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Use of steel and tantalum apparatus for molten Cd-Mg-Zn alloys
Steel and tantalum apparatus contains various ternary alloys of cadmium, zinc, and magnesium used in pyrochemical processes for the recovery of uranium-base reactor fuels. These materials exhibit good corrosion resistance at the high temperatures necessary for fuel separation in liquid metal-molten salt solvents
Study made of resistance of stainless steels to zinc-vapor corrosion
Study of the corrosion resistance of several stainless steels to zinc vapor revealed that some stainless steels could be employed for use in zinc processing equipment housings or vapor lines
The Initial Value Problem For Maximally Non-Local Actions
We study the initial value problem for actions which contain non-trivial
functions of integrals of local functions of the dynamical variable. In
contrast to many other non-local actions, the classical solution set of these
systems is at most discretely enlarged, and may even be restricted, with
respect to that of a local theory. We show that the solutions are those of a
local theory whose (spacetime constant) parameters vary with the initial value
data according to algebraic equations. The various roots of these algebraic
equations can be plausibly interpreted in quantum mechanics as different
components of a multi-component wave function. It is also possible that the
consistency of these algebraic equations imposes constraints upon the initial
value data which appear miraculous from the context of a local theory.Comment: 8 pages, LaTeX 2 epsilo
The Parity Bit in Quantum Cryptography
An -bit string is encoded as a sequence of non-orthogonal quantum states.
The parity bit of that -bit string is described by one of two density
matrices, and , both in a Hilbert space of
dimension . In order to derive the parity bit the receiver must
distinguish between the two density matrices, e.g., in terms of optimal mutual
information. In this paper we find the measurement which provides the optimal
mutual information about the parity bit and calculate that information. We
prove that this information decreases exponentially with the length of the
string in the case where the single bit states are almost fully overlapping. We
believe this result will be useful in proving the ultimate security of quantum
crytography in the presence of noise.Comment: 19 pages, RevTe
Two-dimensional polymer networks at a mixed boundary: Surface and wedge exponents
We provide general formulae for the configurational exponents of an arbitrary
polymer network connected to the surface of an arbitrary wedge of the
two-dimensional plane, where the surface is allowed to assume a general mixture
of boundary conditions on either side of the wedge. We report on a
comprehensive study of a linear chain by exact enumeration, with various
attachments of the walk's ends to the surface, in wedges of angles and
, with general mixed boundary conditions.Comment: 4 pages, Latex2e, 3 figures, Eur. Phys. J. B macro
Computer program offers new method for constructing periodic orbits in nonlinear dynamical systems
Computer program uses an iterative method to construct precisely periodic orbits which dynamically approximate solutions that converge to precise dynamical solutions in the limit of the sequence. The method used is a modification of the generalized Newton-Raphson algorithm used in analyzing two point boundary problems
Method for constructing periodic orbits in nonlinear dynamic systems
Method is modification of generalized Newton-Ralphson algorithm for analyzing two-point boundary problems. It constructs sequence of solutions that converge to precise dynamic solution in the sequence limit. Program calculates periodic orbits in either circular or elliptical restricted three-body problems
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