November 2013 arXiv papers — page 67

Dariusz Graczyk, Grzegorz Pietrzynski, Bogumił Pilecki, Ian B. Thompson

The preliminary distance to a long period eclipsing binary in the Small Magellanic Cloud SMC108.1.14904 is presented. The binary system contains two non-active G-type bright giants. The orbital period is 185 days and the orbit is circular. Using surface brightness calibration we calculated distance modulus to the system (m-M)= 19.02 +/- 0.04 (stat.) +/- 0.05

Yoichi Takeda, Satoru UeNo

With an aim of examining the validity of non-LTE line-formation calculations for the strong C I lines of multiplet 1 at 1.068-1.069 mu~m, especially in terms of the treatment of collisions with neutral hydrogen (H I) atoms, we computed theoretical equivalent widths (W_lambda) of these lines corresponding to specific intensities of different angles (mu = cos(

Yumeng Yang, Baolei Wu, Kui Yao, Santiranjan Shannigrahi

In this work, the investigation of magnetic proximity effect was extended to Ta which has been reported to have a negative spin Hall angle. Magnetoresistance and Hall measurements for in-plane and out-of-plane applied magnetic field sweeps were carried out at room temperature. The size of the MR ratio observed (~10-5) and its magnetization direction dependen

Yoichi Takeda, Satoshi Kawanomoto, Naoko Ohishi

With an aim to study whether the close correlation between [Na/H] and [Fe/H] recently found in A-type stars further persists in the regime of B-type stars, the abundances of Na were determined for 30 selected sharp-lined late B-type stars (10000K < T_eff < 14000K) from the Na I 5890/5896 doublet. These Na abundances were then compared with the O and Fe abund

Han Lun Yap, Radmila Pribić

Traditional radar detection schemes are typically studied for single target scenarios and they can be non-optimal when there are multiple targets in the scene. In this paper, we develop a framework to discuss multi-target detection schemes with sparse reconstruction techniques that is based on the Neyman-Pearson criterion. We will describe an initial result

Inkang Kim, Michelle Lee

Let M be a hyperbolizable, nontrivial compression body without toroidal boundary components. In this paper, we characterize which discrete and faithful representations of the fundamental group of M into PSL(2,C) are separable-stable. The set of separable-stable representations forms a domain of discontinuity for the action of the outer automorphism group of

Emmanuel Candes, Xiaodong Li, Mahdi Soltanolkotabi

This paper considers the question of recovering the phase of an object from intensity-only measurements, a problem which naturally appears in X-ray crystallography and related disciplines. We study a physically realistic setup where one can modulate the signal of interest and then collect the intensity of its diffraction pattern, each modulation thereby prod

Peter Schrammel, Tom Melham, Daniel Kroening

Testing of synchronous reactive systems is challenging because long input sequences are often needed to drive them into a state at which a desired feature can be tested. This is particularly problematic in on-target testing, where a system is tested in its real-life application environment and the time required for resetting is high. This paper presents an a

Tsung-Hui Chang, Angelia Nedić, Anna Scaglione

Various distributed optimization methods have been developed for solving problems which have simple local constraint sets and whose objective function is the sum of local cost functions of distributed agents in a network. Motivated by emerging applications in smart grid and distributed sparse regression, this paper studies distributed optimization methods fo

Shin Harase

Sequence generators obtained by linear recursions over the two-element field $\mathbb{F}_2$, i.e., $\mathbb{F}_2$-linear generators, are widely used as pseudorandom number generators. For example, the Mersenne Twister MT19937 is one of the most successful applications. An advantage of such generators is that we can assess them quickly by using theoretical cr

Adriana Zelenakova, Vladimir Zelenak, Stefan Michalik, Jozef Kovac

Using microemulsion methods, CoO-Pt core-shell nanoparticles (NPs), with diameters of nominally 4 nm, were synthesized and characterized by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and a suite of x-ray spectroscopies, including diffraction (XRD), absorption (XAS), absorption near-edge structure (XANES), and extended absorption fine structure

Daniel W. Cranston, Landon Rabern

Cranston and Kim conjecture that if $G$ is a connected graph with maximum degree $Δ$ and $G$ is not a Moore Graph, then $χ_l(G^2) \le Δ^2-1$; here $χ_l$ is the list chromatic number. We prove their conjecture; in fact, this upper bound holds even for online list chromatic number.

Seiya Nishiyama, Joao da Providencia

Exact canonically conjugate momenta Pi_{2mu} in quadrupole nuclear collective motions are proposed. The basic idea lies in the introduction of a discrete integral equation for the strict definition of canonically conjugate momenta to collective variables phi_{2mu}. A part of our collective Hamiltonian, the Pi_{2mu}-dependence of the kinetic part of the Hamil

Franc Forstneric

We prove that every reduced Stein space admits a holomorphic function without critical points. Furthermore, any closed discrete subset of such a space is the critical locus of a holomorphic function. We also show that for every complex analytic stratification with nonsingular strata on a reduced Stein space there exists a holomorphic function whose restricti

A. Derevianko, M. Pospelov

The cosmological applications of atomic clocks so far have been limited to searches of the uniform-in-time drift of fundamental constants. In this paper, we point out that a transient in time change of fundamental constants can be induced by dark matter objects that have large spatial extent, and are built from light non-Standard Model fields. The stability

Peter Feller

We provide linear lower bounds for the signature of positive braids in terms of the three genus of their braid closure. This yields linear bounds for the topological slice genus of knots that arise as closures of positive braids.

Adel M. Elmahdy, Sameh Sorour, Karim G. Seddik

In this paper, we investigate the problem of minimizing the frame completion delay for Instantly Decodable Network Coding (IDNC) in relay-assisted wireless multicast networks. We first propose a packet recovery algorithm in the single relay topology which employs generalized IDNC instead of strict IDNC previously proposed in the literature for the same relay

Steffen Gielen, Daniele Oriti, Lorenzo Sindoni

We give a general procedure, in the group field theory (GFT) formalism for quantum gravity, for constructing states that describe macroscopic, spatially homogeneous universes. These states are close to coherent (condensate) states used in the description of Bose-Einstein condensates. The condition on such states to be (approximate) solutions to the quantum e

Patrick Valageas

We describe how the kinematic consistency relations satisfied by density correlations of the large-scale structures of the Universe can be derived within the usual Newtonian framework. These relations express a kinematic effect and show how the $(\ell+n)$-density correlation factors in terms of the $n$-point correlation and $\ell$ linear power spectrum facto

Hirotada Okawa, Vitor Cardoso, Paolo Pani

The nonlinear instability of anti-de Sitter spacetime has recently been established with the striking result that generic initial data collapses to form black holes. This outcome suggests that confined matter generically collapses, and that collapse can only be halted -- at most -- by nonlinear bound states. Here we provide evidence that such mechanism can o

Yi-Ping Huang, Gang Chen, Michael Hermele

We consider a class of d- and f-electron systems in which dipolar-octupolar Kramers doublets arise on the sites of the pyrochlore lattice. For such doublets, two components of the pseudospin transform like a magnetic dipole, while the other transforms like a component of the magnetic octupole tensor. Based on a symmetry analysis, we construct and study model

S. V. Chekanov, E. May, K. Strand, P. Van Gemmeren

A new data format for Monte Carlo (MC) events, or any structural data, including experimental data, is discussed. The format is designed to store data in a compact binary form using variable-size integer encoding as implemented in the Google&#39;s Protocol Buffers package. This approach is implemented in the ProMC library which produces smaller file sizes fo

Morris Kalka, Giorgio Patrizio

It is shown that codimension one parabolic foliations of complex manifolds are holomorphic. This is proved using the fact that codimension one foliations of complex manifolds are necessarily locally Monge-Ampère foliations and that parabolic leaves cannot have hyperbolic behavior. The result holds true also for locally Monge-Ampère foliations with parabolic

Hidenobu Yajima, Sadegh Khochfar

We present results on the radiation drag exerted by an isotropic and homogenous background of Lya photons on neutral gas clouds orbiting within HII regions around Population III stars of different masses. The Doppler shift causes a frequency difference between photons moving in the direction of the cloud and opposite to it resulting in a net momentum loss of

T. Kallman, D. A. Evans, H. Marshall, C. Canizares

We present models for the X-ray spectrum of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1068. These are fitted to data obtained using the High Energy Transmission Grating (HETG) on the Chandra X-ray observatory. The data show line and radiative recombination continuum (RRC) emission from a broad range of ions and elements. The models explore the importance of excitation proces

Daniel J. Whalen, Joseph Smidt, Wesley Even, S. E. Woosley

Population III supernovae have been the focus of growing attention because of their potential to directly probe the properties of the first stars, particularly the most energetic events that can be seen at the edge of the observable universe. But until now pair-pulsation supernovae, in which explosive thermonuclear burning in massive stars fails to unbind th

Irfan Ilgin, I-Sheng Yang

We carefully analyze the causal patches which belong to observers falling into an old black hole. We show that without a distillation-like process, the AMPS paradox cannot challenge complementarity. That is because the two ingredients for the paradox, the interior region and the early Hawking radiation, cannot be space-like separated and both low-energy with

Shouvik Datta, Justin R. David

We analytically evaluate the Renyi entropies for the two dimensional free boson CFT. The CFT is considered to be compactified on a circle and at finite temperature. The Renyi entropies S_n are evaluated for a single interval using the two point function of bosonic twist fields on a torus. For the case of the compact boson, the sum over the classical saddle p

Rodolfo Barniol Duran

Using GRB radio afterglow observations, we calculate the fraction of shocked plasma energy in the magnetic field in relativistic collisionless shocks ($ε_B$). We obtained $ε_B$ for 38 bursts by assuming that the radio afterglow light curve originates in the external forward shock and that its peak at a few to tens of days is due to the passage of the minimum

Emiliano Munari, Andrea Biviano, Gary Mamon

Aim: We aim to compute the mass and velocity anisotropy profiles of Abell 2142 and, from there, the pseudo phase--space density profile $Q(r)$ and the density slope - velocity anisotropy $β- γ$ relation, and then to compare them with theoretical expectations. Methods: The mass profiles were obtained by using three techniques based on member galaxy kinematics

Yuval Birnboim, Shmuel Balberg, Romain Teyssier

Galaxy evolution depends strongly on the physics of the interstellar medium (ISM). Motivated by the need to incorporate the properties of the ISM in cosmological simulations we construct a simple method to include the contribution of non-thermal components in the calculation of pressure of interstellar gas. In our method we treat three non-thermal components

Carlo Giocoli, Massimo Meneghetti, R. Benton Metcalf, Stefano Ettori

We study how well halo properties of galaxy clusters, like mass and concentration, are recovered using lensing data. In order to generate a large sample of systems at different redshifts we use the code MOKA. We measure halo mass and concentration using weak lensing data alone (WL), fitting to an NFW profile the reduced tangential shear profile, or by combin

David D. K. Chow, Geoffrey Compère

We present two new classes of dyonic anti-de Sitter black hole solutions of 4-dimensional maximal N=8, SO(8) gauged supergravity. They are: (1) static black holes of N=2, U(1)^4 gauged supergravity with 4 electric and 4 magnetic charges, with spherical, planar or hyperbolic horizons; and (2) rotating black holes of N=2, U(1)^2 gauged supergravity with 2 elec

Subo Dong, Zheng Zheng, Zhaohuan Zhu, P. De Cat

We use 12000 stars from Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) spectroscopic data to show that the metallicities of Kepler field stars as given in the Kepler Input Catalog (KIC) systematically underestimate both the true metallicity and the dynamic range of the Kepler sample. Specifically, to the first order approximation, we find

Brent Nelson

We adapt the free monotone transport results of Guionnet and Shlyakhtenko to the type $\text{III}$ case. As a direct application, we obtain that the $q$-deformed Araki-Woods algebras are isomorphic (for sufficiently small $|q|$).

Frederic Latremoliere, Judith Packer

Let p be prime. A noncommutative p-solenoid is the C*-algebra of Z[1/p] x Z[1/p] twisted by a multiplier of that group, where Z[1/p] is the additive subgroup of the field Q of rational numbers whose denominators are powers of p. In this paper, we survey our classification of these C*-algebras up to *-isomorphism in terms of the multipliers on Z[1/p], using t

M. N. Wilson, A. B. Butenko, A. N. Bogdanov, T. L. Monchesky

This paper reports on magnetometry and magnetoresistance measurements of MnSi epilayers performed in out-of-plane magnetic fields. We present a theoretical analysis of the chiral modulations that arise in confined cubic helimagnets where the uniaxial anisotropy axis and magnetic field are both out-of-plane. In contrast to in-plane field measurements (Wilson

Valerio Lucarini, Richard Blender, Corentin Herbert, Salvatore Pascale

The climate is a forced and dissipative nonlinear system featuring non-trivial dynamics of a vast range of spatial and temporal scales. The understanding of the climate&#39;s structural and multiscale properties is crucial for the provision of a unifying picture of its dynamics and for the implementation of accurate and efficient numerical models. We present

Ali Mohammad Fouladgar, Osvaldo Simeone, Elza Erkip

In various wireless systems, such as sensor RFID networks and body area networks with implantable devices, the transmitted signals are simultaneously used both for information transmission and for energy transfer. In order to satisfy the conflicting requirements on information and energy transfer, this paper proposes the use of constrained run-length limited

Razvan M. Tudoran

We provide a constructive method designed in order to control the stability of a given periodic orbit of a general completely integrable system. The method consists of a specific type of perturbation, such that the resulting perturbed system becomes a codimension-one dissipative dynamical system which also admits that orbit as a periodic orbit, but whose sta

Cristian Martinez

Let $v_d(\mathbb{P}^2)\subset |\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^2}(d)|$ denote the $d$-uple Veronese surface. After studying some general aspects of the wall-crossing phenomena for stability conditions on surfaces, we are able to describe a sequence of flips of the secant varieties of $v_d(\mathbb{P}^2)$ by embedding the blow-up $\mbox{bl}_{v_d(\mathbb{P}^2)}|\mathca

J. Wenner, Yi Yin, Yu Chen, R. Barends

We demonstrate a high efficiency deterministic quantum receiver to convert flying qubits to logic qubits. We employ a superconducting resonator, which is driven with a shaped pulse through an adjustable coupler. For the ideal &#34;time reversed&#34; shape, we measure absorption and receiver fidelities at the single microwave photon level of, respectively, 99

Andrea Vera Gajardo

We construct via generators and relations a generalized Weil representation for the split orthogonal group $\ot_q(2n,2n)$ over a finite field of $q$ elements. Besides, we give an initial decomposition of the representation found. We also show that the constructed representation is equal to the restriction of the Weil representation to $\ot_q(2n,2n)$ for the

Peter Christiansen, Konrad Tywoniuk, Vytautas Vislavicius

In this paper we study the energy loss of jets in the QGP via the nuclear modification factor $R_{\textrm{AA}}$ for unidentified particles at high $p_{\textrm{T}}$ ($\gtrsim 10 \textrm{GeV}/c$) in and out of the reaction plane of the collision. We argue that at such a high $p_{\textrm{T}}$ there are no genuine flow effects and, assuming that the energy loss

David M. Kipping

Eclipsing systems, such as transiting exoplanets, allow one to measure the mean stellar density of the host star under various idealized assumptions. Asterodensity Profiling (AP) compares this density to an independently determined value in order to check the validity of the assumptions and ultimately derive useful parameters. Several physical effects can ca

David Berenstein, Eric Dzienkowski

We study thermal configurations in the BFSS matrix model produced by numerical simulations. We do this by adding a probe brane to a typical configuration and studying the fermionic degrees of freedom connecting the probe to the configuration. Depending on the parameters of the probe there is a region where these fermion modes are gapless. We argue that it is

Eugene Vasiliev, Fabio Antonini, David Merritt

We consider the evolution of supermassive black hole binaries at the center of spherical, axisymmetric, and triaxial galaxies, using direct N-body integrations as well as analytic estimates. We find that the rates of binary hardening exhibit a significant N-dependence in all the models, at least for N in the investigated range of 10^5<=N<=10^6. Binary harden

Tianjun Li, James A. Maxin, Dimitri V. Nanopoulos, Joel W. Walker

We describe a methodology for testing No-Scale Supergravity by the LAT instrument onboard the Fermi Space Telescope via observation of gamma ray emissions from lightest supersymmetric (SUSY) neutralino annihilations. For our test vehicle we engage the framework of the supersymmetric grand unified model No-Scale Flipped $SU(5)$ with extra vector-like flippon

Étienne Fouvry

We improve some results on the size of the greatest prime factor of integers of the form ab+1, where a and b belong to finite sets of integers with rather large density.

Marc P. Bellon, Pierre J. Clavier

Building on our previous works on perturbative solutions to a Schwinger-Dyson for the massless Wess-Zumino model, we show how to compute 1/n corrections to its asymptotic behavior. The coefficients are analytically determined through a sum on all the poles of the Mellin transform of the one loop diagram. We present results up to the fourth order in 1/n as we

B. G. Zakharov

We evaluate the medium suppression of light hadron spectra in $pp$ collisions at RHIC and LHC energies in the scenario with formation of a mini quark-gluon plasma. We find a significant suppression effect. For $p_{T}\sim 10$ GeV we obtained the reduction of the spectra by $\sim [20-30,25-35,30-40]$ % at $\sqrt{s}=[0.2, 2.76,7]$ TeV. We also discuss how this

Przemysław Gordinowicz

Let $G$ be any connected graph on $n$ vertices, $n \ge 2.$ Let $k$ be any positive integer. Suppose that a fire breaks out on some vertex of $G.$ Then in each turn $k$ firefighters can protect vertices of $G$ --- each can protect one vertex not yet on fire; Next a fire spreads to all unprotected neighbours. The \emph{$k$-surviving} rate of G, denoted by $ρ_k

Friedrich Littmann, Mark Spanier

We determine the optimal majorant $M^+$ and minorant $M^-$ of exponential type for the truncation of $x\mapsto (x^2+a^2)^{-1}$ with respect to general de Branges measures. We prove that \[ \int_\mathbb{R} (M^+ - M^-) |E(x)|^{-2}dx = \frac{1}{a^2 K(0,0)} \] where $K$ is the reproducing kernel for $\mathcal{H}(E)$. As an application we determine the optimal ma

Federico Colecchia

Low-energy strong interactions are a major source of background at hadron colliders, and methods of subtracting the associated energy flow are well established in the field. Traditional approaches treat the contamination as diffuse, and estimate background energy levels either by averaging over large data sets or by restricting to given kinematic regions ins

T. P. Kaloni, S. Gangopadhyay, N. Singh, B. Jones

We study silicene on hexagonal boron nitride, using first principles calculations. Since hexagonal boron nitride is semiconducting, the interaction with silicene is weaker than for metallic substrates. It therefore is possible to open a 50 meV band gap in the silicene. We further address the effect of Mn decoration by determining the onsite Hubbard interacti

Matthew C. Russell

We exhibit a family of sequences of noncommutative variables, recursively defined using monic palindromic polynomials in $\mathbb Q[x]$, and show that each possesses the Laurent phenomenon. This generalizes a conjecture by Kontsevich.

Sergios Agapiou, Johnathan M. Bardsley, Omiros Papaspiliopoulos, Andrew M. Stuart

Many inverse problems arising in applications come from continuum models where the unknown parameter is a field. In practice the unknown field is discretized resulting in a problem in $\mathbb{R}^N$, with an understanding that refining the discretization, that is increasing $N$, will often be desirable. In the context of Bayesian inversion this situation sug

Erik Verlinde, Herman Verlinde

We extend the recent proposal of Papadodimas and Raju of a CFT construction of operators inside the black hole interior to arbitrary non-maximally mixed states. Our construction builds on the general prescription given in earlier work, based on ideas from quantum error correction. We indicate how the CFT state dependence of the interior modes can be removed

Nguyen Dai Duong, Phùng Hô Hai

We establish a duality between flat affine group schemes and rigid tensor categories equipped with a neutral fiber functor (called Tannakian lattice), both defined over a Dedekind ring. We use this duality and the known Tannakian duality due to Saavedra to study morphisms between flat affine group schemes. Next, we apply our new duality to the category of st

Gang Chen, Yi-Jian Du

In this paper, we investigate tree-level scattering amplitude relations in $U(N)$ non-linear sigma model. We use Cayley parametrization. As was shown in the recent works [23,24] both on-shell amplitudes and off-shell currents with odd points have to vanish under Cayley parametrization. We prove the off-shell $U(1)$ identity and fundamental BCJ relation for e

Yoshifumi Nakata, Masato Koashi, Mio Murao

We investigate protocols for generating a state $t$-design by using a fixed separable initial state and a diagonal-unitary $t$-design in the computational basis, which is a $t$-design of an ensemble of diagonal unitary matrices with random phases as their eigenvalues. We first show that a diagonal-unitary $t$-design generates a $O(1/2^N)$-approximate state $

Elena Fertman, Sergiy Dolya, Vladimir Desnenko, Anatoly Beznosov

A detailed study of the low-temperature magnetic state and the relaxation in the phase-separated colossal magnetoresistance Nd2/3Ca1/3MnO3 perovskite has been carried out. Clear experimental evidence of the cluster-glass magnetic behavior of this compound has been revealed. Well defined maxima in the in-phase linear ac susceptibility $χ^{/}(T)$ were observed

Eric Y. Durand, Nicholas Eriksson, Cory Y. McLean

Analysis of genomic segments shared identical-by-descent (IBD) between individuals is fundamental to many genetic applications, from demographic inference to estimating the heritability of diseases, but IBD detection accuracy in non-simulated data is largely unknown. In principle, it can be evaluated using known pedigrees, as IBD segments are by definition i

M. Herman, G. P. A. Nobre, A. Palumbo, F. S. Dietrich

Inspired by the recent work by Dietrich et al., substantiating validity of the adiabatic assumption in coupled-channel calculations, we explore the possibility of generalizing a global spherical optical model potential (OMP) to make it usable in coupled-channel calculations on statically deformed nuclei. The generalization consists in adding the coupling of

Felix Brümmer, Wilfried Buchmüller

In supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model, the Fermi scale of electroweak symmetry breaking is determined by the pattern of supersymmetry breaking. We present an example, motivated by a higher-dimensional GUT model, where a particular mass relation between the gauginos, third-generation squarks and Higgs fields of the MSSM leads to a Fermi scale sma

D. I. Pikulin, T. Hyart

We study the phase diagram of the inverted InAs/GaSb bilayer quantum wells. For small tunneling amplitude between the layers, we find that the system is prone to formation of an s-wave exciton condensate phase, where the spin-structure of the order parameter is uniquely determined by the small spin-orbit coupling arising from the bulk inversion asymmetry. Th

Sujay K. Ashok, Nima Doroud, Jan Troost

We calculate the elliptic genus of two dimensional abelian gauged linear sigma models with (2,2) supersymmetry using supersymmetric localization. The matter sector contains charged chiral multiplets as well as Stueckelberg fields coupled to the vector multiplets. These models include theories that flow in the infrared to non-linear sigma models with target s

Andrew J. Davis, Sadegh Khochfar, Claudio Dalla Vecchia

We study the effect of baryons on the inner dark matter profile of the first galaxies using the First Billion Years simulation between z=16-6 before secular evolution sets in. Using a large statistical sample from two simulations of the same volume and cosmological initial conditions, one with and one without baryons, we are able to directly compare haloes w

Jean-Florent Raymond, Ignasi Sau, Dimitrios M. Thilikos

For every $r\in \mathbb{N}$, we denote by $θ_{r}$ the multigraph with two vertices and $r$ parallel edges. Given a graph $G$, we say that a subgraph $H$ of $G$ is a model of $θ_{r}$ in $G$ if $H$ contains $θ_{r}$ as a contraction. We prove that the following edge variant of the Erd{\H o}s-P{ó}sa property holds for every $r\geq 2$: if $G$ is a graph and $k$ i

Mathieu Lobet, Emmanuel d&#39;Humières, Mickael Grech, Charles Ruyer

Next generation of ultra-intense laser facilities will lead to novel physical conditions ruled by collective and quantum electrodynamics effects, such as synchrotron-like emission of high-energy photons and electron-positron pair generation. In view of the future experiments performed in this regime, the latter processes have been implemented into the partic

Lei Yang

In this article, we study an analytic curve $φ: I=[a,b]\rightarrow \mathrm{M}(n\times n, \mathbb{R})$ in the space of $n$ by $n$ real matrices, and show that if $φ$ satisfies certain geometric conditions, then for almost every point on the curve, the Diophantine approximation given by Dirichlet&#39;s Theorem is not improvable. To do this, we embed the curve

Sunyoung Shin

We discuss $β$-deformed geometries on two types of $T^3$&#39;s where the direction along the third coordinate is not orthogonal to the direction along the second coordinate or the direction along the first coordinate. We show that the intersection angle between the direction along the third coordinate and the direction along the second coordinate corresponds

Dong-Ling Deng, Sheng-Tao Wang, Lu-Ming Duan

A remarkable discovery in recent years is that there exist various kinds of topological insulators and superconductors characterized by a periodic table according to the system symmetry and dimensionality. To physically realize these peculiar phases and study their properties, a critical step is to construct experimentally relevant Hamiltonians which support

Niao He, Anatoli Juditsky, Arkadi Nemirovski

In the paper, we develop a composite version of Mirror Prox algorithm for solving convex-concave saddle point problems and monotone variational inequalities of special structure, allowing to cover saddle point/variational analogies of what is usually called &#34;composite minimization&#34; (minimizing a sum of an easy-to-handle nonsmooth and a general-type s

Igor Pikovski, Magdalena Zych, Fabio Costa, Caslav Brukner

The physics of low-energy quantum systems is usually studied without explicit consideration of the background spacetime. Phenomena inherent to quantum theory on curved space-time, such as Hawking radiation, are typically assumed to be only relevant at extreme physical conditions: at high energies and in strong gravitational fields. Here we consider low-energ

Oleg Antipin, Jens Krog, Matin Mojaza, Francesco Sannino

We investigate the vacuum stability as well as the gravitational corrections in extensions of the Standard Model featuring a new complex scalar, and two Dirac fermions for different choices of the hypercharge of the scalar and one of the two fermions. The neutral fermion acquires loop-induced magnetic interactions with the Standard Model and could be identif

Yury Malyshkin, Elliot Paquette

We introduce a new type of preferential attachment tree that includes choices in its evolution, like with Achlioptas processes. At each step in the growth of the graph, a new vertex is introduced. Two possible neighbor vertices are selected independently and with probability proportional to degree. Between the two, the vertex with smaller degree is chosen, a

E. Aprile, M. Alfonsi, K. Arisaka, F. Arneodo

The XENON100 dark matter experiment uses liquid xenon in a time projection chamber (TPC) to measure xenon nuclear recoils resulting from the scattering of dark matter Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). In this paper, we report the observation of single-electron charge signals which are not related to WIMP interactions. These signals, which show th

V. D. Orlovsky, Yu. A. Simonov

Nonperturbative treatment of quark-hadron transition at nonzero temperature T and chemical potential mu in the framework of Field Correlator Method is generalized to the case of nonzero magnetic field B. A compact form of the quark pressure for arbitrary B, mu, T is derived. As a result the transition temperature is found as a function of B and mu, which dep

Liam Watson

We introduce an invariant of tangles in Khovanov homology by considering a natural inverse system of Khovanov homology groups. As application, we derive an invariant of strongly invertible knots; this invariant takes the form of a graded vector space that vanishes if and only if the strongly invertible knot is trivial. While closely tied to Khovanov homology

J. A. R. Cembranos, A. L. Maroto, S. J. Núñez Jareño

We show that the energy-momentum tensor of homogeneous fields of arbitrary spin in an expanding universe is always isotropic in average provided the fields remain bounded and evolve rapidly compared to the rate of expansion. An analytic expression for the average equation of state is obtained for Lagrangians with generic power-law kinetic and potential terms

Dario Benedetti, Filippo Guarnieri

We study the Brans-Dicke theory with arbitrary potential within a functional renormalization group framework. Motivated by the asymptotic safety scenario of quantum gravity and by the well-known relation between f(R) gravity and Brans-Dicke theory at the classical level, we concentrate our analysis on the fixed-point equation for the potential in four dimens

Mariusz Adamski, Janusz Jędrzejewski, Taras Krokhmalskii

We study ground-state correlation functions in one- and two-dimensional lattice models of interacting spinful fermions - BCS-like models, which exhibit continuous quantum phase transitions. The considered models originate from a two-dimensional model of d-wave superconductivity proposed by Sachdev. Due to the exact diagonalizability of the considered models

Oliver Fischer, Jochum J. van der Bij

We consider a model for cold dark matter, which combines a real scalar singlet and a real scalar $SU(2)_L$ triplet field, both of which are residing in the odd representation of a global $Z_2$ symmetry. The parameter space of the model is constrained by the inferred dark matter abundance from the WMAP and Planck data, the most recent results from the direct

J. N. Butler, Z. Ligeti, J. L. Ritchie, V. Cirigliano

This report represents the response of the Intensity Frontier Quark Flavor Physics Working Group to the Snowmass charge. We summarize the current status of quark flavor physics and identify many exciting future opportunities for studying the properties of strange, charm, and bottom quarks. The ability of these studies to reveal the effects of new physics at

Frank Kutzschebauch, Matthias Leuenberger

We give a full description of the Lie algebra generated by locally nilpotent derivations (short LNDs) on smooth Danielewski surfaces $D_p$ given by $xy=p(z)$. In case $\mathrm{deg}(p)\geq 3$ it turns out to be not the whole Lie algebra $\mathrm{VF}_{alg}^ω(D_p)$ of volume preserving algebraic vector fields, thus answering a question posed by Lind and the fir

Adam Paetznick, Krysta M. Svore

We present a decomposition technique that uses non-deterministic circuits to approximate an arbitrary single-qubit unitary to within distance $ε$ and requires significantly fewer non-Clifford gates than existing techniques. We develop &#34;Repeat-Until-Success&#34; (RUS) circuits and characterize unitaries that can be exactly represented as an RUS circuit. O

Simen Å Ellingsen, Iver Brevik

The interaction of surface waves with Couette-type current with uniform vorticity is a well suited problem for students approaching the theory of surface waves. The problem, although mathematically simple, contains rich physics, and is moreover important in several situations from oceanography and marine technology to microfluidics. We here lay out a simple

V. Dobrovolskas, A. Kučinskas, P. Bonifacio, S. A. Korotin

We aim to determine abundances of Li, O and Na in a sample of of 110 turn-off (TO) stars, in order to study the evolution of light elements in this cluster and to put our results in perspective with observations of other globular and open clusters, as well as with field stars. We use medium resolution spectra obtained with the GIRAFFE spectrograph at the ESO

T. Grassi, S. Bovino, D. R. G. Schleicher, J. Prieto

Chemistry plays a key role in many astrophysical situations regulating the cooling and the thermal properties of the gas, which are relevant during gravitational collapse, the evolution of disks and the fragmentation process. In order to simplify the usage of chemical networks in large numerical simulations, we present the chemistry package KROME, consisting

Do-Hyung Kim

It is discussed that Zeeman&#39;s theorem can be directly obtained from Liouville&#39;s theorem if we assume sufficient differentiability.

B. P. P. Mallett, N. Gaston, J. G. Storey, G. V. M. Williams

We show from a bond valence sum correlation that very high superconducting $ T_{c} $ values should be found in optimally hole-doped infinite-layer ACuO$ _{2} $ cuprates - up to 160~K for A = Ba. The projected increase in $ T_{c} $ across the series arises from &#34;internal pressure&#34; effects as A runs from Mg to Ba. We then use density functional theory

Christele Bioche, Pierre Druilhet

We propose a convergence mode for positive Radon measures which allows a sequence of probability measures to have an improper limiting measure. We define a sequence of vague priors as a sequence of probability measures that converges to an improper prior. We consider some cases where vague priors have necessarily large variances and other cases where they ha

Yurii S. Surovtsev, Petr Bydzovsky, Thomas Gutsche, Robert Kaminski

The $f_0$ mesons are studied in a combined analysis of data on the isoscalar S-wave processes $ππ\toππ,K\overline{K},ηη$ and on decays $J/ψ\toϕ(ππ, K\overline{K})$, $ψ(2S)\to J/ψ(ππ)$, and $Υ(2S)\toΥ(1S)ππ$ from the Argus, Crystal Ball, CLEO, CUSB, DM2, Mark II, Mark III, and BES II collaborations. The method of analysis, based on analyticity and unitarity a

Michael I. Eides, Valery A. Shelyuto

We consider three-loop corrections to hyperfine splitting in muonium generated by the gauge invariant set of diagrams with virtual light-by-light scattering block. These diagrams produce both recoil and nonrecoil contributions to hyperfine splitting. Recoil corrections are enhanced by large logarithms of the muon-electron mass ratio. Both nonrecoil and logar

Elena Bandini, Fulvia Confortola

In the present work we employ, for the first time, backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs) to study the optimal control of semi-Markov processes on finite horizon, with general state and action spaces. More precisely, we prove that the value function and the optimal control law can be represented by means of the solution of a class of BSDEs driven

Qingsong Tang, Yuejian Peng, Xiangde Zhang, Cheng Zhao

Frankl and Füredi (1989) conjectured that the $r$-graph with $m$ edges formed by taking the first $m$ sets in the colex ordering of ${\mathbb N}^{(r)}$ has the largest graph-Lagrangian of all $r$-graphs with $m$ edges. In this paper, we establish some bounds for graph-Lagrangians of some special $r$-graphs that support this conjecture.

Joscha Diehl, Peter Friz, Hilmar Mai

We consider the classical estimation problem of an unknown drift parameter within classes of nondegenerate diffusion processes. Using rough path theory (in the sense of T. Lyons), we analyze the Maximum Likelihood Estimator (MLE) with regard to its pathwise stability properties as well as robustness toward misspecification in volatility and even the very nat

E. Costa, E. Ribeiro

The goal of this article is to study the pinching problem proposed by S.-T. Yau in 1990 replacing sectional curvature by one weaker condition on biorthogonal curvature. Moreover, we classify 4-dimensional compact oriented Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative biorthogonal curvature. In particular, we obtain a partial answer to Yau Conjecture on pinching theo

Nabil Ben Nessib, Norah Alonizan, Rabia Qindeel, Sylvie Sahal-Bréchot

Line ratio of O IV 1407.3 Å/1401.1 Å\- is calculated using mostly our own atomic and collisional data. Energy levels and oscillator strengths needed for this calculation have been calculated using a Hartree-Fock relativistic (HFR) approach. The electron collision strengths introduced in the statistic equilibrium equations are fitted by polynomials for differ