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Improved bounds on the set A(A+1)
For a subset A of a field F, write A(A + 1) for the set {a(b + 1):a,b\in A}.
We establish new estimates on the size of A(A+1) in the case where F is either
a finite field of prime order, or the real line.
In the finite field case we show that A(A+1) is of cardinality at least
C|A|^{57/56-o(1)} for some absolute constant C, so long as |A| < p^{1/2}. In
the real case we show that the cardinality is at least C|A|^{24/19-o(1)}. These
improve on the previously best-known exponents of 106/105-o(1) and 5/4
respectively
An improved algorithm for optimum structural design with multiple frequency constraints
An optimality criterion (OC) method for minimum-weight design of structures having multiple constraints on natural frequencies is presented. In this work a new resizing strategy is developed based on relaxation techniques. A computationally adaptive control parameter is used in conjunction with existing OC recursive formulae to promote convergence of optimum structural designs. Some considerations regarding the coupling of the modified Aitken accelerator with the OC method are discussed. Improved and rapidly converged minimum-weight designs are obtained when using an under-relaxed recursive scheme combined with the modified Aitken accelerator
Extragalactic Source Counts in the Spitzer 24-micron Band: What Do We Expect From ISOCAM 15-micron Data and Models?
The comparison between the new Spitzer data at 24 micron and the previous
ISOCAM data at 15 micron is a key tool to understand galaxy properties and
evolution in the infrared and to interpret the observed number counts, since
the combination of Spitzer with the ISO cosmological surveys provides for the
first time the direct view of the Universe in the Infrared up to z~2. We
present the prediction in the Spitzer 24-micron band of a phenomenological
model for galaxy evolution derived from the 15-micron data. Without any ``a
posteriori'' update, the model predictions seem to agree well with the recently
published 24-micron extragalactic source counts, suggesting that the peak in
the 24-micron counts is dominated by ``starburst'' galaxies like those detected
by ISOCAM at 15 micron, but at higher redshifts (1 < z < 2 instead of 0.5 < z <
1.5).Comment: 8 pages: 4 pages of main text + 5 postscript figures, use aastex.
Accepted for publication in ApJL. Replaced with the proof version (added
missing references and corrected a few sentences
Generation of continuous variable Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen entanglement via the Kerr nonlinearity in an optical fiber
We report on the generation of a continuous variable Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) entanglement using an optical fiber interferometer. The Kerr nonlinearity in the fiber is exploited for the generation of two independent squeezed beams. These interfere at a beam splitter and EPR entanglement is obtained between the output beams. The correlation of the amplitude (phase) quadratures is measured to be 4.0±0.2 (4.0±0.4)dB below the quantum noise limit. The sum criterion for these squeezing variances 0.80±0.03<2 verifies the nonseparability of the state. The product of the inferred uncertainties for one beam (0.64±0.08) is well below the EPR limit of unity
Cosmic bulk viscosity through backreaction
We consider an effective viscous pressure as the result of a backreaction of
inhomogeneities within Buchert's formalism. The use of an effective metric with
a time-dependent curvature radius allows us to calculate the luminosity
distance of the backreaction model. This quantity is different from its
counterpart for a "conventional" spatially flat bulk viscous fluid universe.
Both expressions are tested against the SNIa data of the Union2.1 sample with
only marginally different results for the distance-redshift relation and in
accordance with the CDM model. Future observations are expected to be
able to discriminate among these models on the basis of indirect measurements
of the curvature evolution.Comment: 18 pages, 6 figures, comments and references added, accepted for
publication in GR
Mapping Kitaev's quantum double lattice models to Levin and Wen's string-net models
We exhibit a mapping identifying Kitaev's quantum double lattice models
explicitly as a subclass of Levin and Wen's string net models via a completion
of the local Hilbert spaces with auxiliary degrees of freedom. This
identification allows to carry over to these string net models the
representation-theoretic classification of the excitations in quantum double
models, as well as define them in arbitrary lattices, and provides an
illustration of the abstract notion of Morita equivalence. The possibility of
generalising the map to broader classes of string nets is considered.Comment: 8 pages, 6 eps figures; v2: matches published versio
Enhancement of W+/- H-/+ Production at Hadron Colliders in the Two Higgs Doublet Model
We discuss the associated W+/- H-/+ production at the CERN Large Hadron
Collider. The dependence of the hadronic cross section on the Higgs sector
parameters is investigated in detail in the framework of the general Two Higgs
Doublet Model (THDM). We study the possible enhancement of the THDM prediction
for the cross section compared to the prediction of the Minimal Supersymmetric
Standard Model (MSSM). We find regions in the THDM parameter space where the
THDM prediction can exceed the one of the MSSM by two orders of magnitude.
These regions of large cross section are in agreement with theoretical bounds
on the model, derived from the requirement of vacuum stability and perturbative
unitarity, and are not excluded by experimental constraints.Comment: 19 pages, 5 figure
RAO-II: an AUV for underwater inspection
AIRSUB is a research project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science
and Technology whose aim is to explore the industrial applications of
underwater robots. The Systems, Robotics and Vision Group (SRV) from
the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) is responsible for the subproject
of cable/pipeline inspection [1]. To this purpose, an Autonomous
Underwater Vehicle (AUV) is under development as a platform to test the
vision algorithms, control strategies and software architectures devised
in the last years. This paper describes the main characteristics of the new
platform, which is based on a commercial Remotely Operated Vehicle
(ROV). The original vehicle has been deeply modifi ed in structure as well
as in its electric, electronic and sensorial facets to obtain fully autonomous
operation
On the relation of Voevodsky's algebraic cobordism to Quillen's K-theory
Quillen's algebraic K-theory is reconstructed via Voevodsky's algebraic
cobordism. More precisely, for a ground field k the algebraic cobordism
P^1-spectrum MGL of Voevodsky is considered as a commutative P^1-ring spectrum.
There is a unique ring morphism MGL^{2*,*}(k)--> Z which sends the class
[X]_{MGL} of a smooth projective k-variety X to the Euler characteristic of the
structure sheaf of X. Our main result states that there is a canonical grade
preserving isomorphism of ring cohomology theories MGL^{*,*}(X,U)
\tensor_{MGL^{2*,*}(k)} Z --> K^{TT}_{- *}(X,U) = K'_{- *}(X-U)} on the
category of smooth k-varieties, where K^{TT}_* is Thomason-Trobaugh K-theory
and K'_* is Quillen's K'-theory. In particular, the left hand side is a ring
cohomology theory. Moreover both theories are oriented and the isomorphism
above respects the orientations. The result is an algebraic version of a
theorem due to Conner and Floyd. That theorem reconstructs complex K-theory via
complex cobordism.Comment: LaTeX, 18 pages, uses XY-pi
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