June 2013 arXiv papers — page 23

Tyler Fochtman, Jacob Hendricks, Jennifer E. Padilla, Matthew J. Patitz

The 2-Handed Assembly Model (2HAM) is a tile-based self-assembly model in which, typically beginning from single tiles, arbitrarily large aggregations of static tiles combine in pairs to form structures. The Signal-passing Tile Assembly Model (STAM) is an extension of the 2HAM in which the tiles are dynamically changing components which are able to alter the

Helena Jasiulewicz, Wojciech Kordecki

In this paper, we pay our attention to geometric parameters and their applications in economics and finance. We discuss the multiplicative models in which a geometric mean and a geometric standard deviation are more natural than arithmetic ones. We give two examples from Warsaw Stock Exchange in 1995--2009 and from a bid of 52-week treasury bills in 1992--20

Marco Gherardi

We study the connection between polymers at the theta temperature on the lattice and Schramm-Loewner chains with constant step length in the continuum. The latter realize a useful algorithm for the exact sampling of tricritical polymers, where finite-chain effects are excluded. The driving function computed from the lattice model via a radial implementation

P. J. de Visser, D. J. Goldie, P. Diener, S. Withington

In a superconductor absorption of photons with an energy below the superconducting gap leads to redistribution of quasiparticles over energy and thus induces a strong non-equilibrium quasiparticle energy distribution. We have measured the electrodynamic response, quality factor and resonant frequency, of a superconducting aluminium microwave resonator as a f

Alexander Stolyar, Yuan Zhong

We consider a service system model primarily motivated by the problem of efficient assignment of virtual machines to physical host machines in a network cloud, so that the number of occupied hosts is minimized. There are multiple types of arriving customers, where a customer's mean service time depends on its type. There is an infinite number of servers.

Claudio Castelnovo

In this manuscript we study the behaviour of the entanglement measure dubbed negativity in the context of the toric code model. Using a method introduced recently by Calabrese, Cardy and Tonni [Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 130502 (2012)], we obtain an exact expression which illustrates how the non-local correlations present in a topologically ordered state reflect

Matthew J. M. Power, Gabriele De Chiara

We analyse the production of defects during the dynamical crossing of a mean-field phase transition with a real order parameter. When the parameter that brings the system across the critical point changes in time according to a power-law schedule, we recover the predictions dictated by the well-known Kibble-Zurek theory. For a fixed duration of the evolution

Nicholas Bronn, Nadya Mason

We report measurements of the spatial dependence of the electron energy distribution in carbon nanotubes, from which electron interactions are determined. Using nonequilibrium tunneling spectroscopy with multiple superconducting probes, we characterize electron transport as ballistic or diffusive, and interactions as elastic or inelastic. We find that transp

S. Genway, A. F. Ho, D. K. K. Lee

We study the decoherence and thermalization dynamics of a nanoscale system coupled nonperturbatively to a fully quantum-mechanical bath. The system is prepared out of equilibrium in a pure state of the complete system. We propose a random matrix model and show analytically that there are two robust temporal regimes in the approach of the system to equilibriu

Rishi Saket

We present a polynomial time approximation scheme (PTAS) for the minimum value of the classical Ising Hamiltonian with linear terms on the Chimera graph structure as defined in the recent work of McGeoch and Wang. The result follows from a direct application of the techniques used by Bansal, Bravyi and Terhal who gave a PTAS for the same problem on planar an

Matthew McQuinn, Gabor Worseck

Previous studies of the 2.2 < z< 2.7 HeII Lyman-alpha forest measured much larger ionizing background fluctuations than are anticipated theoretically. We re-analyze recent Hubble Space Telescope data from the two HeII sightlines that have been used to make these measurements, HE2347-4342 and HS1700+6416, and find that the vast majority of the absorption is a

R. S. de Souza, E. E. O. Ishida, J. L. Johnson, D. J. Whalen

We present a fully self-consistent simulation of a synthetic survey of the furthermost cosmic explosions. The appearance of the first generation of stars (Population III) in the Universe represents a critical point during cosmic evolution, signaling the end of the dark ages, a period of absence of light sources. Despite their importance, there is no confirme

David M. Kipping

It is suggested that the distribution of orbital eccentricities for extrasolar planets is well-described by the Beta distribution. Several properties of the Beta distribution make it a powerful tool for this purpose. For example, the Beta distribution can reproduce a diverse range of probability density functions (PDFs) using just two shape parameters (a and

Miranda C. N. Cheng, Xi Dong, John F. R. Duncan, Jeffrey A. Harvey

There is a `Mathieu moonshine&#39; relating the elliptic genus of K3 to the sporadic group M_{24}. Here, we give evidence that this moonshine extends to part of the web of dualities connecting heterotic strings compactified on K3 \times T^2 to type IIA strings compactified on Calabi-Yau threefolds. We demonstrate that dimensions of M_{24} representations gov

Bomee Lee, Mauro Giavalisco, Christina C. Williams, Yicheng Guo

We discuss the state of the assembly of the Hubble Sequence in the mix of bright galaxies at redshift 1.4< z \le 2.5 with a large sample of 1,671 galaxies down to H_{AB}~26, selected from the HST/ACS and WFC3 images of the GOODS--South field obtained as part of the GOODS and CANDELS observations. We investigate the relationship between the star formation pro

Daniel Varjas, Michael P. Zaletel, Joel E. Moore

We use bosonic field theories and the infinite system density matrix renormalization group (iDMRG) method to study infinite strips of fractional quantum Hall (FQH) states starting from microscopic Hamiltonians. Finite-entanglement scaling allows us to accurately measure chiral central charge, edge mode exponents and momenta without finite-size errors. We ana

Raoul Golan, Austin Gerig

Financial time series exhibit a number of interesting properties that are difficult to explain with simple models. These properties include fat-tails in the distribution of price fluctuations (or returns) that are slowly removed at longer timescales, strong autocorrelations in absolute returns but zero autocorrelation in returns themselves, and multifractal

Pawel Caputa, Gautam Mandal, Ritam Sinha

We consider time-dependent entanglement entropy (EE) for a 1+1 dimensional CFT in the presence of angular momentum and U(1) charge. The EE saturates, irrespective of the initial state, to the grand canonical entropy after a time large compared with the length of the entangling interval. We reproduce the CFT results from an AdS dual consisting of a spinning B

Zihua Guo, Tadahiro Oh, Yuzhao Wang

In this paper, we prove new Strichartz estimates for linear Schrodinger equations posed on d-dimensional irrational tori. Then, we use these estimates to prove subcritical and critical local well-posedness results for nonlinear Schrodinger equations (NLS) on irrational tori.

N. R. Tanvir, A. J. Levan, A. S. Fruchter, J. Hjorth

Short-duration gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs) are intense flashes of cosmic gamma-rays, lasting less than ~2 s, whose origin is one of the great unsolved questions of astrophysics today. While the favoured hypothesis for their production, a relativistic jet created by the merger of two compact stellar objects (specifically, two neutron stars, NS-NS, or a neutron s

A. V. Nesterenko

The dispersive approach to QCD is applied to the study of the inclusive tau lepton hadronic decay. This approach provides the unified integral representations for the hadronic vacuum polarization function, related R function, and Adler function. These representations account for the intrinsically nonperturbative constraints, which originate in the kinematic

V. Baran, M. Colonna, M. Di Toro, A. Croitoru

We study the correlation between the neutron skin development and the low-energy dipole response associated with the pygmy dipole resonance (PDR) in connection with the properties of symmetry energy. We perform our investigation within a microscopic transport model based on the Landau-Vlasov kinetic equation by employing three different equations of state in

A. Molino, N. Benítez, M. Moles, A. Fernández-Soto

The ALHAMBRA (Advance Large Homogeneous Area Medium Band Redshift Astronomical) survey has observed 8 different regions of the sky, including sections of the COSMOS, DEEP2, ELAIS, GOODS-N, SDSS and Groth fields using a new photometric system with 20 contiguous ~ $300Å$ filters covering the optical range, combining them with deep $JHKs$ imaging. The observati

K. K. Kozlowski

The quantum separation of variables method consists in mapping the original Hilbert space where a spectral problem is formulated onto one where the spectral problem takes a simpler &#34;separated&#34; form. In order to realise such a program, one should construct the map explicitly and then show that it is unitary. In the present paper, we develop a techniqu

D. Michieletto, D. Marenduzzo, E. Orlandini, G. P. Alexander

We perform large scale three-dimensional molecular dynamics simulations of unlinked and unknotted ring polymers diffusing through a background gel, here a three-dimensional cubic lattice. Taking advantage of this architecture, we propose a new method to unambiguously identify and quantify inter-ring threadings (penetrations) and to relate these to the dynami

Emiliano De Cristofaro

Progress in Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) will soon allow a large number of individuals to have their genome fully sequenced. This lays the foundations to improve modern healthcare, enabling a new era of personalized medicine where diagnosis and treatment is tailored to the patient&#39;s genetic makeup. It also allows individuals motivated by personal curios

Zhaoran Wang, Han Liu, Tong Zhang

We provide theoretical analysis of the statistical and computational properties of penalized $M$-estimators that can be formulated as the solution to a possibly nonconvex optimization problem. Many important estimators fall in this category, including least squares regression with nonconvex regularization, generalized linear models with nonconvex regularizat

Kouichi Takemura, Terumitsu Tsutsui

We introduce a ultradiscretization with parity variables of the $q$-difference Painlevé VI system of equations. We show that ultradiscrete limit of Riccati-type solutions of $q$-Painlevé VI satisfies the ultradiscrete Painlevé VI system of equations with the parity variables, which is valid by using the parity variables. We study some solutions of the ultrad

Clifford V. Johnson

Holographic studies of the entanglement entropy of field theories dual to charged and neutral black holes in asymptotically global AdS4 spacetimes are presented. The goal is to elucidate various properties of the quantity that are peculiar to working in finite volume, and to gain access to the behaviour of the entanglement entropy in the rich thermodynamic p

Filippo Galeazzi, Wolfgang Kastaun, Luciano Rezzolla, José A. Font

We describe in detail the implementation of a simplified approach to radiative transfer in general relativity by means of the well-known neutrino leakage scheme (NLS). In particular, we carry out an extensive investigation of the properties and limitations of the NLS for isolated relativistic stars to a level of detail that has not been discussed before in a

Andong He, John S. Wettlaufer

We examine the validity of Hertz&#39;s linear elastic theory for central collisions using a viscoelastic model. This model explains why Hertz&#39;s theory is accurate in predicting the collision time and maximum contact area even when $40\%$ of the kinetic energy is lost due to viscous dissipation. The main reason is that both the collision time and maximum

Dmitry Borisyuk, Alexander Kobushkin

We consider two-photon exchange (TPE) in the elastic electron-proton scattering and evaluate the effect of πN (pion + nucleon) intermediate hadronic states. Among different πN states, we concentrate on the P33 channel; thus we effectively include Delta(1232) resonance with realistic width and shape and corresponding background as well. In agreement with the

Paul M. N. Feehan

We develop weak and strong maximum principles for boundary-degenerate, linear, parabolic, second-order partial differential operators, $Lu := -u_t-\tr(aD^2u)-\langle b, Du\rangle + cu$, with \emph{partial} Dirichlet boundary conditions. The coefficient, $a(t,x)$, is assumed to vanish along a non-empty open subset, $\mydirac_0!\sQ$, called the \emph{degenerat

Xiaojin Zhu

What if there is a teacher who knows the learning goal and wants to design good training data for a machine learner? We propose an optimal teaching framework aimed at learners who employ Bayesian models. Our framework is expressed as an optimization problem over teaching examples that balance the future loss of the learner and the effort of the teacher. This

Konstantinos A. Beros

We consider a slightly modified form of the standard Rudin-Keisler order on ideals and demonstrate the existence of complete (with respect to this order) ideals in various projective classes. Using our methods, we obtain a simple proof of Hjorth&#39;s theorem on the existence of a complete $\mathbf Π^1_1$ equivalence relation. Our proof of Hjorth&#39;s theor

Murray Gerstenhaber

Those elements of the second de Rham cohomology group of a connected, oriented Riemannian manifold which map its second homotopy group to zero or to a discrete subgroup of the reals induce deformations of the path algebra of the manifold. If the image is not identically zero then the induced deformations are quantized. We examine the simplest examples, namel

Paweł Horodecki, Jan Tuziemski, Paweł Mazurek, Ryszard Horodecki

The scenario of remote state preparation with shared correlated quantum state and one bit of forward communication [B. Dakic et al. Nature Physics 8, 666-670 (2012)] is considered. The transmission efficiency is examined by considering general encoding and decoding strategies. The importance of use of linear fidelity is recognized. It is shown that separable

Aristomenis Donos, Jerome P. Gauntlett

We consider asymptotically AdS black brane solutions that are dual to CFTs with periodic dependence on the spatial directions, arising from either a spontaneous or an explicit breaking of translational symmetry. We derive a simple expression for the variation of the free-energy with respect to changing the periods. This explains some observations, based on n

Giovanni Rosso

Let p be an odd prime and F a totally real number field. Let f be a Hilbert cuspidal eigenform of parallel weight 2, trivial Nebentypus and ordinary at p. It is possible to construct a p-adic L-function which interpolates the complex L-function associated to the symmetric square representation of f. This p-adic L-function vanishes at s=1 even if the complex

Igal Sason

This work considers the corner points of the capacity region of a two-user Gaussian interference channel (GIC). In a two-user GIC, the rate pairs where one user transmits its data at the single-user capacity (without interference), and the other at the largest rate for which reliable communication is still possible are called corner points. This paper relies

David S. Matteson, Nicholas A. James

Change point analysis has applications in a wide variety of fields. The general problem concerns the inference of a change in distribution for a set of time-ordered observations. Sequential detection is an online version in which new data is continually arriving and is analyzed adaptively. We are concerned with the related, but distinct, offline version, in

Karl Landsteiner

We present a field theoretical model of anomalous transport in Weyl semi-metals. We calculate the Chiral Magnetic and Chiral Vortical Effect in the electric, axial (valley) and energy current. Our findings coincide with the results of a recent analysis using kinetic theory in the bulk of the material. We point out that the kinetic currents have to be identif

Tianjun Li, James A. Maxin, Dimitri V. Nanopoulos, Joel W. Walker

We describe a region of the No-Scale F-SU(5) supersymmetric model with TeV-scale vector-like matter multiplets that is potentially opaque to LHC observations based upon top quark reconstruction. Possessing a 100% on-shell branching fraction for gluino to light stop decays, the gluino-light stop mass splitting in F-SU(5) lies very close to the top quark rest

Jaret Flores, Charles Weibel

We define and study the Picard group of a monoid scheme and the class group of a normal monoid scheme. To do so, we develop some ideal theory for (pointed abelian) noetherian monoids, including primary decomposition and discrete valuations. The normalization of a monoid turns out to be a monoid scheme, but not always a monoid.

Duc-Manh Nguyen, Alex Wright

We show that every surface in H^hyp(4) is either a Veech surface or a generic surface, i.e. its GL^+(2,R)-orbit is either a closed or a dense subset of H^hyp(4) . The proof develops new techniques applicable in general to the problem of classifying orbit closures, especially in low genus. Recent results of Eskin-Mirzakhani-Mohammadi, Avila-Eskin-Möller, and

R. de la Fuente Marcos, C. de la Fuente Marcos

The object G2 will pass within nearly 100 au from Sgr A* in 2014. Due to its very short periapse, the study of the dynamical evolution of this object in the short-term future may offer some insight into the region surrounding the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Galaxy. With this scenario in mind, it has recently been proposed by Bartos et al. (a

Mariusz Tarnopolski

The case of Hyperion has been studied excesively due to the fact it is the largest known celestial body of a highly aspherical shape. It also has a low mass density and remains in a 4:3 orbital resonance with Titan. Its lightcurve, obtained through photometric observations by (Klavetter 1989a,b), was initialy used to show that Hyperion&#39;s rotation exhibit

Hadi Godazgar, Mahdi Godazgar

We present a new method for completing higher derivative corrections for theories that exhibit duality symmetries under reduction. This proposal is based on the observation that duality symmetry in the reduced theory highly constrains the form of the unreduced theory. We apply this idea to closed bosonic string theory and complete the Riemann squared term to

Axel Brandenburg, Nathan Kleeorin, Igor Rogachevskii

Recent studies have demonstrated that in fully developed turbulence, the effective magnetic pressure of a large-scale field (non-turbulent plus turbulent contributions) can become negative. In the presence of strongly stratified turbulence, this was shown to lead to a large-scale instability that produces spontaneous magnetic flux concentrations. Furthermore

Amjad Ashoorioon, Konstantinos Dimopoulos, M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari, Gary Shiu

The inflationary cosmology paradigm is very successful in explaining the CMB anisotropy to the percent level. Besides the dependence on the inflationary model, the power spectra, spectral tilt and non-Gaussianity of the CMB temperature fluctuations also depend on the initial state of inflation. Here, we examine to what extent these observables are affected b

Hector Cruz-Ramirez, Roberto Ramirez-Alarcon, Francisco J. Morelos, Pedro A. Quinto-Su

We demonstrate the generation of non-diffracting heralded single photons, i.e. which are characterized by a single-photon transverse intensity distribution which remains essentially unchanged over a significant propagation distance. For this purpose we have relied on the process of spontaneous parametric downconversion (SPDC) for the generation of signal and

Zhenlin Luo, Zuhuang Chen, Yuanjun Yang, Heng-Jui Liu

We present a synchrotron grazing incidence x-ray diffraction analysis of the domain structure and polar symmetry of highly strained BiFeO3 thin films grown on LaAlO3 substrate. We revealed the existence of periodic elastic nanodomains in the pure tetragonal-like BFO ultrathin films down to a thickness of 6 nm. A unique shear strain accommodation mechanism is

C. García-Meca, S. Carloni, C. Barceló, G. Jannes

A recently proposed analogue transformation method has allowed the extension of transformation acoustics to general spacetime transformations. We analyze here in detail the differences between this new analogue transformation acoustics (ATA) method and the standard one (STA). We show explicitly that STA is not suitable for transformations that mix space and

Gabriel S. Hjort Blindell

Instruction selection is one of three optimisation problems involved in the code generator backend of a compiler. The instruction selector is responsible of transforming an input program from its target-independent representation into a target-specific form by making best use of the available machine instructions. Hence instruction selection is a crucial par

Belle Collaboration, K. Chilikin, R. Mizuk, I. Adachi

We perform a full amplitude analysis of B0 -> psi&#39; K+ pi- decays, with psi&#39; -> mu+ mu- or e+ e-, to constrain the spin and parity of the Z(4430)-. The J^P=1+ hypothesis is favored over the 0-, 1-, 2- and 2+ hypotheses at the levels of 3.4 sigma, 3.7 sigma, 4.7 sigma and 5.1 sigma, respectively. The analysis is based on a 711 fb^-1 data sample that co

P. Carmona, G. B. Nguyen, N. Pétrélis

In this paper, we investigate a model for a $1+1$ dimensional self-interacting and partially directed self-avoiding walk, usually referred to by the acronym IPDSAW. The interaction intensity and the free energy of the system are denoted by $β$ and $f$, respectively. The IPDSAW is known to undergo a collapse transition at $β_c$. We provide the precise asympto

Savvas Nesseris, Juan Garcia-Bellido

We make a comparative analysis of the various independent methods proposed in the literature for studying the nature of dark energy, using four different mocks of SnIa data. In particular, we explore a generic principal components analysis approach, the genetic algorithms, a series of approximations like Padé power law approximants, and various expansions in

Shin-ichi Sasa

Hamiltonian particle systems may exhibit non-linear hydrodynamic phenomena as the time evolution of the density fields of energy, momentum, and mass. In this Letter, an exact equation describing the time evolution is derived assuming the local Gibbs distribution at initial time. The key concept in the derivation is an identity similar to the fluctuation theo

Habib Rostami, Reza Asgari

Electronic properties of bilayer graphene are distinct from both the conventional two dimensional electron gas and monolayer graphene due to its particular chiral properties and excitation charge carrier dispersions. We study the effect of strain on the electronic structure, the edge-states and charge transport of bilayer graphene nanoribbon at zero-temperat

Dmytro Shklyarov

The periodic cyclic homology of any proper dg category comes equipped with a canonical pairing. We show that in the case of the dg category of matrix factorizations of an isolated singularity the canonical pairing can be identified with the so-called higher residue pairing on the twisted de Rham cohomology of the singularity.

Gennaro Infante

We shall firstly study the existence of one positive solution of a model problem for one equation via the classical Krasnosel&#39;ski\uı fixed-point theorem. Secondly we investigate how to handle this problem via the fixed point index theory for compact maps. Thirdly we illustrate how this approach can be tailored in order to deal with non-trivial solutions

Marcio Batista, Marcos P. Cavalcante, Juncheol Pyo

In this paper we prove general inequalities involving the weighted mean curvature of compact submanifolds immersed in weighted manifolds. As a consequence we obtain a relative linear isoperimetric inequality for such submanifolds. We also prove an extrinsic upper bound to the first non zero eigenvalue of the drift Laplacian on closed submanifolds of weighted

Yu. F. Pirogov

The problem of merging in black holes the rotation and a massless scalar field is treated. It is argued in the comment that the Kerr-like and Demianski-like metrics in General Relativity with a free massless scalar field or in the free Brans-Dicke theory, claimed so far in the literature as an application of the Newman-Janis algorithm, prove to be invalid. F

B. Charneski, A. C. Lehum, A. J. da Silva

We discuss the role of gravitational corrections to the running of the electric charge through the evaluation of scattering amplitudes of charged particles in massless scalar electrodynamics. Computing the complete divergent part of the S-matrix amplitude for two distinct scattering processes, we show that quantum gravitational corrections do not alter the r

S. Bovino, T. Grassi, M. Tacconi, F. A. Gianturco

A detailed quantum analysis of a ionic reaction with a crucial role in the ISM is carried out to generate ab initio reactive cross sections with a quantum method. From them we obtain the corresponding CH+ depletion rates over a broad range of temperatures. The new rates are further linked to a complex chemical network that shows the evolution in time of the

Yen-Chun Tseng, David M T Kuo, Yia-chung Chang, Yan-Ting Lin

The nonlinear thermoelectric properties of serially coupled quantum dots (SCQDs) embedded in a nanowire connected to metallic electrodes are theoretically studied in the Coulomb blockade regime. We demonstrate that the electron heat current of SCQDs exhibit a direction-dependent behavior (heat rectification) in an asymmetrical structure in which the electron

Gergely Ambrus

We present a geometric proof for the duality theorem of linear programming. Besides being self-contained and simple, the present approach also provides a transparent way for understanding this fundamental result.

Tobias A. Kampmann, Horst-Holger Boltz, Jan Kierfeld

We study the adsorption of semiflexible polymers such as polyelectrolytes or DNA on planar and curved substrates, e.g., spheres or washboard substrates via short-range potentials using extensive Monte-Carlo simulations, scaling arguments, and analytical transfer matrix techniques. We show that the adsorption threshold of stiff or semiflexible polymers on a p

N. T. Nemesh, S. M. Shteiner

In this paper we give description of free and cofree objects in the category of operator sequence spaces. First we show that this category possess the same duality theory as category of normed spaces, then with the aid of these results we give complete description of metrically and topologically free and cofree objects.

Ryan Budney

This paper gives a combinatorial description of spin and spin^c-structures on triangulated PL-manifolds of arbitrary dimension. These formulations of spin and spin^c-structures are established primarily for the purpose of aiding in computations. The novelty of the approach is we rely heavily on the naturality of binary symmetric groups to avoid lengthy expli

Levent Akant, Emine Ertugrul, Ferzan Tapramaz, O. Teoman Turgut

The Bose-Einstein condensation for an ideal Bose gas and for a dilute weakly interacting Bose gas in a manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature is investigated using the heat kernel and eigenvalue estimates of the Laplace operator. The main focus is on the nonrelativistic gas. However, special relativistic ideal gas is also discussed. The thermodynamic limi

Michael Bulois, Laurent Evain

It is known that the variety parametrizing pairs of commuting nilpotent matrices is irreducible and that this provides a proof of the irreducibility of the punctual Hilbert scheme in the plane. We extend this link to the nilpotent commuting variety of parabolic subalgebras of $M\_n(\K)$ and to the punctual nested Hilbert scheme. By this method, we obtain a l

Asma Azaiez

In this paper, we consider a blow-up solution for the complex-valued semilinear wave equation with power nonlinearity in one space dimension. We first characterize all the solutions of the associated stationary problem as a two-parameter family. Then, we use a dynamical system formulation to show that the solution in self-similar variables approaches some pa

João Araújo, Peter J. Cameron

Let $Ω$ be a set of cardinality $n$, $G$ a permutation group on $Ω$, and $f:Ω\toΩ$ a map which is not a permutation. We say that $G$ synchronizes $f$ if the semigroup $\langle G,f\rangle$ contains a constant map. The first author has conjectured that a primitive group synchronizes any map whose kernel is non-uniform. Rystsov proved one instance of this conje

Takayuki Kubo, Takayuki Saeki, Yoshihisa Iwashita

Formulae that describe the RF electromagnetic field attenuation for the multilayer coating model with a single superconductor layer and a single insulator layer deposited on a bulk superconductor are derived from a rigorous calculation with the Maxwell equations and the London equation.

Hirotaka Ito, Shigehiro Nagataki, Masaomi Ono, Shiu-Hang Lee

We explore photospheric emissions from stratified two-component jets, wherein a highly relativistic spine outflow is surrounded by a wider and less relativistic sheath outflow. Thermal photons are injected in regions of high optical depth and propagated until they escape at the photosphere. Due to the presence of shear in velocity (Lorentz factor) at the bou

Dean Alvis

A type of directed multigraph called a W-digraph is introduced to model the structure of certain representations of Hecke algebras, including those constructed by Lusztig and Vogan from involutions in a Weyl group. Building on results of Lusztig, a complete characterization of W-digraphs is given in terms of subdigraphs for dihedral parabolic subgroups. Grap

Thomas Connor, Dimitri Leemans

We announce an atlas of subgroup lattices of almost simple groups and present two algorithms that were used to produce the atlas.

Konstantin Golubev

In [Ho] A.J. Hoffman proved a lower bound on the chromatic number of a graph in the terms of the largest and the smallest eigenvalues of its adjacency matrix. In this paper, we prove a higher dimensional version of this result and give a lower bound on the chromatic number of a pure $d$-dimensional simplicial complex in the terms of the spectra of the higher

Olga Aryasova, Andrey Pilipenko

We consider a $d$-dimensional SDE with an identity diffusion matrix and a drift vector being a vector function of bounded variation. We give a representation for the derivative of the solution with respect to the initial data.

Hong Huang

Let $u$ be a positive solution of the ultraparabolic equation \begin{equation*} \partial_t u=\sum_{i=1}^n \partial_{x_i}^2 u+\sum_{i=1}^k x_i\partial_{x_{n+i}}u \hspace{8mm} \mbox{on} \hspace{4mm} \mathbb{R}^{n+k}\times (0,T), \end{equation*} where $1\leq k\leq n$ and $0<T \leq +\infty$. Assume that $u$ and its derivatives (w.r.t. the space variables) up to

Fajwel Fogel, Rodolphe Jenatton, Francis Bach, Alexandre d&#39;Aspremont

Seriation seeks to reconstruct a linear order between variables using unsorted, pairwise similarity information. It has direct applications in archeology and shotgun gene sequencing for example. We write seriation as an optimization problem by proving the equivalence between the seriation and combinatorial 2-SUM problems on similarity matrices (2-SUM is a qu

Bumned Soodchomshom

In contrast to recent description [Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 (2011)116803], we show that pseudo spin in graphene is not completely a real angular momentum. The pseudo spin only in the direction perpendicular to graphene sheet is real angular momentum, while the pseudo spin parallel to graphene plane is still not real angular momentum. Interestingly, it is also sh

T. Lunghi, J. Kaniewski, F. Bussieres, R. Houlmann

Bit commitment is a fundamental cryptographic primitive in which Bob wishes to commit a secret bit to Alice. Perfectly secure bit commitment has been proven impossible through asynchronous exchange of classical and quantum information. Perfect security is however possible by restraining the exchange of classical and quantum information to suitably chosen rel

Yann Apertet, Henni Ouerdane, Christophe Goupil, Philippe Lecoeur

We present an in-depth analysis of the sometimes understated role of the principle of energy conservation in linear irreversible thermodynamics. Our case study is that of a thermoelectric generator (TEG), which is a heat engine of choice in irreversible thermodynamics, owing to the coupling between the electrical and heat fluxes. We show why Onsager&#39;s re

Hannah M. Price, Nigel R. Cooper

Topological energy bands have important geometrical properties described by the Berry curvature. We show that the Berry curvature changes the hydrodynamic equations of motion for a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate, and causes significant modifications to the collective mode frequencies. We illustrate our results for the case of two-dimensional Rashba spin-or

Tim Wirtz, Thomas Guhr

Wishart random matrix theory is of major importance for the analysis of correlated time series. The distribution of the smallest eigenvalue for Wishart correlation matrices is particularly interesting in many applications. In the complex and in the real case, we calculate it exactly for arbitrary empirical eigenvalues, i.e., for fully correlated Gaussian Wis

A. A. Vidotto, M. Jardine, J. Morin, J. -F. Donati

We investigate the effect of the magnetic fields of M dwarf (dM) stars on potentially habitable Earth-like planets. These fields can reduce the size of planetary magnetospheres to such an extent that a significant fraction of the planet&#39;s atmosphere may be exposed to erosion by the stellar wind. We used a sample of 15 active dM stars, for which surface m

Dmitry O. Krimer, Matthias Liertzer, Stefan Rotter, Hakan E. Tureci

We study the non-Markovian quantum dynamics of an emitter inside an open multimode cavity, focusing on the case where the emitter is resonant with high-frequency cavity modes. Based on a Green&#39;s function technique suited for open photonic structures, we study the crossovers between three distinct regimes as the coupling strength is gradually increased: (

Wen-Mei Guo, Gao-Chan Yong, Yongjia Wang, Qingfeng Li

Within two different frameworks of isospin-dependent transport model, i.e., Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck (IBUU04) and Ultrarelativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics (UrQMD) transport models, sensitive probes of nuclear symmetry energy are simulated and compared. It is shown that neutron to proton ratio of free nucleons, pi-/pi+ ratio as well as isospin-sensitiv

Xiaojie Chen, Thilo Gross, Ulf Dieckmann

For societies to produce or safeguard public goods, costly voluntary contributions are often required. From the perspective of each individual, however, it is advantageous not to volunteer such contributions, in the hope that other individuals will carry the associated costs. This conflict can be modeled as a volunteer&#39;s dilemma. To encourage rational in

Michael Kunzinger, Roland Steinbauer, Milena Stojkovic

Given a pseudo-Riemannian metric of regularity $C^{1,1}$ on a smooth manifold, we prove that the corresponding exponential map is a bi-Lipschitz homeomorphism locally around any point. We also establish the existence of totally normal neighborhoods in an appropriate sense. The proofs are based on regularization, combined with methods from comparison geometry

Isaac H. Kim

We propose an order parameter for a general one-dimensional gapped system with an open boundary condition. The order parameter can be computed from the ground state entanglement entropy of some regions near one of the boundaries. Hence, it is well-defined even in the presence of arbitrary interaction and disorder. We also show that it is invariant under a fi

Mansur I. Ismailov

In this article, the inverse scattering problem (ISP) of recovering the matrix coefficient of a first order system of ordinary differential equations on the half-axis from its scattering matrix is considered. In the case of a triangular structure of the matrix coefficient, this system has a Volterra-type integral transformation operator at infinity. Such typ

Carlo Paolo Sasso, Enrico Massa, Giovanni Mana

In the watt balance experiments, separate measurements of the magnetic and electromotive forces in a coil in a magnetic field enable a virtual comparison between mechanical and electric powers to be carried out, which lead to an accurate measurement of the Planck constant. This paper investigates the three-dimensional nature of the coil-field interaction and

Louk Rademaker, Yohanes Pramudya, Jan Zaanen, Vladimir Dobrosavljevic

Usually complex charge ordering phenomena arise due to competing interactions. We have studied how such ordered patterns emerge from the frustration of a long-ranged interaction on a lattice. Using the lattice gas model on a square lattice with fixed particle density, we have identified several interesting phases; such as a generalization of Wigner crystals

Sarika Goyal, K. Sreenadh

In this article, we study the Fučik spectrum of fractional Laplace operator which is defined as the set of all $(\al,\ba)\in \mb R^2$ such that \begin{equation*} \quad \left. \begin{array}{lr} \quad (-\De)^s u = \al u^{+} - \ba u^{-} \; \text{in}\; \Om \quad \quad \quad \quad u = 0 \; \mbox{in}\; \mb R^n \setminus\Om.\\ \end{array} \quad \right\} \end{equati

Alejandro Sarria

A class of semi-bounded solutions of the two-dimensional incompressible Euler equations satisfying either periodic or Dirichlet boundary conditions is examined. For smooth initial data, new blowup criteria in terms of the initial concavity profile is presented and the effects that the boundary conditions have on the global regularity of solutions is discusse

Monodeep Chakraborty, Masaki Tezuka, B. I. Min

Employing the recently developed self-consistent variational basis generation scheme, we have investigated the bipolaron-bipolaron interaction within the purview of Holstein-Hubbard and the extended-Holstein-Hubbard (F2H) model on a discrete one-dimensional lattice. The density-matrix renormalization group (DMRG) method has also been used for the Holstein-Hu

R. Di Criscienzo, R. Myrzakulov, L. Sebastiani

Much attention has been recently devoted to modified theories of gravity in the attempt to efficiently describe both early inflation and late-time acceleration of our universe without referring to the cosmological constant or other ad hoc kinds of fluids. The simplest models overcome General Relativity simply by replacing $R$ with $F(R)$ in the Einstein--Hil