December 2013 arXiv papers — page 2

Saeed Nasseh, Sean Sather-Wagstaff

We prove that a local ring $R$ of embedding codepth at most 3 has at most two semidualizing complexes up to shift-isomorphism, namely, $R$ itself and a dualizing $R$-complex if one exists.

Zhao Zhang, Hai-Peng Su

The flavor-mixing induced by the mismatched vector-isoscalar and vector-isovector interactions at finite baryon chemical potential $μ$ and isospin chemical potential $μ_I$ is demonstrated in the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (NJL) type model of QCD. The influence of this non-anomaly flavor-mixing on the possible separate chiral transitions at nonzero $μ_I$ is studied u

Eli Hanukah

Higher order closed-form formulation for Neo-Hookean shell is presented. New solution for natural frequency of free vibration of a hemisphere is derived.

Daniel Fresen

Let $(X,\left\Vert \cdot \right\Vert )$ be a real normed space of dimension $N\in \mathbb{N}$ with a basis $(e_{i})_{1}^{N}$ such that the norm is invariant under coordinate permutations. Assume for simplicity that the basis constant is at most $2$. Consider any $n\in \mathbb{N}$ and $0<\varepsilon <1/4$ such that $n\leq c(\log \varepsilon ^{-1})^{-1}\log N$

Andrew Lamperski, Noah J. Cowan

This paper examines stochastic optimal control problems in which the state is perfectly known, but the controller&#39;s measure of time is a stochastic process derived from a strictly increasing Lévy process. We provide dynamic programming results for continuous-time finite-horizon control and specialize these results to solve a noisy-time variant of the lin

Ping Li, Cun-Hui Zhang, Tong Zhang

Compressed sensing (sparse signal recovery) often encounters nonnegative data (e.g., images). Recently we developed the methodology of using (dense) Compressed Counting for recovering nonnegative K-sparse signals. In this paper, we adopt very sparse Compressed Counting for nonnegative signal recovery. Our design matrix is sampled from a maximally-skewed p-st

Andrew M. Taylor

In light of the increasingly heavy UHECR composition at the highest energies, as observed by the Pierre Auger Observatory, the implications of these results on the actual source composition and spectra are investigated. Depending on the maximum energy of the particles accelerated, sources producing hard spectra and/or containing a considerably enhanced heavy

Anqi Cheng, Anna Hasenfratz, Yuzhi Liu, Gregory Petropoulos

The slowly evolving gauge coupling of gauge-fermion systems near the conformal window makes numerical investigations of these models challenging. We consider finite size scaling and show that this often used technique leads to inconsistent results if the leading order scaling corrections are neglected. When the corrections are included the results become con

Yijia Gu, Menglei Li, Anna N. Morozovska, Yi Wang

Using the classic ferroelectric BaTiO$_3$ as an example, we show that the 180 degree ferroelectric domain wall, long considered to be of Ising-type and charge neural, contains both Bloch and Neel type polarization components, and is thus charged. The bound charge density at the wall may reach as high as 10$^6$~10$^7$ Cm$^{-3}$. It is demonstrated that the fl

Peter Knabner, Jean Roberts

We consider a model for flow in a porous medium with a fracture in which the flow in the fracture is governed by the Darcy-Forchheimer law while that in the surrounding matrix is governed by Darcy&#39;s law. We give an appropriate mixed, variational formulation and show existence and uniqueness of the solution. To show existence we give an analogous formulat

Gilles Pagès, Jun Yu

We establish the pointwise convergence of the iterative Lloyd algorithm, also known as $k$-means algorithm, when the quadratic quantization error of the starting grid (with size $N\ge 2$) is lower than the minimal quantization error with respect to the input distribution is lower at level $N-1$. Such a protocol is known as the splitting method and allows for

Benoit Cornu, Lionel Seinturier, Martin Monperrus

In software, there are the errors anticipated at specification and design time, those encountered at development and testing time, and those that happen in production mode yet never anticipated. In this paper, we aim at reasoning on the ability of software to correctly handle unanticipated exceptions. We propose an algorithm, called short-circuit testing, wh

Adi Adimurthi, G. D. Veerappa Gowda, Jérôme Jaffré

The DFLU numerical flux was introduced in order to solve hyperbolic scalar conservation laws with a flux function discontinuous in space. We show how this flux can be used to solve certain class of systems of conservation laws such as systems modeling polymer flooding in oil reservoir engineering. Furthermore, these results are extended to the case where the

Suryajith Chillara, Partha Mukhopadhyay

Recently, Gupta et.al. [GKKS2013] proved that over Q any $n^{O(1)}$-variate and $n$-degree polynomial in VP can also be computed by a depth three $ΣΠΣ$ circuit of size $2^{O(\sqrt{n}\log^{3/2}n)}$. Over fixed-size finite fields, Grigoriev and Karpinski proved that any $ΣΠΣ$ circuit that computes $Det_n$ (or $Perm_n$) must be of size $2^{Ω(n)}$ [GK1998]. In t

Daniel D. Hickstein, Franklin Dollar, Jim A. Gaffney, Mark E. Foord

In a novel experiment that images the momentum distribution of individual, isolated 100-nm-scale plasmas, we make the first experimental observation of shock waves in nanoplasmas. We demonstrate that the introduction of a heating pulse prior to the main laser pulse increases the intensity of the shock wave, producing a strong burst of quasi-monochromatic ion

Ankur A. Kulkarni, Uday V. Shanbhag

In Stackelberg v/s Stackelberg games a collection of leaders compete in a Nash game constrained by the equilibrium conditions of another Nash game amongst the followers. The resulting equilibrium problems are plagued by the nonuniqueness of follower equilibria and nonconvexity of leader problems whereby the problem of providing sufficient conditions for exis

Paul Cazeaux, Olivier Zahm

In this paper, we study numerical homogenization methods based on integral equations. Our work is motivated by materials such as concrete, modeled as composites structured as randomly distributed inclusions imbedded in a matrix. We investigate two integral reformulations of the corrector problem to be solved, namely the equivalent inclusion method based on t

Alexandre Jollivet

We define scattering data for the relativistic Newton equation in an electric field $-\nabla V\in C^1(\R^n,\R^n)$, $n\ge 2$, and in a magnetic field $B\in C^1(\R^n,A_n(\R))$ that decay at infinity like $r^{-α-1}$ for some $α\in (0,1]$, where $A_n(\R)$ is the space of $n\times n$ antisymmetric matrices. We provide estimates on the scattering solutions and on

Tehani K. Finch

The Painleve-Gullstrand coordinates provide a convenient framework for presenting the Schwarzschild geometry because of their flat constant-time hypersurfaces, and the fact that they are free of coordinate singularities outside r=0. Generalizations of Painleve-Gullstrand coordinates suitable for the Kerr geometry have been presented by Doran and Natario. The

Steve N&#39;Guyen, Clément Moulin-Frier, Jacques Droulez

We propose a new approach for solving a class of discrete decision making problems under uncertainty with positive cost. This issue concerns multiple and diverse fields such as engineering, economics, artificial intelligence, cognitive science and many others. Basically, an agent has to choose a single or series of actions from a set of options, without know

Varujan Atabekyan

We have proved that the group of all inner automorphisms of the free Burnside group $B(m,n)$ is the unique normal subgroup in $Aut(B(m,n))$ among all its subgroups, which are isomorphic to free Burnside group $B(s,n)$ of some rank $s$ for all odd $n\ge1003$ and $m>1$. It follows that the group of automorphisms $Aut(B(m,n))$ of the free Burnside group $B(m,n)

M. V. Lebedev

It is shown that probabilities of photon detection can be found on the basis of consideration of the phase space sells filling for an ideal photon gas, which led Bose to the derivation of the Planks law. These probabilities are directly connected to photon localization properties consistent with the entropy of a dilute photon gas found by Einstein.

Jacques Pienaar

It is currently unknown whether the laws of physics permit time travel into the past. While general relativity indicates the theoretical possibility of causality violation, it is now widely accepted that a theory of quantum gravity must play an essential role in such cases. As a striking example, the logical paradoxes usually associated with causality violat

A. P. James, B. V. Dasarathy

Medical image fusion is the process of registering and combining multiple images from single or multiple imaging modalities to improve the imaging quality and reduce randomness and redundancy in order to increase the clinical applicability of medical images for diagnosis and assessment of medical problems. Multi-modal medical image fusion algorithms and devi

Robin A. Damion, Aleksandra Radjenovic, Eileen Ingham, Zhongmin Jin

We develop a curvilinear invariant set of the diffusion tensor which may be applied to Diffusion Tensor Imaging measurements on tissues and porous media. This new set is an alternative to the more common invariants such as fractional anisotropy and the diffusion mode. The alternative invariant set possesses a different structure to the other known invariant

Tomasz Kociumaka, Jakub Radoszewski, Wojciech Rytter, Solon P. Pissis

A factor $u$ of a word $w$ is a cover of $w$ if every position in $w$ lies within some occurrence of $u$ in $w$. A word $w$ covered by $u$ thus generalizes the idea of a repetition, that is, a word composed of exact concatenations of $u$. In this article we introduce a new notion of $α$-partial cover, which can be viewed as a relaxed variant of cover, that i

Haim Weissmann, Nadav M. Shnerb

The process of desertification is usually modeled as a first order transition, where a change of an external parameter (e.g. precipitation) leads to a catastrophic bifurcation followed by an ecological regime shift. However, vegetation elements like shrubs and trees undergo a stochastic birth-death process with an absorbing state; such a process supports a s

Michael Zibulevsky

This is an overview paper written in style of research proposal. In recent years we introduced a general framework for large-scale unconstrained optimization -- Sequential Subspace Optimization (SESOP) and demonstrated its usefulness for sparsity-based signal/image denoising, deconvolution, compressive sensing, computed tomography, diffraction imaging, suppo

Ranber Singh, Sam Azadi, Thomas D. Kühne

We present theoretical calculations of the Raman and IR spectra, as well as electronic properties at zero and finite temperature to elucidate the crystal structure of phase III of solid molecular hydrogen. We find that anharmonic finite temperature are particularly important and qualitatively influences the main conclusions. While P6$_3$/m is the most likely

M. V. Lebedev

The problem of the change of photon distribution of thermal light passing through the body surface into the vacuum is discussed. It is shown that the usual assumption that each photon passes through the boundary totally independent of others contradicts the expression for the fluctuation of thermal light found by A. Einstein.

L. M. Leon Hilario, A. A. Aligia

We solve the low-energy part of the spectrum of a model that describes a cavity mode strongly coupled to an exciton, and both modes coupled to continua of bosonic excitations which give rise to homogeneous broadenig. The spectral density of the cavity modes in the low-energy manifold agrees with measured photoluminiscense spectra. We suggest fitting these sp

Masaki Hanamura

We introduce the notion of a quasi DG category, generalizing that of a DG category. To a quasi DG category satisfying certain additional conditions, we associate another quasi DG category, the quasi DG category of $C$-diagrams. We then show the homotopy category of the quasi DG category of $C$-diagrams has the structure of a triangulated category. This proce

Alexander Dirmeier

For $2+1$ spacetime dimensions, we derive sufficient conditions for the twisting function in a twisted product spacetime, such that there is a global foliation by spacelike CMC surfaces.

Florian Gimbert, Chi-Cheng Lee, Rainer Friedlein, Antoine Fleurence

The interplay of $sp^2$- and $sp^3$-type bonding defines silicon allotropes in two- and three-dimensional forms. A novel two-dimensional phase bearing structural resembleance to a single MoS$_2$ layer is found to possess a lower total energy than low-buckled silicene and to be stable in terms of its phonon dispersion relations. A new set of cigar-shaped, nem

Masaki Hanamura

We establish a theory of complexes of relative correspondences. The theory generalizes the known theory of complexes of correspondences of smooth projective varieties. It will be applied in the sequel of this paper to the construction of the triangulated category of motives over a base variety.

Barry R. Holstein, Stefan Scherer

Electromagnetic polarizabilities describe the response of a system to the application of an external quasi-static electric or magnetic field. In this article experimental and theoretical work addressing the polarizabilities of the light hadrons is examined.

Einan Gardi

I review the recent progress in studying long-distance singularities in gauge-theory scattering amplitudes in terms of Wilson lines. The non-Abelian exponentiation theorem, which has been recently generalised to the case of multi-leg amplitudes, states that diagrams exponentiate such that the colour factors in the exponent are fully connected. After a brief

Uttam Bhattacharya, Amit Kumar Rahut, Sujoy De

Today it is crucial for organizations to pay even greater attention on quality management as the importance of this function in achieving ultimate business objectives is increasingly becoming clearer. Importance of the Quality Management Function in achieving basic need by ensuring compliance with Capability Maturity Model Integrated or International Organiz

J. Y. Zou, F. F Wu, Y. L. Yang, B. G. Sun

The new beam position monitor (BPM) system of the injector at the upgrade project of Hefei Light Source (HLS II) has 19 stripline beam position monitors. Most consist of four orthogonal symmetric stripline electrodes. The differences in electronic gain and mismachining tolerance can cause the change of the beam response of the BPM electrodes. This variation

S. D. Ganichev, S. A. Tarasenko, J. Karch, J. Kamann

We report on the observation of magnetic quantum ratchet effect in metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistors on silicon surface (Si-MOSFETs). We show that the excitation of an unbiased transistor by ac electric field of terahertz radiation at normal incidence leads to a direct electric current between the source and drain contacts if the transistor

Nil Kamal Hazra, Asok K. Nanda

Optimum lifetime of a series (resp. parallel) system with general standby component(s) always depends on allocation strategy of standby component(s) into the system. Here, we discuss three different models of one or more standby compo- nents. In each model, we compare different series (resp. parallel) systems (which are formed through different allocation st

Avinash N Bhute, B B Meshram

Due to the extensive use of information technology and the recent developments in multimedia systems, the amount of multimedia data available to users has increased exponentially. Video is an example of multimedia data as it contains several kinds of data such as text, image, meta-data, visual and audio. Content based video retrieval is an approach for facil

Stefan Born, Alexander Dirmeier

We investigate sufficient conditions for real-valued functions on product spaces to be bounded from above by sums or products of functions which depend only on points in the respective factors.

Hugues Auvray

A Poincaré type Kähler metric on the complement X\D of a simple normal crossing divisor D, in a compact Kähler manifold X, is a Kähler metric on X\D with cusp singularity along D. We relate the Futaki character for holomorphic vector fields parallel to the divisor, defined for any fixed Poincaré type Kähler class, to the classical Futaki character for the re

Hugues Auvray

Consider a compact Kähler manifold X with a simple normal crossing divisor D, and define Poincaré type metrics on X\D as Kähler metrics on X\D with cusp singularities along D. We prove that the existence of a constant scalar curvature (resp. an extremal) Poincaré type Kähler metric on X\D implies the existence of a constant scalar curvature (resp. an extrema

L. A. Pastur, V. V. Slavin, A. A. Krivchikov

The ground state of interacting particles on a disordered one-dimensional host-lattice is studied by a direct numerical method. It is shown that if the concentration of particles is small, then even a weak disorder of the host-lattice breaks the long-range order of Generalized Wigner Crystal, replacing it by the sequence of blocks (domains) of particles with

Cunjing Ge, Feifei Ma, Jian Zhang

The volume is an important attribute of a convex body. In general, it is quite difficult to calculate the exact volume. But in many cases, it suffices to have an approximate value. Volume estimation methods for convex bodies have been extensively studied in theory, however, there is still a lack of practical implementations of such methods. In this paper, we

Oshri Naparstek, Amir Leshem

In this paper we analyze the expected time complexity of the auction algorithm for the matching problem on random bipartite graphs. We prove that the expected time complexity of the auction algorithm for bipartite matching is $O\left(\frac{N\log^2(N)}{\log\left(Np\right)}\right)$ on sequential machines. This is equivalent to other augmenting path algorithms

Rajesh Ranganath, Sean Gerrish, David M. Blei

Variational inference has become a widely used method to approximate posteriors in complex latent variables models. However, deriving a variational inference algorithm generally requires significant model-specific analysis, and these efforts can hinder and deter us from quickly developing and exploring a variety of models for a problem at hand. In this paper

Dinesh Govindaraj, Raman Sankaran, Sreedal Menon, Chiranjib Bhattacharyya

Multiple Kernel Learning(MKL) on Support Vector Machines(SVMs) has been a popular front of research in recent times due to its success in application problems like Object Categorization. This success is due to the fact that MKL has the ability to choose from a variety of feature kernels to identify the optimal kernel combination. But the initial formulation

Nicola Blefari Melazzi, Andrea Detti, Mayutan Arumaithurai, K. K. Ramakrishnan

We propose Internames, an architectural framework in which names are used to identify all entities involved in communication: contents, users, devices, logical as well as physical points involved in the communication, and services. By not having a static binding between the name of a communication entity and its current location, we allow entities to be mobi

Hwanhee Lee, Tetsuya Magara

The generation of outflows from the Sun known as solar winds is coupled with the heating of the solar corona, and both processes are operated in magnetic structures formed on the Sun. To study the magnetic configuration responsible for these processes, we use three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations to reproduce magnetic structures via flux emergenc

Shravan M. Hanasoge, Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

Surface granulation of the Sun is primarily a consequence of thermal transport in the outer 1 % of the radius. Its typical scale of about 1 - 2 Mm is set by the balance between convection, free-streaming radiation, and the strong density stratification in the surface layers. The physics of granulation is well understood, as demonstrated by the close agreemen

Farshad Merrikh-Bayat, Farhad Bayat

As a well understood classical fact, non- minimum phase zeros of the process located in a feedback connection cannot be cancelled by the corresponding poles of controller since such a cancellation leads to internal instability. This impossibility of cancellation is the source of many limitations in dealing with the feedback control of non-minimum phase proce

Yukun Bao, Tao Xiong, Zhongyi Hu

Multi-step-ahead time series prediction is one of the most challenging research topics in the field of time series modeling and prediction, and is continually under research. Recently, the multiple-input several multiple-outputs (MISMO) modeling strategy has been proposed as a promising alternative for multi-step-ahead time series prediction, exhibiting adva

Farshad Merrikh-Bayat

According to the long-memory principle appears in fractional-order dynamical systems, analysis of these systems is commonly more complicated than those described by nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Another difficulty is due to the fact that some classical tools such as the Lyapunov stability theorems cannot directly be applied to nonlinear fraction

Sibasish Ghosh, Ajit Iqbal Singh

The purpose of this paper is to study the equivalence relation on unitary bases defined by R. F. Werner [{\it J. Phys. A: Math. Gen.} {\bf 34} (2001) 7081], relate it to local operations on maximally entangled vectors bases, find an invariant for equivalence classes in terms of certain commuting systems, and, relate it to mutually unbiased bases and Hadamard

Elena Tolkova, Theo Schaad

Data from earthquake measurements using a Nano-Resolution Pressure Sensor and a co-located Ocean Bottom Seismometer have been compared and analyzed. It is shown that the Nano-Resolution Pressure Sensor can serve as a vertical OBS. Moreover, using the pressure sensor in conjunction with a seismometer helps to separate the ocean and seismic signals.

Christopher Park Mooney

In this paper, we continue the program initiated by I. Beck&#39;s now classical paper concerning zero-divisor graphs of commutative rings. After the success of much research regarding zero-divisor graphs, many authors have turned their attention to studying divisor graphs of non-zero elements in the ring, the so called irreducible divisor graph. In this pape

Changhong Li, Yeuk-Kwan E. Cheung

We investigate the spectrum of cosmological perturbations in a bounce cosmos modeled by a scalar field coupled to the string tachyon field (CSTB cosmos). By explicit computation of its primordial spectral index we show the power spectrum of curvature perturbations, generated during the tachyon matter dominated contraction phase, to be nearly scale invariant.

Shraddha S. Shinde, Prof. Anagha P. Khedkar

In identity management system, commonly used biometric recognition system needs attention towards issue of biometric template protection as far as more reliable solution is concerned. In view of this biometric template protection algorithm should satisfy security, discriminability and cancelability. As no single template protection method is capable of satis

Christopher Park Mooney

Recently there has been a flurry of research on generalized factorization techniques in both integral domains and rings with zero-divisors, namely $τ$-factorization. There are several ways that authors have studied factorization in rings with zero-divisors. This paper focuses on the method of regular factorizations introduced by D.D. Anderson and S. Valdes-L

W. M. Seif, D. N. Basu

The parabolic approximation to the equation of state of the isospin asymmetric nuclear matter (ANM) is widely used in the literature to make predictions for the nuclear structure and the neutron star properties. Based on the realistic M3Y-Paris and M3Y-Reid nucleon-nucleon interactions, we investigate the effects of the higher-order symmetry energy on the pr

Jochen Schmid

We establish adiabatic theorems with and without spectral gap condition for general operators $A(t): D(A(t)) \subset X \to X$ with possibly time-dependent domains in a Banach space $X$. We first prove adiabatic theorems with uniform and non-uniform spectral gap condition (including a slightly extended adiabatic theorem of higher order). In these adiabatic th

Christopher Park Mooney

Much work has been done on generalized factorization techniques in integral domains, namely $τ$-factorization. There has also been substantial progress made in investigating factorization in commutative rings with zero-divisors. There are many ways authors have decided to study factorization when zero-divisors present. This paper focuses on the method $τ$-co

Iuliana Teodorescu, Chris Tsokos

This paper is a continuation of the statistical modeling of the nonlinear relationship between atmospheric CO2 and attributable variables that can account for emissions, based on data from EU countries, in order to compare the relevant findings to those obtained in the case of US data, in [1, 2]. The current study was initiated in [3], leading to the optimal

Yin Tat Lee

In this paper, we introduce a variant of spectral sparsification, called probabilistic $(\varepsilon,δ)$-spectral sparsification. Roughly speaking, it preserves the cut value of any cut $(S,S^{c})$ with an $1\pm\varepsilon$ multiplicative error and a $δ\left|S\right|$ additive error. We show how to produce a probabilistic $(\varepsilon,δ)$-spectral sparsifie

Kelvin J. A. Ooi, Ping Bai, Ming Xia Gu, Lay Kee Ang

A novel plasmonic waveguide-coupled nanocavity with a monopole antenna is proposed to localize the optical power from a hybrid plasmonic waveguide and subsequently convert it into electrical current. The nanocavity is designed as a Fabry-Pérot waveguide resonator, while the monopole antenna is made of a metallic nanorod directly mounted onto the metallic par

Jie Liu

We develop a combined field formulation for the fluid structure (FS) interaction problem. The unknowns are (u;p;v), being the fluid velocity, fluid pressure and solid velocity. This combined field formulation uses Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) description for the fluid and Lagrangian description for the solid. It automatically enforces the simultaneous

Yong Xia, Yu-Jun Gong, Sheng-Nan Han

In this paper, by improving the variable-splitting approach, we propose a new semidefinite programming (SDP) relaxation for the nonconvex quadratic optimization problem over the $\ell_1$ unit ball (QPL1). It dominates the state-of-the-art SDP-based bound for (QPL1). As extensions, we apply the new approach to the relaxation problem of the sparse principal co

Huichao Song

In this article, we briefly review recent progress on hydrodynamic modeling and its implementations to relativistic heavy-ion collisions at RHIC and the LHC. The related topics include: 1) initial state fluctuations, final state correlations and event-by-event hydrodynamics, 2) extracting the QGP shear viscosity from flow data, 3) flow and hydrodynamics in 5

Jacob R. Colbert, Patrick A. Lee

We propose a method of measuring the fermion parity lifetime of Majorana fermion modes due to quasiparticle poisoning. We model quasiparticle poisoning by coupling the Majorana modes to electron reservoirs, explicitly breaking parity conservation in the system. This poisoning broadens and shortens the resonance peak associated with Majorana modes. In a two l

Sanket Kamthe, Jan Peters, Marc P Deisenroth

Multi-modal densities appear frequently in time series and practical applications. However, they cannot be represented by common state estimators, such as the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) and the Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF), which additionally suffer from the fact that uncertainty is often not captured sufficiently well, which can result in incoherent and

Christopher Beetle, Shawn Wilder

This note describes a local scheme to characterize and normalize an axial Killing field on a general Riemannian geometry. No global assumptions are necessary, such as that the orbits of the Killing field all have period $2 π$. Rather, any Killing field that vanishes at at least one point necessarily has the expected global properties.

Christopher Beetle, Shawn Wilder

An approximate Killing field may be defined on a compact, Riemannian geometry by solving an eigenvalue problem for a certain elliptic operator. This paper studies the effect of small perturbations in the Riemannian metric on the resulting vector field. It shows that small metric perturbations, as measured using a Sobolev-type supremum norm on the space of Ri

Pierre Derbez, Yi Liu, Shicheng Wang

We study the set ${\rm vol}\left(M,G\right)$ of volumes of all representations $ρ\coπ_1M\to G$, where $M$ is a closed oriented $3$-manifold and $G$ is either ${\rm Iso}_+{\Hi}^3$ or ${\rm Iso}_e\t{\rm SL_2(\R)}$. By various methods, including relations between the volume of representations and the Chern--Simons invariants of flat connections, and recent resu

Jian Liu, Luana S. Pedroza, Carissa Misch, Maria V. Fernández-Serra

We present total energy and force calculations on the (GaN)$_{1-x}$(ZnO)$_{x}$ alloy. Site-occupancy configurations are generated by Monte Carlo (MC) simulations, based on a cluster expansion (CE) model proposed in a previous study. Surprisingly large local atomic coordinate relaxations are found by density-functional calculations using a 432-atom periodic s

Sarabjeet Singh, Christopher R. Myers

Power-law scalings are ubiquitous to physical phenomena undergoing a continuous phase transition. The classic Susceptible-Infectious-Recovered (SIR) model of epidemics is one such example where the scaling behavior near a critical point has been studied extensively. In this system the distribution of outbreak sizes scales as $P(n) \sim n^{-3/2}$ at the criti

Ricardo Jimenez-Martinez, Daniel J. Kennedy, Michael Rosenbluh, Elizabeth A. Donley

Optically hyperpolarized $^{129}$Xe gas has become a powerful contrast agent in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and imaging, with applications ranging from studies of the human lung to the targeted detection of biomolecules. Equally attractive is its potential use to enhance the sensitivity of microfluidic NMR experiments, in which small sample

B. Guo, Z. H. Li, Y. J. Li, J. Su

Fluorine is a key element for nucleosynthetic studies since it is extremely sensitive to the physical conditions within stars. The astrophysical site to produce fluorine is suggested to be asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars. In these stars the 15N(n, g)16N reaction could affect the abundance of fluorine by competing with 15N(a, g)19F. The 15N(n, g)16N react

Kazuo Muroi

In the present paper I shall clarify the Babylonian method by which many large tables of reciprocals could be constructed.

Kazuo Fujikawa, C. H. Oh, Chengjie Zhang

We re-examine d=4 hidden-variables-models for a system of two spin-$1/2$ particles in view of the concrete model of Hardy, who analyzed the criterion of entanglement without referring to inequality. The basis of our analysis is the linearity of the probability measure related to the Born probability interpretation, which excludes non-contextual hidden-variab

Luigi Brugnano, Gianluca Frasca Caccia, Felice Iavernaro

In this paper we define an efficient implementation for the family of low-rank energy-conserving Runge-Kutta methods named Hamiltonian Boundary Value Methods (HBVMs), recently defined in the last years. The proposed implementation relies on the particular structure of the Butcher matrix defining such methods, for which we can derive an efficient splitting pr

Junjian Qi, Shengwei Mei

Cascading failures triggered by trivial initial events are encountered in many complex systems. It is the interaction and coupling between components of the system that causes cascading failures. We propose a simple model to simulate cascading failure by using the matrix that determines how components interact with each other. A careful comparison is made be

Wu Hau-Tieng, Chan Yi-Hsin, Lin Yu-Ting, Yeh Yung-Hsin

The acquisition of breathing dynamics without directly recording the respiratory signals is beneficial in many clinical settings. The electrocardiography (ECG)-derived respiration (EDR) algorithm enables data acquisition in this manner. However, the EDR algorithm fails in analyzing such data for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) because of their highly

Guang Ping He

In quantum weak oblivious transfer, Alice sends Bob two bits and Bob can learn one of the bits at his choice. It was found that the security of such a protocol is bounded by $2P_{Alice}^{\ast }+P_{Bob}^{\ast }\geq 2$, where $P_{Alice}^{\ast }$ is the probability with which Alice can guess Bob&#39;s choice, and $P_{Bob}^{\ast }$ is the probability with which

Grzegorz Chimczak

It is proved that a qubit encoded in excited states of a V-type quantum system cannot be perfectly transferred to the state of the cavity field mode using a single rectangular laser pulse. This obstacle can be overcome by using a two-stage protocol, in which the fidelity of a state-mapping operation can be increased to nearly one.

William Cunningham, Joel Giedt

We study the single site lattice gauge theory of SU(N) coupled to one Dirac flavor of fermion in the adjoint representation. We utilize Möbius fermions for this study, and accelerate the calculation with graphics processing units (GPUs). Our Monte Carlo simulations indicate that for sufficiently large inverse &#39;t Hooft coupling b = 1/g^2 N, and for N \leq

Vladimir Voevodsky

This paper contains a discussion of a library of formalized mathematics for the proof assistant Coq which the author worked on in 2011-13.

Daniel R. Lester, Richard Buscall, Anthony D. Stickland, Peter J. Scales

Wall adhesion effects during batch sedimentation of strongly flocculated colloidal gels are commonly assumed to be negligible. In this study in-situ measurements of colloidal gel rheology and solids volume fraction distribution suggest the contrary, where significant wall adhesion effects are observed in a 110mm diameter settling column. We develop and valid

Arkady D&#39;yachkov, Ilya Vorobyev, Nikita Polianskii, Vladislav Shchukin

A binary code is called a superimposed cover-free $(s,\ell)$-code if the code is identified by the incidence matrix of a family of finite sets in which no intersection of $\ell$ sets is covered by the union of $s$ others. A binary code is called a superimposed list-decoding $s_L$-code if the code is identified by the incidence matrix of a family of finite se

Mark Edelman

In this paper the author presents the results of the preliminary investigation of fractional dynamical systems based on the results of numerical simulations of fractional maps. Fractional maps are equivalent to fractional differential equations describing systems experiencing periodic kicks. Their properties depend on the value of two parameters: the non-lin

T. Yu, M. W. Wu

We investigate the valley depolarization due to the electron-hole exchange interaction in monolayer MoS$_{2}$. Both the long- and short-range parts of the intra- and inter-valley electron-hole exchange interactions are calculated. We find that both the long- and short-range exchange interactions can cause the inter- and intra-valley bright exciton transition

Thomas I. Maindl, Rudolf Dvorak, Roland Speith, Christoph Schäfer

Context. We investigate the effects of including material strength in multi-material planetesimal collisions. Aims. The differences between strengthless material models and including the full elasto-plastic model for solid bodies with brittle failure and fragmentation when treating collisions of asteroid-sized bodies as they occur frequently in early planeta

Alexandr Andoni, Aleksandar Nikolov, Krzysztof Onak, Grigory Yaroslavtsev

We give algorithms for geometric graph problems in the modern parallel models inspired by MapReduce. For example, for the Minimum Spanning Tree (MST) problem over a set of points in the two-dimensional space, our algorithm computes a $(1+ε)$-approximate MST. Our algorithms work in a constant number of rounds of communication, while using total space and comm

R. L. N. Oliveira, M. M. Guzzo, P. C. de Holanda

We use the open quantum systems framework to analyze the MINOS data and perform this analysis considering two different dissipative models. In the first model, the dissipative parameter describes decoherence effect and in the second, the dissipative parameter describes other dissipative effects including decoherence. With the second model it is possible to s

Eolo Di Casola, Stefano Liberati, Sebastiano Sonego

We propose the almost-geodesic motion of self-gravitating test bodies as a possible selection rule among metric theories of gravity. Starting from a heuristic statement, the &#34;gravitational weak equivalence principle&#34;, we build a formal, operative test able to probe the validity of the principle for any metric theory of gravity, in an arbitrary number

D0 Collaboration

The electron and photon reconstruction and identification algorithms used by the D0 Collaboration at the Fermilab Tevatron collider are described. The determination of the electron energy scale and resolution is presented. Studies of the performance of the electron and photon reconstruction and identification are summarized.

S. K. Lee, J. Cho, K. S. Choi

Non-equilibrium quantum dynamics represents an emerging paradigm for condensed matter physics, quantum information science, and statistical mechanics. Strongly interacting Rydberg atoms offer an attractive platform to study driven-dissipative dynamics of quantum spin models with long-range order. Here, we explore the conditions under which stationary many-bo

Michael Cole, Maciej Dunajski

We demonstrate how the complex integral formula for the Airy functions arises from Penrose&#39;s twistor contour integral formula. We then use the Lax formulation of the isomonodromy problem with one irregular singularity of order four to show that the Airy equation arises from the anti-self-duality equations for conformal structures of neutral signature inv