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0705.4598
Harold G. Evans
Harold G. Evans (for the CDF and D0 collaborations)
Bs Physics at CDF and D0
added Fermilab-Conf number, corrected two misquoted theoretical results
Frascati Phys.Ser.44:421-436,2007
null
FERMILAB-CONF/07-146-E
hep-ex
null
Run II at the Tevatron has seen an explosion of results related to the Bs meson, ranging from tests of QCD models, to probes of electro-weak symmetry breaking, to direct searches for new physics effects. I will briefly summarize the CDF and D0 Bs-physics programs, describing the suitability of the detectors for doing this kind of physics, and pointing out how our knowledge of important quantities has improved through Run II measurements.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 13:00:27 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:34:23 GMT" } ]
2019-08-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Evans", "Harold G.", "", "for the CDF and D0 collaborations" ] ]
0705.4599
Prakash Mathews
Prakash Mathews, V. Ravindran
Unparticle physics at hadron collider via dilepton production
11 pages, 9 figures, version to appear in Phys. Lett. B
Phys.Lett.B657:198-206,2007
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.10.018
SINP/TNP/2007-15
hep-ph hep-ex
null
The scale invariant unparticle physics recently proposed by Georgi could manifest at low energies as non integral number d_U of invisible particles. Unparticles if existing, could couple to the Standard Model fields and consequently affect the collider phenomenology. We consider the DY process to explore effects of the peculiar propagator of the scalar and tensor unparticle operators. To probe these effects at hadron collider one needs to go beyond LO in QCD and hence the quantitative impact of QCD corrections for unparticle physics at LHC is investigated. We present the K-factors at LHC. Inclusion of QCD corrections to NLO stabilises the cross section with respect to scale variations.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 13:00:45 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:35:23 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:50:43 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Mathews", "Prakash", "" ], [ "Ravindran", "V.", "" ] ]
0705.4600
Igor V. Volovich
V.S.Vladimirov
Nonlinear equations for p-adic open, closed, and open-closed strings
16 pages, 3 figures
Theor.Math.Phys.149:1604-1616,2006; Teor.Mat.Fiz.149:354-367,2006
10.1007/s11232-006-0144-z
null
math-ph hep-th math.AP math.MP
null
We investigate the structure of solutions of boundary value problems for a one-dimensional nonlinear system of pseudodifferential equations describing the dynamics (rolling) of p-adic open, closed, and open-closed strings for a scalar tachyon field using the method of successive approximations. For an open-closed string, we prove that the method converges for odd values of p of the form p=4n+1 under the condition that the solution for the closed string is known. For p=2, we discuss the questions of the existence and the nonexistence of solutions of boundary value problems and indicate the possibility of discontinuous solutions appearing.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 13:14:30 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Vladimirov", "V. S.", "" ] ]
0705.4601
Suzanne Ramsay Howat
Suzanne K. Ramsay Howat, Jane S. Greaves
Molecular Hydrogen emission from disks in the eta Chamaeleontis cluster
Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 9 pages
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.379:1658-1664,2007
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12049.x
null
astro-ph
null
Disks in the 6 Myr old cluster eta Chamaeleontis were searched for emission from hot H2. Around the M3 star ECHAJ0843.3-7905 we detect circumstellar gas orbiting at ~2 AU. If the gas is UV-excited, the ro-vibrational line traces a hot gas layer supported by a disk of mass ~0.03Msolar, similar to the minimum mass solar nebula. Such a gas reservoir at 6 Myr would promote the formation and inwards migration of gas giant planets.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 13:16:57 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Howat", "Suzanne K. Ramsay", "" ], [ "Greaves", "Jane S.", "" ] ]
0705.4602
Stefan Kebekus
Marian Aprodu, Stefan Kebekus and Thomas Peternell
Endomorphisms of projective varieties
References were added and a few typos were fixed
null
null
null
math.AG
null
We study complex projective manifolds X that admit surjective endomorphisms f:X->X of degree at least two. In case f is etale, we prove structure theorems that describe X. In particular, a rather detailed description is given if X is a uniruled threefold. As to the ramified case, we first prove a general theorem stating that the vector bundle associated to a Galois covering of projective manifolds is ample (resp. nef) under very mild conditions. This is applied to the study of ramified endomorphisms of Fano manifolds with second Betti number one. It is conjectured that the projective space is the only Fano manifold admitting admitting an endomorphism of degree d>1, and we prove that in several cases. A part of the argumentation is based on a new characterization of the projective space as the only manifold that admits an ample subsheaf in its tangent bundle.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 13:20:10 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:11:34 GMT" } ]
2007-06-22T00:00:00
[ [ "Aprodu", "Marian", "" ], [ "Kebekus", "Stefan", "" ], [ "Peternell", "Thomas", "" ] ]
0705.4603
Michael Gruberbauer
Michael Gruberbauer, Katrien Kohlenberg, Jason F. Rowe, Daniel Huber, Jaymie M. Matthews, Piet Reegen, Rainer Kuschnig, Chris Cameron, Thomas Kallinger, Werner W. Weiss, David B. Guenther, Anthony F. J. Moffat, Slavek Rucinski, Dimitar Sasselov, Gordon A. H. Walker
MOST photometry of the RRd Lyrae variable AQ Leo: Two radial modes, 32 combination frequencies, and beyond
accepted for publication in MNRAS; revision v2 : broken references have been fixed
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.379:1498-1506,2007
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12042.x
null
astro-ph
null
Highly precise and nearly uninterrupted optical photometry of the RR Lyrae star AQ Leo was obtained with the MOST (Microvariability & Oscillations of STars) satellite over 34.4 days in February-March 2005. AQ Leo was the first known double-mode RR Lyrae pulsator (RRd star). Three decades after its discovery, MOST observations have revealed that AQ Leo oscillates with at least 42 frequencies, of which 32 are linear combinations (up to the sixth order) of the radial fundamental mode and its first overtone. Evidence for period changes of these modes is found in the data. The other intrinsic frequencies may represent an additional nonradial pulsation mode and its harmonics (plus linear combinations) which warrant theoretical modeling. The unprecedented number of frequencies detected with amplitudes down to millimag precision also presents an opportunity to test nonlinear theories of mode growth and saturation in RR Lyrae pulsators.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 13:27:20 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 9 Jul 2007 09:46:43 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Gruberbauer", "Michael", "" ], [ "Kohlenberg", "Katrien", "" ], [ "Rowe", "Jason F.", "" ], [ "Huber", "Daniel", "" ], [ "Matthews", "Jaymie M.", "" ], [ "Reegen", "Piet", "" ], [ "Kuschnig", "Rainer", "" ], [ "Cameron", "Chris", "" ], [ "Kallinger", "Thomas", "" ], [ "Weiss", "Werner W.", "" ], [ "Guenther", "David B.", "" ], [ "Moffat", "Anthony F. J.", "" ], [ "Rucinski", "Slavek", "" ], [ "Sasselov", "Dimitar", "" ], [ "Walker", "Gordon A. H.", "" ] ]
0705.4604
Henrik Reif Andersen
Henrik Reif Andersen and Kaare J. Kristoffersen
Temporal Runtime Verification using Monadic Difference Logic
null
null
null
null
cs.LO
null
In this paper we present an algorithm for performing runtime verification of a bounded temporal logic over timed runs. The algorithm consists of three elements. First, the bounded temporal formula to be verified is translated into a monadic first-order logic over difference inequalities, which we call monadic difference logic. Second, at each step of the timed run, the monadic difference formula is modified by computing a quotient with the state and time of that step. Third, the resulting formula is checked for being a tautology or being unsatisfiable by a decision procedure for monadic difference logic. We further provide a simple decision procedure for monadic difference logic based on the data structure Difference Decision Diagrams. The algorithm is complete in a very strong sense on a subclass of temporal formulae characterized as homogeneously monadic and it is approximate on other formulae. The approximation comes from the fact that not all unsatisfiable or tautological formulae are recognised at the earliest possible time of the runtime verification. Contrary to existing approaches, the presented algorithms do not work by syntactic rewriting but employ efficient decision structures which make them applicable in real applications within for instance business software.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 13:22:02 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Andersen", "Henrik Reif", "" ], [ "Kristoffersen", "Kaare J.", "" ] ]
0705.4605
Pai-Yi Hsiao
Yu-Fu Wei and Pai-Yi Hsiao
Role of chain stiffness on the conformation of single polyelectrolytes in salt solutions
52 pages, 15 figures, accepted for publication in JCP
J. Chem. Phys. 127 (2007) 064901; selected for the August 2007 issue of JCP: BioChemical Physics
10.1063/1.2751195
null
cond-mat.soft cond-mat.stat-mech
null
Conformation of single polyelectrolytes in tetravalent salt solutions is investigated under the framework of a coarse-grained model, using Langevin dynamics simulations. The chain size, studied by the radius of gyration, shows three different variational behaviors with salt concentration, depending on the chain stiffness. According to these behaviors, polyelectrolytes of fixed chain length are classified into three categories: flexible chain, semiflexible chain, and rigid chain. The worm-like chain model with persistence length predicted by the Odijk-Skolnick-Fixman theory is found to be able to qualitatively describe the end-to-end distance at low salt concentration. In a low-salt region, a flexible polyelectrolyte extends more significantly than a semiflexible chain, and in a high-salt region, regardless of chain stiffness, a chain attains a dimension comparable to that of its neutral polymer. The chain stiffness influences both the local and the global chain structures. A flexible chain exhibits a zigzagged local structure in the presence of salt ions and the condensed structure is a disordered, random globule. A semiflexible chain is locally smooth, and the condensed structure is orderly packed, taking a form such as hairpin or toroid. Moreover, the chain stiffness can also affect the nature of the coil-globule transition. The transition is occurred in a discrete manner for semiflexible chain, whereas in a continuous way for flexible chain. This discrete feature is happened not only at low salt concentration when a semiflexible chain is collapsed, but also at high salt concentration when the collapsed chain is reexpanded. At the end, the effects of chain stiffness and salt concentration on the conformation of single polyelectrolytes are summarized in a schematic state diagram.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 01:13:26 GMT" } ]
2009-09-29T00:00:00
[ [ "Wei", "Yu-Fu", "" ], [ "Hsiao", "Pai-Yi", "" ] ]
0705.4606
Marco Pellegrini
Filippo Geraci and Marco Pellegrini
Dynamic User-Defined Similarity Searching in Semi-Structured Text Retrieval
Submitted to Spire 2007
null
null
IIT TR-07/2007
cs.IR cs.DS
null
Modern text retrieval systems often provide a similarity search utility, that allows the user to find efficiently a fixed number k of documents in the data set that are most similar to a given query (here a query is either a simple sequence of keywords or the identifier of a full document found in previous searches that is considered of interest). We consider the case of a textual database made of semi-structured documents. Each field, in turns, is modelled with a specific vector space. The problem is more complex when we also allow each such vector space to have an associated user-defined dynamic weight that influences its contribution to the overall dynamic aggregated and weighted similarity. This dynamic problem has been tackled in a recent paper by Singitham et al. in in VLDB 2004. Their proposed solution, which we take as baseline, is a variant of the cluster-pruning technique that has the potential for scaling to very large corpora of documents, and is far more efficient than the naive exhaustive search. We devise an alternative way of embedding weights in the data structure, coupled with a non-trivial application of a clustering algorithm based on the furthest point first heuristic for the metric k-center problem. The validity of our approach is demonstrated experimentally by showing significant performance improvements over the scheme proposed in Singitham et al. in VLDB 2004. We improve significantly tradeoffs between query time and output quality with respect to the baseline method in Singitham et al. in in VLDB 2004, and also with respect to a novel method by Chierichetti et al. to appear in ACM PODS 2007. We also speed up the pre-processing time by a factor at least thirty.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 13:46:39 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Geraci", "Filippo", "" ], [ "Pellegrini", "Marco", "" ] ]
0705.4607
Marcus Aguiar de
David D. Chinellato, Marcus A.M. de Aguiar, Irving R. Epstein, Dan Braha and Yaneer Bar-Yam
Dynamical Response of Networks under External Perturbations: Exact Results
4 pages, 3 figures
null
null
null
nlin.SI nlin.CG
null
We introduce and solve a general model of dynamic response under external perturbations. This model captures a wide range of systems out of equilibrium including Ising models of physical systems, social opinions, and population genetics. The distribution of states under perturbation and relaxation process reflects two regimes -- one driven by the external perturbation, and one driven by internal ordering. These regimes parallel the disordered and ordered regimes of equilibrium physical systems driven by thermal perturbations but here are shown to be relevant for non-thermal and non-equilibrium external influences on complex biological and social systems. We extend our results to a wide range of network topologies by introducing an effective strength of external perturbation by analytic mean-field approximation. Simulations show this generalization is remarkably accurate for many topologies of current interest in describing real systems.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 13:53:14 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:38:19 GMT" } ]
2007-11-19T00:00:00
[ [ "Chinellato", "David D.", "" ], [ "de Aguiar", "Marcus A. M.", "" ], [ "Epstein", "Irving R.", "" ], [ "Braha", "Dan", "" ], [ "Bar-Yam", "Yaneer", "" ] ]
0705.4608
Gregory S. Warrington
Nicholas A. Loehr, Gregory S. Warrington
Nested quantum Dyck paths and nabla(s_lambda)
23 pages
null
null
null
math.CO
null
We conjecture a combinatorial formula for the monomial expansion of the image of any Schur function under the Bergeron-Garsia nabla operator. The formula involves nested labeled Dyck paths weighted by area and a suitable "diagonal inversion" statistic. Our model includes as special cases many previous conjectures connecting the nabla operator to quantum lattice paths. The combinatorics of the inverse Kostka matrix leads to an elementary proof of our proposed formula when q=1. We also outline a possible approach for proving all the extant nabla conjectures that reduces everything to the construction of sign-reversing involutions on explicit collections of signed, weighted objects.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 14:03:43 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Loehr", "Nicholas A.", "" ], [ "Warrington", "Gregory S.", "" ] ]
0705.4609
Salvatore Capozziello
S.A. Ali, S. Capozziello
Nonlinear Realization of the Local Conform-Affine Symmetry Group for Gravity in the Composite Fiber Bundle Formalism
24 pages. to appear in IJGMMP
Int.J.Geom.Meth.Mod.Phys.4:1041-1074,2007
10.1142/S0219887807002429
null
gr-qc
null
A gauge theory of gravity based on a nonlinear realization (NLR) of the local Conform-Affine (CA) group of symmetry transformations is presented. The coframe fields and gauge connections of the theory are obtained. The tetrads and Lorentz group metric are used to induce a spacetime metric. The inhomogenously transforming (under the Lorentz group) connection coefficients serve as gravitational gauge potentials used to define covariant derivatives accommodating minimal coupling of matter and gauge fields. On the other hand, the tensor valued connection forms serve as auxillary dynamical fields associated with the dilation, special conformal and deformational (shear) degrees of freedom inherent in the bundle manifold. The bundle curvature of the theory is determined. Boundary topological invariants are constructed. They serve as a prototype (source free) gravitational Lagrangian. The Bianchi identities, covariant field equations and gauge currents are obtained.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 13:57:19 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Ali", "S. A.", "" ], [ "Capozziello", "S.", "" ] ]
0705.4610
Fabio Lepreti Dr.
Silvia Perri, Fabio Lepreti, Vincenzo Carbone, Angelo Vulpiani
Position and velocity space diffusion of test particles in stochastic electromagnetic fields
10 pages, 4 figures
Europhys. Lett. 78, 40003 (2007)
10.1209/0295-5075/78/40003
null
cond-mat.stat-mech nlin.CD
null
The two--dimensional diffusive dynamics of test particles in a random electromagnetic field is studied. The synthetic electromagnetic fluctuations are generated through randomly placed magnetised ``clouds'' oscillating with a frequency $\omega$. We investigate the mean square displacements of particles in both position and velocity spaces. As $\omega$ increases the particles undergo standard (Brownian--like) motion, anomalous diffusion and ballistic motion in position space. Although in general the diffusion properties in velocity space are not trivially related to those in position space, we find that energization is present only when particles display anomalous diffusion in position space. The anomalous character of the diffusion is only in the non--standard values of the scaling exponents while the process is Gaussian.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 14:02:37 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Perri", "Silvia", "" ], [ "Lepreti", "Fabio", "" ], [ "Carbone", "Vincenzo", "" ], [ "Vulpiani", "Angelo", "" ] ]
0705.4611
Jeremy Shears
Jeremy Shears, Roger Pickard, Tom Krajci, Gary Poyner
Photometry of the dwarf nova AW Sagittae during the 2006 November superoutburst
10 pages, 9 figures. Accepted for publication in the Journal of the British Astronomical Association
null
null
null
astro-ph
null
During 2006 November an outburst of the dwarf nova AW Sge was observed using CCD photometry. This revealed 0.25 magnitude superhumps confirming it to be a superoutburst, possibly only the second confirmed such outburst of this star. The superhumps were observed for 4 days and had a stable period Psh = 0.0745(2)d, a value which is consistent with Psh measured during the 2000 superoutburst.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 14:03:43 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Shears", "Jeremy", "" ], [ "Pickard", "Roger", "" ], [ "Krajci", "Tom", "" ], [ "Poyner", "Gary", "" ] ]
0705.4612
Mark Hillery
Edgar Feldman and Mark Hillery
Modifying quantum walks: A scattering theory approach
22 pages and 1 figure
null
10.1088/1751-8113/40/37/011
null
quant-ph
null
We show how to construct discrete-time quantum walks on directed, Eulerian graphs. These graphs have tails on which the particle making the walk propagates freely, and this makes it possible to analyze the walks in terms of scattering theory. The probability of entering a graph from one tail and leaving from another can be found from the scattering matrix of the graph. We show how the scattering matrix of a graph that is an automorphic image of the original is related to the scattering matrix of the original graph, and we show how the scattering matrix of the reverse graph is related to that of the original graph. Modifications of graphs and the effects of these modifications are then considered. In particular we show how the scattering matrix of a graph is changed if we remove two tails and replace them with an edge or cut an edge and add two tails. This allows us to combine graphs, that is if we connect two graphs we can construct the scattering matrix of the combined graph from those of its parts. Finally, using these techniques, we show how two graphs can be compared by constructing a larger larger graph in which the two original graphs are in parallel, and performing a quantum walk on the larger graph. This is a kind of quantum walk interferometry.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 14:12:42 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Feldman", "Edgar", "" ], [ "Hillery", "Mark", "" ] ]
0705.4613
Rutwig C. Stursberg
R. Campoamor-Stursberg
Contractions and deformations of quasi-classical Lie algebras preserving a non-degenerate quadratic Casimir operator
12 pages. LATEX with revtex4; Proceedings of the XII International Conference on Symmetry Methods in Physics, (Yerevan, 2006) eds. G.S. Pogosyan et al;
Phys.Atom.Nucl.71:830-835,2008
10.1134/S1063778808050104
null
hep-th
null
By means of contractions of Lie algebras, we obtain new classes of indecomposable quasi-classical Lie algebras that satisfy the Yang-Baxter equations in its reformulation in terms of triple products. These algebras are shown to arise naturally from non-compact real simple algebras with non-simple complexification, where we impose that a non-degenerate quadratic Casimir operator is preserved by the limiting process. We further consider the converse problem, and obtain sufficient conditions on integrable cocycles of quasi-classical Lie algebras in order to preserve non-degenerate quadratic Casimir operators by the associated linear deformations.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 14:14:08 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Campoamor-Stursberg", "R.", "" ] ]
0705.4614
Markus Wittkowski
M. Wittkowski, D. A. Boboltz, K. Ohnaka, T. Driebe, M. Scholz
The Mira variable S Ori: Relationships between the photosphere, molecular layer, dust shell, and SiO maser shell at 4 epochs
Accepted for publication in A&A. See ESO press release 25/07 at http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2007/pr-25-07.html
A&A, 470, 191 (2007)
10.1051/0004-6361:20077168
null
astro-ph
null
We present the first multi-epoch study that includes concurrent mid-infrared and radio interferometry of an oxygen-rich Mira star. We obtained mid-infrared interferometry of S Ori with VLTI/MIDI at four epochs between December 2004 and December 2005. We concurrently observed v=1, J=1-0 (43.1 GHz), and v=2, J=1-0 (42.8 GHz) SiO maser emission toward S Ori with the VLBA at three epochs. The MIDI data are analyzed using self-excited dynamic model atmospheres including molecular layers, complemented by a radiative transfer model of the circumstellar dust shell. The VLBA data are reduced to the spatial structure and kinematics of the maser spots. The modeling of our MIDI data results in phase-dependent continuum photospheric angular diameters between about 7.9 mas (Phase 0.55) and 9.7 mas (Phase 1.16). The dust shell can best be modeled with Al2O3 grains using phase-dependent inner boundary radii between 1.8 and 2.4 photospheric radii. The dust shell appears to be more compact with greater optical depth near visual minimum, and more extended with lower optical depth after visual maximum. The ratios of the SiO maser ring radii to the photospheric radii are between about 1.9 and 2.4. The maser spots mark the region of the molecular atmospheric layers just beyond the steepest decrease in the mid-infrared model intensity profile. Their velocity structure indicates a radial gas expansion. Al2O3 dust grains and SiO maser spots form at relatively small radii of 1.8-2.4 photospheric radii. Our results suggest increased mass loss and dust formation close to the surface near the minimum visual phase, when Al2O3 dust grains are co-located with the molecular gas and the SiO maser shells, and a more expanded dust shell after visual maximum. Silicon does not appear to be bound in dust, as our data show no sign of silicate grains.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 14:15:06 GMT" } ]
2007-07-04T00:00:00
[ [ "Wittkowski", "M.", "" ], [ "Boboltz", "D. A.", "" ], [ "Ohnaka", "K.", "" ], [ "Driebe", "T.", "" ], [ "Scholz", "M.", "" ] ]
0705.4615
Nataliya A. Goncharuk
N. A. Goncharuk, L. Smrcka, P. Svoboda, P. Vasek, J. Kucera, Yu. Krupko, W. Wegscheider
Illumination-induced changes of the Fermi surface topology in three-dimensional superlattices
7 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B
Phys. Rev. B 75 (2007) 245322 (1-7)
10.1103/PhysRevB.75.245322
null
cond-mat.mes-hall
null
The magnetoresistance of the MBE-grown GaAs/AlGaAs superlattice with Si-doped barriers has been measured in tilted magnetic fields in the as-grown state, and after brief illumination by a red-light diode at low temperature, T is approximately 0.3 K. A remarkable illumination-induced modification of magnetoresistance curves has been observed, which indicates a significant change of the superlattice Fermi surface topology. Analysis of magnetoresistance data in terms of the tight-binding model reveals that not only electron concentration and mobility have been increased by illumination, but also the coupling among 2D electron layers in neighboring quantum wells has been reduced.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 14:17:32 GMT" } ]
2007-07-25T00:00:00
[ [ "Goncharuk", "N. A.", "" ], [ "Smrcka", "L.", "" ], [ "Svoboda", "P.", "" ], [ "Vasek", "P.", "" ], [ "Kucera", "J.", "" ], [ "Krupko", "Yu.", "" ], [ "Wegscheider", "W.", "" ] ]
0705.4616
Jeremy Shears
Jeremy Shears, Geir Klingenberg, Pierre de Ponthiere
Observations of the first confirmed superoutburst of SDSS J080434.20+510349.2 in 2006 March
12 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication in the Journal of the British Astronomical Association
null
null
null
astro-ph
null
During 2006 March the first confirmed superoutburst of the dwarf nova SDSS J080434.20+510349.2 was observed using unfiltered CCD photometry. Time-series photometry revealed superhumps with a period of 0.0597 +/- 0.0011 d and an amplitude of 0.2 magnitude, thereby independently establishing its UGSU classification. Following the decline from a peak magnitude of 13.1, at least two rebrightening events were observed. Evidence is presented which is consistent with the star being a member of the UGWZ sub-class.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 14:18:00 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Shears", "Jeremy", "" ], [ "Klingenberg", "Geir", "" ], [ "de Ponthiere", "Pierre", "" ] ]
0705.4617
B. Lee Roberts
David W. Hertzog, James P. Miller, Eduardo de Rafael, B.Lee Roberts, Dominik Stockinger
The Physics Case for the New Muon (g-2) Experiment
18 pages, 7 figures
null
null
null
hep-ph hep-ex
null
This White Paper briefly reviews the present status of the muon (g-2) experiment and the physics motivation for a new effort. The present comparison between experiment and theory indicates a tantalizing $3.4 \sigma$ deviation. An improvement in precision on this comparison by a factor of 2--with the central value remaining unchanged--will exceed the ``discovery'' threshold, with a sensitivity above $6 \sigma$. The 2.5-fold reduction improvement goal of the new Brookhaven E969 experiment, along with continued steady reduction of the standard model theory uncertainty, will achieve this more definitive test. Already, the (g-2) result is arguably the most compelling indicator of physics beyond the standard model and, at the very least, it represents a major constraint for speculative new theories such as supersymmetry or extra dimensions. In this report, we summarize the present experimental status and provide an up-to-date accounting of the standard model theory, including the expectations for improvement in the hadronic contributions, which dominate the overall uncertainty. Our primary focus is on the physics case that motivates improved experimental and theoretical efforts. Accordingly, we give examples of specific new-physics implications in the context of direct searches at the LHC as well as general arguments about the role of an improved (g-2) measurement. A brief summary of the plans for an upgraded effort complete the report.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 14:31:00 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Hertzog", "David W.", "" ], [ "Miller", "James P.", "" ], [ "de Rafael", "Eduardo", "" ], [ "Roberts", "B. Lee", "" ], [ "Stockinger", "Dominik", "" ] ]
0705.4618
Roberto Bagnara
Roberto Bagnara, Patricia M. Hill, Enea Zaffanella
An Improved Tight Closure Algorithm for Integer Octagonal Constraints
15 pages, 2 figures
null
null
null
cs.DS cs.CG cs.LO
null
Integer octagonal constraints (a.k.a. ``Unit Two Variables Per Inequality'' or ``UTVPI integer constraints'') constitute an interesting class of constraints for the representation and solution of integer problems in the fields of constraint programming and formal analysis and verification of software and hardware systems, since they couple algorithms having polynomial complexity with a relatively good expressive power. The main algorithms required for the manipulation of such constraints are the satisfiability check and the computation of the inferential closure of a set of constraints. The latter is called `tight' closure to mark the difference with the (incomplete) closure algorithm that does not exploit the integrality of the variables. In this paper we present and fully justify an O(n^3) algorithm to compute the tight closure of a set of UTVPI integer constraints.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 14:32:46 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 1 Jun 2007 08:17:11 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Bagnara", "Roberto", "" ], [ "Hill", "Patricia M.", "" ], [ "Zaffanella", "Enea", "" ] ]
0705.4619
Michael T. Lacey
Dmitry Bilyk, Michael Lacey, Armen Vagharshakyan
On the Small Ball Inequality in All Dimensions
33 pages, 2 figures. Final version of the paper. To appear in J Funct Analy
null
null
null
math.CA math.PR
null
Let h_R denote an L ^{\infty} normalized Haar function adapted to a dyadic rectangle R contained in the unit cube in dimension d. We establish a non-trivial lower bound on the L^{\infty} norm of the `hyperbolic' sums $$ \sum _{|R|=2 ^{-n}} \alpha(R) h_R (x) $$ The lower bound is non-trivial in that we improve the average case bound by n^{\eta} for some positive \eta, a function of dimension d. As far as the authors know, this is the first result of this type in dimension 4 and higher. This question is related to Conjectures in (1) Irregularity of Distributions, (2) Approximation Theory and (3) Probability Theory. The method of proof of this paper gives new results on these conjectures in all dimensions 4 and higher. This paper builds upon prior work of Jozef Beck, from 1989, and first two authors from 2006. These results were of the same nature, but only in dimension 3.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 14:39:56 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:13:34 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:31:12 GMT" } ]
2007-09-17T00:00:00
[ [ "Bilyk", "Dmitry", "" ], [ "Lacey", "Michael", "" ], [ "Vagharshakyan", "Armen", "" ] ]
0705.4620
Dongwoo Cha
Doohwan Kim, Eunja Ha, and Dongwoo Cha
Universal Expression for the Lowest Excitation Energy of Natural Parity Even Multipole States
10 pages, 5 figures
Nucl.Phys.A799:46-55,2008
10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2007.10.006
null
nucl-th
null
We present a new expression for the energy of the lowest collective states in even-even nuclei throughout the entire periodic table. Our empirical formula is extremely valid and holds universally for all of the natural parity even multipole states. This formula depends only on the mass number and the valence nucleon numbers with six parameters. These parameters are determined easily and unambiguously from the data for each multipole state. We discuss the validity of our empirical formula by comparing our results with those of other studies and also by estimating the average and the dispersion of the logarithmic errors of the calculated excitation energies with respect to the measured ones.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 14:40:24 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 8 Oct 2007 05:53:45 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Kim", "Doohwan", "" ], [ "Ha", "Eunja", "" ], [ "Cha", "Dongwoo", "" ] ]
0705.4621
Arti Goyal
A. Goyal (ARIES, Nainital), Gopal-Krishna (NCRA-TIFR, Pune), Ram Sagar (ARIES, Nainital), G.C.Anupama (IIA, Bangalore), D.K. Sahu (CREST-IIA Bangalore)
Further evidence for intra-night optical variability of radio-quiet quasars
15 Pages, 4 Tables, 24 Figures; Accepted in BASI
null
null
null
astro-ph
null
Although well established for BL Lac objects and radio-loud quasars, the occurrence of intra-night optical variability (INOV) in radio-quiet quasars is still debated, primarily since only a handful of INOV events with good statistical significance, albeit small amplitude, have been reported so far. This has motivated us to continue intra-night optical monitoring of bona-fide radio-quiet quasars (RQQs). Here we present the results for a sample of 11 RQQs monitored by us on 19 nights. On 5 of these nights a given RQQ was monitored simultaneously from two well separated observatories. In all, two clear cases and two probable case of INOV were detected. From these data, we estimate an INOV duty cycle of $\sim$8% for RQQs which would increase to 19% if the `probable variable' cases are also included. Such comparatively small INOV duty cycles for RQQs, together with the small INOV amplitudes ($\sim$1%), are in accord with the previously deduced characteristics of this phenomenon.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 14:45:40 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Goyal", "A.", "", "ARIES, Nainital" ], [ "Gopal-Krishna", "", "", "NCRA-TIFR, Pune" ], [ "Sagar", "Ram", "", "ARIES, Nainital" ], [ "Anupama", "G. C.", "", "IIA, Bangalore" ], [ "Sahu", "D. K.", "", "CREST-IIA\n Bangalore" ] ]
0705.4622
Nicolas Martin
N. F. Martin (MPIA, Heidelberg), R. A. Ibata (Observatoire de Strasbourg), S.C. Chapman (IoA, Cambridge), M. Irwin (IoA, Cambridge), G. F. Lewis (Univ. Sydney)
A Keck/DEIMOS spectroscopic survey of faint Galactic satellites: searching for the least massive dwarf galaxies
24 pages, 11 figures, MNRAS accepted
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.380:281-300,2007
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12055.x
null
astro-ph
null
[abridged] We present the results of a spectroscopic survey of the recently discovered faint Milky Way satellites Boo, UMaI, UMaII and Wil1. Using the DEIMOS spectrograph on Keck, we have obtained samples that contain from 15 to 85 probable members of these satellites for which we derive radial velocities precise to a few km/s down to i~21-22. About half of these stars are observed with a high enough S/N to estimate their metallicity to within \pm0.2 dex. From this dataset, we show that UMaII is the only object that does not show a clear radial velocity peak. However, the measured systemic radial velocity (v_r=115\pm5 km/s) is in good agreement with recent simulations in which this object is the progenitor of the recently discovered Orphan Stream. The three other satellites show velocity dispersions that make them highly dark-matter dominated systems. In particular the Willman 1 object is not a globular cluster given its metallicity scatter over -2.0<[Fe/H]<-1.0 and is therefore almost certainly a dwarf galaxy or dwarf galaxy remnant. We measure a radial velocity dispersion of only 4.3_{-1.3}^{+2.3} km/s around a systemic velocity of -12.3\pm2.3 km/s which implies a mass-to-light ratio of ~700 and a total mass of ~5x10^5 Msun for this satellite, making it the least massive satellite galaxy known to date. Such a low mass could mean that the 10^7 Msun limit that had until now never been crossed for Milky Way and Andromeda satellite galaxies may only be an observational limit and that fainter, less massive systems exist within the Local Group. However, more modeling and an extended search for potential extra-tidal stars are required to rule out the possibility that these systems have not been significantly heated by tidal interaction.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 14:45:50 GMT" } ]
2010-03-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Martin", "N. F.", "", "MPIA, Heidelberg" ], [ "Ibata", "R. A.", "", "Observatoire de\n Strasbourg" ], [ "Chapman", "S. C.", "", "IoA, Cambridge" ], [ "Irwin", "M.", "", "IoA, Cambridge" ], [ "Lewis", "G. F.", "", "Univ. Sydney" ] ]
0705.4623
Tracey Hill
T. Hill, M. G. Burton, M. R. Cunningham, V. Minier
Profiling Young Massive Stars
5 pages with figures
null
10.1017/S1743921307012665
null
astro-ph
null
We present the results of spectral energy distribution analysis for 162 of the 405 sources reported in the SIMBA survey of Hill et al. (2005). The fits reveal source specific parameters including: the luminosity, mass, temperature, H$_2$ number density, the surface density and the luminosity-to-mass ratio. Each of these parameters are examined with respect to the four classes of source present in the sample. Obvious luminosity and temperature distinctions exist between the mm-only cores and those cores with methanol maser and/or radio continuum emission, with the former cooler and less luminous than the latter. The evidence suggests that the mm-only cores are a precursor to the methanol maser in the formation of massive stars. The mm-only cores comprise two distinct populations distinguished by temperature. Analysis and conclusions about the nature of the cool-mm and warm-mm cores comprising the mm-only population are drawn.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 14:48:48 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Hill", "T.", "" ], [ "Burton", "M. G.", "" ], [ "Cunningham", "M. R.", "" ], [ "Minier", "V.", "" ] ]
0705.4624
Maxim Chernodub
M.N. Chernodub and I.E. Kozlov
Topological susceptibility in Yang-Mills theory in the vacuum correlator method
5 pages (JETP Letters style)
JETP Lett.86:1-5,2007
10.1134/S0021364007130012
ITEP-LAT/2007-10
hep-ph hep-lat
null
We calculate the topological susceptibility of the Yang-Mills vacuum using the field correlator method. Our estimate for the SU(3) gauge group, \chi^{1/4} = 196(7) MeV, is in a very good agreement with the results of recent numerical simulations of the Yang-Mills theory on the lattice.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 15:18:55 GMT" } ]
2011-07-19T00:00:00
[ [ "Chernodub", "M. N.", "" ], [ "Kozlov", "I. E.", "" ] ]
0705.4625
Carsten Schmitz
Carsten Schmitz
Hadronic Final States and Spectroscopy in ep Collisions at HERA
To appear in the proceedings of the 42nd Rencontres de Moriond session devoted to QCD and hadronic interactions, La Thuile (Italy), March 17-24 2007
null
null
null
hep-ex
null
Recent results on spectroscopy and the measurement of hadronic final states in ep collisions from the H1 and ZEUS collaborations are presented using data sets with an integrated luminosity between 44 and 121 pb^-1 collected during the HERA I running period. Besides a search for resonant states which could be interpreted as pentaquarks, a study of charged particle momentum spectra in the Breit frame and a measurement of neutral strange hadron production is shown. Furthermore two recent measurements of prompt photons are presented and compared with pQCD calculations. The measurements are performed in photoproduction with a four-momentum transfer squared Q^2\sim 0 GeV^2 or in deep inelastic scattering at Q^2>1 GeV^2.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 15:12:46 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Schmitz", "Carsten", "" ] ]
0705.4626
Rene Lozi
R. Lozi
New Enhanced Chaotic Number Generators
42 pages, 17 figures, to be published in Proceeding 8th International Conference of Indian Soc. of Indust. and Appl. Math., Jammu,India, 31st March - 3rd April 2007, Invited conference
Indian Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 1, Number 1, January-June 2007, pp. 1-23
null
null
math.DS
null
We introduce new families of enhanced chaotic number generators in order to compute very fast long series of pseudorandom numbers. The key feature of these generators being the use of chaotic numbers themselves for sampling chaotic subsequence of chaotic numbers in order to hide the generating function. We explore numerically the properties of these new families and underline their very high qualities and usefulness as CPRNG when series are computed up to 10 trillions iterations.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 14:58:13 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:41:35 GMT" } ]
2008-02-20T00:00:00
[ [ "Lozi", "R.", "" ] ]
0705.4627
John W. Norbury
Khin Maung Maung, John W. Norbury, Trina Coleman
Relativistic Multiple Scattering Theory and the Relativistic Impulse Approximation
20 pages, 9 figures, Accepted for publication in Journal of Physics G
J.Phys.G34:1861-1878,2007
10.1088/0954-3899/34/9/001
null
nucl-th
null
It is shown that a relativistic multiple scattering theory for hadron-nucleus scattering can be consistently formulated in four-dimensions in the context of meson exchange. We give a multiple scattering series for the optical potential and discuss the differences between the relativistic and non-relativistic versions. We develop the relativistic multiple scattering series by separating out the one boson exchange term from the rest of the Feynman series. However this particular separation is not absolutely necessary and we discuss how to include other terms. We then show how to make a three-dimensional reduction for hadron-nucleus scattering calculations and we find that the relative energy prescription used in the elastic scattering equation should be consistent with the one used in the free two-body t-matrix involved in the optical potential. We also discuss what assumptions are involved in making a Dirac Relativistic Impulse Approximation (RIA).
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 17:09:13 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Maung", "Khin Maung", "" ], [ "Norbury", "John W.", "" ], [ "Coleman", "Trina", "" ] ]
0705.4628
Hyeong-Chan Kim
Hyeong-Chan Kim, Chaiho Rim, and Jae Hyung Yee
Blackbody radiation in \kappa-Minkowski spacetime
22pages, No figure, some corrections, to appear in Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev.D76:105012,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.105012
null
hep-th
null
We have computed the black body radiation spectra in $\kappa-$Minkowski space-time, using the quantum mechanical picture of massless scalar particles as well as effective quantum field theory picture. The black body radiation depends on how the field theory (and thus how the $\kappa-$Poincar\'e algebra) handles the ordering effect of the noncommutative space-time. In addition, there exists a natural momentum cut-off of the order $\kappa$, beyond which a new real mode takes its shape from a complex mode and the old real mode flows out to be a new complex mode. However, the new high momentum real mode should not be physical since its contributions to the black-body radiation spoils the commutative limit.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 15:05:59 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:00:07 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Kim", "Hyeong-Chan", "" ], [ "Rim", "Chaiho", "" ], [ "Yee", "Jae Hyung", "" ] ]
0705.4629
Jan Balewski
STAR Collaboration: B. I. Abelev, et al
Measurement of Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetries for Di-Jet Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 200$ GeV
6 pages total, 1 Latex file, 3 PS files with figures
Phys.Rev.Lett.99:142003,2007
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.142003
null
hep-ex
null
We report the first measurement of the opening angle distribution between pairs of jets produced in high-energy collisions of transversely polarized protons. The measurement probes (Sivers) correlations between the transverse spin orientation of a proton and the transverse momentum directions of its partons. With both beams polarized, the wide pseudorapidity ($-1 \leq \eta \leq +2$) coverage for jets permits separation of Sivers functions for the valence and sea regions. The resulting asymmetries are all consistent with zero and considerably smaller than Sivers effects observed in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering (SIDIS). We discuss theoretical attempts to reconcile the new results with the sizable transverse spin effects seen in SIDIS and forward hadron production in pp collisions.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 15:10:25 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 4 Oct 2007 20:58:19 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "STAR Collaboration", "", "" ], [ "Abelev", "B. I.", "" ] ]
0705.4630
Danielle Rojas-Rousse
Auguste Ndoutoume-Ndong, Danielle Rojas-Rousse (IRBII)
Y a-t-il \'elimination d'Eupelmus orientalis Crawford par Eupelmus vuilleti Crawford (Hymenoptera : Eupelmidae) des syst\`emes de stockage du ni\'eb\'e (Vigna unguiculata Walp) ?
null
Annales de la Soci\'et\'e Entomologique de France 43, 2 (01/06/2007) 139-144
null
null
q-bio.PE
null
Ni\'eb\'e is a food leguminous plant cultivated in tropical Africa for its seeds rich in proteins. The main problem setted by its production is the conservation of harvests. In the fields as in the stocks, the seeds are destroyed by pests (bruchids). These bruchids are always associated with several entomophagous species of hymenoptera. Four entomophagous species were listed : an egg parasitoid (U lariophaga Stephan), and three solitary larval and pupal ectoparasitoids (D. Basalis Rondoni, Pteromalidae; E. vuilleti Crawford and E. orientalis Crawford, Eupelmidae). The survey of the populations shows that at the beginning of storage, E orientalis is the most abundant specie (72 %) whereas E. vuilleti and D. Basalis respectively represent 12 % and 16 % of the hymenoptera. During storage, the E orientalis population decreases gradually and it disappears completely in less than two months after the beginning of storage. E. Vuilleti population becomes gradually more important than D. basalis population which regress until less than 10 % of the emerging parasitoids. E vuilleti adopts ovicide and larvicide behaviour against D. Basalis. This behaviour explains its population regression inside granaries. If the aggressive behaviour of this Eupelmidae is a constant, that could also explain the disappearance of E orientalis. However if this species is maintained in stocks, it would be an effective control agent of bruchids according to their parasitic capacities. This study shows that ovicide and larvicide behaviour of E vuilleti is not expressed against E orientalis. When the females have exclusively the hosts already parasitized by E orientalis, they do not lay eggs. The disappearance of E orientalis could not thus be explained by the presence of E. vuilleti.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 15:32:45 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Ndoutoume-Ndong", "Auguste", "", "IRBII" ], [ "Rojas-Rousse", "Danielle", "", "IRBII" ] ]
0705.4631
Luca Pezz\'e
L. Pezze' and A. Smerzi
Mach-Zehnder Interferometry at the Heisenberg Limit with coherent and squeezed-vacuum light
4 pages, 4 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.073601
null
quant-ph cond-mat.other
null
We show that the phase sensitivity $\Delta \theta$ of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer fed by a coherent state in one input port and squeezed-vacuum in the other one is i) independent from the true value of the phase shift and ii) can reach the Heisenberg limit $\Delta \theta \sim 1/N_T$, where $N_T$ is the average number of particles of the input states. We also show that the Cramer-Rao lower bound, $\Delta \theta \propto 1/ \sqrt{|\alpha|^2 e^{2r} + \sinh^2r}$, can be saturated for arbitrary values of the squeezing parameter $r$ and the amplitude of the coherent mode $|\alpha|$ by a Bayesian phase inference protocol.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 15:33:28 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Pezze'", "L.", "" ], [ "Smerzi", "A.", "" ] ]
0705.4632
Declan Diver
Declan A. Diver and Luis F. A. Teodoro
Unplugging the Universe: the neglected electromagnetic consequence of decoupling
4 pages, no figures
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.385:L73,2008
10.1111/j.1745-3933.2008.00436.x
null
astro-ph
null
This letter concentrates on the non-equilibrium evolution of magnetic field structures at the onset of recombination, when the charged particle current densities decay as neutrals are formed. We consider the effect that a decaying magnetic flux has on the acceleration of particles via the transient induced electric field. Since the residual charged-particle number density is small as a result of decoupling, we shall consider the magnetic and electric fields essentially to be imposed, neglecting the feedback from any minority accelerated population. We find that the electromagnetic treatment of this phase transition can produce energetic electrons scattered throughout the Universe. Such particles could have a significant effect on cosmic evolution in several ways: (i) their presence could delay the effective end of the recombination era; (ii) they could give rise to plasma concentrations that could enhance early gravitational collapse of matter by opposing cosmic expansion to a greater degree than neutral matter could; (iii) they could continue to be accelerated, and become the seed for reionisation at the later epoch $z \approx 10$.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 15:43:50 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 4 Jun 2007 16:26:57 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Diver", "Declan A.", "" ], [ "Teodoro", "Luis F. A.", "" ] ]
0705.4633
Carlo Nipoti
Carlo Nipoti (1), Pasquale Londrillo (2), Luca Ciotti (1) ((1) Bologna University, (2) INAF Bologna Astronomical Observatory)
Galaxy merging in MOND
5 pages, 2 color figures. To appear in MNRAS Letters. Added references and discussion, conclusions unchanged
null
10.1111/j.1745-3933.2007.00378.x
null
astro-ph
null
We present the results of N-body simulations of dissipationless galaxy merging in Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND). For comparison, we also studied Newtonian merging between galaxies embedded in dark matter halos, with internal dynamics equivalent to the MOND systems. We found that the merging timescales are significantly longer in MOND than in Newtonian gravity with dark matter, suggesting that observational evidence of rapid merging could be difficult to explain in MOND. However, when two galaxies eventually merge, the MOND merging end-product is hardly distinguishable from the final stellar distribution of an equivalent Newtonian merger with dark matter.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 15:59:26 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:27:08 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Nipoti", "Carlo", "" ], [ "Londrillo", "Pasquale", "" ], [ "Ciotti", "Luca", "" ] ]
0705.4634
Carlo Piermarocchi
Diego Calzolari, Giovanni Paternostro, Patrick L. Harrington Jr., Carlo Piermarocchi, and Phillip M. Duxbury
Selective control of the apoptosis signaling network in heterogeneous cell populations
14 pages, 16 figures. Accepted for publication in PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE 2(6): e547 (2007)
10.1371/journal.pone.0000547
null
q-bio.QM cond-mat.stat-mech
null
Selective control in a population is the ability to control a member of the population while leaving the other members relatively unaffected. The concept of selective control is developed using cell death or apoptosis in heterogeneous cell populations as an example. Apoptosis signaling in heterogeneous cells is described by an ensemble of gene networks with identical topology but different link strengths. Selective control depends on the statistics of signaling in the ensemble of networks and we analyse the effects of superposition, non-linearity and feedback on these statistics. Parallel pathways promote normal statistics while series pathways promote skew distributions which in the most extreme cases become log-normal. We also show that feedback and non-linearity can produce bimodal signaling statistics, as can discreteness and non-linearity. Two methods for optimizing selective control are presented. The first is an exhaustive search method and the second is a linear programming based approach. Though control of a single gene in the signaling network yields little selectivity, control of a few genes typically yields higher levels of selectivity. The statistics of gene combinations susceptible to selective control is studied and is used to identify general control strategies. We found that selectivity is promoted by acting on the least sensitive nodes in the case of weak populations, while selective control of robust populations is optimized through perturbations of more sensitive nodes. High throughput experiments with heterogeneous cell lines could be designed in an analogous manner, with the further possibility of incorporating the selectivity optimization process into a closed-loop control system.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 15:51:56 GMT" } ]
2014-07-29T00:00:00
[ [ "Calzolari", "Diego", "" ], [ "Paternostro", "Giovanni", "" ], [ "Harrington", "Patrick L.", "Jr." ], [ "Piermarocchi", "Carlo", "" ], [ "Duxbury", "Phillip M.", "" ] ]
0705.4635
Thierry Emonet
Thierry Emonet and Philippe Cluzel
Relationship between cellular response and behavioral variability in bacterial chemotaxis
15 pages, 4 figures, Supporting information available here http://cluzel.uchicago.edu/data/emonet/arxiv_070531_supp.pdf
null
10.1073/pnas.0705463105
null
q-bio.MN q-bio.CB q-bio.OT
null
Bacterial chemotaxis in Escherichia coli is a canonical system for the study of signal transduction. A remarkable feature of this system is the coexistence of precise adaptation in population with large fluctuating cellular behavior in single cells (Korobkova et al. 2004, Nature, 428, 574). Using a stochastic model, we found that the large behavioral variability experimentally observed in non-stimulated cells is a direct consequence of the architecture of this adaptive system. Reversible covalent modification cycles, in which methylation and demethylation reactions antagonistically regulate the activity of receptor-kinase complexes, operate outside the region of first-order kinetics. As a result, the receptor-kinase that governs cellular behavior exhibits a sigmoidal activation curve. This curve simultaneously amplifies the inherent stochastic fluctuations in the system and lengthens the relaxation time in response to stimulus. Because stochastic fluctuations cause large behavioral variability and the relaxation time governs the average duration of runs in response to small stimuli, cells with the greatest fluctuating behavior also display the largest chemotactic response. Finally, Large-scale simulations of digital bacteria suggest that the chemotaxis network is tuned to simultaneously optimize the random spread of cells in absence of nutrients and the cellular response to gradients of attractant.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 16:05:09 GMT" } ]
2019-08-19T00:00:00
[ [ "Emonet", "Thierry", "" ], [ "Cluzel", "Philippe", "" ] ]
0705.4636
Paul Evans
Paul G. Evans, Eric D. Isaacs, Gabriel Aeppli, Zhonghou Cai, and Barry Lai
X-ray Microdiffraction Images of Antiferromagnetic Domain Evolution in Chromium
null
P. G. Evans, E. D. Isaacs, G. Aeppli, Z. Cai, and B. Lai, Science 295, 1042 (2002)
10.1126/science.1066870
null
cond-mat.other
null
Magnetic x-ray diffraction combined with x-ray focusing optics is used to image individual antiferromagnetic spin density wave domains in a chromium single crystal at the micron scale. The cross section for non-resonant magnetic x-ray scattering depends on the antiferromagnetic modulation vector and spin polarization direction and allows these quantities to be extracted independently. The technique is used to show that the broadening of the nominally first order "spin-flip" transition at 123 K, at which the spins rotate by 90 deg., originates at the walls between domains with orthogonal modulation vectors. During cooling the transition begins at these walls and progresses inwards. The modulation-vector domains are themselves unchanged.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 15:55:04 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Evans", "Paul G.", "" ], [ "Isaacs", "Eric D.", "" ], [ "Aeppli", "Gabriel", "" ], [ "Cai", "Zhonghou", "" ], [ "Lai", "Barry", "" ] ]
0705.4637
Maurits Haverkort
M. W. Haverkort, A. Tanaka, L. H. Tjeng, and G. A. Sawatzky
Non-resonant inelastic x-ray scattering involving excitonic excitations
null
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 257401 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.257401
null
cond-mat.str-el
null
In a recent publication Larson \textit{et al.} reported remarkably clear $d$-$d$ excitations for NiO and CoO measured with x-ray energies well below the transition metal $K$ edge. In this letter we demonstrate that we can obtain an accurate quantitative description based on a local many body approach. We find that the magnitude of $\vec{q}$ can be tuned for maximum sensitivity for dipole, quadrupole, etc. excitations. We also find that the direction of $\vec{q}$ with respect to the crystal axes can be used as an equivalent to polarization similar to electron energy loss spectroscopy, allowing for a determination of the local symmetry of the initial and final state based on selection rules. This method is more generally applicable and combined with the high resolution available, could be a powerful tool for the study of local distortions and symmetries in transition metal compounds including also buried interfaces.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 16:00:47 GMT" } ]
2008-01-09T00:00:00
[ [ "Haverkort", "M. W.", "" ], [ "Tanaka", "A.", "" ], [ "Tjeng", "L. H.", "" ], [ "Sawatzky", "G. A.", "" ] ]
0705.4638
H. D. Zeh
H. D. Zeh
Time in Quantum Theory
6 pages pdf - entry for a forthcoming "Compendium of Quantum Physics". Version 2: minor revisions
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
The concept of time as used in various applications and interpretations of quantum theory is briefly reviewed.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 16:03:50 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 6 Sep 2007 18:44:00 GMT" } ]
2007-09-06T00:00:00
[ [ "Zeh", "H. D.", "" ] ]
0705.4639
Roger Fenn Dr
Andrew Bartholomew, Roger Fenn, Naoko Kamada, Seiichi Kamada
New Invariants of Long Virtual Knots
14 pages 11 figures
null
null
null
math.GT math.RA
null
This paper extends the construction of invariants for virtual knots to virtual long knots and introduces two new invariant modules of virtual long knots. Several interesting features are described that distinguish virtual long knots from their classical counterparts with respect to their symmetries and the concatenation product.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 16:06:39 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Bartholomew", "Andrew", "" ], [ "Fenn", "Roger", "" ], [ "Kamada", "Naoko", "" ], [ "Kamada", "Seiichi", "" ] ]
0705.4640
Jordan Bell
Leonhard Euler
On the values of integrals with the variable taken from $x=0$ to $x=\infty$
7 pages; minor changes
null
null
null
math.HO math.CA
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
This is a translation from the Latin original, "De valoribus integralium a termino variabilis x=0 usque ad x=infinity extensorum" (1781). This is E675 in the Enestrom index. Euler wants to find the location of the end point of a clothoid, a type of spiral. He proves some general results about the gamma function.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 16:08:33 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:14:13 GMT" } ]
2009-04-16T00:00:00
[ [ "Euler", "Leonhard", "" ] ]
0705.4641
Rohta Takahashi
Rohta Takahashi
Equations of general relativistic radiation hydrodynamics in Kerr space-time
Accepted for publication in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
null
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12030.x
null
astro-ph
null
Equations of fully general relativistic radiation hydrodynamics in Kerr space-time are derived. While the interactions between matter and radiation are introduced in the comoving frame, the derivatives used when describing the global evolutions of both the matter and the radiation are given in the Boyer-Lindquist frame (BLF) which is a frame fixed to the coordinate describing the central black hole. Around a rotating black hole, both the matter and the radiation are influenced by the frame-dragging effects due to the black hole's rotation. As a fixed frame, we use the locally non-rotating reference frame (LNRF) which is one of the orthonormal frame. While the special relativistic effects such as beaming effects are introduced by the Lorentz transformation connecting the comoving frame and the LNRF, the general relativistic effects such as frame-dragging and gravitational redshift are introduced by the tetrads connecting the LNRF and the BLF.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 16:20:08 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Takahashi", "Rohta", "" ] ]
0705.4642
Simon F. Ross
Donald Marolf and Simon F. Ross
Reversing Renormalization-Group Flows with AdS/CFT
11 pages, 1 figure
JHEP 0805:055,2008
10.1088/1126-6708/2008/05/055
DCPT-07/27
hep-th
null
For scalar fields in AdS with masses slightly above the Breitenlohner-Freedman bound, appropriate non-local boundary conditions can define a unitary theory. Such boundary conditions correspond to non-local deformations of the dual CFT, and generate a non-local renormalization-group flow. Nevertheless, a bulk analysis suggests that certain such flows lead to local CFTs in the infra-red. Since the flows are non-local, they can either increase or decrease the central charge of the CFT. In fact, given any local renormalization-group flow within a certain general class which leads from a UV theory (CFT_1) to an IR theory (CFT_2), we show that one can find such a non-local flow in which the endpoints are interchanged: the non-local theory flows from CFT_2 in the IR to CFT_1 in the UV. We work at large N, but the flows we consider involve quantum field effects in the bulk, corresponding to 1/N corrections in the dual theory.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 16:24:51 GMT" } ]
2009-04-17T00:00:00
[ [ "Marolf", "Donald", "" ], [ "Ross", "Simon F.", "" ] ]
0705.4643
Arend Jan Poelarends
A.J.T. Poelarends, F. Herwig, N. Langer, A. Heger
The Supernova Channel of Super-AGB Stars
13 pages, 16 figures, submitted to ApJ, uses emulateapj
null
10.1086/520872
LA-UR-07-0434
astro-ph
null
We study the late evolution of solar metallicity stars in the transition region between white dwarf formation and core collapse. This includes the super-asymptotic giant branch (super-AGB, SAGB) stars, which have massive enough cores to ignite carbon burning and form an oxygen-neon (ONe) core. The most massive SAGB stars have cores that may grow to the Chandrasekhar mass because of continued shell-burning. Their cores collapse, triggering a so called electron capture supernovae (ECSN). From stellar evolution models we find that the initial mass range for SAGB evolution is 7.5 ... 9.25\msun. We perform calculations with three different stellar evolution codes to investigate the sensitivity of this mass range to some of the uncertainties in current stellar models. The mass range significantly depends on the treatment of semiconvective mixing and convective overshooting. To consider the effect of a large number of thermal pulses, as expected in SAGB stars, we construct synthetic SAGB models that include a semi-analytical treatment of dredge-up, hot-bottom burning, and thermal pulse properties. This synthetic model enables us to compute the evolution of the main properties of SAGB stars from the onset of thermal pulses until the core reaches the Chandrasekhar mass or is uncovered by the stellar wind. Thereby, we determine the stellar initial mass ranges that produce ONe-white dwarfs and electron-capture supernovae. The latter is found to be 9.0 ... 9.25\msun for our fiducial model, implying that electron-capture supernovae would constitute about 4% of all supernovae in the local universe. Our synthetic approach allows us to explore the uncertainty of this number imposed by uncertainties in the third dredge-up efficiency and ABG mass loss rate. We find for ECSNe a upper limit of ~20% of all supernovae (abridged).
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 16:42:41 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Poelarends", "A. J. T.", "" ], [ "Herwig", "F.", "" ], [ "Langer", "N.", "" ], [ "Heger", "A.", "" ] ]
0705.4644
Laur J\"arv
Laur Jarv, Piret Kuusk, Margus Saal
Scalar-tensor cosmology at the general relativity limit: Jordan vs Einstein frame
16 pages, 8 figures, version appeared in PRD
Phys.Rev.D76:103506,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.103506
null
gr-qc astro-ph hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider the correspondence between the Jordan frame and the Einstein frame descriptions of scalar-tensor theory of gravitation. We argue that since the redefinition of the scalar field is not differentiable at the limit of general relativity the correspondence between the two frames is lost at this limit. To clarify the situation we analyse the dynamics of the scalar field in different frames for two distinct scalar-tensor cosmologies with specific coupling functions and demonstrate that the corresponding scalar field phase portraits are not equivalent for regions containing the general relativity limit. Therefore the answer to the question whether general relativity is an attractor for the theory depends on the choice of the frame.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 17:55:29 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:09:25 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Jarv", "Laur", "" ], [ "Kuusk", "Piret", "" ], [ "Saal", "Margus", "" ] ]
0705.4645
Manjari Bagchi
Manjari Bagchi, Jishnu Dey, Mira Dey, Taparati Gangopadhyay, Sibasish Laha, Subharthi Ray, Monika Sinha
Bound for entropy and viscosity ratio for strange quark matter
10 pages, 2 figures, 1 table; Accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. B
Phys.Lett.B666:145-149,2008
10.1016/j.physletb.2008.07.008
null
astro-ph hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
High energy density ($\eps$) and temperature (T) links general relativity and hydrodynamics leading to a lower bound for the ratio of shear viscosity ($\eta$) and entropy density ($s$). We get the interesting result that the bound is saturated in the simple model for quark matter that we use for strange stars at the surface for $T \sim 80 MeV$. At this $T$ we have the possibility of cosmic separation of phases. At the surface of the star where the pressure is zero - the density $\eps$ has a fixed value for all stars of various masses with correspondingly varying central energy density $\eps_c$. Inside the star where this density is higher, the ratio of $\eta/s$ is larger and are like the known results found for perturbative QCD. This serves as a check of our calculation. The deconfined quarks at the surface of the strange star at $T = 80 MeV$ seem to constitute the most perfect interacting fluid permitted by nature.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 16:36:10 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:08:35 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:24:32 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Bagchi", "Manjari", "" ], [ "Dey", "Jishnu", "" ], [ "Dey", "Mira", "" ], [ "Gangopadhyay", "Taparati", "" ], [ "Laha", "Sibasish", "" ], [ "Ray", "Subharthi", "" ], [ "Sinha", "Monika", "" ] ]
0705.4646
Fernando Peruani
Fernando Peruani and Luis G. Morelli
Self-propelled particles with fluctuating speed and direction of motion
to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 010602 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.010602
null
physics.bio-ph physics.gen-ph
null
We study general aspects of active motion with fluctuations in the speed and the direction of motion in two dimensions. We consider the case in which fluctuations in the speed are not correlated to fluctuations in the direction of motion, and assume that both processes can be described by independent characteristic time-scales. We show the occurrence of a complex transient that can exhibit a series of alternating regimes of motion, for two different angular dynamics which correspond to persistent and directed random walks. We also show additive corrections to the diffusion coefficient. The characteristic time-scales are also exposed in the velocity autocorrelation, which is a sum of exponential forms.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 16:36:12 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Peruani", "Fernando", "" ], [ "Morelli", "Luis G.", "" ] ]
0705.4647
Chuanwei Zhang
Chuanwei Zhang, Sumanta Tewari, S. Das Sarma
Bell's inequality and universal quantum gates in a cold atom chiral fermionic p-wave superfluid
4+ pages, 3 figures, display problems of figures in previous version are corrected, accepted for publication in PRL
Phys. Rev. Lett., 99, 220502 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.220502
null
quant-ph cond-mat.str-el
null
We propose and analyze a probabilistic scheme to entangle two spatially separated topological qubits in a $p_{x}+ip_{y}$ superfluid using controlled collisions between atoms in movable dipole traps and unpaired atoms inside vortex cores in the superfluid. We discuss how to test the violation of Bell's inequality with the generated entanglement. A set of universal quantum gates is shown to be implementable \textit{deterministically} using the entanglement despite the fact that the entangled states can only be created probabilistically.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 18:59:12 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 9 Oct 2007 16:06:06 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:44:42 GMT" } ]
2011-11-10T00:00:00
[ [ "Zhang", "Chuanwei", "" ], [ "Tewari", "Sumanta", "" ], [ "Sarma", "S. Das", "" ] ]
0705.4648
Frank Krauss
Tanju Gleisberg, Stefan Hoeche, Frank Krauss, Radoslaw Matyszkiewicz, Marek Schoenherr, Steffen Schumann, Frank Siegert, Jan Winter
New trends in modern event generators
4 pages, talk given by Frank Krauss at Moriond 2007, QCD session
null
null
null
hep-ph
null
Some features of modern simulation tools for high-energy physics are reviewed.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 17:21:49 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Gleisberg", "Tanju", "" ], [ "Hoeche", "Stefan", "" ], [ "Krauss", "Frank", "" ], [ "Matyszkiewicz", "Radoslaw", "" ], [ "Schoenherr", "Marek", "" ], [ "Schumann", "Steffen", "" ], [ "Siegert", "Frank", "" ], [ "Winter", "Jan", "" ] ]
0705.4649
Viet-Anh Nguyen
Peter Pflug and Viet-Anh Nguyen
Boundary cross theorem in dimension 1 with singularities
Preprint of the ICTP, Trieste-Italy (2007). 18 pages
null
null
null
math.CV
null
Let $D$ and $G$ be copies of the open unit disc in $\C,$ let $A$ (resp. $B$) be a measurable subset of $\partial D$ (resp. $\partial G$), let $W$ be the 2-fold cross $\big((D\cup A)\times B\big)\cup \big(A\times(B\cup G)\big),$ and let $M$ be a relatively closed subset of $W.$ Suppose in addition that $A$ and $B$ are of positive one-dimensional Lebesgue measure and that $M$ is fiberwise polar (resp. fiberwise discrete) and that $M\cap (A\times B)=\varnothing.$ We determine the "envelope of holomorphy" $\hat{W\setminus M}$ of $W\setminus M$ in the sense that any function locally bounded on $W\setminus M,$ measurable on $A\times B,$ and separately holomorphic on $\big((A\times G) \cup (D\times B)\big)\setminus M$ "extends" to a function holomorphic on $\hat{W\setminus M}.$
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 16:49:04 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Pflug", "Peter", "" ], [ "Nguyen", "Viet-Anh", "" ] ]
0705.4650
Julien Niset Mr
J. Niset and N. J. Cerf
Tight bounds on the concurrence of quantum superpositions
7 pages, 2 figures
Phys. Rev. A 76, 042328 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.76.042328
null
quant-ph
null
The entanglement content of superpositions of quantum states is investigated based on a measure called {\it concurrence}. Given a bipartite pure state in arbitrary dimension written as the quantum superposition of two other such states, we find simple inequalities relating the concurrence of the state to that of its components. We derive an exact expression for the concurrence when the component states are biorthogonal, and provide elegant upper and lower bounds in all other cases. For quantum bits, our upper bound is tighter than the previously derived bound in [Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 100502 (2006).]
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 16:50:33 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Niset", "J.", "" ], [ "Cerf", "N. J.", "" ] ]
0705.4651
Marco Spaans
M. Spaans and R. Meijerink
CO+ in M 82: A Consequence of Irradiation by X-rays
added discussion on more recent X-ray observations
null
10.1086/520535
null
astro-ph
null
Based on its strong CO+ emission it is argued that the M 82 star-burst galaxy is exposed to a combination of FUV and X-ray radiation. The latter is likely to be the result of the star-burst superwind, which leads to diffuse thermal emission at ~0.7 keV, and a compact hard, 2-10 keV, source (but not an AGN). Although a photon-dominated region (FUV) component is clearly present in the nucleus of M 82, and capable of forming CO+, only X-ray irradiated gas of density 10^3-10^5 cm^-3 can reproduce the large, ~(1-4)x10^13 cm^-2, columns of CO+ that are observed toward the proto-typical star-burst M 82. The total X-ray luminosity produced by M 82 is weak, ~10^41 erg s^-1, but this is sufficient to drive the formation of CO+.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 16:50:54 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sat, 2 Jun 2007 07:13:40 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Spaans", "M.", "" ], [ "Meijerink", "R.", "" ] ]
0705.4652
Gil Jannes
Carlos Barcelo, Gil Jannes
A real Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction
6 pages, no figures. Minor changes reflect published version
Found.Phys.38:191-199,2008
10.1007/s10701-007-9196-7
null
gr-qc cond-mat.other
null
Many condensed matter systems are such that their collective excitations at low energies can be described by fields satisfying equations of motion formally indistinguishable from those of relativistic field theory. The finite speed of propagation of the disturbances in the effective fields (in the simplest models, the speed of sound) plays here the role of the speed of light in fundamental physics. However, these apparently relativistic fields are immersed in an external Newtonian world (the condensed matter system itself and the laboratory can be considered Newtonian, since all the velocities involved are much smaller than the velocity of light) which provides a privileged coordinate system and therefore seems to destroy the possibility of having a perfectly defined relativistic emergent world. In this essay we ask ourselves the following question: In a homogeneous condensed matter medium, is there a way for internal observers, dealing exclusively with the low-energy collective phenomena, to detect their state of uniform motion with respect to the medium? By proposing a thought experiment based on the construction of a Michelson-Morley interferometer made of quasi-particles, we show that a real Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction takes place, so that internal observers are unable to find out anything about their `absolute ' state of motion. Therefore, we also show that an effective but perfectly defined relativistic world can emerge in a fishbowl world situated inside a Newtonian (laboratory) system. This leads us to reflect on the various levels of description in physics, in particular regarding the quest towards a theory of quantum gravity.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 16:52:04 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:01:01 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Barcelo", "Carlos", "" ], [ "Jannes", "Gil", "" ] ]
0705.4653
Adam Falkowski
Adam Falkowski, Stefan Pokorski, J. P. Roberts
Modelling strong interactions and longitudinally polarized vector boson scattering
30 pages, no figures
JHEP 0712:063,2007
10.1088/1126-6708/2007/12/063
null
hep-ph
null
We study scattering of the electroweak gauge bosons in 5D warped models. Within two different models we determine the precise manner in which the Higgs boson and the vector resonances ensure the unitarity of longitudinal vector boson scattering. We identify three separate scales that determine the dynamics of the scattering process in all cases. For a quite general background geometry of 5D, these scales can be linked to a simple functional of the warp factor. The models smoothly interpolate between a `composite' Higgs limit and a Higgsless limit. By holographic arguments, these models provide an effective description of vector boson scattering in 4D models with a strongly coupled electroweak breaking sector.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 16:54:21 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:36:20 GMT" } ]
2009-04-21T00:00:00
[ [ "Falkowski", "Adam", "" ], [ "Pokorski", "Stefan", "" ], [ "Roberts", "J. P.", "" ] ]
0705.4654
Donald Sofge
Peter F. Lichtenwalner and Donald A. Sofge
Local Area Damage Detection in Composite Structures Using Piezoelectric Transducers
7 pages
P.F. Lichtenwalner and D. Sofge, "Local Area Damage Detection in Composite Structures Using Piezoelectric Transducers," In Proc. SPIE Sym. on Smart Structures and Materials, Vol. 3326, SPIE, pp. 509-515, 1998
10.1117/12.310667
null
cs.SD cs.CV
null
An integrated and automated smart structures approach for structural health monitoring is presented, utilizing an array of piezoelectric transducers attached to or embedded within the structure for both actuation and sensing. The system actively interrogates the structure via broadband excitation of multiple actuators across a desired frequency range. The structure's vibration signature is then characterized by computing the transfer functions between each actuator/sensor pair, and compared to the baseline signature. Experimental results applying the system to local area damage detection in a MD Explorer rotorcraft composite flexbeam are presented.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 17:19:17 GMT" } ]
2015-05-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Lichtenwalner", "Peter F.", "" ], [ "Sofge", "Donald A.", "" ] ]
0705.4655
Tobias Raufer
Tobias M. Raufer
MINOS Results, Progress and Future Prospects
8 pages, 7 figures, prepared for the proceedings of the XLIInd Rencontres de Moriond, Electroweak Interactions and Unified Theories, La Thuile, March 2007
null
null
FERMILAB-CONF-07-149-E
hep-ex
null
The MINOS long baseline experiment has been collecting neutrino beam data since March 2005 and has accumulated 3 x 10^{20} protons-on-target (POT) to date. MINOS uses Fermilab's NuMI neutrino beam which is measured by two steel-scintillator tracking calorimeters, one at Fermilab and the other 735 km downstream, in northern Minnesota. By observing the oscillatory structure in the neutrino energy spectrum, MINOS can precisely measure the neutrino oscillation parameters in the atmospheric sector. From analysis of the first year of data, corresponding to 1.27 x 10^{20} POT, these parameters were determined to be |\Delta m^2_{32}|=2.74^{+0.44}_{-0.26} x 10^{-3} eV^2 and sin^2(2\theta_{23})>0.87 (68% C.L.). MINOS is able to measure the neutrino velocity by comparing the arrival times of the neutrino beam in its two detectors. Using a total of 473 Far Detector events, (v-c)/c = (5.1 +/- 2.9) x 10^{-5} (68% C.L.) was measured. In addition, we report recent progress in the analysis of neutral current events and give an outline of experimental goals for the future.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 17:22:10 GMT" } ]
2007-06-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Raufer", "Tobias M.", "" ] ]
0705.4656
Frederic P. Schuller
Frederic P. Schuller, Mattias N. R. Wohlfarth
Radiation-dominated area metric cosmology
23 pages, no figures; references added
JCAP 0712:013,2007
10.1088/1475-7516/2007/12/013
null
hep-th
null
We provide further crucial support for a refined, area metric structure of spacetime. Based on the solution of conceptual issues, such as the consistent coupling of fermions and the covariant identification of radiation fields on area metric backgrounds, we show that the radiation-dominated epoch of area metric cosmology is equivalent to that epoch in standard Einstein cosmology. This ensures, in particular, successful nucleosynthesis. This surprising result complements the previously derived prediction of a small late-time acceleration of an area metric universe.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 17:25:58 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:07:36 GMT" } ]
2009-04-17T00:00:00
[ [ "Schuller", "Frederic P.", "" ], [ "Wohlfarth", "Mattias N. R.", "" ] ]
0705.4657
Andre LeClair
Andr\'e LeClair and Matthias Neubert
Semi-Lorentz invariance, unitarity, and critical exponents of symplectic fermion models
v2: Published version, minor typose corrected
JHEP 0710:027,2007
10.1088/1126-6708/2007/10/027
null
hep-th cond-mat.str-el hep-ph math-ph math.MP
null
We study a model of N-component complex fermions with a kinetic term that is second order in derivatives. This symplectic fermion model has an Sp(2N) symmetry, which for any N contains an SO(3) subgroup that can be identified with rotational spin of spin-1/2 particles. Since the spin-1/2 representation is not promoted to a representation of the Lorentz group, the model is not fully Lorentz invariant, although it has a relativistic dispersion relation. The hamiltonian is pseudo-hermitian, H^\dagger = C H C, which implies it has a unitary time evolution. Renormalization-group analysis shows the model has a low-energy fixed point that is a fermionic version of the Wilson-Fisher fixed points. The critical exponents are computed to two-loop order. Possible applications to condensed matter physics in 3 space-time dimensions are discussed.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 17:24:12 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 2 Oct 2007 20:53:19 GMT" } ]
2009-04-17T00:00:00
[ [ "LeClair", "André", "" ], [ "Neubert", "Matthias", "" ] ]
0705.4658
Marius Zimand
Marius Zimand
Two sources are better than one for increasing the Kolmogorov complexity of infinite sequences
Theorem 4.15 replaced with a weaker version; several other minor changes
null
null
null
cs.IT cs.CC math.IT
null
The randomness rate of an infinite binary sequence is characterized by the sequence of ratios between the Kolmogorov complexity and the length of the initial segments of the sequence. It is known that there is no uniform effective procedure that transforms one input sequence into another sequence with higher randomness rate. By contrast, we display such a uniform effective procedure having as input two independent sequences with positive but arbitrarily small constant randomness rate. Moreover the transformation is a truth-table reduction and the output has randomness rate arbitrarily close to 1.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 17:38:04 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:12:28 GMT" } ]
2007-12-11T00:00:00
[ [ "Zimand", "Marius", "" ] ]
0705.4659
Bohdan Andraka
M. E. McBriarty, P. Kumar, G.R. Stewart, and B. Andraka
On the nature of two superconducting transitions in the specific heat of PrOs$_4$Sb$_{12}$: Effects of crystal grinding
null
null
null
null
cond-mat.supr-con cond-mat.str-el
null
Specific heat, dc- and ac-magnetic susceptibility are reported for a large single crystal of PrOs$_4$Sb$_{12}$ and, after grinding, its powder. The room temperature effective paramagnetic moment of the crystal was consistent with the Pr$^{3+}$ ionic configuration and full occupancy of the Pr-sublattice. The crystal showed two distinct anomalies in the specific heat and an overall discontinuity in $C/T$ of more than 1000 mJ/K$^2$mol. The upper transition (at $T_{c1}$) was rounded, in an agreement with previous reports. The anomaly at $T_{c2}$ was very sharp, consistent with a good quality of the crystal. We observed a shoulder in $\chi$' and two peaks in $\chi$'' below $T_{c1}$. However, there were no signatures in $\chi$' of the lower temperature transition. PrOs$_4$Sb$_{12}$ is extremely sensitive to grinding, which suppresses the upper superconducting transition in both the specific heat and magnetic susceptibility. $\Delta C/T_{c}$ was reduced to 140 mJ/K$^2$ mol in the powdered sample. Existing data on ground, polished, and sliced crystals suggests the existence of a length scale of order 100 $\mu$, characterizing the higher temperature superconducting phase.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 19:35:17 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "McBriarty", "M. E.", "" ], [ "Kumar", "P.", "" ], [ "Stewart", "G. R.", "" ], [ "Andraka", "B.", "" ] ]
0705.4660
Georg von Hippel
Zh. Hao, G. M. von Hippel, R. R. Horgan, Q. J. Mason, H. D. Trottier (HPQCD collaboration)
Unquenching effects on the coefficients of the L\"uscher-Weisz action
7 pages, 5 figures, uses revtex4; version to appear in Phys.Rev.D
Phys.Rev.D76:034507,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.034507
DAMTP-2006-124
hep-lat
null
The effects of unquenching on the perturbative improvement coefficients in the Symanzik action are computed within the framework of L\"uscher-Weisz on-shell improvement. We find that the effects of quark loops are surprisingly large, and their omission may well explain the scaling violations observed in some unquenched studies.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 17:32:08 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 1 Jun 2007 15:22:38 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:08:42 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Hao", "Zh.", "", "HPQCD collaboration" ], [ "von Hippel", "G. M.", "", "HPQCD collaboration" ], [ "Horgan", "R. R.", "", "HPQCD collaboration" ], [ "Mason", "Q. J.", "", "HPQCD collaboration" ], [ "Trottier", "H. D.", "", "HPQCD collaboration" ] ]
0705.4661
James D. Lewis
James D. Lewis, Shuji Saito
Algebraic Cycles and Mumford-Griffiths Invariants
39 pages, To appear in the American Journal of Mathematics
null
null
null
math.AG
null
Let $X$ be a projective algebraic manifold and let $CH^r(X)$ be the Chow group of algebraic cycles of codimension $r$ on $X$, modulo rational equivalence. Working with a candidate Bloch-Beilinson filtration $\{F^{\nu}\}_{\nu\geq 0}$ on $CH^r(X)\otimes {\Bbb Q}$ due to the second author, we construct a space of arithmetic Hodge theoretic invariants $\nabla J^{r,\nu}(X)$ and corresponding map $\phi_{X}^{r,\nu} : Gr_{F}^{\nu}CH^r(X)\otimes {\Bbb Q} \to \nabla J^{r,\nu}(X)$, and determine conditions on $X$ for which the kernel and image of $\phi_{X}^{r,\nu}$ are ``uncountably large''.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 17:36:08 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Lewis", "James D.", "" ], [ "Saito", "Shuji", "" ] ]
0705.4662
Assaf Naor
Tim Austin, Assaf Naor, Alain Valette
The Euclidean distortion of the lamplighter group
null
null
null
null
math.MG math.FA math.GR
null
We show that the cyclic lamplighter group $C_2 \bwr C_n$ embeds into Hilbert space with distortion ${\rm O}(\sqrt{\log n})$. This matches the lower bound proved by Lee, Naor and Peres in \cite{LeeNaoPer}, answering a question posed in that paper. Thus the Euclidean distortion of $C_2 \bwr C_n$ is $\Theta(\sqrt{\log n})$. Our embedding is constructed explicitly in terms of the irreducible representations of the group. Since the optimal Euclidean embedding of a finite group can always be chosen to be equivariant, as shown by Aharoni, Maurey and Mityagin \cite{AhaMauMit} and by Gromov (see \cite{deCTesVal}), such representation-theoretic considerations suggest a general tool for obtaining upper and lower bounds on Euclidean embeddings of finite groups.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 17:38:11 GMT" } ]
2007-06-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Austin", "Tim", "" ], [ "Naor", "Assaf", "" ], [ "Valette", "Alain", "" ] ]
0705.4663
Leonid Levitov
A. V. Shytov, M. I. Katsnelson, L. S. Levitov
Vacuum Polarization and Screening of Supercritical Impurities in Graphene
5 pages, 2 figures
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 236801 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.236801
null
cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.mtrl-sci
null
Screening of charge impurities in graphene is analyzed using the exact solution for vacuum polarization obtained from the massless Dirac-Kepler problem. For the impurity charge below certain critical value no density perturbation is found away from the impurity, in agreement with the linear response theory result. For supercritical charge, however, the polarization distribution is shown to have a power law profile, leading to screening of the excess charge at large distances. The Dirac-Kepler scattering states give rise to standing wave oscillations in the local density of states which appear and become prominent in the supercritical regime.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 19:56:00 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:25:43 GMT" } ]
2007-12-09T00:00:00
[ [ "Shytov", "A. V.", "" ], [ "Katsnelson", "M. I.", "" ], [ "Levitov", "L. S.", "" ] ]
0705.4664
Andy Gibb
A.G. Gibb (UBC), M.G. Hoare (Leeds)
A high-frequency radio continuum study of massive young stellar objects
18 pages, 10 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
null
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12046.x
null
astro-ph
null
We present high-resolution observations made with the Very Large Array (VLA) in its A configuration at frequencies between 5 and 43 GHz of a sample of five massive young stellar objects (YSOs): LkHa101, NGC2024-IRS2, S106-IR, W75N and S140-IRS1. The resolution varied from 0.04 arcsec (at 43 GHz) to 0.5 arcsec (at 5 GHz), corresponding to a linear resolution as high as 17 AU for our nearest source. A MERLIN observation of S106-IR at 23 GHz with 0.03-arcsec resolution is also presented. S106-IR and S140-IRS1 are elongated at 43 GHz perpendicular to their large scale bipolar outflows. This confirms the equatorial wind picture for these sources seen previously in MERLIN 5 GHz observations. The other sources are marginally resolved at 43 GHz. The spectral indices we derive for the sources in our sample range from +0.2 to +0.8, generally consistent with ionized stellar winds. We have modelled our sources as uniform, isothermal spherical winds, with LkHa101 and NGC2024-IRS2 yielding the best fits. However, in all cases our fits give wind temperatures of only 2000 to 5000 K, much less than the effective temperatures of main-sequence stars of the same luminosity, a result which is likely due to the clumpy nature of the winds.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 17:48:03 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Gibb", "A. G.", "", "UBC" ], [ "Hoare", "M. G.", "", "Leeds" ] ]
0705.4665
Andrea Lionetto
A. M. Lionetto
Non Thermal Neutralino Production in Deflected Anomaly Mediation
revtex4, 3 eps figures
null
null
null
hep-ph astro-ph
null
We study the effects of a non thermal neutralino production, due to the late decay in the early universe of a single modulus field, in the context of the deflected anomaly mediated scenario. In the regime in which the average number of neutralino produced in each modulus decaying process is $\bar{N}_{{\rm LSP}}\ll 1$ also models with a thermal relic density below WMAP data became acceptable models. We find out that these models belong to three different classes with the common feature that the low thermal relic density is entirely due to coannihilation effects. The neutralino annihilation cross section for these classes of models is not particularly high compared with the highest cross sections attainable in the generic framework of the MSSM. Hence the detection prospects either by direct or indirect WIMP search experiments are not encouraging.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 17:50:30 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Lionetto", "A. M.", "" ] ]
0705.4666
Hael Collins
Hael Collins (University of Massachusetts) and R. Holman (Carnegie Mellon University)
Trans-Planckian signals from the breaking of local Lorentz invariance
11 pages, no figures, uses ReVTeX
Phys.Rev.D77:105016,2008
10.1103/PhysRevD.77.105016
UMHEP-464
hep-ph hep-th
null
This article examines how a breakdown of a locally Lorentz invariant, point-like description of nature at tiny space-time intervals would translate into a distinctive set of signals in the primordial power spectrum generated by inflation. We examine the leading irrelevant operators that are consistent with the spatial translations and rotations of a preferred, isotropically expanding, background. A few of the resulting corrections to the primordial power spectrum do not have the usual oscillatory factor, which is sometimes taken to be characteristic of a "trans-Planckian" signal. Perhaps more interestingly, one of these leading irrelevant operators exactly reproduces a correction to the power spectrum that occurs in effective descriptions of the state of the field responsible for inflation.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 18:02:45 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Collins", "Hael", "", "University of Massachusetts" ], [ "Holman", "R.", "", "Carnegie\n Mellon University" ] ]
0705.4667
Daniele Montanino dr.
A. Mirizzi (MPI), D. Montanino (Salento U. & INFN, Lecce), P.D. Serpico (Fermilab)
Revisiting cosmological bounds on radiative neutrino lifetime
7 pages, 3 figures. Minor changes in the text, few references added. Matches the published version
Phys.Rev.D76:053007,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.053007
FERMILAB-PUB-07-135-A; MPP-2007-63
hep-ph astro-ph
null
Neutrino oscillation experiments and direct bounds on absolute masses constrain neutrino mass differences to fall into the microwave energy range, for most of the allowed parameter space. As a consequence of these recent phenomenological advances, older constraints on radiative neutrino decays based on diffuse background radiations and assuming strongly hierarchical masses in the eV range are now outdated. We thus derive new bounds on the radiative neutrino lifetime using the high precision cosmic microwave background spectral data collected by the Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer instrument on board of Cosmic Background Explorer. The lower bound on the lifetime is between a few x 10^19 s and 5 x 10^20 s, depending on the neutrino mass ordering and on the absolute mass scale. However, due to phase space limitations, the upper bound in terms of the effective magnetic moment mediating the decay is not better than ~ 10^-8 Bohr magnetons. We also comment about possible improvements of these limits, by means of recent diffuse infrared photon background data. We compare these bounds with pre-existing limits coming from laboratory or astrophysical arguments. We emphasize the complementarity of our results with others available in the literature.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 18:05:34 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:22:02 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Mirizzi", "A.", "", "MPI" ], [ "Montanino", "D.", "", "Salento U. & INFN, Lecce" ], [ "Serpico", "P. D.", "", "Fermilab" ] ]
0705.4668
Atsushi Nishizawa
Atsushi Nishizawa, Seiji Kawamura and Masa-aki Sakagami
Quantum Noise in Differential-type Gravitational-wave Interferometer and Signal Recycling
17 pages, submitted to Phys.Rev.D
Phys.Rev.D76:042002,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.042002
null
gr-qc
null
There exists the standard quantum limit (SQL), derived from Heisenberg's uncertainty relation, in the sensitivity of laser interferometer gravitational-wave detectors. However, in the context of a full quantum-mechanical approach, SQL can be overcome using the correlation of shot noise and radiation-pressure noise. So far, signal recycling, which is one of the methods to overcome SQL, is considered only in a recombined-type interferometer such as Advanced-LIGO, LCGT, and GEO600. In this paper, we investigated quantum noise and the possibility of signal recycling in a differential-type interferometer. As a result, we found that signal recycling is possible and creates at most three dips in the sensitivity curve of the detector. Then, taking advantage of the third additional dip and comparing the sensitivity of a differential-type interferometer with that of a next-generation Japanese GW interferometer, LCGT, we found that SNR of inspiral binary is improved by a factor of 1.43 for neutron star binary, 2.28 for 50 M_sun black hole binary, and 2.94 for 100 M_sun black hole binary. We also found that power recycling to increase laser power is possible in our signal-recycling configuration of a detector.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 18:06:30 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 1 Jun 2007 05:59:52 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Sun, 3 Jun 2007 11:53:26 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Nishizawa", "Atsushi", "" ], [ "Kawamura", "Seiji", "" ], [ "Sakagami", "Masa-aki", "" ] ]
0705.4669
Barry Davids
B. Davids, A. Gruzinov, and B. K. Jennings
Comment on "Influence of protons on the capture of electrons by 7Be in the Sun"
Submitted to Physical Review C
Phys.Rev.C77:019801,2008
10.1103/PhysRevC.77.019801
null
nucl-th astro-ph
null
This paper suffers from conceptual difficulties and unjustified approximations that render its conclusions dubious.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 18:07:17 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Davids", "B.", "" ], [ "Gruzinov", "A.", "" ], [ "Jennings", "B. K.", "" ] ]
0705.4670
C. A. Terrero-Escalante
Julio G. Dix, Cesar A. Terrero-Escalante
Stability of Solutions to Damped Equations with Negative Stiffness
11 pages
null
null
null
math.CA math.DS
null
This article concerns the stability of a model for mass-spring systems with positive damping and negative stiness. It is well known that when the coefficients are frozen in time the system is unstable. Here we find conditions on the variable cofficients to prove stability. In particular, we disprove the believe that if the eigenvalues of the system change slowly in time the system remains unstable. We extend some of our results for nonlinear systems.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 19:05:36 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Dix", "Julio G.", "" ], [ "Terrero-Escalante", "Cesar A.", "" ] ]
0705.4671
Chandrasekhar Ramanathan
Anatoly E. Dementyev, David G. Cory, Chandrasekhar Ramanathan
Rapid Diffusion of dipolar order enhances dynamic nuclear polarization
4 pages, 5 figures - submitted to PRL
Phys. Rev. B, 77 024413 (2008)
10.1103/PhysRevB.77.024413
null
cond-mat.other
null
In a dynamic nuclear polarization experiment on a 40 mM solution of 4-amino-TEMPO in a 40:60 water/glycerol mixture, we have observed that the bulk dipolar reservoir is cooled to a spin temperature of 15.5 micro-K, following microwave irradiation for 800 s. This is significantly cooler than the 35 mK spin temperature of the Zeeman reservoir. Equilibration of the two reservoirs results in a 50 % increase in the NMR signal intensity, corresponding to a Zeeman spin temperature of 23 mK. In order to achieve this polarization directly, it was necessary to irradiate the sample with microwaves for 1500 s. Cooling of the dipolar reservoir occurs during polarization transport through the magnetic field gradient around the paramagnetic impurity, and is rapidly communicated to the bulk by dipolar spin diffusion. As dipolar spin diffusion is significantly faster than Zeeman spin diffusion, the bulk dipolar reservoir cools faster than the Zeeman reservoir. This process can be exploited to rapidly polarize the nuclear spins, by repeatedly cooling the dipolar system and transferring the polarization to the Zeeman reservoir.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 18:19:03 GMT" } ]
2009-04-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Dementyev", "Anatoly E.", "" ], [ "Cory", "David G.", "" ], [ "Ramanathan", "Chandrasekhar", "" ] ]
0705.4672
Lukasz Andrzej Glinka
A. B. Arbuzov, L. A. Glinka, V. N. Pervushin
Higgs Particle Mass in Cosmology
Extended version with a brief description of cosmological model; updated discussion of our prediction for the Higgs boson mass
null
null
null
hep-ph astro-ph gr-qc hep-th
null
A version of the Standard Model is considered, where the electroweak symmetry breaking is provided by cosmological initial data given for the zeroth Fourier harmonic of the Higgs field $<\phi>$. The initial data symmetry breaking mechanism removes the Higgs field contribution to the vacuum energy density, possible creation of monopoles, and tachion behavior at high energies, if one imposes an ``inertial'' condition on the Higgs potential $\textsf{V}_{\rm Higgs}(<\phi>)=0$. The requirement of zero radiative corrections to this {\em inertial} condition coincides with the limiting point of the vacuum stability in the Standard Model. The latter together with the direct experimental limit gives the prediction for the mass of the Higgs boson to be in the range $114 < m_h \lsim 134$ GeV.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 18:23:57 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 6 Jun 2007 06:16:38 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Mon, 9 Jul 2007 04:50:41 GMT" }, { "version": "v4", "created": "Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:41:38 GMT" }, { "version": "v5", "created": "Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:09:23 GMT" }, { "version": "v6", "created": "Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:31:39 GMT" } ]
2008-01-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Arbuzov", "A. B.", "" ], [ "Glinka", "L. A.", "" ], [ "Pervushin", "V. N.", "" ] ]
0705.4673
B\'ela Csaba
B\'ela Csaba (Anal. and Stoch. Res. Group, HAS), Andr\'as S. Pluh\'ar (Dept. of Comp. Sci., Univ. of Szeged)
A randomized algorithm for the on-line weighted bipartite matching problem
to be published
null
null
null
cs.DS cs.DM
null
We study the on-line minimum weighted bipartite matching problem in arbitrary metric spaces. Here, $n$ not necessary disjoint points of a metric space $M$ are given, and are to be matched on-line with $n$ points of $M$ revealed one by one. The cost of a matching is the sum of the distances of the matched points, and the goal is to find or approximate its minimum. The competitive ratio of the deterministic problem is known to be $\Theta(n)$. It was conjectured that a randomized algorithm may perform better against an oblivious adversary, namely with an expected competitive ratio $\Theta(\log n)$. We prove a slightly weaker result by showing a $o(\log^3 n)$ upper bound on the expected competitive ratio. As an application the same upper bound holds for the notoriously hard fire station problem, where $M$ is the real line.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 18:35:21 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 6 Jun 2007 20:24:22 GMT" } ]
2007-06-06T00:00:00
[ [ "Csaba", "Béla", "", "Anal. and Stoch. Res. Group, HAS" ], [ "Pluhár", "András S.", "", "Dept. of Comp. Sci., Univ. of Szeged" ] ]
0705.4674
Chris Adami
Arend Hintze and Christoph Adami (KGI)
Evolution of complex modular biological networks
28 pages, 10 figures, 8 supplemental figures, and one supplementary table. Final version to appear in PLoS Comp Bio
PLoS Computational Biology 4(2):e23 (2008)
10.1371/journal.pcbi.0040023
null
q-bio.MN q-bio.PE
null
Biological networks have evolved to be highly functional within uncertain environments while remaining extremely adaptable. One of the main contributors to the robustness and evolvability of biological networks is believed to be their modularity of function, with modules defined as sets of genes that are strongly interconnected but whose function is separable from those of other modules. Here, we investigate the in silico evolution of modularity and robustness in complex artificial metabolic networks that encode an increasing amount of information about their environment while acquiring ubiquitous features of biological, social, and engineering networks, such as scale-free edge distribution, small-world property, and fault-tolerance. These networks evolve in environments that differ in their predictability, and allow us to study modularity from topological, information-theoretic, and gene-epistatic points of view using new tools that do not depend on any preconceived notion of modularity. We find that for our evolved complex networks as well as for the yeast protein-protein interaction network, synthetic lethal pairs consist mostly of redundant genes that lie close to each other and therefore within modules, while knockdown suppressor pairs are farther apart and often straddle modules, suggesting that knockdown rescue is mediated by alternative pathways or modules. The combination of network modularity tools together with genetic interaction data constitutes a powerful approach to study and dissect the role of modularity in the evolution and function of biological networks.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 18:28:04 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:52:33 GMT" } ]
2008-02-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Hintze", "Arend", "", "KGI" ], [ "Adami", "Christoph", "", "KGI" ] ]
0705.4675
Rajit Chaudhury
R. P. Chaudhury, F. Yen, C. R. dela Cruz, B. Lorenz, Y. Q.Wang, Y. Y. Sun, C. W. Chu
Thermal expansion and pressure effect in MnWO4
2 pages, 3 figures. SCES conference proceedings, houston, TX, 2007. to be published in Physica B
null
10.1016/j.physb.2007.10.327
null
cond-mat.mtrl-sci
null
MnWO4 has attracted attention because of its ferroelectric property induced by frustrated helical spin order. Strong spin-lattice interaction is necessary to explain ferroelectricity associated with this type of magnetic order.We have conducted thermal expansion measurements along the a, b, c axes revealing the existence of strong anisotropic lattice anomalies at T1=7.8 K, the temperature of the magnetic lock-in transition into a commensurate low-temperature (reentrant paraelectric) phase. The effect of hydrostatic pressure up to 1.8 GPa on the FE phase is investigated by measuring the dielectric constant and the FE polarization. The low- temperature commensurate and paraelectric phase is stabilized and the stability range of the ferroelectric phase is diminished under pressure.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 18:36:25 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Chaudhury", "R. P.", "" ], [ "Yen", "F.", "" ], [ "Cruz", "C. R. dela", "" ], [ "Lorenz", "B.", "" ], [ "Wang", "Y. Q.", "" ], [ "Sun", "Y. Y.", "" ], [ "Chu", "C. W.", "" ] ]
0705.4676
Daniel Lemire
Daniel Lemire and Owen Kaser
Recursive n-gram hashing is pairwise independent, at best
See software at https://github.com/lemire/rollinghashcpp
Computer Speech & Language 24(4): 698-710 (2010)
10.1016/j.csl.2009.12.001
null
cs.DB cs.CL
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Many applications use sequences of n consecutive symbols (n-grams). Hashing these n-grams can be a performance bottleneck. For more speed, recursive hash families compute hash values by updating previous values. We prove that recursive hash families cannot be more than pairwise independent. While hashing by irreducible polynomials is pairwise independent, our implementations either run in time O(n) or use an exponential amount of memory. As a more scalable alternative, we make hashing by cyclic polynomials pairwise independent by ignoring n-1 bits. Experimentally, we show that hashing by cyclic polynomials is is twice as fast as hashing by irreducible polynomials. We also show that randomized Karp-Rabin hash families are not pairwise independent.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 18:41:28 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 8 Dec 2008 17:39:33 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Fri, 6 Feb 2009 21:37:14 GMT" }, { "version": "v4", "created": "Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:23:41 GMT" }, { "version": "v5", "created": "Wed, 5 Aug 2009 03:01:20 GMT" }, { "version": "v6", "created": "Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:39:54 GMT" }, { "version": "v7", "created": "Wed, 4 Jan 2012 20:37:05 GMT" }, { "version": "v8", "created": "Mon, 6 Jun 2016 15:18:03 GMT" } ]
2016-06-07T00:00:00
[ [ "Lemire", "Daniel", "" ], [ "Kaser", "Owen", "" ] ]
0705.4677
Diogo Rodrigues Boito
D. R. Boito, B. El-Bennich, B. Loiseau, O. Leitner
Resonances and weak interactions in $D^+ \to\pi^+ \pi^- \pi^+$ decays
4 pages. Contribution to the X Hadron Physics, Florianopolis-Brazil, March 26-31, 2007
Int.J.Mod.Phys.E16:2876-2879,2007
10.1142/S0218301307008628
null
hep-ph
null
We describe the $\pi\pi$ $S$-wave in $D^+ \to\pi^+ \pi^- \pi^+$ decays using a unitary model for the $\pi\pi$ Final State Interactions (FSI). The three body decay is treated as a quasi two-body process where, at the weak vertex, the D meson decays into a resonance and a pion. The weak part of the decay amplitude is evaluated using the effective weak Hamiltonian within the factorization approximation.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 18:39:55 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Boito", "D. R.", "" ], [ "El-Bennich", "B.", "" ], [ "Loiseau", "B.", "" ], [ "Leitner", "O.", "" ] ]
0705.4678
H. Pierre Noyes
H.Pierre Noyes
On Biology as an Emergent Science
24 pages, 1 figure
null
null
SLAC-PUB-12505
physics.gen-ph
null
Biology is considered here as an "emergent science" in the sense of Anderson and of Laughlin and Pines. It is demonstrated that a straightforward mathematical definition of "biological system" is useful in showing how biology differs in structure from the lower levels in Anderson's "More is Different" hierarchy. Using cells in a chemostat as a paradigmatic exemplar of a biological system, it is found that a coherent collection of metabolic pathways through a single cell in the chemostat also satisfies the proposed definition of a biological system. This provides a theoretical and mathematical underpinning for Young's fundamental model of biological organization and integration. Evidence for the therapeutic efficacy of Young's method of analysis is provided by preliminary results of clinical trials of a specific application of Young's model to the treatment of cancer cachexia.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 18:42:12 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 23:01:29 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Noyes", "H. Pierre", "" ] ]
0705.4679
Todd Adams
T. Adams (for the CDF and D0 collaborations)
Searches for New Phenomena with Lepton Final States at the Tevatron
Prepared for the XLIInd Renconstres de Moriond Electroweak 2007, La Thuile, Italy
null
null
FERMILAB-CONF-07-145-E
hep-ex
null
Numerous searches for new phenomena have been carried out using data from proton-antiproton collisions at Fermilab's Tevatron. Final states with leptons give signatures which are relatively unique and generally have small backgrounds. We present many of the latest results from the CDF and D0 collaborations from 0.4-1.2 fb^-1 of data. Topics include supersymmetry, extra gauge bosons, Randall-Sundrum gravitons, excited electrons and neutral, long-lived particles.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 19:16:11 GMT" } ]
2007-06-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Adams", "T.", "", "for the CDF and D0 collaborations" ] ]
0705.4680
Steen H. Hansen
Steen H. Hansen, Rocco Piffaretti
Measuring the dark matter velocity anisotropy in galaxy clusters
5 pages, 3 figures, extended discussions, matches accepted version
null
10.1051/0004-6361:20078656
null
astro-ph hep-ph
null
The Universe contains approximately 6 times more dark matter than normal baryonic matter, and a directly observed fundamental difference between dark matter and baryons would both be significant for our understanding of dark matter structures and provide us with information about the basic characteristics of the dark matter particle. We discuss one distinctive feature of dark matter structures in equilibrium, namely the property that a local dark matter temperature may depend on direction. This is in stark contrast to baryonic gases. We used X-ray observations of two nearby, relaxed galaxy clusters, under the assumptions of hydrostatic equilibrium and identical dark matter and gas temperatures in the outer cluster region, to measure this dark matter temperature anisotropy beta_dm, with non-parametric Monte Carlo methods. We find that beta_dm is greater than the value predicted for baryonic gases, beta_gas=0, at more than 3 sigma confidence. The observed value of the temperature anisotropy is in fair agreement with the results of cosmological N-body simulations and shows that the equilibration of the dark matter particles is not governed by local point-like interactions in contrast to baryonic gases.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 18:52:38 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 8 Nov 2007 12:33:48 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Hansen", "Steen H.", "" ], [ "Piffaretti", "Rocco", "" ] ]
0705.4681
Ilya Kapovich
Ilya Kapovich and Paul Schupp
On group-theoretic models of randomness and genericity
final version, appeared in: Groups, Geometry and Dynamics 2 (2008), no. 3, pp. 383-404
Groups, Geometry and Dynamics 2 (2008), no. 3, pp. 383-404
null
null
math.GR math.GT
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We compare the random group model of Gromov and the model of generic groups of Arzhantseva and Ol'shanskii.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 19:37:57 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:01:19 GMT" } ]
2010-02-08T00:00:00
[ [ "Kapovich", "Ilya", "" ], [ "Schupp", "Paul", "" ] ]
0705.4682
Axel Krause
Axel Krause, Enrico Pajer
Chasing Brane Inflation in String-Theory
34 pages, 4 figures. Final version published in JCAP
JCAP 0807:023,2008
10.1088/1475-7516/2008/07/023
LMU-ASC-35/07
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the embedding of brane anti-brane inflation into a concrete type IIB string theory compactification with all moduli fixed. Specifically, we are considering a D3-brane, whose position represents the inflaton $\phi$, in a warped conifold throat in the presence of supersymmetrically embedded D7-branes and an anti D3-brane localized at the tip of the warped conifold cone. After presenting the moduli stabilization analysis for a general D7-brane embedding, we concentrate on two explicit models, the Ouyang and the Kuperstein embeddings. We analyze whether the forces, induced by moduli stabilization and acting on the D3-brane, might cancel by fine-tuning such as to leave us with the original Coulomb attraction of the anti D3-brane as the driving force for inflation. For a large class of D7-brane embeddings we obtain a negative result. Cancelations are possible only for very small intervals of $\phi$ around an inflection point but not globally. For the most part of its motion the inflaton then feels a steep, non slow-roll potential. We study the inflationary dynamics induced by this potential.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 19:42:29 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:40:28 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:23:25 GMT" }, { "version": "v4", "created": "Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:48:49 GMT" }, { "version": "v5", "created": "Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:00:40 GMT" } ]
2009-04-17T00:00:00
[ [ "Krause", "Axel", "" ], [ "Pajer", "Enrico", "" ] ]
0705.4683
Wang Yao
Wang Yao, Di Xiao, and Qian Niu
Valley Dependent Optoelectronics from Inversion Symmetry Breaking
Expanded version, to appear in Phys. Rev. B
Phys. Rev. B 77, 235406 (2008).
10.1103/PhysRevB.77.235406
null
cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.mtrl-sci
null
Inversion symmetry breaking allows contrasted circular dichroism in different k-space regions, which takes the extreme form of optical selection rules for interband transitions at high symmetry points. In materials where band-edges occur at noncentral valleys, this enables valley dependent interplay of electrons with light of different circular polarizations, in analogy to spin dependent optical activities in semiconductors. This discovery is in perfect harmony with the previous finding of valley contrasted Bloch band features of orbital magnetic moment and Berry curvatures from inversion symmetry breaking [Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 236809 (2007)]. A universal connection is revealed between the k-resolved optical oscillator strength of interband transitions, the orbital magnetic moment and the Berry curvatures, which also provides a principle for optical measurement of orbital magnetization and intrinsic anomalous Hall conductivity in ferromagnetic systems. The general physics is demonstrated in graphene where inversion symmetry breaking leads to valley contrasted optical selection rule for interband transitions. We discuss graphene based valley optoelectronics applications where light polarization information can be interconverted with electronic information.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 19:49:33 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 8 Jun 2007 21:21:08 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Mon, 12 May 2008 16:52:25 GMT" } ]
2008-06-05T00:00:00
[ [ "Yao", "Wang", "" ], [ "Xiao", "Di", "" ], [ "Niu", "Qian", "" ] ]
0705.4684
Valentino Cooper
Valentino R. Cooper, Karen Johnston and Karin M. Rabe
Polarization Enhancement in Short Period Superlattices via Interfacial Intermixing
4 pages, 6 figures
PRB 76, 020103 (R) (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevB.76.020103
null
cond-mat.mtrl-sci
null
The effect of intermixing at the interface of short period PbTiO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ superlattices is studied using first-principles density functional theory. The results indicate that interfacial intermixing significantly enhances the polarization within the superlattice. This enhancement is directly related to the off-centering of Pb and Sr cations and can be explained through a discussion of interacting dipoles. This picture should be general for a wide range of multicomponent superlattices and may have important consequences for the design of ferroelectric devices.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 19:54:21 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 20:08:13 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:36:15 GMT" } ]
2012-03-12T00:00:00
[ [ "Cooper", "Valentino R.", "" ], [ "Johnston", "Karen", "" ], [ "Rabe", "Karin M.", "" ] ]
0706.0001
Z. C. Tu
Z. C. Tu and Z. C. Ou-Yang
Elastic theory of low-dimensional continua and its applications in bio- and nano-structures
Review article for J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci., 27 pages, 15 figures
J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci. 5, 422-448 (2008)
null
null
cond-mat.soft cond-mat.mtrl-sci math-ph math.MP physics.bio-ph q-bio.QM
null
This review presents the elastic theory of low-dimensional (one- and two-dimensional) continua and its applications in bio- and nano-structures. First, the curve and surface theory, as the geometric representation of the low-dimensional continua, is briefly described through Cartan moving frame method. The elastic theory of Kirchhoff rod, Helfrich rod, bending-soften rod, fluid membrane, and solid shell is revisited. Secondly, the application and availability of the elastic theory of low-dimensional continua in bio-structures, including short DNA rings, lipid membranes, and cell membranes, are discussed. The kink stability of short DNA rings is addressed by using the theory of Kirchhoff rod, Helfrich rod, and bending-soften rod. The lipid membranes obey the theory of fluid membrane. A cell membrane is simplified as a composite shell of lipid bilayer and membrane skeleton, which is a little similar to the solid shell. It is found that the membrane skeleton enhances highly the mechanical stability of cell membranes. Thirdly, the application and availability of the elastic theory of low-dimensional continua in nano-structures, including graphene and carbon nanotubes, are discussed. A revised Lenosky lattice model is proposed based on the local density approximation. Its continuum form up to the second order terms of curvatures and strains is the same as the free energy of 2D solid shells. Several typical mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes are revisited and investigated based on this continuum form. It is possible to avoid introducing the controversial concepts, the Young's modulus and thickness of graphene and single-walled carbon nanotubes, with this continuum form.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:10:57 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sun, 1 Jun 2008 15:46:15 GMT" } ]
2015-01-20T00:00:00
[ [ "Tu", "Z. C.", "" ], [ "Ou-Yang", "Z. C.", "" ] ]
0706.0002
Sebastian Eggert
Sebastian Eggert, Olav F. Syljuasen, Fabrizio Anfuso, Markus Andres
Universal alternating order around impurities in antiferromagnets
5 pages, 2 figures. The most recent version in PDF format can be found at http://www.physik.uni-kl.de/eggert/papers/
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 097204 (2007).
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.097204
null
cond-mat.str-el cond-mat.supr-con
null
The study of impurities in antiferromagnets is of considerable interest in condensed matter physics. In this paper we address the elementary question of the effect of vacancies on the orientation of the surrounding magnetic moments in an antiferromagnet. In the presence of a magnetic field, alternating magnetic moments are induced, which can be described by a universal expression that is valid in any ordered antiferromagnet and turns out to be independent of temperature over a large range. The universality is not destroyed by quantum fluctuation, which is demonstrated by quantum Monte Carlo simulations in the two-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet. Physical predictions for finite doping are made, which are relevant for experiments probing Knight shifts and the order parameter.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 20:00:09 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Eggert", "Sebastian", "" ], [ "Syljuasen", "Olav F.", "" ], [ "Anfuso", "Fabrizio", "" ], [ "Andres", "Markus", "" ] ]
0706.0003
X. Z. Zheng
Xian Zhong Zheng (1,2), Herve Dole (3), Eric F. Bell (1), Emeric Le Floc'h (4), George H. Rieke (5), Hans-Walter Rix (1) and David Schiminovich (6) ((1) MPIA in Heidelberg, Germany; (2) Purple Mountain Observatory, China; (3) IAS, Universite Paris-Sud 11 and CNRS, France; (4) IfA, University of Hawaii; (5) Steward Observatory, University of Arizona; (6) Department of Astronomy, Columbia University)
Infrared Spectral Energy Distributions of z~0.7 Star-Forming Galaxies
12 pages, 11 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ
null
10.1086/520529
null
astro-ph
null
We analyze the infrared (IR) spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for 10micron < lambda(rest) < 100micron for ~600 galaxies at z~0.7 in the extended Chandra Deep Field South by stacking their Spitzer 24, 70 and 160micron images. We place interesting constraints on the average IR SED shape in two bins: the brightest 25% of z~0.7 galaxies detected at 24micron, and the remaining 75% of individually-detected galaxies. Galaxies without individual detections at 24micron were not well-detected at 70micron and 160micron even through stacking. We find that the average IR SEDs of z~0.7 star-forming galaxies fall within the diversity of z~0 templates. While dust obscuration Lir/Luv seems to be only a function of star formation rate (SFR; ~ Lir+Luv), not of redshift, the dust temperature of star-forming galaxies (with SFR ~ 10 solar mass per year) at a given IR luminosity was lower at z~0.7 than today. We suggest an interpretation of this phenomenology in terms of dust geometry: intensely star-forming galaxies at z~0 are typically interacting, and host dense centrally-concentrated bursts of star formation and warm dust temperatures. At z~0.7, the bulk of intensely star-forming galaxies are relatively undisturbed spirals and irregulars, and we postulate that they have large amounts of widespread lower-density star formation, yielding lower dust temperatures for a given IR luminosity. We recommend what IR SEDs are most suitable for modeling intermediate redshift galaxies with different SFRs.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 20:00:50 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Zheng", "Xian Zhong", "" ], [ "Dole", "Herve", "" ], [ "Bell", "Eric F.", "" ], [ "Floc'h", "Emeric Le", "" ], [ "Rieke", "George H.", "" ], [ "Rix", "Hans-Walter", "" ], [ "Schiminovich", "David", "" ] ]
0706.0004
Eric F. Bell
Eric F. Bell, Daniel B. Zucker, Vasily Belokurov, Sanjib Sharma, Kathryn V. Johnston, James S. Bullock, David W. Hogg, Knud Jahnke, Jelte T. A. de Jong, Timothy C. Beers, N. W. Evans, Eva K. Grebel, Zeljko Ivezic, Sergey E. Koposov, Hans-Walter Rix, Donald P. Schneider, Matthias Steinmetz and Adi Zolotov
The accretion origin of the Milky Way's stellar halo
Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal. 14 pages; 11 figures
Astrophys.J.680:295-311,2008
10.1086/588032
null
astro-ph
null
We have used data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 5 to explore the overall structure and substructure of the stellar halo of the Milky Way using about 4 million color-selected main sequence turn-off stars. We fit oblate and triaxial broken power-law models to the data, and found a `best-fit' oblateness of the stellar halo 0.5<c/a<0.8, and halo stellar masses between Galactocentric radii of 1 and 40kpc of (3.7+/-1.2)x10^8 M_sun. The density profile of the stellar halo is approximately r^{-3}; it is possible that the power law slope is shallower inside 20kpc and steeper outside that radius. Yet, we found that all smooth and symmetric models were very poor fits to the distribution of stellar halo stars because the data exhibit a great deal of spatial substructure. We quantified deviations from a smooth oblate/triaxial model using the RMS of the data around the model profile on scales >~100pc, after accounting for the (known) contribution of Poisson uncertainties. The fractional RMS deviation of the actual stellar distribution from any smooth, parameterized halo model is >~40%: hence, the stellar halo is highly structured. We compared the observations with simulations of galactic stellar halos formed entirely from the accretion of satellites in a cosmological context by analysing the simulations in the same way as the data. While the masses, overall profiles, and degree of substructure in the simulated stellar halos show considerable scatter, the properties and degree of substructure in the Milky Way's halo match well the properties of a `typical' stellar halo built exclusively out of the debris from disrupted satellite galaxies. Our results therefore point towards a picture in which an important fraction of the Milky Way's stellar halo has been accreted from satellite galaxies.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 20:22:54 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:06:21 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Bell", "Eric F.", "" ], [ "Zucker", "Daniel B.", "" ], [ "Belokurov", "Vasily", "" ], [ "Sharma", "Sanjib", "" ], [ "Johnston", "Kathryn V.", "" ], [ "Bullock", "James S.", "" ], [ "Hogg", "David W.", "" ], [ "Jahnke", "Knud", "" ], [ "de Jong", "Jelte T. A.", "" ], [ "Beers", "Timothy C.", "" ], [ "Evans", "N. W.", "" ], [ "Grebel", "Eva K.", "" ], [ "Ivezic", "Zeljko", "" ], [ "Koposov", "Sergey E.", "" ], [ "Rix", "Hans-Walter", "" ], [ "Schneider", "Donald P.", "" ], [ "Steinmetz", "Matthias", "" ], [ "Zolotov", "Adi", "" ] ]
0706.0005
Daisuke Kawata
Daisuke Kawata (1,2), Renyue Cen (3), Luis C. Ho (1) ((1) Carnegie Observatories, (2) Swinburne, (3) Princeton)
Gravitational Stability of Circumnuclear Disks in Elliptical Galaxies
8 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
null
10.1086/521299
null
astro-ph
null
A significant fraction of nearby elliptical galaxies are known to have high density gas disks in their circumnuclear (CN) region (0.1 to a few kpc). Yet, ellipticals, especially luminous ones, show little signs of recent star formation (SF). To investigate the possible cause of the dearth of SF in these systems, we study the gravitational stability of CN gas disks embedded within the potentials of both the stellar bulge and the central massive black hole (BH) in ellipticals. We find that CN disks in higher mass galaxies are generally more stable than those in lower mass galaxies, because higher mass galaxies tend to have more massive BHs and more centrally concentrated stellar density profiles. We also consider the case in which the central stellar density profile has a core, which is often observed for ellipticals whose total stellar mass is higher than about 10^11 Msun. Such a cored stellar density profile leads to more unstable CN disks than the power-law density profile characteristic of less massive galaxies. However, the more massive BHs in high-mass galaxies act to stabilize the CN disk. Our results demonstrate that the gravitational potentials of both the central BH and the stellar component should be taken into account when studying the properties of CN disks, as their stability is sensitive to both the BH mass and the stellar density profile. Our results could explain the observed trend that less luminous ellipticals have a greater tendency to exhibit ongoing SF than giant ellipticals.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 20:25:51 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 9 Jul 2007 19:45:35 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Kawata", "Daisuke", "" ], [ "Cen", "Renyue", "" ], [ "Ho", "Luis C.", "" ] ]
0706.0006
Isaac Shlosman
Yehuda Hoffman (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel), Emilio Romano-Diaz (U. of Kentucky, Lexington, USA), Isaac Shlosman (U. of Kentucky, Lexington, USA) and Clayton Heller (GSU, Statesboro, USA)
Evolution of Phase-Space Density in Dark Matter Halos
7 pages, 5 figures, accepted by the Astrophysical Journal. Revised, 2 figures added
null
10.1086/523695
null
astro-ph
null
The evolution of the phase-space density profile in dark matter (DM) halos is investigated by means of constrained simulations, designed to control the merging history of a given DM halo. Halos evolve through a series of quiescent phases of a slow accretion intermitted by violent events of major mergers. In the quiescent phases the density of the halo closely follows the NFW profile and the phase-space density profile, Q(r), is given by the Taylor & Navarro power law, r^{-beta}, where beta ~ 1.9 and stays remarkably stable over the Hubble time. Expressing the phase-space density by the NFW parameters, Q(r)=Qs (r/Rs)^{-beta}, the evolution of Q is determined by Qs. We have found that the effective mass surface density within Rs, Sigma_s = rhos Rs, remains constant throughout the evolution of a given DM halo along the main branch of its merging tree. This invariance entails that Qs ~ Rs^{-5/2} and Q(r) ~ Sigma_s^{-1/2} Rs^{-5/2} (r/ Rs)^{-beta}. It follows that the phase-space density remains constant, in the sense of Qs=const., in the quiescent phases and it decreases as Rs^{-5/2} in the violent ones. The physical origin of the NFW density profile and the phase-space density power law is still unknown. Yet, the numerical experiments show that halos recover these relations after the violent phases. The major mergers drive Rs to increase and Qs to decrease discontinuously while keeping Qs Rs^{5/2} = const. The virial equilibrium in the quiescent phases implies that a DM halos evolves along a sequence of NFW profiles with constant energy per unit volume (i.e., pressure) within Rs.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 20:17:32 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:19:25 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Hoffman", "Yehuda", "", "Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel" ], [ "Romano-Diaz", "Emilio", "", "U. of Kentucky, Lexington, USA" ], [ "Shlosman", "Isaac", "", "U. of Kentucky,\n Lexington, USA" ], [ "Heller", "Clayton", "", "GSU, Statesboro, USA" ] ]
0706.0007
Yang Bai
Yang Bai, JiJi Fan and Zhenyu Han
Higgs boson from the meta-stable SUSY breaking sector
9 pages, 1 figure; two paragraphs added to clarify the scales in our model; final version in PRD
Phys.Rev.D76:065003,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.065003
null
hep-ph
null
We construct a calculable model of electroweak symmetry breaking in which the Higgs doublet emerges from the meta-stable SUSY breaking sector as a pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson. The Higgs boson mass is further protected by the little Higgs mechanism, and naturally suppressed by a two-loop factor from the SUSY breaking scale of 10 TeV. Gaugino and sfermion masses arise from standard gauge mediation, but the Higgsino obtains a tree-level mass at the SUSY breaking scale. At 1 TeV, aside from new gauge bosons and fermions similar to other little Higgs models and their superpartners, our model predicts additional electroweak triplets and doublets from the SUSY breaking sector.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 20:02:25 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:36:19 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Bai", "Yang", "" ], [ "Fan", "JiJi", "" ], [ "Han", "Zhenyu", "" ] ]
0706.0008
Silvio R. Dahmen
Silvio R. Dahmen
Boltzmann and the art of flying
15 pages, no figures
Physics in Perspective 11 (3) (2009)
10.1007/s00016-008-0395-1
null
physics.hist-ph physics.soc-ph
null
One of the less known facets of Ludwig Boltzmann was that of an advocate of Aviation, one of the most challenging technological problems of his times. Boltzmann followed closely the studies of pioneers like Otto Lilienthal in Berlin, and during a lecture on a prestigious conference he vehemently defended further investments in the area. In this article I discuss his involvement with Aviation, his role in its development and his correspondence with two flight pioneers, Otto Lilienthal e Wilhelm Kress.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 20:02:36 GMT" } ]
2010-01-02T00:00:00
[ [ "Dahmen", "Silvio R.", "" ] ]
0706.0009
Yasuhide Numata
Takuro Abe, Yasuhide Numata
Exponents of 2-multiarrangements and multiplicity lattices
14 pages
J. Algebraic Combin. 35 (2012), no. 1, 1-17
10.1007/s10801-011-0291-7
null
math.CO math.AG
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We introduce a concept of multiplicity lattices of 2-multiarrangements, determine the combinatorics and geometry of that lattice, and give a criterion and method to construct a basis for derivation modules effectively.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 20:17:36 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:17:31 GMT" } ]
2014-02-11T00:00:00
[ [ "Abe", "Takuro", "" ], [ "Numata", "Yasuhide", "" ] ]
0706.0010
Fan Yizhong
Yi-Zhong Fan and Tsvi Piran
A Canonical High Energy Afterglow Emission Light Curve?
5 pages including 3 eps figures. To appear in the proceedings of "070228: The Next Decade of GRB afterglows", Amsterdam, 19-23 March 2007
null
null
null
astro-ph
null
We present self consistent calculations of Synchrotron self Compton (SSC) radiation that takes place within the afterglow blast wave and External inverse Compton (EIC) radiation that takes place when flare photons (produced by an internal process) pass through the blast wave. We show that if our current interpretations of the Swift XRT data are correct, there should be a canonical high energy afterglow emission light curve. We expect that GRBs with a long term X-ray flattening or X-ray flares should show similar high energy features. The EIC emission, however, is long lasting and weak and might be outshined by the SSC emission of the forward shock. The high energy emission could be well detected by the soon to be launched GLAST satellite. Its detection could shed new light on the conditions within the emitting regions of GRBs.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 20:06:10 GMT" } ]
2007-06-04T00:00:00
[ [ "Fan", "Yi-Zhong", "" ], [ "Piran", "Tsvi", "" ] ]
0706.0011
Magdalena Anna Pelc
Magdalena Anna Pelc
Time delayed processes in physics, biophysics and archaeology
51 pages
null
null
null
physics.gen-ph
null
The motion of particles, where the particles: electrons, ions in microtubules or migrated peoples can be described as the superposition of diffusion and ordered waves. In this paper it is shown that the master equation for transport processes can be formulated as the time delayed hyperbolic partial equation. The equation describes the processes with memory. For characteristic times shorter than the relaxation time the master equation is the generalized Klein - Gordon equation. Key words: hyperbolic transport, microtubules, heat waves, Neolithic migration
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 20:08:19 GMT" } ]
2007-06-04T00:00:00
[ [ "Pelc", "Magdalena Anna", "" ] ]
0706.0012
Germ\'an Cristiani
G. Cristiani, C.G. Gim\'enez de Castro, M.L. Luoni, C.H. Mandrini, M.G. Rovira, P. Kaufmann
Observed flux density enhancement at submillimeter wavelengths during an X-class flare
13 pages, 7 figures
Adv.SpaceRes.39:1447-1452,2007
10.1016/j.asr.2007.02.039
null
astro-ph
null
We analyse the 30 October, 2004, X1.2/SF solar event that occurred in AR 10691 (N13 W18) at around 11:44 UT. Observations at 212 and 405 GHz of the Solar Submillimeter Telescope (SST), with high time resolution (5 ms), show an intense impulsive burst followed by a long-lasting thermal phase. EUV images from the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SOHO/EIT) are used to identify the possible emitting sources. Data from the Radio Solar Telescope Network (RSTN) complement our spectral observations below 15 GHz. During the impulsive phase the turnover frequency is above 15.4 GHz. The long-lasting phase is analysed in terms of thermal emission and compared with GOES observations. From the ratio between the two GOES soft X-ray bands, we derive the temperature and emission measure, which is used to estimate the free-free submillimeter flux density. Good temporal agreement is found between the estimated and observed profiles, however the former is larger than the latter.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 20:17:17 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Cristiani", "G.", "" ], [ "de Castro", "C. G. Giménez", "" ], [ "Luoni", "M. L.", "" ], [ "Mandrini", "C. H.", "" ], [ "Rovira", "M. G.", "" ], [ "Kaufmann", "P.", "" ] ]
0706.0013
Alvaro Dom\'inguez
Alvaro Dominguez, Martin Oettel, Siegfried Dietrich
Theory of capillary-induced interactions beyond the superposition approximation
Minor typos corrected
J. Chem. Phys. 127 (2007) 204706
10.1063/1.2781420
null
cond-mat.soft
null
Within a general theoretical framework we study the effective, deformation-induced interaction between two colloidal particles trapped at a fluid interface in the regime of small deformations. In many studies, this interaction has been computed with the ansatz that the actual interface configuration for the pair is given by the linear superposition of the interface deformations around the single particles. Here we assess the validity of this approach and compute the leading term of the effective interaction for large interparticle separation beyond this so-called superposition approximation. As an application, we consider the experimentally relevant case of interface deformations owing to the electrostatic field emanating from charged colloidal particles. In mechanical isolation, i.e., if the net force acting on the total system consisting of the particles plus the interface vanishes, the superposition approximation is actually invalid. The effective capillary interaction is governed by contributions beyond this approximation and turns out to be attractive. For sufficiently small surface charges on the colloids, such that linearization is strictly valid, and at asymptotically large separations, the effective interaction does not overcome the direct electrostatic repulsion between the colloidal particles.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 1 Jun 2007 19:42:34 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 4 Jan 2008 11:51:56 GMT" } ]
2010-06-18T00:00:00
[ [ "Dominguez", "Alvaro", "" ], [ "Oettel", "Martin", "" ], [ "Dietrich", "Siegfried", "" ] ]