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Exchange Monte Carlo Method and Application to Spin Glass Simulations
We propose an efficient Monte Carlo algorithm for simulating a
``hardly-relaxing" system, in which many replicas with different temperatures
are simultaneously simulated and a virtual process exchanging configurations of
these replica is introduced. This exchange process is expected to let the
system at low temperatures escape from a local minimum. By using this algorithm
the three-dimensional Ising spin glass model is studied. The ergodicity
time in this method is found much smaller than that of the multi-canonical
method. In particular the time correlation function almost follows an
exponential decay whose relaxation time is comparable to the ergodicity time at
low temperatures. It suggests that the system relaxes very rapidly through the
exchange process even in the low temperature phase.Comment: 10 pages + uuencoded 5 Postscript figures, REVTe
Application of ERTS-1 imagery in coastal studies
The basic ERTS output is four black-and-white photographs presenting the same scene recorded in each multispectral scanner band. Mosaics covering large regions at a 1:250,000 scale can be compiled from these photographs. Office study of the image of each band separately, in combination with other bands, and in conjunction with other available data (navigation charts, tide tables, etc.) permits extraction of data useful in coastal engineering planning and coastal processes studies. Specific examples in which significant information on regional shoreline configuration or nearshore water movements has been obtained from unenhanced ERTS imagery are: (1) tidal inlet configuration; (2) navigation information; and (3) nearshore water movements
Application of NASA ERTS-1 satellite imagery in coastal studies
There are no author-identified significant results in this report. Review of ERTS-1 imagery indicates that it contains information of great value in coastal engineering studies. A brief introduction is given to the methods by which imagery is generated, and examples of its application to coastal engineering. Specific applications discussed include study of the movement of coastal and nearshore sediment-laden water masses and information for planning and construction in remote areas of the world
Central flow control software development: A case study of the effectiveness of software engineering techniques
Frequency Dependent Viscosity Near the Critical Point: The Scale to Two Loop Order
The recent accurate measurements of Berg, Moldover and Zimmerli of the
viscoelastic effect near the critical point of xenon has shown that the scale
factor involved in the frequency scaling is about twice the scale factor
obtained theoretically. We show that this discrepancy is a consequence of using
first order perturbation theory. Including two loop contribution goes a long
way towards removing the discrepancy.Comment: No of pages:7,Submitted to PR-E(Rapid Communication),No of EPS
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Mass Predictions for Pseudoscalar Charmonium and Bottomonium Hybrids in QCD Sum-Rules
Masses of the pseudoscalar charmonium and bottomonium
hybrids are determined using QCD Laplace sum-rules. The effects of the
dimension-six gluon condensate are included in our analysis and result in a
stable sum-rule analysis, whereas previous studies of these states were unable
to optimize mass predictions. The pseudoscalar charmonium hybrid is predicted
to have a mass of approximately 3.8 GeV and the corresponding bottomonium
prediction is 10.6 GeV. Calculating the full correlation function, rather than
only the imaginary part, is shown to be necessary for accurate formulation of
the sum-rules. The charmonium hybrid mass prediction is discussed within the
context of the X Y Z resonances.Comment: 10 pages, 7 embedded figures. Analysis extended and refined in v
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