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astro-ph2005★ 10 cited

Deviations from passive evolution - star formation and the UV excess in z~1 radio galaxies

K. J. Inskip, P. N. Best, M. S. Longair

Galaxy colours are determined for two samples of 6C and 3CR radio sources at z~1, differing by a factor of ~6 in radio power. Corrections are made for emission line contamination a…

quant-ph2005★ 270 cited

Quantum state merging and negative information

Michal Horodecki, Jonathan Oppenheim, Andreas Winter

We consider a quantum state shared between many distant locations, and define a quantum information processing primitive, state merging, that optimally merges the state into one lo…

quant-ph2005★ 20 cited

All possible bipartite positive-operator-value measurements of two-photon polarization states

S. E. Ahnert, M. C. Payne

Here we propose an implementation of all possible Positive Operator Value Measures (POVMs) of two-photon polarization states. POVMs are the most general class of quantum measuremen…

astro-ph2005★ 140 cited

A CH3CN and HCO+ survey towards southern methanol masers associated with star formation

C. R. Purcell, R. Balasubramanyam, M. G. Burton +32

We present the initial results of a 3-mm spectral line survey towards 83 methanol maser selected massive star-forming regions. Here we report observations of the J=5-4 and 6-5 rota…

quant-ph2005

Bohm-Aharonov type effects in dissipative atomic systems

Allan I. Solomon, Sonia G. Schirmer

A state in quantum mechanics is defined as a positive operator of norm 1. For finite systems, this may be thought of as a positive matrix of trace 1. This constraint of positivity…

math.PR2005★ 3 cited

Random-cluster representation of the Blume-Capel model

B. T. Graham, G. R. Grimmett

The so-called diluted-random-cluster model may be viewed as a random-cluster representation of the Blume--Capel model. It has three parameters, a vertex parameter , an edge para…

astro-ph2005★ 107 cited

Effect of Reconnection Probability on Cosmic (Super)string Network Density

A. Avgoustidis, E. P. S. Shellard

We perform numerical simulations of cosmic string evolution with intercommuting probability in the range , both in the matter and radiation eras, usi…

astro-ph2005

On the Robustness of Cool Disc Components in Bright ULXs

J. M. Miller, A. C. Fabian, M. C. Miller

In this letter, we comment on the robustness of putative cool (kT ~ 0.2 keV) accretion disc components in the X-ray spectra of the most luminous (L ~ 10^40 erg/s) ultra-luminous X-…

astro-ph2005★ 10 cited

Chandra X-ray Observations of Galaxies in an Off-Center Region of the Coma Cluster

A. E. Hornschemeier, B. Mobasher, D. M. Alexander +4

We have performed a pilot Chandra survey of an off-center region of the Coma cluster to explore the X-ray properties and Luminosity Function of normal galaxies. We present results…

physics.ed-ph2005★ 2 cited

Is it time for a science counterpart of the Benezet-Berman mathematics teaching experiment of the 1930's?

Sanjoy Mahajan, Richard R. Hake

Should teachers concentrate on critical thinking, estimation, measurement, and graphing rather than college-clone algorithmic physics in grades K--12? Thus far physics education re…

gr-qc2005★ 10 cited

The red-shift effect and radiation decay on black hole spacetimes

Mihalis Dafermos, Igor Rodnianski

We consider solutions to the linear wave equation on a (maximally extended) Schwarzschild spacetime, assuming only that the solution decays suitably at spatial infinity on a comple…

gr-qc2005★ 32 cited

Local Experiments See Cosmologically Varying Constants

Douglas J. Shaw, John D. Barrow

We describe a rigorous construction, using matched asymptotic expansions, which establishes under very general conditions that local terrestrial and solar-system experiments will m…

astro-ph2005★ 519 cited

X-ray Spectroscopy of Cooling Clusters

J. R. Peterson, A. C. Fabian

We review the X-ray spectra of the cores of clusters of galaxies. Recent high resolution X-ray spectroscopic observations have demonstrated a severe deficit of emission at the lowe…

cond-mat.stat-mech2005★ 31 cited

Solving the Fokker-Planck kinetic equation on a lattice

Daniele Moroni, Benjamin Rotenberg, Jean-Pierre Hansen +2

We propose a discrete lattice version of the Fokker-Planck kinetic equation along lines similar to the Lattice-Boltzmann scheme. Our work extends an earlier one-dimensional formula…

astro-ph2005★ 40 cited

Neutron-loaded outflows in gamma-ray bursts

Elena M. Rossi, Andrei M. Beloborodov, Martin J. Rees

Relativistic neutron-loaded outflows in gamma-ray bursts are studied at their early stages, before deceleration by a surrounding medium. The outflow has four components: radiation,…

math.NT2005

Addendum to "On the problem"

Stephan Baier

We prove that the conditions and in Theorems 3 and 4 of our recent paper "On the problem" can be omitted.

cond-mat.stat-mech2005★ 5 cited

A "Square-root" Method for the Density Matrix and its Applications to Lindblad Operators

A. Yahalom, R. Englman

The evolution of open systems, subject to both Hamiltonian and dissipative forces, is studied by writing the element of the time () dependent density matrix in the form \be…

hep-th2005★ 33 cited

ADHM is Tachyon Condensation

Koji Hashimoto, Seiji Terashima

We completely realize the ADHM construction of instantons in D-brane language of tachyon condensations. Every step of the construction is given a physical interpretation in string…

astro-ph2005

Comments on an argument of Tegmark and Bostrom

Adrian Kent

Withdrawn -- a revised version will appear in due course.

physics.atom-ph2005★ 3 cited

On the recollision-free excitation of krypton during ultrafast multi-electron tunnel ionization

W A Bryan, S L Stebbings, J McKenna +7

The probability of multiple ionization of krypton by 50 femtosecond circularly polarized laser pulses, independent of the optical focal geometry, has been obtained for the first ti…

hep-ph2005

Dijet rates with symmetric cuts

A. Banfi

We discuss the physics underlying an all-order resummation of logarithmic enhanced contributions to dijet cross sections, and present preliminary results for the distribution in th…

math.NA2005★ 8 cited

A quantitative investigation into the accumulation of rounding errors in the numerical solution of ODEs

Sebastian Mosbach, Amanda G. Turner

We examine numerical rounding errors of some deterministic solvers for systems of ordinary differential equations (ODEs). We show that the accumulation of rounding errors results i…

hep-th2005★ 7 cited

Mixing of the RR and NSNS sectors in the BMN limit

Michael B. Green, Stefano Kovacs, Aninda Sinha

This paper concerns instanton contributions to two-point correlation functions of BMN operators in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills that vanish in planar perturbation theory. Two-poin…

hep-th2005★ 346 cited

Celestial Mechanics, Conformal Structures, and Gravitational Waves

C. Duval, G. Gibbons, P. Horvathy

The equations of motion for non-relativistic particles attracting according to Newton's law are shown to correspond to the equations for null geodesics in a -dimensiona…