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Dynamics of axial separation in long rotating drums
We propose a continuum description for the axial separation of granular
materials in a long rotating drum. The model, operating with two local
variables, concentration difference and the dynamic angle of repose, describes
both initial transient traveling wave dynamics and long-term segregation of the
binary mixture. Segregation proceeds through ultra-slow logarithmic coarsening.Comment: 4 pages, 3 Postscript figures; submitted to PR
Whole egg consumption and cortical bone in healthy children
Eggs contain bioactive compounds thought to benefit pediatric bone. This cross-sectional study shows a positive link between childhood egg intake and radius cortical bone. If randomized trials confirm our findings, incorporating eggs into children's diets could have a significant impact in preventing childhood fractures and reducing the risk of osteoporosis.
INTRODUCTION:
This study examined the relationships between egg consumption and cortical bone in children.
METHODS:
The cross-sectional study design included 294 9-13-year-old black and white males and females. Three-day diet records determined daily egg consumption. Peripheral quantitative computed tomography measured radius and tibia cortical bone. Body composition and biomarkers of bone turnover were assessed using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and ELISA, respectively.
RESULTS:
Egg intake was positively correlated with radius and tibia cortical bone mineral content (Ct.BMC), total bone area, cortical area, cortical thickness, periosteal circumference, and polar strength strain index in unadjusted models (r = 0.144-0.224, all P < 0.050). After adjusting for differences in race, sex, maturation, fat-free soft tissue mass (FFST), and protein intakes, tibia relationships were nullified; however, egg intake remained positively correlated with radius Ct.BMC (r = 0.138, P = 0.031). Egg intake positively correlated with total body bone mineral density, BMC, and bone area in the unadjusted models only (r = 0.119-0.224; all P < 0.050). After adjusting for covariates, egg intake was a positive predictor of radius FFST (β = 0.113, P < 0.050) and FFST was a positive predictor of Ct.BMC (β = 0.556, P < 0.050) in path analyses. There was a direct influence of egg on radius Ct.BMC (β = 0.099, P = 0.035), even after adjusting for the mediator, FFST (β = 0.137, P = 0.020). Egg intake was positively correlated with osteocalcin in both the unadjusted (P = 0.005) and adjusted (P = 0.049) models.
CONCLUSION:
If the positive influence of eggs on Ct.BMC observed in this study is confirmed through future randomized controlled trials, whole eggs may represent a viable strategy to promote pediatric bone development and prevent fractures
Entanglement and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Quantum Spin Models
It is shown that spontaneous symmetry breaking does not modify the
ground-state entanglement of two spins, as defined by the concurrence, in the
XXZ- and the transverse field Ising-chain. Correlation function inequalities,
valid in any dimensions for these models, are presented outlining the regimes
where entanglement is unaffected by spontaneous symmetry breaking
Seismology of the Sun : Inference of Thermal, Dynamic and Magnetic Field Structures of the Interior
Recent overwhelming evidences show that the sun strongly influences the
Earth's climate and environment. Moreover existence of life on this Earth
mainly depends upon the sun's energy. Hence, understanding of physics of the
sun, especially the thermal, dynamic and magnetic field structures of its
interior, is very important. Recently, from the ground and space based
observations, it is discovered that sun oscillates near 5 min periodicity in
millions of modes. This discovery heralded a new era in solar physics and a
separate branch called helioseismology or seismology of the sun has started.
Before the advent of helioseismology, sun's thermal structure of the interior
was understood from the evolutionary solution of stellar structure equations
that mimicked the present age, mass and radius of the sun. Whereas solution of
MHD equations yielded internal dynamics and magnetic field structure of the
sun's interior. In this presentation, I review the thermal, dynamic and
magnetic field structures of the sun's interior as inferred by the
helioseismology.Comment: To be published in the proceedings of the meeting "3rd International
Conference on Current Developments in Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Nano
Physics with Applications", December 14-16, 2011, New Delhi, Indi
Entanglement in the One-dimensional Kondo Necklace Model
We discuss the thermal and magnetic entanglement in the one-dimensional Kondo
necklace model. Firstly, we show how the entanglement naturally present at zero
temperature is distributed among pairs of spins according to the strength of
the two couplings of the chain, namely, the Kondo exchange interaction and the
hopping energy. The effect of the temperature and the presence of an external
magnetic field is then investigated, being discussed the adjustment of these
variables in order to control the entanglement available in the system. In
particular, it is indicated the existence of a critical magnetic field above
which the entanglement undergoes a sharp variation, leading the ground state to
a completely unentangled phase.Comment: 8 pages, 13 EPS figures. v2: four references adde
Probing neutral top-pion via a flavor-changing process
In the framework of topcolor-assisted-technicolor model(TC2), we study a
flavor-changing neutral top-pion production process . The study shows that there exists a resonance effect
which can enhance the cross section up to a few fb even tens fb. For a yearly
luminosity 100 at future linear colliders, there might be hundreds
even thousands events to be produced. On the other hand, the background of such
flavor-changing process is very clean due to the GIM mechanism in SM . With
such sufficient events and clean background, neutral toppion could be detected
at future linear colliders with high center of energy and luminosity. Our study
provides a possible way to test TC2 model.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures,has been accepted by Phys.Rev.
Entangled graphs: Bipartite entanglement in multi-qubit systems
Quantum entanglement in multipartite systems cannot be shared freely. In
order to illuminate basic rules of entanglement sharing between qubits we
introduce a concept of an entangled structure (graph) such that each qubit of a
multipartite system is associated with a point (vertex) while a bi-partite
entanglement between two specific qubits is represented by a connection (edge)
between these points. We prove that any such entangled structure can be
associated with a pure state of a multi-qubit system. Moreover, we show that a
pure state corresponding to a given entangled structure is a superposition of
vectors from a subspace of the -dimensional Hilbert space, whose dimension
grows linearly with the number of entangled pairs.Comment: 6 revtex pages, 2 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Scalar conservation laws with nonconstant coefficients with application to particle size segregation in granular flow
Granular materials will segregate by particle size when subjected to shear,
as occurs, for example, in avalanches. The evolution of a bidisperse mixture of
particles can be modeled by a nonlinear first order partial differential
equation, provided the shear (or velocity) is a known function of position.
While avalanche-driven shear is approximately uniform in depth, boundary-driven
shear typically creates a shear band with a nonlinear velocity profile. In this
paper, we measure a velocity profile from experimental data and solve initial
value problems that mimic the segregation observed in the experiment, thereby
verifying the value of the continuum model. To simplify the analysis, we
consider only one-dimensional configurations, in which a layer of small
particles is placed above a layer of large particles within an annular shear
cell and is sheared for arbitrarily long times. We fit the measured velocity
profile to both an exponential function of depth and a piecewise linear
function which separates the shear band from the rest of the material. Each
solution of the initial value problem is non-standard, involving curved
characteristics in the exponential case, and a material interface with a jump
in characteristic speed in the piecewise linear case
Theoretical study of the absorption spectra of the sodium dimer
Absorption of radiation from the sodium dimer molecular states correlating to
Na(3s)-Na(3s) is investigated theoretically. Vibrational bound and continuum
transitions from the singlet X Sigma-g+ state to the first excited singlet A
Sigma-u+ and singlet B Pi-u states and from the triplet a Sigma-u+ state to the
first excited triplet b Sigma-g+ and triplet c Pi-g states are studied
quantum-mechanically. Theoretical and experimental data are used to
characterize the molecular properties taking advantage of knowledge recently
obtained from ab initio calculations, spectroscopy, and ultra-cold atom
collision studies. The quantum-mechanical calculations are carried out for
temperatures in the range from 500 to 3000 K and are compared with previous
calculations and measurements where available.Comment: 19 pages, 8 figures, revtex, eps
UV Photodissociation Dynamics of CHI2Cl and its Role as a Photolytic Precursor for a Chlorinated Criegee Intermediate
Photolysis of geminal diiodoalkanes in the presence of molecular oxygen has become an established
route to the laboratory production of several Criegee intermediates, and such compounds also have
marine sources. Here, we explore the role that the trihaloalkane, chlorodiiodomethane (CHI2Cl), may
play as a photolytic precursor for the chlorinated Criegee intermediate ClCHOO. CHI2Cl has been
synthesized and its UV absorption spectrum measured; relative to that of CH2I2 the spectrum is
shifted to longer wavelength and the photolysis lifetime is calculated to be less than two minutes.
The photodissociation dynamics have been investigated using DC slice imaging, probing ground state
I and spin-orbit excited I* atoms with 2+1 REMPI and single-photon VUV ionization. Total
translational energy distributions are bimodal for I atoms and unimodal for I*, with around 72% of
the available energy partitioned in to the internal degrees of freedom of the CHICl radical product,
independent of photolysis wavelength. A bond dissociation energy of D0 = 1.73±0.11 eV is inferred
from the wavelength dependence of the translational energy release, which is slightly weaker than
typical C–I bonds. Analysis of the photofragment angular distributions indicate dissociation is
prompt and occurs primarily via transitions to states of A″ symmetry. Complementary high-level
MRCI calculations, including spin-orbit coupling, have been performed to characterize the excited
states and confirm that states of A″ symmetry with highly mixed singlet and triplet character are
predominantly responsible for the absorption spectrum. Transient absorption spectroscopy has
been used to measure the absorption spectrum of ClCHOO produced from the reaction of CHICl with
O2 over the range 345–440 nm. The absorption spectrum, tentatively assigned to the syn conformer,
is at shorter wavelengths relative to that of CH2OO and shows far weaker vibrational structure
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