that can reveal the pattern of the spontaneous symmetry breaking of MPCs. Bifurcation of the st

V. N. Tibabishev

We obtain the functional defining the price and quality of sample readings of the generalized velocities. It is shown that the optimal sampling frequency, in the sense of minimizing the functional quality and price depends on the sampling of the upper cutoff frequency of the analog signal of the order of the generalized velocities measured by the generalized

Daisuke Maruyama, Manfred Sigrist, Youichi Yanase

While multi-layer systems can possess global inversion centers, they can have regions with locally broken inversion symmetry. This can modify the superconducting properties of such a system. Here we analyze two dimensional multi-layer systems yielding spatially modulated antisymmetric spin-orbit coupling (ASOC) and discuss superconductivity with mixed parity

J. Billard, F. Mayet, D. Santos

Directional detection is a promising search strategy to discover galactic Dark Matter. We present a Bayesian analysis framework dedicated to Dark Matter phenomenology using directional detection. The interest of directional detection as a powerful tool to set exclusion limits, to authentify a Dark Matter detection or to constrain the Dark Matter properties,

C. Gielen, J. Cami, J. Bouwman, E. Peeters

Context. The circumstellar environment of evolved stars is generally rich in molecular gas and dust. Typically, the entire environment is either oxygen-rich or carbon-rich, depending on the evolution of the central star. Aims. In this paper we discuss three evolved disc sources with evidence of atypical emission lines in their infrared spectra. The stars wer

Krzysztof Katarzynski

Very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission from a distant source (z >~0.2) can be efficiently absorbed my means of the electron-positron pair creation process. Analyses of the unabsorbed spectra imply that the intrinsic TeV emission of some blazars is hard, with spectral indices 0.5 < alpha < 1. The absorption depends on the level of extragalactic background

Timo Aittokoski, Suvi Tarkkanen

One drawback of evolutionary multiobjective optimization algorithms (EMOA) has traditionally been high computational cost to create an approximation of the Pareto front: number of required objective function evaluations usually grows high. On the other hand, for the decision maker (DM) it may be difficult to select one of the many produced solutions as the f

Jonas R. Persson

This table is a compilation of experimental values of magnetic hyperfine anomaly in atomic and ionic systems. The last extensive compilation was published in 1984 by Buttgenbach (Hyperfine Interactions 20, (1984) p 1) and the aim here is to make an up to date compilation. The literature search covers the period to January 2011.

F. L. Bakharev, S. A. Nazarov, K. M. Ruotsalainen

We will study the spectral problem related to the Laplace operator in a singularly perturbed periodic waveguide. The waveguide is a quasi-cylinder with contains periodic arrangement of inclusions. On the boundary of the waveguide we consider both Neumann and Dirichlet conditions. We will prove that provided the diameter of the inclusion is small enough in th

Zhengjun Cao, Xiao Fan

Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) is an efficient algorithm to compute the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) and its inverse. In this paper, we pay special attention to the description of complex-data FFT. We analyze two common descriptions of FFT and propose a new presentation. Our heuristic description is helpful for students and programmers to grasp the algorit

I. M. Sigal, T. Tzaneteas

We consider Abrikosov-type vortex lattice solutions of the Ginzburg-Landau equations of superconductivity, consisting of single vortices, for magnetic fields below but close to the second critical magnetic field H_{c2} = kappa^2 and for superconductors filling the entire R^2. Here kappa is the Ginzburg-Landau parameter. The lattice shape, parameterized by ta

I. M. Sigal, T. Tzaneteas

We prove existence of Abrikosov vortex lattice solutions of the Ginzburg-Landau equations in two dimensions, for magnetic fields larger than but close to the first critical magnetic field.

Fereidoun Sabetghadam, Mehdi Badri, Shervin Sharafatmandjoor, Hosnieh Kor

The present paper is devoted to implementation of the immersed boundary technique into the Fourier pseudo-spectral solution of the vorticity-velocity formulation of the two-dimensional incompressible Navier--Stokes equations. The immersed boundary conditions are implemented via direct modification of the convection and diffusion terms, and therefore, in cont

Dhurjati Prasad Datta

A first principle explanation of the origin of intermittency and nonlinear structure formation in the Lagrangian velocity increments of a turbulent flow is presented in the context of a scale invariant analytical formalism that is being developed recently. The copious generation of power laws and nonlinear exponents in the structure functions are shown to fo

Yoonji Lee, Lak Shin Jeong, Sun Choi, Changbong Hyeon

S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (SAHH), a cellular enzyme that plays a key role in methylation reactions including those required for maturation of viral mRNA, is an important drug target in the discovery of antiviral agents. While targeting the active site is a straightforward strategy of enzyme inhibition, evidences of allosteric modulation of active site

Daniel Pellicer

Among all equivelar vertex-transitive maps on a given closed surface S, the automorphism groups of maps with Schläfli types {3, 7} and {7, 3} allow the highest possible order. We describe a procedure to transform all such maps into 1- or 2-orbit maps, whose symmetry type has been previously studied. In so doing we provide a procedure to determine all vertex-

Andrew Morrison, Kentaro Nagao

We compute the motivic Donaldson-Thomas theory of small crepant resolutions of toric Calabi-Yau 3-folds.

D. B. Kieda, the VERITAS Collaboration

The canonical observation mode for IACT gamma-ray observations employs four discrete pointings in the cardinal directions (the &#34;wobble&#34; mode). For the VERITAS Observatory, the target source is offset by 0.5-0.7 degrees from the camera center, and the observation lasts 20 minutes. During January/February of 2011, the VERITAS Observatory tested a new &

Z. L. Du

A new prediction technique based on logarithmic values is proposed to predict the maximum amplitude (Rm) of a solar cycle from the preceding minimum aa geomagnetic index (aamin). The correlation between lnRm and lnaamin (r = 0.92) is slightly stronger than that between Rm and aamin (r = 0.90). From this method, cycle 24 is predicted to have a peak size of Rm

William Voorsluys, Saurabh Kumar Garg, Rajkumar Buyya

Infrastructure-as-a-Service providers are offering their unused resources in the form of variable-priced virtual machines (VMs), known as &#34;spot instances&#34;, at prices significantly lower than their standard fixed-priced resources. To lease spot instances, users specify a maximum price they are willing to pay per hour and VMs will run only when the cur

Haihong Li, Hongyan Cheng, Qionglin Dai, Ping Ju

We investigate the evolutionary prisoner&#39;s dilemma game in structured populations by introducing dimers, which are defined as that two players in each dimer always hold a same strategy. We find that influences of dimers on cooperation depend on the type of dimers and the population structure. For those dimers in which players interact with each other, th

Richard G. Strom, Fuyuan Zhao, Chengmin Zhang

The brightest optical flash from a gamma-ray burst (GRB) was, briefly, a naked-eye object. Several other GRBs have produced optical transients only slightly fainter. We argue that, based upon the recently accumulated data from hundreds of GRB transients, many such optical events should have been visible to the unaided eye in the course of human history. The

William Voorsluys, Rajkumar Buyya

Cloud computing providers are now offering their unused resources for leasing in the spot market, which has been considered the first step towards a full-fledged market economy for computational resources. Spot instances are virtual machines (VMs) available at lower prices than their standard on-demand counterparts. These VMs will run for as long as the curr

Errol J. Summerlin, Matthew G. Baring

Diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) at relativistic shocks is expected to be an important acceleration mechanism in a variety of astrophysical objects including extragalactic jets in active galactic nuclei and gamma ray bursts. These sources remain good candidate sites for the generation of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. In this paper, key predictions of DSA

Zhi-Cheng Shi, Yan Xia, Jie Song

In this paper, we first demonstrate how to realize quantum state transferring (QST) from one atom to another based on quantum Zeno dynamics. Then, the QST protocol is generalized to realize the quantum state swapping (QSS) between two arbitrary atoms with the help of a third one. Furthermore, we also consider the QSS within a quantum network. The influence o

O. A. Tretiakov, Ar. Abanov, Jairo Sinova

We study the thermoelectric properties of three-dimensional topological insulators in magnetic fields with many holes (or pores) in the bulk. We find that at high density of these holes in the transport direction the thermoelectric figure of merit, ZT, can be large due to the contribution of the topologically protected conducting surfaces and the suppressed

Ying-Tsan Tang, Yu-Chang Chen

We have studied how the lateral interaction affects the electric conductance, the second-order current correlation (shot noise), and the third-order one (skewness) of a pair of parallel Al atomic wires. The field operator of wave function is introduced to calculate the current-current correlations. The corresponding wave functions are self-consistently obtai

Serguei Saavedra, Jordi Duch, Brian Uzzi

Tracking the volume of keywords in Internet searches, message boards, or Tweets has provided an alternative for following or predicting associations between popular interest or disease incidences. Here, we extend that research by examining the role of e-communications among day traders and their collective understanding of the market. Our study introduces a

Tacina O. Souza, Maria A. P. Hohlenwerger, Denise De Mattos, Raimundo N. Araújo dos Santos

In this paper we extend the characterization of trivial map-germs for the real Milnor fibrations started by Church and Lamotke. Our main result cover all cases on the three dimensional real Milnor fibers.

Jarod Alper, Maksym Fedorchuk, David Ishii Smyth

This paper is a sequel to arXiv:1109.4986, where we proved that a general smooth curve of odd genus, canonically or bicanonically embedded, has semistable finite Hilbert points. Here, we prove that a generic canonically embedded curve of even genus has semistable finite Hilbert points. More precisely, we prove that a generic canonically embedded trigonal cur

Chun-Yang Wang, Wen-Xian Yang, Zhi-Wei Yan, Hong Du

In this second part of the series of two papers we report another type of generalized Migdal-Kadanoff bond-moving renormalization group transformation recursion procedures considering symmetrical single bond operations on fractals. The critical behavior of the spin-continuous Gaussian model constructed on the Sierpinski gaskets is studied as an example to re

Chun-Yang Wang, Wen-Xian Yang, Zhi-Wei Yan, Hong Du

We report in a series of papers two types of generalized Migdal-Kadanoff bond-moving renormalization group transformation recursion procedures. In this first part the symmetrical operation of half length bonds on translational invariant lattices are considered. As an illustration of their predominance in application, the procedures are used to study the crit

Ronny Thomale, Stephan Rachel, Peter Schmitteckert, Martin Greiter

We investigate a family of spin-S chain Hamiltonians recently introduced by one of us. For S=1/2, it corresponds to the Haldane-Shastry model. For general spin S, we find indication that the low-energy theory of these spin chains is described by the SU(2)_k Wess-Zumino-Witten model with coupling k=2S. In particular, we investigate the S=1 model whose ground

Xiao-Wu Chen

We prove that a certain pair of bimodules over two artin algebras gives rise to a triangle equivalence between the singularity categories of the two corresponding trivial extension algebras. Some consequences and an example are given.

Zhou Zhang

In this note, we provide some general discussion on the Ricci lower bound along Kähler-Ricci flow with singularity over closed manifold.

Jia-sen Jin, Chang-shui Yu, Pei Pei, He-shan Song

We propose a theoretical scheme of quantum nondemolition measurement of two-qubit Werner state. We discuss our scheme with the two qubits restricted in a local place and then extend the scheme to the case in which two qubits are separated. We also consider the experimental realization of our scheme based on cavity quantum electrodynamics. It is very interest

Yong Shao, Xiang-Dong Li

Mass transfer in cataclysmic variables (CVs) is usually considered to be caused by angular momentum loss (AML) driven by magnetic braking and gravitational radiation (GR) above the period gap, and solely by GR below the period gap. The best-fit revised model of CV evolution recently by \citet{kbp11}, however, indicates that AML rate below the period gap is $

Joshua J. Adams, Karl Gebhardt, Guillermo A. Blanc, Maximilian H. Fabricius

We study the mass distribution in the late-type dwarf galaxy NGC 2976 through stellar kinematics obtained with the VIRUS-P integral-field spectrograph and anisotropic Jeans models as a test of cosmological simulations and baryonic processes that putatively alter small-scale structure. Previous measurements of the H-alpha emission-line kinematics have determi

E. Aliu, T. Aune, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow

We report on the VERITAS discovery of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma- ray emission above 200 GeV from the high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object RXJ0648.7+1516 (GBJ0648+1516), associated with 1FGLJ0648.8+1516. The photon spectrum above 200 GeV is fit by a power law dN/dE = F0(E/E0)-Γ with a photon index Γ of 4.4 {\pm} 0.8stat {\pm}0.3syst and a flux normalization

A. Brudnyi, D. Kinzebulatov

We develop complex function theory within certain algebras of holomorphic functions on coverings of Stein manifolds. This, in particular, includes the results on holomorphic extension from complex submanifolds, corona type theorems, properties of divisors, holomorphic analogs of the Peter-Weyl approximation theorem, Hartogs type theorems, characterization of

Alberto Montina

A process of preparation, transmission and subsequent projective measurement of a qubit can be simulated by a classical model with only two bits of communication and some amount of shared randomness. However no model for n qubits with a finite amount of classical communication is known at present. A lower bound for the communication cost can provide useful h

Yang Cai, Ting Zhang

Complementation and determinization are two fundamental notions in automata theory. The close relationship between the two has been well observed in the literature. In the case of nondeterministic finite automata on finite words (NFA), complementation and determinization have the same state complexity, namely Theta(2^n) where n is the state size. The same si

Phoolendra Kumar Mishra, Velimir V. Vesselinov

Drawdowns generated by extracting water from a large diameter (e.g. water supply) well are affected by wellbore storage. We present an analytical solution in Laplace transformed space for drawdown in a uniform anisotropic aquifer caused by withdrawing water at a constant rate from a partially penetrating well with storage. The solution is back transformed in

Fabio Antonini, Roberto Capuzzo-Dolcetta, Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti, David Merritt

Abridged: In one widely discussed model for the formation of nuclear star clusters (NSCs), massive globular clusters spiral into the center of a galaxy and merge to form the nucleus. It is now known that at least some NSCs coexist with supermassive black holes (SBHs); this is the case, for instance, in the Milky Way (MW). In this paper, we investigate how th

Krzysztof Gawarecki, Paweł Machnikowski

We study theoretically phonon-assisted relaxation and inelastic tunneling of holes in a double quantum dot. We derive hole states and relaxation rates from kp Hamiltonians and show that there is a finite distance between the dots where lifetimes of hole states are very long which is related to vanishing tunnel coupling. We show also that the light hole admix

Daniel J. H. Chung, Hojin Yoo

Gravitational particle production naturally occurs during the transition from the inflationary phase to the non-inflationary phase. If the particles are stable and very weakly interacting, they are natural nonthermal dark matter candidates. We show that such nonthermal dark matter particles can produce local non-Gaussianities large enough to be observed by o

Andras Gaspar, Dimitrios Psaltis, Feryal Ozel, George H. Rieke

We develop a new numerical algorithm to model collisional cascades in debris disks. Because of the large dynamical range in particle masses, we solve the integro-differential equations describing erosive and catastrophic collisions in a particle-in-a-box approach, while treating the orbital dynamics of the particles in an approximate fashion. We employ a new

Sandra Plancade

Consider a positive random variable of interest Y depending on a covariate X, and a random observation time T independent of Y given X. Assume that the only knowledge available about Y is its current status at time T: δ= 1_{Y \leq T}. This paper presents a procedure to estimate the conditional cumulative distribution function F of Y given X from an independe

Yusuke Nishida

We investigate properties of an energetic atom propagating through strongly interacting atomic gases. The operator product expansion is used to systematically compute a quasiparticle energy and its scattering rate both in a spin-1/2 Fermi gas and in a spinless Bose gas. Reasonable agreement with recent quantum Monte Carlo simulations even at a relatively sma

Tai-Min Liu, Anh T. Ngo, Bryan Hemingway, Steven Herbert

We report detailed transport measurements in a quantum dot in a spin-flip co-tunneling regime, and a quantitative comparison of the data to microscopic theory. The quantum dot is fabricated by lateral gating of a GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure, and the conductance is measured in the presence of an in-plane Zeeman field. We focus on the ratio of the nonlinear co

Francesco Giacosa

We study the deviations from the exponential decay law, both in quantum field theory (QFT) and quantum mechanics (QM), for an unstable particle which can decay in (at least) two decay channels. After a review of general properties of non-exponential decay in QFT and QM, we evaluate in both cases the decay probability that the unstable particle decays in a gi

Andrew R. Zentner, Andrew P. Hearin

We study energy transport by asymmetric dark matter in the interiors of very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs. Our motivation is to explore astrophysical signatures of asymmetric dark matter, which otherwise may not be amenable to conventional indirect dark matter searches. In viable models, the additional cooling of very-low mass stellar cores can alter stel

E. Joung, M. Taronna

Cubic interactions of higher-spin gauge fields in (A)dS are studied in the metric-like approach. Making use of the traceless and transverse constraints together with the ambient-space formalism, all consistent parity-invariant cubic vertices are obtained for d>3 in closed form pointing out the key role of their flat-space counterparts.

Wei-Cheng Lee, Philip W. Phillips

We study the influence of quantum fluctuations on the electron self energy in the normal state of iron-pnictide superconductors using a five orbital tight binding model with generalized Hubbard on-site interactions. Within a one-loop treatment, we find that an overdamped collective mode develops at low frequency in channels associated with quasi-1D $d_{xz}$

Daniel S. Park, Washington Taylor

We study six-dimensional N=(1,0) supergravity theories with abelian, as well as non-abelian, gauge group factors. We show that for theories with fewer than nine tensor multiplets, the number of possible combinations of gauge groups - including abelian factors - and non-abelian matter representations is finite. We also identify infinite families of theories w

R. Crowston, G. Gutin, M. Jones, A. Yeo

The problem MaxLin2 can be stated as follows. We are given a system $S$ of $m$ equations in variables $x_1,...,x_n$, where each equation is $\sum_{i \in I_j}x_i = b_j$ is assigned a positive integral weight $w_j$ and $x_i,b_j \in \mathbb{F}_2$, $I_j \subseteq \{1,2,...,n\}$ for $j=1,...,m$. We are required to find an assignment of values to the variables in

Roberto Barcelo, Adrian Carmona, Mikael Chala, Manuel Masip

A gluon resonance G of mass below 1 TeV could be the origin of the t\bar{t} forward-backward asymmetry observed at the Tevatron provided that new decay modes G->\bar{q}Q, with q a standard quark and Q its massive excitation, make G broad enough. We consider all the different cases, with q the top, the bottom or a light quark and dominant decay modes Q->Wq&#3

Erich Weihs, Jose Zurita

We study how collider data and electroweak precision observables affect the parameter space of models including a new dark force mediated by a massive U(1) gauge boson. It acquires mass via a Higgs mechanism in the dark sector which is connected to the Standard Model through kinetic mixing of the two U(1) gauge bosons and the Higgs potential. We assess the i

Jian Tang, Walter Winter

There are recent considerations to increase the photomultiplier density in the IceCube detector array beyond that of DeepCore, which will lead to a lower detection threshold and a huge fiducial mass for the neutrino detection. This initiative is known as &#34;Phased IceCube Next Generation Upgrade&#34; (PINGU). We discuss the possibility to send a neutrino b

Stefano Bolognesi, David Tong

We study the formation of fermion condensates in Anti de Sitter space. In particular, we describe a novel version of magnetic catalysis that arises for fermions in asymptotically AdS4 geometries which cap off in the infra-red with a hard wall. We show that the presence of a magnetic field induces a fermion condensate in the bulk that spontaneously breaks CP

Dave Anderson, Linda Chen

We show that the equivariant Gromov-Witten invariants of a projective homogeneous space G/P exhibit Graham-positivity: when expressed as polynomials in the positive roots, they have nonnegative coefficients.

Dave Anderson, Linda Chen

We establish an equivariant quantum Giambelli formula for partial flag varieties. The answer is given in terms of a specialization of universal double Schubert polynomials. Along the way, we give new proofs of the presentation of the equivariant quantum cohomology ring, as well as Graham-positivity of the structure constants in equivariant quantum Schubert c

Mateusz Kwasnicki

Spectral theory for the transition semigroup of one-dimensional symmetric Levy process killed upon hitting the origin is studied. Under very mild assumptions, an integral-type formula for eigenfunctions is obtained, and eigenfunction expansion of transition operators and the generator is given. As an application, integral fomulae for the transition density a

Johannes Jobst, Daniel Waldmann, Igor V. Gornyi, Alexander D. Mirlin

We investigate the magnetotransport in large area graphene Hall bars epitaxially grown on silicon carbide. In the intermediate field regime between weak localization and Landau quantization the observed temperature-dependent parabolic magnetoresistivity (MR) is a manifestation of the electron-electron interaction (EEI). We can consistently describe the data

Elchanan Mossel, Miklos Z. Racz

Recently, quantitative versions of the Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem were proven for $k=3$ alternatives by Friedgut, Kalai, Keller and Nisan and for neutral functions on $k \geq 4$ alternatives by Isaksson, Kindler and Mossel. We prove a quantitative version of the Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem for general social choice functions for any number $k \geq 3$ of

Kamil Kaleta, Mateusz Kwasnicki, Jacek Malecki

Two-term Weyl-type asymptotic law for the eigenvalues of one-dimensional quasi-relativistic Hamiltonian (-h^2 c^2 d^2/dx^2 + m^2 c^4)^(1/2) + V_well(x) (the Klein-Gordon square-root operator with electrostatic potential) with the infinite square well potential V_well(x) is given: the n-th eigenvalue is equal to (n pi/2 - pi/8) h c/a + O(1/n), where 2a is the

Daniele Oriti, Roberto Pereira, Lorenzo Sindoni

As part of a wider study of coherent states in (loop) quantum gravity, we introduce a modification to the standard construction, based on the recently introduced (non-commutative) flux representation. The resulting quantum states have some welcomed features, in particular concerning peakedness properties, when compared to other coherent states in the literat

Darya Aleinikava, Anatoly Kuklov

The mechanism of the roughening induced partial depinning of gliding dislocations from Helium-3 impurities is proposed as an alternative to the standard &#34;boiling off&#34;. We give a strong argument that Helium-3 remains bound to dislocations even at large temperatures due to very long equilibration times. A scenario leading to the similarity between elas

Mohammad Ali-Akbari, Umut Gursoy

We study the energy lost by an accelerating quark probe in the quark-gluon plasma produced in the heavy ion collisions in an approximate setting where the acceleration of the probe is due to uniform circular motion. The energy loss rate of the rotating probe is calculated at strong coupling in the confining SU(N) gauge theory based on N D4 branes on a circle

R. Dewji, I. Dimitrov, A. McCabe, M. Roth

If $α\in S_n$ is a permutation of $\{1, 2, \ldots, n\}$, the inversion set of $α$ is $Φ(α) = \{(i, j) \, | \, 1 \leq i < j \leq n, α(i) > α(j)\}$. We describe all $r$-tuples $α_1, α_2, \ldots, α_r \in S_n$ such that $Δ_n^+ = \{(i, j) \, | \, 1 \leq i < j \leq n\}$ is the disjoint union of $Φ(α_1), Φ(α_2), \ldots, Φ(α_r)$. Using this description we prove that

N. Bouche, W. Hohensee, R. Vargas, G. G. Kacprzak

Background quasars are potentially sensitive probes of galactic outflows provided that one can determine the origin of the absorbing material since both gaseous disks and strong bipolar outflows can contribute to the absorption cross-section. Using a dozen quasars passing near spectroscopically identified galaxies at $z\sim0.1$, we find that the azimuthal or

E. Churazov, A. Vikhlinin, I. Zhuravleva, A. Schekochihin

X-ray surface brightness fluctuations in the core ($650 \times 650$ kpc) region of the Coma cluster observed with XMM-Newton and Chandra are analyzed using a 2D power spectrum approach. The resulting 2D spectra are converted to 3D power spectra of gas density fluctuations. Our independent analyses of the XMM-Newton and Chandra observations are in excellent a

Songbo Jin, Arnab Sen, Anders W. Sandvik

We study the challenging thermal phase transition to stripe order in the frustrated square-lattice Ising model with couplings J1<0 (nearest-neighbor, ferromagnetic) and J2>0 (second-neighbor, antiferromagnetic) for g=J2/|J1|>1/2. Using Monte Carlo simulations and known analytical results, we demonstrate Ashkin-Teller criticality for g>= g*, i.e., the critica

Antonio Auffinger, Gerard Ben Arous

We analyze the landscape of general smooth Gaussian functions on the sphere in dimension $N$, when $N$ is large. We give an explicit formula for the asymptotic complexity of the mean number of critical points of finite and diverging index at any level of energy and for the mean Euler characteristic of level sets. We then find two possible scenarios for the b

Christian Beck

We suggest that experiments based on Josephson junctions, SQUIDS, and coupled Josephson qubits can be used to construct a resonant environment for dark matter axions. We propose experimental setups in which axionic interaction strengths in a Josephson junction environment can be tested, similar in nature to recent experiments that test for quantum entangleme

Fedor Levkovich-Maslyuk

We compute the anomalous dimension for a short single-trace operator in planar ABJM theory at intermediate coupling. This is done by solving numerically the set of Thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz equations which are expected to describe the exact spectrum of the theory. We implement a truncation method which significantly reduces the number of integral equations

M. V. Movshev

Projective embedding of an isotropic Grassmannian (or pure spinors) OGr^+(5,10) into projective space of spinor representation S can be characterized with a help of Gamma-matrices by equations Gamma_{alpha beta}^ilambda^{alpha}lambda^{beta}=0. A polynomial function of degree N with values in S defines a map to OGr^+(5,10) if its coefficients satisfy a 2N+1 q

Drew Brisbin, Martin Harwit

Working with 108,786 Sloan Digital Sky Survey low redshift galaxies we have examined the relation between galaxy mass, metallicity, radius, and star formation rates primarily in the central portions of galaxies. We subdivided the redshift range covered in our sample, 0.07<z<0.3, into three narrower redshift bins, and three sets of radial size. We show that f

Takuya Kanazawa, Tilo Wettig, Naoki Yamamoto

We study the singular values of the Dirac operator in dense QCD-like theories at zero temperature. The Dirac singular values are real and nonnegative at any nonzero quark density. The scale of their spectrum is set by the diquark condensate, in contrast to the complex Dirac eigenvalues whose scale is set by the chiral condensate at low density and by the BCS

S. A. Kuzmichev, T. E. Shanygina, S. N. Tchesnokov, S. I. Krasnosvobodtsev

Detailed temperature dependence of both superconducting gaps was obtained directly by means of SnS-Andreev spectroscopy. The Δσ,π(T) -curves were shown to be deviated from standard BCS-like behavior, due to k-space proximity effect between σ- and π- condensates, which could give a key to experimental determination of interband electron-phonon coupling consta

R. R. Landim, G. Alencar, M. O. Tahim, R. N. Costa Filho

Here we consider resonances of the Gauge, Gravity and Spinor fields in Randall-Sundrum-like scenarios. We consider membranes that are generated by a class of topological defects that are deformed domain walls obtained from other previously known ones. They are obtained by a deformation procedure generate different potentials to the associated Schrödinger-lik

Nicolai Gayle Nygaard, Nikolaj Thomas Zinner

The stabilization of Cooper pairs of bound electrons in the background of a Fermi sea is the origin of superconductivity and the paradigmatic example of the striking influence of many-body physics on few-body properties. In the quantum-mechanical three-body problem the famous Efimov effect yields unexpected scaling relations among a tower of universal states

Dustin Clausen

One-point compactification turns real vector spaces into spheres. In homotopy theory, this transformation gets encoded in a map called the &#34;real J-homomorphism&#34;. Here we define and investigate p-adic J-homomorphisms, which sort of turn p-adic vector spaces into spheres. Our main theorem is a product formula for these J-homomorphisms, saying what happ