August 2014 arXiv papers — page 25

David A. McGady, Laurentiu Rodina

Modern on-shell S-matrix methods may dramatically improve our understanding of perturbative quantum gravity, but current foundations of on-shell techniques for General Relativity still rely on off-shell Feynman diagram analysis. Here, we complete the fully on-shell proof of Ref.~\cite{ST} that the recursion relations of Britto, Cachazo, Feng, and Witten (BCF

Matjaz Perc

The Matthew effect describes the phenomenon that in societies the rich tend to get richer and the potent even more powerful. It is closely related to the concept of preferential attachment in network science, where the more connected nodes are destined to acquire many more links in the future than the auxiliary nodes. Cumulative advantage and success-breads-

Abhirup Datta, David E. Schenck, Jack O. Burns, Samuel W. Skillman

The galaxy cluster Abell 3667 is an ideal laboratory to study the plasma processes in the intracluster medium (ICM). High resolution Chandra X-ray observations show a cold front in Abell 3667. At radio wavelengths, Abell 3667 reveals a double radio-relic feature in the outskirts of the cluster. These suggest multiple merger events in this cluster. In this pa

Toby Cubitt, David Elkouss, William Matthews, Maris Ozols

Transmitting data reliably over noisy communication channels is one of the most important applications of information theory, and well understood when the channel is accurately modelled by classical physics. However, when quantum effects are involved, we do not know how to compute channel capacities. The capacity to transmit quantum information is essential

Mausumi Dikpati, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Dhrubaditya Mitra

Accurate knowledge of time-variation in meridional flow-speed and profile is crucial for estimating a solar cycle's features, which are ultimately responsible for causing space climate variations. However, no consensus has been reached yet about the Sun's meridional circulation pattern observations and theories. By implementing an Ensemble Kalman Fil

Robin Houston

A superpermutation on $n$ symbols is a string that contains each of the $n!$ permutations of the $n$ symbols as a contiguous substring. The shortest superpermutation on $n$ symbols was conjectured to have length $\sum_{i=1}^n i!$. The conjecture had been verified for $n \leq 5$. We disprove it by exhibiting an explicit counterexample for $n=6$. This countere

S. Ahmad, M. Farooq, S. Bashir, H. jahan

Event by event fluctuations of particle multiplicities and their ratios are considered to be sensitive probes to the exotic phenomena in high energy heavy ion collisions like phase transtion or the occurence of critical point. These phenomena might take place at different time after the collision based on fulfilling the required conditions at a particular ti

Alain Le Yaouanc, Olivier Pene

We first discuss Uraltsev's and other sum rules constraining the $B \to D^{**}(L=1)$ weak transitions in the infinite mass limit, and compare them with dynamical approaches in the same limit. After recalling these well established facts, we discuss how to apply infinite mass limit to the physical situation. We provide predictions concerning semi-leptonic

Jean-Marc Ginoux, Bruno Rossetto

On April 30th 2008, the journal Nature announced that the missing circuit element, postulated thirty-seven years before by Professor Leon O. Chua has been found. Thus, after the capacitor, the resistor and the inductor, the existence of a fourth fundamental element of electronic circuits called "memristor" was established. In order to point out the i

Jason L. Evans, Keith A. Olive

We consider models of Pure Gravity Mediation in which scalar mass universality is imposed at the grand unified scale and gaugino masses are generated through loops. The minimal model requires a very restricted range for $\tan β\approx 2-3$ and scalar masses (set by the gravitino mass) of order 300 TeV - 1.5 PeV in order to obtain a Higgs mass near 126 GeV. H

Michael B. Cohen, Yin Tat Lee, Cameron Musco, Christopher Musco

Random sampling has become a critical tool in solving massive matrix problems. For linear regression, a small, manageable set of data rows can be randomly selected to approximate a tall, skinny data matrix, improving processing time significantly. For theoretical performance guarantees, each row must be sampled with probability proportional to its statistica

Soha Farhat, Bernard Cousin, Samer Lahoud, Samhat Abed Ellatif

In this paper, we propose a hybrid decision algorithm for the selection of the access in multi-operator networks environment, where competing operators share their radio access networks to meet traffic and data rate demands. The proposed algorithm guarantees the user satisfaction and a global gain for all cooperating operators. Simulation results prove the e

Daniel Maier, Chris Tenzer, Andrea Santangelo

Linear polarization measurements provide access to two quantities, the degree (DOP) and the angle of polarization (AOP). The aim of this work is to give a complete and concise overview of how to analyze polarimetric measurements. We review interval estimations for the DOP with a frequentist and a Bayesian approach. Point estimations for the DOP and interval

Sandeep Sharma, Garnet Kin-Lic Chan

We describe a formulation of multi-reference perturbation theory that obtains a rigorous upper bound to the second order energy by minimizing the Hylleraas functional in the space of matrix product states (MPS). The first order wavefunctions so obtained can also be used to compute the third order energy with little overhead. Our formulation has several advan

Sandeep Sharma, Takeshi Yanai, George H. Booth, C. J. Umrigar

We combine explicit correlation via the canonical transcorrelation approach with the density matrix renormalization group and initiator full configuration interaction quantum Monte Carlo methods to compute a near-exact beryllium dimer curve, {\it without} the use of composite methods. In particular, our direct density matrix renormalization group calculation

Dietmar Drung, Christian Krause, Ulrich Becker, Hansjörg Scherer

An ultrastable low-noise current amplifier (ULCA) is presented. The ULCA is a non-cryogenic instrument based on specially designed operational amplifiers and resistor networks. It involves two stages, the first providing a 1000-fold current gain and the second performing a current-to-voltage conversion via an internal 1 MOhm reference resistor or, optionally

Paul Fili, Charles L. Samuels

Recently, Dubickas and Smyth constructed and examined the metric Mahler measure and the metric naïve height on the multiplicative group of algebraic numbers. We give a non-Archimedean version of the metric Mahler measure, denoted $M_\infty$, and prove that $M_\infty(α) = 1$ if and only if $α$ is a root of unity. We further show that $M_\infty$ defines a proj

Pablo Amil, Cecilia Cabeza, Arturo C. Martí

The celebrated Mackey-Glass model describes the dynamics of physiological \textit{delayed} systems in which the actual evolution depends on the values of the variables at some \textit{previous} times. This kind of systems are usually expressed by delayed differential equations which turn out to be infinite-dimensional. In this contribution, an electronic imp

G. D. Belletti, S. D. Dalosto, Silvia Tinte

We report first-principle atomistic simulations on the effect of local strain gradients on the nanoscale domain morphology of free-standing PbTiO$_3$ ultrathin films. First, the ferroelectric properties of free films at the atomic level are reviewed. For the explored thicknesses (10 to 23 unit cells), we find flux-closure domain structures whose morphology i

Sandeep Sharma, Kantharuban Sivalingam, Frank Neese, Garnet Kin-Lic Chan

FeS clusters are a universal biological motif. They carry out electron transfer, redox chemistry, and even oxygen sensing, in diverse processes including nitrogen fixation, respiration, and photosynthesis. The low-lying electronic states are key to their remarkable reactivity, but cannot be directly observed. Here we present the first ever quantum calculatio

Varsha S. Kulkarni

Acceptance of an innovation can occur through mutliple exposures to individuals who have already accepted it. Presented here is a model to trace the evolution of an innovation in a social network with a preference $λ$, amidst topological constraints specified mainly by connectivity, $k$ and population size, $N_k$. With the interplay between properties of inn

Ignacio Bediaga

Charmless $B$ decays are dominated by contributions from the short distance amplitudes from tree level and penguin loop-level amplitudes. The Tree contribution presents a weak phase $γ$. The relationship between these two amplitudes can generated a CP asymmetry depending from the relative amount among them in a particular decay. In multi-body charmless $B$ d

W. Horiuchi, Y. Suzuki

A method for calculating the occupation probability of the number of harmonic oscillator (HO) quanta is developed for a precise few-body wave function obtained in a correlated Gaussian basis. The probability distributions of two- to four-nucleon wave functions obtained using different nucleon- nucleon (NN) interactions are analyzed to gain insight into the c

P. Schady, S. Savaglio, T. Mueller, T. Kruehler

Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are indisputably related to star formation, and their vast luminosity in gamma rays pin-points regions of star formation independent of galaxy mass. As such, GRBs provide a unique tool for studying star forming galaxies out to high-z independent of luminosity. Most of our understanding of the properties of GRB hosts (GRB

V. I. Romanenko, Ye. G. Udovitskaya, A. V. Romanenko, L. P. Yatsenko

We discuss a possible one-dimensional trapping and cooling of atoms and molecules due to their non-resonant interaction with the counter-propagating light pulses trains. The counter-propagating pulses form a one-dimensional trap for atoms and molecules, and properly chosen the carrier frequency detuning from the transition frequency of the atoms or molecules

Daniel J. Strickland, Yun-Ru Huang, Daeyeon Lee, Daniel S. Gianola

We study the uniaxial compressive behavior of disordered colloidal free-standing micropillars composed of a bidisperse mixture of 3 and 6 um polystyrene particles. Mechanical annealing of confined pillars enables variation of the packing fraction across the phase space of colloidal glasses. The measured normalized strengths and elastic moduli of the annealed

Rick Fritschek, Gerhard Wunder

There has been major progress over the last decade in understanding the classical interference channel (IC). Recent key results show that constant bit gap capacity results can be obtained from linear deterministic models (LDMs). However, it is widely unrecognized that the time-invariant, frequency-flat cellular channel, which contains the IC as a special cas

Di Bernardo Laura, Donatella Donatelli

In this paper we propose an existence and uniqueness theory for the solutions of a system of non-linear hyperbolic conservation laws, structured in age and maturity variables, representing a tissue environment. In particular we are interested in the investigation of the role of stem cells in its homeostasis. The main result presented in this paper is the con

F. Robicheaux, B. J. Bender, M. A. Phillips

The results of a theoretical investigation of an ultracold, neutral plasma composed of equal mass positive and negative charges are reported. In our simulations, the plasma is created by the fast dissociation of a neutral particle. The temperature of the plasma is controlled by the relative energy of the dissociation. We studied the early time evolution of t

Kevin Beanland, Ryan Causey, Pavlos Motakis

We study an ordinal rank on the class of Banach spaces with bases that quantifies the distortion of the norm of a given Banach space. The rank $AD(\cdot)$, introduced by P. Dodos, uses the transfinite Schreier familes and has the property that $AD(X) < ω_1$ if and only if $X$ is arbitrarily distortable. We prove several properties of this rank as well as som

Sharmanthie Fernando

In this paper we study the properties of Schwarzschild black hole surrounded by quintessence matter. The main objective of the paper is to show the existence of Nariai type black hole for special values of the parameters in the theory. The Nariai black hole with the quintessence has the topology $dS_2 \times S_2$ with $dS_2$ with a different scalar curvature

Rick Fritschek, Gerhard Wunder

The MAC-BC duality of information theory and wireless communications is an intriguing concept for efficient algorithm design. However, no concept is known so far for the important cellular channel. To make progress on this front, we consider in this paper the linear deterministic cellular channel. In particular, we prove duality of a network with two interfe

Mu Benrong, Peng Wang, Haitang Yang

We first briefly revisit the original Hamilton-Jacobi method and show that the Hamilton-Jacobi equation for the action $I$ of tunnelings of a fermionic particle from a charged black hole can be written in the same form as that of a scalar particle. For the low energy quantum gravity effective models which respect covariance of the curved spacetime, we derive

Heunghwan Khim, Rosa Lopez, Jong Soo Lim, Minchul Lee

We investigate the linear thermoelectric response of an interacting quantum dot side-coupled by one of two Majorana fermions (MFs) formed at the ends of a topological superconducting wire. We employ the numerical renormalization group technique to obtain the thermoelectrical conductance $L$ as well as the electrical conductance $G$ when the background temper

Tobías de Jesús Rosas Soto

Mediante el estudio de propiedades geométricas de los sistemas C-ortocéntricos, relacionadas con las nociones de ortogonalidad (Birkhoff, isósceles, cordal), bisectriz (Busemann, Glogovskij) y línea soporte a una circunferencia, se muestran nueve caracterizaciones de euclidianidad para planos de Minkowski arbitrarios. Tres de estas generalizan caracterizacio

E. Kara, A. C. Fabian, A. Marinucci, G. Matt

MCG-6-30-15 is one of the most observed Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxies in the X-ray band. In this paper we examine the X-ray time lags in this source using a total of 600 ks in observations (440 ks exposure) taken with the XMM-Newton telescope (300 ks in 2001 and 300 ks in 2013). Both the old and new observations show the usual hard lag that increases with e

Charles L. Samuels

If $α_1,\ldots,α_r$ are algebraic numbers such that $$N=\sum_{i=1}^rα_i \ne \sum_{i=1}^rα_i^{-1}$$ for some integer $N$, then a theorem of Beukers and Zagier gives the best possible lower bound on $$\sum_{i=1}^r\log h(α_i)$$ where $h$ denotes the Weil Height. We will extend this result to allow $N$ to be any totally real algebraic number. Our generalization

Charles L. Samuels

Recent theorems of Dubickas and Mossinghoff use auxiliary polynomials to give lower bounds on the Weil height of an algebraic number $α$ under certain assumptions on $α$. We prove a theorem which introduces an auxiliary polynomial for giving lower bounds on the height of any algebraic number. Our theorem contains, as corollaries, a slight generalization of t

Philipp Eller

We present a measurement of the WZ and ZZ production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at 8 TeV in final states where one Z boson decays to b-tagged jets, while the other gauge boson, either W or Z, is detected through its leptonic decay. The results are based on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 18.9 /fb collected with the CMS detec

Charles L. Samuels

Recent work of Fili and the author examines an ultrametric version of the Mahler measure, denoted $M_\infty(α)$ for an algebraic number $α$. We show that the computation of $M_\infty(α)$ can be reduced to a certain search through a finite set. Although it is a open problem to record the points of this set in general, we provide some examples where it is reas

F. R. Foronda, F. Lang, J. S. Möller, T. Lancaster

Muon spin relaxation measurements on some quantum spin ice candidate materials, the insulating pyrochlores Pr2B2O7 (B = Sn, Zr, Hf), have been performed for temperatures in the range 0.05-280 K. The results are indicative of a static distribution of magnetic moments which appears to grow on cooling and whose size at low temperatures is significantly larger t

Stephen K. K. Choi, Charles L. Samuels

Recent work of Pritsker defines and studies an areal version of the Mahler measure. We further explore this function with a particular focus on the case where its value is small, as this is most relevant to Lehmer&#39;s conjecture. In this situation, we provide improvements to two inequalities established in Pritsker&#39;s original paper.

Sandeep Sharma, Garnet Kin-Lic Chan

We extend the spin-adapted density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) algorithm of McCulloch and Gulacsi [Europhys. Lett.57, 852 (2002)] to quantum chemical Hamiltonians. This involves two key modifications to the non-spin-adapted DMRG algorithm: the use of a quasi-density matrix to ensure that the renormalised DMRG states are eigenvalues of $S^2$ , and the

Sven-Ake Wegner

We introduce the concepts of growth and spectral bound for strongly continuous semigroups acting on Fréchet spaces and show that the Banach space inequality $s(A)\leqslantω_0(T)$ extends to the new setting. Via a concrete example of an even uniformly continuous semigroup we illustrate that for Fréchet spaces effects with respect to these bounds may happen th

Alessandro Rudi, Guille D. Canas, Lorenzo Rosasco

A large number of algorithms in machine learning, from principal component analysis (PCA), and its non-linear (kernel) extensions, to more recent spectral embedding and support estimation methods, rely on estimating a linear subspace from samples. In this paper we introduce a general formulation of this problem and derive novel learning error estimates. Our

Barbara Kaltenbacher, Igor Shevchenko

The focus of this work is on the construction of a family of nonlinear absorbing boundary conditions for the Westervelt equation in one and two space dimensions. The principal ingredient used in the design of such conditions is pseudo-differential calculus. This approach enables to develop high order boundary conditions in a consistent way which are typicall

Robin Ming Chen, Samuel Walsh

There are two distinct regimes commonly used to model traveling waves in stratified water: continuous stratification, where the density is smooth throughout the fluid, and layer-wise continuous stratification, where the fluid consists of multiple immiscible strata. The former is the more physically accurate description, but the latter is frequently more amen

Lorenz Minder, Thomas Sauerwald, Sven-Ake Wegner

A subset of the finite dimensional hypercube is said to be equilateral if the distance of any two distinct points equals a fixed value. The equilateral dimension of the hypercube is defined as the maximal size of its equilateral subsets. We study asymptotic bounds on the latter quantity considered as a function of two variables, namely dimension and distance

Barbara Kaltenbacher, Ivan Tomba

This paper is a close follow-up of Kaltenbacher and Tomba 2013 and Jin 2012, where Newton-Landweber iterations have been shown to converge either (unconditionally) without rates or (under an additional regularity assumption) with rates. The choice of the parameters in the method were different in each of these two cases. We now found a unified and more gener

Sung Woo Choi

We provide a complete proof that there are no nontrivial eigenvalues of the integral operator $\mathcal{K}_l$ outside the interval $(0,1/k)$. $\mathcal{K}_l$ arises naturally from the deflection problem of a beam with length $l$ resting horizontally on an elastic foundation with spring constant $k$, while some vertical load is applied to the beam.

N. M. Kostogryz, S. V. Berdyugina, T. M Yakobchuk

We present and discuss a polarimetric effect caused by a planet transiting the stellar disk thus breaking the symmetry of the light distribution and resulting in linear polarization of the partially eclipsed star. Estimates of this effect for transiting planets have been made only recently. In particular, we demonstrate that the maximum polarization during t

R. J. Hargreaves, K. Hinkle, P. F. Bernath

Observations were made for a number of carbon-rich circumstellar envelopes using the Phoenix spectrograph on the Gemini South telescope to determine the abundance of small carbon chain molecules. Vibration-rotation lines of the $ν_{3}$ antisymmetric stretch of C$_{3}$ near 2040 cm$^{-1}$ (4.902 $μ$m) have been used to determine the column density for four ca

A. Piccolroaz, A. B. Movchan

This paper brings a comparative analysis between dynamic models of couple-stress elastic materials and structured Rayleigh beams on a Winkler foundation. Although physical phenomena have different physical origins, the underlying equations appear to be similar, and hence mathematical models have a lot in common. In the present work, our main focus is on the

STAR Collaboration, N. M. Abdelwahab, L. Adamczyk, J. K. Adkins

Event-by-event fluctuations of the ratio of inclusive charged to photon multiplicities at forward rapidity in Au+Au collision at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=200 GeV have been studied. Dominant contribution to such fluctuations is expected to come from correlated production of charged and neutral pions. We search for evidences of dynamical fluctuations of different physi

Alicja Krzeszowiec

Let $X$ and $Y$ be topological spaces. We say that $X\times Y$ satisfies the Uniquely Universal property (UU) iff there exists an open set $U\subseteq X\times Y$ such that for every open set $W\subseteq Y$ there is a unique cross section of $U$ with $U\left( x\right) =\left\{ y\in Y:\left( x,y\right) \in U\right\} =W$. Arnold W. Miller in his paper \cite{1}

Laurent Pedesseau, Simona Ispas, Walter Kob

We use ab initio simulations to investigate the properties of a sodium borosilicate glass of composition 3Na_2O-B_2O_3-6SiO_2. We find that the broadening of the first peak in the radial distribution functions g_BO(r) and g_BNa(r) is due to the presence of trigonal and tetrahedral boron units as well as to non-bridging oxygen atoms connected to BO_3 units. I

Runlai Wan, Xi Cao, Jing Guo

Schottky barrier field-effect transistors (SBFETs) based on few and mono layer phosphorene are simulated by the non-equilibrium Green&#39;s function formalism. It is shown that scaling down the gate oxide thickness results in pronounced ambipolar I-V characteristics and significant increase of the minimal leakage current. The problem of leakage is especially

E. T. Whelan, J. M. Alcala, F. Bacciotti, B. Nisini

As the number of observed brown dwarf outflows is growing it is important to investigate how these outflows compare to the well studied jets from young stellar objects. A key point of comparison is the relationship between outflow and accretion activity and in particular the ratio between the mass outflow and accretion rates ($\dot{M}_{out}$/$\dot{M}_{acc}$)

Adar Sonn-Segev, Anne Bernheim-Groswasser, Yael Roichman

The mechanical properties of polymer gels based on cytoskeleton proteins (e.g. actin) have been studied extensively due to their significant role in biological cell motility and in maintaining the cell&#39;s structural integrity. Microrheology is the natural method of choice for such studies due to its economy in sample volume, its wide frequency range, and

Krzysztof Bartoszek, Serik Sagitov

We consider a branching particle system where particles reproduce according to the pure birth Yule process with the birth rate L, conditioned on the observed number of particles to be equal n. Particles are assumed to move independently on the real line according to the Brownian motion with the local variance s2. In this paper we treat $n$ particles as a sam

Alexander Kendl

Turbulent transport of trace impurities impurities in the edge and scrape-off-layer of tokamak fusion plasmas is modelled by three dimensional electromagnetic gyrofluid computations including evolution of plasma profile gradients. The source function of impurity ions is dynamically computed from pre-determined measured and calculated electron impact ionizati

Rupam Barman, Neelam Saikia, Dermot McCarthy

We prove hypergeometric type summation identities for a function defined in terms of quotients of the $p$-adic gamma function by counting points on certain families of hyperelliptic curves over $\mathbb{F}_{q}$. We also find certain special values of that function.

Franz Gähler, Johan Nilsson

We present a general scheme how to construct a substitution rule for generating $d$-dimensional analogues of the paperfolding structures. This substitution is proven to be primitive, so that the translation action on the hull forms a strictly ergodic dynamical system. The substitution admits a coincidence in the sense of Dekking, which implies that the dynam

Khanh Pham, Kyungchun Lee

This paper proposes a linear interference alignment (IA) scheme which can be used for uplink channels in a general multicell multiuser MIMO cellular network. The proposed scheme aims to align interference caused by signals from a set of transmitters into a subspace which is established by the signals from only a subset of those transmitters, thereby effectiv

Soha Farhat, Samhat Abed Ellatif, Samer Lahoud, Bernard Cousin

In this paper, we perform a business analysis of our hybrid decision algorithm for the selection of the access in a multi-operator networks environment. We investigate the ability of the operator to express his strategy and influence the access selection for his client. In this purpose, we study two important coefficients of the previously proposed cost func

Anthony Bercy, Fabio Stefani, Olivier Lopez, Christian Chardonnet

By using two-way frequency transfer, we demonstrate ultra-high resolution comparison of optical frequencies over a telecommunication fiber link of 100 km operating simultaneously digital data transfer. We first propose and experiment a bi-directional scheme using a single fiber. We show that the relative stability at 1 s integration time is 7 10^18 and scale

Jean-Marc Ginoux, Bruno Rossetto

A new approach called Flow Curvature Method has been recently developed in a book entitled Differential Geometry Applied to Dynamical Systems. It consists in considering the trajectory curve, integral of any n-dimensional dynamical system as a curve in Euclidean n-space that enables to analytically compute the curvature of the trajectory - or the flow. Hence

Carsten Kolassa, David Dieckow, Michael Hirsch, Uwe Creutzburg

In software and hardware development MATLAB and Simulink are used to model cyber physical systems for many years, , especially in automation technology and the automotive industry. Compliance with the required product quality and project efficiency is facilitated by analyzing and transforming Simulink models. The existing API, provided by MATLAB is only suit

Eric Faber, Jaap van Oosten

We exhibit a way of &#34;forcing a functional to be an effective operation&#34; for arbitrary partial combinatory algebras (pcas). This gives a method of defining new pcas from old ones for some fixed functional, where the new partial functions can be viewed as computable relative to that functional. It is shown that this generalizes a notion of computation

Haiping Yuan, Jianqiang Zhao

Multiple zeta values (MZVs) are generalizations of Riemann zeta values at positive integers to multiple variable setting. These values can be further generalized to level $N$ multiple polylog values by evaluating multiple polylogs at $N$-th roots of unity. In this paper, we consider another level $N$ generalization by restricting the indices in the iterated

Wojciech Satula, Jacek Dobaczewski, Maciej Konieczka

The no-core configuration-interaction model based on the isospin- and angular-momentum projected density functional formalism is introduced. Two applications of the model are presented: (i) determination of spectra of 0+ states in 62Zn and (ii) determination of isospin-symmetry-breaking corrections to superallowed beta-decay between isobaric-analogue 0+ stat

C. Conca, M. Dambrine, R. Mahadevan, D. Quintero

We consider the problem of distributing two conducting materials with a prescribed volume ratio in a given domain so as to minimize the first eigenvalue of an elliptic operator with Dirichlet conditions. The gap between the two conductivities is assumed to be small (low contrast regime). For any geometrical configuration of the mixture, we provide a complete

Arne Winterhof, Oğuz Yayla

We study the relationship between two measures of pseudorandomness for families of binary sequences: family complexity and cross-correlation measure introduced by Ahlswede et al.\ in 2003 and recently by Gyarmati et al., respectively. More precisely, we estimate the family complexity of a family $(e_{i,1},\ldots,e_{i,N})\in \{-1,+1\}^N$, $i=1,\ldots,F$, of b

Gwendolyn Lacroix, Claude Semay, Fabien Buisseret

The properties of the deconfined phase of ${\cal N}=1$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in $(3+1)$-dimensions are studied within a $\cal T$-matrix formulation of statistical mechanics in which the medium under study is seen as a gas of quasigluons and quasigluinos interacting nonperturbatively. Emphasis is put on the temperature range (1-5)~$T_c$, where the

Carsten Kolassa, Dirk Riehle, Michel A. Salim

A fundamental unit of work in programming is the code contribution (&#34;commit&#34;) that a developer makes to the code base of the project in work. An author&#39;s commit frequency describes how often that author commits. Knowing the distribution of all commit frequencies is a fundamental part of understanding software development processes. This paper pre

M. V. Gorkunov, V. E. Dmitrienko, A. A. Ezhov, V. V. Artemov

We demonstrate that the fundamental causality principle being applied to strongly chiral artificial materials yields the generalized Kramers-Kronig relations for the observables -- circular dichroism and optical activity. The relations include the Blaschke terms determined by material-specific features - the zeros of transmission amplitude on the complex fre

L. Bahloul, L. Cherbi, A. Hariz, M. Tlidi

We investigate analytically and numerically the formation of temporal localized structures in all photonic crystal fiber resonator. These dissipative structures consist of isolated or randomly distributed peaks in an uniform background of the intensity profile. The number of peaks and their temporal distribution are determined solely by initial conditions. T

Carsten Kolassa, Dirk Riehle, Michel A. Salim

A fundamental unit of work in programming is the code contribution (&#34;commit&#34;) that a developer makes to the code base of the project in work. We use statistical methods to derive a model of the probabilistic distribution of commit sizes in open source projects and we show that the model is applicable to different project sizes. We use both graphical

Ewa L. Lokas, Marcin Semczuk

The formation of dwarf spheroidal galaxies in the Local Group from disky progenitors via tidal interaction with a bigger host is one of the most promising scenarios of their origin. Using N-body simulations we study the process by following the evolution of a disky dwarf orbiting a Milky Way-like host. We focus on the effect of the orientation of the dwarf g

Tudor E. Pahomi, Tiberius O. Cheche

The lattice mismatch strain field of core/multishell structures with spherical symmetry is modeled by a linear continuum elasticity approach. The effect of the strain on the energy structure and linear optical absorption in large core/shell/shell spherical semiconductor quantum dots is analyzed. Localization of the photoexcited carriers induced by coating is

Peter Balazs, Dominik Bayer, Michael Speckbacher

This paper is concerned with frame decompositions of $α$-modulation spaces. These spaces can be obtained as coorbit spaces for square-integrable representations of the affine Weyl-Heisenberg group modulo suitable subgroups. The theory yields canonical constructions for Banach frames or atomic decompositions in $α$-modulation spaces. A necessary ingredient in

Peter Barkholt Muller, Henrik Bruus

We present a numerical study of thermoviscous effects on the acoustic streaming flow generated by an ultrasound standing-wave resonance in a long straight microfluidic channel containing a Newtonian fluid. These effects enter primarily through the temperature and density dependence of the fluid viscosity. The resulting magnitude of the streaming flow is calc

Takaaki Miyajima, David Thomas, Hideharu Amano

Our toolchain for accelerating application called Courier-FPGA, is designed for utilize the processing power of CPU-FPGA platforms for software programmers and non-expert users. It automatically gathers runtime information of library functions from a running target binary, and constructs the function call graph including input-output data. Then, it uses corr

R. Otto, A. von Zastrow, T. Best, R. Wester

Photodetachment spectroscopy of OH- and H3O2- anions has been performed in a cryogenic 22-pole radiofrequency multipole trap. Measurements of the detachment cross section as a function of laser frequency near threshold have been analysed. Using this bound-free spectroscopy approach we could demonstrate rotational and vibrational cooling of the trapped anions

George Wilkie, Ian Abel, Edmund Highcock, William Dorland

To rigorously model fast ions in fusion plasmas, a non-Maxwellian equilibrium distribution must be used. In the work, the response of high-energy alpha particles to electrostatic turbulence has been analyzed for several different tokamak parameters. Our results are consistent with known scalings and experimental evidence that alpha particles are generally we

Gordon Inggs, David Thomas, Wayne Luk

We advocate a domain specific software development methodology for heterogeneous computing platforms such as Multicore CPUs, GPUs and FPGAs. We argue that three specific benefits are realised from adopting such an approach: portable, efficient implementations across heterogeneous platforms; domain specific metrics of quality that characterise platforms in a

Oren Segal, Martin Margala, Sai Rahul Chalamalasetti, Mitch Wright

This work presents an effort to bridge the gap between abstract high level programming and OpenCL by extending an existing high level Java programming framework (APARAPI), based on OpenCL, so that it can be used to program FPGAs at a high level of abstraction and increased ease of programmability. We run several real world algorithms to assess the performanc

David Applebaum

We generalise the notion of wide-sense stationarity from sequences of complex-valued random variables indexed by the integers, to fields of random variables that are labelled by elements of the unitary dual of a compact group. The covariance is positive definite, and so it is the Fourier transform of a finite central measure (the spectral measure of the fiel

J. Harz, B. Herrmann, M. Klasen, K. Kovarik

The dark matter relic density has been measured by Planck and its predecessors with an accuracy of about 2%. We present theoretical calculations with the numerical program DM@NLO in next-to-leading order SUSY QCD and beyond, which allow to reach this precision for gaugino and squark (co-)annihilations, and use them to scan the phenomenological MSSM for viabl

Ruediger Willenberg, Paul Chow

This paper introduces an effort to incorporate reconfigurable logic (FPGA) components into a software programming model. For this purpose, we have implemented a hardware engine for remote memory communication between hardware computation nodes and CPUs. The hardware engine is compatible with the API of GASNet, a popular communication library used for paralle

Donato Bini, Andrea Geralico

Motion of test particles in the gravitational field associated with an electromagnetic plane wave is investigated. The interaction with the radiation field is modeled by a force term {\it à la} Poynting-Robertson entering the equations of motion given by the 4-momentum density of radiation observed in the particle&#39;s rest frame with a multiplicative const

Wolfgang Lucha, Franz F. Schöberl

The spinless Salpeter equation can be regarded as the eigenvalue equation of a Hamiltonian that involves the relativistic kinetic energy and therefore is, in general, a nonlocal operator. Accordingly, it is hard to find solutions of this bound-state equation by exclusively analytic means. Nevertheless, a lot of tools enables us to constrain the resulting bou

Donato Bini, Andrea Geralico, Robert T. Jantzen, Oldrich Semerák

Motion of massive test particles in the nonvacuum spherically symmetric radiating Vaidya spacetime is investigated, allowing for physical interaction of the particles with the radiation field in terms of which the source energy-momentum tensor is interpreted. This &#34;Poynting-Robertson-like effect&#34; is modeled by the usual effective term describing a Th

Thibaut Lust, Nadine Meskens, Mario Ahues

Having observed low success rates among first-year university students in both Belgium and France, we develop prediction models in this paper in order to identify, at the earliest possible stage, those students who are at risk of failing at the end of the academic year. We applied different data mining techniques to predict the students&#39; academic success

Klaus Zimmermann, Pierre Lugan, Felix Jörder, Nicolai Heitz

Partial autoionization rates of doubly excited one-dimensional helium in the collinear Zee and eZe configuration are obtained by means of the complex rotation method. The approach presented here relies on a projection of back-rotated resonance wave functions onto singly ionized $\textrm{He}^{+}$ channel wave functions and the computation of the corresponding

Donato Bini, Andrea Geralico

The dynamics of extended spinning bodies in the Kerr spacetime is investigated in the pole-dipole particle approximation and under the assumption that the spin-curvature force only slightly deviates the particle from a geodesic path. The spin parameter is thus assumed to be very small and the back reaction on the spacetime geometry neglected. This approach n

Kang Ning, Alexey I. Nesvizhskii

There is increased interest in the identification and analysis of gene fusions and chimeric RNA transcripts. While most recent efforts focused on the analysis of genomic and transcriptomic data, identi-fication of novel peptides corresponding to such events in mass spectrometry-based proteomic datasets would provide complemen-tary, protein-level evidence. Th

Donato Bini, Fernando de Felice, Andrea Geralico

We study non-geodesic orbits of test particles endowed with a structure, assuming the Schwarzschild spacetime as background. We develop a formalism which allows one to recognize the geometrical characterization of those orbits in terms of their Frenet-Serret parameters and apply it to explicit cases as those of spatially circular orbits which witness the equ

Donato Bini, Andrea Geralico, Robert T. Jantzen

Fermi coordinates are constructed as exact functions of the Schwar\-zschild coordinates around the world line of a static observer in the equatorial plane of the Schwarzschild spacetime modulo a single impact parameter determined implicitly as a function of the latter coordinates. This illustrates the difficulty of constructing explicit exact Fermi coordinat

Donato Bini, Andrea Geralico, Robert T. Jantzen

The deviation of the path of a spinning particle from a circular geodesic in the Schwarzschild spacetime is studied by an extension of the idea of geodesic deviation. Within the Mathisson-Papapetrou-Dixon model and assuming the spin parameter to be sufficiently small so that it makes sense to linearize the equations of motion in the spin variables as well as