April 2013 arXiv papers — page 36

Youssef El-Khatib, Abdulnasser Hatemi-J

Option pricing is an integral part of modern financial risk management. The well-known Black and Scholes (1973) formula is commonly used for this purpose. This paper is an attempt to extend their work to a situation in which the unconditional volatility of the original asset is increasing during a certain period of time. We consider a market suffering from a

Alan J. Cain, Victor Maltcev, Abdullahi Umar

We prove that monoids $\mathrm{Mon}\langle a,b,c,d : a^nb=0, ac=1, db=1, dc=1, dab=1, da^2b=1, \ldots, da^{n-1}b=1\rangle$ are congruence-free for all $n\geq 1$. This provides a new countable family of finitely presented congruence-free monoids, bringing one step closer to understanding the Boone--Higman Conjecture. We also provide examples which show that f

Shayak Bhattacharjee

New method of analysing the free and heavy symmetric tops using Euler's equations to perform extraction from the body frame to the lab frame. Subsequent to extraction, the lab frame equations are solved by space phasor method.

David A. Krebes

We show that the map obtained by viewing a geometric (ie. representative) braid as a string link induces an isomorphism of the n-strand braid group onto the group of units of the n-strand string link monoid.

Shahar Hod

Prolate spin-weighted spheroidal harmonics play a key role in black-hole perturbation theory. In particular, the highly damped quasinormal resonances of rotating Kerr black holes are closely related to the asymptotic eigenvalues of these important functions. We here present a novel and compact derivation of the asymptotic eigenvalues of the prolate spin-weig

Jian Xu, Engui Fan

We consider the Cauchy problem for the Gerdjikov-Ivanov(GI) type of the derivative nonlinear Schrödinger (DNLS) equation: $$iq_t+q_{xx}-iq^2\bar{q}_x+\frac{1}{2}|q|^4{q}=0.$$ with steplike initial data: $q(x,0)=0$ for $x\le 0$ and $q(x,0)=Ae^{-2iBx}$ for $x>0$,where $A>0$ and $B\in \R$ are constants.The paper aims at studying the long-time asymptotics of the

Huiyi Hu, Thomas Laurent, Mason A. Porter, Andrea L. Bertozzi

The study of network structure is pervasive in sociology, biology, computer science, and many other disciplines. One of the most important areas of network science is the algorithmic detection of cohesive groups of nodes called "communities". One popular approach to find communities is to maximize a quality function known as {\em modularity} to achie

Gobithasan, R., Norziah, O.

This paper dwells in developing a general algorithm for constructing a piecewise Ball Curve with curvature continuity (GC2). The proposed algorithm requires GC2 data in which the designer must define unit tangent vectors and signed curvatures at each interpolating points. As a numerical example, a vase is constructed using GC2 piecewise Ball Curve

Sreejani Sen Majumder, Anandarup Bhadra, Arjun Ghosh, Soumitra Mitra

Canids display a wide diversity of social systems, from solitary to pairs to packs, and hence they have been extensively used as model systems to understand social dynamics in natural systems. Among canids, the dog can show various levels of social organization due to the influence of humans on their lives. Though the dog is known as man's best friend an

Jake Ellowitz, Herve Turlier, Nicholas Guttenberg, Wendy W. Zhang

When a dense granular jet hits a target, it forms a large dead zone and ejects a highly collimated conical sheet with a well-defined opening angle. Using experiments, simulations, and continuum modeling, we find that this opening angle is insensitive to the precise target shape and the dissipation mechanisms in the flow. We show that this surprising insensit

Meeghage Madusanka Perera, Ming-Wei Lin, Hsun-Jen Chuang, Bhim Prasad Chamlagain

We report the fabrication of ionic liquid (IL) gated field-effect transistors (FETs) consisting of bilayer and few-layer MoS2. Our transport measurements indicate that the electron mobility about 60 cm2V-1s-1 at 250 K in ionic liquid gated devices exceeds significantly that of comparable back-gated devices. IL-FETs display a mobility increase from about 100

S. Das Sarma, E. H. Hwang

We theoretically consider the carrier density dependence of low-temperature electrical conductivity in high-quality and low-disorder two-dimensional (2D) `metallic' electronic systems such as 2D GaAs electron or hole quantum wells or gated graphene. Taking into account resistive scattering by Coulomb disorder arising from quenched random charged impuriti

R. C. de Lamare, D. Le Ruyet

In this work we propose novel decision feedback (DF) detection algorithms with error propagation mitigation capabilities for multi-input multi-output (MIMO) spatial multiplexing systems based on multiple processing branches. The novel strategies for detection exploit different patterns, orderings and constraints for the design of the feedforward and feedback

Carmen Caprau, David Heywood, Dionne Ibarra

F. Jaeger presented the two-variable Kauffman polynomial of an unoriented link L as a weighted sum of HOMFLY-PT polynomials of oriented links associated with L. Murakami, Ohtsuki and Yamada (MOY) used planar graphs and a recursive evaluation of these graphs to construct a state model for the sl(n)-link invariant (a one-variable specialization of the HOMFLY-P

A. Chaudhary, B. K. Verma, J. L. Raheja

Products with new features need to be introduced on the market in a rapid pace and organizations need to speed up their development process. The ordinary way to develop products, one at a time, is not time efficient enough and is costly. Reuse has been suggested as a solution, but to achieve effective reuse within an organization a planned and proactive effo

Kevin Roberts, Raffi Budakian, Michael Stone

We numerically solve the coupled Landau-Ginzburg-Maxwell equations for a model of a spin triplet px + ipy superconductor in which whole or half-quanta of flux thread through a hole. We recover the pattern of stable and unstable regions for the half-flux quanta observed in a recent experiment.

J. L. Raheja, A. Chaudhary, K Singal

Hand Gesture is a popular way to interact or control machines and it has been implemented in many applications. The geometry of hand is such that it is hard to construct in virtual environment and control the joints but the functionality and DOF encourage researchers to make a hand like instrument. This paper presents a novel method for fingertips detection

Takuya Akiba, Yoichi Iwata, Yuichi Yoshida

We propose a new exact method for shortest-path distance queries on large-scale networks. Our method precomputes distance labels for vertices by performing a breadth-first search from every vertex. Seemingly too obvious and too inefficient at first glance, the key ingredient introduced here is pruning during breadth-first searches. While we can still answer

D. F. Jackson Kimball, I. Lacey, J. Valdez, J. Swiatlowski

The experimental concept of a search for a long-range coupling between rubidium (Rb) nuclear spins and the mass of the Earth is described. The experiment is based on simultaneous measurement of the spin precession frequencies for overlapping ensembles of Rb-85 and Rb-87 atoms contained within an evacuated, antirelaxation-coated vapor cell. Rubidium atoms are

Danai Koutra, Joshua T. Vogelstein, Christos Faloutsos

How much did a network change since yesterday? How different is the wiring between Bob's brain (a left-handed male) and Alice's brain (a right-handed female)? Graph similarity with known node correspondence, i.e. the detection of changes in the connectivity of graphs, arises in numerous settings. In this work, we formally state the axioms and desired

Yousuke Utsumi, Satoshi Miyazaki, Margaret J. Geller, Ian P. Dell'Antonio

Weak lensing provides an important route toward collecting samples of clusters of galaxies selected by mass. Subtle systematic errors in image reduction can compromise the power of this technique. We use the B-mode signal to quantify this systematic error and to test methods for reducing this error. We show that two procedures are efficient in suppressing sy

J. Scott Carter, Daniel S. Silver, Susan G. Williams

A group invariant for links in thickened closed orientable surfaces is studied. Associated polynomial invariants are defined. The group detects nontriviality of a virtual link and determines its virtual genus.

Yang Liu, Zhihua Chen, Yifei Pan

In this paper, we give the Hörmander's $L^2$ theorem for Dirac operator over an open subset $Ω\in\R^{n+1}$ with Clifford algebra. Some sufficient condition on the existence of the weak solutions for Dirac operator has been found in the sense of Clifford analysis. In particular, if $Ω$ is bounded, then we prove that for any $f$ in $L^2$ space with value i

Ankit Chaudhary, Jagdish L. Raheja

This paper discusses a vision based health monitoring system which would be very easy in use and deployment. Elder and sick people who are not able to talk or walk they are dependent on other human beings for their daily needs and need continuous monitoring. The developed system provides facility to the sick or elder person to describe his or her need to the

Gunjan Talati, Subhash Kak

This paper presents results on generalized public key cryptography with exponentials modulo primes and composite numbers where the mapping is not one-to-one and the uniqueness is achieved by additional side information. Such transformations may be used for oblivious transfer and generate events of specific probabilities.

Yuki Moritani, Daisaku Nogami, Atsuo T. Okazaki, Akira Imada

We carried out optical high-dispersion spectroscopic monitoring of the Be disk in a Be/X-ray binary A 0535+262/V725 Tau from 2009 to 2012, covering two giant outbursts and several normal outbursts. This monitoring was performed in order to investigate variabilities of the Be disk due to the interaction with the neutron star in recent X-ray active phase from

Guanghui Zhang, Bocong Chen

In this paper, we determine all self-dual codes over $F_p+vF_p$ ($v^2=v$) in terms of self-dual codes over the finite field $F_p$ and give an explicit construction for self-dual codes over $F_p+vF_p$, where $p$ is a prime.

Carlos Vera-Ciro, Amina Helmi

We propose a new model for the dark matter halo of the Milky Way that fits the properties of the stellar stream associated with the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy. Our dark halo is oblate with q_z = 0.9 for r < 10 kpc, and can be made to follow the Law & Majewski model at larger radii. However, we find that the dynamical perturbations induced by the Large Magellan

Peter Lee

In this paper we consider the cohomology of four groups related to the virtual braids of [Kauffman] and [Goussarov-Polyak-Viro], namely the pure and non-pure virtual braid groups (PvB_n and vB_n, respectively), and the pure and non-pure flat braid groups (PfB_n and fB_n, respectively). The cohomologies of PvB_n and PfB_n admit an action of the symmetric grou

Vitaly Bergelson, Grigori Kolesnik, Manfred Madritsch, Younghwan Son

We establish new results on sets of recurrence and van der Corput sets in Z^k which refine and unify some of the previous results obtained by Sarkozy, Furstenberg, Kamae and Mendes France, and Bergelson and Lesigne. The proofs utilize a general equidistribution result involving prime powers which is of independent interest.

David P. Woodruff, Qin Zhang

We consider a number of fundamental statistical and graph problems in the message-passing model, where we have $k$ machines (sites), each holding a piece of data, and the machines want to jointly solve a problem defined on the union of the $k$ data sets. The communication is point-to-point, and the goal is to minimize the total communication among the $k$ ma

Stanley J. Brodsky, Matin Mojaza, Xing-Gang Wu

We present in detail a new systematic method which can be used to automatically eliminate the renormalization scheme and scale ambiguities in perturbative QCD predictions at all orders. We show that all of the nonconformal β-dependent terms in a QCD perturbative series can be readily identified by generalizing the conventional renormalization schemes based o

J. M. Burgess, R. D. Preece, V. Connaughton, M. S. Briggs

Time-resolved spectroscopy is performed on eight bright, long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) dominated by single emission pulses that were observed with the {\it Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope}. Fitting the prompt radiation of GRBs by empirical spectral forms such as the Band function leads to ambiguous conclusions about the physical model for the prompt radiation

Fedor V. Fomin, Daniel Lokshtanov, Fahad Panolan, Saket Saurabh

We give two algorithms computing representative families of linear and uniform matroids and demonstrate how to use representative families for designing single-exponential parameterized and exact exponential time algorithms. The applications of our approach include - LONGEST DIRECTED CYCLE - MINIMUM EQUIVALENT GRAPH (MEG) - Algorithms on graphs of bounded tr

Luigi Amico, Davit Aghamalyan, H. Crepaz, F. Auksztol

We study an experimentally feasible qubit system employing neutral atomic currents. Our system is based on bosonic cold atoms trapped in ring-shaped optical lattice potentials. The lattice makes the system strictly one dimensional and it provides the infrastructure to realize a tunable ring-ring interaction. Our implementation combines the low decoherence ra

Pierre Le Doussal, Zoran Ristivojevic, Kay Jörg Wiese

We consider the random-phase sine-Gordon model in two dimensions. It describes two-dimensional elastic systems with random periodic disorder, such as pinned flux-line arrays, random field XY models, and surfaces of disordered crystals. The model exhibits a super-rough glass phase at low temperature $T<T_{c}$ with relative displacements growing with distance

Iosif Pinelis

It is shown that, for any given $p\ge5$, $A>0$ and $B>0$, the exact upper bound on $\mathsf{E}|\sum X_i|^p$ over all independent zero-mean random variables (r.v.&#39;s) $X_1,\ldots,X_n$ such that $\sum\mathsf{E}X_i^2=B$ and $\sum\mathsf{E}|X_i|^p=A$ equals $c^p\mathsf{E}|Π_λ-λ|^p$, where $(λ,c)\in(0,\infty)^2$ is the unique solution to the system of equation

E. V. Gorbar, V. A. Miransky, I. A. Shovkovy, Xinyang Wang

We calculate the leading radiative corrections to the axial current in the chiral separation effect in dense QED in a magnetic field. Contrary to the conventional wisdom suggesting that the axial current should be exactly fixed by the chiral anomaly relation and is described by the topological contribution on the lowest Landau level in the free theory, we fi

Maksym Serbyn, Z. Papić, Dmitry A. Abanin

Recent numerical work by Bardarson et. al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 017202 (2012)] revealed a slow, logarithmic in time, growth of entanglement entropy for initial product states in a putative many-body localized phase. We show that this surprising phenomenon results from the dephasing due to exponentially small interaction-induced corrections to the eigenener

Jarrett L. Johnson, Daniel J. Whalen, Wesley Even, Chris L. Fryer

Supermassive primordial stars are expected to form in a small fraction of massive protogalaxies in the early universe, and are generally conceived of as the progenitors of the seeds of supermassive black holes (BHs). Supermassive stars with masses of ~55,000 M_Sun, however, have been found to explode and completely disrupt in a supernova (SN) with an energy

Yanou Cui, Zhenyu Han

After the recent discovery of a 125 GeV Higgs-like particle at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), it is crucial to examine its role in unitarizing high energy W_LW_L scattering, which may reveal its possible deviation from a Standard Model Higgs. We perform an updated study on WW scattering in the semileptonic channel at the LHC, improved by the recently devel

P. Tummuangpak, R. Bielby, T. Shanks, N. H. M. Crighton

We use observations and simulation to study the relationship between star-forming galaxies and the intergalactic medium at z~3. The observed galaxy sample is based on spectroscopic redshift data from a combination of the VLT LBG Redshift Survey and Keck observations in fields centred on bright z>3 QSOs, whilst the simulation data is taken from GIMIC. In the

Jens Chluba, Daniel Grin

The damping of primordial perturbations at small scales gives rise to distortions of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Here, the dependence of the distortion on the different types of cosmological initial conditions is explored, covering adiabatic, baryon/cold dark matter isocurvature, neutrino density/velocity isocurvature modes and some mixtures. The

Sergio Boixo, Troels F. Rønnow, Sergei V. Isakov, Zhihui Wang

Quantum technology is maturing to the point where quantum devices, such as quantum communication systems, quantum random number generators and quantum simulators, may be built with capabilities exceeding classical computers. A quantum annealer, in particular, solves hard optimisation problems by evolving a known initial configuration at non-zero temperature

Nor Pirzkal, Barry Rothberg, Russell Ryan, Dan Coe

In the absence of spectra, fitting template model spectra to observed photometric fluxes, known as Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) fitting, has become the workhorse for identifying high-z galaxies. In this paper, we present an analysis of the most recent and possibly most distant galaxies discovered in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field using a more robust metho

J. A. Calanog, J. Wardlow, Hai Fu, A. Cooray

Dust-obscured galaxies (DOGs) are a UV-faint, IR-bright galaxy population that reside at z~2 and are believed to be in a phase of dusty star-forming and AGN activity. We present far-IR observations of a complete sample of DOGs in the 2 deg2 of COSMOS. The 3077 DOGs have <z>=1.9+/-0.3 and are selected from 24um and r+ observations using a color cut of r+ - [2

Yohan Dubois, Marta Volonteri, Joseph Silk

Supermassive black holes (BH) at the centres of galaxies can rapidly change their mass and spin by gas accretion and mergers. Using hydrodynamical cosmological simulations, with prescriptions for BH growth and feedback from Active Galactic Nuclei, we study how the evolution of BH mass growth is driven by gas accretion and mergers. Using a semi-analytical app

Luca Vecchi

The discovery of the Higgs boson has put considerable pressure on theories that aim to solve the hierarchy problem. Scenarios in which the Higgs is a pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson (NGB) of some new strong dynamics must possess a number of non-generic features in order to pass the progressively stringent collider bounds and simultaneously meet our naturalness

Marco Rossi, Alexander M. Haimovich, Yonina C. Eldar

We study compressive sensing in the spatial domain to achieve target localization, specifically direction of arrival (DOA), using multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar. A sparse localization framework is proposed for a MIMO array in which transmit and receive elements are placed at random. This allows for a dramatic reduction in the number of elements

A. M. Rojas-Cuervo, K. M. Fonseca-Romero, R. R. Rey-González

In the last few years, the fascinating properties of graphene have been thoroughly investigated. The existence of Dirac cones is the most important characteristic of the electronic band-structure of graphene. In this theoretical paper, hexagonal monolayers of silicon (h-Si) and germanium (h-Ge) are examined using density functional theory, within the general

André Xuereb, Claudiu Genes, Aurélien Dantan

We investigate the optomechanical properties of a periodic array of identical scatterers placed inside an optical cavity and extend the results of [A. Xuereb, C. Genes, and A. Dantan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 223601 (2012)]. We show that operating at the points where the array is transmissive results in linear optomechanical coupling strengths between the cavit

Mahdi Zamanighomi, Zhengdao Wang

In this paper, the degrees of freedom (DoF) regions of constant coefficient multiple antenna interference channels are investigated. First, we consider a $K$-user Gaussian interference channel with $M_k$ antennas at transmitter $k$, $1\le k\le K$, and $N_j$ antennas at receiver $j$, $1\le j\le K$, denoted as a $(K,[M_k],[N_j])$ channel. Relying on a result o

Loïc De Guillebon, Michel Vittot

In guiding center theory, the standard gyro-angle coordinate is associated with gyro-gauge dependence, the global existence problem for unit vectors perpendicular to the magnetic field, and the notion of anholonomy, which is the failure of the gyro-angle to return to its original value after being transported around a loop in configuration space. We analyse

Pierre Jammes

We prove several results about the multiplicity of the first Steklov eigenvalues on compact surfaces with boundary. We improve some bounds on the multiplicity, especially for the first eigenvalue, and we prove they are sharp on some surfaces of small genus. In a previous article, we defined a new chromatic invariant of surfaces with boundary and conjectured

Aurélien Deya, David Nualart, Samy Tindel

This article is concerned with modulus of continuity of Brownian local times. Specifically, we focus on 3 closely related problems: (a) Limit theorem for a Brownian modulus of continuity involving Riesz potentials, where the limit law is an intricate Gaussian mixture. (b) Central limit theorems for the projections of L2 modulus of continuity for a 1-dimensio

Guy Cohen, Jean-Pierre Conze

Let $\Cal S$ be an abelian finitely generated semigroup of endomorphisms of a probability space $(Ω, {\Cal A}, μ)$, with $(T_1, ..., T_d)$ a system of generators in ${\Cal S}$. Given an increasing sequence of domains $(D_n) \subset \N^d$, a question is the convergence in distribution of the normalized sequence $|D_n|^{-\frac12} \sum_{{\k} \, \in D_n} \, f \c

Vincent Duchene, Samer Israwi, Raafat Talhouk

This study deals with asymptotic models for the propagation of one-dimensional internal waves at the interface between two layers of immiscible fluids of different densities, under the rigid lid assumption and with a flat bottom. We present a new Green-Naghdi type model in the Camassa-Holm (or medium amplitude) regime. This model is fully justified, in the s

Vaithilingam Jeyakumar, Jean-Bernard Lasserre, G. Li

We consider the class of polynomial optimization problems $\inf \{f(x):x\in K\}$ for which the quadratic module generated by the polynomials that define $K$ and the polynomial $c-f$ (for some scalar $c$) is Archimedean. For such problems, the optimal value can be approximated as closely as desired by solving a hierarchy of semidefinite programs and the conve

Claudianor O. Alves, Marco A. S. Souto

We prove the existence of least energy nodal solution for a class of Schrödinger-Poisson system in a bounded domain $Ω\subset \mathbb{R}^3$ with nonlinearity having a subcritical growth.

Kiran Singh, Tathamay Basu, S. Chowki, N. Mahapotra

We report the results of various measurements, namely magnetization, complex dielectric permittivity and electric polarization (P) on Dy2BaNiO5 as a function of temperature (T) and magnetic-field (H), apart from heat-capacity (C), with the primary motivation of exploring the existence of magnetoelectric (ME) coupling among Haldane spin-chain systems. The M(T

Ehtibar N. Dzhafarov, Janne V. Kujala

We describe a mathematical language for determining all possible patterns of contextuality in the dependence of stochastic outputs of a system on its deterministic inputs. The central notion is that of all possible couplings for stochastically unrelated outputs indexed by mutually incompatible values of inputs. A system is characterized by a pattern of which

E. A. Bruevich, V. V. Bruevich

The correlation coefficients of the linear regression of six solar indices versus F10,7 were analyzed in solar cycles 21, 22 and 23. We also analyzed the interconnection between these indices and F10,7 with help of the approximation by the polynomials of second order. The indices we&#39;ve studied in this paper are: Wolf numbers - W, 530,3 nm coronal line fl

Marta Pérez-Casany, Aina Casellas

The Zipf distribution also known as scale-free distribution or discrete Pareto distribution, is the particular case of Power Law distribution with support the strictly positive integers. It is a one-parameter distribution with a linear behaviour in the log-log scale. In this paper the Zipf distribution is generalized by means of the Marshall-Olkin transforma

C. Zhang, D. -M. Mei, P. Davis, B. Woltman

We developed a 12-liter volume neutron detector filled with the liquid scintillator EJ301 that measures neutrons in an underground laboratory where dark matter and neutrino experiments are located. The detector target is a cylindrical volume coated on the inside with reflective paint (95% reflectivity) that significantly increases the detector&#39;s light co

Chunqing Deng, Martin Otto, Adrian Lupascu

Superconducting resonators provide a convenient way to measure loss tangents of various dielectrics at low temperature. For the purpose of examining the microscopic loss mechanisms in dielectrics, precise measurements of the internal quality factor at different values of energy stored in the resonators are required. Here, we present a consistent method to an

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta, B. Adeva

The decays $B^+_c \rightarrow J/ψD_s^+$ and $B^+_c \rightarrow J/ψD_s^{*+}$ are observed for the first time using a dataset, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3$fb^{-1}$, collected by the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of $\sqrt{s}$=7 and 8 TeV. The statistical significance for both signals is in excess of 9

Ceren Tayran, Zhen Zhu, Matteo Baldoni, Daniele Selli

We use ab initio density functional calculations to determine the interaction of a graphene monolayer with the Si(111) surface. We found that graphene forms strong bonds to the bare substrate and accommodates the 12% lattice mismatch by forming a wavy structure consisting of free-standing conductive ridges that are connected by ribbon-shaped regions of graph

Alexander Budzier, Bent Flyvbjerg

Implementing large-scale information and communication technology (IT) projects carries large risks and easily might disrupt operations, waste taxpayers&#39; money, and create negative publicity. Because of the high risks it is important that government leaders manage the attendant risks. We analysed a sample of 1,355 public sector IT projects. The sample in

Wei Chen, R. T. Kleiv, T. G. Steele, B. Bulthuis

We have extended the calculation of the correlation functions of heavy quarkonium hybrid operators with various $J^{PC}$ quantum numbers to include QCD condensates up to dimension six. In contrast to previous analyses which were unable to optimize the QCD sum-rules for certain $J^{PC}$, recent work has shown that inclusion of dimension six condensates stabil

Wen-Juan Liu, Jiong Qiu, Dana W. Longcope, Amir Caspi

We analyze and model an M8.0 flare on 2005 May 13 observed by TRACE and RHESSI to determine the energy release rate from magnetic reconnection that forms and heats numerous flare loops. The flare exhibits two ribbons in UV 1600 Å emission. Analysis shows that the UV light curve at each flaring pixel rises impulsively within a few minutes, and decays slowly w

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta, B. Adeva

Searches for the lepton flavour violating decay $τ^-\rightarrow μ^-μ^+μ^-$ and the lepton flavour and baryon number violating decays $τ^-\rightarrow \bar{p}μ^+μ^-$ and $τ^-\rightarrow pμ^-μ^-$ have been carried out using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb$^{-1}$, taken by the LHCb experiment at $\sqrt{s} = 7$ Te

Mikhail Spivakov, Thomas O. Auer, Ravindra Peravali, Ian Dunham

Background Oryzias latipes (Medaka) has been established as a vertebrate genetic model for over a century, and has recently been rediscovered outside its native Japan. The power of new sequencing methods now makes it possible to reinvigorate Medaka genetics, in particular by establishing a near-isogenic panel derived from a single wild population. Results He

Yun Wang, Shuang Wang

We derive distance priors from Planck first data release, and examine their impact on dark energy constraints from current observational data. We give the mean values and covariance matrix of {R, l_a, Ω_b h^2, n_s}, which give an efficient summary of Planck data. The CMB shift parameters are R=\sqrt{Ω_m H_0^2}\,r(z_*), and l_a=πr(z_*)/r_s(z_*), where z_* is

Q. Sun, G. -B. Zhu, W. -M. Liu, A. -C. Ji

We investigate the superfluidity of attractive Fermi gas in a square optical lattice with spin-orbit coupling (SOC). We show that the system displays a variety of new filling-dependent features. At half filling, a quantum phase transition from a semimetal to a superfluid is found for large SOC. Close to half filling where the emerging Dirac cones governs the

Dominic Joyce

Let $f:U\to{\mathbb A}^1$ be a regular function on a smooth scheme $U$ over a field $\mathbb K$. Pantev, Toen, Vaquie and Vezzosi (arXiv:1111.3209, arXiv:1109.5213) define the &#34;derived critical locus&#34; Crit$(f)$, an example of a new class of spaces in derived algebraic geometry, which they call &#34;$-1$-shifted symplectic derived schemes&#34;. They s

T. Pramanik, S. Mal, A. S. Majumdar

The sum of entropic uncertainties for the measurement of two non-commuting observables is not always reduced by the amount of entanglement (quantum memory) between two parties, and in certain cases may be impacted by quantum correlations beyond entanglement (discord). An optimal lower bound of entropic uncertainty in the presence of any correlations may be d

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta, B. Adeva

This paper reports the first measurement of the effective B_s^0 -> J/ψ K_S^0 lifetime and an updated measurement of its time-integrated branching fraction. Both measurements are performed with a data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb^{-1} of pp collisions, recorded by the LHCb experiment in 2011 at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV.

Francesco Alberti, Silvio Ghilardi, Natasha Sharygina

Abstraction (in its various forms) is a powerful established technique in model-checking; still, when unbounded data-structures are concerned, it cannot always cope with divergence phenomena in a satisfactory way. Acceleration is an approach which is widely used to avoid divergence, but it has been applied mostly to integer programs. This paper addresses the

P. Solvignon, N. Liyanage, J. -P. Chen, Seonho Choi

We present new experimental results of the $^3$He spin structure function $g_2$ in the resonance region at $Q^2$ values between 1.2 and 3.0 (GeV/c)$^2$. Spin dependent moments of the neutron were then extracted. Our main result, the resonance contribution to the neutron $d_2$ matrix element, was found to be small at $<Q^2>$=2.4 (GeV/c)$^2$ and in agreement w

U. N. Bhosle, L. Brambila-Paz, P. E. Newstead

Let $C$ be a smooth irreducible projective curve of genus $g$ and $L$ a line bundle of degree $d$ generated by a linear subspace $V$ of $H^0(L)$ of dimension $n+1$. We prove a conjecture of D. C. Butler on the semistability of the kernel of the evaluation map $V\otimes{\mathcal O}_C\to L$ and obtain new results on the stability of this kernel. The natural co

E. Accomando, K. Mimasu, S. Moretti

By exploiting the correlation between charge and spin polarisation asymmetries in t-tbar, we show that combining the two observables could identify the presence of quasi-degenerate states in a resonant signal at the LHC. As an example, we investigate experimental signatures emerging in top-antitop final states in the context of a model where the Standard Mod

Feng Wang, Xiaohua Zhu

In this paper, we explore the limit structure of a sequence of Riemannian manifolds with Bakry-Émery Ricci curvature bounded below in the Gromov-Hausdorff topology. By extending the techniques established by Cheeger-Cloding for Riemannian manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded below, we prove that each tangent space at a point of the limit space is a metric

M. Hermanns

We extend the composite fermion construction to the torus geometry. We verify the validity of our construction by computing the overlap of the composite fermion state to the exact diagonalization ground state of both Coulomb interaction and Haldane-pseudopotential interaction V_0 (V_1) for bosonic (fermionic) states.

M Zegrodnik, J Spałek, J Bünemann

An orbitally degenerate two-band Hubbard model is analyzed with inclusion of the Hund&#39;s rule induced spin-triplet paired states and their coexistence with magnetic ordering. The so-called statistically consistent Gutzwiller approximation (SGA) has been applied to the case of a square lattice. The superconducting gaps, the magnetic moment, and the free en

Antony Lewis

Physical parameters are often constrained from the data likelihoods using sampling methods. Changing some parameters can be much more computationally expensive (`slow&#39;) than changing other parameters (`fast parameters&#39;). I describe a method for decorrelating fast and slow parameters so that parameter sampling in the full space becomes almost as effic

Lamia Romdhani, Amr Mohamed

One of the key challenges in multimedia networks is video delivery over wireless channels. MRC (Multi-Resolution Coding) Layered video, divides video into a base layer and multiple enhancement layers. In this paper, we aim to improve video quality, impacted by high channel contention, through mapping individual video layers to EDCA (Enhanced Distributed Chan

Yongjie Yang, Jiong Guo

We investigate the complexity of $r$-Approval control problems in $k$-peaked elections, where at most $k$ peaks are allowed in each vote with respect to an order of the candidates. We show that most NP-hardness results in general elections also hold in k-peaked elections even for $k=2,3$. On the other hand, we derive polynomial-time algorithms for some probl

D. D. Bhaktavatsala Rao, Klaus Mølmer

We propose a scheme for rapid generation of high fidelity steady state entanglement between a pair of atoms. A two-photon excitation process towards long-lived Rydberg states with finite pairwise interaction, a dark state interference effect in the individual atoms, and spontaneous emission from their short-lived excited states lead to rapid, dissipative for

G. Lusztig

We define and study a correspondence between the set of distinguished G^0-conjugacy classes in a fixed connected component of a reductive group G (with G^0 almost simple) and the set of (twisted) elliptic conjugacy classes in the Weyl group. We also prove a homogeneity property related to this correspondence.

Mira Shamis

Recently, Aizenman and Warzel discovered a mechanism for the appearance of absolutely continuous spectrum for random Schroedinger operators on the Bethe lattice through rare resonances (resonant delocalization). We extend their analysis to operators with matrix-valued random potentials drawn from ensembles such as the Gaussian Orthogonal Ensemble. These oper

Filippos D. Klironomos, Juliette de Meaux, Johannes Berg

RNA molecules follow a succession of enzyme-mediated processing steps from transcription until maturation. The participating enzymes, for example the spliceosome for mRNAs and Drosha and Dicer for microRNAs, are also produced in the cell and their copy-numbers fluctuate over time. Enzyme copy-number changes affect the processing rate of the substrate molecul

Gang Li

The BESIII collaboration reported an observation of two charged charmonium-like structure $Z_c^{\pm}(3900)$ and $Z_c^{\pm}(4025)$ in $e^+e^- \to (J/ψπ)^{\pm} π^{\mp}$ and $e^+e^- \to (D^* {\bar D}^*)^{\pm} π^{\mp}$ at ${\sqrt s} =4.26$ GeV recently, which could be an analogue of $Z_b(10610)$ and $Z_b(10650)$ claimed by the Belle Collaboration. In this work,

Mahmood Sabooni, Qian Li, Lars Rippe, Stefan Kröll

Three orders of magnitude cavity-linewidth narrowing in a rare-earth-ion-doped crystal cavity, induced by strong intra-cavity dispersion caused by off-resonant interaction with dopant ions is demonstrated. The strong dispersion is created by semi-permanent but rapidly reprogrammable changes of the rare earth absorption profiles using optical pumping techniqu

Michele Filippone, Karyn Le Hur, Christophe Mora

We study the Anderson model as a description of the quantum RC circuit for spin-1/2 electrons and a single level connected to a single lead. Our analysis relies on the Fermi liquid nature of the ground state which fixes the form of the low energy effective model. The constants of this effective model are extracted from a numerical solution of the Bethe ansat

Christian L. Staudt, Henning Meyerhenke

The amount of graph-structured data has recently experienced an enormous growth in many applications. To transform such data into useful information, fast analytics algorithms and software tools are necessary. One common graph analytics kernel is disjoint community detection (or graph clustering). Despite extensive research on heuristic solvers for this task

J. Berashevich, J. A. Rowlands, A. Reznik

The first principles calculations (GGA) have been applied to study the crystallographic defects in $α$-PbO in order to understand an origin of $n$- and $p$-type conductivity in otherwise undoped $α$-PbO. It was found that deposition in the oxygen-deficient environment to be defined in our simulations by the Pb-rich/O-poor limit stimulates a formation of the

M. Laine, A. Rothkopf

The transverse broadening of an energetic jet passing through a non-Abelian plasma is believed to be described by the thermal expectation value of a light-cone Wilson loop. In this exploratory study, we measure the light-cone Wilson loop with classical lattice gauge theory simulations. We observe, as suggested by previous studies, that there are strong inter

Guofeng Yan, Andrey Markov, Yasser Chinifooroshan, Saurabh M. Tripathi

We report fabrication of THz fiber Bragg gratings (TFBG) using CO2 laser inscription on subwavelength step-index polymer fibers. A fiber Bragg grating with 48 periods features a ~4 GHz-wide stop band and ~15 dB transmission loss in the middle of a stop band. The potential of such gratings in design of resonant sensor for monitoring of paper quality is demons

Gunnar S. Bali, Francis Bursa, Luca Castagnini, Sara Collins

We present the results of a systematic, first-principles study of the spectrum and decay constants of mesons for different numbers of color charges N, via lattice computations. We restrict our attention to states in the non-zero isospin sector, evaluating the masses associated with the ground-state and first excitation in the pseudoscalar, vector, scalar, an

Nikolaos Karnesis, Miquel Nofrarias, Carlos F. Sopuerta, Ferran Gibert

The main goal of the LISA Pathfinder (LPF) mission is to fully characterize the acceleration noise models and to test key technologies for future space-based gravitational-wave observatories similar to the eLISA concept. The data analysis team has developed complex three-dimensional models of the LISA Technology Package (LTP) experiment on-board LPF. These m