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A New Symmetric Expression of Weyl Ordering
For the creation operator \adag and the annihilation operator of a
harmonic oscillator, we consider Weyl ordering expression of (\adag a)^n and
obtain a new symmetric expression of Weyl ordering w.r.t. \adag a \equiv N
and a\adag =N+1 where is the number operator. Moreover, we interpret
intertwining formulas of various orderings in view of the difference theory.
Then we find that the noncommutative parameter corresponds to the increment of
the difference operator w.r.t. variable . Therefore, quantum
(noncommutative) calculations of harmonic oscillators are done by classical
(commutative) ones of the number operator by using the difference theory. As a
by-product, nontrivial relations including the Stirling number of the first
kind are also obtained.Comment: 15 pages, Latex2e, the title before replacement is "Orderings of
Operators in Quantum Physics", new proofs by using a difference operator
added, some references added, to appear in Modern Physics Letters
Remote sensing as an aid for marsh management: Lafouche parish, Louisiana
NASA aerial photography, primarily color infrared and color positive transparencies, was used in a study of marsh management practices and in comparing managed and unmanaged marsh areas. Weir locations for tidal control are recommended
Thermal -Brane Boundary States from Green-Schwarz Superstrings
In this paper we thermalize the type II superstrings in the GS formulation by
applying the TFD formalism. The thermal boundary conditions on the thermal
Hilbert space are obtained from the BPS -brane boundary conditions at zero
temperature. We show that thermal boundary states can be obtained by
thermalization from the BPS -branes at zero temperature. These new states
can be interpreted as thermal -branes. Next, we discuss the supersymmetry
breaking of the thermal string in the TFD approach. We identify the broken
supersymmetry with the -transformation while the
-transformation is preserved. Also, we compute the thermal partition
function and the entropy of the thermal string.Comment: 23 pages, LATeX fil
Information-theory-based solution of the inverse problem in classical statistical mechanics
We present a procedure for the determination of the interaction potential
from the knowledge of the radial pair distribution function. The method,
realized inside an inverse Monte Carlo simulation scheme, is based on the
application of the Maximum Entropy Principle of information theory and the
interaction potential emerges as the asymptotic expression of the transition
probability. Results obtained for high density monoatomic fluids are very
satisfactory and provide an accurate extraction of the potential, despite a
modest computational effort.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figure
Instantons of Type IIB Supergravity in Ten Dimensions
A family of SO(10) symmetric instanton solutions in Type IIB supergravity is
developed. The instanton of least action is a candidate for the low-energy,
semiclassical approximation to the {D=--1} brane. Unlike a previously published
solution,[GGP] this admits an interpretation as a tunneling amplitude between
perturbatively degenerate asymptotic states, but with action twice that found
previously. A number of associated issues are discussed such as the relation
between the magnetic and electric pictures, an inversion symmetry of the
dilaton and the metric, the topology of the background, and some
properties of the solution in an "instanton frame" corresponding to a
Lagrangian in which the dilaton's kinetic energy vanishes.Comment: 15 pages, no figures; Version 2 has revised sections IV and V.
Earlier equations are essentially unchanged, but interpretation changed, on
advice of counse
The development of low temperature curing adhesives
An approach for the development of a practical low temperature (293 K-311 K/68 F-100 F) curing adhesive system based on a family of amide/ester resins was studied and demonstrated. The work was conducted on resin optimization and adhesive compounding studies. An improved preparative method was demonstrated which involved the reaction of an amine-alcohol precursor, in a DMF solution with acid chloride. Experimental studies indicated that an adhesive formulation containing aluminum powder provided the best performance when used in conjunction with a commercial primer
Identifying the challenges and facilitators of implementing a COPD care bundle.
BACKGROUND: Care bundles have been shown to improve outcomes, reduce hospital readmissions and reduce length of hospital stay; therefore increasing the speed of uptake and delivery of care bundles should be a priority in order to deliver more timely improvements and consistent high-quality care. Previous studies have detailed the difficulties of obtaining full compliance to bundle elements but few have described the underlying reasons for this. In order to improve future implementation this paper investigates the challenges encountered by clinical teams implementing a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care bundle and describes actions taken to overcome these challenges. METHODS: An initial retrospective documentary analysis of data from seven clinical implementation teams was undertaken to review the challenges faced by the clinical teams. Three focus groups with healthcare professionals and managers explored solutions to these challenges developed during the project. RESULTS: Documentary analysis identified 28 challenges which directly impacted implementation of the COPD care bundle within five themes; staffing, infrastructure, process, use of improvement methodology and patient and public involvement. Focus groups revealed that the five most significant challenges for all groups were: staff too busy, staff shortages, lack of staff engagement, added workload of the bundle and patient coding issues. The participants shared facilitating factors used to overcome issues including: shifting perceptions to improve engagement, further education sessions to increase staff participation and gaining buy-in from managers through payment frameworks. CONCLUSIONS: Maximising the impact of a care bundle relies on its successful and timely implementation. Teams implementing the COPD care bundle encountered challenges that were common to all teams and sites. Understanding and learning from the challenges faced by previous endeavours and identifying the facilitators to overcoming these barriers provides an opportunity to mitigate issues that waste time and resources, and ensures that training can be tailored to the anticipated challenges
Measuring Active-Sterile Neutrino Oscillations with a Stopped Pion Neutrino Source
The question of the existence of light sterile neutrinos is of great interest
in many areas of particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. Furthermore,
should the MiniBooNE experiment at Fermilab confirm the LSND oscillation
signal, then new measurements are required to identify the mechanism
responsible for these oscillations. Possibilities include sterile neutrinos, CP
or CPT violation, variable mass neutrinos, Lorentz violation, and extra
dimensions. In this paper, we consider an experiment at a stopped pion neutrino
source to determine if active-sterile neutrino oscillations with delta-m
greater than 0.1 eV2 can account for the signal. By exploiting stopped pi+
decay to produce a monoenergetic nu_mu source, and measuring the rate of the
neutral current reaction nu_x + 12C -> nu_x +12C* as a function of distance
from the source, we show that a convincing test for active-sterile neutrino
oscillations can be performed.Comment: 10 pages, 9 figure
A possible explanation for the inconsistency between the Giotto grain mass distribution and ground-based observations
Giotto measured the in situ Halley dust grain mass distribution with 2 instruments, Particle Impact Analyzer and Dust Impact Detection System (DIDSY), as well as the total intercepted mass from the deceleration of the spacecraft (Giotto Radio-Science Experiment, GRE). Ground based observations made shortly before encounter have fluxes much higher than would be predicted from Giotto data. It is concluded that Giotto DIDSY and GRE data represent observations of dust originating from a narrow track along the nucleus. They are consistent with ground based data, if assumptions are made about the level of activity along this track. The actual size distribution that should be used for modeling of the whole coma should not include the large mass excess actually observed by Giotto. Extrapolation of the small grain data should be used, since for these grains the velocity dispersion is low and temporal changes at the nucleus would not affect the shape of the mass distribution
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