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Onset of unsteady horizontal convection in rectangle tank at
The horizontal convection within a rectangle tank is numerically simulated.
The flow is found to be unsteady at high Rayleigh numbers. There is a Hopf
bifurcation of from steady solutions to periodic solutions, and the
critical Rayleigh number is obtained as for the
middle plume forcing at , which is much larger than the formerly obtained
value. Besides, the unstable perturbations are always generated from the
central jet, which implies that the onset of instability is due to velocity
shear (shear instability) other than thermally dynamics (thermal instability).
Finally, Paparella and Young's [J. Fluid Mech. 466 (2002) 205] first hypotheses
about the destabilization of the flow is numerically proved, i.e. the middle
plume forcing can lead to a destabilization of the flow.Comment: 4pages, 6 figures, extension of Chin. Phys. Lett. 2008, 25(6), in
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Local orbital-angular-momentum dependent surface states with topological protection
Chiral surface states along the zigzag edge of a valley photonic crystal in
the honeycomb lattice are demonstrated. By decomposing the local fields into
orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes, we find that the chiral surface states
present OAM-dependent unidirectional propagation characteristics. Particularly,
the propagation directivities of the surface states are quantified by the local
OAM decomposition and are found to depend on the chiralities of both the source
and surface states. These findings allow for the engineering control of the
unidirectional propagation of electromagnetic energy without requiring an
ancillary cladding layer. Furthermore, we examine the propagation of the chiral
surface states against sharp bends. It turns out that although only certain
states successfully pass through the bend, the unidirectional propagation is
well maintained due to the topology of the structure.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figure
Multimodal estimation of distribution algorithms
Taking the advantage of estimation of distribution algorithms (EDAs) in preserving high diversity, this paper proposes a multimodal EDA. Integrated with clustering strategies for crowding and speciation, two versions of this algorithm are developed, which operate at the niche level. Then these two algorithms are equipped with three distinctive techniques: 1) a dynamic cluster sizing strategy; 2) an alternative utilization of Gaussian and Cauchy distributions to generate offspring; and 3) an adaptive local search. The dynamic cluster sizing affords a potential balance between exploration and exploitation and reduces the sensitivity to the cluster size in the niching methods. Taking advantages of Gaussian and Cauchy distributions, we generate the offspring at the niche level through alternatively using these two distributions. Such utilization can also potentially offer a balance between exploration and exploitation. Further, solution accuracy is enhanced through a new local search scheme probabilistically conducted around seeds of niches with probabilities determined self-adaptively according to fitness values of these seeds. Extensive experiments conducted on 20 benchmark multimodal problems confirm that both algorithms can achieve competitive performance compared with several state-of-the-art multimodal algorithms, which is supported by nonparametric tests. Especially, the proposed algorithms are very promising for complex problems with many local optima
Centrality, system size and energy dependences of charged-particle pseudo-rapidity distribution
Utilizing the three-fireball picture within the quark combination model, we
study systematically the charged particle pseudorapidity distributions in both
Au+Au and Cu+Cu collision systems as a function of collision centrality and
energy, 19.6, 62.4, 130 and 200 GeV, in full pseudorapidity
range. We find that: (i)the contribution from leading particles to
distributions increases with the decrease of the collision
centrality and energy respectively; (ii)the number of the leading particles is
almost independent of the collision energy, but it does depend on the nucleon
participants ; (iii)if Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions at the same
collision energy are selected to have the same , the resulting of
charged particle distributions are nearly identical, both in the
mid-rapidity particle density and the width of the distribution. This is true
for both 62.4 GeV and 200 GeV data. (iv)the limiting fragmentation phenomenon
is reproduced. (iiv) we predict the total multiplicity and pseudorapidity
distribution for the charged particles in Pb+Pb collisions at TeV. Finally, we give a qualitative analysis of the
and as function of
and from RHIC to LHC.Comment: 12 pages, 8 figure
Magnetic structure of free cobalt clusters studied with Stern-Gerlach deflection experiments
We have studied the magnetic properties of free cobalt clusters in two
semi-independent Stern-Gerlach deflection experiments at temperatures between
60 and 307 K. We find that clusters consisting of 13 to 200 cobalt atoms
exhibit behavior that is entirely consistent with superparamagnetism, though
complicated by finite-system fluctuations in cluster temperature. By fitting
the data to the Langevin function, we report magnetic moments per atom for each
cobalt cluster size and compare the results of our two measurements and all
those performed previously. In addition to a gradual decrease in moment per
atom with increasing size, there are oscillations that appear to be caused by
geometrical shell structure. We discuss our observations in light of the two
competing models for Langevin-like magnetization behavior in free clusters,
superparamagnetism and adiabatic magnetization, and conclude that the evidence
strongly supports the superparamagnetic model
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