August 2014 arXiv papers — page 65

A. Kusina, K. Kovarik, T. Jezo, D. B. Clark

We present updated nCTEQ nuclear parton distribution functions with errors including pion production data from RHIC. We compare them with the results of other groups and present selected LHC applications.

Fabienne A. Bastien

Stellar surface processes represent a fundamental limit to the detection of extrasolar planets with the currently most heavily-used techniques. As such, considerable effort has gone into trying to mitigate the impact of these processes on planet detection, with most studies focusing on magnetic spots. Meanwhile, high-precision photometric planet surveys like

Javier Diaz-Vargas, Enrique Polanco-Chi

In this short note, we give a proof of the Riemann hypothesis for Goss $v$-adic zeta function $ζ_{v}(s)$, when $v$ is a prime of $\mathbb{F}_{q}[t]$ of degree one.

Yingfu Zeng, Chad Rose, Paul Brauner, Walid Taha

We continue to consider the question of what language features are needed to effectively model cyber-physical systems (CPS). In previous work, we proposed using a core language as a way to study this question, and showed how several basic aspects of CPS can be modeled clearly in a language with a small set of constructs. This paper reports on the result of o

Dejan Urošević

The theoretical fundamentals of formation of the supernova remnant (SNR) continuum radio spectra are presented in this review. Mainly based on the Fermi 1 theory - also known as diffuse shock acceleration (DSA) - the different shapes (linear or curved in log-log scale) of SNR radio spectra are predicted for both young and evolved SNRs. On the other hand, som

S. V. Fedorov, A. V. Chipouline, N. N. Rosanov

The plasmonic structures exhibiting narrowband resonances (NBR) are of a great interest for various applications. We propose to use hysteresis behavior in a 1D system of nonlinear nanoresonators in order to achieve the NRB; the nonlinearity is provided by saturation of a two-level quantum system coupled with the nanoresonators (nanolaser/spaser configuration

Sergio del Campo, Víctor Cárdenas, Juan Magaña, J. R. Villanueva

In this letter we study the semi holographic model which corresponds to the radiative version of the model proposed by Zhang et al. (Phys. Lett. B 694 (2010), 177) and revisited by Cárdenas et al. (Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 438 (2014), 3603). This inclusion makes the model more realistic, so allows us to test it with current observational data and then ans

Hua Chen, Andrew D. Kent, Allan H. MacDonald, Inti Sodemann

In thin film ferromagnets with perfect easy-plane anisotropy, the component of total spin perpendicular to the easy plane is a good quantum number and the corresponding spin supercurrent can flow without dissipation. In this Letter we explain how spin supercurrents couple spatially remote spin-mixing vertical transport channels, even when easy-plane anisotro

Anne-Marie Weijmans, P. T. de Zeeuw, Eric Emsellem, Davor Krajnovic

We use the Atlas3D sample to perform a study of the intrinsic shapes of early-type galaxies, taking advantage of the available combined photometric and kinematic data. Based on our ellipticity measurements from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7, and additional imaging from the Isaac Newton Telescope, we first invert the shape distribution of fast a

Scott Geraedts, Olexei Motrunich

We study a topological phase of interacting bosons in (3+1) dimensions which is protected by charge conservation and time-reversal symmetry. We present an explicit lattice model which realizes this phase and which can be studied in sign-free Monte Carlo simulations. The idea behind our model is to bind bosons to topological defects called hedgehogs. We deter

Claudio Durastanti, Yabebal T. Fantaye, Frode K. Hansen, Domenico Marinucci

We present here a simple construction of a wavelet system for the three-dimensional ball, which we label \emph{Radial 3D Needlets}. The construction envisages a data collection environment where an observer located at the centre of the ball is surrounded by concentric spheres with the same pixelization at different radial distances, for any given resolution.

Andrew C. Potter

Entanglement structure serves as a powerful way to characterize quantum many-body phases. This is particularly so for gapless quantum liquids, where entanglement-based tools provide one of the only means to systematically characterize these complicated phases. For example, the Fermi-surface structure of Fermi-liquids is revealed in entanglement entropy by a

M. D. Stritzinger, S. Valenti, P. Hoeflich, E. Baron

We present UV through NIR broad-band photometry, and optical and NIR spectroscopy of Type Iax supernova 2012Z. The data set consists of both early and late-time observations, including the first late phase NIR spectrum obtained for a spectroscopically classified SN Iax. Simple model calculations of its bolometric light curve suggest SN 2012Z produced ~0.3 M_

Ryan J. Foley, Curtis McCully, Saurabh W. Jha, Lars Bildsten

Type Iax supernovae (SNe Iax) are thermonuclear explosions that are related to SNe Ia, but are physically distinct. The most important differences are that SNe Iax have significantly lower luminosity (1% - 50% that of typical SNe Ia), lower ejecta mass (~0.1 - 0.5 M_sun), and may leave a bound remnant. The most extreme SN Iax is SN 2008ha, which peaked at M_

Heng Hao, Mark T. Sargent, Martin Elvis, Eva Schinnerer

Limited studies have been performed on the radio-loud fraction in X-ray selected type 1 AGN samples. The consistency between various radio-loudness definitions also needs to be checked. We measure the radio-loudness of the 407 type 1 AGNs in the XMM-COSMOS quasar sample using nine criteria from the literature (six defined in the rest-frame and three defined

Curtis McCully, Saurabh W. Jha, Ryan J. Foley, Lars Bildsten

Type-Iax supernovae (SN Iax) are stellar explosions that are spectroscopically similar to some type-Ia supernovae (SN Ia) at maximum light, except with lower ejecta velocities. They are also distinguished by lower luminosities. At late times, their spectroscopic properties diverge from other SN, but their composition (dominated by iron-group and intermediate

Kavitha Sooda, T. R. Gopalakrishnan Nair

In this paper we compare the two intelligent route generation system and its performance capability in graded networks using Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm and Genetic Algorithm (GA). Both ABC and GA have found its importance in optimization technique for determining optimal path while routing operations in the network. The paper shows how ABC approac

Alhun Aydin, Altug Sisman

Intrinsic discrete nature in thermodynamic properties of Fermi gases appears under strongly confined and degenerate conditions. For a rectangular confinement domain, thermodynamic properties of an ideal Fermi gas are expressed in their exact summation forms. For 1D, 2D and 3D nano domains, variations of both number of particles and internal energy per partic

Alejandro Torres-Sanchez, Jesus Gomez-Gardenes, Fernando Falo

A comprehensive approach to cellular differentiation in cyanobacteria is developed. To this aim, the process of heterocyst cell formation is studied under a systems biology point of view. By relying on statistical physics techniques, we translate the essential ingredients and mechanisms of the genetic circuit into a set of differential equations that describ

Alexandre Barreira, Baojiu Li, Wojciech A. Hellwing, Carlton M. Baugh

We study the nonlinear growth of structure in nonlocal gravity models with the aid of N-body simulation and the spherical collapse and halo models. We focus on a model in which the inverse-squared of the d'Alembertian operator acts on the Ricci scalar in the action. For fixed cosmological parameters, this model differs from $Λ{\rm CDM}$ by having a lower

Paul Jenkins, Kyle Pratt

We give explicit upper bounds for the coefficients of arbitrary weight $k$, level 2 cusp forms, making Deligne's well-known $O(n^{\frac{k-1}{2}+ε})$ bound precise. We also derive asymptotic formulas and explicit upper bounds for the coefficients of certain level 2 modular functions.

Alejandro Ferrero, Gabriel Téllez

We consider the thermodynamic effects of an electrically charged impurity immersed in a two-dimensional two-component plasma, composed by particles with charges $\pm e$, at temperature $T$, at coupling $Γ=e^2/(k_B T)=2$, confined in a large disk of radius $R$. Particularly, we focus on the analysis of the charge density, the correlation functions, and the gr

Robert S. D. Thomas

Perfect colouring of isonemal fabrics by thin striping of warp and weft with more than two colours is examined. Examples of thin striping in all possible species with no redundancy and with redundant cells arranged as twills are given. Colouring woven flat tori is discussed.

Michael Backes, Niklas Grimm, Aniket Kate

Intentional or unintentional leakage of confidential data is undoubtedly one of the most severe security threats that organizations face in the digital era. The threat now extends to our personal lives: a plethora of personal information is available to social networks and smartphone providers and is indirectly transferred to untrustworthy third party and fo

Steven R. Finch

This is the last of a trilogy of papers on triangle centers. A fairly obscure "conformal center of gravity" is computed for the class of all isosceles triangles. This calculation appears to be new. A byproduct is the logarithmic capacity or transfinite diameter of such, yielding results consistent with Haegi (1951).

François D. Côté, Ioannis N. Psaromiligkos, Warren J. Gross

In this paper, we address the problem of how a network of agents can collaboratively fit a linear model when each agent only ever has an arbitrary summand of the regression data. This problem generalizes previously studied data-matrix-splitting scenarios, allowing for some agents to have more measurements of some features than of others and even have measure

Dirk Hofmann, Pedro Nora

Under Stone/Priestley duality for distributive lattices, Esakia spaces correspond to Heyting algebras which leads to the well-known dual equivalence between the category of Esakia spaces and morphisms on one side and the category of Heyting algebras and Heyting morphisms on the other. Based on the technique of idempotent split completion, we give a simple pr

A. A. Bytsenko, M. Chaichian, M. E. X. Guimarães

We apply the methods of homology and K-theory for branes wrapping spaces stratified fibered over hyperbolic orbifolds. In addition, we discuss the algebraic K-theory of any discrete co-compact Lie group in terms of appropriate homology and Atiyah-Hirzebruch type spectral sequence with its non-trivial lift to K-homology. We emphasize the fact that the physica

Eduardo J. Dubuc, Yuri A. Poveda

In "A new proof of the completeness of the Lukasiewicz axioms"} (Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 88) C.C. Chang proved that any totally ordered $MV$-algebra $A$ was isomorphic to the segment $A \cong Γ(A^*, u)$ of a totally ordered $l$-group with strong unit $A^*$. This was done by the simple intuitive idea of putting denumerable c

Joan Camunas-Soler, Silvia Frutos, Cristiano V. Bizarro, Sara de Loreno

Knowledge of the mechanisms of interaction between self-aggregating peptides and nucleic acids or other polyanions is key to the understanding of many aggregation processes underlying several human diseases (e.g. Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases). Determining the affinity and kinetic steps of such interactions is challenging due to the competitio

Jorge Aguilar, Moises Sanchez, Carlos Fernandez-y-Fernandez, Everth Rocha

Currently, most software projects around the world are small rather than large. Despite this, there are more methodologies, tools, frameworks, processes, and so on, for developing and managing large software projects than for small ones. Small software projects are important because they generate considerable resources. For example: apps (small mobile applic

R. D. Blum, S. Srinivasan, F. Kemper, B. Ling

K-band spectra are presented for a sample of 39 Spitzer IRS SAGE-Spec sources in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The spectra exhibit characteristics in very good agreement with their positions in the near infrared - Spitzer color-magnitude diagrams and their properties as deduced from the Spitzer IRS spectra. Specifically, the near infrared spectra show strong a

Augusto C. L. Moreira, Celso P. de Melo

We present a quaternion-inspired formalism specifically developed to evaluate the electric current that traverses a single molecule subjected to an externally applied voltage. The molecule of interest is covalently connected to two small metallic clusters, forming an extended molecule complex. The quaternion approach allows for an integrated treatment of the

Masoud Salehi Sarvestani, Massoud Amini

We describe the C*-algebra generated by an irreducible Toeplitz operator $T_ψ$, with continuous symbol $ψ$ on the unit circle $\mathbb{T}$, and finitely many composition operators on the Hardy space $H^2$ induced by certain linear-fractional self-maps of the unit disc, modulo the ideal of compact operators $K(H^2)$. For composition operators with automorphis

Luis Silvestre, Vlad Vicol

In \cite{CordobaCordobaFontelos05}, Córdoba, Córdoba, and Fontelos proved that for some initial data, the following nonlocal-drift variant of the 1D Burgers equation does not have global classical solutions \[ \partial_t θ+u \; \partial_x θ= 0, \qquad u = H θ, \] where $H$ is the Hilbert transform. We provide four essentially different proofs of this fact. M

Eduardo Andrade-Ines, Tatiana A. Michtchenko

In this paper, we investigate whether hypothetical Earth-like planets have high probability of remaining on stable orbits inside the habitable zones around the stars A and B of α Centauri, for lengths of time compatible with the evolution of life. We introduce a stability criterion based on the solution of the restricted three-body problem and apply it to th

Kavitha Sooda, T. R. Gopalakrishnan Nair

In this paper we propose a network aware approach for routing in graded network using Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm. ABC has been used as a good search process for optimality exploitation and exploration. The paper shows how ABC approach has been utilized for determining the optimal path based on bandwidth availability of the link and how it outperfo

Raghvendra Sahai, Galen P. Mack-Crane

We have discovered two extended half-ring structures in a far-ultraviolet image taken with the GALEX satellite of the well-known mass-losing carbon star CIT 6 (RW LMi). The northern (southern) ring is brighter (fainter) with a diameter of about 15 arcmin (18 arcmin). These structures most likely represent the astrosphere resulting from the shock interaction

Luis Mederos, Enrique Velasco, Yuri Martinez-Raton

Hard models for particle interactions have played a crucial role in the understanding of the structure of condensed matter. In particular, they help to explain the formation of oriented phases in liquids made of anisotropic molecules or colloidal particles, and continue to be of great interest in the formulation of theories for liquids in bulk, near interfac

Lukas Zhao, Haiming Deng, Inna Korzhovska, Jeff Secor

Surfaces of three-dimensional topological insulators have emerged as one of the most remarkable states of condensed quantum matter1-5 where exotic electronic phases of Dirac particles should arise1,6-8. Here we report a discovery of surface superconductivity in a topological material (Sb2Te3) with resistive transition at a temperature of ~9 K induced through

Ron Belmont

Theoretical calculations have shown the possibility of P-violating bubbles in the QCD vacuum, which in combination with the strong magnetic field created in off-central heavy-ion collisions lead to novel effects such as the Chiral Magnetic Effect (CME) and the Chiral Separation Effect (CSE). A coupling between the CME and the CSE produces a wave-like excitat

Johannes Schachenmayer, Lode Pollet, Matthias Troyer, Andrew J. Daley

We study the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of bosonic atoms in a 1D optical lattice, after the ground-state is excited by a single spontaneous emission event, i.e. after an absorption and re-emission of a lattice photon. This is an important fundamental source of decoherence for current experiments, and understanding the resulting dynamics and changes in the m

Alexander I. Titov, Burkhard Kampfer, Takuya Shibata, Atsushi Hosaka

Compton scattering of short and ultra short (sub-cycle) laser pulses off mildly relativistic electrons is considered within a QED framework. The temporal shape of the pulse is essential for the differential cross section as a function of the energy of the scattered photon at fixed observation angle. The partly integrated cross section is sensitive to the non

Austin G. Griffith, Ryan K. W. Lau, Jaime Cardenas, Yoshitomo Okawachi

Optical frequency combs represent a revolutionary technology for high precision spectroscopy due to their narrow linewidths and precise frequency spacing. Generation of such combs in the mid-infrared (IR) spectral region (2-20 um) is of great interest due to the presence of a large number of gas absorption lines in this wavelength regime. Recently, frequency

Peter Finch, James de Lisle, Giandomenico Palumbo, Jiannis K. Pachos

We present tight-binding models of 3D topological superconductors in class DIII that support a variety of winding numbers. We show that gapless Majorana surface states emerge at their boundary in agreement with the bulk-boundary correspondence. At the presence of a Zeeman field the surface states become gapped and the boundary behaves as a 2D superconductor

Denis S. Goldobin, Anastasiya V. Pimenova

For a well-stirred multiphase fluid systems the mean interface area per unit volume, $(δ{S}/δ{V})$, is a significant characteristic of the system state. In particular, it is important for the dynamics of systems of immiscible liquids experiencing interfacial boiling. We estimate the value of parameter $(δ{S}/δ{V})$ as a function of heat influx $\dot{Q}_V$ to

Denis S. Goldobin

We study the influence of telegraph noise on synchrony of limit cycle oscillators. Adopting the phase description for these oscillators, we derive the explicit expression for the Lyapunov exponent. We show that either for weak noise or frequent switching the Lyapunov exponent is negative, and the phase model gives adequate analytical results. In some systems

Peter J. Brown

We present and discuss the UV/optical photometric light curves and absolute magnitudes of the Type Ia supernova (SN) 2011de from the Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope. We find it to be the UV brightest SN Ia yet observed--more than a factor of ten brighter than normal SNe Ia in the mid-ultraviolet. This object is an extreme example of the differences seen

Samuel Jarvis, Adam Sweetman, Lev Kantorovich, Enda McGlynn

Exceptionally clear images of intramolecular structure can be attained in dynamic force microscopy through the combination of a passivated tip apex and operation in what has become known as the "Pauli exclusion regime" of the tip-sample interaction. We discuss, from an experimentalist's perspective, a number of aspects of the exclusion principle

Irina Calciu, Hammurabi Mendes, Maurice Herlihy

Priority queues are fundamental abstract data structures, often used to manage limited resources in parallel programming. Several proposed parallel priority queue implementations are based on skiplists, harnessing the potential for parallelism of the add() operations. In addition, methods such as Flat Combining have been proposed to reduce contention by batc

Hugues Bauchère

Lower Bound for the Canonical Height for Drinfeld Modules with Complex Multiplication. Let K be a fi nite extension of Fq(T), let L=K be a Galois extension with Galois group G and let E be the sub eld of L fixed by the center of G. Assume that there exists a finite place v of K such that the local degrees of E=K above v are bounded. Let $ϕ$ be a Drinfeld mod

Kousha Etessami, Kristoffer Arnsfelt Hansen, Peter Bro Miltersen, Troels Bjerre Sorensen

We consider the task of computing an approximation of a trembling hand perfect equilibrium for an n-player game in strategic form, n >= 3. We show that this task is complete for the complexity class FIXP_a. In particular, the task is polynomial time equivalent to the task of computing an approximation of a Nash equilibrium in strategic form games with three

Bertram Bitsch, Alessandro Morbidelli, Elena Lega, Kathrine Kretke

The migration strength and direction of embedded low-mass planets depends on the disc structure. In discs with an efficient radiative transport, the migration can be directed outwards for planets with more than 3-5 Earth masses. This is due to the entropy driven corotation torque, a process that extends the lifetimes of growing planetary embryos. We investig

Alvaro Rodriguez-Rivas, Jose Antonio Galvan Moreno, Jose M. Romero-Enrique

We study the interfacial phenomenology of a fluid in contact with a microstructured substrate within the mean-field approximation. The sculpted substrate is a one-dimensional array of infinitely long grooves of sinusoidal section of periodicity length L and amplitude A. The system is modelled using the Landau-Ginzburg functional, with fluid-substrate couplin

C. G. Molenaar, D. P. Leusink, X. L. Wang, A. Brinkman

Superconductor-topological insulator-superconductor Josephson junctions have been fabricated in order to study the width dependence of the critical current, normal state resistance and flux periodicity of the critical current modulation in an external field. Previous literature reports suggest anomalous scaling in topological junctions due to the presence of

G. Pignol, S. Baessler, V. V. Nesvizhevsky, K. Protasov

Gravitational resonance spectroscopy consists in measuring the energy spectrum of bouncing ultracold neutrons above a mirror by inducing resonant transitions between different discrete quantum levels. We discuss how to induce the resonances with a flow through arrangement in the GRANIT spectrometer, excited by an oscillating magnetic field gradient. The spec

L. Fratino, A. Lampo, H. -T. Elze

We investigate new features, especially of entanglement dynamics, which arise in a quantum-classical hybrid. As a model, we study the coupling between two quantum mechanical two-level systems, i.e. two q-bits, and a classical harmonic oscillator. Their interaction is described by a hybrid coupling, in accordance with a recently developed quantum-classical hy

Nzar Rauf Abdullah, Chi-Shung Tang, Andrei Manolescu, Vidar Gudmundsson

We investigate coherent electron-switching transport in a double quantum waveguide system in a perpendicular static or vanishing magnetic field. The finite symmetric double waveguide is connected to two semi-infinite leads from both ends. The double waveguide can be defined as two parallel finite quantum wires or waveguides coupled via a window to facilitate

Giorgio Arcadi, Laura Covi, Federico Dradi

We study the possible signals at LHC of the minimal models of decaying dark matter. Those models are characterized by the fact that DM interacts with SM particles through renormalizable coupling with an additional heavier charged state. Such interaction allows to produce a substantial abundance of DM in the early Universe via the decay of the charged heavy s

Andrew Teschendorff, Peter Sollich, Reimer Kuehn

A key challenge in systems biology is the elucidation of the underlying principles, or fundamental laws, which determine the cellular phenotype. Understanding how these fundamental principles are altered in diseases like cancer is important for translating basic scientific knowledge into clinical advances. While significant progress is being made, with the i

Sebastian Risi, Jinhong Zhang, Rasmus Taarnby, Peter Greve

It is clear that the current attempts at using algorithms to create artificial neural networks have had mixed success at best when it comes to creating large networks and/or complex behavior. This should not be unexpected, as creating an artificial brain is essentially a design problem. Human design ingenuity still surpasses computational design for most tas

Alvaro M. Alhambra

A new way of computing scattering amplitudes in a certain very important QFT (N=4 SYM) has recently been developed, in which an algebraic structure called the positive Grassmannian plays a very important role. The mathematics of the positive Grassmannian involve, among other things, bipartite graphs, which also appear in the formulation of a certain class of

E. F. Silva, M. Gamino, A. M. H. de Andrade, M. A. Corrêa

We investigate the magnetization dynamics through the magnetoimpedance effect in ferromagnetic NiFe/Cu/Co films. We observe that the magnetoimpedance response is dependent on the thickness of the non-magnetic Cu spacer material, a fact associated to the kind of the magnetic interaction between the ferromagnetic layers. Thus, we present an experimental study

Robert Lewis

This paper considers the degree-diameter problem for extremal and largest known undirected circulant graphs of degree 2 to 9 of arbitrary diameter. As these graphs are vertex transitive it is possible to define their distance partition. The number of vertices in each level of the distance partition is shown to be related to an established upper bound for the

Warrick H. Ball, L. Gizon

Space-based observations of solar-like oscillations present an opportunity to constrain stellar models using individual mode frequencies. However, current stellar models are inaccurate near the surface, which introduces a systematic difference that must be corrected. We introduce and evaluate two parametrizations of the surface corrections based on formulae

Jordi Luque, Bartolo Luque, Lucas Lacasa

Speech is a distinctive complex feature of human capabilities. In order to understand the physics underlying speech production, in this work we empirically analyse the statistics of large human speech datasets ranging several languages. We first show that during speech the energy is unevenly released and power-law distributed, reporting a universal robust Gu

Abdelhakim Alali, Ismail Assayad, Mohamed Sadik

The current manufacturing technology allows the integration of a complex multiprocessor system on one piece of silicon (MPSoC for Multiprocessor System-on- Chip). One way to manage the growing complexity of these systems is to increase the level of abstraction and to address the system-level design. In this paper, we focus on the implementation in SystemC la

Tetsuya Takaishi

The hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm (HMCA) is applied for Bayesian parameter estimation of the realized stochastic volatility (RSV) model. Using the 2nd order minimum norm integrator (2MNI) for the molecular dynamics (MD) simulation in the HMCA, we find that the 2MNI is more efficient than the conventional leapfrog integrator. We also find that the autocorrelat

D. A. Rosa, O. L. Dors, A. C. Krabbe, G. F. Hagele

In this paper we derived oxygen abundance gradients from HII regions located in eleven galaxies in eight systems of close pairs. Long-slit spectra in the range 4400-7300A were obtained with the Gemini Multi-Object Spec- trograph at Gemini South (GMOS). Spatial profiles of oxygen abundance in the gaseous phase along galaxy disks were obtained using calibratio

Sumit Kumar Jha, Madhavan Mukund, Ratul Saha, P S Thiagarajan

The formal verification of large probabilistic models is important and challenging. Exploiting the concurrency that is often present is one way to address this problem. Here we study a restricted class of asynchronous distributed probabilistic systems in which the synchronizations determine the probability distribution for the next moves of the participating

F. Sun, S. He

By introducing a columnar null-space region as the reference space, we design a radome that can extend the scanning angle of a phased array antenna (PAA) by a predetermined relationship (e.g. a linear relationship between the incident angle and steered output angle can be achieved). After some approximation, we only need two homogeneous materials to construc

Leonid Gurvits, Alex Samorodnitsky

We give new lower and upper bounds on the permanent of a doubly stochastic matrix. Combined with previous work, this improves on the deterministic approximation factor for the permanent. We also give a combinatorial application of the lower bound, proving S. Friedland's "Asymptotic Lower Matching Conjecture" for the monomer-dimer problem.

Marc-Olivier Czarnecki, Nahla Noun, Juan Peypouquet

We study a forward backward splitting algorithm that solves the variational inequality \begin{equation*} A x +\nabla Φ(x)+ N_C (x) \ni 0 \end{equation*} where $H$ is a real Hilbert space, $A: H\rightrightarrows H$ is a maximal monotone operator, $Φ: H\to\mathbb{R}$ is a smooth convex function, and $N_C$ is the outward normal cone to a closed convex set $C\su

Shaina Race, Carl Meyer

A novel framework for consensus clustering is presented which has the ability to determine both the number of clusters and a final solution using multiple algorithms. A consensus similarity matrix is formed from an ensemble using multiple algorithms and several values for k. A variety of dimension reduction techniques and clustering algorithms are considered

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi

A baryonic decay of the $B_c^+$ meson, $B_c^+\to J/ψp\overline{p}π^+$, is observed for the first time, with a significance of $7.3$ standard deviations, in $pp$ collision data collected with the LHCb detector and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3.0$ fb$^{-1}$ taken at center-of-mass energies of $7$ and $8$ $\mathrm{TeV}$. With the $B_c^+\to J/ψ

Alberto Correa dos Reis

Experimental results on charm mixing and CP violation searches are reviewed. This paper focus on results released after FPCP 2013.

Peter J. Cameron

I define three "measures" of the complicatedness of a finite group in terms of bases in permutation representations of the group, and consider their relationships to other measures.

Shaina Race, Carl Meyer, Kevin Valakuzhy

We use a cluster ensemble to determine the number of clusters, k, in a group of data. A consensus similarity matrix is formed from the ensemble using multiple algorithms and several values for k. A random walk is induced on the graph defined by the consensus matrix and the eigenvalues of the associated transition probability matrix are used to determine the

Yufei Cao, Kaiming Cai, Pingan Hu, Lixia Zhao

A critical challenge for the integration of the optoelectronics is that photodetectors have relatively poor sensitivities at the nanometer scale. It is generally believed that a large electrodes spacing in photodetectors is required to absorb sufficient light to maintain high photoresponsivity and reduce the dark current. However, this will limit the optoele

Nguyen Kim Thang

We consider Lagrangian duality based approaches to design and analyze algorithms for online energy-efficient scheduling. First, we present a primal-dual framework. Our approach makes use of the Lagrangian weak duality and convexity to derive dual programs for problems which could be formulated as convex assignment problems. The duals have intuitive structure

Shiro Ishikawa

Recently we proposed the linguistic interpretation of quantum mechanics (called quantum and classical measurement theory, or quantum language), which was characterized as a kind of metaphysical and linguistic turn of the Copenhagen interpretation. This turn from physics to language does not only extend quantum theory to classical systems but also yield the q

Anders Bergvall, Tomas Lofwander

We report a detailed analytic investigation of the interplay between size quantization and local scattering centers in armchair graphene nanoribbons, as seen in the conductance. The scattering property of a local scattering center is dependent on if it is located on one sublattice (A-site impurity) or both (impurity situated at neighboring carbon atoms, A-B-

Hiroshi Okada, Takashi Toma, Kei Yagyu

We propose a two-loop induced Zee-Babu type neutrino mass model at the TeV scale. Although there is no dark matter candidate in the original Zee-Babu model, that is contained in our model by introducing an unbroken discrete $Z_2$ symmetry. The discrepancy between the experimental value of the muon anomalous magnetic moment (muon $g-2$) and its prediction in

Eliot Kapit, John T. Chalker, Steven H. Simon

A physical realization of self correcting quantum code would be profoundly useful for constructing a quantum computer. In this theoretical work, we provide a partial solution to major challenges preventing self correcting quantum code from being engineered in realistic devices. We consider a variant of Kitaev's toric code coupled to propagating bosons, w

Duc-Hiep Chu, Joxan Jaffar

We address the problem of reasoning about interleavings in safety verification of concurrent programs. In the literature, there are two prominent techniques for pruning the search space. First, there are well-investigated trace-based methods, collectively known as "Partial Order Reduction (POR)", which operate by weakening the concept of a trace by a

A. Nasseri, R. Chini, P. Harmanec, P. Mayer

Analyses of multi-epoch, high-resolution (R ~ 50.000) optical spectra of the O-type star HD 152246 (O9 IV according to the most recent classification), complemented by a limited number of earlier published radial velocities, led to the finding that the object is a hierarchical triple system, where a close inner pair (Ba-Bb) with a slightly eccentric orbit (e

Debdeep Sinha, Pijush K. Ghosh

A class of non-local non-linear Schrodinger equations(NLSE) is considered in an external potential with space-time modulated coefficient of the nonlinear interaction term as well as confining and/or loss-gain terms. This is a generalization of a recently introduced integrable non-local NLSE with self-induced potential that is PT symmetric in the correspondin

Ying Li, Simon C. Benjamin, G. Andrew D. Briggs, Edward A. Laird

Resonant manipulation of carbon nanotube valley-spin qubits by an electric field is investigated theoretically. We develop a new analysis of electrically driven spin resonance exploiting fixed physical characteristics of the nanotube: a bend and inhomogeneous disorder. The spectrum is simulated for an electron valley-spin qubit coupled to a hole valley-spin

J. Dudík, G. Del Zanna, H. E. Mason, E. Dzifčáková

We investigate the possibility of diagnosing the degree of departure from the Maxwellian distribution using single-ion spectra originating in astrophysical plasmas in collisional ionization equilibrium. New atomic data for excitation of Fe IX-XIII are integrated under the assumption of a kappa-distribution of electron energies. Diagnostic methods using lines

A. Tkachenko

Mass discrepancy is one of the problems that is pending a solution in (massive) binary star research field. The problem is often solved by introducing an additional near core mixing into evolutionary models, which brings theoretical masses of individual stellar components into an agreement with the dynamical ones. In the present study, we perform a detailed

Sebastian Knoche, Jan Kierfeld

We theoretically explain the complete sequence of shapes of deflated spherical shells. Decreasing the volume, the shell remains spherical initially, then undergoes the classical buckling instability, where an axisymmetric dimple appears, and, finally, loses its axisymmetry by wrinkles developing in the vicinity of the dimple edge in a secondary buckling tran

Kanako Yamazaki, T. Matsui, Gordon Baym

We study, in the PNJL model, how the entropy of interacting quarks reflects the change in the effective degrees of freedom as the temperature increases through the quark-hadron phase transition. With inclusion of mesonic correlations, the effective degrees of freedom change from those of pi and sigma mesons at low temperatures to those of free quarks at high

Enrico Santamato, Francesco De Martini

The traditional Standard Quantum Mechanics is unable to solve the Spin-Statistics problem, i.e. to justify the utterly important Pauli Exclusion Principle. We show that this is due to the non completeness of the standard theory due to an arguable conception of the spin as a vector characterizing the rotational properties of the elementary particles. The pres

M. Mikova, M. Sedlak, I. Straka, M. Micuda

We investigate optimal discrimination between two projective single-qubit measurements in a scenario where the measurement can be performed only once. We consider general setting involving a tunable fraction of inconclusive outcomes and we prove that the optimal discrimination strategy requires an entangled probe state for any nonzero rate of inconclusive ou

Olimpia Budriga

We study the influence of the angle between the two dipole transition moments on the group velocity for two kinds of three-level V-type systems with spontaneously generated coherence and incoherent pumping. The group velocity of the probe field for both kinds of the V-type systems alternates between the subluminal or superluminal regimen. We can choose a rea

Ian Whitehead

We define a multiple Dirichlet series whose group of functional equations is the Weyl group of the affine Kac-Moody root system $\tilde{A}_n$, generalizing the theory of multiple Dirichlet series for finite Weyl groups. The construction is over the rational function field $\mathbb{F}_q(t)$, and is based upon four natural axioms from algebraic geometry. We pr

Andrea Fortini, Daniel de las Heras, Joseph M. Brader, Matthias Schmidt

Theoretical approaches to nonequilibrium many-body dynamics generally rest upon an adiabatic assumption, whereby the true dynamics is represented as a sequence of equilibrium states. Going beyond this simple approximation is a notoriously difficult problem. For the case of classical Brownian many-body dynamics we present a simulation method that allows to is

Saneesh Sebastian, V. C. Kuriakose

In this paper we study the scalar and electromagnetic perturbations of an extended black hole in F(R) gravity. The quasinormal modes in two cases are evaluated and studied their behavior by plotting graphs in each case. To study the quasinormal mode, we use the third order WKB method. The present study shows that the absolute value of imaginary part of compl

Michal Sedlak, Mario Ziman

We study discrimination of m quantum measurements in the scenario when the unknown measurement with n outcomes can be used only once. We show that ancilla-assisted discrimination procedures provide a nontrivial advantage over simple (ancilla-free) schemes for perfect distinguishability and we prove that inevitably m <= n. We derive necessary and sufficient c

Matti Leimbach, Michael Scheutzow

We examine a 2-dimensional ODE which exhibits explosion in finite time. Considered as an SDE with additive white noise, it is known to be complete - in the sense that for each initial condition there is almost surely no explosion. Furthermore, the associated Markov process even admits an invariant probability measure. On the other hand, as we will show, the