November 2013 arXiv papers — page 28

Alexander Weber, Gunther Reissig

Necessary and sufficient conditions for convexity and strong convexity, respectively, of sublevel sets that are defined by finitely many real-valued $C^{1,1}$-maps are presented. A novel characterization of strongly convex sets in terms of the so-called local quadratic support is proved. The results concerning strong convexity are used to derive sufficient c

Ron W Nielsen

The Unified Growth Theory is a puzzling collection of myths based on illusions created by hyperbolic distributions. Some of these myths are discussed. The examination of data shows that the three stages of growth (Malthusian Regime, Post-Malthusian Regime and Modern Growth Regime) did not exist and that Industrial Revolution had no influence on the economic

Marko Znidaric, Giuliano Benenti, Giulio Casati

We study the conditions under which one can conserve local translationally invariant operators by local translationally invariant Lindblad equations in one-dimensional rings of spin-1/2 particles. We prove that for any 1-local operator (e.g., particle density) there exist Lindblad dissipators that conserve that operator, while on the other hand we prove that

S. Aghion, O. Ahlén, A. S. Belov, G. Bonomi

The goal of the AE$\mathrm{\bar{g}}$IS experiment at the Antiproton Decelerator (AD) at CERN, is to measure directly the Earth's gravitational acceleration on antimatter. To achieve this goal, the AE$\mathrm{\bar{g}}$IS collaboration will produce a pulsed, cold (100 mK) antihydrogen beam with a velocity of a few 100 m/s and measure the magnitude of the v

Yong Zhang, Xiao-Wei Liu, Bing Zhang

The "abundance discrepancy" problem in the study of planetary nebulae (PNe), viz., the problem concerning systematically higher heavy-element abundances derived from optical recombination lines relative to those from collisionally excited lines, has been under discussion for decades, but no consensus on its solution has yet been reached. In this pape

Benjamin Batistić

We study theoretically and numerically the velocity dynamics of fully chaotic time-dependent shape-preserving billiards. The average velocity of an ensemble of initial conditions generally asymptotically follows the power law $v = n^β$ with respect to the number of collisions n. If the shape of the chaotic time-dependent billiard is not preserved it is well

Sascha Vongehr

Experimental violation of Bell-inequalities proves actualization of many futures (~ many-worlds); I show that this is not mere interpretation. To show this self-contained pedagogically, I resolve the EPR paradox by starting with a visually intuitive non-quantum many-worlds model that already has apparent non-locality. A modification leads to a classical-to-q

Jonathan Luk

We construct a class of spacetimes (without symmetry assumptions) satisfying the vacuum Einstein equations with singular boundaries on two null hypersurfaces intersecting in the future on a 2-sphere. The metric of these spacetimes extends continuously beyond the singularities while the Christoffel symbols fail to be square integrable in a neighborhood of any

Shubham Saini, Bhavesh Kasliwal, Shraey Bhatia

Since edge detection is in the forefront of image processing for object detection, it is crucial to have a good understanding of edge detection algorithms. The reason for this is that edges form the outline of an object. An edge is the boundary between an object and the background, and indicates the boundary between overlapping objects. This means that if th

Mitsuhiro Kato, Makoto Sakamoto, Hiroto So

For the purpose of constructing supersymmetric(SUSY) theories on lattice, we propose a new type relation on lattice -cyclic Leibniz rule(CLR)- which is slightly different from an ordinary Leibniz rule. Actually, we find that CLR can enlarge the number of SUSYs and construct more Nicolai mappings in a quantum-mechanical model. In this model, the exact mass de

J. Bourhill, K. Benmessai, M. Goryachev, D. L. Creedon

We report the observation of a mechanism of maser generation in an ensemble of inter-coupled, inhomogeneously broadened two-level systems, enhanced by high quality factor electromagnetic cavity modes. In this previously unobserved form of population inversion, an inseparable quantum system leads to cavity-enhanced stimulated emission arising from interaction

François Charles, Bjorn Poonen

Given a geometrically irreducible subscheme X in P^n over F_q of dimension at least 2, we prove that the fraction of degree d hypersurfaces H such that the intersection of H and X is geometrically irreducible tends to 1 as d tends to infinity. We also prove variants in which X is over an extension of F_q, and in which the immersion of X in P^n is replaced by

Aitor Landete, Jose Navarro-Salas, Francisco Torrenti

The extension of the adiabatic regularization method to spin-$1/2$ fields requires a self-consistent adiabatic expansion of the field modes. We provide here the details of such expansion, which differs from the WKB ansatz that works well for scalars, to firmly establish the generalization of the adiabatic renormalization scheme to spin-$1/2$ fields. We focus

Li Chen, Tahereh Mazaheri, Alexander Seidel, Xiang Tang

We investigate the possibility of exactly flat non-trivial Chern bands in tight binding models with local (strictly short-ranged) hopping parameters. We demonstrate that while any two of three criteria can be simultaneously realized (exactly flat band, non-zero Chern number, local hopping), it is not possible to simultaneously satisfy all three. Our theorem

Christos Saroglou

The simplex was conjectured to be the extremal convex body for the two following "problems of asymmetry":\\ P1) What is the minimal possible value of the quantity $\max_{K'} |K'|/|K|$? Here, $K'$ ranges over all symmetric convex bodies contained in $K$.\\ P2) What is the maximal possible volume of the Blaschke-body of a convex body of vol

Christos Saroglou

\footnotesize Böröczky, Lutwak, Yang and Zhang recently conjectured a certain strengthening of the Brunn-Minkowski inequality for symmetric convex bodies, the so-called log-Brunn-Minkowski inequality. We establish this inequality together with its equality cases for pairs of unconditional convex bodies with respect to some orthonormal basis. Applications of

J. Ruel, G. Bazin, M. Bayliss, M. Brodwin

We present optical spectroscopy of galaxies in clusters detected through the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect with the South Pole Telescope (SPT). We report our own measurements of $61$ spectroscopic cluster redshifts, and $48$ velocity dispersions each calculated with more than $15$ member galaxies. This catalog also includes $19$ dispersions of SPT-obser

Martin Kruczenski, Sannah Ziama

In this paper we extend and simplify previous results regarding the computation of Euclidean Wilson loops in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence, or, equivalently, the problem of finding minimal area surfaces in hyperbolic space (Euclidean AdS3). If the Wilson loop is given by a boundary curve X(s) we define, using the integrable properties of the syst

Jie Li, Xiaohu Tang, Udaya Parampalli

In this paper, we present a generic framework for constructing systematic minimum storage regenerating codes with two parity nodes based on the invariant subspace technique. Codes constructed in our framework not only contain some best known codes as special cases, but also include some new codes with key properties such as the optimal access property and th

Gerardo Febres, Klaus Jaffe, Carlos Gershenson

We compared entropy for texts written in natural languages (English, Spanish) and artificial languages (computer software) based on a simple expression for the entropy as a function of message length and specific word diversity. Code text written in artificial languages showed higher entropy than text of similar length expressed in natural languages. Spanish

Hongbo Si, O. Ozan Koyluoglu, Sriram Vishwanath

This work presents a polar coding scheme for fading channels, focusing primarily on fading binary symmetric and additive exponential noise channels. For fading binary symmetric channels, a hierarchical coding scheme is presented, utilizing polar coding both over channel uses and over fading blocks. The receiver uses its channel state information (CSI) to dis

Kyle Q. Lepage, ShiNung Ching

The discrete prolate spheroidal sequences (DPSSs) - a set of optimally bandlimited sequences with unique properties - are important to applications in both science and engineering. In this work, properties of nonlinear system response due to DPSS excitation are reported. In particular, this output is shown to be approximately orthogonal after passing through

CMS Collaboration

Results are reported from a search for supersymmetry in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, based on events with a single isolated lepton (electron or muon) and multiple jets, at least two of which are identified as b jets. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.3 inverse femtobarns recorded by the CMS experiment at the

Vadym Apalkov, Tapash Chakraborty

The effects of mutual Coulomb interactions between Dirac fermions in monolayer graphene on the Hofstadter energy spectrum have been studied. Our studies indicate that the effects of the interaction depend strongly on the amplitude of the periodic potential. For large amplitudes the interaction effects are small and the properties of the system are primarily

Shahram Esmaeilsabzali, Rupak Majumdar, Thomas Wies, Damien Zufferey

A hallmark of object-oriented programming is the ability to perform computation through a set of interacting objects. A common manifestation of this style is the notion of a package, which groups a set of commonly used classes together. A challenge in using a package is to ensure that a client follows the implicit protocol of the package when calling its met

Frédéric Faure, Masato Tsujii

We consider the semi-classical (or Gutzwiller-Voros) zeta function for $C^\infty$ contact Anosov flows. Analyzing the spectrum of transfer operators associated to the flow, we prove, for any $τ>0$, that its zeros are contained in the union of the $τ$-neighborhood of the imaginary axis, $|\Re(s)|<τ$, and the region $\Re(s)<-χ_0+τ$, up to finitely many excepti

Christoph Aistleitner, Istvan Berkes, Robert Tichy

It is a well known fact that for periodic measurable $f$ and rapidly increasing $(n_k)_{k \geq 1}$ the sequence $(f(n_kx))_{k\ge 1}$ behaves like a sequence of independent, identically distributed random variables. For example, if $f$ is a periodic Lipschitz function, then $(f(2^kx))_{k\ge 1}$ satisfies the central limit theorem, the law of the iterated loga

L. Bougas, G. E. Katsoprinakis, W. von Klitzing, T. P. Rakitzis

We present the theoretical basis of a cavity-enhanced polarimetric scheme for the measurement of parity-nonconserving (PNC) optical rotation. We discuss the possibility of detecting PNC optical rotation in accessible transitions in metastable Xe and Hg, and ground state I. In particular, the physics of the PNC optical rotation is presented, and we explore th

Christoph Aistleitner, Istvan Berkes, Robert Tichy

It is known that for any smooth periodic function $f$ the sequence $(f(2^kx))_{k\ge 1}$ behaves like a sequence of i.i.d.\ random variables, for example, it satisfies the central limit theorem and the law of the iterated logarithm. Recently Fukuyama showed that permuting $(f(2^kx))_{k\ge 1}$ can ruin the validity of the law of the iterated logarithm, a very

Christoph Aistleitner, Istvan Berkes, Robert Tichy

Let $f: {\mathbb R}\to {\mathbb R}$ be a measurable function satisfying \begin{equation*} f(x+1)=f(x), \qquad \int_0^1 f(x)\, dx=0, \qquad \int_0^1 f^2(x)\, dx<\infty. \end{equation*} The asymptotic properties of series $\sum c_k f(kx)$ have been studied extensively in the literature and turned out to be, in general, quite different from those of the trigono

Yipeng Liu

Compressed sensing (CS) shows that a signal having a sparse or compressible representation can be recovered from a small set of linear measurements. In classical CS theory, the sampling matrix and representation matrix are assumed to be known exactly in advance. However, uncertainties exist due to sampling distortion, finite grids of the parameter space of d

Abdul Kadir, Lukito Edi Nugroho, Adhi Susanto, Paulus Insap Santosa

Several methods to identify plants have been proposed by several researchers. Commonly, the methods did not capture color information, because color was not recognized as an important aspect to the identification. In this research, shape and vein, color, and texture features were incorporated to classify a leaf. In this case, a neural network called Probabil

Abdul Kadir, Lukito Edi Nugroho, Adhi Susanto, Paulus Insap Santosa

One of important components in an image retrieval system is selecting a distance measure to compute rank between two objects. In this paper, several distance measures were researched to implement a foliage plant retrieval system. Sixty kinds of foliage plants with various leaf color and shape were used to test the performance of 7 different kinds of distance

Mario S Rodrigues, Luca Costa, Joel Chevrier, Fabio Comin

It was shown recently that the Force Feedback Microscope can avoid the jump-to-contact in Atomic force Microscopy even when the cantilevers used are very soft, thus increasing force resolution. In this letter, we explore theoretical aspects of the associated real time control of the tip position. We take into account lever parameters such as the lever charac

Johan Hidding, Sergei F. Shandarin, Rien van de Weygaert

We describe how the dynamics of cosmic structure formation defines the intricate geometric structure of the spine of the cosmic web. The Zeldovich approximation is used to model the backbone of the cosmic web in terms of its singularity structure. The description by Arnold et al. (1982) in terms of catastrophe theory forms the basis of our analysis. This two

Abdul Kadir, Lukito Edi Nugroho, Adhi Susanto, Paulus Insap Santosa

Several researches in leaf identification did not include color information as features. The main reason is caused by a fact that they used green colored leaves as samples. However, for foliage plants, plants with colorful leaves, fancy patterns in their leaves, and interesting plants with unique shape, color and also texture could not be neglected. For exam

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

Based on our deep image of Sgr A using broadband data observed with the Jansky VLA at 6 cm, we present a new perspective of the radio bright zone at the Galactic center. We further show the radio detection of the X-ray Cannonball, a candidate neutron star associated with the Galactic center SNR Sgr A East. The radio image is compared with the Chandra X-ray i

Scott A. Yost, Valerie Halyo, Miroslav Hejna, B. F. L. Ward

Reaching the desired precision level for W and Z processes at the LHC will require a mixture of higher-order QCD and electroweak corrections. HERWIRI2 is a step in implementing QED x QCD exponentiation in a hadronic event generator. This program implements leading electroweak corrections and coherent exclusive exponentiation in a HERWIG environment. We discu

Dorin Ervin Dutkay, John Haussermann, Palle E. T. Jorgensen

To a representation of $Ø_N$ (the Cuntz algebra with $N$ generators) we associate a projection valued measure and we study the case when this measure has atoms. The main technical tool are the spaces invariant for all the operators $S_i^*$. We classify the purely atomic representations and find when such representations are permutative. Applications include:

Bogdan Popescu, M. M. Hanson

A growing fraction of Simple Stellar Population (SSP) models, in an aim to create more realistic simulations capable of including stochastic variation in their outputs, begin their simulations with a distribution of discrete stars following a power-law function of masses. Careful attention is needed to create a correctly sampled Initial Mass Function (IMF) a

M. Zechmeister, G. Anglada-Escudé, A. Reiners

Optimal extraction is a key step in processing the raw images of spectra as registered by two-dimensional detector arrays to a one-dimensional format. Previously reported algorithms reconstruct models for a mean one-dimensional spatial profile to assist a properly weighted extraction. We outline a simple optimal extraction algorithm including error propagati

Ratbay Myrzakulov, Diego Saez-Gomez, Petr Tsyba

The presence of spinor fields is considered in the framework of some extensions of teleparallel gravity, where the Weitzenböck connection is assumed. Some well known models as the Chaplygin gas and its generalizations are reconstructed in terms of a spinor field in the framework of teleparallel gravity. In addition, the ΛCDM model is also realized with the p

Ivan Cheltsov

I prove new local inequality for divisors on smooth surfaces, describe its applications, and compare it to a similar local inequality that is already known by experts.

Tobias K. Fritz, Sotiris Chatzopoulos, Ortwin Gerhard, Stefan Gillessen

Here we present the fundamental properties of the nuclear cluster of the Milky Way. First, we derive its structural properties by constructing a density map of the central 1000&#39;&#39; using extinction-corrected star counts. We can describe the data with a two-component model built from Sersic profiles. The inner nearly spherical component is the nuclear c

Christopher A. Fuchs, N. David Mermin, Ruediger Schack

We give an introduction to the QBist interpretation of quantum mechanics. We note that it removes the paradoxes, conundra, and pseudo-problems that have plagued quantum foundations for the past nine decades. As an example, we show in detail how it eliminates quantum &#34;nonlocality&#34;.

Jian-Xin Zhu, R. C. Albers, K. Haule, G. Kotliar

An understanding of the phase diagram of elemental plutonium (Pu) must include both the effects of the strong directional bonding and the high density of states of the Pu 5f electrons, as well as how that bonding weakens under the influence of strong electronic correlations. We present for the first time electronic-structure calculations of the full 16-atom

Thomas Duriez, Vladimir Parezanovic, Bernd R. Noack, Laurent Cordier

We propose a general strategy for feedback control design of complex dynamical systems exploiting the nonlinear mechanisms in a systematic unsupervised manner. These dynamical systems can have a state space of arbitrary dimension with finite number of actuators (multiple inputs) and sensors (multiple outputs). The control law maps outputs into inputs and is

Paul von Hippel, Jamie Lynch

Imputation models sometimes use auxiliary variables that, though not part of the planned analysis, can improve the accuracy of imputed values and the efficiency of point estimates. A recent article, using evidence from simulations, argued that the use of auxiliary variables in imputation did not improve efficiency. We review the simulation results and find t

Simona Giacintucci, Maxim Markevitch, Tiziana Venturi, Tracy Clarke

Cool cores of some galaxy clusters exhibit faint radio &#34;minihalos.&#34; Their origin is unclear; their study has been limited by their small number. We undertook a systematic search for minihalos in a large sample of X-ray luminous clusters with high-quality radio data. In this paper, we report four new minihalos (A 478, ZwCl 3146, RXJ 1532.9+3021 and A

C. Kouveliotou, J. Granot, J. L. Racusin, E. Bellm

GRB 130427A occurred in a relatively nearby galaxy; its prompt emission had the largest GRB fluence ever recorded. The afterglow of GRB 130427A was bright enough for the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope ARray (NuSTAR) to observe it in the 3-79 keV energy range long after its prompt emission (~1.5 and 5 days). This range, where afterglow observations were prev

Martin Holena, Alexandre Chotard

The manuscript generalizes several recent results of the 2nd author concerning Markov-Chain Modelling of $(1,λ)$-ES Linear Optimization.

R. P. Lin, A. Caspi, S. Krucker, H. Hudson

Major solar eruptive events (SEEs), consisting of both a large flare and a near simultaneous large fast coronal mass ejection (CME), are the most powerful explosions and also the most powerful and energetic particle accelerators in the solar system, producing solar energetic particles (SEPs) up to tens of GeV for ions and hundreds of MeV for electrons. The i

Jan Fiala, Michal Kočvara, Michael Stingl

PENLAB is an open source software package for nonlinear optimization, linear and nonlinear semidefinite optimization and any combination of these. It is written entirely in MATLAB. PENLAB is a young brother of our code PENNON \cite{pennon} and of a new implementation from NAG \cite{naglib}: it can solve the same classes of problems and uses the same algorith

Nicolas A. Pereyra

We present theoretical CIV 1548,1550 absorption line profiles for QSOs calculated assuming the accretion disk wind (ADW) scenario. The results suggest that the multiple absorption troughs seen in many QSOs may be due to the discontinuities in the ion balance of the wind (caused by X-rays), rather than discontinuities in the density/velocity structure. The pr

S. G. Parsons, T. R. Marsh, M. C. P. Bours, S. P. Littlefair

The eclipsing white dwarf plus main-sequence binary NN Serpentis provides one of the most convincing cases for the existence of circumbinary planets around evolved binaries. The exquisite timing precision provided by the deep eclipse of the white dwarf has revealed complex variations in the eclipse arrival times over the last few decades. These variations ha

Benjamin E. Nelson, Eric B. Ford, Matthew J. Payne

In the 20+ years of Doppler observations of stars, scientists have uncovered a diverse population of extrasolar multi-planet systems. A common technique for characterizing the orbital elements of these planets is Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), using a Keplerian model with random walk proposals and paired with the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm. For approxim

Masashi Hamanaka, Toshio Nakatsu

We discuss the Atiyah-Drinfeld-Hitchin-Manin (ADHM) construction of U(N) instantons in noncommutative (NC) space and prove the one-to-one correspondence between moduli spaces of the noncommutative instantons and the ADHM data, together with an origin of the instanton number for U(1). We also give a derivation of the ADHM construction from the viewpoint of th

Eric V. Linder, MinJi Oh, Teppei Okumura, Cristiano G. Sabiu

Our observations of the Universe are fundamentally anisotropic, with data from galaxies separated transverse to the line of sight coming from the same epoch while that from galaxies separated parallel to the line of sight coming from different times. Moreover, galaxy velocities along the line of sight change their redshift, giving redshift space distortions.

Fangzhou Jiang, Frank C. van den Bosch

Halo merger trees describe the hierarchical mass assembly of dark matter haloes, and are the backbone for modeling galaxy formation and evolution. Merger trees constructed using Monte Carlo algorithms based on the extended Press-Schechter (EPS) formalism are complementary to those extracted from N-body simulations, and have the advantage that they are not tr

Katarina Markovič, Matteo Viel

We review the current state of the theory of large scale structure in a warm dark matter (WDM) cosmological model. In particular, we focus on the non-linear modelling of the matter power spectrum and on the mass function of dark matter haloes. We describe the results of N-body simulations with WDM and mention the effects that could be induced by baryonic phy

Tilman Birnstiel, Sean M. Andrews

The expectation that aerodynamic drag will force the solids in a gas-rich protoplanetary disk to spiral in toward the host star on short timescales is one of the fundamental problems in planet formation theory. The nominal efficiency of this radial drift process is in conflict with observations, suggesting that an empirical calibration of solid transport mec

Paolo Saracco, Maria Grazia Pia

In the context of Monte Carlo (MC) simulation of particle transport Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) addresses the issue of predicting non statistical errors affecting the physical results, i.e. errors deriving mainly from uncertainties in the physics data and/or in the model they embed. In the case of a single uncertainty a simple analytical relation exists

E. Kutafina

Following the paper of K. Shimizu et al. (2011) we consider the Bonhoeffer-van der Pol oscillator with non-autonomous periodic perturbation. We show that the presence of mixed mode oscillations reported in that paper can be explained using the geometrical theory of singular perturbations. The considered model can be re-written as a 4-dimensional (locally 3-d

Andrei Kapaev

The general and special repo rates are related with the prices of the European call- and American put-options. The evaluation takes into account specific business models of the parties in the repo agreement and the law restrictions. Using the repo-option relation, an alternative to the Black-Scholes method of option pricing is presented. The empirical data o

D. K. Sinclair, J. B. Kogut

We continue our simulations of QCD with 2 flavours of colour-sextet quarks as a model for walking technicolor. QCD with 3 flavours of colour-sextet quarks is also studied for comparison with the 2-flavour theory. We simulate these theories at finite temperatures T, using lattices with a finite extent $N_t a=1/T$ in the (Euclidean) time direction. The lattice

Louise Dolan, Peter Goddard

A proof is given of the formula, recently proposed by Cachazo, He and Yuan (CHY) for gluon tree amplitudes in pure Yang-Mills theory in arbitrary dimension. The approach is to first establish the corresponding result for massless $ϕ^3$ theory using the BCFW recurrence relation and then to extend this to the gauge theory case. Additionally, it is shown that t

Tomasz Korzec, Ulli Wolff

We present a Monte-Carlo algorithm for the simulation of the all-order strong coupling expansion of the Z2 gauge theory. This random surface ensemble is equivalent to the standard formulation, but allows to measure some quantities, like Polyakov loop correlators or excess free energies, with an accuracy that could not have been easily achieved with tradition

Geng Chen, Tao Huang, Chun Liu

In this paper, we study the formation of finite time singularities in the form of super norm blowup for a spatially inhomogeneous hyperbolic system. The system is related to the variational wave equations as those in [18]. The system posses a unique $C^1$ solution before the emergence of vacuum in finite time, for given initial data that are smooth enough, b

Joel Merker

A connected real analytic hypersurface M in C^(n+1) whose Levi form is nondegenerate in at least one point - hence at every point of some Zariski-open subset - is locally biholomorphic to the model Heisenberg quadric pseudosphere of signature (k, n-k) in one point if and only if, at every other Levi nondegenerate point, it is also locally biholomorphic to so

M. Legare

Use of certain non-commuting variables is considered in first-order differential equations. Superspace variables are discussed within the setting of first-order ordinary differential equations and n-ary algebras. Results on quadratic systems based on non-associative algebras are presented. A system related to a Liénard system associated to an Abel&#39;s diff

Luisa Gargano, Pavol Hell, Joseph G. Peters, Ugo Vaccaro

We study a combinatorial model of the spread of influence in networks that generalizes existing schemata recently proposed in the literature. In our model, agents change behaviors/opinions on the basis of information collected from their neighbors in a time interval of bounded size whereas agents are assumed to have unbounded memory in previously studied sce

G. Cullen, H. van Deurzen, N. Greiner, G. Heinrich

After reviewing the main features of the GoSam framework for automated one-loop calculations, we present a selection of recent phenomenological results obtained with it. In particular, we focus on the recent calculation of NLO QCD corrections to the production of a Higgs boson in conjunction with jets at the LHC.

Amit Giveon, Nissan Itzhaki, Jan Troost

We analyze the Euclidean geometry near non-extremal NS5-branes in string theory, including regions beyond the horizon and beyond the singularity of the black brane. The various regions have an exact description in string theory, in terms of cigar, trumpet and negative level minimal model conformal field theories. We study the worldsheet elliptic genera of th

Ricardo Maronna, Víctor Yohai

Good robust estimators can be tuned to combine a high breakdown point and a specified asymptotic efficiency at a central model. This happens in regression with MM- and tau-estimators among others. However, the finite-sample efficiency of these estimators can be much lower than the asymptotic one. To overcome this drawback, an approach is proposed for paramet

L. V. Sakharova, E. V. Shiryaeva, M. Yu. Zhukov

The mathematical model describing the natural textrm{pH}-gradient arising under the action of an electric field in an aqueous solution of ampholytes (amino acids) is constructed and investigated. This paper is the second part of the series papers \cite{Part1,Part3,Part4} that are devoted to pH-gradient creation problem. We present the numerical solution of t

Minghua Xia, Sonia Aïssa

In spectrum-sharing cognitive radio systems, the transmit power of secondary users has to be very low due to the restrictions on the tolerable interference power dictated by primary users. In order to extend the coverage area of secondary transmission and reduce the corresponding interference region, multi-hop amplify-and-forward (AF) relaying can be impleme

Frank Calegari, Matthew Emerton

We prove that the completed cohomology groups of SL_N(Z) in fixed degree stabilize as N goes to infinity. We also prove that the action of Hecke operators on stable cohomology is trivial, in a precisely defined sense.

Deping Ye, Baocheng Zhu, Jiazu Zhou

In this paper, we introduce several mixed $L_p$ geominimal surface areas for multiple convex bodies for all $p\neq -n$. Our definitions are motivated from an equivalent formula for the mixed $p$-affine surface area. Some properties, such as the affine invariance, for these mixed $L_p$ geominimal surface areas are proved. Related inequalities, such as, Alexan

Loredana Lanzani

We give new examples of linear differential operators of order $k=2m+1$ (any given odd integer) that are invariant under the isometries of $\mathbb R^n$ and satisfy so-called $L^1$-duality estimates and div/curl inequalities.

M. Papinutto, G. Herdoiza, C. Pena, A. Vladikas

We determine a basis of dimension-7 operators which arise at O($a$) in the Symanzik expansion of the $ΔB=2$ operators with static heavy quarks. We consider both Wilson-like and Ginsparg-Wilson light quarks. Exact chiral symmetry reduces the number of these O($a$) counterterms by a factor of two. Only a subset of these operators has previously appeared in the

Ignacio Urrutia

In this work I derive analytic expressions for the curvature dependent fluid-substrate surface tension of a hard sphere fluid on a hard curved wall. In a first step, the curvature thermodynamic properties are found as truncated power series in the activity in terms of the known second and third order cluster integral of the hard-sphere fluid near spherical a

Loredana Lanzani, Elias M. Stein

We present the theory of Cauchy-Fantappié integral operators, with emphasis on the situation when the domain of integration, $D$, has minimal boundary regularity. Among these operators we focus on those that are more closely related to the classical Cauchy integral for a planar domain, whose kernel is a holomorphic function of the parameter $z\in D$. The goa

Sebastian Krinner, David Stadler, Jakob Meineke, Jean-Philippe Brantut

Describing the behaviour of strongly interacting particles in the presence of disorder is among the most challenging problems in quantum many-body physics. The controlled setting of cold atom experiments provides a new avenue to address these challenges [1], complementing studies in solid state physics, where a number of puzzling findings have emerged in exp

N. Gimelshein, S. Gimelshein, T. Lilly, E. Moskovets

Gas and ion transport in the capillary-skimmer subatmospheric interface of a mass spectrometer, which is typically utilized to separate unevaporated micro-droplets from ions, was studied numerically using a two-step approach spanning multiple gas dynamic regimes. The gas flow in the heated capillary and in the interface was determined by solving numerically

Gaspar Mora

It is shown that, for every integer n>2, there exists δ_{n}>0 such that the closure of the set of the real parts of the zeros of the nth partial sum of the Riemann zeta function ζ_{n} contains to the interval [-δ_{n},b^{n}]. b^{n} is the supremum of the real parts of the zeros of ζ_{n}. It is also demonstrated that b^{n} is positive for all n>2. It is also s

Jeff Ledford

In this paper we show that functions from the Paley-Wiener amalgam space $(PW,l^1)=\{f\in L^2(\mathbb{R}): \sum\|\hat{f}(ξ+2πm) \|_{L^2([-π,π])} < \infty\}$ enjoy similar recovery properties as the classical Paley-Wiener space. Specifically, if $\{ϕ_α(x): α\in A\}$ is a regular family of interpolators and $\{x_n: n\in \mathbb{Z}\}$ is a complete interpolatin

Loredana Lanzani, Elias M. Stein

We prove $L^p(b\mathcal{D})$-regularity of the Cauchy-Leray integral for bounded domains $\mathcal{D}\subset\mathbb C^n$ whose boundary satisfies the minimal regularity condition of class $C^{1,1}$, together with a naturally occurring notion of convexity.

Abdul I. Asvarov

The size distribution of supernova remnants (SNRs) can help to clarify the various aspects of their evolution and interaction with the interstellar medium (ISM). Since the observed samples of SNRs are a collection of objects with very different ages and origin that evolve in different conditions of the ISM, statistical Monte Carlo methods can be used to mode

E. Kara, E. M. Cackett, A. C. Fabian, C. Reynolds

High-frequency iron K reverberation lags, where the red wing of the line responds before the line centroid, are a robust signature of relativistic reflection off the inner accretion disc. In this letter, we report the discovery of the Fe K lag in PG 1244+026 from ~120 ks of data (1 orbit of the XMM-Newton telescope). The amplitude of the lag with respect to

Eva Bayer-Fluckiger, Piotr Maciak

The aim of this paper is to survey and extend results concerning bounds of the Euclidean minima of abelian number fields. In particular, we give upper bounds for the Euclidean minima of abelian number fields of prime power conductor.

Tom Harris

We present news proofs of the additivity, resolution and cofinality theorems for the algebraic $K$-theory of exact categories. These proofs are entirely algebraic, based on Grayson&#39;s presentation of higher algebraic $K$-groups via binary complexes.

Anne M. Archibald, Victoria M. Kaspi, Jason W. T. Hessels, Ben Stappers

The radio millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 exhibits complex timing and eclipse behavior. Here we analyze four years&#39; worth of radio monitoring observations of this object. We obtain a long-term timing solution, albeit with large residual timing errors as a result of apparent orbital period variations. We also observe variable eclipses when the companion

Chungwei Lin, Alexander A. Demkov

Oxygen vacancies are an important type of defect in transition metal oxides. In SrTiO$_3$ they are believed to be the main donors in an otherwise intrinsic crystal. At the same time, a relatively deep gap state associated with the vacancy is widely reported. To explain this inconsistency we investigate the effect of electron correlation in an oxygen vacancy

Marcia Begalli, Gabriela Hoff, Maria Grazia Pia, Paolo G. Saracco

The first results of a project in progress for the validation of the simulation of electron-positron pair production are presented. They concern the pair production cross section in a low energy range close to the production threshold. The results hint to effects due to the granularity of tabulated cross sections.

Tullio Basaglia, Matej Batic, Min Cheol Han, Gabriela Hoff

Several physics methods for the simulation of the photoelectric effect are quantitatively evaluated with respect to a large collection of experimental data retrieved from the literature. They include theoretical and empirical calculations of total and partial cross sections, and calculations of the photoelectron angular distribution. Some of these models are

Joel Oakley, Michael Usher

We consider various constructions of monotone Lagrangian submanifolds of $C P^n, S^2\times S^2$, and quadric hypersurfaces of $C P^n$. In $S^2\times S^2$ and $C P^2$ we show that several different known constructions of exotic monotone tori yield results that are Hamiltonian isotopic to each other, in particular answering a question of Wu by showing that the

Matej Batic, Gabriela Hoff, Chan Hyeong Kim, Sung Hun Kim

Various issues related to the complexity of apprais- ing the capabilities of physics models implemented in Monte Carlo simulation codes and the evolution of the functional quality the associated software are considered, such as the dependence on the experimental environment where the software operates and its sensitivity to detector characteristics. The conc

D. D. Bhaktavatsala Rao, Klaus Mølmer

We show that with adiabatic passage, one can reliably drive two-photon optical transitions between the ground states and interacting Rydberg states in a pair of atoms. For finite Rydberg interaction strengths a new adiabatic pathway towards the doubly Rydberg excited state is identified when a constant detuning is applied with respect to an intermediate opti

Sara Arias-de-Reyna

A strategy to address the inverse Galois problem over Q consists of exploiting the knowledge of Galois representations attached to certain automorphic forms. More precisely, if such forms are carefully chosen, they provide compatible systems of Galois representations satisfying some desired properties, e.g. properties that reflect on the image of the members

Clemens Jörder

Let $X$ be a normal complex space such that the tangent sheaf $T_X$ is locally free and locally admits a basis consisting of pairwise commuting vector fields. Then $X$ is smooth.