June 2013 arXiv papers — page 4

Matthieu Fradelizi, Olivier Guédon, Alain Pajor

We prove that for $s<0$, $s$-concave measures on ${\mathbb R}^n$ satisfy a thin shell concentration similar to the log-concave one. It leads to a Berry-Esseen type estimate for their one dimensional marginal distributions. We also establish sharp reverse Hölder inequalities for $s$-concave measures.

Ramesh Chandra Bhatt, Shiva Kumar Singh, P. C. Srivastava, S. K. Agarwal

Magneto-resistive and magneto-caloric properties of polycrystalline Pr2/3Sr1/3MnO3 have been studied as a function of sintering temperature (Ts) between 1260-1450°C. Reitveld refinement of their X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns confirms their single phase crystalline structure with orthorhombic Pbnm space group. The point of maximum value of temperature coef

Giovanni C. Baiesi Pillastrini

Aims: we propose a gravitational potential method (GPM) as a supercluster finder based on the analysis of the local gravitational potential distribution measured by fast and simple algorithm applied to a spatial distribution of mass tracers. Methodology: the GPM performs a two-step exploratory data analysis: first, it measures the comoving local gravitationa

Jan Stovicek, Jan Trlifaj, Dolors Herbera

Recently, tilting and cotilting classes over commutative noetherian rings have been classified in arXiv:1203.0907. We proceed and, for each n-cotilting class C, construct an n-cotilting module inducing C by an iteration of injective precovers. A further refinement of the construction yields the unique minimal n-cotilting module inducing C. Finally, we consid

K. V. Kavokin, A. V. Koudinov

The ground state of an acceptor-bound hole in a zinc-blende semiconductor is formed by four eigenstates of the total angular momentum, which is a vector sum of spin and orbital moment of the hole. As a result, the hyperfine interaction of the hole with lattice nuclei becomes anisotropic and coordinate-dependent. We develop a theory of dynamic polarization of

Roman Drnovšek

Motivated with a problem in spectroscopy, Sloane and Harwit conjectured in 1976 what is the minimal Frobenius norm of the inverse of a matrix having all entries from the interval [0, 1]. In 1987, Cheng proved their conjecture in the case of odd dimensions, while for even dimensions he obtained a slightly weaker lower bound for the norm. His proof is based on

LAT Collaboration

We present a catalog of gamma-ray sources at energies above 10 GeV based on data from the Large Area Telescope (LAT) accumulated during the first three years of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope mission. The first Fermi-LAT catalog of >10GeV sources (1FHL) has 514 sources. For each source we present location, spectrum, a measure of variability, and associa

I. V. Bobkova, A. M. Bobkov

It is predicted that a new class of systems - superconductor/normal metal (S/N) heterostructures can reveal the in-plane Fulde-Ferrel-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) instability under nonequilibrium conditions at temperatures close to the critical temperature. It does not require any Zeeman interaction in the system. For S/N heterostructures under non-equilibrium

E. I. Guendelman, Gonzalo J. Olmo, D. Rubiera-Garcia, M. Vasihoun

We consider static spherically symmetric configurations in a Palatini extension of General Relativity including $R^2$ and Ricci-squared terms, which is known to replace the central singularity by a wormhole in the electrovacuum case. We modify the matter sector of the theory by adding to the usual Maxwell term a nonlinear electromagnetic extension which is k

Jarkko Peltomäki

In this paper we study the privileged complexity function of the Thue-Morse word. We prove a recursive formula describing this function, and using the formula we show that the function is unbounded and that the values of the function have arbitrarily large gaps of zeros. This demonstrates that the privileged complexity function of an infinite word can drasti

G. Morlino, P. Blasi, R. Bandiera, E. Amato

Context: Observation of Balmer lines from the region around the forward shock of supernova remnants may provide precious information on the shock dynamics and on the efficiency of particle acceleration at the shock. Aims: We calculate the Balmer line emission and the shape of the broad Balmer line for parameter values suitable for SNR 0509-67.5, as a functio

Rodolphe Garbit, Kilian Raschel

We compute the exponential decay of the probability that a given multi-dimensional random walk stays in a convex cone up to time $n$, as $n$ goes to infinity. We show that the latter equals the minimum, on the dual cone, of the Laplace transform of the random walk increments. As an example, our results find applications in the counting of walks in orthants,

Leandro Arosio, Filippo Bracci, Erlend Fornæss Wold

We discuss the problem of embedding univalent functions into Loewner chains in higher dimension. In particular, we prove that a normalized univalent map of the ball in $\C^n$ whose image is a smooth strongly pseudoconvex domain is embeddable into a normalized Loewner chain (satisfying also some extra regularity properties) if and only if the closure of the i

Nikiforos Nikiforou

The ATLAS experiment is designed to study the proton-proton collisions produced at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Liquid argon sampling calorimeters are used for all electromagnetic calorimetry as well as hadronic calorimetry in the endcaps. After installation in 2004--2006, the calorimeters were extensively commissioned over the three--year period

Victor Ginzburg, Simon Riche

We describe the equivariant cohomology of cofibers of spherical perverse sheaves on the affine Grassmannian of a reductive algebraic group in terms of the geometry of the Langlands dual group. In fact we give two equivalent descriptions: one in terms of D-modules of the basic affine space, and one in terms of intertwining operators for universal Verma module

R. Caimmi

Linear [Q/H]-[O/H] relations, Q = Na, Mg, Si, Ca, Ti, Cr, Fe, Ni, are inferred from a sample (N=67) of recently studied FGK-type dwarf stars in the solar neighbourhood including different populations. Regression line slope and intercept estimators and related variance estimators are determined. With regard to the straight line, [Q/H] = aQ [O/H] + bQ, sample

Hai-Zhou Lu, An Zhao, Shun-Qing Shen

The experimental observation of the long-sought quantum anomalous Hall effect was recently reported in magnetically doped topological insulator thin films [Chang et al., Science 340, 167 (2013)]. An intriguing observation is a rapid decrease from the quantized plateau in the Hall conductance, accompanied by a peak in the longitudinal conductance as a functio

Bhaswar B. Bhattacharya, Sumit Mukherjee

Ricci curvature was proposed by Ollivier in a general framework of metric measure spaces, and it has been studied extensively in the context of graphs in recent years. In this paper we prove upper bounds for Ollivier&#39;s Ricci curvature for bipartite graphs and for the graphs with girth at least 5. We also prove a general lower bound on the Ricci curvature

Maria Acosta, Julio Becerra, Yun Sung Choi, Maciej Ciesielski

We show that the space of bounded and linear operators between spaces of continuous functions on compact Hausdorff topological spaces has the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás property. A similar result is also proved for the class of compact operators from the space of continuous functions vanishing at infinity on a locally compact and Hausdorff topological space into

Don Torrieri, Matthew C. Valenti, Salvatore Talarico

A new analysis is presented for the direct-sequence code-division multiple access (DS-CDMA) cellular uplink. For a given network topology, closed-form expressions are found for the outage probability and rate of each uplink in the presence of path-dependent Nakagami fading and shadowing. The topology may be arbitrary or modeled by a random spatial distributi

Santanu Das, Tarun Souradeep

A number of studies of WMAP and Planck claimed the low multipole (specially quadrupole) power deficiency in CMB power spectrum. Anomaly in the orientations of the low multipoles have also been claimed. There is a possibility that the power deficiency at low multipoles may not be of primordial origin and is only an observation artifact coming from the scan pr

Vasily Dolgushev

It is believed arXiv:0808.2762, arXiv:math/9904055 that, among the coefficients entering Kontsevich&#39;s formality quasi-isomorphism arXiv:q-alg/9709040, there are irrational (possibly even transcendental) numbers. In this paper, we prove that a formality quasi-isomorphism for Hochschild cochains of a polynomial algebra over rationals can be constructed rec

Hefeng Wang

We present a quantum algorithm that provides a general approach for obtaining the energy spectrum of a physical system without making a guess on its eigenstates. In this algorithm, a probe qubit is coupled to a quantum register $R$ which consists of one ancilla qubit and a $n$-qubit register that represents the system. $R$ is prepared in a general reference

B. Sathiapalan

We formulate the Exact Renormalization Group on the string world sheet for closed string backgrounds. The same techniques that were used for open strings is used here. There are some subtleties. One is that holomorphic factorization of the closed string vertex operators does not hold in the presence of a cutoff on the Euclidean world sheet. This introduces e

Sayandip Ghosh, Avinash Singh

Spin wave excitations and stability of the ($π,0$) ordered magnetic state are investigated in a minimal two-band itinerant-electron model for iron pnictides. Presence of hopping anisotropy generates a strong ferro-orbital order in the $d_{xz}$ and $d_{yz}$ Fe orbitals. The orbital order sign is as observed in experiments. The induced ferro-orbital order stro

Dario Bettoni, Stefano Liberati

The Horndeski action is the most general one involving a metric and a scalar field that leads to second order field equations in four dimensions. Being the natural extension of the well known Scalar-Tensor theories, its structure and properties are worth analysing along the experience accumulated in the latter context. Here we argue that disformal transforma

M. Mohsenzadeh, M. R. Tanhayi, E. Yusofi

We use the auxiliary fields and (excited-) de Sitter solutions to study the standard power spectrum of primordial fluctuations of a scalar field in the early universe. The auxiliary fields are the negative norm solutions of the field equation and as it is shown, with a fixed boundary condition, utilizing these states results in a finite power spectrum withou

Ming-Lei Tong, Bao-Rong Yan, Cheng-Shi Zhao, Dong-Shan Yin

The pulsar timing residuals induced by gravitational waves from non-evolving single binary sources with general elliptical orbits will be analyzed. For different orbital eccentricities, the timing residuals present different properties. The standard deviations of the timing residuals induced by a fixed gravitational wave source will be calculated for differe

Erik D. Demaine, Matthew J. Patitz, Trent A. Rogers, Robert T. Schweller

The well-studied Two-Handed Tile Assembly Model (2HAM) is a model of tile assembly in which pairs of large assemblies can bind, or self-assemble, together. In order to bind, two assemblies must have matching glues that can simultaneously touch each other, and stick together with strength that is at least the temperature $τ$, where $τ$ is some fixed positive

Aurélien Bellet, Amaury Habrard, Marc Sebban

The need for appropriate ways to measure the distance or similarity between data is ubiquitous in machine learning, pattern recognition and data mining, but handcrafting such good metrics for specific problems is generally difficult. This has led to the emergence of metric learning, which aims at automatically learning a metric from data and has attracted a

Alex Becker

Any periodic trajectory on an isosceles triangle gives rise to a periodic trajectory on a right triangle obtained by identifying the halves of the original triangle. We examine the relationship between periodic trajectories on isosceles triangles and the trajectories on right triangles obtained in this manner, and the consequences of this relationship for th

Kenji Muneyuki, Nobuyoshi Ohta

It has been suggested that higher-derivative gravity theories coupled to a scalar field with shift symmetry may be an important candidate for a quantum gravity. We show that this class of gravity theories are renormalizable in D = 3 and 4 dimensions.

Helen Au-Yang, Jacques H. H. Perk

In this paper we put the work of Professor N.G. de Bruijn on quasicrystals in historical context. After briefly discussing what went before, we shall review de Bruijn&#39;s work together with recent related theoretical and experimental developments. We conclude with a discussion of Yang-Baxter integrable models on Penrose tilings, for which essential use of

J. P. Ma, C. Wang, G. P. Zhang

We study DIS with a spin-1 hadron or a nucleus polarized in arbitrary direction. The differential cross-section in this case will have an azimuthal dependence. We derive the dependence by including contributions from twist-2- and twist-3 QCD operators. The twist-3 contribution is computed at tree-level. A spin-1 hadron or nucleus can have nonzero tensor pola

Rafe Mazzeo, Yanir A. Rubinstein, Natasa Sesum

We establish the short-time existence of the Ricci flow on surfaces with a finite number of conic points, all with cone angle between 0 and $2π$, where the cone angles remain fixed or change in some smooth prescribed way. For the angle-preserving flow we prove long-time existence and convergence. When the Troyanov angle condition is satisfied (equivalently,

Dong-il Hwang, Francisco G. Pedro, Dong-han Yeom

We examine the interplay between gravitational collapse and moduli stability in the context of black hole formation. We perform numerical simulations of the collapse using the double null formalism and show that the very dense regions one expects to find in the process of black hole formation are able to destabilize the volume modulus. We establish that the

Yakov Babichenko

We study the query complexity of approximate notions of Nash equilibrium in games with a large number of players $n$. Our main result states that for $n$-player binary-action games and for constant $\varepsilon$, the query complexity of an $\varepsilon$-well-supported Nash equilibrium is exponential in $n$. One of the consequences of this result is an expone

Fabio Franchini, Jian Cui, Luigi Amico, Heng Fan

In some many-body systems, certain ground state entanglement (Renyi) entropies increase even as the correlation length decreases. This entanglement non-monotonicity is a potential indicator of non-classicality. In this work we demonstrate that such a phenomenon, known as non-local convertibility, is due to the edge state (de)construction occurring in the sys

M. R. Hadizadeh

Three-dimensional (3D) Faddeev integral equations are solved for three-body (3B) bound state problem without using the partial wave (PW) form of low momentum two-body (2B) interaction $V_{low-k}$ which is constructed from spin independent Malfliet-Tjon V (MT-V) potential. The dependence of 3B binding energy on the cutoff momentum of $V_{low-k}$ is investigat

Paul S. Wesson

In unified field theories with more than four dimensions, the form of the equations of physics in spacetime depends in general on the choice of coordinates in higher dimensions. The reason is that the group of coordinate transformations in (say) five dimensions is broader than in spacetime. This kind of gauge dependence is illustrated by two examples: a cosm

A. Malanushenko, C. J. Schrijver

Most 1d hydrodynamic models of plasma confined to magnetic flux tubes assume circular cross-section of these tubes. We use potential field models to show that flux tubes in circumstances relevant to the solar corona do not in general maintain the same cross-sectional shape through their length and therefore the assumption of a circular cross-section is rarel

Ronald P. Nordgren

We present systematic methods of constructing pandiagonal sudoku squares of order k*k and Knut Vik sudoku squares of order k*k not divisible by 2 or 3. Pandiagonal magic squares are constructed from these squares. Examples of all these squares are given.

Yanghyun Byun

We propose that a Cooper pair in a high-$T_c$ superconductor might be in fact a bound system $\rm eex\bar x$ of two electrons, a particle $\rm x$ and its antiparticle. We assume $\rm eex\bar x$ is more massive than two free electrons. We observe that $\rm eex\bar x$ should be stable in a solid if it is in a low enough state in the solid. A solid which admits

Minko Dudev, Sebastian Gerling, Philip Peter

As an increasing amount of research is being done on various applications of sensor networks in adversarial environments, ensuring secure routing becomes of critical importance for the success of such deployments. The problem of designing a secure routing protocol for ad hoc networks has been already addressed, yet, there exists no complete solution that mee

Sean M. Sweeney, A. Alan Middleton

The fractal dimension of minimal spanning trees on percolation clusters is estimated for dimensions $d$ up to $d=5$. A robust analysis technique is developed for correlated data, as seen in such trees. This should be a robust method suitable for analyzing a wide array of randomly generated fractal structures. The trees analyzed using these techniques are bui

Qin Zhou, Sinisa Coh, Marvin L. Cohen, Steven G. Louie

We investigate the influence of SiO2, Au, Ag, Cu, and Pt substrates on the Raman spectrum of graphene. Experiments reveal particularly strong modifications to the intensity, position, width, and shape of the Raman signal of graphene on platinum, compared to that of suspended graphene. The modifications strongly depend on the relative orientation of the graph

Rodney G. Downey, Carl G. Jockusch, Paul E. Schupp

We study connections between classical asymptotic density and c.e. sets. We prove that a c.e. Turing degree d is not low if and only if d contains a c.e. set A of density 1 which has no computable subsets of density 1, giving a natural characterization of non-low c.e. degrees. In contrast, we prove that every nonzero c.e. degree contains a set which is gener

Firas A. Jassim

Image compression is an important filed in image processing. The science welcomes any tinny contribution that may increase the compression ratio by whichever insignificant percentage. Therefore, the essential contribution in this paper is to increase the compression ratio for the well known Portable Network Graphics (PNG) image file format. The contribution

Ioannis Mitliagkas, Constantine Caramanis, Prateek Jain

We consider streaming, one-pass principal component analysis (PCA), in the high-dimensional regime, with limited memory. Here, $p$-dimensional samples are presented sequentially, and the goal is to produce the $k$-dimensional subspace that best approximates these points. Standard algorithms require $O(p^2)$ memory; meanwhile no algorithm can do better than $

W. Sean Kennedy, Onuttom Narayan, Iraj Saniee

Through detailed analysis of scores of publicly available data sets corresponding to a wide range of large-scale networks, from communication and road networks to various forms of social networks, we explore a little-studied geometric characteristic of real-life networks, namely their hyperbolicity. In smooth geometry, hyperbolicity captures the notion of ne

Vít Jelínek, Pavel Valtr

We say that a permutation p is &#39;merged&#39; from permutations q and r, if we can color the elements of p red and blue so that the red elements are order-isomorphic to q and the blue ones to r. A &#39;permutation class&#39; is a set of permutations closed under taking subpermutations. A permutation class C is &#39;splittable&#39; if it has two proper subc

Daan Wilmer

Wilson et al. propose a measure of flexibility in project scheduling problems and propose several ways of distributing flexibility over tasks without overrunning the deadline. These schedules prove quite robust: delays of some tasks do not necessarily lead to delays of subsequent tasks. The number of tasks that finish late depends, among others, on the way o

Koichi Kanazawa, Yuji Koike

We study the contribution of the twist-3 fragmentation function to the single transverse-spin asymmetry in SIDIS within the framework of the collinear factorization. Using the Ward-Takahashi identity in QCD, we establish the collinear twist-3 formalism in the Feynman gauge to calculate its non-pole contribution to the asymmetry.

C. Fallscheer, M. A. Reid, J. Di Francesco, P. G. Martin

We present the first overview of the Herschel observations of the nearby high-mass star-forming region NGC 7538, taken as part of the Herschel imaging study of OB Young Stellar objects (HOBYS) Key Programme. These PACS and SPIRE maps cover an approximate area of one square degree at five submillimeter and far-infrared wavebands. We have identified 780 dense

Daniel Gifford, Christopher J. Miller

We use the Millennium Simulation to quantify the statistical accuracy and precision of the escape velocity technique for measuring cluster-sized halo masses at z~0.1. We show that in 3D, one can measure nearly unbiased (<4%) halo masses (>1.5x10^14 M_solar h^-1) with 10-15% scatter. Line-of-sight projection effects increase the scatter to ~25%, where we incl

Daniel Gifford, Christopher J. Miller, Nicholas Kern

We quantify the expected observed statistical and systematic uncertainties of the escape velocity as a measure of the gravitational potential and total mass of galaxy clusters. We focus our attention on low redshift (z < 0.15) clusters, where large and deep spectroscopic datasets currently exist. Utilizing a suite of Millennium Simulation semi-analytic galax

P. M. Korngut, T. Renbarger, T. Arai, J. Battle

We have developed a near-infrared spectrometer designed to measure the absolute intensity of the Solar 854.2 nm CaII Fraunhofer line, scattered by interplanetary dust, in the Zodiacal light spectrum. Based on the known equivalent line width in the Solar spectrum, this measurement can derive the Zodiacal brightness, testing models of the Zodiacal light based

Sean P. Cornelius, William L. Kath, Adilson E. Motter

The control of complex networks is of paramount importance in areas as diverse as ecosystem management, emergency response, and cell reprogramming. A fundamental property of networks is that perturbations to one node can affect other nodes, potentially causing the entire system to change behavior or fail. Here, we show that it is possible to exploit the same

Yucong Zhu, Ramesh Narayan

The standard thin accretion disc model predicts that discs around stellar mass black holes become radiation pressure dominated and thermally unstable once their luminosity exceeds L>0.02 L_Edd. Observationally, discs in the high/soft state of X-ray binaries show little variability in the range 0.01 L_Edd < L < 0.5 L_Edd, implying that these discs in nature a

Chris Nixon, Andrew King, Daniel Price

In a recent paper we have shown that the evolution of a misaligned disc around a spinning black hole can result in tearing the disc into many distinct planes. Tearing discs with random orientations produce direct dynamical accretion on to the hole in approximately 70% of all cases. Here we examine the evolution of a misaligned disc around a binary system. We

L. Delaye, M. Huertas-Company, S. Mei, C. Lidman

[abridged] The mass-size relation of early-type galaxies (ETGs) has been largely studied in the last years to probe the mass assembly of the most massive objects in the Universe. In this paper, we focus on the mass-size relation of quiescent massive ETGs (Mstar/Msol > 3*10^10) living in massive clusters (M200 ~ 10^14 Mstar) at 0.8< z <1.5, as compared to tho

David A. Deen, Eric J. Olson, Mona A. Ebrish, Steven J. Koester

A wireless vapor sensor based upon the quantum capacitance effect in graphene is demonstrated. The sensor consists of a metal-oxide-graphene variable capacitor (varactor) coupled to an inductor, creating a resonant oscillator circuit. The resonant frequency is found to shift in proportion to water vapor concentration for relative humidity (RH) values ranging

Yu Xie, P. R. C. Kent

Density functional theory simulations with conventional (PBE) and hybrid (HSE06) functionals were performed to investigate the structural and electronic properties of MXene monolayers, \ce{Ti_{n+1}C_n} and \ce{Ti_{n+1}N_n} ($n$ = 1--9) with surfaces terminated by O, F, H, and OH groups. We find that PBE and HSE06 give similar results. Without functional grou

Andre Ribeiro, Paulo Lopes, Sandro Rembold

We investigate relations between the color and luminosity distributions of cluster galaxies and the evolutionary state of their host clusters. Our aim is to explore some aspects of cluster galaxy evolution and the dynamical state of clusters as two sides of the same process. We used 10,721 member galaxies of 183 clusters extracted from the Sloan Digital Sky

Lorenzo Campos Venuti, Paolo Zanardi

Out of equilibrium quantum systems, on top of quantum fluctuations, display complex temporal patterns. Such time fluctuations are generically exponentially small in the system volume and can be therefore safely ignored in most of the cases. However, if one consider small quench experiments, time fluctuations can be greatly enhanced. We show that time fluctua

Bradley E. Schaefer

The recurrent nova T CrB was one of the first well observed nova eruptions in 1866, and 80 years later it erupted again in 1946. Just after the 1866 eruption, Sir John Herschel reported to the Monthly Notices that he had seen the same star in his naked-eye charting of the sky on 1842 June 9, implying that there was a prior eruption 24 years earlier. Unfortun

Heather A. Van Dyke, Kevin R. Vixie, Thomas J. Asaki

In search of a meaningful 2-dimensional analog to mono- tonicity, we introduce two new definitions and give examples of and dis- cuss the relationship between these definitions and others that we found in the literature. Note: After we published the article in Abstract and Applied Analysis and after we searched multiple times for previous work, we discovered

Xavier Molinero, Fabián Riquelme, Maria Serna

In social network analysis, there is a common perception that influence is relevant to determine the global behavior of the society and thus it can be used to enforce cooperation by targeting an adequate initial set of individuals or to analyze global choice processes. Here we propose centrality measures that can be used to analyze the relevance of the actor

Diego Salmeron, Juan Antonio Cano, C. P. Robert

In this work we apply the methodology of integral priors to handle Bayesian model selection in binomial regression models with a general link function. These models are very often used to investigate associations and risks in epidemiological studies where one goal is to exhibit whether or not an exposure is a risk factor for developing a certain disease; the

Felix Nagel

We provide a formal introduction into the classic theorems of general topology and its axiomatic foundations in set theory. In this second part we introduce the fundamental concepts of topological spaces, convergence, and continuity, as well as their applications to real numbers. Various methods to construct topological spaces are presented.

William P. Ford, J. W. Van Orden

In this work, an off-shell extrapolation is proposed for the Regge-model $NN$ amplitudes of \cite{FVO_Reggemodel}. A prescription for extrapolating these amplitudes for one nucleon off-shell in the initial state are given. Application of these amplitudes to calculations of deuteron electrodisintegration are presented and compared to the limited available pre

Peiran Wu, Robert Schober, Vijay K. Bhargava

Transmit beamforming (Tx-BF) for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channels is an effective means to improve system performance. In frequency-selective channels, Tx-BF can be implemented in combination with single-carrier frequency-domain equalization (SC-FDE) to combat inter-symbol interference. In this paper, we consider the optimal design of the Tx-BF

Rinaldo B. Schinazi

The appearance of cancer in a tissue is thought to be the result of two or more successive mutations. We propose a stochastic model that allows for an exact computation of the distribution of the waiting time for a second mutation. This models the time of appearance of the first cancerous cell in a tissue. Our model is an alternative to the Moran model with

Per Sundin, Linus Wulff

We derive the low-energy effective action for the spinning (GKP) string in AdS(3) x S(3) x M(4) where M(4) = S(3) x S(1) or T(4). In the first case the action consists of two O(4) non-linear sigma models which are coupled through their interaction with four massless Majorana fermions (plus one free decoupled scalar). While in the second case it consists of o

Ken-ichi Nakao, Tatsuya Uno, Shunichiro Kinoshita

We analytically explore the effect of falling matter on a spherically symmetric wormhole supported by a spherical shell composed of exotic matter located at its throat. The falling matter is assumed to be also a thin spherical shell concentric with the shell supporting the wormhole, and its self-gravity is completely taken into account. We treat these spheri

Dmitri Denisov

This article summarizes main developments of the hadron colliders and physics results obtained since their inception around forty years ago. The increase in the collision energy of over two orders of magnitude and even larger increases in luminosity provided experiments with unique data samples. Developments of full acceptance detectors, particle identificat

Dmitri Denisov

The article presents experimental highlights of Moriond 2013 QCD conference. This was fantastic conference and the first Moriond QCD since the discovery of the Higgs boson. Many new results about its properties have been presented at the conference with Higgs-like particle becoming a Higgs as it properties match expected for the Higgs boson pretty well. Ther

Felix Bussieres, Nicolas Sangouard, Mikael Afzelius, Hugues de Riedmatten

An optical quantum memory can be broadly defined as a system capable of storing a useful quantum state through interaction with light at optical frequencies. During the last decade, intense research was devoted to their development, mostly with the aim of fulfilling the requirements of their first two applications, namely quantum repeaters and linear-optical

Matthew F. Causley, Andrew J. Christlieb, Yaman Guclu, Eric Wolf

As a follow up to \cite{Causley2013}, we provide a detailed description of the numerical implementation of an O(N), A-stable, second order accurate solution of the wave equation, constructed from semi-discrete boundary value problems. We improve on the previous algorithm by replacing the Lax-type correction used in \cite{Causley2013}, which was necessary for

Dae San Kim, Taekyun Kim

Recently, Araci-Acikgoz-Sen derived some interesting identities on weighted q-Euler polynomials and higher-order q-Euler polynomials from the applications of umbral calculus (See [1]). In this paper, we develop the new method of q-umbral calculus due to Roman and we study new q-extension of Euler numbers and polynomials which are derived from q-umbral calcul

Tom McGaffey

We will give an elementary nonstandard proof that the family of generalized blancmange functions are nowhere differentiable. The proof follows from the intuitive characterization of differentiability at a point as almost $δ$ affine along with the transfer of the functional equations these functions satisfy. We also give elementary nonstandard proofs of the u

Craig McMurtry, Donald Lee, James Beletic, Chi-Yi A. Chen

The near-earth object camera (NEOCam) is a proposed infrared space mission designed to discover and characterize most of the potentially hazardous asteroids larger than 140 m in diameter that orbit near the Earth. NASA has funded technology development for NEOCam, including the development of long wavelength infrared detector arrays that will have excellent

Dae san Kim, Taekyun Kim

In this paper, we investigate some properties of q-Bernoulli polynomi- als arising from q-umbral calculus. Finally, we derive some interesting identities of q-Bernoulli polynomials from our investigation.

D. J. Egger, F. K. Wilhelm

Superconducting qubits are a promising candidate for building a quantum computer. A continued challenge for fast yet accurate gates to minimize the effects of decoherence. Here we apply numerical methods to design fast entangling gates, specifically the controlled Z, in an architecture where two qubits are coupled via a resonator. We find that the gates can

Mihail Poplavskyi

Using the results on the $1/n$-expansion of the Verblunsky coefficients for a class of polynomials orthogonal on the unit circle with $n$ varying weight, we prove that the local eigenvalue statistic for unitary matrix models is independent of the form of the potential, determining the matrix model. Our proof is applicable to the case of four times differenti

K. Muzic, A. Scholz, V. C. Geers, R. Jayawardhana

SONYC, short for &#34;Substellar Objects in Nearby Young Clusters&#34;, is a survey program to provide a census of the substellar population in nearby star forming regions. We have conducted deep optical and near-infrared photometry in five young regions (NGC1333, rho Ophiuchi, Chamaeleon-I, Upper Sco, and Lupus-3), combined with proper motions, and followed

Jeanette C. Gladstone

Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) were an enigma since their discovery. ASCA showed that they are accreting black holes (BHs) with unknown mass, while Chandra & XMM data shows that the many of the lower luminosity ULXs can be explained by extreme accretion onto stellar remnant BHs. The discovery of hyperluminous X-ray sources has led to specu- lation that w

D. Grasso, G. Di Bernardo, C. Evoli, D. Gaggero

We perform a consistent modeling of cosmic ray electrons, positrons and of the radio emission of the Galaxy. For the time we reproduce all relevant data sets between 1 GeV and 1 TeV including the recent AMS-02 positron fraction results. We show that below few GeV cosmic ray and radio data require that electron primary spectrum to be drastically suppressed an

Gerald Knizia

Modern quantum chemistry can make quantitative predictions on an immense array of chemical systems. However, the interpretation of those predictions is often complicated by the complex wave function expansions used. Here we show that an exceptionally simple algebraic construction allows for defining atomic core and valence orbitals, polarized by the molecula

J. R. Trail, R. J. Needs

A scheme is developed for creating pseudopotentials for use in correlated-electron calculations. Pseudopotentials for the light elements H, Li, Be, B, C, N, O, and F, are reported, based on data from high-level quantum chemical calculations. Results obtained with these correlated electron pseudopotentials (CEPPs) are compared with data for atomic energy leve

K. Glampedakis, S. K. Lander, N. Andersson

We construct hydromagnetic neutron star equilibria which allow for a non-zero electric current distribution in the exterior. The novelty of our models is that the neutron star&#39;s interior field is in equilibrium with its magnetosphere, thus bridging the gap between previous work in this area which either solves for the interior assuming a vacuum exterior

Yian Ma, Ruoshi Yuan, Yang Li, Ping Ao

This paper provides a first example of constructing Lyapunov functions in a class of piecewise linear systems with limit cycles. The method of construction helps analyze and control complex oscillating systems through novel geometric means. Special attention is stressed upon a problem not formerly solved: to impose consistent boundary conditions on the Lyapu

Ira Herbst, Erik Skibsted

We study exponential decay of eigenfunctions of self-adjoint higher order elliptic operators on $\R^d$. We show that the possible critical decay rates are determined algebraically. In addition we show absence of super-exponentially decaying eigenfunctions and a refined exponential upper bound.

D. Barducci, A. Belyaev, M. S. Brown, S. De Curtis

In this proceeding, we present the current status of a $χ^2$ fit extracted from the profiling of the Higgs couplings performed at the LHC in the context of the 4-Dimensional Composite Higgs Model. Especially, we consider the data presented by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations during the XLVIII Rencontres de Moriond.

Larisa Beilina, Nguyen Trung Thành, Michael V. Klibanov, Michael A. Fiddy

We consider the problem of reconstruction of dielectrics from blind backscattered experimental data. Experimental data were collected by a device, which was built at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. This device sends electrical pulses into the medium and collects the time resolved backscattered data on a part of a plane. The spatially distributed d

Guido D&#39;Amico, Roberto Gobbetti, Matthew Kleban, Marjorie Schillo

We analyze an inflationary model in which part of the power in density perturbations arises due to particle production. The amount of particle production is modulated by an auxiliary field. Given an initial gradient for the auxiliary field, this model produces a hemispherical power asymmetry and a suppression of power at low multipoles similar to those obser

Gilbert Reinisch, Vidar Gudmundsson, Andrei Manolescu

Originally proposed by Read [1] and Jain [2], the so-called &#34;composite-fermion&#34; is a phenomenological attachment of two infinitely thin local flux quanta seen as nonlocal vortices to two-dimensional (2D) electrons embedded in a strong orthogonal magnetic field. In this letter, it is described as a highly-nonlinear and coherent mean-field quantum proc

Q. Zhang, D. Rhodes, B. Zeng, T. Besara

We report the discovery of superconductivity in Nb$_3$Pd$_{x}$Se$_7$ with a $x$-dependent superconducting transition-temperature as high as $T_c \simeq 2.1 $ K for $x \simeq0.7$ (middle point of the resistive transition). Needle-like single crystals display anisotropic upper-critical fields with an anisotropy $γ= H^{b}_{c2}/H^{a}_{c2}$ as large as 6 between

N. La Palombara, S. Mereghetti, L. Sidoli, A. Tiengo

We report on the main results obtained thanks to an observation campaign with XMM-Newton of four persistent, low-luminosity (Lx ~ 10^34 erg/s) and long-period (P > 200 s) Be accreting pulsars. We found that all sources considered here are characterized by a spectral excess that can be described with a blackbody component of high temperature (kTbb > 1 keV) an

L. Agostino, M. Buizza-Avanzini, M. Marafini, T. Patzak

MEMPHYS (MEgaton Mass PHYSics) is a proposed large-scale water-Cherenkov experiment to be performed deep underground. It is dedicated to nucleon decay searches and the detection of neutrinos from supernovae, solar, and atmospheric neutrinos, as well as neutrinos from a future beam to measure the CP violating phase in the leptonic sector and the mass hierarch