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Amalgamated products and properly 3-realizable groups
In this paper, we show that the class of all properly 3-realizable groups is
closed under amalgamated free products (and HNN-extensions) over finite groups.
We recall that is said to be properly 3-realizable if there exists a
compact 2-polyhedron with and whose universal cover
has the proper homotopy type of a 3-manifold (with boundary).Comment: J. Pure Appl. Alg., to appea
Spatial deconvolution of spectropolarimetric data: an application to quiet Sun magnetic elements
Observations of the Sun from the Earth are always limited by the presence of
the atmosphere, which strongly disturbs the images. A solution to this problem
is to place the telescopes in space satellites, which produce observations
without any (or limited) atmospheric aberrations. However, even though the
images from space are not affected by atmospheric seeing, the optical
properties of the instruments still limit the observations. In the case of
diffraction limited observations, the PSF establishes the maximum allowed
spatial resolution, defined as the distance between two nearby structures that
can be properly distinguished. In addition, the shape of the PSF induce a
dispersion of the light from different parts of the image, leading to what is
commonly termed as stray light or dispersed light. This effect produces that
light observed in a spatial location at the focal plane is a combination of the
light emitted in the object at relatively distant spatial locations. We aim to
correct the effect produced by the telescope's PSF using a deconvolution
method, and we decided to apply the code on Hinode/SP quiet Sun observations.
We analyze the validity of the deconvolution process with noisy data and we
infer the physical properties of quiet Sun magnetic elements after the
deconvolution process.Comment: 14 pages, 9 figure
Soil nitrogen affects phosphorus recycling: foliar resorption and plant–soil feedbacks in a northern hardwood forest
Previous studies have attempted to link foliar resorption of nitrogen and phosphorus to their respective availabilities in soil, with mixed results. Based on resource optimization theory, we hypothesized that the foliar resorption of one element could be driven by the availability of another element. We tested various measures of soil N and P as predictors of N and P resorption in six tree species in 18 plots across six stands at the Bartlett Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA. Phosphorus resorption efficiency (P , 0.01) and proficiency (P ÂĽ 0.01) increased with soil N content to 30 cm depth, suggesting that trees conserve P based on the availability of soil N. Phosphorus resorption also increased with soil P content, which is difficult to explain based on single-element limitation, but follows from the correlation between soil N and soil P. The expected single-element relationships were evident only in the O horizon: P resorption was high where resin-available P was low in the Oe (P , 0.01 for efficiency, P , 0.001 for proficiency) and N resorption was high where potential N mineralization in the Oa was low (P , 0.01 for efficiency and 0.11 for proficiency). Since leaf litter is a principal source of N and P to the O horizon, low nutrient availability there could be a result rather than a cause of high resorption. The striking effect of soil N content on foliar P resorption is the first evidence of multiple-element control on nutrient resorption to be reported from an unmanipulated ecosystem
On the zero crossing of the three-gluon vertex
We report on new results on the infrared behaviour of the three-gluon vertex
in quenched Quantum Chormodynamics, obtained from large-volume lattice
simulations. The main focus of our study is the appearance of the
characteristic infrared feature known as 'zero crossing', the origin of which
is intimately connected with the nonperturbative masslessness of the
Faddeev-Popov ghost. The appearance of this effect is clearly visible in one of
the two kinematic configurations analyzed, and its theoretical origin is
discussed in the framework of Schwinger-Dyson equations. The effective coupling
in the momentum subtraction scheme that corresponds to the three-gluon vertex
is constructed, revealing the vanishing of the effective interaction at the
exact location of the zero crossing.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Equilibrium tuned by a magnetic field in phase separated manganite
We present magnetic and transport measurements on La5/8-yPryCa3/8MnO3 with y
= 0.3, a manganite compound exhibiting intrinsic multiphase coexistence of
sub-micrometric ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic charge ordered regions.
Time relaxation effects between 60 and 120K, and the obtained magnetic and
resistive viscosities, unveils the dynamic nature of the phase separated state.
An experimental procedure based on the derivative of the time relaxation after
the application and removal of a magnetic field enables the determination of
the otherwise unreachable equilibrium state of the phase separated system. With
this procedure the equilibrium phase fraction for zero field as a function of
temperature is obtained. The presented results allow a correlation between the
distance of the system to the equilibrium state and its relaxation behavior.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figures. Submited to Journal of Physics: Condensed Matte
Anomalous resonance phenomena of solitary waves with internal modes
We investigate the non-parametric, pure ac driven dynamics of nonlinear
Klein-Gordon solitary waves having an internal mode of frequency . We
show that the strongest resonance arises when the driving frequency
, whereas when the resonance is weaker,
disappearing for nonzero damping. At resonance, the dynamics of the kink center
of mass becomes chaotic. As we identify the resonance mechanism as an {\em
indirect} coupling to the internal mode due to its symmetry, we expect similar
results for other systems.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Phys Rev Let
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