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On Metric Dimension of Functigraphs
The \emph{metric dimension} of a graph , denoted by , is the
minimum number of vertices such that each vertex is uniquely determined by its
distances to the chosen vertices. Let and be disjoint copies of a
graph and let be a function. Then a
\emph{functigraph} has the vertex set
and the edge set . We study how
metric dimension behaves in passing from to by first showing that
, if is a connected graph of order
and is any function. We further investigate the metric dimension of
functigraphs on complete graphs and on cycles.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figure
A New Approach for Analytic Amplitude Calculations
We present a method for symbolic calculation of Feynman amplitudes for
processes involving both massless and massive fermions. With this approach
fermion strings in a specific amplitude can be easily evaluated and expressed
as basic Lorentz scalars. The new approach renders the symbolic calculation of
some complicated physical processes more feasible and easier, especially with
the assistance of algebra manipulating codes for computer.Comment: LaTex, no figure, to appear in PR
Measurement of the spin polarization of the magnetic semiconductor EuS with zero-field and Zeeman-split Andreev reflection spectroscopy
We report measurements of the spin polarization (\textbf{\textit{P}}) of the
concentrated magnetic semiconductor EuS using both zero-field and Zeeman-split
Andreev reflection spectroscopy (ARS) with EuS/Al planar junctions. The
zero-field ARS spectra are well described by the modified (spin-polarized) BTK
model with expected superconducting energy gap and actual measurement
temperature (no additional spectral broadening). The fittings consistently
yield \textbf{\textit{P}} close to 80% regardless of the barrier strength.
Moreover, we performed ARS in the presence of a Zeeman-splitting of the
quasiparticle density of states in Al. To describe the Zeeman-split ARS
spectra, we develop a theoretical model which incorporates the solution to the
Maki-Fulde equations into the modified BTK analysis. The method enables the
determination of the magnitude as well as the sign of \textbf{\textit{P}} with
ARS, and the results are consistent with those from the zero-field ARS. The
experiments extend the utility of field-split superconducting spectroscopy from
tunnel junctions to Andreev junctions of arbitrary barrier strengths.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Starburst in the Intragroup Medium of Stephan's Quintet
Based on new ISO mid-infrared observations and ground based and
near-infrared observations, we report the detection of a bright starburst in
the intragroup medium (IGM) of the famous compact group of galaxies Stephan's
Quintet (Source A in Fig.1). We demonstrate that this starburst is caused by a
collision between a high velocity (V 1000 km/sec) intruder galaxy
(NGC7318b) and the IGM of the group. While this is the only starburst known
today that is induced by a galaxy/cold-intergalactic-medium collision, it
provides new constraints to the theory for interaction-induced starbursts, and
may hint at a new mechanism for the star formation excess seen in more distant
clusters.Comment: 17 pages, 2 PS figures. Accepted by Ap
Tracking System with Re-identification Using a RGB String Kernel
International audiencePeople re-identification consists to identify a person which comes back in a scene where it has been previously detected. This key problem in visual surveillance applications may concern single or multi camera systems. Features encoding each person should be rich enough to provide an efficient re-identification while being sufficiently robust to remain significant through the different phenomena which may alter the appearance of a person in a video. We propose in this paper a method which encodes people's appearance through a string of salient points. The similarity between two such strings is encoded by a kernel. This last kernel is combined with a tracking algorithm in order to associate a set of strings to each person and to measure similarities between persons entering into the scene and persons who left it
Electron Wave Function in Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons
By using analytical solution of a tight-binding model for armchair
nanoribbons, it is confirmed that the solution represents the standing wave
formed by intervalley scattering and that pseudospin is invariant under the
scattering. The phase space of armchair nanoribbon which includes a single
Dirac singularity is specified. By examining the effects of boundary
perturbations on the wave function, we suggest that the existance of a strong
boundary potential is inconsistent with the observation in a recent scanning
tunneling microscopy. Some of the possible electron-density superstructure
patterns near a step armchair edge located on top of graphite are presented. It
is demonstrated that a selection rule for the G band in Raman spectroscopy can
be most easily reproduced with the analytical solution.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figure
Hadronic Production of the Doubly Charmed Baryon with Intrinsic Charm
The effects of the intrinsic charm on the hadronic production of
are studied. By taking reasonable intrinsic charm component into account, the
change of the theoretical prediction on the production of for LHC
and Tevatron is small, but in contrast it may enhance significantly for SELEX.
The reason is that the collision energy at LHC and Tevatron is so large that
the gluon-gluon fusion sub-process, which is irrelevant to intrinsic charm,
becomes dominant. But the situation for SELEX is quite different. Our numerical
results for SELEX show that by considering all the contributions from various
sub-processes, the predicted cross-section may be enhanced by a factor so big
as due to a modulating intrinsic charm being taken into account.
Therefore, the hadronic production of at SELEX may be sensitive
enough in observing the intrinsic charm inside the incident hadrons.Comment: 18 pages, 8 figures. More discussions are adde
Radiative Higgs Boson Decays H\to f\bar{f}\gamma Beyond the Standard Model
Neutral Higgs boson radiative decays of the form h_0, H, A \to
f\bar{f}\gamma, in the light fermion limit $m_f->0, are calculated in the two
Higgs doublet model at one-loop level. Comparisons with the calculation within
the standard model are given, which indicates that these two models are
distinguishable in the decay mode fermion-antifermion -photon. Our results show
that the concerned process may stand as an implement to identify the Higgs
belongings in case there is a intermediate mass Higgs detected.Comment: 13 pages in Revtex, version to appear in Phys. Rev.
The binary populations of eight globular clusters in the outer halo of the Milky Way
We analyse colourâmagnitude diagrams of eight globular clusters (GCs) in the outer Galactic
halo. Images were taken with the Wide Field Channel of the Advanced Camera for Survey
and the Ultraviolet and Visual Channel of the Wide Field Camera 3 on board of the Hubble
Space Telescope. We have determined the fraction of binary stars along the main sequence
and combined results with those of a recent paper where some of us have performed a similar
analysis on 59 Galactic GCs. In total, binaries have been now studied homogeneously in 67
GCs. We studied the radial and luminosity distributions of the binary systems, the distribution
of their mass ratios and investigated univariate relations with several parameters of the host
GCs. We confirm the anticorrelation between the binary fraction and the luminosity of the
host cluster, and find that low-luminosity clusters can host a large population in excess of
âŒ40 per cent in the cluster core. However, our results do not support a significant correlation
with the cluster age as suggested in the literature. In most GCs, binaries are more centrally
concentrated than single stars. If the fraction of binaries is normalized to the core binary
fraction the radial density profiles follow a common trend. It has a maximum in the centre and
declines by a factor of 2 at a distance of about two core radii from the cluster centre. After
dropping to its minimum at a radial distance of âŒ5 core radii it stays approximately constant
at larger radii. We also find that the mass ratio and the distribution of binaries as a function of
the mass of the primary star is almost flat
GABP transcription factor is required for development of chronic myelogenous leukemia via its control of PRKD2
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are the source of all blood lineages, and HSCs must balance quiescence, self-renewal, and differentiation to meet lifelong needs for blood cell development. Transformation of HSCs by the breakpoint cluster region-ABL tyrosine kinase (BCR-ABL) oncogene causes chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). The E-twenty six (ets) transcription factor GA binding protein (GABP) is a tetrameric transcription factor complex that contains GABPalpha and GABPbeta proteins. Deletion in bone marrow of Gabpa, the gene that encodes the DNA-binding component, caused cell cycle arrest in HSCs and profound loss of hematopoietic progenitor cells. Loss of Gabpalpha prevented development of CML, although mice continued to generate BCR-ABL-expressing Gabpalpha-null cells for months that were serially transplantable and contributed to all lineages in secondary recipients. A bioinformatic screen identified the serine-threonine kinase protein kinase D2 (PRKD2) as a potential effector of GABP in HSCs. Prkd2 expression was markedly reduced in Gabpalpha-null HSCs and progenitor cells. Reduced expression of PRKD2 or pharmacologic inhibition decreased cell cycling, and PRKD2 rescued growth of Gabpalpha-null BCR-ABL-expressing cells. Thus, GABP is required for HSC cell cycle entry and CML development through its control of PRKD2. This offers a potential therapeutic target in leukemia
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