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How to realize a robust practical Majorana chain in a quantum dot-superconductor linear array
Semiconducting nanowires in proximity to superconductors are promising
experimental systems for Majorana fermions, which may ultimately be used as
building blocks for topological quantum computers. A serious challenge in the
experimental realization of the Majorana fermions is the supression of
topological superconductivity by disorder. We show that Majorana fermions
protected by a robust topological gap can occur at the ends of a chain of
quantum dots connected by s-wave superconductors. In the appropriate parameter
regime, we establish that the quantum dot/superconductor system is equivalent
to a 1D Kitaev chain, which can be tuned to be in a robust topological phase
with Majorana end modes even in the case where the quantum dots and
superconductors are both strongly disordered. Such a spin-orbit coupled quantum
dot - s-wave superconductor array provides an ideal experimental platform for
the observation of non-Abelian Majorana modes.Comment: 8 pages; 3 figures; version 2: Supplementary material updated to
include more general proof for localized Majorana fermion
Runtime adaptive iomt node on multi-core processor platform
The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) paradigm is becoming mainstream in multiple clinical trials and healthcare procedures. Thanks to innovative technologies, latest-generation communication networks, and state-of-the-art portable devices, IoTM opens up new scenarios for data collection and continuous patient monitoring. Two very important aspects should be considered to make the most of this paradigm. For the first aspect, moving the processing task from the cloud to the edge leads to several advantages, such as responsiveness, portability, scalability, and reliability of the sensor node. For the second aspect, in order to increase the accuracy of the system, state-of-the-art cognitive algorithms based on artificial intelligence and deep learning must be integrated. Sensory nodes often need to be battery powered and need to remain active for a long time without a different power source. Therefore, one of the challenges to be addressed during the design and development of IoMT devices concerns energy optimization. Our work proposes an implementation of cognitive data analysis based on deep learning techniques on resource-constrained computing platform. To handle power efficiency, we introduced a component called Adaptive runtime Manager (ADAM). This component takes care of reconfiguring the hardware and software of the device dynamically during the execution, in order to better adapt it to the workload and the required operating mode. To test the high computational load on a multi-core system, the Orlando prototype board by STMicroelectronics, cognitive analysis of Electrocardiogram (ECG) traces have been adopted, considering single-channel and six-channel simultaneous cases. Experimental results show that by managing the sensory node configuration at runtime, energy savings of at least 15% can be achieved
Phase diagram and excitations of a Shiba molecule
We analyze the phase diagram associated with a pair of magnetic impurities
trapped in a superconducting host. The natural interplay between Kondo
screening, superconductivity and exchange interactions leads to a rich array of
competing phases, whose transitions are characterized by discontinuous changes
of the total spin. Our analysis is based on a combination of numerical
renormalization group techniques as well as semi-classical analytics. In
addition to the expected screened and unscreened phases, we observe a new
molecular doublet phase where the impurity spins are only partially screened by
a single extended quasiparticle. Direct signatures of the various Shiba
molecule states can be observed via RF spectroscopy.Comment: 13 pages, 7 figure
Spin squeezing of high-spin, spatially extended quantum fields
Investigations of spin squeezing in ensembles of quantum particles have been
limited primarily to a subspace of spin fluctuations and a single spatial mode
in high-spin and spatially extended ensembles. Here, we show that a wider range
of spin-squeezing is attainable in ensembles of high-spin atoms, characterized
by sub-quantum-limited fluctuations in several independent planes of
spin-fluctuation observables. Further, considering the quantum dynamics of an
ferromagnetic spinor Bose-Einstein condensate, we demonstrate
theoretically that a high degree of spin squeezing is attained in multiple
spatial modes of a spatially extended quantum field, and that such squeezing
can be extracted from spatially resolved measurements of magnetization and
nematicity, i.e.\ the vector and quadrupole magnetic moments, of the quantum
gas. Taking into account several experimental limitations, we predict that the
variance of the atomic magnetization and nematicity may be reduced as far as 20
dB below the standard quantum limits.Comment: 18 pages, 5 figure
Tvorba ‘mekih’ čestica u Au+Au i Pb+Pb sudarima na visokim energijama
Production of low-pT (soft) hadronic particles in high energy collisions constitutes a significant corner of special interests and problems, as the perturbative quantum chromodynamics does not work in this region. We have probed here into the nature of the light particle production in two symmetric nuclear collisions at two neighbouring energies with the help of two non-standard models. The results are found to be in good agreement with data. Despite this, as the models applied here are not intended to provide deep insights into the actual physical processes involved in such collisions, the phenomenological bounds and constraints which cannot be remedied for the present continue to exist.Tvorba hadrona s malim pT (‘mekih’) u sudarima na visokim energijama čini važan problem i od posebnog je zanimanja budući da teorija smetnje kvantne kromodinamike u tom području nije uspješna. U ovom smo radu istražili prirodu tvorbe lakih čestica u dvama simetričnim nuklearnim sudarima na dvije bliske energije i primjenom dvaju nestandardnih modela. Ishodi računa su u dobrom skladu s podacima. Usprkos tome, ostaju fenomenološke granice i ograničenja koje se ne mogu popraviti jer primijenjeni modeli ne daju dublje razumijevanje u fizičke procese u takvim sudarima
Tvorba ‘mekih’ čestica u Au+Au i Pb+Pb sudarima na visokim energijama
Production of low-pT (soft) hadronic particles in high energy collisions constitutes a significant corner of special interests and problems, as the perturbative quantum chromodynamics does not work in this region. We have probed here into the nature of the light particle production in two symmetric nuclear collisions at two neighbouring energies with the help of two non-standard models. The results are found to be in good agreement with data. Despite this, as the models applied here are not intended to provide deep insights into the actual physical processes involved in such collisions, the phenomenological bounds and constraints which cannot be remedied for the present continue to exist.Tvorba hadrona s malim pT (‘mekih’) u sudarima na visokim energijama čini važan problem i od posebnog je zanimanja budući da teorija smetnje kvantne kromodinamike u tom području nije uspješna. U ovom smo radu istražili prirodu tvorbe lakih čestica u dvama simetričnim nuklearnim sudarima na dvije bliske energije i primjenom dvaju nestandardnih modela. Ishodi računa su u dobrom skladu s podacima. Usprkos tome, ostaju fenomenološke granice i ograničenja koje se ne mogu popraviti jer primijenjeni modeli ne daju dublje razumijevanje u fizičke procese u takvim sudarima
Fokker-Planck equation with variable diffusion coefficient in the Stratonovich approach
We consider the Langevin equation with multiplicative noise term which
depends on time and space. The corresponding Fokker-Planck equation in
Stratonovich approach is investigated. Its formal solution is obtained for an
arbitrary multiplicative noise term given by , and the
behaviors of probability distributions, for some specific functions of %
, are analyzed. In particular, for , the physical
solutions for the probability distribution in the Ito, Stratonovich and
postpoint discretization approaches can be obtained and analyzed.Comment: 6 pages in LATEX cod
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