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Scribable coating for plastic films
Scribable opaque coating for transparent plastic film tape is not affected by aging, vacuum, and moderate temperature extremes. It consists of titanium dioxide, a water-compatible acrylic polymer emulsion, and a detergent. The coating mixture is readily dispersed in water before it is dried
Horn feed having overlapping apertures Patent
Characteristics of antenna horn feeds consisting of central horn with overlapping peripheral horn
Charged spin 1/2 particle in an arbitrary magnetic field in two spatial dimensions: a supersymmetric quantum mechanical system
It is shown that the 2 X 2 matrix Hamiltonian describing the dynamics of a
charged spin 1/2 particle with g-factor 2 moving in an arbitrary, spatially
dependent, magnetic field in two spatial dimensions can be written as the
anticommuator of a nilpotent operator and its hermitian conjugate.
Consequently, the Hamiltonians for the two different spin projections form
partners of a supersymmetric quantum mechanical system. The resulting
supersymmetry algebra can then be exploited to explicitly construct the exact
zero energy ground state wavefunction for the system. Modulo this ground state,
the remainder of the eigenstates and eigenvalues of the two partner
Hamiltonians form positive energy degenerate pairs. We also construct the
spatially asymptotic form of the magnetic field which produces a finite
magnetic flux and associated zero energy normalizable ground state
wavefunction.Comment: 10 pages, LaTe
What is a quantum simulator?
Quantum simulators are devices that actively use quantum effects to answer
questions about model systems and, through them, real systems. Here we expand
on this definition by answering several fundamental questions about the nature
and use of quantum simulators. Our answers address two important areas. First,
the difference between an operation termed simulation and another termed
computation. This distinction is related to the purpose of an operation, as
well as our confidence in and expectation of its accuracy. Second, the
threshold between quantum and classical simulations. Throughout, we provide a
perspective on the achievements and directions of the field of quantum
simulation.Comment: 13 pages, 2 figure
Worldwide time and frequency synchronization by planned VLBI networks
Accurate baseline determinations and clock synchronization results obtained from the Quasar Patrol observations at X band with the Goldstone-Haystack baseline are presented. In addition, data from stations at Greenbank, West Virginia, and Onsala, Sweden were used. It was estimated that clock accuracy was on the order of 16 cm
Zebra battery technologies for all electric smart car
This paper describes the operational behaviour and advantages of the high temperature, sodium nickel chloride (Zebra) battery, for use in all electric urban (city) vehicles. It is shown that an equivalent parallel electrical circuit can be employed to accurately simulate the electrochemical behaviour inherent in the most recent generation of Zebra cells. The experimental procedure is outlined and summary attributes of the investigation validated by both simulation studies, and experimentally, via measurements from a prototype battery module intended for use in an all electric smart ca
DeepFactors: Real-time probabilistic dense monocular SLAM
The ability to estimate rich geometry and camera motion from monocular imagery is fundamental to future interactive robotics and augmented reality applications. Different approaches have been proposed that vary in scene geometry representation (sparse landmarks, dense maps), the consistency metric used for optimising the multi-view problem, and the use of learned priors. We present a SLAM system that unifies these methods in a probabilistic framework while still maintaining real-time performance. This is achieved through the use of a learned compact depth map representation and reformulating three different types of errors: photometric, reprojection and geometric, which we make use of within standard factor graph software. We evaluate our system on trajectory estimation and depth reconstruction on real-world sequences and present various examples of estimated dense geometry
A frequency-selective feedback model of auditory efferent suppression and its implications for the recognition of speech in noise
The potential contribution of the peripheral auditory efferent system to our understanding of speech in a background of competing noise was studied using a computer model of the auditory periphery and assessed using an automatic speech recognition system. A previous study had shown that a fixed efferent attenuation applied to all channels of a multi-channel model could improve the recognition of connected digit triplets in noise [G. J. Brown, R. T. Ferry, and R. Meddis, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 127, 943?954 (2010)]. In the current study an anatomically justified feedback loop was used to automatically regulate separate attenuation values for each auditory channel. This arrangement resulted in a further enhancement of speech recognition over fixed-attenuation conditions. Comparisons between multi-talker babble and pink noise interference conditions suggest that the benefit originates from the model?s ability to modify the amount of suppression in each channel separately according to the spectral shape of the interfering sounds
Characterization of seediness attributes of blackberry genotypes
Fresh market blackberries can feel “seedy” when consumed. This “seediness” is associated with the presence of pyrenes which are comprised of a single seed enclosed in an endocarp. Small pyrene size
Effect of composition and density on the ablative performance of phenolic-nylon
Composition and density effects on ablative performance of phenolic-nylo
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