April 2013 arXiv papers — page 9

Guoan Zheng, Xiaoze Ou, Roarke Horstmeyer, Changhuei Yang

We describe a simple and robust approach for characterizing the shift-variant pupil aberrations of wide field-of-view microscopy systems. We derive the location-dependent pupil transfer functions by first capturing multiple intensity images at different defocus settings; a generalized pattern search (GPS) algorithm is then applied to recover the complex pupi

Pankaj S. Joshi, Daniele Malafarina, Ramesh Narayan

We show that, in principle, a slowly evolving gravitationally collapsing perfect fluid cloud can asymptotically settle to a static spherically symmetric equilibrium configuration with a naked singularity at the center. We consider one such asymptotic final configuration with a finite outer radius, and construct a toy model in which it is matched to a Schwarz

Majid Gazor, Mojtaba Moazeni

We obtain a parametric normal form for any non-degenerate perturbation of the generalized saddle-node case of Bogdanov--Takens singularity. Explicit formulas are derived and greatly simplified for an efficient implementation in any computer algebra system. A Maple program is prepared for an automatic parametric normal form computation. A section is devoted t

Andre Henriques

These are lecture notes of a course given at the Summer School on Topology and Field Theories held at the Centre for Mathematics of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, from May 29 to June 2, 2012. The idea of extending quantum field theories to manifolds of lower dimension was first proposed by Dan Freed in the nineties. In the case of conformal field the

A. A. Reshetnyak, P. Yu. Moshin

We derive the Lagrangian for a new model of a massive rank-4 tensor field with generalized spin (2,1,1) in Minkowski spacetime of any dimension d>5, by using dimensional reduction applied to a reducible gauge model of a massless rank-4 tensor field with generalized spin (2,1,1) in Minkowski spacetime of dimension d+1.

Amey Joshi

This paper develops a closed-form, analytical expression for the Darcy velocity of a Newtonian fluid flowing through a channel filled with a porous medium, bound by rigid walls and driven by a constant pressure gradient. We express the Darcy velocity as a Weierstrass elliptic function of the transverse coordinate. It allows us to get analytical expressions f

G. S. Agarwal, Sumei Huang

We demonstrate the existence of the phenomenon of the inverse electromagnetically induced transparency (IEIT) in an opto mechanical system consisting of a nanomechanical mirror placed in an optical cavity. We show that two weak counter-propagating identical classical probe fields can be completely absorbed by the system in the presence of a strong coupling f

Shi-Zeng Lin, Lev N. Bulaevskii

A new topological excitation called skyrmion has been observed experimentally in chiral magnets without spatial inversion symmetry. The dynamics of a skyrmion is equivalent to an electron moving in a strong magnetic field. As a skyrmion involves large number of spins, it is not clear whether there exist observable quantum effects. In this work, we study the

Shi Yongjin

Mersenne numbers and Fermat numbers are two hot and difficult issues in number theory. This paper constructs a special group for every positive odd number other than 1, and discovers an algorithm for determining the multiplicative order of 2 modulo q for each positive odd number q. It is worth mentioning that this paper discovers two symmetric properties of

Zhengxiang Li, Puxun Wu, Hongwei Yu, Zong-Hong Zhu

With assumptions that the violation of the distance-duality (DD) relation entirely arises from non-conservation of the photon number and the absorption is frequency independent in the observed frequency range, we perform cosmological-model-independent tests for the cosmic opacity. The observational data include the largest Union2.1 SN Ia sample, which is tak

Andrei K. Svinin

This note is designed to show some classes of differential-difference equations admitting Lax representation which generalize evolutionary equations known in the literature.

L. Ciliberti, N. Canosa, R. Rossignoli

We examine the quantum correlations of spin pairs in the cyclic $XX$ spin 1/2 chain in a transverse field, through the analysis of the quantum discord, the geometric discord and the information deficit. It is shown that while these quantities provide the same qualitative information, being non-zero for all temperatures and separations and exhibiting the same

Yuichi Yatsuyanagi, Tadatsugu Hatori

A mechanism of the self-organization in an unbounded two-dimensional (2D) point vortex system is discussed. A kinetic equation for the system with positive and negative vortices is derived using the Klimontovich formalism. Similar to the Fokker-Planck collision term, the obtained collision term consists of a diffusion term and a drift term. It is revealed th

Hui Pan, Zhenshan Li, Cheng-Cheng Liu, Guobao Zhu

We demonstrate a new quantum state of matter---valley-polarized quantum anomalous Hall effect in monolayer silicene. In the presence of extrinsic Rashba spin-orbit coupling and exchange field, monolayer silicene can host a quantum anomalous-Hall state with Chern number C=2. We find that through tuning Rashba spin-orbit coupling, a topological phase transitio

Alexander I. Nesterov, Lev V. Sabinin

Fundamentals of the local smooth loops due to Sabinin are concisely outlined together with the corresponding infinitesimal objects, so-called ν-hyperalgebras, and the analogue of the Lie groups theory. We apply here this theory to to formulation of a new concept of loop of boosts. A quaternionic model of the three-parametric loop of boosts is obtained and a

C. Vlahakis, P. van der Werf, F. P. Israel, R. P. J. Tilanus

We present the first complete CO J=3-2 map of the nearby grand-design spiral galaxy M51 (NGC 5194), at a spatial resolution of ~600 pc, obtained with the HARP-B instrument on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. The map covers the entire optical galaxy disk and out to the companion NGC 5195, with CO J=3-2 emission detected over an area of ~9'x6' (~21x1

Vitaly V. Chaban, Cleiton Maciel, Eudes Eterno Fileti

Over 150 solvents have been so far probed to dissolve light fullerenes - with quite moderate success. Based on unusual electronic properties of the C60 fullerene and room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs), we hereby propose to use their mutual polarizability to significantly promote solubility of C60. We report analysis supported by density functional theory

C. Özen, Y. Alhassid, H. Nakada

While the shell model Monte Carlo approach has been successful in the microscopic calculation of nuclear state densities, it has been difficult to calculate accurately state densities of odd-even heavy nuclei. This is because the projection on an odd number of particles in the shell model Monte Carlo method leads to a sign problem at low temperatures, making

Benjamin Doerr

We give a simple deterministic $O(\log K / \log\log K)$ approximation algorithm for the Min-Max Selecting Items problem, where $K$ is the number of scenarios. While our main goal is simplicity, this result also improves over the previous best approximation ratio of $O(\log K)$ due to Kasperski, Kurpisz, and Zieliński (Information Processing Letters (2013)).

Jun Zhang, Fang-Wei Fu, Daqing Wan

Stopping sets and stopping set distribution of a linear code play an important role in the performance analysis of iterative decoding for this linear code. Let $C$ be an $[n,k]$ linear code over $\f$ with parity-check matrix $H$, where the rows of $H$ may be dependent. Let $[n]=\{1,2,...,n\}$ denote the set of column indices of $H$. A \emph{stopping set} $S$

Weituo Zhang, Chjan Lim, Boleslaw K. Szymanski

We introduce a homogeneous pair approximation to the Naming Game (NG) model by deriving a six-dimensional ODE for the two-word Naming Game. Our ODE reveals the change in dynamical behavior of the Naming Game as a function of the average degree < k > of an uncorrelated network. This result is in good agreement with the numerical results. We also analyze the e

Jared Glover, Sanja Popovic

A new system for object detection in cluttered RGB-D images is presented. Our main contribution is a new method called Bingham Procrustean Alignment (BPA) to align models with the scene. BPA uses point correspondences between oriented features to derive a probability distribution over possible model poses. The orientation component of this distribution, cond

Fenix W. D. Huang, Markus E. Nebel, Christian M. Reidys

In this paper we present a sampling framework for RNA structures of fixed topological genus. We introduce a novel, linear time, uniform sampling algorithm for RNA structures of fixed topological genus $g$, for arbitrary $g>0$. Furthermore we develop a linear time sampling algorithm for RNA structures of fixed topological genus $g$ that are weighted by a simp

Mark B Flegg, Stefan Hellander, Radek Erban

In this paper, three multiscale methods for coupling of mesoscopic (compartment-based) and microscopic (molecular-based) stochastic reaction-diffusion simulations are investigated. Two of the three methods that will be discussed in detail have been previously reported in the literature; the two-regime method (TRM) and the compartment-placement method (CPM).

Jie Zhang, En-hui Yang, John C. Kieffer

We consider the problem of lossless compression of binary trees, with the aim of reducing the number of code bits needed to store or transmit such trees. A lossless grammar-based code is presented which encodes each binary tree into a binary codeword in two steps. In the first step, the tree is transformed into a context-free grammar from which the tree can

Jorge André, João Araújo, Peter J. Cameron

Let $λ=(λ_1,λ_2,...)$ be a \emph{partition} of $n$, a sequence of positive integers in non-increasing order with sum $n$. Let $Ω:=\{1,...,n\}$. An ordered partition $P=(A_1,A_2,...)$ of $Ω$ has \emph{type} $λ$ if $|A_i|=λ_i$. Following Martin and Sagan, we say that $G$ is \emph{$λ$-transitive} if, for any two ordered partitions $P=(A_1,A_2,...)$ and $Q=(B_1,

Duncan Forgan, Ken Rice

Recent observations of the Class 0 protostar L1527 IRS have revealed a rotationally supported disc with an outer radius of at least 100 au. Measurements of the integrated flux at 870 microns suggest a disc mass that is too low for gravitational instability to govern angular momentum transport. However, if parts of the disc are optically thick at sub-mm wavel

U. Bak-Steslicka, S. E. Gibson, Y. Fan, C. Bethge

The Coronal Multi-channel Polarimeter (CoMP) obtains daily full-Sun above-the-limb coronal observations in linear polarization, allowing for the first time a diagnostic of the coronal magnetic field direction in quiescent prominence cavities. We find that these cavities consistently possess a characteristic &#34;lagomorphic&#34; signature in linear polarizat

W. J. Borucki, E. Agol, F. Fressin, L. Kaltenegger

We present the detection of five planets -- Kepler-62b, c, d, e, and f -- of size 1.31, 0.54, 1.95, 1.61 and 1.41 Earth radii, orbiting a K2V star at periods of 5.7, 12.4, 18.2, 122.4 and 267.3 days, respectively. The outermost planets (Kepler-62e & -62f) are super-Earth-size (1.25 < planet radius/earth radius < 2.0) planets in the habitable zone (HZ) of the

Benjamin Tams

We investigate implementations of biometric cryptosystems protecting fingerprint templates (which are mostly based on the fuzzy vault scheme by Juels and Sudan in 2002) with respect to the security they provide. We show that attacks taking advantage of the system&#39;s false acceptance rate, i.e. false-accept attacks, pose a very serious risk --- even if bru

D. Drusvyatskiy, B. S. Mordukhovich, T. T. A. Nghia

This paper sheds new light on several interrelated topics of second-order variational analysis, both in finite and infinite-dimensional settings. We establish new relationships between second-order growth conditions on functions, the basic properties of metric regularity and subregularity of the limiting subdifferential, tilt-stability of local minimizers, a

Stefano Biagi

The aim of this manuscript is to present the proof given by Michel Mérigot in 1974 for an enlarged convergence domain of the Campbell-Baker-Hausdorff-Dynkin series in the Lie algebra of a Banach-Lie group. This proof is based on a theorem, of independent interest, on the lifetime of the solution of a Cauchy problem. We furnish all the details for this ODE re

M. R. Boufatah, A. E. Merad

The structural and electronic properties of new structural cubic (GaN)$_1$/(ZnO)$_1$ superlattice have been investigated using two different theoretical techniques: the full potential-linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method and the linear combination of localized pseudo atomic orbital (LCPAO). The new modified Becke-Johnson (mBJ) exchange potential

Markus Rosenkranz, Nalina Phisanbut

We introduce a general algebraic setting for describing linear boundary problems in a symbolic computation context, with emphasis on the case of partial differential equations. The general setting is then applied to the Cauchy problem for completely reducible partial differential equations with constant coefficients. While we concentrate on the theoretical f

A. S. Serdyuk, T. A. Stepaniuk

We obtained order estimations for the best uniform approximations by trigonometric polynomials and approximations by Fourier sums of classes of $2π$-periodic continuous functions, which $(ψ,β)$-derivatives $f_β^ψ$ belong to unit balls of spaces $L_{p}, 1\leq p<\infty$ in case at consequences $ψ(k)$ decrease to nought faster than any power function. We also e

Vladimir V. Vershinin

In the paper we give a survey of rather new notions and results which generalize classical ones in the theory of braids. Among such notions are various inverse monoids of partial braids. We also observe presentations different from standard Artin presentation for generalizations of braids. Namely, we consider presentations with small number of generators, Se

Fabrice Baudoin, Cheng Ouyang, Xuejing Zhang

In this work we study rough differential equations driven by a fractional Brownian motion with Hurst parameter H>1/4 and establish Varadhan&#39;s small time estimates for the density of solutions of such equations under Hormander&#39;s type conditions.

Jeongho Yeo, Joon Ho Cho

In this paper, the block processing of a discrete-time (DT) improper-complex second-order cyclostationary (SOCS) random process is considered. In particular, it is of interest to find a pre-processing operation that enables computationally efficient near-optimal post-processing. An invertible linear-conjugate linear (LCL) operator named the DT FREquency Shif

Miranda Jackson, PoGOLite Collaboration

High energy polarization can be an indication of geometry, orientation, and other physical phenomena for a variety of sources, but has heretofore been a virtually unmeasured phenomenon. PoGOLite is a balloon-borne instrument intended to measure the polarization of X-rays between 25 and 100 keV. The pathfinder version of the instrument is scheduled to be laun

S. Butz, P. Jung, L. V. Filippenko, V. P. Koshelets

We present experimental data on a one-dimensional superconducting metamaterial that is tunable over a broad frequency band. The basic building block of this magnetic thin-film medium is a single-junction (rf-) superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). Due to the nonlinear inductance of such an element, its resonance frequency is tunable in situ by

Yu. V. Bludov, R. Driben, V. V. Konotop, B. A. Malomed

We considered the modulational instability of continuous-wave backgrounds, and the related generation and evolution of deterministic rogue waves in the recently introduced parity-time (PT)-symmetric system of linearly-coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations, which describes a Kerr-nonlinear optical coupler with mutually balanced gain and loss in its cores. B

Casey Blood

The measurement problem is to explain why a system which is in a linear combination of states appears, upon measurement, to be in just one of those states. The solution given here is to first show that if one assumes linear, unitary, no collapse, no particle quantum mechanics, the different versions of reality are completely isolated from each other. This th

Robin Langer

In this paper we prove a homogenous generalization of the lambda determinant formula of Mills, Robbins and Rumsey. In our formula the parameters depends on two indices. Our result also extends a recent formula of Di Francesco.

Vincenzo Nicosia, Petra E. Vértes, William R. Schafer, Vito Latora

Spatially-embedded complex networks, such as nervous systems, the Internet and transportation networks, generally have non-trivial topological patterns of connections combined with nearly minimal wiring costs. However the growth rules shaping these economical trade-offs between cost and topology are not well understood. Here we study the cellular nervous sys

Anatoly S. Konkov, Alexander P. Potylitsyn, Marina S. Polonskaya

Several experimental groups have recently obtained the so called vortex electrons (electrons with orbital angular momentum (OAM) of l = 100h) with energies of 300 keV. The gyromagnetic ratio of such electrons becomes proportional to the OAM value, which leads to the corresponding increase of the electron magnetic moment. In this paper we investigate the tran

H. L. Huang, Z. Y. Sun, B. Wang

The singularity of quantum correlations, such as quantum entanglement(QE) and quantum discord(QD), has been widely regarded as a valuable indicator for quantum phase transition(QPT) in low-dimensional quantum systems. In this paper, for a spin ladder system with ring exchange, we find that the singularity of QD (or QE) could not indicate the critical points

D. Elia, S. Molinari, Y. Fukui, E. Schisano

We present the first Herschel PACS and SPIRE photometric observations in a portion of the outer Galaxy ($216.5^{\circ} \lesssim \ell \lesssim 225.5^{\circ}$ and $-2^{\circ} \lesssim b \lesssim 0^{\circ}$) as a part of the Hi-GAL survey. The maps between 70 and 500 $μ$m, the derived column density and temperature maps, and the compact source catalog are prese

Michael Moskalets

I analyze the correlation function of currents generated by the periodically driven quantum capacitor emitting single electrons and holes into the chiral waveguide. I compare adiabatic and non-adiabatic, transient working regimes of a single-electron emitter and find the striking difference between the correlation functions in two regimes. Quite generally fo

Xi Yuan, Xing Zhang, Xufei Xie, G. Gorini

A neutron detector based on EJ301 liquid scintillator has been employed at EAST to measure the neutron energy spectrum for D-D fusion plasma. The detector was carefully characterized in different quasi-monoenergetic neutron fields generated by a 4.5 MV Van de Graaff accelerator. In recent experimental campaigns, due to the low neutron yield at EAST, a new sh

Sanjiv Kumar Dwivedi, Sarika Jalan

Inspired by the importance of inhibitory and excitatory couplings in the brain, we analyze the largest eigenvalue statistics of random networks incorporating such features. We find that the largest real part of eigenvalues of a network, which accounts for the stability of an underlying system, decreases linearly as a function of inhibitory connection probabi

L. M. Rico-Gutierrez, T. P. Spiller, J. A. Dunningham

Entangled states of rotating, trapped ultracold bosons form a very promising scenario for quantum metrology. In order to employ such states for metrology, it is vital to understand their detailed form and the enhanced accuracy with which they could measure phase, in this case generated through rotation. In this work we study the rotation of ultracold bosons

M. Fernandes, B. J. Hiley

In this paper we discuss a simplified approach to the symplectic Clifford algebra, the symplectic Clifford group and the symplectic spinor by first extending the Heisenberg algebra. We do this by adding a new idempotent element to the algebra. It turns out that this element is the projection operator onto the Dirac standard ket. When this algebra is transfor

Imran Sarwar Bajwa, Behzad Bordbar, Mark Lee

In software modelling, the designers have to produce UML visual models with software constraints. Similarly, in business modelling, designers have to model business processes using business constraints (business rules). Constraints are the key components in the skeleton of business or software models. A designer has to write constraints to semantically compl

Imran Sarwar Bajwa

The trends of design and development of information systems have undergone a variety of ongoing phases and stages. These variations have been evolved due to brisk changes in user requirements and business needs. To meet these requirements and needs, a flexible and agile business solution was required to come up with the latest business trends and styles. Ano

M. Akbari, A. R. Moghaddamfar

Given a finite group $G$, denote by ${\rm D}(G)$ the degree pattern of $G$ and by ${\rm OC}(G)$ the set of all order components of $G$. Denote by $h_{\rm OD}(G)$ (resp. $h_{\rm OC}(G)$) the number of isomorphism classes of finite groups $H$ satisfying conditions $|H|=|G|$ and ${\rm D}(H)={\rm D}(G)$ (resp. ${\rm OC}(H)={\rm OC}(G)$). A finite group $G$ is ca

Hiroshi Fujisaki, Motoyuki Shiga, Kei Moritsugu, Akinori Kidera

We propose a novel path sampling method based on the Onsager-Machlup (OM) action by generalizing the multiscale enhanced sampling (MSES) technique suggested by Moritsugu and coworkers (J. Chem. Phys. 133, 224105 (2010)). The basic idea of this method is that the system we want to study (for example, some molecular system described by molecular mechanics) is

B Akbari, A. R. Moghaddamfar

The prime graph of a finite group $G$, which is denoted by ${\rm GK}(G)$, is a simple graph whose vertex set is comprised of the prime divisors of $|G|$ and two distinct prime divisors $p$ and $q$ are joined by an edge if and only if there exists an element of order $pq$ in $G$. Let $p_1<p_2<...<p_k$ be all prime divisors of $|G|$. Then the degree pattern of

Yao Ma, Liangyun Chen, Jie Lin

In this paper, we introduce the notion of system of quotients of Lie triple systems and investigate some properties which can be lifted from a Lie triple system to its systems of quotients. We relate the notion of Lie triple system of Martindale-like quotients with respect to a filter of ideals and the notion of system of quotients, and prove that the system

Guoan Zheng

Conventional image sensors are only responsive to the intensity variation of the incoming light wave. By encoding the wavefront information into the balanced detection scheme, we demonstrate an image sensor pixel design that is capable to detect both the local intensity and wavefront information simultaneously. With the full compatibility to the CMOS fabrica

Yan Liu, Liangyun Chen, Yao Ma

In this paper, we study hom-Lie superalgebras. We give the definition of hom-Nijienhuis operators of regualr hom-Lie superalgebras and show that the deformation generated by a hom-Nijienhuis operator is trivial. Moreover, we introduce the definition of $T^*$-extensions of Hom-Lie superalgebras and show that $T^*$-extensions preserve many properties such as n

Baoling Guan, Liangyun Chen, Ma Yao

The paper studies nilpotent $n$-Lie superalgebras. More specifically speaking, we first prove Engel&#39;s theorem for $n$-Lie superalgebras. Second, we research some properties of nilpotent $n$-Lie superalgebras, Finally, we give several sufficient conditions that an $n$-Lie superalgebra is nilpotent.

Yao Ma, Liangyun Chen

An $n$-Lie superalgebra of parity 0 is called a first-class $n$-Lie superalgebra. In this paper, we give the representation and cohomology for a first-class $n$-Lie superalgebra and obtain a relation between extensions of a first-class $n$-Lie superalgebra $\mathfrak{b}$ by an abelian one $\mathfrak{a}$ and $Z^1(\mathfrak{b}, \mathfrak{a})_{\bar{0}}$. We als

Yan Liu, Liangyun Chen, Yao Ma

In this paper, we study the representations and module-extensions of hom 3-Lie algebras. We show that a linear map between hom 3-Lie algebras is a morphism if and only if its graph is a hom 3-Lie subalgebra and show that the derivations of a hom 3-Lie algebra is a Lie algebra. Derivation extension of hom 3-Lie algebras are also studied as an application. Mor

A. R. Moghaddamfar, S. Rahbariyan

The Gruenberg-Kegel graph ${\rm GK}(G)=(V_G, E_G)$ of a finite group $G$ is a simple graph with vertex set $V_G=π(G)$, the set of all primes dividing the order of $G$, and such that two distinct vertices $p$ and $q$ are joined by an edge, $\{p, q\}\in E_G$, if $G$ contains an element of order $pq$. The degree ${\rm deg}_G(p)$ of a vertex $p\in V_G$ is the nu

Cristodor Ionescu

Some interesting properties of almost Cohen-Macaulay rings are investigated and a Serre type property connected with this class of rings is studied.

Karim Azizi, Nicolas Canry, Jean-Bernard Chatelain, Bruno Tinel

This paper investigates the relevance of the No-Ponzi game condition for public debt (i.e. the public debt growth rate has to be lower than the real interest rate, a necessary assumption for Ricardian equivalence) and of the transversality condition for the GDP growth rate (i.e. the GDP growth rate has to be lower than the real interest rate). First, on the

C. Cheng, Y. B. Gao

When the nonlinearity of nanomechanical resonator is not negligible, the quantum decoherence of charge qubit is studied analytically. Using nonlinear Jaynes-Cummings model, one explores the possibility of being quantum data bus for nonlinear nanomechanical resonator, the nonlinearity destroys the dynamical quantum information-storage and maintains the reviva

David E. Robillard

This paper presents an adaptable steganography (information hiding) method for digital radio communication. Many radio steganography methods exist, but most are defined at higher levels of the protocol stack and are thus protocol dependent. In contrast, this method is defined at the physical layer, which makes it widely applicable regardless of the protocols

Daochu Liu, Yimin Liu, Xiaofeng Yin, Xiansong Liu

Two qubit operation sharing schemes [J. Phys. B 44 (2011) 165508] are generalized to qutrit ones. Operations to be shared are classified into three different classes in terms of different probabilities (i.e, 1/3, 2/3 and 1). For the latter two classes, ten and three restricted sets of operations are found out, respectively. Moreover, the two generalized sche

Qibin Jia, Yimin Liub, Xiansong Liua, Xiaofeng Yina

Two tripartite schemes are put forward with shared entanglements and LOCC for sharing an operation on a remote target sate. The first scheme uses a Bell and a symmetric W states as quantum channels, while the second replaces the symmetric W state by an asymmetric one. Both schemes are treated and compared from the aspects of quantum resource consumption, ope

Alina Ene, Sariel Har-Peled, Benjamin Raichel

We study the \LowerBoundedCenter (\lbc) problem, which is a clustering problem that can be viewed as a variant of the \kCenter problem. In the \lbc problem, we are given a set of points P in a metric space and a lower bound λ, and the goal is to select a set C \subseteq P of centers and an assignment that maps each point in P to a center of C such that each

Ke Li, Yuan Zuo, Bing Zhu

A M-ary phase shift keying (PSK) quantum receiver consisting of displacement operations, photon counting, and electrical feed-back adaptive measurements is analyzed with a realistic model considering the effects of the sub-unity quantum efficiency and the dark counts of single-photon detectors, as well as the transmittance and the mode mismatch of beam split

F. Monifi, J. Friedlein, S. K. Ozdemir, L. Yang

We fabricated and theoretically investigated an add-drop filter using an on-chip whispering gallery mode (WGM) microtoroid resonator with ultra-high quality factor (Q) side coupled to two taper fibers, forming the bus and drop waveguides. The new device design incorporates silica side walls close to the microresonators which not only enable placing the coupl

Tomoya Hirano, Kenta Takamori, Masanori Ichioka, Kazushige Machida

To identify the contributions of the multiband nature and the anisotropy of a microscopic electronic structure to a macroscopic vortex lattice morphology, we develop a method based on the Eilenberger theory near Hc2 combined with the first-principles band calculation to estimate the stable vortex lattice configuration. For a typical two-band superconductor M

Jingwei Li, Yunxin Zhang

Wind is one of the important reasonable resources. However, wind turbine towers are sure to be threatened by hurricanes. In this paper, method to estimate the number of wind turbine towers that would be buckled by hurricanes is discussed. Monte Carlo simulations show that our method is much better than the previous one. Since in our method, the probability d

Sheel Ganatra

Consider the wrapped Fukaya category W of a collection of exact Lagrangians in a Liouville manifold. Under a non-degeneracy condition implying the existence of enough Lagrangians, we show that natural geometric maps from the Hochschild homology of W to symplectic cohomology and from symplectic cohomology to the Hochschild cohomology of W are isomorphisms, in

Ke Li, Bing Zhu

Partitioned-interval detection binary quantum receiver with non-ideal devices is theoretically analyzed. Using global optimized partition strategy, relatively large gain over standard quantum limit (SQL) is obtained with small partition number for certain mean photon number.

Ritesh Kolte, Ayfer Özgür

Consider a Gaussian relay network where a number of sources communicate to a destination with the help of several layers of relays. Recent work has shown that a compress-and-forward based strategy at the relays can achieve the capacity of this network within an additive gap. In this strategy, the relays quantize their observations at the noise level and map

Christopher Davis, David Zureick-Brown

In their paper which introduced Monsky-Washnitzer cohomology, Monsky and Washnitzer described conditions under which the definition can be adapted to give integral cohomology groups. It seems to be well-known among experts that their construction always gives well-defined integral cohomology groups, but this fact also does not appear to be explicitly written

Federico Mari, Igor Melatti, Ivano Salvo, Enrico Tronci

Many Embedded Systems are indeed Software Based Control Systems, that is control systems whose controller consists of control software running on a microcontroller device. This motivates investigation on Formal Model Based Design approaches for automatic synthesis of embedded systems control software. We present an algorithm, along with a tool QKS implementi

H. Zhang, J. W. Brill

We have measured the interlayer thermal conductivity of crystals of the organic semiconductor rubrene, using ac-calorimetry. Since ac-calorimetry is most commonly used for measurements of the heat capacity, we include a discussion of its extension for measurements of the transverse thermal conductivity of thin crystals of poor thermal conductors, including t

Johannes Broedel, Oliver Schlotterer, Stephan Stieberger, Tomohide Terasoma

We derive a recursive formula for the alpha&#39;-expansion of superstring tree amplitudes involving any number N of massless open string states. String corrections to Yang-Mills field theory are shown to enter through the Drinfeld associator, a generating series for multiple zeta values. Our results apply for any number of spacetime dimensions or supersymmet

Badis Ydri, Rachid Ahmim

In this article we exhibit explicitly the matrix model ($θ=\infty$) fixed point of phi-four theory on noncommutative spacetime with only two noncommuting directions using the Wilson renormalization group recursion formula and the 1/N expansion of the zero dimensional reduction and then calculate the mass critical exponent $ν$ and the anomalous dimension $η$

Tao Yang, Andrew J. Henning, Keith A. Benedict

The quasiparticle excitation spectra of a Bose gas trapped in a highly anisotropic trap is studied with respect to varying total number of particles by numerically solving the effective one-dimensional (1D) Gross-Pitaevskii (GP) equation proposed recently by Mateo \textit{et al.}. We obtain the static properties and Bogoliubov spectra of the system in the hi

Janko Gravner, Alexander E. Holroyd

We rigorously prove a form of disorder-resistance for a class of one-dimensional cellular automaton rules, including some that arise as boundary dynamics of two-dimensional solidification rules. Specifically, when started from a random initial seed on an interval of length $L$, with probability tending to one as $L\to\infty$, the evolution is a replicator. T

Carl B. Schroeder, Eric Esarey, Carlo Benedetti, Wim Leemans

A near-hollow plasma channel, where the plasma density in the channel is much less than the plasma density in the walls, is proposed to provide independent control over the focusing and accelerating forces in a plasma accelerator. In this geometry the low density in the channel contributes to the focusing forces, while the accelerating fields are determined

Silas Hoffman, Koji Sato, Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

Thermal-bias-induced spin angular momentum transfer between a paramagnetic metal and ferromagnetic insulator is studied theoretically based on the stochastic Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) phenomenology. Magnons in the ferromagnet establish a nonequilibrium steady state by equilibrating with phonons via bulk Gilbert damping and electrons in the paramagnet via

Carles Batlle, Joaquim Gomis, Kiyoshi Kamimura

We study all the symmetries of the free Schrödinger equation in the non-commutative plane. These symmetry transformations form an infinite-dimensional Weyl algebra that appears naturally from a two-dimensional Heisenberg algebra generated by Galilean boosts and momenta. These infinite high symmetries could be useful for constructing non-relativistic interact

Luka Popov

Using Mach&#39;s principle, we will show that the observed diurnal and annual motion of the Earth can just as well be accounted as the diurnal rotation and annual revolution of the Universe around the fixed and centered Earth. This can be performed by postulating the existence of vector and scalar potentials caused by the simultaneous motion of the masses in

Gideon Amir, Noam Berger, Tal Orenshtein

The probability that a one dimensional excited random walk in stationary ergodic and elliptic cookie environment is transient to the right (left) is either zero or one. This solves a problem posed by Kosygina and Zerner [8].

Shandian Zhe, Zenglin Xu, Yuan Qi

Given genetic variations and various phenotypical traits, such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) features, we consider two important and related tasks in biomedical research: i)to select genetic and phenotypical markers for disease diagnosis and ii) to identify associations between genetic and phenotypical data. These two tasks are tightly coupled because

Daeseong Park, Jong-Hak Woo, Kelly Denney, Jaejin Shin

We present the single-epoch black hole mass estimators based on the CIV (1549 A) broad emission line, using the updated sample of the reverberation-mapped AGNs and high-quality UV spectra. By performing multi-component spectral fitting analysis, we measure the CIV line widths (FWHM_CIV) and line dispersion (sigma_CIV) and the continuum luminosity at 1350 A (

Ehsan Khatami, Guido Pupillo, Mark Srednicki, Marcos Rigol

We examine the validity of fluctuation-dissipation relations in isolated quantum systems taken out of equilibrium by a sudden quench. We focus on the dynamics of trapped hard-core bosons in one-dimensional lattices with dipolar interactions whose strength is changed during the quench. We find that fluctuation-dissipation relations hold if the system is nonin

Maresuke Shiraishi, Toyokazu Sekiguchi

Primordial magnetic fields (PMFs) create a large squeezed-type non-Gaussianity in tensor perturbation, which generates non-Gaussian temperature fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB). We for the first time derive an observational constraint on such a tensor non-Gaussianity from observed CMB maps. Analyzing temperature maps of the WMAP 7-year d

Giovanni Amelino-Camelia

Over the last decade a growing number of quantum-gravity researchers has been looking for opportunities for the first ever experimental evidence of a Planck-length quantum property of spacetime. These studies are usually based on the analysis of some candidate indirect implications of spacetime quantization, such as a possible curvature of momentum space. So

Sarah Folkerts, Cristiano Germani, Javier Redondo

Constraints on inflationary scenarios and isocurvature perturbations have excluded the simplest and most generic models of dark matter based on QCD axions. Considering non-minimal kinetic couplings of scalar fields to gravity substantially changes this picture. The axion can account for the observed dark matter density avoiding the overproduction of isocurva

Johannes Broedel, Oliver Schlotterer, Stephan Stieberger

A formalism is provided to calculate tree amplitudes in open superstring theory for any multiplicity at any order in the inverse string tension. We point out that the underlying world-sheet disk integrals share substantial properties with color-ordered tree amplitudes in Yang-Mills field theories. In particular, we closely relate world-sheet integrands of op

H. Kübler, D. Booth, J. Sedlacek, P. Zabawa

We investigate a hybrid quantum system that consists of a superatom coupled to a surface phonon-polariton. We apply this hybrid quantum system to subtract individual photons from a beam of light. Rydberg atom blockade is used to attain absorption of a single photon by an atomic microtrap. Surface phonon-polariton coupling to the superatom then triggers the t

Katie E. Leonard, R. P. Woodard

We use dimensional regularization to compute the one loop quantum gravitational contribution to the vacuum polarization on de Sitter background. Adding the appropriate BPHZ counterterms gives a fully renormalized result which can be used to quantum correct Maxwell&#39;s equations. We use the Hartree approximation to argue that the electric field strengths of

Dipanjan Mukherjee, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Andrea Mignone

We have numerically solved the Grad-Shafranov equation for axisymmetric static MHD equilibria of matter confined at the polar cap of neutron stars. From the equilibrium solutions we explore the stability of the accretion mounds using the PLUTO MHD code. We find that pressure driven modes disrupt the equilibria beyond a threshold mound mass, forming dynamic s