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astro-ph2008★ 33 cited

Simultaneous H.E.S.S. and Chandra observations of Sagittarius A* during an X-ray flare

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, F. Aharonian

The rapidly varying (~10 minute timescale) non-thermal X-ray emission observed from Sgr A* implies that particle acceleration is occuring close to the event horizon of the supermas…

math.AG2008

Loop groups and holomorphic bundles

Jacques C. Hurtubise, Michael K. Murray

This paper considers the links between the geometry of the various flag manifolds of loop groups and bundles over families of rational curves. Aa an application, a stability result…

hep-lat2008

The strong-coupling limit of lattice Landau gauge

Andre Sternbeck, Lorenz von Smekal

We report on our recent study of the gluon and ghost propagators of pure SU(2) minimal lattice Landau gauge in the strong-coupling limit. In this limit, we find evidence of the con…

math-ph2008★ 4 cited

Macroscopic reduction for stochastic reaction-diffusion equations

Wei Wang, A. J. Roberts

The macroscopic behavior of dissipative stochastic partial differential equations usually can be described by a finite dimensional system. This article proves that a macroscopic re…

astro-ph2008★ 62 cited

Very high energy gamma-ray observations of the galaxy clusters Abell 496 and Abell 85 with H.E.S.S

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, F. Aharonian

Aims: The nearby galaxy clusters Abell 496 and Abell 85 are studied in the very high energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) band to investigate VHE cosmic rays (CRs) in this class of objects wh…

math.DS2008

Qualitative Properties of Local Random Invariant Manifolds for SPDEs with Quadratic Nonlinearity

Dirk Blomker, Wei Wang

The qualitative properties of local random invariant manifolds for stochastic partial differential equations with quadratic nonlinearities and multiplicative noise is studied by a…

astro-ph2008★ 5 cited

Status Report and Future Prospects on LUNASKA Lunar Observations with ATCA

C. W. James, R. D. Ekers, J. Alvarez-Muniz +4

LUNASKA (Lunar UHE Neutrino Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array) is a theoretical and experimental project developing the lunar Cherenkov technique for the next generation…

astro-ph2008★ 3 cited

The Directional Dependence of the Lunar Cherenkov Technique for UHE Neutrino Detection

C. W. James, R. J. Protheroe

The LUNASKA (Lunar UHE Neutrino Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array) project is a theoretical and experimental project developing the lunar Cherenkov technique for the nex…

hep-lat2008★ 32 cited

Infrared exponents and the strong-coupling limit in lattice Landau gauge

Andre Sternbeck, Lorenz von Smekal

We study the gluon and ghost propagators of lattice Landau gauge in the strong-coupling limit beta=0 in pure SU(2) lattice gauge theory to find evidence of the conformal infrared b…

astro-ph2008★ 638 cited

The energy spectrum of cosmic-ray electrons at TeV energies

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, F. Aharonian

The very large collection area of ground-based gamma-ray telescopes gives them a substantial advantage over balloon/satellite based instruments in the detection of very-high-energy…

astro-ph2008★ 414 cited

Science with ASKAP - the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder

S. Johnston, R. Taylor, M. Bailes +47

[ABRIDGED VERSION] The future of cm and m-wave astronomy lies with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a telescope under development by a consortium of 17 countries. The SKA will be…

astro-ph2008★ 113 cited

Limits on an Energy Dependence of the Speed of Light from a Flare of the Active Galaxy PKS 2155-304

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, F. Aharonian

In the past few decades, several models have predicted an energy-dependence of the speed of light in the context of quantum gravity. For cosmological sources such as active galaxie…

astro-ph2008★ 112 cited

Discovery of gamma-ray emission from the shell-type supernova remnant RCW 86 with H.E.S.S

HESS Collaboration, F. Aharonian

The shell-type supernova remnant (SNR) RCW 86, possibly associated with the historical supernova SN 185, with its relatively large size (about 40' in diameter) and the presence of…

q-bio.MN2008★ 53 cited

The Generation of Promoter-Mediated Transcriptional Noise in Bacteria

Namiko Mitarai, Ian B. Dodd, Michael T. Crooks +1

Noise in the expression of a gene produces fluctuations in the concentration of the gene product. These fluctuations can interfere with optimal function or can be exploited to gene…

math.PR2008★ 101 cited

A general theory of Finite State Backward Stochastic Difference Equations

Samuel N. Cohen, Robert J. Elliott

By analogy with the theory of Backward Stochastic Differential Equations, we define Backward Stochastic Difference Equations on spaces related to discrete time, finite state proces…

math.DG2008★ 6 cited

Analytic torsion for twisted de Rham complexes

Varghese Mathai, Siye Wu

We define analytic torsion for the twisted de Rham complex, consisting of the spaces of differential forms on a compact oriented Riemannian manifold X valued in a flat vector bundl…

hep-lat2008★ 17 cited

An analysis of the nucleon spectrum from lattice partially-quenched QCD

W. Armour, C. R. Allton, D. B. Leinweber +2

The chiral extrapolation of the nucleon mass, M_n, is investigated using data coming from 2-flavour partially-quenched lattice simulations. A large sample of lattice results from t…

math.DG2008★ 42 cited

Ambient metrics for -dimensional -waves

Thomas Leistner, Pawel Nurowski

We provide an explicit formula for the Fefferman-Graham-ambient metric of an -dimensional conformal -wave in those cases where it exists. In even dimensions we calculate the…

math.HO2008

Applied Categories and Functors for Undergraduates

Vladimir G. Ivancevic, Tijana T. Ivancevic

These are lecture notes for a 1-semester undergraduate course (in computer science, mathematics, physics, engineering, chemistry or biology) in applied categorical meta-language. T…

hep-ph2008★ 54 cited

Chiral extrapolation of octet-baryon charge radii

P. Wang, D. B. Leinweber, A. W. Thomas +1

The charge radii of octet-baryons obtained in quenched lattice-QCD calculations are extrapolated within heavy-baryon chiral perturbation theory. Finite-range regularization (FRR) i…

gr-qc2008★ 93 cited

All-sky LIGO Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the Early S5 Data

LIGO Scientific Collaboration

We report on an all-sky search with the LIGO detectors for periodic gravitational waves in the frequency range 50--1100 Hz and with the frequency's time derivative in the range -5.…

astro-ph2008★ 45 cited

A search for a dark matter annihilation signal towards the Canis Major overdensity with H.E.S.S

HESS Collaboration, F. Aharonian

A search for a dark matter (DM) annihilation signal into -rays toward the direction of the Canis Major (CMa) overdensity is presented. The nature of CMa is still controversial a…

astro-ph2008★ 34 cited

H.E.S.S. Observations of the Prompt and Afterglow Phases of GRB 060602B

HESS Collaboration, F. Aharonian

We report on the first completely simultaneous observation of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) using an array of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes which is sensitive to photons in th…

astro-ph2008★ 57 cited

The properties of the host galaxy and the immediate environment of GRB 980425 / SN 1998bw from the multi-wavelength spectral energy distribution

Michał J. Michałowski, Jens Hjorth, Daniele Malesani +7

We present an analysis of the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the galaxy ESO 184-G82, the host of the closest known long gamma-ray burst (GRB) 980425 and its associated super…