August 2014 arXiv papers — page 50

Sareh Shirazi, Conrad Sanderson, Chris McCool, Mehrtash T. Harandi

We propose an adaptive tracking algorithm where the object is modelled as a continuously updated bag of affine subspaces, with each subspace constructed from the object's appearance over several consecutive frames. In contrast to linear subspaces, affine subspaces explicitly model the origin of subspaces. Furthermore, instead of using a brittle point-to-

Michael B. Lund, Joshua Pepper, Keivan G. Stassun

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) has been designed in order to satisfy several different scientific objectives that can be addressed by a ten-year synoptic sky survey. However, LSST will also provide a large amount of data that can then be exploited for additional science beyond its primary goals. We demonstrate the potential of using LSST data to

Ván Péter

In this work the relation of plastic and rheological material models is analysed in the framework of non-equilibrium thermodynamics. After a short summary of the basic notions of classical elasticity and plasticity the traditional thermodynamic treatment of plasticity by Ziegler is introduced, where the plastic deformation is an internal variable, leading to

Kangjun Seo, Lin Tian

The connectivity and tunability of superconducting qubits and resonators provide us with an appealing platform to study the many-body physics of microwave excitations. Here we present a multi-connected Jaynes-Cummings lattice model which is symmetric with respect to the nonlocal qubit-resonator couplings. Our calculation shows that this model exhibits a Mott

Anna-Lena Trautmann, Margreta Kuijper

We show how Gabidulin codes can be decoded via parametrization by using interpolation modules over the ring of linearized polynomials with composition. Our decoding algorithm computes a list of message words that correspond to all closest codewords to a given received word. This involves the computation of a minimal basis for the interpolation module that co

H. M. Cegla, C. A. Watson, S. Shelyag, M. Mathioudakis

To obtain cm/s precision, stellar surface magneto-convection must be disentangled from observed radial velocities (RVs). In order to understand and remove the convective signature, we create Sun-as-a-star model observations based on a 3D magnetohydrodynamic solar simulation. From these Sun-as-a-star model observations, we find several line characteristics ar

Resham Sarkar, May E. Kim, Renpeng Fang, Yanfei Tu

We investigate the behavior of an ensemble of $N$ non-interacting, identical atoms, excited by a laser. In general, the $i$-th atom sees a Rabi frequency $Ω_i$, an initial position dependent laser phase $ϕ_i$, and a motion induced Doppler shift of $δ_i$. When $Ω_i$ or $δ_i$ is distinct for each atom, the system evolves into a superposition of $2^N$ intercoup

Zhi-Gang Wang

In this article, we take the $D_{s3}^*(2860)$ and $D_{s1}^*(2860)$ as the $1^3{\rm D}_3$ and $1^3{\rm D}_1$ $c\bar{s}$ states, respectively, study their strong decays with the heavy meson effective theory by including the chiral symmetry breaking corrections. We can reproduce the experimental data ${\rm Br}\left(D_{sJ}^*(2860)\to D^*K\right)/{\rm Br}\left(D_

Jingwei Sun, Guangzhong Sun

Efficient solution of the single source shortest path (SSSP) problem on road networks is an important requirement for numerous real-world applications. This paper introduces an algorithm for the SSSP problem using compression method. Owning to precomputing and storing all-pairs shortest path (APSP), the process of solving SSSP problem is a simple lookup of a

Cheuk-Ping Wong, Alex W. K. Mok, Wai-Yu Sit

Using the helicity formalism, we calculate the combined angular distribution function of the two gamma photons ($γ_1$ and $γ_2$) and the electron ($e^-$) in the triple cascade process $\bar{p}p\rightarrow{}^3D_3\rightarrow{}^3P_2+γ_1\rightarrow(ψ+γ_2) +γ_1 \rightarrow (e^- + e^+) +γ_2 +γ_1$, when $\bar{p}$ and $p$ are arbitrarily polarized. We also derive si

Denis F. Hinz, Eliot Fried

This article is a translation of Michael Sadowsky's original paper "Ein elementarer Beweis für die Existenz eines abwickelbaren Möbiusschen Bandes und die Zurückführung des geometrischen Problems auf ein Variationsproblem." which appeared in Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, physikalisch-mathematische Klasse, 17. Juli

Denis F. Hinz, Eliot Fried

This article is a translation of Michael Sadowsky's original paper "Die Differentialgleichungen des Möbiusschen Bandes." in Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung 39 (2. Abt. Heft 5/8, Jahresversammlung vom 16. bis 23. September), 49-51 (1929), which is a short version of his paper "Theorie der elastisch biegsamen undehnbaren Bä

Denis F. Hinz, Eliot Fried

This article is a translation of Michael Sadowsky's original paper "Theorie der elastisch biegsamen undehnbaren Bänder mit Anwendungen auf das Möbiussche Band" in 3. internationaler Kongress für technische Mechanik, Stockholm, 1930. The translation is augmented by an Appendix containing an interpretation of the last section of Sadowsky's orig

Daniele Ramazzotti

This thesis conducts an observational study into whether diuretics should be administered to ICU patients with sepsis when length of stay in the ICU and 30-day post-hospital mortality are considered. The central contribution of the thesis is a stepwise, reusable software-based approach for examining the outcome of treatment vs no-treatment decisions with obs

Igor Stassiy

In this master thesis we analyze the complexity of sorting a set of strings. It was shown that the complexity of sorting strings can be naturally expressed in terms of the prefix trie induced by the set of strings. The model of computation takes into account symbol comparisons and not just comparisons between the strings. The analysis of upper and lower boun

Homa Esfahanizadeh, Farshad Lahouti, Babak Hassibi

In this paper, a general algorithm is proposed for rate analysis and code design of linear index coding problems. Specifically a solution for minimum rank matrix completion problem over finite fields representing the linear index coding problem is devised in order to find the optimum transmission rate given vector length and size of the field. The new approa

Leonard Apeltsin

Off-Chain transactions allow for the immediate transfer of Cryptocurrency between two parties, without delays or unavoidable transaction fees. Such capabilities are critical for mainstream Cryptocurrency adaption. They allow for the "Coffee-Coin Criteria"; under which a customer orders a coffee and pays for that coffee in bitcoins. This is not possib

Artem Baskin, Hossein R. Sadeghpour, Petr Kral

We study highly excited diskoid-like electronic states formed in the vicinity of charged and strongly polarizable diskotic nanostructures, such as circular graphene flakes. First, we study the nature of such extended states in a simple two-electron model. The two electrons are attached to a point-like nucleus with a charge 2+, where the material electron is

Angela Gu, Patrick Zeng

Factor analysis is a statistical technique employed to evaluate how observed variables correlate through common factors and unique variables. While it is often used to analyze price movement in the unstable stock market, it does not always yield easily interpretable results. In this study, we develop improved factor models by explicitly incorporating sector

Kazuhiro Horihata

We present a new scheme for solving Navier-Stokes systems. This is inspired by material differentiation and combined with discrete Morse semi-flow. The solution has the first energy inequality, we set some assumption though. This result crucially does not provide any new result, but I believe that by making my scheme is more sophisticated, we can develop the

Abhinav Parihar, Nikhil Shukla, Suman Datta, Arijit Raychowdhury

Computing with networks of synchronous oscillators has attracted wide-spread attention as novel materials and device topologies have enabled realization of compact, scalable and low-power coupled oscillatory systems. Of particular interest are compact and low-power relaxation oscillators that have been recently demonstrated using MIT (metal- insulator-transi

Senthil B. Girimurugan, Eric Chicken

Mathematical formulations and proofs for a wavelet based statistic employed in functional data analysis is elaborately discussed in this report. The propositions and derivations discussed here apply to a wavelet based statistic with hard thresholding. The proposed analytic distribution is made feasible only due to the assumption of normality. Since the stati

Javier M. Magán, Dmitry Melnikov, Madson R. O. Silva

A proposal to describe gravity duals of conformal theories with boundaries (AdS/BCFT correspondence) was put forward by Takayanagi few years ago. However interesting solutions describing field theories at finite temperature and charge density are still lacking. In this paper we describe a class of theories with boundary, which admit black hole type gravity s

Joleen K. Carlberg, Katia Cunha, Verne V. Smith

A recent study of Li abundances in field red giant stars suggested that the phenomenon of enriched surface Li may be a short-lived phase of red clump evolution for stars with masses near 2 M_sun. Although the exact mechanism for generating this Li is not fully understood, it may be related to the He-core flash that immediately precedes the red clump stage. T

C. Moutou, J-M. Almenara, R. F. Diaz, R. Alonso

The CoRoT satellite has provided high-precision photometric light curves for more than 163,000 stars and found several hundreds of transiting systems compatible with a planetary scenario. If ground-based velocimetric observations are the best way to identify the actual planets among many possible configurations of eclipsing binary systems, recent transit sur

Leonard Apeltsin

Motivation: The study of diverse enzyme superfamilies can provide important insight into the relationships between protein sequence, structure and function. It is often challenging, however, to discover these relationships across a large and diverse superfamily. Contemporary similarity network visualization techniques allow researchers to aggregate sequence

Pol Grasland-Mongrain

The ability of the Lorentz force to link a mechanical displacement to an electrical current presents a strong interest for medical acoustics, and three applications were studied in this thesis. In the first part of this work, a hydrophone was developed for mapping the particle velocity of an acoustic field. This hydrophone was constructed using a thin copper

Hiroyuki Tashiro, Kenji Kadota, Joseph Silk

We demonstrate that elastic scattering between dark matter (DM) and baryons can affect the thermal evolution of the intergalactic medium at early epochs and discuss the observational consequences. We show that, due to the interaction between DM and baryons, the baryon temperature is cooled after decoupling from the CMB temperature. We illustrate our findings

L. Pastur, V. Slavin

We study theoretically and numerically the entanglement entropy of the $d$-dimensional free fermions whose one body Hamiltonian is the Anderson model. Using basic facts of the exponential Anderson localization, we show first that the disorder averaged entanglement entropy $\langle S_Λ\rangle$ of the $d$ dimension cube $Λ$ of side length $l$ admits the area l

Leszek Szała

We study nonautonomous discrete dynamical systems with randomly perturbed trajectories. We suppose that such a system is generated by a sequence of continuous maps which converges uniformly to a map $f$. We give conditions, under which a recurrent point of a (standard) autonomous discrete dynamical system generated by the limit function $f$ is also recurrent

Tomasz Schoen, Olof Sisask

We show that if a subset A of {1,...,N} does not contain any solutions to the equation x+y+z=3w with the variables not all equal, then A has size at most exp(-c(log N)^{1/7}) N, where c > 0 is some absolute constant. In view of Behrend's construction, this bound is of the right shape: the exponent 1/7 cannot be replaced by any constant larger than 1/2. W

R. Rodríguez-Guzmán, Carlos A. Jiménez-Hoyos, Gustavo E. Scuseria

The few determinant (FED) methodology, introduced in our previous works for 1D lattices, is here adapted for the repulsive two-dimensional Hubbard model at half-filling and with finite doping fractions. Within this configuration mixing scheme, a given ground state with well defined spin and space group quantum numbers, is expanded in terms of a nonorthogonal

X. Y. Yin, D. Blume, P. R. Johnson, E. Tiesinga

We derive the ground-state energy for a small number of ultracold atoms in an isotropic harmonic trap using effective quantum field theory (EFT). Atoms are assumed to interact through pairwise energy-independent and energy-dependent delta-function potentials with strengths proportional to the scattering length $a$ and effective range volume $V$, respectively

Ally S. Nyamawe

Computer programming is among the fundamental aspects of computer science curriculum. Many students first introduced to introductory computer programming courses experience difficulties in learning and comprehending. Vast amount of researches have revealed that, generally programming courses are regarded as difficult and challenging and thus often have the h

Wael W. Mohammed, Dirk Blömker

We consider a class of reaction-diffusion equations with a stochastic perturbation on the boundary. We show that in the limit of fast diffusion, one can rigorously approximate solutions of the system of PDEs with stochastic Neumann boundary conditions by the solution of a suitable stochastic/deterministic differential equation for the average concentration t

Jared H. Strait, Parinita Nene, Farhan Rana

The ultimate limitations on carrier mobilities in metal dichalcogenides, and the dynamics associated with carrier relaxation, are unclear. We present measurements of the frequency-dependent conductivity of multilayer dichalcogenide MoS2 by optical-pump terahertz-probe spectroscopy. We find mobilities in this material approaching 4200 cm2/Vs at low temperatur

Leonid V. Abdurakhimov, German V. Kolmakov, Aleksander A. Levchenko, Yuri V. Lvov

The results of experimental and theoretical studies of the parametric decay instability of capillary waves on the surface of superfluid helium He-II are reported. It is demonstrated that in a system of turbulent capillary waves low-frequency waves are generated along with the direct Kolmogorov-Zakharov cascade of capillary turbulence. The effects of low-freq

Duncan A. Forbes, Mark A. Norris, Jay Strader, Aaron J. Romanowsky

The previously clear division between small galaxies and massive star clusters is now occupied by objects called ultra compact dwarfs (UCDs) and compact ellipticals (cEs). Here we combine a sample of UCDs and cEs with velocity dispersions from the AIMSS project with literature data to explore their dynamical-to-stellar mass ratios. We confirm that the mass r

Ali Alilooee, Arindam Banerjee

In this paper we prove that if $I(G)$ is a bipartite edge ideal with regularity three then for all $s\geq 2$ the regularity of $I(G)^s$ is exactly $2s+1$.

Korkut Bardakci

The present article completes an earlier publication, which was the culmination of a series of papers dedicated to the study of the planar graphs of the scalar phi^3 theory on a light cone world sheet. In the earlier work, a field theory on a continuous world sheet that reproduces these planar graphs was constructed, and the mean field approximation was appl

M. Fogle, D. J. Haxton, A. L. Landers, A. E. Orel

We present experimental results for dissociative electron attachment to acetylene near the 3 eV $^2Π_g$ resonance. In particular, we use an ion-momentum imaging technique to investigate the dissociation channel leading to C$_2$H$^-$ fragments. From our measured ion-momentum results we extract fragment kinetic energy and angular distributions. We directly obs

Amit G. Deshwar, Shankar Vembu, Quaid Morris

Statistical machine learning methods, especially nonparametric Bayesian methods, have become increasingly popular to infer clonal population structure of tumors. Here we describe the treeCRP, an extension of the Chinese restaurant process (CRP), a popular construction used in nonparametric mixture models, to infer the phylogeny and genotype of major subclona

Ashutosh Nayyar, Laurent Lessard

In this two-part paper, we identify a broad class of decentralized output-feedback LQG systems for which the optimal control strategies have a simple intuitive estimation structure and can be computed efficiently. Roughly, we consider the class of systems for which the coupling of dynamics among subsystems and the inter-controller communication is characteri

Robert S. French, Shannon K. Hicks, Mark R. Showalter, Adrienne K. Antonsen

Saturn's F ring is subject to dynamic structural changes over short periods. Among the observed phenomena are diffuse extended bright clumps (ECs) ~ 3-40 degrees in longitudinal extent. These ECs appear, evolve, and disappear over a span of days to months. ECs have been seen by the two Voyager spacecraft, the Cassini orbiter, and various ground- and spac

Marek Golasiński, Daciberg Gonçalves, Peter Wong

Let $J(X)$ denote the James construction on a space $X$ and $J_n(X)$ be the $n$-th stage of the James filtration of $J(X)$. It is known that $[J(X),ΩY]\cong \lim\limits_{\leftarrow} [J_n(X),ΩY]$ for any space $Y$. When $X=\mathbb S^1$, the circle, $J(\mathbb S^1)=ΩΣ\mathbb S^1=Ω\mathbb S^2$. Furthermore, there is a bijection between $[J(\mathbb S^1),ΩY]$ and

Susan Nicholson-Dykstra, Ben Van Dusen, Valerie Otero

Students who serve as Learning Assistants (LAs) and have the opportunity to teach the content they are learning, while also studying effective teaching pedagogy, have demonstrated achievement gains in advanced content courses and positive shifts in attitudes about learning science [V. Otero, S. Pollock & N. Finkelstein, Amer J Physics 78, 11 (2010)]. Althoug

Robert S. French, Mark R. Showalter

We have explored the stability of the inner Uranian satellites using simulations based on the most recent observational data. We find that, across a wide range of mass assumptions, the system is unstable, resulting in the eventual crossing of orbits and probable subsequent collision of moons. Cupid and Belinda are usually the first satellites to cross orbits

Guido D'Amico, Roberto Gobbetti, Matthew Kleban, Marjorie Schillo

We study the dynamics of parallel brane-brane and brane-antibrane scattering in string theory in flat spacetime, focusing on the pair production of open strings that stretch between the branes. We are particularly interested in the case of scattering at small impact parameter $b < l_s$, where there is a tachyon in the spectrum when a brane and an antibrane a

Marco Baggio, Nick Halmagyi, Daniel R. Mayerson, Daniel Robbins

We compute four-derivative corrections to the AdS supergravity actions arising from the near-horizon geometry of N M5-branes wrapped on either one or two Riemann surfaces. This setup features the novel presence of both gauged isometries as well as nontrivial hypermultiplets. We argue that the 5d Chern-Simons terms receive not only higher-derivative correctio

Ben Van Dusen, Ramon S. Barthelemy, Charles Henderson

Physics education research (PER) is a rapidly growing area of PhD specialization. In this article we examine the trajectories that led respondents into a PER graduate program as well as their expected future trajectories. Data were collected in the form of an online survey sent to graduate students in PER. Our findings show a lack of visibility of PER as a f

Robert S. French, Mark R. Showalter, Rafael Sfair, Carlos A. Argüelles

Image photometry reveals that the F ring is approximately twice as bright during the Cassini tour as it was during the Voyager flybys of 1980 and 1981. It is also three times as wide and has a higher integrated optical depth. We have performed photometric measurements of more than 4,800 images of Saturn&#39;s F ring taken over a five-year period with Cassini

Duarte Fontes, J. C. Romão, João P. Silva

The latest LHC data confirmed the existence of a Higgs-like particle and made interesting measurements on its decays into $γγ$, $Z Z^\ast$, $W W^\ast$, $τ^+ τ^-$, and $b \bar{b}$. It is expected that a decay into $Z γ$ might be measured at the next LHC round, for which there already exists an upper bound. The Higgs-like particle could be a mixture of scalar

Kenneth Duncan, Christopher J. Conselice, Alice Mortlock, William G. Hartley

We measure new estimates for the galaxy stellar mass function and star formation rates for samples of galaxies at $z \sim 4,~5,~6~\&~7$ using data in the CANDELS GOODS South field. The deep near-infrared observations allow us to construct the stellar mass function at $z \geq 6$ directly for the first time. We estimate stellar masses for our sample by fitting

Vernon Barger, Lisa L. Everett, Chris B. Jackson, Andrea D. Peterson

After the extraordinary discovery of the Higgs boson at the LHC, the next goal is to pin down its underlying dynamics by measuring the Higgs self-couplings, along with its couplings to gauge and matter particles. As a prototype model of new physics in the scalar sector, we consider the Two Higgs Doublet Model (2HDM) with CP-conservation, and evaluate the pro

Jonathan Mackey, Shazrene Mohamed, Vasilii V. Gvaramadze, Rubina Kotak

Betelgeuse, a nearby red supergiant, is a runaway star with a powerful stellar wind that drives a bow shock into its surroundings. This picture has been challenged by the discovery of a dense and almost static shell that is three times closer to the star than the bow shock and has been decelerated by some external force. The two physically distinct structure

E. Berger, B. A. Zauderer, R. -R. Chary, T. Laskar

We present rest-frame far-infrared (FIR) and optical observations of the host galaxy of GRB090423 at z=8.23 from the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) and the Spitzer Space Telescope, respectively. The host remains undetected to 3-sigma limits of Fnu(222 GHz)<33 microJy and Fnu(3.6 micron)<81 nJy. The FIR limit is about 20 times fainter than the luminosi

Ralf Kosyra, Claus Goessl, Ulrich Hopp, Florian Lang-Bardl

The Wendelstein Observatory of Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich has recently been upgraded with a modern 2m robotic telescope. One Nasmyth port of the telescope has been equipped with a wide-field corrector which preserves the excellent image quality (< 0.8&#34; median seeing) of the site (Hopp et al. 2008) over a field of view of 0.7 degrees diameter

Florian U. Bernlochner, Zoltan Ligeti, Sascha Turczyk

An interesting possibility to ease the tension between various determinations of |V_{ub}| is to allow a small right-handed contribution to the standard model weak current. The present bounds on such a contribution are fairly weak. We propose new ways to search for such a beyond standard model contribution in semileptonic B -> rho ell nu decay. Generalized as

Richard Shurtleff

Measuring the alignment of polarized radio sources requires comparing vectors at different locations on the sky, i.e. on a sphere. A test of alignment is derived herein. While both large scale and coordinate independent, the test avoids the mathematical subtleties involved when comparing vectors at different locations on a curved surface. Applied to 5442 sou

Nicole Muhr, Astrid Maria Veronig, Ines Waltraud Kienreich, Bojan Vrsnak

We present a statistical analysis of 60 strong large-scale EUV wave events that occurred during January 2007 to February 2011 with the STEREO twin spacecraft regarding their kinematical evolution and wave pulse characteristics. For the start velocity, we obtain for the arithmetic mean $312\pm115$ km s$^{-1}$ (within a range of 100$-$630 km s$^{-1}$). For the

Liane Gabora, Simon Tseng

Excess individual creativity can be detrimental to society because creators invest in unproven ideas at the expense of propagating proven ones. Moreover, a proportion of individuals can benefit from creativity without being creative themselves by copying creators. We hypothesized that (1) societies increase their rate of cultural evolution by tempering the n

Sara M. Petty, Lee Armus, Vassilis Charmandaris, Aaron S. Evans

We compare the morphologies of a sample of 20 LIRGs from the Great Observatories All-sky LIRG Survey (GOALS) in the FUV, B, I and H bands, using the Gini (G) and M20 parameters to quantitatively estimate the distribution and concentration of flux as a function of wavelength. HST images provide an average spatial resolution of ~80 pc. While our LIRGs can be r

Nicolas Brodu, Joshua A. Dijksman, Robert P. Behringer

If you walk on sand, it supports your weight. How do the disordered forces between particles in sand organize, to keep you from sinking? This simple question is surprisingly difficult to answer experimentally: measuring forces in three dimensions, between deeply buried grains, is challenging. We describe here experiments in which we have succeeded in measuri

Ping Li, Cun-Hui Zhang

We study the use of very sparse random projections for compressed sensing (sparse signal recovery) when the signal entries can be either positive or negative. In our setting, the entries of a Gaussian design matrix are randomly sparsified so that only a very small fraction of the entries are nonzero. Our proposed decoding algorithm is simple and efficient in

Mike Ross, Ben Van Dusen, Valerie Otero

This study involves a theory-based teacher professional development model that was created to address two problems. First, dominant modes of science teacher professional development have been inadequate in helping teachers create learning environments that engage students in the practices of science, as called for most recently by the NGSS. Second, there is

M. Czakon, D. Heymes

Four years ago, one of us introduced a novel subtraction scheme for the evaluation of double-real radiation contributions to cross sections at next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) in QCD. This approach, named SecToR Improved Phase sPacE for Real radiation (STRIPPER), has already found several non-trivial applications. In particular, it has allowed for the de

Matthias Le Dall, Adam Ritz

We study the impact on leptogenesis of Higgs portal couplings to a new scalar singlet. These couplings open up additional $CP$-violating decay channels for the higher mass singlet neutrinos $N_2$ and $N_3$. We analyze the simplest case of two-level $N_1-N_2$ leptogenesis, including significant mass hierarchies, in which the $CP$ asymmetry is generated in par

Robert Fleischer

CP-violating effects in decays of B mesons offer a wide spectrum of probes for testing the phase structure of the quark-flavour sector of the Standard Model. After a brief discussion of the picture emerging from the current LHC data, the focus will be put on two specific topics: hadronic uncertainties from penguin topologies on measurements of the $B^0_q$-$\

Luca Bizzocchi, Paola Caselli, Silvia Spezzano, Elvira Leonardo

Using the IRAM 30m telescope, we mapped the methanol emission in the pre-stellar core L1544 and observed singly deuterated methanol (CH$_2$DOH and CH$_3$OD) towards the dust peak of L1544. Non-LTE radiative transfer modelling was performed on three CH$_3$OH emissions lines at 96.7 GHz, using a Bonnor-Ebert sphere as a model for the source. We have also assum

K. Krishnamoorthy, Tsu-Chin Tsao

Discrete-time domain Iterative Learning Control (ILC) schemes inspired by Repetitive control algorithms are proposed and analyzed. The well known relation between a discrete-time plant (filter) and its Markov Toeplitz matrix representation has been exploited in previous ILC literature. However, this connection breaks down when the filters have noncausal comp

Tamas Rudas

Odds ratios and log-linear parameters are not collapsible, meaning that including a variable into the analysis or omitting one from it, may change the strength of association among the remaining variables. Even the direction of association may be reversed, a fact that is often discussed under the name of Simpson&#39;s paradox. A parameter of association is d

E. A. Grechnikov

In this paper, we study some important statistics of the random graph in the directed preferential attachment model introduced by B. Bollobás, C. Borgs, J. Chayes and O. Riordan. First, we find a new asymptotic formula for the expectation of the number $ n_{in}(d,t) $ of nodes of a given in-degree $ d $ in a graph in this model with $t$ edges, which covers a

A. P. Boss, S. A. Keiser

We present the results of a large suite of three-dimensional (3D) models of the collapse of magnetic molecular cloud cores using the adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) code Enzo2.2 in the ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) approximation. The cloud cores are initially either prolate or oblate, centrally condensed clouds with masses of 1.73 or 2.73 $M_\odot$, respec

Marco Gori, Marco Lippi, Marco Maggini, Stefano Melacci

In the last few years we have seen a growing interest in machine learning approaches to computer vision and, especially, to semantic labeling. Nowadays state of the art systems use deep learning on millions of labeled images with very successful results on benchmarks, though it is unlikely to expect similar results in unrestricted visual environments. Most l

Alison Burrows, Rachel Gooberman-Hill, Ian Craddock, David Coyle

This paper describes some of the challenges set within SPHERE, a large-scale Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration that aims to develop sensor systems to monitor people&#39;s health and wellbeing in the home. In particular we discuss the dual task facing the User- Centered Design research group, to ensure the development of inclusive and desirable domesti

V. S. Maryasin, M. E. Zhitomirsky

Effect of structural disorder is investigated for an $XY$ pyrochlore antiferromagnet with continuous degeneracy of classical ground states. Two types of disorder, vacancies and weakly fluctuating exchange bonds, lift degeneracy selecting the same subset of classical ground states. Analytic and numerical results demonstrate that such an &#34;order by structur

Xing Zhong, Sahar Keshavarz, Josh Jones, Claudia Mewes

The design and performance of a sensitive and reliable cross-correlation spectrum analyzer for studying low frequency transport noise is described in detail. The design makes use of common PC-based data acquisition hardware and preamplifiers to acquire time-based data, along with software we have developed to compute the cross-correlation and noise spectral

Jeremy Debattista, Christoph Lange, Sören Auer

Data quality is commonly defined as fitness for use. The problem of identifying quality of data is faced by many data consumers. Data publishers often do not have the means to identify quality problems in their data. To make the task for both stakeholders easier, we have developed the Dataset Quality Ontology (daQ). daQ is a core vocabulary for representing

Xiaoting Wang, Michele Allegra, Kurt Jacobs, Seth Lloyd

Most methods of optimal control cannot obtain accurate time-optimal protocols. The quantum brachistochrone equation is an exception, and has the potential to provide accurate time-optimal protocols for essentially any quantum control problem. So far this potential has not been realized, however, due to the inadequacy of conventional numerical methods to solv

Miha Troha, Raphael Hauser

We propose a term structure power price model that, in contrast to widely accepted no-arbitrage based approaches, accounts for the non-storable nature of power. It belongs to a class of equilibrium game theoretic models with players divided into producers and consumers. The consumers&#39; goal is to maximize a mean-variance utility function subject to satisf

Pascal Grange, Idan Menashe, Michael Hawrylycz

Two cliques of genes identified computationally for their high co-expression in the mouse brain according to the Allen Brain Atlas, and for their enrichment in genes related to autism spectrum disorder, have recently been shown to be highly co-expressed in the cerebellar cortex, compared to what could be expected by chance. Moreover, the expression of these

Luca Spadafora, Marco Dubrovich, Marcello Terraneo

In this paper we discuss a general methodology to compute the market risk measure over long time horizons and at extreme percentiles, which are the typical conditions needed for estimating Economic Capital. The proposed approach extends the usual market-risk measure, ie, Value-at-Risk (VaR) at a short-term horizon and 99% confidence level, by properly applyi

Prasanta Kundu, Arti Dua

Light scattering and viscometric measurements on weak polyelectrolytes show two important aspects of counterion condensation, namely, non-monotonic variation in the polyelectrolyte size with the increase in the electrostatic strength, and, monovalent counterion selectivity in determining the nature of collapse transition at high electrostatic strengths. Here

Yuntao Bai, Song He

We propose a new diagrammatic formulation of the all-loop scattering amplitudes/Wilson loops in planar N=4 SYM, dubbed the &#34;momentum-twistor diagrams&#34;. These are on-shell-diagrams obtained by gluing trivalent black and white vertices defined in momentum twistor space, which, in the reduced diagram case, are known to be related to diagrams in the orig

M. A. Cordiner, A. J. Remijan, J. Boissier, S. N. Milam

Results are presented from the first cometary observations using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA), including measurements of the spatially-resolved distributions of HCN, HNC, H$_2$CO and dust within the comae of two comets: C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) and C/2012 S1 (ISON), observed at heliocentric distances of 1.5 AU and 0.54 AU, respectively.

J. A. Aguilar-Saavedra, F. R. Joaquim

The CMS collaboration has recently reported a 2.8$σ$ excess of $eejj$ events with an invariant mass around 2 TeV. This observation can be explained in the context of standard model extensions with new gauge bosons $W&#39;$, $Z&#39;$ and heavy neutrinos coupling (mainly) to the electron. We discuss additional signals that allow to confirm or discard the $W&#3

Alberto Garfagnini

Neutrinoless double beta decay is the only process known so far able to test the neutrino intrinsic nature: its experimental observation would imply that the lepton number is violated by two units and prove that neutrinos have a Majorana mass components, being their own anti-particle. While several experiments searching for such a rare decay have been perfor

Martin Gärttner, Shannon Whitlock, David W. Schönleber, Jörg Evers

In an ensemble of laser-driven atoms involving strongly interacting Rydberg states, the excitation probability is usually strongly suppressed. In contrast, here we identify a regime in which the steady-state Rydberg excited fraction is enhanced by the interaction. This effect is associated with the build-up of many-body coherences, induced by coherent multi-

Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Saleem Zaroubi, Naoshi Sugiyama

We explore the observability of the neutral hydrogen (HI) and the singly-ionized isotope helium-3 ($^3$HeII) in the intergalactic medium (IGM) from the Epoch of Reionization down to the local Universe. The hyperfine transition of $^3$HeII, which is not as well known as the HI transition, has energy splitting corresponding to 8 cm. It also has a larger sponta

Israel Lazo, Chenhui Peng, Jie Xiang, Sergij V. Shiyanovskii

Electrically-controlled dynamics of fluids and particles at microscales is a fascinating area of research with applications ranging from microfluidics and sensing to sorting of biomolecules. The driving mechanisms are electric forces acting on spatially separated charges in an isotropic medium such as water. Here we demonstrate that anisotropic conductivity

Juntao Song, Carolyn Fine, Emil Prodan

The effect of strong disorder on chiral-symmetric 3-dimensional lattice models is investigated via analytical and numerical methods. The phase diagrams of the models are computed using the non-commutative winding number, as functions of disorder strength and model&#39;s parameters. The localized/delocalized characteristic of the quantum states is probed with

Peter Szabo, Peter Dusan Ispanovity, Istvan Groma

Size-dependence of plastic flow is studied by discrete dislocation dynamical simulation of systems with various numbers of interacting linear edge dislocations while the stress is slowly increased. Regions between avalanches in the individual stress curves as functions of the plastic strain were found nearly linear and reversible, where the plastic deformati

S. Jafarzadeh, S. K. Solanki, A. Lagg, L. R. Bellot Rubio

High levels of horizontal magnetic flux have been reported in the quiet-Sun internetwork, often based on Stokes profile inversions. Here we introduce a new method for deducing the inclination of magnetic elements and use it to test magnetic field inclinations from inversions. We determine accurate positions of a set of small, bright magnetic elements in high

Grant Schneider, Peter F. Craigmile, Radu Herbei

Stochastic Differential Equations (SDEs) are used as statistical models in many disciplines. However, intractable likelihood functions for SDEs make inference challenging, and we need to resort to simulation-based techniques to estimate and maximize the likelihood function. While sequential Monte Carlo methods have allowed for the accurate evaluation of like

Greg Aloupis, Luis Barba, Paz Carmi, Vida Dujmović

Motivated by applications to graph morphing, we consider the following \emph{compatible connectivity-augmentation problem}: We are given a labelled $n$-vertex planar graph, $\mathcal{G}$, that has $r\ge 2$ connected components, and $k\ge 2$ isomorphic planar straight-line drawings, $G_1,\ldots,G_k$, of $\mathcal{G}$. We wish to augment $\mathcal G$ by adding

A. Barducci, R. Giachetti, E. Sorace

A system of two fermions with different masses and interacting by the Coulomb potential is presented in a completely covariant framework. The spin-spin interaction, including the anomalous magnetic moments of the two fermions, is added by means of a Breit term. We solve the resulting fourth order differential system by evaluating the spectrum and the eigenfu

Carl M. Bender, Daniel W. Hook, Nick E. Mavromatos, Sarben Sarkar

Logarithmic time-like Liouville quantum field theory has a generalized PT invariance, where T is the time-reversal operator and P stands for an S-duality reflection of the Liouville field $ϕ$. In Euclidean space the Lagrangian of such a theory, $L=\frac{1}{2}(\nablaϕ)^2-igϕ\exp(iaϕ)$, is analyzed using the techniques of PT-symmetric quantum theory. It is sho

George Grispos, William Bradley Glisson, Tim Storer

In today&#39;s globally networked environment, information security incidents can inflict staggering financial losses on organizations. Industry reports indicate that fundamental problems exist with the application of current linear plan-driven security incident response approaches being applied in many organizations. Researchers argue that traditional appro

Boris Iolis, Gianluca Bontempi

We demonstrate a method to optimize the combination of distinct components in a paragraph retrieval system. Our system makes use of several indices, query generators and filters, each of them potentially contributing to the quality of the returned list of results. The components are combined with a weighed sum, and we optimize the weights using a heuristic o

Neil Hindman, Imre Leader, Dona Strauss

A finite or infinite matrix $A$ with rational entries (and only finitely many non-zero entries in each row) is called image partition regular if, whenever the natural numbers are finitely coloured, there is a vector $x$, with entries in the natural numbers, such that $Ax$ is monochromatic. Many of the classical results of Ramsey theory are naturally stated i