On the Distribution of Free Path Lengths for the Periodic Lorentz Gas III

 For r(0,1), let Z _r ={xR ² |dist(x,Z ²)>r/2} and define τ _r (x,v)=inf{t>0|x+tv∂Z _r }. Let Φ _r (t) be the probability that τ _r (x,v)≥t for x and v uniformly distributed in Z _r and §¹ respectively. We prove in this paper that

Asymptotics of Determinants of Bessel Operators

 For aL ^∞ (ℝ₊)∩L ¹ (ℝ₊) the truncated Bessel operator B _τ (a) is the integral operator acting on L ² [0,τ] with the kernel

Singularly Perturbed Elliptic Equations with Symmetry: Existence of Solutions Concentrating on Spheres,Part I

 We deal with the existence of positive radial solutions concentrating on spheres to a class of singularly perturbed elliptic problems like −ɛ²Δu+V(|x|)u=u ^p ,uH ¹ (ℝ ⁿ ). Under suitable assumptions on the auxiliary potential M(r)=r ⁿ⁻¹ V ^θ (r), θ(p+1)/(p−1)−1/2, we provide necessary and sufficient conditions for concentration as well as the bifurcation of non-radial solutions.     

Construction of the Incipient Infinite Cluster for Spread-out Oriented Percolation Above 4 + 1 Dimensions

 We construct the incipient infinite cluster measure (IIC) for sufficiently spread-out oriented percolation on ℤ ^d × ℤ₊, for d +1 > 4+1. We consider two different constructions. For the first construction, we define ℙ ⁿ (E) by taking the probability of the intersection of an event E with the event that the origin is connected to (x,n)  ℤ ^d × ℤ₊, summing this probability over x  ℤ ^d , and normalising the sum to get a probability measure. We let n → ∞ and prove existence of a limiting measure ℙ_∞, the IIC. For the second construction, we condition the connected cluster of the origin in critical oriented percolation to survive to time n, and let n → ∞. Under the assumption that the critical survival probability is asymptotic to a multiple of n ⁻¹, we prove existence of a limiting measure ℚ_∞, with ℚ_∞ = ℙ_∞. In addition, we study the asymptotic behaviour of the size of the level set of the cluster of the origin, and the dimension of the cluster of the origin, under ℙ_∞. Our methods involve minor extensions of the lace expansion methods used in a previous paper to relate critical oriented percolation to super-Brownian motion, for d+1 > 4+1. Received: 13 December 2001 / Accepted: 11 July 2002 Published online: 29 October 2002 RID="*" ID="*" Present address: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands. E-mail: rhofstad@win.tue.nl     

Thermodynamical Limit for Correlated Gaussian Random Energy Models

 Let {E _Σ (N)} _ΣΣN be a family of |Σ _N |=2 ^N centered unit Gaussian random variables defined by the covariance matrix C _N of elements c _N (Σ,τ):=Av(E _Σ (N)E _τ (N)) and the corresponding random Hamiltonian. Then the quenched thermodynamical limit exists if, for every decomposition N=N ₁ +N ₂ , and all pairs (Σ,τ)Σ _N ×Σ _N :

A Small-Scale Density of States Formula

 Let (M,g) be a C ^∞ compact Riemann manifold with classical Hamiltonian, HC ^∞ (T ^* M). Assume that the corresponding -quantization P ₁ :=Op _ (H) is quantum completely integrable. We establish an -microlocal Weyl law on short spectral intervals of size ^2−ε;∀ε>0 for various families of operators P ₁ ^u ;uI containing P ₁ , both in the mean and pointwise a.e. for uI. The -microlocalization refers to a small tubular neighbourhood of a non-degenerate, stable periodic bicharacteristic γ⊂T ^* M−0. Received: 10 December 2001 / Accepted: 23 January 2003 Published online: 2 April 2003 RID="⋆" ID="⋆" Supported in part by an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and NSERC grant OGP01720280 Communicated by P. Sarnak     

Existence of many ergodic absolutely continuous invariant measures for piecewise-expandingC 2 chaotic transformations in ℝ2 on a fixed number of partitions

Let Ω be a region in ℝⁿ and letp = P_i ) _i ^1m , be a partition ofΩ into a finite number of closed subsets having piecewise C² boundaries of finite(n - 1 )dimensional measure. Let τ:Ω→Ω be piecewise C² onP where, τ_i = τ|p_i is aC ² diffeomorphism onto its image, and expanding in the sense that there exists α > 1 such that for anyi = 1, 2,...,m ‖Dτ_i ^-1 ‖ < α^-1, where Dτ_i ^-1 is the derivative matrixτ _i ^- 1 and |‖·‖ is the Euclidean matrix norm. By means of an example, we will show that the simple bound of one-dimensional dynamics cannot be generalized to higher dimensions. In fact, we will construct a piecewise expanding C² transformation on a fixed partition with a finite number of elements in ℝ², but which has an arbitrarily large number of ergodic, absolutely continuous invariant measures     

Random Homogenization and Singular Perturbations¶in Perforated Domains

The paper considers the singularly perturbed Dirichlet problem −ɛΔu ^ɛ+u ^ɛ=f in a randomly perforated domain Ω^ɛ, which is obtained from a bounded open set Ω in R ^N after removing many holes of size ɛ ^q . The perforated domain is described in terms of an ergodic dynamical system acting on a probability space. Imposing certain conditions on the domain, the behaviour of u ^ɛ when ɛ→ 0 in Lebesgue spaces L ⁿ (Ω) is studied. Test functions together with the Birkhoff ergodic theorem are the main tools of analysis. The Poisson distribution of holes of size ɛ ^p with the intensity λɛ^{− r} is then considered. The above results apply in some cases; other cases are treated by the Wiener sausage approach. Received: 15 December 1999 / Accepted: 14 April 2000     

Trajectory attractor of a reaction-diffusion system with a series of zero diffusion coefficients

We study a reaction-diffusion system of N equations with k nonzero and N − k zero diffusion coefficients. More exactly, the first k equations of the system contain the terms a _i Δu _i − f _j (u, v), i = 1, …, k, with the diffusion coefficient a _i > 0. The right-hand sides of the other N − k equations contain only nonlinear interaction functions −h _j (u, v), j = k + 1, …, N, with zero diffusion. Here u = (u ₁, …, u _k ) and v = (υ _k+1, …, υ _N ) are unknown concentration vectors. Under appropriate assumptions on the interaction functions f(·) and h(·), we construct the trajectory attractor of this reaction-diffusion system. We also find the trajectory attractors , δ = (δ ₁, …, δ _k ), for the analogous reaction-diffusion systems having the terms δ _j Δυ _j − h _j (u, v), j = k + 1, …, N, with small diffusion coefficients δ _j ⩾ 0 in the last N − k equations. We prove that the trajectory attractors converge to (in an appropriate topology) as δ → 0+. Dedicated to the memory of Vladimir Borovikov Partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (projects nos. 08-01-00784 and 07-01-00500).     

Studies on the analytical potential energy function of diatomic molecular ion XY<Superscript>+</Superscript> using variational method

A new analytical potential energy function for diatomic molecular ion XY⁺ is proposed based on the energy consistent method (ECM). The Coulomb potential included in the new ionic potential contains multipole corrections, converges quickly and is variationally, changeable. The new potential and the ECM are applied to variationally studying the potential energies of eight electronic states of several diatomic molecular ions: the A²π state of CO⁺, the X²∑_g⁺ state of Li₂⁺, the X²∑_g⁺ state of He₂⁺, the 1²∏_u state of Na₂⁺, the A²∏_u state of N₂⁺, the X¹∑⁺ state of KrH⁺, the X²∑⁺ state of SiO⁺ and the A²π state of SO⁺ ion. The present results agree excellently with the experiment-based Rydberg-Klein-Rees (RKR) potentials, and are superior to the commonly used Huxley-Murrell-Sorbie (HMS) analytical potentials, and are better in some cases than some quantum mechanicalab initio potentials in the ionic asymptotic and dissociation regions.     

Twisted Orbifold K-Theory

 We use equivariant methods to define and study the orbifold K-theory of an orbifold X. Adapting techniques from equivariant K-theory, we construct a Chern character and exhibit a multiplicative decomposition for K ^* _orb (X)⊗ℚ, in particular showing that it is additively isomorphic to the orbifold cohomology of X. A number of examples are provided. We then use the theory of projective representations to define the notion of twisted orbifold K–theory in the presence of discrete torsion. An explicit expression for this is obtained in the case of a global quotient. Received: 21 August 2001 / Accepted: 27 January 2003 Published online: 13 May 2003 RID="*" ID="*" Both authors were partially supported by the NSF RID="*" ID="*" Both authors were partially supported by the NSF Communicated by R.H. Dijkgraaf     

Entanglement and Mixedness of Locally Cloned Non-Maximal W-State

In this work we describe a protocol by which two of three parties generate two bipartite entangled state among themselves without involving third party, from a non maximal W-state or W-type state |X〉=α|001〉₁₂₃+β|010〉₁₂₃+γ|100〉₁₂₃,α ²+β ²+γ ²=1 shared by three distant partners. Also we have considered the case β=γ, to obtain a range for α ², for which the local output states are separable and non local output states are inseparable. We also find out the dependence of the mixedness of inseparable states with their amount of inseparability, for that range of α ².     

Effect of γ irradiation on the low-temperature electrical conductivity and dielectric properties of TlGaSe2 crystals

Electrical conductivity and dielectric properties of single-crystal TlGaSe₂ have been studied as a function of γ irradiation dose in the 100–280 K range including the existence of an incommensurate phase. Anomalies in the form of maxima have been observed in the σ=f(T), tan δ=f(T), and ɛ=f(T) curves at the points of transition from the paraphase to incommensurate (IC) phase, T _i, and from the IC to commensurate phase, T _c. The increase in the quantities σ, tan δ, and ɛ observed initially with increasing irradiation dose is followed by their strong decrease and disappearance of the anomalies. It has been established that γ irradiation does not affect the phase transition temperatures T _i and T _c. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 40, 1328–1331 (July 1998)     

On the finite-time behaviour for nonlinear Schrödinger equations

Consider the nonlinear Schrödinger equationu _t –iu=f(u). Forf(u)=±|u|^1+p , ±i|u|^1+p , ±u|u| ^p (p>0), and the Dirichlet boundary or nonlinear boundary (including the Neumann boundary and the Robin boundary) conditions, we establish the local estimates for the timet to the solutions of the initial-boundary value problems. Being based up on these estimates, we investigate the blowing-up properties of the solutions.Research supported in part by the Youth Foundation of Sichuan Education Committee and the Natural Science Foundation of China     

Potts Model on Infinite Graphs and the Limit of Chromatic Polynomials

 Given an infinite graph 𝔾 quasi-transitive and amenable with maximum degree Δ, we show that reduced ground state degeneracy per site W _r (𝔾, q) of the q-state antiferromagnetic Potts model at zero temperature on 𝔾 is analytic in the variable 1/q, whenever |2Δe ³ /q|<1. This result proves, in an even stronger formulation, a conjecture originally sketched in [12] and explicitly formulated in [16 and 19], based on which a sufficient condition for W _r (𝔾, q) to be analytic at 1/q=0 is that 𝔾 is a regular lattice. Received: 16 January 2002 / Accepted: 17 October 2002 Published online: 18 February 2003 RID="*" ID="*" Partially supported by CNPq (Brazil) RID="**" ID="**" Partially supported by CNR, G.N.F.M. (Italy) Communicated by H. Spohn     

Determination of the probability of existence of pair interactions in the formation of M2tX2t?1Superstructures in MXy nonstoichiometric compounds

An analytical method has been proposed for calculating the probabilities P _i ^(2)(s) of existence of X-X, X−□, and □−□ pair interactions in the nonmetal sublattice of M _2tX_2t−1 superstructures formed in strongly nonstoichiometric compounds MX _y (MX _y □_1−y) and M ₂X _y (MX_y/2□_1−y/2) with a high content of structural vacancies □. The main characteristics necessary for the quantitative determination of the probabilities P_i(2)(s) as functions of the composition, degree of long-range order, symmetry, and structure type have been determined for all the known superstructures M _2tX_2t−1.     

Decay Properties of the Connectivity for Mixed Long Range Percolation Models on ℤ<Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">d</Emphasis></Superscript>

In this short note we consider mixed short-long range independent bond percolation models on ℤ ^k+d . Let p _uv be the probability that the edge (u,v) will be open. Allowing a x,y-dependent length scale and using a multi-scale analysis due to Aizenman and Newman, we show that the long distance behavior of the connectivity τ _xy is governed by the probability p _xy . The result holds up to the critical point.     

The length and the relative length of tangent vectors of finsler spaces

We consider the length of a vector in a Finsler space with the fundamental function L(x,y). The length of a vector X is usually defined as the value L(x,X) of L. On the other hand, we have an essential tensor g_ij(x,y), called the fundamental tensor, and the concept of relative length |X_y| of X may be introduced by |X|_y^y = g_ij(x,y)XⁱX^j with re spect to a supporting element y. The question arises whether is L(x,X) the minimum of |X|_y or not? If there exists a supporting element y satisfying |X|_y < L(x,X), then a curve x(t) in the Finsler space will be measured shorter than the usual length, by integrating |dx/dt|_y with the field of such supporting element y(t) along the curve.     

The Fixed Point of a Generalization of the Renormalization Group Maps for Self-Avoiding Paths on Gaskets

Let W(x,y) = ax ³+ bx ⁴+ f ₅ x ⁵+ f ₆ x ⁶+ (3 ax ²)² y+ g ₅ x ⁵ y + h ₃ x ³ y ² + h ₄ x ⁴ y ² + n ₃ x ³ y ³+a ₂₄ x ² y ⁴+a ₀₅ y ⁵+a ₁₅ xy ⁵+a ₀₆ y ⁶, and X = , , where the coefficients are non-negative constants, with a > 0, such that X ²(x,x ²)−Y(x,x ²) is a polynomial of x with non-negative coefficients. Examples of the 2 dimensional map Φ: (x,y)↦ (X(x,y),Y(x,y)) satisfying the conditions are the renormalization group (RG) maps (modulo change of variables) for the restricted self-avoiding paths on the 3 and 4 dimensional pre-gaskets. We prove that there exists a unique fixed point (x _f ,y _f ) of Φ in the invariant set . 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification Numbers: 82B28; 60G99; 81T17; 82C41.