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Entanglement of two distant Bose-Einstein condensates by detection of Bragg-scattered photons
We show that it is possible to generate entanglement between two distant
Bose-Einstein condensates by detection of Hanbury Brown-Twiss type correlations
in photons Bragg-scattered by the condensates. Upon coincident detection of two
photons by two detectors, the projected joint state of two condensates is shown
to be non-Gaussian. We verify the existence of entanglement by showing that the
partially transposed state is negative. Further we use the inequality in terms
of higher order moments to confirm entanglement. Our proposed scheme can be
generalized for multiple condensates and also for spinor condensates with Bragg
scattering of polarized light with the latter capable of producing hyper
entanglement.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figure
A line confusion-limited millimeter survey of Orion KL. III. Sulfur oxide species
We present a study of the sulfur-bearing species detected in a line
confusion-limited survey towards Orion KL performed with the IRAM 30m telescope
in the range 80-281 GHz. The study is part of an analysis of the line survey
divided into families of molecules. Our aim is to derive accurate physical
conditions and molecular abundances in the different components of Orion KL
from observed SO and SO2 lines. First we assumed LTE conditions obtain
rotational temperatures. We then used a radiative transfer model, assuming
either LVG or LTE excitation to derive column densities of these molecules in
the different components of Orion KL. We have detected 68 lines of SO, 34SO,
33SO, and S18O and 653 lines of SO2, 34SO2, 33SO2, SO18O and SO2 v2=1. We
provide column densities for all of them and also upper limits for the column
densities of S17O, 36SO, 34S18O, SO17O and 34SO2 v2=1 and for several
undetected sulfur-bearing species. In addition, we present 2'x2' maps around
Orion IRc2 of SO2 transitions with energies from 19 to 131 K and also maps with
four transitions of SO, 34SO and 34SO2. We observe an elongation of the gas
along the NE-SW direction. An unexpected emission peak appears at 20.5 km/s in
most lines of SO and SO2. A study of the spatial distribution of this emission
feature shows that it is a new component ~5" in diameter, which lies ~4" west
of IRc2. We suggest the emission from this feature is related to shocks
associated to the BN object. The highest column densities for SO and SO2 are
found in the high-velocity plateau (a region dominated by shocks) and in the
hot core. These values are up to three orders of magnitude higher than the
results for the ridge components. We also find high column densities for their
isotopologues in both components. Therefore, we conclude that SO and SO2 are
good tracers, not only of regions affected by shocks, but also of regions with
warm dense gas.Comment: Paper (ref AA/2013/21285) accepted for publication by A&A. 52 Pages,
26 figures, 13 table
Dark Matter Annihilation Signatures from Electroweak Bremsstrahlung
We examine observational signatures of dark matter annihilation in the Milky
Way arising from electroweak bremsstrahlung contributions to the annihilation
cross section. It has been known for some time that photon bremsstrahlung may
significantly boost DM annihilation yields. Recently, we have shown that
electroweak bremsstrahlung of W and Z gauge bosons can be the dominant
annihilation channel in some popular models with helicity-suppressed 2 --> 2
annihilation. W/Z-bremsstrahlung is particularly interesting because the gauge
bosons produced via annihilation subsequently decay to produce large correlated
fluxes of electrons, positrons, neutrinos, hadrons (including antiprotons) and
gamma rays, which are all of importance in indirect dark matter searches. Here
we calculate the spectra of stable annihilation products produced via
gamma/W/Z-bremsstrahlung. After modifying the fluxes to account for the
propagation through the Galaxy, we set upper bounds on the annihilation cross
section via a comparison with observational data. We show that stringent cosmic
ray antiproton limits preclude a sizable dark matter contribution to observed
cosmic ray positron fluxes in the class of models for which the bremsstrahlung
processes dominate.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures. Updated to match PRD versio
Extended warm gas in Orion KL as probed by methyl cyanide
In order to study the temperature distribution of the extended gas within the
Orion Kleinmann-Low nebula, we have mapped the emission by methyl cyanide
(CH3CN) in its J=6_K-5_K, J=12_K-11_K, J=13_K-12_K, and J=14_K-13_K transitions
at an average angular resolution of ~10 arcsec (22 arcsec for the 6_K-5_K
lines), as part of a new 2D line survey of this region using the IRAM 30m
telescope. These fully sampled maps show extended emission from warm gas to the
northeast of IRc2 and the distinct kinematic signatures of the hot core and
compact ridge source components. We have constructed population diagrams for
the four sets of K-ladder emission lines at each position in the maps and have
derived rotational excitation temperatures and total beam-averaged column
densities from the fitted slopes. In addition, we have fitted LVG model spectra
to the observations to determine best-fit physical parameters at each map
position, yielding the distribution of kinetic temperatures across the region.
The resulting temperature maps reveal a region of hot (T > 350 K) material
surrounding the northeastern edge of the hot core, whereas the column density
distribution is more uniform and peaks near the position of IRc2. We attribute
this region of hot gas to shock heating caused by the impact of outflowing
material from active star formation in the region, as indicated by the presence
of broad CH3CN lines. This scenario is consistent with predictions from C-shock
chemical models that suggest that gas-phase methyl cyanide survives in the
post-shock gas and can be somewhat enhanced due to sputtering of grain mantles
in the passing shock front.Comment: 24 pages, 20 figures, accepted for publication in A&
Generalised state spaces and non-locality in fault tolerant quantum computing schemes
We develop connections between generalised notions of entanglement and
quantum computational devices where the measurements available are restricted,
either because they are noisy and/or because by design they are only along
Pauli directions. By considering restricted measurements one can (by
considering the dual positive operators) construct single particle state spaces
that are different to the usual quantum state space. This leads to a modified
notion of entanglement that can be very different to the quantum version (for
example, Bell states can become separable). We use this approach to develop
alternative methods of classical simulation that have strong connections to the
study of non-local correlations: we construct noisy quantum computers that
admit operations outside the Clifford set and can generate some forms of
multiparty quantum entanglement, but are otherwise classical in that they can
be efficiently simulated classically and cannot generate non-local statistics.
Although the approach provides new regimes of noisy quantum evolution that can
be efficiently simulated classically, it does not appear to lead to significant
reductions of existing upper bounds to fault tolerance thresholds for common
noise models.Comment: V2: 18 sides, 7 figures. Corrected two erroneous claims and one
erroneous argumen
Proposed experiment to test the bounds of quantum correlations
Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt inequality can give values between the classical
bound, 2, and Tsirelson's bound, 2 \sqrt 2. However, for a given set of local
observables, there are values in this range which no quantum state can attain.
We provide the analytical expression for the corresponding bound for a
parametrization of the local observables introduced by Filipp and Svozil, and
describe how to experimentally trace it using a source of singlet states. Such
an experiment will be useful to identify the origin of the experimental errors
in Bell's inequality-type experiments and could be modified to detect
hypothetical correlations beyond those predicted by quantum mechanics.Comment: REVTeX4, 4 pages, 2 figure
Pseudospin, Spin, and Coulomb Dirac-Symmetries: Doublet Structure and Supersymmetric Patterns
Relativistic symmetries of the Dirac Hamiltonian with a mixture of
spherically symmetric Lorentz scalar and vector potentials, are examined from
the point of view of supersymmetric quantum mechanics. The cases considered
include the Coulomb, pseudospin and spin limits relevant, respectively, to
atoms, nuclei and hadrons.Comment: 8 pages, 1 figure, Proc. Int. Workshop on "Blueprints for the
Nucleus: From First Principles to Collective Motion", May 17-23, 2004, Feza
Gursey Institute, Istanbul, Turke
Time-bin entangled photon holes
The general concept of entangled photon holes is based on a correlated
absence of photon pairs in an otherwise constant optical background. Here we
consider the specialized case when this background is confined to two
well-defined time bins, which allows the formation of time-bin entangled photon
holes. We show that when the typical coherent state background is replaced by a
true single-photon (Fock state) background, the basic time-bin entangled
photon-hole state becomes equivalent to one of the time-bin entangled
photon-pair states. We experimentally demonstrate these ideas using a
parametric down-conversion photon-pair source, linear optics, and
post-selection to violate a Bell inequality with time-bin entangled photon
holes.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Excess sub-millimetre emission from GRS 1915+105
We present the first detections of the black hole X-ray binary GRS 1915+105
at sub-millimetre wavelengths. We clearly detect the source at 350 GHz on two
epochs, with significant variability over the 24 hr between epochs.
Quasi-simultaneous radio monitoring indicates an approximately flat spectrum
from 2 - 350 GHz, although there is marginal evidence for a minimum in the
spectrum between 15 - 350 GHz. The flat spectrum and correlated variability
imply that the sub-mm emission arises from the same synchrotron source as the
radio emission. This source is likely to be a quasi-steady partially
self-absorbed jet, in which case these sub-mm observations probe significantly
closer to the base of the jet than do radio observations and may be used in
future as a valuable diagnostic of the disc:jet connection in this source.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in MNRA
Security of Quantum Key Distribution with entangled quNits
We consider a generalisation of Ekert's entanglement-based quantum
cryptographic protocol where qubits are replaced by quits (i.e.,
N-dimensional systems). In order to study its robustness against optimal
incoherent attacks, we derive the information gained by a potential
eavesdropper during a cloning-based individual attack. In doing so, we
generalize Cerf's formalism for cloning machines and establish the form of the
most general cloning machine that respects all the symmetries of the problem.
We obtain an upper bound on the error rate that guarantees the confidentiality
of quNit generalisations of the Ekert's protocol for qubits.Comment: 15 pages, equation 15 and conclusions corrected the 14th of April
2003, new results adde
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