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Analysing web search logs to determine session boundaries for user-oriented learning
Incremental learning approaches based on user search activities provide a means of building adaptive information retrieval systems. To develop more effective user-oriented learning techniques for the Web, we need to be able to identify a meaningful session unit from which we can learn. Without this, we run a high risk of grouping together activities that are unrelated or perhaps not from the same user. We are interested in detecting boundaries of sequences between related activities (sessions) that would group the activities for a learning purpose. Session boundaries, in Reuters transaction logs, were detected automatically. The generated boundaries were compared with human judgements. The comparison confirmed that a meaningful session threshold for establishing these session boundaries was confined to a 11-15 minute range
Quantum bit string sealing
Though it was proven that secure quantum sealing of a single classical bit is
impossible in principle, here we propose an unconditionally secure quantum
sealing protocol which seals a classical bit string. Any reader can obtain each
bit of the sealed string with an arbitrarily small error rate, while reading
the string is detectable. The protocol is simple and easy to be implemented.
The possibility of using this protocol to seal a single bit in practical is
also discussed.Comment: Add a discussion on the possibility of sealing a single bit in
practica
Quasi-Inclusive and Exclusive decays of to
We consider the effective Hamiltonian of four quark operators in the Standard
Model in the exclusive and quasi-inclusive decays of the type , , where contains a single Kaon. Working
in the factorization assumption we find that the four quark operators can
account for the recently measured exclusive decays
and for appropriate choice of form factors but cannot explain the
large quasi-inclusive rate.Comment: Calculation of added and the correct BSW form factors
have been used. Latex 13 papges, 1 figur
The black hole dynamical horizon and generalized second law of thermodynamics
The generalized second law of thermodynamics for a system containing a black
hole dynamical horizon is proposed in a covariant way. Its validity is also
tested in case of adiabatically collapsing thick light shells.Comment: JHEP style, 8 pages, 2 figures, version to appear in JHEP with typos
correcte
Regio- and Stereoselective Ruthenium Catalyzed Hydrovinylation of 1,3-Dienes: Application to the Generation of a 20S-Steroidal Sidechain
The addition of ethylene to 1,3-dienes and 1-vinylcycloalkenes, catalyzed by two ruthenium complexes, proceeds in a regioselective fashion to afford 3-methyl-1,4-dienes as products. For a steroidal-based 1-vinylcycloalkene, the addition is stereospecific, giving a product with a 20(S) configuration
A covariant entropy conjecture on cosmological dynamical horizon
We here propose a covariant entropy conjecture on cosmological dynamical
horizon. After the formulation of our conjecture, we test its validity in
adiabatically expanding universes with open, flat and closed spatial geometry,
where our conjecture can also be viewed as a cosmological version of the
generalized second law of thermodynamics in some sense.Comment: JHEP style, 9 pages, 1 figure, typos corrected, accepted for
publication in JHE
Spin relaxation and coherence times for electrons at the Si/SiO2 interface
While electron spins in silicon heterostructures make attractive qubits,
little is known about the coherence of electrons at the Si/SiO2 interface. We
report spin relaxation (T1) and coherence (T2) times for mobile electrons and
natural quantum dots at a 28Si/SiO2 interface. Mobile electrons have short T1
and T2 of 0.3 us at 5 K. In line with predictions, confining electrons and
cooling increases T1 to 0.8 ms at 350 mK. In contrast, T2 for quantum dots is
around 10 us at 350 mK, increasing to 30 us when the dot density is reduced by
a factor of two. The quantum dot T2 is shorter than T1, indicating that T2 is
not controlled by T1 at 350 mK but is instead limited by an extrinsic
mechanism. The evidence suggests that this extrinsic mechanism is an exchange
interaction between electrons in neighboring dots.Comment: Extended with more experiments and rewritten. 6 pages, 5 figures, to
be submitted to Phys. Rev.
Covariant entropy conjecture and concordance cosmological models
Recently a covariant entropy conjecture has been proposed for dynamical
horizons. We apply this conjecture to concordance cosmological models, namely,
those cosmological models filled with perfect fluids, in the presence of a
positive cosmological constant. As a result, we find this conjecture has a
severe constraint power. Not only does this conjecture rule out those
cosmological models disfavored by the anthropic principle, but also it imposes
an upper bound on the cosmological constant for our own universe,
which thus provides an alternative macroscopic perspective for understanding
the long-standing cosmological constant problem.Comment: 10 pages, 1 figure, JHEP style, references added, published versio
Effects of spin current on ferromagnets
When a spin-polarized current flows through a ferromagnet, the local
magnetization receives a spin torque. Two consequences of this spin torque are
studied. First, the uniformly magnetized ferromagnet becomes unstable if a
sufficiently large current is applied. The characteristics of the instability
include spin wave generation and magnetization chaos. Second, the spin torque
has profound effects on the structure and dynamics of the magnetic domain wall.
A detail analysis on the domain wall mass, kinetic energy and wall depinning
threshold is given
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