February 2019 arXiv papers — page 94
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Brian Xu, Mitra Mohtarami, James Glass
This paper studies the problem of stance detection which aims to predict the perspective (or stance) of a given document with respect to a given claim. Stance detection is a major component of automated fact checking. As annotating stances in different domains is a tedious and costly task, automatic methods based on machine learning are viable alternatives.
William Kretschmer
We prove a query complexity lower bound for $\mathsf{QMA}$ protocols that solve approximate counting: estimating the size of a set given a membership oracle. This gives rise to an oracle $A$ such that $\mathsf{SBP}^A \not\subset \mathsf{QMA}^A$, resolving an open problem of Aaronson [2]. Our proof uses the polynomial method to derive a lower bound for the $\
Nick Czuzoj-Shulman, David Yu, Christopher Boucher, Luke Bornn
This paper takes a different approach to evaluating face-offs in ice hockey. Instead of looking at win percentages, the de facto measure of successful face-off takers for decades, focuses on the game events following the face-off and how directionality, clean wins, and player handedness play a significant role in creating value. This will demonstrate how not
Reed Nessler, Tuguldur Begzjav
The theory of nonlinear spectroscopy on randomly oriented molecules leads to the problem of averaging molecular quantities over the random rotation. We solve this problem for arbitrary tensor rank by deriving a closed-form expression for the rotationally invariant tensor of averaged direction cosine products. From it we obtain some useful new facts about thi
On the implementation of a finite volumes scheme with monotone transmission conditions for scalar conservation laws on a star-shaped network
math.NASabrina Francesca Pellegrino
In this paper we validate the implementation of the numerical scheme proposed in [3]. The validation is made by comparison with an explicit solution here obtained, and the solutions of Riemann problems for several networks. We then perform some simulations in order to qualitatively validate the model under consideration. Such results represent also a first s
Suda Bharadwaj, Rayna Dimitrova, Ufuk Topcu
We study the problem of synthesizing strategies for a mobile sensor network to conduct surveillance in partnership with static alarm triggers. We formulate the problem as a multi-agent reactive synthesis problem with surveillance objectives specified as temporal logic formulas. In order to avoid the state space blow-up arising from a centralized strategy com
Nikolaj Tatti, Jilles Vreeken
The problem of selecting small groups of itemsets that represent the data well has recently gained a lot of attention. We approach the problem by searching for the itemsets that compress the data efficiently. As a compression technique we use decision trees combined with a refined version of MDL. More formally, assuming that the items are ordered, we create
Yuli W. Heinson, Christopher M. Sorensen, Rajan K. Chakrabarty
Accurate characterization of the asymmetry parameter g is of crucial importance for many radiative transfer and climate models. Here, we present our portable light scattering (PLS) device which is designed for in situ, real-time, and contact-free measurements of the particles phase function with an integration time less than 1 second. With the PLS device, we
Milica Stojanović
It is known that we can always 3-triangulate (i.e. divide into tetrahedra) convex polyhedra but not always non-convex ones. Polyhedra topologically equivalent to sphere with $p$ handles, shortly $p$-toroids, could not be convex. So, it is interesting to investigate possibilities and properties of their 3-triangulations. Here, we study the minimal necessary n
Mark Ibrahim, Melissa Louie, Ceena Modarres, John Paisley
A barrier to the wider adoption of neural networks is their lack of interpretability. While local explanation methods exist for one prediction, most global attributions still reduce neural network decisions to a single set of features. In response, we present an approach for generating global attributions called GAM, which explains the landscape of neural ne
Yiming Wang, Xing Fan, I-Fan Chen, Yuzong Liu
Voice-controlled house-hold devices, like Amazon Echo or Google Home, face the problem of performing speech recognition of device-directed speech in the presence of interfering background speech, i.e., background noise and interfering speech from another person or media device in proximity need to be ignored. We propose two end-to-end models to tackle this p
Regularity and strict positivity of densities for the stochastic heat equation on $\mathbb{R}^d$
math.PRLe Chen, Jingyu Huang
In this paper, we study the stochastic heat equation with a general multiplicative Gaussian noise that is white in time and colored in space. Both regularity and strict positivity of the densities of the solution have been established. The difficulty, and hence the contribution, of the paper lie in three aspects, which include rough initial conditions, degen
Artem M. Grachev, Dmitry I. Ignatov, Andrey V. Savchenko
Recurrent neural networks have proved to be an effective method for statistical language modeling. However, in practice their memory and run-time complexity are usually too large to be implemented in real-time offline mobile applications. In this paper we consider several compression techniques for recurrent neural networks including Long-Short Term Memory m
Ilir Snopce, Slobodan Tanushevski, Pavel Zalesskii
Let $F_n$ be a free group of finite rank $n \geq 2$. We prove that if $H$ is a subgroup of $F_n$ with $\textrm{rk}(H)=2$ and $R$ is a retract of $F_n$, then $H \cap R$ is a retract of $H$. However, for every $m \geq 3$ and every $1 \leq k \leq n-1$, there exist a subgroup $H$ of $F_n$ of rank $m$ and a retract $R$ of $F_n$ of rank $k$ such that $H \cap R$ is
Testing the Evolutionary Link between Type 1 and Type 2 Quasars with Measurements of the Interstellar Medium
astro-ph.GAJinyi Shangguan, Luis C. Ho
In a popular scenario for the coevolution of massive black holes and galaxies, major mergers of gas-rich galaxies fuel vigorous star formation and obscured (type 2) quasar activity until energy feedback from the active galactic nucleus clears away the gas and dust to reveal an unobscured (type 1) quasar. Under this scenario, the precursor type 2 quasars shou
Chris Rackauckas, Mike Innes, Yingbo Ma, Jesse Bettencourt
DiffEqFlux.jl is a library for fusing neural networks and differential equations. In this work we describe differential equations from the viewpoint of data science and discuss the complementary nature between machine learning models and differential equations. We demonstrate the ability to incorporate DifferentialEquations.jl-defined differential equation p
Jixuan Wang, Kuan-Chieh Wang, Marc Law, Frank Rudzicz
Speaker embedding models that utilize neural networks to map utterances to a space where distances reflect similarity between speakers have driven recent progress in the speaker recognition task. However, there is still a significant performance gap between recognizing speakers in the training set and unseen speakers. The latter case corresponds to the few-s
Gaia Gaspar, Rubén Díaz, Damián Mast, Ary D'Ambra
We present a near-infrared study of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC\,6300, based on subarcsecond images and long slit spectroscopy obtained with Flamingos-2 at Gemini South. We have found that the peak of the nuclear continuum emission in the $K_s$ band and the surrounding nuclear disk are 25\,pc off-center with respect to the center of symmetry of the larger scale
Xiang Fu, Shangdi Yu, Austin R. Benson
Large Question-and-Answer (Q&A) platforms support diverse knowledge curation on the Web. While researchers have studied user behavior on the platforms in a variety of contexts, there is relatively little insight into important by-products of user behavior that also encode knowledge. Here, we analyze and model the macroscopic structure of tags applied by user
Yotam Shapira, Yehonatan Dallal, Roee Ozeri, Ady Stern
Magnetometry is an important tool prevalent in many applications such as fundamental research, material characterization and biological imaging. Atomic magnetometry conventionally makes use of two quantum states, the energy difference of which depends linearly on the magnetic field due to the Zeeman effect. The magnetic field is evaluated from repeated measu
Guillaume Alain, Nicolas Le Roux, Pierre-Antoine Manzagol
The loss function of deep networks is known to be non-convex but the precise nature of this nonconvexity is still an active area of research. In this work, we study the loss landscape of deep networks through the eigendecompositions of their Hessian matrix. In particular, we examine how important the negative eigenvalues are and the benefits one can observe
Gordon Kane, Martin Wolfgang Winkler
Compactifying M-theory on a manifold of $G_2$ holonomy gives a UV complete 4D theory. It is supersymmetric, with soft supersymmetry breaking via gaugino condensation that simultaneously stabilizes all moduli and generates a hierarchy between the Planck and the Fermi scale. It generically has gauge matter, chiral fermions, and several other important features
Manuel Campos, German Sierra, Esperanza Lopez
We compute the partition function of a massive free boson in a square lattice using a tensor network algorithm. We introduce a singular value decomposition (SVD) of continuous matrices that leads to very accurate numerical results. It is shown the emergence of a CDL fixed point structure. In the massless limit, we reproduce the results of conformal field the
Fingerprints of the conformal anomaly on the thermoelectric transport in Dirac and Weyl semimetals: Result from a Kubo formula
cond-mat.mes-hallVicente Arjona, Maxim N. Chernodub, María A. H. Vozmediano
In a recent work, a contribution to the Nernst current of a Dirac or Weyl semimetal coming from the conformal anomaly was reported. Being originated from an anomaly - a vacuum contribution -, a non-zero transport coefficient was predicted at zero temperature and chemical potential. In this work we perform a Kubo formula calculation of the thermoelectrical co
Studying galaxy evolution through cosmic time via the μJy radio population: early results from eMERGE
astro-ph.GAA. P. Thomson, T. W. B. Muxlow, Ian Smail, I. M McHardy
The $e$MERLIN Galaxy Evolution Survey ($e$MERGE) is an ambitious, multi-tiered extragalactic radio continuum survey being carried out with $e$MERLIN and the VLA at 1.4GHz and 6GHz. Exploiting the unique combination of high sensitivity and high angular resolution provided by radio interferometry, these observations will provide a powerful, obscuration-indepen
A diversity of starburst-triggering mechanisms in interacting galaxies and their signatures in CO emission
astro-ph.GAFlorent Renaud, Frederic Bournaud, Oscar Agertz, Katarina Kraljic
The physical origin of enhanced star formation activity in interacting galaxies remains an open question. Knowing whether starbursts are triggered by an increase of the quantity of dense gas or an increase of the star formation efficiency would improve our understanding of galaxy evolution and allow to transpose the results obtained in the local Universe to
I. Soszyński, R. Smolec, A. Udalski, P. Pietrukowicz
We report the discovery of the first type II Cepheids (BL Herculis stars) pulsating solely in the first overtone. We found two such objects among tens of millions of stars regularly observed by the OGLE survey in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Our classification and the pulsation mode identification is based on the position of these stars on the period-luminosi
Discovery of a putative supernova remnant around the long-period X-ray pulsar SXP 1323 in the Small Magellanic Cloud
astro-ph.SRV. V. Gvaramadze, A. Y. Kniazev, L. M. Oskinova
We report the discovery of a circular shell centred on the Be X-ray binary (BeXB) SXP 1323 in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The shell was detected in an Halpha image obtained with the Very Large Telescope (VLT). Follow-up spectroscopy with the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) showed that the shell expands with a velocity of $\approx$ 100 km/s and
Anton Welker, Tom Cronenberg, Robert Zoellner, Claudia Meel
Bacteria can adjust the structure of colonies and biofilms to enhance their survival rate under external stress. Here, we explore the link between bacterial interaction forces and colony structure. We show that the activity of extracellular pilus motors enhances local ordering and accelerates fusion dynamics of bacterial colonies. The radial distribution fun
Anastasiia Butko, Florent Bruguier, David Novo, Abdoulaye Gamatié
Energy-efficiency has become a major challenge in modern computer systems. To address this challenge, candidate systems increasingly integrate heterogeneous cores in order to satisfy diverse computation requirements by selecting cores with suitable features. In particular, single-ISA heterogeneous multicore processors such as ARM big.LITTLE have become very
Deep Morphological Simplification Network (MS-Net) for Guided Registration of Brain Magnetic Resonance Images
cs.CVDongming Wei, Zhengwang Wu, Gang Li, Xiaohuan Cao
Objective: Deformable brain MR image registration is challenging due to large inter-subject anatomical variation. For example, the highly complex cortical folding pattern makes it hard to accurately align corresponding cortical structures of individual images. In this paper, we propose a novel deep learning way to simplify the difficult registration problem
Grzegorz Świderski, Bartosz Trojan
We study solutions of three-term recurrence relations whose $N$-step transfer matrices belong to the uniform Stolz class. In particular, we derive the first order of their uniform asymptotics. For orthonormal polynomials we show more. Namely, we find the constructive formula for the density of their orthogonality measure in terms of Turán determinants and we
Kai-Cheng Yang, Pik-Mai Hui, Filippo Menczer
It has been widely recognized that automated bots may have a significant impact on the outcomes of national events. It is important to raise public awareness about the threat of bots on social media during these important events, such as the 2018 US midterm election. To this end, we deployed a web application to help the public explore the activities of like
The Effects of Intrinsic Dynamical Ghost Modes in Discrete-Time Langevin Simulations
cond-mat.stat-mechLucas Frese Grønbech Jensen, Niels Grønbech-Jensen
Using the recently published GJF-2GJ Langevin thermostat, which can produce time-step-independent statistical measures even for large time steps, we analyze and discuss the causes for abrupt deviations in statistical data as the time step is increased for some simulations of nonlinear oscillators. Exemplified by the pendulum, we identify a couple of discrete
A mathematical derivation of zero-temperature 2D superconductivity from microscopic Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer model
cond-mat.supr-conJ. Magnen, J. Unterberger
Starting from H. Fröhlich's second-quantized Hamiltonian for a $d$-dimensional electron gas in interaction with lattice phonons describing the quantum vibrations of a metal, we present a rigorous mathematical derivation of the superconducting state, following the principles laid out originally in 1957 by J. Bardeen, L. Cooper and J. Schrieffer. As in the
Jacob Jackson, John Schulman
We present label gradient alignment, a novel algorithm for semi-supervised learning which imputes labels for the unlabeled data and trains on the imputed labels. We define a semantically meaningful distance metric on the input space by mapping a point (x, y) to the gradient of the model at (x, y). We then formulate an optimization problem whose objective is
Víctor F. Correa
A conceptually simple physical interpretation of a conserved Hamiltonian $\mathcal{H}$ for a mechanical system with a time-dependent constraint is given. For the case of a bead on a vertical hoop forced to rotate with constant angular velocity $ω$, $\mathcal{H}$ is nothing but the total energy of the system plus the external actuator keeping $ω$ fixed. In an
Paata Ivanisvili, Connor Mooney
Motivated by the inequality $\|f+g\|_{2}^{2} \leq \|f\|_{2}^{2}+2\|fg\|_{1}+\|g\|^{2}_{2}$, Carbery (2006) raised the question what is the "right" analogue of this estimate in $L^{p}$ for $p \neq 2$. Carlen, Frank, Ivanisvili and Lieb (2018) recently obtained an $L^{p}$ version of this inequality by providing upper bounds for $\|f+g\|_{p}^{p}$ in ter
Neama Abdulaziz Dahan, Fadl Mutaher Ba-Alwi
The acceleration in telecommunication needs leads to many groups of research, especially in communication facilitating and Machine Translation fields. While people contact with others having different languages and cultures, they need to have instant translations. However, the available instant translators are still providing somewhat bad Arabic-English Tran
Nicholas Carlini
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Pedro Matos-Filipe, António J. Preto, Panagiotis I. Koukos, Joana Mourão
Membrane Proteins (MPs) account for around 15-39% of the human proteome and assume a critical role in a vast set of cellular and physiological mechanisms, including molecular transport, nutrient uptake, toxin and waste product clearance, respiration, and signaling. While roughly 60% of all FDA-approved drugs target MPs, there is a shortage of structural and
D. Dikranjan, I. Protasov
A sequence $(a_{n}) $ in an Abelian group is called a $T$-sequence if there exists a Hausdorff group topology on $G$ in which $(a_{n}) $ converges to $0$. For a $T$-sequence $(a_{n}) $, $τ_{(a_{n}) } $ denotes the strongest group topology on $G$ in which $(a_{n}) $ converges to $0$. The ideal $\mathcal{I}_{(a_{n})} $ of all precompact subsets of $(G, τ_{(a_{
Ahmad Zareei, Mir Abbas Jalali, Mohsen Saadat, Peter Grenfell
Nematodes have evolved to swim in highly viscous environments. Artificial mechanisms that mimic the locomotory functions of nematodes can be efficient viscous pumps. We experimentally simulate the motion of the head segment of Caenorhabditis elegans by introducing a reciprocating and rocking blade. We show that the bio-inspired blade's motion not only in
Michele Botti, Daniele A. Di Pietro, Alessandra Guglielmana
In this work we construct a low-order nonconforming approximation method for linear elasticity problems supporting general meshes and valid in two and three space dimensions. The method is obtained by hacking the Hybrid High-Order method, that requires the use of polynomials of degree $k\ge1$ for stability. Specifically, we show that coercivity can be recove
Nonexistence of solutions for elliptic equations with supercritical nonlinearity in nearly nontrivial domains
math.APRiccardo Molle, Donato Passaseo
We deals with nonlinear elliptic Dirichlet problems of the form $${\rm div}(|D u|^{p-2}D u )+f(u)=0\quad\mbox{ in }Ω,\qquad u\in H^{1,p}_0(Ω) $$ where $Ω$ is a bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\ge 2$, $p> 1$ and $f$ has supercritical growth from the viewpoint of Sobolev embedding. Our aim is to show that there exist bounded contractible non star-shaped do
Bernard J. Rauscher, Richard G. Arendt, D. J. Fixsen, Alexander Kutyrev
We describe the results of principal component analysis (PCA) of up-the-ramp sampled IR array data from the HST WFC3 IR, JWST NIRSpec, and prototype WFIRST WFI detectors. These systems use respectively Teledyne H1R, H2RG, and H4RG-10 near-IR detector arrays with a variety of IR array controllers. The PCA shows that the Legendre polynomials approximate the pr
Charles F. Dunkl
For each partition $τ$ of $N$ there are irreducible modules of the symmetric groups $\mathcal{S}_{N}$ or the corresponding Hecke algebra $\mathcal{H}_{N}\left( t\right) $ whose bases consist of reverse standard Young tableaux of shape $τ$. There are associated spaces of nonsymmetric Jack and Macdonald polynomials taking values in these modules, respectively.
Interacting galaxies on FIRE-2: The connection between enhanced star formation and interstellar gas content
astro-ph.GAJorge Moreno, Paul Torrey, Sara L. Ellison, David R. Patton
We present a comprehensive suite of high-resolution (parsec-scale), idealised (non-cosmological) galaxy merger simulations (24 runs, stellar mass ratio ~2.5:1) to investigate the connection between interaction-induced star formation and the evolution of the interstellar medium (ISM) in various temperature-density regimes. We use the GIZMO code and the second
Sayan Bhattacharya, Monika Henzinger, Stefan Neumann
We build upon the recent papers by Weinstein and Yu (FOCS'16), Larsen (FOCS'12), and Clifford et al. (FOCS'15) to present a general framework that gives amortized lower bounds on the update and query times of dynamic data structures. Using our framework, we present two concrete results. (1) For the dynamic polynomial evaluation problem, where the
Debangana Mukhopadhyay, Rumi De
Cellular self-assembly and organization are fundamental steps for the development of biological tissues. In this paper, within the framework of a cellular automata model, we address how an ordered tissue pattern spontaneously emerges from a randomly migrating single cell population without the influence of any external cues. This model is based on the active
Kalvik Jakkala, Arupjyoti Bhuya, Zhi Sun, Pu Wang
Gait is a person's natural walking style and a complex biological process that is unique to each person. Recently, the channel state information (CSI) of WiFi devices have been exploited to capture human gait biometrics for user identification. However, the performance of existing CSI-based gait identification systems is far from satisfactory. They can o
A Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in $^{76}$Ge with 26 kg-yr of Exposure from the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR
nucl-exS. I. Alvis, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash
The MAJORANA Collaboration is operating an array of high purity Ge detectors to search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of $^{76}$Ge. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR consists of 44.1 kg of Ge detectors (29.7 kg enriched to 88% in $^{76}$Ge) split between two modules constructed from ultra-clean materials. Both modules are contained in a low-background shield
D. C. Braun
We explore the general properties of near-surface flows around solar active regions. Helioseismic holography is applied to HMI Dopplergrams yielding nearly 5000 flow measurements of 336 unique active regions observed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory between 2010 and 2014. Ensemble averages of the flows, over subsets of regions sorted on the basis of magneti
Spectroscopic detection of multiple populations in the ~2 Gyr old cluster Hodge 6 in the LMC
astro-ph.GAK. Hollyhead, S. Martocchia, C. Lardo, N. Bastian
We report the spectroscopic discovery of abundance spreads (i.e. multiple populations) in the ~2 Gyr old cluster in the LMC, Hodge 6. We use low resolution VLT FORS2 spectra of 15 member stars in the cluster to measure their CN and CH band strengths at ~3883 and 4300 A, respectively, as well as [C/Fe] and [N/Fe] abundances. We find a sub-population of 2 star
Partho Sakha De, Rumi De
Stick-slip motion, a common phenomenon observed during crawling of cells, is found to be strongly sensitive to the substrate stiffness. Stick-slip behaviours have previously been investigated typically using purely elastic substrates. For a more realistic understanding of this phenomenon, we propose a theoretical model to study the dynamics on a viscoelastic
Approaching the Gamow window with stored ions: Direct measurement of $^{124}$Xe(p,$γ$) in the ESR storage ring
nucl-exJ. Glorius, C. Langer, Z. Slavkovská, L. Bott
We report the first measurement of low-energy proton-capture cross sections of $^{124}$Xe in a heavy ion storage ring. $^{124}$Xe$^{54+}$ ions of five different beam energies between 5.5 AMeV and 8 AMeV were stored to collide with a windowless hydrogen target. The $^{125}$Cs reaction products were directly detected. The interaction energies are located on th
Enrico Rinaldi, Jacopo Canton, Philipp Schlatter
Isolated patches of turbulence in transitional straight pipes are sustained by a strong instability at their upstream front, where the production of turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) is up to five times higher than in the core. Direct numerical simulations presented in this paper show no evidence of such strong fronts if the pipe is bent. We examine the tempora
Samy Abbes, Sébastien Gouëzel, Vincent Jugé, Jean Mairesse
We introduce methods to study the combinatorics of the normal form of large random elements in Artin-Tits monoids. These methods also apply in an axiomatic framework that encompasses other monoids such as dual braid monoids.
Mashetti Ravibabu
Each iteration in Jacobi-Davidson method for solving large sparse eigenvalue problems involves two phases, called subspace expansion and eigen pair extraction. The subspace expansion phase involves solving a correction equation. We propose a modification to this by introducing a related correction equation, motivated by the least squares. We call the propose
On maximum volume submatrices and cross approximation for symmetric semidefinite and diagonally dominant matrices
math.NAAlice Cortinovis, Daniel Kressner, Stefano Massei
The problem of finding a $k \times k$ submatrix of maximum volume of a matrix $A$ is of interest in a variety of applications. For example, it yields a quasi-best low-rank approximation constructed from the rows and columns of $A$. We show that such a submatrix can always be chosen to be a principal submatrix if $A$ is symmetric semidefinite or diagonally do
Nicola Gigli
We show that on every ${\sf RCD}$ spaces it is possible to introduce, by a distributional-like approach, a Riemann curvature tensor. Since after the works of Petrunin and Zhang-Zhu we know that finite dimensional Alexandrov spaces are ${\sf RCD}$ spaces, our construction applies in particular to the Alexandrov setting. We conjecture that an ${\sf RCD}$ space
Phillip A. Coles, Sergei N. Yurchenko, Richard P. Kovacich, James Hobby
Calculations are reported on the rotation-vibration energy levels of the arsine molecule with associated transition intensities. A potential energy surface (PES) obtained from \textit{ab initio} electronic structure calculations is refined to experimental data, and the resulting energy levels display sub-wavenumber accuracy for all reliably known $J=0$ term
Sergio Grillo
Consider a symplectic manifold $M$, a Hamiltonian vector field $X$ and a fibration $Π:M\rightarrow N$. Related to these data we have a generalized version of the (time-independent) Hamilton-Jacobi equation: the $Π$-HJE for $X$, whose unknown is a section $σ:N\rightarrow M$ of $Π$. The standard HJE is obtained when the phase space $M$ is a cotangent bundle $T
M. Gonzalez-Soto, L. E. Sucar, H. J. Escalante
We define a Causal Decision Problem as a Decision Problem where the available actions, the family of uncertain events and the set of outcomes are related through the variables of a Causal Graphical Model $\mathcal{G}$. A solution criteria based on Pearl's Do-Calculus and the Expected Utility criteria for rational preferences is proposed. The implementati
Saad Kriouile, Maialen Larranaga, Mohamad Assaad
In this paper, we consider a queueing system with multiple channels (or servers) and multiple classes of users. We aim at allocating the available channels among the users in such a way to minimize the expected total average queue length of the system. This known scheduling problem falls in the framework of Restless Bandit Problems (RBP) for which an optimal
Sergi Gonzàlez-Solís, Pablo Roig
We explore the potential of a combined analysis of the decays $τ^{-}\toπ^{-}π^{0}ν_τ$ and $τ^{-}\to K^{-}K_{S}ν_τ$ in the determination of the $ρ(1450)$ and $ρ(1700)$ resonance properties in the frame of resonance Chiral Theory supplemented by dispersion relations. On the one hand, we take advantage of the very precise data on the modulus squared of the pion
Mixing-length calibration from field stars. An investigation on statistical errors, systematic biases, and spurious metallicity trends
astro-ph.SRG. Valle, M. Dell'Omodarme, P. G. Prada Moroni, S. Degl'Innocenti
We analysed the theoretical foundation of the mixing-length calibration by means of classical and global asteroseismic observables of field stars. We discussed the soundness of inferring a metallicity dependence of the mixing-length parameter. We followed a theoretical approach based on mock datasets of artificial stars sampled from a grid of stellar models
Sudip Kumar Das, Mirza Cenanovic, Junfeng Zhang
In this note, we derive an approximation for the mean curvature normal vector on vertices of triangulated surface meshes from the Young-Laplace equation and the force balance principle. We then demonstrate that the approximation expression from our physics-based derivation is equivalent to the discrete Laplace-Beltrami operator approach in the literature. Th
Nooshin Yousefi, Ahmad Sobhani, Leila Moslemi Naeni, Kenneth R. Currie
Monitoring of project performance is a crucial task of project managers that significantly affect the project success or failure. Earned Value Management (EVM) is a well-known tool to evaluate project performance and effective technique for identifying delays and proposing appropriate corrective actions. The original EVM analysis is a monetary-based method a
Vyacheslav Futorny, Libor Krizka
We associate to an arbitrary positive root $α$ of a complex semisimple finite-dimensional Lie algebra $\mfrak{g}$ a twisting endofunctor $T_α$ of the category of $\mfrak{g}$-modules. We apply this functor to generalized Verma modules in the category $\mcal{O}(\mfrak{g})$ and construct a family of $α$-Gelfand--Tsetlin modules with finite $Γ_α$-multiplicities,
Rustem Khasanov, William R. Meier, Sergey L. Bud'ko, Hubertus Luetkens
The magnetic penetration depth anisotropy $γ_λ=λ_{c}/λ_{ab}$ ($λ_{ab}$ and $λ_{c}$ are the in-plane and the out-of-plane components of the magnetic penetration depth) in a CaKFe$_4$As$_4$ single crystal sample (the critical temperature $T_{\rm c}\simeq 35$ K) was studied by means of muon-spin rotation ($μ$SR). $γ_λ$ is almost temperature independent for $T\l
Eliya Nachmani, Lior Wolf
We present a TTS neural network that is able to produce speech in multiple languages. The proposed network is able to transfer a voice, which was presented as a sample in a source language, into one of several target languages. Training is done without using matching or parallel data, i.e., without samples of the same speaker in multiple languages, making th
Observation of new plasmons in the fractional quantum Hall effect: interplay of topological and nematic orders
cond-mat.mes-hallLingjie Du, Ursula Wurstbauer, Ken W. West, Loren N. Pfeiffer
Collective modes of exotic quantum fluids reveal underlying physical mechanisms responsible for emergent complex quantum ground states. We observe unexpected new collective modes in the fractional quantum Hall (FQH) regime: intra-Landau-level plasmons in the second Landau level measured by resonant inelastic light scattering. The plasmons herald rotational-s
Mashetti Ravibabu
This paper has proposed the GMRES that augments Krylov subspaces with a set of approximate right singular vectors. The proposed method suppresses the error norms of a linear system of equations. Numerical experiments comparing the proposed method with the Standard GMRES and GMRES with eigenvectors methods[3] have been reported for benchmark matrices.
Rydberg state ionization dynamics and tunnel ionization rates in strong electric fields
physics.atom-phK. Gawlas, S. D. Hogan
Tunnel ionization rates of triplet Rydberg states in helium with principal quantum numbers close to 37 have been measured in electric fields at the classical ionization threshold of $\sim197$ V/cm. The measurements were performed in the time domain by combining high-resolution continuous-wave laser photoexcitation and pulsed electric field ionization. The ob
Dilnoza B. Amirkulova, Andrew D. White
This review describes recent advances by the authors and others on the topic of incorporating experimental data into molecular simulations through maximum entropy methods. Methods which incorporate experimental data improve accuracy in molecular simulation by minimally modifying the thermodynamic ensemble. This is especially important where force fields are
Juna A. Kollmeier, Ping Chen, Subo Dong, Nidia Morrell
As part of the 100IAS survey, a program aimed to obtain nebular-phase spectra for a volume-limited and homogeneous sample of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), we observed ASASSN-18tb (SN 2018fhw) at 139 days past maximum light. ASASSN-18tb was a fast-declining, sub-luminous event that fits well within the observed photometric and spectroscopic distributions of th
A. Iyudin, E. Müller, M. Obergaulinger
Cassiopeia A, one of the most intriguing galactic supernova remnants, has been a target of many observational efforts including most recent observations by ALMA, Hubble, Herschel, Spitzer, NuSTAR, Integral, and other observatories. We use recent gamma-ray lines observations of the radioactive products of Cas A supernova explosive nucleosynthesis as well as s
Anant Gupta, Srivas Venkatesh, Sumit Chopra, Christian Ledig
Insufficient training data and severe class imbalance are often limiting factors when developing machine learning models for the classification of rare diseases. In this work, we address the problem of classifying bone lesions from X-ray images by increasing the small number of positive samples in the training set. We propose a generative data augmentation a
Sasha Haco, Malcolm J. Perry, Andrew Strominger
Recently a set of diffeomorphisms were found which act nontrivially on the Kerr horizon and form a left-right pair of Virasoro algebras. Using the boundary formula for the associated central charge and assuming applicability of the Cardy formula to a putative dual CFT, the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy for the Kerr black hole was reproduced. In this paper, the
Raffaele Marcovecchio
We give a brief account and a simpler proof of a contour integral formula for the Gauss hypergeometric function. Such formula is alternative to Barnes's integral formula and generalizes the first Barnes Lemma.
Naman Shukla, Arinbjörn Kolbeinsson, Ken Otwell, Lavanya Marla
Ancillaries have become a major source of revenue and profitability in the travel industry. Yet, conventional pricing strategies are based on business rules that are poorly optimized and do not respond to changing market conditions. This paper describes the dynamic pricing model developed by Deepair solutions, an AI technology provider for travel suppliers.
Yuri Murillo, Alessandro Chiumento, Brecht Reynders, Sofie Pollin
Wireless connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT) requires combining low latency and high reliability with power and cost constraints. On top of that, diverse applications and end-to-end services with very different performance requirements should ideally share the same network infrastructure. Software defined networks (SDN) were defined to allow this c
Chris J. Pickard
Anticipating the low energy arrangements of atoms in space is an indispensable scientific task. Modern stochastic approaches to searching for these configurations depend on the optimisation of structures to nearby local minima in the energy landscape. In many cases these local minima are relatively high in energy, and inspection reveals that they are trapped
Alexandros Leivaditis, Alexandros Singh, Giannos Stamoulis, Dimitrios Thilikos
A graph is sub-unicyclic if it contains at most one cycle. We also say that a graph $G$ is $k$-apex sub-unicyclic if it can become sub-unicyclic by removing $k$ of its vertices. We identify 29 graphs that are the minor-obstructions of the class of $1$-apex sub-unicyclic graphs, i.e., the set of all minor minimal graphs that do not belong in this class. For b
(Fe,Sn)4N alloy as a model spin-glass system with short-range competing interactions on a nonfrustrated simple cubic lattice
cond-mat.dis-nnKhmelevskyi Sergii, Mohn Peter
The origin of the spin-glass state in (Fe,Sn)4N alloys is studied on the basis of a Heisenberg Hamiltonian with parameters derived from first principles within the magnetic force theorem applied in the framework of the disordered local moments method and local spin-density approximation. We show that in the alloy concentration range where the spin-glass stat
Benedikt Hurle, Abdenacer Makhlouf
The purpose of this paper is to define an $α$-type cohomology, which we call $α$-type Chevalley-Eilenberg cohomology, for Hom-Lie algebras. We relate it to the known Chevalley-Eilenberg cohomology and provide explicit computations for some examples. Moreover, using this cohomology we study formal deformations of Hom-Lie algebras, where the bracket as well as
Maria T. Patterson, Eric C. Bellm, Ben Rusholme, Frank J. Masci
The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) survey generates real-time alerts for optical transients, variables, and moving objects discovered in its wide-field survey. We describe the ZTF alert stream distribution and processing (filtering) system. The system uses existing open-source technologies developed in industry: Kafka, a real-time streaming platform, and Av
Atomistic simulations of molten carbonates: thermodynamic and transport properties of the Li2CO3-Na2CO3-K2CO3 system
physics.chem-phElsa Desmaele, Nicolas Sator, Rodolphe Vuilleumier, Bertrand Guillot
Although molten carbonates only represent, at most, a very minor phase in the Earth's mantle, they are thought to be implied in anomalous high-conductivity zones in its upper part (70-350 km). Besides the high electrical conductivity of these molten salts is also exploitable in fuel cells. Here we report quantitative calculations of their properties, ove
Ian McInerney, Eric C. Kerrigan, George A. Constantinides
We present a framework for upper bounding the number of iterations required by first-order optimization algorithms implementing constrained LQR controllers. We derive new bounds for the condition number and extremal eigenvalues of the primal and dual Hessian matrices when the cost function is scaled. These bounds are horizon-independent, allowing for their u
N. A. Usov
Assemblies of magnetic nanoparticles show a great potential for application in biomedicine, in particular, in magnetic hyperthermia. However, to achieve desired therapeutic effect in magnetic hyperthermia the assembly of nanoparticles should have a sufficiently high specific absorption rate in alternating magnetic field of moderate amplitude and frequency.
Comparison of AMD calculations with experimental data for peripheral collisions of 93Nb+93Nb,116Sn at 38 MeV/nucleon
nucl-exS. Piantelli, A. Olmi, P. R. Maurenzig, A. Ono
Experimental data concerning binary events in peripheral collisions for the systems 93Nb+93Nb and 93Nb+116Sn at 38 MeV/nucleon, collected with the Fiasco setup, are compared with calculations performed with the dynamic code AMD, coupled with the statistical code Gemini used as an afterburner. The comparison focuses on the properties of the quasiprojectile (Q
Abhijit Majumder, Shanshan Cao, Chun Shen, Guang-You Qin
Heavy quarks serve as ideal probes of the QGP properties produced in energetic nuclear collisions, and provide a unique opportunity to study the mass effects on parton energy loss. We develop a multi-stage approach for heavy quark evolution inside the QGP, in which heavy quarks first undergo a rare-scattering multiple-emission evolution at momenta large comp
A new study towards PSR J1826-1334 and PSR J1826-1256 in the region of HESS J1825-137 and HESS J1826-130
astro-ph.HEL. Duvidovich, E. Giacani, G. Castelletti, A. Petriella
Aims. The goal of this paper is to detect synchrotron emission from the relic electrons of the crushed pulsar wind nebula (PWN) HESS J1825-137 and to investigate the origin of the $γ$-ray emission from HESS J1826-130.\\ Methods. The study of HESS J1825-137 was carried out on the basis of new radio observations centred at the position of PSR J1826-1334 perfor
Parametric Resonances and Resonant Delocalization in Quasi-Phase Matched Photon-pair Generation and Quantum Frequency Conversion
physics.opticsPhilip B. Main, Peter J. Mosley, Andrey V. Gorbach
The existing widely-accepted theory of photon-pair generation via spontaneous down-conversion (SPDC) in nonlinear optical crystals and waveguides is incomplete, as it fails to account for the important physical phenomenon of parametric resonances. We demonstrate that exponential gain of classical fields in the regime of parametric resonance corresponds to re
Nicolina Istrati
We show a bijective correspondence between compact toric locally conformally symplectic manifolds which admit a compatible complex structure and pairs $(C,a)$, where $C$ is a good cone in the dual Lie algebra of the torus and $a$ is a positive real number. Moreover, we prove that any toric locally conformally Kähler metric on a compact manifold admits a posi
N-, B-, P-, Al-, As-, Ga-graphdiyne/graphyne lattices: First-principles investigation of mechanical, optical and electronic properties
physics.comp-phB. Mortazavi, M. Shahrokhi, M. E. Madjet, T. Hussain
Graphdiyne and graphyne are carbon-based two-dimensional (2D) porous atomic lattices, with outstanding physics and excellent application prospects for advanced technologies, like nanoelectronics and energy storage systems. During the last year, B- and N-graphdiyne nanomembranes were experimentally realized. Motivated by the latest experimental advances, in t
Phase boundary anisotropy and its effects on the maze-to-lamellar transition in a directionally solidified Al-Al2Cu eutectic
cond-mat.mtrl-sciUlrike Hecht, Janin Eiken, Silvère Akamatsu, Sabine Bottin-Rousseau
Solid-solid phase boundary anisotropy is a key factor controlling the selection and evolution of non-faceted eutectic patterns during directional solidification. This is most remarkably observed during the so-called maze-to-lamellar transition. By using serial sectioning, we followed the spatio-temporal evolution of a maze pattern over long times in a large
Using a black hole to weigh light: can the Event Horizon Telescope yield new information about the photon rest mass?
gr-qcRobert P. Cameron
We point out that data collected by the Event Horizon Telescope or a similar project might yield new information about the photon rest mass $m_γ$, in the form of evidence that $m_γ\ne 0$ together with a lower bound on $m_γ$ or a new upper bound on $m_γ$. Using Sgr A*, there is scope to improve on the best upper bound obtained via laboratory tests of Coulomb&
Shervin Rahimzadeh Arashloo, Josef Kittler
The kernel null-space technique and its regression-based formulation (called one-class kernel spectral regression, a.k.a. OC-KSR) is known to be an effective and computationally attractive one-class classification framework. Despite its outstanding performance, the applicability of kernel null-space method is limited due to its susceptibility to possible tra