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Power Spectra of X-ray Binaries
The interpretation of Fourier spectra in the time domain is critically
examined. Power density spectra defined and calculated in the time domain are
compared with Fourier spectra in the frequency domain for three different types
of variability: periodic signals, Markov processes and random shots. The power
density spectra for a sample of neutron stars and black hole binaries are
analyzed in both the time and the frequency domains. For broadband noise, the
two kinds of power spectrum in accreting neutron stars are usually consistent
with each other, but the time domain power spectra for black hole candidates
are significantly higher than corresponding Fourier spectra in the high
frequency range (10--1000 Hz). Comparing the two kinds of power density spectra
may help to probe the intrinsic nature of timing phenomena in compact objects.Comment: 21 pages, 10 figures, to appear in Astrophysical Journa
X-Ray Spectral Variability in Cygnus X-1
Spectral variability in different energy bands of X-rays from Cyg X-1 in
different states is studied with RXTE observations and time domain approaches.
In the hard tail of energy spectrum above keV, average peak aligned
shots are softer than the average steady emission and the hardness ratio
decreases when the flux increases during a shot for all states. In regard to a
soft band lower keV, the hardness in the soft state varies in an
opposite way: it peaks when the flux of the shot peaks. For the hard and
transition states, the hardness ratio in respect to a soft band during a shot
is in general lower than that of the steady component and a sharp rise is
observed at about the shot peak. For the soft state, the correlation
coefficient between the intensity and hardness ratio in the hard tail is
negative and decreases monotonically as the timescale increases from 0.01 s to
50 s, which is opposite to that in regard to a soft band. For the hard and
transition states, the correlation coefficients are in general negative and
have a trend of decrease with increasing timescale.Comment: 14 pages, 3 figures, accepted by Ap
Evaluation of ASTER GDEM ver2 using GPS measurements and SRTM ver4.1 in China
The freely available ASTER GDEM ver2 was released by NASA and METI on October 17, 2011. As one of the most complete high resolution digital topographic data sets of the world to date, the ASTER GDEM covers land surfaces between 83°N and 83°S at a spatial resolution of 1 arc-second and will be a useful product for many applications, such as relief analysis, hydrological studies and radar interferometry. The stated improvements in the second version of ASTER GDEM benefit from finer horizontal resolution, offset adjustment and water body detection in addition to new observed ASTER scenes. This study investigates the absolute vertical accuracy of the ASTER GDEM ver2 at five study sites in China using ground control points (GCPs) from high accuracy GPS benchmarks, and also using a DEM-to-DEM comparison with the Consultative Group for International Agriculture Research Consortium for Spatial Information (CGIAR-CSI) SRTM DEM (Version 4.1). And then, the results are separated into GlobCover land cover classes to derive the spatial pattern of error. It is demonstrated that the RMSE (19m) and mean (-13m) values of ASTER GDEM ver2 against GPS-GCPs in the five study areas is lower than its first version ASTER GDEM ver1 (26m and -21m) as a result of the adjustment of the elevation offsets in the new version. It should be noted that the five study areas in this study are representative in terms of terrain types and land covers in China, and even for most of mid-latitude zones. It is believed that the ASTER GDEM offers a major alternative in accessibility to high quality elevation data
Novel quantum phases of dipolar Bose gases in optical lattices
We investigate the quantum phases of polarized dipolar Bosons loaded into a
two-dimensional square and three-dimensional cubic optical lattices. We show
that the long-range and anisotropic nature of the dipole-dipole interaction
induces a rich variety of quantum phases, including the supersolid and striped
supersolid phases in 2D lattices, and the layered supersolid phase in 3D
lattices.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Interdot Coulomb repulsion effect on the charge transport of parallel double single electron transistors
The charge transport behaviors of parallel double single electron transistors
(SETs) are investigated by the Anderson model with two impurity levels. The
nonequilibrium Keldysh Green's technique is used to calculate the
current-voltage characteristics of system. For SETs implemented by quantum dots
(QDs) embedded into a thin layer, the interdot Coulomb repulsion is
more important than the interdot electron hopping as a result of high potential
barrier height between QDs and . We found that the interdot Coulomb
repulsion not onlyleads to new resonant levels, but also creates negative
differential conductances.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figure
Quantum state transfer via the ferromagnetic chain in a spatially modulated field
We show that a perfect quantum state transmission can be realized through a
spin chain possessing a commensurate structure of energy spectrum, which is
matched with the corresponding parity. As an exposition of the mirror inversion
symmetry discovered by Albanese et. al (quant-ph/0405029), the parity matched
the commensurability of energy spectra help us to present the novel
pre-engineered spin systems for quantum information transmission. Based on the
these theoretical analysis, we propose a protocol of near-perfect quantum state
transfer by using a ferromagnetic Heisenberg chain with uniform coupling
constant, but an external parabolic magnetic field. The numerical results shows
that the initial Gaussian wave packet in this system with optimal field
distribution can be reshaped near-perfectly over a longer distance.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure
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