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Dynamics of conduction blocks in a model of paced cardiac tissue
We study numerically the dynamics of conduction blocks using a detailed
electrophysiological model. We find that this dynamics depends critically on
the size of the paced region. Small pacing regions lead to stationary
conduction blocks while larger pacing regions can lead to conduction blocks
that travel periodically towards the pacing region. We show that this
size-dependence dynamics can lead to a novel arrhythmogenic mechanism.
Furthermore, we show that the essential phenomena can be captured in a much
simpler coupled-map model.Comment: 8 pages 6 figure
Linear and Non Linear Effects on the Newtonian Gravitational Constant as deduced from the Torsion Balance
The Newtonian gravitational constant has still 150 parts per million of
uncertainty. This paper examines the linear and nonlinear equations governing
the rotational dynamics of the torsion gravitational balance. A nonlinear
effect modifying the oscillation period of the torsion gravitational balance is
carefully explored.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figure
Optimizing Hartree-Fock orbitals by the density-matrix renormalization group
We have proposed a density-matrix renormalization group (DMRG) scheme to
optimize the one-electron basis states of molecules. It improves significantly
the accuracy and efficiency of the DMRG in the study of quantum chemistry or
other many-fermion system with nonlocal interactions. For a water molecule, we
find that the ground state energy obtained by the DMRG with only 61 optimized
orbitals already reaches the accuracy of best quantum Monte Carlo calculation
with 92 orbitals.Comment: published version, 4 pages, 4 figure
A Tri-band-notched UWB Antenna with Low Mutual Coupling between the Band-notched Structures
A compact printed U-shape ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna with triple band-notched characteristics is presented. The proposed antenna, with compact size of 24Ă—33 mm2, yields an impedance bandwidth of 2.8-12GHz for VSWR<2, except the notched bands. The notched bands are realized by introducing two different types of slots. Two C-shape half-wavelength slots are etched on the radiating patch to obtain two notched bands in 3.3-3.7GHz for WiMAX and 7.25-7.75GHz for downlink of X-band satellite communication systems. In order to minimize the mutual coupling between the band-notched structures, the middle notched band in 5-6GHz for WLAN is achieved by using a U-slot defected ground structure. The parametric study is carried out to understand the mutual coupling. Surface current distributions and equivalent circuit are used to illustrate the notched mechanism. The performance of this antenna both by simulation and by experiment indicates that the proposed antenna is suitable and a good candidate for UWB applications
Nonlinear Realization of Spontaneously Broken N=1 Supersymmetry Revisited
This paper revisits the nonlinear realization of spontaneously broken N=1
supersymmetry. It is shown that the constrained superfield formalism can be
reinterpreted in the language of standard realization of nonlinear
supersymmetry via a new and simpler route. Explicit formulas of actions are
presented for general renormalizable theories with or without gauge
interactions. The nonlinear Wess-Zumino gauge is discussed and relations are
pointed out for different definitions of gauge fields. In addition, a general
procedure is provided to deal with theories of arbitrary Kahler potentials.Comment: 1+18 pages, LaTe
Improved lattice QCD with quarks: the 2 dimensional case
QCD in two dimensions is investigated using the improved fermionic lattice
Hamiltonian proposed by Luo, Chen, Xu, and Jiang. We show that the improved
theory leads to a significant reduction of the finite lattice spacing errors.
The quark condensate and the mass of lightest quark and anti-quark bound state
in the strong coupling phase (different from t'Hooft phase) are computed. We
find agreement between our results and the analytical ones in the continuum.Comment: LaTeX file (including text + 10 figures
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