May 2012 arXiv papers — page 9

José Ortiz-Ubarri, Oscar Moreno, Andrew Z. Tirkel, Rafael Arce-Nazario

In this work we present two generators for the group of symmetries of the generic $(m+1)$ dimensional periodic Costas arrays over elementary abelian $(\mathbb{Z}_p)^m$ groups: one that is defined by multiplication on $m$ dimensions and the other by shear (addition) on $m$ dimensions. Through exhaustive search we observe that these two generators characterize

Juan Galvis, H. M. Versieux

In this paper we design an iterative domain decomposition method for free boundary problems with nonlinear flux jump condition. Our approach is related to damped Newton's methods. The proposed scheme requires, in each iteration, the approximation of the flux on (both sides of) the free interface. We present a Finite Element implementation of our method.

Peter Sorensen, Mike Heffner, Adam Bernstein, Josh Renner

We make a proof-of-principle demonstration that improved energy resolution can be obtained in a negative-ion time projection chamber, by individually counting each electron produced by ionizing radiation.

M. E. Escobar, S. Théado S. Vauclair, J. Ballot, S. Charpinet

This paper presents a detailed and precise study of the characteristics of the Exoplanet Host Star and CoRoT main target HD 52265, as derived from asteroseismic studies. The results are compared with previous estimates, with a comprehensive summary and discussion. The basic method is similar to that previously used by the Toulouse group for solar-type stars.

Plawan Kumar Rath, G. N. Anil

Computers are a very important part of our lives and the major reason why they have been such a success is because of the excellent graphical operating systems that run on these powerful machines. As the computer hardware is becoming more and more powerful, it is also vital to keep the software updated in order to utilize the hardware of the system efficient

M. R. Koushesh

For a locally pseudocompact space $X$ let [ζX=X\cup cl_{βX}(βX\backslash\upsilon X).] It is proved that $ζX$ is the largest (with respect to the standard partial order $\leq$) among all pseudocompactifications of $X$ which have compact remainder. Other characterizations of $ζX$ are also given.

Orwa Jaber Houshia, Charles Wilkins

The composition of narrow distribution poly ethylene oxide-propylene oxide copolymer (Mw ~ 8700 Da) was studied using matrix assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry. The ethylene oxide-propylene oxide copolymer produced oligomers separated by 14 Da. The average resolving power over the entire spectrum was 28,000. Approximately 448 isot

Pierre Nicodeme

Transcription factors are short stretches of DNA (or $k$-mers) mainly located in promoters sequences that enhance or repress gene expression. With respect to an initial distribution of letters on the DNA alphabet, Behrens and Vingron consider a random sequence of length $n$ that does not contain a given $k$-mer or word of size $k$. Under an evolution model o

G. Amato, G. Bertotti, O. Bottauscio, G. Crotti

It is shown that the chemical composition data published by Carpinteri et al. in the article "Compositional and Microchemical Evidence of Piezonuclear Fission Reactions in Rock Specimens Subjected to Compression Tests" [Strain 47 (Suppl. 2), 282 (2011)] cannot be the result of independent measurements as claimed by the authors. Therefore, no conclusi

Rolf Berndt, Ulf Kuehn

Around 2000 Kudla presented conjectures about deep relations between arithmetic intersection theory, Eisenstein series and their derivatives, and special values of Rankin L-series. The aim of this text is to work out the details of an old unpublished draft on the second authors attempt to prove these conjectures for the case of the product of two modular cur

Assaf Naor, Oded Regev

It is shown that for every $k\in \N$ there exists a Borel probability measure $μ$ on $\{-1,1\}^{\R^{k}}\times \{-1,1\}^{\R^{k}}$ such that for every $m,n\in \N$ and $x_1,..., x_m,y_1,...,y_n\in S^{m+n-1}$ there exist $x_1',...,x_m',y_1',...,y_n'\in S^{m+n-1}$ such that if $G:\R^{m+n}\to \R^k$ is a random $k\times (m+n)$ matrix whose entries a

Ognyan Kounchev, Hermann Render

In the present paper we introduce a new concept of Hardy type space naturally defined on the Klein-Dirac quadric. We study different properties of the functions belonging to these spaces, in particular boundary value problems. We apply these new spaces to polyharmonic interpolation and to interpolatory cubature formulas.

Eun-Ah Kim, Michael J. Lawler

Recent observations of broken symmetries have partly demystified the pseudogap phase. Here we review evidence for long-range intra-unit-cell(IUC) nematic order and its unexpectedly strong coupling to the phase of the fluctuating stripes in the pseudogap states of underdoped Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+δ}$. In particular, we focus on the analysis techniques tha

Gerald Handler

Asteroseismology is the determination of the interior structures of stars by using their oscillations as seismic waves. Simple explanations of the astrophysical background and some basic theoretical considerations needed in this rapidly evolving field are followed by introductions to the most important concepts and methods on the basis of example. Previous a

Sebastian Böser

Encompasing a volume of ~1 km^3 of glacial ice at the South Pole, IceCube is currently the worlds largest neutrino detector. It consists of 5160 optical modules on 86 strings in a depth between 1450m and 2450m, as well as 324 optical modules arranged in 81 stations on the surface to detect charged cosmic rays. A large amount of data has already been acquired

Liqin Ke, Mark van Schilfgaarde, Vladimir Antropov

Using \emph{ab initio} linear response techniques we calculate spin wave spectra in K$_{2}$Fe$_{4+x}$Se$_{5}$, and find it to be in excellent agreement with a recent experiment. The spectrum can be alternatively described rather well by localized spin Hamiltonian restricted to first and second nearest neighbor couplings. We confirm that exchange coupling bet

Robert J. Simmons, Bernardo Toninho

We present constructive provability logic, an intuitionstic modal logic that validates the Löb rule of Gödel and Löb's provability logic by permitting logical reflection over provability. Two distinct variants of this logic, CPL and CPL*, are presented in natural deduction and sequent calculus forms which are then shown to be equivalent. In addition, we

G. Handler, R. R. Shobbrook, K. Uytterhoeven, M. Briquet

We report a multisite photometric campaign for the Beta Cep stars V2052 Oph and V986 Oph. 670 hours of high-quality differential photoelectric Stromgren, Johnson and Geneva time-series photometry were obtained with eight telescopes on five continents during 182 nights. Frequency analyses of the V2052 Oph data enabled the detection of three pulsation frequenc

Cédric Weiland

We study the impact of the inverse seesaw mechanism on several leptonic and hadronic low-energy flavour-violating observables in the context of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. Indeed, the contributions of the light right-handed sneutrinos from the inverse seesaw significantly enhance the Higgs-mediated penguin diagrams. We find that this can incre

Davis Arosemena-Trejos, Sergio Crespo, Clifton Clunie

The use of team for teaching programming can be effective in the classroom because it helps students to generate and acquire new knowledge in less time, but these groups to be formed without taking into account some respects, may cause an adverse effect on the teaching-learning process. This paper proposes a tool for the formation of team based on the semant

J. -F. Le Borgne, A. Klotz, E. Poretti, M. Boër

We used the GEOS database to study the Blazhko effect of galactic RRab stars. The database is continuously enriched by maxima supplied by amateur astronomers and by a dedicated survey by means of the two TAROT robotic telescopes. The same value of the Blazhko period is observed at different values of the pulsation periods and different values of the Blazhko

Murphy Choy

Many words in documents recur very frequently but are essentially meaningless as they are used to join words together in a sentence. It is commonly understood that stop words do not contribute to the context or content of textual documents. Due to their high frequency of occurrence, their presence in text mining presents an obstacle to the understanding of t

C. H. Durney, S. O. Case, M. Pleimling, R. K. P. Zia

We study the stochastic evolution of four species in cyclic competition in a well mixed environment. In systems composed of a finite number $N$ of particles these simple interaction rules result in a rich variety of extinction scenarios, from single species domination to coexistence between non-interacting species. Using exact results and numerical simulatio

Sebastiano Carpi, Roberto Conti, Robin Hillier

Given a completely rational conformal net A on the circle, its fusion ring acts faithfully on the K_0-group of a certain universal C*-algebra associated to A, as shown in a previous paper. We prove here that this action can actually be identified with a Kasparov product, thus paving the way for a fruitful interplay between conformal field theory and KK-theor

Roland Omnès

Predecoherence, as its name indicates, is the same physical effect as decoherence, originating in the same interactions with an environment, injecting also incoherence and breaking unitarity. But whereas decoherence acts immediately after a measurement, predecoherence is acting long before. It is also a very strong effect and its main properties are establis

Marisa J. Hughes, Ed Swartz

We consider quotients of spheres by linear actions of real tori. To each quotient we associate a matroid built out of a diagonalization of the torus action. We find the integral homology groups of the resulting quotient spaces in terms of the Tutte polynomial of the matroid. We also find the homotopy type and homology of the singular space of such an action.

Izaskun San Roman, Ata Sarajedini, Jon A. Holtzman, Donald R. Garnett

We present the morphological properties of 161 star clusters in M33 using the Advanced Camera For Surveys Wide Field Channel onboard the Hubble Space Telescope using observations with the F606W and F814W filters. We obtain, for the first time, ellipticities, position angles, and surface brightness profiles for a significant number of clusters. On average, M3

K. Vida, K. Oláh, Zs. Kővári

V405 And is an ultrafast-rotating (P_rot ~ 0.46 days) eclipsing binary. The system consists of a primary star with radiative core and convective envelope, and a fully convective secondary. Theories have shown, that stellar structure can depend on magnetic activity, i.e., magnetically active M-dwarfs should have larger radii. Earlier light curve modelling of

M. C. Gordillo, J. Boronat

The phase diagram at zero temperature of $^4$He adsorbed on an helium incommensurate triangular solid on top of a single graphene sheet has been obtained using the diffusion Monte Carlo method. We have found that, in accordance with previous experimental and simulation results for graphite, the ground state of $^4$He on this setup is a liquid that, upon comp

A. A. Bylinkin, A. A. Rostovtsev

The shapes of invariant differential cross section for charged particle production as function of transverse momentum measured in pp collisions by the UA1 detector are analyzed. The spectra shape varies with the produced particle's pseudorapidity changing. To describe this and several other recently observed effects a simple qualitative model for hadropr

Roberto Conti, Gerardo Morsella

Given a local Haag-Kastler net of von Neumann algebras and one of its scaling limit states, we introduce a variant of the notion of asymptotic morphism by Connes and Higson, and we show that the unitary equivalence classes of (localized) morphisms of the scaling limit theory of the original net are in bijection with classes of suitable pairs of such asymptot

Satoshi Demura, Hiroyuki Okazaki, Toshinori Ozaki, Hiroshi Hara

We have successfully synthesized FeSe films by the electrochemical deposition in the electrolyte containing FeCl_{2}\cdot4H_{2}O, SeO_{2} and Na_{2}SO_{4}. The composition ratio of Fe and Se was controlled by the synthesis voltage and pH value. The FeSe film with the composition ratio of Fe : Se = 1 : 1 is fabricated at a voltage of -0.9 V and pH 2.1 in our

Kevin C. Lukas, Weishu Liu, Zhifeng Ren, Cyril P. Opeil

Bi2Te3 based thermoelectric devices typically use a nickel layer as a diffusion barrier to block the diffusion of solder or copper atoms from the electrode into the thermoelectric material. Previous studies have shown degradation in the efficiency of these thermoelectric devices may be due to the diffusion of the barrier layer into the thermoelectric materia

Ana Granados

The huge amount of information stored in text form makes methods that deal with texts really interesting. This thesis focuses on dealing with texts using compression distances. More specifically, the thesis takes a small step towards understanding both the nature of texts and the nature of compression distances. Broadly speaking, the way in which this is don

Gerard Burnside, Dohy Hong, Son Nguyen-Kim, Liang Liu

This paper describes the first results obtained by implementing a novel approach to rank vertices in a heterogeneous graph, based on the PageRank family of algorithms and applied here to the bipartite graph of papers and authors as a first evaluation of its relevance on real data samples. With this approach to evaluate research activities, the ranking of a p

Anthony Carbery, Stefan Ingi Valdimarsson

We give an essentially self-contained proof of Guth's recent endpoint multilinear Kakeya theorem which avoids the use of somewhat sophisticated algebraic topology, and which instead appeals to the Borsuk-Ulam theorem.

Sebastian Kubis, David Edwin Alvarez-Castillo

The functional form of the nuclear symmetry energy in the whole range of densities relevant for the neutron stars is still unknown. Discrepancies concern both the low as well as the high density behaviour of this function. By use of Bezier curves three different families of the symmetry energy shapes, relevant for different density range were introduced. The

Aurore Delaigle, Peter Hall

The partial least squares procedure was originally developed to estimate the slope parameter in multivariate parametric models. More recently it has gained popularity in the functional data literature. There, the partial least squares estimator of slope is either used to construct linear predictive models, or as a tool to project the data onto a one-dimensio

Frédéric Schuller, Renaud Savalle, Michael Neumann-Spallart

After a short recall of our previous standing wave approach to the Casimir force problem, we consider Lifshitz's temperature Green's function method and its virtues from a physical point of view. Using his formula, specialized for perfectly reflecting mirrors, we present a quantitative discussion of the temperature effect on the attractive force.

Martin Monperrus, Michael Eichberg, Elif Tekes, Mira Mezini

Application Programming Interfaces (API) are exposed to developers in order to reuse software libraries. API directives are natural-language statements in API documentation that make developers aware of constraints and guidelines related to the usage of an API. This paper presents the design and the results of an empirical study on the directives of API docu

Markus Kimmig, Martin Monperrus, Mira Mezini

One common task of developing or maintaining software is searching the source code for information like specific method calls or write accesses to certain fields. This kind of information is required to correctly implement new features and to solve bugs. This paper presents an approach for querying source code with natural language.

Benoit Fabrèges, Bertrand Maury

We are interested in the finite element solution of elliptic problems with a right-hand side of the single layer distribution type. Such problems arise when one aims at accounting for a physical hypersurface (or line, for bi-dimensional problem), but also in the context of fictitious domain methods, when one aims at accounting for the presence of an inclusio

F. Hautmann, M. Hentschinski, H. Jung

This article gives an introduction to transverse momentum dependent (TMD) parton distribution functions and their use in shower Monte Carlo event generators for high-energy hadron collisions, and describes recent progress in the treatment of sea quark effects within a TMD parton-shower framework.

Federico Alberto Ceccopieri, Laurent Favart

A new method of extracting diffractive parton distributions is presented which avoids the use of Regge theory ansatz and is in much closer relation with the factorisation theorem for diffractive hard processes.

E Celeghini, Mariano A del Olmo

We discuss as a fundamental characteristic of orthogonal polynomials like the existence of a Lie algebra behind them, can be added to their other relevant aspects. At the basis of the complete framework for orthogonal polynomials we put thus --in addition to differential equations, recurrence relations, Hilbert spaces and square integrable functions-- Lie al

Georgi Ganchev, Velichka Milousheva

A marginally trapped surface in the four-dimensional Minkowski space is a spacelike surface whose mean curvature vector is lightlike at each point. We introduce meridian surfaces of parabolic type as one-parameter systems of meridians of a rotational hypersurface with lightlike axis in Minkowski 4-space and find their basic invariants. We find all marginally

Gianluca Geloni, Vitali Kocharyan, Evgeni Saldin

We describe a future possible upgrade of the European XFEL consisting in the construction of an undulator beamline dedicated to life science experiments. The availability of free undulator tunnels at the European XFEL facility offers a unique opportunity to build a beamline optimized for coherent diffraction imaging of complex molecules, like proteins and ot

Matteo Cacciari, Stefano Frixione, Nicolas Houdeau, Michelangelo L. Mangano

We present predictions for a variety of single-inclusive observables that stem from the production of charm and bottom quark pairs at the 7 TeV LHC. They are obtained within the FONLL semi-analytical framework, and with two "Monte Carlo + NLO" approaches, MC@NLO and POWHEG. Results are given for final states and acceptance cuts that are as close as p

K. M. Frahm, A. D. Chepelianskii, D. L. Shepelyansky

We build up a directed network tracing links from a given integer to its divisors and analyze the properties of the Google matrix of this network. The PageRank vector of this matrix is computed numerically and it is shown that its probability is inversely proportional to the PageRank index thus being similar to the Zipf law and the dependence established for

A. Trova, J. M. Huré, F. Hersant

By using various properties of the complete elliptic integrals, we have derived an alternative expression for the gravitational potential of axially symmetric bodies, which is free of singular kernel in contrast with the classical form. This is mainly a radial integral of the local surface density weighted by a regular "mean Green function" which dep

S. Savel'ev, A. M. Zagoskin, A. N. Omelyanchouk, F. Nori

Imagine that you have several sets of two coupled qubits, but you do not know the parameters of their Hamitonians. How to determine these without resorting to the usual spectroscopy approach to the problem? Based on numerical modeling, we show that all the parameters of a system of two coupled qubits can be determined by applying to it an external classical

Pavel Gusev, Valentina Kiritchenko, Vladlen Timorin

We discuss the problem of counting vertices in Gelfand-Zetlin polytopes. Namely, we deduce a partial differential equation with constant coefficients on the exponential generating function for these numbers. For some particular classes of Gelfand-Zetlin polytopes, the number of vertices can be given by explicit formulas.

Markus Betzinger, Christoph Friedrich, Andreas Görling, Stefan Blügel

The optimized-effective-potential (OEP) method is a special technique to construct local Kohn-Sham potentials from general orbital-dependent energy functionals. In a recent publication [M. Betzinger, C. Friedrich, S. Blügel, A. Görling, Phys. Rev. B 83, 045105 (2011)] we showed that uneconomically large basis sets were required to obtain a smooth local poten

Michael Kopp, Felix Höfling

Solvent-mediated hydrodynamic interactions between colloidal particles can significantly alter their dynamics. We discuss the implementation of Stokesian dynamics in leading approximation for streaming processors as provided by the compute unified device architecture (CUDA) of recent graphics processors (GPUs). Thereby, the simulation of explicit solvent par

Scott T. Parsell, Sean M. Prendiville, Trevor D. Wooley

We obtain sharp estimates for multidimensional generalisations of Vinogradov's mean value theorem for arbitrary translation-dilation invariant systems, achieving constraints on the number of variables approaching those conjectured to be the best possible. Several applications of our bounds are discussed.

S. Savel'ev, A. M. Zagoskin, A. L. Rakhmanov, A. N. Omelyanchouk

Using numerical simulations, we show that two coupled qubits can amplify a weak signal about hundredfold. This can be achieved if the two qubits are biased simultaneously by this weak signal and a strong pump signal, both of which having frequencies close to the inter-level transitions in the system. The weak signal strongly affects the spectrum generated by

David R. Cole, Walter Dehnen, Justin I. Read, Mark I. Wilkinson

Uniquely among the dwarf spheroidal (dSph) satellite galaxies of the Milky Way, Fornax hosts globular clusters. It remains a puzzle as to why dynamical friction has not yet dragged any of Fornax's five globular clusters to the centre, and also why there is no evidence that any similar star cluster has been in the past (for Fornax or any other dSph). We s

Stefano Bovino, Roman Curik, Daniele Galli, Mario Tacconi

We present the results of quantum calculations based on entirely ab initio methods for a variety of molecular processes and chemical reactions involving the LiHe$^+$ ionic polar molecule. With the aid of these calculations we derive accurate reaction rates and fitting expressions valid over a range of gas temperatures representative of the typical conditions

E. Bachelet, I. -G. Shin, C. Han, P. Fouqué

Microlensing detections of cool planets are important for the construction of an unbiased sample to estimate the frequency of planets beyond the snow line, which is where giant planets are thought to form according to the core accretion theory of planet formation. In this paper, we report the discovery of a giant planet detected from the analysis of the ligh

V. G. Baryshevsky, E. A. Gurnevich

Refraction and diffraction of waves in natural crystals and artificial crystals formed by anisotropically scattering centers are considered. A detailed study of the electromagnetic wave refraction in a two-dimensional photonic crystal formed by parallel threads is given by way of example. The expression is derived for the effective amplitude of wave scatteri

André Massing, Mats G. Larson, Anders Logg, Marie E. Rognes

We develop a Nitsche-based formulation for a general class of stabilized finite element methods for the Stokes problem posed on a pair of overlapping, non-matching meshes. By ex- tending the least-squares stabilization to the overlap region, we prove that the method is stable, consistent, and optimally convergent. To avoid an ill-conditioned linear algebra s

Jianzhong Lin

A necessary maximum principle is proved for optimal controls of stochastic systems driven by multidimensional Teugel's martingales. The multidimensional Teugel's martingales are constructed by orthogonalizing the multidimensional Lévy processes. The control domain need not be convex, and the control is allowed to enter into the terms of Teugel's

N. F. Hinsche, I. Mertig, P. Zahn

The anisotropic thermoelectric transport properties of bulk silicon strained in [111]-direction were studied by detailed first-principles calculations focussing on a possible enhancement of the power factor. Electron as well as hole doping were examined in a broad doping and temperature range. At low temperature and low doping an enhancement of the power fac

Peter D Hurley, Seb Oliver, Duncan Farrah, Lingyu Wang

The mid-infrared spectra of ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) contain a variety of spectral features that can be used as diagnostics to characterise the spectra. However, such diagnostics are biased by our prior prejudices on the origin of the features. Moreover, by using only part of the spectrum they do not utilise the full information content of th

Christina Korntreff, Thomas Kaczmarek, Susanne Pfalzner

Surveys of the binary populations in the solar neighbourhood have shown that the periods of G- and M-type stars are log-normally distributed. However, observations of young binary populations suggest a log-uniform distribution. Clearly some process(es) change the period distribution over time. Most stars form in star clusters, in which two important dynamica

Zuleita Ho, Eduard Jorswieck

On a single-input-single-out (SISO) interference channel (IC), conventional non-cooperative strategies encourage players selfishly maximizing their transmit data rates, neglecting the deficit of performance caused by and to other players. In the case of proper complex Gaussian noise, the maximum entropy theorem shows that the best-response strategy is to tra

Yuji Hamamoto, Hideo Aoki, Yasuhiro Hatsugai

Role of chiral symmetry in many-body states of graphene in strong magnetic fields is theoretically studied with the honeycomb lattice model. For a spin-split Landau level where the leading electron-electron interaction is the nearest-neighbor repulsion, a chiral condensate is shown to be, within the subspace of n = 0 Landau level, an exact many-body ground s

G. Bismut, B. Laburthe-Tolra, E. Marechal, P. Pedri

We measure the excitation spectrum of a dipolar Chromium Bose Einstein Condensate with Raman-Bragg spectroscopy. The energy spectrum depends on the orientation of the dipoles with respect to the excitation momentum, demonstrating an anisotropy which originates from the dipole-dipole interactions between the atoms. We compare our results with the Bogoliubov t

R. Casadio, O. Micu, A. Orlandi

We study the formation of a black hole in the collision of two Gaussian packets. Rather than following their dynamical evolution in details, we assume a horizon forms when the mass function for the two packets becomes larger than half the flat areal radius, as it would occur in a spherically symmetric geometry. This simple approximation allows us to determin

Huanan Li, Bijay Kumar Agarwalla, Jian-Sheng Wang

We present a generalized transmission coefficient formula for the lead-junction-lead system, in which interaction between the leads has been taken into account. Based on it the Caroli formula could be easily recovered and a transmission coefficient formula for interface problem in the ballistic system can be obtained. The condition of validity for the formul

Kjetil M. D. Hals, Inga Berre

We present a model of the hydraulic fracturing of heterogeneous poroelastic media. The formalism is an effective continuum model that captures the coupled dynamics of the fluid pressure and the fractured rock matrix and models both the tensile and shear failure of the rock. As an application of the formalism, we study the geomechanical stress interaction bet

V. L. Bezusyy, D. J. Gawryluk, M. Berkowski, M. Z. Cieplak

The resistivity, magnetoresistance, and magnetic susceptibility are measured in single crystals of FeTe0.65Se0.35 with Cu, Ni, and Co substitutions for Fe. The crystals are grown by Bridgman's method. The resistivity measurements show that superconductivity disappears with the rate which correlates with the nominal valence of the impurity. From magnetore

Daisuke Suyama

The Shi arrangement is an affine arrangement of hyperplanes consisting of the hyperplanes of the Weyl arrangement and their parallel translations. It was introduced by J.-Y. Shi in the study of the Kazhdan-Lusztig representation of the affine Weyl groups. M. Yoshinaga showed that the cone over every Shi arrangement is free. In this paper, we construct an exp

Riccardo Ghiloni, Alessandro Perotti

We introduce a family of Cauchy integral formulas for slice and slice regular functions on a real associative *-algebra. For each suitable choice of a real vector subspace of the algebra, a different formula is given, in which the domains of integration are subsets of the subspace. In particular, in the quaternionic case, we get a volume Cauchy formula. In t

A. Bussmann-Holder, Z. Guguchia, J. Köhler, H. Keller

EuTiO3 (ETO) has recently experienced an enormous revival of interest because of its possible multiferroic properties which are currently in the focus of research. Unfortunately ETO is an unlikely candidate for enlarged multifunctionality since the mode softening - typical for ferroelectrics - remains incomplete, and the antiferromagnetic properties appear a

David J. Wilson, Russell J. Bradford, James H. Davenport

Gröbner Bases and Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition are generally thought of as two, rather different, methods of looking at systems of equations and, in the case of Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition, inequalities. However, even for a mixed system of equalities and inequalities, it is possible to apply Gröbner bases to the (conjoined) equalities before i

Holger Dette, Viatcheslav B. Melas, Petr Shpilev

This paper is devoted to the explicit construction of optimal designs for discrimination between two polynomial regression models of degree $n-2$ and $n$. In a fundamental paper, Atkinson and Fedorov [Biometrika 62 (1975a) 57--70] proposed the $T$-optimality criterion for this purpose. Recently, Atkinson [MODA 9, Advances in Model-Oriented Design and Analysi

Handhika S. Ramadhan

In this letter we show numerical existence of O(4) Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI) Textures living in (N +1) dimensional spacetime. These defects are characterized by $S^N\rightarrow S^3$ mapping, generalizing the well-known Hopf fibration into ?$π_N (S^3)$, for all N > 3. The nonlinear nature of DBI kinetic term provides stability against size perturbation and thus

N. Ebrahimian, M. Mehrafarin, R. Afzali

We consider a mass-asymmetric polarized Fermi system in the presence of Hartree-Fock (HF) potentials. We concentrate on the BCS regime with various interaction strengths and numerically obtain the allowed values of the chemical and HF potentials, as well as the mass ratio. The functional dependence of the heat conductivity of the N-SF interface on relevant p

B. Opanchuk, Q. Y. He, M. D. Reid, P. D. Drummond

We propose to generate Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) entanglement between groups of atoms in a two-well Bose-Einstein condensate using a dynamical process similar to that employed in quantum optics. The local nonlinear S-wave scattering interaction has the effect of creating a spin squeezing at each well, while the tunneling, analogous to a beam splitter in

Milovan Šuvakov, David Garcia, Frank Schweitzer, Bosiljka Tadić

Quantitative analysis of empirical data from online social networks reveals group dynamics in which emotions are involved (Šuvakov et al). Full understanding of the underlying mechanisms, however, remains a challenging task. Using agent-based computer simulations, in this paper we study dynamics of emotional communications in online social networks. The rule

Yanjin Wang

We construct the global unique solution near a global Maxwellian to the Vlasov-Poisson-Landau system in the whole space. The total density of two species of particles decays at the optimal algebraic rates as the Landau equation in the whole space, but the disparity between two species and the electric potential decay at the faster rates as the Vlasov-Poisson

Willem van Straten, Paul Demorest, Stefan Osłowski

PSRCHIVE is an open-source, object-oriented, scientific data analysis software library and application suite for pulsar astronomy. It implements an extensive range of general-purpose algorithms for use in data calibration and integration, statistical analysis and modeling, and visualisation. These are utilised by a variety of applications specialised for tas

Masoud Asgharian, Marco Carone, Vahid Fakoor

The multiplicative censoring model introduced in Vardi [Biometrika 76 (1989) 751--761] is an incomplete data problem whereby two independent samples from the lifetime distribution $G$, $\mathcal{X}_m=(X_1,...,X_m)$ and $\mathcal{Z}_n=(Z_1,...,Z_n)$, are observed subject to a form of coarsening. Specifically, sample $\mathcal{X}_m$ is fully observed while $\m

Renaud Toussaint, Knut Jørgen Måløy, Yves Méheust, Grunde Løvoll

In disordered porous media, two-phase flow of immiscible fluids (biphasic flow) is organized in patterns that sometimes exhibit fractal geometries over a range of length scales, depending on the capillary, gravitational and viscous forces at play. These forces, as well as the boundary conditions, also determine whether the flow leads to the appearance of fin

G. Hobbs

This paper contains details on the algorithms implemented in the TEMPO2 pulsar timing software package and describes how the software is used. Information is given on how to download and install the software, use the various interfaces, simulate realistic data sets and develop the software. The use of TEMPO2 in predictive mode is also described.

Yajiang Hao, Shu Chen

We investigate the dynamical properties of anyons confined in one-dimensional optical lattice combined with a weak harmonic trap using the exact numerical method based on a generalized Jordan-Wigner transformation. The density profiles, momentum distribution, occupation distribution and occupations of the lowest natural orbital are obtained for different sta

Armen Saghatelian

We analyze the periodic motion in the conformal mechanics describing the particles moving near the horizon of extreme Reissner-Nordström and axion-dilaton (Clément-Gal'tsov) black holes. For this purpose we extract the (two-dimensional) compact ("angular") parts of these systems and construct their action-angle variables. In the first case we get

Bhaskar Dutta, Kuver Sinha

Working in $D=4, N=1$ supergravity, we utilize relations between holomorphic sectional and bisectional curvatures of Kahler manifolds to constrain Affleck-Dine baryogenesis. We show the following No-Go result: Affleck-Dine baryogenesis cannot be performed if the holomorphic sectional curvature at the origin is isotropic in tangent space; as a special case, t

Zhoushen Huang, Daniel P. Arovas

We study Haldane's honeycomb lattice model and a bilayer generalization thereof from the perspective of edge states, entanglement spectra, and Wannier function behavior. For the monolayer model, we obtain the zigzag edge states analytically, and identify the edge state crossing point $k_c$ with where the $f = 1/2$ entanglement occupancy and the half-odd-

Jayanta Roy, Yashwant Gupta, Wojciech Lewandowski

We present the results from timing observations with the GMRT of the young pulsar J1833-1034, in the galactic supernova remnant G21.5-0.9. We detect the presence of 4 glitches in this pulsar over a period of 5.5 years, making it one of a set of pulsars that show fairly frequent glitches. The glitch amplitudes, characterized by the fractional change of the ro

Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan, Patrick R. Shaffer, Phillip L. Geissler

The adsorption behavior of ions at liquid-vapor interfaces exhibits several unexpected yet generic features. In particular, energy and entropy are both minimum when the solute resides near the surface, for a variety of ions in a range of polar solvents, contrary to predictions of classical theories. Motivated by this generality, and by the simple physical in

A. S. Rodrigues, P. G. Kevrekidis, J. Cuevas, R. Carretero-Gonzalez

We study the existence, stability, and dynamics of symmetric and anti-symmetric states of quasi-one-dimensional polariton condensates in double-well potentials, in the presence of nonresonant pumping and nonlinear damping. Some prototypical features of the system, such as the bifurcation of asymmetric solutions, are similar to the Hamiltonian analog of the d

A. Bahri, M. Bendersky, F. R. Cohen, S. Gitler

A direct proof is presented of a form of Alvise Trevisan's result, that every monomial ideal ring is represented by the cohomology of topological space. Certain of these rings are shown to be realized by polyhedral products indexed by simplicial complexes.

Noriyuki Lee, Hugo Benichi, Yuishi Takeno, Shuntaro Takeda

We report on the experimental quantum teleportation of strongly nonclassical wave packets of light. To perform this full quantum operation while preserving and retrieving the fragile non-classicality of the input state, we have developed a broadband, zero-dispersion teleportation apparatus that works in conjunction with time-resolved state preparation equipm

Abbas Mehrabian, Nick Wormald

We consider a random graph G(n,p) whose vertex set V has been randomly embedded in the unit square and whose edges are given weight equal to the geometric distance between their end vertices. Then each pair {u,v} of vertices have a distance in the weighted graph, and a Euclidean distance. The stretch factor of the embedded graph is defined as the maximum rat

Erik Darpö, José Maria Pérez Izquierdo

The present article is concerned with division algebras that are structurally close to alternative algebras, in the sense that they satisfy some identity or other algebraic property that holds for all alternative division algebras. Motivated by Belousov's ideas on quasigroups, we explore a new approach to the classification of division algebras. By a det

Dariusz Dereniowski, Andrzej Pelc

We study the problem of leader election among mobile agents operating in an arbitrary network modeled as an undirected graph. Nodes of the network are unlabeled and all agents are identical. Hence the only way to elect a leader among agents is by exploiting asymmetries in their initial positions in the graph. Agents do not know the graph or their positions i

A. M. Akulshin, R. J. McLean

We are able to clearly distinguish the processes responsible for enhanced low-intensity atomic Kerr nonlinearity, namely coherent population trapping and coherent population oscillations in experiments performed on the Rb D1 line, where one or the other process dominates under appropriate conditions. The potential of this new approach based on wave mixing fo

Siddharth Tallur, Sunil A. Bhave

Frequency modulation of a continuous wave laser source enables generation of photons at multiple frequencies from a single pump laser. Such multiple closely spaced laser lines are important for high data rate QAM in dense-WDM networks. In this paper we present a monolithic silicon acousto-optic frequency modulator (AOFM) operating at 1.09GHz. We demonstrate