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Thermoelectric effects in quantum dots
We report a numerical renormalization-group study of the thermoelectric
effect in the single-electron transistor (SET) and side-coupled geometries. As
expected, the computed thermal conductance and thermopower curves show
signatures of the Kondo effect and of Fano interference. The thermopower curves
are also affected by particle-hole asymmetry.Comment: 8 pages with 3 figures; accepted for publication in Physica B
(special issue 'Strongly Correlated Electron Systems-SCES2008'
Large-scale collective motion of RFGC galaxies
We processed the data about radial velocities and HI linewidths for 1678 flat
edge-on spirals from the Revised Flat Galaxy Catalogue. We obtained the
parameters of the multipole components of large-scale velocity field of
collective non-Hubble galaxy motion as well as the parameters of the
generalized Tully-Fisher relationship in the "HI line width - linear diameter"
version. All the calculations were performed independently in the framework of
three models, where the multipole decomposition of the galaxy velocity field
was limited to a dipole, quadrupole and octopole terms respectively. We showed
that both the quadrupole and the octopole components are statistically
significant.
On the basis of the compiled list of peculiar velocities of 1623 galaxies we
obtained the estimations of cosmological parameters Omega_m and sigma_8. This
estimation is obtained in both graphical form and as a constraint of the value
S_8=sigma_8(Omega_m/0.3)^0.35 = 0.91 +/- 0.05.Comment: Accepted for publication in Astrophysics and Space Scienc
Effect of transport distance and season on some defect of fresh hams destined for DPO production
Pre-slaughter handling is related to defects in fresh hams that result in exclusion from the DPO Parma chain, including hematomas, lacerations, microhaemorrhages and veining. To determine the effects of transport conditions on hams, we collected data on defects in 901,990 trimmed fresh hams from heavy pigs provided by 3,650 batches from slaughterhouse during 2012 and 2013. For all batches, transport distance (1-276 km) season and year of delivery were considered. A decrease of all defect occurrences was observed for increasing distance up to 170 km (P < 0.05). Above 170 km, however, all defects frequencies increased (P < 0.05). Season showed an effect on the incidence of defects, with an increasing of hematomas and lacerations in winter and autumn respectively (P < 0.05) and the highest percentage of veining and hemorrhages in spring (P < 0.05). Summer had the lowest incidence of defects on fresh hams. We concluded that the incidence of the examined defects and the subsequent rejection for DPO Parma ham production is lower in fresh hams transported 38-170 km during the summer
Large-Scale Power Spectrum and Structures From the ENEAR galaxy Peculiar Velocity Catalog
We estimate the mass density fluctuations power spectrum (PS) on large scales
by applying a maximum likelihood technique to the peculiarvelocity data of the
recently completed redshift-distance survey of early-type galaxies (ENEAR). The
general results are in agreement with the high amplitude power spectra found
from similar analysis of other independent all-sky catalogs of peculiar
velocity data such as MARK III and SFI. For Lambda & Open CDM COBE normalized
PS models, the best-fit parameters are confined by a contour approximately
defined by Omega h^{1.3}=0.377+-0.08 and Omega h^{0.88}=0.517+-0.083,
respectively. Gamma-shape models, free of COBE normalization, resultsin the
weak constraint of and in the rather stringent constraint of
sigma_8 Omega^{0.6}=1.0+-0.25. All quoted uncertainties refer to 3-sigma
confidence-level. The calculated PS is used as a prior for Wiener
reconstruction of the density field at different resolutions and the
three-dimensional velocity field within a volume of radius ~80 Mpc/h. All major
structures in the nearby universe are recovered and are well matched to those
predicted from all-sky redshift surveys.Comment: Submitted to MNRAS, 11 Pages, 9 figure
Double Inflation in Supergravity and the Large Scale Structure
The cosmological implication of a double inflation model with hybrid + new
inflations in supergravity is studied. The hybrid inflation drives an inflaton
for new inflation close to the origin through supergravity effects and new
inflation naturally occurs. If the total e-fold number of new inflation is
smaller than , both inflations produce cosmologically relevant density
fluctuations. Both cluster abundances and galaxy distributions provide strong
constraints on the parameters in the double inflation model assuming
standard cold dark matter scenario. The future satellite
experiments to measure the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave
background will make a precise determination of the model parameters possible.Comment: 19 pages (RevTeX file
Large-scale collective motion of RFGC galaxies in curved space-time
We consider large-scale collective motion of flat edge-on spiral galaxies
from the Revised Flat Galaxy Catalogue (RFGC) taking into account the curvature
of space-time in the Local Universe at the scale 100 Mpc/h. We analyse how the
relativistic model of collective motion should be modified to provide the best
possible values of parameters, the effects that impact these parameters and
ways to mitigate them. Evolution of galactic diameters, selection effects, and
difference between isophotal and angular diameter distances are inadequate to
explain this impact. At the same time, measurement error in HI line widths and
angular diameters can easily provide such an impact. This is illustrated in a
toy model, which allows analytical consideration, and then in the full model
using Monte Carlo simulations. The resulting velocity field is very close to
that provided by the non-relativistic model of motion. The obtained bulk flow
velocity is consistent with {\Lambda}CDM cosmology.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures, 2 table
Transfer learning for galaxy morphology from one survey to another
© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society.Deep Learning (DL) algorithms for morphological classification of galaxies have proven very successful, mimicking (or even improving) visual classifications. However, these algorithms rely on large training samples of labelled galaxies (typically thousands of them). A key question for using DL classifications in future Big Data surveys is how much of the knowledge acquired from an existing survey can be exported to a new dataset, i.e. if the features learned by the machines are meaningful for different data. We test the performance of DL models, trained with Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data, on Dark Energy survey (DES) using images for a sample of 5000 galaxies with a similar redshift distribution to SDSS. Applying the models directly to DES data provides a reasonable global accuracy ( 90%), but small completeness and purity values. A fast domain adaptation step, consisting in a further training with a small DES sample of galaxies (500-300), is enough for obtaining an accuracy > 95% and a significant improvement in the completeness and purity values. This demonstrates that, once trained with a particular dataset, machines can quickly adapt to new instrument characteristics (e.g., PSF, seeing, depth), reducing by almost one order of magnitude the necessary training sample for morphological classification. Redshift evolution effects or significant depth differences are not taken into account in this study.Peer reviewedFinal Accepted Versio
Eikonal Methods in AdS/CFT: BFKL Pomeron at Weak Coupling
We consider correlators of N=4 super Yang Mills of the form A ~ < O_1 O_2
O*_1 O*_2 >, where the operators O_1 and O_2 are scalar primaries. In
particular, we analyze this correlator in the planar limit and in a Lorentzian
regime corresponding to high energy interactions in AdS. The planar amplitude
is dominated by a Regge pole whose nature varies as a function of the 't Hooft
coupling g^2. At large g, the pole corresponds to graviton exchange in AdS,
whereas at weak g, the pole is that of the hard perturbative BFKL pomeron. We
concentrate on the weak coupling regime and analyze pomeron exchange directly
in position space. The analysis relies heavily on the conformal symmetry of the
transverse space E^2 and of its holographic dual hyperbolic space H_3,
describing with an unified language, both the weak and strong 't Hooft coupling
regimes. In particular, the form of the impact factors is highly constrained in
position space by conformal invariance. Finally, the analysis suggests a
possible AdS eikonal resummation of multi-pomeron exchanges implementing AdS
unitarity, which differs from the usual 4-dimensional eikonal exponentiation.
Relations to violations of 4-dimensional unitarity at high energy and to the
onset of nonlinear effects and gluon saturation become immediate questions for
future research.Comment: 42 pages, 13 figure
Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies from Scaling Seeds: Global Defect Models
We investigate the global texture model of structure formation in cosmogonies
with non-zero cosmological constant for different values of the Hubble
parameter. We find that the absence of significant acoustic peaks and little
power on large scales are robust predictions of these models. However, from a
careful comparison with data we conclude that at present we cannot safely
reject the model on the grounds of present CMB data. Exclusion by means of
galaxy correlation data requires assumptions on biasing and statistics. New,
very stringent constraints come from peculiar velocities.
Investigating the large-N limit, we argue that our main conclusions apply to
all global O(N) models of structure formation.Comment: LaTeX file with RevTex, 27 pages, 23 eps figs., submitted to Phys.
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