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cond-mat.stat-mech2007★ 21 cited

Non-Gaussian distributions under scrutiny

Thierry Dauxois

Comment of the very interesting paper by Hilhorst & Schehr, J. Stat. Mech. P06003 (2007). The main point is that one should be extremely careful when interpreting non-Gaussian data…

physics.bio-ph2007★ 33 cited

DNA ejection from bacteriophage: towards a general behavior for osmotic suppression experiments

Martin Castelnovo, Alex Evilevitch

We present in this work in vitro measurements of the force ejecting DNA from two distinct bacteriophages (T5 and lambda) using the smotic-suppression technique. Our data are analyz…

gr-qc2007★ 580 cited

LQG vertex with finite Immirzi parameter

Jonathan Engle, Etera Livine, Roberto Pereira +1

We extend the definition of the "flipped" loop-quantum-gravity vertex to the case of a finite Immirzi parameter. We cover the Euclidean as well as the Lorentzian case. We show that…

hep-th2007★ 57 cited

The Gaugings of Maximal D=6 Supergravity

E. Bergshoeff, H. Samtleben, E. Sezgin

We construct the most general gaugings of the maximal D=6 supergravity. The theory is (2,2) supersymmetric, and possesses an on-shell SO(5,5) duality symmetry which plays a key rol…

math.AG2007★ 43 cited

Mixed Weil cohomologies

Denis-Charles Cisinski, Frédéric Déglise

We define, for a regular scheme and a given field of characteristic zero $\KK$, the notion of $\KK$-linear mixed Weil cohomology on smooth -schemes by a simple set of proper…

math.PR2007★ 98 cited

Fractional moment bounds and disorder relevance for pinning models

B. Derrida, G. Giacomin, H. Lacoin +1

We study the critical point of directed pinning/wetting models with quenched disorder. The distribution K(.) of the location of the first contact of the (free) polymer with the def…

hep-th2007★ 86 cited

Gauged Supergravities from Twisted Doubled Tori and Non-Geometric String Backgrounds

Gianguido Dall'Agata, Nikolaos Prezas, Henning Samtleben +1

We propose a universal geometric formulation of gauged supergravity in terms of a twisted doubled torus. We focus on string theory (M-theory) reductions with generalized Scherk-Sch…

physics.flu-dyn2007★ 114 cited

Modeling the pressure Hessian and viscous Laplacian in Turbulence: comparisons with DNS and implications on velocity gradient dynamics

L. Chevillard, C. Meneveau, L. Biferale +1

Modeling the velocity gradient tensor A along Lagrangian trajectories in turbulent flow requires closures for the pressure Hessian and viscous Laplacian of A. Based on an Eulerian-…

cond-mat.dis-nn2007★ 36 cited

Elastic systems with correlated disorder: Response to tilt and application to surface growth

Andrei A. Fedorenko

We study elastic systems such as interfaces or lattices pinned by correlated quenched disorder considering two different types of correlations: generalized columnar disorder and qu…

quant-ph2007

The role of help in Classical and Quantum Zero-Knowledge

André Chailloux, Iordanis Kerenidis

We study the role of help in Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge protocols and its relation to the standard interactive model. In the classical case, we show that help and interaction a…

math.OC2007★ 5 cited

Optimal transportation on non-compact manifolds

Albert Fathi, Alessio Figalli

In this work, we show how to obtain for non-compact manifolds the results that have already been done for Monge Transport Problem for costs coming from Tonelli Lagrangians on compa…

math.ST2007★ 23 cited

Bounds for the covariance of functions of infinite variance stable random variables with applications to central limit theorems and wavelet-based estimation

Vladas Pipiras, Murad S. Taqqu, Patrice Abry

We establish bounds for the covariance of a large class of functions of infinite variance stable random variables, including unbounded functions such as the power function and the…

astro-ph2007★ 17 cited

Fundamental properties of low-mass stars

I. Ribas, J. Morales, C. Jordi +3

Numerous investigations on the fundamental properties of low-mass stars using eclipsing binaries indicate a strong discrepancy between theory and observations that is still awaitin…

cond-mat.soft2007★ 93 cited

Viscoelasticity and primitive path analysis of entangled polymer liquids: From f-actin to polyethylene

Nariya Uchida, Gary S. Grest, Ralf Everaers

We combine computer simulations and scaling arguments to develop a unified view of polymer entanglement based on the primitive path analysis (PPA) of the microscopic topological st…

cond-mat.stat-mech2007★ 43 cited

Thermodynamic time asymmetry in nonequilibrium fluctuations

David Andrieux, Sergio Ciliberto, Nicolas Garnier +3

We here present the complete analysis of experiments on driven Brownian motion and electric noise in a circuit, showing that thermodynamic entropy production can be related to…

nlin.PS2007★ 53 cited

Washboard Road: The dynamics of granular ripples formed by rolling wheels

Nicolas Taberlet, Stephen W. Morris, Jim N. McElwaine

Granular surfaces tend to develop lateral ripples under the action of surface forces exerted by rolling wheels, an effect known as washboard or corrugated road. We report the resul…

astro-ph2007★ 544 cited

Habitable planets around the star Gl 581?

Franck Selsis, J. F. Kasting, B. Levrard +3

Radial velocity surveys are now able to detect terrestrial planets at habitable distance from M-type stars. Recently, two planets with minimum masses below 10 Earth masses were rep…

math.DG2007

Actions of semisimple Lie groups preserving a degenerate Riemannian metric

Esmaa Bekkara, Charles Frances, Abdelghani Zeghib

We prove a rigidity of the lightcone in Minkowski space. It is essentially the unique space endowed with a degenerate Riemannian metric, of lightlike type, and supporting an isomet…

gr-qc2007★ 13 cited

Physical boundary state for the quantum tetrahedron

Etera R. Livine, Simone Speziale

We consider stability under evolution as a criterion to select a physical boundary state for the spinfoam formalism. As an example, we apply it to the simplest spinfoam defined by…

astro-ph2007★ 176 cited

The stable magnetic field of the fullly-convective star V374 Peg

J. Morin, J. -F. Donati, T. Forveille +10

We report in this paper phase-resolved spectropolarimetric observations of the rapidly-rotating fully-convective M4 dwarf V374 Peg, on which a strong, mainly axisymmetric, large-sc…

math.DS2007

On the Hausdorff Dimension of the Mather Quotient

Albert Fathi, Alessio Figalli, Ludovic Rifford

Under appropriate assumptions on the dimension of the ambient manifold and the regularity of the Hamiltonian, we show that the Mather quotient is small in term of Hausdorff dimensi…

cond-mat.stat-mech2007★ 68 cited

Phase space gaps and ergodicity breaking in systems with long range interactions

Freddy Bouchet, Thierry Dauxois, David Mukamel +1

We study a generalized isotropic XY-model which includes both two-spin and four-spin mean-field interactions. This model can be solved in the microcanonical ensemble. It is shown t…

math.PR2007★ 41 cited

Hierarchical pinning models, quadratic maps and quenched disorder

Giambattista Giacomin, Hubert Lacoin, Fabio Lucio Toninelli

We consider a hierarchical model of polymer pinning in presence of quenched disorder, introduced by B. Derrida, V. Hakim and J. Vannimenius in 1992, which can be re-interpreted as…

cond-mat.soft2007★ 65 cited

Work and dissipation fluctuations near the stochastic resonance of a colloidal particle

Pierre Jop, Sergio Ciliberto, Artem Petrosyan

We study experimentally the fluctuations of the injected and dissipated energy in a system of a colloidal particle trapped in a double well potential periodically modulated by an e…