April 2015 arXiv papers — page 35

Simon J. Murphy, Hiromoto Shibahashi

We present the latest developments to the phase modulation method for finding binaries among pulsating stars. We demonstrate how the orbital elements of a pulsating binary star can be obtained analytically, that is, without converting time delays to radial velocities by numerical differentiation. Using the time delays directly offers greater precision, and a

V. Belitsky, G. M. Schütz

We study a two-component asymmetric simple exclusion process (ASEP) that is equivalent to the ASEP with second-class particles. We prove self-duality with respect to a family of duality functions which are shown to arise from the reversible measures of the process and the symmetry of the generator under the quantum algebra $U_q[\mathfrak{gl}_3]$. We construc

Bassam AlKindy, Christophe Guyeux, Jean-François Couchot, Michel Salomon

The amount of completely sequenced chloroplast genomes increases rapidly every day, leading to the possibility to build large scale phylogenetic trees of plant species. Considering a subset of close plant species defined according to their chloroplasts, the phylogenetic tree that can be inferred by their core genes is not necessarily well supported, due to t

P. Schad, Yu. Makhlin, B. N. Narozhny, G. Schön

The Majorana representation of spin operators allows for efficient field-theoretical description of spin-spin correlation functions. Any N-point spin correlation function is equivalent to a 2N-point correlator of Majorana fermions. For a certain class of N-point spin correlation functions (including "auto" and "pair-wise" correlations) a furt

M. Mursaleen, Faisal Khan, Asif Khan

In this paper, we introduce a new analogue of Lorentz polynomials based on (p,q)-integers and we call it as (p,q)-Lorentz polynomials. We obtain quantitative estimate in the Voronovskaja's type thoerem and exact orders in simultaneous approximation by the complex (p,q)-Lorentz polynomials of degree n, where q > p > 1 attached to analytic functions in com

Hiromoto Shibahashi, Donald W. Kurtz, Simon J. Murphy

Continuous and precise space-based photometry has made it possible to measure the orbital frequency modulation of pulsating stars in binary systems with extremely high precision over long time spans. Frequency modulation caused by binary orbital motion manifests itself as a multiplet with equal spacing of the orbital frequency in the Fourier transform. The a

Alexandre Arbey, Marco Battaglia, Farvah Mahmoudi

The discovery of a light Higgs boson at the LHC opens a broad program of studies and measurements to understand the role of this particle in connection with New Physics and Cosmology. Supersymmetry is the best motivated and most thoroughly formulated and investigated model of New Physics which predicts a light Higgs boson and can explain dark matter. This pa

D. Rost, N. Blümer

We present an algorithm for the computation of unbiased Green functions and self-energies for quantum lattice models, free from systematic errors and valid in the thermodynamic limit. The method combines direct lattice simulations using the Blankenbecler Scalapino-Sugar quantum Monte Carlo (BSS-QMC) approach with controlled multigrid extrapolation techniques

Davide Lena, Andrew Robinson, Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann, Allan Schnorr-Muller

We present optical integral field spectroscopy of the circum-nuclear gas of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1386. The data cover the central 7$^{\prime\prime} \times 9^{\prime\prime}$ (530 $\times$ 680 pc) at a spatial resolution of 0.9" (68 pc), and the spectral range 5700-7000 Å at a resolution of 66 km s$^{-1}$. The line emission is dominated by a bright cen

Hiroyuki Tamura, Miquel Huix-Rotllant, Irene Burghardt, Yoann Olivier

The mechanisms underlying coherent and thermally activated singlet exciton fission in pi-stacked acene crystals are clarified based on quantum dynamics simulations parameterized against a highly correlated description of the electronic excitations and their couplings to intramolecular and intermolecular vibrations. In TIPS-pentacene crystals, the relative lo

Qinwen Wang, Jianfeng Yao

Consider two $p$-variate populations, not necessarily Gaussian, with covariance matrices $Σ_1$ and $Σ_2$, respectively, and let $S_1$ and $S_2$ be the sample covariances matrices from samples of the populations with degrees of freedom $T$ and $n$, respectively. When the difference $Δ$ between $Σ_1$ and $Σ_2$ is of small rank compared to $p,T$ and $n$, the Fi

Jinming Wen, Xiao-Wen Chang

The Korkine-Zolotareff (KZ) reduction has been used in communications and cryptography. In this paper, we modify a very recent KZ reduction algorithm proposed by Zhang et al., resulting in a new algorithm, which can be much faster and more numerically reliable, especially when the basis matrix is ill conditioned.

Md. Jahoor Alam, Eyad M. AlShammari, R. K. Brojen Singh

Recent studies suggest that PML (Promyelocytic Leukemia) suppresses p53 protein degradation by inhibiting MDM2 protein in the nucleus [1], and regulates a number of biological functions [2]. We modeled a PML-MDM2-p53 regulatory network by integrating p53-MDM2 autoregulatory model [3] and related PML pathways. We found that p53 dynamics switched at various dy

Georgios Datseris, Fotis K. Diakonos, Peter Schmelcher

We define auto- and cross-correlation functions capable to capture dynamical characteristics induced by local phase space structures in a general dynamical system. These correlation functions are calculated in the Standard Map for a range of values of the non-linearity parameter $k$. Using a model of non-interacting particles, each evolving according to the

Sebastian R. Lamelas Marcote, Martin Monperrus

Research on automatic software repair is concerned with the development of systems that automatically detect and repair bugs. One well-known class of bugs is the infinite loop. Every computer programmer or user has, at least once, experienced this type of bug. We state the problem of repairing infinite loops in the context of test-suite based software repair

Robert M. Turner, Robert L. Jack, Juan P. Garrahan

We consider thermodynamic and dynamic phase transitions in plaquette spin models of glasses. The thermodynamic transitions involve coupled (annealed) replicas of the model. We map these coupled-replica systems to a single replica in a magnetic field, which allows us to analyse the resulting phase transitions in detail. For the triangular plaquette model (TPM

Gergely Papp, Michael Drevlak, Gergő I. Pokol, Tünde Fülöp

The transport of energetic electrons is sensitive to magnetic perturbations. By using 3D numerical simulation of test particle drift orbits we show that the transport of untrapped electrons through an open region with magnetic perturbations cannot be described by a diffusive process. Based on our test particle simulations, we propose a model that leads to an

Sjoerd Dirksen, Guillaume Lecué, Holger Rauhut

We consider the problem of recovering sparse vectors from underdetermined linear measurements via $\ell_p$-constrained basis pursuit. Previous analyses of this problem based on generalized restricted isometry properties have suggested that two phenomena occur if $p\neq 2$. First, one may need substantially more than $s \log(en/s)$ measurements (optimal for $

Alberto Lanconelli

Through a reformulation of the local limit theorem and law of small numbers, which is obtained by working in the spaces naturally associated to the limiting distributions, we discover a general and abstract framework for the investigation of that type of limit theorems. From this new perspective, the convolution and scaling operators utilized in the classica

Gaetano Napoli, Stefano S. Turzi

A growing or compressed thin elastic sheet adhered to a rigid substrate can exhibit a buckling instability, forming an inward hump. Our study shows that the strip morphology depends on the delicate balance between the compression energy and the bending energy. We find that this instability is a first order phase transition between the adhered solution and th

Manuel Donaire, Astrid Lambrecht

We study the coherent effect of the Casimir-Polder interaction on the oscillations of two-photon driven atoms. We find that, for oscillations between two degenerate states in lambda-configuration, shifts on the Rabi frequency may be induced by non-additive level shifts. For oscillations between two Rydberg states in ladder-configuration, shifts on the Rabi f

Victor Romero-Rochin

Using very general and well established ideas of the statistical physics of macroscopic bodies, that is, of those composed of many degrees of freedom, we show how classical behavior of the center of mass motion arises from a fully quantum mechanical description of the dynamics of the whole body. We do not attempt to provide a rigorous proof of the latter sta

L. E. Marcucci, F. Gross, M. T. Pena, M. Piarulli

Experimental form factors of the hydrogen and helium isotopes, extracted from an up-to-date global analysis of cross sections and polarization observables measured in elastic electron scattering from these systems, are compared to predictions obtained in three different theoretical approaches: the first is based on realistic interactions and currents, includ

Sharmila N. Shirodkar, Umesh V. Waghmare, Timothy S. Fisher, Ricardo Grau-Crespo

Modification of graphene to open a robust gap in its electronic spectrum is essential for its use in field effect transistors and photochemistry applications. Inspired by recent experimental success in the preparation of homogeneous alloys of graphene and boron nitride (BN), we consider here engineering the electronic structure and bandgap of C$_{2x}$B$_{1-x

Alessandro Nicolaou, Matteo Gatti, Elena Magnano, Patrick Le Fèvre

MnSi has been extensively studied for five decades, nonetheless detailed information on the Fermi surface (FS) symmetry is still lacking. This missed information prevented from a comprehensive understanding the nature of the magnetic interaction in this material. Here, by performing angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy on high-quality MnSi films epitaxi

Michael Tschannen, Helmut Bölcskei

We consider the problem of clustering noisy finite-length observations of stationary ergodic random processes according to their nonparametric generative models without prior knowledge of the model statistics and the number of generative models. Two algorithms, both using the L1-distance between estimated power spectral densities (PSDs) as a measure of dissi

Amaro Barreal, Camilla Hollanti, Nadya Markin

Fast-decodable distributed space-time codes are constructed by adapting the iterative code construction introduced in [1] to the N -relay multiple-input multiple-output channel, leading to the first fast-decodable distributed space-time codes for more than one antenna per user. Explicit constructions are provided alongside with a performance comparison to no

Peter Schauenburg

Let $H$ be a $\times$-bialgebra in the sense of Takeuchi. We show that if $H$ is $\times$-Hopf, and if $H$ fulfills the finiteness condition necessary to define its skew dual $H^\vee$, then the coopposite of the latter is $\times$-Hopf as well. If in addition the coopposite $\times$-bialgebra of $H$ is $\times$-Hopf, then the coopposite of the Drinfeld doubl

Nikita Medvedev, Zheng Li, Beata Ziaja

As it is known from visible light experiments, silicon under femtosecond pulse irradiation can undergo the so-called 'nonthermal melting' if the density of electrons excited from the valence to the conduction band overcomes a certain critical value. Such ultrafast transition is induced by strong changes in the atomic potential energy surface, which t

L. C. Berselli, T. -Y. Kim, L. G. Rebholz

We study mathematical and physical properties of a family of recently introduced, reduced-order approximate deconvolution models. We first show a connection between these models and the NS-Voigt model, and that NS-Voigt can be re-derived in the approximate deconvolution framework. We then study the energy balance and spectra of the model, and provide results

A. E. Petrova, S. M. Stishov

The longitudinal and transverse ultrasound speeds and attenuation were measured in a MnSi single crystal in the temperature range of 2 - 40 K and magnetic fields to 7 Tesla. The magnetic phase diagram of MnSi in applied magnetic field appears to depend on the experimental setups, which is related to a difference in demagnetization factors arising due to the

A. Patruno, D. Maitra, P. A. Curran, C. D'Angelo

The accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1808.4--3658 shows peculiar low luminosity states known as "reflares" after the end of the main outburst. During this phase the X-ray luminosity of the source varies by up to three orders of magnitude in less than 1-2 days. The lowest X-ray luminosity observed reaches a value of ~1e32 erg/s, only a factor o

Justus A. Calvin, Edward F. Valeev

Distributed-memory matrix multiplication (MM) is a key element of algorithms in many domains (machine learning, quantum physics). Conventional algorithms for dense MM rely on regular/uniform data decomposition to ensure load balance. These traits conflict with the irregular structure (block-sparse or rank-sparse within blocks) that is increasingly relevant f

Gaston Giribet, Arash Ranjbar

It has been argued recently that string theory effects qualitatively modify the effective black hole geometry experienced by modes with radial momentum of order $1/\sqrt{α'}$. At tree level, these $α'$-effects can be explicitly worked out in two-dimensional string theory, and have a natural explanation in the T-dual description as coming from the int

C. van Rensburg, P. P. Kruger, C. Venter

In the last decade ground-based Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes have discovered roughly 30 pulsar wind nebulae at energies above 100 GeV. We present first results from a leptonic emission code that models the spectral energy density of a pulsar wind nebula by solving the Fokker-Planck transport equation and calculating inverse Compton and synchrotro

Matvei Kotov, Alexander Ushakov

We investigate security properties of the Anshel-Anshel-Goldfeld commutator key-establishment protocol used with certain polycyclic groups. We show that despite low success of the length based attack the protocol can be broken by a deterministic polynomial-time algorithm.

L. Netterdon, A. Endres, S. Goriely, J. Mayer

Partial cross sections of the $^{89}$Y(p,$γ$)$^{90}$Zr reaction have been measured to investigate the $γ$-ray strength function in the neutron-magic nucleus $^{90}$Zr. For five proton energies between $E_p=3.65$ MeV and $E_p=4.70$ MeV, partial cross sections for the population of seven discrete states in $^{90}$Zr have been determined by means of in-beam $γ$

Céline Aubel, Helmut Bölcskei

This paper addresses the problem of identifying a linear time-varying (LTV) system characterized by a (possibly infinite) discrete set of delays and Doppler shifts. We prove that stable identifiability is possible if the upper uniform Beurling density of the delay-Doppler support set is strictly smaller than 1/2 and stable identifiability is impossible for d

Xiaohe Wu, Wangmeng Zuo, Yuanyuan Zhu, Liang Lin

The generalization error bound of support vector machine (SVM) depends on the ratio of radius and margin, while standard SVM only considers the maximization of the margin but ignores the minimization of the radius. Several approaches have been proposed to integrate radius and margin for joint learning of feature transformation and SVM classifier. However, mo

Qiu-Yue Li, Xiao-Xiang Wang, Yan Zuo, Yu Zhang

The triaxial dynamics of the quadrupole-deformed rotor model of both the rigid and the irrotational type have been investigated in detail. The results indicate that level patterns and E2 transitional characters of the two types of the model can be matched with each other to the leading order of the deformation parameter $β$. Especially, it is found that the

Patrick Krauss, Claus Metzner, Konstantin Tziridis, Holger Schulze

Successful detection of weak signals is a universal challenge for numerous technical and biological systems and crucially limits signal transduction and transmission. Stochastic resonance (SR) has been identified to have the potential to tackle this problem, namely to enable non-linear systems to detect small, otherwise sub-threshold signals by means of adde

Bahram Ganjipour, Martin Leijnse, Lars Samuelson, H. Q. Xu

We report low-temperature transport studies of parallel double quantum dots formed in GaSb/InAsSb core-shell nanowires. At negative gate voltages, regular patterns of Coulomb diamonds are observed in the charge stability diagrams, which we ascribe to single-hole tunneling through a quantum dot in the GaSb core. As the gate voltage increases, the measured cha

Jean-Baptiste Fouvry, Christophe Pichon, Pierre-Henri Chavanis

The secular evolution of an infinitely thin tepid isolated galactic disc made of a finite number of particles is described using the inhomogeneous Balescu-Lenard equation. Assuming that only tightly wound transient spirals are present in the disc, a WKB approximation provides a simple and tractable quadrature for the corresponding drift and diffusion coeffic

Han-Xin Yang, Liang Huang

In a recent work [Shao $et$ $al$ 2009 Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{108} 018701], a nonconsensus opinion (NCO) model was proposed, where two opinions can stably coexist by forming clusters of agents holding the same opinion. The NCO model on lattices and several complex networks displays a phase transition behavior, which is characterized by a large spanning clus

Yu Zhang, Xin Guan, Yin Wang, Yan Zuo

Some binding-energy-related quantities serving as effective order parameters have been used to analyze the shape phase transition in the odd Sm nuclei. It is found that the signals of phase transition in the odd Sm nuclei are greatly enhanced in contrast to the even Sm nuclei. A further analysis shows that the transitional behaviors related to pairing in the

Jihong Park, Seong-Lyun Kim, Jens Zander

This paper proposes a cellular network exploiting millimeter-wave (mmWave) and ultra-densified base stations (BSs) to achieve the far-reaching 5G aim in downlink average rate. The mmWave overlaid network however incurs a pitfall that its ample data rate is only applicable for downlink transmissions due to the implementation difficulty at mobile users, leadin

Sk Noor Nabi, Saurabh Basu

We study the effects of an on-site disorder potential in a gas of spinor (spin-1) ultracold atoms loaded in an optical lattice corresponding to both ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic spin dependent interactions. Starting with a disordered spinor Bose-Hubbard model (SBHM) on a two dimensional square lattice, we observe the appearance of a Bose glass phase u

A Spinelli, M P Rebergen, A F Otte

Low-dimensional quantum magnetism presents a seemingly unlimited source of rich, intriguing physics. Yet, as realistic experimental representations are hard to come by, the field remains predominantly theoretical. In recent years, artificial spin structures built through manipulation of magnetic atoms in a scanning tunnelling microscope have developed into a

Amir M. Ben-Amram, Samir Genaim

In this paper we turn the spotlight on a class of lexicographic ranking functions introduced by Bradley, Manna and Sipma in a seminal CAV 2005 paper, and establish for the first time the complexity of some problems involving the inference of such functions for linear-constraint loops (without precondition). We show that finding such a function, if one exists

Omer Wagner, Ori Cheshnovsky, Yael Roichman

We propose a new design for a multi-color, parallelized STED microscope, capable of multiple beam scanning. Our design is based on a common programmable diffracting optical element used to split, shape, and align both the excitation beams as well as the depletion beams, and a CCD camera to image florescence from all scanning beams simultaneously. Here we des

Wei Zhao, Yibing Shen

In this paper, we mainly establish a Cheeger type finiteness theorem for Berwald manifolds. In order to do this, we study the injectivity radius and the convex radius of a Finsler manifold. A Cheeger type estimate on injectivity radii for Finsler manifolds is given and the existence of the center of mass of a Berwald manifold is proved.

Daniel Hauser, Seunghyun Lee, Fabio Carelli, Steffen Spieler

Cold molecules are important for many applications, from fundamental precision measurements, quantum information processing, quantum-controlled chemistry, to understanding the cold interstellar medium. Molecular ions are known to be cooled efficiently in sympathetic collisions with cold atoms or ions. However, little knowledge is available on the elementary

Orit E. Raz, Micha Sharir, Frank de Zeeuw

Let $F\in\mathbb{C}[x,y,z]$ be a constant-degree polynomial,and let $A,B,C\subset\mathbb C$ be finite sets of size $n$. We show that $F$ vanishes on at most $O(n^{11/6})$ points of the Cartesian product $A\times B\times C$, unless $F$ has a special group-related form. This improves a theorem of Elekes and Szabó [Combinatorica, 2012], and generalizes a result

Alessandro Iacopetti, Giusi Vaira

We consider the Brezis-Nirenberg problem: $$-Δu =λu + |u|^{p-1}u\qquad \mbox{in}\,\, Ω,\quad u=0\,\, \mbox{on}\,\,\ \partialΩ,$$ where $Ω$ is a smooth bounded domain in $\mathbb R^N$, $N\geq 3$, $p=\frac{N+2}{N-2}$ and $λ>0$. In this paper we prove that, if $Ω$ is symmetric and $N=4,5$, there exists a sign-changing solution whose positive part concentrates a

David Adjiashvili

Robust optimization is concerned with constructing solutions that remain feasible also when a limited number of resources is removed from the solution. Most studies of robust combinatorial optimization to date made the assumption that every resource is equally vulnerable, and that the set of scenarios is implicitly given by a single budget constraint. This p

Kavitha. R, B. Sundar Rajan

In Index coding there is a single sender with multiple messages and multiple receivers each wanting a different set of messages and knowing a different set of messages a priori. The Index Coding problem is to identify the minimum number of transmissions (optimal length) to be made so that all receivers can decode their wanted messages using the transmitted s

Lev Sakhnovich

In the present paper we investigate a semi-group of triangular integral operators $V_β$, which is an analogue of the semi-group of the fractional integral operators $J^β$. With the help of these semi-groups, we construct and study two classes of triangular Friedrichs models $A_β$ and $B_β$, respectively. Using generalized wave operators we prove that $A_β$ a

S. Catalano, M. Gibert, V. Bisogni, O. Peil

Nickelates are known for their metal to insulator transition (MIT) and an unusual magnetic ordering, occurring at T=T_Néel. Here, we investigate thin films of SmNiO_3 subjected to different levels of epitaxial strain. We find that the original bulk behavior (T_Néel<T_MI) is strongly affected by applying compressive strain to the films. For small compressive

Stéphane Chrétien, Christophe Guyeux, Michael Boyer-Guittaut, Régis Delage-Mouroux

Given a gene expression data array of a list of bladder cancer patients with their tumor states, it may be difficult to determine which genes can operate as disease markers when the array is large and possibly contains outliers and missing data. An additional difficulty is that observations (tumor states) in the regression problem are discrete ones. In this

Jelmer J. Renema, Qiang Wang, Rosalinda Gaudio, Irina Komen

We probe the local detection efficiency in a nanowire superconducting single-photon detector along the cross-section of the wire with a spatial resolution of 10 nm. We experimentally find a strong variation in the local detection efficiency of the device. We demonstrate that this effect explains previously observed variations in NbN detector efficiency as fu

Amir Beck, Shimrit Shtern

We consider the problem of minimizing a function, which is the sum of a linear function and a composition of a strongly convex function with a linear transformation, over a compact polyhedral set. Jaggi and Lacoste-Julien [14] showed that the conditional gradient method with away steps employed on the aforementioned problem without the additional linear term

Caishi Wang, Jinshu Chen

In this paper, we aim at characterizing generalized functionals of discrete-time normal martingales. Let $M=(M_n)_{n\in \mathbb{N}}$ be a discrete-time normal martingale that has the chaotic representation property. We first construct testing and generalized functionals of $M$ with an appropriate orthonormal basis for $M$&#39;s square integrable functionals.

E. Koumpia, P. M. Harvey, V. Ossenkopf, F. F. S. van der Tak

In dense parts of interstellar clouds (> 10^5 cm^-3), dust & gas are expected to be in thermal equilibrium, being coupled via collisions. However, previous studies have shown that the temperatures of the dust & gas may remain decoupled even at higher densities. We study in detail the temperatures of dust & gas in the photon-dominated region S 140, especially

Fernando Chamizo, Izabela Petrykiewicz, Serafín Ruiz-Cabello

In this paper we study the local regularity of fractional integrals of Fourier series using several definitions of the Hölder exponent. We especially consider series coming from fractional integrals of modular forms. Our results show that in general cusp forms give rise to pure fractals (as opposed to multifractals). We include explicit examples and computer

Vladimir Vatutin, Elena Dyakonova

The asymptotic behavior, as $n\rightarrow \infty $ of the probability of the event that a decomposable critical branching process $\mathbf{Z}(m)=(Z_{1}(m),...,Z_{N}(m)),$ $m=0,1,2,...,$ with $N$ types of particles dies at moment $n$ is investigated and conditional limit theorems are proved describing the distribution of the number of particles in the process

C. Gao, B. Wang, Xi. Zhu, Y. B. Yuan

Over the past decade, fiber based frequency dissemination has achieved significant progresses in following aspects. To study the dissemination stability and phase noise specifications of the fiber-cascaded RF frequency dissemination system, we perform a lab-top experiment using three sets of RF modulated frequency dissemination systems. They are linked by 50

Marco Kuhlmann

I present an algorithm that, given a number $n \geq 1$, computes a compact representation of the set of all noncrossing acyclic digraphs with $n$ nodes. This compact representation can be used as the basis for a wide range of dynamic programming algorithms on these graphs. As an illustration, along with this note I am releasing the implementation of an algor

Liping Li, Jiangang Ying

In this paper, we shall first establish the theory of bivariate Revuz correspondence of positive additive functionals under a semi-Dirichlet form, which is associated with a right Markov process $X$ satisfying the sector condition but without duality. We extend most of the classical results about the bivariate Revuz measures under the duality assumptions to

Nicholas Watkins, Gunnar Pruessner, Sandra Chapman, Norma Bock Crosby

Introduced by the late Per Bak and his colleagues, self-organized criticality (SOC) has been one of the most stimulating concepts to come out of statistical mechanics and condensed matter theory in the last few decades, and has played a significant role in the development of complexity science. SOC, and more generally fractals and power laws, have attacted m

C. B. Lim, M. Beeler, A. Ajay, J. Lähnemann

This paper assesses nonpolar m- and a-plane GaN/Al(Ga)N multi-quantum-wells grown on bulk GaN for intersubband optoelectronics in the short- and mid-wavelength infrared ranges. The characterization results are compared to those for reference samples grown on the polar c-plane, and are verified by self-consistent Schrödinger-Poisson calculations. The best res

Arnaud Durand

We present a comprehensive framework for the study of the size and large intersection properties of sets of limsup type that arise naturally in Diophantine approximation and multifractal analysis. This setting encompasses the classical ubiquity techniques, as well as the mass and the large intersection transference principles, thereby leading to a thorough d

Fabien Perineau, Céline Rosticher, Laurence Rozes, Corinne Chanéac

For many important applications, the performance of polymer-anisotropic particle nanocomposite materials strongly depends on the orientation of the nanoparticles. Using the very peculiar magnetic properties of goethite (α-FeOOH) nanorods, we produced goethite-poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate) nanocomposites in which the alignment direction and the level of ori

Bugra Kabil, Luis Miguel Rodrigues

In the present contribution we investigate some features of dynamical lattice systems near periodic traveling waves. First, following the formal averaging method of Whitham, we derive modulation systems expected to drive at main order the time evolution of slowly modulated wavetrains. Then, for waves whose period is commensurable to the lattice, we prove tha

Sankar Raman Sathyamoorthy, Thomas M. Stace, Göran Johansson

Single photon detectors are fundamental tools of investigation in quantum optics and play a central role in measurement theory and quantum informatics. Photodetectors based on different technologies exist at optical frequencies and much effort is currently being spent on pushing their efficiencies to meet the demands coming from the quantum computing and qua

Xiaolin Qin, Lu Yang, Yong Feng, Bernhard Bachmann

High index differential algebraic equations (DAEs) are ordinary differential equations (ODEs) with constraints and arise frequently from many mathematical models of physical phenomenons and engineering fields. In this paper, we generalize the idea of differential elimination with Dixon resultant to polynomially nonlinear DAEs. We propose a new algorithm for

Zhen Jia, Lei Wang, Jianfeng Zhan, Lixin Zhang

Big data analytics applications play a significant role in data centers, and hence it has become increasingly important to understand their behaviors in order to further improve the performance of data center computer systems, in which characterizing representative workloads is a key practical problem. In this paper, after investigating three most impor- tan

Marie-Louise Bruner, Alois Panholzer

We apply the concept of parking functions to rooted labelled trees and functional digraphs of mappings (i.e., functions $f : [n] \to [n]$) by considering the nodes as parking spaces and the directed edges as one-way streets: Each driver has a preferred parking space and starting with this node he follows the edges in the graph until he either finds a free pa

Pei-Ling Luo, Jinmeng Hu, Yan Feng, Li-Bang Wang

We have demonstrated Doppler-free intermodulated fluorescence spectroscopy of helium $2^3P-3^{1,3}D$ transitions in an rf discharged sealed-off cell using a compact laser system at 588 nm. An external cavity diode laser at 1176 nm was constructed to seed a Raman fiber amplifier. Laser power of more than one watt at 588 nm was produced by frequency doubling o

Rune Johansen

The Fischer, Krieger, and fiber product covers of sofic beta-shifts are constructed and used to show that every strictly sofic beta-shift is $2$-sofic. Flow invariants based on the covers are computed, and shown to only depend on an single integer easily determined from the $β$-expansion of 1. It is shown that any beta-shift is flow equivalent to a beta-shif

Takayuki Miyagi, Takashi Abe, Ryoji Okamoto, Takaharu Otsuka

We study the nuclear ground-state properties by using the unitary-model-operator approach (UMOA). Recently, the particle-basis formalism has been introduced in the UMOA and enables us to employ the charge-dependent nucleon-nucleon interaction. We evaluate the ground-state energies and charge radii of $^{4}$He, $^{16}$O, $^{40}$Ca, and $^{56}$Ni with the char

J. Feng, K. Liu, M. Graf, M. Lihter

Ultrathin nanopore membranes based on 2D materials have demonstrated ultimate resolution toward DNA sequencing. Among them, molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) shows long-term stability as well as superior sensitivity enabling high throughput performance. The traditional method of fabricating nanopores with nanometer precision is based on the use of focused electro

Friedemann Brock, Francesco Chiacchio, Anna Mercaldo

This paper deals with various questions related to the isoperimetic problem for smooth positive measure $dμ= φ(x)dx$, with $x \in Ω\subset \mathbb{R}^N$. Firstly we find some necessary conditions on the density of the measure $ φ(x)$ that render the intersection of half spaces with $Ω$ a minimum in the isoperimetric problem. We then identify the unique isope

Anoop Thomas, B. Sundar Rajan

The connection between index coding and matroid theory have been well studied in the recent past. El Rouayheb et al. established a connection between multi linear representation of matroids and wireless index coding. Muralidharan and Rajan showed that a vector linear solution to an index coding problem exists if and only if there exists a representable discr

Radosław Chrapkiewicz

Photon number resolving detectors can be highly useful for studying the statistics of multi-photon quantum states of light. In this work we study the counts statistics of different states of light measured on multiplexed on-off detectors. We put special emphasis on artificial nonclassical features of the statistics obtained. We show new ways to derive analyt

Antoni Planes, Teresa Castan, Avadh Saxena

Recent theoretical and experimental progress on the study of ferrotoroidic materials is reviewed. The basic field equations are first described and then the expressions for magnetic toroidal moment and toroidization are derived. Relevant materials and experimental observation of magnetic toroidal moment and toroidal domains are summarized next. The thermodyn

Alessandro Coclite, Giuseppe Pascazio, Pietro De Palma, Luigi Cutrone

This paper provides an improved flamelet/progress variable (FPV) model for the simulation of turbulent combustion, employing the statistically most likely distribution (SMLD) approach for the joint probability density function (PDF) of the mixture fraction, Z, and of the progress parameter, Λ . Steady-state FPV models are built presuming the func- tional sha

SHiP Collaboration, M. Anelli, S. Aoki, G. Arduini

A new general purpose fixed target facility is proposed at the CERN SPS accelerator which is aimed at exploring the domain of hidden particles and make measurements with tau neutrinos. Hidden particles are predicted by a large number of models beyond the Standard Model. The high intensity of the SPS 400~GeV beam allows probing a wide variety of models contai

Alexander Shen

Algorithmic information theory studies description complexity and randomness and is now a well known field of theoretical computer science and mathematical logic. There are several textbooks and monographs devoted to this theory where one can find the detailed exposition of many difficult results as well as historical references. However, it seems that a sho

C. Venter, A. Kopp

Millisecond pulsars occur abundantly in globular clusters. They are expected to be responsible for several spectral components in the radio through gamma-ray waveband (e.g., involving synchrotron and inverse Compton emission), as have been seen by Radio Telescope Effelsberg, Chandra X-ray Observatory, Fermi Large Area Telescope, and the High Energy Stereosco

Sherry C. C. Yeh, Ernest R. Seaquist, Christopher D. Matzner, Eric W. Pellegrini

We present the first fully calibrated H$_2$, 1-0 S(1) image of the entire 30 Doradus nebula. The observations were conducted using the NOAO Extremely Wide-Field Infrared Imager on the CTIO 4-meter Blanco Telescope. Together with a NEWFIRM Br$γ$ image of 30 Doradus, our data reveal the morphologies of the warm molecular gas and ionized gas in 30 Doradus. The

Andrea Hofmann, Ville F. Maisi, Clemens Rössler, Julien Basset

We study out-of equilibrium properties of a quantum dot in a GaAs/AlGaAs two-dimensional electron gas. By means of single electron counting experiments, we measure the distribution of work and dissipated heat of the driven quantum dot and relate these quantities to the equilibrium free energy change, as it has been proposed by C. Jarzynski [Phys. Rev. Lett.

Jun Xiao, Ziliang Ye, Ying Wang, Hanyu Zhu

Optical selection rule fundamentally determines the optical transition between energy states in a variety of physical systems from hydrogen atoms to bulk crystals such as GaAs. It is important for optoelectronic applications such as lasers, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and quantum computation. Recently, single layer transition metal dichalcogenide (T

Yadong Zhu, Yanyan Lan, Jiafeng Guo, Xueqi Cheng

With the quick development of online social media such as twitter or sina weibo in china, many users usually track hot topics to satisfy their desired information need. For a hot topic, new opinions or ideas will be continuously produced in the form of online data stream. In this scenario, how to effectively filter and display information for a certain topic

Yu Zhang, Xiu-shen Wei, Jianxin Wu, Jianfei Cai

In this paper, we categorize fine-grained images without using any object / part annotation neither in the training nor in the testing stage, a step towards making it suitable for deployments. Fine-grained image categorization aims to classify objects with subtle distinctions. Most existing works heavily rely on object / part detectors to build the correspon

Samuel Benz, Leandro Pacheco de Sousa, Fernando Pedone

Internet-scale services rely on data partitioning and replication to provide scalable performance and high availability. Moreover, to reduce user-perceived response times and tolerate disasters (i.e., the failure of a whole datacenter), services are increasingly becoming geographically distributed. Data partitioning and replication, combined with local and g

A. Mehner, K. Davidson, R. M. Humphreys, F. M. Walter

Aims. Every 5.5 years eta Car&#39;s light curve and spectrum change remarkably across all observed wavelength bands. We compare the recent spectroscopic event in mid-2014 to the events in 2003 and 2009 and investigate long-term trends. Methods. Eta Car was observed with HST STIS, VLT UVES, and CTIO 1.5m CHIRON for a period of more than two years in 2012-2015

Farhad Shahrokhi

Let $G=(V(G), E(G))$ be an undirected graph with a measure function $μ$ assigning non-negative values to subgraphs $H$ so that $μ(H)$ does not exceed the clique cover number of $H$. When $μ$ satisfies some additional natural conditions, we study the problem of separating $G$ into two subgraphs, each with a measure of at most $2μ(G)/3$ by removing a set of ve

Weiming Li, Jiaqi Chen, Jianfeng Yao

For testing the independence of two vectors with respective dimensions $p_1$ and $p_2$, the existing literature in high-dimensional statistics all assume that both dimensions $p_1$ and $p_2$ grow to infinity with the sample size. However, as evidenced in the RNA-sequencing data analysis discussed in the paper, it happens frequently that one of the dimension

Qiming Wang, Liping Li

In this paper, we study the symmetry of polar codes on symmetric binary-input discrete memoryless channels (B-DMC). The symmetry property of polar codes is originally pointed out in Arikan&#39;s work for general B-DMC channels. With the symmetry, the output vector $y_1^N$ ($N$ be the block length) can be divided into equivalence classes in terms of their tra

Joshua Cape, Hans-Christian Herbig, Christopher Seaton

We study the symplectic reduction of the phase space describing $k$ particles in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with total angular momentum zero. This corresponds to the singular symplectic quotient associated to the diagonal action of $\operatorname{O}_n$ on $k$ copies of $\mathbb{C}^n$ at the zero value of the homogeneous quadratic moment map. We give a description of the