48 research outputs found
The critical temperature of the 2D-Ising model through Deep Learning Autoencoders
We investigate deep learning autoencoders for the unsupervised recognition of
phase transitions in physical systems formulated on a lattice. We focus our
investigation on the 2-dimensional ferromagnetic Ising model and then test the
application of the autoencoder on the anti-ferromagnetic Ising model. We use
spin configurations produced for the 2-dimensional ferromagnetic and
anti-ferromagnetic Ising model in zero external magnetic field. For the
ferromagnetic Ising model, we study numerically the relation between one latent
variable extracted from the autoencoder to the critical temperature . The
proposed autoencoder reveals the two phases, one for which the spins are
ordered and the other for which spins are disordered, reflecting the
restoration of the symmetry as the temperature increases. We
provide a finite volume analysis for a sequence of increasing lattice sizes.
For the largest volume studied, the transition between the two phases occurs
very close to the theoretically extracted critical temperature. We define as a
quasi-order parameter the absolute average latent variable , which
enables us to predict the critical temperature. One can define a latent
susceptibility and use it to quantify the value of the critical temperature
at different lattice sizes and that these values suffer from only
small finite scaling effects. We demonstrate that extrapolates to the
known theoretical value as suggesting that the autoencoder can
also be used to extract the critical temperature of the phase transition to an
adequate precision. Subsequently, we test the application of the autoencoder on
the anti-ferromagnetic Ising model, demonstrating that the proposed network can
detect the phase transition successfully in a similar way.Comment: 17 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication in Eur. Phys. J.
-wave scattering and the resonance from lattice QCD
We calculate the parameters describing elastic , -wave
scattering using lattice QCD with flavors of clover fermions. Our
calculation is performed with a pion mass of
and a lattice size of fm. We construct the two-point correlation
matrices with both quark-antiquark and two-hadron interpolating fields using a
combination of smeared forward, sequential and stochastic propagators. The
spectra in all relevant irreducible representations for total momenta
are extracted with two alternative
methods: a variational analysis as well as multi-exponential matrix fits. We
perform an analysis using L\"uscher's formalism for the energies below the
inelastic thresholds, and investigate several phase shift models, including
possible nonresonant contributions. We find that our data are well described by
the minimal Breit-Wigner form, with no statistically significant nonresonant
component. In determining the resonance mass and coupling we compare two
different approaches: fitting the individually extracted phase shifts versus
fitting the -matrix model directly to the energy spectrum. We find that both
methods give consistent results, and at a pion mass of
obtain , , and
, where the first uncertainty
is statistical and the second is the systematic uncertainty due to the choice
of fit ranges.Comment: 20 pages, 12 figures, published versio
On Late Time Tails in an Extreme Reissner-Nordstr\"om Black Hole: Frequency Domain Analysis
In this brief note, we revisit the study of the leading order late time decay
tails of massless scalar perturbations outside an extreme Reissner-Nordstr\"om
black hole. Previous authors have analysed this problem in the time domain; we
analyse the problem in the frequency domain. We first consider initial
perturbations with generic regular behaviour across the horizon on
characteristic surfaces. For this set-up, we reproduce some of the previous
results of Sela [arXiv:1510.06169] using Fourier methods. Next, we consider
related initial data on t=\mbox{const} hypersurfaces, and present decay
results at timelike infinity, near future null infinity, and near the future
horizon. Along the way, using the inversion symmetry of the
extreme Reissner-Nordstr\"om spacetime, we relate the higher multipole Aretakis
and Newman-Penrose constants for a massless scalar in this background.Comment: 22 pages; 2 figure
Retained Fractured Fragment of A Central Venous Catheter: A Minimally Invasive Approach to Safe Retrieval
BACKGROUND: Complication following fracture of a central venous catheter can be catastrophic to both the patient and the attending doctor. Catheter fracture has been attributed to several factors namely prolong mechanical force acting on the catheter, and forceful removal or insertion of the catheter.CASE DETAILS: In the present case, the fracture was suspected during the process of removal. The tip of the catheter was notably missing, and an emergency chest radiograph confirmed our diagnosis of a retained fracture of central venous catheter. The retained portion was removed by the interventional radiologist using an endovascular loop snare and delivered through a femoral vein venotomy performed by the surgeon.CONCLUSION: Endovascular approach to retrieval of retained fractured catheters has helped tremendously to reduce associated morbidity and the need for major surgery. The role of surgery has become limited to instances of failed endovascular retrieval and in remote geographical locations devoid of such specialty.KEYWORDS: Central venous catheter, fracture, endovascular, interventional radiolog
Towards the P-wave nucleon-pion scattering amplitude in the channel
We use lattice QCD and the L\"uscher method to study elastic pion-nucleon
scattering in the isospin channel, which couples to the
resonance. Our flavor lattice setup features a pion
mass of MeV, such that the strong decay channel is close to the threshold. We present our method for
constructing the required lattice correlation functions from single- and
two-hadron interpolating fields and their projection to irreducible
representations of the relevant symmetry group of the lattice. We show
preliminary results for the energy spectra in selected moving frames and
irreducible representations, and extract the scattering phase shifts. Using a
Breit-Wigner fit, we also determine the resonance mass and the
coupling.Comment: 14 pages, 7 figures, Proceedings of the 36th Annual International
Symposium on Lattice Field Theory (Lattice 2018), 22-28 July 2018, Michigan
State University, East Lansing, Michigan US