170 research outputs found
Determinants of Block Tridiagonal Matrices
An identity is proven that evaluates the determinant of a block tridiagonal
matrix with (or without) corners as the determinant of the associated transfer
matrix (or a submatrix of it).Comment: 8 pages, final form. To appear on Linear Algebra and its Application
Identities and exponential bounds for transfer matrices
This paper is about analytic properties of single transfer matrices
originating from general block-tridiagonal or banded matrices. Such matrices
occur in various applications in physics and numerical analysis. The
eigenvalues of the transfer matrix describe localization of eigenstates and are
linked to the spectrum of the block tridiagonal matrix by a determinantal
identity, If the block tridiagonal matrix is invertible, it is shown that half
of the singular values of the transfer matrix have a lower bound exponentially
large in the length of the chain, and the other half have an upper bound that
is exponentially small. This is a consequence of a theorem by Demko, Moss and
Smith on the decay of matrix elements of inverse of banded matrices.Comment: To appear in J. Phys. A: Math. and Theor. (Special issue on Lyapunov
Exponents, edited by F. Ginelli and M. Cencini). 16 page
Hedin's equations and enumeration of Feynman's diagrams
Hedin's equations are solved perturbatively in zero dimension to count
Feynman graphs for self-energy, polarization, propagator, effective potential
and vertex function in a many-body theory of fermions with two-body
interaction. Counting numbers are also obtained in the GW approximation.Comment: Revised published version, 3 pages, no figure
On conformally recurrent manifolds of dimension greater than 4
Conformally recurrent pseudo-Riemannian manifolds of dimension n>4 are
investigated. The Weyl tensor is represented as a Kulkarni-Nomizu product. If
the square of the Weyl tensor is nonzero, a covariantly constant symmetric
tensor is constructed, that is quadratic in the Weyl tensor. Then, by Grycak's
theorem, the explicit expression of the traceless part of the Ricci tensor is
obtained, up to a scalar function. The Ricci tensor has at most two distinct
eigenvalues, and the recurrence vector is an eigenvector. Lorentzian
conformally recurrent manifolds are then considered. If the square of the Weyl
tensor is nonzero, the manifold is decomposable. A null recurrence vector makes
the Weyl tensor of algebraic type IId or higher in the Bel - Debever - Ortaggio
classification, while a time-like recurrence vector makes the Weyl tensor
purely electric.Comment: Title changed and typos corrected. 14 page
Selberg integrals in 1D random Euclidean optimization problems
We consider a set of Euclidean optimization problems in one dimension, where
the cost function associated to the couple of points and is the
Euclidean distance between them to an arbitrary power , and the points
are chosen at random with flat measure. We derive the exact average cost for
the random assignment problem, for any number of points, by using Selberg's
integrals. Some variants of these integrals allows to derive also the exact
average cost for the bipartite travelling salesman problem.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figure
Ab-initio self-energy corrections in systems with metallic screening
The calculation of self-energy corrections to the electron bands of a metal
requires the evaluation of the intraband contribution to the polarizability in
the small-q limit. When neglected, as in standard GW codes for semiconductors
and insulators, a spurious gap opens at the Fermi energy. Systematic methods to
include intraband contributions to the polarizability exist, but require a
computationally intensive Fermi-surface integration. We propose a numerically
cheap and stable method, based on a fit of the power expansion of the
polarizability in the small-q region. We test it on the homogeneous electron
gas and on real metals such as sodium and aluminum.Comment: revtex, 14 pages including 5 eps figures v2: few fixe
High Angular Resolution Observations of Four Candidate BLAST High-Mass Starless Cores
We discuss high-angular resolution observations of ammonia toward four
candidate high-mass starless cores (HMSCs). The cores were identified by the
Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) during its 2005
survey of the Vulpecula region where 60 compact sources were detected
simultaneously at 250, 350, and 500 micron. Four of these cores, with no
IRAS-PSC or MSX counterparts, were observed with the NRAO Very Large Array
(VLA) in the NH3(1,1) and (2,2) spectral lines. Our observations indicate that
the four cores are cold (Tk <~ 14K) and show a filamentary and/or clumpy
structure. They also show a significant velocity substructure within ~1km/s.
The four BLAST cores appear to be colder and more quiescent than other
previously observed HMSC candidates, suggesting an earlier stage of evolution.Comment: Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal on January 22, 2010. Accepted
for publication on April 15, 2010. The paper has 21 pages and 17 figures
Another proof of Gell-Mann and Low's theorem
The theorem by Gell-Mann and Low is a cornerstone in QFT and zero-temperature
many-body theory. The standard proof is based on Dyson's time-ordered expansion
of the propagator; a proof based on exact identities for the time-propagator is
here given.Comment: 5 page
A Review
Ovarian cancer is the most common cause of death among gynecological malignancies. We discuss different types of clinical and nonclinical features that are used to study and analyze the differences between benign and malignant ovarian tumors. Computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) systems of high accuracy are being developed as an initial test for ovarian tumor classification instead of biopsy, which is the current gold standard diagnostic test. We also discuss different aspects of developing a reliable CAD system for the automated classification of ovarian cancer into benign and malignant types. A brief description of the commonly used classifiers in ultrasound-based CAD systems is also given
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