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Faster linearizability checking via -compositionality
Linearizability is a well-established consistency and correctness criterion
for concurrent data types. An important feature of linearizability is Herlihy
and Wing's locality principle, which says that a concurrent system is
linearizable if and only if all of its constituent parts (so-called objects)
are linearizable. This paper presents -compositionality, which generalizes
the idea behind the locality principle to operations on the same concurrent
data type. We implement -compositionality in a novel linearizability
checker. Our experiments with over nine implementations of concurrent sets,
including Intel's TBB library, show that our linearizability checker is one
order of magnitude faster and/or more space efficient than the state-of-the-art
algorithm.Comment: 15 pages, 2 figure
Equivalence Principle tests, Equivalence theorems and New long-range forces
We discuss the possible existence of new long-range forces mediated by spin-1
or spin-0 particles. By adding their effects to those of gravity, they could
lead to apparent violations of the Equivalence Principle. While the vector part
in the couplings of a new spin-1 U boson involves, in general, a combination of
the B and L currents, there may also be, in addition, an axial part as well. If
the new force has a finite range \lambda, its intensity is proportional to
1/(\lambda^2 F^2), F being the extra U(1) symmetry-breaking scale.
Quite surprisingly, particle physics experiments can provide constraints on
such a new force, even if it is extremely weak, the corresponding gauge
coupling being extremely small (<< 10^-19 !). An ``equivalence theorem'' shows
that a very light spin-1 U boson does not in general decouple even when its
gauge coupling vanishes, but behaves as a quasimassless spin-0 particle, having
pseudoscalar couplings proportional to 1/F. Similarly, in supersymmetric
theories, a very light spin-3/2 gravitino might be detectable as a quasi
massless spin-1/2 goldstino, despite the extreme smallness of Newton's
gravitational constant G_N, provided the supersymmetry-breaking scale is not
too large.
Searches for such U bosons in \psi and \Upsilon decays restrict F to be
larger than the electroweak scale (the U actually becoming, as an axion, quasi
``invisible'' in particle physics for sufficiently large F). This provides
strong constraints on the corresponding new force and its associated EP
violations. We also discuss briefly new spin-dependent forces.Comment: 19 page
Statistical Test of Anarchy
"Anarchy" is the hypothesis that there is no fundamental distinction among
the three flavors of neutrinos. It describes the mixing angles as random
variables, drawn from well defined probability distributions dictated by the
group Haar measure. We perform a Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) statistical test to
verify whether anarchy is consistent with all neutrino data, including the new
result presented by KamLAND. We find a KS probability for Nature's choice of
mixing angles equal to 64%, quite consistent with the anarchical hypothesis. In
turn, assuming that anarchy is indeed correct, we compute lower bounds on
|U_{e3}|^2, the remaining unknown "angle" of the leptonic mixing matrix.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures. Improved criteria for testing the hypothesis and
deriving lower limits on theta_{13
Hiding Ignorance Using High Dimensions
The absence of information -- entirely or partly -- is called ignorance.
Naturally, one might ask if some ignorance of a whole system will imply some
ignorance of its parts. Our classical intuition tells us yes, however quantum
theory tells us no: it is possible to encode information in a quantum system so
that despite some ignorance of the whole, it is impossible to identify the
unknown part arXiv:1011.6448. Experimentally verifying this counter-intuitive
fact requires controlling and measuring quantum systems of high dimension . We provide this experimental evidence using the transverse spatial
modes of light, a powerful resource for testing high dimensional quantum
phenomenon
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