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Limitation of entanglement due to spatial qubit separation
We consider spatially separated qubits coupled to a thermal bosonic field
that causes pure dephasing. Our focus is on the entanglement of two Bell states
which for vanishing separation are known as robust and fragile entangled
states. The reduced two-qubit dynamics is solved exactly and explicitly. Our
results allow us to gain information about the robustness of two-qubit
decoherence-free subspaces with respect to physical parameters such as
temperature, qubit-bath coupling strength and spatial separation of the qubits.
Moreover, we clarify the relation between single-qubit coherence and two-qubit
entanglement and identify parameter regimes in which the terms robust and
fragile are no longer appropriate.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures; revised version, accepted for publication in
Europhys. Let
Theoretical Studies of the Structure and Dynamics of Metal/Hydrogen Systems: Diffusion and Path Integral Monte Carlo Investigations of Nickel and Palladium Clusters
Using both classical and quantum mechanical Monte Carlo methods, a number of properties are investigated for a single hydrogen atom adsorbed on palladium and nickel clusters. In particular, the geometries, the preferred binding sites, site specific hydrogen normal mode frequencies, and finite temperature effects in clusters from two to ten metal atoms are examined. Our studies indicate that hydrogen is localized in the present systems. The preferred hydrogen binding sites are found to be tetrahedral in clusters with five or fewer metal atoms and ctahedral for clusters of six to ten atoms. The exceptions to this rule are Ni9H and Pd9H for which the outside, threefold hollow and the inside tetrahedral sites are preferred, respectively. Hydrogen induced ‘‘reconstruction’’ of bare cluster geometries is seen in seven and ten-atom clusters
Comparison of ERBS orbit determination accuracy using batch least-squares and sequential methods
The Flight Dynamics Div. (FDD) at NASA-Goddard commissioned a study to develop the Real Time Orbit Determination/Enhanced (RTOD/E) system as a prototype system for sequential orbit determination of spacecraft on a DOS based personal computer (PC). An overview is presented of RTOD/E capabilities and the results are presented of a study to compare the orbit determination accuracy for a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) user spacecraft obtained using RTOS/E on a PC with the accuracy of an established batch least squares system, the Goddard Trajectory Determination System (GTDS), operating on a mainframe computer. RTOD/E was used to perform sequential orbit determination for the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS), and the Goddard Trajectory Determination System (GTDS) was used to perform the batch least squares orbit determination. The estimated ERBS ephemerides were obtained for the Aug. 16 to 22, 1989, timeframe, during which intensive TDRSS tracking data for ERBS were available. Independent assessments were made to examine the consistencies of results obtained by the batch and sequential methods. Comparisons were made between the forward filtered RTOD/E orbit solutions and definitive GTDS orbit solutions for ERBS; the solution differences were less than 40 meters after the filter had reached steady state
Convergence Characteristics of the Cumulant Expansion for Fourier Path Integrals
The cumulant representation of the Fourier path integral method is examined
to determine the asymptotic convergence characteristics of the imaginary-time
density matrix with respect to the number of path variables included. It is
proved that when the cumulant expansion is truncated at order , the
asymptotic convergence rate of the density matrix behaves like .
The complex algebra associated with the proof is simplified by introducing a
diagrammatic representation of the contributing terms along with an associated
linked-cluster theorem. The cumulant terms at each order are expanded in a
series such that the the asymptotic convergence rate is maintained without the
need to calculate the full cumulant at order . Using this truncated
expansion of each cumulant at order , the numerical cost in developing
Fourier path integral expressions having convergence order is
shown to be approximately linear in the number of required potential energy
evaluations making the method promising for actual numerical implementation.Comment: 47 pages, 2 figures, submitted to PR
Theoretical Studies of the Effect of Hydrogen–Hydrogen Interactionson the Structural and Dynamical Properties of Metal/Hydrogen Clusters
Using a combination of ground state, equilibrium, and dynamical Monte Carlo methods, we examine the role of hydrogen-hydrogen interactions on selected structural and time-dependent properties of hydrogen containing metal clusters. Equilibrium simulations include studies of the classical and quantum-mechanical geometries and energetics for embedded atom potential models of both the ground states and low-lying structural isomers of NinH2 and PdnH2 clusters (4≤n≤9). In addition to these time-independent investigations, we utilize dynamical path integral methods to characterize the effects of hydrogen-hydrogen interactions on the hydrogen vibrational lineshapes in these systems
The Influence of Diffusion on Surface Reaction Kinetics
An analysis is given of diffusion-influenced surface reactions using models similar to those used in solution kinetics. It is shown that a pure two-dimensional model of surface reactions yields no steady state rate constant. By incorporation of adsorption and desorption processes the deficiencies in the two-dimensional results are eliminated. Expressions are derived for diffusion-controlled and diffusion-influenced rate constants for surface reactions. Expressions are also derived for the activation energies of these surface reactions. It is shown that the activation energy for diffusion-controlled reactions wiII approximately be given by the activation energy for surface diffusion. Bounding expressions are developed for the activation energy for diffusion-influenced reactions. Comparisons are made betweeen Langmuir-Hinshe1wood and Eley-Rideal mechanisms, and it is found that Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanisms should be more important than Eley-Rideal processes for many surface reactions
Early oral contraceptive use and breast cancer: results of another case-control study.
We report the results of a case-control study of oral contraceptive use and breast cancer conducted in London, Oxford and Edinburgh between 1980 and 1984. One thousand one hundred and twenty-five women aged 16-64 years with newly diagnosed breast cancer and a like number of matched controls were interviewed and asked about their past due use of oral contraceptives (OCs). Among women aged 45 years or more at diagnosis there was no evidence of an association between OC use and breast cancer. Among the 351 pairs of women aged under 45 years at diagnosis there was a significantly elevated risk associated with increasing duration of use before first full term pregnancy (relative risk for 4+ years use versus never use = 2.6, 95% confidence limits, 1.3-5.4). Since this result is at variance with the findings in some other studies we have investigated the nature of this association with particular emphasis on possible bias, pill type and a latent effect
Comparative Monte Carlo Efficiency by Monte Carlo Analysis
We propose a modified power method for computing the subdominant eigenvalue
of a matrix or continuous operator. Here we focus on defining
simple Monte Carlo methods for its application. The methods presented use
random walkers of mixed signs to represent the subdominant eigenfuction.
Accordingly, the methods must cancel these signs properly in order to sample
this eigenfunction faithfully. We present a simple procedure to solve this sign
problem and then test our Monte Carlo methods by computing the of
various Markov chain transition matrices. We first computed for
several one and two dimensional Ising models, which have a discrete phase
space, and compared the relative efficiencies of the Metropolis and heat-bath
algorithms as a function of temperature and applied magnetic field. Next, we
computed for a model of an interacting gas trapped by a harmonic
potential, which has a mutidimensional continuous phase space, and studied the
efficiency of the Metropolis algorithm as a function of temperature and the
maximum allowable step size . Based on the criterion, we
found for the Ising models that small lattices appear to give an adequate
picture of comparative efficiency and that the heat-bath algorithm is more
efficient than the Metropolis algorithm only at low temperatures where both
algorithms are inefficient. For the harmonic trap problem, we found that the
traditional rule-of-thumb of adjusting so the Metropolis acceptance
rate is around 50% range is often sub-optimal. In general, as a function of
temperature or , for this model displayed trends defining
optimal efficiency that the acceptance ratio does not. The cases studied also
suggested that Monte Carlo simulations for a continuum model are likely more
efficient than those for a discretized version of the model.Comment: 23 pages, 8 figure
Precise Measurement of Magnetic Field Gradients from Free Spin Precession Signals of He and Xe Magnetometers
We report on precise measurements of magnetic field gradients extracted from
transverse relaxation rates of precessing spin samples. The experimental
approach is based on the free precession of gaseous, nuclear spin polarized
He and Xe atoms in a spherical cell inside a magnetic guiding field
of about 400 nT using LT SQUIDs as low-noise magnetic flux detectors. The
transverse relaxation rates of both spin species are simultaneously monitored
as magnetic field gradients are varied. For transverse relaxation times
reaching 100 h, the residual longitudinal field gradient across the spin sample
could be deduced to be pT/cm. The method takes
advantage of the high signal-to-noise ratio with which the decaying spin
precession signal can be monitored that finally leads to the exceptional
accuracy to determine magnetic field gradients at the sub pT/cm scale
Upon the existence of short-time approximations of any polynomial order for the computation of density matrices by path integral methods
In this article, I provide significant mathematical evidence in support of
the existence of short-time approximations of any polynomial order for the
computation of density matrices of physical systems described by arbitrarily
smooth and bounded from below potentials. While for Theorem 2, which is
``experimental'', I only provide a ``physicist's'' proof, I believe the present
development is mathematically sound. As a verification, I explicitly construct
two short-time approximations to the density matrix having convergence orders 3
and 4, respectively. Furthermore, in the Appendix, I derive the convergence
constant for the trapezoidal Trotter path integral technique. The convergence
orders and constants are then verified by numerical simulations. While the two
short-time approximations constructed are of sure interest to physicists and
chemists involved in Monte Carlo path integral simulations, the present article
is also aimed at the mathematical community, who might find the results
interesting and worth exploring. I conclude the paper by discussing the
implications of the present findings with respect to the solvability of the
dynamical sign problem appearing in real-time Feynman path integral
simulations.Comment: 19 pages, 4 figures; the discrete short-time approximations are now
treated as independent from their continuous version; new examples of
discrete short-time approximations of order three and four are given; a new
appendix containing a short review on Brownian motion has been added; also,
some additional explanations are provided here and there; this is the last
version; to appear in Phys. Rev.
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