329 research outputs found
Some results on homoclinic and heteroclinic connections in planar systems
Consider a family of planar systems depending on two parameters and
having at most one limit cycle. Assume that the limit cycle disappears at some
homoclinic (or heteroclinic) connection when We present a method
that allows to obtain a sequence of explicit algebraic lower and upper bounds
for the bifurcation set The method is applied to two quadratic
families, one of them is the well-known Bogdanov-Takens system. One of the
results that we obtain for this system is the bifurcation curve for small
values of , given by . We obtain
the new three terms from purely algebraic calculations, without evaluating
Melnikov functions
Galactic Gamma-Ray Background Radiation from Supernova Remnants
The contribution of the Source Cosmic Rays (SCRs), confined in Supernova
Remnants, to the diffuse high energy \gr emission above 1 GeV from the Galactic
disk is studied. \grs produced by the SCRs have a much harder spectrum compared
with those generated by the Galactic Cosmic Rays which occupy a much larger
residence volume uniformly. SCRs contribute less than 10% at GeV energies and
become dominant at \gr energies above 100 GeV. The contributions from
-decay and Inverse Compton \grs have comparable magnitude and spectral
shape, whereas the Bremsstrahlung component is negligible. At TeV energies the
contribution from SCRs increases the expected diffuse \gr flux almost by an
order of magnitude. It is shown that for the inner Galaxy the discrepancy
between the observed diffuse intensity and previous model predictions at
energies above a few GeV can be attributed to the SCR contribution.Comment: 25 pages, 1 figures, to appear in Ap
Contextual Object Detection with a Few Relevant Neighbors
A natural way to improve the detection of objects is to consider the
contextual constraints imposed by the detection of additional objects in a
given scene. In this work, we exploit the spatial relations between objects in
order to improve detection capacity, as well as analyze various properties of
the contextual object detection problem. To precisely calculate context-based
probabilities of objects, we developed a model that examines the interactions
between objects in an exact probabilistic setting, in contrast to previous
methods that typically utilize approximations based on pairwise interactions.
Such a scheme is facilitated by the realistic assumption that the existence of
an object in any given location is influenced by only few informative locations
in space. Based on this assumption, we suggest a method for identifying these
relevant locations and integrating them into a mostly exact calculation of
probability based on their raw detector responses. This scheme is shown to
improve detection results and provides unique insights about the process of
contextual inference for object detection. We show that it is generally
difficult to learn that a particular object reduces the probability of another,
and that in cases when the context and detector strongly disagree this learning
becomes virtually impossible for the purposes of improving the results of an
object detector. Finally, we demonstrate improved detection results through use
of our approach as applied to the PASCAL VOC and COCO datasets
Low-lying bifurcations in cavity quantum electrodynamics
The interplay of quantum fluctuations with nonlinear dynamics is a central
topic in the study of open quantum systems, connected to fundamental issues
(such as decoherence and the quantum-classical transition) and practical
applications (such as coherent information processing and the development of
mesoscopic sensors/amplifiers). With this context in mind, we here present a
computational study of some elementary bifurcations that occur in a driven and
damped cavity quantum electrodynamics (cavity QED) model at low intracavity
photon number. In particular, we utilize the single-atom cavity QED Master
Equation and associated Stochastic Schrodinger Equations to characterize the
equilibrium distribution and dynamical behavior of the quantized intracavity
optical field in parameter regimes near points in the semiclassical
(mean-field, Maxwell-Bloch) bifurcation set. Our numerical results show that
the semiclassical limit sets are qualitatively preserved in the quantum
stationary states, although quantum fluctuations apparently induce phase
diffusion within periodic orbits and stochastic transitions between attractors.
We restrict our attention to an experimentally realistic parameter regime.Comment: 13 pages, 10 figures, submitted to PR
Morse index and causal continuity. A criterion for topology change in quantum gravity
Studies in 1+1 dimensions suggest that causally discontinuous topology
changing spacetimes are suppressed in quantum gravity. Borde and Sorkin have
conjectured that causal discontinuities are associated precisely with index 1
or n-1 Morse points in topology changing spacetimes built from Morse functions.
We establish a weaker form of this conjecture. Namely, if a Morse function f on
a compact cobordism has critical points of index 1 or n-1, then all the Morse
geometries associated with f are causally discontinuous, while if f has no
critical points of index 1 or n-1, then there exist associated Morse geometries
which are causally continuous.Comment: Latex, 20 pages, 3 figure
Future geodesic completeness of some spatially homogeneous solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations in higher dimensions
It is known that all spatially homogeneous solutions of the vacuum Einstein
equations in four dimensions which exist for an infinite proper time towards
the future are future geodesically complete. This paper investigates whether
the analogous statement holds in higher dimensions. A positive answer to this
question is obtained for a large class of models which can be studied with the
help of Kaluza-Klein reduction to solutions of the Einstein-scalar field
equations in four dimensions. The proof of this result makes use of a criterion
for geodesic completeness which is applicable to more general spatially
homogeneous models.Comment: 18 page
Family Caregiver Identity: A Literature Review
Background: Despite the multitude of available resources, family caregivers of those with chronic disease continually underutilize support services to cope with the demands of caregiving. Several studies have linked self-identification as a caregiver to the increased likelihood of support service use. Purpose: The present study reviewed the literature related to the development of family caregiver identity. Methods: After a systematic process to locate literature was completed, content analysis was conducted to determine major themes related to the development of caregiving identity. Results: Findings suggest that there are multiple factors related to the development of family caregiver identity, including role engulfment and reversal, loss of shared identity, family obligation and gender norming, extension of the former role, and development of a master identity. Discussion: Considering the role of identity in human behavior, health professionals can address the underutilization of support services by family caregivers of those with chronic disease by understanding the influences on the development of caregiver identity. Translation to Health Education Practice: This literature review will assist health educators in addressing the underutilization of support services by family caregivers of those with chronic disease
On the number of limit cycles of the Lienard equation
In this paper, we study a Lienard system of the form dot{x}=y-F(x),
dot{y}=-x, where F(x) is an odd polynomial. We introduce a method that gives a
sequence of algebraic approximations to the equation of each limit cycle of the
system. This sequence seems to converge to the exact equation of each limit
cycle. We obtain also a sequence of polynomials R_n(x) whose roots of odd
multiplicity are related to the number and location of the limit cycles of the
system.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to Physical Review
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