September 2013 arXiv papers — page 19

M. Buzano, A. S. Dancer, M. Gallaugher, M. Wang

We produce new non-Kähler complete steady gradient Ricci solitons whose asymptotics combine those of the Bryant solitons and the Hamilton cigar. We also obtain a family of complete Ricci-flat metrics with asymptotically locally conical asymptotics. Finally, we obtain numerical evidence for complete steady soliton structures on the vector bundles whose distan

Sandrine Caruso, Bert Wiest

We prove that generic elements of braid groups are pseudo-Anosov, in the following sense: in the Cayley graph of the braid group with n $\ge$ 3 strands, with respect to Garside's generating set, we prove that the proportion of pseudo-Anosov braids in the ball of radius l tends to 1 exponentially quickly as l tends to infinity. Moreover, with a similar no

Enkelejd Hashorva, Zhichao Weng

Berman's inequality is the key for establishing asymptotic properties of maxima of Gaussian random sequences and supremum of Gaussian random fields. This contribution shows that, asymptotically an extended version of Berman's inequality can be established for randomly scaled Gaussian random vectors. Two applications presented in this paper demonstrat

Mahmuda Ahmed, Brittany Terese Fasy, Kyle S. Hickmann, Carola Wenk

Comparing two geometric graphs embedded in space is important in the field of transportation network analysis. Given street maps of the same city collected from different sources, researchers often need to know how and where they differ. However, the majority of current graph comparison algorithms are based on structural properties of graphs, such as their d

S. M. Haaker, F. A. Bais, K. Schoutens

We explain the finite as well as infinite degeneracy in the spectrum of a particular system of spin-1/2 fermions with spin-orbit coupling in three spatial dimensions. Starting from a generalized Runge-Lenz vector, we explicitly construct a complete set of symmetry operators, which span a noncompact SO(3,2) algebra. The degeneracy of the physical spectrum onl

Mitchell Buckley, Richard Garner, Stephen Lack, Ross Street

The Catalan numbers are well-known to be the answer to many different counting problems, and so there are many different families of sets whose cardinalities are the Catalan numbers. We show how such a family can be given the structure of a simplicial set. We show how the low-dimensional parts of this simplicial set classify, in a precise sense, the structur

Stacey Jeffery, Frederic Magniez, Ronald de Wolf

We study the complexity of quantum query algorithms that make p queries in parallel in each timestep. This model is in part motivated by the fact that decoherence times of qubits are typically small, so it makes sense to parallelize quantum algorithms as much as possible. We show tight bounds for a number of problems, specifically Theta((n/p)^{2/3}) p-parall

Chengyu Lin, Jingcheng Liu, Pinyan Lu

An edge cover of a graph is a set of edges such that every vertex has at least an adjacent edge in it. Previously, approximation algorithm for counting edge covers is only known for 3 regular graphs and it is randomized. We design a very simple deterministic fully polynomial-time approximation scheme (FPTAS) for counting the number of edge covers for any gra

N. N. Trunov

We approximate given potentials by means of the specially introduced reference potentials. On the one hand their parameters may be easily found from the usual WKB integral for the given potential; on the other hand they allow a simple determination of the first correction to the usual quantization condition. Such reference potentials are introduced in specia

Anita V. Dyrrdal, Alex Lenkoski, Thordis L. Thorarinsdottir, Frode Stordal

Spatial maps of extreme precipitation are a critical component of flood estimation in hydrological modeling, as well as in the planning and design of important infrastructure. This is particularly relevant in countries such as Norway that have a high density of hydrological power generating facilities and are exposed to significant risk of infrastructure dam

Álvaro López García, Enol Fernández del Castillo

While the requirements of enterprise and web applications have driven the development of Cloud computing, some of its key features, such as customized environments and rapid elasticity, could also benefit scientific applications. However, neither virtualization techniques nor Cloud-like access to resources is common in scientific computing centers due to the

Ibrahim Elbatal, Francesca Condino, Filippo Domma

In this paper we study a broad class of distribution functions which is defined by means of reflected generalized beta distribution. This class includes that of Beta-generated distribution as a special case. In particular, we use this class to extend the Inverse Weibull distribution in order to obtain the Reflected Generalized Beta Inverse Weibull Distributi

Aleksejus Kononovicius, Vygintas Gontis

Collective behavior of the complex socio-economic systems is heavily influenced by the herding, group, behavior of individuals. The importance of the herding behavior may enable the control of the collective behavior of the individuals. In this contribution we consider a simple agent-based herding model modified to include agents with controlled state. We sh

Andreas Strömbergsson

Let G=ASL(2,R) be the affine special linear group of the plane, and set Gamma=ASL(2,Z). We prove a polynomially effective asymptotic equidistribution result for the orbits of a 1-dimensional, non-horospherical unipotent flow on Gamma\G.

Yashonidhi Pandey

Let $X$ be a smooth projective curve over the complex numbers. We compute the Brauer group of the moduli stack of Bruhat-Tits group scheme $\mathcal{G}$-torsors on $X$. When $g(X) \geq 3$ we compute the Brauer group of the regularly stable locus of the coarse moduli space of semi-stable $\mathcal{G}$-torsors.

Qing Chu, Pavel Zorin-Kranich

Let $T_1$, $T_2$ be two commuting probability measure-preserving actions of a countable amenable group such that the group spanned by these actions acts ergodically. We show that $μ(A\cap T_1^g A\cap T_1^g T_2^g A) > μ(A)^4-ε$ on a syndetic set for any measurable set $A$ and any $ε>0$. The proof uses the concept of a sated system introduced by Austin.

Lorenzo Basso, Oliver Fischer, Jochum J. van der Bij

The parameter space of the simplest extension of the standard model, is studied in the light of the 125 GeV Higgs boson discovery. The Hill model extends the scalar sector of the standard model with a real singlet, that mixes with the SM Higgs boson. The two-loop SM renormalization group equations are completed with the one-loop Hill equations. Stability up

Stefan Juergens, Paolo Michetti, Björn Trauzettel

We study the interplay between Dirac and Schrödinger fermions in the polarization properties of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG). Specifically, we analyze the low-energy sector of narrow-gap semiconductors described by a two-band Kane model. In the context of quantum spin Hall insulators, particularly, in Hg(Cd)Te quantum wells, this model is named Bern

Tomas Kohout, Maria Gritsevich, Victor I. Grokhovsky, Grigoriy A. Yakovlev

The mineralogy and physical properties of Chelyabinsk meteorites (fall, February 15, 2013) are presented. Three types of meteorite material are present, described as the light-colored, dark-colored, and impact-melt lithologies. All are of LL5 composition with the impact-melt lithology being close to whole-rock melt and the dark-colored lithology being shock-

Wilfried Wunderlich, Takao Mori, Oksana Sologub

NaTaO3-50wt% Fe2O3 composite ceramics showed a large Seebeck voltage of -300 mV at a temperature gradient of 650 K yielding a constant Seebeck coefficient of more than -500 microV/K over a wide temperature range. We report for the first time that SPS sintering at low temperature 870K could maintain the short-circuit current of -80 microA, which makes this th

Hicham Arroussi, Jordi Pau

We obtain ceratin estimates for the reproducing kernels of large weighted Bergman spaces. Applications of these estimates to boundedness of the Bergman projection on $L^p(\D,ω^{p/2})$, complex interpolation and duality of weighted Bergman spaces are given.

Olivia Constantin, Jose Angel Pelaez

Let $v(r)=\exp\left(-\fracα{1-r}\right)$ with $α>0$, and let $\mathbb{D}$ be the unit disc in the complex plane. Denote by $A^p_v$ the subspace of analytic functions of $L^p(\mathbb{D},v)$ and let $P_v$ be the orthogonal projection from $L^2(\mathbb{D},v)$ onto $A^2_v$. In 2004, Dostanic revealed the intriguing fact that $P_v$ is bounded from $L^p(\mathbb{D}

Federico Camia

We introduce a natural "massive" version of the Brownian loop soup of Lawler and Werner which displays conformal covariance and exponential decay. We show that this massive Brownian loop soup arises as the near-critical scaling limit of a random walk loop soup with killing and is related to the massive SLE(2) identified by Makarov and Smirnov as the

Gwenaëlle Marchand, Vân Anh Huynh-Thu, Nolan Kane, Sandrine Arribat

Gene regulatory networks (GRN) govern phenotypic adaptations and reflect the trade-offs between physiological responses and evolutionary adaptation that act at different time scales. To identify patterns of molecular function and genetic diversity in GRNs, we studied the drought response of the common sunflower, Helianthus annuus, and how the underlying GRN

Hyong-Chol O, Ji-Sok Kim

We provide representations of solutions to terminal value problems of inhomogeneous Black-Scholes equations and studied such general properties as min-max estimates, gradient estimates, monotonicity and convexity of the solutions with respect to the stock price variable, which are important for financial security pricing. In particular, we focus on finding r

Michael Bensimhoun

It may seem a funny notion to write about theorems as old and rehashed as Descartes's rule of signs, De Gua's rule or Budan's. Admittedly, these theorems were proved numerous times over the centuries. However, despite the popularity of these results, it seems that no thorough and up-to-date historical account of their proofs has ever been given,

G. Coddens

We point out a loophole in the derivation of the Bell inequalities in the form proposed by Clauser, Horne, Shimony and Holt (CHSH). In this derivation it is assumed that statistical independence is a necessary consequence of locality, but this is not a logical necessity.

Sergei Rjabchikov

The bird-man cult remains the main secret of Easter Island (Rapa Nui), a remote plot of land in the Pacific. This paper includes not only necessary ethnological data, but also some results on the archaeoastronomy. The research of some lines marked on a stone calendar from the Mataveri area, an archaic zone of the bird-man cult, allows to insist that the nati

Andrea Wulzer

I describe a novel covariant formulation of massive gauge theories in which the longitudinal polarization vectors do not grow with the energy. Therefore in the present formalism, differently from the ordinary one, the energy and coupling power-counting is completely transparent at the level of individual Feynman diagrams, with obvious advantages both at the

Ken Watanabe, Hikaru Kawamura, Hiroki Nakano, Toru Sakai

Experimental quest for the hypothetical "quantum spin liquid" state has recently met a few promising candidate materials including organic salts κ-(ET)2Cu2(CN)3 and EtMe3Sb[Pd(dmit)2]2, S=1/2 triangular-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnets consisting of molecular dimers. These compounds exhibit no magnetic ordering nor the spin freezing down to very l

Alexey E. Rastegin

We consider a family of quantum conditional entropies based on the concept of quantum $f$-divergences. First, we explicitly formulate conditions under which the notion of quantum conditional entropy is well defined in this way. In particular, we demand that the value of conditional entropy be independent of any extension of the principal Hilbert space. Using

Gunnar Carlsson, Roy Joshua

In this paper we consider the problem of Galois descent for suitably completed algebraic K-theory of fields. One of the main results is a suitable form of rigidity for Borel-style generalized equivariant cohomology with respect to certain spectra. In order to apply this to the problem at hand, we need to invoke a derived Atiyah-Segal completion theorem for p

Jingjin Yu, Sertac Karaman, Daniela Rus

This paper introduces a new mobile sensor scheduling problem, involving a single robot tasked with monitoring several events of interest that occur at different locations. Of particular interest is the monitoring of transient events that can not be easily forecast. Application areas range from natural phenomena ({\em e.g.}, monitoring abnormal seismic activi

Qing Lin He, Hongchao Liu, Mingquan He, Ying Hoi Lai

Superconductivity at the interface of a heterostructure confined to nanometer-sized scale offers unique opportunities to study the exotic physics of two-dimensional superconductivity. The realization of superconductivity at the interface between a topological insulator and an iron-chalcogenide compound is highly attractive for exploring several recent theore

Osamu Iyama, Kiriko Kato, Jun-ichi Miyachi

We study the homotopy category $\mathsf{K}_{N}(\mathcal{B})$ of $N$-complexes of an additive category $\mathcal{B}$ and the derived category $\mathsf{D}_{N}(\mathcal{A})$ of an abelian category $\mathcal{A}$. First we show that both $\mathsf{K}_N(\mathcal{B})$ and $\mathsf{D}_N(\mathcal{A})$ have natural structures of triangulated categories. Then we establi

Thomas Creutzig, Antun Milas

We discover new analytic properties of classical partial and false theta functions and their potential applications to representation theory of W-algebras and vertex algebras in general. More precisely, motivated by clues from conformal field theory, first, we are able to determine modular-like transformation properties of regularized partial and false theta

Aleksandar Nikolov, Kunal Talwar

We show that the hereditary discrepancy of homogeneous arithmetic progressions is lower bounded by $n^{1/O(\log \log n)}$. This bound is tight up to the constant in the exponent. Our lower bound goes via proving an exponential lower bound on the discrepancy of set systems of subcubes of the boolean cube $\{0, 1\}^d$.

Toshinori Taniuchi, Yoshinori Takano, Kensei Kobayashi

The organic haze of aerosols that shrouds the Saturnian moon Titan has previously been studied by both observations and laboratory simulation experiments. Here we report the abiotic formation of amino acid precursors in complex organic molecules during experimental simulation of the environment near Titan's surface with proton irradiation. Pyrolysis of t

Gopal Sarma

A number of elite thinkers in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries pursued an agenda which historian Paolo Rossi calls the "quest for a universal language," a quest which was deeply interwoven with the emergence of the scientific method. From a modern perspective, one of the many surprising aspects of these efforts is that they relied on a diver

Lian-Bao Jia, Xue-Qian Li

The new observation of CDMS II favors low mass WIMPs. Taking the CDMS II new results as inputs, we consider a SM singlet: the darkon as the dark matter candidate, which can be either scalar, fermion or vector. It is found that the simplest scenario of DM+SM conflicts with the stringent constraint set by the LHC data. New physics beyond the SM is needed, and

Bao-Xuan Zhu

A sequence $\{z_n\}_{n\geq0}$ is called ratio log-convex in the sense that the ratio sequence $\{\frac{z_{n+1}}{z_n}\}_{n\geq0}$ is log-convex. Based on a three-term recurrence for sequences, we develop techniques for dealing with the ratio log-convexity of ratio sequences. As applications, we prove that the ratio sequences of numbers, including the derangem

Zhao Ren, Tingni Sun, Cun-Hui Zhang, Harrison H. Zhou

The Gaussian graphical model, a popular paradigm for studying relationship among variables in a wide range of applications, has attracted great attention in recent years. This paper considers a fundamental question: When is it possible to estimate low-dimensional parameters at parametric square-root rate in a large Gaussian graphical model? A novel regressio

Tri Lai

In 2003, Ciucu presented a unified way to enumerate tilings of lattice regions by using a certain Reduction Theorem (Ciucu, Perfect Matchings and Perfect Powers, Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics, 2003). In this paper we continue this line of work by investigating new families of lattice regions whose tilings are enumerated by perfect powers or products of

Michael Jablonski, Peter Petersen, Michael Bradford Williams

We consider a modified Ricci flow equation whose stationary solutions include Einstein and Ricci soliton metrics, and we study the linear stability of those solutions relative to the flow. After deriving various criteria that imply linear stability, we turn our attention to left-invariant soliton metrics on (non-compact) simply connected solvable Lie groups

Emilie Dufresne, Jack Jeffries

The study of separating invariants is a recent trend in invariant theory. For a finite group acting linearly on a vector space, a separating set is a set of invariants whose elements separate the orbits of G. In some ways, separating sets often exhibit better behavior than generating sets for the ring of invariants. We investigate the least possible cardinal

Ben Klaff, Stephan Tillmann

Let M be an orientable, cusped hyperbolic 3-manifold of finite volume. We show that the restriction map from a Dehn surgery component in the PSL(2,C)-character variety of M to the character variety of the boundary of M is a birational isomorphism onto its image. This generalises a result by Nathan Dunfield. A key step in our proof is the exactness of Craig H

Ivan Kitov, Oleg Kitov

We model the rate of inflation and unemployment in Austria since the early 1960s within the Phillips/Fisher framework. The change in labour force is the driving force representing economic activity in the Phillips curve. For Austria, this macroeconomic variable was first tested as a predictor of inflation and unemployment in 2005 with the involved time serie

Jun-Hui Zhao, Mark R. Morris, W. M. Goss

We report the VLA detection of the radio counterpart of the X-ray object referred to as the "Cannonball", which has been proposed to be the remnant neutron star resulting from the creation of the Galactic Center supernova remnant, Sagittarius A East. The radio object was detected both in our new VLA image from observations in 2012 at 5.5 GHz and in a

Sergey I. Kryuchkov

Connection of the Four Color Theorem (FCT) with some operations on trees is described. L.H. Kauffman's theorem about FCT and vector cross product is discussed. Operation of transplantation on trees linked with the move of brackets according to the associative law is used to formulate a conjecture. When map is represented as a tying of the trees this conj

Guihua Tian, Shuquan Zhong

The dynamics of two qubits ultra-strongly coupled with a quantum oscillator is investigated by the adiabatic approximation method. The evolution formula of the initial four Bell states are studied under the control mechanism of the coherent state of the quantum oscillator. The influential parameters for the preservation of the entanglement are the four param

Maria Procopio, Thorsten Ritz

A quantum-based magnetic compass sensor, mediated through radical pair reactions, has been suggested to underlie the sensory ability of migrating birds to receive directional information from the geomagnetic field. Here we extend the currently available models by considering the effects of slow fluctuations in the nuclear spin environment on the directional

David Garfinkle

GGR News: we hear that..., by David Garfinkle What's new in LIGO, by David Shoemaker News from NSF, by Pedro Marronetti Citation counts and indicies: Beware of bad data, by Clifford Will Research Briefs: Results from Planck, by William Jones Conference Reports: Gravity- Strings and Higher Dimensions, by Simon Ross Capra 16, by Leor Barack Reduced Order M

Xiao Fang, Paul J. Hu, Zhepeng Li, Weiyu Tsai

In a social network, adoption probability refers to the probability that a social entity will adopt a product, service, or opinion in the foreseeable future. Such probabilities are central to fundamental issues in social network analysis, including the influence maximization problem. In practice, adoption probabilities have significant implications for appli

Alexander Amenta

The purpose of this thesis is to use the language of orbifold groupoids to describe the geometry and topology of orbifolds, highlighting advantages and disadvantages of this language as they arise.

Yannick Roehlly, Denis Burgarella, Véronique Buat, Médéric Boquien

We present pcigale, the port to Python of CIGALE (Code Investigating Galaxy Emission) a Fortran spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting code developed at the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille. After recalling the specifics of the SED fitting method, we show the gains in modularity and versatility offered by Python, as well as the drawbacks comp

S. Corde, C. Thaury, A. Lifschitz, G. Lambert

Laser-plasma accelerators can produce high quality electron beams, up to giga-electronvolts in energy, from a centimeter scale device. The properties of the electron beams and the accelerator stability are largely determined by the injection stage of electrons into the accelerator. The simplest mechanism of injection is self-injection, in which the wakefield

Shandong Zhao, David A. van Dyk, Kosuke Imai

Propensity score methods have become a part of the standard toolkit for applied researchers who wish to ascertain causal effects from observational data. While they were originally developed for binary treatments, several researchers have proposed generalizations of the propensity score methodology for non-binary treatment regimes. Such extensions have widen

János Pach, Gábor Tardos

The graph obtained from the integer grid Z x Z by the removal of all horizontal edges that do not belong to the x-axis is called a comb. In a random walk on a graph, whenever a walker is at a vertex v, in the next step it will visit one of the neighbors of v, each with probability 1/d(v), where d(v) denotes the degree of v. We answer a question of Csáki, Csö

R. Torres, F. Fayos, O. Lorente-Espin

It has been postulated that black holes could be created in particle collisions within the range of the available energies for nowadays colliders (LHC). In this paper we analyze the evaporation of a type of black holes that are candidates for this specific behaviour, namely, small black holes on a brane in a world with large extra-dimensions. We examine thei

Eric Cady, Christoph Baranec, Charles Beichman, Douglas Brenner

The Project 1640 instrument on the 200-inch Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory is a coronagraphic instrument with an integral field spectrograph at the back end, designed to find young, self-luminous planets around nearby stars. To reach the necessary contrast for this, the PALM-3000 adaptive optics system corrects for fast atmospheric speckles, while CAL

K. Poppenhaeger, S. J. Wolk

It is a long-standing question in exoplanet research if Hot Jupiters can influence the magnetic activity of their host stars. While cool stars usually spin down with age and become inactive, an input of angular momentum through tidal interaction, as seen for example in close binaries, can preserve high activity levels over time. This may also be the case for

D. L. Huber

We analyze recent electron spin resonance (ESR) experiments in La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 and YBaMn2O6 focusing on the behavior of the linewidth at high temperatures where it is a linear function of the temperature. Noting that the g-factors of the resonances are characteristic of the Mn4+ ion in a cubic environment, we make the assumption that the linewidth involves th

Saif M. Mohammad, Svetlana Kiritchenko

Past work on personality detection has shown that frequency of lexical categories such as first person pronouns, past tense verbs, and sentiment words have significant correlations with personality traits. In this paper, for the first time, we show that fine affect (emotion) categories such as that of excitement, guilt, yearning, and admiration are significa

Domenico Larobina, Luca Cipelletti

We investigate the dynamics of alginate gels, an important class of biopolymer-based viscoelastic materials, by combining mechanical tests and non-conventional, time-resolved light scattering methods. Two relaxation modes are observed upon applying a compressive or shear stress. Dynamic light scattering and diffusive wave spectroscopy measurements reveal tha

Nicola Bezzo, Patricio J. Cruz Davalos, Francesco Sorrentino, Rafael Fierro

In this paper we propose an application of adaptive synchronization of chaos to detect changes in the topology of a mobile robotic network. We assume that the network may evolve in time due to the relative motion of the mobile robots and due to unknown environmental conditions, such as the presence of obstacles in the environment. We consider that each robot

Saif M. Mohammad, Tony, Yang

With the widespread use of email, we now have access to unprecedented amounts of text that we ourselves have written. In this paper, we show how sentiment analysis can be used in tandem with effective visualizations to quantify and track emotions in many types of mail. We create a large word--emotion association lexicon by crowdsourcing, and use it to compar

Yen Lee Loh, Monica Kim

Orbital angular momentum eigenfunctions are readily understood in terms of spherical harmonic wavefunctions. However, the quantum mechanical phenomenon of spin is often said to be mysterious and hard to visualize, with no classical analogue. Many textbooks give a heuristic and somewhat unsatisfying picture of a precessing spin vector. Here we advocate for th

Wei Wu, Feng Feng, Yue Zhao, Xiao Tang

In the reported low-fluorine MOD-YBCO studies, the lowest F/Ba mole ratio of the precursor solution was 4.5. However, further lowering the F/Ba ratio is important according to the researches of YBCO thick film. On the other hand, the F/Ba ratio is necessary to be at least 2 for the full conversion of the Ba precursor to BaF_2 to avoid the formation of BaCO_3

C. Adrados, T. C. H. Liew, M. D. Martin, A. Amo

The dynamics of optical switching in semiconductor microcavities in the strong coupling regime is studied using time- and spatially-resolved spectroscopy. The switching is triggered by polarised short pulses which create spin bullets of high polariton density. The spin packets travel with speeds of the order of 106 m/s due to the ballistic propagation and dr

Carlos A. Jiménez-Hoyos, R. Rodríguez-Guzmán, Gustavo E. Scuseria

Recent work from our research group has demonstrated that symmetry-projected Hartree--Fock (HF) methods provide a compact representation of molecular ground state wavefunctions based on a superposition of non-orthogonal Slater determinants. The symmetry-projected ansatz can account for static correlations in a computationally efficient way. Here we present a

A. R. Yeates, A. Muñoz-Jaramillo

We propose a phenomenological technique for modelling the emergence of active regions within a three-dimensional, kinematic dynamo framework. By imposing localised velocity perturbations, we create emergent flux-tubes out of toroidal magnetic field at the base of the convection zone, leading to the eruption of active regions at the solar surface. The velocit

John Antonioli

We consider an infinite-to-one factor map from an irreducible shift of finite type X to a sofic shift Y. A compensation function relates equilibrium states on X to equilibrium states on Y. The p-Dini condition is given as a way of measuring the smoothness of a continuous function, with 1-Dini corresponding to functions with summable variation. Two types of c

C. D. Wilson, A. Cridland, K. Foyle, T. J. Parkin

Data from the Herschel Space Observatory have revealed an unusual elliptical galaxy, NGC 4125, which has strong and extended submillimeter emission from cold dust but only very strict upper limits to its CO and HI emission. Depending on the dust emissivity, the total dust mass is 2-5x10^6 Msun. While the neutral gas-to-dust mass ratio is extremely low (< 12-

D. Schmeltzer

We show that for a \textbf{multiple-connected} space the low energy strain fields excitations are given by instantons. Dirac fermions with a chiral mass and a pairing field propagates effectively in a multiple conected space. When the elastic strain field response is probed one finds that it is given by the \textbf{Pointriagin} characteristic. As a result th

Zuoye Liu, Christian Ott, Stefano M. Cavaletto, Zoltán Harman

A general mechanism for the generation of frequency combs referenced to atomic resonances is put forward. The mechanism is based on the periodic phase control of a quantum system&#39;s dipole response. We develop an analytic description of the comb spectral structure, depending on both the atomic and the phase-control properties. We further suggest an experi

Laura Brenneman

Measuring the spins of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in active galactic nuclei (AGN) can inform us about the relative role of gas accretion vs. mergers in recent epochs of the life of the host galaxy and its AGN. Recent advances in theory and observation have enabled spin measurements for a handful of SMBHs thus far, but this science is still very much in

B. L. G. Bakker, A. Bassetto, S. J. Brodsky, W. Broniowski

An outstanding goal of physics is to find solutions that describe hadrons in the theory of strong interactions, Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). For this goal, the light-front Hamiltonian formulation of QCD (LFQCD) is a complementary approach to the well-established lattice gauge method. LFQCD offers access to the hadrons&#39; nonperturbative quark and gluon am

A. Besse, L. Szymanowski, S. Wallon

We investigate the longitudinal and transverse polarized cross-sections of the leptoproduction of the rho meson in the high energy limit. Our model is based on the computation of the impact factor gamma*(lambda_gamma) -> rho(lambda_rho) using the twist expansion in the forward limit and expressed in the impact parameter space. This treatment involves in the

O. Ozsun, V. Yakhot, K. L. Ekinci

Direct and noninvasive measurement of the pressure distribution in test sections of a micro-channel is a challenging, if not an impossible, task. Here, we present an analytical method for extracting the pressure distribution in a deformable micro-channel under flow. Our method is based on a measurement of the channel deflection profile as a function of appli

Omar Leon Sanchez

In this thesis three topics on the model theory of partial differential fields are considered: the generalized Galois theory for partial differential fields, geometric axioms for the theory of partial differentially closed fields, and the existence and properties of the model companion of the theory of partial differential fields with an automorphism. The ap

Alan J. Barr, Matthew J. Dolan, Christoph Englert, Michael Spannowsky

Higgs boson self-interactions can be investigated via di-Higgs ($pp\to hh+X$) production at the LHC. With a small ${\cal{O}}(30)$ fb Standard Model production cross section, and a large $t\bar t$ background, this measurement has been considered challenging, even at a luminosity-upgraded LHC. We demonstrate that by using simple kinematic bounding variables, o

Jason Tumlinson, Christopher Thom, Jessica Werk, J. Xavier Prochaska

We present the design and methods of the COS-Halos survey, a systematic investigation of the gaseous halos of 44 z = 0.15-0.35 galaxies using background QSOs observed with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. This survey has yielded 39 spectra of z_em ~ 0.5 QSOs with S/N ~ 10-15 per resolution element. The QSO sightlines pass wi

J. -Ph. Reid, M. A. Tanatar, R. Daou, Rongwei Hu

The in-plane thermal conductivity kappa(T) and electrical resistivity rho(T) of the heavy-fermion metal YbRh2Si2 were measured down to 50 mK for magnetic fields H parallel and perpendicular to the tetragonal c axis, through the field-tuned quantum critical point, Hc, at which antiferromagnetic order ends. The thermal and electrical resistivities, w(T) and rh

Jeffrey L. Carlin, James DeLaunay, Heidi Jo Newberg, Licai Deng

We find that Galactic disk stars near the anticenter exhibit velocity asymmetries in both the Galactocentric radial and vertical components across the mid-plane as well as azimuthally. These findings are based on LAMOST spectroscopic velocities for a sample of ~400,000 F-type stars, combined with proper motions from the PPMXL catalog for which we have derive

O. Kochukhov

I review ongoing efforts to understand the incidence of magnetism in intermediate-mass stars that are different from the magnetic Ap stars. This includes the search for magnetic fields in chemically peculiar stars of the Am and HgMn types as well as in normal A and late-B stars. I discuss different techniques for detection of weak stellar magnetic fields and

Bertrand Dupé, Jessica E. Bickel, Yuriy Mokrousov, Fabian Otte

We demonstrate a canted magnetization of biatomic zigzag Co chains grown on the 5 x 1 reconstructed Ir(001) surface using density functional theory calculations and spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy (SP-STM) experiments. Biatomic Co chains grow in three different structural configurations and are all in a ferromagnetic state. Two chain types posse

Afroza Shirin, Md. Shafiqul Islam

In this paper, Bernstein piecewise polynomials are used to solve the integral equations numerically. A matrix formulation is given for a non-singular linear Fredholm Integral Equation by the technique of Galerkin method. In the Galerkin method, the Bernstein polynomials are used as the approximation of basis functions. Examples are considered to verify the e

E. E. Rodriguez, D. A. Sokolov, C. Stock, M. A. Green

We construct a phase diagram of the parent compound Fe1+xTe as a function of interstitial iron x in terms of the electronic, structural, and magnetic properties. For a concentration of x < 10%, Fe1+xTe undergoes a &#34;semimetal&#34; to metal transition at approximately 70 K that is also first-order and coincident with a structural transition from a tetragon

Lawrence G. Brown

For a C*-algebra A, G. Pedersen defined the concept of universal measurability for self-adjoint elements of A**, the universal enveloping algebra of A. Although he was unable to show that U, the set of universally measurable elements, is a Jordan algebra, he showed that U contains a large Jordan algebra, U_0. We show by means of a 2 x 2 matrix trick that U_0

V. Berardi, J. Lydon, P. G. Kevrekidis, C. Daraio

Directed-ratchet transport (DRT) in a one-dimensional lattice of spherical beads, which serves as a prototype for granular crystals, is investigated. We consider a system where the trajectory of the central bead is prescribed by a biharmonic forcing function with broken time-reversal symmetry. By comparing the mean integrated force of beads equidistant from

Emanuele Alesci, Francesco Cianfrani, Carlo Rovelli

The quantum-reduced loop-gravity technique has been introduced for dealing with cosmological models. We show that it can be applied rather generically: anytime the spatial metric can be gauge-fixed to a diagonal form. The technique selects states based on reduced graphs with Livine-Speziale coherent intertwiners and could simplify the analysis of the dynamic

Deniz Kus

We describe a set $\mathcal{R}^{\infty}$ consisting of tuples of integer sequences and provide certain explicit maps on it. We show that this defines a semiregular crystal for $\mathfrak{sl}_{n+1}$ and $\mathfrak{sp}_{2n}$ respectively. Furthermore we define for any dominant integral weight $λ$ a connected subcrystal $\mathcal{R}(λ)$ in $\mathcal{R}^{\infty}

Marianne Akian, Stéphane Gaubert, Alexander Guterman

We prove general Cramer type theorems for linear systems over various extensions of the tropical semiring, in which tropical numbers are enriched with an information of multiplicity, sign, or argument. We obtain existence or uniqueness results, which extend or refine earlier results of Gondran and Minoux (1978), Plus (1990), Gaubert (1992), Richter-Gebert, S

Esra Erdem, Umut Oztok

We introduce novel mathematical models and algorithms to generate (shortest or k different) explanations for biomedical queries, using answer set programming. We implement these algorithms and integrate them in BIOQUERY-ASP. We illustrate the usefulness of these methods with some complex biomedical queries related to drug discovery, over the biomedical knowl

Laurent Saloff-Coste, Tianyi Zheng

Let $G$ be a finitely generated group equipped with a symmetric generating $% k $-tuple $S$. Let $|\cdot|$ and $V$ be the associated word length and volume growth function. Let $ν$ be a probability measure such that $% ν(g)\simeq [(1+|g|)^2V(|g|)]^{-1}$. We prove that if $G$ has polynomial volume growth then $ν^{(n)}(e) \simeq V(\sqrt{n\log n})^{-1}$. We als

Aleksander Ćwiszewski

This is a habilitation self-report describing results on forced periodic solutions of partial differential equations. Here averaging principle in the spirit of Bogoliubov and Mitropolsky for ODE&#39;s and Henry for parabolic equations are used together with topological methods such as fixed point index and topological degree.

T. W. Murphy

Lunar laser ranging has provided many of the best tests of gravitation since the first Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon. The march to higher precision continues to this day, now entering the millimeter regime, and promising continued improvement in scientific results. This review introduces key aspects of the technique, details the motivations, observabl

Ahmet Batal

The Hill operators Ly=-y&#39;&#39;+v(x)y, considered with singular complex valued π-periodic potentials v of the form v=Q&#39; with Q in L^2([0,π]), and subject to periodic, antiperiodic or Neumann boundary conditions have discrete spectra. For sufficiently large n, the disc {z: |z-n^2|<n} contains two periodic (if n is even) or antiperiodic (if n is odd) ei

Alexander Mielke, Riccarda Rossi, Giuseppe Savaré

Balanced Viscosity solutions to rate-independent systems arise as limits of regularized rate-independent flows by adding a superlinear vanishing-viscosity dissipation. We address the main issue of proving the existence of such limits for infinite-dimensional systems and of characterizing them by a couple of variational properties that combine a local stabili

Alexis Ballier, Emmanuel Jeandel

We study two relations on multi-dimensional subshifts: A pre-order based on the patterns configurations contain and the Cantor-Bendixson rank. We exhibit several structural properties of two-dimensional subshifts: We characterize the simplest aperiodic configurations in countable SFTs, we give a combinatorial characterization of uncountable subshifts, we pro