March 2018 arXiv papers — page 6

Guna Prasaad, G. Ramalingam, Kaushik Rajan

Many modern applications require real-time processing of large volumes of high-speed data. Such data processing needs can be modeled as a streaming computation. A streaming computation is specified as a dataflow graph that exposes multiple opportunities for parallelizing its execution, in the form of data, pipeline and task parallelism. On the other hand, ma

Yuma Kikuchi, Kazuyuki Ogata, Takehito Hayakawa, Satoshi Chiba

The electromagnetic transitions of $^9$Be with linearly polarized $γ$-rays are calculated by using the $α$~+~$α$~+~$n$ three-body model and the complex-scaled solutions of the Lippmann-Schwinger equation; the azimuthal angle distributions of the emitted neutrons are investigated. We calculate the anisotropy parameter as a function of the photon incident ener

Mengkun Zhu, Yang Chen, Niall Emmart, Charles Weems

We investigate the large $N$ behavior of the smallest eigenvalue, $λ_{N}$, of an $\left(N+1\right)\times \left(N+1\right)$ Hankel (or moments) matrix $\mathcal{H}_{N}$, generated by the weight $w(x)=x^α(1-x)^β,~x\in[0,1],~ α>-1,~β>-1$. By applying the arguments of Szegö, Widom and Wilf, we establish the asymptotic formula for the orthonormal polynomials $P_{

Deyue Zhang, Yukun Guo, Jingzhi Li, Hongyu Liu

This paper is concerned with the inverse source problem of reconstructing an unknown acoustic excitation from phaseless measurements of the radiated fields away at multiple frequencies. It is well known that the non-uniqueness issue is a major challenge associated with such an inverse problem. We develop a novel strategy to overcome this challenging problem

Mengkun Zhu, Niall Emmart, Yang Chen, Charles Weems

We study the asymptotic behavior of the smallest eigenvalue, $λ_{N}$, of the Hankel (or moments) matrix denoted by $\mathcal{H}_{N}=\left(μ_{m+n}\right)_{0\leq m,n\leq N}$, with respect to the weight $w(x)=x^α{\rm e}^{-x^β},~x\in[0,\infty),~α>-1,~β>\frac{1}{2}$. Based on the research by Szegö, Chen, etc., we obtain an asymptotic expression of the orthonormal

Mengkun Zhu, Yang Chen

We study the recurrence coefficients of the monic polynomials $P_n(z)$ orthogonal with respect to the deformed (also called semi-classical) Freud weight \begin{equation*} w_α(x;s,N)=|x|^α{\rm e}^{-N\left[x^{2}+s\left(x^{4}-x^{2}\right)\right]}, ~~x\in\mathbb{R}, \end{equation*} with parameters $α>-1,~N>0,~s\in[0,1]$. We show that the recurrence coefficients

Jie Song, Chengchao Shen, Yezhou Yang, Yang Liu

Most existing Zero-Shot Learning (ZSL) methods have the strong bias problem, in which instances of unseen (target) classes tend to be categorized as one of the seen (source) classes. So they yield poor performance after being deployed in the generalized ZSL settings. In this paper, we propose a straightforward yet effective method named Quasi-Fully Supervise

Muhammad Haris, Greg Shakhnarovich, Norimichi Ukita

We consider how image super resolution (SR) can contribute to an object detection task in low-resolution images. Intuitively, SR gives a positive impact on the object detection task. While several previous works demonstrated that this intuition is correct, SR and detector are optimized independently in these works. This paper proposes a novel framework to tr

Sarbeswar Pal, Christian Pauly

Let $X$ be a smooth projective complex curve of genus $g \geq 2$ and let $\M_X(2,Λ)$ be the moduli space of semi-stable rank-$2$ vector bundles over $X$ with fixed determinant $Λ$. We show that the wobbly locus, i.e., the locus of semi-stable vector bundles admitting a non-zero nilpotent Higgs field is a union of divisors $\Ww_k \subset \M_X(2,Λ)$. We show t

Konstantin E. Dorfman, Dazhi Xu, Jianshu Cao

Quantum coherence has been demonstrated in various systems including organic solar cells and solid state devices. In this letter, we report the lower and upper bounds for the performance of quantum heat engines determined by the efficiency at maximum power. Our prediction based on the canonical 3-level Scovil and Schulz-Dubois maser model strongly depends on

Kathleen McGarvey-Lechable, Pablo Bianucci

Modal coupling between frequency-degenerate resonances of an optical ring resonator is a commonly observed phenomenon that results in adverse mode splitting. Traditionally, this coupling is attributed to Rayleigh scattering of a propagating electromagnetic wave into its associated degenerate counter-propagating mode from small perturbations to the dielectric

Yasufumi Kojima

The magnetar magnetosphere is gradually twisted by shearing from footpoint motion, and stored magnetic energy also increases at the same time. When a state exceeds a threshold, flares/outbursts manifest themselves as a result of a catastrophic transition. Axisymmetric static solutions for a relativistic force-free magnetosphere with dipole--quadrupole mixed

Michael Ludkovski, Aditya Maheshwari

We consider solution of stochastic storage problems through regression Monte Carlo (RMC) methods. Taking a statistical learning perspective, we develop the dynamic emulation algorithm (DEA) that unifies the different existing approaches in a single modular template. We then investigate the two central aspects of regression architecture and experimental desig

Fergal Mullally, Susan E. Thompson, Jeffery L. Coughlin, Christopher J. Burke

We show that the claimed confirmed planet Kepler-452b (a.k.a. K07016.01, KIC 8311864) can not be confirmed using a purely statistical validation approach. Kepler detects many more periodic signals from instrumental effects than it does from transits, and it is likely impossible to confidently distinguish the two types of event at low signal-to-noise. As a re

Zeeshan Ahmed, Yuri Alexeev, Giorgio Apollinari, Asimina Arvanitaki

Report of the first workshop to identify approaches and techniques in the domain of quantum sensing that can be utilized by future High Energy Physics applications to further the scientific goals of High Energy Physics.

Walter F. Mascarenhas

We argue that reducing nonlinear programming problems to a simple canonical form is an effective way to analyze them, specially when the problem is degenerate and the usual linear independence hypothesis does not hold. To illustrate this fact we solve an open problem about constraint qualifications using this simple canonical form.

Jinzheng Cai, Le Lu, Fuyong Xing, Lin Yang

Automatic pancreas segmentation in radiology images, eg., computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), is frequently required by computer-aided screening, diagnosis, and quantitative assessment. Yet pancreas is a challenging abdominal organ to segment due to the high inter-patient anatomical variability in both shape and volume metrics. Rec

Ming-Shing Chen, Chen-Mou Cheng, Po-Chun Kuo, Wen-Ding Li

We show a new algorithm and its implementation for multiplying bit-polynomials of large degrees. The algorithm is based on evaluating polynomials at a specific set comprising a natural set for evaluation with additive FFT and a high order element under Frobenius map of $\mathbb{F}_{2}$. With the high order element, we can derive more values of the polynomial

Wei Zheng, Bo Wu, Hai Lin

Recent years have seen human robot collaboration (HRC) quickly emerged as a hot research area at the intersection of control, robotics, and psychology. While most of the existing work in HRC focused on either low-level human-aware motion planning or HRC interface design, we are particularly interested in a formal design of HRC with respect to high-level comp

Shakeel Ahmad, Shaista Khan, Ashwini Kumar, Arpit Singh

Analysis of high multiplicity events produced in 158A GeV/c $^{208}$Pb-$^{208}$Pb collisions is carried out to study the event-by-event fluctuations. The findings reveal that the method of scaled factorial moments can be used to identify the events having densely populated narrow phase space bins. A few events sorted out adopting this approach are individual

Zongming Guo, Fangshu Wan, Liping Wang

New embeddings of weighted Sobolev spaces are established. Using such embeddings, we obtain the existence and regularity of positive solutions with Navier boundary value problems for a weighted fourth order elliptic equation. We also obtain Liouville type results for the related equation. Some problems are still open.

Gabriel Picavet, Martine Picavet-L'Hermitte

We characterize extensions of commutative rings $R\subset S$ such that $R\subset T$ is minimal for each $R$-subalgebra $T$ of $S$ with $T\neq R,S$. This property is equivalent to $R\subset S$ has length 2. Such extensions are either pointwise minimal or simple. We are able to compute the number of subextensions of $R\subset S$. Besides commutative algebra co

Barbara Kedzierska, Anna Gorczyca-Goraj, Elzbieta Zipper, Maciej M. Maska

We study spin-dependent transport through a quantum nanostructure composed of a quantum dot (QD) surrounded by a quantum nanoring. The nanostructure is side-attached to source and drain electrodes and we assume that the confining potential that forms the nanostructure can be controlled by electrical gating. We demonstrate that depending on the model paramete

Yusui Chen, Wufu Shi, Debing Zeng, Ting Yu

We study the back action on a coupled multiple-qubit system induced by a quantum cavity probe in a non-demolition quantum measurement scheme. The exact quantum state stochastic Schrödinger equation is derived to systematically investigate the dynamics of quantum entanglement of the multiple-qubit system inside the cavity probe. Although quantum entanglement

Yair Rivenson, Hongda Wang, Zhensong Wei, Yibo Zhang

Histological analysis of tissue samples is one of the most widely used methods for disease diagnosis. After taking a sample from a patient, it goes through a lengthy and laborious preparation, which stains the tissue to visualize different histological features under a microscope. Here, we demonstrate a label-free approach to create a virtually-stained micro

Tyler J. Smart, Yuan Ping

Hematite ($α$-Fe$_2$O$_3$) is a promising candidate as photoanode materials for solar-to-fuel conversion due to its favorable band gap for visible light absorption, its stability in an aqueous environment and its relatively low cost in comparison to other prospective materials. However, the small polaron transport nature in $α$-Fe$_2$O$_3$ results in low car

Shyam Upadhyay, Yogarshi Vyas, Marine Carpuat, Dan Roth

Cross-lingual Hypernymy Detection involves determining if a word in one language ("fruit") is a hypernym of a word in another language ("pomme" i.e. apple in French). The ability to detect hypernymy cross-lingually can aid in solving cross-lingual versions of tasks such as textual entailment and event coreference. We propose BISPARSE-DEP, a f

R. Herbin, J. -C Latché, Khaled Saleh

In this paper, we study the behaviour at low Mach number of numerical schemes based on staggered discretizations for the barotropic Navier-Stokes equations. Three time discretizations are considered: the implicit-in-time scheme and two non-iterative pressure correction schemes. The last two schemes differ by the discretization of the convection term: linearl

Nguyen Huy Tuan, Vo Anh Khoa, Mai Thanh Nhat Truong, Tran The Hung

The main goal of this paper is applying the cut-off projection for solving one-dimensional backward heat conduction problem in a two-slab system with a perfect contact. In a constructive manner, we commence by demonstrating the Fourier-based solution that contains the drastic growth due to the high-frequency nature of the Fourier series. Such instability lea

Keiichi Morikuni, Miroslav Rozložník

In this contribution, we study the numerical behavior of the Generalized Minimal Residual (GMRES) method for solving singular linear systems. It is known that GMRES determines a least squares solution without breakdown if the coefficient matrix is range-symmetric (EP), or if its range and nullspace are disjoint (GP) and the system is consistent. We show that

Andrew V. Knyazev

We argue that the standard graph Laplacian is preferable for spectral partitioning of signed graphs compared to the signed Laplacian. Simple examples demonstrate that partitioning based on signs of components of the leading eigenvectors of the signed Laplacian may be meaningless, in contrast to partitioning based on the Fiedler vector of the standard graph L

Biyi Fang, Diego Klabjan

As the size of modern data sets exceeds the disk and memory capacities of a single computer, machine learning practitioners have resorted to parallel and distributed computing. Given that optimization is one of the pillars of machine learning and predictive modeling, distributed optimization methods have recently garnered ample attention, in particular when

Michael McNulty

The Skyrme model is a geometric field theory and a quasilinear modification of the Nonlinear Sigma Model (Wave Maps). In this paper we study the development of singularities for the equivariant Skyrme Model, in the strong-field limit, where the restoration of scale invariance allows us to look for self-similar blow-up behavior. After introducing the Skyrme M

Hilbert J Kappen

In this paper, we address the problem how to represent a classical data distribution in a quantum system. The proposed method is to learn quantum Hamiltonian that is such that its ground state approximates the given classical distribution. We review previous work on the quantum Boltzmann machine (QBM) and how it can be used to infer quantum Hamiltonians from

Qing Tu, Ioannis Spanopoulos, Shiqiang Hao, Christopher Wolverton

2D layered hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) have demonstrated improved stability and promising photovoltaic performance. The mechanical properties of such functional materials are both fundamentally and practically important to achieve both high performance and mechanical stable (flexible) devices. Here we report the mechanical properties of a se

Fenjin Liu, Johannes Siemons, Wei Wang

We construct infinite families of graphs that are determined by their generalized spectrum. This construction is based on new formulae for the determinant of the walk matrix of a graph. The graphs constructed here all satisfy a lower divisibility for the determinant of their walk matrix.

Matteo Manica, Joris Cadow, Roland Mathis, María Rodríguez Martínez

Reliable identification of molecular biomarkers is essential for accurate patient stratification. While state-of-the-art machine learning approaches for sample classification continue to push boundaries in terms of performance, most of these methods are not able to integrate different data types and lack generalization power, limiting their application in a

Y. Samuel Wang, Mathias Drton

We consider graphical models based on a recursive system of linear structural equations. This implies that there is an ordering, $σ$, of the variables such that each observed variable $Y_v$ is a linear function of a variable specific error term and the other observed variables $Y_u$ with $σ(u) < σ(v)$. The causal relationships, i.e., which other variables th

Filip P. Adamus, Ayiaz Kaderali

In this paper, we discuss five parameters that indicate the inhomogeneity of a stack of parallel isotropic layers. We show that, in certain situations, they provide further insight into the intrinsic inhomogeneity of a Backus medium, as compared to the Thomsen parameters. Additionally, we show that the Backus average of isotropic layers is isotropic if and o

Marcin Nowakowski, Eliahu Cohen, Pawel Horodecki

The Two-State-Vector formalism and the Entangled Histories formalism are attempts to better understand quantum correlations in time. The main objective of this paper is to show that, with appropriately defined scalar products, both formalisms can be made isomorphic. We show that they treat operators and states on equal footing leading to the same statistics

S. Ertel, D. Defrère, P. Hinz, B. Mennesson

The HOSTS (Hunt for Observable Signatures of Terrestrial Systems) survey searches for dust near the habitable zones (HZs) around nearby, bright main sequence stars. We use nulling interferometry in N band to suppress the bright stellar light and to probe for low levels of HZ dust around the 30 stars observed so far. Our overall detection rate is 18%, includi

Ulrich Kraehmer, Manuel Martins

In a recent article, the coordinate ring of the nodal cubic was given the structure of a quantum homogeneous space. Here the corresponding coalgebra Galois extension is expressed in terms of quantum groups at roots of unity, and is shown to be cleft. Furthermore, the minimal quotient extensions are determined.

Dmitrii Ostrovskii, Zaid Harchaoui

We consider the problem of discrete-time signal denoising, focusing on a specific family of non-linear convolution-type estimators. Each such estimator is associated with a time-invariant filter which is obtained adaptively, by solving a certain convex optimization problem. Adaptive convolution-type estimators were demonstrated to have favorable statistical

Adam Dor-On, Evgenios T. A. Kakariadis

We study strong compactly aligned product systems of $\mathbb{Z}_+^N$ over a C*-algebra $A$. We provide a description of their Cuntz-Nica-Pimsner algebra in terms of tractable relations coming from ideals of $A$. This approach encompasses product systems where the left action is given by compacts, as well as a wide class of higher rank graphs (beyond row-fin

Ihab S. Mohamed, Alessio Capitanelli, Fulvio Mastrogiovanni, Stefano Rovetta

The problem of autonomous transportation in industrial scenarios is receiving a renewed interest due to the way it can revolutionise internal logistics, especially in unstructured environments. This paper presents a novel architecture allowing a robot to detect, localise, and track (possibly multiple) pallets using machine learning techniques based on an on-

Persi Diaconis, Guanyang Wang

The problem of making practical, useful goodness of fit tests in the Bayesian paradigm is largely open. We introduce a class of special cases (testing for uniformity: have the cards been shuffled enough; does my random generator work) and a class of sensible Bayes tests inspired by Mumford, Wu and Zhu. Calculating these tests presents the challenge of &#39;d

Joseph Hart, Pierre Gremaud

Global sensitivity analysis (GSA) is used to quantify the influence of uncertain variables in a mathematical model. Prior to performing GSA, the user must specify (or implicitly assume), a probability distribution to model the uncertainty, and possibly statistical dependencies, of the variables. Determining this distribution is challenging in practice as the

Christina Boucher, Travis Gagie, Alan Kuhnle, Ben Langmead

High-throughput sequencing technologies have led to explosive growth of genomic databases; one of which will soon reach hundreds of terabytes. For many applications we want to build and store indexes of these databases but constructing such indexes is a challenge. Fortunately, many of these genomic databases are highly-repetitive---a characteristic that can

George Svetlichny

We analyze quantum superdense coding as would be seen in Everett&#39;s many worlds interpretation of measurement, and compare it to Everettian teleportation.

Daniel J. Eck, Charles J. Geyer

In a regular full exponential family, the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) need not exist in the traditional sense. However, the MLE may exist in the completion of the exponential family. Existing algorithms for finding the MLE in the completion solve many linear programs; they are slow in small problems and too slow for large problems. We provide new, fas

Gregory Gabadadze, David Pirtskhalava

It is well-known that the presence of a spacetime boundary requires the conventional Einstein-Hilbert (EH) action to be supplemented by the Gibbons-Hawking (GH) boundary term in order to retain the standard variational procedure. When the EH action is amended by the diffeomorphism-invariant graviton mass and potential terms, it naively appears that no furthe

Aline V. Andrade, Simone Marchesi, Rosa Maria Miró-Roig

In order to obtain existence criteria for orthogonal instanton bundles on $\mathbb{P}^n$, we provide a bijection between equivalence classes of orthogonal instanton bundles with no global sections and symmetric forms. Using such correspondence we are able to provide explicit examples of orthogonal instanton bundles with no global sections on $\mathbb{P}^n$ a

Xiaoyue Xia

Recently in a paper by Lin, Dai and Tibboel, it was shown that the third and fourth Painlevé equations have tronquée and tritronquée solutions. We obtain global information about these tronquée and tritronquée solutions. We find their sectors of analyticity, their Borel summed representations in these sectors as well as the asymptotic position of the singula

Bas van den Heuvel

Using process algebra, this paper describes the formalisation of the process/semantics behind the purely event-driven programming language.

Richard R. Yang, Steven Chen, Edward Chou

In this work, we build a series of machine learning models to predict the price of a product given its image, and visualize the features that result in higher or lower price predictions. We collect two novel datasets of product images and their MSRP prices for this purpose: a bicycle dataset and a car dataset. We set baselines for price regression using line

Ellery Ames, Håkan Andréasson, Anders Logg

We numerically investigate limits of a two-parameter family of stationary solutions to the Einstein-Vlasov system. The solutions are toroidal and have non-vanishing angular momentum. As one tunes to more relativistic solutions (measured for example by an increasing redshift) there exists a sequence of solutions which approaches the extreme Kerr black hole fa

Fabian Fischbach, Albrecht Klemm, Christoph Nega

We extend topological string methods in order to perform WKB approximations for quantum mechanical problems with higher order potentials efficiently. This requires techniques for the evaluation of the relevant quantum periods for Riemann surfaces beyond genus one. The basis of these quantum periods is fixed using the leading behaviour of the classical period

Mingze Xu, Chenyou Fan, Yuchen Wang, Michael S Ryoo

In a world of pervasive cameras, public spaces are often captured from multiple perspectives by cameras of different types, both fixed and mobile. An important problem is to organize these heterogeneous collections of videos by finding connections between them, such as identifying correspondences between the people appearing in the videos and the people hold

Weikun Wang

We provide a stacky fan description of the total space of certain split vector bundles, as well as their projectivization, over toric Deligne-Mumford stacks. We then specialize to the case of Hirzebruch orbifold $\mathcal{H}_{r}^{ab}$ obtained by projectivizing $\mathcal{O} \oplus \mathcal{O}(r)$ over the weighted projective line $\mathbb{P}(a,b)$. Next, we

Petar Simidzija, Robert H. Jonsson, Eduardo Martin-Martinez

We study under what circumstances a separable bipartite system A-B can or cannot become entangled through local interactions with a bi-local entangled source $\text{S}_1$-$\text{S}_2$. We obtain constraints on the general forms of the interaction Hamiltonians coupling A with $\text{S}_1$ and B with $\text{S}_2$ necessary for A and B to become entangled. We a

Howard Baer, Vernon Barger, Dibyashree Sengupta, Xerxes Tata

The requirement of electroweak naturalness in supersymmetric (SUSY) models of particle physics necessitates light higgsinos not too far from the weak scale characterized by m(weak)~ m(W,Z,h)~100 GeV. On the other hand, LHC Higgs mass measurements and sparticle mass limits point to a SUSY breaking scale in the multi-TeV regime. Under such conditions, the ligh

Lisa Carbone, Dongwen Liu, Scott H. Murray

Let $A$ be a symmetrizable generalized Cartan matrix, which is not of finite or affine type. Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be the corresponding Kac-Moody algebra over a commutative ring $R$ with $1$. We construct an infinite-dimensional group $G_V(R)$ analogous to a finite-dimensional Chevalley group over $R$. We use a $\mathbb{Z}$-form of the universal enveloping alge

M. A. Dresvyannikov, A. P. Chernyaev, A. L. Karuzskii, V. A. Kulbachinskii

We derive general frequency dependencies of the surface impedance modulus for conductors without the dc dissipation, i. e. for superconductors or perfect conductors. The frequency-dependent surface impedance was applied for the solutions corresponding to the spatially dispersive eigenvalues of the permittivity operator for conductors. We demonstrate that app

Bitan Roy, Vladimir Juricic

Flat electronic bands can accommodate a plethora of interaction driven quantum phases, since kinetic energy is quenched therein and electronic interactions therefore prevail. Twisted bilayer graphene, near so-called the &#34;magic angles&#34;, features \emph{slow} Dirac fermions close to the charge-neutrality point that persist up to high-energies. Starting

Anton Tamtögl, Davide Campi, Martin Bremholm, Ellen M. J. Hedegaard

We present a combined experimental and theoretical study of the surface vibrational modes of the topological insulator Bi$_2$Te$_3$. Using high-resolution helium-3 spin-echo spectroscopy we are able to resolve the acoustic phonon modes of Bi$_2$Te$_3$(111). The low energy region of the lattice vibrations is mainly dominated by the Rayleigh mode which has bee

Jianmin Bao, Dong Chen, Fang Wen, Houqiang Li

We propose a framework based on Generative Adversarial Networks to disentangle the identity and attributes of faces, such that we can conveniently recombine different identities and attributes for identity preserving face synthesis in open domains. Previous identity preserving face synthesis processes are largely confined to synthesizing faces with known ide

Stefano Scopa, Gabriel T. Landi, Dragi Karevski

The operation of autonomous finite-time quantum heat engines rely on the existence of a stable limit cycle in which the dynamics becomes periodic. The two main questions that naturally arise are therefore whether such a limit cycle will eventually be reached and, once it has, what is the state of the system within the limit cycle. In this paper we show that

Daniel Cer, Yinfei Yang, Sheng-yi Kong, Nan Hua

We present models for encoding sentences into embedding vectors that specifically target transfer learning to other NLP tasks. The models are efficient and result in accurate performance on diverse transfer tasks. Two variants of the encoding models allow for trade-offs between accuracy and compute resources. For both variants, we investigate and report the

G. R. Gupta, Aveek Sarkar, Durgesh Tripathi

Using the observations recorded by Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on-board the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) and the Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) and X-Ray Telescope (XRT) both on-board Hinode, we present the evidence of chromospheric evaporation in a coronal loop after the occurrence

Ziad Sakr, Stéphane Ilić, Alain Blanchard

In recent years, the amplitude of matter fluctuations inferred from low-redshift probes has been found to be generally lower than the value derived from CMB observations in the $Λ$CDM model. This tension has been exemplified by Sunyaev-Zel&#39;dovich and X-ray cluster counts which, when using their Planck standard cluster mass calibration, yield a value of $

Andrea Mitridate, Alessandro Podo

The observation of the cosmic 21-cm spectrum can serve as a probe for Dark Matter properties. We point out that the knowledge of the signal amplitude at a given redshift allows one to put conservative bounds on the DM decay rate which are independent of astrophysical parameters. These limits are valid for the vast majority of DM models, those without extra I

Christian Gaetz

An $r$-dual tower of groups is a nested sequence of finite groups, like the symmetric groups, whose Bratteli diagram forms an $r$-dual graded graph. Miller and Reiner introduced a special case of these towers in order to study the Smith forms of the up and down maps in a differential poset. Agarwal and the author have also used these towers to compute critic

P. S. Bhupal Dev, Rabindra N. Mohapatra, Yongchao Zhang

We point out how future lepton colliders can provide unique insight into the scalar sector of TeV scale models for neutrino masses with local $B-L$ symmetry. Our specific focus is on the TeV scale left-right model, which naturally embeds this $B-L$ symmetry. In particular, we make a detailed study of the lepton collider implications of the neutral ($H_3$) an

Jin Zhang, J. Unmuth-Yockey, J. Zeiher, A. Bazavov

Lattice gauge theories are fundamental to our understanding of high-energy physics. Nevertheless, the search for suitable platforms for their quantum simulation has proven difficult. We show that the Abelian Higgs model in 1+1 dimensions is a prime candidate for an experimental quantum simulation of a lattice gauge theory. To this end, we use a discrete tens

Zurab Tavartkiladze

Within the supersymmetric SO(10) grand unified theory (GUT), a new mechanism, giving the light Higgs doublet as a pseudo-Goldstone mode, is suggested. Realizing this mechanism, we present an explicit model with fully realistic phenomenology. In particular, desirable symmetry breaking and natural all-order hierarchy are achieved. The constructed model allows

Dmitry S. Ageev, Irina Ya. Aref&#39;eva, Andrey A. Bagrov, Mikhail I. Katsnelson

We study the evolution of holographic complexity of pure and mixed states in $1+1$-dimensional conformal field theory following a local quench using both the &#34;complexity equals volume&#34; (CV) and the &#34;complexity equals action&#34; (CA) conjectures. We compare the complexity evolution to the evolution of entanglement entropy and entanglement density

Hassan B. Ghassan, Hassan R. Al-Hajhoj, Faruk Balli

The paper aims to explore the impacts of bi-demographic structure on the current account and growth. Using a SVAR modeling, we track the dynamic impacts between these underlying variables. New insights have been developed about the dynamic interrelation between population growth, current account and economic growth. The long-run net impact on economic growth

René Reimann, Michael Doderer, Erik Hebestreit, Rozenn Diehl

We report on rotating an optically trapped silica nanoparticle in vacuum by transferring spin angular momentum of light to the particle&#39;s mechanical angular momentum. At sufficiently low damping, realized at pressures below $10^{-5}$ mbar, we observe rotation frequencies of single 100 nm particles exceeding 1 GHz. We find that the steady-state rotation f

Zhize Li, Tianyi Zhang, Shuyu Cheng, Jun Zhu

Gradient-based Monte Carlo sampling algorithms, like Langevin dynamics and Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, are important methods for Bayesian inference. In large-scale settings, full-gradients are not affordable and thus stochastic gradients evaluated on mini-batches are used as a replacement. In order to reduce the high variance of noisy stochastic gradients, Dube

Stefan Müller, Josef Hofbauer, Georg Regensburger

We start from a parametrized system of $d$ generalized polynomial equations (with real exponents) for $d$ positive variables, involving $n$ generalized monomials with $n$ positive parameters. Existence and uniqueness of a solution for all parameters and for all right-hand sides is equivalent to the bijectivity of (every element of) a family of generalized po

Wei Zhao, Pengpeng Yang, Rongrong Ni, Yao Zhao

Recently, image forensics community has paied attention to the research on the design of effective algorithms based on deep learning technology and facts proved that combining the domain knowledge of image forensics and deep learning would achieve more robust and better performance than the traditional schemes. Instead of improving it, in this paper, the saf

Felix M. Haehl, R. Loganayagam, Mukund Rangamani

We present a detailed and self-contained analysis of the universal Schwinger-Keldysh effective field theory which describes macroscopic thermal fluctuations of a relativistic field theory, elaborating on our earlier construction in arXiv:1511.07809. We write an effective action for appropriate hydrodynamic Goldstone modes and fluctuation fields, and discuss

Ehssan Khanmohammadi

We give a direct proof for the positivity of Kirillov&#39;s character on the convolution algebra of smooth, compactly supported functions on a connected, simply connected nilpotent Lie group $G$. Then we use this positivity result to construct a representation of $G\times G$ and establish a $G\times G$-equivariant isometric isomorphism between our representa

Monika Eisenmann, Etienne Emmrich, Volker Mehrmann

For initial value problems associated with operator-valued Riccati differential equations posed in the space of Hilbert--Schmidt operators existence of solutions is studied. An existence result known for algebraic Riccati equations is generalized and used to obtain the existence of a solution to the approximation of the problem via a backward Euler scheme. W

Crefeda Faviola Rodrigues, Graham Riley, Mikel Lujan

There is a huge demand for on-device execution of deep learning algorithms on mobile and embedded platforms. These devices present constraints on the application due to limited resources and power. Hence, developing energy-efficient solutions to address this issue will require innovation in algorithmic design, software and hardware. Such innovation requires

Alexandre Baldare

We define and study the index map for families of $G$-transversally elliptic operators and introduce the multiplicity for a given irreducible representation as a virtual bundle over the base of the fibration. We then prove the usual axiomatic properties for the index map extending the Atiyah-Singer results [1]. Finally, we compute the Kasparov intersection p

ATLAS Collaboration

This Letter presents a search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson to a pair of new (pseudo)scalar particles, $H\to aa$, where the $a$ particle has a mass in the range 20-60 GeV, and where one of the $a$ bosons decays into a pair of photons and the other to a pair of gluons. The search is performed in event samples enhanced in vector-boson fusion Higgs boson

Pushpendra Singh

The Hilbert transform (HT) and associated Gabor analytic signal (GAS) representation are well-known and widely used mathematical formulations for modeling and analysis of signals in various applications. In this study, like the HT, to obtain the quadrature component of a signal, we propose novel discrete Fourier cosine quadrature transforms (FCQTs) and discr

Dongmin Gang

We propose a new algorithm for Dehn surgery problem, finding exceptional Dehn filling slopes for a given hyperbolic 3-manifold with a torus boundary, using a quantum invariant called &#34;3D index&#34;. The invariant is defined using an ideal triangulation of the cusped 3-manifold. We test the algorithm for many examples.

Minoru Eto, Toshiaki Fujimori, Muneto Nitta

We discuss 1/2 BPS domain walls in the 3d $\mathcal N=4$ supersymmetric gauge theory which is self-dual under the 3d mirror symmetry. We find that if a BF-type coupling is introduced, invariance of the BPS domain wall under the duality transformation can be explicitly seen from the classical BPS equations. It has been known that particles and vortices are sw

John van de Wetering

We show that finite-dimensional order unit spaces equipped with a continuous sequential product as defined by Gudder and Greechie are homogeneous and self-dual. As a consequence of the Koecher-Vinberg theorem these spaces therefore correspond to Euclidean Jordan algebras. We remark on the significance of this result in the context of reconstructions of quant

Keisuke Okamura

Tsallis&#39; non-extensive entropy is extended to incorporate the dependence on affinities between the microstates of a system. At the core of our construction of the extended entropy ($\mathcal{H}$) is the concept of the effective number of dissimilar states, termed the effective diversity ($\mathitΔ$). It is a unique integrated measure derived from the pro

Niharika Gauraha, Lars Carlsson, Ola Spjuth

This paper explores conformal prediction in the learning under privileged information (LUPI) paradigm. We use the SVM+ realization of LUPI in an inductive conformal predictor, and apply it to the MNIST benchmark dataset and three datasets in drug discovery. The results show that using privileged information produces valid models and improves efficiency compa

Berit Grußien

The question of whether there is a logic that captures polynomial time is one of the main open problems in descriptive complexity theory and database theory. In 2010 Grohe showed that fixed point logic with counting captures polynomial time on all classes of graphs with excluded minors. We now consider classes of graphs with excluded induced subgraphs. For s

CMS Collaboration

A search for new high-mass resonances in proton-proton collisions having final states with an electron or muon and missing transverse momentum is presented. The analysis uses proton-proton collision data collected in 2016 with the CMS detector at the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb$^{-1}$. The tr

Mahmoud Bousselsal, Abderachid Saadi

In a recent paper, Chiney and Samanta have introduced a new definition of soft topology, using the soft elementary intersection and union. In this paper, basing at this approach, we introduce a definition of soft elementary compact set, and space. We introduce also some proprieties of the soft elementary compactness, and we prove the soft elementary version

F. Fernandez, A. M. Loske, B. I. Ivlev

The action of focused underwater weak shock waves on a lead sample is revealed to be not restricted by a mechanical influence only. A strong unexpected x-ray emission was registered from the lead foil exposed to shock waves ({\it sound into x-rays}) which were extremely adiabatic compared to processes of x-ray generation. The lead foil, exposed to shock wave

Afonso S. Bandeira, Amelia Perry, Alexander S. Wein

In these notes we describe heuristics to predict computational-to-statistical gaps in certain statistical problems. These are regimes in which the underlying statistical problem is information-theoretically possible although no efficient algorithm exists, rendering the problem essentially unsolvable for large instances. The methods we describe here are based

Guangxu Zhu, Kaibin Huang

In future Internet-of-Things networks, sensors or even access points can be mounted on ground/aerial vehicles for smart-city surveillance or environment monitoring. To support the high-mobility sensing with low network latency, a technique called over-the-air-computation (AirComp) was recently developed which enables an access-point to receive a desired func

Go Kato, Masaki Owari, Koji Maruyama

In the general setting of quantum controls, it is unrealistic to control all of the degrees of freedom of a quantum system. We consider a scenario where our direct access is restricted to a small subsystem $S$ that is constantly interacting with the rest of the system $E$. What we investigate here is the fundamental structure of the Hilbert space that is cau