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Optimum Placement of Post-1PN GW Chirp Templates Made Simple at any Match Level via Tanaka-Tagoshi Coordinates
A simple recipe is given for constructing a maximally sparse regular lattice
of spin-free post-1PN gravitational wave chirp templates subject to a given
minimal match constraint, using Tanaka-Tagoshi coordinates.Comment: submitted to Phys. Rev.
A Modified Reverse Supply Chain with Remanufacturing for Sustainable Product Cycle
This paper deals with a new model, in which the stationary demand for a product can be fulfilled by remanufactured products along with newly procured product leading to minimum consumption of virgin raw materials. The remanufactured products are assumed to be as good as new ones and the returned items from the customers can be remanufactured at a fixed rate. The model helps in maintaining the goodwill of the customers by not allowing frequent stock outs by providing safety stock. A model is proposed and analyzed depending on the relationship between different parameters. An interpretive modelling based approach has been employed to model the reverse logistics variables typically found in reverse supply chains. A methodology is used for the calculation of optimum level for the newly manufactured items and the optimum level of the returned items for remanufacturing simultaneously. The major objective is to minimize the waste and gain the competitive advantage of cost of conversion. Moreover the company can sustain in the same line of business for a longer period of time. Keywords Product recovery, remanufacturing, reverse supply chain, sustainable product
Decoherence in Disordered Conductors at Low Temperatures, the effect of Soft Local Excitations
The conduction electrons' dephasing rate, , is expected to
vanish with the temperature. A very intriguing apparent saturation of this
dephasing rate in several systems was recently reported at very low
temperatures. The suggestion that this represents dephasing by zero-point
fluctuations has generated both theoretical and experimental controversies. We
start by proving that the dephasing rate must vanish at the limit,
unless a large ground state degeneracy exists. This thermodynamic proof
includes most systems of relevance and it is valid for any determination of
from {\em linear} transport measurements. In fact, our
experiments demonstrate unequivocally that indeed when strictly linear
transport is used, the apparent low-temperature saturation of is
eliminated. However, the conditions to be in the linear transport regime are
more strict than hitherto expected. Another novel result of the experiments is
that introducing heavy nonmagnetic impurities (gold) in our samples produces,
even in linear transport, a shoulder in the dephasing rate at very low
temperatures. We then show theoretically that low-lying local defects may
produce a relatively large dephasing rate at low temperatures. However, as
expected, this rate in fact vanishes when , in agreement with our
experimental observations.Comment: To appear in the proceedings of the Euresco Conference on Fundamental
Problems of Mesoscopic Physics, Granada, September 2003, Kluwe
Relativistic Electromagnetic Mass Models: Charged Dust Distribution in Higher Dimensions
Electromagnetic mass models are proved to exist in higher dimensional theory
of general relativity corresponding to charged dust distribution. Along with
the general proof a specific example is also sited as a supporting candidate.Comment: Latex, 7 pages. Accepted in Astrophysics and Space Scienc
Aharonov-Bohm ring with fluctuating flux
We consider a non-interacting system of electrons on a clean one-channel
Aharonov-Bohm ring which is threaded by a fluctuating magnetic flux. The flux
derives from a Caldeira-Leggett bath of harmonic oscillators. We address the
influence of the bath on the following properties: one- and two-particle
Green's functions, dephasing, persistent current and visibility of the
Aharonov-Bohm effect in cotunneling transport through the ring. For the bath
spectra considered here (including Nyquist noise of an external coil), we find
no dephasing in the linear transport regime at zero temperature.
PACS numbers: 73.23.-b, 73.23.Hk, 73.23.Ra, 03.65.YzComment: 17 pages, 8 figures. To be published in PRB. New version contains
minor corrections and additional discussion suggested by referee. A simple
introduction to the basics of dephasing can be found at
http://iff.physik.unibas.ch/~florian/dephasing/dephasing.htm
A Self Assembled Nanoelectronic Quantum Computer Based on the Rashba Effect in Quantum Dots
Quantum computers promise vastly enhanced computational power and an uncanny
ability to solve classically intractable problems. However, few proposals exist
for robust, solid state implementation of such computers where the quantum
gates are sufficiently miniaturized to have nanometer-scale dimensions. Here I
present a new approach whereby a complete computer with nanoscale gates might
be self-assembled using chemical synthesis. Specifically, I demonstrate how to
self-assemble the fundamental unit of this quantum computer - a 2-qubit
universal quantum controlled-NOT gate - based on two exchange coupled
multilayered quantum dots. Then I show how these gates can be wired using
thiolated conjugated molecules as electrical connectors. A qubit is encoded in
the ground state of a quantum dot spin-split by the Rashba interaction.
Arbitrary qubit rotations are effected by bringing the spin splitting energy in
a target quantum dot in resonance with a global ac magnetic field by applying a
potential pulse of appropriate amplitude and duration to the dot. The
controlled dynamics of the 2-qubit controlled-NOT operation (XOR) can be
realized by exploiting the exchange coupling with the nearest neighboring dot.
A complete prescription for initialization of the computer and data
input/output operations is presented.Comment: 22 pages, 4 figure
Environment-Induced Decoherence and the Transition From Quantum to Classical
We study dynamics of quantum open systems, paying special attention to those
aspects of their evolution which are relevant to the transition from quantum to
classical. We begin with a discussion of the conditional dynamics of simple
systems. The resulting models are straightforward but suffice to illustrate
basic physical ideas behind quantum measurements and decoherence. To discuss
decoherence and environment-induced superselection einselection in a more
general setting, we sketch perturbative as well as exact derivations of several
master equations valid for various systems. Using these equations we study
einselection employing the general strategy of the predictability sieve.
Assumptions that are usually made in the discussion of decoherence are
critically reexamined along with the ``standard lore'' to which they lead.
Restoration of quantum-classical correspondence in systems that are classically
chaotic is discussed. The dynamical second law -it is shown- can be traced to
the same phenomena that allow for the restoration of the correspondence
principle in decohering chaotic systems (where it is otherwise lost on a very
short time-scale). Quantum error correction is discussed as an example of an
anti-decoherence strategy. Implications of decoherence and einselection for the
interpretation of quantum theory are briefly pointed out.Comment: 80 pages, 7 figures included, Lectures given by both authors at the
72nd Les Houches Summer School on "Coherent Matter Waves", July-August 199
Energy and system size dependence of \phi meson production in Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions
We study the beam-energy and system-size dependence of \phi meson production
(using the hadronic decay mode \phi -- K+K-) by comparing the new results from
Cu+Cu collisions and previously reported Au+Au collisions at \sqrt{s_NN} = 62.4
and 200 GeV measured in the STAR experiment at RHIC. Data presented are from
mid-rapidity (|y|<0.5) for 0.4 < pT < 5 GeV/c. At a given beam energy, the
transverse momentum distributions for \phi mesons are observed to be similar in
yield and shape for Cu+Cu and Au+Au colliding systems with similar average
numbers of participating nucleons. The \phi meson yields in nucleus-nucleus
collisions, normalised by the average number of participating nucleons, are
found to be enhanced relative to those from p+p collisions with a different
trend compared to strange baryons. The enhancement for \phi mesons is observed
to be higher at \sqrt{s_NN} = 200 GeV compared to 62.4 GeV. These observations
for the produced \phi(s\bar{s}) mesons clearly suggest that, at these collision
energies, the source of enhancement of strange hadrons is related to the
formation of a dense partonic medium in high energy nucleus-nucleus collisions
and cannot be alone due to canonical suppression of their production in smaller
systems.Comment: 20 pages and 5 figure
Proximity effect at superconducting Sn-Bi2Se3 interface
We have investigated the conductance spectra of Sn-Bi2Se3 interface junctions
down to 250 mK and in different magnetic fields. A number of conductance
anomalies were observed below the superconducting transition temperature of Sn,
including a small gap different from that of Sn, and a zero-bias conductance
peak growing up at lower temperatures. We discussed the possible origins of the
smaller gap and the zero-bias conductance peak. These phenomena support that a
proximity-effect-induced chiral superconducting phase is formed at the
interface between the superconducting Sn and the strong spin-orbit coupling
material Bi2Se3.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figure
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