June 2013 arXiv papers — page 27

Naofumi Honda, Joyce McLaughlin, Gen Nakamura

An inverse problem to identify unknown coefficients of a partial differential equation by a single interior measurement is considered. The equation considered in this paper is a strongly elliptic second order scalar equation which can have complex coefficients in a bounded domain with $C^2$ boundary and single interior measurement means that we know a given

J. A. Aguilar-Saavedra

We argue why vector-like quarks are usually expected to mix predominantly with the third generation, and discuss about the expected size of this mixing and its naturalness.

Ergin Bayram, Emin Kasap

Let $α$ be an arc on a connected oriented surface $S$ in Minkowski 3-space, parameterized by arc length $s$, with torsion $τ$ and length $l$. The total square torsion $H$ of $α$ is defined by $% H=\int_{0}^{l}τ^{2}ds$. The arc is called a relaxed elastic line of second kind if it is an extremal for the variational problem of minimizing the value of $H$ withi

Ergin Bayram, Emin Kasap

Let α(s) be an arc on a connected oriented surface S in E3, parameterized by arc length s, with torsion τ and length l. The total square torsion F of α is defined by T=\int_{0}^{l}τ^{2}ds\ $. . The arc α is called a relaxed elastic line of second kind if it is an extremal for the variational problem of minimizing the value of F within the family of all arcs

Evgeny Mukhin, Alexander Varchenko

We consider the master functions associated with one irreducible integrable highest weight representation of a Kac-Moody algebra. We study the generation procedure of new critical points from a given critical point of one of these master functions. We show that all critical points of all these master functions can be generated from the critical point of the

Klaus Lichtenegger, Wilhelm Schappacher

Employing an effective cellular automata model, we investigate and analyze the build-up and erosion of soil. Depending on the strategy employed for handling agricultural production, in many cases we find a critical dependence on the prescribed production target, with a sharp transition between stable production and complete breakdown of the system. Strategie

Jun-Jie Wei, Xue-Feng Wu, Fulvio Melia, Da-Ming Wei

The principal goal of this paper is to use attempts at reconciling the Swift long gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) with the star formation history (SFH) to compare the predictions of $Λ$CDM with those in the $R_{\rm h}=ct$ Universe. In the context of the former, we confirm that the latest Swift sample of GRBs reveals an increasing evolution in the GRB rate relative

Yang Liu, Yuan Cao, Marcos Curty, Sheng-Kai Liao

Bit commitment is a fundamental cryptographic task that guarantees a secure commitment between two mutually mistrustful parties and is a building block for many cryptographic primitives, including coin tossing, zero-knowledge proofs, oblivious transfer and secure two-party computation. Unconditionally secure bit commitment was thought to be impossible until

J. Dziubański, M. Preisner, L. Roncal, P. R. Stinga

We study Hardy spaces for Fourier--Bessel expansions associated with Bessel operators on $((0,1), x^{2ν+1}\, dx)$ and $((0,1), dx)$. We define Hardy spaces $H^1$ as the sets of $L^1$-functions for which their maximal functions for the corresponding Poisson semigroups belong to $L^1$. Atomic characterizations are obtained.

Chitta Baral, Nguyen H. Vo

The broader goal of our research is to formulate answers to why and how questions with respect to knowledge bases, such as AURA. One issue we face when reasoning with many available knowledge bases is that at times needed information is missing. Examples of this include partially missing information about next sub-event, first sub-event, last sub-event, resu

Jinyuan Chang, Cheng Yong Tang, Yichao Wu

We study a marginal empirical likelihood approach in scenarios when the number of variables grows exponentially with the sample size. The marginal empirical likelihood ratios as functions of the parameters of interest are systematically examined, and we find that the marginal empirical likelihood ratio evaluated at zero can be used to differentiate whether a

Yi-Jia Zheng

In 1929 Zwicky proposed a tired light theory to interpret the Hubble law (Hubble 1929). The key of the tired light theory is to interpret the observed redshift of galaxy as the non-Doppler effect. But the derivation of the dark matter in the Coma cluster proposed by Zwicky in 1933 was based on the interpretation that redshifts of galaxies were the Doppler ef

Gerald V. Dunne, Mithat Unsal

In a large variety of quantum mechanical systems, we show that the full non-perturbative expression for energy eigenvalues, containing all orders of perturbative, non-perturbative and quasi-zero-mode terms, may be generated directly from the perturbative expansion about the perturbative vacuum, combined with a single global boundary condition. This provides

Naoki Masuda

In the voter and many other opinion formation models, agents are assumed to behave as congregators (also called the conformists); they are attracted to the opinions of others. In this study, I investigate linear extensions of the voter model with contrarian agents. An agent is either congregator or contrarian and assumes a binary opinion. I investigate three

Alberto Diez-Tejedor, Alma X. Gonzalez-Morales

Classical scalar fields have been considered as a possible effective description of dark matter. We show that, for any metric theory of gravity, no static, spherically symmetric, regular, spatially localized, attractive, stable spacetime configuration can be sourced by the coherent excitation of a scalar field with positive definite energy density and no Noe

Nicolo' Masi

The aim of the present dissertation is to analyze the meaning of the entropy bounds of the holographic sector once tested for statistical ensembles of particles, in order to deeper investigate the nature of these constraints and their mutual links. From the Universal Energy Bound (UEB) simple time constraints can be argued, which are manifestations of the di

Olivier Pinel, Pu Jian, Claude Fabre, Nicolas Treps

We calculate the quantum Cramér--Rao bound for the sensitivity with which one or several parameters, encoded in a general single-mode Gaussian state, can be estimated. This includes in particular the interesting case of mixed Gaussian states. We apply the formula to the problems of estimating phase, purity, loss, amplitude, and squeezing. In the case of the

N. Tsitverblit

In the Friedmann equations, an infinite initial density is avoided only when the universe is spatially flat. With such equations being then valid when the scale factor $a=0$, the universe must also be in the state of vacuum when $a$ is infinitesimal. Matter creation thus largely comes from nonlinearity of the Friedmann equations at a finite $a$. For the corr

Luis J. FernÁndez De Las Heras, MarÍa J. FernÁndez De Las Heras

The Casas-Alvero conjecture is about interpolation polynomials. There are some partial proofs of it, but there is not any proof in the general case.In this paper we propose three.

Sindhu Chitikela

This paper presents a practical method of quantum tomography for decoding the state of photons in a multistage cryptography protocol. This method works if the polarization angles are defined on a fixed plane, as is assumed in several quantum cryptography protocols. We show if there are 2m polarization angles in a fixed plane, we need m number of filters and

J. Swain, Y. N. Srivastava, A. Widom

Photo- and electro-disintegration techniques have been traditionally used for studying giant dipole resonances and through them nuclear structure. Over a long period, detailed theoretical models for the giant dipole resonances were proposed and low energy electron accelerators were constructed to perform experiments to test their veracity. More recently, thr

E. I. Guendelman

We consider a non singular origin for the Universe starting from an Einstein static Universe in the framework of a theory which uses two volume elements $\sqrt{-{g}}d^{4}x$ and $Φd^{4}x$, where $Φ$ is a metric independent density, also curvature, curvature square terms, first order formalism and for scale invariance a dilaton field $ϕ$ are considered in the

H. K. Avetissian, G. F. Mkrtchian

We study the generalized Jaynes-Cummings model of quantum optics at the inversion-symmetry-breaking and in the ultrastrong coupling regime. With the help of a generalized multiphoton rotating-wave approximation, we study the stationary solutions of the Schrödinger equation. It is shown that the problem is reduced to resonant interaction of two position-displ

T. E. Raptis

A new method is reported by which it is possible to induce certain flux configurations of desired characteristics via electromagnetic means into the overall quantum probability current of a many-body system in the Madelung hydrodynamic picture. Some indicative applications are also considered with emphasis in HTC and gravitational wave research.

Ivan Lyubimov, Mark D. Ediger, Juan J. de Pablo

A growing body of experimental work indicates that physical vapor deposition provides an effective route for preparation of stable glasses, whose properties correspond in some cases to those expected for glasses that have been aged for thousands of years. In this work, model binary glasses are prepared in a process inspired by physical vapor deposition, in w

Ehsan Noruzifar, Jef Wagner, Roya Zandi

We develop the scattering formalism to calculate the interaction between colloidal particles trapped at a fluid interface. Since, in addition to the interface, the colloids may also fluctuate in this system, we implement the fluctuation of the boundaries into the scattering formalism and investigate how the interaction between colloids is modified by their f

Seogjoo Jang, Timothy C. Berkelbach, David R. Reichman

The population transfer dynamics of model donor-bridge-acceptor systems is studied by comparing a recently developed polaron-transformed quantum master equation (PQME) with the well-known Redfield and Forster theories of quantum transport. We show that the PQME approach reduces to these two theories in their respective limits of validity and naturally interp

Anupama Atre, R. Sekhar Chivukula, Pawin Ittisamai, Elizabeth H. Simmons

Di-jet resonance searches are simple, yet powerful and model-independent, probes for discovering new particles at hadron colliders. Once such a resonance has been discovered it is important to determine the mass, spin, couplings, chiral behavior and color properties to determine the underlying theoretical structure. We propose a new variable which, in the ab

Carlos Sarraute, Olivier Buffet, Joerg Hoffmann

Penetration Testing is a methodology for assessing network security, by generating and executing possible attacks. Doing so automatically allows for regular and systematic testing without a prohibitive amount of human labor. A key question then is how to generate the attacks. This is naturally formulated as a planning problem. Previous work (Lucangeli et al.

Hongzhi Lan, Soojung Claire Hur, Dino Di Carlo, Damir B. Khismatullin

The effects of cell size and deformability on the lateral migration and deformation of living cells flowing through a rectangular microchannel has been numerically investigated and compared with the inertial-microfluidics data on detection and separation of cells. The results of this work indicate that the cells move closer to the centerline if they are bigg

Bailey K. Fosdick, Peter D. Hoff

Network analysis is often focused on characterizing the dependencies between network relations and node-level attributes. Potential relationships are typically explored by modeling the network as a function of the nodal attributes or by modeling the attributes as a function of the network. These methods require specification of the exact nature of the associ

D. R. Hamann

Fully-nonlocal two-projector norm-conserving pseudopotentials are shown to be compatible with a systematic approach to the optimization of convergence with the size of the plane-wave basis. A new formulation of the optimization is developed, including the ability to apply it to positive-energy atomic scattering states, and to enforce greater continuity in th

Rafael Mendoza, Mauricio Fortes, M. A. Solís, Zlatko Koinov

We study fermion pairing in a population-imbalanced mixture of $^{6}$Li atomic gas loaded in a three-dimensional lattice at very low temperatures. Using the number equation for each population, the gap equation and the equation for the Helmholtz free energy, we determine the gap, chemical potentials and pair-momentum as functions of polarization. These param

Katie Auchettl, Csaba Balazs

Via a Bayesian likelihood analysis using 219 recent cosmic ray spectral data points we extract the anomalous part of the cosmic $e^\pm$ flux. First we show that a significant tension exists between the $e^\pm$ related and the rest of the fluxes. Interpreting this tension as the presence of an anomalous component in the $e^\pm$ related data, we then infer the

E. I. Guendelman

We consider the question of bags and confinement in the framework of a theory which uses two volume elements $\sqrt{-{g}}d^{4}x$ and $Φd^{4}x$, where $Φ$ is a metric independent density. For scale invariance a dilaton field $ϕ$ is considered. Using the first order formalism, curvature ($ΦR$ and $\sqrt{-g}R^{2}$) terms, gauge field term($Φ\sqrt {- F_{μν}^{a}\

C. M. Bhat, H. Damerau, S. Hancock, E. Mahner

Recent studies have shown that the prospects for significantly increasing bunch intensities in the LHC for the luminosity upgrade (HL-LHC) may be severely limited by the available cryogenic cooling capacity and the electron-cloud (EC) driven beam instability. However, it is planned that during the HL-LHC era the bunch intensities in the LHC will go up by nea

Vasudha Shivamoggi, Matthew J. Gilbert

We study superconductivity in a Weyl semimetal with broken time-reversal symmetry and stabilized by a point-group symmetry. The resulting superconducting phase is characterized by topologically protected bulk nodes and surface states with Fermi arcs. The topological invariant governing the system is calculated using changes in eigenvalues of the point-group

Percy Fernández-Sánchez, Jorge Mozo-Fernández, Hernán Neciosup

In this paper, we will construct a pre-normal form for germs of codimension one holomorphic foliation having a particular type of separatrix, of cuspidal type. We will also give a sufficient condition, in the quasi-homogeneous, three-dimensional case, for these foliations to be of generalized surface type.

Lei Li, Harishankar Manikantan, David Saintillan, Saverio E. Spagnolie

The dynamics of a flexible filament sedimenting in a viscous fluid are explored analytically and numerically. Compared to the well-studied case of sedimenting rigid rods, the introduction of filament compliance is shown to cause a significant alteration in the long-time sedimentation orientation and filament geometry. A model is developed by balancing viscou

H. Gholizade

I investigate the effects of movement on radar cross section calculations. The results show that relativistic effects (the constant velocity case) can change the RCS of moving targets by changing the incident plane wave field vectors. As in the Doppler effect, the changes in the fields are proportional to $\frac{v}{c}$. For accelerated objects, using the New

Chia-Chen Chang, Richard T. Scalettar, Elena V. Gorelik, Nils Blümer

Recently, it has become possible to tune optical lattices continuously between square and triangular geometries. We compute thermodynamics and spin correlations in the corresponding Hubbard model using determinant quantum Monte Carlo and show that the frustration effects induced by the variable hopping terms can be clearly separated from concomitant bandwidt

Rachel Reddick, Jeremy Tinker, Risa Wechsler, Yu Lu

Many approaches to obtaining cosmological constraints rely on the connection between galaxies and dark matter. However, the distribution of galaxies is dependent on their formation and evolution as well as the cosmological model, and galaxy formation is still not a well-constrained process. Thus, methods that probe cosmology using galaxies as a tracer for da

H. Peter, S. Bingert, J. A. Klimchuk, C. de Forest

We will use new data from the High-resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C) with unprecedented spatial resolution of the solar corona to investigate the structure of coronal loops down to 0.2 arcsec. During a rocket flight Hi-C provided images of the solar corona in a wavelength band around 193 A that is dominated by emission from Fe XII showing plasma at temperatur

Issha Kayo, Masahiro Takada

We re-examine a genuine power of weak lensing bispectrum tomography for constraining cosmological parameters, when combined with the power spectrum tomography, based on the Fisher information matrix formalism. To account for the full information at two- and three-point levels, we include all the power spectrum and bispectrum information built from all-availa

Jacob Linder, Mohammad Alidoust

We study the motion of several types of domain wall profiles in spin-orbit coupled magnetic nanowires and also the influence of spin-orbit interaction on the ferromagnetic resonance of uniform magnetic films. We extend previous studies by fully considering not only the field-like contribution from the spin-orbit torque, but also the recently derived Slonczew

Brian D. Crosby, Brian W. O'Shea, Britton D. Smith, Matthew J. Turk

We present a semi-analytic, computationally inexpensive model to identify halos capable of forming a Population III star in cosmological simulations across a wide range of times and environments. This allows for a much more complete and representative set of Population III star forming halos to be constructed, which will lead to Population III star formation

M. Mourigal, M. Enderle, A. Klöpperpieper, J. -S. Caux

Assemblies of interacting quantum particles often surprise us with properties that are difficult to predict. One of the simplest quantum many-body systems is the spin 1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chain, a linear array of interacting magnetic moments. Its exact ground state is a macroscopic singlet entangling all spins in the chain. Its elementary excitat

Peter Schneider, Dominique Sluse

The main obstacle for gravitational lensing to determine accurate masses of deflectors, or to determine precise estimates for the Hubble constant, is the degeneracy of lensing observables with respect to the mass-sheet transformation (MST). The MST is a global modification of the mass distribution which leaves all image positions, shapes and flux ratios inva

B. A. Mazin, S. R. Meeker, M. J. Strader, B. Bumble

We present the design, construction, and commissioning results of ARCONS, the Array Camera for Optical to Near-IR Spectrophotometry. ARCONS is the first ground-based instrument in the optical through near-IR wavelength range based on Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs). MKIDs are revolutionary cryogenic detectors, capable of detecting single photo

Tirtharaj Dash, Goutam Mishra, Tanistha Nayak

Path planning of Robot is one of the challenging fields in the area of Robotics research. In this paper, we proposed a novel algorithm to find path between starting and ending position for an intelligent system. An intelligent system is considered to be a device/robot having an antenna connected with sensor-detector system. The proposed algorithm is based on

Raphael M. Albuquerque

In this thesis, the QCD sum rules approach has been used to study the nature of the following charmonium resonances: Y(3930), Y(4140), X(4350), Y(4260), Y(4360) and Y(4660). There is a strong evidence that these states have non-conventional (or exotic) hadronic structures since their respective masses and decay channels observed experimentally are inconsiste

Murray Gell-Mann, Pierre Ramond, Richard Slansky

In this paper delivered by Murray Gell-Mann at the Stony Brook Supergravity Workshop in 1979, several paths to unification are discussed, from N=8 supergravity to $SU_5$, $SO_{10}$, and $E_6$. Generalizations of $SO_{10}$ to spinor representations of larger groups are introduced. A natural mechanism for generating tiny neutrino masses is proposed in the cont

O. J. Lee, P. M. Braganca, V. S. Pribiag, D. C. Ralph

We report an approach to improving the performance of spin torque nano-oscillators (STNOs) that utilizes power-dependent negative feedback to achieve a significantly enhanced dynamic damping. In combination with a sufficiently slow variation of frequency with power this can result in a quasi-linear STNO, with very weak non-linear coupling of power and phase

Umakant Mishra

Most viruses are capable of fixing up the first few bytes and repair the original program because they have to return the control back to the infected program. This fact is used by a heuristic cleaner to clean the infected file. As the virus knows how to repair the it uses the same virus to repair the infected file. There are some infections where parts of t

Michael Huber

Efficient two-stage group testing algorithms that are particularly suited for rapid and less-expensive DNA library screening and other large scale biological group testing efforts are investigated in this paper. The main focus is on novel combinatorial constructions in order to minimize the number of individual tests at the second stage of a two-stage disjun

Umakant Mishra

Although everything in computing industry moves faster including the processor, memory speed, memory size, storage space etc. there is no improvement in virus scanning time. Although the processing speed has substantially increased, a typical full scanning is still taking several hours for an average computer. There is a serious need to improve the scanning

Elisabeth Gassiat, Alice Cleynen, Stéphane Robin

In this paper, we prove that finite state space non parametric hidden Markov models are identifiable as soon as the transition matrix of the latent Markov chain has full rank and the emission probability distributions are linearly independent. We then propose several non parametric likelihood based estimation methods, which we apply to models used in applica

Hyun-Jeong Kim, Bon-Chul Koo, Dae-Sik Moon

We present the results of broadband near-infrared spectroscopic observations of the recently discovered mysterious stellar objects in the young supernova remnant G54.1+0.3. These objects, which show significant mid-infrared excess emission, are embedded in a diffuse loop structure of ~1 arcmin in radius. Their near-infrared spectra reveal characteristics of

Gideon Amir, Omer Angel, Gady Kozma

We examine diffusion-limited aggregation for a one-dimensional random walk with long jumps. We achieve upper and lower bounds on the growth rate of the aggregate as a function of the number of moments a single step of the walk has. In this paper we handle the case of transient walks.

Umakant Mishra

False positives are equally dangerous as false negatives. Ideally the false positive rate should remain 0 or very close to 0. Even a slightest increase in false positive rate is considered as undesirable. Although the specific methods provide very accurate scanning by comparing viruses with their exact signatures, they fail to detect the new and unknown viru

N. Asger Mortensen

The plasmon response of metallic nanostructures is anticipated to exhibit nonlocal dynamics of the electron gas when exploring the true nanoscale. We extend the local-response approximation (based on Ohm's law) to account for a general short-range nonlocal response of the homogeneous electron gas. Without specifying further details of the underlying phys

D. M. Cardoso, M. A. A. de Freitas, E. A. Martins, M. Robbinao

The characteristic polynomials of the adjacency matrix of line graphs of caterpillars and then the characteristic polynomials of their Laplacian or signless Laplacian matrices are characterized, using recursive formulas. Furthermore, the obtained results are applied on the determination of upper and lower bounds on the algebraic connectivity of these graphs.

Andre Diatta, Sebastien Guenneau

We discuss the concept of cloaking for elastic impedance tomography, in which, we seek information on the elasticity tensor of an elastic medium from the knowledge of measurements on its boundary. We derive some theoretical results illustrated by some numerical simulations.

Jagannath Mondal, Guillaume Stirnemann, B. J. Berne

Longstanding mechanistic questions about the role of protecting osmolyte trimethylamine N- oxide (TMAO) which favors protein folding and the denaturing osmolyte urea are addressed by studying their effects on the folding of uncharged polymer chains. Using atomistic molecular dynamics simulations, we show that 1-M TMAO and 7-M urea solutions act dramatically

Amanda Streib, Noah Streib, Isabel Beichl, Francis Sullivan

We present a new approach to a classical problem in statistical physics: estimating the partition function and other thermodynamic quantities of the ferromagnetic Ising model. Markov chain Monte Carlo methods for this problem have been well-studied, although an algorithm that is truly practical remains elusive. Our approach takes advantage of the fact that,

Jorge H. Lopez, L. Cao, J. M. Schwarz

We revisit the concept of minimal rigidity as applied to soft repulsive, frictionless sphere packings in two-dimensions with the introduction of the jamming graph. Minimal rigidity is a purely combinatorial property encoded via Laman's theorem in two-dimensions. It constrains the global, average coordination number of the graph, for example. However, min

Mark Sh. Levin

The paper describes multistage design of composite (modular) systems (i.e., design of a system trajectory). This design process consists of the following: (i) definition of a set of time/logical points; (ii) modular design of the system for each time/logical point (e.g., on the basis of combinatorial synthesis as hierarchical morphological design or multiple

M. Neupane, N. Alidoust, S. -Y. Xu, T. Kondo

The Kondo insulator SmB6 has long been known to exhibit low temperature (T < 10K) transport anomaly and has recently attracted attention as a new topological insulator candidate. By combining low-temperature and high energy-momentum resolution of the laser-based ARPES technique, for the first time, we probe the surface electronic structure of the anomalous c

Tirtharaj Dash, Tanistha Nayak

This paper investigates a method of Handwritten English Character Recognition using Artificial Neural Network (ANN). This work has been done in offline Environment for non correlated characters, which do not possess any linear relationships among them. We test that whether the particular tested character belongs to a cluster or not. The implementation is car

Tirtharaj Dash, Tanistha Nayak

In the area of Pattern Recognition and Matching, finding a Longest Common Subsequence plays an important role. In this paper, we have proposed one algorithm based on parallel computation. We have used OpenMP API package as middleware to send the data to different processors. We have tested our algorithm in a system having four processors and 2 GB physical me

Tanistha Nayak, Tirtharaj Dash

Solving Quadratic equation is one of the intrinsic interests as it is the simplest nonlinear equations. A novel approach for solving Quadratic Equation based on Genetic Algorithms (GAs) is presented. Genetic Algorithms (GAs) are a technique to solve problems which need optimization. Generation of trial solutions have been formed by this method. Many examples

Tirtharaj Dash, Tanistha Nayak

This work focuses on development of a Offline Hand Written English Character Recognition algorithm based on Artificial Neural Network (ANN). The ANN implemented in this work has single output neuron which shows whether the tested character belongs to a particular cluster or not. The implementation is carried out completely in &#39;C&#39; language. Ten sets o

Jean-François Renaud

In this paper, we introduce an insurance ruin model with adaptive premium rate, thereafter refered to as restructuring/refraction, in which classical ruin and bankruptcy are distinguished. In this model, the premium rate is increased as soon as the wealth process falls into the red zone and is brought back to its regular level when the process recovers. The

Peter Asenbaum, Stefan Kuhn, Stefan Nimmrichter, Ugur Sezer

Laser cooling has given a boost to atomic physics throughout the last thirty years since it allows one to prepare atoms in motional states which can only be described by quantum mechanics. Most methods, such as Doppler cooling, polarization gradient cooling or sub-recoil laser cooling rely, however, on a near-resonant and cyclic coupling between laser light

Burkhard Kleihaus, Jutta Kunz, Eugen Radu, Bintoro Subagyo

We construct static, asymptotically flat black hole solutions with scalar hair. They evade the no-hair theorems by having a scalar potential which is not strictly positive. By including an azimuthal winding number in the scalar field ansatz, we find hairy black hole solutions which are static but axially symmetric only. These solutions possess a globally reg

Amadeu Delshams, Rafael de la Llave, Tere M. Seara

We consider models given by Hamiltonians of the form $$H(I,ϕ,p,q,t;ε) = h(I) + \sum_{j = 1}^n \pm(\frac{1}{2} p_j^2 + V_j(q_j)) + εQ(I,ϕ,p,q,t;ε)$$ where $I,ϕ$ are d-dimensional actions and angles, $p,q$ are n-dimensional real conjugated variables, and $t$ is an angle. These are higher dimensional analogues, both in the center and hyperbolic directions, of t

Paul Benioff

Effects of local availability of mathematics (LAM) and space time dependent number scaling on physics and, especially, geometry are described. LAM assumes separate mathematical systems as structures at each space time point. Extension of gauge theories to include freedom of choice of scaling for number structures, and other structures based on numbers, resul

Jan Stevens

We classify simple parametrisations of complex curve singularities. Simple means that all neighbouring singularities fall in finitely many equivalence classes. We take the neighbouring singularities to be the ones occurring in the versal deformation of the parametrisation. This leads to a smaller list than that obtained by looking at the neighbours in a fixe

Alejandro Gangui, Graciela Silvestri, Pablo Vena

Paraná Ra&#39;anga (the image of Paraná, in Guaraní) is the name of a cultural and scientific expedition that traveled the rivers: Río de la Plata, Paraná and Paraguay, from Buenos Aires to Asunción, during March 2010. The project brought together some forty scientists and artists from three countries in a slow and enriching cruise, putting in active contact

Luis Marujo, Miguel Bugalho, João Paulo da Silva Neto, Anatole Gershman

The process of predicting news stories popularity from several news sources has become a challenge of great importance for both news producers and readers. In this paper, we investigate methods for automatically predicting the number of clicks on a news story during one hour. Our approach is a combination of additive regression and bagging applied over a M5P

M. A. Vincenti, D. de Ceglia, M. Grande, A. D&#39;Orazio

Perfect, narrow-band absorption is achieved in an asymmetric 1D photonic crystal with a monolayer graphene defect. Thanks to the large third order nonlinearity of graphene and field localization in the defect layer we demonstrate the possibility to achieve controllable, saturable absorption for the pump frequency.

Luis Marujo, Márcio Viveiros, João Paulo da Silva Neto

This paper describes an enhanced automatic keyphrase extraction method applied to Broadcast News. The keyphrase extraction process is used to create a concept level for each news. On top of words resulting from a speech recognition system output and news indexation and it contributes to the generation of a tag/keyphrase cloud of the top news included in a Mu

Payam Rowghanian, Alexander Y. Grosberg

Based on our formulation of the DNA electrophoresis near a pore [P. Rowghanian and A. Y. Grosberg, Phys. Rev. E 87, 042723 (2013)], we address the electrophoretic DNA capture into a nanopore as a steady-state process of particle absorption to a sink placed on top of an energy barrier. Reproducing the previously observed diffusion-limited and barrier-limited

Payam Rowghanian, Alexander Y. Grosberg

Motivated by DNA electrophoresis near a nanopore, we consider the flow field around an &#34;elongated jet&#34;, a long thin source which injects momentum into a liquid. This solution qualitatively describes the electro-osmotic flow around a long rigid polymer, where due to electrohydrodynamic coupling, the solvent receives momentum from the electric field. B

Payam Rowghanian, Alexander Y. Grosberg

We study the propagation of tension caused by an external force along a long polymeric molecule in two different settings, namely along a free polymer in 3d space being pulled from one end, and along a pre-stretched circular polymer, confined in a narrow circular tube. We show that in both cases, the tension propagation is governed by a diffusion equation, a

Jack Hall, David Rydh

Using notions of homogeneity we give new proofs of M. Artin&#39;s algebraicity criteria for functors and groupoids. Our methods give a more general result, unifying Artin&#39;s two theorems and clarifying their differences.

Bogdan Gliwa, Anna Zygmunt, Jarosław Koźlak

In the paper different roles of users in social media, taking into consideration their strength of influence and different degrees of cooperativeness, are introduced. Such identified roles are used for the analysis of characteristics of groups of strongly connected entities. The different classes of groups, considering the distribution of roles of users belo

Luca Gerardo-Giorda, Minh-Binh Tran

We design the first parallel scheme based on Schwarz waveform relaxation methods for the Kolmogorov-Fokker-Planck equation. We introduce a new convergence proof for the algorithms. We also provide results about the existence and uniqueness of a solution for this equation with several boundary conditions, in order to prove that our algorithms are well-posed.

Abdoulaye Diop, Yue Qi, Qin Wang, Shariq Hussain

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are often deployed in hostile environments, which make such networks highly vulnerable and increase the risk of attacks against this type of network. WSN comprise of large number of sensor nodes with different hardware abilities and functions. Due to the limited memory resources and energy constraints, complex security algorit

Dirk Schuetz

We consider the moduli spaces $\mathcal{M}_d(\ell)$ of a closed linkage with n links and prescribed lengths in d-dimensional Euclidean space. For d>3 these spaces are no longer manifolds generically, but they have the structure of a pseudomanifold. We use intersection homology to assign a ring to these spaces that can be used to distinguish the homeomorphism

N. Mohammedi

We have addressed the issue of field redefinition in connection with renormalisability. Our study is restricted to theories of interacting scalar fields. We have, in particular, shown that if a theory is renormalisable in the usual power-counting sense then it remains renormalisable in the same sense after a change of variables. This is due to the use of the

Tirtharaj Dash

In this paper, an efficient Offline Hand Written Character Recognition algorithm is proposed based on Associative Memory Net (AMN). The AMN used in this work is basically auto associative. The implementation is carried out completely in &#39;C&#39; language. To make the system perform to its best with minimal computation time, a Parallel algorithm is also de

Calvin J. Tabert, Elisabeth J. Nicol

The intrinsic spin and valley Hall conductivities of silicene, germanene and other similar two dimensional crystals are explored theoretically. Particular attention is given to the effects of the intrinsic spin-orbit coupling, electron doping and the type of insulating phase of the system (i.e., a topological insulator or a band insulator) which can be tuned

Edward O. Barnes, Grace E. M. Lewis, Sara E. C. Dale, Frank Marken

A computational model for the simulation of a double band collector-generator experiment is applied to the situation where two electrochemical reactions occur concurrently. It is shown that chronoamperometric measurements can be used to take advantage of differences in diffusion coefficients to measure the concentrations of both electroactive species simulta

Brigitte Leridon, J. Vanacken, V. V. Moshchalkov, Baptiste Vignolle

Driving a two-dimensional superconductor normal by applying a high magnetic field may lead to Cooper pair localization. In this case, there should be a quantum critical point associated with specific scaling laws. Such a transition has been evidenced in a number of low critical temperature superconducting thin films and has been suggested to occur also in hi

Mathias Rafler

We study a Markov process constructed from the Pólya sum process, which yields a kind of spatial version of the Chinese restaurant process, where each &#39;table&#39; is assigned a &#39;location&#39;. This construction firstly allows a definition of summation of independent processes, and secondly a monotone coupling for different parameters. Moreover, the p

Paolo Cascini, Vladimir Lazić

We give a topological bound on the number of minimal models of a class of three dimensional log smooth pairs of general type.

Mathias Rafler

For Cox processes we construct a Markov process with increasing paths to couple the condensations of the Cox process in a monotone way. A similar procedure procedure yields an analogue Markov process for the Pólya sum process. Moreover, we identify the exit spaces of these Markov processes and identify them firstly as mixtures of certain extremal processes,

S. F. Burlatsky, V. V. Atrazhev, M. Gummallaa, D. Condita

Water management in a hydrogen polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell is critical for performance. The impact of thermal conductivity and water vapor diffusion coefficients in a gas diffusion layer (GDL) has been studied by a mathematical model. The fraction of product water that is removed in the vapour phase through the GDL as a function of GDL prope

S. F. Burlatsky, M. Gummalla, J. O&#39;Neill, V. V. Atrazhev

Under typical PEM fuel cell operating conditions, part of membrane electrode assembly is subjected to humidity cycling due to variation of inlet gas RH and/or flow rate. Cyclic membrane hydration/dehydration would cause cyclic swelling/shrinking of the unconstrained membrane. In a constrained membrane, it causes cyclic stress resulting in mechanical failure