March 2013 arXiv papers — page 37

David Carpentier, Andrei A. Fedorenko, Edmond Orignac

We study the influence of disorder on the topological transition from a two-dimensional Dirac semi-metal to an insulating state. This transition is described as a continuous merging of two Dirac points leading to a semi-Dirac spectrum at the critical point. The latter is characterized by a dispersion relation linear in one direction and quadratic in the orth

Hans Christianson, Andrew Hassell, John A. Toth

We study the problem of estimating the $L^2$ norm of Laplace eigenfunctions on a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ when restricted to a hypersurface $H$. We prove mass estimates for the restrictions of eigenfunctions $ϕ_h$, $(h^2 Δ- 1)ϕ_h = 0$, to $H$ in the region exterior to the coball bundle of $H$, on $h^δ$-scales ($0\leq δ< 2/3$). We use this estimate to

Ali Ü. C. Hardal, Özgür E. Müstecaplıoglu

We investigate spin squeezing, quantum entanglement and second order coherence in two coupled, driven, dissipative, nonlinear cavities. We compare these quantum statistical properties for the cavities coupled with either single or two-photon exchange. Solving the quantum optical master equation of the system numerically in the steady state, we calculate the

Gaurav Sood, K. Murali Krishnan

We consider the problem of Data Flow Analysis over monotone data flow frameworks with a finite lattice. The problem of computing the Maximum Fixed Point (MFP) solution is shown to be P-complete even when the lattice has just four elements. This shows that the problem is unlikely to be efficiently parallelizable. It is also shown that the problem of computing

Matthew Ames, Guillaume Bagnarosa, Gareth W. Peters

The currency carry trade is the investment strategy that involves selling low interest rate currencies in order to purchase higher interest rate currencies, thus profiting from the interest rate differentials. This is a well known financial puzzle to explain, since assuming foreign exchange risk is uninhibited and the markets have rational risk-neutral inves

Pierre-Loïc Méliot

In this paper, we construct a combinatorial algebra of partial isomorphisms that gives rise to a &#34;projective limit&#34; of the centers of the group algebras C[GL(n,Fq)]. It allows us to prove a GL(n,Fq)-analogue of an old theorem of Farahat and Higman regarding products of conjugacy classes of permutations.

Christian Siebert, Jesper Larsson Träff

We present a simple, work-optimal and synchronization-free solution to the problem of stably merging in parallel two given, ordered arrays of m and n elements into an ordered array of m+n elements. The main contribution is a new, simple, fast and direct algorithm that determines, for any prefix of the stably merged output sequence, the exact prefixes of each

L. Miller, T. J. Turner

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) show excess X-ray emission above 10 keV compared with extrapolation of spectra from lower energies. Risaliti et al. have recently attempted to model the hard X-ray excess in the type 1.8 AGN NGC 1365, concluding that the hard excess most likely arises from Compton-scattered reflection of X-rays from an inner accretion disk close

Paulo Murilo Castro de Oliveira

An evolutionary tree is a cascade of bifurcations starting from a single common root, generating a growing set of daughter species as time goes by. Species here is a general denomination for biological species, spoken languages or any other entity evolving through heredity. From the N currently alive species within a clade, distances are measured through pai

Carlos Hernandez-Monteagudo, Ashley Ross, Antonio Cuesta, Ricardo Genova-Santos

In the context of the study of the Integrated Sachs Wolfe effect (ISW), we construct a template of the projected density distribution up to $z\simeq 0.7$ by using the Luminous Galaxies (LGs) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR8. We use a photo-z catalogue trained with more than a hundred thousand galaxies from BOSS in the SDSS DR8 imaging area. We consider

S. J. Thomson, F. Krüger, A. G. Green

We study the effects of quenched charge disorder on the phase reconstruction near itinerant ferromagnetic quantum critical points in three spatial dimensions. Combining a replica disorder average with a fermionic version of the quantum order-by-disorder mechanism, we show that weak disorder destabilizes the ferromagnetic state and enhances the susceptibility

Bianca Dittrich, Philipp A Hoehn

A canonical formalism and constraint analysis for discrete systems subject to a variational action principle are devised. The formalism is equivalent to the covariant formulation, encompasses global and local discrete time evolution moves and naturally incorporates both constant and evolving phase spaces, the latter of which is necessary for a time varying d

H. Terças, H. Flayac, D. D. Solnyshkov, G. Malpuech

We show that the interplay between the structure anisotropy and the energy splitting between the TE and TM modes of a microcavity leads to the appearance of a gauge field for a propagating polariton condensate. This field is analog with a spin-orbit coupling and the field texture can be tuned by rotating the sample and ranges continuously from a Rashba to a

A. Bassi, D. Duerr, G. Hinrichs

The linearity of quantum mechanics leads, under the assumption that the wave function offers a complete description of reality, to grotesque situations famously known as Schroedinger&#39;s cat. Ways out are either adding elements of reality or replacing the linear evolution by a nonlinear one. Models of spontaneous wave function collapses took the latter pat

M. F. Hasoglu, Sh. A. Abdel-Naby, E. Gatuzz, J. Garcia

X-ray photoabsorption cross sections have been computed for all magnesium ions using the $R$-matrix method. A comparison with the other available data for Mg II-Mg X shows good qualitative agreement in the resultant resonance shapes. However, for the lower ionization stages, and for singly-ionized Mg II in particular, the previous $R$-matrix results (Witthoe

Steffen Härting, Anna Marciniak-Czochra

We explore a mechanism of pattern formation arising in processes described by a system of a single reaction-diffusion equation coupled with ordinary differential equations. Such systems of equations arise from the modeling of interactions between cellular processes and diffusing growth factors. We focused on the model of early carcinogenesis proposed by Marc

Seungwon Baek, P. Ko, Wan-Il Park

Assuming ({\it i}) the seesaw mechanism works for neutrino masses and mixings, ({\it ii}) dark matter is absolutely stable due to unbroken $U(1)_X$ dark gauge symmetry, and ({\it iii}) the singlet fields ($H^\dagger H$ and $N_R$) are portal to the dark sector, we construct a simple model which is consistent with all the cosmological observations as well as t

Iovka Boneva, Radu Ciucanu, Slawek Staworko

We consider unordered XML, where the relative order among siblings is ignored, and propose two simple yet practical schema formalisms: disjunctive multiplicity schemas (DMS), and its restriction, disjunction-free multiplicity schemas (MS). We investigate their computational properties and characterize the complexity of the following static analysis problems:

Antoine Jacquier, Patrick Roome

In this paper we investigate the asymptotics of forward-start options and the forward implied volatility smile in the Heston model as the maturity approaches zero. We prove that the forward smile for out-of-the-money options explodes and compute a closed-form high-order expansion detailing the rate of the explosion. Furthermore the result shows that the squa

Luca Magri, Matthew Juniper

We apply adjoint-based sensitivity analysis to a time-delayed thermo-acoustic system: a Rijke tube containing a hot wire. We calculate how the growth rate and frequency of small oscillations about a base state are affected either by a generic passive control element in the system (the structural sensitivity analysis) or by a generic change to its base state

Mikko Vehkapera, Yoshiyuki Kabashima, Saikat Chatterjee

Reconstruction fidelity of sparse signals contaminated by sparse noise is considered. Statistical mechanics inspired tools are used to show that the l1-norm based convex optimization algorithm exhibits a phase transition between the possibility of perfect and imperfect reconstruction. Conditions characterizing this threshold are derived and the mean square e

Shi Jianhua, Chen Xiaoping

In this paper, the improvement about the generalized Kolmogorov-type three series theorem, in the case of NQD random variables, is obtained by different method. Furthermore, the generalized Kolmogorov-type three series theorem is simplified. From the simplified theorem, related results in Wu (Acta. Math. Sinica. 45(3), 617-624, 2002) and some main results in

Michael Golor, Thomas C. Lang, Stefan Wessel

We investigate chiral graphene nanoribbons using projective quantum Monte Carlo simulations within the local Hubbard model description and study the effects of electron-electron interactions on the electronic and magnetic properties at the ribbon edges. Static and dynamical properties are analyzed for nanoribbons of varying width and edge chirality, and comp

Tatiana Latychevskaia, Hans-Werner Fink

It is generally believed that the resolution in digital holography is limited by the size of the captured holographic record. Here, we present a method to circumvent this limit by self-extrapolating experimental holograms beyond the area that is actually captured. This is done by first padding the surroundings of the hologram and then conducting an iterative

Soumendu Sundar Mukherjee

In this article we derive an approximation inequality for continued radicals, generalizing an inequality of Herschfeld for continued square roots to arbitrary radicals, which is useful in exploring convergence issues and obtaining convergence rates. In fact, we generalize this inequality further to encompass the more general continued power forms. We demonst

Dennis Dreesen, Chris Cave

In the last years, there has been a large amount of research on embeddability properties of finitely generated hyperbolic groups. In this paper, we elaborate on the more general class of locally compact hyperbolic groups. We compute the equivariant $L_p$-compression in a number of locally compact examples, such as the groups $SO(n,1)$: by proving that the eq

Michael Fuchs, Hsien-Kuei Hwang, Vytas Zacharovas

We develop analytic tools for the asymptotics of general trie statistics, which are particularly advantageous for clarifying the asymptotic variance. Many concrete examples are discussed for which new Fourier expansions are given. The tools are also useful for other splitting processes with an underlying binomial distribution. We specially highlight Philippe

Heng-Yu Chen, Annamaria Sinkovics

We generalize the exact field theoretic correspondence proposed in arXiv:1103.5726 and embed it into the context of refined topological string. The correspondence originally proposed from the common integrable structures in different field theories can be recast as a special limit of the refined geometric transition relating open and closed topological strin

Martina Kubitzke, Anda Olteanu

We consider path ideals associated to special classes of posets such as tree posets and cycles. We express their property of being sequentially Cohen-Macaulay in terms of the underlying poset. Moreover, monomial ideals, which arise from the Luce-decomposable model in algebraic statistics, can be viewed as path ideals of certain posets. We study invariants of

Ariel Megevand

In cosmological first-order phase transitions, the microscopic interaction of the phase transition fronts with non-equilibrium plasma particles manifests itself macroscopically as friction forces. In general, it is a nontrivial problem to compute these forces, and only two limits have been studied, namely, that of very slow walls and, more recently, ultra-re

Yu. A. Sitenko, N. D. Vlasii

The Aharonov--Bohm effect is considered as a scattering event with nonrelativistic charged particles of the wavelength which is less than the transverse size of an impenetrable magnetic vortex. The quasiclassical WKB method is shown to be efficient in solving this scattering problem. We find that the scattering cross section consists of two terms, one descri

Nicolas Innocenti, Erik Aurell

High-throughput transcriptomics experiments have reached the stage where the count of the number of reads alignable to a given position can be treated as an almost-continuous signal. This allows to ask questions of biophysical/biotechnical nature, but which may still have biological implications. Here we show that when sequencing RNA fragments from one end,

Ralf Aurich, Sven Lustig

A search for matched circle pairs of similar temperature fluctuations in the final WMAP 9yr data is carried out. Such a signature is expected if the space of the Universe is multiply connected. We investigate the relation between the pixel resolution of cosmic microwave background (CMB) maps and a Gaussian smoothing in order to lower the probability for miss

William H. Meeks, Pablo Mira, Joaquin Perez, Antonio Ros

Given a non-compact, simply connected homogeneous three-manifold $X$ and a sequence $\{Ω_n\}_n$ of isoperimetric domains in $X$ with volumes tending to infinity, we prove that as $n\to \infty $: 1. The radii of the $Ω_n$ tend to infinity. 2. The ratios $\{Area} (\partial Ω_n)/\{Vol}(Ω_n)$ converge to the Cheeger constant Ch$(X)$, which we also prove to be eq

Jacob Bernstein

Inspired by an argument of Ros [15] -- we use the López-Ros deformation to give another proof of the fact -- due to Meeks and Wolf [13] -- that the only smooth, connected, singly-periodic minimal surfaces in $\Real^3$ with the area growth of two planes are the singly-periodic Scherk surfaces.

Martin Reinecke, Dag Sverre Seljebotn

We present libsharp, a code library for spherical harmonic transforms (SHTs), which evolved from the libpsht library, addressing several of its shortcomings, such as adding MPI support for distributed memory systems and SHTs of fields with arbitrary spin, but also supporting new developments in CPU instruction sets like the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) o

Catherine Greenhill, Brendan D McKay

Let J and J* be subsets of Z+ such that 0,1\in J and 0\in J*. For infinitely many n, let k=(k_1,..., k_n) be a vector of nonnegative integers whose sum M is even. We find an asymptotic expression for the number of multigraphs on the vertex set {1,..., n} with degree sequence given by k, such that every loop has multiplicity in J* and every non-loop edge has

Giovanni P. Crespi, Carola Schrage

We study necessary and sufficient conditions to attain solutions of set-optimization problems in therms of variational inequalities of Stampacchia and Minty type. The notion of a solution we deal with has been introduced Heyde and Loehne, for convex set-valued objective functions. To define the set-valued variational inequality, we introduce a set-valued dir

R. C. Venkatesan, A. Plastino

The possibility of reconciliation between canonical probability distributions obtained from the $q$-maximum entropy principle with predictions from the law of large numbers when empirical samples are held to the same constraints, is investigated into. Canonical probability distributions are constrained by both: $(i)$ the additive duality of generalized stati

Shiri Artstein-Avidan, Roman Karasev, Yaron Ostrover

In this note we link symplectic and convex geometry by relating two seemingly different open conjectures: a symplectic isoperimetric-type inequality for convex domains, and Mahler&#39;s conjecture on the volume product of centrally symmetric convex bodies. More precisely, we show that if for convex bodies of fixed volume in the classical phase space the Hofe

Pablo Aguado-Puente, Javier Junquera

We develop a simple model to compute the energy-dependent decay factors of metal-induced gap states in metal/insulator interfaces considering the collective behaviour of all the bulk complex bands in the gap of the insulator. The agreement between the penetration length obtained from the model (considering only bulk properties) and full first-principles simu

Christoph Lange, Colin Rowat, Manfred Kerber

The ForMaRE project applies formal mathematical reasoning to economics. We seek to increase confidence in economics&#39; theoretical results, to aid in discovering new results, and to foster interest in formal methods, i.e. computer-aided reasoning, within economics. To formal methods, we seek to contribute user experience feedback from new audiences, as wel

Christoph Lange, Marco B. Caminati, Manfred Kerber, Till Mossakowski

Novel auction schemes are constantly being designed. Their design has significant consequences for the allocation of goods and the revenues generated. But how to tell whether a new design has the desired properties, such as efficiency, i.e. allocating goods to those bidders who value them most? We say: by formal, machine-checked proofs. We investigated the s

Surabhi Jain, N. Sadagopan

Search pattern experienced by the processor to search an element in secondary storage devices follows a random sequence. Formally, it is a random walk and its modeling is crucial in studying performance metrics like memory access time. In this paper, we first model the random walk using extended Fibonacci series. Our simulation is done on a parallel computin

Ching-Yu Huang, Xie Chen, Feng-Li Lin

Symmetry protected topological (SPT) phases with gapless edge excitations have been shown to exist in principle in strongly interacting bosonic/fermionic systems and it is highly desirable to find practical systems to realize such phases through numerical calculation. A central question to be addressed is how to determine the SPT order in the system given th

Nina Winkler, Michele Governale, Jürgen König

We investigate two schemes for pumping spin adiabatically from a ferromagnet through an interacting quantum dot into a normal lead, which exploit the possibility to vary in time the ferromagnet&#39;s magnetization, either its amplitude or its direction. For this purpose, we extend a diagrammatic real-time technique for pumping to situations in which the lead

Changshou Lin, Juncheng Wei, Lei Zhang

For singular $SU(3)$ Toda systems, we prove that the limit of energy concentration is a finite set. In addition, for fully bubbling solutions we use Pohozaev identity to prove a uniform estimate. Our results extend previous results of Jost-Lin-Wang on regular $SU(3)$ Toda systems.

Milivoje Lukic

Recent results of Denisov and Kaluzhny-Shamis describe the absolutely continuous spectrum of Jacobi matrices with coefficients that obey an l^2 bounded variation condition with step p and are asymptotically periodic. We extend these results to orthogonal polynomials on the unit circle. We also replace the asymptotic periodicity condition by the weaker condit

Akhilesh Nautiyal

We study single field inflation in noncommutative spacetime and compute two-point and three-point correlation functions for the curvature perturbation. We find that both power spectrum and bispectrum for comoving curvature perturbation are statistically anisotropic and the bispectrum is also modified by a phase factor depending upon the noncommutative parame

Toshihiro Hamachi, Wolfgang Krieger

Subshifts with property $(A)$ are constructed from a class of directed graphs. As special cases the Markov-Dyck shifts are shown to have property $(A)$. The semigroups, that are associated to $\mathcal R$-graph shifts with Property (A), are determined. Also results on the reconstruction of $\mathcal R$-graphs from their $\mathcal R$-graph shifts are obtained

J. M. M. Hall, A. C. -P. Hsu, D. B. Leinweber, A. W. Thomas

A matrix Hamiltonian model is developed to address the finite-volume effects appearing in studies of baryon resonances in lattice QCD. The Hamiltonian model includes interaction terms in a transparent way, and can be readily generalized to address multi-channel problems. The eigenvalue equation of the model is exactly solvable, and can be matched onto chiral

Gregory Norcie, Emiliano De Cristofaro, Victoria Bellotti

Online dating is an increasingly thriving business which boasts billion-dollar revenues and attracts users in the tens of millions. Notwithstanding its popularity, online dating is not impervious to worrisome trust and privacy concerns raised by the disclosure of potentially sensitive data as well as the exposure to self-reported (and thus potentially misrep

Antonio De Felice, A. Emir Gumrukcuoglu, Chunshan Lin, Shinji Mukohyama

We investigate nonlinear stability of two classes of cosmological solutions in massive gravity: isotropic Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) solutions and anisotropic FLRW solutions. For this purpose we construct the linear cosmological perturbation theory around axisymmetric Bianchi type--I backgrounds. We then expand the background around the two c

Xiao Li, Anna Scaglione

This paper proposes a fully decentralized adaptive re-weighted state estimation (DARSE) scheme for power systems via network gossiping. The enabling technique is the proposed Gossip-based Gauss-Newton (GGN) algorithm, which allows to harness the computation capability of each area (i.e. a database server that accrues data from local sensors) to collaborative

Oleg A. Tretiakov, K. S. Tikhonov, V. L. Pokrovsky

Spin-orbit interaction in quantum wires leads to a spin resonance at low temperatures, even in the absence of an external dc magnetic field. We study the effect of electron-electron interaction on the resonance. This interaction is strong in quantum wires. We show that the electron-electron interaction changes the shape of the resonance curve and produces an

Louis E. Abramson, Alan Dressler, Michael D. Gladders, Augustus Oemler

Using $J$ and $K_s$ band imaging obtained as part of the IMACS Cluster Building Survey (ICBS) we measure Sérsic indices for 2160 field and cluster galaxies at $0.31 < z < 0.54$. Using both mass- and magnitude-limited samples, we compare the distributions for spectroscopically determined passive, continuously starforming, starburst, and poststarburst systems

Cathy Kriloff, Terry Lay

Generalizing a result of Conway, Sloane, and Wilkes for real reflection groups, we show the Cayley graph of an imprimitive complex reflection group with respect to standard generating reflections has a Hamiltonian cycle. This is consistent with the long-standing conjecture that for every finite group, G, and every set of generators, S, of G the undirected Ca

Zhi-Gang Wang

In this article, we assume that the two quarks have unequal masses and calculate the next-to-leading order contributions to the spectral densities of the mesonic two-point correlation functions of the vector, axialvector, scalar and pseudoscalar currents. We take dimensional regularization to regularize both the ultraviolet and infrared divergences, and use

Fan Zhang, C. L. Kane, E. J. Mele

We demonstrate the existence of topological superconductors (SC) protected by mirror and time reversal (TR) symmetries. D-dimensional (D=1,2,3) crystalline SCs are characterized by 2^(D-1) independent integer topological invariants, which take the form of mirror Berry phases. These invariants determine the distribution of Majorana modes on a mirror symmetric

Dhiraj Kumar Hazra, Arman Shafieloo, Tarun Souradeep

We have improved further the error sensitive Richardson-Lucy deconvolution algorithm making it applicable directly on the un-binned measured angular power spectrum of Cosmic Microwave Background observations to reconstruct the form of the primordial power spectrum. This improvement makes the application of the method significantly more straight forward by re

Ming-Tao Li, Wen-Ling Wang, Yu-Bing Dong, Zong-Ye Zhang

The analytical forms of the interaction potentials between one S-wave and one P-wave heavy mesons as well as the potentials between two P-wave heavy mesons are deduced based on a chiral quark model. Our results explicitly show the attractive property between two heavy mesons. Consequently, a series of possible molecular states are obtained. It is expected th

Emmanuel Tsukerman

We prove general theorems for isoperimetric problems on lattices of the form ${\mathbb{Z}}^{k} \times {\mathbb{N}}^{d}$ which state that the perimeter of the optimal set is a monotonically increasing function of the volume under certain natural assumptions, such as local symmetry or being induced by an $\ell_p$-norm. The proved monotonicity property is surpr

Lianyi He, Xu-Guang Huang, Hui Hu, Xia-Ji Liu

By adopting a $T$-matrix-based method within the $G_0G$ approximation for the pair susceptibility, we study the effects of the pairing fluctuation on the three-dimensional spin-orbit coupled Fermi gases at finite temperature. The critical temperatures of the superfluid/normal phase transition are determined for three different types of spin-orbit coupling (S

P. Das, R. E. Baumbach, E. D. Bauer, K. Huang

We have carried out a careful magnetic neutron scattering study of the heavy fermion compound \URuSi\ to probe the possible existence of a small magnetic moment parallel to tetragonal basal plane in the &#34;hidden-order&#34; phase. This small in-plane component of the magnetic moment on the uranium sites $S_\parallel$ has been postulated by two recent model

W. C. Haxton, B. R. Holstein

The history and phenomenology of hadronic parity nonconservation (PNC) is reviewed. We discuss the current status of the experimental tests and theory. We describe a re-analysis of the asymmetry for polarized proton-proton scattering that, when combined with other experimental constraints and with a recent lattice QCD calculation of the weak pion-nucleon cou

Roseanne M. Cheng, Charles R. Evans

We consider tidal encounters between a white dwarf and an intermediate mass black hole. Both weak encounters and those at the threshold of disruption are modeled. The numerical code combines mesh-based hydrodynamics, a spectral method solution of the self-gravity, and a general relativistic Fermi normal coordinate system that follows the star and debris. Fer

Kishore Jaganathan, Samet Oymak, Babak Hassibi

We consider the problem of recovering signals from their power spectral density. This is a classical problem referred to in literature as the phase retrieval problem, and is of paramount importance in many fields of applied sciences. In general, additional prior information about the signal is required to guarantee unique recovery as the mapping from signals

Christine Berkesch Zamaere, Stephen Griffeth, Steven V Sam

We show that for Jack parameter α= -(k+1)/(r-1), certain Jack polynomials studied by Feigin-Jimbo-Miwa-Mukhin vanish to order r when k+1 of the coordinates coincide. This result was conjectured by Bernevig and Haldane, who proposed that these Jack polynomials are model wavefunctions for fractional quantum Hall states. Special cases of these Jack polynomials

Jinhong Wu, Mostafa El-Khamy, Jungwon Lee, Inyup Kang

We consider bit interleaved coded modulation (BICM) receiver performance improvement based on the concept of generalized mutual information (GMI). Increasing achievable rates of BICM receiver with GMI maximization by proper scaling of the log likelihood ratio (LLR) is investigated. While it has been shown in the literature that look-up table based LLR scalin

Kristina Lerman, Prachi Jain, Rumi Ghosh, Jeon-Hyung Kang

How does one find important or influential people in an online social network? Researchers have proposed a variety of centrality measures to identify individuals that are, for example, often visited by a random walk, infected in an epidemic, or receive many messages from friends. Recent research suggests that a social media users&#39; capacity to respond to

Ethan Cotterill

In this (mostly) survey article, we give a synopsis of a number of results relating to Brill--Noether theory on curves and metric graphs, together with some speculations about the behavior of one-dimensional linear series on a class of metric graphs that admit decompositions as triples of trees rooted on a common vertex set.

Rebecca E. Field, Brant C. Jones

We introduce a truncated addition operation on pairs of N-bit binary numbers that interpolates between ordinary addition mod 2^N and bitwise addition in (Z/2Z)^N. We use truncated addition to analyze hash functions that are built from the bit operations add, rotate, and xor, such as Blake, Skein, and Cubehash. Any ARX algorithm can be approximated by replaci

Ang Yang, Zesong Fei, Chengwen Xing, Ming Xiao

We study multi-user multi-way relay networks where $N$ user nodes exchange their information through a single relay node. We use network coding in the relay to increase the throughput. Due to the limitation of complexity, we only consider the binary multi-user network coding (BMNC) in the relay. We study BMNC matrix (in GF(2)) and propose several design crit

Sourabh Dongaonkar, Chris Deline, Muhammad A. Alam

We analyze the problem of partial shading in monolithically integrated thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) modules, and explore how the shape and size of the shadows dictate their performance and reliability. We focus on the aspects of shading problem unique to monolithic TFPV, arising from thin long rectangular series-connected cells, with partial shadows coverin

Sergey Foss, Stan Zachary

We consider asymptotics for the maximum of a modulated random walk whose increments $ξ_n^{X_n}$ are heavy-tailed. Of particular interest is the case where the modulating process $X$ is regenerative. Here we study also the maximum of the recursion given by $W_0=0$ and, for $n\ge1$, $W_n=\max(0,W_{n-1}+ξ_n^{X_n})$

Xu Chen, Dongning Guo, John Grosspietsch

A nationwide interoperable public safety broadband network is being planned by the United States government. The network will be based on long term evolution (LTE) standards and use recently designated spectrum in the 700 MHz band. The public safety network has different objectives and traffic patterns than commercial wireless networks. In particular, the pu

Saeed Alaei, Azarakhsh Malekian, Aravind Srinivasan

In the context of auctions for digital goods, an interesting random sampling auction has been proposed by Goldberg, Hartline, and Wright [2001]. This auction has been analyzed by Feige, Flaxman, Hartline, and Kleinberg [2005], who have shown that it is 15-competitive in the worst case {which is substantially better than the previously proven constant bounds

Andrei Linde

We describe a simple model of chaotic inflation in supergravity where one can easily tune not only the basic cosmological parameters such as n_{s}, r, and f_NL, but also a possible (subdominant) cosmic string contribution to the CMB anisotropy.

Pinghua Gong, Changshui Zhang, Zhaosong Lu, Jianhua Huang

Non-convex sparsity-inducing penalties have recently received considerable attentions in sparse learning. Recent theoretical investigations have demonstrated their superiority over the convex counterparts in several sparse learning settings. However, solving the non-convex optimization problems associated with non-convex penalties remains a big challenge. A

Ronny Richter, David Hilditch

Well-posedness of the initial (boundary) value problem is an essential property, both of meaningful physical models and of numerical applications. To prove well-posedness of wave-type equations their level of hyperbolicity is an essential ingredient. We develop helpful tools and classify a large class of Hamiltonian versions of Einstein&#39;s equations with

Sergey Foss, Stan Zachary

We study the asymptotics for the maximum on a random time interval of a random walk with a long-tailed distribution of its increments and negative drift. We extend to a general stopping time a result by Asmussen (1998), simplify its proof, and give some converses.

Pedro A. Ortega, Daniel A. Braun

Recently, it has been shown how sampling actions from the predictive distribution over the optimal action-sometimes called Thompson sampling-can be applied to solve sequential adaptive control problems, when the optimal policy is known for each possible environment. The predictive distribution can then be constructed by a Bayesian superposition of the optima

Yuri S. Djikaev, Eli Ruckenstein

We present a probabilistic approach to water-water hydrogen bonding that allows one to obtain an analytic expression for the number of bonds per water molecule as a function of both its distance to a hydrophobic particle and hydrophobe radius. This approach can be used in the density functional theory (DFT) and computer simulations to examine particle size e

Lewis Bowen, Amos Nevo

We present a general new method for constructing pointwise ergodic sequences on countable groups, which is applicable to amenable as well as to non-amenable groups and treats both cases on an equal footing. The principle underlying the method is that both cases can be viewed as instances of the general ergodic theory of amenable equivalence relations.

J. -G. Caputo, M. P. Soerensen

We consider radial sine-Gordon kinks in two, three and higher dimensions. A full two dimensional simulation showing that azimuthal perturbations remain small allows to reduce the problem to the one dimensional radial sine-Gordon equation. We solve this equation on an interval $[r_0,r_1]$ and absorb all outgoing radiation. Before collision the kink is well de

J. Sampaio, L. O&#39;Brien, D. Petit, D. E. Read

The magnetostatic interaction between magnetic domain walls (DWs) in adjacent nanotracks has been shown to produce strong inter-DW coupling and mutual pinning. In this paper, we have used electrical measurements of adjacent spin-valve nanotracks to follow the positions of interacting DWs. We show that the magnetostatic interaction between DWs causes not only

Serge Randriambololona

We show that an analogue of the Hilbert&#39;s Thirteenth Problem fails in the real subanalytic setting.Namely we prove that, for any integer $n$, the o-minimal structure generated by restricted analytic functions in $n$ variables is strictly smaller than the structure of all global subanalytic sets, whereas these two structures define the same subsets in $\m

M. P. Allan, F. Massee, D. K. Morr, J. van Dyke

The Cooper pairing mechanism of heavy-fermion superconductors, while long hypothesized as due to spin fluctuations, has not been determined. It is the momentum space (k-space) structure of the superconducting energy gap delta(k) that encodes specifics of this pairing mechanism. However, because the energy scales are so low, it has not been possible to direct

Marcela Carena, Stefania Gori, Nausheen R. Shah, Carlos E. M. Wagner

The ATLAS and CMS experiments have recently announced the discovery of a Higgs-like resonance with mass close to 125 GeV. Overall, the data is consistent with a Standard Model (SM)-like Higgs boson. Such a particle may arise in the minimal supersymmetric extension of the SM with average stop masses of the order of the TeV scale and a sizable stop mixing para

Felix Hofmann, Jivtesh Garg, Alexei A Maznev, Adam Jandl

We have measured the lifetimes of two zone-center longitudinal acoustic phonon modes, at 320 GHz and 640 GHz respectively, in a 14 nm GaAs / 2 nm AlAs superlattice structure. By comparing measurements at 296 K and 79 K we separate the intrinsic contribution to phonon lifetime determined by phonon-phonon scattering from the extrinsic contribution due to defec

Alain Barrat, Bastien Fernandez, Kevin K Lin, Lai-Sang Young

We propose a procedure to generate dynamical networks with bursty, possibly repetitive and correlated temporal behaviors. Regarding any weighted directed graph as being composed of the accumulation of paths between its nodes, our construction uses random walks of variable length to produce time-extended structures with adjustable features. The procedure is f

Serge Randriambololona

This article presents two constructions motivated by a conjecture of L. van den Dries and C. Miller concerning the restricted analytic field with exponentiation. The first construction provides an example of two o-minimal expansions of a real closed field that possess the same field of germs at infinity of one-variable functions and yet define different glob

Hai-Yang Cheng, Chun-Khiang Chua, Kwei-Chou Yang, Zhi-Qing Zhang

Hadronic charmless B decays to scalar mesons are studied within the framework of QCD factorization (QCDF). Considering two different scenarios for scalar mesons above 1 GeV, we find that the data favor the scenario in which the scalars $a_0(1450)$ and $K_0^*(1430)$ are the lowest lying $q\bar q$ bound states. This in turn implies a preferred four-quark natur

Julian McAuley, Jure Leskovec

Recommending products to consumers means not only understanding their tastes, but also understanding their level of experience. For example, it would be a mistake to recommend the iconic film Seven Samurai simply because a user enjoys other action movies; rather, we might conclude that they will eventually enjoy it -- once they are ready. The same is true fo

Andrea Velenich, Jeff Gore

Genetic interactions pervade every aspect of biology, from evolutionary theory where they determine the accessibility of evolutionary paths, to medicine where they contribute to complex genetic diseases. Until very recently, studies on epistatic interactions have been based on a handful of mutations, providing at best anecdotal evidence about the frequency a

L. A. M. Tasca, O. Le Fevre, C. Lopez-Sanjuan, P. -W. Wang

The mass assembly of galaxies can proceed through different physical processes. Here we report on the spectroscopic identification of close physical pairs of galaxies at redshifts 2 <z < 4 and discuss the impact of major mergers in shaping galaxies at these early cosmological times. We aim to identify and characterize close physical pairs of galaxies destine

T. R. Hunter, R. W. Wilson, R. Kimberk, P. S. Leiker

We describe the design and performance of the digital servo and motion control system for the 6-meter diameter parabolic antennas of the Submillimeter Array (SMA) on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The system is divided into three nested layers operating at a different, appropriate bandwidth. (1) A rack-mounted, real-time Unix system runs the position loop which reads th

Ariel G. Sanchez, Eyal A. Kazin, Florian Beutler, Chia-Hsun Chuang

We explore the cosmological implications of the clustering wedges, xi_perp(s) and xi_para(s), of the CMASS Data Release 9 (DR9) sample of the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS). These clustering wedges are defined by averaging the full two-dimensional correlation function, xi(mu,s), over the ranges 0<mu<0.5 and 0.5<mu<1, respectively. These measu

F. Bezrukov, D. Gorbunov

We update the allowed parameter space of the simple chaotic inflationary model with quartic potential and light inflaton [Bezrukov,Gorbunov&#39;2009] taking into account recent results from cosmology (CMB observations from SPT, ACT and WMAP) and from particle physics (LHC hints of the SM Higgs boson). The non-minimal (yet small) coupling to gravity of the in

Nicholas J. McConnell, Shi-Fan S. Chen, Chung-Pei Ma, Jenny E. Greene

We have tested the effect of spatial gradients in stellar mass-to-light ratio (Y) on measurements of black hole masses (MBH) derived from stellar orbit superposition models. Such models construct a static gravitational potential for a galaxy and its central black hole, but typically assume spatially uniform Y. We have modeled three giant elliptical galaxies