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Performance of multiple-input multiple-output wireless communications systems using distributed antennas
In this contribution we propose and investigate a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communications system, where multiple receive antennas are distributed in the area covered by a cellular cell and connected with the base-station (BS). We first analyze the total received power by the BS through the distributed antennas, when assuming that the mobile's signal is transmitted over lognormal shadowed Rayleigh fading channels. Then, the outage probability of the distributed antenna MIMO systems is investigated, when considering various antenna distribution patterns. Furthermore, space-time coding at the mobile transmitter is considered for enhancing the outage performance of the distributed antenna MIMO system. Our study and simulation results show that the outage performance of a distributed antenna MIMO system can be significantly improved, when either increasing the number of distributed receive antennas or increasing the number of mobile transmit antennas
Neutron-skin thickness of finite nuclei in relativistic mean-field models with chiral limits
We study several structure properties of finite nuclei using relativistic
mean-field Lagrangians constructed according to the Brown-Rho scaling due to
the chiral symmetry restoration at high densities. The models are consistent
with current experimental constraints for the equations of state of symmetric
matter at both normal and supra-normal densities and of asymmetric matter at
sub-saturation densities. It is shown that these models can successfully
describe the binding energies and charge radii of finite nuclei. Compared to
calculations with usual relativistic mean-field models, these models give a
reduced thickness of neutron skin in ^{208}Pb between 0.17 fm and 0.21 fm. The
reduction of the predicted neutron skin thickness is found to be due to not
only the softening of the symmetry energy but also the scaling property of
meson required by the partial restoration of chiral symmetry.Comment: Accepted version to appear in PRC (2007
Large-mass neutron stars with hyperonization
Within a density-dependent relativistic mean-field model using in-medium
meson-hadron coupling constants and meson masses, we explore effects of
in-medium hyperon interactions on properties of neutron stars. It is found that
the hyperonic constituents in large-mass neutron stars can not be simply ruled
out, while the recently measured mass of the millisecond pulsar J1614-2230 can
constrain significantly the in-medium hyperon interactions. Moreover, effects
of nuclear symmetry energy on hyperonization in neutron stars are also
discussed
Single and double pi^{-}/pi^{+} ratios in heavy-ion reactions as probes of the high-density behavior of the nuclear symmetry energy
Based on an isospin- and momentum-dependent hadronic transport model IBUU04,
effects of the nuclear symmetry energy on the single and double
pi^{-}/pi^{+}ratios in central reactions of ^{132}Sn+^{124}Sn and
^{112}Sn+^{112}Sn at a beam energy of 400 MeV/nucleon are studied. It is found
that around the Coulomb peak of the single pi^{-}/pi^{+} ratio the double
pi^{-}/pi^{+} ratio taken from the two isotopic reactions retains about the
same sensitivity to the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy. Because
the double pi^{-}/pi^{+}ratio can reduce significantly the systematic errors,
it is thus a more effective probe for the high-density behavior of the nuclear
symmetry energy.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Physics Review
Effects of hadronic potentials on elliptic flows in relativistic heavy ion collisions
Within the framework of a multiphase transport (AMPT) model that includes
both initial partonic and final hadronic interactions, we show that including
mean-field potentials in the hadronic phase leads to a splitting of the
elliptic flows of particles and their antiparticles, providing thus a plausible
explanation of the different elliptic flows between and ,
and , and and observed in recent Beam Energy Scan (BES)
program at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC).Comment: 5 pages, 7 figure
Progress Towards Determining the Density Dependence of the Nuclear Symmetry Energy Using Heavy-Ion Reactions
The latest development in determining the density dependence of the nuclear
symmetry energy using heavy-ion collisions is reviewed. Within the IBUU04
version of an isospin- and momentum-dependent transport model using a modified
Gogny effective interaction, recent experimental data from NSCL/MSU on isospin
diffusion are found to be consistent with a nuclear symmetry energy of
at subnormal densities.
Predictions on several observables sensitive to the density dependence of the
symmetry energy at supranormal densities accessible at GSI and the planned Rare
Isotope Accelerator (RIA) are also made.Comment: 10 pages. Talk given at the 21st Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics,
Breckenridge, Colorado, USA, Feb. 5-12, 2005. To appear in Heavy-Ion Physics
(2005
Case Report of Human Infection with \u3ci\u3eCapillaria philippinensis\u3c/i\u3e
In July 1988, a case of human infection with Capillaria philippinensis, so-called the intestinal capillariasis, was discovered at the National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH). This is the first case reported in Taiwan.
Capillaria philippinesis is a parasite of fish-eating birds In nature it has a fish-bird life cycle. When human populations disrupt the natural cycle by eating raw fish infected with the larvae of C. philippinensis, they may acquire the disease
Partonic effects on higher-order anisotropic flows in relativistic heavy-ion collisions
Higher-order anisotropic flows and in heavy ion collisions at
the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider are studied in a multiphase transport model
that has previously been used successfully for describing the elliptic flow
in these collisions. We find that the same parton scattering cross
section of about 10 \textrm{mb} used in explaining the measured can also
reproduce the recent data on and from Au + Au collisions at
\textrm{AGeV}. It is further found that the is a more
sensitive probe of the initial partonic dynamics in these collisions than
. Moreover, higher-order parton anisotropic flows are nonnegligible and
satisfy the scaling relation , which
leads naturally to the observed similar scaling relation among hadron
anisotropic flows when the coalescence model is used to describe hadron
production from the partonic matter.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, version to appear in PRC as a Rapid Communicatio
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