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--- abstract: 'Nonlinear metal-dielectric layered structures are shown to be able to efficiently generate entangled photon pairs using spontaneous parametric down-conversion. Increase of electric-field amplitudes in these structures enhanced by the presence of metal layers is sufficient to compensate for losses inside ...
--- abstract: 'Seshadri constants, introduced by Demailly, measure the local positivity of a nef divisor at a point. In this paper, we compute the Seshadri constants of the anticanonical divisors of Fano manifolds with coindex at most $3$ at a very general point. As a consequence, if $X$ is a nonsingular Fano threefold...
--- abstract: 'We prove the last of five outstanding conjectures made by R.M. Robinson from 1965 concerning small cyclotomic integers. In particular, given any cyclotomic integer $\beta$ all of whose conjugates have absolute value at most $5$, we prove that the *largest* such conjugate has absolute value one of four ex...
--- abstract: | Let $L_0$ be a closed densely defined symmetric semi-bounded operator with nonzero defect indexes in a separable Hilbert space ${\cal H}$. With $L_0$ we associate a metric space $\Omega_{L_0}$ that is named a [*wave spectrum*]{} and constructed from trajectories $\{u(t)\}_{t \geq 0}$ of a dynamical ...
--- abstract: 'In this article, I summarize and discuss the body of evidence which has accumulated in favor of dark matter in the form of approximately 10 GeV particles. This evidence includes the spectrum and angular distribution of gamma rays from the Galactic Center, the synchrotron emission from the Milky Way’s rad...
--- abstract: 'We use measurements of the stellar mass function, galaxy clustering, and galaxy-galaxy lensing within the COSMOS survey to constrain the stellar-to-halo mass relation (SHMR) of star forming and quiescent galaxies over the redshift range $z=[0.2,1.0]$. For massive galaxies, $\mgal\gtrsim 10^{10.6} \msol$,...
--- abstract: 'Li, Chen, Tai & E. (*J. Machine Learning Research*, 2018) have proposed a regularization of the forward-backward sweep iteration for solving the Pontryagin maximum principle in optimal control problems. The authors prove the global convergence of the iteration in the continuous time case. In this article...
--- abstract: 'The parameter $\epsilon_K$ describes CP violation in the neutral kaon system and is one of the most sensitive probes of new physics. The large uncertainties related to the charm-quark contribution to $\epsilon_K$ have so far prevented a reliable standard-model prediction. We show that CKM unitarity enfor...
--- abstract: 'The physical state condition in the BRST quantization of Chern-Simons field theory is used to derive Gauss law constraints in the presence of Wilson loops, which play an important role in explicitly establishing the connection of Chern-Simons field theory with 2-dimensional conformal field theory.' addre...
--- abstract: 'We introduce in this work a new method for online approximate Bayesian learning, whose main idea is to approximate the sequence $(\pi_t)_{t\geq 1}$ of posterior distributions by a sequence $(\tilde{\pi}_t)_{t\geq 1}$ which (i) can be estimated in an online fashion using sequential Monte Carlo methods and...
--- abstract: 'We address the question of the stability of the (fractional) quantum Hall effect (QHE) in presence of pseudomagnetic disorder generated by mechanical deformations of a graphene sheet. Neglecting the potential disorder and taking into account only strain-induced random pseudomagnetic fields, it is possibl...
--- abstract: | We define wreath products of cocommutative Hopf algebras, and show that they enjoy a universal property of classifying cleft extensions, analogous to the Kaloujnine-Krasner theorem for groups. We show that the group ring of a wreath product of groups is the wreath product of their group rings, ...
--- abstract: 'Extracting common narratives from multi-author dynamic text corpora requires complex models, such as the Dynamic Author Persona (DAP) topic model. However, such models are complex and can struggle to scale to large corpora, often because of challenging non-conjugate terms. To overcome such challenges, in...
--- address: - | Jacobs University Bremen[^1]\ School of Engineering and Science, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany - | Department of Mathematics\ State Pedagogical University\ Respublikanskaya Str. 108 150 000 Yaroslavl, Russia author: - Ivan Penkov - 'Alexander S. Tikhomirov' title: 'Rank 2 v...
--- abstract: 'The low mass of the $\Lambda(1405)$ hyperon with $j^P = 1/2^-$, which is higher than the ground state $\Lambda(1116)$ mass by 290 MeV, is difficult to understand in quark models. We analyze the hyperon spectrum in the bound state approach of the Skyrme model that successfully describes both the $\Lambda(...
--- abstract: 'Although various limits on the predicability of physical phenomena as well as on physical knowables are commonly established and accepted, we challenge their ultimate validity. More precisely, we claim that fundamental limits arise only from our limited imagination and fantasy. To illustrate this thesis ...
--- abstract: 'This paper investigates thin-shell wormholes in Born-Infeld theory supported by generalized Cosmic Chaplygin gas (GCCG). We study their stability via radial perturbations for distinct values of charge and Born-Infeld parameter. The comparison of wormhole solutions corresponding to generalized Chaplygin g...
--- author: - 'Maheswar, G. , Chang Won Lee , Sami Dib' bibliography: - 'myref.bib' date: 'Received — / Accepted —' title: Distances to dense cores that contain Very Low Luminosity Objects --- [To estimate distances to dense molecular cores that harbour Very Low Luminosity Objects (VeLLO) detected by Spitzer Space Tel...
--- abstract: 'Feld’s friendship paradox states that “your friends have more friends than you, on average.” This paradox arises because extremely popular people, despite being rare, are overrepresented when averaging over friends. Using a sample of the Twitter firehose, we confirm that the friendship paradox holds for ...
--- abstract: 'The excitation spectrum of a $S=1/2$ 2D triangular quantum antiferromagnet is studied using $1/S$ expansion. Due to the non-collinearity of the classical ground state significant and non-trivial corrections to the spin wave spectrum appear already in the first order in $1/S$ in contrast to the square lat...
--- abstract: 'We use Gaia Data Release 2 to identify 13,928 white dwarfs within 100 pc of the Sun. The exquisite astrometry from Gaia reveals for the first time a bifurcation in the observed white dwarf sequence in both Gaia and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) passbands. The latter is easily explained by a helium ...
--- abstract: 'The properties of the first generation of black-hole seeds trace and distinguish different models of formation of cosmic structure in the high-redshift universe. The observational challenge lies in identifying black holes in the mass range $\sim 100 - 1000\,M_\odot$ at redshift $z\sim 10$. The typical fr...
--- abstract: 'We present a revised catalog of 2106 Galactic stars, selected without kinematic bias, and with available radial velocities, distance estimates, and metal abundances in the range $0.0 \le \feh \le -4.0$. This update of the Beers & Sommer-Larsen (1995) catalog includes newly-derived homogeneous photometric...
--- abstract: 'To bring their innovative ideas to market, those embarking in new ventures have to raise money, and, to do so, they have often resorted to banks and venture capitalists. Nowadays, they have an additional option: that of crowdfunding. The name refers to the idea that funds come from a network of people on...
--- abstract: 'The aim of this work is to analyze the dynamical behavior of relativistic infinite axial-symmetric shells with flat interior and a radiation filled curved exterior spacetimes. It will be proven, by the use of conservation equations of Israel, that the given configuration does not let expansion or collaps...
--- abstract: 'Developing personal robots that can perform a diverse range of manipulation tasks in unstructured environments necessitates solving several challenges for robotic grasping systems. We take a step towards this broader goal by presenting the first RL-based system, to our knowledge, for a mobile manipulator...
--- abstract: 'The production factor, or broad band averaged cross-section, for solar wind charge-exchange with hydrogen producing emission in the [[*ROSAT*]{}]{} [$\frac{1}{4}$ keV]{} (R12) band is $(3.8\pm0.2) \times 10^{-20}$ count degree$^{-2}$ cm$^4$. This value is derived from a comparison of the Long-Term (backg...
--- abstract: 'We investigate generalized potentials for a mean-field density functional theory of a three-phase contact line. Compared to the symmetrical potential introduced in our previous article [@lin2012mean], the three minima of these potentials form a small triangle located arbitrarily within the Gibbs triangle...
--- abstract: 'We establish Marstrand-type as well as Besicovich-Federer-type projection theorems for closest-point projections onto hyperplanes in the normed space ${\mathbb{R}}^{n}$. In particular, we prove that if a norm on ${\mathbb{R}}^{n}$ is $C^{1,1}$-regular, then the analogues of the well-known statements from...
--- abstract: 'In ‘J. Schwenk.(2018) [@schwenk2000correct] What is the Correct Way to Seed a Knockout Tournament? Retrieved from The American Mathematical Monthly’ , Schwenk identified a surprising weakness in the standard method of seeding a single elimination (or knockout) tournament. In particular, he showed that fo...
--- abstract: 'Improving the energy-efficiency of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems has the potential to realize large economic and societal benefits. This paper concerns the system identification of a hybrid system model of a building-wide HVAC system and its subsequent control using a hybrid s...
--- abstract: 'We demonstrate numerically a method of focusing two-photon field inside one-dimensional random media. The approach is based on coherent control of backscattering achieved by adaptive spectral pulse shaping. The spectral phases of a femtosecond laser pulse are adjusted for the constructive interference of...
--- author: - 'Vincent P. Flynn' - 'Emilio Cobanera,' - Lorenza Viola title: Restoring number conservation in quadratic bosonic Hamiltonians with dualities --- Introduction {#intro} ============ Duality transformations provide a powerful tool for relating seemingly very different physical systems or very different re...
--- author: - 'E.F. del Peloso' - 'K. Cunha' - 'L. da Silva' - 'G.F. Porto de Mello' bibliography: - 'referencias.bib' date: 'Received 16 Mars 2005 / Accepted 22 June 2005' title: 'Abundances of Mn, Co and Eu in a sample of 20 F–G disk stars: the influence of hyperfine structure splitting [^1][^2]' --- Introduction ==...
--- abstract: 'We generalize the Schrieffer-Wolff transformation to periodically driven systems using Floquet theory. The method is applied to the periodically driven, strongly interacting Fermi-Hubbard model, for which we identify two regimes resulting in different effective low-energy Hamiltonians. In the nonresonant...
--- abstract: 'A new event mixing constraint, namely invariant-mass/energy hierarchy correspondence (IMEHC) cut, is introduced for the low-multiplicity event mixing technique for the purpose of measuring Bose-Einstein correlations (BEC) in exclusive reactions with $\pi \pi X$ final state particles. The mixing cut is re...
--- abstract: 'The structure of a sample of high-redshift ($z \sim 2$), rotating galaxies with high star formation rates and turbulent gas velocities of $\sigma \approx 40-80$ km/s is investigated. Fitting the observed disk rotational velocities and radii with a [@mo98] (MMW) model requires unusually large disk spin pa...
--- abstract: 'Marginally specified models have recently become a popular tool for discrete longitudinal data analysis. Nonetheless, they introduce complex constraint equations and model fitting algorithms. Moreover, there is a lack of available software to fit these models. In this paper, we propose a three-level marg...
--- abstract: 'Einstein’s General Relativity predicts that pressure, in general stresses, play a similar role to energy density, $\epsilon=\rho c^2$ (with $\rho$ being corresponding mass density), in generating gravity. The source of gravitational field, the active gravitational mass density, sometimes referred to as W...
--- abstract: 'We introduces the *umodules*, a generalisation of the notion of graph module. The theory we develop captures among others undirected graphs, tournaments, digraphs, and $2-$structures. We show that, under some axioms, a unique decomposition tree exists for umodules. Polynomial-time algorithms are provided...
--- abstract: | Existing e-commerce search engines typically support search only over objective attributes, such as price and locations, leaving the more desirable subjective attributes, such as romantic vibe and work-life balance unsearchable. We found that this is also the case for Recruit Group, which operates a...
--- abstract: | Traditionally, rotation numbers for toroidal billiard flows are defined as the limiting vectors of average displacements per time on trajectory segments. Naturally, these creatures live in the (commutative) vector space $\operatorname{\mathbb{R}}^n$, if the toroidal billiard is given on the flat $n$...
--- abstract: 'We present the analytical solutions for the evolution of matter density perturbations, for a model with a constant dark energy equation of state $w$ but when the effects of the dark energy perturbations are properly taken into account. We consider two cases, the first when the sound speed of the perturba...
--- abstract: | We consider the observational effects of a deficit angle, $w$, in the topology of the solar system and in the ‘double pulsar’ system PSR J0737-3039A/B. Using observations of the perihelion precession of Mercury, and the gravitational deflection of light due to the Sun, we constrain the magnitude of ...
--- abstract: 'This paper introduces a novel paradigm for designing the physical and medium access control (MAC) layers of mobile ad hoc or peer-to-peer networks formed by half-duplex radios. A node equipped with such a radio cannot simultaneously transmit and receive useful signals at the same frequency. Unlike in con...
--- abstract: 'Tensor network states and parton wave functions are two pivotal methods for studying quantum many-body systems. This work connects these two subjects as we demonstrate that a variety of parton wave functions, such as projected Fermi sea and projected fermionic or bosonic paired states, can be represented...
--- abstract: 'We present a simple quantum network, based on the controlled-SWAP gate, that can extract certain properties of quantum states without recourse to quantum tomography. It can be used used as a basic building block for direct quantum estimations of both linear and non-linear functionals of any density opera...
--- author: - | J. Stogin$^a$, T. Sen$^b$ [^1] , R.S. Moore$^b$\ Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA\ Fermilab, PO Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, USA\ Email: title: Longitudinal dynamics and tomography in the Tevatron --- Introduction ============ Tomographic techniques are used to reconstruct...
--- abstract: 'We propose a theoretical scheme to realize tailorable couplings between a cantilever and a superconducting charge qubit. By tuning the controllable parameters of the qubit, both linear and nonlinear couplings between the cantilever and the qubit can be achieved. Based on these couplings, we show the prep...
--- abstract: 'K-means is undoubtedly the most widely used partitional clustering algorithm. Unfortunately, due to its gradient descent nature, this algorithm is highly sensitive to the initial placement of the cluster centers. Numerous initialization methods have been proposed to address this problem. Many of these me...
--- abstract: 'The hierarchy of Green functions for (quasi)degenerate systems, presented in cond-mat/0308058, is calculated in detail for the case of a system with closed shells plus a single electron in a two-fold degenerate level. The complete hierarchy is derived explicitly, in terms of Green functions and of Feynma...
UCSD/PTH 92-29\ August 1992\ \ University of California at San Diego\ Department of Physics-0319\ 9500 Gilman Drive\ La Jolla, CA 92093-0319\ USA\ Introduction ============ In a recent paper [@david] a new method for simulating chiral fermions on a lattice was suggested. The proposal uses the fact that by introducin...
--- abstract: | Under consideration is the hyperbolic relaxation of a semilinear reaction-diffusion equation, $$\varepsilon u_{tt}+u_{t}-\Delta u+f(u)=0,$$on a bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^{3}$, with $\varepsilon \in (0,1]$ and the prescribed dynamic condition, $$\partial _{\mathbf{n}}u+u+u_{t}=0,$...
--- abstract: 'Grasping in cluttered scenes is challenging for robot vision systems, as detection accuracy can be hindered by partial occlusion of objects. We adopt a reinforcement learning (RL) framework and 3D vision architectures to search for feasible viewpoints for grasping by the use of hand-mounted RGB-D cameras...
--- abstract: 'We investigate the current-current correlations in a four-terminal Al-AlOx-Al tunnel junction where shot noise dominates. We demonstrate that cross-correlations in the presence of two biasing sources of the Hanbury–Brown and Twiss type are much stronger (approximately twice) than an incoherent sum of cor...
--- abstract: 'Heterogeneous nucleation is studied by Monte Carlo simulations and phenomenological theory, using the two-dimensional lattice gas model with suitable boundary fields. A chemical inhomogeneity of length $b$ at one boundary favors the liquid phase, while elsewhere the vapor is favored. Switching on the bul...
--- abstract: | [**Theorem**]{}. *If $W$ is a smooth complex projective variety with $h^1({\mathcal{O}}_W)=0$, then a sufficiently ample smooth divisor $X$ on $W$ cannot be a hyperplane section of a Calabi-Yau variety, unless $W$ is itself a Calabi-Yau*. [**Corollary**]{}. *A smooth hypersurface of degree $d$ ...
--- abstract: | We study scenarios in which the goal is to ensure that some information will propagate through a large network of nodes. In these scenarios all nodes that are aware of the information compete for the same prize, and thus have an incentive [*not*]{} to propagate information. One example for such a sc...
--- abstract: 'The *Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer* ([*NICER*]{}) has extensively monitored the August 2019 outburst of the 401 Hz millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1808.4–3658. In this Letter, we report on the detection of a bright helium-fueled Type I X-ray burst. With a bolometric peak flux of $(2.3\pm0.1){\...
--- author: - | Vasiliki A. Mitsou[^1]\ On behalf of the ATLAS Collaboration title: Highlights from SUSY searches with ATLAS --- Introduction {#sec:intro} ============ Supersymmetry (SUSY) [@Nilles:1983ge] is an extension of the Standard Model (SM) which assigns to each SM field a superpartner field with a sp...
--- abstract: | FPGAs excel in low power and high throughput computations, but they are challenging to program. Traditionally, developers rely on hardware description languages like Verilog or VHDL to specify the hardware behavior at the register-transfer level. High-Level Synthesis (HLS) raises the level of abstra...
--- abstract: 'A four-way coupling scheme for the direct numerical simulation of particle-laden flows is developed and analyzed. It employs a novel adaptive multi-relaxation time lattice Boltzmann method to simulate the fluid phase efficiently. The momentum exchange method is used to couple the fluid and the particulat...
--- abstract: | [Random objects arrive sequentially and must be divided among a fixed set of $n$ agents upon arrival:]{} the distribution [$\mu $ of the]{} profile of utilities is IID across periods, but arbitrary across agents. We consider [a class of online]{} division rules that take, as an input, only the reali...
--- abstract: 'In this work, we present a switched relaying framework for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) relay systems where a source node may transmit directly to a destination node or aided by relays. We also investigate relay selection techniques for the proposed switched relaying framework, whose relays are ...
--- author: - 'Tobias Koch[^1]' - Lukas Liebel - 'Friedrich Fraundorfer^,^' - Marco Körner - bibliography: - 'bib.bib' title: | Evaluation of CNN-based Single-Image Depth\ Estimation Methods --- Introduction {#sec:introduction} ============ With the emergence of *deep learning* methods within the recent ye...
--- abstract: 'In the presence of background Neveu-Schwarz flux, the description of the Ramond-Ramond fields of type IIB string theory using twisted $K$-theory is not compatible with S-duality. We argue that other possible variants of twisted K-theory would still not resolve this issue. We propose instead a connection ...
--- abstract: 'This paper presents a human gait data collection for analysis and activity recognition consisting of continues recordings of combined activities, such as walking, running, taking stairs up and down, sitting down, and so on; and the data recorded are segmented and annotated. Data were collected from a bod...
--- abstract: 'We illustrate the Dirichlet prescription of the AdS/CFT correspondence using the example of a massive scalar field and argue that it is the only entirely consistent regularization procedure known so far. Using the Dirichlet prescription, we then calculate the divergent terms for gravity in the cases $d=2...
--- abstract: 'The Fermi bubbles are two lobes filled with non-thermal particles that emit gamma rays, extend $\approx$10 kpc vertically from the Galactic center, and formed from either nuclear star formation or accretion activity on Sgr A\*. Simulations predict a range of shock strengths as the bubbles expand into the...
--- author: - bibliography: - '../../../bibliography.bib' title: On the Role of Feedback in LT Codes ---
--- abstract: 'Numerical simulations of numerous quantum systems suffer from the notorious sign problem. Meron-cluster algorithms lead to an efficient solution of sign problems for both fermionic and bosonic models. Here we apply the meron concept to quantum spin systems in an arbitrary external magnetic field, in whic...
--- abstract: 'A precision measurement of the $D^0$ meson mass has been made using $\sim\!281$ pb$^{-1}$ of $e^{+}e^{-}$ annihilation data taken with the CLEO-c detector at the $\psi(3770)$ resonance. The exclusive decay $D^0\to K_S \phi$ has been used to obtain $M(D^0)=1864.847\pm0.150(\mathrm{stat})\pm0.095(\mathrm{s...
\] Recently, the improvement of momentum resolution in ARPES has generated new discussions about the interpretation of the electronic dynamic and its relation with the phenomena of high-$Tc$ superconductivity. In one of these experiments [@Valla] the energy distribution curves (EDC) and momentum distribution curves (...
--- author: - | J.L. Fernández[^1]\ Universidad Autónoma de Madrid\ Madrid , Spain\ - | M.V. Melián$^*$\ Universidad Autónoma de Madrid\ Madrid , Spain\ - | D. Pestana [^2]\ Universidad Carlos III de Madrid\ Madrid, Spain\ title: Quantitative recurrence properties of expanding maps -...
--- abstract: 'We compute the production of particles from the gravitational field of an expanding mass shell. Contrary to the situation of Hawking radiation and the production of cosmological perturbations during cosmological inflation, the example of an expanding mass shell has no horizon and no singularity. We apply...
--- abstract: 'In the $2$-Machine Flow Shop problem with exact delays the operations of each job are separated by a given time lag (delay). Leung et al. (2007) established that the problem is strongly NP-hard when the delays may have at most two different values. We present further results for this case: we prove that ...
--- abstract: | Knowing a biomolecule’s structure is inherently linked to and a prerequisite for any detailed understanding of its function. Significant effort has gone into developing technologies for structural characterization. These technologies do not directly provide 3D structures; instead they typically yiel...
--- abstract: 'We investigate the low loss acoustic motion of superfluid $^4$He parametrically coupled to a very low loss, superconducting Nb, TE$_{011}$ microwave resonator, forming a gram-scale, sideband resolved, optomechanical system. We demonstrate the detection of a series of acoustic modes with quality factors a...
--- abstract: | Let $E/\mathbb{Q}$ be a number field of degree $n$. We show that if $\operatorname{Reg}(E)\ll_n |\operatorname{Disc}(E)|^{1/4}$ then the fraction of class group characters for which the Hecke $L$-function does not vanish at the central point is $\gg_{n,\varepsilon} |\operatorname{Disc}(E)|^{-1/4-\va...
--- abstract: 'In this paper, we verify the $L^p$ coarse Baum-Connes conjecture for spaces with finite asymptotic dimension for $p\in[1,\infty)$. We also show that the $K$-theory of $L^p$ Roe algebras are independent of $p\in(1,\infty)$ for spaces with finite asymptotic dimension.' address: - 'Shanghai Center for Mathe...
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--- abstract: 'A method for generating a mesoscopic superposition state of the collective spin variable of a gas of atoms is proposed. The state consists of a superposition of the atomic spins pointing in two slightly different directions. It is obtained by using off resonant light to carry out Quantum Non Demolition M...
--- author: - 'Hilding R. Neilson' - 'John B. Lester' bibliography: - 'ld4.bib' title: 'Spherically symmetric model stellar atmospheres and limb darkening II: limb-darkening laws, gravity-darkening coefficients and angular diameter corrections for FGK dwarf stars[^1]' --- Introduction ============ One of the great as...
--- abstract: 'The ordering of communication channels was first introduced by Shannon. In this paper, we aim to find a characterization of the Shannon ordering. We show that $W''$ contains $W$ if and only if $W$ is the skew-composition of $W''$ with a convex-product channel. This fact is used to derive a characterizati...
[**Classification of $n$-qubit states\ with minimum orbit dimension**]{}\ David W. Lyons\ lyons@lvc.edu\ Mathematical Sciences\ Lebanon Valley College\ Scott N. Walck\ walck@lvc.edu\ Department of Physics\ Lebanon Valley College\ revised: 19 January 2006\ [**Abstract**]{}. The group of local unitary transformations ...
--- abstract: 'We calculate the absorption efficiencies of composite silicate grains with inclusions of graphite and silicon carbide in the spectral range 5–25$\rm \mu m$. We study the variation in absorption profiles with volume fractions of inclusions. In particular we study the variation in the wavelength of peak ab...
--- abstract: 'Using PSPC [*Rosat*]{} data, we measure x–ray surface brightness profiles, size and luminosity of the Butcher–Oemler (BO) sample of clusters of galaxies. The cluster x-ray size, as measured by the Petrosian $r_{\eta=2}$ radius, does not change with redshift and is independent from x-ray luminosity. On th...
--- abstract: 'If strange matter is absolutely stable, the ordinary nuclei decay to strangelets, while neutron stars convert into strange stars. Lifetimes of the ordinary nuclei are constrained experimentally to be above $\sim 10^{33}$ years, while lifetimes of the metastable neutron stars depend on the neutron star ma...
--- abstract: 'In this paper we study error-correcting codes for the storage of data in synthetic deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). We investigate a storage model where a data set is represented by an unordered set of $M$ sequences, each of length $L$. Errors within that model are a loss of whole sequences and point errors ...
--- abstract: 'We study, in an abstract axiomatic setting, the notion of sectional category of a morphism. From this, we unify and generalize known results about this invariant in different settings as well as we deduce new applications.' address: - 'F.J. Díaz; J.M. García Calcines; P.R. García Díaz; J. Remedios Gómez ...
--- abstract: 'We propose solutions of the quantum Q-systems of types $B_N,C_N,D_N$ in terms of $q$-difference operators, generalizing our previous construction for the Q-system of type $A$. The difference operators are interpreted as $q$-Whittaker limits of discrete time evolutions of Macdonald-van Diejen type operato...
--- abstract: 'The effect of introducing measuring devices in a “quantum pinball” system is shown to lead to a chaotic evolution for the particle position as defined in Bohm’s approach to Quantum Mechanics.' address: ' Physics Division, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2DZ, United Kingdom' author: - 'C. Dewdney...
--- abstract: 'We consider the background-free quantum gravity based on conformal gravity with the Riegert-Wess-Zumino action, which is formulated in terms of a conformal field theory. Employing the $R \times S^3$ background in practice, we construct the nilpotent BRST operator imposing diffeomorphism invariance. Physi...
--- address: | Department Applied of Mathematics\ I-Shou University\ Kaohsiung, Taiwan\ Republic of China author: - Cheng Lien Lang - Mong Lung Lang title: Fibonacci Numbers and Identities II --- [^1] Introduction ============ Let $a,b, p,q \in \Bbb C$, $q\ne 0$. Define the generalised Fibonacci seq...
--- abstract: 'General Relativity (GR) is a phenomenologically successful theory that rests on firm foundations, but has not been tested on cosmological scales. The advent of dark energy (and possibly even the requirement of cold dark matter), has increased the need for testing modifications to GR, as the inference of ...
**Electron Phenomena in Layered Conductors** {#electron-phenomena-in-layered-conductors .unnumbered} ============================================ [**C**]{}**ONTENTS** {#contents .unnumbered} ==================== INTRODUCTION ============ The search for new superconducting materials has focused attention on conductor...
--- abstract: 'Circular Polarisation Ratio (CPR) mosaics from Mini-SAR on Chandrayaan-1 and Mini-RF on LRO are used to study craters near to the lunar north pole. The look direction of the detectors strongly affects the appearance of the crater CPR maps. Rectifying the mosaics to account for parallax also significantly...
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--- abstract: 'We build a holographic $s$-wave conductor/superconductor model and an insulator/superconductor model in the four-dimensional conformal anomaly corrected (CAC) AdS gravity. The effects of CAC parameter $\alpha$ are studied using both numerical and analytical methods in the probe approximation. Concretely,...
--- abstract: 'We present a term rewrite system that formally models the Message Authenticator Algorithm (MAA), which was one of the first cryptographic functions for computing a Message Authentication Code and was adopted, between 1987 and 2001, in international standards (ISO 8730 and ISO 8731-2) to ensure the authen...