arXiv papers from August 2012

Robert B. Allen

Scientific research is highly structured and some of that structure is reflected in research reports. Traditional scientific research reports are yielding to interactive documents which expose their internal structure and are richly linked to other materials. In these changes, there are opportunities to take advantage of the structure in scientific research

Jessica Hughes, Eric Krebs, David Roundy

We develop a classical density functional for water which combines the White Bear fundamental-measure theory (FMT) functional for the hard sphere fluid with attractive interactions based on the Statistical Associating Fluid Theory (SAFT-VR). This functional reproduces the properties of water at both long and short length scales over a wide range of temperatu

Fabrizio Catanese, Wenfei Liu, Roberto Pignatelli

We settle the first step for the classification of surfaces of general type with K^2 = 8, p_g = 4 and q = 0, classifying the even surfaces (K is 2-divisible). The first even surfaces of general type with $K^2=8$, $p_g=4$ and $q=0$ were found by Oliverio as complete intersections of bidegree (6,6) in a weighted projective space P(1,1,2,3,3). In this article w

Dennis L. Jackson, David Roundy

A new method is developed to extend the histogram method to lattices with any type of disorder. The Monte Carlo single- and multiple-histogram methods were developed to get the most out of only a few simulations, but are restricted to simulations with identical lattice configurations. The method introduced here expands on the histogram method to allow data f

Hans M. Wyss, Thomas Franke, Elisa Mele, David A. Weitz

We present a simple method for accessing the elastic properties of microscopic deformable particles. This method is based on measuring the pressure-induced deformation of soft particles as they are forced through a tapered glass microcapillary. It allows us to determine both the compressive and the shear modulus of a deformable object in one single experimen

John Gemmer, Shankar Venkataramani

We present and summarize the results of recent studies on non-Euclidean plates with imposed constant negative Gaussian curvature in both the F\"oppl - von K\'arm\'an and Kirchhoff approximations. Motivated by experimental results we focus on annuli with a periodic profile. We show that in the F\"oppl - von K\'arm\'an approximation there are only two types of

A. Calle Cordon, J. L. Goity

An analysis is presented of the ground state baryon's (N and \Delta) masses and axial couplings in the combined 1/Nc and chiral expansions. Renormalization and alternative power counting schemes are discussed to one loop (NNLO). An application is made to lattice QCD results for non-strange baryon masses and the nucleon axial coupling as functions of the pion

Stephen Purpura, Dustin Hillard, Mark Hubenthal, Jim Walsh

We present a system that enables rapid model experimentation for tera-scale machine learning with trillions of non-zero features, billions of training examples, and millions of parameters. Our contribution to the literature is a new method (SA L-BFGS) for changing batch L-BFGS to perform in near real-time by using statistical tools to balance the contributio

G. J. Ferland, W. J. Henney, C. R. O'Dell, R. L. Porter

The optical [N I] doublet near 5200 {\AA} is anomalously strong in a variety of emission-line objects. We compute a detailed photoionization model and use it to show that pumping by far-ultraviolet (FUV) stellar radiation previously posited as a general explanation applies to the Orion Nebula (M42) and its companion M43; but, it is unlikely to explain planet

Alfonso Gracia-Saz, K. C. H. Mackenzie

Double vector bundles may be dualized in two distinct ways and these duals are themselves dual. These two dualizations generate a group, denoted $\mathscr{D}\mathscr{F}_2$, which is the symmetric group $S_3$ on three symbols. In the case of triple vector bundles the authors proved in a previous paper that the corresponding group $\mathscr{D}\mathscr{F}_3$ is

E. Granado, J. W. Lynn, R. F. Jardim, M. S. Torikachvili

Neutron diffraction on the double perovskite Sr2YRuO6 with a quasi-face-centered cubic (FCC) lattice of Ru moments reveals planar magnetic correlations that condense into a partial long-range ordered state with coupled alternate antiferromagnetic (AFM) YRuO4 square layers coexisting with short-range correlations below T{N1}=32 K. A second transition to a ful

William P. Blair, P. Frank Winkler, K. S. Long

We present a new optical imaging survey of supernova remnants in M83, using data obtained with the Magellan I 6.5m telescope and IMACS instrument under conditions of excellent seeing. Using the criterion of strong [S II] emission relative to Halpha, we confirm all but three of the 71 SNR candidates listed in our previous survey, and expand the SNR candidate

W. J. Briscoe, A. E. Kudryavtsev, P. Pedroni, I. I. Strakovsky

Differential cross sections for the process gn-->pi-p have been extracted from MAMI-B measurements of gd-->pi-pp, accounting for final-state interaction effects, using a diagrammatic technique taking into account the NN and piN final-state interaction amplitudes. Results are compared to previous measurements of the inverse process, pi-p--> ng, and recent mul

Robert W. Spekkens

The distinction between a theory's kinematics and its dynamics, that is, between the space of physical states it posits and its law of evolution, is central to the conceptual framework of many physicists. A change to the kinematics of a theory, however, can be compensated by a change to its dynamics without empirical consequence, which strongly suggests that

Daniel Allcock

Sometimes a hyperbolic Kac-Moody algebra admits an automorphic correction, meaning a generalized Kac-Moody algebra with the same real simple roots and whose denominator function has good automorphic properties; these for example allow one to work out the root multiplicities. Gritsenko and Nikulin have formalized this in their theory of Lorentzian Lie algebra

Efthymios G. Tsionas

In this paper we consider a variety of procedures for numerical statistical inference in the family of univariate and multivariate stable distributions. In connection with univariate distributions (i) we provide approximations by finite location-scale mixtures and (ii) versions of approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) using the characteristic function and t

Shu-Chiuan Chang, Robert Shrock

We calculate zeros of the $q$-state Potts model partition function on $m$'th-iterate Sierpinski graphs, $S_m$, in the variable $q$ and in a temperature-like variable, $y$. We infer some asymptotic properties of the loci of zeros in the limit $m \to \infty$ and relate these to thermodynamic properties of the $q$-state Potts ferromagnet and antiferromagnet on

Richard Schoen, Xin Zhou

In this paper, we extend the work in \cite{D}\cite{ChrusLiWe}\cite{ChrusCo}\cite{Co}. We weaken the asymptotic conditions on the second fundamental form, and we also give an $L^{6}-$norm bound for the difference between general data and Extreme Kerr data or Extreme Kerr-Newman data by proving convexity of the renormalized Dirichlet energy when the target has

Quincy Loney

In [FFR] Feingold, Frenkel and Ries gave a spinor construction of the vertex operator para-algebra (abelian intertwining algebra) V = V^0 \oplus V^1 \oplus V^2 \oplus V^3, whose summands are four level-1 irreducible representations of the affine Kac-Moody algebra D_4^(1). The triality group S_3 = < \sigma,\tau | \sigma^3 = 1 = \tau^2, \tau\sigma\tau = \sigma

Iwona Kotko, Jean-Pierre Lasota

The physical mechanisms driving angular momentum transport in accretion discs are still unknown. Although it is generally accepted that, in hot discs, the turbulence triggered by the magneto-rotational instability is at the origin of the accretion process in Keplerian discs, it has been found that the values of the stress-to-pressure ratio (the alpha "viscos

Ery Arias-Castro, Bruno Pelletier

Maximum Variance Unfolding is one of the main methods for (nonlinear) dimensionality reduction. We study its large sample limit, providing specific rates of convergence under standard assumptions. We find that it is consistent when the underlying submanifold is isometric to a convex subset, and we provide some simple examples where it fails to be consistent.

P. G. Bizzeti, L. Carraresi, F. A. Danevich, T. Fazzini

The response of a CdWO4 crystal scintillator to protons, alpha particles, Li, C, O and Ti ions with energies in the range 1 - 10 MeV was measured. The non-proportionality of CdWO4 for low energy electrons (4 - 110 keV) was studied with the Compton Coincidence Technique. The energy dependence of the quenching factors for ions and the relative light yield for

Frederic Zagury

The 2200 A bump is a major figure of interstellar extinction. Extinction curves with no bump however exist and are, with no exception, linear from the near-infrared down to 2500 A at least, often over all the visible-UV spectrum. The duality linear versus bump-like extinction curves can be used to re-investigate the relationship between the bump and the cont

Pascale Garaud, Farzana Meru, Marina Galvagni, Christoph Olczak

Planet formation occurs within the gas and dust rich environments of protoplanetary disks. Observations of these objects show that the growth of primordial sub micron sized particles into larger aggregates occurs at the earliest stages of the disks. However, theoretical models of particle growth that use the Smoluchowski equation to describe collisional coag

Lee H. Dicker

Residual variance and the signal-to-noise ratio are important quantities in many statistical models and model fitting procedures. They play an important role in regression diagnostics, in determining the performance limits in estimation and prediction problems, and in shrinkage parameter selection in many popular regularized regression methods for high-dimen

Chen-Lung Hung, Victor Gurarie, Cheng Chin

Sakharov oscillations, conventionally discussed in the context of early universe evolution and the anisotropy of cosmic microwave background radiation, is the manifestation of interfering acoustic waves synchronously generated in an ideal fluid. Here we report the laboratory demonstration of Sakharov oscillations in a quenched atomic superfluid. We quench th

L. B. Castro, A. S. de Castro

Eigenstates of a particle in a localized and unconfined harmonic potential well are investigated. Effects due to the variation of the potential parameters as well as certain results from asymptotic expansions are discussed.

Eugen Simanek

The energy of a test particle orbiting a Schwarzschild black hole is quantized owing to the quantization of the angular momentum. For smallest stable circular orbit, the excitation energy is found to resemble closely the expression for the temperature of the Hawking radiation. This result is consistent with the Unruh effect for orbiting test particle. The pr

Daniel K. Brattan, Richard A. Davison, Simon A. Gentle, Andy O'Bannon

We use holography to study N=4 supersymmetric SU(Nc) Yang-Mills theory in the large-Nc and large-coupling limits coupled to a number Nf << Nc of (n+1)-dimensional massless supersymmetric hypermultiplets in the Nc representation of SU(Nc), with n=2,3. We introduce a temperature T, a baryon number chemical potential mu, and a baryon number magnetic field B, an

Or Graur, Dan Maoz

Using a method to discover and classify supernovae (SNe) in galaxy spectra, we find 90 Type Ia SNe (SNe Ia) and 10 Type II SNe among the ~700,000 galaxy spectra in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 that have VESPA-derived star-formation histories (SFHs). We use the SN Ia sample to measure SN Ia rates per unit stellar mass. We confirm, at the median

Yoshimasa Hidaka, Arata Yamamoto

We show that charged vector mesons cannot be condensed by a magnetic field. Although some hadron models predict the charged vector meson condensation in a strong magnetic field, we prove, by means of the Vafa-Witten theorem, that this is not the case in QCD. We also perform the numerical analysis for the meson mass and condensation in lattice QCD. The lattic

J. M. Diederik Kruijssen

We recently presented a model for the cluster formation efficiency (CFE), i.e. the fraction of star formation occurring in bound stellar clusters. It utilizes the idea that the formation of stars and stellar clusters occurs across a continuous spectrum of ISM densities. Bound stellar clusters naturally arise from the high-density end of this density spectrum

Gwen C. Rudie, Charles C. Steidel, Max Pettini

We present new measurements of the temperature-density (T-rho) relation for neutral hydrogen in the 2.0 < z < 2.8 intergalactic medium (IGM) using a sample of ~6000 individual HI absorbers fitted with Voigt profiles constrained in all cases by multiple Lyman series transitions. We find model independent evidence for a positive correlation between the column

Jeff Schulte, Patrick Kreitzberg, Chris Haglund, David Roundy

We investigate the value of the correlation function of an inhomogeneous hard-sphere fluid at contact. This quantity plays a critical role in Statistical Associating Fluid Theory (SAFT), which is the basis of a number of recently developed classical density functionals. We define two averaged values for the correlation function at contact, and derive formula

James V. Burke, Tim Hoheisel

Smoothing methods have become part of the standard tool set for the study and solution of nondifferentiable and constrained optimization problems as well as a range of other variational and equilibrium problems. In this note we synthesize and extend recent results due to Beck and Teboulle on infimal convolution smoothing for convex functions with those of X.

Mikhail K. Potapov, Faton M. Berisha

In this paper an asymmetrical operator of generalised translation is introduced, the generalised modulus of smoothness is defined by its means and the direct and inverse theorems in approximation theory are proved for that modulus. ----- V danno\v{i} rabote vvoditsya nesimmetrichny\v{i} operator obobshchennogo sdviga, s ego pomoshchyu opredelyaetsya obobshch

Kristan Temme, Pawel Wocjan

We present an efficient algorithm for computing the permanent for matrices of size N that can written as a product of L block diagonal matrices with blocks of size at most 2. For fixed L, the time and space resources scale linearly in N, with a prefactor that scales exponentially in L. This class of matrices contains banded matrices with banded inverse. We s

Guillermo Ames, Leandro Cagliero, Mónica Cruz

If $\mathfrak{n}$ is a $\mathbb{Z}^d_+$-graded nilpotent finite dimensional Lie algebra over a field of characteristic zero, it is well known that $\dim H^{\ast }(\mathfrak{n})\geq L(p) $ where $p$ is the polynomial associated to the grading and $L(p)$ is the sum of the absolute values of the coefficients of $p$. From this result Deninger and Singhof derived

Chris Austin

Assuming that the E(38) boson candidate recently observed at the JINR Nuclotron is produced in a bremsstrahlung-like manner and decays only to two photons, its coupling constant to light quarks is estimated to be $\sim 10^{-4}$.

A. Adelmann

Design studies, for accelerator modules based on an injector cyclotron and a superconducting ring cyclotron able to accelerate H$_2^+$ molecules, are presented. H$_2^+$ molecules are stripped by a foil creating a proton beam, with a maximum energy of 800 MeV and a beam power of 8 MW (CW). This beam would be sent to a beam dump where neutrinos would be produc

Katharina Boguslawski, Paweł Tecmer, Örs Legeza, Markus Reiher

Electron correlation effects are essential for an accurate ab initio description of molecules. A quantitative a priori knowledge of the single- or multi-reference nature of electronic structures as well as of the dominant contributions to the correlation energy can facilitate the decision regarding the optimum quantum chemical method of choice. We propose co

F. T. Brandt, J. B. Siqueira

We prove that the hard thermal loop contribution to static thermal amplitudes can be obtained by setting all the external four-momenta to zero before performing the Matsubara sums and loop integrals. At the one-loop order we do an iterative procedure for all the 1PI one-loop diagrams and at the two-loop order we consider the self-energy. Our approach is suff

Ahmed Farag Ali

We investigate the impact of the Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP), proposed by some approaches to quantum gravity such as String Theory and Doubly Special Relativity Theories (DSR) on the production of mini black holes, and show that the minimum black hole mass is formed at energies higher than the energy scales of LHC which possibly agrees with the r

G. F. Giudice, P. Paradisi, M. Passera

We argue that the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron (a_e) can be used to probe new physics. We show that the present bound on new-physics contributions to a_e is 8*10^-13, but the sensitivity can be improved by about an order of magnitude with new measurements of a_e and more refined determinations of alpha in atomic-physics experiments. Tests on new

A. Y. Potekhin, V. F. Suleimanov, M. van Adelsberg, K. Werner

The goal of this work is to develop a simple analytic description of the emission properties (spectrum and polarization) of the condensed, strongly magnetized surface of neutron stars. We have improved the method of van Adelsberg et al. (2005) (arXiv:astro-ph/0406001) for calculating the spectral properties of condensed magnetized surfaces. Using the improve

Hyungwon Kim, David A. Huse

Motivated by recent experiments measuring the spin transport in ultracold unitary atomic Fermi gases (Sommer et al., 2011; Sommer et al., 2011), we explore the theory of spin and heat transport in a three-dimensional spin-polarized atomic Fermi gas. We develop estimates of spin and thermal diffusivities and discuss magnetocaloric effects, namely the the spin

Pao-Yu Wang, Chien-Wen Chen, Pisin Chen

We confront two types of phantom dark energy potential with observational data. The models we consider are the power-law potential, $V\propto {\phi}^{\mu}$, and the exponential potential, $V\propto \exp({\lambda}{\phi}/{M_P})$. We fit the models to the latest observations from SN-Ia, CMB and BAO, and obtain tight constraints on parameter spaces. Furthermore,

Paul Gunther

The geometric formulation of fiducial probability employed in this paper is an improvement over the usual pivotal quantity formulation. For a single parameter and single observation, the new formulation is based on the geometric properties of an ordinary two variable function and its surface representation. The following theorem is proved: A fiducial distrib

C. Wang, A. Adelmann, Z. G. Yin, T. J. Zhang

Dark current and multiple electron impacts (multipacting), as for example observed in radio frequency (RF) structures of accelerators, are usually harmful to the equipment and the beam quality. These effects need to be suppressed to guarantee efficient and stable operation. Large scale simulations can be used to understand causes and develop strategies to su

D. R. Lorimer, A. G. Lyne, M. A. McLaughlin, G. G. Pavlov

We report on radio and X-ray observations of PSR 1832+0029, a 533-ms radio pulsar discovered in the Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey. From radio observations taken with the Parkes, Lovell and Arecibo telescopes, we show that this pulsar exhibits two spindown states akin to PSRs B1931+24 reported by Kramer et al. and J1841-0500 reported by Camilo et al. Unlike

Amit Einav

In this work we discuss a few ways to create chaotic families that are not entropically chaotic on Kac's Sphere. We present two types of examples: limiting convex combination of an entropically chaotic family with a particularly 'bad' non-entropic family, and two explicitly computable families that vary rapidly with $N$, causing loss of support on the sphere

Mariangela Settimo

The energy spectrum of ultra-high energy cosmic rays above 10$^{18}$ eV is measured using the hybrid events collected by the Pierre Auger Observatory between November 2005 and September 2010. The large exposure of the Observatory allows the measurement of the main features of the energy spectrum with high statistics. Full Monte Carlo simulations of the exten

Maciej Kasperski, Henryk Puszkarski

We demonstrate that a multi-peak FMR spectrum, with lines corresponding to resonance in different ferromagnetic regions of a heterogeneous thin-film sample, can collapse to a single-peak spectrum if there exists a particular field configuration, or the configuration of the external magnetic field with respect to the film surface, in which $dH_{\text{res}}/dM

E. Andruchow, E. Chiumiento, M. E. Di Iorio y Lucero

Let $A$ be a positive injective operator in a Hilbert space (\h, <,>), and denote by [,] the inner product defined by A: [f,g]=<Af,g>. A closed subspace $\s \subset \h$ is called A-compatible if there exists a closed complement for $\s$, which is orthogonal to $\s$ with respect to the inner product [,]. Equivalently, if there exists a necessarily unique idem

Maddalena Frosini

The study of the production of heavy quarkonium is crucial for a thorough understanding of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). This note reports the measurements of the J\psi, \chi_c and double charm production cross section, and discusses the prospects for the J/psi polarization at LHCb.

Sandip Singh

Let W be an irreducible finitely generated Coxeter group. The geometric representation of W in GL(V) provides a discrete embedding in the orthogonal group of the Tits form (the associated bilinear form of the Coxeter group). If the Tits form of the Coxeter group is non-positive and non-degenerate, the Coxeter group does not contain any finite index subgroup

Pierluigi Falco

Two dimensional toy models display, in a gentler setting, manysalient aspects of Quantum Field Theory. Here I discuss a concrete two dimensional case, the Thirring model, which illustrates several important concepts of this theory: the anomalous dimension of the fields; the exact solvability; the anomalies of the Ward-Takahashi identities. Besides, I give a

Celso Franco

One of the main goals of the COMPASS experiment at CERN is the determination of the gluon contribution to the nucleon spin. To achieve this goal COMPASS uses a naturally polarised muon beam with an energy of 160 GeV and a fixed polarised target. Two types of materials are used for the latter: $^{6}$LiD (polarised deuterons) during the years of 2002-2006 and

Jens Wiechula

ALICE is the dedicated heavy-ion experiment at the LHC. Due to the unique particle identification capabilities of the central barrel detectors (|eta|<0.9), J/psi can be measured in the di-electron channel in the very demanding environment of central Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC. In addition J/psi are measured at forward rapidity (2.5<y<4) with a dedicated muo

Frank Michler, Hendrik van Hees, Dennis D. Dietrich, Stefan Leupold

In the early stage of ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions chiral symmetry is restored temporarily. During this so-called chiral phase transition, the quark masses change from their constituent to their bare values. This mass shift leads to the spontaneous non-perturbative creation of quark-antiquark pairs, which effectively contributes to the formation of

Alexander S. Mishchenko, XiaoYu Li

Transitive Lie algebroids have specific properties that allow to look at the transitive Lie algebroid as an element of the object of a homotopy functor. Roughly speaking each transitive Lie algebroids can be described as a vector bundle over the tangent bundle of the manifold which is endowed with additional structures. Therefore transitive Lie algebroids ad

Dong-il Hwang, Bum-Hoon Lee, Ewan D. Stewart, Dong-han Yeom

In this paper, we compare dispersions of a scalar field in Euclidean quantum gravity with stochastic inflation. We use Einstein gravity and a minimally coupled scalar field with a quadratic potential. We restrict our attention to small mass and small field cases. In the Euclidean approach, we introduce the ground state wave function which is approximated by

Patricio Felmer, Alexander Quaas, Boyan Sirakov

We study the solvability in the whole Euclidean space of coercive quasi-linear and fully nonlinear elliptic equations modeled on $\Delta u\pm g(|\nabla u|)= f(u)$, $u\ge0$, where $f$ and $g$ are increasing continuous functions. We give conditions on $f$ and $g$ which guarantee the availability or the absence of positive solutions of such equations in $\R^N$.

Henry O. Jacobs, Tudor S. Ratiu, Mathieu Desbrun

In this paper we use Lagrange-Poincare reduction to understand the coupling between a fluid and a set of Lagrangian particles that are supposed to simulate it. In particular, we reinterpret the work of Cendra et al. by substituting velocity interpolation from particle velocities for their principal connection. The consequence of writing evolution equations i

T. P. Purdy, R. W. Peterson, P. -L. Yu, C. A. Regal

We describe a cryogenic cavity-optomechanical system that combines Si3N4 membranes with a mechanically-rigid Fabry-Perot cavity. The extremely high quality-factor frequency products of the membranes allow us to cool a MHz mechanical mode to a phonon occupation of less than 10, starting at a bath temperature of 5 kelvin. We show that even at cold temperatures

Mohamed Abdel-Hameed

We consider the control of a finite dam when the input process is either spectrally positive Levy or spectrally positive Levy reflected at its infimum, using P(M,Lambda,tau) control policies. Our results extend and unify the results Bea et al (2003), Lam and Lou (1987), and Attia (1987). The techniques used by the above authors involve solving systems of dif

Ricky Fok

We investigate $\mu \to e$ processes in the Minimal R-symmetric Standrad Model (MRSSM) with the expected limits from Project X. It is found that $\mu \to e$ conversion provides the tightest bound on the $\mu \to e$ mixing parameters at the order of $\lesssim O(10^{-3})$. Whereas $\mu \to eee$ only slightly improves the bound in the region where incoherence a

B. M. Tanygin, O. V. Tychko

Magnetic symmetry of possible plane domain walls in arbitrary oriented plates of the crystal of hexoctahedral crystallographic class is considered. The symmetry classification is applied for ferro- and ferrimagnets.

B. M. Tanygin, O. V. Tychko

Magnetic symmetry of all possible plane domain walls in ferro- and ferrimagnets is considered. Magnetic symmetry classes of non 180 degree (including 0 degree) domain walls are obtained. The domain walls degeneracy is investigated. The symmetry classification is applied for research of all possible plane domain walls in crystals of the hexoctahedral crystall

G. M. Wysin, W. A. Moura-Melo, L. A. S. Mól, A. R. Pereira

Dynamical effects under geometrical frustration are considered in a model for artificial spin ice on a square lattice in two dimensions. Each island of the spin ice has a three-component Heisenberg-like dipole moment subject to shape anisotropies that influence its direction. The model has real dynamics, including rotation of the magnetic degrees of freedom,

Joaquín E. Drut, Amy N. Nicholson

Lattice field theory methods, usually associated with non-perturbative studies of quantum chromodynamics, are becoming increasingly common in the calculation of ground-state and thermal properties of strongly interacting non-relativistic few- and many-body systems, blurring the interfaces between condensed matter, atomic and low-energy nuclear physics. While

F. B. Guimaraes

We present an analysis of the use of the Darwin-Fowler approximation in connection with the statistical IPM, by comparing the results of our recent studies with the occupation number approach (OCN) and some traditional statistical independent particle model (IPM) approaches. The analysis of level density works based on the statistical IPM reveals that the us

Y. H. Huo, B. J. Witek, S. Kumar, R. Singh

Quantum dots (QDs) can act as convenient hosts of two-level quantum szstems, such as single electron spins, hole spins or excitons (bound electron-hole pairs). Due to quantum confinement, the ground state of a single hole confined in a QD usually has dominant heavy-hole (HH) character. For this reason light-hole (LH) states have been largely neglected, despi

Igor Tuluzov, Sergiy Melnyk

We propose an axiomatic approach to constructing the dynamics of systems, in which one the main elements is the consciousness of a subject. The main axiom is the statements that the state of consciousness is completely determined by the results of measurements performed on it. In case of economic systems we propose to consider an offer of transaction as a fu

A. G. Lebed

We suggest theoretical explanation of the high upper critical magnetic field, perpendicular to conducting chains, Hc2, experimentally observed in the superconductor (TMTSF)2ClO4, in terms of singlet superconducting pairing. In particular, we compare the results of d-wave-like nodal, d-wave-like node-less, and s-wave scenarios of superconductivity. We show th

David A. Nipperess, Frederick A. Matsen

Phylogenetic diversity (PD) depends on sampling intensity, which complicates the comparison of PD between samples of different depth. One approach to dealing with differing sample depth for a given diversity statistic is to rarefy, which means to take a random subset of a given size of the original sample. Exact analytical formulae for the mean and variance

M. Gubinelli, M. Jara

We study a generalized 1d periodic SPDE of Burgers type: $$ \partial_t u =- A^\theta u + \partial_x u^2 + A^{\theta/2} \xi $$ where $\theta > 1/2$, $-A$ is the 1d Laplacian, $\xi$ is a space-time white noise and the initial condition $u_0$ is taken to be (space) white noise. We introduce a notion of weak solution for this equation in the stationary setting.

Luis David García-Puente, Sonja Petrović, Seth Sullivant

The Macaulay2 package GraphicalModels contains algorithms for the algebraic study of graphical models associated to undirected, directed and mixed graphs, and associated collections of conditional independence statements. Among the algorithms implemented are procedures for computing the vanishing ideal of graphical models, for generating conditional independ

P. M. Gauthier, Greg Knese

On a compact subset of the plane with connected complement, is it possible to uniformly approximate a continuous function, holomorphic and non-vanishing on the interior, with polynomials non-vanishing on the entire compact set? In this brief note, we recall the surprising connection between this question and the Riemann hypothesis and proceed to provide an a

I. Beltita, M. Mantoiu

To a continuous action of a vector group on a $C^*$-algebra, twisted by the imaginary exponential of a symplectic form, one associates a Rieffel deformed algebra as well as a twisted crossed product. We show that the second one is isomorphic to the tensor product of the first one with the $C^*$-algebra of compact operators in a separable Hilbert space and we

Lukas Hollenstein, Rajeev Kumar Jain, Federico R. Urban

The origin of large-scale magnetic fields in cosmic structures and the intergalactic medium is still poorly understood. We explore the effects of non-minimal couplings of electromagnetism on the cosmological evolution of currents and magnetic fields. In this context, we revisit the mildly non-linear plasma dynamics around recombination that are known to gene

S. M. Barr, Heng-Yu Chen

It is proposed that all flavor mixing is caused by the mixing of the three quark and lepton families with vectorlike fermions in 5 + 5-bar multiplets of SU(5). This simple assumption implies that both V_{CKM} and U_{MNS} are generated by a single matrix. The entire 3-by-3 complex mass matrix of the neutrinos M_{nu} is then found to have a simple expression i

Fernando Galve Mauricio

In this article we prove the impossibility of some disentanglement puzzles, first building mathematical models that reflect the essential characteristics of these puzzles.

Yu Feng, Rupert A. C. Croft, Tiziana Di Matteo, Nishikanta Khandai

We use radiative transfer to study the growth of ionized regions around the brightest, z=8 quasars in a large cosmological hydrodynamic simulation that includes black hole growth and feedback (the MassiveBlack simulation). We find that in the presence of the quasar s the comoving HII bubble radii reach 10 Mpc/h after 20 My while with the stellar component al

Alexandre M. Baranov

An approach to construction of static models is demonstrated for a fluid ball. Five examples are considered. Two of them are exact solutions of the Einstein equations; the other three are connected with the Airy special functions, the hypergeometric functions and the Heun functions.

R. E. Mitchell

The latest results on chi_cJ(1P) decays from BESIII and CLEO-c are reviewed and compared to theoretical predictions. The experimental results use the final samples of chi_cJ(1P) decays from CLEO-c, obtained from 26 million psi(2S) decays, and the most recent samples from BESIII, from a starting sample of 106 million psi(2S) decays.

B. Z. Kopeliovich, J. G. Morfin, Ivan Schmidt

Shadowing is a quantum phenomenon leading to a non-additivity of electroweak cross sections on nucleons bound in a nucleus. It occurs due to destructive interference of amplitudes on different nucleons. Although the current experimental evidence for shadowing is dominated by charged-lepton nucleus scattering, studies of neutrino nucleus scattering have recen

Stefan K. Baur, Nigel R. Cooper

Ultracold atoms in Raman-dressed optical lattices allow for effective momentum-dependent interactions among single-species fermions originating from short-range s-wave interactions. These dressed-state interactions combined with very flat bands encountered in the recently introduced optical flux lattices push the Stoner instability towards weaker repulsive i

Francesco Dettori

Indirect searches, and in particular rare decays, have proven to be a fruitful field to search for New Physics beyond the Standard Model. While the down-quark sector (B and K) have been studied in detail, less attention was devoted to charm decays due to the smaller expected values and higher theoretical uncertainties of their observables. Recently a renewed

Jameel-Un Nabi, Calvin W. Johnson

The Gamow-Teller response is astrophysically important for a number of nuclides, particularly around iron. The random phase approximation (RPA) is an efficient way to generate strength distributions. In order to better understand both theoretical systematics and uncertainties, we compare the Gamow-Teller strength distributions for a suite of nuclides and for

Matthew James Johnson, Alan S. Willsky

We consider the problem of drawing samples from posterior distributions formed under a Dirichlet prior and a truncated multinomial likelihood, by which we mean a Multinomial likelihood function where we condition on one or more counts being zero a priori. Sampling this posterior distribution is of interest in inference algorithms for hierarchical Bayesian mo

Ravindra Shinde, Alok Shukla

The linear optical absorption spectra in neutral boron cluster B$_{6}$ and cationic B$_{6}^{+}$ are calculated using a first principles correlated electron approach. The geometries of several low-lying isomers of these clusters were optimized at the coupled-cluster singles doubles (CCSD) level of theory. With these optimized ground-state geometries, excited

R. Prabhu, Aditi Sen De, Ujjwal Sen

We establish a universal complementarity relation between the capacity of classical information transmission by employing a multiparty quantum state as a multiport quantum channel, and the genuine multipartite entanglement of the quantum state. The classical information transfer is from a sender to several receivers by using the quantum dense coding protocol

Rune Barnkob, Per Augustsson, Thomas Laurell, Henrik Bruus

We present micro-PIV measurements of suspended microparticles of diameters from 0.6 um to 10 um undergoing acoustophoresis in an ultrasound symmetry plane in a microchannel. The motion of the smallest particles are dominated by the Stokes drag from the induced acoustic streaming flow, while the motion of the largest particles are dominated by the acoustic ra

Fernando Chamizo, Adrián Ubis

We prove non-trivial upper and lower bounds for the "Spectrum of Singularities" of Fourier Series with polynomial frequencies. The Spectrum of Singularities of a function f gives the Hausdorff dimension of the set of points with a given H\"older exponent for f.

Marian Kupczynski

In early days of quantum theory it was believed that the results of measurements performed on two distant physical systems should be uncorrelated thus their quantum state should be separable it means described by a simple tensor product of the individual local state vectors or a tensor product of individual local density operators. It was shown many years ag

Elijah Flenner, Grzegorz Szamel

Comment on Nature Physics 8, 164 (2012) by Kob, Roldan-Vargas and Berthier

Zhuo Wang, Sixia Yu, Heng Fan, C. H. Oh

Quantum error correction assisted by entanglement helps to transmit the encoded qudits through quantum channels with some of them being noiseless. Here we consider a more realistic scheme for experiments what we called as partial-noisy quantum channels in which, instead of completely free of noise, only part of the qudit suffers no noise. In this scenario we

Stefano Gandolfi

We present an ab-initio study of neutron drops. We use Quantum Monte Carlo techniques to calculate the energy up to 54 neutrons in different external potentials, and we compare the results with Skyrme forces. We also calculate the rms radii and radial densities, and we find that a re-adjustment of the gradient term in Skyrme is needed in order to reproduce t

Alessandro De Angelis

The discovery of cosmic rays, a milestone in science, was based on the work by scientists in Europe and the New World and took place during a period characterised by nationalism and lack of communication. Many scientists that took part in this research a century ago were intrigued by the penetrating radiation and tried to understand the origin of it. Several