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0705.0198
Alexander E. Hramov
A.A. Koronovskii, M.K. Kurovskaya, O.I. Moskalenko, and A.E. Hramov
Two Scenarios of Breaking Chaotic Phase Synchronization
8 pages, 7 figures
Technical Physics. 2006. Vol. 52, No. 1. PP. 19-26
10.1134/S1063784207010045
null
nlin.CD
null
Two types of phase synchronization (accordingly, two scenarios of breaking phase synchronization) between coupled stochastic oscillators are shown to exist depending on the discrepancy between the control parameters of interacting oscillators, as in the case of classical synchronization of periodic oscillators. If interacting stochastic oscillators are weakly detuned, the phase coherency of the attractors persists when phase synchronization breaks. Conversely, if the control parameters differ considerably, the chaotic attractor becomes phase-incoherent under the conditions of phase synchronization break.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 14:37:05 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Koronovskii", "A. A.", "" ], [ "Kurovskaya", "M. K.", "" ], [ "Moskalenko", "O. I.", "" ], [ "Hramov", "A. E.", "" ] ]
0705.0199
Erik Berglund
Erik Berglund, Joaquin Sitte
The Parameter-Less Self-Organizing Map algorithm
29 pages, 27 figures. Based on publication in IEEE Trans. on Neural Networks
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 2006 v.17, n.2, pp.305-316
null
null
cs.NE cs.AI cs.CV
null
The Parameter-Less Self-Organizing Map (PLSOM) is a new neural network algorithm based on the Self-Organizing Map (SOM). It eliminates the need for a learning rate and annealing schemes for learning rate and neighbourhood size. We discuss the relative performance of the PLSOM and the SOM and demonstrate some tasks in which the SOM fails but the PLSOM performs satisfactory. Finally we discuss some example applications of the PLSOM and present a proof of ordering under certain limited conditions.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 04:04:51 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 8 May 2007 01:06:10 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Berglund", "Erik", "" ], [ "Sitte", "Joaquin", "" ] ]
0705.0200
Steve Shkoller
C.H. Arthur Cheng, Daniel Coutand, and Steve Shkoller
On the Motion of Vortex Sheets with Surface Tension in the 3D Euler Equations with Vorticity
28 pages
null
null
null
math.AP
null
We prove well-posedness of vortex sheets with surface tension in the 3D incompressible Euler equations with vorticity.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 04:34:03 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Cheng", "C. H. Arthur", "" ], [ "Coutand", "Daniel", "" ], [ "Shkoller", "Steve", "" ] ]
0705.0201
Jesse Bloom
Jesse D Bloom, Philip A Romero, Zhongyi Lu, and Frances H Arnold
Neutral genetic drift can aid functional protein evolution
null
Biology Direct 2:17 (2007)
10.1186/1745-6150-2-17
null
q-bio.PE q-bio.BM
null
BACKGROUND: Many of the mutations accumulated by naturally evolving proteins are neutral in the sense that they do not significantly alter a protein's ability to perform its primary biological function. However, new protein functions evolve when selection begins to favor other, "promiscuous" functions that are incidental to a protein's biological role. If mutations that are neutral with respect to a protein's primary biological function cause substantial changes in promiscuous functions, these mutations could enable future functional evolution. RESULTS: Here we investigate this possibility experimentally by examining how cytochrome P450 enzymes that have evolved neutrally with respect to activity on a single substrate have changed in their abilities to catalyze reactions on five other substrates. We find that the enzymes have sometimes changed as much as four-fold in the promiscuous activities. The changes in promiscuous activities tend to increase with the number of mutations, and can be largely rationalized in terms of the chemical structures of the substrates. The activities on chemically similar substrates tend to change in a coordinated fashion, potentially providing a route for systematically predicting the change in one function based on the measurement of several others. CONCLUSIONS: Our work suggests that initially neutral genetic drift can lead to substantial changes in protein functions that are not currently under selection, in effect poising the proteins to more readily undergo functional evolution should selection "ask new questions" in the future.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 05:02:10 GMT" } ]
2007-07-18T00:00:00
[ [ "Bloom", "Jesse D", "" ], [ "Romero", "Philip A", "" ], [ "Lu", "Zhongyi", "" ], [ "Arnold", "Frances H", "" ] ]
0705.0202
Andreas Haungs
Andreas Haungs
Air Shower Measurements in Karlsruhe
(15 pages) Contribution to the 80th anniversary of late Georgii Borisovich Khristiansen. To appear at "Akademik G.B. Khristiansen - uchenyi Moskovskogo universiteta (k 80-letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya). M.: Izdatel'stvo KDU, 2007"
null
null
null
astro-ph
null
The Karlsruhe multi-detector set-ups KASCADE, KASCADE-Grande, and LOPES aim on measurements of cosmic rays in the energy range of the so called knee between 10^14 eV and 10^18 eV. The multidimensional analysis of the air shower data measured by KASCADE indicates a distinct knee in the energy spectra of light primary cosmic rays and an increasing dominance of heavy ones towards higher energies. This provides, together with the results of large scale anisotropy studies, implications for discriminating astrophysical models of the origin of the knee. To improve the reconstruction quality and statistics at higher energies, where the knee of the heavy primaries is expected at around 100 PeV, KASCADE has been extended by a factor 10 in area to the new experiment KASCADE-Grande. LOPES is located on site of the KASCADE-Grande experiment. It measures radio pulses from extensive air showers with the goal to establish this renewed detection technique for future large scale experiments.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 05:34:10 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Haungs", "Andreas", "" ] ]
0705.0203
Stephen Williams
Stephen R. Williams
Topological Classification of Clusters in Condensed Phases
9 pages, 6 figures
null
null
null
cond-mat.soft
null
A methodology is developed to identify clusters in a bulk phase which are topologically equivalent to certain reference clusters. The selected reference clusters are the Morse clusters with 13 or less atoms and the 13 atom clusters found in an FCC and an HCP crystal phase, consisting of an atom and its 12 nearest neighbours. The first step in using the method requires the bond network of the bulk phase to be identified. The bonds may be identified in terms of the distance between the atom pairs or by using a modified Voronoi decomposition, introduced here. We then search for all the 3, 4 and 5 membered shortest path rings and use these to identify some basic clusters. These basic clusters are then combined to identify the above mentioned Morse and crystal clusters. The larger Morse clusters (N>13) may be identified in terms of the basic clusters and the smaller Morse clusters. This work has important applications in studying the energy landscape of a bulk phase. As an example, results from a limited preliminary study on the hard sphere fluid phase are presented.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 05:51:26 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Williams", "Stephen R.", "" ] ]
0705.0204
Tshilidzi Marwala
Lukasz A. Machowski, and Tshilidzi Marwala
Using Images to create a Hierarchical Grid Spatial Index
In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Taiwan, 2006, pp. 1974-1979
null
10.1109/ICSMC.2006.385020
null
cs.DS
null
This paper presents a hybrid approach to spatial indexing of two dimensional data. It sheds new light on the age old problem by thinking of the traditional algorithms as working with images. Inspiration is drawn from an analogous situation that is found in machine and human vision. Image processing techniques are used to assist in the spatial indexing of the data. A fixed grid approach is used and bins with too many records are sub-divided hierarchically. Search queries are pre-computed for bins that do not contain any data records. This has the effect of dividing the search space up into non rectangular regions which are based on the spatial properties of the data. The bucketing quad tree can be considered as an image with a resolution of two by two for each layer. The results show that this method performs better than the quad tree if there are more divisions per layer. This confirms our suspicions that the algorithm works better if it gets to look at the data with higher resolution images. An elegant class structure is developed where the implementation of concrete spatial indexes for a particular data type merely relies on rendering the data onto an image.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 05:37:32 GMT" } ]
2016-11-17T00:00:00
[ [ "Machowski", "Lukasz A.", "" ], [ "Marwala", "Tshilidzi", "" ] ]
0705.0205
Vic Viola
V.E. Viola
Note on Breakup Densities in Fragmentation
null
null
null
null
nucl-ex
null
This note elaborates the procedures involved in the derivation of breakup densities in nuclear fragmentation. It is stressed that the formalism employed in the analysis served only as a spectral fitting function and does not imply any specific reaction mechanism.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 14:54:22 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Viola", "V. E.", "" ] ]
0705.0206
Eyal Buks
Eyal Buks, Stav Zaitsev, Eran Segev, Baleegh Abdo, and M. P. Blencowe
Displacement Detection with a Vibrating RF SQUID: Beating the Standard Linear Limit
null
null
10.1103/PhysRevE.76.026217
null
cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.supr-con
null
We study a novel configuration for displacement detection consisting of a nanomechanical resonator coupled to both, a radio frequency superconducting interference device (RF SQUID) and to a superconducting stripline resonator. We employ an adiabatic approximation and rotating wave approximation and calculate the displacement sensitivity. We study the performance of such a displacement detector when the stripline resonator is driven into a region of nonlinear oscillations. In this region the system exhibits noise squeezing in the output signal when homodyne detection is employed for readout. We show that displacement sensitivity of the device in this region may exceed the upper bound imposed upon the sensitivity when operating in the linear region. On the other hand, we find that the high displacement sensitivity is accompanied by a slowing down of the response of the system, resulting in a limited bandwidth.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 06:23:22 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Buks", "Eyal", "" ], [ "Zaitsev", "Stav", "" ], [ "Segev", "Eran", "" ], [ "Abdo", "Baleegh", "" ], [ "Blencowe", "M. P.", "" ] ]
0705.0207
Andrew Linshaw
Bong H. Lian, Andrew R. Linshaw, Bailin Song
Chiral Equivariant Cohomology III
Final version
American J. Math. vol. 132, no. 6 (2010), 1549-1590
10.1353/ajm.2010.0021
null
math.DG math.QA
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
This is the third of a series of papers on a new equivariant cohomology that takes values in a vertex algebra, and contains and generalizes the classical equivariant cohomology of a manifold with a Lie group action a la H. Cartan. In this paper, we compute this cohomology for spheres and show that for any simple connected group G, there is a sphere with infinitely many actions of G which have distinct chiral equivariant cohomology, but identical classical equivariant cohomology. Unlike the classical case, the description of the chiral equivariant cohomology of spheres requires a substantial amount of new structural theory, which we fully develop in this paper. This includes a quasi-conformal structure, equivariant homotopy invariance, and the values of this cohomology on homogeneous spaces. These results rely on crucial features of the underlying vertex algebra valued complex that have no classical analogues.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 07:07:06 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sat, 1 Sep 2007 20:38:51 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Fri, 9 Jul 2010 09:24:06 GMT" }, { "version": "v4", "created": "Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:33:29 GMT" } ]
2021-05-21T00:00:00
[ [ "Lian", "Bong H.", "" ], [ "Linshaw", "Andrew R.", "" ], [ "Song", "Bailin", "" ] ]
0705.0208
Hikaru Kawamura
Takeshi Kotani, Hajime Yoshino and Hikaru Kawamura
Periodicity and criticality in the Olami-Feder-Christensen model of earthquakes
null
Phys. Rev. E77 010102(R) (2008)
10.1103/PhysRevE.77.010102
null
cond-mat.other physics.geo-ph
null
Characteristic versus critical features of earthquakes are studied on the basis of the Olami-Feder-Christensen model. It is found that the local recurrence-time distribution exhibits a sharp $\delta$-function-like peak corresponding to rhythmic recurrence of events with a fixed ``period'' uniquely determined by the transmission parameter of the model, together with a power-law-like tail corresponding to scale-free recurrence of events. The model exhibits phenomena closely resembling the asperity known in seismology.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 06:46:27 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Kotani", "Takeshi", "" ], [ "Yoshino", "Hajime", "" ], [ "Kawamura", "Hikaru", "" ] ]
0705.0209
Nathalie Villa
Fabrice Rossi (INRIA Rocquencourt / INRIA Sophia Antipolis), Nathalie Villa (GRIMM)
Support vector machine for functional data classification
13 pages
Neurocomputing / EEG Neurocomputing 69, 7-9 (2006) 730-742
10.1016/j.neucom.2005.12.010
null
math.ST stat.ML stat.TH
null
In many applications, input data are sampled functions taking their values in infinite dimensional spaces rather than standard vectors. This fact has complex consequences on data analysis algorithms that motivate modifications of them. In fact most of the traditional data analysis tools for regression, classification and clustering have been adapted to functional inputs under the general name of functional Data Analysis (FDA). In this paper, we investigate the use of Support Vector Machines (SVMs) for functional data analysis and we focus on the problem of curves discrimination. SVMs are large margin classifier tools based on implicit non linear mappings of the considered data into high dimensional spaces thanks to kernels. We show how to define simple kernels that take into account the unctional nature of the data and lead to consistent classification. Experiments conducted on real world data emphasize the benefit of taking into account some functional aspects of the problems.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 06:48:41 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Rossi", "Fabrice", "", "INRIA Rocquencourt / INRIA Sophia Antipolis" ], [ "Villa", "Nathalie", "", "GRIMM" ] ]
0705.0210
Nathalie Villa
Nathalie Villa (GRIMM), Fabrice Rossi (INRIA Rocquencourt / INRIA Sophia Antipolis)
Un r\'esultat de consistance pour des SVM fonctionnels par interpolation spline
6 pages
Comptes Rendus de l Acad\'emie des Sciences - Series I - Mathematics 343, 8 (15/10/2006) 555-560
10.1016/j.crma.2006.09.025
null
math.ST stat.TH
null
This Note proposes a new methodology for function classification with Support Vector Machine (SVM). Rather than relying on projection on a truncated Hilbert basis as in our previous work, we use an implicit spline interpolation that allows us to compute SVM on the derivatives of the studied functions. To that end, we propose a kernel defined directly on the discretizations of the observed functions. We show that this method is universally consistent.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 06:52:13 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Villa", "Nathalie", "", "GRIMM" ], [ "Rossi", "Fabrice", "", "INRIA Rocquencourt / INRIA\n Sophia Antipolis" ] ]
0705.0211
Nathalie Villa
Louis Ferr\'e (GRIMM), Nathalie Villa (GRIMM)
Multilayer Perceptron with Functional Inputs: an Inverse Regression Approach
17 pages
Scandinavian Journal of Statistics 33, 4 (12/2006) 807-823
10.1111/j.1467-9469.2006.00496.x
null
math.ST stat.TH
null
Functional data analysis is a growing research field as more and more practical applications involve functional data. In this paper, we focus on the problem of regression and classification with functional predictors: the model suggested combines an efficient dimension reduction procedure [functional sliced inverse regression, first introduced by Ferr\'e & Yao (Statistics, 37, 2003, 475)], for which we give a regularized version, with the accuracy of a neural network. Some consistency results are given and the method is successfully confronted to real-life data.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 06:56:00 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Ferré", "Louis", "", "GRIMM" ], [ "Villa", "Nathalie", "", "GRIMM" ] ]
0705.0212
Sandor Varro
Sandor Varro and Gyozo Farkas
Attosecond electron pulses from interference of above-threshold de Broglie waves
40 pages, 6 figures
Laser and Particle Beams (2008) Vol. 26, No.1, pages 9-19
10.1017/S0263034608000037
null
physics.plasm-ph physics.gen-ph
null
It is shown that the the interference of above-threshold electron de Broglie waves, generated by an intense laser pulse at a metal surface yields attosecond electron pulses. This inerference is an analogon of the superposition of high harmonics generated from rare gas atoms, resulting in trains of attosecond light pulses.Owing to the inherent kinematic dispersion, the propagation of attosecond de Broglie waves in vacuum is very different from that of attosecond light pulses, which propagate without changing shape. Above the metal surface there are "collaps bands" and "revival layers" of the electron current even at macroscopic distances. In the range of parameters considered, the maximum value of the current densities of such ultrashort electron pulses has been estimated to be of order of couple of tenths of milliamps per square centimeters.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 07:17:51 GMT" } ]
2008-04-04T00:00:00
[ [ "Varro", "Sandor", "" ], [ "Farkas", "Gyozo", "" ] ]
0705.0213
Michael Engel
Michael Engel, Hans-Rainer Trebin (Institut f\"ur Theoretische und Angewandte Physik, Universit\"at Stuttgart)
Self-Assembly of Monatomic Complex Crystals and Quasicrystals with a Double-Well Interaction Potential
4 pages, 6 figures. Physical Review Letters, in Press (April 2007)
Physical Review Letters 98, 225505 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.225505
null
cond-mat.other
null
For the study of crystal formation and dynamics we introduce a simple two-dimensional monatomic model system with a parametrized interaction potential. We find in molecular dynamics simulations that a surprising variety of crystals, a decagonal and a dodecagonal quasicrystal are self-assembled. In the case of the quasicrystals the particles reorder by phason flips at elevated temperatures. During annealing the entropically stabilized decagonal quasicrystal undergoes a reversible phase transition at 65% of the melting temperature into an approximant, which is monitored by the rotation of the de Bruijn surface in hyperspace.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 07:37:06 GMT" } ]
2007-07-03T00:00:00
[ [ "Engel", "Michael", "", "Institut für Theoretische und\n Angewandte Physik, Universität Stuttgart" ], [ "Trebin", "Hans-Rainer", "", "Institut für Theoretische und\n Angewandte Physik, Universität Stuttgart" ] ]
0705.0214
Mourad Zerai
Mourad Zerai, Maher Moakher
Riemannian level-set methods for tensor-valued data
11 pages, 03 figures, to be published in the proceedings of SSVM 2007, LNCS Springer
null
null
null
cs.CV
null
We present a novel approach for the derivation of PDE modeling curvature-driven flows for matrix-valued data. This approach is based on the Riemannian geometry of the manifold of Symmetric Positive Definite Matrices Pos(n).
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 07:32:58 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Zerai", "Mourad", "" ], [ "Moakher", "Maher", "" ] ]
0705.0215
Ignas Snellen
Ignas Snellen (Leiden Observatory)
Transit and secondary eclipse photometry in the near-infrared
6 pages, to appear in the PASP proceedings of "Transiting Extrasolar Planets Workshop" MPIA Heidelberg Germany, 25th-28th September 2006. Eds: C. Afonso, D. Weldrake & T. Henning
null
null
null
astro-ph
null
Near-infrared photometry of transiting extrasolar planets can be of great scientific value. It is however not straightforward to reach the necessary millimagnitude precision. Here we report on our attempts to observe transits and secondary eclipses of several extrasolar planets at 2.2 micron. Best results have been obtained on OGLE-TR-113b using the SOFI near-infrared camera on ESO's New Technology Telescope. Its K-band transit shows a remarkably flat bottom indicating low stellar limb darkening. Secondary eclipse photometry has resulted in a formal 3 sigma detection, but residual systematic effects make this detection rather uncertain.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 07:53:14 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Snellen", "Ignas", "", "Leiden Observatory" ] ]
0705.0216
Prof. Dr. M. W. Wu
J. Zhou and M. W. Wu
Spin relaxation due to the Bir-Aronov-Pikus mechanism in intrinsic and $p$-type GaAs quantum wells from a fully microscopic approach
10 pages, 6 figures, Phys. Rev. B 77, 2008, in press
Phys. Rev. B 77, 075318 (2008)
10.1103/PhysRevB.77.075318
null
cond-mat.mtrl-sci cond-mat.other
null
We study the electron spin relaxation in intrinsic and $p$-type (001) GaAs quantum wells by constructing and numerically solving the kinetic spin Bloch equations. All the relevant scatterings are explicitly included, especially the spin-flip electron-heavy hole exchange scattering which leads to the Bir-Aronov-Pikus spin relaxation. We show that, due to the neglection of the nonlinear terms in the electron-heavy hole exchange scattering in the Fermi-golden-rule approach, the spin relaxation due to the Bir-Aronov-Pikus mechanism is greatly exaggerated at moderately high electron density and low temperature in the literature. We compare the spin relaxation time due to the Bir-Aronov-Pikus mechanism with that due to the D'yakonov-Perel' mechanism which is also calculated from the kinetic spin Bloch equations with all the scatterings, especially the spin-conserving electron-electron and electron-heavy hole scatterings, included. We find that, in intrinsic quantum wells, the effect from the Bir-Aronov-Pikus mechanism is much smaller than that from the D'yakonov-Perel' mechanism at low temperature, and it is smaller by no more than one order of magnitude at high temperature. In $p$-type quantum wells, the spin relaxation due to the Bir-Aronov-Pikus mechanism is also much smaller than the one due to the D'yakonov-Perel' mechanism at low temperature and becomes comparable to each other at higher temperature when the hole density and the width of the quantum well are large enough. We claim that unlike in the bulk samples, the Bir-Aronov-Pikus mechanism hardly dominates the spin relaxation in two-dimensional samples.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 14:57:14 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 3 May 2007 02:46:03 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:00:50 GMT" } ]
2008-02-21T00:00:00
[ [ "Zhou", "J.", "" ], [ "Wu", "M. W.", "" ] ]
0705.0217
Roland Lehoucq
S. Caillerie, M. Lachi\`eze-Rey, J.-P. Luminet, R. Lehoucq, A. Riazuelo and J. Weeks
A new analysis of Poincar\'e dodecahedral space model
Accepted by A&A, 6 pages, 4 figures ; revised version according to referee's comments
null
10.1051/0004-6361:20077656
null
astro-ph
null
The full three-year WMAP results (WMAP3) reinforce the absence of large-angle correlations at scales greater than 60 degrees. The Poincare dodecahedral space (PDS) model model, which may naturally explain such features, thus remains a plausible cosmological model, despite recent controversy about whether matched circle searches would or would not push the topology beyond the horizon. Here, we have used new eigenmode calculations of the dodecahedral space to predict the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature fluctuations in such models, with an improved angular resolution. We have simulated CMB maps and confirmed the expected presence of matching circles. For a set of plausible cosmological parameters, we have derived the angular power spectrum of the CMB up to large wavenumbers. Comparison with the WMAP3 observations confirms a remarkable fit with a PDS model, for a value $\Omega_0 = 1.018$ of the average total energy density.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 08:09:59 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 1 Oct 2007 12:08:37 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Caillerie", "S.", "" ], [ "Lachièze-Rey", "M.", "" ], [ "Luminet", "J. -P.", "" ], [ "Lehoucq", "R.", "" ], [ "Riazuelo", "A.", "" ], [ "Weeks", "J.", "" ] ]
0705.0218
Daniel Freeman
Daniel Freeman
Weakly null sequences with upper estimates
21 pages
null
null
null
math.FA
null
We prove that if $(v_i)$ is a normalized basic sequence and X is a Banach space such that every normalized weakly null sequence in X has a subsequence that is dominated by $(v_i)$, then there exists a uniform constant $C\geq1$ such that every normalized weakly null sequence in X has a subsequence that is C-dominated by $(v_i)$. This extends a result of Knaust and Odell, who proved this for the cases in which $(v_i)$ is the standard basis for $\ell_p$ or $c_0$.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 08:13:36 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Freeman", "Daniel", "" ] ]
0705.0219
Koichi Hamaguchi
K. Hamaguchi, S. Shirai and T. T. Yanagida
Determining the Mass for a Light Gravitino
9 pages, 12 figures
Phys.Lett.B651:44-48,2007
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.05.063
UT-07-15
hep-ph
null
Gauge mediated supersymmetry breaking scenarios with an ultra-light gravitino of mass m_{3/2}=1-10 eV are very interesting, since there is no cosmological gravitino problem. We propose a new experimental determination of the gravitino mass for such an ultra-light gravitino, by measuring a branching ratio of two decay modes of sleptons.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 08:13:44 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Hamaguchi", "K.", "" ], [ "Shirai", "S.", "" ], [ "Yanagida", "T. T.", "" ] ]
0705.0220
Viktor Dotsenko
V.S.Dotsenko, L.B.Ioffe, V.B.Geshkenbein, S.E.Korshunov and G.Blatter
Joint free energy distribution in the random directed polymer problem
4 pages, 1 figure
Phys.Rev.Lett. 100 (2008) 050601
10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.050601
null
cond-mat.dis-nn cond-mat.stat-mech
null
We consider two configurations of a random directed polymer of length L confined to a plane and ending in two points separated by 2u. Defining the mean free energy $\bar F$ and the free energy difference F' of the two configurations, we determine the joint distribution function P_{L,u}(\bar F,F') using the replica approach. We find that for large L and large negative free energies $\bar F$, the joint distribution function factorizes into longitudinal (P_{L,u} (\bar F)) and transverse (P_{u}(F')) components, which furthermore coincide with results obtained prevously via different independent routes.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 08:16:23 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:49:10 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Dotsenko", "V. S.", "" ], [ "Ioffe", "L. B.", "" ], [ "Geshkenbein", "V. B.", "" ], [ "Korshunov", "S. E.", "" ], [ "Blatter", "G.", "" ] ]
0705.0221
Farook Rahaman
F. Rahaman and R. Mondal
Non static Global monopole in Lyra geometry
7 pages
FizikaB16:223-230,2007
null
null
gr-qc
null
A class of non static solutions around a global monopole resulting from the breaking of a global S0(3) symmetry based on Lyra geometry are obtained. The solutions are obtained using the functional separability of the metric coefficients. We have shown that the monopole exerts attractive gravitational effects on test particles.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 08:19:02 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Rahaman", "F.", "" ], [ "Mondal", "R.", "" ] ]
0705.0222
Ludmila Petrova
L.I.Petrova
The connection between field-theory and the equations for material sistems
9 pages
null
null
null
physics.gen-ph
null
The existing field theories are based on the properties of closed exterior forms, which correspond to conservation laws for physical fields. In the present paper it is shown that closed exterior forms corresponding to field theories are obtained from the equations modelling conservation (balance) laws for material sistems (material media). The process of obtaining closed exterior forms demonstrates the connection between field-theory equations and the equations for material sistems and points to the fact that the foundations of field theories must be conditioned by the properties of equations conservation laws for material sistems.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 08:26:14 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Petrova", "L. I.", "" ] ]
0705.0223
Garel
Cecile Monthus and Thomas Garel
On the multifractal statistics of the local order parameter at random critical points : application to wetting transitions with disorder
17 pages, 20 figures
Phys. Rev. E 76, 021114 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevE.76.021114
null
cond-mat.dis-nn
null
Disordered systems present multifractal properties at criticality. In particular, as discovered by Ludwig (A.W.W. Ludwig, Nucl. Phys. B 330, 639 (1990)) on the case of diluted two-dimensional Potts model, the moments $\bar{\rho^q(r)}$ of the local order parameter $\rho(r)$ scale with a set $x(q)$ of non-trivial exponents $x(q) \neq q x(1)$. In this paper, we revisit these ideas to incorporate more recent findings: (i) whenever a multifractal measure $w(r)$ normalized over space $ \sum_r w(r)=1$ occurs in a random system, it is crucial to distinguish between the typical values and the disorder averaged values of the generalized moments $Y_q =\sum_r w^q(r)$, since they may scale with different generalized dimensions $D(q)$ and $\tilde D(q)$ (ii) as discovered by Wiseman and Domany (S. Wiseman and E. Domany, Phys Rev E {\bf 52}, 3469 (1995)), the presence of an infinite correlation length induces a lack of self-averaging at critical points for thermodynamic observables, in particular for the order parameter. After this general discussion valid for any random critical point, we apply these ideas to random polymer models that can be studied numerically for large sizes and good statistics over the samples. We study the bidimensional wetting or the Poland-Scheraga DNA model with loop exponent $c=1.5$ (marginal disorder) and $c=1.75$ (relevant disorder). Finally, we argue that the presence of finite Griffiths ordered clusters at criticality determines the asymptotic value $x(q \to \infty) =d$ and the minimal value $ \alpha_{min}=D(q \to \infty)=d-x(1) $ of the typical multifractal spectrum $f(\alpha)$.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 08:28:11 GMT" } ]
2007-08-22T00:00:00
[ [ "Monthus", "Cecile", "" ], [ "Garel", "Thomas", "" ] ]
0705.0224
Roland Wester
J. Mikosch, U. Fr\"uhling, S. Trippel, D. Schwalm, M. Weidem\"uller, R. Wester
Evaporation of buffer gas-thermalized anions out of a multipole rf ion trap
Phys. Rev. Lett., in press
null
10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.223001
null
physics.atom-ph
null
We identify plain evaporation of ions as the fundamental loss mechanism out of a multipole ion trap. Using thermalized negative Cl- ions we find that the evaporative loss rate is proportional to a Boltzmann factor. This thermodynamic description sheds new light on the dynamics of particles in time-varying confining potentials. It specifically allows us to extract the effective depth of the ion trap as the activation energy for evaporation. As a function of the rf amplitude we find two distinct regimes related to the stability of motion of the trapped ions. For low amplitudes the entire trap allows for stable motion and the trap depth increases with the rf field. For larger rf amplitudes, however, rapid energy transfer from the field to the ion motion can occur at large trap radii, which leads to a reduction of the effective trapping volume. In this regime the trap depth decreases again with increasing rf amplitude. We give an analytical parameterization of the trap depth for various multipole traps that allows predictions of the most favorable trapping conditions.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 08:29:53 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Mikosch", "J.", "" ], [ "Frühling", "U.", "" ], [ "Trippel", "S.", "" ], [ "Schwalm", "D.", "" ], [ "Weidemüller", "M.", "" ], [ "Wester", "R.", "" ] ]
0705.0225
Sylvain Crovisier
Christian Bonatti, Sylvain Crovisier and Amie Wilkinson
The centralizer of a C1 generic diffeomorphism is trivial
null
null
null
null
math.DS
null
In this announcement, we describe the solution in the C1 topology to a question asked by S. Smale on the genericity of trivial centralizers: the set of diffeomorphisms of a compact connected manifold with trivial centralizer residual in Diff^1 but does not contain an open and dense subset.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 08:43:09 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 25 May 2007 12:45:56 GMT" } ]
2007-06-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Bonatti", "Christian", "" ], [ "Crovisier", "Sylvain", "" ], [ "Wilkinson", "Amie", "" ] ]
0705.0226
Eduardo Souza Fraga
E. S. Fraga, G. Krein, A. J. Mizher
Langevin dynamics of the pure SU(2) deconfining transition
7 pages, 2 figures; v2: minor changes, published version
Phys.Rev.D76:034501,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.034501
null
hep-ph hep-lat
null
We investigate the dissipative real-time evolution of the order parameter for the deconfining transition in the pure SU(2) gauge theory. The approach to equilibrium after a quench to temperatures well above the critical one is described by a Langevin equation. To fix completely the markovian Langevin dynamics we choose the dissipation coefficient, that is a function of the temperature, guided by preliminary Monte Carlo simulations for various temperatures. Assuming a relationship between Monte Carlo time and real time, we estimate the delay in thermalization brought about by dissipation and noise.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 13:45:41 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:48:50 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Fraga", "E. S.", "" ], [ "Krein", "G.", "" ], [ "Mizher", "A. J.", "" ] ]
0705.0227
Graeme J. Ackland
Graeme J. Ackland, Richard D.L.Hanes, Morrel H. Cohen
Self assembly of a model multicellular organism resembling the Dictyostelium slime molds
null
null
null
null
q-bio.CB q-bio.PE
null
The evolution of multicellular organisms from monocellular ancestors represents one of the greatest advances of the history of life. The assembly of such multicellular organisms requires signalling and response between cells: over millions of years these signalling processes have become extremely sophisticated and refined by evolution, such that study of modern organisms may not be able to shed much light on the original ancient processes . Here we are interested in determining how simple a signalling method can be, while still achieving self-assembly. In 2D a coupled cellular automaton/differential equation approach models organisms and chemotaxic chemicals, producing spiralling aggregation. In 3D Lennard-Jones-like particles are used to represent single cells, and their evolution in response to signalling is followed by molecular dynamics. It is found that if a single cell is able to emit a signal which induces others to move towards it, then a colony of single-cell organisms can assemble into shapes as complex as a tower, a ball atop a stalk, or a fast-moving slug. The similarity with the behaviour of modern Dictyostelium slime molds signalling with cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) is striking.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 08:45:54 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Ackland", "Graeme J.", "" ], [ "Hanes", "Richard D. L.", "" ], [ "Cohen", "Morrel H.", "" ] ]
0705.0228
Herbert Balasin
Herbert Balasin and Peter Aichelburg
Canonical Formulation of pp-waves
To appear in the "Obregon Festschrift"
Gen.Rel.Grav.39:1075-1085,2007
10.1007/s10714-007-0452-0
null
gr-qc
null
We construct a Hamiltonian formulation for the class of plane-fronted gravitational waves with parallel rays (pp-waves). Because of the existence of a light-like Killing vector, the dynamics is effectively reduced to a 2+1 evolution with "time" chosen to be light-like. In spite of the vanishing action this allows us to geometrically identify a symplectic form as well as dynamical Hamiltonian, thus casting the system into canonical form.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 08:46:11 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Balasin", "Herbert", "" ], [ "Aichelburg", "Peter", "" ] ]
0705.0229
Lars M. Johansen
Lars M. Johansen
Quantum theory of successive projective measurements
6 pages
Phys. Rev. A76, 012119 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.76.012119
null
quant-ph
null
We show that a quantum state may be represented as the sum of a joint probability and a complex quantum modification term. The joint probability and the modification term can both be observed in successive projective measurements. The complex modification term is a measure of measurement disturbance. A selective phase rotation is needed to obtain the imaginary part. This leads to a complex quasiprobability, the Kirkwood distribution. We show that the Kirkwood distribution contains full information about the state if the two observables are maximal and complementary. The Kirkwood distribution gives a new picture of state reduction. In a nonselective measurement, the modification term vanishes. A selective measurement leads to a quantum state as a nonnegative conditional probability. We demonstrate the special significance of the Schwinger basis.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 08:47:59 GMT" } ]
2007-11-21T00:00:00
[ [ "Johansen", "Lars M.", "" ] ]
0705.0230
Olle Gunnarsson
O. Gunnarsson and K. Vafayi
Comment on ``Collapse of Coherent Quasiparticle States in $\theta$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$I$_3$ Observed by Optical Spectroscopy''
1 page, 1figure
null
10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.219802
null
cond-mat.mtrl-sci cond-mat.str-el
null
Recently, Takenaka et al. reported that the resistivity rho(T) of theta-(BEDT-TTF)_2I_3 (theta-ET) exceeds the Ioffe-Regel resistivity by a factor of 50 at large temperatures T (``bad metal''). This was ascribed to strong correlation. We argue that the optical conductivity sigma(omega) implies that correlation is not very strong, and that correlation gives no general strong suppression of sigma(omega). The large rho(T) is primarily due to a downturn in sigma(omega) at small omega, earlier emphasized by Takenaka et al. as the explanation for bad metal behavior of high-T_c cuprates. We argue, however, that for cuprates strong correlation is the main effect. The data of Takenaka et al. puts theta-ET in a new class of bad metals.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 09:20:59 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Gunnarsson", "O.", "" ], [ "Vafayi", "K.", "" ] ]
0705.0231
Cristian Chumillas
C. Chumillas, G. Garbarino, A. Parreno and A. Ramos
Two-pion-exchange in the non-mesonic weak decay of $\Lambda$-hypernuclei
20 pages, 3 figures Uses elsart.cls
Phys.Lett.B657:180-186,2007
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.08.094
null
nucl-th
null
The non-mesonic weak decay of $\Lambda$--hypernuclei is studied within a one-meson-exchange potential supplemented by a chirally motivated two-pion-exchange mechanism. The effects of final state interactions on the outgoing nucleons are also taken into account. In view of the severe discrepancies between theoretical expectations and experimental data, particular attention is payed to the asymmetry of the protons emitted by polarized hypernuclei. The one-meson-exchange model describes the non-mesonic rates and the neutron-to-proton ratio satisfactorily but predicts a too large and negative asymmetry parameter. The uncorrelated and correlated two-pion mechanisms change the rates moderately, thus maintaining the agreement with experiment. The modification in the strength and sign of some decay amplitudes becomes crucial and produces asymmetry parameters which lie well within the experimental observations.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 14:45:01 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Chumillas", "C.", "" ], [ "Garbarino", "G.", "" ], [ "Parreno", "A.", "" ], [ "Ramos", "A.", "" ] ]
0705.0232
Kotub Uddin
Kotub Uddin, James E Lidsey and Reza Tavakol
Cosmological perturbations in Palatini modified gravity
null
Class.Quant.Grav.24:3951-3962,2007
10.1088/0264-9381/24/15/012
null
gr-qc astro-ph
null
Two approaches to the study of cosmological density perturbations in modified theories of Palatini gravity have recently been discussed. These utilise, respectively, a generalisation of Birkhoff's theorem and a direct linearization of the gravitational field equations. In this paper these approaches are compared and contrasted. The general form of the gravitational lagrangian for which the two frameworks yield identical results in the long-wavelength limit is derived. This class of models includes the case where the lagrangian is a power-law of the Ricci curvature scalar. The evolution of density perturbations in theories of the type $f(R)=R-c /R^ b$ is investigated numerically. It is found that the results obtained by the two methods are in good agreement on sufficiently large scales when the values of the parameters (b,c) are consistent with current observational constraints. However, this agreement becomes progressively poorer for models that differ significantly from the standard concordance model and as smaller scales are considered.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 09:10:33 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:07:56 GMT" } ]
2010-10-27T00:00:00
[ [ "Uddin", "Kotub", "" ], [ "Lidsey", "James E", "" ], [ "Tavakol", "Reza", "" ] ]
0705.0233
Jiangping Hu
Jiangping Hu, Yiguang Hong
Coordination for a Group of Autonomous Mobile Agents with Multiple Leaders
5 pages,7 figures
null
10.1109/CHICC.2006.280978
null
math-ph math.MP
null
In this paper, we consider the coordination control of a group of autonomous mobile agents with multiple leaders. Different interconnection topologies are investigated. At first, a necessary and sufficient condition is proved in the case of fixed interconnection topology. Then a sufficient condition is proposed when the interconnection topology is switched. With a simple first-order dynamics model by using the neighborhood rule, both results show that the group behavior of the agents will converge to the polytope formed by the leaders.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 09:16:19 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Hu", "Jiangping", "" ], [ "Hong", "Yiguang", "" ] ]
0705.0234
Fabrizio Tavecchio
F. Tavecchio, L. Maraschi, G. Ghisellini, J. Kataoka, L. Foschini, R.M. Sambruna, G. Tagliaferri
Low energy cut-offs and hard X-ray spectra in high-z radio-loud quasars: the Suzaku view of RBS315
Accepted for publication in ApJ
Astrophys.J.665:980-989,2007
10.1086/519156
null
astro-ph
null
We present the results from the Suzaku observation of the powerful radio-loud quasar RBS315 (z=2.69), for which a previous XMM-Newton observation showed an extremely flat X-ray continuum up to 10 keV (photon index Gamma=1.26) and indications of strong intrinsic absorption (N_H~10^22 cm^{-2} assuming neutral gas). The instrument for hard X-rays HXD/PIN allows us a detection of the source up to 50 keV. The broad-band continuum (0.5-50 keV) can be well modeled with a power-law with slope Gamma=1.5 (definitively softer than the continuum measured by XMM-Newton) above 1 keV with strong deficit of soft photons. The low-energy cut-off can be well fitted either with intrinsic absorption (with column density N_H~10^22 cm^{-2} in the quasar rest frame) or with a break in the continuum, with an extremely hard (Gamma =0.7) power-law below 1 keV. We construct the Spectral Energy Distribution of the source, using also optical-UV measurements obtained through a quasi-simultaneous UVOT/SWIFT observation. The shape of the SED is similar to that of other Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars (FSRQs) with similar power, making this source an excellent candidate for the detection in gamma-rays by GLAST. We model the SED with the synchrotron-Inverse Compton model usually applied to FSRQs, showing that the deficit of soft photons can be naturally interpreted as due to an intrinsic curvature of the spectrum near the low energy end of the IC component rather than to intrinsic absorption, although the latter possibility cannot be ruled out. We propose that in at least a fraction of the radio-loud QSOs at high redshift the cut-off in the soft X-ray band can be explained in a similar way. Further studies are required to distinguish between the two alternatives.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 09:27:47 GMT" } ]
2009-06-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Tavecchio", "F.", "" ], [ "Maraschi", "L.", "" ], [ "Ghisellini", "G.", "" ], [ "Kataoka", "J.", "" ], [ "Foschini", "L.", "" ], [ "Sambruna", "R. M.", "" ], [ "Tagliaferri", "G.", "" ] ]
0705.0235
Eyo Ita III
Eyo Eyo Ita III
Instanton representation of Plebanski gravity: Application to the Schwarzchild metric
22 pages. Background material for revised journal article
The Abraham Zelmanov Journal, 2011, Vol. 4 (pages 72-95)
null
DAMTP-2007-39
gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper we apply the instanton representation method to the construction of spherically symmetric blackhole general relativity solutions. The instanton representation implies the existence of additional Type D solutions which are axially symmetric. We explicitly construct these solutions, which are fully consistent with Birkhoff's theorem.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 09:33:14 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:13:51 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:46:14 GMT" } ]
2012-02-20T00:00:00
[ [ "Ita", "Eyo Eyo", "III" ] ]
0705.0236
Georgi Ganchev
Georgi Ganchev, Ognian Kassabov
Hermitian manifolds of pointwise constant antiholomorphic sectional curvatures
7 pages
Serdica Math. J. 33 (2007), 377-386
null
null
math.DG
null
In dimension greater than four, we prove that if a Hermitian non-Kaehler manifold is of pointwise constant antiholomorphic sectional curvatures, then it is of constant sectional curvatures.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 09:44:03 GMT" } ]
2007-07-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Ganchev", "Georgi", "" ], [ "Kassabov", "Ognian", "" ] ]
0705.0237
David Sanchez
David Sanchez, Charles Gould, Georg Schmidt, Laurens W. Molenkamp
Spin-polarized transport in II-VI magnetic resonant tunneling devices
7 pages, 6 figures
IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 54, 984 (2007)
10.1109/TED.2007.894373
null
cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.mtrl-sci
null
We investigate electronic transport through II-VI semiconductor resonant tunneling structures containing diluted magnetic impurities. Due to the exchange interaction between the conduction electrons and the impurities, there arises a giant Zeeman splitting in the presence of a moderately low magnetic field. As a consequence, when the quantum well is magnetically doped the current-voltage characteristics shows two peaks corresponding to transport for each spin channel. This behavior is experimentally observed and can be reproduced with a simple tunneling model. The model thus allows to analyze other configurations. First, we further increase the magnetic field, which leads to a spin polarization of the electronic current injected from the leads, thus giving rise to a relative change in the current amplitude. We demonstrate that the spin polarization in the emitter can be determined from such a change. Furthermore, in the case of a magnetically doped injector our model shows a large increase in peak amplitude and a shift of the resonance to higher voltages as the external field increases. We find that this effect arises from a combination of giant Zeeman splitting, 3-D incident distribution and broad resonance linewidth.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 09:48:55 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Sanchez", "David", "" ], [ "Gould", "Charles", "" ], [ "Schmidt", "Georg", "" ], [ "Molenkamp", "Laurens W.", "" ] ]
0705.0238
Maurizio Falanga Dr.
Maurizio Falanga, Fulvio Melia, Michel Tagger, Andrea Goldwurm, Guillaume Belanger
General Relativistic Flux Modulations from Disk Instabilities in Sagittarius A*
5 Pages, 3 Figures, accepted for publication in ApJ Letter
null
10.1086/519278
null
astro-ph
null
Near-IR and X-ray flares have been detected from the supermassive black hole Sgr A* at the center of our Galaxy with a (quasi)-period of ~17-20 minutes, suggesting an emission region only a few Schwarzschild radii above the event horizon. The latest X-ray flare, detected with XMM-Newton, is notable for its detailed lightcurve, yielding not only the highest quality period thus far, but also important structure reflecting the geometry of the emitting region. Recent MHD simulations of Sgr A*'s disk have demonstrated the growth of a Rossby wave instability, that enhances the accretion rate for several hours, possibly accounting for the observed flares. In this Letter, we carry out ray-tracing calculations in a Schwarzschild metric to determine as accurately as possible the lightcurve produced by general relativistic effects during such a disruption. We find that the Rossby wave induced spiral pattern in the disk is an excellent fit to the data, implying a disk inclination angle of ~77 deg. Note, however, that if this association is correct, the observed period is not due to the underlying Keplerian motion but, rather, to the pattern speed. The favorable comparison between the observed and simulated lightcurves provides important additional evidence that the flares are produced in Sgr A*'s inner disk.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 09:53:43 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Falanga", "Maurizio", "" ], [ "Melia", "Fulvio", "" ], [ "Tagger", "Michel", "" ], [ "Goldwurm", "Andrea", "" ], [ "Belanger", "Guillaume", "" ] ]
0705.0239
Gioacchino Ranucci
H.O. Back et al. (Borexino Collaboration)
Pulse-Shape discrimination with the Counting Test Facility
39 pages, 17 figures, submitted to Nucl. Instr. Meth. A
Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A584:98-113,2008
10.1016/j.nima.2007.09.036
null
physics.ins-det
null
Pulse shape discrimination (PSD) is one of the most distinctive features of liquid scintillators. Since the introduction of the scintillation techniques in the field of particle detection, many studies have been carried out to characterize intrinsic properties of the most common liquid scintillator mixtures in this respect. Several application methods and algorithms able to achieve optimum discrimination performances have been developed. However, the vast majority of these studies have been performed on samples of small dimensions. The Counting Test Facility, prototype of the solar neutrino experiment Borexino, as a 4 ton spherical scintillation detector immersed in 1000 tons of shielding water, represents a unique opportunity to extend the small-sample PSD studies to a large-volume setup. Specifically, in this work we consider two different liquid scintillation mixtures employed in CTF, illustrating for both the PSD characterization results obtained either with the processing of the scintillation waveform through the optimum Gatti's method, or via a more conventional approach based on the charge content of the scintillation tail. The outcomes of this study, while interesting per se, are also of paramount importance in view of the expected Borexino detector performances, where PSD will be an essential tool in the framework of the background rejection strategy needed to achieve the required sensitivity to the solar neutrino signals.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 09:57:12 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "al.", "H. O. Back et", "", "Borexino Collaboration" ] ]
0705.0240
Ian Huston
James E. Lidsey and Ian Huston
Gravitational Wave Constraints on DBI Inflation
18 pages; V2: added references, version as published in JCAP
JCAP0707:002,2007
10.1088/1475-7516/2007/07/002
null
hep-th astro-ph gr-qc
null
An upper bound on the amplitude of the primordial gravitational wave spectrum generated during ultra-violet DBI inflation is derived. The bound is insensitive to the form of the inflaton potential and the warp factor of the compactified dimensions and can be expressed entirely in terms of observational parameters once the volume of the five-dimensional sub-manifold of the throat has been specified. For standard type IIB compactification schemes, the bound predicts undetectably small tensor perturbations with a tensor-scalar ratio $r < 10^{-7}$. This is incompatible with a corresponding lower limit of $r > 0.1 (1-n_s)$, which applies to any model that generates a red spectral index $n_s <1$ and a potentially detectable non-Gaussianity in the curvature perturbation. Possible ways of evading these bounds in more general DBI-type scenarios are discussed and a multiple-brane model is investigated as a specific example.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 09:57:18 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 4 Jul 2007 12:18:06 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Lidsey", "James E.", "" ], [ "Huston", "Ian", "" ] ]
0705.0241
Miroslav Pardy
Miroslav Pardy
New paradox in the special theory of relativity generated by the string dynamics
3 pages
null
null
null
physics.class-ph
null
It is proved that the definition of simultaneity by Einstein leads to the paradox motion of he string from the viewpoint of the observer in the inertial system S' moving with velocity v with regard to the inertial system S.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 10:02:14 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Pardy", "Miroslav", "" ] ]
0705.0242
Giampiero Esposito Dr.
Elisabetta Di Grezia, Giampiero Esposito, Gennaro Miele
The scalar wave equation in a non-commutative spherically symmetric space-time
19 pages, Revtex4, 7 figures
Int.J.Geom.Meth.Mod.Phys.5:33-47,2008
10.1142/S0219887808002631
DSF 2007/14
hep-th
null
Recent work in the literature has studied a version of non-commutative Schwarzschild black holes where the effects of non-commutativity are described by a mass function depending on both the radial variable r and a non-commutativity parameter theta. The present paper studies the asymptotic behaviour of solutions of the zero-rest-mass scalar wave equation in such a modified Schwarzschild space-time in a neighbourhood of spatial infinity. The analysis is eventually reduced to finding solutions of an inhomogeneous Euler--Poisson--Darboux equation, where the parameter theta affects explicitly the functional form of the source term. Interestingly, for finite values of theta, there is full qualitative agreement with general relativity: the conformal singularity at spacelike infinity reduces in a considerable way the differentiability class of scalar fields at future null infinity. In the physical space-time, this means that the scalar field has an asymptotic behaviour with a fall-off going on rather more slowly than in flat space-time.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 10:07:09 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Di Grezia", "Elisabetta", "" ], [ "Esposito", "Giampiero", "" ], [ "Miele", "Gennaro", "" ] ]
0705.0243
Hyunseok Jeong
Hyunseok Jeong, Jinhyoung Lee, and Hyunchul Nha
Decoherence of Highly Mixed Macroscopic Quantum Superpositions
6 pages, 4 figures
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, Vol. 25, Issue 6, pp. 1025-1030 (2008)
10.1364/JOSAB.25.001025
null
quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
It is known that a macroscopic quantum superposition (MQS), when it is exposed to environment, decoheres at a rate scaling with the separation of its component states in phase space. This is more or less consistent with the well known proposition that a more macroscopic quantum state is reduced more quickly to a classical state in general. Effects of initial mixedness, however, on the subsequent decoherence of MQSs have been less known. In this paper, we study the evolution of a highly mixed MQS interacting with an environment, and compare it with that of a pure MQS having the same size of the central distance between its component states. Although the decoherence develops more rapidly for the mixed MQS in short times, its rate can be significantly suppressed after a certain time and becomes smaller than the decoherence rate of its corresponding pure MQS. In an optics experiment to generate a MQS, our result has a practical implication that nonclassicality of a MQS can be still observable in moderate times even though a large amount of noise is added to the initial state.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 10:08:06 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:12:15 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Jeong", "Hyunseok", "" ], [ "Lee", "Jinhyoung", "" ], [ "Nha", "Hyunchul", "" ] ]
0705.0244
Farrukh Mukhamedov M.
A.Yu. Khrennikov, F. M. Mukhamedov, J. F.F. Mendes
On $p$-adic Gibbs measures of countable state Potts model on the Cayley tree
13 pages. submitted
Nonlinearity 20:2923-2937,2007
10.1088/0951-7715/20/12/010
null
math-ph math.MP
null
In the present paper we consider countable state $p$-adic Potts model on the Cayley tree. A construction of $p$-adic Gibbs measures which depends on weights $\l$ is given, and an investigation of such measures is reduced to examination of an infinite-dimensional recursion equation. Studying of the derived equation under some condition on weights, we prove absence of the phase transition. Note that the condition does not depend on values of the prime $p$, and an analogues fact is not true when the number of spins is finite. For homogeneous model it is shown that the recursive equation has only one solution under that condition on weights. This means that there is only one $p$-adic Gibbs measure $\m_\l$. The boundedness of the measure is also established. Moreover, continuous dependence the measure $\m_\l$ on $\l$ is proved. At the end we formulate one limit theorem for $\m_\l$.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 10:13:56 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:42:50 GMT" } ]
2010-11-04T00:00:00
[ [ "Khrennikov", "A. Yu.", "" ], [ "Mukhamedov", "F. M.", "" ], [ "Mendes", "J. F. F.", "" ] ]
0705.0245
F. Filthaut
F. Filthaut (for the D0 and CDF Collaborations)
Measurement of masses and lifetimes of B hadrons
4 pages, 3 figures; added reference
null
null
Fermilab CONF-07-111-E
hep-ex
null
We present recent measurements by the CDF and D0 Collaborations at the Tevatron Collider on the masses and lifetimes of B hadrons. The results are compared to predictions based on Heavy Quark Effective Theory, lattice gauge theory, and quark models.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 10:57:17 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 4 May 2007 07:06:06 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Filthaut", "F.", "", "for the D0 and CDF Collaborations" ] ]
0705.0246
Valerio Bozza
V. Bozza, G. Scarpetta
Strong deflection limit of black hole gravitational lensing with arbitrary source distances
20 pages, 8 figures, appendix added. In press on Physical Review D
Phys.Rev.D76:083008,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.083008
null
gr-qc astro-ph
null
The gravitational field of supermassive black holes is able to strongly bend light rays emitted by nearby sources. When the deflection angle exceeds $\pi$, gravitational lensing can be analytically approximated by the so-called strong deflection limit. In this paper we remove the conventional assumption of sources very far from the black hole, considering the distance of the source as an additional parameter in the lensing problem to be treated exactly. We find expressions for critical curves, caustics and all lensing observables valid for any position of the source up to the horizon. After analyzing the spherically symmetric case we focus on the Kerr black hole, for which we present an analytical 3-dimensional description of the higher order caustic tubes.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 10:39:43 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:44:36 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Bozza", "V.", "" ], [ "Scarpetta", "G.", "" ] ]
0705.0247
Martin Weimann
Martin Weimann
Concavity, Abel-transform and the Abel-inverse theorem in smooth complete toric varieties
27 pages. New version (modified introduction)
null
null
null
math.CV math.AG
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We extend the usual projective Abel-Radon transform to the larger context of a smooth complete toric variety X. We define and study toric concavity attached to an algebraic splitting vector bundle on X and we prove a toric version of the Abel-inverse theorem.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 10:40:02 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:31:11 GMT" } ]
2009-03-27T00:00:00
[ [ "Weimann", "Martin", "" ] ]
0705.0248
Igor Pshenichnov
Igor Pshenichnov (Frankfurt U., FIAS and INR, Moscow), Igor Mishustin (Frankfurt U., FIAS and Kurchatov Inst., Moscow), Walter Greiner (Frankfurt U., FIAS)
MCHIT - Monte Carlo model for proton and heavy-ion therapy
Talk given at International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology ND-2007, Nice, France, April 22-27, 2007
International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology 2007
10.1051/ndata:07214
null
physics.med-ph
null
We study the propagation of nucleons and nuclei in tissue-like media within a Monte Carlo Model for Heavy-ion Therapy (MCHIT) based on the GEANT4 toolkit (version 8.2). The model takes into account fragmentation of projectile nuclei and secondary interactions of produced nuclear fragments. Model predictions are validated with available experimental data obtained for water and PMMA phantoms irradiated by monoenergetic carbon-ion beams. The MCHIT model describes well (1) the depth-dose distributions in water and PMMA, (2) the doses measured for fragments of certain charge, (3) the distributions of positron emitting nuclear fragments produced by carbon-ion beams, and (4) the energy spectra of secondary neutrons measured at different angles to the beam direction. Radial dose profiles for primary nuclei and for different projectile fragments are calculated and discussed as possible input for evaluation of biological dose distributions. It is shown that at the periphery of the transverse dose profile close to the Bragg peak the dose from secondary nuclear fragments is comparable to the dose from primary nuclei.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 10:44:45 GMT" } ]
2010-11-03T00:00:00
[ [ "Pshenichnov", "Igor", "", "Frankfurt U., FIAS and INR, Moscow" ], [ "Mishustin", "Igor", "", "Frankfurt U., FIAS and Kurchatov Inst., Moscow" ], [ "Greiner", "Walter", "", "Frankfurt\n U., FIAS" ] ]
0705.0249
Istvan Horvath
Z. Bagoly, I. Horvath, L.G. Balazs, L. Borgonovo, S. Larsson, A. Meszaros, F. Ryde
Principal Component Analysis of Gamma-Ray Bursts' Spectra
published in Nuovo Cimento
Nuovo Cim.C28:295,2005
10.1393/ncc/i2005-10045-1
null
astro-ph
null
Principal component analysis is a statistical method, which lowers the number of important variables in a data set. The use of this method for the bursts' spectra and afterglows is discussed in this paper. The analysis indicates that three principal components are enough among the eight ones to describe the variablity of the data. The correlation between spectral index alpha and the redshift suggests that the thermal emission component becomes more dominant at larger redshifts.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 10:46:28 GMT" } ]
2015-05-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Bagoly", "Z.", "" ], [ "Horvath", "I.", "" ], [ "Balazs", "L. G.", "" ], [ "Borgonovo", "L.", "" ], [ "Larsson", "S.", "" ], [ "Meszaros", "A.", "" ], [ "Ryde", "F.", "" ] ]
0705.0250
Andreas Axelsson
Pascal Auscher, Andreas Axelsson, Steve Hofmann
Functional calculus of Dirac operators and complex perturbations of Neumann and Dirichlet problems
Some changes made in the introduction of the paper
null
null
null
math.AP math.SP
null
We prove that the Neumann, Dirichlet and regularity problems for divergence form elliptic equations in the half space are well posed in $L_2$ for small complex $L_\infty$ perturbations of a coefficient matrix which is either real symmetric, of block form or constant. All matrices are assumed to be independent of the transversal coordinate. We solve the Neumann, Dirichlet and regularity problems through a new boundary operator method which makes use of operators in the functional calculus of an underlaying first order Dirac type operator. We establish quadratic estimates for this Dirac operator, which implies that the associated Hardy projection operators are bounded and depend continuously on the coefficient matrix. We also prove that certain transmission problems for $k$-forms are well posed for small perturbations of block matrices.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 10:58:45 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 3 May 2007 15:00:45 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Auscher", "Pascal", "" ], [ "Axelsson", "Andreas", "" ], [ "Hofmann", "Steve", "" ] ]
0705.0251
Belgacem Draouil Pr
Belgacem Draouil
Arithmetic of curves over two dimensional local field
null
null
null
null
math.AG math.NT
null
We study the class field theory of curve defined over two dimensional local field. The approch used here is a combination of the work of Kato-Saito, and Yoshida where the base field is one dimensional
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 11:11:35 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Draouil", "Belgacem", "" ] ]
0705.0252
Khoa Nguyen
Khoa D. Nguyen, Albert Guillen i Fabregas and Lars K. Rasmussen
Power Allocation for Discrete-Input Non-Ergodic Block-Fading Channels
6 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Information Theory Workshop 2007
null
null
null
cs.IT math.IT
null
We consider power allocation algorithms for fixed-rate transmission over Nakagami-m non-ergodic block-fading channels with perfect transmitter and receiver channel state information and discrete input signal constellations under both short- and long-term power constraints. Optimal power allocation schemes are shown to be direct applications of previous results in the literature. We show that the SNR exponent of the optimal short-term scheme is given by the Singleton bound. We also illustrate the significant gains available by employing long-term power constraints. Due to the nature of the expressions involved, the complexity of optimal schemes may be prohibitive for system implementation. We propose simple sub-optimal power allocation schemes whose outage probability performance is very close to the minimum outage probability obtained by optimal schemes.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 11:36:53 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 3 May 2007 03:03:55 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Wed, 4 Jul 2007 13:10:52 GMT" } ]
2007-07-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Nguyen", "Khoa D.", "" ], [ "Fabregas", "Albert Guillen i", "" ], [ "Rasmussen", "Lars K.", "" ] ]
0705.0253
Jian Li
Mordecai Golin and Li Jian
More Efficient Algorithms and Analyses for Unequal Letter Cost Prefix-Free Coding
29 pages;9 figures;
null
null
null
cs.IT cs.DS math.IT
null
There is a large literature devoted to the problem of finding an optimal (min-cost) prefix-free code with an unequal letter-cost encoding alphabet of size. While there is no known polynomial time algorithm for solving it optimally there are many good heuristics that all provide additive errors to optimal. The additive error in these algorithms usually depends linearly upon the largest encoding letter size. This paper was motivated by the problem of finding optimal codes when the encoding alphabet is infinite. Because the largest letter cost is infinite, the previous analyses could give infinite error bounds. We provide a new algorithm that works with infinite encoding alphabets. When restricted to the finite alphabet case, our algorithm often provides better error bounds than the best previous ones known.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 11:23:52 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 3 May 2007 09:00:23 GMT" } ]
2007-07-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Golin", "Mordecai", "" ], [ "Jian", "Li", "" ] ]
0705.0254
Valery Lyubovitskij
Amand Faessler, Thomas Gutsche, Valery E. Lyubovitskij, Yong-Liang Ma
Strong and radiative decays of the Ds0*(2317) meson in the DK-molecule picture
22 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev.D76:014005,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.014005
null
hep-ph
null
We consider a possible interpretation of the new charm-strange meson Ds0*(2317) as a hadronic molecule - a bound state of D and K mesons. Using an effective Lagrangian approach we calculate the strong Ds0* to Ds pi0 and radiative Ds0* to Ds* gamma decays. A new impact related to the DK molecular structure of the Ds0*(2317) meson is that the presence of u(d) quarks in the D and K mesons gives rise to a direct strong isospin-violating transition Ds0* to Ds pi0 in addition to the decay mechanism induced by eta-pi0 mixing considered previously. We show that the direct transition dominates over the eta-pi0 mixing transition in the Ds0* to Ds pi0 decay. Our results for the partial decay widths are consistent with previous calculations.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 13:18:39 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 8 Jun 2007 09:37:08 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:53:38 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Faessler", "Amand", "" ], [ "Gutsche", "Thomas", "" ], [ "Lyubovitskij", "Valery E.", "" ], [ "Ma", "Yong-Liang", "" ] ]
0705.0255
Osamu Narikiyo
O. Narikiyo
Note on the inelastic neutron scattering spectrum in cuprate superconductors
In v2 the discussion on the consistency with recent rigorous theoretical result on ARPES is added in Appendix
null
null
null
cond-mat.str-el
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The inelastic neutron scattering spectrum in cuprate superconductors is discussed on the basis of the itinerant-localized duality model for strongly correlated electrons. In Appendix the consistency with recent rigorous theoretical result on ARPES is discussed.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 11:33:39 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 29 Aug 2016 07:12:29 GMT" } ]
2016-08-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Narikiyo", "O.", "" ] ]
0705.0256
Henrik Schlichtkrull
Gestur Olafsson, Henrik Schlichtkrull
A local Paley-Wiener theorem for compact symmetric spaces
null
Advances in Mathematics 218 (2008), 202-215
null
null
math.RT
null
The Fourier coefficients of a smooth $K$-invariant function on a compact symmetric space $M=U/K$ are given by integration of the function against the spherical functions. For functions with support in a neighborhood of the origin, we describe the size of the support by means of the exponential type of a holomorphic extension of the Fourier coefficients
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 11:36:23 GMT" } ]
2010-02-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Olafsson", "Gestur", "" ], [ "Schlichtkrull", "Henrik", "" ] ]
0705.0257
Krishnendu Sengupta
K. Sengupta and G. Baskaran
Tuning Kondo physics in Graphene with gate voltage
4 pages, 1 figure; v2
Phys. Rev. B 77, 045417 (2007).
10.1103/PhysRevB.77.045417
null
cond-mat.str-el
null
We show theoretically that graphene, which exhibits a massless Dirac like spectrum for its electrons, can exhibit unconventional Kondo effect that can be tuned by an experimentally controllable applied gate voltage. We demonstrate the presence of a finite critical Kondo coupling strength in neutral graphene. We discuss the possibility of multichannel Kondo effect in this system which might lead to a non-Fermi liquid like ground state and provide a discussion of possible experimental realization of Kondo phenomenon in graphene.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 11:39:09 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 4 May 2007 08:52:46 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Sengupta", "K.", "" ], [ "Baskaran", "G.", "" ] ]
0705.0258
Andrey Slavnov A
A.A.Slavnov
A local gauge invariant infrared regularization of the Yang-Mills theory
7 pages
Theor.Math.Phys.154:178-183,2008
10.1007/s11232-008-0017-8
null
hep-th hep-ph
null
A local gauge invariant infrared regularization for the Yang-Mills theory is constructed on the basis of a higher derivative formulation of the model.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 11:43:47 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Slavnov", "A. A.", "" ] ]
0705.0259
Peter Blake
P. Blake, K. S. Novoselov, A. H. Castro Neto, D. Jiang, R. Yang, T. J. Booth, A. K. Geim, E. W. Hill
Making graphene visible
Since v1: minor changes to text and figures to improve clarity; references added. Submitted to Applied Physics Letters, 30-Apr-07. 3 pages, 3 figures
Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 063124 (2007)
10.1063/1.2768624
null
cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.other
null
Microfabrication of graphene devices used in many experimental studies currently relies on the fact that graphene crystallites can be visualized using optical microscopy if prepared on top of silicon wafers with a certain thickness of silicon dioxide. We study graphene's visibility and show that it depends strongly on both thickness of silicon dioxide and light wavelength. We have found that by using monochromatic illumination, graphene can be isolated for any silicon dioxide thickness, albeit 300 nm (the current standard) and, especially, approx. 100 nm are most suitable for its visual detection. By using a Fresnel-law-based model, we quantitatively describe the experimental data without any fitting parameters.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 11:44:12 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:44:28 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:14:22 GMT" } ]
2007-09-22T00:00:00
[ [ "Blake", "P.", "" ], [ "Novoselov", "K. S.", "" ], [ "Neto", "A. H. Castro", "" ], [ "Jiang", "D.", "" ], [ "Yang", "R.", "" ], [ "Booth", "T. J.", "" ], [ "Geim", "A. K.", "" ], [ "Hill", "E. W.", "" ] ]
0705.0260
Karin \"Oberg
Karin I. Oberg, Guido W. Fuchs, Zainab Awad, Helen J. Fraser, Stephan Schlemmer, Ewine F. van Dishoeck and Harold Linnartz
Photodesorption of CO ice
5 pages, 4 figures, accepted by ApJL
null
null
null
astro-ph
null
At the high densities and low temperatures found in star forming regions, all molecules other than H2 should stick on dust grains on timescales shorter than the cloud lifetimes. Yet these clouds are detected in the millimeter lines of gaseous CO. At these temperatures, thermal desorption is negligible and hence a non-thermal desorption mechanism is necessary to maintain molecules in the gas phase. Here, the first laboratory study of the photodesorption of pure CO ice under ultra high vacuum is presented, which gives a desorption rate of 3E-3 CO molecules per UV (7-10.5 eV) photon at 15 K. This rate is factors of 1E2-1E5 larger than previously estimated and is comparable to estimates of other non-thermal desorption rates. The experiments constrains the mechanism to a single photon desorption process of ice surface molecules. The measured efficiency of this process shows that the role of CO photodesorption in preventing total removal of molecules in the gas has been underestimated.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 11:47:02 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Oberg", "Karin I.", "" ], [ "Fuchs", "Guido W.", "" ], [ "Awad", "Zainab", "" ], [ "Fraser", "Helen J.", "" ], [ "Schlemmer", "Stephan", "" ], [ "van Dishoeck", "Ewine F.", "" ], [ "Linnartz", "Harold", "" ] ]
0705.0261
Vahid Karimipour
M. Asoudeh, V. Karimipour and A. Sadrolashrafi
Exact dimer ground states for a continuous family of quantum spin chains
11 pages
Phys. Rev. B 76, 064433 (2007).
10.1103/PhysRevB.76.064433
null
cond-mat.str-el quant-ph
null
Using the matrix product formalism, we define a multi-parameter family of spin models on one dimensional chains, with nearest and next-nearest neighbor anti-ferromagnetic interaction for which exact analytical expressions can be found for its doubly degenerate ground states. The family of Hamiltonians which we define, depend on 5 continuous parameters and the Majumdar-Ghosh model is a particular point in this parameter space. Like the Majumdar-Ghosh model, the doubly degenerate ground states of our models have a very simple structure, they are the product of entangled states on adjacent sites. In each of these states there is a non-zero staggered magnetization, which vanishes when we take their translation-invariant combination as the new ground states. At the Majumdar-Ghosh point, these entangled states become the spin-singlets pertaining to this model. We will also calculate in closed form the two point correlation functions, both for finite size of the chain and in the thermodynamic limit.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 17:02:03 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Asoudeh", "M.", "" ], [ "Karimipour", "V.", "" ], [ "Sadrolashrafi", "A.", "" ] ]
0705.0262
Thierry Cachat
Thierry Cachat (LIAFA), Igor Walukiewicz (LaBRI)
The Complexity of Games on Higher Order Pushdown Automata
null
null
null
null
cs.GT
null
We prove an n-EXPTIME lower bound for the problem of deciding the winner in a reachability game on Higher Order Pushdown Automata (HPDA) of level n. This bound matches the known upper bound for parity games on HPDA. As a consequence the mu-calculus model checking over graphs given by n-HPDA is n-EXPTIME complete.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 11:48:52 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Cachat", "Thierry", "", "LIAFA" ], [ "Walukiewicz", "Igor", "", "LaBRI" ] ]
0705.0263
Lucas Ament
Filomena Forte, Luuk J. P. Ament and Jeroen van den Brink
Magnetic Excitations in La2CuO4 probed by Indirect Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
11 pages, 13 figures, Phys. Rev. B 77, 134428 (2008) (v4: corrected figs 7)
Phys. Rev. B 77, 134428 (2008)
10.1103/PhysRevB.77.134428
null
cond-mat.str-el
null
Recent experiments on La$_2$CuO$_4$ suggest that indirect resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) might provide a probe for transversal spin dynamics. We present in detail a systematic expansion of the relevant magnetic RIXS cross section by using the ultrashort core-hole lifetime (UCL) approximation. We compute the scattering intensity and its momentum dependence in leading order of the UCL expansion. The scattering is due to two-magnon processes and is calculated within a linear spin-wave expansion of the Heisenberg spin model for this compound, including longer range and cyclic spin interactions. We observe that the latter terms in the Hamiltonian enhance the first moment of the spectrum if they strengthen the antiferromagnetic ordering. The theoretical spectra agree very well with experimental data, including the observation that scattering intensity vanishes for the transferred momenta ${\bf q} = (0,0)$ and ${\bf q} = (\pi,\pi)$. We show that at finite temperature there is an additional single-magnon contribution to the scattering with a spectral weight proportional to $T^3$. We also compute the leading corrections to the UCL approximation and find them to be small, putting the UCL results on a solid basis. All this univocally points to the conclusion that the observed low temperature RIXS intensity in La$_2$CuO$_4$ is due to two-magnon scattering.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 14:28:38 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:30:05 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:33:54 GMT" }, { "version": "v4", "created": "Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:07:25 GMT" } ]
2011-07-22T00:00:00
[ [ "Forte", "Filomena", "" ], [ "Ament", "Luuk J. P.", "" ], [ "Brink", "Jeroen van den", "" ] ]
0705.0264
Nigel Glover
S. D. Badger (Saclay, SPhT), E. W. N. Glover (IPPP, Durham U.), Kasper Risager (Bohr Inst.)
Higgs Amplitudes From Twistor Inspired Methods
4 pages, two figures, based on talks given at the Cracow Epiphany Conference on Precision Physics and Monte Carlos for LHC 4 - 6 January 2007, Cracow, Poland and the 42nd Rencontres de Moriond QCD and High Energy Hadronic Interactions, March 17-24, La Thuile, Italy
ActaPhys.Polon.B38:2273-2278,2007
null
IPPP/07/15, SACLAY-SPHT-T07/051
hep-ph
null
We illustrate the use of new on-shell methods, 4-dimensional unitarity cuts combined with on-shell recursions relations, by computing the A_4^{(1)}(phi,1^-,2^-,3^+,4^+) amplitude in the large top mass limit where the Higgs boson couples to gluons through an effective interaction.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 11:52:09 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 9 May 2007 21:08:05 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Badger", "S. D.", "", "Saclay, SPhT" ], [ "Glover", "E. W. N.", "", "IPPP, Durham U." ], [ "Risager", "Kasper", "", "Bohr Inst." ] ]
0705.0265
Hyeonjoon Shin
Hyeonjoon Shin, Wontae Kim
Hawking Radiation from Non-Extremal D1-D5 Black Hole via Anomalies
14 pages
JHEP 0706:012,2007
10.1088/1126-6708/2007/06/012
CQUeST-2007-0081
hep-th
null
We take the method of anomaly cancellation for the derivation of Hawking radiation initiated by Robinson and Wilczek, and apply it to the non-extremal five-dimensional D1-D5 black hole in string theory. The fluxes of the electric charge flow and the energy-momentum tensor from the black hole are obtained. They are shown to match exactly with those of the two-dimensional black body radiation at the Hawking temperature.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 11:55:45 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Shin", "Hyeonjoon", "" ], [ "Kim", "Wontae", "" ] ]
0705.0266
Eric Josselin
E. Josselin, B. Plez
Atmospheric dynamics and the mass loss process in red supergiant stars
Accepted by Astronomy and Astrophysics. 12 pages, 14 figures
null
10.1051/0004-6361:20066353
null
astro-ph
null
Red supergiant stars represent a key phase in the evolution of massive stars. Recent radiative hydrodynamic simulations suggest that their atmospheres may be the location of large-scale convective motions. As supergiant convection is expected to generate supersonic motions and shocks, we seek constraints on these atmospheric motions and their possible relation with mass-loss rates. We present high-resolution, visible spectroscopy of a sample of red supergiants (spectral type M I) and analyse them with a tomographic technique. We observe steep velocity gradients, characterising both upward and downward supersonic motions, which are time variable on time scales of a few hundred days. These convective motions will generate turbulent pressure, which will strongly decrease the effective gravity. We suggest that this decrease, combined with radiative pressure on molecular lines, initiate the mass loss in red supergiant stars.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 11:58:59 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Josselin", "E.", "" ], [ "Plez", "B.", "" ] ]
0705.0267
Laura Mersini-Houghton
L.Mersini-Houghton and L.Parker
Eternal Inflation is "Expensive"
3 pgs
null
null
null
hep-th astro-ph gr-qc hep-ph
null
The discovery of the string theory landscape has recently brought attention to the eternal nature of inflation. In contrast to the common belief that eternal inflation may be a generic feature of most inflationary models, in this note we argue that the suppressed amplitude of perturbations due to adiabatic regularization, together with a fine-tuning constraint on the equation of state of the rare inflating pockets with large fluctuations, render eternal inflation expensive in energy and may make it unlikely to occur. The energy scales of the eternally inflating pockets have to be very close to the transplanckian regime in order to compensate for the suppression of regularized perturbations.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 12:12:23 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Mersini-Houghton", "L.", "" ], [ "Parker", "L.", "" ] ]
0705.0268
Elcio Abdalla
Elcio Abdalla and Bin Wang
The mass and the coupling of the Dark Particle
5 psges, no figure
Phys.Lett.B651:89-91,2007
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.06.018
null
gr-qc
null
We argue that Dark Matter can be described by an interacting field theory with a mass parameter of the order of the proton mass and an interaction coupling of the order of the QED coupling.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 12:15:45 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Abdalla", "Elcio", "" ], [ "Wang", "Bin", "" ] ]
0705.0269
Robert Tibshirani
Trevor Hastie, Jonathan Taylor, Robert Tibshirani, Guenther Walther
Forward stagewise regression and the monotone lasso
Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/07-EJS004 in the Electronic Journal of Statistics (http://www.i-journals.org/ejs/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Electronic Journal of Statistics 2007, Vol. 1, 1-29
10.1214/07-EJS004
IMS-EJS-EJS_2007_4
math.ST stat.TH
null
We consider the least angle regression and forward stagewise algorithms for solving penalized least squares regression problems. In Efron, Hastie, Johnstone & Tibshirani (2004) it is proved that the least angle regression algorithm, with a small modification, solves the lasso regression problem. Here we give an analogous result for incremental forward stagewise regression, showing that it solves a version of the lasso problem that enforces monotonicity. One consequence of this is as follows: while lasso makes optimal progress in terms of reducing the residual sum-of-squares per unit increase in $L_1$-norm of the coefficient $\beta$, forward stage-wise is optimal per unit $L_1$ arc-length traveled along the coefficient path. We also study a condition under which the coefficient paths of the lasso are monotone, and hence the different algorithms coincide. Finally, we compare the lasso and forward stagewise procedures in a simulation study involving a large number of correlated predictors.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 12:21:59 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Hastie", "Trevor", "" ], [ "Taylor", "Jonathan", "" ], [ "Tibshirani", "Robert", "" ], [ "Walther", "Guenther", "" ] ]
0705.0270
Jens Harting
Christian Kunert, Jens Harting
Roughness induced boundary slip in microchannel flows
4 pages, 6 figures
Physical Review Letters 99, 176001 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.176001
null
cond-mat.soft physics.flu-dyn
null
Surface roughness becomes relevant if typical length scales of the system are comparable to the scale of the variations as it is the case in microfluidic setups. Here, an apparent boundary slip is often detected which can have its origin in the assumption of perfectly smooth boundaries. We investigate the problem by means of lattice Boltzmann (LB) simulations and introduce an ``effective no-slip plane'' at an intermediate position between peaks and valleys of the surface. Our simulations show good agreement with analytical results for sinusoidal boundaries, but can be extended to arbitrary geometries and experimentally obtained surface data. We find that the detected apparent slip is independent of the detailed boundary shape, but only given by the distribution of surface heights. Further, we show that the slip diverges as the amplitude of the roughness increases.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 12:27:29 GMT" } ]
2008-06-24T00:00:00
[ [ "Kunert", "Christian", "" ], [ "Harting", "Jens", "" ] ]
0705.0271
Mikko Leskinen
M. J. Leskinen, J. Kinnunen, P. Torma
Pairing based cooling of Fermi gases
Journal version 4 pages, 4 figures
Phys. Rev. A 76, 021604(R) 2007
10.1103/PhysRevA.76.021604
NSF-KITP-07-101
cond-mat.other cond-mat.supr-con
null
We propose a pairing-based method for cooling an atomic Fermi gas. A three component (labels 1, 2, 3) mixture of Fermions is considered where the components 1 and 2 interact and, for instance, form pairs whereas the component 3 is in the normal state. For cooling, the components 2 and 3 are coupled by an electromagnetic field. Since the quasiparticle distributions in the paired and in the normal states are different, the coupling leads to cooling of the normal state even when initially $T_{paired}\geq T_{normal}$ (notation $T_S\geq T_N$). The cooling efficiency is given by the pairing energy and by the linewidth of the coupling field. No superfluidity is required: any type of pairing, or other phenomenon that produces a suitable spectral density, is sufficient. In principle, the paired state could be cooled as well but this requires $T_N<T_S$. The method has a conceptual analogy to cooling based on superconductor -- normal metal (SN) tunneling junctions. Main differences arise from the exact momentum conservation in the case of the field-matter coupling vs. non-conservation of momentum in the solid state tunneling process. Moreover, the role of processes that relax the energy conservation requirement in the tunneling, e.g. thermal fluctuations of an external reservoir, is now played by the linewidth of the field. The proposed method should be experimentally feasible due to its close connection to RF-spectroscopy of ultracold gases which is already in use.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 12:52:29 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:21:11 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Leskinen", "M. J.", "" ], [ "Kinnunen", "J.", "" ], [ "Torma", "P.", "" ] ]
0705.0272
John Barnes
J.R. Barnes, C.J. Leigh, H.R.A. Jones, Travis S. Barman, D.J. Pinfield, A. Collier Cameron and J.S. Jenkins
Near infrared spectroscopic search for the close orbiting planet HD 75289b
null
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.379:1097-1107,2007
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11990.x
null
astro-ph
null
We present a search for the near infrared spectroscopic signature of the close orbiting extrasolar giant planet HD 75289b. We obtained ~230 spectra in the wavelength range 2.18 - 2.19 microns using the Phoenix spectrograph at Gemini South. By considering the direct spectrum, derived from irradiated model atmospheres, we search for the absorption profile signature present in the combined star and planet light. Since the planetary spectrum is separated from the stellar spectrum at most phases, we apply a phase dependent orbital model and tomographic techniques to search for absorption signatures. Because the absorption signature lies buried in the noise of a single exposure we apply a multiline deconvolution to the spectral lines available in order to boost the effective S/N ratio of the data. The wavelength coverage of 80 angstroms is expected to contain ~100 planetary lines, enabling a mean line with S/N ratio of ~800 to be achieved after deconvolution. We are nevertheless unable to detect the presence of the planet in the data and carry out further simulations to show that broader wavelength coverage should enable a planet like HD 75289b to be detected with 99.9 per cent (4 sigma) confidence. We investigate the sensitivity of our method and estimate detection tolerances for mismatches between observed and model planetary atmospheres.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 12:30:30 GMT" } ]
2009-06-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Barnes", "J. R.", "" ], [ "Leigh", "C. J.", "" ], [ "Jones", "H. R. A.", "" ], [ "Barman", "Travis S.", "" ], [ "Pinfield", "D. J.", "" ], [ "Cameron", "A. Collier", "" ], [ "Jenkins", "J. S.", "" ] ]
0705.0273
Filiberto Braglia
Filiberto Braglia, Daniele Pierini, Hans B\"ohringer (Max-Planck-Institut f\"ur extraterrestrische Physik)
Flaming, bright galaxies along the filaments of A2744
10 pages, 6 figures; accepted for publication in A&A
null
10.1051/0004-6361:20077257
null
astro-ph
null
The existence of a clumpy, large-scale filamentary structure is at the basis of the current paradigm of cosmic formation and evolution of clusters. The star-formation history of galaxies falling into a cluster is altered as a result of the environmental stresses. We investigate the relation between substructure and properties of the galaxy population in a 30'x30' region centered on the massive merging cluster A2744 at z~0.3. Multi-object spectroscopy at low resolution and BVR photometry are used to detect the presence of substructure through a Dressler-Schectman analysis and the photometric redshift technique, respectively. Galaxies at the same photometric redshift of the cluster are divided into red and blue according to their distribution in the B-R vs. R colour-magnitude diagram. We identify two large-scale filaments associated with A2744. Along these filaments, the blue-to-red galaxy number ratio increases together with the cluster-centric distance but peaks slightly beyond the cluster virial radius. The filaments host a population of bright, large (i.e. more luminous than R* for the main body of the cluster and with angular sizes of 13-22 $h_{70}^{-1}$ kpc) blue galaxies that is hardly found among galaxies lying in a neighbouring low-density environment at the same redshift of the cluster. These results can be interpreted as a manifestation of galaxy harassment.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 12:30:56 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Braglia", "Filiberto", "", "Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik" ], [ "Pierini", "Daniele", "", "Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik" ], [ "Böhringer", "Hans", "", "Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik" ] ]
0705.0274
Dominique Picard
G\'erard Kerkyacharian, Pencho Petrushev, Dominique Picard, Thomas Willer
Needlet algorithms for estimation in inverse problems
Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/07-EJS014 in the Electronic Journal of Statistics (http://www.i-journals.org/ejs/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Electronic Journal of Statistics 2007, Vol. 1, 30-76
10.1214/07-EJS014
IMS-EJS-EJS_2007_14
math.ST stat.TH
null
We provide a new algorithm for the treatment of inverse problems which combines the traditional SVD inversion with an appropriate thresholding technique in a well chosen new basis. Our goal is to devise an inversion procedure which has the advantages of localization and multiscale analysis of wavelet representations without losing the stability and computability of the SVD decompositions. To this end we utilize the construction of localized frames (termed "needlets") built upon the SVD bases. We consider two different situations: the "wavelet" scenario, where the needlets are assumed to behave similarly to true wavelets, and the "Jacobi-type" scenario, where we assume that the properties of the frame truly depend on the SVD basis at hand (hence on the operator). To illustrate each situation, we apply the estimation algorithm respectively to the deconvolution problem and to the Wicksell problem. In the latter case, where the SVD basis is a Jacobi polynomial basis, we show that our scheme is capable of achieving rates of convergence which are optimal in the $L_2$ case, we obtain interesting rates of convergence for other $L_p$ norms which are new (to the best of our knowledge) in the literature, and we also give a simulation study showing that the NEED-D estimator outperforms other standard algorithms in almost all situations.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 12:46:00 GMT" } ]
2016-08-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Kerkyacharian", "Gérard", "" ], [ "Petrushev", "Pencho", "" ], [ "Picard", "Dominique", "" ], [ "Willer", "Thomas", "" ] ]
0705.0275
Joachim Albrecht
Joachim Albrecht
An analytic KAM-Theorem
48 pages
null
null
null
math.SG math.DS
null
We prove an analytic KAM-Theorem, which is used in [1], where the differential part of KAM-theory is discussed. Related theorems on analytic KAM-theory exist in the literature (e. g., among many others, [7], [8], [13]). The aim of the theorem presented here is to provide exactly the estimates needed in [1].
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 16:10:51 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Albrecht", "Joachim", "" ] ]
0705.0276
Valentyna A. Groza
Valentyna A. Groza
Degenerate Series Representations of the $q$-Deformed Algebra ${\rm so}'_q(r,s)$
Published in SIGMA (Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications) at http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/
SIGMA 3 (2007), 064, 12 pages
10.3842/SIGMA.2007.064
null
math.QA math-ph math.MP math.RT
null
The q-deformed algebra ${\rm so}'_q(r,s)$ is a real form of the q-deformed algebra $U'_q({\rm so}(n,\mathbb{C}))$, $n=r+s$, which differs from the quantum algebra $U_q({\rm so}(n,\mathbb{C}))$ of Drinfeld and Jimbo. We study representations of the most degenerate series of the algebra ${\rm so}'_q(r,s)$. The formulas of action of operators of these representations upon the basis corresponding to restriction of representations onto the subalgebra ${\rm so}'_q(r)\times {\rm so}'_q(s)$ are given. Most of these representations are irreducible. Reducible representations appear under some conditions for the parameters determining the representations. All irreducible constituents which appear in reducible representations of the degenerate series are found. All $*$-representations of ${\rm so}'_q(r,s)$ are separated in the set of irreducible representations obtained in the paper.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 12:37:23 GMT" } ]
2008-04-24T00:00:00
[ [ "Groza", "Valentyna A.", "" ] ]
0705.0277
Jun-ichiro Ohe
Jun-ichiro Ohe, Akihito Takeuchi and Gen Tatara
Charge current driven by spin dynamics in disordered Rashba spin-orbit system
6 pages, 4 figures
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 266603 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.266603
null
cond-mat.mes-hall
null
Pumping of charge current by spin dynamics in the presence of the Rashba spin-orbit interaction is theoretically studied. Considering disordered electron, the exchange coupling and spin-orbit interactions are treated perturbatively. It is found that dominant current induced by the spin dynamics is interpreted as a consequence of the conversion from spin current via the inverse spin Hall effect. We also found that the current has an additional component from a fictitious conservative field. Results are applied to the case of moving domain wall.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 12:51:38 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 9 May 2007 12:44:23 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:27:49 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Ohe", "Jun-ichiro", "" ], [ "Takeuchi", "Akihito", "" ], [ "Tatara", "Gen", "" ] ]
0705.0278
David Iglesias Ponte
D. Iglesias, J.C. Marrero, D. Martin de Diego, D. Sosa
A general framework for nonholonomic mechanics: Nonholonomic Systems on Lie affgebroids
50 pages
null
10.1063/1.2776845
null
math-ph math.DG math.MP
null
This paper presents a geometric description of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian systems on Lie affgebroids subject to affine nonholonomic constraints. We define the notion of nonholonomically constrained system, and characterize regularity conditions that guarantee that the dynamics of the system can be obtained as a suitable projection of the unconstrained dynamics. It is shown that one can define an almost aff-Poisson bracket on the constraint AV-bundle, which plays a prominent role in the description of nonholonomic dynamics. Moreover, these developments give a general description of nonholonomic systems and the unified treatment permits to study nonholonomic systems after or before reduction in the same framework. Also, it is not necessary to distinguish between linear or affine constraints and the methods are valid for explicitly time-dependent systems.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 12:47:23 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Iglesias", "D.", "" ], [ "Marrero", "J. C.", "" ], [ "de Diego", "D. Martin", "" ], [ "Sosa", "D.", "" ] ]
0705.0279
Fu-Guo Deng
Fu-Guo Deng, Xi-Han Li, and Hong-Yu Zhou
Opaque Attack on Three-Party Quantum Secret Sharing Based on Entanglement
4 pages, no figures
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
Security of the three-party quantum secret sharing (QSS) schemes based on entanglement and a collective eavesdropping check is analyzed in the case of considerable quantum channel losses. An opaque attack scheme is presented for the dishonest agent to eavesdrop the message obtained by the other agent freely, which reveals that these QSS schemes are insecure for transmission efficiencies lower than 50%, especially when they are used to share an unknown quantum state. Finally, we present a general way to improve the security of QSS schemes for sharing not only a private key but also an unknown quantum state.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 12:48:34 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sat, 5 May 2007 08:33:55 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Deng", "Fu-Guo", "" ], [ "Li", "Xi-Han", "" ], [ "Zhou", "Hong-Yu", "" ] ]
0705.0280
Frederic Nataf
Sylvain Desroziers, Fr\'ed\'eric Nataf (LJLL), Remi Sentis
Simulation of Laser Propagation in a Plasma with a Frequency Wave Equation
null
null
10.1016/j.jcp.2007.11.008
null
math.NA
null
The aim of this work is to perform numerical simulations of the propagation of a laser in a plasma. At each time step, one has to solve a Helmholtz equation in a domain which consists in some hundreds of millions of cells. To solve this huge linear system, one uses a iterative Krylov method with a preconditioning by a separable matrix. The corresponding linear system is solved with a block cyclic reduction method. Some enlightments on the parallel implementation are also given. Lastly, numerical results are presented including some features concerning the scalability of the numerical method on a parallel architecture.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 12:49:54 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Desroziers", "Sylvain", "", "LJLL" ], [ "Nataf", "Frédéric", "", "LJLL" ], [ "Sentis", "Remi", "" ] ]
0705.0281
Jerome Darmont
J\'er\^ome Darmont (LIMOS), Christophe Fromantin (LIMOS), St\'ephane R\'egnier (LIMOS), Le Gruenwald, Michel Schneider (LIMOS)
Dynamic Clustering in Object-Oriented Databases: An Advocacy for Simplicity
null
LNCS, Vol. 1944 (06/2000) 71-85
null
null
cs.DB
null
We present in this paper three dynamic clustering techniques for Object-Oriented Databases (OODBs). The first two, Dynamic, Statistical & Tunable Clustering (DSTC) and StatClust, exploit both comprehensive usage statistics and the inter-object reference graph. They are quite elaborate. However, they are also complex to implement and induce a high overhead. The third clustering technique, called Detection & Reclustering of Objects (DRO), is based on the same principles, but is much simpler to implement. These three clustering algorithm have been implemented in the Texas persistent object store and compared in terms of clustering efficiency (i.e., overall performance increase) and overhead using the Object Clustering Benchmark (OCB). The results obtained showed that DRO induced a lighter overhead while still achieving better overall performance.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 12:50:39 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Darmont", "Jérôme", "", "LIMOS" ], [ "Fromantin", "Christophe", "", "LIMOS" ], [ "Régnier", "Stéphane", "", "LIMOS" ], [ "Gruenwald", "Le", "", "LIMOS" ], [ "Schneider", "Michel", "", "LIMOS" ] ]
0705.0282
Pasquini Barbara
B. Pasquini (Pavia U. & INFN, Pavia), D. Drechsel (Mainz U., Inst. Kernphys.), and M. Vanderhaeghen (Jefferson Lab & William-Mary Coll.)
Proton spin polarizabilities from polarized Compton scattering
26 pages, 7 figures;
Phys.Rev.C76:015203,2007
10.1103/PhysRevC.76.015203
WM-07-103
hep-ph
null
Polarized Compton scattering off the proton is studied within the framework of subtracted dispersion relations for photon energies up to 300 MeV. As a guideline for forthcoming experiments, we focus the attention on the role of the proton's spin polarizabilities and investigate the most favorable conditions to extract them with a minimum of model dependence. We conclude that a complete separation of the four spin polarizabilities is possible, at photon energies between threshold and the $\Delta(1232)$ region, provided one can achieve polarization measurements with an accuracy of a few percent.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 13:01:16 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Pasquini", "B.", "", "Pavia U. & INFN, Pavia" ], [ "Drechsel", "D.", "", "Mainz U., Inst.\n Kernphys." ], [ "Vanderhaeghen", "M.", "", "Jefferson Lab & William-Mary Coll." ] ]
0705.0283
Benoit Blossier
Benoit Blossier
Lattice renormalisation of O(a) improved heavy-light operators
16 pages, 2 figures, 4 tables; few comments and references added; version to be published in Phys Rev D
Phys.Rev.D76:114513,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.114513
null
hep-lat
null
The analytical expressions and the numerical values of the renormalisation constants of ${\cal O}(a)$ improved static-light currents are given at one-loop order of perturbation theory in the framework of Heavy Quark Effective Theory: the static quark is described by the HYP action and the light quark is described either with the Clover or the Neuberger action. These factors are relevant to extract from a lattice computation the decay constants $f_B$, $f_{B_S}$ and the set of bag parameters $B_i$ associated with $B-\bar{B}$ mixing phenomenology in the Standard Model and beyond.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 13:05:32 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:41:27 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Blossier", "Benoit", "" ] ]
0705.0284
Claudio Dappiaggi
C. Dappiaggi (Pavia U.)
Projecting Massive Scalar Fields to Null Infinity
26 pages
Ann. Henri Poincare 9 (2008), 35-63
10.1007/s00023-007-0349-1
null
gr-qc hep-th math-ph math.MP
null
It is known that, in an asymptotically flat spacetime, null infinity cannot act as an initial-value surface for massive real scalar fields. Exploiting tools proper of harmonic analysis on hyperboloids and global norm estimates for the wave operator, we show that it is possible to circumvent such obstruction at least in Minkowski spacetime. Hence we project norm-finite solutions of the Klein-Gordon equation of motion in data on null infinity and, eventually, we interpret them in terms of boundary free field theory.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 13:11:14 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Dappiaggi", "C.", "", "Pavia U." ] ]
0705.0285
Ilya Mandel
Ilya Mandel, Duncan A. Brown, Jonathan R. Gair, M. Coleman Miller
Rates and Characteristics of Intermediate Mass Ratio Inspirals Detectable by Advanced LIGO
Accepted for publication in ApJ; revised version reflects changes made to the article during the acceptance process
Astrophys.J.681:1431-1447,2008
10.1086/588246
null
astro-ph gr-qc
null
Gravitational waves (GWs) from the inspiral of a neutron star (NS) or stellar-mass black hole (BH) into an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) with mass between ~50 and ~350 solar masses may be detectable by the planned advanced generation of ground-based GW interferometers. Such intermediate mass ratio inspirals (IMRIs) are most likely to be found in globular clusters. We analyze four possible IMRI formation mechanisms: (1) hardening of an NS-IMBH or BH-IMBH binary via three-body interactions, (2) hardening via Kozai resonance in a hierarchical triple system, (3) direct capture, and (4) inspiral of a compact object from a tidally captured main-sequence star; we also discuss tidal effects when the inspiraling object is an NS. For each mechanism we predict the typical eccentricities of the resulting IMRIs. We find that IMRIs will have largely circularized by the time they enter the sensitivity band of ground-based detectors. Hardening of a binary via three-body interactions, which is likely to be the dominant mechanism for IMRI formation, yields eccentricities under 10^-4 when the GW frequency reaches 10 Hz. Even among IMRIs formed via direct captures, which can have the highest eccentricities, around 90% will circularize to eccentricities under 0.1 before the GW frequency reaches 10 Hz. We estimate the rate of IMRI coalescences in globular clusters and the sensitivity of a network of three Advanced LIGO detectors to the resulting GWs. We show that this detector network may see up to tens of IMRIs per year, although rates of one to a few per year may be more plausible. We also estimate the loss in signal-to-noise ratio that will result from using circular IMRI templates for data analysis and find that, for the eccentricities we expect, this loss is negligible.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 13:16:07 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 13 May 2008 20:43:07 GMT" } ]
2010-11-11T00:00:00
[ [ "Mandel", "Ilya", "" ], [ "Brown", "Duncan A.", "" ], [ "Gair", "Jonathan R.", "" ], [ "Miller", "M. Coleman", "" ] ]
0705.0286
Hajime Matsui
Hajime Matsui, Seiichi Mita
Inverse-free Berlekamp-Massey-Sakata Algorithm and Small Decoders for Algebraic-Geometric Codes
15 pages, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
null
null
null
cs.IT math.IT
null
This paper proposes a novel algorithm for finding error-locators of algebraic-geometric codes that can eliminate the division-calculations of finite fields from the Berlekamp-Massey-Sakata algorithm. This inverse-free algorithm provides full performance in correcting a certain class of errors, generic errors, which includes most errors, and can decode codes on algebraic curves without the determination of unknown syndromes. Moreover, we propose three different kinds of architectures that our algorithm can be applied to, and we represent the control operation of shift-registers and switches at each clock-timing with numerical simulations. We estimate the performance in comparison of the total running time and the numbers of multipliers and shift-registers in three architectures with those of the conventional ones for codes on algebraic curves.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 13:13:48 GMT" } ]
2007-07-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Matsui", "Hajime", "" ], [ "Mita", "Seiichi", "" ] ]
0705.0287
Michael A. Dopita
Michael Dopita, John Hart, Peter McGregor, Patrick Oates, Gabe Bloxham and Damien Jones
The Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS)
Accepted for publication in Astrophysics & Space Science, 16 pages, 14 figures
Astrophys.Space Sci.310:255-268,2007
10.1007/s10509-007-9510-z
null
astro-ph
null
This paper describes the Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS) under construction at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) of the Australian National University (ANU) for the ANU 2.3m telescope at the Siding Spring Observatory. WiFeS is a powerful integral field, double-beam, concentric, image-slicing spectrograph designed to deliver excellent thoughput, wavelength stability, spectrophotometric performance and superb image quality along with wide spectral coverage throughout the 320-950 nm wavelength region. It provides a 25x38 arcsec. field with 0.5 arcsec. sampling along each of twenty five 38X1 arcsec slitlets. The output format is optimized to match the 4096x4096 pixel CCD detectors in each of two cameras individually optimized for the blue and the red ends of the spectrum, respectively. A process of "interleaved nod-and-shuffle" will be applied to permit quantum noise-limited sky subtraction. Using VPH gratings, spectral resolutions of 3000 and 7000 are provided. The full spectral range is covered in a single exposure at R=3000, and in two exposures in the R=7000 mode. The use of transmissive coated optics, VPH gratings and optimized mirror coatings ensures a throughput (including telescope atmosphere and detector) > 30% over a wide spectral range. The concentric image-slicer design ensures an excellent and uniform image quality across the full field. To maximize scientific return, the whole instrument is configured for remote observing, pipeline data reduction, and the accumulation of calibration image libraries.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 13:47:18 GMT" } ]
2019-08-19T00:00:00
[ [ "Dopita", "Michael", "" ], [ "Hart", "John", "" ], [ "McGregor", "Peter", "" ], [ "Oates", "Patrick", "" ], [ "Bloxham", "Gabe", "" ], [ "Jones", "Damien", "" ] ]
0705.0288
Frederic Nataf
Caroline Japhet (LAGA), Yvon Maday (LJLL), Fr\'ed\'eric Nataf (LJLL)
A new Cement to Glue non-conforming Grids with Robin interface conditions: the finite element case
null
null
null
null
math.NA
null
We design and analyze a new non-conforming domain decomposition method based on Schwarz type approaches that allows for the use of Robin interface conditions on non-conforming grids. The method is proven to be well posed, and the iterative solver to converge. The error analysis is performed in 2D piecewise polynomials of low and high order and extended in 3D for $P_1$ elements. Numerical results in 2D illustrate the new method.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 13:19:20 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Japhet", "Caroline", "", "LAGA" ], [ "Maday", "Yvon", "", "LJLL" ], [ "Nataf", "Frédéric", "", "LJLL" ] ]
0705.0289
Laura Adams
L. L. A. Adams, B. W. Lang, Yu Chen and A. M. Goldman
Signatures of Random Matrix Theory in the Discrete Energy Spectra of Subnanosize Metallic Clusters
10 pages, 9 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. B
null
10.1103/PhysRevB.75.205107
null
cond-mat.mes-hall
null
Lead clusters deposited on Si(111) substrates have been studied at low temperatures using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. The current-voltage characteristics exhibit current peaks that are irregularly spaced and varied in height. The statistics of the distribution of peak heights and spacings are in agreement with random matrix theory for several clusters. The distributions have also been studied as a function of cluster shape.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 1 May 2007 23:51:57 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Adams", "L. L. A.", "" ], [ "Lang", "B. W.", "" ], [ "Chen", "Yu", "" ], [ "Goldman", "A. M.", "" ] ]
0705.0290
Ofelia Pisanti
O. Pisanti, A. Cirillo, S. Esposito, F. Iocco, G. Mangano, G. Miele, and P.D. Serpico
PArthENoPE: Public Algorithm Evaluating the Nucleosynthesis of Primordial Elements
18 pages, 2 figures. Version accepted by Comp. Phys. Com. The code (and an updated manual) is publicly available at http://parthenope.na.infn.it/
Comp.Phys.Commun.178:956-971,2008
10.1016/j.cpc.2008.02.015
DSF 13/07, FERMILAB-PUB-07-079-A, SLAC-PUB-12488
astro-ph hep-ph
null
We describe a program for computing the abundances of light elements produced during Big Bang Nucleosynthesis which is publicly available at http://parthenope.na.infn.it/. Starting from nuclear statistical equilibrium conditions the program solves the set of coupled ordinary differential equations, follows the departure from chemical equilibrium of nuclear species, and determines their asymptotic abundances as function of several input cosmological parameters as the baryon density, the number of effective neutrino, the value of cosmological constant and the neutrino chemical potential. The program requires commercial NAG library routines.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 14:52:12 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 30 May 2008 14:11:14 GMT" } ]
2010-11-11T00:00:00
[ [ "Pisanti", "O.", "" ], [ "Cirillo", "A.", "" ], [ "Esposito", "S.", "" ], [ "Iocco", "F.", "" ], [ "Mangano", "G.", "" ], [ "Miele", "G.", "" ], [ "Serpico", "P. D.", "" ] ]
0705.0291
Dirk Frettl\"oh
N. Dolbilin, D. Frettl\"oh
Properties of B\"or\"oczki tilings in high dimensional hyperbolic spaces
17 pages, 3 Figures, corrected several typos, revised proofs
null
null
null
math.MG
null
We consider families of B\"or\"oczky tilings in hyperbolic space in arbitrary dimension, study some basic properties and classify all possible symmetries. In particular, it is shown that these tilings are non-crystallographic, and that there are uncountably many tilings with a fixed prototile.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 13:49:16 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:15:33 GMT" } ]
2008-03-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Dolbilin", "N.", "" ], [ "Frettlöh", "D.", "" ] ]
0705.0292
Norbert Schuch
Norbert Schuch, Michael M. Wolf, Frank Verstraete, J. Ignacio Cirac
Entropy scaling and simulability by Matrix Product States
4 pages, 1 figure. v2: Accepted version, minor changes and clarifications, Journal-Ref. added
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 030504 (2008)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.030504
null
quant-ph cond-mat.str-el
null
We investigate the relation between the scaling of block entropies and the efficient simulability by Matrix Product States (MPS), and clarify the connection both for von Neumann and Renyi entropies (see Table I). Most notably, even states obeying a strict area law for the von Neumann entropy are not necessarily approximable by MPS. We apply these results to illustrate that quantum computers might outperform classical computers in simulating the time evolution of quantum systems, even for completely translational invariant systems subject to a time independent Hamiltonian.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 14:48:23 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:13:55 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Schuch", "Norbert", "" ], [ "Wolf", "Michael M.", "" ], [ "Verstraete", "Frank", "" ], [ "Cirac", "J. Ignacio", "" ] ]
0705.0293
Gerard van der Geer
Jonas Bergstr\"om and Gerard van der Geer
The Euler characteristic of local systems on the moduli of curves and abelian varieties of genus three
null
null
10.1112/jtopol/jtn015
Mittag-Leffler Report No 11, 2006/7
math.AG math.NT
null
We show how to calculate the Euler characteristic of a local system associated to an irreducible representation of the symplectic group of genus 3 on the moduli space of curves of genus 3 and the moduli space of principally polarized abelian varieties of dimension 3.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 14:22:13 GMT" } ]
2014-02-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Bergström", "Jonas", "" ], [ "van der Geer", "Gerard", "" ] ]
0705.0294
Stuart Raby
Stuart Raby and Akin Wingerter
Gauge coupling unification and light Exotica in String Theory
5 pages, no figures
Phys.Rev.Lett.99:051802,2007
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.051802
OHSTPY-HEP-T-07-001
hep-ph
null
In this letter we consider the consequences for the LHC of light vector-like exotica with fractional electric charge. It is shown that such states are found in orbifold constructions of the heterotic string. Moreover, these exotica are consistent with gauge coupling unification at one loop, even though they do not come in complete multiplets of SU(5).
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 14:12:05 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Raby", "Stuart", "" ], [ "Wingerter", "Akin", "" ] ]
0705.0295
Gianluca Geloni
Gianluca Geloni, Evgeni Saldin, Evgeni Schneidmiller and Mikhail Yurkov
Theory of Nonlinear Harmonic Generation in Free-Electron Lasers with Helical Wigglers
23 pages, 4 figures
Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A581:856-865,2007
10.1016/j.nima.2007.08.152
DESY 07-058
physics.optics physics.acc-ph
null
Coherent Harmonic Generation (CHG), and in particular Nonlinear Harmonic Generation (NHG), is of importance for both short wavelength Free-Electron Lasers (FELs), in relation with the achievement of shorter wavelengths with a fixed electron-beam energy, and high-average power FEL resonators, in relation with destructive effects of higher harmonics radiation on mirrors. In this paper we present a treatment of NHG from helical wigglers with particular emphasis on the second harmonic. Our study is based on an exact analytical solution of Maxwell's equations, derived with the help of a Green's function method. In particular, we demonstrate that nonlinear harmonic generation (NHG) from helical wigglers vanishes on axis. Our conclusion is in open contrast with results in literature, that include a kinematical mistake in the description of the electron motion.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 14:16:24 GMT" } ]
2009-09-29T00:00:00
[ [ "Geloni", "Gianluca", "" ], [ "Saldin", "Evgeni", "" ], [ "Schneidmiller", "Evgeni", "" ], [ "Yurkov", "Mikhail", "" ] ]
0705.0296
Alexei Yu. Karlovich
Alexei Yu. Karlovich
Higher Order Asymptotic Formulas for Traces of Toeplitz Matrices with Symbols in H\"older-Zygmund Spaces
10 pages
null
null
null
math.FA math.CA
null
We prove a higher order asymptotic formula for traces of finite block Toeplitz matrices with symbols belonging to H\"older-Zygmund spaces. The remainder in this formula goes to zero very rapidly for very smooth symbols. This formula refine previous asymptotic trace formulas by Szeg\"o and Widom and complement higher order asymptotic formulas for determinants of finite block Toeplitz matrices due to B\"ottcher and Silbermann.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 14:27:30 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Karlovich", "Alexei Yu.", "" ] ]
0705.0297
Grzegorz Swiatek
Genadi Levin, Grzegorz Swiatek
Measure of the Julia Set of the Feigenbaum map with infinite criticality
null
null
null
null
math.GN math.DS
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider fixed points of the Feigenbaum (periodic-doubling) operator whose orders tend to infinity. It is known that the hyperbolic dimension of their Julia sets go to 2. We prove that the Lebesgue measure of these Julia sets tend to zero. An important part of the proof consists in applying martingale theory to a stochastic process with non-integrable increments.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 2 May 2007 14:28:40 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:45:08 GMT" } ]
2009-03-25T00:00:00
[ [ "Levin", "Genadi", "" ], [ "Swiatek", "Grzegorz", "" ] ]