May 2013 arXiv papers — page 5

Aranka Derzsi, Kovács Anikó Zsuzsa, Zoltán Donkó, Peter Hartmann

For two-dimensional many-particle systems first-order, second-order, single step continuous, as well as two-step continuous (KTHNY-like) melting transitions have been found in previous studies. Recent computer simulations, using particle numbers in the $\geq 10^5$ range, as well as a few experimental studies, tend to support the two-step scenario, where the

Qin Qin, Hsiang-nan Li, Cai-Dian Lü, Fu-Sheng Yu

We study the two-body hadronic $D\to PV$ decays, where $P$ ($V$) denotes a pseudoscalar (vector) meson, in the factorization-assisted topological-amplitude approach proposed in our previous work. This approach is based on the factorization of short-distance and long-distance dynamics into Wilson coefficients and hadronic matrix elements of four-fermion opera

Ravi Kunjwal, Sibasish Ghosh

We show that three unsharp binary qubit measurements are enough to violate a generalized noncontextuality inequality, the LSW inequality, in a state-dependent manner. For the case of trine spin axes we calculate the optimal quantum violation of this inequality. Besides, we show that unsharp qubit measurements do not allow a state-independent violation of thi

Chun-Khiang Chua, Ron-Chou Hsieh

We study pure weak eigenstate Dirac fermionic dark matters (DM). We consider WIMP with renormalizable interaction. According to results of direct searches and the nature of DM (electrical neutral and being a pure weak eigenstate), the quantum number of DM is determined to be $I_3=Y=0$. There are only two possible cases: either DM has non-vanishing weak isosp

Jianqing Fan, Xu Han

Large-scale multiple testing with highly correlated test statistics arises frequently in many scientific research. Incorporating correlation information in estimating false discovery proportion has attracted increasing attention in recent years. When the covariance matrix of test statistics is known, Fan, Han & Gu (2012) provided a consistent estimate of Fal

Yoshitaka Hatta, Koichi Kanazawa, Shinsuke Yoshida

In the collinear twist-three approach, we calculate for the first time the gluon contribution to double (longitudinal-transverse) spin asymmetry A_{LT} for open charm production in proton-proton collisions measurable at RHIC. Utilizing the Ward-Takahashi identity for the non-pole part of the hard scattering amplitude, we derive a factorized, gauge invariant

Louis-François Arsenault, A. -M. S. Tremblay

In calculations of transport quantities, such as the electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, Seebeck, Peltier, Nernst, Ettingshausen, Righi-Leduc, or Hall coefficients, sums over the Brillouin zone of wave-vector derivatives of the dispersion relation commonly appear. When the self-energy depends only on frequency, as in single-site dynamical mean-fie

Xi Yang, Hao-Ran Yu, Tong-Jie Zhang

Our real universe is locally inhomogeneous. Dyer and Roeder introduced the smoothness parameter $α$ to describe the influence of local inhomogeneity on angular diameter distance, and they obtained the angular diameter distance-redshift approximate relation (Dyer-Roeder equation) for locally inhomogeneous universe. Furthermore, the Distance-Duality (DD) relat

Hyong-Chol O, Dong-Hyok Kim, Jong-Jun Jo, Song-Hun Ri

In this article, we study the problem of pricing defaultable bond with discrete default intensity and barrier under constant risk free short rate using higher order binary options and their integrals. In our credit risk model, the risk free short rate is a constant and the default event occurs in an expected manner when the firm value reaches a given default

Jeffrey Schenker

Complete localization is shown to hold for the $d$-dimensional Anderson model with uniformly distributed random potentials provided the disorder strength $λ>λ_{And}$ where $λ_{\text{And}}$ satisfies $λ_{\text{And}}=μ_d e \ln λ_{\text{And}}$ with $μ_d$ the self-avoiding walk connective constant for the lattice $\mathbb{Z}^d$. Notably $λ_{\text{And}}$ is preci

Norio Narita, Akihiko Fukui, Masahiro Ikoma, Yasunori Hori

We present 5 new transit light curves of GJ 1214b taken in BJHKs-bands. Two transits were observed in B-band using the Suprime-Cam and the FOCAS instruments onboard the Subaru 8.2m telescope, and one transit was done in JHKs-bands simultaneously with the SIRIUS camera on the IRSF 1.4m telescope. MCMC analyses show that the planet-to-star radius ratios are, R

Shohei Watabe, Yusuke Kato

We study a stability criterion hypothesis for superfluids in terms of the the local density spectral function $I_n (r, ω)$ applicable both to homogeneous and inhomogeneous systems. We evaluate the local density spectral function in the presence of a one-dimensional repulsive/attractive external potential within the Bogoliubov theory using solutions of the tu

George H. Booth, Simon D. Smart, Ali Alavi

For many decades, quantum chemical method development has been dominated by algorithms which involve increasingly complex series of tensor contractions over one-electron orbital spaces. Procedures for their derivation and implementation have evolved to require the minimum amount of logic and rely heavily on computationally efficient library-based matrix alge

Olivier Dupré, Mohamed Amara, Rodolphe Vaillon

The capabilities of a simulation tool for the in-depth analysis of the thermal impacts on the performances of solar cells are described. TASC-1D (Thermal Analysis of Solar Cells - 1D, version cSi) solves the coupled electrical, radiative and thermal transport problems for a crystalline silicon cell, as a function of irradiation and thermal conditions. In add

Peter Rowlands

Experimental evidence over a number of recent years has shown the density parameter of the universe omega converging to the critical value of 1, which defines a flat, Euclidean universe. No such calculations have defined a critical value for the most significant component of omega, that for the dark energy, omega lambda, but the new data provided by the Plan

Kasper W Olsen, Jakob Bohr

We study simple, knotted and linked torus windings that are made of tubes of finite thickness. Knots which have the shortest rope length are often denoted ideal structures. Conventionally, the ideal structure are found by rope shortening routines. It is shown that alternatively they can be directly determined as maximally rotated structures. In many cases th

Philippe A. Martin

The article first summarizes reasons why current approaches supporting Open Learning and Distance Education need to be complemented by tools permitting lecturers, researchers and students to cooperatively organize the semantic content of Learning related materials (courses, discussions, etc.) into a fine-grained shared semantic network. This first part of th

Pedro Aguilar, Chryssomalis Chryssomalakos, Hector Hernandez Coronado, Elias Okon

After reviewing the work of Pryce on Center-of-Mass (CoM) definitions in special relativity, and that of Jordan and Mukunda on position operators for relativistic particles with spin, we propose two new criteria for a CoM candidate: associativity, and compatibility with the Poisson bracket structure. We find that they are not satisfied by all of Pryce's

Jiapu Zhang

Multi-resistant organisms (MROs), the bacteria that are resistant to a number of different antibiotics, have been very popular around the world in recent years. They are very difficult to treat but highly infectious in humans. MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) is one of the MROs. It is believed that in 2007 more people died of MRSA than of A

D J Albers, J Claassen, M J Schmidt, G Hripcsak

A methodology for understanding and de- tecting nonconvulsive seizures in individuals with sub- arachnoid hemorrhage is introduced. Specifically, begin- ning with an EEG signal, the power spectrum is esti- mated yielding a multivariate time series which is then ana- lyzed using empirical orthogonal functional analysis. This methodology allows for easy identi

Rafal Demkowicz-Dobrzanski, Konrad Banaszek, Roman Schnabel

The fundamental quantum interferometry bound limits the sensitivity of an interferometer for a given total rate of photons and for a given decoherence rate inside the measurement device.We theoretically show that the recently reported quantum-noise limited sensitivity of the squeezed-light-enhanced gravitational-wave detector GEO600 is exceedingly close to t

Roger Bach, Glen Gronniger, Herman Batelaan

We present the first demonstration of a three grating Talbot-Lau interferometer for electrons. As a proof of principle, the interferometer is used to measure magnetic fields. The device is similar to the classical Moire deflectometer. The possibility to extend this work to build a scaled-up charged particle deflectometer or interferometer for sensitive magne

Edmond L. Berger, Qing-Hong Cao, Jiang-Hao Yu, Hao Zhang

The polarization of a top-quark can be sensitive to new physics beyond the standard model. We propose a novel method to measure top-quark polarization, based on the charged lepton energy fraction in top-quark decay, and illustrate the method with a detailed simulation of top-quark pairs produced in supersymmetric top squark pair production. We show that the

Ali Seyfi

The two significant tasks of a focused Web crawler are finding relevant topic-specific documents on the Web and analytically prioritizing them for later effective and reliable download. For the first task, we propose a sophisticated custom algorithm to fetch and analyze the most effective HTML structural elements of the page as well as the topical boundary a

Lucia Kleint, Alberto Sainz Dalda

We analyze several unusual filamentary structures, which appeared in the umbra of one of the sunspots in AR 11302. They do not resemble typical light bridges, neither in morphology, nor in evolution. We analyze data from SDO/HMI to investigate their temporal evolution, Hinode/SP for photospheric inversions, IBIS for chromospheric imaging, and SDO/AIA for the

Anatole Katok, Federico Rodriguez Hertz

We prove that any smooth action of $\mathbb Z^{m-1}, m\ge 3$ on an $m$-dimensional manifold that preserves a measure such that all non-identity elements of the suspension have positive entropy is essentially algebraic, i.e. isomorphic up to a finite permutation to an affine action on the torus or its factor by $\pm\Id$. Furthermore this isomorphism has nice

Xiao Lin, Valentin Taufour, Sergey L. Bud'ko, Paul C. Canfield

We report synthesis of hexagonal LaVxCr1-xGe3 (x = 0-0.21, 1.00) single crystals, and present a systematic study of this series by measurements of temperature and field dependent magnetic susceptibility, magnetization, resistivity, and specific heat. Ferromagnetism has been observed for x = 0-0.21, and the system manifests a strong axial anisotropy in its or

Paolo Maestro

We report on the observation of $D^0$--$\bar{D}^0$ oscillations by measuring the time-dependent ratio of yields for the rare decay $D^0 \rightarrow K^+π^-$ to the favored decay $D^0 \rightarrow K^-π^+$ at the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). Using 9.6 fb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity of $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV $p$$\bar{p}$ collisions recorded in the full

Katherine C. H. Amrine, Wesley D. Swingley, David H. Ardell

Phylogenomic analyses are subject to bias from compositional convergence and noise from horizontal gene transfer (HGT). Compositional convergence is a likely cause of controversy regarding phylogeny of the SAR11 group of Alphaproteobacteria that have extremely streamlined, A+T-biased genomes. While careful modeling can reduce artifacts caused by convergence,

Dominique Perraul-Joncas, Marina Meila

In recent years, manifold learning has become increasingly popular as a tool for performing non-linear dimensionality reduction. This has led to the development of numerous algorithms of varying degrees of complexity that aim to recover man ifold geometry using either local or global features of the data. Building on the Laplacian Eigenmap and Diffusionmaps

I. Ayachi, R. Kammarti, M. Ksouri, P. Borne LACS

This paper presents an adaptation of the harmony search algorithm to solve the storage allocation problem for inbound and outbound containers. This problem is studied considering multiple container type (regular, open side, open top, tank, empty and refrigerated) which lets the situation more complicated, as various storage constraints appeared. The objectiv

Ansuman Adhikary, Giuseppe Caire

Joint Spatial Division and Multiplexing (JSDM) is a recently proposed scheme to enable massive MIMO like gains and simplified system operations for Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD) systems. The key idea lies in partitioning the users into groups with approximately similar covariances, and use a two stage downlink beamforming: a pre-beamformer that depends

Georg Sulyok, Stephan Sponar, Jacqueline Erhart, Gerald Badurek

In its original formulation, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle dealt with the relationship between the error of a quantum measurement and the thereby induced disturbance on the measured object. Meanwhile, Heisenberg's heuristic arguments have turned out to be correct only for special cases. A new universally valid relation was derived by Ozawa in 20

Mouhamed Abdulla, Yousef R. Shayan

UWB has a very large bandwidth in a WPAN network, which is best used for HD-video applications. Meanwhile, MBWA is a WMAN option optimized for wireless-IP in a fast moving vehicle. In this paper, we propose a practical engineering scenario that harnesses simultaneously the distinctive feature of both UWB and MBWA. However, this in-proximity operation of the

Monica Guica

We propose a map for extracting the holographic meaning of the metric for a class of warped AdS_3 black strings in type IIB supergravity. Our choice of holographic data is based upon a general prescription due to Papadimitriou. With this choice, we find a holographic stress tensor that is both symmetric and conserved, at least when restricted to a particular

Shouting Huang, Yufeng Liang, Li Yang

The energy spectra and wavefunctions of bound excitons in important two-dimensional (2D) graphene derivatives, i.e., graphyne and graphane, are found to be strongly modified by quantum confinement, making them qualitatively different from the usual Rydberg series. However, their parity and optical selection rules are preserved. Thus a one-parameter modified

Benjamin D. Johnson, Daniel R. Weisz, Julianne J. Dalcanton, L. Clifton Johnson

We use empirical star formation histories (SFHs), measured from HST-based resolved star color-magnitude diagrams, as input into population synthesis codes to model the broadband spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of ~50 nearby dwarf galaxies (6.5 < log M/M_* < 8.5, with metallicities ~10% solar). In the presence of realistic SFHs, we compare the modeled an

C. Adam, L. A. Ferreira, E. da Hora, A. Wereszczynski

If a scalar field theory in (1+1) dimensions possesses soliton solutions obeying first order BPS equations, then, in general, it is possible to find an infinite number of related field theories with BPS solitons which obey closely related BPS equations. We point out that this fact may be understood as a simple consequence of an appropriately generalised noti

S. Mateos, A. Alonso-Herrero, F. J. Carrera, A. Blain

Mateos et al. (2012) presented a highly reliable and efficient mid-infrared (MIR) colour-based selection technique for luminous active galactic nuclei (AGN) using the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) survey. Here we evaluate the effectiveness of this technique to identify obscured AGN missed in X-ray surveys. To do so we study the WISE properties o

Huazhou Wei, Sung-Po Chao, Vivek Aji

Unconventional superconducting states of matter are realized in the presence of strong spin orbit coupling. In particular, non degenerate bands can support odd parity superconductivity with rich topological content. Here we study whether this is the case for Weyl semimetals. These are systems whose low energy sector, in the absence of interactions, is descri

Xue-Ning Bai

Non-ideal magnetohydrodynamical effects play a crucial role in determining the mechanism and efficiency of angular momentum transport as well as the level of turbulence in protoplanetary disks (PPDs), which are key to understanding PPD evolution and planet formation. It was shown in our previous work that at 1 AU, the magnetorotational instability (MRI) is c

Robert M. Yates, Bruno Henriques, Peter A. Thomas, Guinevere Kauffmann

We update the treatment of chemical evolution in the Munich semi-analytic model, L-GALAXIES. Our new implementation includes delayed enrichment from stellar winds, supernovae type II (SNe-II) and supernovae type Ia (SNe-Ia), as well as metallicity-dependent yields and a reformulation of the associated supernova feedback. Two different sets of SN-II yields an

J. K. Donaldson, J. Lebreton, A. Roberge, J. -C. Augereau

HD32297 is a young A-star (~30 Myr) 112 pc away with a bright edge-on debris disk that has been resolved in scattered light. We observed the HD32297 debris disk in the far-infrared and sub-millimeter with the Herschel Space Observatory PACS and SPIRE instruments, populating the spectral energy distribution (SED) from 63 to 500μm. We aimed to determine the co

Alejandro Barranco, Jerome Gaillard, Niall Macpherson, Carlos Nunez

We examine non-Abelian T-duality on backgrounds preserving N=1 supersymmetry. We show how backgrounds with SU(3)-structure are mapped to backgrounds with SU(2)-structure. We provide the transformation rules for the corresponding pure spinors. We use these techniques to construct new flavoured solutions of type IIA supergravity.

A. Bonafede, F. Vazza, M. Brüggen, M. Murgia

The aim of this work is to probe the magnetic field properties in relics and infall regions of galaxy clusters using Faraday Rotation Measures. We present Very Large Array multi-frequency observations of seven sources in the region South-West of the Coma cluster, where the infalling group NGC4839 and the relic 1253+275 are located. The Faraday Rotation Measu

J. Tate Deskins, John T. Giblin, Robert R. Caldwell

Here we consider the possibility of preheating the Universe via the parametric amplification of a massless, U(1) abelian gauge field. We assume that the gauge field is coupled to the inflaton via a conformal factor with one free parameter. We present the results of high-resolution three-dimensional simulations of this model and show this mechanism efficientl

Christopher E. Kehayias, Samuel MacNaughton, Sameer Sonkusale, Cristian Staii

Reduced Graphene Oxide (RGO) is an electronically hybrid material that displays remarkable chemical sensing properties. Here, we present a quantitative analysis of the chemical gating effects in RGO-based chemical sensors. The gas sensing devices are patterned in a field-effect transistor geometry, by dielectrophoretic assembly of RGO platelets between gold

Douglas G. Moore, V. H. Satheeshkumar

General Relativity is known to break down at singularities. However, it is expected that quantum corrections become important when the curvature is of the order of Planck scale avoiding the singularity. By calculating the effect of tidal forces on a freely falling inertial frame, and assuming the least possible size of the frame to be of the Planck length, w

Mark van Hoeij, Raimundas Vidunas

A tool package for computing genus 0 Belyi functions is presented, including simplification routines, computation of moduli fields, decompositions, dessins d&#39;enfant. The main algorithm for computing the Belyi functions themselves is based on implied transformations of the hypergeometric differential equation to Fuchsian equations, preferably with few sin

Peter A. Boyle, Jonathan M. Flynn, Nicolas Garron, Andreas Juttner

We present a new calculation of the K->pi semileptonic form factor at zero momentum transfer in domain wall lattice QCD with Nf=2+1 dynamical quark flavours. By using partially twisted boundary conditions we simulate directly at the phenomenologically relevant point of zero momentum transfer. We perform a joint analysis for all available ensembles which incl

R. Alarcon, S. Balascuta, S. V. Benson, W. Bertozzi

We report measurements of photon and neutron radiation levels observed while transmitting a 0.43 MW electron beam through millimeter-sized apertures and during beam-off, but accelerating gradient RF-on, operation. These measurements were conducted at the Free-Electron Laser (FEL) facility of the Jefferson National Accelerator Laboratory (JLab) using a 100 Me

Jianwei Xie, Sennur Ulukus

We determine the exact sum secure degrees of freedom (d.o.f.) of the K-user Gaussian interference channel. We consider three different secrecy constraints: 1) K-user interference channel with one external eavesdropper (IC-EE), 2) K-user interference channel with confidential messages (IC-CM), and 3) K-user interference channel with confidential messages and

Martin Sleziak, Miloš Ziman

We investigate some properties of density measures -- finitely additive measures on the set of natural numbers $\N$ extending asymptotic density. We introduce a class of density measures, which is defined using cluster points of the sequence $\big(\frac{A(n)}{n}\big)$ as well as cluster points of some other similar sequences. We obtain range of possible valu

Martin Sleziak, Miloš Ziman

We will deal with finitely additive measures on integers extending the asymptotic density. We will study their relation to the Lévy group $\mathcal{G}$ of permutations of $\mathbb N$. Using a new characterization of the Lévy group $\mathcal G$ we will prove that a finitely additive measure extends density if and only if it is $\mathcal{G}$-invariant.

Andrii Iurov, Godfrey Gumbs

We have formulated a theory for investigating the conditions which are required to achieve entangled states of electrons on graphene and three-dimensional (3D) topological insulators (TIs). We consider the quantum entanglement of spins by calculating the exchange energy. A gap is opened up at the Fermi level between the valence and conduction bands in the ab

Marc Briane, Muthusamy Vanninathan

This paper deals with the asymptotic behavior of the first Bloch eigenvalue in a heterogeneous medium with a high contrast $\ep Y$-periodic conductivity. When the conductivity is bounded in $L^1$ and the constant of the Poincaré-Wirtinger weighted by the conductivity is very small with respect to $\ep^{-2}$, the first Bloch eigenvalue converges as $\ep\to 0$

T. Machida, K. Kogure, T. Kato, H. Nakamura

We present scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy studies around an individual excess Fe atom, working as a local perturbation, in the parent material of the iron-chalcogenide superconductor Fe$_{1+δ}$Te. Spectroscopic imaging reveals a novel isosceles triangular electronic structure around the excess Fe atoms. Its spatial symmetry reects the underly

Marton Kormos, Aditya Shashi, Yang-Zhi Chou, Jean-Sebastien Caux

The non-equilibrium dynamics of integrable systems are special: there is substantial evidence that after a quantum quench they do not thermalize but their asymptotic steady state can be described by a Generalized Gibbs Ensemble (GGE). Most of the studies on the GGE so far have focused on models that can be mapped to quadratic systems while analytic treatment

Philippe A. Martin

This article presents the top-level of an ontology categorizing and generalizing best practices and quality criteria or measures for Linked Data. It permits to compare these techniques and have a synthetic organized view of what can or should be done for knowledge sharing purposes. This ontology is part of a general knowledge base that can be accessed and co

Daniela D. Doneva, Erich Gaertig, Kostas D. Kokkotas, Christian Krüger

In the present paper we study the oscillations of fast rotating neutron stars with realistic equations of state (EoS) within the Cowling approximation. We derive improved empirical relations for gravitational wave asteroseismology with f-modes and for the first time we consider not only quadrupolar oscillations but also modes with higher spherical order (l=|

Philippe A. Martin

This article shows why the diffusion and peer-reviewing of research results would be more efficient, precise and relevant if all or at least some parts of the descriptions and peer-reviews of research results took the form of a fine-grained semantic network, within articles or knowledge bases, as part of the Semantic Web. This article also shows some ways th

Bengt Eliasson, Chuan S. Liu

We consider the resonant scattering of coherent electromagnetic waves by a Raman-like process in the gamma ray range off electrostatic modes in a quantum plasma using a collective Klein-Gordon-Maxwell model. The growth rates for the most unstable modes are calculated theoretically, and the results are found to be more efficient than incoherent Compton scatte

Katya Kosheleva, Michael Desai

The accumulation of beneficial mutations on many competing genetic backgrounds in rapidly adapting populations has a striking impact on evolutionary dynamics. This effect, known as clonal interference, causes erratic fluctuations in the frequencies of observed mutations, randomizes the fixation times of successful mutations, and leaves distinct signatures on

Vincent Knibbeler, Blaz Mramor, Bob Rink

The anti-continuum limit of a monotone variational recurrence relation consists of a lattice of uncoupled particles in a periodic background. This limit supports many trivial equilibrium states that persist as solutions of the model with small coupling. We investigate when a persisting solution generates a so-called lamination and prove that near the anti-co

Damian A. Galante, Robert C. Myers

We compute Rényi entropies for a spherical entangling surface in four-dimensional N=4 super-Yang-Mills at strong coupling using the AdS/CFT correspondence. Incorporating the effects of the leading α&#39; corrections to the low energy effective action of type IIB string theory, we calculate the leading corrections in inverse powers of the &#39;t Hooft couplin

James B. Hartle, S. W. Hawking, Thomas Hertog

We extend the holographic formulation of the semiclassical no-boundary wave function (NBWF) to models with Maxwell vector fields. It is shown that the familiar saddle points of the NBWF have a representation in which a regular, Euclidean asymptotic AdS geometry smoothly joins onto a Lorentzian asymptotically de Sitter universe through a complex transition re

Philippe A. Martin

This article first lists reasons why - in the long term or when creating a new knowledge base (KB) for general knowledge sharing purposes - collaboratively building a well-organized KB does/can provide more possibilities, with on the whole no more costs, than the mainstream approach where knowledge creation and re-use involves searching, merging and creating

Kai Cai, Hideaki Ishii

We have recently proposed a &#34;surplus-based&#34; algorithm which solves the multi-agent average consensus problem on general strongly connected and static digraphs. The essence of that algorithm is to employ an additional variable to keep track of the state changes of each agent, thereby achieving averaging even though the state sum is not preserved. In t

Gang Huang, Hong Jiang, Kim Matthews, Paul Wilford

In this paper, we propose a lensless compressive imaging architecture. The architecture consists of two components, an aperture assembly and a sensor. No lens is used. The aperture assembly consists of a two dimensional array of aperture elements. The transmittance of each aperture element is independently controllable. The sensor is a single detection eleme

M. C. Babiuc, H-O. Kreiss, J. Winicour

Recent results have revealed a critical way in which lower order terms affect the well-posedness of the characteristic initial value problem for the scalar wave equation. The proper choice of such terms can make the Cauchy problem for scalar waves well posed even on a background spacetime with closed lightlike curves. These results provide new guidance for d

Jose A. Reinoso, Jordi Zamora-Munt, Cristina Masoller

We present a numerical study of the pulses displayed by a semiconductor laser with optical feedback in the short cavity regime, such that the external cavity round trip time is smaller than the laser relaxation oscillation period. For certain parameters there are occasional pulses, which are high enough to be considered extreme events. We characterize the bi

Adam Waszczak, Eran O. Ofek, Oded Aharonson, Shrinivas Kulkarni

Cometary activity in main-belt asteroids probes the ice content of these objects and provides clues to the history of volatiles in the inner solar system. We search the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) survey to derive upper limits on the population size of active main-belt comets (MBCs). From data collected March 2009 through July 2012, we extracted 2 millio

Redwan N. Sajjad, Avik W. Ghosh

We explore the chiral transmission of electrons across graphene heterojunctions for electronic switching using gate geometry alone. A sequence of gates is used to collimate and orthogonalize the chiral transmission lobes across multiple junctions, resulting in negligible overall current. The resistance of the device is enhanced by several orders of magnitude

Bakarime Diomande, Lucian Maticiuc

Our aim is to study the following new type of multivalued backward stochastic differential equation: \[ \left\{\begin{array} [c]{r}-dY\left(t\right) +\partialφ\left(Y\left(t\right)\right) dt\ni F\left(t,Y\left(t\right),Z\left(t\right),Y_{t},Z_{t}\right) dt+Z\left(t\right) dW\left(t\right),\;0\leq t\leq T,\medskip\\ \multicolumn{1}{l}{Y\left(T\right) =ξ,}\end

Shawn Mankad, George Michailidis

Time series of graphs are increasingly prevalent in modern data and pose unique challenges to visual exploration and pattern extraction. This paper describes the development and application of matrix factorizations for exploration and time-varying community detection in time-evolving graph sequences. The matrix factorization model allows the user to home in

Pascal Anastasopoulos, Mark D. Goodsell, Robert Richter

We compute three- and four-point correlation functions containing excited bosonic twist fields. Our results can be used to determine properties, such as lifetimes and production rates, of massive string excitations localised at D-brane intersections, which could be signatures of a low string scale even if the usual string resonances are inaccessible to the L

Carlos Cabrera, Peter Makienko, Guillermo Sienra

There is a classical extension, of Möbius automorphisms of the Riemann sphere into isometries of the hyperbolic space $\mathbb{H}^3$, which is called the Poincaré extension. In this paper, we construct extensions of rational maps on the Riemann sphere over endomorphisms of $\mathbb{H}^3$ exploiting the fact that any holomorphic covering between Riemann surfa

David J. Wilman, Fabio Fontanot, Gabriella De Lucia, Peter Erwin

Galaxies grow primarily via accretion-driven star formation in discs and merger-driven growth of bulges. These processes are implicit in semi-analytical models of galaxy formation, with bulge growth in particular relating directly to the hierarchical build-up of halos and their galaxies. In this paper, we consider several implementations of two semi-analytic

M. Jannesar, G. R. Jafari, S. Vasheghani Farahani, S. Moradi

When the thickness of the layer is smaller than the electrons mean free path, the morphology affects the conductivity directly based on the layer thickness. This issue provides basis in order to estimate the thickness of the layer by understanding the morphology and the value of the conductivity. This method is an inverse approach on thickness estimation and

Gelu Popescu

In this paper, we study noncommutative varieties in polydomains in $B(H)^n$. The goal is to understand the structure of these varieties, determine their elements and classify them up to unitary equivalence. Using noncommutative Berezin transforms associated with each variety, we develop an operator model theory and dilation theory for large classes of variet

J. Cividini, H. J. Hilhorst, C. Appert-Rolland

We study two perpendicular intersecting flows of pedestrians. The latter are represented either by moving hard core particles of two types, eastbound ($\symbp$) and northbound ($\symbm$), or by two density fields, $\rhop_t(\brr)$ and $\rhom_t(\brr)$. Each flow takes place on a lattice strip of width $M$ so that the intersection is an $M\times M$ square. We i

Adem Ergül, Jack Lidmar, Jan Johansson, Yağız Azizoğlu

We have studied quantum phase-slip (QPS) phenomena in long one-dimensional Josephson junction series arrays with tunable Josephson coupling. These chains were fabricated with as many as 2888 junctions, where one sample had a tunable weak link in the middle. Measurements were made of the zero-bias resistance, $R_0$, as well as current-voltage characteristics

Y. Y. Atas, E. Bogomolny, O. Giraud, P. Vivo

We calculate analytically, for finite-size matrices, joint probability densities of ratios of level spacings in ensembles of random matrices characterized by their associated confining potential. We focus on the ratios of two spacings between three consecutive real eigenvalues, as well as certain generalizations such as the overlapping ratios. The resulting

Farzana Meru

We carry out three dimensional radiation hydrodynamical simulations of gravitationally unstable discs using to explore the movement of mass in a disc following its fragmentation. Compared to a more quiescent state before it fragments, the radial velocity of the gas increases by up to a factor of ~2-3 after fragmentation. While the mass movement occurs both i

Analia V. Smith Castelli, Nelida M. Gonzalez, Favio R. Faifer, Juan Carlos Forte

We revisit the color-magnitude relation (CMR) of the Virgo cluster early-type galaxies in order to explore its alleged non-linearity. To this aim, we reanalyze the relation already published from data obtained within the ACS Virgo Cluster Survey of the Hubble Space Telescope, and perform our own photometry and analysis of the images of the 100 early-type gal

Mehmet Çelik, Yunus E. Zeytuncu

On a complex ellipsoid in $\mathbb{C}^n$, we show that there is no nonzero Hankel operator with an anti-holomorphic symbol that is Hilbert-Schmidt.

Giuseppe Da Prato, Franco Flandoli, Michael Röckner

We prove uniqueness for continuity equations in Hilbert spaces $H$. The corresponding drift $F$ is assumed to be in a first order Sobolev space with respect to some Gaussian measure. As in previous work on the subject, the proof is based on commutator estimates which are infinite dimensional analogues to the classical ones due to DiPerna-Lions. Our general a

Michele Coscia, Giulio Rossetti, Diego Pennacchioli, Damiano Ceccarelli

Finding talents, often among the people already hired, is an endemic challenge for organizations. The social networking revolution, with online tools like Linkedin, made possible to make explicit and accessible what we perceived, but not used, for thousands of years: the exact position and ranking of a person in a network of professional and personal connect

Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin, David Menachof, Galina Sherman

The efficiency of current cargo screening processes at sea and air ports is unknown as no benchmarks exists against which they could be measured. Some manufacturer benchmarks exist for individual sensors but we have not found any benchmarks that take a holistic view of the screening procedures assessing a combination of sensors and also taking operator varia

Uwe Aickelin, Julie Greensmith, Jamie Twycross

The use of artificial immune systems in intrusion detection is an appealing concept for two reasons. Firstly, the human immune system provides the human body with a high level of protection from invading pathogens, in a robust, self-organised and distributed manner. Secondly, current techniques used in computer security are not able to cope with the dynamic

Douglas Higinbotham, Gerald A Miller, Or Hen, Klaus Rith

Thirty years ago, high-energy muons at CERN revealed the first hints of an effect that puzzles experimentalists and theorists alike to this day.

T. E. Raptis, F. O. Minotti

The effect of static electromagnetic fields on the propagation of light is analyzed in the context of a particular class of scalar-tensor gravitational theories. It is found that for appropriate field configurations and light polarization, anomalous amplitude variations of the light as it propagates in either a magnetized or electrified vacuum are strong eno

Kh. Shakouri, S. M. Badalyan, F. M. Peeters

We derive an exact solution to the problem of spin snake states induced in a nonhomogeneous magnetic field by a combined action of the Rashba spin-orbit and Zeeman fields. In an antisymmetric magnetic field the spin snake states are nonlocal composite particles, originating from spatially separated entangled spins. Adding an external homogeneous magnetic fie

Jiangang Zhu, Sahin Kaya Ozdemir, Lan Yang

A nanoparticle detection scheme with single particle resolution is presented. The sensor contains only a taper fiber thus offering the advantages of compactness and installation flexibility. Sensing method is based on monitoring the transmitted light power which shows abrupt jumps with each particle binding to the taper surface. The experimental validation o

Bryan M. Johnson

Exact one-dimensional solutions to the equations of fluid dynamics are derived in the large-Pr and small-Pr limits (where Pr is the Prandtl number). The solutions are analogous to the Pr = 3/4 solution discovered by Becker and analytically capture the profile of shock fronts in ideal gases. The large-Pr solution is very similar to Becker&#39;s solution, diff

R. H. Parker, M. R. Dietrich, K. Bailey, J. P. Greene

We demonstrate a technique for transferring $^{226}$Ra atoms from a 3-dimensional magneto-optical-trap (MOT) into a standing wave optical dipole trap (ODT) in an adjacent chamber. The resulting small trapping volume (120 $μ$m in diameter) allows for high control of the electric and magnetic fields applied to the atoms. The atoms are first transferred to a tr

William Wilson, Uwe Aickelin

Memory can be defined as the ability to retain and recall information in a diverse range of forms. It is a vital component of the way in which we as human beings operate on a day to day basis. Given a particular situation, decisions are made and actions undertaken in response to that situation based on our memory of related prior events and experiences. By u

Guy Bouchitte, Christophe Bourel, Luigi Manca

Recently, a theory for artificial magnetism in two-dimensional photonic crystals has been developed for large wavelength using homogenization techniques. In this paper we pursue this approach within a rigorous stochastic framework: dielectric parallel nanorods are randomly disposed, each of them having, up to a large scaling factor, a random permittivity ε(ω

Gianni Tedesco, Uwe Aickelin

Each time that an intrusion detection system raises an alert it must make some attempt to communicate the information to an operator. This communication channel can easily become the target of a denial of service attack because, like all communication channels, it has a fixed capacity. If this channel can become overwhelmed with bogus data, an attacker can q

Blagovest Damyanov

Modelling of singularities given by discontinuous functions or distributions by means of generalized functions has proved useful in many problems posed by physical phenomena. We introduce in a systematic way generalized functions of Colombeau that model such singularities. Moreover, we evaluate some products of singularity-modelling generalized functions whe