141 research outputs found
Realistic interpretation of a superposition state does not imply a mixture
Contrary to previous claims, it is shown that, for an ensemble of either
single-particle systems or multi-particle systems, the realistic interpretation
of a superposition state that mathematically describes the ensemble does not
imply that the ensemble is a mixture. Therefore it cannot be argued that the
realistic interpretation is wrong on the basis that some predictions derived
from the mixture are different from the corresponding predictions derived from
the superposition state
Effect of Human Resources, Leadership Style, the Use of Information Technology and Internal Control on the Quality of Financial Statements
This study aims to examine Whether there is a significant influence of variable humanresources competency, leadership, utilization of information technology, internal control of thequality of financial statements either partially or simultaneously. The population in this researchis all work units (SATKER) within the Directorate General of Construction Materials for 15 unitsof work with 45 respondents consisting of a financial assistance of the work unit, the Accountingofficer of Accrual Based Institution (SAIBA) and State-Owned Officer (BMN). The primary usedthe data Obtained from respondents through questionnaires, for testing the data tested the validity,reliability test and hypothesis testing. The Data then in the analysis with the analysis method usedis multiple linear regression. The results Showed that the competence of human resources,leadership style, technology utilization, and internal control Affect the quality of financialstatements either partially or simultaneousl
Vacuum polarization calculations for hydrogenlike and alkalilike ions
Complete vacuum polarization calculations incorporating finite nuclear size
are presented for hydrogenic ions with principal quantum numbers n=1-5.
Lithiumlike, sodiumlike, and copperlike ions are also treated starting with
Kohn-Sham potentials, and including first-order screening corrections. In both
cases dominant Uehling terms are calculated with high accuracy, and smaller
Wichmann- Kroll terms are obtained using numerical electron Green's functions.Comment: 23 pages, 1 figur
Parton Branching in Color Mutation Model
The soft production problem in hadronic collisions as described in the
eikonal color mutation branching model is improved in the way that the initial
parton distribution is treated. Furry branching of the partons is considered as
a means of describing the nonperturbative process of parton reproduction in
soft interaction. The values of all the moments, and , for q=2,...,5,
as well as their energy dependences can be correctly determined by the use of
only two parameters.Comment: 8 pages (LaTeX) + 2 figures (ps files), submitted to Phys. Rev.
Quenched Spin Tunneling and Diabolical Points in Magnetic Molecules: II. Asymmetric Configurations
The perfect quenching of spin tunneling first predicted for a model with
biaxial symmetry, and recently observed in the magnetic molecule Fe_8, is
further studied using the discrete phase integral (or
Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin) method. The analysis of the previous paper is
extended to the case where the magnetic field has both hard and easy
components, so that the Hamiltonian has no obvious symmetry. Herring's formula
is now inapplicable, so the problem is solved by finding the wavefunction and
using connection formulas at every turning point. A general formula for the
energy surface in the vicinity of the diabolo is obtained in this way. This
formula gives the tunneling apmplitude between two wells unrelated by symmetry
in terms of a small number of action integrals, and appears to be generally
valid, even for problems where the recursion contains more than five terms.
Explicit results are obtained for the diabolical points in the model for Fe_8.
These results exactly parallel the experimental observations. It is found that
the leading semiclassical results for the diabolical points appear to be exact,
and the points themselves lie on a perfect centered rectangular lattice in the
magnetic field space. A variety of evidence in favor of this perfect lattice
hypothesis is presented.Comment: Revtex; 4 ps figures; follow up to cond-mat/000311
Neutrino oscillations and neutrinoless double beta decay
The relation between neutrino oscillation parameters and neutrinoless double
beta decay is studied, assuming normal and inverse hierarchies for Majorana
neutrino masses. For normal hierarchy the crucial dependence on U_{e3} is
explored. The link with tritium beta decay is also briefly discussed.Comment: RevTex, 9 pages with 3 figures. Few comments and references adde
Eliciting a predatory response in the eastern corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus) using live and inanimate sensory stimuli: implications for managing invasive populations
North America's Eastern corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus) has been introduced to several islands throughout the Caribbean and Australasia where it poses a significant threat to native wildlife. Invasive snake control programs often involve trapping with live bait, a practice that, as well as being costly and labour intensive, raises welfare and ethical concerns. This study assessed corn snake response to live and inanimate sensory stimuli in an attempt to inform possible future trapping of the species and the development of alternative trap lures. We exposed nine individuals to sensory cues in the form of odour, visual, vibration and combined stimuli and measured the response (rate of tongue-flick [RTF]). RTF was significantly higher in odour and combined cues treatments, and there was no significant difference in RTF between live and inanimate cues during odour treatments. Our findings suggest chemical cues are of primary importance in initiating predation and that an inanimate odour stimulus, absent of simultaneous visual and vibratory cues, is a potential low-cost alternative trap lure for the control of invasive corn snake populations
Bell inequalities for entangled kaons and their unitary time evolution
We investigate Bell inequalities for neutral kaon systems from Phi resonance
decay to test local realism versus quantum mechanics. We emphasize the unitary
time evolution of the states, that means we also include all decay product
states, in contrast to other authors. Only this guarantees the use of the
complete Hilbert space. We develop a general formalism for Bell inequalities
including both arbitrary "quasi spin" states and different times; finally we
analyze Wigner-type inequalities. They contain an additional term, a correction
function h, as compared to the spin 1/2 or photon case, which changes
considerably the possibility of quantum mechanics to violate the Bell
inequality. Examples for special "quasi spin" states are given, especially
those which are sensitive to the CP parameters epsilon and epsilon'.Comment: REVTeX, 22 page
Experimental demonstration of quantum correlations over more than 10 km
Energy and time entangled photons at a wavelength of 1310 nm are produced by
parametric downconversion in a KNbO3 crystal and are sent into all-fiber
interferometers using a telecom fiber network. The two interferometers of this
Franson-type test of the Bell-inequality are located 10.9 km apart from one
another. Two-photon fringe visibilities of up to 81.6 % are obtained. These
strong nonlocal correlations support the nonlocal predictions of quantum
mechanics and provide evidence that entanglement between photons can be
maintained over long distances.Comment: 5 pages, REVTeX, 3 postscript figures include
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