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Higher-Twist Dynamics in Large Transverse Momentum Hadron Production
A scaling law analysis of the world data on inclusive large-pT hadron
production in hadronic collisions is carried out. A significant deviation from
leading-twist perturbative QCD predictions at next-to-leading order is
reported. The observed discrepancy is largest at high values of xT=2pT/sqrt(s).
In contrast, the production of prompt photons and jets exhibits the scaling
behavior which is close to the conformal limit, in agreement with the
leading-twist expectation. These results bring evidence for a non-negligible
contribution of higher-twist processes in large-pT hadron production in
hadronic collisions, where the hadron is produced directly in the hard
subprocess rather than by gluon or quark jet fragmentation. Predictions for
scaling exponents at RHIC and LHC are given, and it is suggested to trigger the
isolated large-pT hadron production to enhance higher-twist processes.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures. Extended introduction, additional reference
Correlation energy of two electrons in the high-density limit
We consider the high-density-limit correlation energy \Ec in
dimensions for the ground states of three two-electron systems: helium
(in which the electrons move in a Coulombic field), spherium (in which they
move on the surface of a sphere), and hookium (in which they move in a
quadratic potential). We find that the \Ec values are strikingly similar,
depending strongly on but only weakly on the external potential. We
conjecture that, for large , the limiting correlation energy \Ec \sim
-\delta^2/8 in any confining external potential, where .Comment: 4 pages, 0 figur
Chemistry in One Dimension
We report benchmark results for one-dimensional (1D) atomic and molecular
systems interacting via the Coulomb operator . Using various
wavefunction-type approaches, such as Hartree-Fock theory, second- and
third-order M{\o}ller-Plesset perturbation theory and explicitly correlated
calculations, we study the ground state of atoms with up to ten electrons as
well as small diatomic and triatomic molecules containing up to two electrons.
A detailed analysis of the 1D helium-like ions is given and the expression of
the high-density correlation energy is reported. We report the total energies,
ionization energies, electron affinities and other interesting properties of
the many-electron 1D atoms and, based on these results, we construct the 1D
analog of Mendeleev's periodic table. We find that the 1D periodic table
contains only two groups: the alkali metals and the noble gases. We also
calculate the dissociation curves of various 1D diatomics and study the
chemical bond in H, HeH, He, H, HeH and
He. We find that, unlike their 3D counterparts, 1D molecules are
primarily bound by one-electron bonds. Finally, we study the chemistry of
H and we discuss the stability of the 1D polymer resulting from an
infinite chain of hydrogen atoms.Comment: 27 pages, 7 figure
Uniform Electron Gases. II. The Generalized Local Density Approximation in One Dimension
We introduce a generalization (gLDA) of the traditional Local Density
Approximation (LDA) within density functional theory. The gLDA uses both the
one-electron Seitz radius \rs and a two-electron hole curvature parameter
at each point in space. The gLDA reduces to the LDA when applied to the
infinite homogeneous electron gas but, unlike the LDA, is is also exact for
finite uniform electron gases on spheres. We present an explicit gLDA
functional for the correlation energy of electrons that are confined to a
one-dimensional space and compare its accuracy with LDA, second- and
third-order M{\o}ller-Plesset perturbation energies and exact calculations for
a variety of inhomogeneous systems.Comment: 26 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Journal of Chemical
Physic
P4-compatible High-level Synthesis of Low Latency 100 Gb/s Streaming Packet Parsers in FPGAs
Packet parsing is a key step in SDN-aware devices. Packet parsers in SDN
networks need to be both reconfigurable and fast, to support the evolving
network protocols and the increasing multi-gigabit data rates. The combination
of packet processing languages with FPGAs seems to be the perfect match for
these requirements. In this work, we develop an open-source FPGA-based
configurable architecture for arbitrary packet parsing to be used in SDN
networks. We generate low latency and high-speed streaming packet parsers
directly from a packet processing program. Our architecture is pipelined and
entirely modeled using templated C++ classes. The pipeline layout is derived
from a parser graph that corresponds a P4 code after a series of graph
transformation rounds. The RTL code is generated from the C++ description using
Xilinx Vivado HLS and synthesized with Xilinx Vivado. Our architecture achieves
100 Gb/s data rate in a Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA while reducing the latency by 45%
and the LUT usage by 40% compared to the state-of-the-art.Comment: Accepted for publication at the 26th ACM/SIGDA International
Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays February 25 - 27, 2018 Monterey
Marriott Hotel, Monterey, California, 7 pages, 7 figures, 1 tabl
Spin-polarized stable phases of the 2-D electron fluid at finite temperatures
The Helmholtz free energy F of the interacting 2-D electron fluid is
calculated nonperturbatively using a mapping of the quantum fluid to a
classical Coulomb fluid [Phys. Rev. Letters, vol. 87, 206404 (2001)]. For
density parameters rs such that rs<~25, the fluid is unpolarized at all
temperatures t=T/EF where EF is the Fermi energy. For lower densities, the
system becomes fully spin polarized for t<~0.35, and partially polarized for
0.35<t< 2, depending on the density. At rs ~25-30, and t ~0.35, an ''ambispin''
phase where F is almost independent of the spin polarization is found. These
results support recent claims, based on quantum Monte Carlo results, for a
stable, fully spin-polarized fluid phase at T = 0 for rs larger than about
25-26.Comment: Latex manuscript (4-5 pages) and two postscript figures; see also
http://nrcphy1.phy.nrc.ca/ims/qp/chandre/chnc
A core genetic module : the Mixed Feedback Loop
The so-called Mixed Feedback Loop (MFL) is a small two-gene network where
protein A regulates the transcription of protein B and the two proteins form a
heterodimer. It has been found to be statistically over-represented in
statistical analyses of gene and protein interaction databases and to lie at
the core of several computer-generated genetic networks. Here, we propose and
mathematically study a model of the MFL and show that, by itself, it can serve
both as a bistable switch and as a clock (an oscillator) depending on kinetic
parameters. The MFL phase diagram as well as a detailed description of the
nonlinear oscillation regime are presented and some biological examples are
discussed. The results emphasize the role of protein interactions in the
function of genetic modules and the usefulness of modelling RNA dynamics
explicitly.Comment: To be published in Physical Review
All sky CMB map from cosmic strings integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect
By actively distorting the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) over our past
light cone, cosmic strings are unavoidable sources of non-Gaussianity.
Developing optimal estimators able to disambiguate a string signal from the
primordial type of non-Gaussianity requires calibration over synthetic full sky
CMB maps, which till now had been numerically unachievable at the resolution of
modern experiments. In this paper, we provide the first high resolution full
sky CMB map of the temperature anisotropies induced by a network of cosmic
strings since the recombination. The map has about 200 million sub-arcminute
pixels in the healpix format which is the standard in use for CMB analyses
(Nside=4096). This premiere required about 800,000 cpu hours; it has been
generated by using a massively parallel ray tracing method piercing through a
thousands of state of art Nambu-Goto cosmic string numerical simulations which
pave the comoving volume between the observer and the last scattering surface.
We explicitly show how this map corrects previous results derived in the flat
sky approximation, while remaining completely compatible at the smallest
scales.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, uses RevTeX. References added, matches published
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Yield stress and shear-banding in granular suspensions
We study the emergence of a yield stress in dense suspensions of non-Brownian
particles, by combining local velocity and concentration measurements using
Magnetic Resonance Imaging with macroscopic rheometric experiments. We show
that the competition between gravity and viscous stresses is at the origin of
the development of a yield stress in these systems at relatively low volume
fractions. Moreover, it is accompanied by a shear banding phenomenon that is
the signature of this competition. However, if the system is carefully density
matched, no yield stress is encountered until a volume fraction of 62.7 0.3%
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