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hep-ph2000★ 2 cited

NLO parton showers and subtractive techniques

F. Hautmann

Motivated by asking how to combine parton showers with nonleading QCD matrix elements, we discuss a subtractive technique based on gauge-invariant Wilson-line operators and how thi…

astro-ph2000★ 34 cited

3EG J2016+3657: Confirming an EGRET Blazar Behind the Galactic Plane

J. P. Halpern, M. Eracleous, R. Mukherjee +1

We recently identified the blazar-like radio source G74.87+1.22 (B2013+370) as the counterpart of the high-energy gamma-ray source 3EG J2016+3657 in the Galactic plane. However, si…

astro-ph2000★ 232 cited

Colors of 2625 Quasars at 0<z<5 Measured in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Photometric System

Gordon T. Richards, Xiaohui Fan, Donald P. Schneider +3

We present an empirical investigation of the colors of quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) photometric system. The sample studied includes 2625 quasars with SDSS photome…

astro-ph2000★ 115 cited

The Quiescent X-Ray Spectrum of the Neutron Star in Cen X-4 Observed with Chandra/ACIS-S

Robert E. Rutledge, Lars Bildsten, Edward F. Brown +2

We report on spectral and intensity variability analysis from a Chandra/ACIS-S observation of the transient, type-I X-ray bursting low-mass X-ray binary Cen X-4. The quiescent X-ra…

cond-mat.stat-mech2000

Learning effective amino acid interactions through iterative stochastic techniques

Cristian Micheletti, Flavio Seno, Jayanth Banavar +1

The prediction of the three-dimensional structures of the native state of proteins from the sequences of their amino acids is one of the most important challenges in molecular biol…

astro-ph2000★ 59 cited

ASCA Discovery of Diffuse 6.4 keV Emission Near the Sgr C Complex: A New X-ray Reflection Nebula

H. Murakami, K. Koyama, M. Tsujimoto +2

We present an ASCA discovery of diffuse hard X-ray emission from the Sgr C complex with its peak in the vicinity of the molecular cloud core. The X-ray spectrum is characterized by…

math.KT2000★ 8 cited

A proof of the Baum-Connes conjecture for reductive adelic groups

Paul Baum, Stephen Millington, Roger Plymen

Let F be a global field, A its ring of adeles, G a reductive group over F. We prove the Baum-Connes conjecture for the adelic group G(A).

cond-mat.str-el2000★ 158 cited

Phase Separation and the Low-Field Bulk Magnetic Properties of Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3

I. G. Deac, J. F. Mitchell, P. Schiffer

We present a detailed magnetic study of the perovskite manganite Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3 at low temperatures including magnetization and a.c. susceptibility measurements. The data appear to…

astro-ph2000★ 51 cited

High-Redshift Quasars Found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data V. Hobby-Eberly Telescope Observations

Donald P. Schneider, Xiaohui Fan, Michael A. Strauss +5

We report the discovery of 27 quasars with redshifts between 3.58 and 4.49. The objects were identified as high-redshift candidates based on their colors in Sloan Digital Sky Surve…

cond-mat.mes-hall2000★ 89 cited

Cooper Instability of Composite Fermions

Vito W. Scarola, Kwon Park, J. K. Jain

When confined to two dimensions and exposed to a strong magnetic field, electrons screen the Coulomb interaction in a topological fashion; they capture and even number of quantum v…

astro-ph2000★ 827 cited

Further Evidence for Cosmological Evolution of the Fine Structure Constant

J. K. Webb, M. T. Murphy, V. V. Flambaum +5

We describe the results of a search for time variability of the fine structure constant, alpha, using absorption systems in the spectra of distant quasars. Three large optical data…

astro-ph2000★ 128 cited

Possible evidence for a variable fine structure constant from QSO absorption lines: systematic errors

M. T. Murphy, J. K. Webb, V. V. Flambaum +2

Comparison of quasar absorption spectra with laboratory spectra allow us to probe possible variations in the fundamental constants over cosmological time-scales. In a companion pap…

astro-ph2000★ 356 cited

Possible evidence for a variable fine structure constant from QSO absorption lines: motivations, analysis and results

M. T. Murphy, J. K. Webb, V. V. Flambaum +5

An experimental search for variation in the fundamental coupling constants is strongly motivated by modern high-energy physics theories. Comparison of quasar absorption line spectr…

astro-ph2000★ 660 cited

The Luminosity Function of Galaxies in SDSS Commissioning Data

SDSS Collaboration, M. R. Blanton

During commissioning observations, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has produced one of the largest existing galaxy redshift samples selected from CCD images. Using 11,275 galax…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2000★ 136 cited

Topological Phases in Graphitic Cones

P. E. Lammert, V. H. Crespi

The electronic structure of graphitic cones exhibits distinctive topological features associated with the apical disclinations. Aharonov-Bohm magnetoconductance oscillations (perio…

cond-mat.supr-con2000

Magnetic Fingerprints in Superconducting AuIn Cylinders

Yu. Zadorozhny, D. R. Herman, Y. Liu

Reproducible, sample-specific magnetoresistance fluctuations (magnetic fingerprints) were observed in the low-temperature part of the superconducting transition regime of hollow Au…

astro-ph2000★ 57 cited

PMN J0525-3343: soft X-ray spectral flattening in a blazar at z=4.4

A. C. Fabian, A. Celotti, K. Iwasawa +5

We report optical, radio and X-ray observations of a new distant blazar, PMN J0525-3343, at a redshift of 4.4. The X-ray spectrum measured from ASCA and BeppoSAX flattens below a f…

hep-ph2000

Parton showers beyond the leading order: a factorization approach

F. Hautmann

We discuss recent work on methods for incorporating nonleading QCD corrections in parton shower algorithms.

cond-mat.mes-hall2000★ 24 cited

The excitonic collapse of higher Landau level fractional quantum Hall effect

V. W. Scarola, Kwon Park, J. K. Jain

The scarcity of the fractional quantum Hall effect in higher Landau levels is a most intriguing fact when contrasted with its great abundance in the lowest Landau level. This paper…

cond-mat.mes-hall2000★ 53 cited

Phase Diagram of Bilayer Composite Fermion States

V. W. Scarola, J. K. Jain

We construct a class of composite fermion states for bilayer electron systems in a strong transverse magnetic field, and determine quantitatively the phase diagram as a function of…

cond-mat.soft2000

Dilation-induced phases of gases absorbed within a bundle of carbon nanotubes

M. Mercedes Calbi, Flavio Toigo, Milton W. Cole

A study is presented of the effects of gas (especially H2) absorption within the interstitial channels of a bundle of carbon nanotubes. The ground state of the system is determined…

hep-ph2000★ 37 cited

Single particle strength restoration and nuclear transparency in high Q^2 exclusive (e,e'p) reactions

L. Frankfurt, M. Strikman, M. Zhalov

Quenching of the single particle strength which previously precluded unambiguous measurement of nuclear transparency in quasifree (e,e'p) reactions at high momentum transfer is eva…

astro-ph2000★ 39 cited

Off-Beam Gamma-Ray Pulsars and Unidentified EGRET Sources in the Gould Belt

Alice K. Harding, Bing Zhang

We investigate whether gamma-ray pulsars viewed at a large angle to the neutron star magnetic pole could contribute to the new population of galactic unidentified EGRET sources ass…

astro-ph2000★ 63 cited

Models of Cuspy Triaxial Galaxies

Kelly Holley-Bockelmann, J. Christopher Mihos, Steinn Sigurdsson +1

We construct numerical models of mildly triaxial elliptical galaxies with central density cusps. Using a technique we call ``adiabatic squeezing'', we begin with a spherical gamma=…