August 2014 arXiv papers — page 34

Jon F. Carlson, Jacques Thévenaz

Let G be a finite group and let T(G) be the abelian group of equivalence classes of endotrivial kG-modules, where k is an algebraically closed field of characteristic p. We determine, in terms of the structure of G, the kernel of the restriction map from T(G) to T(S), where S is a Sylow p-subgroup of G, in the case when S is abelian. This provides a classifi

Bogdan Ganchev, Neil Drummond, Igor Aleiner, Vladimir Fal'ko

We map the three-body problem in two dimensions onto one particle in a three dimensional potential treatable by a purposely-developed boundary-matching-matrix method. We evaluate binding energies of trions $X^{\pm}$, excitons bound by a donor/acceptor charge $X^{D/A}$, and overcharged acceptors/donors in two-dimensional atomic crystals of transition metal di

Holger Drees, Natalie Neumeyer, Leonie Selk

Consider a nonparametric regression model with one-sided errors and regression function in a general Hölder class. We estimate the regression function via minimization of the local integral of a polynomial approximation. We show uniform rates of convergence for the simple regression estimator as well as for a smooth version. These rates carry over to mean re

F. Acernese, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, D. Aisa

Advanced Virgo is the project to upgrade the Virgo interferometric detector of gravitational waves, with the aim of increasing the number of observable galaxies (and thus the detection rate) by three orders of magnitude. The project is now in an advanced construction phase and the assembly and integration will be completed by the end of 2015. Advanced Virgo

J. Michael Burgess

The understanding of the prompt $γ$-ray spectra of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is of great importance to correctly interpreting the physical mechanisms that produce the underlying event as well as the structure of the relativistic jet from which the emission emanates. Time-resolved analysis of these spectra is the main method of extracting information from the d

Zhanpeng Zhang, Ping Luo, Chen Change Loy, Xiaoou Tang

In this study, we show that landmark detection or face alignment task is not a single and independent problem. Instead, its robustness can be greatly improved with auxiliary information. Specifically, we jointly optimize landmark detection together with the recognition of heterogeneous but subtly correlated facial attributes, such as gender, expression, and

Kaushik Bhattacharya, Joydeep Chakrabortty, Suratna Das, Tanmoy Mondal

If the recent detection of $B-$mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background by BICEP2 observations, withstand the test of time after the release of recent PLANCK dust polarisation data, then it would surprisingly put the inflationary scale near Grand Unification scale if one considers single-field inflationary models. On the other hand, Large Hadron

A. Mayer, A. Jorissen, C. Paladini, F. Kerschbaum

Context. The Mass loss of Evolved StarS (MESS) sample observed with PACS on board the Herschel Space Observatory revealed that several asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars are surrounded by an asymmetric circumstellar envelope (CSE) whose morphology is most likely caused by the interaction with a stellar companion. The evolution of AGB stars in binary systems

V. V. Prasad, Sanjib Sabhapandit, Abhishek Dhar

We consider the inelastic Maxwell model, which consists of a collection of particles that are characterized by only their velocities, and evolving through binary collisions and external driving. At any instant, a particle is equally likely to collide with any of the remaining particles. The system evolves in continuous time with mutual collisions and driving

Dawood Kothawala, T. Padmanabhan

It is possible to obtain the gravitational field equations in a large class of theories from a thermodynamic variational principle which uses the gravitational heat density $\mathcal{S}_g$ associated with null surfaces. This heat density is related to the discreteness of spacetime at Planck scale, $L_P^2 = (G\hbar / c^3)$, which assigns $A_{\perp}/L_P^2$ deg

Spencer Backman

Gessel and Sagan investigated the Tutte polynomial, $T(x,y)$ using depth first search, and applied their techniques to show that the number of acyclic partial orientations of a graph is $2^gT(3,1/2)$. We provide a short deletion-contraction proof of this result and demonstrate that dually, the number of strongly connected partial orientations is $2^{n-1}T(1/

Xueting Tian

In this paper we mainly study the dynamical complexity of Birkhoff ergodic average under the simultaneous observation of any number of continuous functions. These results can be as generalizations of [6,35] etc. to study Birkhorff ergodic average from one (or finite) observable function to any number of observable functions from the dimensional perspective.

Benoît Collins, Motohisa Fukuda, Ping Zhong

The free contraction norm (or the (t)-norm) was introduced by Belinschi, Collins and Nechita as a tool to compute the typical location of the collection of singular values associated to a random subspace of the tensor product of two Hilbert spaces. In turn, it was used in by them in order to obtain sharp bounds for the violation of the additivity of the mini

G. Campagnano, P. Lucignano, D. Giuliano, A. Tagliacozzo

A superconductor-semiconducting nanowire-superconductor heterostructure in the presence of spin orbit coupling and magnetic field can support a supercurrent even in the absence of phase difference between the superconducting electrodes. We investigate this phenomenon, the anomalous Josephson effect, employing a model capable of describing many bands in the n

Adil Belhaj, Hamid Ez-Zahraouy, Moulay Brahim Sedra

In this paper, we propose a new way to approach qudit systems using toric geometry and related topics including the local mirror symmetry used in the string theory compactification. We refer to such systems as (n,d) quantum systems where $n$ and $d$ denote the number of the qudits and the basis states respectively. Concretely, we first relate the (n,d) quant

Maurizio Rossi, Francesco Ancilotto, Luca Salasnich, Flavio Toigo

We study an interacting Bose gas at T=0 under isotropic harmonic confinement within Density Functional Theory in the Local Density approximation. The energy density functional, which spans the whole range of positive scattering lengths up to the unitary regime (infinite scattering length), is obtained by fitting the recently calculated Monte Carlo bulk equat

Pierre-François Marteau, Sylvie Gibet, Clement Reverdy

In the field of gestural action recognition, many studies have focused on dimensionality reduction along the spatial axis, to reduce both the variability of gestural sequences expressed in the reduced space, and the computational complexity of their processing. It is noticeable that very few of these methods have explicitly addressed the dimensionality reduc

Zheng Chen, Ling Qiu

In this paper, we analyze the performance of cellular networks and study the optimal base station (BS) density to reduce the network power consumption. In contrast to previous works with similar purpose, we consider Poisson traffic for users' traffic model. In such situation, each BS can be viewed as M/G/1 queuing model. Based on theory of stochastic geo

M. Ablikim, M. N. Achasov, X. C. Ai, O. Albayrak

Using $2.25\times10^{8}$ $J/ψ$ events collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII storage rings, we observe for the first time the process $J/ψ\rightarrow p\bar{p}a_{0}(980)$, $a_{0}(980)\rightarrow π^{0}η$ with a significance of $6.5σ$ ($3.2σ$ including systematic uncertainties). The product branching fraction of $J/ψ\rightarrow p\bar{p}a_{0}(980)\righ

Luke Chamandy, Anvar Shukurov, Kandaswamy Subramanian

Galactic magnetic arms have been observed between the gaseous arms of some spiral galaxies; their origin remains unclear. We suggest that magnetic spiral arms can be naturally generated in the interarm regions because the galactic fountain flow or wind is likely to be weaker there than in the arms. Galactic outflows lead to two countervailing effects: remova

Erfang Shan, Yuxiao Sun, Liying Kang

A clique-coloring of a graph $G$ is a coloring of the vertices of $G$ so that no maximal clique of size at least two is monochromatic. The clique-hypergraph, $\mathcal{H}(G)$, of a graph $G$ has $V(G)$ as its set of vertices and the maximal cliques of $G$ as its hyperedges. A (vertex) coloring of $\mathcal{H}(G)$ is a clique-coloring of $G$. The clique-chrom

Ludovic Marquis

A theorem of Tits - Vinberg allows to build an action of a Coxeter group $Γ$ on a properly convex open set $Ω$ of the real projective space, thanks to the data $P$ of a polytope and reflection across its facets. We give sufficient conditions for such action to be of finite covolume, convex-cocompact or geometrically finite. We describe an hypothesis that mak

Jaewook Kang, Hyoyoung Jung, Heung-No Lee, Kiseon Kim

This paper proposes a fast approximate message-passing (AMP) algorithm for solving compressed sensing (CS) recovery problems with 1D-finite-difference sparsity in term of MMSE estimation. The proposed algorithm, named ssAMP-BGFD, is low-computational with its fast convergence and cheap per-iteration cost, providing phase transition nearly approaching to the

Abhijit Dutta, Sunandan Gangopadhyay

In this paper, we have investigated the thermodynamics of Schwarzschild black holes using the symmetric generalized uncertainty principle which contains correction terms involving momentum and position uncertainty. We obtain the mass-temperature relation and the heat capacity of the black hole using which we compute the critical and remnant masses. The entro

A. G. Kusraev, S. S. Kutateladze

This is a survey of some recent applications of Boolean valued models of set theory to order bounded operators in vector lattices.

Jana Alkhayal, Samar Issa, Mustapha Jazar, Régis Monneau

In this paper, we study degenerate parabolic system, which are strongly coupled. We prove general existence result, but the uniqueness remains an open question. Our proof of existence is based on a crucial entropy estimate which both control the gradient of the solution and the non-negativity of the solution. Our system are of porous medium type and our meth

Lu Zhao, Wei-Zhen Deng, Shi-Lin Zhu

Experimentally several charged axial-vector hidden-charm states were reported. Within the framework of the color-magnetic interaction, we have systematically considered the mass spectrum of the hidden-charm and hidden-bottom tetraquark states. It is impossible to accommodate all the three charged states $Z_c(3900)$, $Z_c(4025)$ and $Z_c(4200)$ within the axi

A. J. van der Horst, A. J. Levan, G. G. Pooley, K. Wiersema

Gamma-ray burst (GRB) 111215A was bright at X-ray and radio frequencies, but not detected in the optical or near-infrared (nIR) down to deep limits. We have observed the GRB afterglow with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope and Arcminute Microkelvin Imager at radio frequencies, with the William Herschel Telescope and Nordic Optical Telescope in the nIR

Ronno Das, Priyavrat Deshpande

Artin groups are a natural generalization of braid groups and are well-understood in certain cases. Artin groups are closely related to Coxeter groups. There is a faithful representation of a Coxeter group $W$ as a linear reflection group on a real vector space $V$. The group acts properly and fixes a union of hyperplanes. The $W$-action extends as the cover

Matyas Barczy, Peter Kern, Gyula Pap

Dilatively stable processes generalize the class of infinitely divisible self-similar processes. We reformulate and extend the definition of dilative stability introduced by Iglói (2008) using characteristic functions. We also generalize the concept of aggregate similarity introduced by Kaj (2005). It turns out that these two notions are essentially the same

Sergey Avvakumov

We work entirely in the smooth category. An embedding $f:(S^2\times S^1)\sqcup S^3\rightarrow {\mathbb R}^6$ is {\it Brunnian}, if the restriction of $f$ to each component is isotopic to the standard embedding. For each triple of integers $k,m,n$ such that $m\equiv n \pmod{2}$, we explicitly construct a Brunnian embedding $f_{k,m,n}:(S^2\times S^1)\sqcup S^3

Mohammad H. Ansari, Yuli V. Nazarov

We evaluate Renyi entropy flows from generic quantum heat engines (QHE) to a weakly-coupled probe environment kept in thermal equilibrium. We show that the flows are determined not only by heat flow but also by a quantum coherent flow that can be separately measured in experiment apart from the heat flow measurement. The same pertains to Shanon entropy flow.

Vladimir Gaitsgory, Ludmila Manic, Sergey Rossomakhine

The paper aims at the development of tools for analysis and construction of near optimal solutions of singularly perturbed (SP) optimal controls problems with long run average optimality criteria. The idea that we exploit is to first asymptotically approximate a given problem of optimal control of the SP system by a certain averaged optimal control problem,

Junjie Ma, Xiaojun Yuan, Li Ping

In this letter, we propose a turbo compressed sensing algorithm with partial discrete Fourier transform (DFT) sensing matrices. Interestingly, the state evolution of the proposed algorithm is shown to be consistent with that derived using the replica method. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm outperforms the well-known approximate mess

Iaroslav V. Blagouchine

In this paper, two new series for the logarithm of the $Γ$-function are presented and studied. Their polygamma analogs are also obtained and discussed. These series involve the Stirling numbers of the first kind and have the property to contain only rational coefficients for certain arguments related to $π^{-1}$. In particular, for any value of the form $\ln

Vladimir Kanovei, Vassily Lyubetsky

We make use of a finite support product of Jensen forcing to define a model in which there is a countable non-empty lightface $Π^1_2$ set of reals containing no ordinal-definable real.

Kai Zhou, Nu Xu, Pengfei Zhuang

We investigate the Υ production in heavy ion collisions at LHC energy in the frame of a dynamical transport approach. Both the initial production and in-medium regeneration and both the cold and hot nuclear matter effects are included in the calculations. In comparison with the ground state Υ(1s), the excited state Υ(2s) is much more sensitive to the heavy q

Sergei Melkoumian, Bartosz Protas

This investigation analyzes the effect of vortex wakes on the Lagrangian displacement of particles induced by the passage of an obstacle in a two-dimensional incompressible and inviscid fluid. In addition to the trajectories of individual particles, we also study their drift and the corresponding total drift areas in the Föppl and Kirchhoff potential flow mo

Aleksandar Haber, Michel Verhaegen

We consider the problem of computing an approximate banded solution of the continuous-time Lyapunov equation $\underline{A}\underline{X}+\underline{X}\underline{A}^{T}=\underline{P}$, where the coefficient matrices $\underline{A}$ and $\underline{P}$ are large, symmetric banded matrices. The (sparsity) pattern of $\underline{A}$ describes the interconnection

Yi Zhang

In this letter, the distance-duality (DD) relation is reconstructed by Gaussian process (GP) which is cosmological model-independent. Generally, the GP plays two important roles. One is to shape the $η$ tendency which denotes the deviation from the DD relation, the other one is to produce the luminosity-distance (LD, $D_{L}$) and the angular-diameter-distanc

Baskar Balasubramanyam, A. Raghuram

We prove an integrality result for the value at s=1 of the adjoint L-function associated to a cohomological cuspidal automorphic representation on GL(n) over any number field. We then show that primes (outside an exceptional set) dividing this special value give rise to congruences between automorphic forms. We also prove a non-vanishing property at infinity

Samuel Zbarsky

We look at the rank generating function $G_λ$ of partitions inside the Ferrers diagram of some partition $λ$, investigated by Stanton in 1990, as well as a closely related problem investigated by Stanley and Zanello in 2013. We show that $G_λ$ is not unimodal for a larger class of 4-part partitions than previously known, and also that if the ratios of parts

Daniel Leeco Stern

We classify invariant Lagrangians of the form $L(g_{ij},g_{ij,k},g_{ij,kl},D_I,D_{I,j})$ depending at most quadratically on the variables $g_{ij,k},g_{ij,kl}$ and $D_I,D_{I,j}$, where $g$ is a Lorentz metric and $D$ is a tensor field of arbitrary rank on a smooth manifold. As a corollary, we prove a conjecture of Bray's regarding the classification of ce

Pengzi Miao, Luen-Fai Tam

We prove directly without using a density theorem that (i) the ADM mass defined in the usual way on an asymptotically flat manifold is equal to the mass defined intrinsically using Ricci tensor; (ii) the Hamiltonian formulation of center of mass and the center of mass defined intrinsically using Ricci tensor are the same.

Ekaterina Amerik, Misha Verbitsky

Let $M$ be a simple holomorphically symplectic manifold, that is, a simply connected holomorphically symplectic manifold of Kahler type with $h^{2,0}=1$. We prove that the group of holomorphic automorphisms of $M$ acts on the set of faces of its Kahler cone with finitely many orbits, whenever $b_2(M)\neq 5$. This is a version of the Morrison-Kawamata cone co

Kazuo Hida

The ground-state phases of anisotropic mixed diamond chains with spins 1 and 1/2 are investigated. Both single-site and exchange anisotropies are considered. We find the phases consisting of an array of uncorrelated spin-1 clusters separated by singlet dimers. Except in the simplest case where the cluster consists of a single $S=1$ spin, this type of ground

Anthony Henderson

This is an expository article on the singularities of nilpotent orbit closures in simple Lie algebras over the complex numbers. It is slanted towards aspects that are relevant for representation theory, including Maffei's theorem relating Slodowy slices to Nakajima quiver varieties in type A. There is one new observation: the results of Juteau and Mautne

Mayumi Saitou, Kazuharu Bamba, Akio Sugamoto

Hydrodynamics on non-commutative space is studied based on a formulation of hydrodynamics by Y. Nambu in terms of Poisson and Nambu brackets. Replacing these brackets by Moyal brackets with a parameter $θ$, a new hydrodynamics on non-commutative space is derived. It may be a step toward to find the hydrodynamics of granular materials whose minimum volume is

Nizar Demni, Mathieu Guay-Paquet, Alexandru Nica

We study joint free cumulants of u_t and u_t^{*}, where u_t is a free unitary Brownian motion at time t. We determine explicitly some special families of such cumulants. On the other hand, for a general joint cumulant of u_t and u_t^{*}, we "calculate the derivative" for t going to infinity, when u_t approaches a Haar unitary. In connection to the la

Godfrey Gumbs, Danhong Huang, Andrii Iurov, Bo Gao

We review the transmission of Dirac electrons through a potential barrier in the presence of circularly polarized light. A different type of transmission is demonstrated and explained. Perfect transmission for nearly head-on collision in inffnite graphene is suppressed in gapped dressed states of electrons. We also present our results on enhanced mobility of

Florian Frank, Balthasar Reuter, Vadym Aizinger, Peter Knabner

This is the first in a series of papers on implementing a discontinuous Galerkin method as a MATLAB / GNU Octave toolbox. The main goal is the development of techniques that deliver optimized computational performance combined with a compact, user-friendly interface. Our implementation relies on fully vectorized matrix / vector operations and is carefully do

Alexander E. Patkowski

This paper contain results on a strange smallest parts function related to the second Atkin-Garvan moment. Some new identities are discovered in relation to Andrews $spt$ function as well as one of Borweins' two-dimensional theta functions.

Everton M. C. Abreu, Jorge Ananias Neto, Edesio M. Barboza, Rafael da C. Nunes

In this paper we have derived the equipartition law of energy using Tsallis formalism and the Kaniadakis power law statistics in order to obtain a modified gravitational constant. We have applied this result in the gravothermal collapse phenomenon. We have discussed the equivalence between Tsallis and the Kaniadakis statistics in the context of Verlinde entr

Gregory Kucherov, Laurent Noé, Mikhail Roytberg

We study the pattern matching automaton introduced in (A unifying framework for seed sensitivity and its application to subset seeds) for the purpose of seed-based similarity search. We show that our definition provides a compact automaton, much smaller than the one obtained by applying the Aho-Corasick construction. We study properties of this automaton and

S. Hamid Mehdipour

We try to study the thermodynamical features of a non-commutative inspired Schwarzschild-anti-deSitter black hole in the context of entropic gravity model, particularly for the model that is employed in a broad range of scales, from the short distances to the large distances. At small length scales, the Newtonian force is failed because one finds a linear re

Godofredo Iommi Amunategui, Alfonso Iommi Echeverria

This article considers the Dissertatio de Arte Combinatoria, published in 1666 and relatively neglected by Leibniz s scholars. However in recent times the tide seems to be changing. Our work presents three main parts (sections II, III and IV, respectively). The first one exposes the contributions of M. Serres and E. Knobloch, viewed from our stand-point. The

Luca Callegaro, Vincenzo D'Elia, Massimo Ortolano, Faranak Pourdanesh

We present here the concept of three-arm current comparator impedance bridge, which allows comparisons among three unlike impedances. Its purpose is the calibration of impedances having arbitrary phase angles, against calibrated nearly-pure impedances. An analysis of the bridge optimal setting and proper operation is presented. To test the concept, a two ter

Ben Q. Baragiola

In this dissertation, I explore interactions between matter and propagating light. The electromagnetic field is modeled as a reservoir of quantum harmonic oscillators successively streaming past a quantum system. Each weak and fleeting interaction entangles the light and the system, and the light continues its course. Within the framework of open quantum sys

David S. Kammer, Mathilde Radiguet, Jean-Paul Ampuero, Jean-François Molinari

When a frictional interface is subject to a localized shear load, it is often (experimentally) observed that local slip events initiate at the stress concentration and propagate over parts of the interface by arresting naturally before reaching the edge. We develop a theoretical model based on linear elastic fracture mechanics to describe the propagation of

Johannes Schönke, Tobias M. Schneider, Ingo Rehberg

The geometric arrangement of interacting (magnetic) dipoles is a question of fundamental importance in physics, chemistry and engineering. Motivated by recent progress concerning the self-assembly of magnetic structures, the equilibrium orientation of 8 interacting dipoles in a cubic cluster is investigated in detail. Instead of discrete equilibria we find a

E. Vardoulaki, V. Charmandaris, E. J. Murphy, T. Diaz-Santos

Luminous infrared galaxies are systems enshrouded in dust, which absorbs most of their optical/UV emission and re-radiates it in the mid- and far-infrared. Radio observations are largely unaffected by dust obscuration, enabling us to study the central regions of LIRGs in an unbiased manner. The main goal of this project is to examine how the radio properties

Carlo Scalo, Sanjiva K. Lele, Lambertus Hesselink

We have carried out three-dimensional Navier-Stokes simulations, from quiescent conditions to the limit cycle, of a traveling-wave thermoacoustic heat engine (TAE) composed of a long variable-area resonator shrouding a smaller annular tube, which encloses the hot (HHX) and ambient (AHX) heat-exchangers, and the regenerator (REG). Simulations are wall-resolve

M. P. Wood, J. E. Lawler, E. A. Den Hartog, C. Sneden

New experimental absolute atomic transition probabilities are reported for 203 lines of V II. Branching fractions are measured from spectra recorded using a Fourier transform spectrometer and an echelle spectrometer. The branching fractions are normalized with radiative lifetime measurements to determine the new transition probabilities. Generally good agree

Feodor Karpeshin, Jingbo Zhang, Weining Zhang

It is shown that resonance interal conversion offers a feasible tool for mastering nuclear processes with laser or synchrotron radiation. Physics of the process is discussed in detail in historical aspect. Possible way of experimental applicaytion is shown in the case of the $M1$ 70.6-keV transition in nuclei of $^{169}$Yb. Nuclear transition rate in hydroge

Umut Gursoy, Dmitri Kharzeev, Krishna Rajagopal

The hot QCD matter produced in any heavy ion collision with a nonzero impact parameter is produced within a strong magnetic field. We study the imprint the magnetic fields produced in non-central heavy ion collisions leave on the azimuthal distributions and correlations of the produced charged hadrons. The magnetic field is time-dependent and the medium is e

J. Cuevas-Maraver, P. G. Kevrekidis, A. Saxena

In the present work, we introduce a discrete formulation of the nonlinear Dirac equation in the form of a discretization of the Gross-Neveu model. The motivation for this discrete model proposal is both computational (near the continuum limit) and theoretical (using the understanding of the anti-continuum limit of vanishing coupling). Numerous unexpected fea

Charles L. Samuels

Several recent papers construct auxiliary polynomials to bound the Weil height of certain classes of algebraic numbers from below. Following these techniques, the author gave a general method for introducing auxiliary polynomials to problems involving the Weil height. The height appears as a solution to a certain extremal problem involving polynomials. We fu

Charles L. Samuels, Jonas Jankauskas

A. Dubickas and C. Smyth introduced the metric Mahler measure $$ M_1(α) = \inf\left\{\sum_{n=1}^N M(α_n): N \in \mathbb N, α_1 \cdots α_N = α\right\}, $$ where $M(α)$ denotes the usual (logarithmic) Mahler measure of $α\in \overline{\mathbb Q}$. This definition extends in a natural way to the $t$-metric Mahler measure by replacing the sum with the usual $L_t

Charles L. Samuels

Dubickas and Smyth defined the metric Mahler measure on the multiplicative group of non-zero algebraic numbers. The definition involves taking an infimum over representations of an algebraic number $α$ by other algebraic numbers. We verify their conjecture that the infimum in its definition is always achieved as well as establish its analog for the ultrametr

N. Bastian, A. Adamo, M. Schirmer, K. Hollyhead

Recent ground based near-IR studies of stellar clusters in nearby galaxies have suggested that young clusters remain embedded for 7-10Myr in their progenitor molecular cloud, in conflict with optical based studies which find that clusters are exposed after 1-3Myr. Here, we investigate the role that spatial resolution plays in this apparent conflict. We use a

Charles L. Samuels, Tanner J. Strunk

Let $m_t(α)$ denote the $t$-metric Mahler measure of the algebraic number $α$. Recent work of the first author established that the infimum in $m_t(α)$ is attained by a single point $\barα= (α_1,\ldots,α_N)\in \overline{\mathbb Q}^N$ for all sufficiently large $t$. Nevertheless, no efficient method for locating $\bar α$ is known. In this article, we define a

Wei-Chia Chen, J. Piekarewicz

Background: Theoretical approaches based on density functional theory provide the only tractable method to incorporate the wide range of densities and isospin asymmetries required to describe finite nuclei, infinite nuclear matter, and neutron stars. Purpose: A relativistic energy density functional (EDF) is developed to address the complexity of such divers

Shahin Kamali, Alejandro López-Ortiz

In Cloud systems, we often deal with jobs that arrive and depart in an online manner. Upon its arrival, a job should be assigned to a server. Each job has a size which defines the amount of resources that it needs. Servers have uniform capacity and, at all times, the total size of jobs assigned to a server should not exceed the capacity. This setting is clos

Xiaodong Cao, Hongxin Guo, Hung Tran

In this article we derive Harnack estimates for conjugate heat kernel in an abstract geometric flow. Our calculation involves a correction term D. When D is nonnegative, we are able to obtain a Harnack inequality. Our abstract formulation provides a unified framework for some known results, in particular including corresponding results of Ni, Perelman, and T

E. Baron

The question of the nature of the progenitor of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) is important both for our detailed understanding of stellar evolution and for their use as cosmological probes of the dark energy. Much of the basic features of SNe Ia can be understood directly from the nuclear physics, a fact which Gerry would have appreciated. We present an overvi

Haya Shajaiah, Ahmed Abdelhadi, Charles Clancy

In this paper, we consider a resource allocation with carrier aggregation optimization problem in long term evolution (LTE) cellular networks. In our proposed model, users are running elastic or inelastic traffic. Each user equipment (UE) is assigned an application utility function based on the type of its application. Our objective is to allocate multiple c

Stephen R. Kane, Dawn M. Gelino

There are numerous multi-planet systems that have now been detected via a variety of techniques. These systems exhibit a range of both planetary properties and orbital configurations. For those systems without detected planetary transits, a significant unknown factor is the orbital inclination. This produces an uncertainty in the mass of the planets and thei

Junyu Lin, Baishun Lai, Changyou Wang

In this paper, we consider the initial and boundary value problem of a simplified compressible nematic liquid crystal flow in $Ω\subset\mathbb R^3$. We establish the existence of global weak solutions, provided the initial orientational director field $d_0$ lies in the hemisphere $\mathbb S^2_+$.

Raul Castillo Perez, Vladislav V. Kravchenko, Sergii M. Torba

Spectral parameter power series (SPPS) method is a recently introduced technique for solving linear differential equations and related spectral problems. In the present work we develop an approach based on the SPPS for analysis of graded-index optical fibers. The characteristic equation of the eigenvalue problem for calculation of guided modes is obtained in

Fanghua Lin, Changyou Wang

For any bounded smooth domain $Ω\subset\mathbb R^3$, we establish the global existence of a weak solution $u:Ω\times (0,+\infty)\to\mathbb R^3\times\mathbb S^2$ of the initial-boundary value (or the Cauchy) problem of the simplified Ericksen-Leslie system (1.1) modeling the hydrodynamic flow of nematic liquid crystals for any initial and boundary (or Cauchy)

M. Coleman Miller, Jon M. Miller

Stellar-mass black holes and neutron stars represent extremes in gravity, density, and magnetic fields. They therefore serve as key objects in the study of multiple frontiers of physics. In addition, their origin (mainly in core-collapse supernovae) and evolution (via accretion or, for neutron stars, magnetic spindown and reconfiguration) touch upon multiple

J. J. Eldridge, Morgan Fraser, Justyn R. Maund, Stephen J. Smartt

Cao et al. (2013) reported a possible progenitor detection for the type Ib supernovae iPTF13bvn for the first time. We find that the progenitor is in fact brighter than the magnitudes previously reported by approximately 0.7 to 0.2 mag with a larger error in the bluer filters. We compare our new magnitudes to our large set of binary evolution models and find

Leo L. Duan, John P. Clancy, Rhonda D. Szczesniak

We propose a novel "tree-averaging" model that utilizes the ensemble of classification and regression trees (CART). Each constituent tree is estimated with a subset of similar data. We treat this grouping of subsets as Bayesian ensemble trees (BET) and model them as an infinite mixture Dirichlet process. We show that BET adapts to data heterogeneity

Oleg Gendelman, Prabhat K. Jaiswal, Itamar Procaccia, Bhaskar Sen Gupta

The concept of a Shear Transformation Zone (STZ) refers to a region in an amorphous solid that undergoes a plastic event when the material is put under an external mechanical load. An important question that had accompanied the development of the theory of plasticity in amorphous solids for many years now is whether an STZ is a {\em region} existing in the m

Fanghua Lin, Changyou Wang

The study of hydrodynamics of liquid crystal leads to many fasci- nating mathematical problems, which has prompted various interesting works recently. This article reviews the static Oseen-Frank theory and surveys some recent progress on the existence, regularity, uniqueness, and large time asymp- totic of the hydrodynamic flow of nematic liquid crystals. We

I. Ramirez, J. Melendez, J. Bean, M. Asplund

We are carrying out a search for planets around a sample of solar twin stars using the HARPS spectrograph. The goal of this project is to exploit the advantage offered by solar twins to obtain chemical abundances of unmatched precision. This survey will enable new studies of the stellar composition -- planet connection. Here we used the MIKE spectrograph on

Ellen M. Price, Leslie A. Rogers

Kepler has revolutionized the study of transiting planets with its unprecedented photometric precision on more than 150,000 target stars. Most of the transiting planet candidates detected by Kepler have been observed as long-cadence targets with 30 minute integration times, and the upcoming Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will record full frame

E. R. Stanway, J. J. Eldridge, S. M. L. Greis, L. J. M. Davies

Star forming galaxies at high redshift show ubiquitously high ionization parameters, as measured by the ratio of optical emission lines. We demonstrate that local (z < 0.2) sources selected as Lyman break analogues also manifest high line ratios with a typical [O III]/H beta = 3.36(+0.14,-0.04) - comparable to all but the highest ratios seen in star forming

D. Gotz, P. Laurent, S. Antier, S. Covino

The nature of the prompt gamma-ray emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) is still far from being completely elucidated. The measure of linear polarization is a powerful tool that can be used to put further constraints on the content and magnetization of the GRB relativistic outflows, as well as on the radiation processes at work. To date only a handful of pola

Janez Kos, Tomaž Zwitter, Rosemary Wyse, Olivier Bienaymé

The diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) are absorption lines observed in visual and near infrared spectra of stars. Understanding their origin in the interstellar medium (ISM) is one of the oldest problems in astronomical spectroscopy, as DIBs ahave been known since 1922. In a completely new approach to understanding DIBs, we combined information from nearly 5

D. Riedel, D. Rohner, M. Ganzhorn, T. Kaldewey

We report the creation of a low-loss, broadband optical antenna giving highly directed output from a coherent single spin in the solid-state. The device, the first solid-state realization of a dielectric antenna, is engineered for individual nitrogen vacancy (NV) electronic spins in diamond. We demonstrate a directionality close to 10. The photonic structure

Grant M. Kennedy, Mark C. Wyatt

We present a study of debris disks whose spectra are well modelled by dust emission at two different temperatures. These disks are typically assumed to be a sign of multiple belts, which in only a few cases have been confirmed via high resolution observations. We first compile a sample of two-temperature disks to derive their properties, summarised by the ra

Christopher R. Cornwell, David R. Hemminger

Given a knot $K$ in $S^3$, a question raised by Cappell and Shaneson asks if the meridional rank of $K$ equals the bridge number of $K$. Using augmentations in knot contact homology we consider the persistence of equality between these two invariants under satellite operations on $K$ with a braid pattern. In particular, we answer the question in the affirmat

Maksym Serbyn, Z. Papić, Dmitry A. Abanin

Many-body localized (MBL) systems are characterized by the absence of transport and thermalization, and therefore cannot be described by conventional statistical mechanics. In this paper, using analytic arguments and numerical simulations, we study the behaviour of local observables in an isolated MBL system following a quantum quench. For the case of a glob

Evan S. Gawlik, Adrian J. Lew

We derive upper bounds on the difference between the orthogonal projections of a smooth function $u$ onto two finite element spaces that are nearby, in the sense that the support of every shape function belonging to one but not both of the spaces is contained in a common region whose measure tends to zero under mesh refinement. The bounds apply, in particula

Petr Ivankov

A classical Wilson line is a cooresponedce between closed paths and elemets of a gauge group. However the noncommutative geometry does not have closed paths. But noncommutative geometry have good generalizations of both: the covering projection, and the group of covering transformations. These notions are used for a construction of noncommutative Wilson line

Shahab Ghasemi-Goojani, Hamid Behroozi

In this paper, we consider the Ice-Wine problem: Two transmitters send their messages over the Gaussian Multiple-Access Channel (MAC) and a receiver aims to recover a linear combination of codewords. The best known achievable rate-region for this problem is due to [1],[2] as $R_{i}\leq\frac{1}{2}\log\left(\frac{1}{2}+{\rm SNR}\right)$ $(i=1,2)$. In this pape

Luis Barba, Prosenjit Bose, Jean-Lou De Carufel, Mirela Damian

In this paper, we introduce a variation of the well-studied Yao graphs. Given a set of points $S\subset \mathbb{R}^2$ and an angle $0 < θ\leq 2π$, we define the continuous Yao graph $cY(θ)$ with vertex set $S$ and angle $θ$ as follows. For each $p,q\in S$, we add an edge from $p$ to $q$ in $cY(θ)$ if there exists a cone with apex $p$ and aperture $θ$ such th

Elton J. G. Santos

Understanding the effect of electric fields on the physical and chemical properties of two-dimensional (2D) nanostructures is instrumental in the design of novel electronic and optoelectronic devices. Several of those properties are characterized in terms of the dielectric constant which play an important role on capacitance, conductivity, screening, dielect

Yasser Mahmoudi, Kiumars Mazaheri

The turbulent structure of an irregular detonation is studied through very high resolution numerical simulations of 600 points per half reaction length. The aim is to explore the nature of the transverse waves during the collision and reflection processes of the triple point with the channel walls. Consequently the formation and consumption mechanism of unre