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0706.1814
Alonso Arellano-Baeza A
A. A. Arellano-Baeza, R. V. Garcia, and M. Trejo-Soto
Study of the structural changes in the Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico related to microseismicity by applying the lineament analysis to the Aster (Terra) satellite data
Submitted to Advances in Space Research
null
null
null
physics.geo-ph
null
Mexico is one of the most volcanically active regions in North America. Volcanic activity in central Mexico is associated with the subduction of the Cocos and Rivera plates beneath the North American plate. Periods of enhanced microseismic activity, associated with the volcanic activity of the Popocatepetl volcano is compared with periods, during which the microseismic activity was low. We detected systematical changes in the number of lineaments, associated with the microseismic activity due to lineament analysis of a temporal sequence of high resolution satellite images of the Popocatepetl volcano, provided by the ASTER/VNIR instrument. The Lineament Extraction and Stripes Statistic Analysis (LESSA) software package was used for the lineament extraction. In the future it would allow develop a methodology for detection of possible elevation of pressure in volcano edifice.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:01:04 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Arellano-Baeza", "A. A.", "" ], [ "Garcia", "R. V.", "" ], [ "Trejo-Soto", "M.", "" ] ]
0706.1815
Francesco Buscemi Dr
Francesco Buscemi
Entanglement measures and approximate quantum error correction
7 pages, two-columned revtex4, no figures. v1: Deeply revised and extended version: different entanglement measures are separately considered, references are added, and some remarks are stressed. v2: Added a sufficient condition for distillability in terms of entanglement of formation; published version
Phys. Rev. A 77, 012309 (2008)
10.1103/PhysRevA.77.012309
null
quant-ph
null
It is shown that, if the loss of entanglement along a quantum channel is sufficiently small, then approximate quantum error correction is possible, thereby generalizing what happens for coherent information. Explicit bounds are obtained for the entanglement of formation and the distillable entanglement, and their validity naturally extends to other bipartite entanglement measures in between. Robustness of derived criteria is analyzed and their tightness compared. Finally, as a byproduct, we prove a bound quantifying how large the gap between entanglement of formation and distillable entanglement can be for any given finite dimensional bipartite system, thus providing a sufficient condition for distillability in terms of entanglement of formation.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:05:39 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:32:38 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:38:39 GMT" } ]
2008-01-15T00:00:00
[ [ "Buscemi", "Francesco", "" ] ]
0706.1816
Marianna Safronova
U. I. Safronova, W. R. Johnson, and M. S. Safronova
Excitation energies, polarizabilities, multipole transition rates, and lifetimes of ions along the francium isoelectronic sequence
13 figures, 11 tables
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.76.042504
null
physics.atom-ph
null
Relativistic many-body perturbation theory is applied to study properties of ions of the francium isoelectronic sequence. Specifically, energies of the 7s, 7p, 6d, and 5f states of Fr-like ions with nuclear charges Z = 87 - 100 are calculated through third order; reduced matrix elements, oscillator strengths, transition rates, and lifetimes are determined for 7s - 7p, 7p - 6d, and 6d - 5f electric-dipole transitions; and 7s - 6d, 7s - 5f, and 5f_5/2 - 5f_7/2 multipole matrix elements are evaluated to obtain the lifetimes of low-lying excited states. Moreover, for the ions Z = 87 - 92 calculations are also carried out using the relativistic all-order single-double method, in which single and double excitations of Dirac-Fock wave functions are included to all orders in perturbation theory. With the aid of the SD wave functions, we obtain accurate values of energies, transition rates, oscillator strengths, and the lifetimes of these six ions. Ground state scalar polarizabilities in Fr I, Ra II, Ac III, and Th IV are calculated using relativistic third-order and all-order methods. Ground state scalar polarizabilities for other Fr-like ions are calculated using a relativistic second-order method. These calculations provide a theoretical benchmark for comparison with experiment and theory.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:10:54 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Safronova", "U. I.", "" ], [ "Johnson", "W. R.", "" ], [ "Safronova", "M. S.", "" ] ]
0706.1817
Tomoyuki Arakawa
Tomoyuki Arakawa
Characters of representations of affine Kac-Moody Lie algebras at the critical level
9 pages, a brief announcement. After submitting the first version of this paper we are notified that the formula was known to E. Frenkel
null
null
null
math.QA math.RT
null
We present an explicit character formula for the irreducible highest weight representations of the non-twisted affine Kac-Moody Lie algebra at the critical level which are integrable over the corresponding finite-dimensional simple Lie algebra.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:09:51 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:21:05 GMT" } ]
2011-11-10T00:00:00
[ [ "Arakawa", "Tomoyuki", "" ] ]
0706.1818
Jeremy Goodman
Jeremy Goodman and Andrew I. MacFadyen
Ultra-relativistic geometrical shock dynamics and vorticity
12 pages, 2 figures
null
10.1017/S0022112008001249
null
astro-ph
null
Geometrical shock dynamics, also called CCW theory, yields approximate equations for shock propagation in which only the conditions at the shock appear explicitly; the post-shock flow is presumed approximately uniform and enters implicitly via a Riemann invariant. The nonrelativistic theory, formulated by G. B. Whitham and others, matches many experimental results surprisingly well. Motivated by astrophysical applications, we adapt the theory to ultra-relativistic shocks advancing into an ideal fluid whose pressure is negligible ahead of the shock, but one third of its proper energy density behind the shock. Exact results are recovered for some self-similar cylindrical and spherical shocks with power-law pre-shock density profiles. Comparison is made with numerical solutions of the full hydrodynamic equations. We review relativistic vorticity and circulation. In an ultrarelativistic ideal fluid, circulation can be defined so that it changes only at shocks, notwithstanding entropy gradients in smooth parts of the flow.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:28:55 GMT" } ]
2015-05-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Goodman", "Jeremy", "" ], [ "MacFadyen", "Andrew I.", "" ] ]
0706.1819
Jeremy Goodman
Lorenzo Sironi and Jeremy Goodman
Production of magnetic energy by macroscopic turbulence in GRB afterglows
24 pages, 3 figures
null
10.1086/523636
null
astro-ph
null
Afterglows of gamma-ray bursts are believed to require magnetic fields much stronger than that of the compressed pre-shock medium. As an alternative to microscopic plasma instabilities, we propose amplification of the field by macroscopic turbulence excited by the interaction of the shock with a clumpy pre-shock medium, for example a stellar wind. Using a recently developed formalism for localized perturbations to an ultra-relativistic shock, we derive constraints on the lengthscale, amplitude, and volume filling factor of density clumps required to produce a given magnetic energy fraction within the expansion time of the shock, assuming that the energy in the field achieves equipartion with the turbulence. Stronger and smaller-scale inhomogeneities are required for larger shock Lorentz factors. Hence it is likely that the magnetic energy fraction evolves as the shock slows. This could be detected by monitoring the synchrotron cooling frequency if the radial density profile ahead of the shock, smoothed over clumps, is known.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:41:43 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Sironi", "Lorenzo", "" ], [ "Goodman", "Jeremy", "" ] ]
0706.1820
Muhammad Sharif
M. Sharif
The Pseudo-Newtonian Force and Potential about a Higher Dimensional Rotating Black Hole
11 pages, accepted for publication in Nuovo Cimento B
Nuovo Cim.B122:343-350,2007
10.1393/ncb/i2007-10365-y
null
gr-qc
null
In this paper, we study the behavior of the pseudo-Newtonian force and potential about a higher dimensional rotating black hole. We obtain conditions for the force character from an attractive to repulsive. We also find the conditions under which force attains a maximum value. The results of this paper generalizes the already found structure of force and potential about a five dimensional rotating black hole. It is interesting to note that we recover the five dimensional results under a special case.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 04:50:01 GMT" } ]
2010-11-11T00:00:00
[ [ "Sharif", "M.", "" ] ]
0706.1821
Yutaka Yoshikawa
Yutaka Yoshikawa, Kazuyuki Nakayama, Yoshio Torii, and Takahiro Kuga
Holographic storage of multiple coherence gratings in a Bose-Einstein condensate
5 pages, 4 figures
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 220407 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.220407
null
physics.atom-ph
null
We demonstrate superradiant conversion between a two-mode collective atomic state and a single-mode light field in an elongated cloud of Bose-condensed atoms. Two off-resonant write beams induce superradiant Raman scattering, producing two independent coherence gratings with a different wave vector in the cloud. By applying phase-matched read beams after a controllable delay, the gratings can be selectively converted into the light field also in a superradiant way. Due to the large cooperativity parameter and the small velocity width of the condensate, a high conversion efficiency of $> 70$ % and a long storage time of $> 120$ $\mu$s were achieved.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:04:47 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sat, 1 Dec 2007 15:12:50 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Yoshikawa", "Yutaka", "" ], [ "Nakayama", "Kazuyuki", "" ], [ "Torii", "Yoshio", "" ], [ "Kuga", "Takahiro", "" ] ]
0706.1822
Elias Gyftopoulos
Elias P. Gyftopoulos
Comments on Controllable Three-Dimensional Brownian Motors
12 pages
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
Upon reviewing the physical review letter which describes the processes involved in "demonstration of a controllable three-dimensional Brownian motor in symmetric potentials" we conclude that such processes are not compatible with what Einstein and many other physicists and engineers define as Brownian motors or Brownian movements.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:28:44 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Gyftopoulos", "Elias P.", "" ] ]
0706.1823
Hanqing Zheng
Ming-Xian Su, L. Y. Xiao and H. Q. Zheng
On the scalar nonet in the extended Nambu Jona-Lasinio model
23 pages 3 eps figures, To appear in Nucl. Phys. A
Nucl.Phys.A792:288-305,2007
10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2007.06.004
null
hep-ph nucl-th
null
We discuss the lightest scalar resonances, $f_0(600)$, $\kappa(800)$, $a_0(980)$ and $f_0(980)$ in the extended Nambu Jona-Lasinio model. We find that the model parameters can be tuned, but unnaturally, to accommodate for those scalars except the $f_0(980)$. We also discuss problems encountered in the K Matrix unitarization approximation by using $N_c$ counting technique.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:26:17 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Su", "Ming-Xian", "" ], [ "Xiao", "L. Y.", "" ], [ "Zheng", "H. Q.", "" ] ]
0706.1824
John F. Beacom
John F. Beacom (Ohio State U.)
TASI Lectures on Astrophysical Aspects of Neutrinos
Lectures given at Exploring New Frontiers Using Colliders and Neutrinos (TASI 2006), Boulder, Colorado, 4-30 Jun 2006; 22 pages, 10 figures
null
null
null
astro-ph hep-ph nucl-th
null
Neutrino astronomy is on the verge of discovering new sources, and this will lead to important advances in astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, and nuclear physics. This paper is meant for non-experts, so that they might better understand the basic issues in this field.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:48:19 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Beacom", "John F.", "", "Ohio State U." ] ]
0706.1825
Subir Mukhopadhyay
Alok Kumar, Subir Mukhopadhyay, Koushik Ray
Forbidden territories in the string landscape
18 pages, LaTeX, significantly expanded to incorporate some more cases
JHEP 0712:032,2007
10.1088/1126-6708/2007/12/032
null
hep-th
null
Problems of stabilizing moduli of the type--IIB string theory on toroidal orientifolds $\T^6/\Z_2$, in presence of worldvolume fluxes on various D-branes, are considered. For $Z_2$ actions, introducing either O9 or O3 planes, we rule out the possibility of moduli stabilization in a wide class of models with $\mathcal{N}=1$ supersymmetry, characterized by the type of fluxes turned on along D-brane worldvolume. Our results, in particular, imply that Abelian worldvolume fluxes can not by themselves stabilize closed string moduli, in a consistent supersymmtric model, for above orientifold compactifications. We also discuss other $Z_2$ orientifolds of $T^6$ and show that certain other brane wrappings are also ruled out by similar consistency requirements. In specific setups we consider examples with D9-branes wrapping on a complex three-torus with its world-volume fluxes taken to be semi-homogeneous bundles and D7-branes wrapping holomorphic four-cycles of the complex three-torus carrying world-volume fluxes.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:00:36 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:51:26 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:17:02 GMT" } ]
2009-11-18T00:00:00
[ [ "Kumar", "Alok", "" ], [ "Mukhopadhyay", "Subir", "" ], [ "Ray", "Koushik", "" ] ]
0706.1826
Farhad Jafarpour Hamadani
F. H. Jafarpour and P. Khaki
A Family of Exactly-Solvable Driven-Diffusive Systems in One-dimension
8 Pages
J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40 No 44 (2 November 2007) 13237-13243
10.1088/1751-8113/40/44/005
null
cond-mat.stat-mech
null
We introduce an exactly-solvable family of one-dimensional driven-diffusive systems defined on a discrete lattice. We find the quadratic algebra of this family which has an infinite-dimensional representation. We discuss the phase diagram of the system in a couple of special cases.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:55:59 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:19:35 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Jafarpour", "F. H.", "" ], [ "Khaki", "P.", "" ] ]
0706.1827
Alonso Arellano-Baeza A
A. A. Arellano-Baeza, R. V. Garcia, and M. Trejo-Soto
Use of high resolution satellite images for tracking of changes in the lineament structure, caused by earthquakes
Submitted to Advances in Space Research
null
null
null
physics.geo-ph
null
Over the last decades strong efforts have been made to apply new spaceborn technologies to the study and possible forecast of strong earthquakes. In this study we use ASTER/TERRA multispectral satellite images for detection and analysis of changes in the system of lineaments previous to a strong earthquake. A lineament is a straight or a somewhat curved feature in an image, which it is possible to detect by a special processing of images based on directional filtering and or Hough transform. "The Lineament Extraction and Stripes Statistic Analysis" (LESSA) software package, developed by Zlatopolsy (1992, 1997). We assume that the lineaments allow to detect, at least partially, the presence ruptures in the Earths crust, and therefore enable one to follow the changes in the system of faults and fractures associated with strong earthquakes. We analysed 6 earthquakes occurred in the Pacific coast of the South America and XXX with the Richter scale magnitude >4.5. They were located in the regions with small seasonal variations and limited vegetation to facilitate the tracking of features associated with the seismic activity only. It was found that the number and orientation of lineaments changed significantly about one month before an earthquake approximately, and a few months later the system returns to its initial state. This effect increases with the earthquake magnitude, and it is much more easily detectable in case of convergent plate boundaries (for example, Nasca and South American plates). The results obtained open a possibility to develop a methodology able to evaluate the seismic risk in the regions with similar geological conditions.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:09:32 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:42:45 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Arellano-Baeza", "A. A.", "" ], [ "Garcia", "R. V.", "" ], [ "Trejo-Soto", "M.", "" ] ]
0706.1828
Jeonghee Rho
J. Rho, T. H. Jarrett, N. N. Chugai, and R. A. Chevalier
Chandra Observations of SN 2004et and the X-ray Emission of Type IIp Supernovae
total 19 pages including 7 figures. ApJ, in press. See http://spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/rho/preprint/SN2004etms.ps for the paper including full resolution images
Astrophys.J.666:1108-1115,2007
10.1086/520336
null
astro-ph
null
We report the X-ray detection of the Type II-plateau supernova SN 2004et in the spiral galaxy NGC 6946, using the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The position of the X-ray source was found to agree with the optical position within ~0.4 arcsec. Chandra also surveyed the region before the 2004 event, finding no X-ray emission at the location of the progenitor. For the post-explosion observations, a total of 202, 151, and 158 photons were detected in three pointings, each ~29 ks in length, on 2004 October 22, November 6, and December 3, respectively. The spectrum of the first observation is best fit by a thermal model with a temperature of kT=1.3 keV and a line-of-sight absorption of N_H=1.0 x 10^{22} cm^{-2}. The inferred unabsorbed luminosity (0.4-8 keV) is ~4x10^{38} erg/s, adopting a distance of 5.5 Mpc. A comparison between hard and soft counts on the first and third epochs indicates a softening over this time, although there is an insufficient number of photons to constrain the variation of temperature and absorption by spectral fitting. We model the emission as arising from the reverse shock region in the interaction between the supernova ejecta and the progenitor wind. For a Type IIP supernova with an extended progenitor, the cool shell formed at the time of shock wave breakout from the star can affect the initial evolution of the interaction shell and the absorption of radiation from the reverse shock. The observed spectral softening might be due to decreasing shell absorption. We find a pre-supernova mass loss rate of (2-2.5)x 10^{-6} M_{\odot} /yr for a wind velocity of 10 kms, which is in line with expectations for a Type IIP supernova.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:56:52 GMT" } ]
2009-06-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Rho", "J.", "" ], [ "Jarrett", "T. H.", "" ], [ "Chugai", "N. N.", "" ], [ "Chevalier", "R. A.", "" ] ]
0706.1829
Kristian McDonald
Robert Foot, Archil Kobakhidze, Kristian. L. McDonald and Raymond. R. Volkas
Neutrino mass in radiatively-broken scale-invariant models
About 12 pages with 3 figures. V2 matches PRD version
Phys.Rev.D76:075014,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.075014
null
hep-ph
null
Scale invariance may be a classical symmetry which is broken radiatively. This provides a simple way to stabilize the scale of electroweak symmetry breaking against radiative corrections. The simplest phenomenologically successful model of this type involves the addition of one real scalar field to the standard model. In this minimal model the electroweak Higgs can be interpreted as the pseudo-Goldstone boson of broken scale invariance. We study the possible origin of neutrino mass in such models, both at tree-level and radiatively.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:10:59 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:38:37 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Foot", "Robert", "" ], [ "Kobakhidze", "Archil", "" ], [ "McDonald", "Kristian. L.", "" ], [ "Volkas", "Raymond. R.", "" ] ]
0706.1830
Julio Oliva
Gustavo Dotti, Julio Oliva and Ricardo Troncoso
Exact solutions for the Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory in five dimensions: Black holes, wormholes and spacetime horns
31 pages, 1 figure, minor changes and references added. Final version to be published in PRD
Phys.Rev.D76:064038,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.064038
CECS-PHY-07/09
hep-th gr-qc
null
An exhaustive classification of certain class of static solutions for the five-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory in vacuum is presented. The class of metrics under consideration is such that the spacelike section is a warped product of the real line with a nontrivial base manifold. It is shown that for generic values of the coupling constants the base manifold must be necessarily of constant curvature, and the solution reduces to the topological extension of the Boulware-Deser metric. It is also shown that the base manifold admits a wider class of geometries for the special case when the Gauss-Bonnet coupling is properly tuned in terms of the cosmological and Newton constants. This freedom in the metric at the boundary, which determines the base manifold, allows the existence of three main branches of geometries in the bulk. For negative cosmological constant, if the boundary metric is such that the base manifold is arbitrary, but fixed, the solution describes black holes whose horizon geometry inherits the metric of the base manifold. If the base manifold possesses a negative constant Ricci scalar, two different kinds of wormholes in vacuum are obtained. For base manifolds with vanishing Ricci scalar, a different class of solutions appears resembling "spacetime horns". There is also a special case for which, if the base manifold is of constant curvature, due to certain class of degeneration of the field equations, the metric admits an arbitrary redshift function. For wormholes and spacetime horns, there are regions for which the gravitational and centrifugal forces point towards the same direction. All these solutions have finite Euclidean action, which reduces to the free energy in the case of black holes, and vanishes in the other cases. Their mass is also obtained from a surface integral.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:17:09 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:45:46 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:05:52 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Dotti", "Gustavo", "" ], [ "Oliva", "Julio", "" ], [ "Troncoso", "Ricardo", "" ] ]
0706.1831
Kartik Srinivasan
Kartik Srinivasan, Andreas Stintz, Sanjay Krishna, and Oskar Painter
Single quantum dot spectroscopy using a fiber taper waveguide near-field optic
4 pages, 3 figures
App. Phys. Lett., v90 (9), art. no. 091102, Aug. 27, 2007
10.1063/1.2775811
null
physics.optics cond-mat.mes-hall
null
Photoluminescence spectroscopy of single InAs quantum dots at cryogenic temperatures (~14 K) is performed using a micron-scale optical fiber taper waveguide as a near-field optic. The measured collection efficiency of quantum dot spontaneous emission into the fundamental guided mode of the fiber taper is estimated at 0.1%, and spatially-resolved measurements with ~600 nm resolution are obtained by varying the taper position with respect to the sample and using the fiber taper for both the pump and collection channels.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:18:08 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Srinivasan", "Kartik", "" ], [ "Stintz", "Andreas", "" ], [ "Krishna", "Sanjay", "" ], [ "Painter", "Oskar", "" ] ]
0706.1832
Tommaso Caneva
Tommaso Caneva, Rosario Fazio, Giuseppe E. Santoro
Adiabatic quantum dynamics of a random Ising chain across its quantum critical point
10 pages, 11 figures; v2: added references, published version
Phys. Rev. B 76, 144427 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevB.76.144427
null
cond-mat.other quant-ph
null
We present here our study of the adiabatic quantum dynamics of a random Ising chain across its quantum critical point. The model investigated is an Ising chain in a transverse field with disorder present both in the exchange coupling and in the transverse field. The transverse field term is proportional to a function $\Gamma(t)$ which, as in the Kibble-Zurek mechanism, is linearly reduced to zero in time with a rate $\tau^{-1}$, $\Gamma(t)=-t/\tau$, starting at $t=-\infty$ from the quantum disordered phase ($\Gamma=\infty$) and ending at $t=0$ in the classical ferromagnetic phase ($\Gamma=0$). We first analyze the distribution of the gaps -- occurring at the critical point $\Gamma_c=1$ -- which are relevant for breaking the adiabaticity of the dynamics. We then present extensive numerical simulations for the residual energy $E_{\rm res}$ and density of defects $\rho_k$ at the end of the annealing, as a function of the annealing inverse rate $\tau$. %for different lenghts of the chain. Both the average $E_{\rm res}(\tau)$ and $\rho_k(\tau)$ are found to behave logarithmically for large $\tau$, but with different exponents, $[E_{\rm res}(\tau)/L]_{\rm av}\sim 1/\ln^{\zeta}(\tau)$ with $\zeta\approx 3.4$, and $[\rho_k(\tau)]_{\rm av}\sim 1/\ln^{2}(\tau)$. We propose a mechanism for $1/\ln^2{\tau}$-behavior of $[\rho_k]_{\rm av}$ based on the Landau-Zener tunneling theory and on a Fisher's type real-space renormalization group analysis of the relevant gaps. The model proposed shows therefore a paradigmatic example of how an adiabatic quantum computation can become very slow when disorder is at play, even in absence of any source of frustration.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:01:16 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:00:16 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Caneva", "Tommaso", "" ], [ "Fazio", "Rosario", "" ], [ "Santoro", "Giuseppe E.", "" ] ]
0706.1833
Hideo Kubo
Soichiro Katayama, Hideo Kubo
An elementary proof of global existence for nonlinear wave equations in an exterior domain
(i) To simplify the proof of Theorems 4.1 and 4.2 in the previous version, we added Lemma 4.1. (ii) Proof of the theorem for general situation of the multiple speeds are given, while it was proved only for the single speed case in the previous version. (iii) (3.2) is replaced by its accurate form. (iv) Some refernces are added, and many typos are corrected
J. Math. Soc. Japan. 60 (2008) 1135-1170
null
null
math.AP
null
The aim of this article is to present an elementary proof of a global existence result for nonlinear wave equations satifying the null condition in an exterior domain. The novelty of our proof is to avoid completely the scaling operator which would make the argument complicated in the mixed problem, by using a new weighted pointwise estimates of a tangential derivative to the light cone.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:24:15 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:19:45 GMT" } ]
2009-09-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Katayama", "Soichiro", "" ], [ "Kubo", "Hideo", "" ] ]
0706.1834
Kaushar Sanchawala
Kaushar Sanchawala, Wen-Ping Chen, Devendra Ojha, Swarna Kanti Ghosh, Yasushi Nakajima, Motohide Tamura, Daisuke Baba, Shuji Sato, and Masahiro Tsujimoto
Near-infrared Study of the Carina Nebula
Accepted for publication in ApJ; 45 pages, 18 figures, and 3 tables. The manuscript with higher resolution figures can be downloaded from http://cepheus.astro.ncu.edu.tw/~kaushar/download/ms.pdf
null
10.1086/521044
null
astro-ph
null
We have carried out near-infrared (NIR) imaging observations of the Carina Nebula for an area of ~400 sq. arcmin. including the star clusters Trumpler 14 (Tr 14) and Trumpler 16 (Tr 16). With 10 sigma limiting magnitudes of J ~ 18.5, H ~ 17.5 and K_s ~ 16.5, we identified 544 Class II and 11 Class I young star candidates. We find some 40 previously unknown very red sources with H-K_s > 2, most of which remain undetected at the J band. The red NIR sources are found to be concentrated to the south-east of Tr 16, along the `V' shaped dust lane, where the next generation of stars seems to be forming. In addition, we find indications of ongoing star formation near the three MSX point sources, G287.51-0.49, G287.47-0.54, and G287.63-0.72. A handful of red NIR sources are seen to populate around each of these MSX sources. Apart from this, we identified two hard Chandra X-ray sources near G287.47-0.54, one of which does not have an NIR counterpart and may be associated with a Class I/Class 0 object. The majority of the Class II candidates, on the other hand, are seen to be distributed in the directions of the clusters, demarcating different evolutionary stages in this massive star-forming region. A comparison of the color-magnitude diagrams of the clusters with pre-main sequence model tracks shows that the stellar population of these clusters is very young (< 3 Myr). The K_s band luminosity function (KLF) of Tr 14 shows structure at the faint end, including a sharp peak due to the onset of deuterium burning, implying an age of 1-2 Myr for the cluster. The KLF of Tr 16, in contrast, is found to rise smoothly until it turns over. The slopes of the mass functions derived for the clusters are found to be in agreement with the canonical value of the field star initial mass function derived by Salpeter.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:54:58 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Sanchawala", "Kaushar", "" ], [ "Chen", "Wen-Ping", "" ], [ "Ojha", "Devendra", "" ], [ "Ghosh", "Swarna Kanti", "" ], [ "Nakajima", "Yasushi", "" ], [ "Tamura", "Motohide", "" ], [ "Baba", "Daisuke", "" ], [ "Sato", "Shuji", "" ], [ "Tsujimoto", "Masahiro", "" ] ]
0706.1835
Sheng Bau
Sheng Bau
General concepts of graphs
20 pages
null
null
null
math.CT
null
A little general abstract combinatorial nonsense delivered in this note is a presentation of some old and basic concepts, central to discrete mathematics, in terms of new words. The treatment is from a structural and systematic point of view. This note consists essentially of definitions and summaries.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:50:25 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Bau", "Sheng", "" ] ]
0706.1836
Philippe Soulier
Rohit Deo (IOMS), Meng-Chen Hsieh, Clifford M. Hurvich (IOMS), Philippe Soulier (MODAL'X)
Long Memory in Nonlinear Processes
null
D\'ependence in probability and statistics, Springer (Ed.) (2006) 221--244
null
null
math.ST q-fin.ST stat.TH
null
It is generally accepted that many time series of practical interest exhibit strong dependence, i.e., long memory. For such series, the sample autocorrelations decay slowly and log-log periodogram plots indicate a straight-line relationship. This necessitates a class of models for describing such behavior. A popular class of such models is the autoregressive fractionally integrated moving average (ARFIMA) which is a linear process. However, there is also a need for nonlinear long memory models. For example, series of returns on financial assets typically tend to show zero correlation, whereas their squares or absolute values exhibit long memory. Furthermore, the search for a realistic mechanism for generating long memory has led to the development of other nonlinear long memory models. In this chapter, we will present several nonlinear long memory models, and discuss the properties of the models, as well as associated parametric andsemiparametric estimators.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:00:52 GMT" } ]
2008-12-02T00:00:00
[ [ "Deo", "Rohit", "", "IOMS" ], [ "Hsieh", "Meng-Chen", "", "IOMS" ], [ "Hurvich", "Clifford M.", "", "IOMS" ], [ "Soulier", "Philippe", "", "MODAL'X" ] ]
0706.1837
Philippe Soulier
Randal Douc (CMAP), Eric Moulines (LTCI), Philippe Soulier (MODAL'X)
Subgeometric ergodicity of Markov chains
null
Dependence in probability and statistics, Springer (Ed.) (2006) 55--64
null
null
math.ST stat.TH
null
The goal of this paper is to give a short and self contained proof of general bounds for subgeometric rates of convergence, under practical conditions. The main result whose proof, based on coupling, provides an intuitive understanding of the results of Nummelin and Tuominen (1983) and Tuominen and Tweedie (1994). To obtain practical rates, a very general drift condition, recently introduced in Douc et al (2004) is used.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:01:24 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Douc", "Randal", "", "CMAP" ], [ "Moulines", "Eric", "", "LTCI" ], [ "Soulier", "Philippe", "", "MODAL'X" ] ]
0706.1838
Claudio Arezzo
Claudio Arezzo, Frank Pacard
On the K\"ahler classes of constant scalar curvature metrics on blow ups
13 pages
null
null
null
math.DG
null
In this note we clarify the structure of the moduli space of constant scalar curvature Kaehler metrics as one approaches the boundary of the Kaehler cone on cscK manifolds blown up at finite set of points, in the spirit of the previous work arXiv:math/0504115. Results about which Kaehler classes can be reached and about the position of the blown up points are given.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:31:41 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Arezzo", "Claudio", "" ], [ "Pacard", "Frank", "" ] ]
0706.1839
Didier Sornette
Didier Sornette (ETH Zurich)
Nurturing Breakthroughs: Lessons from Complexity Theory
14 pages, Invited talk at the workshop Trans-disciplinary Research Agenda for Societal Dynamics (http://www.uni-lj.si/trasd in Ljubljana), organized by J. Rogers Hollingsworth, Karl H. Mueller, Ivan Svetlik, 24 - 25 May 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia
null
null
null
physics.soc-ph q-fin.GN
null
A general theory of innovation and progress in human society is outlined, based on the combat between two opposite forces (conservatism/inertia and speculative herding "bubble" behavior). We contend that human affairs are characterized by ubiquitous ``bubbles'', which involve huge risks which would not otherwise be taken using standard cost/benefit analysis. Bubbles result from self-reinforcing positive feedbacks. This leads to explore uncharted territories and niches whose rare successes lead to extraordinary discoveries and provide the base for the observed accelerating development of technology and of the economy. But the returns are very heterogeneous, very risky and may not occur. In other words, bubbles, which are characteristic definitions of human activity, allow huge risks to get huge returns over large scales. We outline some underlying mathematical structure and a few results involving positive feedbacks, emergence, heavy-tailed power laws, outliers/kings/black swans, the problem of predictability and the illusion of control, as well as some policy implications.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:33:27 GMT" } ]
2008-12-02T00:00:00
[ [ "Sornette", "Didier", "", "ETH Zurich" ] ]
0706.1840
Mikko Mottonen
Mikko Mottonen, Ville Pietila, Sami M. M. Virtanen
Vortex pump for dilute Bose-Einstein condensates
4 pages, 3 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.250406
null
cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.other
null
The formation of vortices by topological phase engineering has been realized experimentally to create the first two- and four-quantum vortices in dilute atomic Bose-Einstein condensates [A. E. Leanhardt et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 190403 (2002)]. We consider a similar system, but in addition to the Ioffe-Pritchard magnetic trap we employ an additional hexapole field. By controlling cyclicly the strengths of these magnetic fields, we show that a fixed amount of vorticity can be added to the condensate in each cycle. In an adiabatic operation of this vortex pump, the appearance of vortices into the condensate is interpreted as the accumulation of a local Berry phase. Our design can be used as an experimentally realizable vortex source for possible vortex-based applications of dilute Bose-Einstein condensates.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:39:19 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:06:09 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Mottonen", "Mikko", "" ], [ "Pietila", "Ville", "" ], [ "Virtanen", "Sami M. M.", "" ] ]
0706.1841
Benedikt Binz
B. Binz and A. Vishwanath
Chirality induced anomalous-Hall effect in helical spin crystals
4 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the proceedings of SCES 07 (the international conference on strongly correlated electron systems 2007 in Houston, USA)
Physica B 403, 1336 (2008)
10.1016/j.physb.2007.10.136
null
cond-mat.str-el
null
Under pressure, the itinerant helimagnet MnSi displays unusual magnetic properties. We have previously discussed a BCC helical spin crystal as a promising starting point for describing the high pressure phenomenology. This state has topologically nontrivial configurations of the magnetization field. Here we note the consequences for magneto-transport that arise generally from such spin textures. In particular a skyrmion density induced `topological' Hall effect, with unusual field dependence, is described.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:52:02 GMT" } ]
2008-03-03T00:00:00
[ [ "Binz", "B.", "" ], [ "Vishwanath", "A.", "" ] ]
0706.1842
Dietrich Stauffer
Soeren Wichmann, Dietrich Stauffer, Christian Schulze, Eric W. Holman
Do language change rates depend on population size?
20 pages including all figures for a linguistic journal
null
null
null
physics.soc-ph
null
An earlier study (Nettle 1999b) concluded, based on computer simulations and some inferences from empirical data, that languages will change the more slowly the larger the population gets. We replicate this study using a more complete language model for simulations (the Schulze model combined with a Barabasi-Albert net- work) and a richer empirical dataset (the World Atlas of Language Structures edited by Haspelmath et al. 2005). Our simulations show either a weak or stronger dependence of language change on population sizes depending on the parameter settings, and empirical data, like some of the simulations, show a weak dependence.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:53:34 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Wichmann", "Soeren", "" ], [ "Stauffer", "Dietrich", "" ], [ "Schulze", "Christian", "" ], [ "Holman", "Eric W.", "" ] ]
0706.1843
Wei Xue
Wei Xue, Bin Chen, Yi Wang
Generalized Space-time Noncommutative Inflation
15 pages, 2 figures
JCAP0709:011,2007
10.1088/1475-7516/2007/09/011
null
hep-th
null
We study the noncommutative inflation with a time-dependent noncommutativity between space and time. From the numerical analysis of power law inflation, there are clues that the CMB spectrum indicates a nonconstant noncommutative inflation. Then we extend our treatment to the inflation models with more general noncommutativity and find that the scalar perturbation power spectrum depends sensitively on the time varying of the spacetime noncommutativity. This stringy effect may be probed in the future cosmological observations.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:53:51 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:06:40 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Xue", "Wei", "" ], [ "Chen", "Bin", "" ], [ "Wang", "Yi", "" ] ]
0706.1844
Igor Obukhovsky
Amand Faessler, Thomas Gutsche, Valery E. Lyubovitskij, Igor T. Obukhovsky
Role of the rho meson in the description of pion electroproduction experiments at JLab
23 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. C
Phys.Rev.C76:025213,2007
10.1103/PhysRevC.76.025213
null
hep-ph
null
We study the p(e,e' pi+)n reaction in the framework of an effective Lagrangian approach including nucleon, pi and rho meson degrees of freedom and show the importance of the rho-meson t-pole contribution to sigmaT, the transverse part of cross section. We test two different field representations of the rho meson, vector and tensor, and find that the tensor representation of the rho meson is more reliable in the description of the existing data. In particular, we show that the rho-meson t-pole contribution, including the interference with an effective non-local contact term, sufficiently improves the description of the recent JLab data at invariant mass W less 2.2 GeV and Q2 less 2.5 GeV2/c2. A ``soft'' variant of the strong piNN and rhoNN form factors is also found to be compatible with these data. On the basis of the successful description of both the sigmaL and sigmaT parts of the cross section we discuss the importance of taking into account the sigmaT data when extracting the charge pion form factor Fpi from sigmaL.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:27:45 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:28:13 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:06:54 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Faessler", "Amand", "" ], [ "Gutsche", "Thomas", "" ], [ "Lyubovitskij", "Valery E.", "" ], [ "Obukhovsky", "Igor T.", "" ] ]
0706.1845
Yosef Nir
Yuval Grossman, Yosef Nir, Jesse Thaler, Tomer Volansky and Jure Zupan
Probing Minimal Flavor Violation at the LHC
18 pages, 1 figure, appendix added, journal version
Phys.Rev.D76:096006,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.096006
null
hep-ph hep-ex
null
If the LHC experiments discover new particles that couple to the Standard Model fermions, then measurements by ATLAS and CMS can contribute to our understanding of the flavor puzzles. We demonstrate this statement by investigating a scenario where extra SU(2)-singlet down-type quarks are within the LHC reach. By measuring masses, production cross sections and relative decay rates, minimal flavor violation (MFV) can in principle be excluded. Conversely, these measurements can probe the way in which MFV applies to the new degrees of freedom. Many of our conclusions are valid in a much more general context than this specific extension of the Standard Model.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:25:01 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:45:23 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Grossman", "Yuval", "" ], [ "Nir", "Yosef", "" ], [ "Thaler", "Jesse", "" ], [ "Volansky", "Tomer", "" ], [ "Zupan", "Jure", "" ] ]
0706.1846
Igor Rogachevskii
N. Kleeorin and I. Rogachevskii
Nonlinear turbulent magnetic diffusion and effective drift velocity of large-scale magnetic field in a two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic turbulence
8 pages, Physical Review E, in press
Phys.Rev.E75:066315,2007
10.1103/PhysRevE.75.066315
null
astro-ph
null
We study a nonlinear quenching of turbulent magnetic diffusion and effective drift velocity of large-scale magnetic field in a developed two-dimensional MHD turbulence at large magnetic Reynolds numbers. We show that transport of the mean-square magnetic potential strongly changes quenching of turbulent magnetic diffusion. In particularly, the catastrophic quenching of turbulent magnetic diffusion does not occur for the large-scale magnetic fields $B \gg B_{\rm eq} / \sqrt{\rm Rm}$ when a divergence of the flux of the mean-square magnetic potential is not zero, where $B_{\rm eq}$ is the equipartition mean magnetic field determined by the turbulent kinetic energy and Rm is the magnetic Reynolds number. In this case the quenching of turbulent magnetic diffusion is independent of magnetic Reynolds number. The situation is similar to three-dimensional MHD turbulence at large magnetic Reynolds numbers whereby the catastrophic quenching of the alpha effect does not occur when a divergence of the flux of the small-scale magnetic helicity is not zero.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:29:09 GMT" } ]
2009-06-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Kleeorin", "N.", "" ], [ "Rogachevskii", "I.", "" ] ]
0706.1847
Dumitru Astefanesei
Dumitru Astefanesei and Hossein Yavartanoo
Stationary black holes and attractor mechanism
18 pages, no figures; V2: minor changes, misprints corrected, expanded references; V4: misprints corrected, expanded references, matches the published version
Nucl.Phys.B794:13-27,2008
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.10.015
null
hep-th gr-qc
null
We investigate the symmetries of the near horizon geometry of extremal stationary black holes in four dimensional Einstein gravity coupled to abelian gauge fields and neutral scalars. Careful consideration of the equations of motion and the boundary conditions at the horizon imply that the near horizon geometry has $SO(2,1)\times U(1)$ isometry. This complements the rotating attractors proposal of hep-th/0606244 that had assumed the presence of this isometry. The extremal solutions are classified into two families differentiated by the presence or absence of an ergo-region. We also comment on the attractor mechanism of both branches.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:50:51 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 3 Jul 2007 10:08:01 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:37:09 GMT" }, { "version": "v4", "created": "Thu, 1 May 2008 19:24:51 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Astefanesei", "Dumitru", "" ], [ "Yavartanoo", "Hossein", "" ] ]
0706.1848
Francois Arleo
Francois Arleo
Quenching of photon and pion spectra at intermediate RHIC energy
14 pages, 4 figures
JHEP 0707:032,2007
10.1088/1126-6708/2007/07/032
CERN-PH-TH/2007-100, LAPTH-1188/07
hep-ph nucl-ex nucl-th
null
Single prompt photon and pion spectra in p-p and Au-Au collisions at intermediate RHIC energy, s^1/2 = 62.4 GeV, are computed at large transverse momentum in perturbative QCD. Next-to-leading order calculations in p-p scattering are first presented. The quenching of the prompt photon and pion yield due to energy loss processes in central Au-Au with respect to p-p collisions is then predicted. At this energy, the small phase-space available to produce hard partons makes the pion quenching almost as pronounced as at s^1/2 = 200 GeV, despite the smaller gluon density of the produced medium. In the photon sector, energy loss effects prove small because of this very phase-space restriction, which favours the direct production channel. A significant suppression of high-pt photons is however predicted, because of a strong isospin effect together with the depletion of nuclear parton densities at large x.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:58:09 GMT" } ]
2009-04-22T00:00:00
[ [ "Arleo", "Francois", "" ] ]
0706.1849
Zakhar Kabluchko
Zakhar Kabluchko
Extreme-Value Analysis of Standardized Gaussian Increments
37 pages
null
null
null
math.PR
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Let $\{X_i,i=1,2,...\}$ be i.i.d. standard gaussian variables. Let $S_n=X_1+...+X_n$ be the sequence of partial sums and $$ L_n=\max_{0\leq i<j\leq n}\frac{S_j-S_i}{\sqrt{j-i}}. $$ We show that the distribution of $L_n$, appropriately normalized, converges as $n\to\infty$ to the Gumbel distribution. In some sense, the the random variable $L_n$, being the maximum of $n(n+1)/2$ dependent standard gaussian variables, behaves like the maximum of $Hn \log n$ independent standard gaussian variables. Here, $H\in (0,\infty)$ is some constant. We also prove a version of the above result for the Brownian motion.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:18:15 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:19:09 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Fri, 6 Jun 2008 11:02:57 GMT" } ]
2008-06-06T00:00:00
[ [ "Kabluchko", "Zakhar", "" ] ]
0706.1850
Mauro Antezza Mr
Mauro Antezza, Lev P. Pitaevskii, Sandro Stringari, Vitaly B. Svetovoy
Casimir-Lifshitz force out of thermal equilibrium
26 pages, 11 figures. Published version, revised and more detailed
Phys. Rev. A 77, 022901 (2008)
10.1103/PhysRevA.77.022901
null
cond-mat.stat-mech cond-mat.other quant-ph
null
We study the Casimir-Lifshitz interaction out of thermal equilibrium, with particular attention devoted to the surface-surface and surface-atom configurations. A systematic investigation of the contributions to the force coming from the propagating and evanescent components of the electromagnetic radiation is performed. The large distance behaviors of such interactions is discussed, and both analytical and numerical results are compared with the equilibrium ones. A detailed analysis of the crossing between the surface-surface and the surface-rarefied body, and finally the surface-atom force is shown, and a complete derivation and discussion of the recently predicted non-additivity effects and new asymptotic behaviors is presented.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:05:13 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 5 Feb 2008 22:34:01 GMT" } ]
2008-02-06T00:00:00
[ [ "Antezza", "Mauro", "" ], [ "Pitaevskii", "Lev P.", "" ], [ "Stringari", "Sandro", "" ], [ "Svetovoy", "Vitaly B.", "" ] ]
0706.1851
Simone Callegari
M. Colpi, S. Callegari, M. Dotti, S. Kazantzidis and L. Mayer
On the inspiral of Massive Black Holes in gas-rich galaxy mergers
10 pages, 5 figures, Proceedings of the Conference "The Multicoloured Landscape of Compact Objects and their Explosive Origins", Cefalu` 2006
AIP Conf.Proc.924:705-714,2007
10.1063/1.2774931
null
astro-ph
null
We present a study on the dynamics of massive BHs in galaxy mergers, obtained from a series of high-resolution N-Body/SPH simulations. The presence of a gaseous component is essential for the rapid formation of an eccentric (Keplerian) BH binary, that resides at the center of a massive (~10^9 Msun) turbulent nuclear disc. Using physically and/or numerically motivated recipes, we follow the accretion history of the BHs during the merger. The mass of the BHs increases as large central inflows of gas occur inside each galaxy, and their mass ratio varies with time. Given the encountered strong degeneracy between numerical resolution and physical assumptions, we suggest here three possible paths followed by the galaxies and the BHs during a merger in order to fulfill the M-sigma relation : Adjustment, Symbiosis, and BH Dominance. In an extremely high resolution run, we resolved the turbulent gas pattern down to parsec scales, and found that BH feedback is expected to be effective near the end of the merger. We then trace the BH binary orbit down to a scale of 0.1 pc modeling the nuclear disc as an equilibrium Mestel disc composed either of gas, gas and stars, or just stars. Under the action of dynamical friction against the rotating gaseous and/or stellar background the orbit circularizes. When this occurs, each BH is endowed with its own small-size (~0.01 pc) accretion disc comprising a few percent of the BH mass. Double AGN activity is expected to occur on an estimated timescale of ~10 Myrs, comparable to the inspiral time. The double nuclear point--like sources that may appear have typical separations of ~10 pc, and are likely to be embedded in the still ongoing starburst.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:24:05 GMT" } ]
2009-06-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Colpi", "M.", "" ], [ "Callegari", "S.", "" ], [ "Dotti", "M.", "" ], [ "Kazantzidis", "S.", "" ], [ "Mayer", "L.", "" ] ]
0706.1852
Erik Aurell
Maria Werner, LiZhe Zhu, Erik Aurell
Cooperative action in eukaryotic gene regulation: physical properties of a viral example
7 pages, 6 figures, 1 table
null
10.1103/PhysRevE.76.061909
null
q-bio.SC cond-mat.soft q-bio.MN
null
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects more than 90% of the human population, and is the cause of several both serious and mild diseases. It is a tumorivirus, and has been widely studied as a model system for gene (de)regulation in human. A central feature of the EBV life cycle is its ability to persist in human B cells in states denoted latency I, II and III. In latency III the host cell is driven to cell proliferation and hence expansion of the viral population, but does not enter the lytic pathway, and no new virions are produced, while the latency I state is almost completely dormant. In this paper we study a physico-chemical model of the switch between latency I and latency III in EBV. We show that the unusually large number of binding sites of two competing transcription factors, one viral and one from the host, serves to make the switch sharper (higher Hill coefficient), either by cooperative binding between molecules of the same species when they bind, or by competition between the two species if there is sufficient steric hindrance.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:14:29 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Werner", "Maria", "" ], [ "Zhu", "LiZhe", "" ], [ "Aurell", "Erik", "" ] ]
0706.1853
Patrice Salzenstein
Patrice Salzenstein (FEMTO-ST), Xavier Jouvenceau (FEMTO-ST), Xavier Vacheret (FEMTO-ST), Gilles Martin (FEMTO-ST), Franck Lardet-Vieudrin (FEMTO-ST)
Development of a 5 MHz frequency difference pre-multiplier for a short term frequency stability bench of the oscillators
null
Proceedings of the IEEE Frequency Control Symposium & European Frequency and Time Forum (01/06/2007) NA
null
null
physics.ins-det
null
This paper reports the realization of a 5 MHz frequency difference x10 pre-multiplier, developed in the laboratory to replace an obsolete one. The principle we chose is to synthesize a 45 MHz and a 50 MHz from a reference signal and from the signal to be measured, and to subtract one to the other to generate a 5 MHz, whose precision on the measurement is increased by a factor 10. Obtained Allan variance &#61555;y(&#61556;) at 1 s is 5.10-14 and output spectral density of phase noise floor is about -160 dBc/Hz at 5 MHz.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:15:07 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Salzenstein", "Patrice", "", "FEMTO-ST" ], [ "Jouvenceau", "Xavier", "", "FEMTO-ST" ], [ "Vacheret", "Xavier", "", "FEMTO-ST" ], [ "Martin", "Gilles", "", "FEMTO-ST" ], [ "Lardet-Vieudrin", "Franck", "", "FEMTO-ST" ] ]
0706.1854
Klaus Morawetz
K. Morawetz M. M\"annel, M. Schreiber and P. Lipavsk\'y
Two-particle binding energy of interacting Bose gases
4 pages, corrected
null
null
null
cond-mat.other astro-ph cond-mat.stat-mech cond-mat.str-el gr-qc physics.atom-ph
null
The pole of the two-particle T-matrix including the influence of the surrounding medium is analyzed for an interacting Bose gas. The phase diagram of the Bose -Einstein condensation (BEC) depending on the temperature, density, scattering length, and momentum is derived from this pole. The critical momentum for the occurrence of superfluidity is obtained in this way. As a new observation a two- particle binding energy is reported intimately connected with the occurrence of the BEC. It is suggested that this might have cosmological consequences on the dark energy problem.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:18:53 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:57:21 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:00:57 GMT" } ]
2016-09-08T00:00:00
[ [ "Männel", "K. Morawetz M.", "" ], [ "Schreiber", "M.", "" ], [ "Lipavský", "P.", "" ] ]
0706.1855
Mary Beth Ruskai
Mary Beth Ruskai
Connecting N-representability to Weyl's problem: The one particle density matrix for N = 3 and R = 6
null
J. Phys. A 40, F961-F967 (2007)
10.1088/1751-8113/40/45/F01
null
quant-ph
null
An analytic proof is given of the necessity of the Borland-Dennis conditions for 3-representability of a one particle density matrix with rank 6. This may shed some light on Klyachko's recent use of Schubert calculus to find general conditions for N-representability.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:24:49 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Ruskai", "Mary Beth", "" ] ]
0706.1856
Peter Young
P. R. Young, G. Del Zanna, H. E. Mason, G. A. Doschek, J. L. Culhane, H. Hara
Transition region features observed with Hinode/EIS
11 pages, 9 figures, submitted to PASJ Hinode first results issue
null
10.1093/pasj/59.sp3.S727
null
astro-ph
null
Two types of active region feature prominent at transition region temperatures are identified in Hinode/EIS data of AR 10938 taken on 2007 January 20. The footpoints of 1 MK TRACE loops are shown to emit strongly in emission lines formed at log T=5.4-5.8, allowing the temperature increase along the footpoints to be clearly seen. A density diagnostic of Mg VII yields the density in the footpoints, with one loop showing a decrease from 3x10^9 cm^-3 at the base to 1.5x10^9 cm^-3 at a projected height of 20 Mm. The second feature is a compact active region transition region brightening which is particularly intense in O V emission (log T=5.4) but also has a signature at temperatures up to log T=6.3. The Mg VII diagnostic gives a density of 4x10^10 cm^-3, and emission lines of Mg VI and Mg VII show line profiles broadened by 50 km/s and wings extending beyond 200 km/s. Continuum emission in the short wavelength band is also found to be enhanced, and is suggested to be free-bound emission from recombination onto He^+.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:27:03 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:42:46 GMT" } ]
2015-05-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Young", "P. R.", "" ], [ "Del Zanna", "G.", "" ], [ "Mason", "H. E.", "" ], [ "Doschek", "G. A.", "" ], [ "Culhane", "J. L.", "" ], [ "Hara", "H.", "" ] ]
0706.1857
Peter Young
P.R. Young, G. Del Zanna, H.E. Mason, K.P. Dere, E. Landi, M. Landini, G.A. Doschek, C.M. Brown, J.L. Culhane, L.K. Harra, T. Watanabe, H. Hara
EUV emission lines and diagnostics observed with Hinode/EIS
14 pages, 3 figures, submitted to PASJ Hinode first results issue
null
10.1093/pasj/59.sp3.S857
null
astro-ph
null
Quiet Sun and active region spectra from the Hinode/EIS instrument are presented, and the strongest lines from different temperature regions discussed. A list of emission lines recommended to be included in EIS observation studies is presented based on analysis of blending and diagnostic potential using the CHIANTI atomic database. In addition we identify the most useful density diagnostics from the ions covered by EIS.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:31:08 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:39:39 GMT" } ]
2015-05-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Young", "P. R.", "" ], [ "Del Zanna", "G.", "" ], [ "Mason", "H. E.", "" ], [ "Dere", "K. P.", "" ], [ "Landi", "E.", "" ], [ "Landini", "M.", "" ], [ "Doschek", "G. A.", "" ], [ "Brown", "C. M.", "" ], [ "Culhane", "J. L.", "" ], [ "Harra", "L. K.", "" ], [ "Watanabe", "T.", "" ], [ "Hara", "H.", "" ] ]
0706.1858
Patrice Salzenstein
Fabrice Sthal (FEMTO-ST), Xavier Vacheret (FEMTO-ST), Patrice Salzenstein (FEMTO-ST), Serge Galliou (FEMTO-ST), Gilles Cibiel (CNES), Enrico Rubiola (FEMTO-ST)
Advanced bridge instrument for the measurement of the phase noise and of the short-term frequency stability of ultra-stable quartz resonators
null
Proceedings of the IEEE Frequency Control Symposium & European Time and Frequency Forum (01/06/2007) NA
null
null
physics.ins-det
null
High-stability quartz oscillators are needed in a number of space applications. A short-term stability of parts in 10^{-14} [Allan deviation \sigma y(\tau) ] is sometimes required, for integration time \tau of approximately 1-10 s. The Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and the FEMTO-ST Institute (formerly LPMO and LCEP), have been collaborating for many years in this domain, aiming at measuring and at understanding the oscillator noise. The highest stability has been observed on 5 MHz and 10 MHz bulk acoustic-wave resonators. Yet this stability is still not sufficient, or the the manufacturing method is not reproducible. Recently, the analysis of a few premium-stability oscillators has demonstrated that the oscillator frequency instability is due to the fluctuation of the resonator natural frequency, rather than to the noise of the sustaining amplifier via the Leeson effect. It is therefore natural to give attention to the measurement of the resonator fluctuations.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:31:55 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Sthal", "Fabrice", "", "FEMTO-ST" ], [ "Vacheret", "Xavier", "", "FEMTO-ST" ], [ "Salzenstein", "Patrice", "", "FEMTO-ST" ], [ "Galliou", "Serge", "", "FEMTO-ST" ], [ "Cibiel", "Gilles", "", "CNES" ], [ "Rubiola", "Enrico", "", "FEMTO-ST" ] ]
0706.1859
Jesper Pedersen Mr.
Jesper Pedersen, Christian Flindt, Niels Asger Mortensen, and Antti-Pekka Jauho
Failure of standard approximations of the exchange coupling in nanostructures
7 pages, 4 figures
Phys. Rev. B 76, 125323 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevB.76.125323
null
cond-mat.mes-hall
null
We calculate the exchange coupling for a double dot system using a novel, numerically exact yet efficient technique, based on finite-element methods. Specifically, we evaluate the exchange coupling both for a quasi-one and a two-dimensional system, also including an applied magnetic field. Our numerical results provide a stringent test for standard approximation schemes (e.g., Heitler-London, Hund-Mulliken, Hubbard), and they show that the standard methods do not have reliable predictive power for real quantum-dot systems.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:38:24 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 3 Oct 2007 08:58:21 GMT" } ]
2007-10-03T00:00:00
[ [ "Pedersen", "Jesper", "" ], [ "Flindt", "Christian", "" ], [ "Mortensen", "Niels Asger", "" ], [ "Jauho", "Antti-Pekka", "" ] ]
0706.1860
Jordi Cucurull
Jordi Cucurull, Ramon Marti, Sergi Robles, Joan Borrell, Guillermo Navarro
FIPA-based Interoperable Agent Mobility Proposal
10 pages, agent migration architecture proposal
null
null
null
cs.MA cs.NI
null
This paper presents a proposal for a flexible agent mobility architecture based on IEEE-FIPA standards and intended to be one of them. This proposal is a first step towards interoperable mobility mechanisms, which are needed for future agent migration between different kinds of platforms. Our proposal is presented as a flexible and robust architecture that has been successfully implemented in the JADE and AgentScape platforms. It is based on an open set of protocols, allowing new protocols and future improvements to be accommodated in the architecture. With this proposal we demonstrate that a standard architecture for agent mobility capable of supporting several agent platforms can be defined and implemented.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:37:58 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:57:01 GMT" } ]
2011-11-10T00:00:00
[ [ "Cucurull", "Jordi", "" ], [ "Marti", "Ramon", "" ], [ "Robles", "Sergi", "" ], [ "Borrell", "Joan", "" ], [ "Navarro", "Guillermo", "" ] ]
0706.1861
Xiaoping Xu
Xiaoping Xu
Asymmetric and Moving-Frame Approaches to Navier-Stokes Equations
33pages
null
null
null
physics.flu-dyn math-ph math.AP math.MP nlin.SI
null
In this paper, we introduce a method of imposing asymmetric conditions on the velocity vector with respect to independent variables and a method of moving frame for solving the three dimensional Navier-Stokes equations. Seven families of non-steady rotating asymmetric solutions with various parameters are obtained. In particular, one family of solutions blow up at any point on a moving plane with a line deleted, which may be used to study turbulence. Using Fourier expansion and two families of our solutions, one can obtain discontinuous solutions that may be useful in study of shock waves. Another family of solutions are partially cylindrical invariant, contain two parameter functions of $t$ and structurally depend on two arbitrary polynomials, which may be used to describe incompressible fluid in a nozzle. Most of our solutions are globally analytic with respect to spacial variables.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:44:56 GMT" } ]
2007-06-28T00:00:00
[ [ "Xu", "Xiaoping", "" ] ]
0706.1862
Bernard Hanzon
Bernard Hanzon, Jan M. Maciejowski and Chun Tung Chou
Optimal H2 order-one reduction by solving eigenproblems for polynomial equations
null
null
null
null
math.OC math.AC
null
A method is given for solving an optimal H2 approximation problem for SISO linear time-invariant stable systems. The method, based on constructive algebra, guarantees that the global optimum is found; it does not involve any gradient-based search, and hence avoids the usual problems of local minima. We examine mostly the case when the model order is reduced by one, and when the original system has distinct poles. This case exhibits special structure which allows us to provide a complete solution. The problem is converted into linear algebra by exhibiting a finite-dimensional basis for a certain space, and can then be solved by eigenvalue calculations, following the methods developed by Stetter and Moeller. The use of Buchberger's algorithm is avoided by writing the first-order optimality conditions in a special form, from which a Groebner basis is immediately available. Compared with our previous work the method presented here has much smaller time and memory requirements, and can therefore be applied to systems of significantly higher McMillan degree. In addition, some hypotheses which were required in the previous work have been removed. Some examples are included.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:05:24 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Hanzon", "Bernard", "" ], [ "Maciejowski", "Jan M.", "" ], [ "Chou", "Chun Tung", "" ] ]
0706.1863
Yuki Nagai
Yuki Nagai, Yusuke Kato, Nobuhiko Hayashi, Kunihiko Yamauchi and Hisatomo Harima
Positions of Point-Nodes in Borocarbide Superconductor YNi2B2C
7 pages, 5 figures
Phys. Rev. B 76, (2007) 214514.
10.1103/PhysRevB.76.214514
null
cond-mat.supr-con
null
To determine the superconducting gap function of YNi2B2C, we calculate the local density of states (LDOS) around a single vortex core with the use of Eilenberger theory and the band structure calculated by local density approximation assuming various gap structures with point-nodes at different positions. We also calculate the angular-dependent heat capacity in the vortex state on the basis of the Doppler-Shift method. Comparing our results with the STM/STS experiment, the angular-dependent heat capacity and thermal conductivity, we propose the gap-structure of YNi2B2C, which has the point-nodes and gap minima along <110>. Our gap-structure is consistent with all results of angular-resolved experiments.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:17:24 GMT" } ]
2008-03-27T00:00:00
[ [ "Nagai", "Yuki", "" ], [ "Kato", "Yusuke", "" ], [ "Hayashi", "Nobuhiko", "" ], [ "Yamauchi", "Kunihiko", "" ], [ "Harima", "Hisatomo", "" ] ]
0706.1864
Xiaoping Xu
Xiaoping Xu
New Algebraic Approaches to Classical Boundary Layer Problems
55pages
null
null
null
physics.flu-dyn math-ph math.AP math.MP nlin.SI
null
In this paper, we use various ansatzes with undetermined functions and the technique of moving frame to find solutions with parameter functions modulo the Lie point symmetries for the classical non-steady boundary layer problems. These parameter functions enable one to find the solutions of some related practical models and boundary value problems.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:08:14 GMT" } ]
2007-06-28T00:00:00
[ [ "Xu", "Xiaoping", "" ] ]
0706.1865
Richard de Grijs
Richard de Grijs (University of Sheffield, UK)
Young massive star clusters in the era of the Hubble Space Telescope
4 pages; to appear in: The Impact of HST on European Astronomy, 41st ESLAB Symposium, May 2007, Noordwijk (Netherlands), G. de Marchi et al., eds., ApSS Proc., Springer
null
null
null
astro-ph
null
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has been instrumental in the discovery of large numbers of extragalactic young massive star clusters (YMCs), often assumed to be proto-globular clusters (GCs). As a consequence, the field of YMC formation and evolution is thriving, generating major breakthroughs as well as controversies on annual (or shorter) time-scales. Here, I review the long-term survival chances of YMCs, hallmarks of intense starburst episodes often associated with violent galaxy interactions. In the absence of significant external perturbations, the key factor determining a cluster's long-term survival chances is the shape of its stellar initial mass function (IMF). It is, however, not straightforward to assess the IMF shape in unresolved extragalactic YMCs. I also discuss the latest progress in worldwide efforts to better understand the evolution of entire cluster populations, predominantly based on HST observations, and conclude that there is an increasing body of evidence that GC formation appears to be continuing until today; their long-term evolution crucially depends on their environmental conditions, however.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:12:00 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "de Grijs", "Richard", "", "University of Sheffield, UK" ] ]
0706.1866
Arif Shoshi
Arif. I. Shoshi
Recent developments in small-x physics
4 pages, Talk given at 15th International Workshop on Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS07), Munich, Germany, April 16-20, 2007
null
null
BI-TP 2007/11
hep-ph
null
Recent theoretical progress in understanding high-energy scattering beyond the mean field approximation is reviewed. The role of Lorentz invariance and pomeron loops in the evolution, the relation between high-energy QCD and statistical physics and results for the saturation momentum and the scattering amplitude are discussed.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:18:16 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Shoshi", "Arif. I.", "" ] ]
0706.1867
Aharon Levy
Aharon Levy (for the ZEUS collaboration)
Exclusive rho0 electroproduction
Talk presented at DIS2007, Munich, Germany, April 16-20, 2007
null
null
null
hep-ex hep-ph
null
Exclusive rho0 electroproduction at HERA has been studied with the ZEUS detector, using 120 pb{-1} integrated luminosity, in the kinematic range of photon virtuality of 2 < Q2 < 160 GeV2, and gamma* p center-of-mass energy of 32 < W < 180 GeV. The results include the Q2 and W dependence of the gamma* p --> rho0 p cross section and the distribution of the squared-four-momentum transfer to the proton, t. Also included is the ratio of longitudinal to transverse gamma* p cross section as a function of Q2, W and t. Finally, the effective Pomeron trajectory was extracted. The results are compared to various theoretical predictions, none of which are able to reproduce all the features of the data.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:22:06 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:20:33 GMT" } ]
2019-08-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Levy", "Aharon", "", "for the ZEUS collaboration" ] ]
0706.1868
Victor Katsnelson
Harry Dym, Victor Katsnelson
Contributions of Issai Schur to Analysis
null
Studies in Memory of Issai Schur, Progr. in Math., 210, Birkhauser, Boston, MA, 2003
null
null
math.CA
null
The name Schur is associated with many terms and concepts that are widely used in a number of diverse fields of mathematics and engineering. This survey article focuses on Schur's work in analysis. Here too, Schur's name is commonplace: The Schur test and Schur-Hadamard multipliers (in the study of estimates for Hermitian forms), Schur convexity, Schur complements, Schur's results in summation theory for sequences (in particular, the fundamental Kojima-Schur theorem), the Schur-Cohn test, the Schur algorithm, Schur parameters and the Schur interpolation problem for functions that are holomorphic and bounded by one in the unit disk. In this survey, we discuss all of the above mentioned topics and then some, as well as some of the generalizations that they inspired. There are nine sections of text, each of which is devoted to a separate theme based on Schur's work. Each of these sections has an independent bibliography. There is very little overlap. A tenth section presents a list of the papers of Schur that focus on topics that are commonly considered to be analysis. We begin with a review of Schur's less familiar papers on the theory of commuting differential operators.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:11:52 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Dym", "Harry", "" ], [ "Katsnelson", "Victor", "" ] ]
0706.1869
Marcus Bruggen
M. Brueggen (1), S. Heinz (2), E. Roediger (1), M. Ruszkowski (3), A. Simionescu (4) ((1) Jacobs Univ. Bremen (2) Wisconsin (3) MPA (4) MPE)
Shock heating by FR I radio sources in galaxy clusters
accepted by MNRAS Letters
null
10.1111/j.1745-3933.2007.00351.x
null
astro-ph
null
Feedback by active galactic nuclei (AGN) is frequently invoked to explain the cut-off of the galaxy luminosity function at the bright end and the absence of cooling flows in galaxy clusters. Meanwhile, there are recent observations of shock fronts around radio-loud AGN. Using realistic 3D simulations of jets in a galaxy cluster, we address the question what fraction of the energy of active galactic nuclei is dissipated in shocks. We find that weak shocks that encompass the AGN have Mach numbers of 1.1-1.2 and dissipate at least 2% of the mechanical luminosity of the AGN. In a realistic cluster medium, even a continuous jet can lead to multiple shock structures, which may lead to an overestimate of the AGN duty cycles inferred from the spatial distribution of waves.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:25:06 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Brueggen", "M.", "", "Jacobs Univ. Bremen" ], [ "Heinz", "S.", "", "Wisconsin" ], [ "Roediger", "E.", "", "Jacobs Univ. Bremen" ], [ "Ruszkowski", "M.", "", "MPA" ], [ "Simionescu", "A.", "", "MPE" ] ]
0706.1870
Mikko Mottonen
V. Pietila, M. Mottonen, and S. M. M. Virtanen
Stability of coreless vortices in ferromagnetic spinor Bose-Einstein condensates
7 pages, 6 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.76.023610
null
cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.other
null
We study the energetic and dynamic stability of coreless vortices in nonrotated spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensates, trapped with a three-dimensional optical potential and a Ioffe-Pritchard field. The stability of stationary vortex states is investigated by solving the corresponding Bogoliubov equations. We show that the quasiparticle excitations corresponding to axisymmetric stationary states can be taken to be eigenstates of angular momentum in the axial direction. Our results show that coreless vortex states can occur as local or global minima of the condensate energy or become energetically or dynamically unstable depending on the parameters of the Ioffe-Pritchard field. The experimentally most relevant coreless vortex state containing a doubly quantized vortex in one of the hyperfine spin components turned out to have very non-trivial stability regions, and especially a quasiperiodic dynamic instability region which corresponds to splitting of the doubly quantized vortex.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:49:01 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Pietila", "V.", "" ], [ "Mottonen", "M.", "" ], [ "Virtanen", "S. M. M.", "" ] ]
0706.1871
Hikaru Kawamura
Takahiro Mori and Hikaru Kawamura
Simulation study of the two-dimensional Burridge-Knopoff model of earthquakes
null
J. Geophys. Res. 113, B06301 (2008)
10.1029/2007JB005219
null
cond-mat.other physics.geo-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Spatiotemporal correlations of the two-dimensional spring-block (Burridge-Knopoff) model of earthquakes are extensively studied by means of numerical computer simulations. The model is found to exhibit either ``subcritical'' or ``supercritical'' behavior, depending on the values of the model parameters. Transition between these regimes is either continuous or discontinuous. Seismic events in the ``subcritical'' regime and those in the ``supercritical'' regime at larger magnitudes exhibit universal scaling properties. In the ``supercritical'' regime, eminent spatiotemporal correlations, {\it e.g.}, remarkable growth of seismic activity preceding the mainshock, arise in earthquake occurrence, whereas such spatiotemporal correlations are significantly suppressed in the ``subcritical'' regime. Seismic activity is generically suppressed just before the mainshock in a close vicinity of the epicenter of the upcoming event while it remains to be active in the surroundings (the Mogi doughnut). It is also observed that, before and after the mainshock, the apparent $B$-value of the magnitude distribution decreases or increases in the ``supercritical'' or ``subcritical'' regimes, respectively. Such distinct precursory phenomena may open a way to the prediction of the upcoming large event.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:56:51 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:02:08 GMT" } ]
2015-05-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Mori", "Takahiro", "" ], [ "Kawamura", "Hikaru", "" ] ]
0706.1872
Ali Mostafazadeh
Ali Mostafazadeh
Time-Dependent Pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians Defining a Unitary Quantum System and Uniqueness of the Metric Operator
11 pages, published version
Phys. Lett. B 650, 208-212 (2007)
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.04.064
null
quant-ph hep-th math-ph math.MP
null
The quantum measurement axiom dictates that physical observables and in particular the Hamiltonian must be diagonalizable and have a real spectrum. For a time-independent Hamiltonian (with a discrete spectrum) these conditions ensure the existence of a positive-definite inner product that renders the Hamiltonian self-adjoint. Unlike for a time-independent Hamiltonian, this does not imply the unitarity of the Schroedinger time-evolution for a general time-dependent Hamiltonian. We give an additional necessary and sufficient condition for the unitarity of time-evolution. In particular, we obtain the general form of a two-level Hamiltonian that fulfils this condition. We show that this condition is geometrical in nature and that it implies the reality of the adiabatic geometric phases. We also address the problem of the uniqueness of the metric operator.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:02:08 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:48:48 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Mostafazadeh", "Ali", "" ] ]
0706.1873
Sergi Hildebrandt R.
S.R. Hildebrandt (IAC), R. Rebolo (IAC), J.A. Rubi\~no-Mart\'in (IAC), R.A. Watson (IAC, Jodrell Bank), C.M. Guti\'errez (IAC), R.J. Hoyland (IAC) and E.S. Battistelli (IAC, current address UBC)
COSMOSOMAS Observations of the CMB and Galactic Foregrounds at 11 GHz: Evidence for anomalous microwave emission at high Galactic Latitude
17 pages, 10 tables, 20 figures. Details on the COSMOSOMAS experiment can be found at http://www.iac.es/project/cmb/cosmosomas/
null
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12380.x
null
astro-ph
null
We present observations with the new 11 GHz radiometer of the COSMOSOMAS experiment at the Teide Observatory (Tenerife). The sky region between 0 deg <= RA <= 360 deg and 26 deg <= DEC 49 deg (ca. 6500 square degrees) was observed with an angular resolution of 0.9 deg. Two orthogonal independent channels in the receiving system measured total power signals from linear polarizations with a 2 GHz bandwidth. Maps with an average sensitivity of 50 microK per beam have been obtained for each channel. At high Galactic latitude (|b|>30deg) the 11 GHz data are found to contain the expected cosmic microwave background as well as extragalactic radiosources, galactic synchrotron and free-free emission, and a dust-correlated component which is very likely of galactic origin. At the angular scales allowed by the window function of the experiment, the dust-correlated component presents an amplitude \Delta T aprox. 9-13 microK while the CMB signal is of order 27 microK. The spectral behaviour of the dust-correlated signal is examined in the light of previous COSMOSOMAS data at 13-17 GHz and WMAP data at 22-94 GHz in the same sky region. We detect a flattening in the spectral index of this signal below 20 GHz which rules out synchrotron radiation as being responsible for the emission. This anomalous dust emission can be described by a combination of free-free emission and spinning dust models with a flux density peaking around 20 GHz.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:10:15 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Hildebrandt", "S. R.", "", "IAC" ], [ "Rebolo", "R.", "", "IAC" ], [ "Rubiño-Martín", "J. A.", "", "IAC" ], [ "Watson", "R. A.", "", "IAC, Jodrell Bank" ], [ "Gutiérrez", "C. M.", "", "IAC" ], [ "Hoyland", "R. J.", "", "IAC" ], [ "Battistelli", "E. S.", "", "IAC, current address UBC" ] ]
0706.1874
Jean-Marc Couveignes
Jean-Marc Couveignes
Quelques math\'ematiques de la cryptographie \`a cl\'es publiques
null
null
null
null
math.NT
null
I present examples of mathematical objects that are of interest for public key cryptography. Text for the Journ\'ee Annuelle 2007 of the SMF.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:18:44 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Couveignes", "Jean-Marc", "" ] ]
0706.1875
Lorenzo Salcedo L.
L.L. Salcedo
Derivative expansion of the heat kernel in curved space
11 pages, no figures. Discussion added at the end of section II about the nature of the derivative expansion. To appear in Phys.Rev.D
Phys.Rev.D76:044009,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.044009
null
hep-th gr-qc
null
The heat kernel in curved space-time is computed to fourth order in a strict expansion in the number of covariant derivatives. The computation is made for arbitrary non abelian gauge and scalar fields and for the Riemann connection in the coordinate sector. The expressions obtained hold for arbitrary tensor representations of the matter field. Complete results are presented for the diagonal matrix elements and for the trace of the heat kernel operator. In addition, Chan's formula is extended to curved space-time. As a byproduct, the bosonic effective action is also obtained to fourth order.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:18:58 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 2 Jul 2007 10:33:50 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Salcedo", "L. L.", "" ] ]
0706.1876
Nicolas Petrelis
F. den Hollander, N. Petrelis
A mathematical model for a copolymer in an emulsion
11 pages, 10 figures
null
null
null
math.PR
null
In this paper we review some recent results, obtained jointly with Stu Whittington, for a mathematical model describing a copolymer in an emulsion. The copolymer consists of hydrophobic and hydrophilic monomers, concatenated randomly with equal density. The emulsion consists of large blocks of oil and water, arranged in a percolation-type fashion. To make the model mathematically tractable, the copolymer is allowed to enter and exit a neighboring pair of blocks only at diagonally opposite corners. The energy of the copolymer in the emulsion is minus $\alpha$ times the number of hydrophobic monomers in oil minus $\beta$ times the number of hydrophilic monomers in water. Without loss of generality we may assume that the interaction parameters are restricted to the cone $\{(\alpha,\beta)\in \mathbb{R}^2\colon |\beta|\leq\alpha\}$. We show that the phase diagram has two regimes: (1) in the supercritical regime where the oil blocks percolate, there is a single critical curve in the cone separating a localized and a delocalized phase; (2) in the subcritical regime where the oil blocks do not percolate, there are three critical curves in the cone separating two localized phases and two delocalized phases, and meeting at two tricritical points. The different phases are characterized by different behavior of the copolymer inside the four neighboring pairs of blocks.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:20:45 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Hollander", "F. den", "" ], [ "Petrelis", "N.", "" ] ]
0706.1877
Zhen-Bin Cao
Yi-Shi Duan and Zhen-Bin Cao
Topological Zero-Thickness Cosmic Strings
10 pages, no figures
Mod.Phys.Lett.A22:2471-2478,2007
10.1142/S0217732307022529
null
hep-th
null
In this paper, based on the gauge potential decomposition and the $\phi-$mapping theories, we study the topological structures and properties of the cosmic strings that arise in the Abelian-Higgs gauge theory in the zero-thickness limit. After a detailed discussion, we conclude that the topological tensor current introduced in our model is a better and more basic starting point than the generally used Nambu-Goto effective action for studying cosmic strings.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:29:28 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Duan", "Yi-Shi", "" ], [ "Cao", "Zhen-Bin", "" ] ]
0706.1878
Patrice Salzenstein
Patrice Salzenstein (FEMTO-ST), Jan Cermak (IPE), Roland Barillet (SYRTE), Frederic Lefebvre (OSA), Wolfgang Schaefer (TIMETECH), Gilles Cibiel (CNES), G\'erard Sauvage (AEROFLEX), Olivier Franquet (AR ELECTRONIQUE), Olivier Llopis (LAAS), Fran\c{c}ois Meyer (LAOB), Nathalie Franquet (FEMTO-ST), Alexander Kuna (IPE), Ludv\'ik Sojdr (IPE), Gerahrt Hejc (TIMETECH)
Spectral density of phase noise inter-laboratory comparison final results
null
Proceedings of the 13th International Metrology Conference (21/06/2007) NA
null
null
physics.ins-det
null
This paper reports main results of the phase noise comparison that has been performed between october 2005 and december 2006, using two oscillators at 5 and 100 MHz and un DRO at 3.5 GHz. The problem is not to compare the performances of several oscillators, but to compare and to make an evaluation of the uncertainties, and of course the resolution and the reproducibility of the measurements. This comparison allow us to determine the ability to get various systems traceable together in order to increase the trust that one can have in phase noise measurements.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:45:29 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Salzenstein", "Patrice", "", "FEMTO-ST" ], [ "Cermak", "Jan", "", "IPE" ], [ "Barillet", "Roland", "", "SYRTE" ], [ "Lefebvre", "Frederic", "", "OSA" ], [ "Schaefer", "Wolfgang", "", "TIMETECH" ], [ "Cibiel", "Gilles", "", "CNES" ], [ "Sauvage", "Gérard", "", "AEROFLEX" ], [ "Franquet", "Olivier", "", "AR ELECTRONIQUE" ], [ "Llopis", "Olivier", "", "LAAS" ], [ "Meyer", "François", "", "LAOB" ], [ "Franquet", "Nathalie", "", "FEMTO-ST" ], [ "Kuna", "Alexander", "", "IPE" ], [ "Sojdr", "Ludvík", "", "IPE" ], [ "Hejc", "Gerahrt", "", "TIMETECH" ] ]
0706.1879
Masayuki Asaoka
Masayuki Asaoka, Emmanuel Dufraine, and Takeo Noda
Homotopy classes of total foliations and bi-contact structures on three-manifolds
27 pages, 13 figures. This is the final version. To appear in Comm. Math. Helv
null
null
null
math.GT
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
On every compact and orientable three-manifold, we construct total foliations (three codimension 1 foliations that are transverse at every point). This construction can be performed on any homotopy class of plane fields with vanishing Euler class. As a corollary we obtain similar results on bi-contact structures.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:09:12 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:56:28 GMT" } ]
2009-10-19T00:00:00
[ [ "Asaoka", "Masayuki", "" ], [ "Dufraine", "Emmanuel", "" ], [ "Noda", "Takeo", "" ] ]
0706.1880
Elena G. Ferreiro
A. Capella and E. G. Ferreiro
Multiplicities and $J/\psi$ suppression at LHC energies
2 pages, 2 figures. Contributed to Workshop on Heavy Ion Collisions at the LHC: Last Call for Predictions, Geneva, Switzerland, 14 May - 8 Jun 2007
null
null
null
hep-ph
null
We present our predictions on multiplicities and $J/\psi$ suppression at LHC energies. Our results take into account shadowing effects in the initial state and final state interactions with the hot medium. We obtain 1800 charged particles at LHC and the $J/\psi$ suppression increases by a factor 5 to 6 compared to RHIC.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:01:06 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Capella", "A.", "" ], [ "Ferreiro", "E. G.", "" ] ]
0706.1881
V. Pomjakushin
A. Podlesnyak, V. Pomjakushin, E. Pomjakushina, K. Conder, and A. Furrer
Magnetic excitations in the spin-trimer compounds Ca3Cu3-xNix(PO4)4 (x=0,1,2)
22 pages (double spacing), 1 table, 9 figures, Submitted to Phys. Rev. B (2007)
Phys. Rev. B 76, 064420 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevB.76.064420
null
cond-mat.other
null
Inelastic neutron scattering experiments were performed for the spin-trimer compounds Ca3Cu3-xNix(PO4)4 (x=0,1,2) in order to study the dynamic magnetic properties. The observed excitations can be associated with transitions between the low-lying electronic states of linear Cu-Cu-Cu, Cu-Cu-Ni, and Ni-Cu-Ni trimers which are the basic constituents of the title compounds. The exchange interactions within the trimers are well described by the Heisenberg model with dominant antiferromagnetic nearest-neighbor interactions J. For x=0 we find JCu-Cu=-4.74(2) meV which is enhanced for x=1 to JCu-Cu=-4.92(6) meV. For x=1 and x=2 we find JCu-Ni=-0.85(10) meV and an axial single-ion anisotropy parameter DNi=-0.7(1) meV. While the x=0 and x=1 compounds do not exhibit long-range magnetic ordering down to 1 K, the x=2 compound shows antiferromagnetic ordering below TN=20 K, which is compatible with the molecular-field parameter 0.63(12) meV derived by neutron spectroscopy.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:17:57 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Podlesnyak", "A.", "" ], [ "Pomjakushin", "V.", "" ], [ "Pomjakushina", "E.", "" ], [ "Conder", "K.", "" ], [ "Furrer", "A.", "" ] ]
0706.1882
Dmitry Nuzhnyy
S. Kamba, D. Nuzhnyy, P. Vanek, M. Savinov, K. Knizek, Z. Shen, E. Santava, K. Maca, M. Sadowski and J. Petzelt
Magnetodielectric effect and optic soft mode behaviour in quantum paraelectric EuTiO3 ceramics
null
EPL, 80 (2007) 27002
10.1209/0295-5075/80/27002
null
cond-mat.mtrl-sci
null
Infrared reflectivity and time-domain terahertz transmission spectra of EuTiO3 ceramics revealed a polar optic phonon at 6 - 300K, whose softening is fully responsible for the recently observed quantum paraelectric behaviour. Even if our EuTiO3 ceramics show lower permittivity than the single crystal due to a reduced density and/or small amount of secondary pyrochlore Eu2Ti2O7 phase, we confirmed the magnetic field dependence of the permittivity, also slightly smaller than in single crystal. Attempt to reveal the soft phonon dependence at 1.8K on the magnetic field up to 13T remained below the accuracy of our infrared reflectivity experiment.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:32:28 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:57:51 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:56:58 GMT" } ]
2007-09-24T00:00:00
[ [ "Kamba", "S.", "" ], [ "Nuzhnyy", "D.", "" ], [ "Vanek", "P.", "" ], [ "Savinov", "M.", "" ], [ "Knizek", "K.", "" ], [ "Shen", "Z.", "" ], [ "Santava", "E.", "" ], [ "Maca", "K.", "" ], [ "Sadowski", "M.", "" ], [ "Petzelt", "J.", "" ] ]
0706.1883
Philip Brydon
P. M. R. Brydon
Slave boson theory of the extended Falicov-Kimball model
23 pages, 10 figures
Phys. Rev. B 77, 045109 (2008)
10.1103/PhysRevB.77.045109
null
cond-mat.str-el
null
The extended Falicov-Kimball model, with both an on-site hybridization potential and dispersive narrow band, is examined within the saddle-point approximation to the Kotliar-Ruckenstein slave boson theory. We first set the hybridization potential to zero and find that the phase diagram depends strongly upon the orbital structure: for degenerate orbitals, a correlated-insulating state is found at sufficiently strong interaction strengths, whereas a finite orbital energy difference can lead to discontinuous valence transitions. The obtained phase diagram is very sensitive to the presence of a finite hybridization potential. As in Hartree-Fock theory, we find an enhancement of the hybridization by the inter-orbital Coulomb repulsion. The more precise treatment of correlation effects, however, leads to large deviations from the Hartree-Fock results. In the limit of vanishing hybridization an excitonic insulator state is only found when the orbitals are degenerate, which restricts this phase to a much smaller parameter space than in other available mean-field theories.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:20:07 GMT" } ]
2009-01-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Brydon", "P. M. R.", "" ] ]
0706.1884
Bernd Beschoten
L. Schreiber, M. Heidkamp, T. Rohleder, B. Beschoten, G. G\"untherodt
Mapping of spin lifetimes to electronic states in n-type GaAs near the metal-insulator transition
4 pages, 4 figures
null
null
null
cond-mat.mtrl-sci
null
The longest spin lifetimes in bulk n-GaAs exceed 100 ns for doping concentrations near the metal-insulator transition (J.M. Kikkawa, D.D. Awschalom, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4313 (1998)). The respective electronic states have yet not been identified. We therefore investigate the energy dependence of spin lifetimes in n-GaAs by time-resolved Kerr rotation. Spin lifetimes vary by three orders of magnitude as a function of energy when occupying donor and conduction band states. The longest spin lifetimes (>100 ns) are assigned to delocalized donor band states, while conduction band states exhibit shorter spin lifetimes. The occupation of localized donor band states is identified by short spin lifetimes (~300 ps) and a distinct Overhauser shift due to dynamic nuclear polarization.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:27:03 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Schreiber", "L.", "" ], [ "Heidkamp", "M.", "" ], [ "Rohleder", "T.", "" ], [ "Beschoten", "B.", "" ], [ "Güntherodt", "G.", "" ] ]
0706.1885
Nicholas Schurch
N. J. Schurch (1) and C. Done (1) ((1) University of Durham, Durham, UK)
The impact of accretion disk winds on the X-ray spectrum of AGN: Part 1 - XSCORT
14 pages, 9 figures (colour), Accepted for publication in MNRAS (13th Aug 2007). Several significant changes to the text from v1
null
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12336.x
null
astro-ph
null
(abridged) The accretion disk in AGN is expected to produce strong outflows, in particular a UV-line driven wind. Despite providing a good fit to the data, current spectral models of the X-ray spectrum of AGN observed through an accretion disk wind are ad-hoc in their treatment of the properties of the wind material. In order to address these limitations we adopt a numerical computation method that links a series of radiative transfer calculations, incorporating the effect of a global velocity field in a self-consistent manner (XSCORT). We present a series of example spectra from the XSCORT code that allow us to examine the shape of AGN X-ray spectra seen through a wind, for a range of velocity and density distributions, total column densities and initial ionization parameters. These detailed spectral models clearly show considerable complexity and structure that is strongly affected by all these factors. The presence of sharp features in the XSCORT spectra contrasts strongly with both the previous models and with the smooth nature of the observed X-ray spectra of AGN with soft X-ray excesses, demonstrating that accretion disk winds are unlikely to be the origin of this mysterious spectral feature. The most significant parameter affecting the presence of the sharp features in the models is the terminal velocity of the wind. Increasing the terminal velocity of the absorbing material to ~c, and hence dramatically increasing the velocity dispersion across the wind, could potentially remove these features resulting in a spectrum similar to the previous models. Such a fast moving outflow cannot be associated with a radiatively driven accretion disk wind, however the presence of a highly relativistic jet may provide an origin for such material.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:28:00 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:43:47 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Schurch", "N. J.", "" ], [ "Done", "C.", "" ] ]
0706.1886
Victor Katsnelson
Victor Katsnelson
On Transformation of Potapov's Fundamental Matrix Inequality
null
Topics in Interpolatory Theory. Operator Theory: Advances and Applications, Vol.95, Birkhauser 1997
null
null
math.CA
null
According to V.P.Potapov, a classical interpolation problem can be reformulated in terms of a so-called Fundamental Matrix Inequality (FMI). To show that every solution of the FMI satisfies the interpolation problem, we usualy have to transform the FMI in some special way. In this paper the number of of transformations of the FMI which come into play are motivated and demonstrated by simple, but typical examples.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:32:26 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Katsnelson", "Victor", "" ] ]
0706.1887
Max Dohse
Max Dohse
Configuration Space Methods and Time Ordering for Scalar Propagators in (Anti and) de Sitter Spacetimes
master thesis, 111 pages, 35 figures, PDF-LaTeX, typos and minor errors corrected, minor explanations and one reference added
null
null
null
hep-th
null
In this master thesis a configuration space method presented by C. Dullemond and E. van Beveren for computing all propagators of a scalar field (Wightman, Hadamard and Schwinger functions,retarded, advanced and Feynman propagator) is reviewed for four-dimensional Minkowski and Anti de Sitter spacetime AdS_4. This method is then applied for AdS_d as well as de Sitter spacetime dS_d of arbitrary dimension d, obtaining results in agreement with the literature. The advantages of the method are that it needs neither mode summation nor analytic continuation from euclidean time, while delivering the propagators above including (i-epsilon)-prescription, plus as a nice bonus the conformal dimension of a corresponding CFT field. General properties of the considered spacetimes (namely various coordinate systems and their metrics, chordal distances, relations between conformal dimensions \Delta and the mass m of the scalar field, geodesics and the invariance of time ordering) are also examined and compiled from various sources, providing an overview of geometrical properties of AdS and dS spacetimes.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:32:28 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:24:23 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:57:55 GMT" }, { "version": "v4", "created": "Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:34:58 GMT" } ]
2007-08-29T00:00:00
[ [ "Dohse", "Max", "" ] ]
0706.1888
Maxim Trushin
Maxim Trushin and John Schliemann
Minimum Electrical and Thermal Conductivity of Graphene: A Quasiclassical Approach
4 pages 1 figure (final version, as published in PRL)
Phys. Rev. Lett. v.99, 216602 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.216602
null
cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.mtrl-sci
null
We investigate the minimum conductivity of graphene within a quasiclassical approach taking into account electron-hole coherence effects which stem from the chiral nature of low energy excitations. Relying on an analytical solution of the kinetic equation in the electron-hole coherent and incoherent cases we study both the electrical and thermal conductivity whose relation fullfills Wiedemann-Franz law. We found that the most of the previous findings based on the Boltzmann equation are restricted to only high mobility samples where electron-hole coherence effects are not sufficient.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:38:57 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:54:38 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:59:43 GMT" } ]
2011-11-10T00:00:00
[ [ "Trushin", "Maxim", "" ], [ "Schliemann", "John", "" ] ]
0706.1889
Richard Wunsch
R. Wunsch, S. Silich, J. Palous, G. Tenorio-Tagle
Super stellar clusters with a bimodal hydrodynamic solution: an Approximate Analytic Approach
5 pages, 4 figures, accepted by A&A
null
10.1051/0004-6361:20077282
null
astro-ph
null
We look for a simple analytic model to distinguish between stellar clusters undergoing a bimodal hydrodynamic solution from those able to drive only a stationary wind. Clusters in the bimodal regime undergo strong radiative cooling within their densest inner regions, which results in the accumulation of the matter injected by supernovae and stellar winds and eventually in the formation of further stellar generations, while their outer regions sustain a stationary wind. The analytic formulae are derived from the basic hydrodynamic equations. Our main assumption, that the density at the star cluster surface scales almost linearly with that at the stagnation radius, is based on results from semi-analytic and full numerical calculations. The analytic formulation allows for the determination of the threshold mechanical luminosity that separates clusters evolving in either of the two solutions. It is possible to fix the stagnation radius by simple analytic expressions and thus to determine the fractions of the deposited matter that clusters evolving in the bimodal regime blow out as a wind or recycle into further stellar generations.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:40:34 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Wunsch", "R.", "" ], [ "Silich", "S.", "" ], [ "Palous", "J.", "" ], [ "Tenorio-Tagle", "G.", "" ] ]
0706.1890
Alexander Povolotsky
A.M. Povolotsky, V.B. Priezzhev
Determinant solution for the Totally Asymmetric Exclusion Process with parallel update II. Ring geometry
28 pages, 3 figures
J. Stat. Mech. (2007) P08018
10.1088/1742-5468/2007/08/P08018
null
cond-mat.stat-mech math-ph math.MP
null
Using the Bethe ansatz we obtain the determinant expression for the time dependent transition probabilities in the totally asymmetric exclusion process with parallel update on a ring. Developing a method of summation over the roots of Bethe equations based on the multidimensional analogue of the Cauchy residue theorem, we construct the resolution of the identity operator, which allows us to calculate the matrix elements of the evolution operator and its powers. Representation of results in the form of an infinite series elucidates connection to other results obtained for the ring geometry. As a byproduct we also obtain the generating function of the joint probability distribution of particle configurations and the total distance traveled by the particles.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:42:35 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:59:43 GMT" } ]
2007-09-10T00:00:00
[ [ "Povolotsky", "A. M.", "" ], [ "Priezzhev", "V. B.", "" ] ]
0706.1891
Martin Lemoine
Kumiko Kotera, Martin Lemoine (IAP)
Inhomogeneous extragalactic magnetic fields and the second knee in the cosmic ray spectrum
15 pages, 10 figures. Version to appear in PRD (minor changes)
Phys.Rev.D77:023005,2008
10.1103/PhysRevD.77.023005
null
astro-ph
null
Various experiments indicate the existence of a second knee around energy E=3.10^{17} eV in the cosmic ray spectrum. This feature could be the signature of the end of the galactic component and of the emergence of the extragalactic one, provided that the latter cuts off at low energies. Recent analytical calculations have shown that this cut-off could be a consequence of the existence of extragalactic magnetic fields: low energy protons diffuse on extragalactic magnetic fields and cannot reach the observer within a given time. We study the influence of inhomogeneous magnetic fields on the magnetic horizon, using a new semi-analytical propagation code. Our results indicate that, at a fixed value of the volume averaged magnetic field <B>, the amplitude of the low energy cut-off is mainly controled by the strength of magnetic fields in the voids of the large scale structure distribution.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:50:45 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 4 Jan 2008 16:17:09 GMT" } ]
2008-12-18T00:00:00
[ [ "Kotera", "Kumiko", "", "IAP" ], [ "Lemoine", "Martin", "", "IAP" ] ]
0706.1892
Michal Sedl\'ak
Michal Sedlak, Mario Ziman, Ondrej Pribyla, Vladimir Buzek and Mark Hillery
Unambiguous coherent state identification: Searching a quantum database
version accepted for publication, 12 pages, 3 figures
Phys. Rev. A 76, 022326 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.76.022326
null
quant-ph
null
We consider an unambiguous identification of an unknown coherent state with one of two unknown coherent reference states. Specifically, we consider two modes of an electromagnetic field prepared in unknown coherent states alpha_1 and alpha_2, respectively. The third mode is prepared either in the state alpha_1 or in the state alpha_2. The task is to identify (unambiguously) which of the two modes are in the same state. We present a scheme consisting of three beamsplitters capable to perform this task. Although we don't prove the optimality, we show that the performance of the proposed setup is better than the generalization of the optimal measurement known for a finite-dimensional case. We show that a single beamsplitter is capable to perform an unambiguous quantum state comparison for coherent states optimally. Finally we propose an experimental setup consisting of 2N-1 beamsplitters for unambiguous identification among N unknown coherent states. This setup can be considered as a search in a quantum database. The elements of the database are unknown coherent states encoded in different modes of an electromagnetic field. The task is to specify the two modes that are excited in the same, though unknown, coherent state.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:53:53 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:47:49 GMT" } ]
2008-12-11T00:00:00
[ [ "Sedlak", "Michal", "" ], [ "Ziman", "Mario", "" ], [ "Pribyla", "Ondrej", "" ], [ "Buzek", "Vladimir", "" ], [ "Hillery", "Mark", "" ] ]
0706.1893
Susha Parameswaran
S.L. Parameswaran, S. Randjbar-Daemi and A. Salvio
Stability and Negative Tensions in 6D Brane Worlds
28 pages, 2 figures
JHEP 0801:051,2008
10.1088/1126-6708/2008/01/051
null
hep-th
null
We investigate the dynamical stability of warped, axially symmetric compactifications in anomaly free 6D gauged supergravity. The solutions have conical defects, which we source by 3-branes placed on orbifold fixed points, and a smooth limit to the classic sphere-monopole compactification. Like for the sphere, the extra fields that are generically required by anomaly freedom are especially relevant for stability. With positive tension branes only, there is a strict stability criterion (identical to the sphere case) on the charges present under the monopole background. Thus brane world models with positive tensions can be embedded into anomaly free theories in only a few ways. Meanwhile, surprisingly, in the presence of a negative tension brane the stability criteria can be relaxed. We also describe in detail the geometries induced by negative tension codimension two branes.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:06:10 GMT" } ]
2009-11-18T00:00:00
[ [ "Parameswaran", "S. L.", "" ], [ "Randjbar-Daemi", "S.", "" ], [ "Salvio", "A.", "" ] ]
0706.1894
Mikhail Shaposhnikov
Mikhail Shaposhnikov
How to find sterile neutrinos ?
16 pages, Talk given at 12th International Workshop on Neutrinos Telescopes: Twenty Years after the Supernova 1987A Neutrino Bursts Discovery, Venice, Italy, 6-9 Mar 2007
null
null
null
hep-ph
null
We describe an extention of the Standard Model (the $\nu$MSM) by three light singlet Majorana fermions -- sterile neutrinos, which allows to address simultaneously the problem of neutrino oscillations and the problems of dark matter and baryon asymmetry of the Universe. We discuss the ways these new particles can be searched for in astrophysical, laboratory, and accelerator experiments.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:04:23 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Shaposhnikov", "Mikhail", "" ] ]
0706.1895
Markus Rauscher
R. Fetzer, M. Rauscher, R. Seemann, K. Jacobs, K. Mecke
Thermal noise influences fluid flow in thin films during spinodal dewetting
4 pages, 3 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.114503
null
cond-mat.soft cond-mat.stat-mech
null
Experiments on dewetting thin polymer films confirm the theoretical prediction that thermal noise can strongly influence characteristic time-scales of fluid flow and cause coarsening of typical length scales. Comparing the experiments with deterministic simulations, we show that the Navier-Stokes equation has to be extended by a conserved bulk noise term to accomplish the observed spectrum of capillary waves. Due to thermal fluctuations the spectrum changes from an exponential to a power law decay for large wavevectors. Also the time evolution of the typical wavevector of unstable perturbations exhibits noise induced coarsening that is absent in deterministic hydrodynamic flow.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:21:13 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Fetzer", "R.", "" ], [ "Rauscher", "M.", "" ], [ "Seemann", "R.", "" ], [ "Jacobs", "K.", "" ], [ "Mecke", "K.", "" ] ]
0706.1896
Victor Katsnelson
Victor Katsnelson, Alexander Kheifets, Peter Yuditskii
An Abstract Interpolation Problem and the Extension Theory of Hermitian Operators
null
Topics in Interpolation Theory. Operator Theory: advances and Applications, Vol. 95. Birkhauser, 1997
null
null
math.FA
null
The algebraic structure of V.P. Potapov's Fundamental Matrix Inequality (FMI) is discussed and its interpolation meaning is analyzed. Functional model spaces are involved. A general Abstract Interpolation Problem is formulated which seems to cover all the classical and recent problems in the field and the solution set of this problem is described using the Arov--Grossman formula. The extension theory of isometric operators is the proper language for treating interpolation problems of this type.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:27:46 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Katsnelson", "Victor", "" ], [ "Kheifets", "Alexander", "" ], [ "Yuditskii", "Peter", "" ] ]
0706.1897
Jaime Merino
Jaime Merino (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)
Non-local correlations in metals close to a charge order insulator transition
4 pages, 6 Figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 036404 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.036404
null
cond-mat.str-el
null
The charge ordering transition induced by the nearest-neighbor Coulomb repulsion, V, in the 1/4-filled extended Hubbard model is investigated using Cellular Dynamical Mean-Field Theory. We find a transition to a strongly renormalized charge ordered Fermi liquid at VCO and a metal-to-insulator transition at VMI>VCO. Short range antiferromagnetism occurs concomitanly with the CO transition. Approaching the charge ordered insulator the Fermi surface deforms and the scattering rate of electrons develops momentum dependence on the Fermi surface.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:27:48 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Merino", "Jaime", "", "Universidad Autonoma de Madrid" ] ]
0706.1898
Efe Yazgan
E. Yazgan, J. Damgov, N. Akchurin, V. Genchev, D. Green, S. Kunori, M. Schmitt, W. Wu, M. T. Zeyrek
Search for a Standard Model Higgs Boson in CMS via Vector Boson Fusion in the H->WW->l\nu l\nu Channel
26 pages, 22 figures
Eur.Phys.J.C53:329-347,2008
10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0485-2
CMS NOTE-2007_011
hep-ex
null
We present the potential for discovering the Standard Model Higgs boson produced by the vector-boson fusion mechanism. We considered the decay of Higgs bosons into the W+W- final state, with both W-bosons subsequently decaying leptonically. The main background is ttbar with one or more jets produced. This study is based on a full simulation of the CMS detector, and up-to-date reconstruction codes. The result is that a signal of 5 sigma significance can be obtained with an integrated luminosity of 12-72 1/fb for Higgs boson masses between 130-200 GeV. In addition, the major background can be measured directly to 7% from the data with an integrated luminosity of 30 1/fb. In this study, we also suggested a method to obtain information in Higgs mass using the transverse mass distributions.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:35:57 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Yazgan", "E.", "" ], [ "Damgov", "J.", "" ], [ "Akchurin", "N.", "" ], [ "Genchev", "V.", "" ], [ "Green", "D.", "" ], [ "Kunori", "S.", "" ], [ "Schmitt", "M.", "" ], [ "Wu", "W.", "" ], [ "Zeyrek", "M. T.", "" ] ]
0706.1899
Lorenzo Fatibene
L. Fatibene, M. Francaviglia, C. Rovelli
Spacetime Lagrangian Formulation of Barbero-Immirzi Gravity
12 pages, no figures
Class.Quant.Grav.24:4207-4218,2007
10.1088/0264-9381/24/16/014
null
gr-qc
null
We shall here discuss a new spacetime gauge-covariant Lagrangian formulation of General Relativity by means of the Barbero-Immirzi SU(2)-connection on spacetime. To the best of our knowledge the Lagrangian based on SU(2) spacetime fields seems to appear here for the first time.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:39:53 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Fatibene", "L.", "" ], [ "Francaviglia", "M.", "" ], [ "Rovelli", "C.", "" ] ]
0706.1900
Bel\'en Vicente
B. Vicente, C. Abad, and F. Garzon
Astrometry with "Carte du Ciel" plates, San Fernando zone. I. Digitization and measurement using a flatbed scanner
16 pages, 19 figures and 3 tables. Accepted for publication in A&A
null
10.1051/0004-6361:20066843
null
astro-ph
null
We present an original method of digitizing and astrometrically reducing "Carte du Ciel" plate material using an inexpensive flatbed scanner, to demonstrate that for this material there is an alternative to more specialized measuring machines that are very few in number and thus not readily available. The sample of plates chosen to develop this method are original "Carte du Ciel" plates of the San Fernando zone, photographic material with a mean epoch 1903.6, and a limiting photographic magnitude ~14.5, covering the declination range of -10 < dec < -2. Digitization has been made using a commercial flatbed scanner, demonstrating the internal precision that can be attained with such a device. A variety of post-scan corrections are shown to be necessary. In particular, the large distortion introduced by the non-uniform action of the scanner is modelled using multiple scans of each plate. We also tackle the specific problems associated with the triple-exposure images on some plates and the grid lines present on all. The final measures are reduced to celestial coordinates using the Tycho-2 Catalogue. The internal precision obtained over a single plate, 3microns ~ 0.18" in each axis, is comparable to what is realized with similar plate material using slower, less affordable, and less widely available conventional measuring machines, such as a PDS microdensitometer. The accuracy attained over large multi-plate areas, employing an overlapping plate technique, is estimated at 0.2".
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:17:38 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Vicente", "B.", "" ], [ "Abad", "C.", "" ], [ "Garzon", "F.", "" ] ]
0706.1901
Victor Katsnelson
Victor Katsnelson, Bernd Kirstein
On the Theory of Matrix Valued Functions Belonging to the Smirnov Class
null
Topics in Interpolation Theory. Operator Theory: Advances and Applications, Vol. 95. Birkhauser 1997
null
null
math.CA
null
A theory of matrix-valued functions from the matricial Smirnov class ${\goth N}_n^+({\Bbb D})$ is systematically developed. In particular, the maximum principle of V.I.Smirnov, inner-outer factorization, the Smirnov-Beurling characterization of outer functions and an analogue of Frostman's theorem are presented for matrix-valued functions from the Smirnov class ${\goth N}_n^+({\Bbb D})$. We also consider a family $F_{\lambda} =F-\lambda I$ of functions belonging to the matricial Smirnov class which is indexed by a complex parameter $\lambda$. We show that with the exception of a ''very small'' set of such $\lambda$ the corresponding inner factor in the inner-outer factorization of the function $F_{\lambda}$ is a Blaschke-Potapov product. The main goal of this paper is to provide users of analytic matrix-function theory with a standard source for references related to the matricial Smirnov class.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:53:31 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Katsnelson", "Victor", "" ], [ "Kirstein", "Bernd", "" ] ]
0706.1902
Cristian Pisano
Cristian Pisano
The Curvature of F_2^p(x, Q^2) as a Probe of Perturbative QCD Evolutions in the small-x Region
4 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the XVth International Workshop on Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS07), Munich, Germany, April 16-20 2007
null
null
null
hep-ph
null
Perturbative NLO and NNLO QCD evolutions of parton distributions are studied, in particular in the (very) small-x region, where they are in very good agreement with all recent precision measurements of F_2^p(x,Q^2). These predictions turn out to be also rather insensitive to the specific choice of the factorization scheme (MS or DIS). A characteristic feature of perturbative QCD evolutions is a positive curvature of F_2^p which increases as x decreases. This perturbatively stable prediction provides a sensitive test of the range of validity of perturbative QCD.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:54:37 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Pisano", "Cristian", "" ] ]
0706.1903
Simone Bux
Simone Bux, Gordon Krenz, Sebastian Slama, Claus Zimmermann, Philippe W. Courteille
Ultra-cold atoms in an optical cavity: two-mode laser locking to the cavity avoiding radiation pressure
7 pages, 7 figures
Appl. Phys. B 89, 181 (2007), 6 pages
10.1007/s00340-007-2793-5
null
physics.atom-ph physics.optics
null
The combination of ultra-cold atomic clouds with the light fields of optical cavities provides a powerful model system for the development of new types of laser cooling and for studying cooperative phenomena. These experiments critically depend on the precise tuning of an incident pump laser with respect to a cavity resonance. Here, we present a simple and reliable experimental tuning scheme based on a two-mode laser spectrometer. The scheme uses a first laser for probing higher-order transversal modes of the cavity having an intensity minimum near the cavity's optical axis, where the atoms are confined by a magnetic trap. In this way the cavity resonance is observed without exposing the atoms to unwanted radiation pressure. A second laser, which is phase-locked to the first one and tuned close to a fundamental cavity mode drives the coherent atom-field dynamics.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:59:02 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:47:37 GMT" } ]
2008-01-29T00:00:00
[ [ "Bux", "Simone", "" ], [ "Krenz", "Gordon", "" ], [ "Slama", "Sebastian", "" ], [ "Zimmermann", "Claus", "" ], [ "Courteille", "Philippe W.", "" ] ]
0706.1904
Ljuben Mutafchiev R.
Ljuben Mutafchiev
Survival Probabilities for N-ary Subtrees on a Galton-Watson Family Tree
9 pages, no figures
null
null
null
math.PR
null
The family tree of a Galton-Watson branching process may contain N-ary subtrees, i.e. subtrees whose vertices have at least N>0 children. For family trees without infinite N-ary subtrees, we study how fast N-ary subtrees of height t disappear as t goes to infinity.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:09:41 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 4 Mar 2008 07:11:52 GMT" } ]
2008-03-04T00:00:00
[ [ "Mutafchiev", "Ljuben", "" ] ]
0706.1905
Hiroshi Fujisaki
Hiroshi Fujisaki, Kiyoshi Yagi, Kimihiko Hirao, John E. Straub
Quantum dynamics of N-methylacetamide studied by the vibrational configuration interaction method
13 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables, to be published in Chem. Phys. Lett
null
10.1016/j.cplett.2007.06.067
null
q-bio.BM
null
Vibrational energy transfer of the amide I mode of N-methylacetamide (NMA) is studied theoretically using the vibrational configuration interaction method. A quartic force field of NMA is constructed at the B3LYP/6-31G+(d) level of theory and its accuarcy is checked by comparing the resulting anharmonic frequencies with available theoretical and experimental values. Quantum dynamics calculations for the amide I mode excitation clarify the dominant energy transfer pathways, which sensitively depend on the anharmonic couplings among vibrational modes. A ratio of the anharmonic coupling to the frequency mismatch is employed to predict and interpret the dominant energy flow pathways.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:01:11 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Fujisaki", "Hiroshi", "" ], [ "Yagi", "Kiyoshi", "" ], [ "Hirao", "Kimihiko", "" ], [ "Straub", "John E.", "" ] ]
0706.1906
Ludovic Berthier
C\'ecile Dalle-Ferrier, Caroline Thibierge, Christiane Alba-Simionesco, Ludovic Berthier, Giulio Biroli, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Fran\c{c}ois Ladieu, Denis L'H\^ote, Gilles Tarjus
Spatial correlations in the dynamics of glassforming liquids: Experimental determination of their temperature dependence
17 pages, 6 figs; v2: response to referee comments
Phys. Rev. E 76, 041510 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevE.76.041510
null
cond-mat.stat-mech
null
We use recently introduced three-point dynamic susceptibilities to obtain an experimental determination of the temperature evolution of the number of molecules, N_corr, that are dynamically correlated during the structural relaxation of supercooled liquids. We first discuss in detail the physical content of three-point functions that relate the sensitivity of the averaged two-time dynamics to external control parameters (such as temperature or density), as well as their connection to the more standard four-point dynamic susceptibility associated with dynamical heterogeneities. We then demonstrate that these functions can be experimentally determined with a good precision. We gather available data to obtain the temperature dependence of N_corr for a large number of supercooled liquids over a wide range of relaxation timescales from the glass transition up to the onset of slow dynamics. We find that N_corr systematically grows when approaching the glass transition. It does so in a modest manner close to the glass transition, which is consistent with an activation-based picture of the dynamics in glassforming materials. For higher temperatures, there appears to be a regime where N_corr behaves as a power-law of the relaxation time. Finally, we find that the dynamic response to density, while being smaller than the dynamic response to temperature, behaves similarly, in agreement with theoretical expectations.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:09:36 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:50:32 GMT" } ]
2009-08-25T00:00:00
[ [ "Dalle-Ferrier", "Cécile", "" ], [ "Thibierge", "Caroline", "" ], [ "Alba-Simionesco", "Christiane", "" ], [ "Berthier", "Ludovic", "" ], [ "Biroli", "Giulio", "" ], [ "Bouchaud", "Jean-Philippe", "" ], [ "Ladieu", "François", "" ], [ "L'Hôte", "Denis", "" ], [ "Tarjus", "Gilles", "" ] ]
0706.1907
Paul Vojta
Paul Vojta
Nagata's embedding theorem
amstex, 19 pages
null
null
null
math.AG
null
In 1962-63, M. Nagata showed that an abstract variety could be embedded into a complete variety. Later, P. Deligne translated Nagata's proof into the language of schemes, but did not publish his notes. This paper, which is to appear as an appendix in a forthcoming book, gives an elaboration of Deligne's notes. It also contains some complementary results on extending divisors and vector sheaves to suitable completions.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:27:59 GMT" } ]
2007-06-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Vojta", "Paul", "" ] ]
0706.1908
Jason Locasale W
Jason W. Locasale
Computational investigations into the orgins of 'short term' biochemical memory in T cell activation
11 pages, published July 18th 2007
Locasale JW (2007) Computational Investigations into the Origins of Short-Term Biochemical Memory in T cell Activation. PLoS ONE 2(7): e627
10.1371/journal.pone.0000627
null
q-bio.MN physics.bio-ph q-bio.CB q-bio.SC
null
Recent studies have reported that T cells can integrate signals between interrupted encounters with Antigen Presenting Cells (APCs) in such a way that the process of signal integration exhibits a form of memory. Here, we carry out a computational study using a simple mathematical model of T cell activation to investigate the ramifications of interrupted T cell-APC contacts on signal integration. We consider several mechanisms of how signal integration at these time scales may be achieved and conclude that feedback control of immediate early gene products (IEGs) appears to be a highly plausible mechanism that allows for effective signal integration and cytokine production from multiple exposures to APCs. Analysis of these computer simulations provides an experimental roadmap involving several testable predictions.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:10:12 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:28:17 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:23:23 GMT" } ]
2007-07-18T00:00:00
[ [ "Locasale", "Jason W.", "" ] ]
0706.1909
Patrick Slane
T. D. Morton, P. Slane, K. J. Borkowski, S. P. Reynolds, D. J. Helfand, B. M. Gaensler, and J. P. Hughes
Observations of X-rays and Thermal Dust Emission from the Supernova Remnant Kes 75
7 pages, 2 tables, 4 figures, uses emulateapj. Accepted for publication in ApJ
Astrophys.J.667:219-225,2007
10.1086/520496
null
astro-ph
null
We present Spitzer Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory observations of the composite Galactic supernova remnant Kes 75 (G29.7-0.3). We use the detected flux at 24 microns and hot gas parameters from fitting spectra from new, deep X-ray observations to constrain models of dust emission, obtaining a dust-to-gas mass ratio M_dust/M_gas ~0.001. We find that a two-component thermal model, nominally representing shocked swept-up interstellar or circumstellar material and reverse-shocked ejecta, adequately fits the X-ray spectrum, albeit with somewhat high implied densities for both components. We surmise that this model implies a Wolf-Rayet progenitor for the remnant. We also present infrared flux upper limits for the central pulsar wind nebula.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:19:12 GMT" } ]
2009-06-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Morton", "T. D.", "" ], [ "Slane", "P.", "" ], [ "Borkowski", "K. J.", "" ], [ "Reynolds", "S. P.", "" ], [ "Helfand", "D. J.", "" ], [ "Gaensler", "B. M.", "" ], [ "Hughes", "J. P.", "" ] ]
0706.1910
Haryanto Siahaan Mangaratua
Haryanto M. Siahaan
Bispinor Formulation of Spin 3/2 Field Theory
null
null
null
null
physics.gen-ph
null
In this paper, we investigate an alternative formulation for spin 3/2 field equation. First we will review equation of motion of Dirac and Maxwell, and then construct the equation for spin 3/2 in the similar fashion. Our method actually a generalization of relativistic equation of motion based on spin operator and Hamiltonian similar to Dirac and Maxwell equation in ref. [1] pp. 50. Furthermore, we could not bring the equation to the Klein Gordon limit for every wave function component in spin 3/2 formalism.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:20:38 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:18:17 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Mon, 3 Sep 2007 15:30:14 GMT" }, { "version": "v4", "created": "Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:20:55 GMT" } ]
2008-03-17T00:00:00
[ [ "Siahaan", "Haryanto M.", "" ] ]
0706.1911
Guanquan Liang
G. Q. Liang, W. D. Mao, H. Zou, B. C. Chen, J. F. Cao, Y. Y. Pu, X. W. Wen, and H. Z. Wang
Holographic formation of large area split-ring arrays for magnetic metamaterials
It will be very interesting to the nanofabrication, optical interference lithography and metamaterial communities
null
10.1080/09500340701668556
null
physics.optics
null
We theoretically demonstrate the formation of different kinds of two-dimensional split-ring arrays in both triangular and square lattices by one-step holographic interference. The slit width of the split-ring can be adjusted by proper polarization configurations. The dimension of the rings can be adjusted easily by using different wavelengths for interference, so the resonant frequency of the split-rings can be obtained in a wide range. Our theory is also proved in experiment. Our work would extend the application of holographic lithography to the fabrication of magnetic metamaterials.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:28:54 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Liang", "G. Q.", "" ], [ "Mao", "W. D.", "" ], [ "Zou", "H.", "" ], [ "Chen", "B. C.", "" ], [ "Cao", "J. F.", "" ], [ "Pu", "Y. Y.", "" ], [ "Wen", "X. W.", "" ], [ "Wang", "H. Z.", "" ] ]
0706.1912
Edouard Bernard
Edouard J. Bernard, Antonio Aparicio, Carme Gallart, Carmen P. Padilla-Torres, Maurizio Panniello
Stellar Content and Recent Star Formation History of the Local Group Dwarf Irregular Galaxy IC1613
9 pages, 12 figures. Accepted for publication in AJ
Astron.J.134:1124-1132,2007
10.1086/520805
null
astro-ph
null
We present resolved-star VI photometry of the Local Group dwarf irregular galaxy IC1613 reaching I~23.5, obtained with the wide-field camera at the 2.5m Isaac Newton Telescope. A fit to the stellar density distribution shows an exponential profile of scale length 2.9' +/- 0.1 and gives a central surface brightness mu_V,0 = 22.7 +/- 0.6. The significant number of red giant branch (RGB) stars present in the outer part of our images (r > 16.5') indicates that the galaxy is actually more extended than previously estimated. A comparison of the color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) as a function of galactocentric distance shows a clear gradient in the age of its population, the scale length increasing with age, while we find no evidence of a metallicity gradient from the width of the RGB. We present quantitative results of the recent star formation history from a synthetic CMD analysis using IAC-STAR. We find a mean star formation rate of (1.6 +/- 0.8) x 10^{-3} Mo/yr/kpc^2 in the central r < 2.5' for the last 300 Myr.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:32:06 GMT" } ]
2009-06-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Bernard", "Edouard J.", "" ], [ "Aparicio", "Antonio", "" ], [ "Gallart", "Carme", "" ], [ "Padilla-Torres", "Carmen P.", "" ], [ "Panniello", "Maurizio", "" ] ]
0706.1913
Eric Qu\'emerais
E. Quemerais, R. Lallement, D. Koutroumpa, P. Lamy
Velocity Profiles in the Solar Corona from Multi-Instrument Observations
18 pages, 5 figues
null
10.1086/520918
null
astro-ph
null
We present a method to derive outflow velocities in the solar corona using different data sets including solar wind mass flux coming from the SWAN/SOHO instrument, electron density values from LASCO-C2 and interplanetary solar wind velocities derived from ground-based Interplanetary Scintillation Observations (IPS). In a first step, we combine the LASCO electron densities at 6 solar radii and the IPS velocities, and compare the product to the SWAN mass fluxes. It is found that this product represents the actual mass flux at 6 solar radii for the fast wind, but not for the slow wind. In regions dominated by the slow wind, the fluxes derived from SWAN are systematically smaller. This is interpreted as a proof that the fast solar wind has reached its terminal velocity at about 6 solar radii and expands with constant velocity beyond this distance. On the contrary, the slow solar wind has reached only half of its terminal value and is thus accelerated further out. In a second step, we combine the LASCO-C2 density profiles and the SWAN flux data to derive velocity profiles in the corona between 2.5 and 6 solar radii. Such profiles can be used to test models of the acceleration mechanism of the fast solar wind.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:32:37 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Quemerais", "E.", "" ], [ "Lallement", "R.", "" ], [ "Koutroumpa", "D.", "" ], [ "Lamy", "P.", "" ] ]