October 2015 arXiv papers — page 17

S. Rajamani, S. Rajasekar

Ghost-stochastic resonance is a noise-induced resonance at a missing fundamental frequency in the input signal. In this paper we investigate the features of ghost-stochastic resonance in a unidirectionally coupled network and small-world network with each unit being bistable Bellows map. In the one-way coupled network we apply a multi-frequency signal $(1/n_

M. A. L. Capri, M. S. Guimaraes, I. Justo, L. F. Palhares

We study the ultraviolet properties of theories whose fundamental fields display a confining, Gribov-type, propagator. These are propagators that exhibit complex poles and violate positivity, thus precluding a physical propagating particle interpretation. We show that the properties of this type of confining propagators do not change the ultraviolet behavior

Marco Drewes

Neutrinos are the only particles in the Standard Model of particle physics that have only been observed with left handed chirality to date. If right handed neutrinos exist, they would not only explain the observed neutrino oscillations, but could also be responsible for several phenomena in cosmology, including the baryon asymmetry of the universe, dark matt

Mareike Fischer, Volkmar Liebscher

We solve a class of optimization problems for (phylogenetic) $X$-trees or their shapes. These problems have recently appeared in different contexts, e.g. in the context of the impact of tree shapes on the size of TBR neighborhoods, but so far these problems have not been characterized and solved in a systematic way. In this work we generalize the concept and

Maurits H. Silvis, Roel Verstappen

Assuming a general constitutive relation for the turbulent stresses in terms of the local large-scale velocity gradient, we constructed a class of subgrid-scale models for large-eddy simulation that are consistent with important physical and mathematical properties. In particular, they preserve symmetries of the Navier-Stokes equations and exhibit the proper

Mohit Wadhwa, Ambar Pal, Ayush Shah, Paritosh Mittal

A fundamental component of networking infras- tructure is the policy, used in routing tables and firewalls. Accordingly, there has been extensive study of policies. However, the theory of such policies indicates that the size of the decision tree for a policy is very large ( O((2n)d), where the policy has n rules and examines d features of packets). If this

L. E. Marcucci, G. Mangano, A. Kievsky, M. Viviani

The astrophysical $S$-factor for the radiative capture $d(p,γ)^3$He in the energy-range of interest for Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) is calculated using an {\it ab-initio} approach. The nuclear Hamiltonian retains both two- and three-nucleon interactions - the Argonne $v_{18}$ and the Urbana IX, respectively. Both one- and many-body contributions to the nu

Stephan Eule, Jakob Metzger

Stochastic processes that are randomly reset to an initial condition serve as a showcase to investigate non-equilibrium steady states. However, all existing results have been restricted to the special case of memoryless resetting protocols. Here, we obtain the general solution for the distribution of processes in which waiting times between reset events are

Thomas Tauris

The evolution of close-orbit progenitor binaries of double neutron star (DNS) systems leads to supernova (SN) explosions of ultra-stripped stars. The amount of SN ejecta mass is very limited from such, more or less, naked metal cores with envelope masses of only 0.01-0.2 Msun. The combination of little SN ejecta mass and the associated possibility of small N

Thomas Tauris, Norbert Langer, Philipp Podsiadlowski

The explosion of ultra-stripped stars in close binaries may explain new discoveries of weak and fast optical transients. We have demonstrated that helium star companions to neutron stars (NSs) may evolve into naked metal cores as low as ~1.5 Msun, barely above the Chandrasekhar mass limit, by the time they explode. Here we present a new systematic investigat

Dorota Bors, Robert Stańczy

We formulate some global invertibility and implicit function theorems. We extend the result of Idczak, Skowron and Walczak on the invertibility of the operators to the case of the operators with critical points. The proof relies on the Mountain Pass Theorem combined with the Palais-Smale condition guaranteeing the claim by the invertibility of the first or t

Santi Cassisi, Maurizio Salaris, Adriano Pietrinferni

We performed a detailed study of the evolution of the luminosity of He-ignition stage and of the red giant branch bump luminosity during the red giant branch phase transition for various metallicities. To this purpose we calculated a grid of stellar models that sample the mass range of the transition with a fine mass step equal to ${\rm 0.01M_\odot}$. We fin

Jiri Borovicka

The possibility that some meteoroids in the size range 1 - 20 meters are rubble piles i.e. assembles of boulders of various sizes held together only by small van der Waals forces, is investigated. Such meteoroids are expected to start disrupting into individual pieces during the atmospheric entry at very low dynamic pressures of ~ 25 Pa, even before the onse

Masaki Sano, Keiichi Tamai

Transition from laminar to turbulent flow drastically changes the mixing, transport, and drag properties of fluids, yet when and how turbulence emerges is elusive even for simple flow within pipes and rectangular channels. Unlike the onset of temporal disorder, which is identified as the universal route to chaos in confined flows, characterization of the ons

Thomas Marcel Ender, Patrick Vananti

Web-based criminality like counterfeiting uses web applications which are hosted on web servers. Those servers contain a lot of information which can be used to identify the owner and other connected persons like hosters, shipping partners, money mules and more. These pieces of information reveal insights on the owner or provider of a fraud website, thus we

Krzysztof Cichy, Martin Kalinowski, Marc Wagner

We present results from an ongoing computation of masses of $D$ mesons, $D_s$ mesons and charmonium, including both ground states and several parity and angular momentum excitations. We employ 2+1+1 flavours of dynamical maximally twisted mass fermions at three lattice spacings and three $u/d$ quark masses at each lattice spacing. We consider different combi

Ayush Shah, H. B. Acharya, Ambar Pal

The Internet of Things combines various earlier areas of research. As a result, research on the subject is still organized around these pre-existing areas: distributed computing with services and objects, networks (usually combining 6lowpan with Zigbee etc. for the last-hop), artificial intelligence and semantic web, and human-computer interaction. We are ye

Jordi Canela, Núria Fagella, Antonio Garijo

The goal of this paper is to investigate the family of Blasche products $B_a(z)=z^3\frac{z-a}{1-\bar{a}z}$, which is a rational family of perturbations of the doubling map. We focus on the tongue-like sets which appear in its parameter plane. We first study their basic topological properties and afterwords we investigate how bifurcations take place in a neig

Nojoon Myoung, Hee Chul Park, Seung Joo Lee

We investigate spin transport through ferromagnetic graphene vertical heterostructures where a sandwiched tunneling layer is either a normal or ferroelectric insulator. We show that the spin-polarization of the tunneling current is electronically controlled via gate voltages. We also demonstrate that the tunneling current of Dirac fermions can be prohibited

Shu-Yang Wang, Zhong-Lai Zhu, Zhong-Ming Niu

Nuclear single-proton resonances are sensitive to the Coulomb field, while the exchange term of Coulomb field is usually neglected due to its nonlocality. By combining the complex scaling method with the relativistic mean-field model, the influence of the Coulomb exchange term on the single-proton resonances is investigated by taking Sn isotopes and $N=82$ i

F Selmi, R Braive, G Beaudoin, I Sagnes

Neuromimetic systems are systems mimicking the functionalities orarchitecture of biological neurons and may present an alternativepath for efficient computing and information processing. We demonstratehere experimentally temporal summation in a neuromimetic micropillarlaser with integrated saturable absorber. Temporal summation is theproperty of neurons to i

Laurent Romary

This paper provides an overview of the various projects carried out within ISO committee TC 37/SC 4 dealing with the management of language (digital) resources. On the basis of the technical experience gained in the committee and the wider standardization landscape the paper identifies some possible trends for the future.

Marie-Christine Roubaud, Bruno Torrésani

The aggregation of microarray datasets originating from different studies is still a difficult open problem. Currently, best results are generally obtained by the so-called meta-analysis approach, which aggregates results from individual datasets, instead of analyzing aggre-gated datasets. In order to tackle such aggregation problems, it is necessary to corr

Fabian Bohnet-Waldraff, Daniel Braun, Olivier Giraud

We investigate quantumness of spin-1 states, defined as the Hilbert-Schmidt distance to the convex hull of spin coherent states. We derive its analytic expression in the case of pure states as a function of the smallest eigenvalue of the Bloch matrix and give explicitly the closest classical state for an arbitrary pure state. Numerical evidence is provided t

Eugenio Valdano, Chiara Poletto, Vittoria Colizza

The epidemic threshold of a spreading process indicates the condition for the occurrence of the wide spreading regime, thus representing a predictor of the network vulnerability to the epidemic. Such threshold depends on the natural history of the disease and on the pattern of contacts of the network with its time variation. Based on the theoretical framewor

Abhijit Pendse, A. Bhattacharyay

We consider a Gross-Pitaevskii model of BEC with non-local s-wave scattering to study the density modulated state in 1D. We resort to a perturbative Taylor series expansion for the order parameter. By perturbative calculations, we show that under long range s-wave scattering a density modulated state is energetically favourable as compared to the uniform den

Mohamed A. Alrshah, Mohamed Othmana

After the presence of high Bandwidth-Delay Product (high-BDP) networks, many researches have been conducted to prove either the existing TCP variants can achieve an excellent performance without wasting the bandwidth of these networks or not. In this paper, a comparative test-bed experiment on a set of high speed TCP variants has been conducted to show their

Kazuhiro Ishige, Tatsuki Kawakami, Mikołaj Sierżȩga

In this paper, by using scalar nonlinear parabolic equations, we construct supersolutions for a class of nonlinear parabolic systems including $$ \left\{\begin{array}{ll} \partial_t u=Δu+v^p,\qquad & x\inΩ,\,\,\,t>0,\\ \partial_t v=Δv+u^q, & x\inΩ,\,\,\,t>0,\\ u=v=0, & x\in\partialΩ,\,\,\,t>0,\\ (u(x,0), v(x,0))=(u_0(x),v_0(x)), & x\inΩ, \end{array} \right.

Mayukh Pahari, Ranjeev Misra, Gulab C Dewangan, Pramod Pawar

We present results from ${\it NuSTAR}$ and ${\it SWIFT}$/XRT joint spectral analysis of V4641 Sgr during a disk dominated or soft state as well as a powerlaw dominated or hard state. The soft state spectrum is well modeled by a relativistically blurred disk emission, a powerlaw, a broad Iron line, two narrow emission lines and two edges. The Markov Chain Mon

Nick Ryder

The SoLid experiment aims to resolve the reactor neutrino anomaly by searching for electron-to-sterile anti-neutrino oscillations. The search will be performed between 5.5 and 10 m from the highly enriched uranium core of the BR2 reactor at SCK-CEN. The experiment utilises a novel approach to anti-neutrino detection based on a highly segmented, composite sci

E. Bica, S. Ortolani, B. Barbuy

A view of the Galactic bulge by means of their globular clusters is necessary for a deep understanding of its formation and evolution. Connections between the globular cluster and field star properties in terms of kinematics, orbits, chemical abundances and ages should shed light on different stellar population components. Based on spatial distribution and m

Shen Bian, Li Chen

This paper is concerned with a type of nonlinear reaction-diffusion equation, which arises from the population dynamics. The equation includes a certain type reaction term $u^α(1- σ\int_{\R^n}u^βdx)$ of dimension $n \ge 1$ and $σ>0$. An energy-methods-based proof on the existence of global solutions is presented and the qualitative behavior of solution which

Matthias Auf der Maur, Alessandro Pecchia, Gabriele Penazzi, Walter Rodrigues

White light emitting diodes based on III-nitride InGaN/GaN quantum wells currently offer the highest overall efficiency for solid state lighting applications. Although current phosphor-converted white LEDs have high electricity-to-light conversion efficiencies, it has been recently pointed out that the full potential of solid state lighting could be exploite

Tanya Jha, Rashmi Shetty

Scalable and comprehensive analysis of rapidly evolving mobile device application traffic is extremely important but a challenging problem for the Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) engines to perform effective policy management. We present a test framework in which a test driver can automate/orchestrate traffic generation by invoking appropriate method (intent) o

Dmitry O. Sinitsyn, Yurii F. Krupyanskii

Under prolonged starvation, the nucleoid of E. coli bacteria forms nanocrystalline complexes with the protein Dps. By one hypothesis, this effect is considered to be a manifestation of a general strategy of self-preservation of living organisms under adverse conditions by forming stable ordered structures which do not require consumption of energy for mainta

Agnis Āriņš

Span program is a linear-algebraic model of computation which can be used to design quantum algorithms. For any Boolean function there exists a span program that leads to a quantum algorithm with optimal quantum query complexity. In general, finding such span programs is not an easy task. In this work, given a query access to the adjacency matrix of a simple

Simin Nie, Xiao Yan Xu, Gang Xu, Zhong Fang

Band gap anomaly is a well-known issue in lead chalcogenides PbX (X=S, Se, Te, Po). Combining ab initio calculations and tight-binding (TB) method, we have studied the band evolution in PbX, and found that the band gap anomaly in PbTe is mainly related to the high onsite energy of Te 5s orbital and the large s-p hopping originated from the irregular extended

Fuminobu Takahashi, Masaki Yamada

We propose a variant scenario of spontaneous baryogenesis from asymmetric inflaton based on current-current interactions between the inflaton and matter fields with a non-zero B-L charge. When the inflaton starts to oscillate around the minimum after inflation, it may lead to excitation of a CP-odd component, which induces an effective chemical potential for

Michael Gatchell, Mark H. Stockett, Nathalie de Ruette, Tao Chen

A recent study of soft X-ray absorption in native and hydrogenated coronene cations, C$_{24}$H$_{12+m}^+$ $m=0-7$, led to the conclusion that additional hydrogen atoms protect (interstellar) Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules from fragmentation [Reitsma et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 053002 (2014)]. The present experiment with collisions between

Alain J. Brizard

A consistent notation for the Weierstrass elliptic function $\wp(z;g_{2},g_{3})$, for $g_{2} > 0$ and arbitrary values of $g_{3}$ and $Δ\equiv g_{2}^{3} - 27 g_{3}^{2}$, is introduced based on the parametric solution for the motion of a particle in a cubic potential. These notes provide a roadmap for the use of {\sf Mathematica} to calculate the half-periods

I. V. Toranzo, A. R. Plastino, P. Sánchez-Moreno, J. S. Dehesa

There are very few systems of interacting particles (with continuous variables) for which the entanglement of the concomitant eigenfunctions can be computed in an exact, analytical way. Here we present analytical calculations of the amount of entanglement exhibited by $s$-states of \emph{spherium}. This is a system of two particles (electrons) interacting vi

Eunok Bae, Gilad Gour, Soojoon Lee, Jeonghoon Park

We show that the stability theorem of the depolarizing channel holds for the output quantum $p$-Rényi entropy for $p \ge 2$ or $p=1$, which is an extension of the well known case $p=2$. As an application, we present a protocol in which Bob determines whether Alice prepares a pure quantum state close to a product state. In the protocol, Alice transmits to Bob

Aruna Goswami, Wako Aoki, Drisya Karinkuzhi

A comprehensive abundance analysis providing rare insight into the chemical history of lead stars is still lacking. We present results from high resolution (R ~ 50000), spectral analyses of three CH stars, HD 26, HD 198269, HD 224959, and, a carbon star with a dusty envelope, HD 100764. Previous studies on these objects are limited by both resolution and wav

Mark G. Lawrence

For a large class of convex domains in $\bf C^n$, it is shown that an $L^p$ function on the boundary is CR if there are holomorphic extensions on almost all slices of D by complex lines parallel to the coordinate axes. As an application, a new operator limit for the Szegő projection is obtained.

S. M. Dubiel

Non-linear ac magnetic susceptibility terms viz. quadratic, chi2, and cubic, chi3, were measured versus temperature and frequency for a series of the sigma-phase Fe(100-x)Mo(x) (47<x<53) compounds. Clear evidence was found that the ground magnetic state of the samples is mixed i.e. constituted by two phases: a spin glass (SG) and a ferromagnet (FM), hence th

Alessandro L. Sellerio, Emilio Ciusani, Noa Bossel Ben-Moshe, Stefania Coco

The dynamics of tumor cell populations is hotly debated: do populations derive hierarchically from a subpopulation of cancer stem cells (CSCs), or are stochastic transitions that mutate differentiated cancer cells to CSCs important? Here we argue that regulation must also be important. We sort human melanoma cells using three distinct cancer stem cell (CSC)

Josef A. Weber, Andreas Bauer, Peter Böni, Hubert Ceeh

We determined the bulk electronic structure in the prototypical Heusler compound Cu$_2$MnAl by measuring the Angular Correlation of Annihilation Radiation (2D-ACAR) using spin-polarized positrons. To this end, a new algorithm for reconstructing 3D densities from projections is introduced that allows us to corroborate the excellent agreement between our elect

V. M. Lipunov, J. Gorosabel, M. V. Pruzhinskaya, A. de Ugarte Postigo

We report the early discovery of the optical afterglow of gamma-ray burst (GRB) 140801A in the 137 deg$^2$ 3-$σ$ error-box of the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM). MASTER is the only observatory that automatically react to all Fermi alerts. GRB 140801A is one of the few GRBs whose optical counterpart was discovered solely from its GBM localization. The op

Tomás Pérez-Castañeda, Rafael J. Jiménez-Riobóo, Miguel A. Ramos

In this work we extend, review and jointly discuss earlier experiments conducted by us in hyperaged geological glasses, either in Dominican amber (20 million years old) or in Spanish amber from El Soplao (110 million years old). After characterization of their thermodynamic and elastic properties (using Differential Scanning Calorimetry around the glass-tran

Jarod Alper

This article contains a slightly expanded version of the lectures given by the author at the summer school &#34;Algebraic stacks and related topics&#34; in Mainz, Germany from August 31 to September 4, 2015. The content of these lectures is purely expository and consists of two main goals. First, we provide a treatment of Artin&#39;s approximation and algebr

Julia Becker Tjus, Björn Eichmann, Mike Kroll, Nils Nierstenhöfer

The origin of cosmic rays is one of the long-standing mysteries in physics and astrophysics. Simple arguments suggest that a scenario of supernova remnants (SNRs) in the Milky Way as the dominant sources for the cosmic ray population below the knee could work: in a generic calculation, it can be shown that these objects can provide the energy budget necessar

Soumen Manna, Ashish Das

We improve the existing results of optimal partial profile paired choice designs and provide new designs for situations where the choice set sizes are greater than two. The optimal designs are obtained under the main effects models and the broader main effects model.

Koichi Sato

The adiabatic self-consistent collective coordinate (ASCC) method is a practical method for the description of large-amplitude collective motion in atomic nuclei with superfluidity and an advanced version of the adiabatic time-dependent Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory. We investigate the gauge symmetry in the ASCC method on the basis of the theory of constrai

R. Datta, J. Austermann, J. A. Beall, D. Becker

We present the design and the preliminary on sky performance with respect to beams and pass-bands of a multichroic polarimeter array covering the 90 and 146 GHz Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) bands and its enabling broadband optical system recently deployed on the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT). The constituent pixels are feedhorn-coupled multichroic p

Ting Cui, Jing-Zheng Huang, Xiang Liu, Gui-Hua Zeng

We propose a new framework combining weak measurement and second-order correlated technique. The theoretical analysis shows that WVA experiment can also be implemented by a second-order correlated system. We then build two-dimensional second-order correlated function patterns for achieving higher amplification factor and discuss the signal-to-noise ratio inf

Ashima Goel, Debasis Das

Broadcasting problem is an important issue in the wireless networks, especially in dynamic wireless networks. In dynamic wireless networks the node density and mobility is high, due to several problems which arise during broadcasting. Two major problems faced are namely, Broadcast Storm Problem and Disconnected network problem. In a highly dense network, if

Szymon Puławski

The main physics goals of the NA61/SHINE programme on strong interactions are the study of the properties of the onset of deconfinement and the search for signatures of the critical point of strongly interacting matter. These goals are pursued by performing an energy (beam momentum 13A -158A GeV/c) and system size (p+p, p+Pb, Be+Be, Ar+Sc, Xe+La) scan. This

François Bolley, Ivan Gentil, Arnaud Guillin, Kazumasa Kuwada

The curvature-dimension condition is a generalization of the Bochner inequality to weighted Riemannian manifolds and general metric measure spaces. It is now known to be equivalent to evolution variational inequalities for the heat semigroup, and quadratic Wasserstein distance contraction properties at different times. On the other hand, in a compact Riemann

Anton Baranov, Yurii Belov, Alexei Poltoratski

We characterize the Hermite-Biehler (de Branges) functions $E$ which correspond to Shroedinger operators with $L^2$ potential on the finite interval. From this characterization one can easily deduce a recent theorem by Horvath. We also obtain a result about location of resonances.

Majid Amooshahi

The quantum dynamics of a localized spin-$\frac{1}{2} $ Particle interacting with an absorbing environment is investigated. The quantum Langevin-Schrödinger equation for spin-$\frac{1}{2} $ is obtained. The susceptibility function of the environment is calculated in terms of the coupling function of the spin and the environment. it is shown that the suscepti

Fei Sun, Kamran Turkoglu

This work investigates the consensus problem for multi-agent nonlinear systems through the distributed real-time nonlinear receding horizon control methodology. With this work, we develop a scheme to reach the consensus for nonlinear multi agent systems under fixed directed/undirected graph(s) without the need of any linearization techniques. For this purpos

Jason Leung

We consider the problem of estimating the s-th derivative of a density function f by the tilted Kernel estimator introduced in Hall and Doosti (2012). Then we further show this estimator achieves the same convergence rate, in probability, the wavelet estimators achieved as shown in Hall and Patil (1995).

Jaroslav Nesetril, Patrice Ossona de Mendez

The cluster analysis of very large objects is an important problem, which spans several theoretical as well as applied branches of mathematics and computer science. Here we suggest a novel approach: under assumption of local convergence of a sequence of finite structures we derive an asymptotic clustering. This is achieved by a blend of analytic and geometri

Kazuki Yoshizoe, Aika Terada, Koji Tsuda

Upcoming many core processors are expected to employ a distributed memory architecture similar to currently available supercomputers, but parallel pattern mining algorithms amenable to the architecture are not comprehensively studied. We present a novel closed pattern mining algorithm with a well-engineered communication protocol, and generalize it to find s

Scott A. Meyer, Martin Meyer, Danail Obreschkow, Lister Staveley-Smith

We present a new technique for the statistical evaluation of the Tully-Fisher relation (TFR) using spectral line stacking. This technique has the potential to extend TFR observations to lower masses and higher redshifts than possible through a galaxy-by-galaxy analysis. It further avoids the need for individual galaxy inclination measurements. To quantify th

Yongyi Guo, Zhiyi You, Min Qian, Hao Ge

Multiple dynamic pathways always exist in biological networks, but their robustness against internal fluctuations and relative stability have not been well recognized and carefully analyzed yet. Here we try to address these issues through an illustrative example, namely the Siah-1/beta-catenin/p14/19 ARF loop of protein p53 dynamics. Its deterministic Boolea

QingChun ShenTu, JianPing Yu

The Bitcoin system is an anonymous, decentralized crypto-currency. There are some deanonymizating techniques to cluster Bitcoin addresses and to map them to users&#39; identifications in the two research directions of Analysis of Transaction Chain (ATC) and Analysis of Bitcoin Protocol and Network (ABPN). Nowadays, there are also some anonymization methods s

E. Radzhabov, A. I. Nepomnyashikh

Optical absorption properties of additively colored in calcium vapor and X-irradiated crystals with tysonite structure, LaF3 and CeF3, were studied in 1.5-5.5 eV energy range. Photobleaching with 1.9 eV light and dichroism of the absorption bands were investigated.The absorption band at 3.75 eV with half width of 1.1 eV is observed in X-irradiated LaF3, simi

Jason Williams, Sheng-wey Chiow, Holger Mueller, Nan Yu

We describe the Quantum Test of the Equivalence principle and Space Time (QTEST), a concept for an atom interferometry mission on the International Space Station (ISS). The primary science objective of the mission is a test of Einstein&#39;s equivalence principle with two rubidium isotope gases at a precision of better than 10$^{-15}$. Distinct from the clas

Adam Scherlis

The classification of Grassmannian cluster algebras resembles that of regular polygonal tilings. We conjecture that this resemblance may indicate a deeper connection between these seemingly unrelated structures.

Zhi Li, Jinwoong Kim, Nicholas Kioussis, Shu-Yu Ning

Using first-principles calculations, we predict a Chern insulating phase in thin films of the ferromagnetic semi-metal GdN. In contrast to previously proposed Chern insulator candidates, which mostly rely on honeycomb lattices, this system affords a great chance to realize the quantum anomalous Hall Effect on a square lattice without either a magnetic substr

K V Vijay Girish, T V Ananthapadmanabha, A G Ramakrishnan

A dictionary learning based audio source classification algorithm is proposed to classify a sample audio signal as one amongst a finite set of different audio sources. Cosine similarity measure is used to select the atoms during dictionary learning. Based on three objective measures proposed, namely, signal to distortion ratio (SDR), the number of non-zero w

Wenbin Chen

In this paper, we show that there is an O(log k log^2 n)-competitive randomized algorithm for the k-sever problem on any metric space with n points, which improved the previous best competitive ratio O(log^2 k log^3 n log log n) by Nikhil Bansal et al. (FOCS 2011, pages 267-276).

Yi Ouyang, Jinbang Yang

We show that for a monic polynomial $f(x)$ over a number field $K$ containing a global permutation polynomial of degree $>1$ as its composition factor, the Newton Polygon of $f\mod\mathfrak p$ does not converge for $\mathfrak p$ passing through all finite places of $K$. In the rational number field case, our result is the &#34;only if&#34; part of a conjectu

H-Y. Yang, Chunli Huang, Hector Ochoa, Miguel A. Cazalilla

We study the effect of anisotropy of the Rashba coupling on the extrinsic spin Hall effect due to spin-orbit active adatoms on graphene. In addition to the intrinsic spin-orbit coupling, a generalized anisotropic Rashba coupling arising from the breakdown of both mirror and hexagonal symmetries of pristine graphene is considered. We find that Rashba anisotro

Erik Guentner, Rufus Willett, Guoliang Yu

We introduce dynamic asymptotic dimension, a notion of dimension for actions of discrete groups on locally compact spaces, and more generally for locally compact étale groupoids. We study our notion for minimal actions of the integer group, its relation with conditions used by Bartels, Lück, and Reich in the context of controlled topology, and its connection

Zeyuan Allen-Zhu, Aditya Bhaskara, Silvio Lattanzi, Vahab Mirrokni

Designing distributed and scalable algorithms to improve network connectivity is a central topic in peer-to-peer networks. In this paper we focus on the following well-known problem: given an $n$-node $d$-regular network for $d=Ω(\log n)$, we want to design a decentralized, local algorithm that transforms the graph into one that has good connectivity propert

Nadejda Blagorodnova, Sjoert Van Velzen, Diana L. Harrison, Sergey Koposov

We present a study of the detectability of transient events associated with galaxies for the Gaia European Space Agency astrometric mission. We simulated the on-board detections, and on-ground processing for a mock galaxy catalogue to establish the properties required for the discovery of transient events by Gaia, specifically tidal disruption events (TDEs)

M. H. Bitarafan, H. Ramp, T. W. Allen, C. Potts

We report on the thermomechanical and thermal tuning properties of curved-mirror Fabry-Perot resonators, fabricated by the guided assembly of circular delamination buckles within a multilayer a-Si/SiO2 stack. Analytical models for temperature dependence, effective spring constants, and mechanical mode frequencies are described and shown to be in good agreeme

Fleur McDonald, Robert I McLachlan, Brian E Moore, G R W Quispel

How well do multisymplectic discretisations preserve travelling wave solutions? To answer this question, the 5-point central difference scheme is applied to the semi-linear wave equation. A travelling wave ansatz leads to an ordinary difference equation, whose solutions correspond to the numerical scheme and can be compared to travelling wave solutions of th

Maxim V. Barkov, Valenti Bosch-Ramon

A mysterious X-ray-emitting object has been detected moving away from the high-mass gamma-ray binary PSR B1259-63, which contains a non-accreting pulsar and a Be star whose winds collide forming a complex interaction structure. Given the strong eccentricity of this binary, the interaction structure should be strongly anisotropic, which together with the comp

Peng Liu, Shuangling Luo, Haoxiang Xia

Many scientific collaboration networks exhibit clear community and small world structures. However, the studies on the underlying mechanisms for the formation and evolution of community and small world structures are still insufficient. The mechanisms of homophily and heterophily based on scholars&#39; traits are two important factors for the formation of co

Liangzhi Kou, Xin Tan, Yandong Ma, Hassan Tahini

Topological insulators (TIs) exhibit novel physics with great promise for new devices, but considerable challenges remain to identify TIs with high structural stability and large nontrivial band gap suitable for practical applications. Here we predict by first-principles calculations a two-dimensional (2D) TI, also known as a quantum spin Hall (QSH) insulato

Li Ge, Konstantinos G. Makris, Demetrios N. Christodoulides, Liang Feng

We extend the generalize conservation law of light propagating in a one-dimensional $\cal PT$-symmetric system, i.e., $|T-1|=\sqrt{R_LR_R}$ for the transmittance $T$ and the reflectance $R_{L,R}$ from the left and right, to a multimode waveguide with either $\cal PT$ or $\cal RT$ symmetry, in which higher dimensional investigations are necessary. These conse

Matthew Harrison-Trainor

The Scott rank of a countable structure is a measure, coming from the proof of Scott&#39;s isomorphism theorem, of the complexity of that structure. The Scott spectrum of a theory (by which we mean a sentence of $\mathcal{L}_{ω_1 ω}$) is the set of Scott ranks of countable models of that theory. In $ZFC + PD$ we give a descriptive-set-theoretic classificatio

Yun Deng, David Fernández-Baca

We consider the following basic problem in phylogenetic tree construction. Let $\mathcal{P} = \{T_1, \ldots, T_k\}$ be a collection of rooted phylogenetic trees over various subsets of a set of species. The tree compatibility problem asks whether there is a tree $T$ with the following property: for each $i \in \{1, \dots, k\}$, $T_i$ can be obtained from the

Audrey Yueru Li, Shengchao Alfred Li

Parallel circuit and the Lorentz forces on current carrying wires are important concepts in introductory physics courses. Here we describe an experiment that illustrates these two concepts. We mount a circuit with multiple grounding points onto a torsion balance. We show that the grounding points create parallel return paths for the supply current. When the

Lei Gai, Wei Chen, Tengjiao Wang

RDF query optimization is a challenging problem. Although considerable factors and their impacts on query efficiency have been investigated, this problem still needs further investigation. We identify that decomposing query into a series of light-weight operations is also effective in boosting query processing. Considering the linked nature of RDF data, the

Laurent Itti, Ali Borji

Computational models of visual attention have become popular over the past decade, we believe primarily for two reasons: First, models make testable predictions that can be explored by experimentalists as well as theoreticians, second, models have practical and technological applications of interest to the applied science and engineering communities. In this

Takehiko Asaka, Atsushi Watanabe

We argue that the COMET experiment --- a dedicated experiment for the $μ$-$e$ conversion search --- can be a powerful facility to search for heavy neutrinos in the mass range $1\,{\rm MeV} \lesssim M \lesssim 100\,{\rm MeV}$. The stopped muons captured by the target nuclei or decaying in orbit are efficiently produce heavy neutrinos via the active-sterile mi

Daniele Alessandrini, Qiongling Li

In this paper we investigate the relationships between closed AdS 3-manifolds and Higgs bundles. We have a new way to construct AdS structures that allows us to see many of their properties explicitly, for example we can recover the very recent formula by Tholozan for the volumes. We also find applications to the theory of minimal immersions into quadrics wi

Tomás Feder, Pavol Hell, César Hernández-Cruz

We investigate the complexity of generalizations of colourings (acyclic colourings, $(k,\ell)$-colourings, homomorphisms, and matrix partitions), for the class of transitive digraphs. Even though transitive digraphs are nicely structured, many problems are intractable, and their complexity turns out to be difficult to classify. We present some motivational r

Smitha Subramanian, Ramya. S, Mousumi Das, Koshy George

We present an analysis of the optical nuclear spectra from the active galactic nuclei (AGN) in a sample of low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies. Using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), we derived the virial black hole (BH) masses of 24 galaxies from their broad H$α$ parameters. We find that our estimates of nuclear BH masses lie in the range $1

Jian-hua Wang, Kai Ma, Kang Li, Hua-wei Fan

We study the spin currents induced by topological screw dislocation and cosmic dispiration. By using the extended Drude model, we find that the spin dependent forces are modified by the nontrivial geometry. For the topological screw dislocation, only the direction of spin current is bended by deforming the spin polarization vector. In contrast, the force ind

C. Gulliford, A. Bartnik, I. Bazarov

We present the results of multi-objective genetic algorithm optimizations of a potential single shot ultra fast electron diffraction beamline utilizing a 225 kV dc gun with a novel cryocooled photocathode system and buncher cavity. Optimizations of the transverse projected emittance as a function of bunch charge are presented and discussed in terms of the sc

Eric Blanquier

To study the high energy nuclear physics and the associated phenomenon, as the QGP/hadronic matter phase transition, the Nambu and Jona-Lasinio model (NJL) appears as an interesting alternative to the Quantum Chromodynamics, which is not solvable at the considered energies. Indeed, the NJL model allows describing the quarks physics, at finite temperatures an

Y. Cai, R. C. de Lamare, B. Qin, B. Champagne

In this work, we propose a novel adaptive reduced-rank receive processing strategy based on joint preprocessing, decimation and filtering (JPDF) for large-scale multiple-antenna systems. In this scheme, a reduced-rank framework is employed for linear receive processing and multiuser interference suppression based on the minimization of the symbol-error-rate

Shinji Takeda, Xiao-Yong Jin, Yoshinobu Kuramashi, Yoshifumi Nakamura

We investigate the phase structure of 3-flavor QCD in the presence of finite quark chemical potential by using Wilson-Clover fermions. To deal with the complex action with finite density, we adopt the phase reweighting method. In order to survey a wide parameter region, we employ the multi-parameter reweighting method as well as the multi-ensemble reweightin

Wen Yan, John F. Brady

We present a general theory for determining the force (and torque) exerted on a boundary (or body) in active matter. The theory extends the description of passive Brownian colloids to self-propelled active particles and applies for all ratios of the thermal energy $k_BT$ to the swimmer&#39;s activity $k_sT_s = ζU_0^2τ_R/6$, where $ζ$ is the Stokes drag coeff

Kai-Lung Sun, Jürgen Schmidt, Frank Spahn

A kinky and clumpy ringlet shares orbit with the moon Pan in the center of the 320-km wide Encke gap in Saturn&#39;s rings (Porco et al., 2005). The ringlet is mainly composed of micron-sized particles (Showalter, 1991, Hedman et al., 2011), implying that these particles may be significantly perturbed by non-gravitational forces, which can limit their lifeti