March 2012 arXiv papers — page 5

Alex B. Nielsen

We examine the parameter accuracy that can be achieved by advanced ground-based detectors for binary inspiralling black holes and neutron stars. We use the 2.5 PN spinning waveforms of Arun et al. (2009). Our main result is that the errors are noticeably different from existing 2PN studies for aligned spins. While the masses can be determined more accurately

Marianna Eisenberg-Nagy, Monique Laurent, Antonios Varvitsiotis

We consider the decision problem asking whether a partial rational symmetric matrix with an all-ones diagonal can be completed to a full positive semidefinite matrix of rank at most $k$. We show that this problem is $\NP$-hard for any fixed integer $k\ge 2$. Equivalently, for $k\ge 2$, it is $\NP$-hard to test membership in the rank constrained elliptope $\E

Ruoshi Yuan, Ping Ao

Recently, a novel framework to handle stochastic processes has emerged from a series of studies in biology, showing situations beyond 'Itô versus Stratonovich'. Its internal consistency can be demonstrated via the zero mass limit of a generalized Klein-Kramers equation. Moreover, the connection to other integrations becomes evident: the obtained Fokk

A. L. Marchant, S. Händel, S. A. Hopkins, T. P. Wiles

We report a simple method for the creation of Bose-Einstein condensates of $^{85}$Rb by direct evaporation in a crossed optical dipole trap. The independent control of the trap frequencies and magnetic bias field afforded by the trapping scheme permits full control of the trapped atomic sample, enabling the collision parameters to be easily manipulated to ac

S. Brendle

We show that any embedded minimal torus in S^3 is congruent to the Clifford torus. This answers a question posed by H.B. Lawson, Jr., in 1970.

K. T. Osman, W. H. Matthaeus, B. Hnat, S. C. Chapman

A connection between kinetic processes and intermittent turbulence is observed in the solar wind plasma using measurements from the Wind spacecraft at 1 AU. In particular, kinetic effects such as temperature anisotropy and plasma heating are concentrated near coherent structures, such as current sheets, which are non-uniformly distributed in space. Furthermo

P. Marra, A. Nigro, Z. Li, G. F. Chen

Paraconductivity of the optimally K-doped SrFe2As2 superconductor is investigated within existing fluctuation mechanisms. The in-plane excess conductivity has been measured in high quality single crystals, with a sharp superconducting transition at Tc=35.5K and a transition width less than 0.3K. The data have been also acquired in external magnetic field up

Louis Vervoort

Bell's theorem admits several interpretations or 'solutions', the standard interpretation being 'indeterminism', a next one 'nonlocality'. In this article two further solutions are investigated, termed here 'superdeterminism' and 'supercorrelation'. The former is especially interesting for philosophical reasons, if

Solomon A. Owerre

We present the linear spin wave theory calculation of the superfluid phase of a hard-core boson $J$-$K$ model with nearest neighbour exchange $J$ and four-particle ring-exchange $K$ at half filling on the triangular lattice, as well as the phase diagrams of the system at zero and finite temperatures. We find that the pure $J$ model (XY model) which has a wel

ATLAS Collaboration

A search for events with large missing transverse momentum, jets, and at least two tau leptons has been performed using 2 fb^-1 of proton-proton collision data at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. No excess above the Standard Model background expectation is observed and a 95% CL visible cross section upper limit f

Euihun Joung, Luca Lopez, Massimo Taronna

Cubic interactions of massive and partially-massless totally-symmetric higher-spin fields in any constant-curvature background of dimension greater than three are investigated. Making use of the ambient-space formalism, the consistency condition for the traceless and transverse parts of the parity-invariant interactions is recast into a system of partial dif

Zsolt Horváth, László Á. Gergely

Spherically symmetric brane black holes have tidal charge, which modifies both weak and strong lensing characteristics. Even if lensing measurements are in agreement with a Schwarzschild lens, the margin of error of the detecting instrument allows for a certain tidal charge. In this paper we derive the respective constraint on the tidal charge of the superma

Hiroyuki Masuyama

This paper considers the tail asymptotics for a cumulative process $\{B(t); t \ge 0\}$ sampled at a heavy-tailed random time $T$. The main contribution of this paper is to establish several sufficient conditions for the asymptotic equality ${\sf P}(B(T) > bx) \sim {\sf P}(M(T) > bx) \sim {\sf P}(T>x)$ as $x \to \infty$, where $M(t) = \sup_{0 \le u \le t}B(u)

Henrik N. Latter, Steven Balbus

In protoplanetary disks, the inner radial boundary between the MRI turbulent (`active') and MRI quiescent (`dead') zones plays an important role in models of the disk evolution and in some planet formation scenarios. In reality, this boundary is not well-defined: thermal heating from the star in a passive disk yields a transition radius close to the

Raphael M. Albuquerque, Xiang Liu, Marina Nielsen

We use the QCD sum rules to study possible $B_c$-like molecular states. We consider isoscalar $J^P = 0^+$ and $J^P = 1^+ D^{(\ast)}B^{(\ast)}$ molecular currents. We consider the contributions of condensates up to dimension eight and we work at leading order in $α_s$ . We obtain for these states masses around 7 GeV.

Alexander Gruner, Michael Huber

This paper presents several new construction techniques for low-density parity-check (LDPC) and systematic repeat-accumulate (RA) codes. Based on specific classes of combinatorial designs, the improved code design focuses on high-rate structured codes with constant column weights 3 and higher. The proposed codes are efficiently encodable and exhibit good str

Rita Tojeiro, Will J. Percival, Jon Brinkmann, Joel R. Brownstein

We explore the benefits of using a passively evolving population of galaxies to measure the evolution of the rate of structure growth between z=0.25 and z=0.65 by combining data from the SDSS-I/II and SDSS-III surveys. The large-scale linear bias of a population of dynamically passive galaxies, which we select from both surveys, is easily modeled. Knowing th

S. Nagy, J. Krizsan, K. Sailer

We performed the renormalization group analysis of the quantum Einstein gravity in the deep infrared regime for different types of extensions of the model. It is shown that an attractive infrared point exists in the broken symmetric phase of the model. It is also shown that due to the Gaussian fixed point the IR critical exponent $ν$ of the correlation lengt

V. I. Telnov

The role of beamstrahlung in high-energy e+e- storage-ring colliders (SRCs) is examined. Particle loss due to the emission of single energetic beamstrahlung photons is shown to impose a fundamental limit on SRC luminosities at energies 2E_0 >~ 140 GeV for head-on collisions and 2E_0 >~ 40 GeV for crab-waist collisions. With beamstrahlung taken into account,

G. Dibitetto, J. J. Fernandez-Melgarejo, D. Marques, D. Roest

Compactifications in duality covariant constructions such as generalised geometry and double field theory have proven to be suitable frameworks to reproduce gauged supergravities containing non-geometric fluxes. However, it is a priori unclear whether these approaches only provide a reformulation of old results, or also contain new physics. To address this q

Elissa Ross

An infinite periodic framework in the plane can be represented as a framework on a torus, using a $\mathbb Z^2$-labelled gain graph. We find necessary and sufficient conditions for the generic minimal rigidity of frameworks on the two-dimensional fixed torus $\mathcal T_0^2$. It is also shown that every minimally rigid periodic orbit framework on $\mathcal T

Guy Shinar, Martin Feinberg

In a recent paper it was shown that, for chemical reaction networks possessing a subtle structural property called concordance, dynamical behavior of a very circumscribed (and largely stable) kind is enforced, so long as the kinetics lies within the very broad and natural weakly monotonic class. In particular, multiple equilibria are precluded, as are degene

Imad Agha, Marcelo Davanco, Bryce Thurston, Kartik Srinivasan

Low-noise, tunable wavelength-conversion through non-degenerate four-wave mixing Bragg scattering in SiNx waveguides is experimentally demonstrated. Finite element method simulations of waveguide dispersion are used with the split-step Fourier method to predict device performance, and indicate a strong dependence of the conversion efficiency on phase matchin

Andrew M. Childs, David Gosset

We prove Levinson's theorem for scattering on an (m+n)-vertex graph with n semi-infinite paths each attached to a different vertex, generalizing a previous result for the case n=1. This theorem counts the number of bound states in terms of the winding of the determinant of the S-matrix. We also provide a proof that the bound states and incoming scatterin

Sara Arias-de-Reyna, Luis Dieulefait, Gabor Wiese

This article is the second part of a series of three articles about compatible systems of symplectic Galois representations and applications to the inverse Galois problem. This part is concerned with symplectic Galois representations having a huge residual image, by which we mean that a symplectic group of full dimension over the prime field is contained up

Enrique Alvarez

The approximate late conformal time wavefunction for self-interacting scalar quantum fields in de Sitter space is computed. It dominates for conformal times much larger than a certain critical value, $η=η_{\text{crit}}$ which depends on the dimension and on other characteristics of the matter fields. Its self-consistency (i.e., whether the back reaction is c

Sara Arias-de-Reyna, Luis Dieulefait, Gabor Wiese

This article is the first part of a series of three articles about compatible systems of symplectic Galois representations and applications to the inverse Galois problem. In this first part, we determine the smallest field over which the projectivisation of a given symplectic group representation satisfying some natural conditions can be defined. The answer

Wilfried Domainko, Stefan Ohm

The nature of the first unidentified VHE gamma-ray source with significant angular offset from the Galactic plane of 3.5 degrees, HESS J1507-622, is explored. Fermi-LAT data in the high-energy (HE, 100 MeV < E < 100 GeV) gamma-ray range collected over 34 month are used to describe the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the source. HESS J1507-622 is detect

Charles D. Dermer, Kohta Murase, Hajime Takami

The flat spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) 4C +21.35 (PKS 1222+216) displays prominent nuclear infrared emission from ~1200 K dust. A 70 -- 400 GeV flare with ~10 min variations during half an hour of observations was found by the MAGIC telescopes, and GeV variability was observed on sub-day timescales with the Large Area Telescope on Fermi. We examine 4C +21.35,

Julien Guillemoteau, Pascal Sailhac, Mickael Behaegel

Airborne transient electromagnetic (TEM) is a cost-effective method to image the distribution of electrical conductivity in the ground. We consider layered earth inversion to interpret large data sets of hundreds of kilometre. Different strategies can be used to solve this inverse problem. This consists in managing the a priori information to avoid the mathe

Anya Chaudhuri, Biman B. Nath, Subhabrata Majumdar

We report the results of our study of fractional entropy enhancement in the intra-cluster medium (ICM) of the clusters from the representative XMM-Newton cluster structure survey (REXCESS). We compare the observed entropy profile of these clusters with that expected for the ICM without any feedback, as well as with the introduction of preheating and entropy

Anne Mongruel, Thibault Chastel, Evgeny S. Asmolov, Olga I. Vinogradova

We report measurements of the hydrodynamic drag force acting on a smooth sphere falling down under gravity to a plane decorated with microscopic periodic grooves. Both surfaces are lyophilic, so that a liquid (silicone oil) invades the surface texture being in the Wenzel state. A significant decrease in the hydrodynamic resistance force as compared with that

D. Karakhanyan, Sh. Khachatryan

We find the all solutions to the $sl_q(2)$-invariant multi-parametric Yang-Baxter equations (YBE) at $q=i$ defined on the cyclic (semi-cyclic, nilpotent) representations of the algebra. We are deriving the solutions in form of the linear combinations over the $sl_q(2)$-invariant objects - projectors. The direct construction of the projector operators at root

Zhengzheng Chen, Huijiang Zhao

This paper is concerned with the existence, uniqueness and nonlinear stability of stationary solutions to the Cauchy problem of the full compressible Navier-Stokes-Korteweg system effected by external force of general form in $\mathbb{R}^3$. Based on the weighted-$L^2$ method and some elaborate $L^\infty$ estimates of solutions to the linearized problem, the

Norbert Bodendorfer, Alexander Stottmeister, Andreas Thurn

The purpose of this paper is twofold: On the one hand, after a thorough review of the matter free case, we supplement the derivations in our companion paper on &#39;loop quantum gravity without the Hamiltonian constraint&#39; with calculational details and extend the results to standard model matter, a cosmological constant, and non-compact spatial slices. O

Norbert Bodendorfer, Alexander Stottmeister, Andreas Thurn

We show that under certain technical assumptions, including the existence of a constant mean curvature (CMC) slice and strict positivity of the scalar field, general relativity conformally coupled to a scalar field can be quantised on a partially reduced phase space, meaning reduced only with respect to the Hamiltonian constraint and a proper gauge fixing. M

Seyen Kouwn, Taeyoon Moon, Phillial Oh

We investigate cosmological consequences of nonlinear sigma model coupled with a cosmological fluid which satisfies the continuity equation. The target space action is of de Sitter type and is composed of four scalar fields. The potential which is a function of only one of the scalar fields is also introduced. We perform a general analysis of the ensuing cos

Csaba G. Péterfalvi, László Oroszlány, Colin J. Lambert, József Cserti

We propose an implementation of a valley selective electronic Veselago lens in bilayer graphene. We demonstrate that in the presence of an appropriately oriented potential step, low-energy electrons radiating from a point source can be re-focused coherently within the same band. The phenomenon is due to the trigonal warping of the band structure that leads t

Piotr Bozek, Iwona Wyskiel-Piekarska

Particle production in Pb-Pb collisions at 2.76 TeV is studied in the (3+1)-dimensional viscous hydrodynamic model. The shapes of the calculated transverse momentum spectra of pions, kaons, protons, Xis, and Omegas are in satisfactory agreement with preliminary data of the ALICE Collaboration, while the particle ratio proton/pion is slightly overpredicted, a

J. Feilhauer, M. Mosko

Typical persistent current ($I_{typ}$) in a normal metal ring with disorder due to random grain boundaries and rough edges is calculated microscopically. If disorder is due to the rough edges, a ballistic current $I_{typ}\simeq e v_F/L$ is found in spite of the diffusive resistance ($ \propto L/l$), where $v_F$ is the Fermi velocity, $l$ is the mean free pat

Gerhard Buchalla, Oscar Cata

We consider the Standard Model as an effective theory at the weak scale $v$ of a generic new strong interaction that dynamically breaks electroweak symmetry at the energy scale $Λ\sim $ (few) TeV. Assuming only the minimal field content with the Standard Model fermions and gauge bosons, but without a light Higgs particle, we construct the complete Lagrangian

Aziz Kolkiran, G. S. Agarwal

We analyze the far field resolution of apertures which are illuminated by a point dipole located at subwavelength distances. It is well known that radiation emitted by a localized source can be considered a combination of travelling and evanescent waves, when represented by the angular spectrum method. The evanescent wave part of the source can be converted

Dominik Janzing, David Balduzzi, Moritz Grosse-Wentrup, Bernhard Schölkopf

Many methods for causal inference generate directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) that formalize causal relations between $n$ variables. Given the joint distribution on all these variables, the DAG contains all information about how intervening on one variable changes the distribution of the other $n-1$ variables. However, quantifying the causal influence of one var

Ashley J. Ross, Will J. Percival, Ariel G. Sanchez, Lado Samushia

We analyze the density field of galaxies observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) included in the SDSS Data Release Nine (DR9). DR9 includes spectroscopic redshifts for over 400,000 galaxies spread over a footprint of 3,275 deg^2. We identify, characterize, and mitigate the impact of sources of system

Antoine Ducros

Let $X$ be an analytic space over a non-Archimedean, complete field $k$ and let $(f_1,..., f_n)$ be a family of invertible functions on $X$. Let $ϕ$ the morphism $X\to G_m^n$ induced by the $f_i$&#39;s, and let $t$ be the map $X\to (R^*_+)^n$ induced by the norms of the $f_i$&#39;s. Let us recall two results. 1) The compact set $t(X)$ is a polytope of the $R

Kieran G. O&#39;Grady

We study the indeterminacy locus of the period map for double EPW-sextics. We recall that double EPW-sextics are parametrized by lagrangian subspaces of the third wedge-product of a 6-dimensional complex vector-space. The indeterminacy locus is contained in the set of lagrangians containing a decomposable vector. The projectivization of the 3-dimensional sup

Matti Vuorinen, Gendi Wang

We prove sharp bounds for the product and the sum of two hyperbolic distances between the opposite sides of hyperbolic Lambert quadrilaterals in the unit disk. Furthermore, we study the images of Lambert quadrilaterals under quasiconformal mappings from the unit disk onto itself and obtain sharp results in this case, too.

Tullio Ceccherini-Silberstein, Michel Coornaert

Following ideas developed by Misha Gromov, we investigate surjunctivity and reversibility properties of cellular automata defined over certain concrete categories.

A. Jain, J. -C. Rojas-Sanchez, M. Cubukcu, J. Peiro

Electrical spin injection into semiconductors paves the way for exploring new phenomena in the area of spin physics and new generations of spintronic devices. However the exact role of interface states in spin injection mechanism from a magnetic tunnel junction into a semiconductor is still under debate. In this letter, we demonstrate a clear transition from

Masaomi Ono, Masa-aki Hashimoto, Shin-ichiro Fujimoto, Kei Kotake

We investigate the nucleosynthesis in a massive star of 70 M_solar with solar metallicity in the main sequence stage. The helium core mass after hydrogen burning corresponds to 32 M_solar. Nucleosynthesis calculations have been performed during the stellar evolution and the jetlike supernova explosion of a collapsar model, where the weak s-, p-, and r-proces

J. Alcaraz Maestre, S. Alioli, J. R. Andersen, R. D. Ball

The 2011 Les Houches workshop was the first to confront LHC data. In the two years since the previous workshop there have been significant advances in both soft and hard QCD, particularly in the areas of multi-leg NLO calculations, the inclusion of those NLO calculations into parton shower Monte Carlos, and the tuning of the non-perturbative parameters of th

Timothy Clifton, Kjell Rosquist, Reza Tavakol

An important open question in cosmology is the degree to which the Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) solutions of Einstein&#39;s equations are able to model the large-scale behaviour of the locally inhomogeneous observable universe. We investigate this problem by considering a range of exact n-body solutions of Einstein&#39;s constraint equations. T

Siva Athreya, Jan Swart

This paper studies systems of particles following independent random walks and subject to annihilation, binary branching, coalescence, and deaths. In the case without annihilation, such systems have been studied in our 2005 paper &#34;Branching-coalescing particle systems&#34;. The case with annihilation is considerably more difficult, mainly as a consequenc

Maochun Zhu, Marco Bramanti, Pengcheng Niu

Let X_1,...,X_q be the basis of the space of horizontal vector fields on a homogeneous Carnot group in R^n (q<n). We consider a degenerate elliptic system of N equations, in divergence form, structured on these vector fields, where the coefficients a_{ab}^{ij} (i,j=1,2,...,q, a,b=1,2,...,N) are real valued bounded measurable functions defined in a bounded do

László Tóth

We point out an asymptotic formula for the power moments of the function $a(n)$, representing the number of non-isomorphic Abelian groups of order $n$. For the quadratic moment this improves an earlier result due to L. Zhang, M. Lü and W. Zhai.

Pinja Haikka, Tomi H. Johnson, Sabrina Maniscalco

We study non-Markovianity and information flow for qubits experiencing local dephasing with an Ohmic class spectrum. We demonstrate the existence of a temperature-dependent critical value of the Ohmicity parameter s for the onset of non-Markovianity and give a physical interpretation of this phenomenon by linking it to the form of the reservoir spectrum. We

Viktor Holubec, Petr Chvosta, Philipp Maass

We investigate the dynamics of a single-ended N-state molecular zipper based on a model originally proposed by Kittel. The molecule is driven unidirectionally towards the completely unzipped state with increasing time t, where the driving lowers the energies of states with k unzipped links by an amount proportional to kt. We solve the Pauli rate equation for

V. I. Zatsepin, A. D. Panov, N. V. Sokolskaya

We propose a model where a supernova explodes in some vicinity of our solar system (some tens of parsecs) in the recent past (some tens of thousands years) with the energy release in cosmic rays of order of $ 10 ^ {51} $ erg. The flux from this supernova is added to an isotropic flux from other sources. We consider the case where the Sun&#39;s location is no

Sorina Ionica

Using Galois cohomology, Schmoyer characterizes cryptographic non-trivial self-pairings of the $\ell$-Tate pairing in terms of the action of the Frobenius on the $\ell$-torsion of the Jacobian of a genus 2 curve. We apply similar techniques to study the non-degeneracy of the $\ell$-Tate pairing restrained to subgroups of the $\ell$-torsion which are maximal

N. Rea, G. L. Israel, P. Esposito, J. A. Pons

We report on the long term X-ray monitoring with Swift, RXTE, Suzaku, Chandra and XMM-Newton of the outburst of the newly discovered magnetar Swift J1822.3-1606 (SGR 1822-1606), from the first observations soon after the detection of the short X-ray bursts which led to its discovery, through the first stages of its outburst decay (covering the time-span from

Farook Rahaman, P. K. F. Kuhfittig, Ruhul Amin, Gurudas Mandal

Considering the flat rotation curves as input and treating the matter content in the galactic halo region as quark matter, we have found out a background spacetime metric for the region of the galactic halo. We obtain fairly general conditions that ensure that gravity in the halo region is attractive. We also investigate the stability of circular orbits, alo

Kouji Nakamura

An outline of a proof of the local decomposition of linear metric perturbations into gauge-invariant and gauge-variant parts on an arbitrary background spacetime is briefly explained. We explicitly construct the gauge-invariant and gauge-variant parts of the linear metric perturbations based on some assumptions. We also point out the zero-mode problem is an

Leonard Susskind

This is the written version of a lecture at the KITP workshop on Bits, Branes, and Black Holes. In it I describe work with D. Harlow, S. Shenker, D. Stanford which explains how the tree-like structure of eternal inflation, together with the existence of terminal vacua, leads to an arrow-of-time. Conformal symmetry of the dS/CFT type is inconsistent with an a

Atsuo Kuniba, Sergey Sergeev

It is known that a solution of the tetrahedron equation generates infinitely many solutions of the Yang-Baxter equation via suitable reductions. In this paper this scheme is applied to an oscillator solution of the tetrahedron equation involving bosons and fermions by using special 3d boundary conditions. The resulting solutions of the Yang-Baxter equation a

Aljaž Godec, Janko Jamnik, Franci Merzel

In order to provide a formally correct thermodynamical description of inhomogeneous fluids valid on all length scales down to the classical limit we postulate that all extensive quantities have locally extensive analogues. We derive local thermodynamic relations for the canonical and isothermal- isobaric ensembles without limitations with respect to the natu

Zhanqiang Bai

Let $\mathfrak{co}(J)$ be the conformal algebra of a simple Euclidean Jordan algebra $J$. We show that a (non-trivial) unitary highest weight $\mathfrak{co}(J)$-module has the smallest positive Gelfand-Kirillov dimension if and only if a certain quadratic relation is satisfied in the universal enveloping algebra $U(\mathfrak{co}(J)_{\mathbb{C}})$. In particu

Ivan Werner

Random dynamical systems with countably many maps which admit countable Markov partitions on complete metric spaces such that the resulting Markov systems are uniformly continuous and contractive are considered. A non-degeneracy and a consistency conditions for such systems, which admit some proper Markov partitions of connected spaces, are introduced, and f

Kazuyuki Fujii

The purpose of this paper is both to provide mathematical reinforcements to the paper [Mecozzi and Bellini : arXiv:1110.1253 [hep-ph]] by taking decoherence into consideration and to present some important problems related. We claim that neutrinos have superluminality as a latent possibility.

Phaiboon Jhonpita, Sukree Sinthupinyo, Thitivadee Chaiyawat

This paper proposes a use of an ordinal classifier to evaluate the financial solidity of non-life insurance companies as strong, moderate, weak, and insolvency. This study constructed an efficient classification model that can be used by regulators to evaluate the financial solidity and to determine the priority of further examination as an early warning sys

Giovanni Bazzoni, Marisa Fernández, Vicente Muñoz

We study the formality of the mapping torus of an orientation-preserving diffeomorphism of a manifold. In particular, we give conditions under which a mapping torus has a non-zero Massey product. As an application we prove that there are non-formal compact co-symplectic manifolds of dimension $m$ and with first Betti number $b$ if and only if $m=3$ and $b \g

Changjun Gao

In the background of Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universe, there exists Hawking radiation which comes from the cosmic apparent horizon due to quantum effect. Although the Hawking radiation on the late time evolution of the universe could be safely neglected, it plays an important role in the very early stage of the universe. In view of this point, we identify

Yu-xi Liu, Xun-Wei Xu, Adam Miranowicz, Franco Nori

A strong photon-photon nonlinear interaction is a necessary condition for photon blockade. Moreover, this nonlinearity can also result a bistable behavior in the cavity field. We analyze the relation between detecting field and photon blockade in a superconducting circuit QED system, and show that photon blockade cannot occur when the detecting field is in t

J. P. Ma, G. P. Zhang

We study the single spin asymmetry in the lepton angular distribution of Drell-Yan processes in the frame work of collinear factorization. The asymmetry has been studied in the past and different results have been obtained. In our study we take an approach different than that used in the existing study. We explicitly calculate the transverse-spin dependent p

Shogo Masaki, Naoki Yoshida

We develop an analytic halo model for the distribution of dust around galaxies. The model results are compared with the observed surface dust density profile measured through reddening of background quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) reported by Menard et al.(2010). We assume that the dust distribution around a galaxy is described by a simple pow

Arash Azarfar, Jean-François Frigon, Brunilde Sansò

In this paper, we present a new queueing model providing the accurate average system time for packets transmitted over a cognitive radio (CR) link for multiple traffic classes with the preemptive and non-preemptive priority service disciplines. The analysis considers general packet service time, general distributions for the channel availability periods and

Aquinas Hobor, Cristian Gherghina

We develop and prove sound a concurrent separation logic for Pthreads-style barriers. Although Pthreads barriers are widely used in systems, and separation logic is widely used for verification, there has not been any effort to combine the two. Unlike locks and critical sections, Pthreads barriers enable simultaneous resource redistribution between multiple

Issha Kayo, Masamune Oguri

We measure the small-scale (comoving separation 10 kpc/h < r_p < 200 kpc/h) two-point correlation function of quasars using a sample of 26 spectroscopically confirmed binary quasars at 0.6<z<2.2 from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Lens Search (SQLS). Thanks to careful candidate selections and extensive follow-up observations of the SQLS, which is aimed

B. R. Ko, E. Won, I. Adachi, H. Aihara

We observe evidence for CP violation in the decay $D^+\rightarrow K^0_Sπ^+$ using a data sample with an integrated luminosity of 977 fb$^{-1}$ collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB $e^+e^-$ asymmetric-energy collider. The CP asymmetry in the decay is measured to be $(-0.363\pm0.094\pm0.067)%$, which is 3.2 standard deviations away from zero, and is con

Serkan Araci, Mehmet Acikgoz, Jong Jin Seo

In this paper, we deal with q-Euler numbers and q-Bernoulli numbers. We derive some interesting relations for q-Euler numbers and polynomials by using their generating function and derivative operator. Also, we show between the q-Euler numbers and q-Bernoulli numbers via the p-adic q-integral in the p-adic integer ring.

Ganesh Ch Deka, Jasni Mohamad Zain, Prabhat Mahanti

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play a key role in Development & Economic growth of the Developing countries of the World. Political, Cultural, Socio-economic Developmental & Behavioral decisions today rests on the ability to access, gather, analyze and utilize Information and Knowledge. Government of India is having an ambitious objective

Tim Koslowski

In this conceptual paper we construct a local version of Shape Dynamics that is equivalent to General Relativity in the sense that the algebras of Dirac observables weakly coincide. This allows us to identify Shape Dynamics observables with General Relativity observables, whose observables can now be interpreted as particular representative functions of obse

M. A. Requena-Torres, R. Guesten, A. Weiss, A. I. Harris

We report SOFIA/GREAT, Herschel/HIFI, and ground-based velocity-resolved spectroscopy of carbon monoxide (CO) rotational transitions from J=2-1 to J=16-15 toward two positions in the circum-nuclear disk (CND) in our Galactic center. Radiative transfer models were used to derive information on the physical state of the gas traced by CO. The excitation of the

Valérie Gauthier, Ayoub Otmani, Jean-Pierre Tillich

Bogdanov and Lee suggested a homomorphic public-key encryption scheme based on error correcting codes. The underlying public code is a modified Reed-Solomon code obtained from inserting a zero submatrix in the Vandermonde generating matrix defining it. The columns that define this submatrix are kept secret and form a set $L$. We give here a distinguisher tha

Benjamin C. Bromley, Scott J. Kenyon, Margaret J. Geller, Warren R. Brown

We examine whether disrupted binary stars can fuel black hole growth. In this mechanism, tidal disruption produces a single hypervelocity star (HVS) ejected at high velocity and a former companion star bound to the black hole. After a cluster of bound stars forms, orbital diffusion allows the black hole to accrete stars by tidal disruption at a rate comparab

O. Fialko, J. Brand, U. Zülicke

Ring-trapped Bose-Einstein condensates subject to spin-orbit coupling support localized dark soliton excitations that show periodic density dynamics in real space. In addition to the density feature, solitons also carry a localized pseudo-spin magnetization that exhibits a rich and tunable dynamics. Analytic results for Rashba-type spin-orbit coupling and sp

Sung Jong Park, Henrik Kjaer Andersen, Sune Mai, Jan Arlt

We report on measurements of splitting Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) by using a time-dependent optical lattice potential. First, we demonstrate the division of a BEC into a set of equally populated components by means of time dependent control of Landau-Zener tunneling in a vertical lattice potential. Next, we apply time dependent optical Bragg mirrors to

A. Gallenne, P. Kervella, A. Mérand, H. McAlister

We report the first angular diameter measurements of two classical Cepheids, FF Aql and T Vul, that we have obtained with the FLUOR instrument installed at the CHARA interferometric array. We obtain average limb-darkened angular diameters of θ_LD = 0.878 +/- 0.013 mas and θ_LD = 0.629 +/- 0.013 mas, respectively for FF Aql and T Vul. Combining these angular

Nicholas Guttenberg

Sufficiently fine granular systems appear to exhibit continuum properties, though the precise continuum limit obtained can be vastly different depending on the particular system. We investigate the continuum limit of an unconfined, dense granular flow. To do this we use as a test system a two-dimensional dense cohesionless granular jet impinging upon a targe

Dave Anderson, Alan Stapledon

Given a Schubert variety X_w, we exhibit a divisor Δ, defined over the integers, such that the pair (X_w,Δ) is log Fano in all characteristics.

John N. Tsitsiklis, Yunjian Xu

We consider a Cournot oligopoly model where multiple suppliers (oligopolists) compete by choosing quantities. We compare the social welfare achieved at a Cournot equilibrium to the maximum possible, for the case where the inverse market demand function is convex. We establish a lower bound on the efficiency of Cournot equilibria in terms of a scalar paramete

Sangwoo Shim, Alán Aspuru-Guzik

The reduced density matrix of excitons coupled to a phonon bath at a finite temperature is studied using the path integral Monte Carlo method. Appropriate choices of estimators and importance sampling schemes are crucial to the performance of the Monte Carlo simulation. We show that by choosing the population-normalized estimator for the reduced density matr

Nuno Crokidakis, Marcio Argollo de Menezes

In this work we study a modified Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible (SIS) model in which the infection rate $λ$ decays exponentially with the number of reinfections $n$, saturating after $n=l$. We find a critical decaying rate $ε_{c}(l)$ above which a finite fraction of the population becomes permanently infected. From the mean-field solution and computer simu

J. -F. Mercure, A. F. Bangura, Xiaofeng Xu, N. Wakeham

The upper critical field $H_{c2}$ of purple bronze Li$_{0.9}$Mo$_6$O$_{17}$ is found to exhibit a large anisotropy, in quantitative agreement with that expected from the observed electrical resistivity anisotropy. With the field aligned along the most conducting axis, $H_{c2}$ increases monotonically with decreasing temperature to a value five times larger t

Y. C. Cantelaube

Although energy levels are often given by solutions of the radial equation such that u(0) is non zero, and hence by first-order singular functions which are not eigenfunctions of H, the latter is always considered as the only operator that gives energy levels. Vibrational levels of diatomic molecules are a usual example. We show that the operator which has s

S. M. Disseler, Chetan Dhital, A. Amato, S. R. Giblin

We present results from muon spin relaxation/rotation, magnetization, neutron scattering and transport measurements on polycrystalline samples of the pyrochlore iridates Y2Ir2O7 (Y-227) and Yb2Ir2O7 (Yb-227). Well-defined spontaneous oscillations of the muon asymmetry are observed together with hysteretic behavior in magnetization below 130 K in Yb-227, indi

Dorian Goldfeld, Alex Kontorovich

We present an explicit approach to the GL(3) Kuznetsov formula. As an application, for a restricted class of test functions, we obtain the low-lying zero densities for the following three families: cuspidal GL(3) Maass forms phi, the symmetric square family sym^2 phi on GL(6), and the adjoint family Ad phi on GL(8). Hence we can identify their symmetry types

I. A. dos Santos, D. Klimm, S. L. Baldochi, I. M. Ranieri

Mixtures (1 - x) LiGdF4 + x LiLuF4 (0.50? \leq x \leq 0.75) were melted and submitted to one zone melting cycle under a reactive HF atmosphere, aiming the study of the crystal growth of LiGd1-xLuxF4 solid solutions. Phase identification and compositional studies of the ingots were performed by scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectrometr

Karen M. Leighly, Adrian B. Lucy, Matthias Dietrich, Donald Terndrup

Outflows are believed to be ubiquitous and fundamentally important in active galaxies. Despite their importance, key physical properties of outflows remain poorly unconstrained; this severely limits study of the acceleration process. It is especially difficult to constrain the column density since most of the lines are saturated. However, column densities ca

Piotr Miłoś

In this paper we consider a superprocess being a measure-valued diffusion corresponding to the equation $u_{t}=Lu+αu-βu^{2}$, where $L$ is the infinitesimal operator of the \emph{Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process} and $β>0,\:α>0$. The latter condition implies that the process is \emph{supercritical,} i.e. its total mass grows exponentially. This system is known to

A. Pogorui

In this paper we study a one-dimensional random motion by having a general Erlang distribution for the sojourn times of the switching process and we obtain solution of the four order hyperbolic PDE for 2-Erlang case.