arXiv papers from October 2012

Tepper L Gill, Daniel Williams

In this note, we show that the spectral theorem, has two representations; the Stone-von Neumann representation and one based on the polar decomposition of linear operators, which we call the deformed representation. The deformed representation has the advantage that it provides an easy extension to all closed densely defined linear operators on Hilbert space

H. Nakada, T. Inakura, H. Sawai

Character of the low-energy $E1$ excitations is investigated by analyzing transition densities obtained from the RPA calculations in the doubly-magic nuclei. We propose a decomposition method of the $E1$ excitations into the $pn$ mode (i.e. oscillation between protons and neutrons) and the skin mode (oscillation of the neutron skin against the inner core) vi

Elkebir Sarhrouni, Ahmed Hammouch, Driss Aboutajdine

In the feature classification domain, the choice of data affects widely the results. For the Hyperspectral image, the bands dont all contain the information; some bands are irrelevant like those affected by various atmospheric effects, see Figure.4, and decrease the classification accuracy. And there exist redundant bands to complicate the learning system an

Jeremy Russell

For an abelian category $\mathcal{A}$, the defect sequence $$0\longrightarrow F_0\longrightarrow F\overset{\varphi}{\longrightarrow} \big(w(F),\hspace{0.05cm}\underline{\ \ }\hspace{0.1cm} \big)\longrightarrow F_1\longrightarrow 0$$ of a finitely presented functor is used to establish the CoYoneda Lemma. An application of this result is the $\textsf{fp}$-dua

David I Shuman, Sunil K. Narang, Pascal Frossard, Antonio Ortega

In applications such as social, energy, transportation, sensor, and neuronal networks, high-dimensional data naturally reside on the vertices of weighted graphs. The emerging field of signal processing on graphs merges algebraic and spectral graph theoretic concepts with computational harmonic analysis to process such signals on graphs. In this tutorial over

Vlad Bally, Lucia Caramellino

We study the problem of the existence and regularity of a probability density in an abstract framework based on a "balancing" with approximating absolutely continuous laws. Typically, the absolutely continuous property for the approximating laws can be proved by standard techniques from Malliavin calculus whereas for the law of interest no Malliavin integrat

Joseph Kassim, Christopher Nolph, Matthieu Jamet, Petra Reinke

Heteroepitaxial Ge0.98Mn0.02 quantum dots on Si (001) were grown by molecular beam epitaxy. The standard Ge wetting layer-hut-dome-superdome sequence was observed, with no indicators of second phase formation in the surface morphology. We show that Mn forms a dilute solid solution in the Ge quantum dot layer, and a significant fraction of the Mn partitions i

Matthias Steiner, Hendrik M. Meyer, Christian Deutsch, Jakob Reichel

We present the realization of a combined trapped-ion and optical cavity system, in which a single Yb^+ ion is confined by a micron-scale ion trap inside a 230 mum-long optical fiber cavity. We characterize the spatial ion-cavity coupling and measure the ion-cavity coupling strength using a cavity-stimulated Lambda-transition. Owing to the small mode volume o

Mary Beth Ruskai

We describe recent work of Kim in arXiv:1210.5190 to show that operator convex functions associated with quasi-entropies can be used to prove a large class of new matrix inequalities in the tri-partite and bi-partite setting by taking a judiciously chosen partial trace over all but one of the spaces. We give some additional examples in both settings. Further

Carlo Sparaciari, Matteo G. A. Paris

We address measurement schemes where certain observables are chosen at random within a set of non-degenerate isospectral observables and then measured on repeated preparations of a physical system. Each observable has a given probability to be measured, and the statistics of this generalized measurement is described by a positive operator-valued measure (POV

Anuj Bhowmik, Jiling Cao, Nicholas C. Yannelis

In this paper, a general model of a pure exchange differential information economy is studied. In this economic model, the space of states of nature is a complete probability measure space, the space of agents is a measure space with a finite measure, and the commodity space is the Euclidean space. Under appropriate and standard assumptions on agents' charac

Peter K. Friz, Benjamin Gess, Archil Gulisashvili, Sebastian Riedel

We present sufficient conditions for finite controlled rho-variation of the covariance of Gaussian processes with stationary increments, based on concavity or convexity of their variance function. The motivation for this type of conditions comes from recent work of Hairer [CPAM,2011]. Our results allow to construct rough paths lifts of solutions to a class o

Peter Hornung, Igor Velcic

We derive the model of homogenized von K\'arm\'an shell theory, starting from three dimensional nonlinear elasticity. The original three dimensional model contains two small parameters: the oscillations of the material $\e$ and the thickness of the shell $h$. Depending on the asymptotic ratio of these two parameters, we obtain different asymptotic theories.

William Banks, Victor Castillo-Garate, Luigi Fontana, Carlo Morpurgo

We show that the Riemann zeta function \zeta\ has only countably many self-intersections on the critical line, i.e., for all but countably many z in C the equation \zeta(1/2+it)=z has at most one solution t in R. More generally, we prove that if F is analytic in a complex neighborhood of R and locally injective on R, then either the set {(a,b) in R^2:a \ne b

Jiling Cao, Heikki J. K. Junnila

In this paper, we study normality and metrizability of Wijsman hyperspaces. We show that every hereditarily normal Wijsman hyperspace is metrizable. This provides a partially answer to a problem of Di Maio and Meccariello in 1998.

Bhairav Singh

We extend Bezrukavnikov and Finkelberg's description of the G(\C[[t]])-equivariant derived category on the affine Grassmannian to the twisted setting of Finkelberg and Lysenko. Our description is in terms of coherent sheaves on the twisted dual Lie algebra. We also extend their computation of the corresponding loop rotation equivariant derived category, whic

Joseph R. Eimer, Charles L. Bennett, David T. Chuss, Tobias A. Marriage

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) instrument will measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background at 40, 90, and 150 GHz from Cerro Toco in the Atacama desert of northern Chile. In this paper, we describe the optical design of the 40 GHz telescope system. The telescope is a diffraction limited catadioptric design consisting of a

Alireza Aghajamali, Mahmood Barati

In this paper the transmission of electromagnetic waves through a one-dimensional lossy photonic crystal consisting of layers with negative and positive refractive indices is investigated. The behavior and characteristics of the bandwidth, the depth and the central frequency of the zero-n gap for different incidence angles, polarization, loss factor and rati

João Gouveia, James Pfeiffer

We apply theta body relaxations to the $K_i$-cover problem and show polynomial time solvability for certain classes of graphs. In particular, we give an effective relaxation where all $K_i$-$p$-hole facets are valid, and study its relation to an open question of Conforti et al. For the triangle free problem, we show for $K_n$ that the theta body relaxations

Yannis Bardoux

The main interest of the work exposed in this thesis is to explore hairy black holes in a more general framework than General Relativity by taking into account the presence of a cosmological constant, of higher dimensions, of exotic matter fields or of higher curvature terms. These extensions to General Relativity can be derived in the context of String Theo

Yanyan Bu

We use gauge/gravity duality to explore strongly coupled superconductors with dynamical exponent $z=2$. In the probe limit we numerically establish background solutions for the matter fields and plot the condensate versus the dimensionless temperature. We then investigate electromagnetic perturbations in order to compute the AC conductivity and also calculat

Thiem Hoang, A. Lazarian

We review major progress on the modeling of electric dipole emission from rapidly spinning tiny dust grains, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). We begin by summarizing the original model of spinning dust proposed by Draine and Lazarian and recent theoretical results improving the Draine and Lazarian model. The review is focused on important p

Kiril Hristov, Stefanos Katmadas, Valentina Pozzoli

We embed the general solution for non-BPS extremal asymptotically flat static and under-rotating black holes in abelian gauged D=4 N=2 supergravity, in the limit where the scalar potential vanishes but the gauging does not. Using this result, we show explicitly that some supersymmetries are preserved in the near horizon region of all the asymptotically flat

Andrew K. Mitchell, Dirk Schuricht, Matthias Vojta, Lars Fritz

We investigate the scattering off dilute magnetic impurities placed on the surface of three-dimensional topological insulators. In the low-temperature limit, the impurity moments are Kondo-screened by the surface-state electrons, despite their exotic locking of spin and momentum. We determine signatures of the Kondo effect appearing in quasiparticle interfer

Glen M. Hocky, David R. Reichman

In this work, we study the nature of transitions between inherent structures of a two-dimensional model supercooled liquid. We demonstrate that these transitions occur predominately along a small number of directions on the energy landscape. Moreover, we show that the number of such directions decreases as the temperature of the liquid is decreased in the mi

Bikram Karmakar, Kumaresh Dhara, Kushal Kumar Dey, Analabha Basu

For testing the statistical significance of a treatment effect, we usually compare between two parts of a population, one is exposed to the treatment, and the other is not exposed to it. Standard parametric and nonparametric two-sample tests are often used for this comparison. But direct applications of these tests can yield misleading results, especially wh

Gregory T. Mezera

Let X be a set and Bin(X) the set of all binary operations on X. We say that a subset of Bin(X) is a distributive set of operations if all pairs of elements are right distributive. J.Przytycki posed the question of which groups can be realized as distributive sets. The initial guess that any group may be embedded into Bin(X) for some X was complicated by an

Ralph Blumenhagen, Andreas Deser, Erik Plauschinn, Felix Rennecke

Based on the structure of a Lie algebroid for non-geometric fluxes in string theory, a differential-geometry calculus is developed which combines usual diffeomorphisms with so-called \beta-diffeomorphisms emanating from gauge symmetries of the Kalb-Ramond field. This allows to construct a bi-invariant action of Einstein-Hilbert type comprising a metric, a (q

Jean-Paul Blaizot, Maciej A. Nowak, Piotr Warchoł

We show that the derivative of the logarithm of the average characteristic polynomial of a diffusing Wishart matrix obeys an exact partial differential equation valid for an arbitrary value of N, the size of the matrix. In the large N limit, this equation generalizes the simple Burgers equation that has been obtained earlier for Hermitian or unitary matrices

Qirong Ho, Rong Yan, Rajat Raina, Eric P. Xing

In this paper, we explore salient questions about user interests, conversations and friendships in the Facebook social network, using a novel latent space model that integrates several data types. A key challenge of studying Facebook's data is the wide range of data modalities such as text, network links, and categorical labels. Our latent space model seamle

Michael Heß, Petr Novák

The kinetic performance of graphite particles is difficult to deconvolute from half-cell experiments, where the influences of the working electrode porosity and the counter electrode contribute nonlinearly to the electrochemical re-sponse. Therefore, thin-layer electrodes of circa 1 {\mu}m thickness were prepared with standard, highly crystalline graphite pa

Sebastian Böser

IceCube is currently not only the largest neutrino telescope but also one of the world's most competitive instruments for studying cosmic rays in the PeV to EeV regime where the transition from galactic to extra-galactic sources should occur. Further augmenting this observatory with an array of radio sensors in the 10-100 MHz regime will additionally permit

Vladimir Vovk, Ivan Petej

This paper continues study, both theoretical and empirical, of the method of Venn prediction, concentrating on binary prediction problems. Venn predictors produce probability-type predictions for the labels of test objects which are guaranteed to be well calibrated under the standard assumption that the observations are generated independently from the same

Gestur Olafsson, Angela Pasquale

Ramanujan's Master theorem states that, under suitable conditions, the Mellin transform of an alternating power series provides an interpolation formula for the coefficients of this series. Ramanujan applied this theorem to compute several definite integrals and power series, which explains why it is referred to as the "Master Theorem". In this paper we prov

Rebecca G. Martin, Mario Livio

Suggestions have been made that asteroid belts may be important both for the existence of life and perhaps even for the evolution of complex life on a planet. Using numerical models for protoplanetary discs we calculate the location of the snow line, and we propose that asteroid belts are most likely to form in its vicinity. We then show that observations of

Jun Yu

We classify abelian subgroups of the automorphism group of any compact simple Lie algebra whose centralizer has the same dimension as the dimension of the subgroup. This leads to a classification of the maximal abelian subgroups of compact simple groups of adjoint type and a classification of the fine group gradings of complex simple Lie algebras.

G. Vujanovic, C. Young, B. Schenke, S. Jeon

We present a first calculation of the dilepton yield and elliptic flow done with 3+1D viscous hydrodynamical simulations of relativistic heavy ion collisions at the top RHIC energy. A comparison with recent experimental data from the STAR collaboration is made.

Keith Riles

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration have carried out joint searches in LIGO and Virgo data for periodic continuous gravitational waves. These analyses range from targeted searches for gravitational-wave signals from known pulsars, for which precise ephemerides from radio or X-ray observations are used in matched filters, to all-sky sear

Kevin Woods

Presburger arithmetic is the first-order theory of the natural numbers with addition (but no multiplication). We characterize sets that can be defined by a Presburger formula as exactly the sets whose characteristic functions can be represented by rational generating functions; a geometric characterization of such sets is also given. In addition, if p=(p_1,.

Daniel S. Park, Jaewon Song

Recently it has been shown that the two-sphere partition function of a gauged linear sigma model of a Calabi-Yau manifold yields the exact quantum Kahler potential of the Kahler moduli space of that manifold. Since four-dimensional N=2 gauge theories can be engineered by non-compact Calabi-Yau threefolds, this implies that it is possible to obtain exact gaug

Herman L. Marshall

The efficiencies of the gratings in the High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer (HETGS) were updated using in-flight observations of bright continuum sources. The procedure first involved verifying that fluxes obtained from the +1 and -1 orders match, which checks that the contaminant model and the CCD quantum efficiencies agree. Then the fluxes derive

Tim Langen, Michael Gring, Maximilian Kuhnert, Bernhard Rauer

We experimentally study the relaxation dynamics of a coherently split one-dimensional Bose gas using matterwave interference. Measuring the full probability distributions of interference contrast reveals the prethermalization of the system to a non-thermal steady state. To describe the evolution of noise and correlations we develop a semiclassical effective

Luisa Jaime, Marcelo Salgado, Leonardo Patino

Using an approach that treats the Ricci scalar itself as a degree of freedom, we analyze the cosmological evolution within an f(R) model that has been proposed recently (exponential gravity) and that can be viable for explaining the accelerated expansion and other features of the Universe. This approach differs from the usual scalar-tensor method and, among

Hidenobu Yajima, Yuexing Li, Qirong Zhu, Tom Abel

The Lyman-alpha (Lya) emission has played an important role in detecting high-redshift galaxies, including recently distant ones at redshift z > 7. It may also contain important information on the origin of these galaxies. Here, we investigate the formation of a typical L* galaxy and its observational signatures at the earliest stage, by combining a cosmolog

Qirong Zhu, Yuexing Li, Sydney Sherman

It is well established that supermassive black holes in nearby elliptical galaxies correlate tightly with the kinematic property ($\mbhsigma$ correlation) and stellar mass ($\mbhhost$ correlation) of their host spheroids. However, it is not clear what the relations would be at the low-mass end, and how they evolve. Here, we investigate these relations in low

J. M. Baptista

We consider the self-dual vortex equations on a positive line bundle L --> M over a compact Kaehler manifold of arbitrary dimension. When M is simply connected, the moduli space of vortex solutions is a projective space. When M is an abelian variety, the moduli space is the projectivization of the Fourier-Mukai transform of L. We extend this description of t

Thomas Haugg, Stefan Hofmann, Michael Kopp

Contrary to recent claims in the literature, Newtonian N-body simulations of collisionless Dark Matter in a LambdaCDM background are compatible with general relativity and are not invalidated by general relativistic effects at the linear level. This verdict is based on four facts. (1) The system of linearized Einstein equations and conservation laws is well-

Stefan Janiszewski, Andreas Karch

We argue that generic non-relativistic quantum field theories have a holographic description in terms of Horava gravity. We construct explicit examples of this duality embedded in string theory by starting with relativistic dual pairs and taking a non-relativistic scaling limit.

Angela Zalucha, Timothy Michaels

We present a 3D general circulation model of Pluto and Triton's atmospheres, which uses radiative-conductive-convective forcing. In both the Pluto and Triton models, an easterly (prograde) jet is present at the equator with a maximum magnitude of 10-12 m/s and 4 m/s, respectively. Neither atmosphere shows any significant overturning circulation in the meridi

A. Lazarian, L. Vlahos, G. Kowal, H. Yan

Turbulence is ubiquitous in astrophysics. It radically changes many astrophysical phenomena, in particular, the propagation and acceleration of cosmic rays. We present the modern understanding of compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, in particular its decomposition into Alfv\'en, slow and fast modes, discuss the density structure of turbulent su

B. Sibthorpe, R. Ivison, R. J. Massey, I. G. Roseboom

We use data from the Disc Emission via a Bias-free Reconnaissance in the Infrared/Submillimetre (DEBRIS) survey, taken at 100 um with the Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer instrument on board the Herschel Space Observatory, to make a cosmic variance independent measurement of the extragalactic number counts. These data consist of 323 small-area ma

Brian Swingle, Jeremy McMinis, Norm M. Tubman

In this work we compute subleading oscillating terms in the Renyi entropy of Fermi gases and Fermi liquids corresponding to $2k_F$-like oscillations. Our theoretical tools are the one dimensional formulation of Fermi liquid entanglement familiar from discussions of the logarithmic violation of the area law and quantum Monte Carlo calculations. The main resul

Stefan Janiszewski, Andreas Karch

Many non-relativistic Quantum Field Theories with conserved particle number share a common set of symmetries: time dependent spatial diffeomorphisms acting on the background metric and U(1) invariance acting on the background fields which couple to particle number. Here we use these symmetries to deduce a gravity dual for any such theory in terms of a non-re

Eric Perlmutter, Tomas Prochazka, Joris Raeymaekers

We propose a refinement of the Gaberdiel-Gopakumar duality conjecture between W_N conformal field theories and 2+1-dimensional higher spin gravity. We make an identification of generic representations of the W_N CFT in the semiclassical limit with bulk configurations. By studying the spectrum of the semiclassical limit of the W_N theories and mapping to solu

Wenbin Xie, Costantino Sigismondi, Xiaofan Wang, Paolo Tanga

The possibility to measure the solar diameter using the transits of Mercury has been exploited to investigate the past three centuries of its evolution and to calibrate these measurements made with satellites. This measurement basically consists to compare the ephemerides of the internal contact timings with the observed timings. The transits of Venus of 200

Guilherme M. A. Almeida, André M. C. Souza

We study the dynamics of single photonic and atomic excitations in the Jaynes-Cummings-Hubbard (JCH) model where the cavities are arranged in an Apollonian network (AN). The existence of a gapped field normal frequency spectrum along with strongly localized eigenstates on the AN highlights many of the features provided by the model. By numerically diagonaliz

Ricardo S. Vieira, A. Lima-Santos

In this paper we consider families of multiparametric $R$-matrices to make a systematic study of the boundary Yang-Baxter equations in order to discuss the corresponding families of multiparametric $K$-matrices. Our results are indeed non-trivial generalization of the $K$-matrix solutions of the {\cal {U}}_{q}[D_{n+1}^{(2)}] vertex model when distinct reflec

Xu Cheng, Tito Mejia, Detang Zhou

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain with convex boundary in a complete noncompact Riemannian manifold with Bakry-\'Emery Ricci curvature bounded below by a positive constant. We prove a lower bound of the first eigenvalue of the weighted Laplacian for closed embedded $f$-minimal hypersurfaces contained in $\Omega$. Using this estimate, we prove a compactness th

Jan-Markus Schwindt

Since the scalar product is the only internal structure of a Hilbert space, all vectors of norm 1 are equivalent, in the sense that they form a perfect sphere in the Hilbert space, on which every vector looks the same. The state vector of the universe contains no information that distinguishes it from other state vectors of the same Hilbert space. If the sta

R. F. Sobreiro, A. A. Tomaz, V. J. Vasquez Otoya

Pure gauge theories for de Sitter, anti de Sitter and orthogonal groups, in four-dimensional Euclidean spacetime, are studied. It is shown that, if the theory is asymptotically free and a dynamical mass is generated, then an effective geometry may be induced and a gravity theory emerges.

Ruben Flores-Mendieta, Maria A. Hernandez-Ruiz, Christoph P. Hofmann

The baryon axial vector current is computed at one-loop order in large-N_c baryon chiral perturbation theory, where N_c is the number of colors. Loop graphs with octet and decuplet intermediate states are systematically incorporated into the analysis and the effects of the decuplet-octet mass difference and SU(3) flavor symmetry breaking are accounted for. A

Samuel E. Gralla, Alexandre Le Tiec

For a Kerr black hole perturbed by a particle on the "corotating" circular orbit (angular velocity equal to that of the unperturbed event horizon), the black hole remains in equilibrium in the sense that the perturbed event horizon is a Killing horizon of the helical Killing field. The associated surface gravity is constant over the horizon and should corres

Alejandro Celis, Martin Jung, Xin-Qiang Li, Antonio Pich

We analyze the recent experimental evidence for an excess of $\tau$-lepton production in several exclusive semileptonic $B$-meson decays in the context of two-Higgs-doublet models. These decay modes are sensitive to the exchange of charged scalars and constrain strongly their Yukawa interactions. While the usual Type-II scenario cannot accommodate the recent

Louis Yuanlong Shao

One conjecture in both deep learning and classical connectionist viewpoint is that the biological brain implements certain kinds of deep networks as its back-end. However, to our knowledge, a detailed correspondence has not yet been set up, which is important if we want to bridge between neuroscience and machine learning. Recent researches emphasized the bio

Erdem Koyuncu, Hamid Jafarkhani

We identify a practical vector quantizer design problem where any fixed-length quantizer (FLQ) yields non-zero distortion at any finite rate, while there is a variable-length quantizer (VLQ) that can achieve zero distortion with arbitrarily low rate. The problem arises in a $t \times 1$ multiple-antenna fading channel where we would like to minimize the chan

Ciprian Chelba, Dan Bikel, Maria Shugrina, Patrick Nguyen

Large language models have been proven quite beneficial for a variety of automatic speech recognition tasks in Google. We summarize results on Voice Search and a few YouTube speech transcription tasks to highlight the impact that one can expect from increasing both the amount of training data, and the size of the language model estimated from such data. Depe

Mohsen Ghaffari, Bernhard Haeupler

We present distributed randomized leader election protocols for multi-hop radio networks that elect a leader in almost the same time $T_{BC}$ required for broadcasting a message. For the setting without collision detection, our algorithm runs with high probability in $O(D \log \frac{n}{D} + \log^3 n) \min\{\log\log n,\log \frac{n}{D}\}$ rounds on any $n$-nod

Louis Leblanc, Maha Manoubi, Kadeem Dennis, Zhe

Using the soap bubble technique, we visualize the dynamics of unconfined hydrogen-air flames using high speed schlieren video. We show that for sufficiently weak mixtures, i.e., low flame speeds, buoyancy effects become important. Flame balls of a critical dimension begin to rise. The experiments are found in very good agreement with the scaling laws propose

Blair D. Sullivan

Let S(n) be the integer sequence which is the coefficient of x^{n(n+1)/4} in the expansion of (1+x)(1+x^2), ..., (1+x^n) for positive integers n congruent to 0 or 3 mod 4. We prove a conjecture of Andrica and Tomescu that S(n) is asymptotic to \sqrt{6/\pi} 2^n n^{-3/2} as n approaches infinity.

Maryam Kamvar, Ciprian Chelba

In this paper, we investigate how to optimize the vocabulary for a voice search language model. The metric we optimize over is the out-of-vocabulary (OoV) rate since it is a strong indicator of user experience. In a departure from the usual way of measuring OoV rates, web search logs allow us to compute the per-session OoV rate and thus estimate the percenta

D. V. Ahluwalia, Cheng-Yang Lee

A la Pontecorvo when one defines electroweak flavour states of neutrinos as a linear superposition of mass eigenstates one ignores the associated spin. If, however, there is a significant rotation between the neutrino source, and the detector, a negative helicity state emitted by the former acquires a non-zero probability amplitude to be perceived as a posit

Michael S. Mehlman, Praveen D. Shidling, Richard S. Behling, Benjamin Fenker

The Texas A&M University Penning Trap facility is an upcoming ion trap that will be used to search for possible scalar currents in T=2 superallowed $\beta$-delayed proton decays, which, if found, would be an indication of physics beyond the standard model. In addition, TAMUTRAP will provide a low-energy, point-like source of ions for various other applicatio

M. Shifman

Comments on the results presented at the Conference "Frontiers Beyond the Standard Model," FTPI, Oct. 2012. This summary traces a historical perspective. v2: A reference corrected and a footnote added; v3: a few grammar mistakes and typos corrected, author's address and e mail address added.

Ender Ayanoglu

Conventional cellular wireless networks were designed with the purpose of providing high throughput for the user and high capacity for the service provider, without any provisions of energy efficiency. As a result, these networks have an enormous Carbon footprint. In this note, we describe the sources of the inefficiencies in such networks. First we quantify

P. Lampens, A. Tkachenko, H. Lehmann, J. Debosscher

We used high-quality Kepler photometry and spectroscopic data to investigate the Kepler binary candidate KIC 5988140. Using the spectrum synthesis method, we derived the fundamental parameters Teff, log g, [M/H], and v.sini and the abundances. Frequency analyses of both the photometric and the spectroscopic data were performed, revealing the same two dominan

A. Bazavov, C. Bernard, C. Bouchard, C. DeTar

We present preliminary results for light, strange and charmed pseudoscalar meson physics from simulations using four flavors of dynamical quarks with the highly improved staggered quark (HISQ) action. These simulations include lattice spacings ranging from 0.15 to 0.06 fm, and sea-quark masses both above and at their physical value. The major results are cha

R. A. Konoplya, A. Zhidenko

Usually alternative theories of gravity imply deviations from the well-known Kerr space-time, a model of an isolated black hole in General Relativity. In the dominant order, the deformed Kerr metric, free of closed time-like curves outside the event horizon, has been suggested recently by Johannsen and Psaltis. It has a single deformation parameter which is

Youngser Park, Carey E. Priebe, Abdou Youssef

Given a time series of graphs G(t) = (V, E(t)), t = 1, 2, ..., where the fixed vertex set V represents "actors" and an edge between vertex u and vertex v at time t (uv \in E(t)) represents the existence of a communications event between actors u and v during the tth time period, we wish to detect anomalies and/or change points. We consider a collection of gr

Andreas Windisch, Markus Hopfer, Reinhard Alkofer

The quark-gluon vertex in Landau gauge QCD is investigated in the Dyson-Schwinger approach. The aim is to obtain a fully self-consistent solution of the quark propagator and the quark-gluon vertex Dyson-Schwinger equation (DSE) in the vacuum using the gluon propagator as input from other calculations. The truncation scheme used in an earlier study is systema

Taewan Noh, Sam Davis, Venkat Chandrasekhar

We report evidence of large, nonlocal correlations between two spatially separated normal metals in superconductor/normal-metal (SN) heterostructures, which manifest themselves a nonlocal voltage generated in response to a driving current. Unlike prior experiments in SN heterostructures, the nonlocal correlations are mediated not by a superconductor, but by

A. Salman, M. B. Yucel, A. Siddiki

In this work we investigate in detail, the different regimes of the pioneering work of Chklovskii et al. (1992), which provides an analytical description to model the electrostatics at the edges of a two-dimensional electron gas. We take into account full electrostatics and calculate the charge distribution by solving the 3D Poisson equation self-consistentl

Paul Seymour, Blair D. Sullivan

Say a digraph is k-free if it has no directed cycles of length at most k, for positive integers k. Thomasse conjectured that the number of induced 3-vertex directed paths in a simple 2-free digraph on n vertices is at most (n-1)n(n+1)/15. We present an unpublished result of Bondy proving that there are at most 2n^3/25 such paths, and prove that for the class

Etienne Rajon, Joshua B. Plotkin

In the classic view introduced by R. A. Fisher, a quantitative trait is encoded by many loci with small, additive effects. Recent advances in QTL mapping have begun to elucidate the genetic architectures underlying vast numbers of phenotypes across diverse taxa, producing observations that sometimes contrast with Fisher's blueprint. Despite these considerabl

Fernando G. Gardim, Frederique Grassi, Matthew Luzum, Jean-Yves Ollitrault

In hydrodynamics, the momentum distribution of particles at the end of the evolution is completely determined by initial conditions. We study quantitatively to what extent anisotropic flow is determined by predictors such as the initial eccentricity in a set of realistic simulations, and we also show the importance of nonlinear terms in order to correctly pr

Predrag R. Jelenković, Evangelia D. Skiani

Retransmission-based failure recovery represents a primary approach in existing communication networks that guarantees data delivery in the presence of channel failures. Recent work has shown that, when data sizes have infinite support, retransmissions can cause long (-tailed) delays even if all traffic and network characteristics are light-tailed. In this p

Nana Ofori-Opoku, Vahid Fallah, Michael Greenwood, Shahrzad Esmaeili

We present a new phase field crystal model for structural transformations in multi-component alloys. The formalism builds upon the two-point correlation kernel developed in Greenwood et al. for describing structural transformations in pure materials [Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 045702 (2010)]. We introduce an effective twopoint correlation function for multi-compo

Thomas Salez, Joshua D. McGraw, Sara L. Cormier, Oliver Bäumchen

We report on the numerical implementation of thin film equations that describe the capillary-driven evolution of viscous films, in two-dimensional configurations. After recalling the general forms and features of these equations, we focus on two particular cases inspired by experiments: the leveling of a step at the free surface of a polymer film, and the le

Samuel A. Ballas

In this paper, we demonstrate that the complete hyperbolic structure of various two-bridge knots and links cannot be deformed to an inequivalent strictly convex projective structure. We also prove a complementary result showing that under certain rigidity hypotheses, branched covers of amphicheiral knots admit non-trivial, strictly convex deformations near t

Silvio Lorenzoni, Andrew J. Bunker, Stephen M. Wilkins, Joseph Caruana

The recent Hubble Space Telescope near-infrared imaging with the Wide-Field Camera #3 (WFC3) of the GOODS-South field in the CANDELS program covering nearly 100arcmin^2, along with already existing Advanced Camera for Surveys optical data, makes possible the search for bright galaxy candidates at redshift z ~ 7 - 9 using the Lyman-break technique. We present

Xiaofeng Wang, Matjaz Perc, Yongkui Liu, Xiaojie Chen

In spatial games players typically alter their strategy by imitating the most successful or one randomly selected neighbor. Since a single neighbor is taken as reference, the information stemming from other neighbors is neglected, which begets the consideration of alternative, possibly more realistic approaches. Here we show that strategy changes inspired no

Markus A. Dahlem, Jan Tusch

The cortical magnification matrix M is introduced founded on a notion similar to that of the scalar cortical magnification factor M. Unlike M, this matrix is suitable to describe anisotropy in cortical magnification, which is of particular interest in the highly gyrified human cerebral cortex. The advantage of our tensor method over other surface-based 3D me

Rudolf Gorenflo, Francesco Mainardi

We consider simulation of spatially one-dimensional space-time fractional diffusion. Whereas in an earlier paper of ours we have developed the basic theory of what we call parametric subordination via three-fold splitting applied to continuous time random walk with subsequent passage to the diffusion limit, here we go the opposite way. Via Fourier-Laplace ma

Jason Gaddis

We consider a series of questions that grew out of determining when two quantum planes are isomorphic. In particular, we consider a similar question for quantum matrix algebras and certain ambiskew polynomial rings. Additionally, we modify a result by Alev and Dumas to show that two quantum Weyl algebras are isomorphic if and only if their parameters are equ

Christopher King

Hypercontractivity is proved for products of qubit channels that belong to self-adjoint semigroups. The hypercontractive bound gives necessary and sufficient conditions for a product of the form e^{- t_1 H_1} \ot ... \ot e^{- t_n H_n} to be a contraction from L^p to L^q, where L^p is the algebra of 2^n-dimensional matrices equipped with the normalized Schatt

N. Doiron-Leyraud, S. Lepault, O. Cyr-Choiniere, B. Vignolle

Charge density-wave order has been observed in cuprate superconductors whose crystal structure breaks the square symmetry of the CuO2 planes, such as orthorhombic YBa2Cu3Oy (YBCO), but not so far in cuprates that preserve that symmetry, such as tetragonal HgBa2CuO4+d (Hg1201). We have measured the Hall (R_H), Seebeck (S), and Nernst coefficients of underdope

Yannick M. Bahe, Ian G. McCarthy, Michael L. Balogh, Andreea S. Font

In the local Universe, galaxies in groups and clusters contain less gas and are less likely to be forming stars than their field counterparts. This effect is not limited to the central group/cluster regions, but is shown by recent observations to persist out to several virial radii. To gain insight into the extent and cause of this large-scale environmental

Natasha Cayco Gajic, Eric Shea-Brown

Recent experimental and computational evidence suggests that several dynamical properties may characterize the operating point of functioning neural networks: critical branching, neutral stability, and production of a wide range of firing patterns. We seek the simplest setting in which these properties emerge, clarifying their origin and relationship in rand

M. Atakhorrami, G. H. Koenderink, J. F. Palierne, F. C. MacKintosh

The cytoskeleton of eukaryotic cells provides mechanical support and governs intracellular transport. These functions rely on the complex mechanical properties of networks of semiflexible protein filaments. Recent theoretical interest has focused on mesoscopic properties of such networks and especially on the effect of local, non-affine bending deformations

Marlon Rodney, H. Francis Song, Sung-Sik Lee, Karyn Le Hur

We investigate the scaling of the bipartite entanglement entropy across Lifshitz quantum phase transitions, where the topology of the Fermi surface changes without any changes in symmetry. We present both numerical and analytical results which show that Lifshitz transitions are characterized by a well-defined set of critical exponents for the entanglement en

Linquan Ma, Wenliang Zhang

Let $R$ be a polynomial ring over a field $K$ of arbitrary characteristic and $D$ be the ring of differential operators over $R$. Inspired by Euler formula for homogeneous polynomials, we introduce a class of graded $D$-modules, called Eulerian graded $D$-modules. It is proved that a vast class of $D$-modules, including all composite of local cohomology modu