January 2019 arXiv papers — page 77
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Yi Yang, Di Zhu, Wei Yan, Akshay Agarwal
Local, bulk response functions, e.g permittivity, and the macroscopic Maxwell equations completely specify the classical electromagnetic problem, which features only wavelength $\lambda$ and geometric scales. The above neglect of intrinsic electronic length scales $L_{\text{e}}$ leads to an eventual breakdown in the nanoscopic limit. Here, we present a gener
Jun Seok Oh, Qinghai Zhong
Let $G$ be a finite group. By a sequence over $G$, we mean a finite unordered sequence of terms from $G$, where repetition is allowed, and we say that it is a product-one sequence if its terms can be ordered such that their product equals the identity element of $G$. The large Davenport constant $\mathsf D (G)$ is the maximal length of a minimal product-one
Igor Protasov
A ballean (or coarse space) is a set endowed with a coarse structure. A ballean $X$ is called normal if any two asymptotically disjoint subsets of $X$ are asymptotically separated. We say that a ballean $X$ is ultranormal (extremely normal) if any two unbounded subsets of $X$ are not asymptotically disjoint (every unbounded subset of $X$ is large). Every max
Mark Agranovsky
Let $M$ be a strictly convex smooth connected hypersurface in $\mathbb R^n$ and $\widehat{M}$ its convex hull. We say that $M$ is locally polynomially integrable if the $(n-1)-$ dimensional volumes of the sections of $\widehat M$ by hyperplanes, sufficiently close to the tangent hyperplanes to $M,$ depend polynomially on the distance of the hyperplanes to th
A short and sudden increase of the magnetic field strength and the accompanying spectral variability in the O9.7V star HD54879
astro-ph.SRS. Hubrig, M. Kueker, S. P. Jarvinen, A. F. Kholtygin
Only eleven O-type stars have been confirmed to possess large-scale organized magnetic fields. The presence of a -600G longitudinal magnetic field in the O9.7V star HD54879 with a lower limit of the dipole strength of ~2kG, was discovered a few years ago in the framework of the ESO large program "B-fields in OB stars". Our FORS2 spectropolarimetric o
Yatie Xiao, Chi-Man Pun, Jizhe Zhou
We focus our attention on the problem of generating adversarial perturbations based on the gradient in image classification domain
Fan Yang, Kirill Plekhanov, Karyn Le Hur
We introduce valence bond fluctuations, or bipartite fluctuations associated to bond-bond correlation functions, to characterize quantum spin liquids and their entanglement properties. Using analytical and numerical approaches, we find an identical scaling law between valence bond fluctuations and entanglement entropy in the two-dimensional Kitaev spin model
Serge Mora, Edward Ando, Jean-Marc Fromental, Ty Phou
Deformations of heavy elastic cylinders with their axis in the direction of earth's gravity field are investigated. The specimens, made of polyacrylamide hydrogels, are attached from their top circular cross section to a rigid plate. An equilibrium configuration results from the interplay between gravity that tends to deform the cylinders downwards under
Pierre-Philippe Dechant, Yang-Hui He
Realistic evolutionary fitness landscapes are notoriously difficult to construct. A recent cutting-edge model of virus assembly consists of a dodecahedral capsid with $12$ corresponding packaging signals in three affinity bands. This whole genome/phenotype space consisting of $3^{12}$ genomes has been explored via computationally expensive stochastic assembl
CutFEM without cutting the mesh cells: a new way to impose Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions on unfitted meshes
math.NAAlexei Lozinski
We present a method of CutFEM type for the Poisson problem with either Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. The computational mesh is obtained from a background (typically uniform Cartesian) mesh by retaining only the elements intersecting the domain where the problem is posed. The resulting mesh does not thus fit the boundary of the problem domain. Sev
Regge pole description of scattering of scalar and electromagnetic waves by a Schwarzschild black hole
gr-qcAntoine Folacci, Mohamed Ould El Hadj
We revisit the problem of scalar and electromagnetic waves impinging upon a Schwarzschild black hole from complex angular momentum techniques. We focus more particularly on the associated differential scattering cross sections. We derive an exact representation of the corresponding scattering amplitudes by replacing the discrete sum over integer values of th
On the Convergence of the Laplace Approximation and Noise-Level-Robustness of Laplace-based Monte Carlo Methods for Bayesian Inverse Problems
math.NAClaudia Schillings, Björn Sprungk, Philipp Wacker
The Bayesian approach to inverse problems provides a rigorous framework for the incorporation and quantification of uncertainties in measurements, parameters and models. We are interested in designing numerical methods which are robust w.r.t. the size of the observational noise, i.e., methods which behave well in case of concentrated posterior measures. The
Intelligent Sensor Based Bayesian Neural Network for Combined Parameters and States Estimation of a Brushed DC Motor
eess.SYHacene Mellah, Kamel Eddine Hemsas, Rachid Taleb
The objective of this paper is to develop an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model to estimate simultaneously, parameters and state of a brushed DC machine. The proposed ANN estimator is novel in the sense that his estimates simultaneously temperature, speed and rotor resistance based only on the measurement of the voltage and current inputs. Many types of A
Ai-Jun Ma, Wen-Fei Wang, Ya Li, Zhen-Jun Xiao
We study the quasi-two-body decays $B\to D K^*(892) \to D Kπ$ by employing the perturbative QCD approach. The two-meson distribution amplitudes $Φ_{Kπ}^{\text{$P$-wave}}$ are adopted to describe the final state interactions of the kaon-pion pair in the resonance region. The resonance line shape for the $P$-wave $Kπ$ component $K^*(892)$ in the time-like form
Stochastic resonance and bifurcation of order parameter in a coupled system of underdamped Duffing oscillators
math.DSRuonan Liu, Yanmei Kang, Yuxuan Fu, Guanrong Chen
The long-term mean-field dynamics of coupled underdamped Duffing oscillators driven by an external periodic signal with Gaussian noise is investigated. A Boltzmann-type H-theorem is proved for the associated nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation to ensure that the system can always be relaxed to one of the stationary states as time is long enough. Based on a gene
Yu Xiao
This note presents a solution of the swing-up task of two acrobots using trajectory optimization method. The equations of motion for 2-link and 3-link acrobot are manually derived, and then form the dynamics of the robots. Numerical integration method is used to simulate the behaviour of passive robots, with the goal of showing the correctness of the complic
Generation of System Function Maps in Projection-Based Magnetic Particle Imaging Using Lock-in-Amplifier Model
physics.med-phKenya Murase
We previously developed a system for projection-based magnetic particle imaging (MPI) with a field-free-line (FFL) encoding scheme. In the projection-based MPI, projection data are given by the convolution between the system function in the spatial domain and the line integral of the concentration of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) through the FFL. Thus, it is
Inequality, mobility and the financial accumulation process: A computational economic analysis
econ.GNSimone Righi, Yuri Biondi
Our computational economic analysis investigates the relationship between inequality, mobility and the financial accumulation process. Extending the baseline model by Levy et al., we characterise the economic process through stylised return structures generating alternative evolutions of income and wealth through time. First, we explore the limited heuristic
Zhen-Yang Wang, Jing-Juan Qi, Jing Xu, Xin-Heng Guo
In this work, we assume that the observed state $Ξ(1620)$ is a $s$-wave $Λ\bar{K}$ or $Σ\bar{K}$ bound state. Based on this molecule picture, we establish the Bethe-Salpeter equations for $Ξ(1620)$ in the ladder and instantaneous approximations. We solve the Bethe-Salpeter equations for the $Λ\bar{K}$ and $Σ\bar{K}$ systems numerically and find that the $Ξ(1
Nan Bai, Hui-Huang Chen, Hao Ouyang, Jun-Bao Wu
We prove the integrability of the two-loop open spin chain Hamiltonian from ABJM determinant like operators given in arXiv:1809.09941. By explicitly constructing R-matrices and K-matrices, we successfully obtain the two-loop Hamiltonian from the double row transfer matrices. This proves the integrability of our two-loop Hamiltonian. Based on the vacuum eigen
Yanfeng Ge, Wenhui Wan, Xitong Guo, Yong Liu
Recently, boron arsenide (BAs) has been measured high thermal conductivity in the experiments, great encouraging for the low-power photoelectric devices. Therefore, in the present work, we have systematically investigated the direct and indirect optical absorptions of BAs and BSb and the doping effect of congeners by using first-principles calculations. We o
Rahul Trivedi, Marina Radulaski, Kevin A. Fischer, Shanhui Fan
We use the scattering matrix formalism to analyze photon blockade in coherently-driven CQED systems with a weak drive. By approximating the weak coherent drive by an input single- and two-photon Fock state, we reduce the computational complexity of the transmission and the two-photon correlation function from exponential to polynomial in the number of emitte
Aggregating Large-Scale Generalized Energy Storages to Participate in Energy Market and Regulation Market
eess.SYYao Yao, Peichao Zhang, Sijie Chen
This paper proposes a concept of generalized energy storage (GES) to facilitate the integration of large-scale heterogeneous flexible resources with electric/thermal energy storage capacity to participate in multiple markets. First, a generalized state variable referred to as degree of satisfaction (DoS) is defined, and dynamic models with a unified form are
Bariscan Yonel, Birsen Yazici
Interferometric inversion involves recovery of a signal from cross-correlations of its linear transformations. A close relative of interferometric inversion is the generalized phase retrieval problem, which consists of recovering a signal from the auto-correlations of its linear transformations. Recently, significant advancements have been made in phase retr
An unstructured mesh control volume method for two-dimensional space fractional diffusion equations with variable coefficients on convex domains
math.NALibo Feng, Fawang Liu, Ian Turner
In this paper, we propose a novel unstructured mesh control volume method to deal with the space fractional derivative on arbitrarily shaped convex domains, which to the best of our knowledge is a new contribution to the literature. Firstly, we present the finite volume scheme for the two-dimensional space fractional diffusion equation with variable coeffici
James B. Hartle
When quantum mechanics was developed in the '20s of the last century another revolution in physics was just starting. It began with the discovery that the universe is expanding. For a long time quantum mechanics and cosmology developed independently of one another. Yet the very discovery of the expansion would eventually draw the two subjects together be
Parada T. P. Hutauruk, Takaaki Nomura, Hiroshi Okada, Yuta Orikasa
A possibility of explaining the anomalies in the semileptonic $B$-meson decay $B \to K^{*} μ\barμ$ has been explored in the framework of the gauged $U(1)_{μ-τ}$ symmetry. Apart from the muon anomalous magnetic moment and neutrino sector, we formulate the model starting with a valid Lagrangian and consider the constraints from the neutral meson mixings, the b
Gamal Sallam, Bo Ji
With the advent of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), network services that traditionally run on proprietary dedicated hardware can now be realized using Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) that are hosted on general-purpose commodity hardware. This new network paradigm offers a great flexibility to Internet service providers (ISPs) for efficiently operatin
Adaptive Model Predictive Control for A Class of Constrained Linear Systems with Parametric Uncertainties
math.OCKunwu Zhang, Yang Shi
This paper investigates adaptive model predictive control (MPC) for a class of constrained linear systems with unknown model parameters. This is also posed as the dual control problem consisting of system identification and regulation. We first propose an online strategy for simultaneous unknown parameter identification and uncertainty set estimation based o
Edward Witten
This article is an introduction to causal properties of General Relativity. Topics include the Raychaudhuri equation, singularity theorems of Penrose and Hawking, the black hole area theorem, topological censorship, and the Gao-Wald theorem. The article is based on lectures at the 2018 summer program Prospects in Theoretical Physics that was held at the IAS
Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
Network maps of patent classes have been widely used to analyze the coherence and diversification of technology or knowledge positions of inventors, firms, industries, regions, and so on. To create such networks, a measure is required to associate different classes of patents in the patent database and often indicates knowledge proximity (or distance). Prior
Raza Sabbir Sufian, Joseph Karpie, Colin Egerer, Kostas Orginos
We present the first exploratory lattice QCD calculation of the pion valence quark distribution extracted from spatially separated current-current correlations in coordinate space. We show that an antisymmetric combination of vector and axial-vector currents provides direct information on the pion valence quark distribution. Using the collinear factorization
Artyom Kovalevskii
We propose a class of tests for linear regression on concomitants (induced order statistics). These tests are based on sequential sums of regression residuals. We self-center and self-normalize these sums. The resulting process is called an empirical bridge. We prove weak convergence of the empirical bridge in uniform metrics to a centered Gaussian process.
Semi-Supervised Regression using Cluster Ensemble and Low-Rank Co-Association Matrix Decomposition under Uncertainties
stat.MLVladimir Berikov, Alexander Litvinenko
In this paper, we solve a semi-supervised regression problem. Due to the lack of knowledge about the data structure and the presence of random noise, the considered data model is uncertain. We propose a method which combines graph Laplacian regularization and cluster ensemble methodologies. The co-association matrix of the ensemble is calculated on both labe
Joshua J. Engelsma, Anil K. Jain
Prevailing fingerprint recognition systems are vulnerable to spoof attacks. To mitigate these attacks, automated spoof detectors are trained to distinguish a set of live or bona fide fingerprints from a set of known spoof fingerprints. Despite their success, spoof detectors remain vulnerable when exposed to attacks from spoofs made with materials not seen du
Elena V. Konstantinova, Alexey N. Medvedev
The Bubble-sort graph $BS_n,\,n\geqslant 2$, is a Cayley graph over the symmetric group $Sym_n$ generated by transpositions from the set $\{(1 2), (2 3),\ldots, (n-1 n)\}$. It is a bipartite graph containing all even cycles of length $\ell$, where $4\leqslant \ell\leqslant n!$. We give an explicit combinatorial characterization of all its $4$- and $6$-cycles
Ansari Saleh Ahmar
The purpose of this research is to apply technical analysis of Sutte Indicator in stock trading which will assist in the investment decision making process i.e. buying or selling shares. This research takes data of "A" on the Indonesia Stock Exchange(IDX or BEI) 29 November 2006 until 20 September 2016 period. To see the performance of Sutte Indicato
I. A. Wrona, M. W. Jarosik, R. Szczȩśniak, K. A. Szewczyk
We study the stability of the hydrogen molecule interacting with the environment according to the balanced gain and loss energy scheme. We determined the properties of the molecule taking into account all electronic interactions, where the parameters of the Hamiltonian have been computed by using the variational method. The interaction of the hydrogen molecu
Hussein A. Al-Barazanchi, Hussam Qassim, David Feinzimer, Abhishek Verma
Increasing depth of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) is a highly promising method of increasing the accuracy of the (CNNs). Increased CNN depth will also result in increased layer count (parameters), leading to a slow backpropagation convergence prone to overfitting. We trained our model (Residual-CNDS) to classify very large-scale scene datasets MIT Pla
Harryanto, Muchriana Muchran, Ansari Saleh Ahmar
The purpose of this research is to see the application of modified TAM model by entering the experiential variable as a moderation variable to see one's intention in the use of technology especially internet banking. Data obtained through the distribution of questionnaires to customers. The study population is bank customers registered as users of intern
Alexander Budzier, Bent Flyvbjerg, Andi Garavaglia, Andreas Leed
This study provides an independent, outside-in estimate of the cost and schedule risks of nuclear waste storage projects. Based on a reference class of 216 past, comparable projects, risk of cost overrun was found to be 202% or less, with 80% certainty, i.e., 20% risk of an overrun above 202%. Based on a reference class of 200 past, comparable projects, risk
An Advanced Conceptual Diagnostic Healthcare Framework for Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disorders
cs.CYM. Sharma, G. Singh, R. Singh
The data mining along with emerging computing techniques have astonishingly influenced the healthcare industry. Researchers have used different Data Mining and Internet of Things (IoT) for enrooting a programmed solution for diabetes and heart patients. However, still, more advanced and united solution is needed that can offer a therapeutic opinion to indivi
Yunfeng Lin, Jiangbei Li, Hanjing Wang
Visualizing the perceptual content by analyzing human functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been an active research area. However, due to its high dimensionality, complex dimensional structure, and small number of samples available, reconstructing realistic images from fMRI remains challenging. Recently with the development of convolutional neural
Inclusion properties for bi-univalent functions of complex order defined by combining of Faber polynomial expansions and Fibonacci numbers
math.CVSahsene Altinkaya, Samaneh G. Hamidi, Jay M. Jahangiri, Sibel Yalcin
In this present investigation, we introduce the new class R of bi-univalent functions defined by using the Tremblay fractional derivative operator. Additionally, we use the Faber polynomial expansions and Fibonacci numbers to derive bounds for the general coefficient an of the bi-univalent function class.
Gourang Aggarwal, Vimal Patel, Gaurav Varshney, Kimberly Oostman
Blockchain and its application on cryptocurrency transactions have gathered a lot of attention and popularity since the birth of the pioneer Bitcoin in 2009. More than 1500 cryptocurrencies are currently circulated in the market. The technology underpinning Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is Blockchain and is a rapidly growing decentralized distributed le
Nicholas Rivera, Thomas Christensen, Prineha Narang
Extreme confinement of electromagnetic energy by phonon polaritons holds the promise of strong and new forms of control over the dynamics of matter. To bring such control to the atomic-scale limit, it is important to consider phonon polaritons in two-dimensional (2D) systems. Recent studies have pointed out that in 2D, splitting between longitudinal and tran
Víctor Elvira, Ignacio Santamaría
Digital constellations formed by hexagonal or other non-square two-dimensional lattices are often used in advanced digital communication systems. The integrals required to evaluate the symbol error rate (SER) of these constellations in the presence of Gaussian noise are in general difficult to compute in closed-form, and therefore Monte Carlo simulation is t
Peter Eichelsbacher, Lukas Knichel
The purpose of the present paper is to establish moment estimates of Rosenthal type for a rather general class of random variables satisfying certain bounds on the cumulants. We consider sequences of random variables which satisfy a central limit theorem and estimate the speed of convergence of the corresponding moments to the moments of a standard normally
Howard Nuer, Kōta Yoshioka
We use wall-crossing in the Bridgeland stability manifold to systematically study the birational geometry of the moduli space $M_σ(\mathbf{v})$ of $σ$-semistable objects of class $\mathbf{v}$ for a generic stability condition $σ$ on an arbitrary Enriques surface $X$. In particular, we show that for any other generic stability condition $τ$, the two moduli sp
V. A. Kozlov, S. A. Nazarov, A. Orlof
We study scattering on an ultra-low potential in armchair graphene nanoribbon. Using the continuous Dirac model and including a couple of artificial waves in the scattering process, described by an augumented scattering matrix, we derive a condition for the existence of a trapped mode. We consider the threshold energies, where the the multiplicity of the con
Decentralized Asynchronous Coded Caching Design and Performance Analysis in Fog Radio Access Networks
cs.ITYanxiang Jiang, Wenlong Huang, Mehdi Bennis, Fu-Chun Zheng
In this paper, we investigate the problem of asynchronous coded caching in fog radio access networks (F-RANs). To minimize the fronthaul load, the encoding set collapsing rule and encoding set partition method are proposed to establish the relationship between the coded-multicasting contents for asynchronous and synchronous coded caching. Furthermore, a dece
Naushad Ahmad Kamar, Adrian Kantian, Thierry Giamarchi
We have analyzed the behavior of a mobile quantum impurity in a bath formed by a two-leg bosonic ladder by a combination of field theory (Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid) and numerical (Density Matrix Renormalization Group) techniques. Computing the Green's function of the impurity as a function of time at different momenta, we find a power law decay at zero m
Ravi Teja Nallapu, Jekan Thangavelautham
Planetary bodies such as asteroids, comets, and planetary moons are high-value science targets as they hold important information about the formation and evolution of our solar system. However, due to their low-gravity, variable sizes and shapes, dedicated orbiting spacecraft missions around these target bodies is difficult. Therefore, many planetary bodies
Shigenobu Hirose, Ji-Ming Shi
Using local three dimensional radiation hydrodynamics simulations, the nonlinear outcome of gravitational instability in an irradiated protoplanetary disc is investigated in a parameter space of the surface density $Σ$ and the radius $r$. Starting from laminar flow, axisymmetric self-gravitating density waves grow first. Their self-gravitating degree becomes
Akbar Iskandar, Elisabet Virma, Ansari Saleh Ahmar
The aims of this research are to design and to implement network security system in internal web testing using DeMilitarized Zone Method and Microtic Router on Siakad server of STMIK AKBA. Data analysis techniques that possible to use is descriptive method. The significances of the study are 1) to avoid the attack of cracker who intend to access the system w
Vishnu V. Ratnam, Andreas F. Molisch
Analog beamforming is an attractive and cost-effective solution to exploit the benefits of massive multiple-input-multiple-output systems, by requiring only one up/down-conversion chain. However, the presence of only one chain imposes a significant overhead in estimating the channel state information required for beamforming, when conventional digital channe
Mohamed Shehata, Reda Abo-Al-Ez, Farid Zaghlool, Mohamed Taha Abou-Kreisha
Background image subtraction algorithm is a common approach which detects moving objects in a video sequence by finding the significant difference between the video frames and the static background model. This paper presents a developed system which achieves vehicle detection by using background image subtraction algorithm based on blocks followed by deep le
Critical Incidents for Technology Enhanced Learning in Vocational Education and Training - Observations from the field of mechanical engineering
cs.CYAdrian Wilke, Johannes Magenheim
In this study, observations of the Vocational Education and Training (VET) in mechanical engineering companies are carried out. A Learning Management System (LMS) had been developed for the assistance in solving typical task structures, that are used for a period of three and a half years in the apprenticeship. In this study, the Critical Incident Technique
Katherine Woodruff
One of the least constrained contributions to the neutral current (NC) elastic neutrino-proton cross section is the strange axial form factor, which represents the strange quark spin contribution to the spin structure of the proton. This becomes the net strange spin contribution, $Δs$, in the limit when the negative four-momentum transfer squared ($Q^2$) is
Shalosh B. Ekhad, Doron Zeilberger
Suppose that your mother gave you n candies. You have to eat at least one candy each day. One possibility is to eat all n of them the first day. The other extreme is to make them last n days, and only eat one candy a day. Altogether, you have, famously, 2 to the power n-1 choices. If each such choice is equally likely, what is the probability that you never
Daniel Ingebretson
We introduce the scaling function associated to a graph directed Markov system, and show that it is a Hölder continuous function of the dual symbolic Cantor set. With some natural separation and regularity conditions, each such system has a unique Cantor limit set in Euclidean space. We prove that the scaling function is a complete invariant of $ C^{1+α} $ c
Families of minimal surfaces in $\mathbb{H}^2 \times \mathbb{R}$ foliated by arcs and their Jacobi fields
math.DGLeonor Ferrer, Francisco Martín, Rafe Mazzeo, Magdalena Rodríguez
This note provides some new perspectives and calculations regarding an interesting known family of minimal surfaces in $\mathbb{H}^2 \times \mathbb{R}$. The surfaces in this family are the catenoids, parabolic catenoids and tall rectangles. Each is foliated by either circles, horocycles or circular arcs in horizontal copies of $\mathbb{H}^2$. All of these su
Addition Theorem Revisiting for Phase/Amplitude-Encoded Metasurfaces: Asymmetric Spatial Power Dividers
physics.app-phHamid Rajabalipanah, Ali Abdolali, Javad Shabanpour, Ali Momeni
Recent years have witnessed an extraordinary spurt in attention toward the wave manipulating strategies revealed by coding metasurfaces as they build up a bridge between the physical and digital worlds. Newly, it has been shown that when two different coding patterns responsible for doing separate missions are added together based on the superposition theore
Young Woo Choi, Hyoung Joon Choi
Electron-doped high-Tc FeSe reportedly has a strong electron correlation that is enhanced with doping. It has been noticed that significant electric fields exist inevitably between FeSe and external donors along with electron transfer. However, the effects of such fields on electron correlation are yet to be explored. Here we study potassium- (K-) dosed FeSe
Zhongxiang Wei, Christos Masouros, Kai-Kit Wong, Xin Kang
In this paper, we propose a series of novel coordination schemes for multi-cell downlink communication. Starting from full base station (BS) coordination, we first propose a fully-coordinated scheme to exploit beneficial effects of both inter-cell and intra-cell interference, based on sharing both channel state information (CSI) and data among the BSs. To re
A search for technosignatures from TRAPPIST-1, LHS 1140, and 10 planetary systems in the Kepler field with the Green Bank Telescope at 1.15-1.73 GHz
astro-ph.EPPavlo Pinchuk, Jean-Luc Margot, Adam H. Greenberg, Thomas Ayalde
As part of our ongoing search for technosignatures, we collected over three terabytes of data in May 2017 with the L-band receiver (1.15-1.73 GHz) of the 100 m diameter Green Bank Telescope. These observations focused primarily on planetary systems in the Kepler field, but also included scans of the recently discovered TRAPPIST-1 and LHS 1140 systems. We pre
Zhixiang Eddie Xu, Gao Huang, Kilian Q. Weinberger, Alice X. Zheng
A feature selection algorithm should ideally satisfy four conditions: reliably extract relevant features; be able to identify non-linear feature interactions; scale linearly with the number of features and dimensions; allow the incorporation of known sparsity structure. In this work we propose a novel feature selection algorithm, Gradient Boosted Feature Sel
Alexei Oblomkov
These are the notes of the lectures delivered by the author at CIME in June 2018. The main purpose of the notes is to provide an overview of the techniques used in the construction of the triply graded link homology. The homology is space of global sections of a particular sheaf on the Hilbert scheme of points on the plane. Our construction relies on existen
Nicole M. James, Huayue Xue, Medha Goyal, Heinrich M. Jaeger
Dense suspension of particles in a liquid exhibit rich, non-Newtonian behaviors such as shear thickening and shear jamming. Shear thickening is known to be enhanced by increasing the particles' frictional interactions and also by making their shape more anisotropic. For shear jamming, however, only the role of interparticle friction has been investigated
Vanessa P. Bailey, Lee Armus, Bala Balasubramanian, Pierre Baudoz
The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) Coronagraph Instrument (CGI) is a high-contrast imager and integral field spectrograph that will enable the study of exoplanets and circumstellar disks at visible wavelengths. Ground-based high-contrast instrumentation has fundamentally limited performance at small working angles, even under optimistic assump
Vanessa P. Bailey, Michael Bottom, Eric Cady, Faustine Cantalloube
The Coronagraph Instrument (CGI) for NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) will constitute a dramatic step forward for high-contrast imaging, integral field spectroscopy, and polarimetry of exoplanets and circumstellar disks, aiming to improve upon the sensitivity of current ground-based direct imaging facilities by 2-3 orders of magnitude
Alexander Kalmynin, Petr Kosenko
We study the properties of a sequence cn defined by the recursive relation \[\frac{c_0}{n + 1}+\frac{c_1}{n + 2}+\ldots+\frac{c_n}{2n + 1}=0\] for $n>1$ and $c_0=1$. This sequence also has an alternative definition in terms of certain norm minimization in the space $L^2([0, 1])$. We prove estimates on growth order of $c_n$ and the sequence of its partial sum
Degrees $d \geqslant \big( \sqrt{n}\, \log\, n\big)^n$ and $d \geqslant \big( n\, \log\, n\big)^n$ in the Conjectures of Green-Griffiths and of Kobayashi
math.AGJoel Merker, The-Anh Ta
Once first answers in any dimension to the Green-Griffiths and Kobayashi conjectures for generic algebraic hypersurfaces $\mathbb{X}^{n-1} \subset \mathbb{P}^n(\mathbb{C})$ have been reached, the principal goal is to decrease (to improve) the degree bounds, knowing that the `celestial' horizon lies near $d \geqslant 2n$. For Green-Griffiths algebraic deg
Henry Lubatti, Cristiano Alpigiani, Juan Carlos Arteaga-Velázquez, Austin Ball
The observation of long-lived particles at the LHC would reveal physics beyond the Standard Model, could account for the many open issues in our understanding of our universe, and conceivably point to a more complete theory of the fundamental interactions. Such long-lived particle signatures are fundamentally motivated and can appear in virtually every theor
Daniel Wilson
The `local time on curves' formula of Peskir provides a stochastic change of variables formula for a function whose derivatives may be discontinuous over a time-dependent curve, a setting which occurs often in applications in optimal control and beyond. This formula was further extended to higher dimensions and to include processes with jumps under condi
Dimension Theory of some non-Markovian repellers Part II: Dynamically defined function graphs
math.DSBalázs Bárány, Michał Rams, Károly Simon
This is the second part in a series of two papers. Here, we give an overview on the dimension theory of some dynamically defined function graphs, like Takagi and Weierstrass function, and we study the dimension of Markovian fractal interpolation functions and generalised Takagi functions generated by non-Markovian dynamics.
Balázs Bárány, Michał Rams, Károly Simon
Michael Barnsley introduced a family of fractals sets which are repellers of piecewise affine systems. The study of these fractals was motivated by certain problems that arose in fractal image compression but the results we obtained can be applied for the computation of the Hausdorff dimension of the graph of some functions, like generalized Takagi functions
George Wei-Shu Hou
This brief review grew out from the HEP Concluding Talk of the {\it 25th Anniversary of the Rencontres du Vietnam}, held August 2018 in Quy Nhon. The first two-thirds gives a Summary and Highlights, or snapshot, of High Energy Physics at the end of Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Run 2. It can be view as the combined effort of the program organizers, the invited
Jonas Irgens Kylling
We compute the motivic homotopy groups of algebraic cobordism over number fields, the motivic homotopy groups of 2-complete algebraic cobordism over the real numbers and rings of $2$-integers and the motivic homotopy groups of mod 2 motivic Morava $K$-theory over fields with low virtual cohomological dimension. As an application we relate the order of the al
J. Stoyanov, C. Vignat
We deal with a sequence of integer-valued random variables $\{Z_N\}_{N=1}^{\infty}$ which is related to restricted partitions of positive integers. We observe that $Z_N=X_1+ \ldots + X_N$ for independent and bounded random variables $X_j$'s, so $Z_N$ has finite mean ${\bf E}Z_N$ and variance ${\bf Var}Z_N$. We want to find the limit distribution of ${\ha
Comment on "The hard sphere quantum propagator: exact results via partial wave analysis''
quant-phArseni Goussev, Orestis Georgiou, Valeriy Slastikov
There is no known exact expression for the propagator of a non-relativistic particle colliding with a hard sphere. De Prunelé (2008 {\it J.~Phys.~A:~Math.~Theor.} {\bf 41} 255305) derived a partial wave expansion of the propagator and compared it against some known approximations, including the semiclassical Van Vleck-Gutzwiller (VG) propagator; the VG propa
Pengfei Sun, David A. Moses, Edward Chang
Characterizing the neural encoding of behavior remains a challenging task in many research areas due in part to complex and noisy spatiotemporal dynamics of evoked brain activity. An important aspect of modeling these neural encodings involves separation of robust, behaviorally relevant signals from background activity, which often contains signals from irre
Marianne Morillon
In set theory without the Axiom of Choice, we consider Ingleton's axiom which is the counterpart in ultrametric analysis of the Hahn-Banach axiom. We show that in $ZFA$, set theory without the Axiom of Choice weakened to allow "atoms", Ingleton's axiom does not imply the Axiom of Choice (this solves in $ZFA$ a question raised by van Rooij (19
Margarita Gavrilova, Oleg Teryaev
It is shown that general dilepton angular distribution (with parity violating terms taking into account) in vector particle decays can be described through a set of five SO(3) rotational-invariant observables. These observables are derived as invariants of the spacial part of the hadronic tensor (density matrix) expressed in terms of angular coefficients. Th
Basel Magableh
Our middleware approach, Context-Oriented Software Middleware (COSM), supports context-dependent software with self-adaptability and dependability in a mobile computing environment. The COSM-middleware is a generic and platform-independent adaptation engine, which performs a runtime composition of the software's context-dependent behaviours based on the
Andrew S. Chung, Mark Dijkstra, Benedetta Ciardi, Koki Kakiichi
Galactic outflows are critical to our understanding of galaxy formation and evolution. However the details of the underlying feedback process remain unclear. We compare Ly$α$ observations of the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of Lyman Break Galaxies (LBGs) with mock observations of their simulated CGM. We use cosmological hydrodynamical `zoom-in' simulation
Arindam Mallick
Quantum simulation is an important way to study the Dirac particles in a general situation. Discrete quantum walk (DQW), is a powerful quantum simulation scheme, and implementable in well controllable table-top set-ups. We first identify that the conventional DQW can't exactly simulate Dirac Cellular Automaton (DCA), a discretized theory of free Dirac Ha
M. Ya. Amusia, A. S. Baltenkov
We analyze using Poisson equation the spatial distributions of the positive charge of carbon atomic nuclei shell and negative charge of electron clouds forming the electrostatic potential of the C60 fullerene shell as a whole. We consider also the case when an extra positive charge appears inside C60 in course of e.g. photoionization of an endohedral A@C. We
Stefano Catani, Simone Devoto, Massimiliano Grazzini, Stefan Kallweit
We report on a new calculation of the next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) QCD radiative corrections to the inclusive production of top-quark pairs at hadron colliders. The calculation is performed by using the $q_T$ subtraction formalism to handle and cancel infrared singular contributions at intermediate stages of the computation. We present numerical resu
Gh. Fasihi Ramandi, S. Azami
In the present paper, we obtain some gradient estimates for positive solutions to the following nonlinear parabolic equation under general geometric flow on complete noncompact manifolds.
Christoph Heil, Simone di Cataldo, Giovanni B. Bachelet, Lilia Boeri
We report ab-initio calculations of the superconducting properties of two high-Tc sodalite-like clathrate yttrium hydrides, YH6 and YH10, within the fully anisotropic ME theory, including Coulomb corrections. For both compounds we find almost isotropic superconducting gaps, resulting from a uniform distribution of the electron-phonon coupling over phonon mod
Hachemi B. Benaoum, Hernando Quevedo
The modified Chaplygin gas (MCG) cosmological model is derived by using the geometrothermodynamics (GTD) formalism. We show that the MCG corresponds to a system with internal thermodynamic interaction and describes the current accelerated expansion of the universe. Moreover, we also show that the MCG can be interpreted as a unified model for dark energy and
Jeffrey Rauch
Suppose that $L(\partial_t,\partial_x)$ is a homogeneous constant coefficient strongly hyperbolic partial differential operator on ${\mathbb R}^{1+d}$ and $H$ is a characteristic hyperplane. Suppose that in a conic neighborhood of the conormal variety of $H$, the characteristic variety of $L$ is the graph of a real analytic function $τ(ξ)$ with ${\rm rank}\,
Alon Jacovi, Guy Hadash, Einat Kermany, Boaz Carmeli
Deep neural networks work well at approximating complicated functions when provided with data and trained by gradient descent methods. At the same time, there is a vast amount of existing functions that programmatically solve different tasks in a precise manner eliminating the need for training. In many cases, it is possible to decompose a task to a series o
BESIII Collaboration, M. Ablikim, M. N. Achasov, S. Ahmed
Using a total of $9.0~\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ collision data with center-of-mass energies between 4.15 and 4.30 GeV collected by the BESIII detector, we search for the processes $e^+e^-\to γX(3872)$ with $X(3872)\toπ^0χ_{cJ}$ for $J=0,1,2$. We report the first observation of $X(3872)\toπ^{0}χ_{c1}$, a new decay mode of the $X(3872)$, with a statistical
Andrin Jenal, Nikolay Savinov, Torsten Sattler, Gaurav Chaurasia
Deep generative models have shown great promise when it comes to synthesising novel images. While they can generate images that look convincing on a higher-level, generating fine-grained details is still a challenge. In order to foster research on more powerful generative approaches, this paper proposes a novel task: generative modelling of 2D tree skeletons
Piotr Majdak, Robert Baumgartner, Claudia Jenny
Human listeners need to permanently interact with their three-dimensional (3-D) environment. To this end, they require efficient perceptual mechanisms to form a sufficiently accurate 3-D auditory space. In this chapter, we discuss the formation of the 3-D auditory space from various perspectives. The aim is to show the link between cognition, acoustics, neur
Ali Ghaderi
We demonstrate that the functional form of the likelihood contains a sufficient amount of information for constructing a prior for the unknown parameters. We develop a four-step algorithm by invoking the information entropy as the measure of uncertainty and show how the information gained from coarse-graining and resolving power of the likelihood can be used
Resmi Ravi Kumar, Evgeny Hahamovich, Shai Tsesses, Yoav Hazan
Ultrasound detection via silicon waveguides relies on the ability of acoustic waves to modulate the effective refractive index of the guided modes. However, the low photo-elastic response of silicon and silica limits the sensitivity of conventional silicon-on-insulator (SOI) sensors, in which the silicon core is surrounded by a silica cladding. In this paper
Testing for normality in any dimension based on a partial differential equation involving the moment generating function
math.STNorbert Henze, Jaco Visagie
We use a system of first-order partial differential equations that characterize the moment generating function of the $d$-variate standard normal distribution to construct a class of affine invariant tests for normality in any dimension. We derive the limit null distribution of the resulting test statistics, and we prove consistency of the tests against gene