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math.NA2015★ 2 cited

Simple finite element schemes for the solution of the curl-div system

Ana Alonso Rodríguez, Enrico Bertolazzi, Alberto Valli

New variational formulations are devised for the curl--div system, and the corresponding finite element approximations are shown to converge. Curl--free and divergence--free finite…

gr-qc2015

A polynomial action for gravity with matter, gauge-fixing and ghosts

Igor Khavkine

We give a variational formulation of General Relativity, with coupling to a cosmological constant, to scalar fields, to vector fields and to spinor fields (all with possible mass a…

quant-ph2015★ 46 cited

Microfabrication of large area high-stress silicon nitride membranes for optomechanical devices

E. Serra, M. Bawaj, A. Borrielli +16

In view of the integration of membrane resonators with more complex MEMS structures, we developed a general fabrication procedure for circular shape SiN membranes using Deep Re…

cs.DB2015★ 1 cited

Query Answering over Contextualized RDF/OWL Knowledge with Forall-Existential Bridge Rules: Decidable Finite Extension Classes (Post Print)

Mathew Joseph, Gabriel Kuper, Till Mossakowski +1

The proliferation of contextualized knowledge in the Semantic Web (SW) has led to the popularity of knowledge formats such as \emph{quads} in the SW community. A quad is an extensi…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 125 cited

Are fractured cliffs the source of cometary dust jets ? Insights from OSIRIS/Rosetta at 67P

J. -B. Vincent, N. Oklay, M. Pajola +52

Dust jets, i.e. fuzzy collimated streams of cometary material arising from the nucleus, have been observed in-situ on all comets since the Giotto mission flew by comet 1P/Halley in…

cs.LG2015★ 1 cited

Decoding Hidden Markov Models Faster Than Viterbi Via Online Matrix-Vector (max, +)-Multiplication

Massimo Cairo, Gabriele Farina, Romeo Rizzi

In this paper, we present a novel algorithm for the maximum a posteriori decoding (MAPD) of time-homogeneous Hidden Markov Models (HMM), improving the worst-case running time of th…

cs.OS2015★ 4 cited

Real-Time scheduling: from hard to soft real-time systems

Giuseppe Lipari, Luigi Palopoli

Real-time systems are traditionally classified into hard real-time and soft real-time: in the first category we have safety critical real-time systems where missing a deadline can…

gr-qc2015★ 63 cited

Inflation and reheating in theories with spontaneous scale invariance symmetry breaking

Massimiliano Rinaldi, Luciano Vanzo

We study a scale-invariant model of quadratic gravity with a non-minimally coupled scalar field. We focus on cosmological solutions and find that scale invariance is spontaneously…

physics.gen-ph2015★ 3 cited

Open-loop quantum control as a resource for secure communications

Davide Pastorello

Properties of unitary time evolution of quantum systems can be applied to define quantum cryptographic protocols. Dynamics of a qubit can be exploited as a data encryption/decrypti…

cond-mat.quant-gas2015★ 42 cited

Sub-Doppler cooling of sodium atoms in gray molasses

Giacomo Colzi, Gianmaria Durastante, Eleonora Fava +3

We report on the realization of sub-Doppler laser cooling of sodium atoms in gray molasses using the D1 optical transition () at 589.8 nm…

hep-th2015★ 17 cited

Standard Model in multiscale theories and observational constraints

Gianluca Calcagni, Giuseppe Nardelli, David Rodríguez-Fernández

We construct and analyze the Standard Model of electroweak and strong interactions in multiscale spacetimes with (i) weighted derivatives and (ii) -derivatives. Both theories ca…

hep-ex2015★ 53 cited

Measurement of the inclusive jet cross section in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 2.76 TeV

CMS Collaboration

The double-differential inclusive jet cross section is measured as a function of jet transverse momentum pT and absolute rapidity y, using proton-proton collision data collected wi…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 530 cited

Beyond CDM: Problems, solutions, and the road ahead

Philip Bull, Yashar Akrami, Julian Adamek +37

Despite its continued observational successes, there is a persistent (and growing) interest in extending cosmology beyond the standard model, CDM. This is motivated by a range o…

hep-ex2015★ 663 cited

Event generator tunes obtained from underlying event and multiparton scattering measurements

CMS Collaboration

New sets of parameters ("tunes") for the underlying-event (UE) modeling of the PYTHIA8, PYTHIA6 and HERWIG++ Monte Carlo event generators are constructed using different parton dis…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015

Thermo-mechanical response FEM simulation of ceramic refractories undergoing severe temperature variations

Theodosios K. Papathanasiou, Francesco Dal Corso, Andrea Piccolroaz

The development of thermal stresses inside refractory ceramics experiencing severe thermal shock is studied. The present analysis departs from the linear theory of thermal stresses…

gr-qc2015★ 62 cited

A Proposed Search for the Detection of Gravitational Waves from Eccentric Binary Black Holes

Vaibhav Tiwari, Sergey Klimenko, Nelson Christensen +14

Most of compact binary systems are expected to circularize before the frequency of emitted gravitational waves (GWs) enters the sensitivity band of the ground based interferometric…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 2 cited

Optimal design of calibration signals in space borne gravitational wave detectors

M. Nofrarias, N. Karnesis, F. Gibert +17

Future space borne gravitational wave detectors will require a precise definition of calibration signals to ensure the achievement of their design sensitivity. The careful design o…

math.NA2015★ 178 cited

High order ADER schemes for a unified first order hyperbolic formulation of continuum mechanics: viscous heat-conducting fluids and elastic solids

Michael Dumbser, Ilya Peshkov, Evgeniy Romenski +1

This paper is concerned with the numerical solution of the unified first order hyperbolic formulation of continuum mechanics recently proposed by Peshkov & Romenski, denoted as HPR…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 1 cited

Plastically-driven variation of elastic stiffness in green bodies during powder compaction. Part II: Micromechanical modelling

L. P. Argani, D. Misseroni, A. Piccolroaz +2

A micromechanical approach is set-up to analyse the increase in elastic stiffness related to development of plastic deformation (the elastoplastic coupling concept) occurring durin…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 1 cited

Plastically-driven variation of elastic stiffness in green bodies during powder compaction: Part I Experiments and elastoplastic coupling

L. P. Argani, D. Misseroni, A. Piccolroaz +3

Cold compaction of ceramic powders is driven by plastic strain, during which the elastic stiffness of the material progressively increases from values typical of granular matter to…

cond-mat.quant-gas2015★ 9 cited

Momentum-dependent pseudo-spin dimers of coherently coupled bosons in optical lattices

Chiara Menotti, Fabrizio Minganti, Alessio Recati

We study the two-body bound and scattering states of two particles in a one dimensional optical lattice in the presence of a coherent coupling between two internal atomic levels. D…

gr-qc2015

Quantum fluctuations in FRLW space-time

Y. Rabochaya

In this paper we study a quantum field theoretical approach, where a quantum probe is used to investigate the properties of generic non-flat FRLW space time. The fluctuations relat…

hep-ex2015★ 41 cited

Search for dark matter and unparticles produced in association with a Z boson in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV

CMS Collaboration

A search for evidence of particle dark matter (DM) and unparticle production at the LHC has been performed using events containing two charged leptons, consistent with the decay of…

cond-mat.quant-gas2015★ 86 cited

Tricriticalities and Quantum Phases in Spin-Orbit-Coupled Spin- Bose Gases

Giovanni I. Martone, Francesco V. Pepe, Paolo Facchi +2

We study the zero-temperature phase diagram of a spin-orbit-coupled Bose-Einstein condensate of spin , with equally weighted Rashba and Dresselhaus couplings. Depending on the a…