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Phase transitions in 5D super Yang-Mills theory

In this paper we study a phase structure of 5 D N = 1 $$ \mathcal{N}=1 $$ super Yang-Mills theory with massive matter multiplets and SU( N ) gauge group. In particular, we are interested in two cases: theory with N f massive hypermultiplets in the fundamental representation and theory with one adjoint massive hypermultiplet. If these theories are considered on S 5 their partition functions can be localized to matrix integrals, which can be approximated by their values at saddle points in the large- N limit. We solve saddle point equations corresponding to the decompactification limit of both theories. We find that in the case of the fundamental hypermultiplets theory experiences third-order phase transition when coupling is varied. We also show that in the case of one adjoint hypermultiplet theory experiences infinite chain of third-order phase transitions, while interpolating between weak and strong coupling regimes
Organic pollutants in sea-surface microlayer and aerosol in thecoastal environment of Leghorn—(Tyrrhenian Sea)

The levels of dissolved and particle-associated n-alkanes, alkylbenzenes, phthalates, PAHs, anionic surfactants and\ud
surfactant fluorescent organic matter ŽSFOM. were measured in sea-surface microlayer ŽSML. and sub-surface water ŽSSL.\ud
samples collected in the Leghorn marine environment in September and October 1999.\ud
Nine stations, located in the Leghorn harbour and at increasing distances from the Port, were sampled three times on the\ud
same day. At all the stations, SML concentrations of the selected organic compounds were significantly higher than SSL\ud
values and the enrichment factors ŽEFsSML concentrationrSSL concentration. were greater in the particulate phase than\ud
in the dissolved phase.\ud
SML concentrations varied greatly among the sampling sites, the highest levels Žn-alkanes 3674 mgrl, phthalates 177\ud
mgrl, total PAHs 226 mgrl. being found in the particulate phase in the Leghorn harbour.\ud
To improve the knowledge on pollutant exchanges between sea-surface waters and atmosphere, the validity of spray drop\ud
adsorption model ŽSDAM. was verified for SFOM, surface-active agents, such as phthalates, and compounds which can\ud
interact with SFOM, such as n-alkanes and PAHs. q2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved
Paleomagnetic investigations on the Pleistocene lacustrine sequence of Piànico-Sèllere (northern Italy)

The Piànico-Sèllere is a lacustrine succession from northern Italy that records a sequence of climatic transitions across two Pleistocene glacial stages. The intervening interglacial stage is represented by well-preserved varves with calcitic (summer) and clastic (winter) laminae. There is a tight coupling between climate-driven lithologic changes and magnetic susceptibility variations, and stable paleomagnetic components were retrieved from all investigated lithologies including the largely diamagnetic calcite varves. These components were used to delineate a sequence of magnetic polarity reversals that was interpreted as a record of excursions of the Earth’s magnetic field. Comparison of the magnetostratigraphic results with previously published data allows discussion of two possible models which have generated controversy regarding the age of the Piànico Formation. The data indicates that the Piànico Formation magnetostratigraphy correlates to geomagnetic field excursions across the Brunhes/Matuyama transition, and consequently the Piànico interglacial correlates to marine isotope stage 19. This correlation option is substantially consistent with K-Ar radiometric age estimates recently obtained from a tepha layer interbedded in the Piànico Formation. The alternative option, considering the Piànico interglacial correlative to marine isotope stage 11 within the Brunhes Chron as supported by tephrochronological dating reported in the literature, is not supported by the magnetostratigraphic results
Isobaric first-principles molecular dynamics of liquid water with
  nonlocal van der Waals interactions

We investigate the structural properties of liquid water at near ambient
conditions using first-principles molecular dynamics simulations based on a
semilocal density functional augmented with nonlocal van der Waals
interactions. The adopted scheme offers the advantage of simulating liquid
water at essentially the same computational cost of standard semilocal
functionals. Applied to the water dimer and to ice Ih, we find that the
hydrogen-bond energy is only slightly enhanced compared to a standard semilocal
functional. We simulate liquid water through molecular dynamics in the NpH
statistical ensemble allowing for fluctuations of the system density. The
structure of the liquid departs from that found with a semilocal functional
leading to more compact structural arrangements. This indicates that the
directionality of the hydrogen-bond interaction has a diminished role as
compared to the overall attractions, as expected when dispersion interactions
are accounted for. This is substantiated through a detailed analysis comprising
the study of the partial radial distribution functions, various local order
indices, the hydrogen-bond network, and the selfdiffusion coefficient. The
explicit treatment of the van der Waals interactions leads to an overall
improved description of liquid water
Implications For The Origin Of GRB 051103 From LIGO Observations

8 pages, 3 figures. For a repository of data used in the publication, go to: https://dcc.ligo.org/cgi-bin/DocDB/ShowDocument?docid=15166 . Also see the announcement for this paper on ligo.org at: http://www.ligo.org/science/Publication-GRB051103/index.phpWe present the results of a LIGO search for gravitational waves (GWs) associated with GRB 051103, a short-duration hard-spectrum gamma-ray burst (GRB) whose electromagnetically determined sky position is coincident with the spiral galaxy M81, which is 3.6 Mpc from Earth. Possible progenitors for short-hard GRBs include compact object mergers and soft gamma repeater (SGR) giant flares. A merger progenitor would produce a characteristic GW signal that should be detectable at the distance of M81, while GW emission from an SGR is not expected to be detectable at that distance. We found no evidence of a GW signal associated with GRB 051103. Assuming weakly beamed gamma-ray emission with a jet semi-angle of 30 deg we exclude a binary neutron star merger in M81 as the progenitor with a confidence of 98%. Neutron star-black hole mergers are excluded with > 99% confidence. If the event occurred in M81 our findings support the the hypothesis that GRB 051103 was due to an SGR giant flare, making it the most distant extragalactic magnetar observed to date
A high accuracy method for the simulation of non-ideal optical cavities

We present an algorithm able to represent with a high accuracy any kind of stable cavity, even when many static or dynamical defects are present, like misalignments, curvature errors, surface irregularities, substrate inhomogeneities... We first present the theory, giving ideas on its validity domain, and a discussion of its accuracy in terms of a RMS phase error, which is found to be negligible compared to the phase noise due to roughness of optical surfaces. Then we show that the well-known features of ideal resonant cavities are found by the algorithm with a good accuracy. This tool can help for designing laser cavities, mode cleaners, or passive Fabry-Perot standards ; as an example, some results are presented concerning the design of a very long cavity planned for interferometric purposes
Consequences of the ion beam irradiation on the chemical durability of thorium phosphate diphosphate – kinetics study

RADIOCHIn the field of the long-term specific immobilization of actinides, thorium phosphate diphosphate (β-TPD), as potential candidate, must respond to several criteria. Among them, the material must present a good resistance to irradiation and keep its initial good properties such as resistance to aqueous alteration. In order to check this later point, sintered samples of β-TUPD solid solutions were pre-irradiated with ion beams with various conditions (fluence, stopping power) then submitted to leaching tests in different media (pH, temperature, complexing reagents, flow rate, ...). The normalized dissolution rates depend significantly on the amorphous fraction (increase by a factor of 10–100 between unirradiated and fully amorphized materials). On the contrary, the pre-irradiation of the samples does not affect the kinetic parameters of the dissolution such as the partial order relative to the proton concentration (n = 0.37 ± 0.01 and n = 0.34 ± 0.01 for unirradiated and fully amorphized samples, respectively) and the activation energy of the reaction of dissolution (Eapp = 49 ± 4 kJ mol−1 and Eapp = 42 ± 4 kJ mol−1 for unirradiated and partly amorphized samples (fA < 1), respectively)
Absolute measurement of the nitrogen fluorescence yield in air between 300 and 430 nm.

The nitrogen fluorescence induced in air is used to detect ultra-high energy cosmic rays and to measure their energy. The precise knowledge of the absolute fluorescence yield is the key quantity to improve the accuracy on the cosmic ray energy. The total yield has been measured in dry air using a 90Sr source and a [300-430 nm] filter. The fluorescence yield in air is 4.23 ± 0.20 photons per meter when normalized to 760 mmHg, 15°C and with an electron energy of 0.85 MeV. This result is consistent with previous experiments made at various energies, but with an accuracy improved by a factor of about 3. For the first time, the absolute continuous spectrum of nitrogen excited by 90Sr electrons has also been measured with a spectrometer. Details of this experiment are given in one of the author's PhD thesis [32]
Development of the Analysis of Fecal Stanols in the Oyster Crassostrea gigas and Identification of Fecal Contamination in Shellfish Harvesting Areas

International audienceThe objective of this work was to study the effects of washing and purification steps on qualitative and quantitative analysis of fecal stanols in the oyster Crassostrea gigas using either single or a combination of lipid purification steps on silica gel or aminopropyl bonded silica gel (NH2) or a washing step. Among the three analytical pathways compared, the two including water extraction or NH2 purification did not lead to higher recoveries and decreased repeatabilities of extractions compared to the single purification on silica gel. This latter led to similar recoveries (ca. 80 %) and repeatabilities (ca. 10 %) for both spiked standards (coprostanol and sitostanol). This analytical pathway has been applied to oysters collected in a harvesting area in Brittany (France) where fecal contaminations are important and allowed to quantify eight stanols in oysters. The relative proportions of fecal stanols of these oysters were combined with principal component analysis in order to investigate the usefulness of their stanol fingerprints to record a fecal contamination and to distinguish its source between human, porcine and bovine contaminations. Oysters non-fecally contaminated by Escherichia coli did not present specific stanol fingerprints while oysters fecally contaminated had a bovine fingerprint, suggesting a contamination of these samples by bovine sources. As a consequence, the method developed here allows the use of stanol fingerprints of oysters as a microbial source tracking tool that can be applied to shellfish harvesting areas subjected to fecal contaminations in order to identify the different sources of contamination and improve watershed management
Shifted symplectic structures

International audienceThis is the first of a series of papers about quantization in the context of derived algebraic geometry. In this first part, we introduce the notion of n-shifted symplectic structures, a generalization of the notion of symplectic structures on smooth varieties and schemes, meaningful in the setting of derived Artin n-stacks (see \cite{hagII,seat}). We prove that classifying stacks of reductive groups, as well as the derived stack of perfect complexes, carry canonical 2-symplectic structures. Our main existence theorem states that for any derived Artin stack F equipped with an n-symplectic structure, the derived mapping stack Map(X,F) is equipped with a canonical (n-d)-symplectic structure as soon a X satisfies a Calabi-Yau condition in dimension d. These two results imply the existence of many examples of derived moduli stacks equipped with n-symplectic structures, such as the derived moduli of perfect complexes on Calabi-Yau varieties, or the derived moduli stack of perfect complexes of local systems on a compact and oriented topological manifold. We explain how the known symplectic structures on smooth moduli spaces of simple objects (e.g. simple sheaves on Calabi-Yau surfaces, or simple representations of \pi_{1} of compact Riemann surfaces) can be recovered from our results, and that they extend canonically as 0-symplectic structures outside of the smooth locus of simple objects. We also deduce new existence statements, such as the existence of a natural (-1)-symplectic structure (whose formal counterpart has been previously constructed in \cite{co,cg}) on the derived mapping scheme Map(E,T*X), for E an elliptic curve and T*X is the total space of the cotangent bundle of as mooth scheme X. Canonical (-1)-symplectic structures are also shown to exist on Lagrangian intersections, on moduli of sheaves (or complexes of sheaves) on Calabi-Yau 3-folds, and on moduli of representations of \pi_{1} of compact topological 3-manifolds. More generally, the moduli sheaves on higher dimensional varieties are shown to carry canonical shifted symplectic structures (with a shift depending on the dimension)
Wetting film dynamics during evaporation under weightlessness in a near-critical fluid

International audienceBy performing near-critical fluid experiments in the weightlessness of an orbiting space vehicle, we have suppressed buoyancy-driven flows and gravitational constraints on the liquid-gas interface of a large gas bubble. At equilibrium, the liquid completely wets the walls of a cylindrical cell, and the bubble is pushed to the sidewall. In these experiments the system's temperature T is increased at a constant rate past the critical temperature Tc , pushing it slightly out of equilibrium. The wetting film shows a large mechanical response to this heating, including contact lines that recede on a solid surface and a spreading bubble. Near Tc , the receding contact lines make the entire bubble appear to spread along the copper sidewall. The spreading bubble is a manifestation of the boiling crisis near the critical point. We present quantitative data of the receding contact lines that are observed prior to the near-critical boiling crisis. We analyze the receding contact lines in detail, and find that they are driven by vapor recoil from evaporation, as is the spreading bubble of the boiling crisis
Kernel discriminant analysis and clustering with parsimonious Gaussian process models

International audienceThis work presents a family of parsimonious Gaussian process models which allow to build, from a finite sample, a model-based classifier in an infinite dimensional space. The proposed parsimonious models are obtained by constraining the eigen-decomposition of the Gaussian processes modeling each class. This allows in particular to use non-linear mapping functions which project the observations into infinite dimensional spaces. It is also demonstrated that the building of the classifier can be directly done from the observation space through a kernel function. The proposed classification method is thus able to classify data of various types such as categorical data, functional data or networks. Furthermore, it is possible to classify mixed data by combining different kernels. The methodology is as well extended to the unsupervised classification case. Experimental results on various data sets demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method
Rank-profile revealing Gaussian elimination and the CUP matrix decomposition

International audienceTransforming a matrix over a field to echelon form, or decomposing the matrix as a product of structured matrices that reveal the rank profile, is a fundamental building block of computational exact linear algebra. This paper surveys the well known variations of such decompositions and transformations that have been proposed in the literature. We present an algorithm to compute the CUP decomposition of a matrix, adapted from the LSP algorithm of Ibarra, Moran, and Hui (1982), and show reductions from the other most common Gaussian elimination based matrix transformations and decompositions to the CUP decomposition. We discuss the advantages of the CUP algorithm over other existing algorithms by studying time and space complexities: the asymptotic time complexity is rank sensitive, and comparing the constants of the leading terms, the algorithms for computing matrix invariants based on the CUP decomposition are always at least as good except in one case. We also show that the CUP algorithm, as well as the computation of other invariants such as transformation to reduced column echelon form using the CUP algorithm, all work in place, allowing for example to compute the inverse of a matrix on the same storage as the input matrix
The metapopulation fitness criterion: Proof and perspectives

Metapopulation theory has recently been stirred by the development of a metapopulation persistence criterion (Rm) quantifying the "lifetime dispersal success" of a newly colonized deme in a sparsely occupied metapopulation. No rigorous proof of this criterion in continuous time has been available so far. Here, we show that this criterion can be mathematically justified from standard Jacobian arguments. A summary of the key elements of this proof emphasizes the assumptions under which this criterion is valid. Examples illustrate how to generally compute metapopulation fitness in continuous time models. The underlying assumptions behind the criterion are discussed, as well as theoretical puzzles surrounding the concept of metapopulation fitness
Clumped fluoride-hydroxyl defects in forsterite:Implications for the upper-mantle

International audienceThe mechanism and magnitude of fluorine incorporation in H-bearing forsterite were investigated through a combined experimental and theoretical approach. Forsterite samples were synthesized in a piston cylinder press at 2 and 4 GPa, in hydrous conditions, with or without fluorine. High fluorine solubilities of 1715 and 1308 ppm F were measured by particle induced gamma-ray emission (PIGE) in forsterites synthesized at 2 and 4 GPa, respectively. In addition, first-principles calculations based on density functional theory were performed in order to investigate the coupled incorporation mechanisms of fluorine and water in forsterite. Our results demonstrate the close association of fluoride, hydroxyl groups and Si vacancies. Comparison of experimental and theoretical infrared absorption spectra enables assignment of the nine OH stretching bands (3500-3700 cm-1) observed in F-rich synthetic forsterite to clumped fluoride-hydroxyl defects in the forsterite crystal structure. Noteworthily, similar bands were previously recorded on some natural olivine with Mg/(Mg+Fe) molar ratio down to 0.86. Fluorine and water cycles are therefore strongly coupled through the nominally anhydrous minerals and the mantle fluorine budget can be entirely accommodated by these mineral phases
Asymptotic preserving schemes on distorted meshes for Friedrichs systems with sti relaxation: application to angular models in linear transport.

International audienceIn this paper we propose an asymptotic preserving scheme for a family of Friedrichs systems on unstructured meshes based on a decomposition between the hyperbolic heat equation and a linear hyperbolic which not involved in the di usive regime. For the hyperbolic heat equation we use asymptotic preserving schemes recently designed previously. To discretize the second part we use classical Rusanov or upwind schemes. To nish we apply this method for the discretization of the PN and SN models which are widely used in transport codes
Genome-wide association study of lung function decline in adults with and without asthma.

International audienceBACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies have identified determinants of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and lung function level; however, none have addressed decline in lung function. OBJECTIVE: We conducted the first genome-wide association study on the age-related decrease in FEV(1) and its ratio to forced vital capacity (FVC) stratified a priori by asthma status. METHODS: Discovery cohorts included adults of European ancestry (1,441 asthmatic and 2,677 nonasthmatic participants: the Epidemiological Study on the Genetics and Environment of Asthma, the Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung and Heart Disease in Adults, and the European Community Respiratory Health Survey). The associations of FEV(1) and FEV(1)/FVC ratio decrease with 2.5 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were estimated. Thirty loci were followed up by in silico replication (1,160 asthmatic and 10,858 nonasthmatic participants: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities, the Framingham Heart Study, the British 1958 Birth Cohort, and the Dutch Asthma Study). RESULTS: Main signals identified differed between asthmatic and nonasthmatic participants. None of the SNPs reached genome-wide significance. The association between the height-related gene DLEU7 and FEV(1) decrease suggested for nonasthmatic participants in the discovery phase was replicated (discovery, P = 4.8 × 10(-6); replication, P = .03), and additional sensitivity analyses point to a relation to growth. The top ranking signal, TUSC3, which is associated with FEV(1)/FVC ratio decrease in asthmatic participants (P = 5.3 × 10(-8)), did not replicate. SNPs previously associated with cross-sectional lung function were not prominently associated with decline. CONCLUSIONS: Genetic heterogeneity of lung function might be extensive. Our results suggest that genetic determinants of longitudinal and cross-sectional lung function differ and vary by asthma status
Brief Announcement: Distributed Exclusive and Perpetual Tree Searching

International audienceWe tackle a practical version of the well known {\it graph searching} problem, where a team of robots aims at capturing an intruder in a graph. The robots and the intruder move along the edges of the graph. The intruder is invisible, arbitrary fast, and omniscient. It is caught whenever it stands on a node occupied by a robot, and cannot escape to a neighboring node. We study graph searching in the CORDA model of mobile computing: robots are asynchronous, and they perform cycles of {\it Look-Compute-Move} actions. Moreover, motivated by physical constraints, we consider the \emph{exclusive} property, stating that no two or more robots can occupy the same node at the same time. In addition, we assume that the network and the robots are anonymous. Finally, robots are \emph{oblivious}, i.e., each robot performs its move actions based only on its current ''vision'' of the positions of the other robots. Our objective is to characterize, for a graph $G$, the set of integers $k$ such that graph searching can be achieved by a team of $k$ robots starting from \emph{any} $k$ distinct nodes in $G$. Our main result consists in a full characterization of this set, for any asymmetric tree. Towards providing a characterization for all trees, including trees with non-trivial automorphisms, we have also provides a set of positive and negative results, including a full characterization for any line. All our positive results are based on the design of algorithms enabling \emph{perpetual} graph searching to be achieved with the desired number of robots