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Small violations of full correlation Bell inequalities for multipartite pure random states
We estimate the probability of random -qudit pure states violating
full-correlation Bell inequalities with two dichotomic observables per site.
These inequalities can show violations that grow exponentially with , but we
prove this is not the typical case. For many-qubit states the probability to
violate any of these inequalities by an amount that grows linearly with is
vanishingly small. If each system's Hilbert space dimension is larger than two,
on the other hand, the probability of seeing \emph{any} violation is already
small. For the qubits case we discuss furthermore the consequences of this
result for the probability of seeing arbitrary violations (\emph i.e., of any
order of magnitude) when experimental imperfections are considered.Comment: 16 pages, one colum
Temperature effect on (2+1) experimental Kardar-Parisi-Zhang growth
We report on the effect of substrate temperature (T) on both local structure
and long-wavelength fluctuations of polycrystalline CdTe thin films deposited
on Si(001). A strong T-dependent mound evolution is observed and explained in
terms of the energy barrier to inter-grain diffusion at grain boundaries, as
corroborated by Monte Carlo simulations. This leads to transitions from
uncorrelated growth to a crossover from random-to-correlated growth and
transient anomalous scaling as T increases. Due to these finite-time effects,
we were not able to determine the universality class of the system through the
critical exponents. Nevertheless, we demonstrate that this can be circumvented
by analyzing height, roughness and maximal height distributions, which allow us
to prove that CdTe grows asymptotically according to the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang
(KPZ) equation in a broad range of T. More important, one finds positive
(negative) velocity excess in the growth at low (high) T, indicating that it is
possible to control the KPZ non-linearity by adjusting the temperature.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Initial pseudo-steady state & asymptotic KPZ universality in semiconductor on polymer deposition
The Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) class is a paradigmatic example of universality
in nonequilibrium phenomena, but clear experimental evidences of asymptotic
2D-KPZ statistics are still very rare, and far less understanding stems from
its short-time behavior. We tackle such issues by analyzing surface
fluctuations of CdTe films deposited on polymeric substrates, based on a huge
spatio-temporal surface sampling acquired through atomic force microscopy. A
\textit{pseudo}-steady state (where average surface roughness and spatial
correlations stay constant in time) is observed at initial times, persisting up
to deposition of monolayers. This state results from a fine
balance between roughening and smoothening, as supported by a phenomenological
growth model. KPZ statistics arises at long times, thoroughly verified by
universal exponents, spatial covariance and several distributions. Recent
theoretical generalizations of the Family-Vicsek scaling and the emergence of
log-normal distributions during interface growth are experimentally confirmed.
These results confirm that high vacuum vapor deposition of CdTe constitutes a
genuine 2D-KPZ system, and expand our knowledge about possible
substrate-induced short-time behaviors.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figures, 2 table
Produção e distribuição de biomassa de espécies arbóreas no Semi-Árido brasileiro.
Com o objetivo de avaliar a produção e distribuição de biomassa de algumas espécies arbóreas de múltiplo uso em condições de sequeiro do submédio do São Francisco, instalou-se um experimento no Campo Experimental da Caatinga da Embrapa Semi-Árido, Município de Petrolina, PE. Foram realizadas medições de altura e diâmetro à altura do peito (DAP) de 16 árvores centrais, em três parcelas de cada espécie: Leucaena diversifolia, Caesalpinia velutina, Caesalpinia coriaria, Mimosa tenuiflora e Ateleia herbert-smithii. A biomassa foi estimada com base na árvore de altura média de cada parcela, avaliando-se, separadamente, cada componente (folhas, galhos, cascas e lenho). A biomassa nos diferentes componentes arbóreos das espécies foi distribuída na seguinte ordem: folha<casca<galho<raiz<lenho, excetuando-se A. herbert-smithii, que produziu mais folha do que casca. A produção de biomassa total foi superior em C. velutina (51,6 kg ha-1), seguida por L. diversifolia (36,6 kg ha-1), A. herbert-smithii (26,4 kg ha-1), Caesalpinia coriaria (23,0 kg ha-1) e Mimosa tenuiflora (21,6 kg ha-1). Entretanto, a matéria seca foliar, que é o principal componente forrageiro das espécies, foi maior em C. velutina (3,7 kg ha-1), vindo em seguida A. herbert-smithii (2,8 kg ha-1) e C. coriaria (2,2 kg ha-1), L. diversifolia (2,0 kg ha-1) e M. tenuiflora (1,3 kg ha-1), representando, respectivamente, 7,2; 10,7; 9,5; 5,3; e 6,3% da biomassa total. C. velutina destacou-se por ser a mais produtiva, tanto como madeireira (lenho=30,8 t ha-1) quanto forrageira (folhas = 3,7 t ha-1), enquanto a M. tenuiflora foi a de menor potencial forrageiro
Astrometry of mutual approximations between natural satellites. Application to the Galilean moons
Typically we can deliver astrometric positions of natural satellites with
errors in the 50-150 mas range. Apparent distances from mutual phenomena, have
much smaller errors, less than 10 mas. However, this method can only be applied
during the equinox of the planets. We developed a method that can provide
accurate astrometric data for natural satellites -- the mutual approximations.
The method can be applied when any two satellites pass close by each other in
the apparent sky plane. The fundamental parameter is the central instant
of the passage when the distances reach a minimum.
We applied the method for the Galilean moons. All observations were made with
a 0.6 m telescope with a narrow-band filter centred at 889 nm with width of 15
nm which attenuated Jupiter's scattered light. We obtained central instants for
14 mutual approximations observed in 2014-2015. We determined with an
average precision of 3.42 mas (10.43 km). For comparison, we also applied the
method for 5 occultations in the 2009 mutual phenomena campaign and for 22
occultations in the 2014-2015 campaign. The comparisons of determined by
our method with the results from mutual phenomena show an agreement by less
than 1-sigma error in , typically less than 10 mas. This new method is
particularly suitable for observations by small telescopes.Comment: 13 pages, 11 figures and 8 tables. Based on observations made at the
Laborat\'orio Nacional de Astrof\'isica (LNA), Itajub\'a-MG, Brazi
Writing electronic ferromagnetic states in a high-temperature paramagnetic nuclear spin system
In this paper we use the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) to write eletronic
states of a ferromagnetic system into a high-temperature paramagnetic nuclear
spins. Through the control of phase and duration of radiofrequency pulses we
set the NMR density matrix populations, and apply the technique of quantum
state tomography to experimentally obtain the matrix elements of the system,
from which we calculate the temperature dependence of magnetization for
different magnetic fields. The effects of the variation of temperature and
magnetic field over the populations can be mapped in the angles of spins
rotations, carried out by the RF pulses. The experimental results are compared
to the Brillouin functions of ferromagnetic ordered systems in the mean field
approximation for two cases: the mean field is given by (i)
and (ii) , where is the external
magnetic field, and are mean field parameters. The
first case exhibits second order transition, whereas the second case has first
order transition with temperature hysteresis. The NMR simulations are in good
agreement with the magnetic predictions
Experimental realization of the Yang-Baxter Equation via NMR interferometry
The Yang-Baxter equation is an important tool in theoretical physics, with
many applications in different domains that span from condensed matter to
string theory. Recently, the interest on the equation has increased due to its
connection to quantum information processing. It has been shown that the
Yang-Baxter equation is closely related to quantum entanglement and quantum
computation. Therefore, owing to the broad relevance of this equation, besides
theoretical studies, it also became significant to pursue its experimental
implementation. Here, we show an experimental realization of the Yang-Baxter
equation and verify its validity through a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
interferometric setup. Our experiment was performed on a liquid state
Iodotrifluoroethylene sample which contains molecules with three qubits. We use
Controlled-transfer gates that allow us to build a pseudo-pure state from which
we are able to apply a quantum information protocol that implements the
Yang-Baxter equation.Comment: 10 pages and 6 figure
Entanglement and Bell's inequality violation above room temperature in metal carboxylates
In the present work we show that a special family of materials, the metal
carboxylates, may have entangled states up to very high temperatures. From
magnetic susceptibility measurements, we have estimated the critical
temperature below which entanglement exists in the cooper carboxylate
\{Cu(OCH)\}\{Cu(OCH)(2-methylpyridine)\}, and we have
found this to be above room temperature ( K). Furthermore, the
results show that the system remains maximally entangled until close to K and the Bell's inequality is violated up to nearly room temperature
( K)
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