March 2013 arXiv papers — page 9

Anton Kapustin

We formulate physically-motivated axioms for a physical theory which for systems with a finite number of degrees of freedom uniquely lead to Quantum Mechanics as the only nontrivial consistent theory. Complex numbers and the existence of the Planck constant common to all systems arise naturally in this approach. The axioms are divided into two groups coverin

Sebastiano Peotta, Massimiliano Di Ventra

Using Time-Dependent Density Matrix Renormalization Group (TDMRG) we study the collision of one-dimensional atomic clouds confined in a harmonic trap and evolving with the Lieb-Liniger Hamiltonian. It is observed that the motion is essentially periodic with the clouds bouncing elastically, at least on the time scale of the first few oscillations that can be

Cristiano Bocci, Luca Chiantini, Giorgio Ottaviani

We prove that the general tensor of size 2^n and rank k has a unique decomposition as the sum of decomposable tensors if k<= 0.9997 (2^n)/(n+1) (the constant 1 being the optimal value). Similarly, the general tensor of size 3^n and rank k has a unique decomposition as the sum of decomposable tensors if k<= 0.998 (3^n)/(2n+1) (the constant 1 being the optimal

Luca Chiantini, Massimiliano Mella, Giorgio Ottaviani

The identifiability of parameters in a probabilistic model is a crucial notion in statistical inference. We prove that a general tensor of rank 8 in C^3\otimes C^6\otimes C^6 has at least 6 decompositions as sum of simple tensors, so it is not 8-identifiable. This is the highest known example of balanced tensors of dimension 3, which are not k-identifiable,

A. Vellender, G. Mishuris, A. Piccolroaz

We analyse a problem of anti-plane shear in a bi-material plane containing a semi-infinite crack situated on a soft imperfect interface. The plane also contains a small thin inclusion (for instance an ellipse with high eccentricity) whose influence on the propagation of the main crack we investigate. An important element of our approach is the derivation of

Marco Drewes

Neutrinos are the only particles in the Standard Model of particle physics that have only been observed with left handed chirality to date. If right handed neutrinos exist, they could be responsible for several phenomena that have no explanation within the Standard Model, including neutrino oscillations, the baryon asymmetry of the universe, dark matter and

James Drummond, Claude Duhr, Burkhard Eden, Paul Heslop

The three-loop four-point function of stress-tensor multiplets in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory contains two so far unknown, off-shell, conformal integrals, in addition to the known, ladder-type integrals. In this paper we evaluate the unknown integrals, thus obtaining the three-loop correlation function analytically. The integrals have the generic structure o

Cristina Bazgan, Morgan Chopin, André Nichterlein, Florian Sikora

In this paper, we consider the problem of maximizing the spread of influence through a social network. Given a graph with a threshold value~$thr(v)$ attached to each vertex~$v$, the spread of influence is modeled as follows: A vertex~$v$ becomes &#34;active&#34; (influenced) if at least $thr(v)$ of its neighbors are active. In the corresponding optimization

Yun Li, Giovanni I. Martone, Lev P. Pitaevskii, Sandro Stringari

Using Bogoliubov theory we calculate the excitation spectrum of a spinor Bose-Einstein condensed gas with equal Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling in the stripe phase. The emergence of a double gapless band structure is pointed out as a key signature of Bose-Einstein condensation and of the spontaneous breaking of translational invariance symmetry. I

Junhua Zhang, Joerg Schmalian, Tianqi Li, Jigang Wang

Ultrafast optical pump-probe spectroscopy measurement on monolayer graphene observes significant optical nonlinearities. We show that strongly photoexcited graphene monolayers with 35 fs pulses quasi-instantaneously build up a broadband, inverted Dirac fermion population. Optical gain emerges and directly manifests itself via a negative conductivity at the n

T. M. Aliev, K. Azizi, M. Savci

The $γ^\ast Λ\to Σ^0$ transition form factors are investigated within the light--cone QCD sum rules method. Using the most general form of the interpolating current of $Σ^0$ baryon and the distribution amplitudes of $Λ$ baryon we calculate the $Q^2$ dependence of the electromagnetic form factors. Our result are compared with the predictions of the covariant

Ilias Amrani

In this paper, we give a concrete description of the higher homotopy groups (n>0) of the mapping space Map_{Alg}(R,S) for R and S unbounded differential graded algebras (DGA) over a commutative ring k. In the connective case, we describe the relation between the higher (negative) Hochschild cohomology $HH^{-n+1}(R,S)$ and higher homotopy groups $π_{n} Map_{A

Sean Ledger

We prove that the weak version of the SPDE problem \begin{align*} dV_{t}(x) & = [-μV_{t}&#39;(x) + \frac{1}{2} (σ_{M}^{2} + σ_{I}^{2})V_{t}&#34;(x)]dt - σ_{M} V_{t}&#39;(x)dW^{M}_{t}, \quad x > 0, \\ V_{t}(0) &= 0 \end{align*} with a specified bounded initial density, $V_{0}$, and $W$ a standard Brownian motion, has a unique solution in the class of finite-m

Laura Baudis, Hrvoje Dujmovic, Christopher Geis, Andreas James

The response of liquid xenon to low-energy electronic recoils is relevant in the search for dark-matter candidates which interact predominantly with atomic electrons in the medium, such as axions or axion-like particles, as opposed to weakly interacting massive particles which are predicted to scatter with atomic nuclei. Recently, liquid-xenon scintillation

Romain Abraham, Jean-Francois Delmas

Representation of coalescent process using pruning of trees has been used by Goldschmidt and Martin for the Bolthausen-Sznitman coalescent and by Abraham and Delmas for the $β(3/2,1/2)$-coalescent. By considering a pruning procedure on stable Galton-Watson tree with $n$ labeled leaves, we give a representation of the discrete $β(1+α,1-α)$-coalescent, with $α

C. Wetterich

We discuss a cosmological model where the universe shrinks rather than expands during the radiation and matter dominated periods. Instead, the Planck mass and all particle masses grow exponentially, with the size of atoms shrinking correspondingly. Only dimensionless ratios as the distance between galaxies divided by the atom radius are observable. Then the

Alexander Enzenhöfer

The proposed large scale Cherenkov neutrino telescope KM3NeT will carry photo-sensors on flexible structures, the detection units. The Mediterranean Sea, where KM3NeT will be installed, constitutes a highly dynamic environment in which the detection units are constantly in motion. Thus it is necessary to monitor the exact sensor positions continuously to ach

Robin Stephenson

We show that the genealogy of any self-similar fragmentation process can be encoded in a compact measured real tree. Under some Malthusian hypotheses, we compute the fractal Hausdorff dimension of this tree through the use of a natural measure on the set of its leaves. This generalizes previous work of Haas and Miermont which was restricted to conservative f

Bradley J. Kavanagh, Anne M. Green

Determining the dark matter (DM) mass is of paramount importance for understanding dark matter. We present a novel parametrization of the DM speed distribution which will allow the DM mass to be accurately measured using data from Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) direct detection experiments. Specifically, we parametrize the natural logarithm of th

Bang Ye Wu, Li-Hsuan Chen

In the {\sc Min-Sum 2-Clustering} problem, we are given a graph and a parameter $k$, and the goal is to determine if there exists a 2-partition of the vertex set such that the total conflict number is at most $k$, where the conflict number of a vertex is the number of its non-neighbors in the same cluster and neighbors in the different cluster. The problem i

L. Britnell, R. V. Gorbachev, A. K. Geim, L. A. Ponomarenko

The chemical stability of graphene and other free-standing two-dimensional crystals means that they can be stacked in different combinations to produce a new class of functional materials, designed for specific device applications. Here we report resonant tunnelling of Dirac fermions through a boron nitride barrier, a few atomic layers thick, sandwiched betw

Saskia Grunau, Bhavesh Khamesra

In this article we study the geodesic motion of test particles and light in the five-dimensional (rotating) black string spacetime. If a compact dimension is added to the four-dimensional Schwarzschild or Kerr spacetime, the new five-dimensional metric describes a (rotating) black string. The geodesics in the Schwarzschild and Kerr spacetime have been studie

I. Kokanović, D. J. Hills, M. L. Sutherland, R. Liang

The magnetization of three high-quality single crystals of YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{6+x}$, from slightly overdoped to heavily underdoped,has been measured using torque magnetometry. Striking effects in the angular dependence of the torque for the two underdoped crystals, a few degrees above the superconducting transition temperature ($T_c$) are described well by

R. Faccini, L. Maiani, F. Piccinini, A. Pilloni

New BES and Belle data show a peak in the Y(4260) decay into J/psi plus one charged pion. We point out that the peak might correspond to a charged resonance at about 3880 MeV predicted time ago within a tetraquark model. The same tetraquark model predicts another peak at about 100 MeV below the observed one. We discuss the possibility of having it in present

Jochen Fiedler

We show that the even- resp. odd-dimensional Schoenberg coefficients in Gegenbauer expansions of isotropic positive definite functions on the d-sphere can be expressed as linear combinations of Fourier resp. Legendre coefficients, and we give closed form expressions for the coefficients involved in these expansions.

Jacob Bernstein, Thomas Mettler

In this note, we complete the classification of the geometry of non-compact two-dimensional gradient Ricci solitons. As a consequence, we obtain two corollaries: First, a complete two-dimensional gradient Ricci soliton has bounded curvature. Second, we give examples of complete two-dimensional expanding Ricci solitons with negative curvature that are topolog

Van Sérgio Alves, B. Charneski, M. Gomes, Leonardo Nascimento

In this work the generation of generalized Chern-Simons terms in three dimensional quantum electrodynamics with high spatial derivatives is studied. We analyze the self-energy corrections to the gauge field propagator by considering an expansion of the amplitude up to third order in the external momenta. The divergences of the corrections are determined and

R. Hänninen

We investigate a single vortex reconnection event in superfluid helium at finite temperatures using the vortex filament model. The reconnection induces Kelvin waves which strongly increase energy dissipation. We evaluate the mutual friction dissipation from the reconnection and show that the dissipation power has universal form, which is seen by scaling both

Anton Deitmar, Ming-Hsuan Kang

The higher rank Lefschetz formula for p-adic groups is used to prove rationality of a several-variable zeta function attached to the action of a p-adic group on its Bruhat-Tits building. By specializing to certain lines one gets one-variable zeta functions, which then can be related to geometrically defined zeta functions

Anton Deitmar, Ming-Hsuan Kang

The analogue of the Bruhat-Tits building of a p-adic group in F1-geometry is a single apartment. In this setting, the trace formula gives rise to a several variable zeta function analogously to the p-adic case. The analogy carries on to the fact that the restriction to certain lines yield zeta functions which are defined in geometrical terms. Also, the class

Andrés Sambarino

Given a convex representation $ρ:Γ\to\textrm{PGL}(d,\mathbb{R})$ of a convex co-compact group $Γ$ of $\mathbb{H}^k$ we find upper bounds for the quantity $αh_ρ,$ where $h_ρ$ is the entropy of $ρ$ and $α$ is the Hölder exponent of the equivariant map $\partialΓ\to\mathbb{P}(\mathbb{R}^d).$ We also give rigidity statements when the upper bound is attained. We

Dian-Yong Chen, Xiang Liu, Takayuki Matsuki

We propose the initial single chiral particle emission mechanism, with which the hidden-charm di-kaon decays of higher charmonia and charmonium-like states are studied. Calculating the distributions of differential decay width, we obtain the line shape of the $J/ψK^+$ invariant mass spectrum of $ψ_i\to J/ψK^+K^-$, where $ψ_i=ψ(4415), Y(4660)$, and $ψ(4790)$.

Sébastien Court

In this second part we prove that the full nonlinear fluid-solid system introduced in Part I is stabilizable by deformations of the solid that have to satisfy nonlinear constraints. Some of these constraints are physical and guarantee the self-propelled nature of the solid. The proof is based on the boundary feedback stabilization of the linearized system. F

Dan Geiger, David Heckerman

We examine three probabilistic formulations of the sentence a and b are totally unrelated with respect to a given set of variables U. First, two variables a and b are totally independent if they are independent given any value of any subset of the variables in U. Second, two variables are totally uncoupled if U can be partitioned into two marginally independ

Sébastien Court

This paper is the first part of a work which consists in proving the stabilization to zero of a fluid-solid system, in dimension 2 and 3. The considered system couples a deformable solid and a viscous incompressible fluid which satisfies the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. By deforming itself, the solid can interact with the environing fluid and then

David Heckerman, Eric J. Horvitz

In this paper, we extend the QMRDT probabilistic model for the domain of internal medicine to include decisions about treatments. In addition, we describe how we can use the comprehensive decision model to construct a simpler decision model for a specific patient. In so doing, we transform the task of problem formulation to that of narrowing of a larger prob

David Heckerman

A similarity network is a tool for constructing belief networks for the diagnosis of a single fault. In this paper, we examine modifications to the similarity-network representation that facilitate the construction of belief networks for the diagnosis of multiple coexisting faults.

Thomas R. Shultz

An experiment replicated and extended recent findings on psychologically realistic ways of modeling propagation of uncertainty in rule based reasoning. Within a single production rule, the antecedent evidence can be summarized by taking the maximum of disjunctively connected antecedents and the minimum of conjunctively connected antecedents. The maximum cert

Anders Bolund, Klaus Mølmer

We study the dynamics of an atomic two-level system decaying by spontaneous emission of light. Subject to continuous detection of the radiated field, the system tends with certainty to the ground state in the long time limit, but at initial times the excited state population exhibits non-trivial stochastic behavior. Employing methods from Ito calculus, we ch

Steven Hergt, Abhay Shah, Gerhard Schäfer

The orbital motion is derived for a non-spinning test-mass in the relativistic, gravitational field of a rotationally deformed body not restricted to the equatorial plane or spherical orbit. The gravitational field of the central body is represented by the Kerr metric, expanded to second post-Newtonian order including the linear and quadratic spin terms. The

Jiro Matsumoto

The quasi-static solutions of the matter density perturbation in $F(R)$ gravity models have been investigated in numerous papers. However, the oscillating solutions in $F(R)$ gravity models have not been investigated enough so far. In this paper, the oscillating solutions are also examined by using appropriate approximations. And the behaviors of the matter

P. Burger, F. Hardy, D. Aoki, A. E. Böhmer

KFe2As2 single crystals are studied using specific-heat, high-resolution thermal-expansion, magnetization, and magnetostriction measurements. The magnetization and magnetostriction data provide clear evidence for strong Pauli limiting effects for magnetic fields parallel to the FeAs planes, suggesting that KFe2As2 may be a good candidate to search for the Fu

Patrick Dillmann, Georg Maret, Peter Keim

The Kibble-Zurek mechanism describes the formation of topological defects during spontaneous symmetry breaking for quite different systems. Shortly after the big bang, the isotropy of the Higgs-field is broken during the expansion and cooling of the universe. Kibble proposed the formation of monopoles, strings, and membranes in the Higgs field since the phas

Terry R. McConnell

We revisit the pseudo-random sequence introduced by Ehrenfeucht and Mycielski and its connections with DeBruijn strings.

C. Alexandrou, M. Constantinou, V. Drach, K. Hatziyiannakou

A review of recent nucleon structure calculations within lattice QCD is presented. The nucleon excited states, the axial charge, the isovector momentum fraction and helicity distribution are discussed, assessing the methods applied for their study, including approaches to evaluate the disconnected contributions. Results on the spin carried by the quarks in t

C. Morningstar, J. Bulava, B. Fahy, J. Foley

Multi-hadron operators are crucial for reliably extracting the masses of excited states lying above multi-hadron thresholds in lattice QCD Monte Carlo calculations. The construction of multi-hadron operators with significant coupling to the lowest-lying multi-hadron states of interest involves combining single hadron operators of various momenta. The design

Alexander Alldridge, Sebastian Schmittner

The classical Cartan-Helgason theorem characterises finite-dimensional spherical representations of reductive Lie groups in terms of their highest weights. We generalise the theorem to the case of a reductive symmetric supergroup pair $(G,K)$ of even type. Along the way, we compute the Harish-Chandra $c$-function of the symmetric superspace $G/K$. By way of

Hunpyo Lee, Yu-Zhong Zhang, Hoonkyung Lee, Yongkyung Kwon

We propose that a combination of the semiclassical approximation with Monte Carlo simulations can be an efficient and reliable impurity solver for dynamical mean field theory equations and their cluster extensions with large cluster sizes. In order to show the reliability of the method, we consider two test cases: (i) the single-band Hubbard model within the

Sylvain D. Brechet, Jean-Philippe Ansermet

The thermodynamics of an electrically charged, multicomponent fluid with spontaneous electric dipoles and magnetic moments is analysed in the presence of electromagnetic fields. Taking into account the chemical composition of the current densities and stress tensors leads to three types of dissipation terms: scalars, vectors and pseudo-vectors. The scalar te

Dan Ciubotaru, Xuhua He

We provide a direct connection between Springer theory, via Green polynomials, the irreducible representations of the pin cover $\wti W$, a certain double cover of the Weyl group $W$, and an extended Dirac operator for graded Hecke algebras. Our approach leads to a new and uniform construction of the irreducible genuine $\wti W$-characters. In the process, w

Marc Hellmuth, Wilfried Imrich, Tomas Kupka

This paper is concerned with the recognition of approximate graph products with respect to the Cartesian product. Most graphs are prime, although they can have a rich product-like structure. The proposed algorithms are based on a local approach that covers a graph by small subgraphs, so-called partial star products, and then utilizes this information to deri

Gabe Cunningham, Maria del Rio Francos, Isabel Hubard, Micael Toledo

A $k$-orbit maniplex is one that has $k$ orbits of flags under the action of its automorphism group. In this paper we extend the notion of symmetry type graphs of maps to that of maniplexes and polytopes and make use of them to study $k$-orbit maniplexes, as well as fully-transitive 3-maniplexes. In particular, we show that there are no fully-transtive $k$-o

T. M. Aliev, K. Azizi, M. Savci

The electromagnetic form factors of octet baryons are estimated within light cone QCD sum rules method, using the most general form of the interpolating current for baryons. A comparison of our predictions on the magnetic dipole and electric form factors with the results of other approaches is performed.

Youzhou Zhou

This paper considers the limiting distribution of $π_{λ,θ}$, the stationary distribution of the infinitely-many-alleles diffusion with symmetric overdominance \cite{MR1626158}. In \cite{MR2519357} the large deviation principle for $π_{λ,θ}$ indicates that there are countably many phase transitions for the limiting distribution of $π_{λ,θ}$, and the critical

Tomasz M. Tyranowski, Mathieu Desbrun

Moving mesh methods (also called r-adaptive methods) are space-adaptive strategies used for the numerical simulation of time-dependent partial differential equations. These methods keep the total number of mesh points fixed during the simulation, but redistribute them over time to follow the areas where a higher mesh point density is required. There are a ve

Nicolae Radu Zabet, Boris Adryan

Transcription factor (TF) molecules translocate by facilitated diffusion (a combination of 3D diffusion around and 1D random walk on the DNA). Despite the attention this mechanism received in the last 40 years, only a few studies investigated the influence of the cellular environment on the facilitated diffusion mechanism and, in particular, the influence of

Alessandra Cipriani

In this notice we would like to study the fractal structure of the set of high points for the membrane model in the critical dimension d=4. We are able to compute the Hausdorff dimension of the set of points which are atypically high, and also that of clusters, showing that high points tend not to be evenly spread on the lattice. We will see that these resul

J. Armaitis, H. T. C. Stoof, R. A. Duine

We construct the hydrodynamic theory for spin 1/2 Bose gases at arbitrary temperatures. This theory describes the coupling between the magnetization, and the normal and superfluid components of the gas. In particular, our theory contains the geometric forces on the particles that arise from their spin&#39;s adiabatic following of the magnetization texture. T

Ferdinando Cicalese, Gennaro Cordasco, Luisa Gargano, M. Milanic

Motivated by applications in sociology, economy and medicine, we study variants of the Target Set Selection problem, first proposed by Kempe, Kleinberg and Tardos. In our scenario one is given a graph $G=(V,E)$, integer values $t(v)$ for each vertex $v$ (\emph{thresholds}), and the objective is to determine a small set of vertices (\emph{target set}) that ac

Søren Knudby

In order to investigate the relationship between weak amenability and the Haagerup property for groups, we introduce the weak Haagerup property, and we prove that having this approximation property is equivalent to the existence of a semigroup of Herz-Schur multipliers generated by a proper function. It is then shown that a (not necessarily proper) generator

Joost H. Weijs, Bruno Andreotti, Jacco H. Snoeijer

The capillary forces exerted by liquid drops and bubbles on a soft solid are directly measured using molecular dynamics simulations. The force on the solid by the liquid near the contact line is not oriented along the liquid vapor interface nor perpendicular to the solid surface, as usually assumed, but points towards the liquid. It is shown that the elastic

Sylvain Carrozza, Daniele Oriti, Vincent Rivasseau

We address in this paper the issue of renormalizability for SU(2) Tensorial Group Field Theories (TGFT) with geometric Boulatov-type conditions in three dimensions. We prove that tensorial interactions up to degree 6 are just renormalizable without any anomaly. Our new models define the renormalizable TGFT version of the Boulatov model and provide therefore

Daniela Kraus, Oliver Roth

We consider the classical problem of maximizing the derivative at a fixed point over the set of all bounded analytic functions in the unit disk with prescribed critical points. We show that the extremal function is essentially unique and always an indestructible Blaschke product. This result extends the Nehari--Schwarz Lemma and leads to a new class of Blasc

Martin Šmíd

In the paper, a statistical procedure for estimating the parameters of zero intelligence models by means of tick-by-tick quote (L1) data is proposed. A large class of existing zero intelligence models is reviewed. It is shown that all those models fail to describe the actual behavior of limit order books close to the ask price. A generalized model, accommoda

Matthew W. Hoffman, Bobak Shahriari, Nando de Freitas

We address the problem of finding the maximizer of a nonlinear smooth function, that can only be evaluated point-wise, subject to constraints on the number of permitted function evaluations. This problem is also known as fixed-budget best arm identification in the multi-armed bandit literature. We introduce a Bayesian approach for this problem and show that

Chao Liu, Zhao-ming Gan, Fu-guo Xie

We perform two dimensional hydrodynamic numerical simulations to study the positive active galactic nucleus feedback which triggers, rather than suppresses, star formation. Recently, it was shown by Nayakshin et al. and Ishibashi et al. that star formation occurs when the cold interstellar medium is squeezed by the impact of mass outflow or radiation pressur

Paul Kabaila, Dilshani Tissera

Consider a linear regression model with n-dimensional response vector, p-dimensional regression parameter beta and independent normally distributed errors. Suppose that the parameter of interest is theta = a^T beta where a is a specified vector. Define the s-dimensional parameter vector tau=C^T beta-t where C and t are specified. Also suppose that we have un

Michael Bishof, Xibo Zhang, Michael J. Martin, Jun Ye

Interactions between atoms and lasers provide the potential for unprecedented control of quantum states. Fulfilling this potential requires detailed knowledge of frequency noise in optical oscillators with state-of-the-art stability. We demonstrate a technique that precisely measures the noise spectrum of an ultrastable laser using optical lattice-trapped $^

Weidong Tang, Sixia Yu, C. H. Oh

Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) paradox provides an all-versus-nothing test for the quantum nonlocality. In all the GHZ paradoxes known so far each observer is allowed to measure only two alternative observables. Here we shall present a general construction for GHZ paradoxes in which each observer measuring more than two observables given that the system i

Vladimir I. shCherbak, Maxim A. Makukov

It has been repeatedly proposed to expand the scope for SETI, and one of the suggested alternatives to radio is the biological media. Genomic DNA is already used on Earth to store non-biological information. Though smaller in capacity, but stronger in noise immunity is the genetic code. The code is a flexible mapping between codons and amino acids, and this

Elisenda Feliu, Carsten Wiuf

Mathematical models are increasingly being used to understand complex biochemical systems, to analyze experimental data and make predictions about unobserved quantities. However, we rarely know how robust our conclusions are with respect to the choice and uncertainties of the model. Using algebraic techniques we study systematically the effects of intermedia

Haixiao Deng, Meng Zhang, Duan Gu, Bo Liu

Dalian Coherent Light Source will use a 300MeV LINAC to produce fully coherent photon pulses in the wavelength range between 150-50nm by high gain harmonic generation free electron laser (FEL) scheme. To generate stable FEL pulses, stringent tolerance budget is required for the LINAC output parameters, such as the mean beam energy stability, electron bunch a

Yu-Feng Li, Jun Cao, Yifang Wang, Liang Zhan

Determination of the neutrino mass hierarchy in a reactor neutrino experiment at medium baseline is discussed. Observation of the interference effects between the Δm^2_{31} and Δm^2_{32} oscillations enables a relative measurement independent of the knowledge of the absolute mass-squared difference. With a 20 kton liquid scintillator detector of 3%/\sqrt{E(M

David M. Toyli, Charles F. de las Casas, David J. Christle, Viatcheslav V. Dobrovitski

We demonstrate fluorescence thermometry techniques with sensitivities approaching 10 mK Hz^(-1/2) based on the spin-dependent photoluminescence of nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond. These techniques use dynamical decoupling protocols to convert thermally induced shifts in the NV center&#39;s spin resonance frequencies into large changes in its fluores

Jin-Yi Cai, Aaron Gorenstein

We study a collection of concepts and theorems that laid the foundation of matchgate computation. This includes the signature theory of planar matchgates, and the parallel theory of characters of not necessarily planar matchgates. Our aim is to present a unified and, whenever possible, simplified account of this challenging theory. Our results include: (1) A

David S. Berman, Chris D. A. Blair, Emanuel Malek, Malcolm J. Perry

We construct an action for double field theory using a metric connection that is compatible with both the generalised metric and the O_{D,D} structure. The connection is simultaneously torsionful and flat. Using this connection one may construct a proper covariant derivative for double field theory. We then write the doubled action in terms of the generalise

M. Zemcov, A. Blain, A. Cooray, M. Bethermin

We have observed four massive galaxy clusters with the SPIRE instrument on the Herschel Space Observatory and measure a deficit of surface brightness within their central region after subtracting sources. We simulate the effects of instrumental sensitivity and resolution, the source population, and the lensing effect of the clusters to estimate the shape and

B. Acharya, C. Ji, D. R. Phillips

We study Borromean 2n-halo nuclei using effective field theory. We compute the universal scaling function that relates the mean-square matter radius of the 2n halo to dimensionless ratios of two- and three-body energies. We use the experimental value of the rms matter radius of 22C measured by Tanaka et al. to put constraints on its 2n separation energy and

Wen Zhao, Yang Zhang, Xiao-Peng You, Zong-Hong Zhu

Measurement of the pulsar timing residuals provides a direct way to detect relic gravitational waves at the frequency $f\sim 1/{\rm yr}$. In this paper, we investigate the constraints on the inflationary parameters, the tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$ and the tensor spectral index $n_t$, by the current and future Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs). We find that Five-hun

Sukhwinder Singh, Guifre Vidal

Entanglement renormalization is a real-space renormalization group (RG) transformation for quantum many-body systems. It generates the multi-scale entanglement renormalization ansatz (MERA), a tensor network capable of efficiently describing a large class of many-body ground states, including those of systems at a quantum critical point or with topological o

Andy Hammerlindl

Certain families of manifolds which support Anosov flows do not support expanding, quasi-isometric foliations.

Matthew Dyer, Christophe Hohlweg, Vivien Ripoll

Let (W,S) be an infinite Coxeter system. To each geometric representation of W is associated a root system. While a root system lives in the positive side of the isotropy cone of its associated bilinear form, an imaginary cone lives in the negative side of the isotropic cone. Precisely on the isotropic cone, between root systems and imaginary cones, lives th

Yuta Michimura, Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Noriaki Ohmae, Wataru Kokuyama

A search for Lorentz violation in electrodynamics was performed by measuring the resonant frequency difference between two counterpropagating directions of an optical ring cavity. Our cavity contains a dielectric element, which makes our cavity sensitive to the violation. The laser frequency is stabilized to the counterclockwise resonance of the cavity, and

Simon Friedmann, Nicolas Frémaux, Johannes Schemmel, Wulfram Gerstner

In this study, we propose and analyze in simulations a new, highly flexible method of implementing synaptic plasticity in a wafer-scale, accelerated neuromorphic hardware system. The study focuses on globally modulated STDP, as a special use-case of this method. Flexibility is achieved by embedding a general-purpose processor dedicated to plasticity into the

Oleg Kupervasser, Alexander Rubinstein

This paper deals with the error analysis of a novel navigation algorithm that uses as input the sequence of images acquired from a moving camera and a Digital Terrain (or Elevation) Map (DTM/DEM). More specifically, it has been shown that the optical flow derived from two consecutive camera frames can be used in combination with a DTM to estimate the positio

Gerald Shao-Hung Liu

The roles played by decision factors in making complex subject are decisions are characterized by how these factors affect the overall decision. Evidence that partially matches a factor is evaluated, and then effective computational rules are applied to these roles to form an appropriate aggregation of the evidence. The use of this technique supports the exp

Tod S. Levitt

Artificial intelligence applications such as industrial robotics, military surveillance, and hazardous environment clean-up, require situation understanding based on partial, uncertain, and ambiguous or erroneous evidence. It is necessary to evaluate the relative likelihood of multiple possible hypotheses of the (current) situation faced by the decision maki

Lester Ingber

It is proposed to apply modern methods of nonlinear nonequilibrium statistical mechanics to develop software algorithms that will optimally respond to targets within short response times with minimal computer resources. This Statistical Mechanics Algorithm for Response to Targets (SMART) can be developed with a view towards its future implementation into a h

John Fox

The last few years has seen a growing debate about techniques for managing uncertainty in AI systems. Unfortunately this debate has been cast as a rivalry between AI methods and classical probability based ones. Three arguments for extending the probability framework of uncertainty are presented, none of which imply a challenge to classical methods. These ar

David Sher

Most feature detectors such as edge detectors or circle finders are statistical, in the sense that they decide at each point in an image about the presence of a feature, this paper describes the use of Bayesian feature detectors.

Ross D. Shachter

The analysis of practical probabilistic models on the computer demands a convenient representation for the available knowledge and an efficient algorithm to perform inference. An appealing representation is the influence diagram, a network that makes explicit the random variables in a model and their probabilistic dependencies. Recent advances have developed

Dana Nau, Paul Purdom, Chun-Hung Tzeng

In the field of Artificial Intelligence, traditional approaches to choosing moves in games involve the we of the minimax algorithm. However, recent research results indicate that minimizing may not always be the best approach. In this paper we summarize the results of some measurements on several model games with several different evaluation functions. These

Bruce Abramson

The traditional approach to choosing moves in game-playing programs is the minimax procedure. The general belief underlying its use is that increasing search depth improves play. Recent research has shown that given certain simplifying assumptions about a game tree&#39;s structure, this belief is erroneous: searching deeper decreases the probability of makin

Alf C. Zimmer

Theoretically as well as experimentally it is investigated how people represent their knowledge in order to make decisions or to share their knowledge with others. Experiment 1 probes into the ways how people 6ather information about the frequencies of events and how the requested response mode, that is, numerical vs. verbal estimates interferes with this kn

Samuel Holtzman, John S. Breese

This paper focuses on designing expert systems to support decision making in complex, uncertain environments. In this context, our research indicates that strictly probabilistic representations, which enable the use of decision-theoretic reasoning, are highly preferable to recently proposed alternatives (e.g., fuzzy set theory and Dempster-Shafer theory). Fu

James E. Corter, Mark A. Gluck

In designing an intelligent system that must be able to explain its reasoning to a human user, or to provide generalizations that the human user finds reasonable, it may be useful to take into consideration psychological data on what types of concepts and categories people naturally use. The psychological literature on concept learning and categorization pro

Ronald P. Loui

This essay looks at decision-making with interval-valued probability measures. Existing decision methods have either supplemented expected utility methods with additional criteria of optimality, or have attempted to supplement the interval-valued measures. We advocate a new approach, which makes the following questions moot: 1. which additional criteria to u

Benjamin N. Grosof

A considerable body of work in AI has been concerned with aggregating measures of confirmatory and disconfirmatory evidence for a common set of propositions. Claiming classical probability to be inadequate or inappropriate, several researchers have gone so far as to invent new formalisms and methods. We show how to represent two major such alternative approa

Alan Bundy

Mechanisms for the automation of uncertainty are required for expert systems. Sometimes these mechanisms need to obey the properties of probabilistic reasoning. A purely numeric mechanism, like those proposed so far, cannot provide a probabilistic logic with truth functional connectives. We propose an alternative mechanism, Incidence Calculus, which is based

John F. Lemmer

The issue of confidence factors in Knowledge Based Systems has become increasingly important and Dempster-Shafer (DS) theory has become increasingly popular as a basis for these factors. This paper discusses the need for an empirical lnterpretatlon of any theory of confidence factors applied to Knowledge Based Systems and describes an empirical lnterpretatlo