932 research outputs found

    Completion of a PrĂŒfer domain

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    AbstractLet V (resp. D) be a valuation domain (resp. SFT PrĂŒfer domain), I a proper ideal, and V̂ (resp. D̂) be the I-adic completion of V (resp. D). We show that (1) V̂ is a valuation domain, (2) Krull dimension of V̂=dimV/I+1 if I is not idempotent, V̂≅V/I if I is idempotent, (3) dimD̂=dimD/I+1, (4) D̂ is an SFT PrĂŒfer ring, and (5) D̂ is a catenarian ring

    The Krull dimension of power series rings over non-SFT rings

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    AbstractLet R be a commutative ring with identity. We show that the Krull dimension of the power series ring R〚X〛 can be uncountably infinite, i.e., there exists an uncountably infinite chain of prime ideals in R〚X〛, even if dimR is finite. In fact, we show that dimR〚X〛 is uncountably infinite if R is a non-SFT ring, which is an improvement of Arnold’s result

    Cholesterol granuloma in the wall of a mandibular dentigerous cyst: a rare case report

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    Cholesterol granuloma is an inflammatory reaction to cholesterol crystals deposition. It may develop in a variety of sites including the middle ear, mastoid process or even paranasal sinuses. Very few cases of cholesterol granuloma occurring in the jaws were reported. This report presents a rare case of cholesterol granuloma that developed in the wall of a large mandibular dentigerous cyst. The condition was treated with hemimandibulectomy followed by reconstruction with a free fibular flap

    Is the brick-wall model unstable for a rotating background?

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    The stability of the brick wall model is analyzed in a rotating background. It is shown that in the Kerr background without horizon but with an inner boundary a scalar field has complex-frequency modes and that, however, the imaginary part of the complex frequency can be small enough compared with the Hawking temperature if the inner boundary is sufficiently close to the horizon, say at a proper altitude of Planck scale. Hence, the time scale of the instability due to the complex frequencies is much longer than the relaxation time scale of the thermal state with the Hawking temperature. Since ambient fields should settle in the thermal state in the latter time scale, the instability is not so catastrophic. Thus, the brick wall model is well defined even in a rotating background if the inner boundary is sufficiently close to the horizon.Comment: Latex, 17 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.

    Exact soliton solutions of coupled nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations: Shape changing collisions, logic gates and partially coherent solitons

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    The novel dynamical features underlying soliton interactions in coupled nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equations, which model multimode wave propagation under varied physical situations in nonlinear optics, are studied. In this paper, by explicitly constructing multisoliton solutions (upto four-soliton solutions) for two coupled and arbitrary NN-coupled nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equations using the Hirota bilinearization method, we bring out clearly the various features underlying the fascinating shape changing (intensity redistribution) collisions of solitons, including changes in amplitudes, phases and relative separation distances, and the very many possibilities of energy redistributions among the modes of solitons. However in this multisoliton collision process the pair-wise collision nature is shown to be preserved in spite of the changes in the amplitudes and phases of the solitons. Detailed asymptotic analysis also shows that when solitons undergo multiple collisions, there exists the exciting possibility of shape restoration of atleast one soliton during interactions of more than two solitons represented by three and higher order soliton solutions. From application point of view, we have shown from the asymptotic expressions how the amplitude (intensity) redistribution can be written as a generalized linear fractional transformation for the NN-component case. Also we indicate how the multisolitons can be reinterpreted as various logic gates for suitable choices of the soliton parameters, leading to possible multistate logic. In addition, we point out that the various recently studied partially coherent solitons are just special cases of the bright soliton solutions exhibiting shape changing collisions, thereby explaining their variable profile and shape variation in collision process.Comment: 50 Pages, 13 .jpg figures. To appear in PR

    Neutron beam test of CsI crystal for dark matter search

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    We have studied the response of Tl-doped and Na-doped CsI crystals to nuclear recoils and Îł\gamma's below 10 keV. The response of CsI crystals to nuclear recoil was studied with mono-energetic neutrons produced by the 3^3H(p,n)3^3He reaction. This was compared to the response to Compton electrons scattered by 662 keV Îł\gamma-ray. Pulse shape discrimination between the response to these Îł\gamma's and nuclear recoils was studied, and quality factors were estimated. The quenching factors for nuclear recoils were derived for both CsI(Na) and CsI(Tl) crystals.Comment: 21pages, 14figures, submitted to NIM

    The random disc thrower problem

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    We describe a number of approaches to a question posed by Philips Research, described as the "random disc thrower" problem. Given a square grid of points in the plane, we cover the points by equal-sized planar discs according to the following random process. At each step, a random point of the grid is chosen from the set of uncovered points as the centre of a new disc. This is an abstract model of spatial reuse in wireless networks. A question of Philips Research asks what, as a function of the grid length, is the expected number of discs chosen before the process can no longer continue? Our main results concern the one-dimensional variant of this problem, which can be solved reasonably well, though we also provide a number of approaches towards an approximate solution of the original two-dimensional problem. The two-dimensional problem is related to an old, unresolved conjecture ([6]) that has been the object of close study in both probability theory and statistical physics. Keywords: generating functions, Markov random fields, random sequential adsorption, RĂ©nyi’s parking problem, wireless network

    In-plane Hall effect in c-axis-oriented MgB2 thin films

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    We have measured the longitudinal resistivity and the Hall resistivity in the ab-plane of highly c-axis-oriented MgB2 thin films. In the normal state, the Hall coefficient (R_H) behaves as R_H ~ T with increasing temperature (T) up to 130 K and then deviates from that linear T-dependence at higher temperatures. The T^2 dependence of the cotangent of the Hall angle is only observed above 130 K. The mixed-state Hall effect reveals no sign anomaly over a wide range of current densities from 10^2 to 10^4 A/cm^2 and for magnetic fields up to 5 T.Comment: 5 pages including 5 figure

    Hall-conductivity sign change and fluctuations in amorphous Nbx_{x}Ge1−x_{1-x} films

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    The sign change in the Hall conductivity has been studied in thin amorphous Nb1−x_{1-x}Gex(x≈_x (x\approx0.3) films. By changing the film thickness it is shown that the field at which the sign reversal occurs shifts to lower values (from above to below the mean-field transition field Hc2H_{c2}) with increasing film thickness. This effect can be understood in terms of a competition between a positive normal and a negative fluctuation contribution to the Hall conductivity.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
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