294 research outputs found
Evaporative depolarization and spin transport in a unitary trapped Fermi gas
We consider a partially spin-polarized atomic Fermi gas in a
high-aspect-ratio trap, with a flux of predominantly spin-up atoms exiting the
center of the trap. We argue that such a scenario can be produced by
evaporative cooling, and we find that it can result in a substantially
non-equilibrium polarization pattern for typical experimental parameters. We
offer this as a possible explanation for the quantitative discrepancies in
recent experiments on spin-imbalanced unitary Fermi gases.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures; published versio
Trimers, molecules and polarons in imbalanced atomic Fermi gases
We consider the ground state of a single "spin-down" impurity atom
interacting attractively with a "spin-up" atomic Fermi gas. By constructing
variational wave functions for polarons, molecules and trimers, we perform a
detailed study of the transitions between each of these dressed bound states as
a function of mass ratio and interaction strength.
We find that the presence of a Fermi sea enhances the stability of the -wave
trimer, which can be viewed as a Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO)
molecule that has bound an additional majority atom. For sufficiently large
, we find that the transitions lie outside the region of phase separation in
imbalanced Fermi gases and should thus be observable in experiment, unlike the
well-studied equal-mass case.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure
Phase separation and collapse in Bose-Fermi mixtures with a Feshbach resonance
We consider a mixture of single-component bosonic and fermionic atoms with an
interspecies interaction that is varied using a Feshbach resonance. By
performing a mean-field analysis of a two-channel model, which describes both
narrow and broad Feshbach resonances, we find an unexpectedly rich phase
diagram at zero temperature: Bose-condensed and non-Bose-condensed phases form
a variety of phase-separated states that are accompanied by both critical and
tricritical points. We discuss the implications of our results for the
experimentally observed collapse of Bose-Fermi mixtures on the attractive side
of the Feshbach resonance, and we make predictions for future experiments on
Bose-Fermi mixtures close to a Feshbach resonance.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures. Extended versio
A Data Fusion Technique to Detect Wireless Network Virtual Jamming Attacks
The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.Wireless communications are potentially exposed to jamming due to the openness of the medium and, in particular, to virtual jamming, which allows more energy-efficient attacks. In this paper we tackle the problem of virtual jamming attacks on IEEE 802.11 networks and present a data fusion solution for the detection of a type of virtual jamming attack (namely, NAV attacks), based on the real-time monitoring of a set of metrics. The detection performance is evaluated in a number of real scenarios
Observation of quantum depletion in a nonequilibrium exciton-polariton condensate
The property of superfluidity, first discovered in liquid 4He, is closely
related to Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) of interacting bosons. However,
even at zero temperature, when one would expect the whole bosonic quantum
liquid to become condensed, a fraction of it is excited into higher momentum
states via interparticle interactions and quantum fluctuations -- the
phenomenon of quantum depletion. Quantum depletion of weakly interacting atomic
BECs in thermal equilibrium is well understood theoretically but is difficult
to measure. This is even more challenging in driven-dissipative systems such as
exciton-polariton condensates(photons coupled to electron-hole pairs in a
semiconductor), since their nonequilibrium nature is predicted to suppress
quantum depletion. Here, we observe quantum depletion of an optically trapped
high-density exciton-polariton condensate by directly detecting the spectral
branch of elementary excitations populated by this process. Analysis of the
population of this branch in momentum space shows that quantum depletion of an
exciton-polariton condensate can closely follow or strongly deviate from the
equilibrium Bogoliubov theory, depending on the fraction of matter (exciton) in
an exciton-polariton. Our results reveal the effects of exciton-polariton
interactions beyond the mean-field description and call for a deeper
understanding of the relationship between equilibrium and nonequilibrium BECs.Comment: 18 pages, 5 figures, with supplementary informatio
Honey Plotter and the Web of Terror
Honeypots are a useful tool for discovering the
distribution of malicious traffic on the Internet and how that
traffic evolves over time. In addition, they allow an insight into
new attacks appearing. One major problem is analysing the large
amounts of data generated by such honeypots and correlating
between multiple honeypots. Honey Plotter is a web-based query
and visualisation tool to allow investigation into data gathered by
a distributed honeypot network. It is built on top of a relational
database, which allows great flexibility in the questions that can
be asked and has automatic generation of visualisations based on
the results of queries. The main focus is on aggregate statistics but
individual attacks can also be analysed. Statistical comparison of
distributions is also provided to assist with detecting anomalies
in the data; helping separate out common malicious traffic from
new threats and trends. Two short case studies are presented to
give an example of the types of analysis that can be performed
An experimental analysis of the effects of noise on Wi-Fi video streaming
Wireless networks such as WiFi suffer communication
performance issues in addition to those seen on wired networks
due to the characteristics of the radio communication channel
used by their Physical Layers (PHY). Understanding these issues
is a complex but necessary task given the importance of wireless
networks for the transfer of wide ranging packet steams
including video as well as traditional data. Simulators are not
accurate enough to allow all the intricacies of such
communication to be accurately understood, especially when
complex interactions between the protocols of different layers
occurs. The paper suggests cross layer measurement as a solution
to the problem of understanding and analysis of such complex
communication issues and proposes a framework in which
appropriate performance measurements can be made from a
WiFi network supporting a video streaming application. The
framework has been used to collect these measurements at the
PHY, MAC, Transport and Application layers. Analysis of the
collected measurements has allowed the effects of noise
interference at the PHY to be related to the perceived
performance at the Application Layer for a video streaming
application. This has allowed the effect of the SNR on the
download time of a video sequence to be studied
Experimental assessment of the effects of cross-traffic on Wi-Fi video streaming
Wi-Fi networks are the first and sometimes only choice for the video streaming in homes, airports,
malls, public areas and museums. However, Wi-Fi networks are vulnerable to interference, noise and have
bandwidth limitations. Due to the intrinsic vulnerability of the communication channel, and the large number
of variables involved, simulation alone is not enough in the evaluation of the performance of wireless networks.
Actually, there is a tendency to give experimental tests a central role in the assessment of Wi-Fi networks
performance.
The paper presents an experimental analysis of the effects of cross traffic on the performance of video
streaming over Wi-Fi, based on cross-layer measurements. Experiments are carried out in a semi-anechoic
chamber, to prevent the results from being influenced by external factors. The experimental results permit to
analyze the influence of cross traffic characteristics on cross layer measures and objective video quality metrics
evaluated through a standardized approach
Race and place differences in patients hospitalized with an acute coronary syndrome: Is there double jeopardy? Findings from TRACE-CORE
The objectives of this longitudinal study were to examine differences between whites and blacks, and across two geographical regions, in the socio-demographic, clinical, and psychosocial characteristics, hospital treatment practices, and post-discharge mortality for hospital survivors of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS). In this prospective cohort study, we performed in-person interviews and medical record abstractions for patients discharged from the hospital after an ACS at participating sites in Central Massachusetts and Central Georgia during 2011-2013. Among the 1143 whites in Central Massachusetts, 514 whites in Central Georgia, and 277 blacks in Central Georgia, we observed a gradient of socioeconomic position with whites in Central Massachusetts being the most privileged, followed by whites and then blacks from Central Georgia; similar gradients pertained to psychosocial vulnerability (e.g., 10.7%, 25.1%, and 49.1% had cognitive impairment, respectively) and to the hospital receipt of all 4 evidence-based cardiac medications (35.5%, 18.1%, and 14.4%, respectively) used in the acute management of patients hospitalized with an ACS. Multivariable adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for the receipt of a percutaneous coronary intervention for whites and blacks in Georgia vs. whites in Massachusetts were 0.57 (0.46-0.71) and 0.40(0.30-0.52), respectively. Thirty-day and one-year mortality risks exhibited a similar gradient. The results of this contemporary clinical/epidemiologic study in a diverse patient cohort suggest that racial and geographic disparities continue to exist for patients hospitalized with an ACS
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