September 2013 arXiv papers — page 2

Massimo Viola, Thomas Kitching, Benjamin Joachimi

In this paper we derive an exact full expression for the 2D probability distribution of the ellipticity of an object measured from data, only assuming Gaussian noise in pixel values. This is a generalisation of the probability distribution for the ratio of single random variables, that is well-known, to the multivariate case. This expression is derived withi

Benyuan Liu, Zhilin Zhang, Gary Xu, Hongqi Fan

Wireless telemonitoring of physiological signals is an important topic in eHealth. In order to reduce on-chip energy consumption and extend sensor life, recorded signals are usually compressed before transmission. In this paper, we adopt compressed sensing (CS) as a low-power compression framework, and propose a fast block sparse Bayesian learning (BSBL) alg

M. Stefanak, I. Bezdekova, I. Jex, S. M. Barnett

Evolution operators of certain quantum walks possess, apart from the continuous part, also point spectrum. The existence of eigenvalues and the corresponding stationary states lead to partial trapping of the walker in the vicinity of the origin. We analyze the stability of this feature for three-state quantum walks on a line subject to homogenous coin deform

Erik Holmes, Paul Plummer, Jeremy Siegert, Zach Teitler

We show that monomials and sums of pairwise coprime monomials in four or more variables have Waring rank less than the generic rank, with a short list of exceptions. We asymptotically compare their ranks with the generic rank.

Aleš Černý, Stephan Denkl, Jan Kallsen

We consider option hedging in a model where the underlying follows an exponential Lévy process. We derive approximations to the variance-optimal and to some suboptimal strategies as well as to their mean squared hedging errors. The results are obtained by considering the Lévy model as a perturbation of the Black-Scholes model. The approximations depend on th

Eric Conte, Benjamin Fuks

MadAnalysis 5 is a new Python/C++ package facilitating phenomenological analyses that can be performed in the framework of Monte Carlo simulations of collisions to be produced in high-energy physics experiments. It allows, by means of a user-friendly interpreter, to perform professional physics analyses in a very simple way. Starting from event samples as ge

Saeed Asaeedi, Farzad Didehvar, Ali Mohades

Bounding hull, such as convex hull, concave hull, alpha shapes etc. has vast applications in different areas especially in computational geometry. Alpha shape and concave hull are generalizations of convex hull. Unlike the convex hull, they construct non-convex enclosure on a set of points. In this paper, we introduce another generalization of convex hull, n

Shin Harase

Matsumoto, Saito, and Matoba recently proposed the Walsh figure of merit (WAFOM), which is a computable criterion for quasi-Monte Carlo point sets using digital nets. Several algorithms have been proposed for finding low-WAFOM point sets. In the existing algorithms, the number of points is fixed in advance, but extensible point sets are preferred in some app

Maryam Aghaei Abchouyeh, Behrouz Mirza, Zeinab Sherkatghanad

The effects of a running gravitational coupling and the entropic force on future singularities are considered. Although it is expected that the quantum corrections remove the future singularities or change the singularity type, treating the running gravitational coupling as a function of energy density is found to cause no change in the type of singularity b

Nicolas Gast, Stratis Ioannidis, Patrick Loiseau, Benjamin Roussillon

Linear regression is a fundamental building block of statistical data analysis. It amounts to estimating the parameters of a linear model that maps input features to corresponding outputs. In the classical setting where the precision of each data point is fixed, the famous Aitken/Gauss-Markov theorem in statistics states that generalized least squares (GLS)

Petr Lansky, Federico Polito, Laura Sacerdote

Real-world networks may exhibit detachment phenomenon determined by the cancelling of previously existing connections. We discuss a tractable extension of Yule model to account for this feature. Analytical results are derived and discussed both asymptotically and for a finite number of links. Comparison with the original model is performed in the supercritic

Ben Gripaios, Dave Sutherland

We reconsider the prospects for observing a dimension-6, CP-violating operator involving $W^+W^-Z$ at the LHC. Firstly, we correct a number of earlier calculations of the loop contribution to the neutron electric dipole moment of a companion operator, involving $W^+W^-γ$, showing that measurements imply a very strong bound on the companion operator. Secondly

Bereket P. Kindo, Hao Wang, Edsel A. Peña

This article proposes Multinomial Probit Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (MPBART) as a multinomial probit extension of BART - Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (Chipman et al (2010)). MPBART is flexible to allow inclusion of predictors that describe the observed units as well as the available choice alternatives. Through two simulation studies and four r

David Gérard-Varet, Laetitia Giraldi

We study the effect of a rough wall on the controllability of micro-swimmers made of several balls linked by thin jacks: the so-called 3-sphere and 4-sphere swimmers. We show that a controllable swimmer (the 4-sphere swimmer) is not impacted by the roughness. On the contrary, we show that the roughness changes the dynamics of the 3-sphere swimmer, so that it

Yeon-Geun Lim, Chan-Byoung Chae, Giuseppe Caire

In this paper, we consider massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems for both downlink and uplink scenarios, where three radio units (RUs) connected via one digital unit (DU) support multiple user equipments (UEs) at the cell-boundary through the same radio resource, i.e., the same time-frequency slot. For downlink transmitter options, the study

M. Sezer, R. J. Shank

We study the rings of invariants for the indecomposable modular representations of the Klein four group. For each such representation we compute the Noether number and give minimal generating sets for the Hilbert ideal and the field of fractions. We observe that, with the exception of the regular representation, the Hilbert ideal for each of these representa

Pedro J. Montero, Thomas W. Baumgarte, Ewald Müller

In this paper we report on what we believe is the first successful implementation of relativistic hydrodynamics, coupled to dynamical spacetimes, in spherical polar coordinates without symmetry assumptions. We employ a high-resolution shock-capturing scheme, which requires that the equations be cast in flux-conservative form. One example of such a form is th

Roman Zwicky

We investigate helicity amplitudes (HAs) of $A \to B C$-type decays for arbitrary spin towards the kinematic endpoint. We show that they are proportional to product of Clebsch-Gordan coefficients (CGC) and the velocity to some positive power. The latter can be zero in which case the HA is non-vanishing at the endpoint. In essence the spatial rotational symme

Kevin Lui, Viorel Nitica, Siddharth Venkatesh

In this paper we prove two new results about closed semigroups in the family of solvable groups H_{mn} that are semidirect products of R^m and R^n, and for which the structure homomorphism maps nontrivially into the center of Aut(R^n). The first result states that the closure of a semigroup generated by a set in H_{mn} that is not included in a maximal semig

Manjil P. Saikia

We give a brief historical overview of the famous Pythagoras' theorem and Pythagoras. We present a simple proof of the result and dicsuss some extensions. We follow \cite{thales}, \cite{wiki} and \cite{wiki2} for the historical comments and sources.

Mario Filiasi, Elia Zarinelli, Erik Vesselli, Matteo Marsili

Condensation phenomena are ubiquitous in nature and are found in condensed matter, disordered systems, networks, finance, etc. In the present work we investigate one of the best frameworks in which condensation phenomena take place, namely, the sum of independent and fat-tailed distributed random variables. For large deviations of the sum, this system underg

Thanos Manos, Marko Robnik

We perform an extensive and detailed analysis of the generalized diffusion processes in deterministic area preserving maps with noncompact phase space, exemplified by the standard map, with the special emphasis on understanding the anomalous diffusion arising due to the accelerator modes. The accelerator modes and their immediate neighborhood undergo ballist

M. Sobotka, M. Švanda, J. Jurčák, P. Heinzel

Context: Solar pores are small sunspots lacking a penumbra that have a prevailing vertical magnetic field component. They can include light bridges at places with locally reduced magnetic field. Like sunspots, they exhibit a wide range of oscillatory phenomena. Aims: A large isolated pore with a light bridge (NOAA 11005) is studied to obtain characteristics

Sascha Kurz, Stefan Napel, Andreas Nohn

Members of a shareholder meeting or legislative committee have greater or smaller voting power than meets the eye if the nucleolus of the induced majority game differs from the voting weight distribution. We establish a new sufficient condition for the weight and power distributions to be equal; and we characterize the limit behavior of the nucleolus in case

Wilfried Buchmüller, Valerie Domcke, Kohei Kamada, Kai Schmitz

We consider a minimal supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model, with right-handed neutrinos and local B-L, the difference between baryon and lepton number, a symmetry which is spontaneously broken at the scale of grand unification. To a large extent, the parameters of the model are determined by gauge and Yukawa couplings of quarks and leptons. We show

Manuel Hohmann

We discuss the post-Newtonian limit of multimetric gravity theories with $N \geq 2$ metric tensors and a corresponding number of standard model copies, and construct an extension of the parameterized post-Newtonian (PPN) formalism. This extended formalism allows a characterization of multimetric gravity theories by a set of constant parameters. The multimetr

Tiit Sepp, Mirt Gramann

We provide a brief summary of the history of galaxy structure studies. We also introduce several large-scale redshift surveys and summarize the most commonly used methods to identify the groups and clusters of galaxies. We present several catalogues of galaxy groups.These catalogues can be used to study the galaxy groups in different environments. We also co

Pascal Baseilhac, Takeo Kojima

The half-infinite XXZ spin chain with a triangular boundary is considered in the massive regime. Two integral representations of correlation functions are proposed using bosonization. Sufficient conditions such that the expressions for triangular boundary conditions coincide with those for diagonal boundary conditions are identified. As an application, summa

Katherine J. Mack

Dark matter self-annihilation holds promise as one of the most robust mechanisms for the identification of the particle responsible for the Universe's missing mass. In this work, I examine the evolution of the dark matter annihilation power produced by smooth and collapsed structures over cosmic time, taking into account uncertainties in the structure of

Binbin Zhou, Hairun Guo, Morten Bache

Experimental data of femtosecond thick-crystal second-harmonic generation shows that when tuning away from phase matching, a dominating narrow spectral peak appears in the second harmonic that can be tuned over 100's of nm by changing the phase-mismatch parameter. Traditional theory explains this as phase matching between a sideband in the broadband pump

Diego Gruyer, J D. Frankland, Eric Bonnet, A Chbihi

In 129 Xe+ nat Sn central collisions from 8 to 25 MeV/A, the three-fragment exit channel occurs with a significant cross section. We show that these fragments arise from two successive binary splittings of a heavy composite system. The sequence of fragment production is determined. Strong Coulomb proximity effects are observed in the three-fragment final sta

Moshe Marcus, Laurent Veron

We study the generalized boundary value problem for (E)\; $-Δu+|u|^{q-1}u=0$ in a dihedral domain $\Gw$, when $q>1$ is supercritical. The value of the critical exponent can take only a finite number of values depending on the geometry of $\Gw$. When $\gm$ is a bounded Borel measure in a k-wedge, we give necessary and sufficient conditions in order it be the

Marek Tasevsky

We investigate the prospects for Central Exclusive Production (CEP) of MSSM Higgs bosons at the LHC using forward proton detectors proposed to be installed at 220 m and 420 m distance around ATLAS and / or CMS. We summarize the situation after the first and very successful data taking period of the LHC. The discovery of a Higgs boson and results from searche

B. Ph. van Milligen, G. Birkenmeier, M. Ramisch, T. Estrada

This work explores the potential of an information-theoretical causality detection method for unraveling the relation between fluctuating variables in complex nonlinear systems. The method is tested on some simple though nonlinear models, and guidelines for the choice of analysis parameters are established. Then, measurements from magnetically confined fusio

Constantia Alexandrou, Martha Constantinou, Simon Dinter, Vincent Drach

We present a non-perturbative calculation of the strangeness of the nucleon $y_N$ within the framework of lattice QCD. This observable is known to be an important cornerstone to interpret results from direct dark matter detection experiments. We perform a lattice computation for $y_N$ with an analysis of systematic effects originating from discretization, fi

J M Luck

We investigate the probability of observing a given pattern of $n$ rises and falls in a random stationary data series. The data are modelled as a sequence of $n+1$ independent and identically distributed random numbers. This probabilistic approach has a combinatorial equivalent, where the data are modelled by a random permutation on $n+1$ objects. The probab

Frank Merle, Hatem Zaag

We consider a blow-up solution for the semilinear wave equation in $N$ dimensions, with subconformal power nonlinearity. Introducing $\RR_0$ the set of non-characteristic points with the Lorentz transform of the space-independent solution as asymptotic profile, we show that $\RR_0$ is open and that the blow-up surface is of class $C^1$ on $\RR_0$. Then, we s

Frank Merle, Hatem Zaag

This is the first of two papers devoted to the study of the properties of the blow-up surface for the $N$ dimensional semilinear wave equation with subconformal power nonlinearity. In a series of papers, we have clarified the situation in one space dimension. Our goal here is to extend some of the properties to higher dimension. In dimension one, an essentia

Stefanos Ougiaroglou, Georgios Evangelidis, Dimitris A. Dervos

The k-Nearest Neighbor (k-NN) classification algorithm is one of the most widely-used lazy classifiers because of its simplicity and ease of implementation. It is considered to be an effective classifier and has many applications. However, its major drawback is that when sequential search is used to find the neighbors, it involves high computational cost. Sp

Manon Michel, Sebastian C. Kapfer, Werner Krauth

In this article, we present an event-driven algorithm that generalizes the recent hard-sphere event-chain Monte Carlo method without introducing discretizations in time or in space. A factorization of the Metropolis filter and the concept of infinitesimal Monte Carlo moves are used to design a rejection-free Markov-chain Monte Carlo algorithm for particle sy

Peter J. Forrester

With $\{X_i\}$ independent $N \times N$ standard Gaussian random matrices, the probability $p_{N,N}^{P_m}$ that all eigenvalues are real for the matrix product $P_m = X_m X_{m-1} \cdots X_1$ is expressed in terms of an $N/2 \times N/2$ ($N$ even) and $(N+1)/2 \times (N+1)/2$ ($N$ odd) determinant. The entries of the determinant are certain Meijer $G$-functio

Jiajun Sun

Crowd sensing is a new paradigm that leverages pervasive sensor-equipped mobile devices to provide sensing services like forensic analysis, documenting public spaces, and collaboratively constructing statistical models. Extensive user participation is indispensable for achieving good service quality. Nowadays, most of existing mechanisms focus on guaranteein

Madan Gopal Kundu, Jaroslaw Harezlak

While studying response trajectory, often the population of interest may be diverse enough to exist distinct subgroups within it and the longitudinal change in response may not be uniform in these subgroups. That is, the timeslope and/or influence of covariates in longitudinal profile may vary among these different subgroups. For example, Raudenbush (2001) u

Bhola N. Dwivedi, Horst Wilhelm, Klaus Wilhelm

The action of certain static magnetic fields on charged test particles is interpreted as a consequence of the interaction of the particles with electric dipole distributions emitted by other charged particles in relative motion. The dipole model of electric forces was initially conceived to emulate Coulomb's law, but is applied here to a wide class of ph

Detchat Samart

The aim of this paper is to derive explicitly a connection between the Zagier elliptic trilogarithm and Mahler measures of a certain family of three-variable polynomials defining K3 surfaces. In addition, we prove some linear relations satisfied by the elliptic trilogarithm evaluated at torsion points on elliptic curves. This result can be viewed as a higher

H. Hammar, P. Berggren, J. Fransson

The recent experimental observations of designer Dirac Fermions and topological phases in molecular graphene are addressed theoretically. Using scattering theory we calculate the electronic structure of finite lattices of scattering centers dual to the honeycomb lattice. In good agreement with experimental observations, we obtain a V-shaped electron density

Saurabh Nath, Anish Mukherjee, Souvick Chatterjee

Droplet formation in a system of two or more immiscible fluids is a celebrated topic of research in the fluid mechanics community. In this work, we propose an innovative phenomenon where oil when injected drop-wise into a pool of water moves towards the air-water interface where it floats in a fully submerged condition. The configuration, however, is not sta

Haixiao Deng

Coherent light with orbital angular momentum (OAM) is of great interest, and more recently, OAM light generation by coupling a relativistic electron beam with a Gaussian mode laser pulse at the high harmonics of a helical undulator has been demonstrated experimentally. In this paper, the possibility of delivering coherent OAM light at the 3rd harmonic of the

Kyusik Hong

We generalize A. Borbély's condition for the conclusion of the Omori-Yau maximum principle for the Laplace operator on a complete Riemannian manifold to a second-order linear semi-elliptic operator $L$ with bounded coefficients and no zeroth order term. Also, we consider a new sufficient condition for the existence of a tamed exhaustion function. As a co

Alex Chen, Timothy Chu, Nathan Pinsker

In this paper, we construct a data structure to efficiently compute the longest increasing subsequence of a sequence subject to dynamic updates. Our data structure supports a query for the longest increasing subsequence in $O(r+\log n)$ worst-case time and supports inserts anywhere in the sequence in $O \left(r\log{n/r}\right)$ worst-case time (where $r$ is

Ken-ichiro Ishikawa

Large-scale storage cluster systems need to manage a vast amount of data locations. A naive data locations management maintains pairs of data ID and nodes storing the data in tables. However, it is not practical when the number of pairs is too large. To solve this problem, management using data distribution algorithms, rather than management using tables, ha

Gao-Feng Wei, Bao-An Li, Jun Xu, Lie-Wen Chen

Within an isospin- and momentum-dependent transport model IBUU11 using as an input nucleon density profiles from Hartree-Fock calculations based on a modified Skyrme-like (MSL) model, we study the influence of the uncertainty of the neutron skin thickness on the $π^{-}/π^{+}$ ratio in both central and peripheral Pb+Pb collisions at beam energies of 400 MeV/n

K. Furusawa, A. Udalski, T. Sumi, D. P. Bennett

We analyze the planetary microlensing event MOA-2010-BLG-328. The best fit yields host and planetary masses of Mh = 0.11+/-0.01 M_{sun} and Mp = 9.2+/-2.2M_Earth, corresponding to a very late M dwarf and sub-Neptune-mass planet, respectively. The system lies at DL = 0.81 +/- 0.10 kpc with projected separation r = 0.92 +/- 0.16 AU. Because of the host's a

Guoming Wang

Span program is a linear-algebraic model of computation originally proposed for studying the complexity theory. Recently, it has become a useful tool for designing quantum algorithms. In this paper, we present a time-efficient span-program-based quantum algorithm for the following problem. Let $T$ be an arbitrary tree. Given query access to the adjacency mat

Junil Choi, David J. Love, Patrick Bidigare

The concept of deploying a large number of antennas at the base station, often called massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), has drawn considerable interest because of its potential ability to revolutionize current wireless communication systems. Most literature on massive MIMO systems assumes time division duplexing (TDD), although frequency divisio

Dan-Wei Zhang, Chuan-Jia Shan, Feng Mei, Mou Yang

We propose an experimental scheme to realize the valley-dependent gauge fields for ultracold fermionic atoms trapped in a state-dependent square optical lattice. Our scheme relies on two sets of Raman laser beams to engineer the hopping between adjacent sites populated by two-component fermionic atoms. One set of Raman beams are used to realize a staggered π

Michael Saelim, Maxim Perelstein

We estimate the sensitivity of the 14 TeV LHC run to an R-parity violating supersymmetric model, via the same-sign dilepton (SSDL) signature. We consider the simplified model with light gluinos and stops, motivated by naturalness. We find that gluinos up to 1.4 TeV can be discovered with an integrated luminosity of 300 fb-1. If a high-luminosity option is im

Nicholas Kosar, Sarka Petrickova, Benjamin Reiniger, Elyse Yeager

Recently, Kim and Park have found an infinite family of graphs whose squares are not chromatic-choosable. Xuding Zhu asked whether there is some $k$ such that all $k$th power graphs are chromatic-choosable. We answer this question in the negative: we show that there is a positive constant $c$ such that for any $k$ there is a family of graphs $G$ with $χ(G^k)

Yuki Yayama

Let $(X, σ_X), (Y, σ_Y)$ be one-sided subshifts with the specification property and $π:X\rightarrow Y$ a factor map. Let $μ$ be a unique invariant Gibbs measure for a sequence of continuous functions $\F=\{\log f_n\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$ on $X$, which is an almost additive potential with bounded variation. We show that $πμ$ is also a unique invariant Gibbs measur

Tomohiko G. Sano, Hisao Hayakawa

The motion of an adiabatic piston under dry friction is investigated to clarify the roles of dry friction in non-equilibrium steady states. We clarify that dry friction can reverse the direction of the piston motion and causes a discontinuity or a cusp-like singularity for velocity distribution functions of the piston. We also show that the heat fluctuation

Emily A. Marshall, David R. Wood

Birmele [J. Graph Theory, 2003] proved that every graph with circumference t has treewidth at most t-1. Under the additional assumption of 2-connectivity, such graphs have bounded pathwidth, which is a qualitatively stronger result. Birmele's theorem was extended by Birmele, Bondy and Reed [Combinatorica, 2007] who showed that every graph without k disjo

Sean Litsey, James Stankowicz

Recent work by Cachazo, He, and Yuan shows that connected prescription residues obey the global identities of $\mathcal{N} = 4$ super-Yang-Mills amplitudes. In particular, they obey the Bern-Carrasco-Johansson (BCJ) amplitude identities. Here we offer a new way of interpreting this result via objects that we call residue numerators. These objects behave like

Kolbjørn Tunstrøm

We establish why li(x) outperforms x/log x as an estimate for the prime counting function pi(x). The result follows from subdividing the natural numbers into the intervals s_k :={p_k^2,..., p_{k+1}^2-1}, k>=1, each being fully sieved by the k first primes {p_1,..., p_k}. Denoting the number of primes in s_k by pi_k, we show that pi_k |s_k|/log p_{k+1}^2 and

Patrizio Neff, Johannes Lankeit, Angela Madeo

The unitary polar factor of a matrix F is the unitary matrix Q realizing the minimum of the norm of F-Q over all unitary matrices Q. Tracing back the development on the optimality of the polar factor to its presumable roots, in this paper we present a commented translation of a note by G. Grioli from 1940 (Boll.Un.Math.Ital.2,452-455(1940)) showing the minim

Maher Berzig

We introduce the concept of shifting distance functions, and we establish a new fixed point theorem which generalizes the Banach contraction principle. An example is provided to illustrate our result.

Yen-chi R. Lin

We examine the exponential generating function for the number of symmetric involutions (A000898 in OEIS) and point out that Robinson's asymptotic formula for its coefficients is incorrect. We further supply the correct formula.

N. Rusomarov, O. Kochukhov, N. Piskunov

Our current knowledge about the stellar magnetic fields relies almost entirely on the circular polarization observations. Very few objects have been observed so far in all four Stokes parameters. The magnetic Ap star HD24712 (DO Eri, HR1217) was recently observed in the Stokes IQUV parameters with the HARPSpol instrument at the 3.6-m ESO telescope. The resul

Toshihiro Yamaguchi

We define the fibre-restricted Gottlieb group with respect to a fibration $ξ:X\to E\to Y$ in CW complexes. It is a subgroup of the Gottlieb group of $X$. When $X$ and $E$ are finite simply connected, its rationalized model is given by the arguments of derivations of Sullivan models based on Félix, Lupton and Smith \cite{FLS}. We consider the realization prob

Kazuya Hamada, Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Shoji Yokura

For a field $\K$ of characteristic zero, we introduce a cohomologically symplectic poset structure ${\mathcal P}_{\K}(X)$ on a simply connected space $X$ from the viewpoint of $\K$-homotopy theory. It is given by the poset of inclusions of subgroups preserving c-symplectic structures in the group ${\mathcal E}(X_{\K})$ of $\K$-homotopy classes of $\K$-homoto

K. Ambal, A. Payne, D. P. Waters, C. C. Williams

Methods for the creation of thin amorphous silicon dioxide (aSiO2) layers on crystalline silicon substrates with very high densities of silicon dangling bonds (so called E' centers) have been explored and volume densities of [E']> 5x10^18 cm-3 throughout a 60nm thick film have been demonstrated by exposure of a thermal oxide layer to a low pressure A

Trilochan Bagarti, Kalyan Kundu

Reaction-diffusion process with exclusion in the presence of traps has been studied. The asymptotic survival probability for the case of uniformly distributed random traps shows a stretched e\ xponential behavior. We show that additional correction terms appear in the stretched exponent when exclusion is taken into account. Analytically it is shown to be $\s

A. M. Eisner

Radiative and electroweak decays of B mesong (B to X_{s(d)}γ and B to X_{s(d)}\ell\ell, respectively, where X is a hadronic system and s or d labels the underlying quark process b to s(d)γ) provide good places to search for new physics (NP) beyond the standard model. Recent BaBar measurements are reported: inclusive BF(B to X_s γ), direct CP asymmetry for in

Reid W Townson, Sergei Zavgorodni

Due to the increasing complexity of radiotherapy delivery, accurate dose verification has become an essential part of the clinical treatment process. The purpose of this work was to develop an electronic portal image (EPI) based pre-treatment verification technique capable of quickly reconstructing 3D dose distributions from both coplanar and non-coplanar tr

Antonio Peimbert, Manuel Peimbert

Based on high quality observations of multiplet V1 of OII and the NLTE atomic computations of OII we study the density and temperature of a sample of HII regions. We find that the signature for oxygen rich clumps of high density and low temperature is absent in all objects of our sample: one extragalactic and eight Galactic HII regions. The temperatures deri

Xiwen Zhang, Anatoly A. Svidzinsky

The collective nature of light interactions with atomic and nuclear ensembles yields the fascinating phenomena of superradiance and radiation trapping. We study the interaction of gamma rays with a coherently vibrating periodic array of two-level nuclei. Such nuclear motion can be generated, e.g., in ionic crystals illuminated by a strong driving optical las

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio, D. Amidei

We present a measurement of the production cross section for ZW and ZZ boson pairs in final states with a pair of charged leptons, from the decay of a Z boson, and at least two jets, from the decay of a W or Z boson, using the full sample of proton-antiproton collisions recorded with the CDF II detector at the Tevatron, corresponding to 8.9 fb^(-1) of integr

N. Nikolov, D. K. Sing, F. Pont, A. S. Burrows

We present an optical to near-infrared transmission spectrum of the hot Jupiter HAT-P-1b, based on HST observations, covering the spectral regime from 0.29 to 1.027μm with STIS, which is coupled with a recent WFC3 transit (1.087 to 1.687μm). We derive refined physical parameters of the HAT-P-1 system, including an improved orbital ephemeris. The transmission

F. Renaud, F. Bournaud, E. Emsellem, B. Elmegreen

The organization of the interstellar medium in disk galaxies obeys the large scale dynamics set by kpc-size structures. Improving our knowledge of how the dense, molecular gas is distributed in a disk is an important step in our understanding of star formation at galactic scale. Using a recently published simulation of a Milky Way-like galaxy, we explore the

Charilaos Paraskevaidis, Tevye Kuykendall, Mauro Melli, Alexander Weber-Bargioni

We used broad-band diamond-shape antennas, whose bandwidth could cover the frequency range between the pump laser and the scattered modes, in conjunction with uniformly deposited graphene test films.

K. M. Borysenko, M. El-Batanouny, E. Bellotti

Selection rules are presented for electron-phonon scattering in GaN with the wurtzite crystal structure. The results are obtained for the interband scattering between the lowest conduction band ($Γ$-valley) and the second conduction band ($U$-valley). These selection rules are derived based on the original group-theoretical analysis of the crystal vibrations

HAWC Collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma Ray Observatory (HAWC) is under construction 4100 meters above sea level at Sierra Negra, Mexico. We describe the design and cabling of the detector, the characterization of the photomultipliers, and the timing calibration system. We also outline a next-generation detector based on the water Cherenkov technique.

HAWC Collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma Ray Observatory (HAWC) is designed to perform a synoptic survey of the TeV sky. The high energy coverage of the experiment will enable studies of fundamental physics beyond the Standard Model, and the large field of view of the detector will enable detailed studies of cosmologically significant backgrounds and magnetic

HAWC Collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez

We describe measurements of GeV and TeV cosmic rays with the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma-Ray Observatory, or HAWC. The measurements include the observation of the shadow of the moon; the observation of small-scale and large-scale angular clustering of the TeV cosmic rays; the prospects for measurement of transient solar events with HAWC; and the obse

HAWC Collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory is designed to record air showers produced by cosmic rays and gamma rays between 100 GeV and 100 TeV. Because of its large field of view and high livetime, HAWC is well-suited to measure gamma rays from extended sources, diffuse emission, and transient sources. We describe the sensitivity of HAWC

Nariman Farsad, Weisi Guo, Andrew W. Eckford

In this work, we describe the first modular, and programmable platform capable of transmitting a text message using chemical signalling -- a method also known as molecular communication. This form of communication is attractive for applications where conventional wireless systems perform poorly, from nanotechnology to urban health monitoring. Using examples,

Tareq Abu-Zayyad, Telescope-Array Collaboration

The Telescope Array Low-Energy Extension (TALE) is a hybrid, Air Fluorescence Detector (FD) / Scintillator Array, designed to study cosmic ray initiated showers at energies above $\sim3\times10^{16}$ eV. Located in the western Utah desert, the TALE FD is comprised of 10 telescopes which cover the elevation range 31-58$^{\circ}$ in addition to 14 telescopes w

K. P. Khemchandani, A. Martínez Torres, H. Nagahiro, A. Hosaka

We have recently studied coupled channel interactions of vector and pseudoscalar mesons with octet baryons having total strangeness null and spin-parity $1/2^-$. We, thus, considered $πN$, $ηN$, $K Λ$, $K Σ$, $ρN$, $ωN$, $ϕN$, $K^* Λ$, and $K^*Σ$ with total isospin 1/2 and 3/2. The interactions between pseudoscalar mesons and baryons are obtained by using th

Bangti Jin, Raytcho Lazarov, Joseph Pasciak, Zhi Zhou

We consider an initial/boundary value problem for one-dimensional fractional-order parabolic equations with a space fractional derivative of Riemann-Liouville type and order $α\in (1,2)$. We study a spatial semidiscrete scheme with the standard Galerkin finite element method with piecewise linear finite elements, as well as fully discrete schemes based on th

Patrick Walters, Rushikesh Kamalapurkar, Lindsey Andrews, Warren E. Dixon

Online approximation of an infinite horizon optimal path-following strategy for a kinematic unicycle is considered. The solution to the optimal control problem is approximated using an approximate dynamic programming technique that uses concurrent-learning-based adaptive update laws to estimate the unknown value function. The developed controller overcomes c

Ilka Brunner, Nils Carqueville, Daniel Plencner

We provide a lightning review of the construction of (generalised) orbifolds [arXiv:0909.5013, arXiv:1210.6363] of two-dimensional quantum field theories in terms of topological defects, along the lines of [arXiv:1307.3141]. This universal perspective has many applications, some of which we sketch in the examples of 2d Yang-Mills theory, Landau-Ginzburg mode

Fedor Bogomolov, Bruno De Oliveira

A closed symmetric differential of the 1st kind is a differential that locally is the product of closed holomorphic 1-forms. We show that closed symmetric 2-differentials of the 1st kind on a projective manifold $X$ come from maps of $X$ to cyclic or dihedral quotients of Abelian varieties and that their presence implies that the fundamental group of $X$ (ca

Luis A. Agapito, Andrea Ferretti, Arrigo Calzolari, Stefano Curtarolo

We present a straightforward, noniterative projection scheme that can represent the electronic ground state of a periodic system on a finite atomic-orbital-like basis, up to a predictable number of electronic states and with controllable accuracy. By co-filtering the projections of plane-wave Bloch states with high-kinetic-energy components, the richness of

Otar Sepper, Andrei. G. Lebed

We consider the problem of the orbital upper critical magnetic field, parallel to the most conducting axis of a quasi-one-dimensional layered superconductor. It is shown that superconductivity can be destroyed through orbital effects at fields much higher than the so-called Clogston-Chandrasekhar paramagnetic limiting field, $H_p$, provided that superconduct

Xiaozhe Wang, Hsiao-Dong Chiang

The Quasi Steady-State (QSS) model of long-term dynamics relies on the idea of time-scale decomposition. Assuming that the fast variables are infinitely fast and are stable in the long-term, the QSS model replaces the differential equations of transient dynamics by their equilibrium equations to reduce complexity and increase computation efficiency. Although

Dominic K. Albino, Anzi Hu, Yaneer Bar-Yam

In a market system, regulations are designed to prevent or rectify market failures that inhibit fair exchange, such as monopoly or transactions with hidden costs. Because regulations reduce profits to those possessing unfair advantage, these advantaged corporations (whether individuals, companies, or other collective organizations) are motivated to influence

Graham M. Kemp, Alexander P. Veselov

We introduce some discrete analogues of the Dirac magnetic monopole on a unit sphere S^2 and explain how to compute the corresponding spectrum using the representation theory of finite groups. The main examples are certain magnetic Laplacians on the regular polyhedral graphs, coming from induced representations of the binary polyhedral groups.

Michael Schlegel, Bernd R. Noack

We investigate linear-quadratic dynamical systems with energy preserving quadratic terms. These systems arise for instance as Galerkin systems of incompressible flows. A criterion is presented to ensure long-term boundedness of the system dynamics. If the criterion is violated, a globally stable attractor cannot exist for an effective nonlinearity. Thus, the

A. J. Bevan, B. T. Meadows

Time-dependent CP asymmetry measurements in $D\to h^+h^-$ decays, where $h=π$ or $ρ$ can be used to constrain the angle $β_c$ of the $cu$ unitarity triangle up to theoretical uncertainties. Here we discuss the theoretical uncertainty from penguin contributions that can be mitigated through the use of isospin analyses. We show that uncertainty from penguin po

Prabhakar Palni, Martin Hoeferkamp, Aaron Taylor, Sandip Vora

Detectors planned for use at the Large Hadron Collider will operate in a radiation field produced by beam collisions. To predict the radiation damage to the components of the detectors, prototype devices are irradiated at test beam facilities that reproduce the radiation conditions expected. The profile of the test beam and the fluence applied per unit time

Xiao Zhang, Raj Rao Nadakuditi, M. E. J. Newman

Using methods from random matrix theory researchers have recently calculated the full spectra of random networks with arbitrary degrees and with community structure. Both reveal interesting spectral features, including deviations from the Wigner semicircle distribution and phase transitions in the spectra of community structured networks. In this paper we ge