Dwarf spheroidal galaxies are the most insignificant extragalactic stellar systems in terms of their visibility, but potentially very significant in terms of their role in the formation and evolution of much more luminous galaxies. We discuss the present observational data and their implications for theories of the formation and evolution of both dwarf and giant galaxies. The putative dark matt...

We determine the imbalances of the keystreams produced by Achterbahn-80 and Achterbahn-128 in two different ways. The number of cyclically inequivalent keystreams produced by the keystream generators of Achterbahn-80 and Achterbahn-128 is determined. An abstract model for the keystream generator of a primitive NLFSR combination generator is used to justify the correlation attack introduced in [...

We study giant magnons in the the D1-D5 system from both the boundary CFT and as classical solutions of the string sigma model in AdS3 × S × T . Re-examining earlier studies of the symmetric product conformal field theory we argue that giant magnons in the symmetric product are BPS states in a centrally extended SU(1|1)×SU(1|1) superalgebra with two more additional central charges. The magnons ...

We pursue the question of multi-magnon dynamics, focusing on the simplest case of magnons moving on R × S 2 and working at the semiclassical level. Through a Pohlmeyer reduction, the problem reduces to another well known integrable field theory, the sine-Gordon model, which can be exactly described through an N-body model of Calogero type. The two theories coincide at the level of equations of ...

We discuss the observations leading to the Faint Blue Galaxy problem and the uncertainties upon which faint galaxy models are based. Using deep Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging with the Wide Field Planetary Camera (WFPC2), we show how morphological information has been used to shed new light on the problem. Initial results indicate that the giant galaxies (ellipticals and early-type spirals...

The influence of a c(2x2) ordered interface alloy of 3d transition metals at the ferromagnet/nonmagnet interface on interlayer exchange coupling (IXC), the formation of quantum well states (QWS) and the phenomenon of Giant MagnetoRe-sistance is investigated. We obtained a strong dependence of IXC on interface alloy formation. The GMR ratio is also strongly influenced. We found that Fe, Ni and C...

An unexpected characteristic of low surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs) is that a significant number are massive and possess substantial amounts of atomic gas. We present preliminary results of an ongoing program to obtain BVRIJHK imaging, along with some nuclear spectroscopy, of a well-defined sample of LSBGs which are gas-rich and of similar size to giant, high surface brightness spiral galax...

Recent developments in the nanofabrication technologies brought new interest into the study of mesoscopic superconductors [1, 2]. Consequently theorists went back to discuss many problems that could have been solved long ago if the motivation existed before. The con nement of vortices in samples with sizes of the order of the coherence length produce interesting e ects such as the onset of gian...

Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are good models of living cells, owing to their size and lamellarity. Compartmentalization within lipid vesicles has been exploited for the study of membrane behavior, lipid mechanics and a variety of biological processes, though their synthesis is not straightforward. We describe the development of a stratified flow driven microfluidic approach to GUV assembly...

MOTIVATION In order to obtain statistically relevant results, the study of membrane effects at the single-vesicle level requires the analysis of several hundreds of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs), which becomes a very time-consuming task if carried out manually. Complete and user-friendly software for fast and bias-free automated analysis has not been reported yet. RESULTS We developed a f...