January 2019 arXiv papers — page 61

Hang Zhang, Kedar Hippalgaonkar, Tonio Buonassisi, Ole M. Løvvik

High-throughput computational and experimental design of materials aided by machine learning have become an increasingly important field in material science. This area of research has emerged in leaps and bounds in the thermal sciences, in part due to the advances in computational and experimental methods in obtaining thermal properties of materials. In this

Gabriela Barenboim, Wan-Il Park

We examined the possibility of spontaneous baryogenesis driven by the inflaton in the scenario of \textit{spiral inflation}, and found the parametric dependence of the late-time baryon number asymmetry. As a result, it is shown that, depending on the effective coupling of baryon/lepton number violating operators, it is possible to obtain the right amount of

Jiabao Wang, Yang Li, Zhuang Miao

In person re-identification (re-ID), the key task is feature representation, which is used to compute distance or similarity in prediction. Person re-ID achieves great improvement when deep learning methods are introduced to tackle this problem. The features extracted by convolutional neural networks (CNN) are more effective and discriminative than the hand-

Nikolaj Tatti, Pauli Miettinen

Boolean matrix factorization is a natural and a popular technique for summarizing binary matrices. In this paper, we study a problem of Boolean matrix factorization where we additionally require that the factor matrices have consecutive ones property (OBMF). A major application of this optimization problem comes from graph visualization: standard techniques

Tomoharu Suda

The Helmholtz-Hodge decomposition (HHD) is applied to the construction of Lyapunov functions. It is shown that if a stability condition is satisfied, such a decomposition can be chosen so that its potential function is a Lyapunov function. In connection with the Lyapunov function, vector fields with strictly orthogonal HHD are analyzed. It is shown that they

Vincent Millot, Marc Pegon

In this article, we improve the partial regularity theory for minimizing $1/2$-harmonic maps in the case where the target manifold is the $(m-1)$-dimensional sphere. For $m\geq 3$, we show that minimizing $1/2$-harmonic maps are smooth in dimension 2, and have a singular set of codimension at least 3 in higher dimensions. For $m=2$, we prove that, up to an o

Ajai Choudhry

A cyclic quadrilateral is called a Brahmagupta quadrilateral if its four sides, the two diagonals and the area are all given by integers. In this paper we consider the hitherto unsolved problem of finding two Brahmagupta quadrilaterals with equal perimeters and equal areas. We obtain two parametric solutions of the problem -- the first solution generates exa

Peter Reimann, Jochen Gemmer

We explore how the expectation values $\langleψ|A| ψ\rangle$ of a largely arbitrary observable $A$ are distributed when normalized vectors $|ψ\rangle$ are randomly sampled from a high dimensional Hilbert space. Our analytical results predict that the distribution exhibits a very narrow peak of approximately Gaussian shape, while the tails significantly devia

Pierre Bousquet, Gyula Csató

We study the solutions $u$ to the equation $$ \begin{cases} \operatorname{div} u + \langle a , u \rangle = f & \textrm{ in } Ω,\\ u=0 & \textrm{ on } \partial Ω, \end{cases} $$ where $a$ and $f$ are given. We significantly improve the existence results of [Csató and Dacorogna, A Dirichlet problem involving the divergence operator, \textit{Ann. Inst. H. Poinc

Alexei D. Kiselev, S. V. Pasechnik, D. V. Shmeliova, A. P. Chopik

We theoretically analyze the waveguide regime of light propagation in a cylindrical pore of a polymer matrix filled with liquid crystals assuming that the effective radial optical anisotropy is biaxial. From numerical analysis of the dispersion relations, the waveguide modes are found to be sensitive to the field-induced changes of the anisotropy. The electr

Patrick Wegener, Sophiane Yahiatene

We extend a result of Lewis and Reiner from finite Coxeter groups to all Coxeter groups by showing that two reflection factorizations of a Coxeter element lie in the same Hurwitz orbit if and only if they share the same multiset of conjugacy classes.

DongJoon Lee, WonMin Jeong, DeokHyun Yun, Seung-Young Park

We investigate the effect of capping layer (CAP) on the interfacial magnetic anisotropy energy density (K_S), magnetic damping (α), and spin-orbit torques (SOTs) in heavy-metal (Pt) / ferromagnet (Co or Py) / CAP (MgO/Ta, HfOx, or TaN). At room temperature (RT) the CAP materials influence the effective magnitude of K_S, which is associated with a formation o

S. G. Magalhaes, I. C. Berger, R. Erichsen

We study magnetic properties of the 3-state spin ($S_{i}=0$ and $\pm 1$) spin glass (SG) van Hemmen model with ferromagnetic interaction $J_0$ under a random field (RF). The RF follows a bimodal distribution The combined effect of the crystal field $D$ and the special type of on-site random interaction of the van Hemmen model engenders the unfolding of the S

Andreas Fuchs

We consider those simply connected isothermic surfaces for which their Hopf differential factorizes into a real function and a meromorphic quadratic differential that has a zero or pole at some point, but is nowhere zero and holomorphic otherwise. Upon restriction to a simply connected patch that does not contain the zero or pole, the Darboux and Calapso tra

Jingke Xu, Yaqian Zhang, Zhifang Zhang

Suppose a database containing $M$ records is replicated in each of $N$ servers, and a user wants to privately retrieve one record by accessing the servers such that identity of the retrieved record is secret against any up to $T$ servers. A scheme designed for this purpose is called a $T$-private information retrieval ($T$-PIR) scheme. In this paper we focus

Wei Liu, Chaofeng Chen, Kwan-Yee K. Wong

In this paper, we address the problem of having characters with different scales in scene text recognition. We propose a novel scale aware feature encoder (SAFE) that is designed specifically for encoding characters with different scales. SAFE is composed of a multi-scale convolutional encoder and a scale attention network. The multi-scale convolutional enco

Songhao Wang, Szu Hui Ng, William Benjamin Haskell

Quantile is a popular performance measure for a stochastic system to evaluate its variability and risk. To reduce the risk, selecting the actions that minimize the tail quantiles of some loss distributions is typically of interest for decision makers. When the loss distribution is observed via simulations, evaluating and optimizing its quantile functions can

Sophia Derlopa, Stavros Akras, Panos Boumis, Wolfgang Steffen

The bipolar collimated outflows of the Hb4 Planetary Nebula (PN) exhibit an evident decrease in their expansion velocity with respect to the distance from the central star. So far, similar velocity law has also been found in Herbig-Haro objects. The interpretation of this peculiar velocity law and the classification of the outflows is the main focal point of

Lev Vaidman

Counterfactual communication, i.e., communication without particle travelling in the transmission channel, is a bizarre quantum effect. Starting from interaction-free measurements many protocols achieving various tasks from counterfactual cryptogrphy to counterfactual transfer of quantum states were proposed and implemented in experiments. However, the meani

Shahin Jafarzadeh, Sven Wedemeyer, Mikolaj Szydlarski, Bart De Pontieu

Solar observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) provide us with direct measurements of the brightness temperature in the solar chromosphere. We study the temperature distributions obtained with ALMA Band 6 (in four sub-bands at 1.21, 1.22, 1.29, and 1.3 mm) for various areas at, and in the vicinity of, a sunspot, comprising qu

Francesco Lo Iudice, Francesco Sorrentino, Franco Garofalo

We analyze in detail the subtle yet critical differences between the structural controllability and observability of the triplet $(A,B,C)$ in the two cases that this is viewed as a linear dynamical network of interconnected nodes or as a a single complex system. Investigating the controllability and observability properties of each single node when the netwo

Jonas Fischer, Daniel Basilewitsch, Christiane P. Koch, Dominique Sugny

We investigate the time-optimal control of the purification of a qubit interacting with a structured environment, consisting of a strongly coupled two-level defect in interaction with a thermal bath. On the basis of a geometric analysis, we show for weak and strong interaction strengths that the optimal control strategy corresponds to a qubit in resonance wi

Fernando Macías, Uwe Wolter, Adrian Rutle, Francisco Durán

The use of Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) is a promising field for the development of tools tailored to specific problem spaces, effectively diminishing the complexity of hand-made software. With the goal of making models as precise, simple and reusable as possible, we augment DSLs with concepts from multilevel modelling, where the number of abstraction le

K. Rogdakis, A. Sud, M. Amado, C. M. Lee

We present measurements of ferromagnetic-resonance - driven spin pumping and inverse spin-Hall effect in NbN/Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) bilayers. A clear enhancement of the (effective) Gilbert damping constant of the thin-film YIG was observed due to the presence of the NbN spin sink. By varying the NbN thickness and employing spin-diffusion theory, we have estimated th

Julian Schmidt

In the theory of point interactions, one is given a formal expression for a quantum mechanical Hamiltonian. The interaction terms of the Hamiltonian are singular: they can not be rigorously defined as a perturbation (in the operator or form sense) of an unperturbed free operator. A similar situation occurs in Quantum Field Theory, where it is known as the ul

Peng-Cheng Li, Cheng-Yong Zhang

We study the greybody factor and power spectra of Hawking radiation for the minimally or nonminimally coupled scalar field with exact numerical method in spherically symmetric Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet-de Sitter black hole spacetime. The effects of scalar coupling constant, angular momentum number of scalar, spacetime dimension, cosmological constant and Gauss-B

Krzysztof Rusek, Piotr Chołda

The paper presents a solution to the problem of universal representation of graphs exemplifying communication network topologies with the help of neural networks. The proposed approach is based on message-passing neural networks (MPNN). The approach enables us to represent topologies and operational aspects of networks. The usefulness of the solution is illu

Hamdi Joudeh, Xinping Yi, Bruno Clerckx

We consider the information-theoretic optimality of treating inter-cell interference as noise in downlink cellular networks modeled as Gaussian interfering broadcast channels. Establishing a new uplink-downlink duality, we cast the problem in Gaussian interfering broadcast channels to that in Gaussian interfering multiple access channels, and characterize an

Emilio Martínez-Pañeda

We investigate the numerical implementation of functionally graded properties in the context of the finite element method. The macroscopic variation of elastic properties inherent to functionally graded materials (FGMs) is introduced at the element level by means of the two most commonly used schemes: (i) nodal based gradation, often via an auxiliary (non-ph

Jan Scholz

In this paper a highly abstracted view on the historical development of Genetic Algorithms for the Traveling Salesman Problem is given. In a meta-data analysis three phases in the development can be distinguished. First exponential growth in interest till 1996 can be observed, growth stays linear till 2011 and after that publications deteriorate. These three

D. Guberman, J. Cortina, J. E. Ward, E. Do Souto Espiñera

Among the main disadvantages of using silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) in large experiments are their limited physical area (increasing the cost and the complexity of the readout of a camera) and their sensitivity to unwanted wavelengths. This explains why photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) are still selected for the largest cameras of present and future Very High

Masoud Sharifian Mazraeh Mollaei, Sergei Kurdjumov, Anna Hurshkainen, Constantin Simovski

We report decoupling of two closely located resonant dipole antennas dedicated for ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We show that a scatterer slightly raised over the plane of antennas grants a sufficient decoupling even for antennas separated by very small gap (below 1/30 of the wavelength). We compare the operation of two decoupling scatte

Mostafa Salem, Sergi Valverde, Mariano Cabezas, Deborah Pareto

In this paper, we propose generating synthetic multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions on MRI images with the final aim to improve the performance of supervised machine learning algorithms, therefore avoiding the problem of the lack of available ground truth. We propose a two-input two-output fully convolutional neural network model for MS lesion synthesis in MRI im

H. Liu, I. Papadimitriou, F. X. Lin, J. LLorca

Precipitation during high temperature aging of Al-Cu alloys is analyzed by means of the integration of classical nucleation theory and phase-field simulations into a multiscale modelling approach based on well-established thermodynamics principles. In particular, thermal stability of $θ''$, $θ'$ and $θ$ precipitates was assessed from first princi

Andreas Groll, Jonas Heiner, Gunther Schauberger, Jörn Uhrmeister

In this work, we compare several different modeling approaches for count data applied to the scores of handball matches with regard to their predictive performances based on all matches from the four previous IHF World Men's Handball Championships 2011 - 2017: (underdispersed) Poisson regression models, Gaussian response models and negative binomial mode

Mahesh Babu Vaddi, B. Sundar Rajan

In most of the network coding problems with $k$ messages, the existence of binary network coding solution over $\mathbb{F}_2$ depends on the existence of adequate sets of $k$-dimensional binary vectors such that each set comprises of linearly independent vectors. In a given $k \times n$ ($n \geq k$) binary matrix, there exist ${n}\choose{k}$ binary sub-matri

Maimoona Naheed, Muhammad Faryad, Tom G. Mackay

The propagation of electromagnetic surface waves guided by the planar interface of two isotropic chiral materials, namely materials $\calA$ and $\calB$, was investigated by numerically solving the associated canonical boundary-value problem. Isotropic chiral material $\calB$ was modeled as a homogenized composite material, arising from the homogenization of

Sabin Stoica

The nuclear matrix elements (NME) and phase space factors (PSF) entering the half-life formulas of the double-beta decay (DBD) process are two key quantities whose accurate computation still represents a challenge. In this paper we propose a new approach of calculating them, namely to compute directly their product as an unique formula. This procedure allows

Abbas Ali Saberi, Hor Dashti-N., Joachim Krug

We report on the universality of height fluctuations at the crossing point of two interacting (1+1)-dimensional Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) interfaces with curved and flat initial conditions. We introduce a control parameter p as the probability for the initially flat geometry to be chosen and compute the phase diagram as a function of p. We find that the dist

Arturo Moncho-Jorda, Alicia Germain-Bellod, Stefano Angioletti-Uberti, Irene Adroher-BenÃitez

In this work, we use a combination of a phenomenological effective cosolute-hydrogel interaction potential and Dynamic Density Functional Theory to investigate the full non-equilibrium encapsulation kinetics of charged and dipolar cosolutes by an isolated charged hollow hydrogel immersed in a 1:1 electrolyte aqueous solution. Our analysis covers a broad spec

Aaron Mazel-Gee

We apply Goerss--Hopkins obstruction theory for motivic spectra to study the motivic Morava $E$-theories. We find that they always admit $\mathbb{E}_\infty$ structures, but that these may admit "exotic" $\mathbb{E}_\infty$ automorphisms not coming from the usual Morava stabilizer group.

Bastian Alt, Trevor Ballard, Ralf Steinmetz, Heinz Koeppl

Recent advances in quality adaptation algorithms leave adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming architectures at a crossroads: When determining the sustainable video quality one may either rely on the information gathered at the client vantage point or on server and network assistance. The fundamental problem here is to determine how valuable either information is f

Reza Akbarinia, Bertrand Cloez

Matrix profile has been recently proposed as a promising technique to the problem of all-pairs-similarity search on time series. Efficient algorithms have been proposed for computing it, e.g., STAMP, STOMP and SCRIMP++. All these algorithms use the z-normalized Euclidean distance to measure the distance between subsequences. However, as we observed, for some

C. Agnesi, B. Da Lio, D. Cozzolino, L. Cardi

The versatility of silicon photonic integrated circuits has led to a widespread usage of this platform for quantum information based applications, including Quantum Key Distribution (QKD). However, the integration of simple high repetition rate photon sources is yet to be achieved. The use of weak-coherent pulses (WCPs) could represent a viable solution. For

Henry Semenenko, Philip Sibson, Mark G. Thompson, Chris Erven

Advances in quantum computing are a rapidly growing threat towards modern cryptography. Quantum key distribution (QKD) provides long-term security without assuming the computational power of an adversary. However, inconsistencies between theory and experiment have raised questions in terms of real-world security, while large and power-hungry commercial syste

Jing Zheng, Fulvio Melia, Tong-Jie Zhang

We propose a model-independent way to determine the cosmic curvature using the Hubble parameter $H(z)$ measured with cosmic chronometers and the comoving distance $D(z)$ inferred from HII galaxies. We employ Gaussian processes to smooth the measure of distance and match it to $30$ values of $H(z)$. The curvature parameter $Ω_k$ may be obtained individually f

David Howard, Agoston E. Eiben, Danielle Frances Kennedy, Jean-Baptiste Mouret

Natural lifeforms specialise to their environmental niches across many levels; from low-level features such as DNA and proteins, through to higher-level artefacts including eyes, limbs, and overarching body plans. We propose Multi-Level Evolution (MLE), a bottom-up automatic process that designs robots across multiple levels and niches them to tasks and envi

Florian Debras, Gilles Chabrier

Observations of Jupiter's gravity field by Juno have revealed surprisingly small values for the high order gravitational moments, considering the abundances of heavy elements measured by Galileo 20 years ago. The derivation of recent equations of state for hydrogen and helium, much denser in the Mbar region, worsen the conflict between these two observat

Steffen Doerner, Artem Kuzmin, Stefan Wuensch, Michael Siegel

This paper presents a detailed investigation of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) biased with microwave and direct currents. We developed a hybrid detector, which allows the operation in the rf and dc operation mode. With this hybrid detector, we are able to compare the count rates of the same nanowire biased with dc and rf currents.

Fatma Tasdelen, Dilek Soylemez, Rabia Aktas

The aim of the present paper is to introduce Dunkl-Gamma type operators in terms of Appell polynomials and to investigate approximating properties of these operators.

Jianwei Huang, Lin Zhao, Cong Li, Qiang Gao

In unconventional superconductors, it is generally believed that understanding the physical properties of the normal state is a pre-requisite for understanding the superconductivity mechanism. In conventional superconductors like niobium or lead, the normal state is a Fermi liquid with a well-defined Fermi surface and well-defined quasipartcles along the Fer

Normann Decker, Anton Pirogov

This paper presents an approximation approach to verifying counter systems with respect to properties formulated in an expressive counting extension of linear temporal logic. It can express, e.g., that the number of acknowledgements never exceeds the number of requests to a service, by counting specific positions along a run and imposing arithmetic constrain

Yu Li, Bing Wang

In this paper, we systematically study the heat kernel of the Ricci flows induced by Ricci shrinkers. We develop several estimates which are much sharper than their counterparts in general closed Ricci flows. Many classical results, including the optimal Logarithmic Sobolev constant estimate, the Sobolev constant estimate, the no-local-collapsing theorem, th

Danni Wang, Zhankui Xiao

Let $\mathcal{R}$ be a $2$-torsion free commutative ring with unity, $X$ a locally finite pre-ordered set and $I(X,\mathcal{R})$ the incidence algebra of $X$ over $\mathcal{R}$. If $X$ consists of a finite number of connected components, we prove in this paper that every Lie triple derivation of $I(X,\mathcal{R})$ is proper.

Luís Almeida, Michel Duprez, Yannick Privat, Nicolas Vauchelet

In the fight against vector-borne arboviruses, an important strategy of control of epidemic consists in controlling the population of vector, \textit{Aedes} mosquitoes in this case. Among possible actions, two techniques consist in releasing mosquitoes to reduce the size of the population (Sterile Insect Technique) or in replacing the wild population by a po

Yuta Yamane, Olena Gomonay, Jairo Sinova

We present a theoretical formalism to address the dynamics of textured, noncolliear antiferromagnets subject to spin current injection. We derive sine-Gordon type equations of motion for the antiferromagnets, which are applicable to technologically important antiferromagnets such as Mn3Ir and Mn3Sn, and enables an analytical approach to domain wall dynamics

Dusan Jakovetic, Natasa Krejic, Natasa Krklec Jerinkic

Since the initial proposal in the late 80s, spectral gradient methods continue to receive significant attention, especially due to their excellent numerical performance on various large scale applications. However, to date, they have not been sufficiently explored in the context of distributed optimization. In this paper, we consider unconstrained distribute

Takuma Kobayashi, Keita Tachiki, Koji Ito, Tsunenobu Kimoto

We report that annealing in low-oxygen-partial-pressure (low-p$_{\rm O2}$) ambient is effective in reducing the interface state density (D$_{\rm IT}$) at a SiC (0001)/SiO$_{\rm 2}$ interface near the conduction band edge (E$_{\rm C}$) of SiC. The D$_{\rm IT}$ value at E$_{\rm C}$$-$0.2 eV estimated by a high (1 MHz)-low method is 6.2$\times$10$^{12}$ eV$^{-1

Florian Hauer, Bernd Holzmüller

The verification and validation of automated and autonomous driving systems impose a major challenge, especially the identification of suitable test scenarios. This work presents a methodology that adopts metaheuristic search to optimize scenarios. For this, a suitable search space and a suitable fitness function needs to be created. Starting from abstract d

H. Garcilazo, A. Valcarce

The lattice QCD analysis of the HAL QCD Collaboration has recently derived $ΩN$ and $ΩΩ$ interacting potentials with nearly physical quark masses ($m_π\simeq $ 146 MeV and $m_K \simeq $ 525 MeV). They found an attractive interaction in the $ΩN$ $^5S_2$ channel which supports a bound state with a central binding energy of 1.54 MeV. The $ΩΩ$ $^1S_0$ channel sh

Xueying Wang, Lei Liu, Guangli Li, Xiao Dong

Background subtraction is a significant component of computer vision systems. It is widely used in video surveillance, object tracking, anomaly detection, etc. A new data source for background subtraction appeared as the emergence of low-cost depth sensors like Microsof t Kinect, Asus Xtion PRO, etc. In this paper, we propose a background subtraction approac

Berthold-Georg Englert, Kelvin Horia, Jibo Dai, Yink Loong Len

We stand by our findings in Phys. Rev A. 96, 022126 (2017). In addition to refuting the invalid objections raised by Peleg and Vaidman, we report a retrocausation problem inherent in Vaidman's definition of the past of a quantum particle.

Carlos Indriago, Latéfa Ghomri, Olivier Cardin

A gas pipeline is a relatively simple physical system, but the optimality of the control is difficult to achieve. When switching from one kind of gas to another , a volume of useless mixture is generated. Therefore, the control needs to both respond to the demand and minimize the volume of lost gas. In case of stable and perfectly known demand, scheduling te

Oluwaseyi Feyisetan, Elena Simperl

In this paper, we aim to gain a better understanding into how paid microtask crowdsourcing could leverage its appeal and scaling power by using contests to boost crowd performance and engagement. We introduce our microtask-based annotation platform Wordsmith, which features incentives such as points, leaderboards and badges on top of financial remuneration.

Olivier Cardin, Anne L'anton

Performing an overview of the benchmarking initiatives oriented towards the performance evaluation of Holonic Manufacturing Systems shows that there are very few of them. However, a comparison between all the isolated emu-lation developments for benchmarking in literature was made, and showed that many common features could be extracted. Several deadlocks fo

Takuma Kobayashi, Kou Harada, Yu Kumagai, Fumiyasu Oba

We report first-principles calculations that clarify the formation energies and charge transition levels of native point defects and carbon clusters in the 4H polytype of silicon carbide (4H-SiC) under a carbon-rich condition. We applied a hybrid functional that reproduces the experimental bandgap of SiC well and offers reliable defect properties. For point

G. Mazzitelli, S. Arnone, F. Bellini, M. Faccini

The aim of this paper is to present the impact achieved by Frascati Scienza Association on society and research through the European Researchers' Night project funded by the European Commission within the years 2006-2015. The project has been devoted to raise awareness of researchers' work, encourage the dialogue between researchers and citizens and

Paweł Plewa

Sharp multi-dimensional Hardy's inequality for the Laguerre functions of Hermite type is proved for the type parameter $\al\in[-1/2,\infty)^d$. As a consequence we obtain the corresponding result for the generalized Hermite expansions. In particular, it validate that the known version of Hardy's inequality for the Hermite functions is sharp.

Minglong Qi, Shengwu Xiong

Linear codes with a few weights have wide applications in information security, data storage systems, consuming electronics and communication systems. Construction of the linear codes with a few weights and determination of their parameters are an important research topic in coding theory. In this paper, we construct two classes of linear codes with a few we

Olivier Brunet

It is mathematical folklore that 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ... = --1/12. This result is usually achieved using elaborate analytical methods, such as zeta function regularization or Ramanujan summation. However, in its notebooks, Ramanujan has also provided a very simple derivation which relied instead on algebraic manipulations. Recently, a video from Numberphile has

Daniel Boivin, Thi Thu Hien Lê

A quenched large deviation principle for Brownian motion in a non-negative, stationary potential is proved. A sufficient moment condition on the potential is given but unlike the results of Armstrong and Tran (2014) no regularity is assumed. The proof is based on a method developed by Sznitman (1994) for Brownian motion among Poissonian potential. In particu

F Lo Bianco, E Rousseau, F. Touzet

Given a (singular, codimension 1) holomorphic foliation F on a complex projective manifold X, we study the group PsAut(X, F) of pseudo-automorphisms of X which preserve F ; more precisely, we seek sufficient conditions for a finite index subgroup of PsAut(X, F) to fix all leaves of F. It turns out that if F admits a (possibly degenerate) transverse hyperboli

Johan Leray

In this paper, we construct a bar-cobar adjunction and a Koszul duality theory for protoperads, which are an operadic type notion encoding faithfully some categories of bialgebras with diagonal symmetries, like double Lie algebras (DLie). We give a criterion to show that a binary quadratic protoperad is Koszul and we apply it successfully to the protoperad D

Johan Leray

This paper is the first of two articles which develop the notion of protoperads. In this one, we construct a new monoidal product on the category of reduced S-modules. We study the associated monoids, called protoperads, which are a generalization of operads. As operads encode algebraic operations with several inputs and one outputs, protoperads encode algeb

Angélique Stéphanou, Pascal Ballet, Gibin Powathil

In this review we make the statement that hybrid models in oncology are required as a mean for enhanced data integration. In the context of systems oncology, experimental and clinical data need to be at the heart of the models developments from conception to validation to ensure a relevant use of the models in the clinical context. The main applications purs

Guanxiong Qu, Kohji Nakamura, Masamitsu Hayashi

The intrinsic spin Hall conductivity and the anomalous Hall conductivity of ferromagnetic L1$_0$-CoPt are studied using first principle calculations of the spin Berry and Berry curvatures, respectively. We find that the Berry curvature and the spin Berry curvature exhibit different symmetry with respect to that of the band structure. The Berry curvature pres

Gerard R. Lemaitre

Active optics techniques on large telescopes and astronomical instrumentations provide high imaging quality. For ground-based astronomy, the co-addition of adaptive optics again increases angular resolution up to provide diffraction-limited imaging at least in the infrared. Active and adaptive optics marked milestone progress in the detection of exoplanets,

Pierre Gilles Lemarié-Rieusset

Barker recently proved new weak-strong uniqueness results for the Navier-Stokes equations based on a criterion involving Besov spaces and a proof through interpolation between Besov-H{ö}lder spaces and L 2. We improve slightly his results by considering Besov-Morrey spaces and interpolation between Besov-Morrey spaces and L 2 uloc. Let u 0 a divergence-free

Sebastian Schuster

Our understanding of black holes changed drastically, when Stephen Hawking discovered their evaporation due to quantum mechanical processes. One core feature of this effect is both its similarity and simultaneous dissimilarity to classical black body radiation: A black hole's spectrum certainly looks like that of a black/grey body, yet the number of emit

Taotao Wang, Lihao Zhang, Soung Chang Liew

We propose a deep-learning approach for the joint MIMO detection and channel decoding problem. Conventional MIMO receivers adopt a model-based approach for MIMO detection and channel decoding in linear or iterative manners. However, due to the complex MIMO signal model, the optimal solution to the joint MIMO detection and channel decoding problem (i.e., the

Yixuan Huang, D. N. Sheng, C. S. Ting

We report the existence of the charge density wave (CDW) in the ground state of 1D Kondo lattice model at the filling of n=0.75 in the weak coupling region. The CDW is driven by the effective Coulomb repulsion mediated by the localized spins. Based on our numerical results using the density matrix renormalization group method, we show that the CDW phase appe

Mehrdad Zakershahrak, Yu Zhang

Human-robot teaming is one of the most important applications of artificial intelligence in the fast-growing field of robotics. For effective teaming, a robot must not only maintain a behavioral model of its human teammates to project the team status, but also be aware that its human teammates' expectation of itself. Being aware of the human teammates&#3

Toshihiko Kawano

We present an overview of the coupled-channels optical model and the Hauser-Feshbach theory code CoH$_3$, which focuses on the nuclear reaction calculations in the keV to tens of MeV region with special attention to the nuclear deformation. The code consists of three major sections that undertake the one-body potential mean-field theory, the coupled-channels

D Chandra, A Sen, A Thyagaraja

We report on numerical simulation studies of the dynamical behavior of edge localized modes (ELMs) under the influence of repetitive injection of pellets. In our nonlinear 2-fluid model the ELMs are excited by introducing a particle source in the confinement region and a particle sink in the edge region. The injection of pellets is simulated by periodically

Caigui Jiang, Chengcheng Tang, Hans-Peter Seidel, Renjie Chen

Trusses are load-carrying light-weight structures consisting of bars connected at joints ubiquitously applied in a variety of engineering scenarios. Designing optimal trusses that satisfy functional specifications with a minimal amount of material has interested both theoreticians and practitioners for more than a century. In this paper, we introduce two mai

Xiaoguang Tu, Hengsheng Zhang, Mei Xie, Yao Luo

Spatio-temporal information is very important to capture the discriminative cues between genuine and fake faces from video sequences. To explore such a temporal feature, the fine-grained motions (e.g., eye blinking, mouth movements and head swing) across video frames are very critical. In this paper, we propose a joint CNN-LSTM network for face anti-spoofing

Madhawa Vidanapathirana, Lakmal Meegahapola, Indika Perera

360 degrees surround photography or photospheres have taken the world by storm as the new media for content creation providing viewers rich, immersive experience compared to conventional photography. With the emergence of Virtual Reality as a mainstream trend, the 360 degrees photography is increasingly important to offer a practical approach to the general

Son L. Nguyen, George Yin, Tuan A. Hoang

Focusing on stochastic systems arising in mean-field models, the systems under consideration belong to the class of switching diffusions, in which continuous dynamics and discrete events coexist and interact. The discrete events are modeled by a continuous-time Markov chain. Different from the usual switching diffusions, the systems include mean-field intera

D. Singh, Sajilesh K. P., Sourav Marik, A. D. Hillier

Noncentrosymmetric superconductors with $α$-manganese structure has attracted much attention recently, after the discovery of time-reversal symmetry breaking in all the members of Re$_{6}$X (X = Ti, Hf, Zr) family. Similar to Re$_{6}$X, NbOs$_{2}$ also adopts $α$-$Mn$ structure and found to be superconducting with critical temperature $T_{c}$ $\approx$ 2.7 K

Masaki Tsukamoto

This paper contributes to the mean dimension theory of dynamical systems. We introduce a new concept called mean dimension with potential and develop a variational principle for it. This is a mean dimension analogue of the theory of topological pressure. We consider a minimax problem for the sum of rate distortion dimension and the integral of a potential fu

Sarat B. Moka, Dirk P. Kroese

We present a perfect sampling algorithm for Gibbs point processes, based on the partial rejection sampling of Guo et al. (2017). Our particular focus is on pairwise interaction processes, penetrable spheres mixture models and area-interaction processes, with a finite interaction range. For an interaction range $2r$ of the target process, the proposed algorit

Elon Lindenstrauss, Masaki Tsukamoto

We develop a variational principle between mean dimension theory and rate distortion theory. We consider a minimax problem about the rate distortion dimension with respect to two variables (metrics and measures). We prove that the minimax value is equal to the mean dimension for a dynamical system with the marker property. The proof exhibits a new combinatio

Liang He

Charm quarks, owing to their large mass, are produced predominantly in the initial hard scatterings in heavy-ion collisions, and therefore can be a valuable tool for studying the early time dynamics of these collisions. The rapidity-odd directed flow at mid-rapidity in heavy-ion collisions originates from a tilt in the reaction plane of the thermalized mediu

James Allen Fill, Daniel Q. Naiman

We present, (partially) analyze, and apply an efficient algorithm for the simulation of multivariate Pareto records. A key role is played by minima of the record-setting region (we call these generators) each time a new record is generated, and two highlights of our work are (i) efficient dynamic maintenance of the set of generators and (ii) asymptotic analy

Xiaoyang Chen, Masayuki Akiyama, Hirofumi Noda, Abdurrouf

In order to construct a sample of ultra-luminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs, with infrared luminosity, $L_{\rm IR} > 10^{12}$ L$_{\odot}$) at 0.5 < z < 1, we are conducting an optical follow-up program for bright 90-$μ$m FIR sources with a faint optical (i < 20) counterpart selected in the AKARI Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) Bright Source catalog (Ver.2). AKARI

Hongyu Zhu, Shadab Alam, Rupert A. C. Croft, Shirley Ho

Gravitational redshifts and other relativistic effects are beginning to be studied in the context of galaxy clustering. Distortions consistent with those expected in General Relativity have been measured in galaxy cluster redshift profiles by Wojtak et al. and others and in the the cross-correlation function of galaxy populations by Alam et al. On scales bel

Feng Mei, Gang Chen, Liantuan Xiao, Suotang Jia

Topological pumping of ultracold atomic gases has recently been demonstrated in two experiments (Nat. Phys. 12, 296; 12, 350 (2016)). Here we study the topological pumping of a single magnon in a dynamically controlled spin-dependent optical superlattice. When the interaction between atoms is strong, this system supports a dynamical version of topological ma

M. Iskin

In addition to the conventional contribution that is directly controlled by the single-particle energy spectrum, the superfluid phase stiffness of a two-component Fermi gas has a geometric contribution that is governed by the quantum metric of the honeycomb&#39;s band structure. Here, we take both contributions into account, and construct phase diagrams for

Maleknaz Nayebi, Guenther Ruhe, Thomas Zimmermann

Many investigations in empirical software engineering look at sequences of data resulting from development or management processes. In this paper, we propose an analytical approach called the Gandhi-Washington Method (GWM) to investigate the impact of recurring events in software projects. GWM takes an encoding of events and activities provided by a software

Cristiana De Filippis, Giuseppe Mingione

We show, in a borderline case which was not covered before, the validity of nonlinear Calderón-Zygmund estimates for a class of non-uniformly elliptic problems driven by double phase energies.