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Detection and imaging in strongly backscattering randomly layered media
Abstract. Echoes from small reflectors buried in heavy clutter are weak and difficult to distinguish from the medium backscatter. Detection and imaging with sensor arrays in such media requires filtering out the unwanted backscatter and enhancing the echoes from the reflectors that we wish to locate. We consider a filtering and detection approach based on the singular value decomposition of the local cosine transform of the array response matrix. The algorithm is general and can be used for detection and imaging in heavy clutter, but its analysis depends on the model of the cluttered medium. This paper is concerned with the analysis of the algorithm in finely layered random media. We obtain a detailed characterization of the singular values of the transformed array response matrix and justify the systematic approach of the filtering algorithm for detecting and refining the time windows that contain the echoes that are useful in imaging
Enhanced statistical stability in coherent interferometric imaging
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Spectroscopy of P using the one-proton knockout reaction
The structure of P was studied with a one-proton knockout reaction
at88~MeV/u from a S projectile beam at NSCL. The rays from
thedepopulation of excited states in P were detected with GRETINA,
whilethe P nuclei were identified event-by-event in the focal plane of
theS800 spectrograph. The level scheme of P was deduced up to 7.5 MeV
using coincidences. The observed levels were attributed to
protonremovals from the -shell and also from the deeply-bound
orbital.The orbital angular momentum of each state was derived from the
comparisonbetween experimental and calculated shapes of individual
(-gated)parallel momentum distributions. Despite the use of different
reactions andtheir associate models, spectroscopic factors, , derived
from theS knockout reaction agree with those obtained earlier
fromS(,\nuc{3}{He}) transfer, if a reduction factor , as
deducedfrom inclusive one-nucleon removal cross sections, is applied to the
knockout transitions.In addition to the expected proton-hole configurations,
other states were observedwith individual cross sections of the order of
0.5~mb. Based on their shiftedparallel momentum distributions, their decay
modes to negative parity states,their high excitation energy (around 4.7~MeV)
and the fact that they were notobserved in the (,\nuc{3}{He}) reaction, we
propose that they may resultfrom a two-step mechanism or a nucleon-exchange
reaction with subsequent neutronevaporation. Regardless of the mechanism, that
could not yet be clarified, thesestates likely correspond to neutron core
excitations in \nuc{35}{P}. Thisnewly-identified pathway, although weak, offers
the possibility to selectivelypopulate certain intruder configurations that are
otherwise hard to produceand identify.Comment: 5 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in Physical Review
Phase transitions with four-spin interactions
Using an extended Lee-Yang theorem and GKS correlation inequalities, we
prove, for a class of ferromagnetic multi-spin interactions, that they will
have a phase transition(and spontaneous magnetization) if, and only if, the
external field (and the temperature is low enough). We also show the
absence of phase transitions for some nonferromagnetic interactions. The FKG
inequalities are shown to hold for a larger class of multi-spin interactions
Generalized Borcea-Voisin Construction
C. Voisin and C. Borcea have constructed mirror pairs of families of
Calabi-Yau threefolds by taking the quotient of the product of an elliptic
curve with a K3 surface endowed with a non-symplectic involution. In this
paper, we generalize the construction of Borcea and Voisin to any prime order
and build three and four dimensional Calabi-Yau orbifolds. We classify the
topological types that are obtained and show that, in dimension 4, orbifolds
built with an involution admit a crepant resolution and come in topological
mirror pairs. We show that for odd primes, there are generically no minimal
resolutions and the mirror pairing is lost.Comment: 15 pages, 2 figures. v2: typos corrected & references adde
The rigidity of periodic body-bar frameworks on the three-dimensional fixed torus
We present necessary and sufficient conditions for the generic rigidity of
body-bar frameworks on the three-dimensional fixed torus. These frameworks
correspond to infinite periodic body-bar frameworks in with a
fixed periodic lattice.Comment: 31 pages, 12 figure
Unveiling the intruder deformed 0 state in Si
The 0 state in Si has been populated at the {\sc Ganil/Lise3}
facility through the -decay of a newly discovered 1 isomer in
Al of 26(1) ms half-life. The simultaneous detection of pairs
allowed the determination of the excitation energy E(0)=2719(3) keV and
the half-life T=19.4(7) ns, from which an electric monopole strength of
(E0)=13.0(0.9) was deduced. The 2 state is
observed to decay both to the 0 ground state and to the newly observed
0 state (via a 607(2) keV transition) with a ratio
R(2)=1380(717). Gathering all
information, a weak mixing with the 0 and a large deformation parameter
of =0.29(4) are found for the 0 state, in good agreement with
shell model calculations using a new {\sc sdpf-u-mix} interaction allowing
\textit{np-nh} excitations across the N=20 shell gap.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review
Letter
Uniform stability estimates for the discrete Calderon problems
In this article, we focus on the analysis of discrete versions of the
Calderon problem in dimension d \geq 3. In particular, our goal is to obtain
stability estimates for the discrete Calderon problems that hold uniformly with
respect to the discretization parameter. Our approach mimics the one in the
continuous setting. Namely, we shall prove discrete Carleman estimates for the
discrete Laplace operator. A main difference with the continuous ones is that
there, the Carleman parameters cannot be taken arbitrarily large, but should be
smaller than some frequency scale depending on the mesh size. Following the
by-now classical Complex Geometric Optics (CGO) approach, we can thus derive
discrete CGO solutions, but with limited range of parameters. As in the
continuous case, we then use these solutions to obtain uniform stability
estimates for the discrete Calderon problems.Comment: 38 pages, 2 figure
Direct measurements of neutron capture on radioactive isotopes
We simulated the response of a 4p calorimetric g-detector array to decays of
radioactive isotopes on the s-process path. The GEANT 3.21 simulation package
was used. The main table contains estimates on the maximum sample size and
required neutron flux based on the latest available neutron capture cross
section at 30 keV. The results are intended to be used to estimate the
feasibility of neutron capture measurements with 4p arrays using the time of
flight technique
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