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Pseudo + quasi SU(3): Towards a shell-model description of heavy deformed nuclei
The pseudo-SU(3) model has been extensively used to study normal parity bands
in even-even and odd-mass heavy deformed nuclei. The use of a realistic
Hamiltonian that mixes many SU(3) irreps has allowed for a successful
description of energy spectra and electromagnetic transition strengths. While
this model is powerful, there are situations in which the intruder states must
be taken into account explicitly. The quasi-SU(3) symmetry is expected to
complement the model, allowing for a description of nucleons occupying normal
and intruder parity orbitals using a unified formalism.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures, invited talk at Computational and Group
Theoretical Methods in Nuclear Physics, Playa del Carmen, Mexico, February
18-21, 200
Analysis of the interdependence between gross domestic product (GDP), steel production and iron production (10 states of European Union)
Given the intensification of the world economy globalization, the production represents one of the factors characterizing the development of a country and its performance. In this context, this paper aims to establish and analyze the influence of the crude steel production and blast furnace iron production on the gross domestic product, using the multiple linear regression model. Data subject to the study are related to the period 2004 – 2014, and the research refers to the first ten countries producing crude steel and blast furnace iron, members of the European Union
Weak Riemannian manifolds from finite index subfactors
Let be a finite Jones' index inclusion of II factors, and
denote by their unitary groups. In this paper we study the
homogeneous space , which is a (infinite dimensional) differentiable
manifold, diffeomorphic to the orbit
of the Jones projection of the inclusion. We endow with a
Riemannian metric, by means of the trace on each tangent space. These are
pre-Hilbert spaces (the tangent spaces are not complete), therefore is a weak Riemannian manifold. We show that enjoys certain
properties similar to classic Hilbert-Riemann manifolds. Among them, metric
completeness of the geodesic distance, uniqueness of geodesics of the
Levi-Civita connection as minimal curves, and partial results on the existence
of minimal geodesics. For instance, around each point of ,
there is a ball (of uniform radius ) of
the usual norm of , such that any point in the ball is joined to
by a unique geodesic, which is shorter than any other piecewise smooth curve
lying inside this ball. We also give an intrinsic (algebraic) characterization
of the directions of degeneracy of the submanifold inclusion , where the last set denotes the Grassmann manifold
of the von Neumann algebra generated by and .Comment: 19 page
Heterocyst placement strategies to maximize growth of cyanobacterial filaments
Under conditions of limited fixed-nitrogen, some filamentous cyanobacteria
develop a regular pattern of heterocyst cells that fix nitrogen for the
remaining vegetative cells. We examine three different heterocyst placement
strategies by quantitatively modelling filament growth while varying both
external fixed-nitrogen and leakage from the filament. We find that there is an
optimum heterocyst frequency which maximizes the growth rate of the filament;
the optimum frequency decreases as the external fixed-nitrogen concentration
increases but increases as the leakage increases. In the presence of leakage,
filaments implementing a local heterocyst placement strategy grow significantly
faster than filaments implementing random heterocyst placement strategies. With
no extracellular fixed-nitrogen, consistent with recent experimental studies of
Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, the modelled heterocyst spacing distribution using our
local heterocyst placement strategy is qualitatively similar to experimentally
observed patterns. As external fixed-nitrogen is increased, the spacing
distribution for our local placement strategy retains the same shape while the
average spacing between heterocysts continuously increases.Comment: This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article
accepted for publication in Physical Biology. IOP Publishing Ltd is not
responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or
any version derived from it. The definitive publisher-authenticated version
will be available onlin
Fragmentation cross sections of Fe^{26+}, Si^{14+} and C^{6+} ions of 0.3-10 A GeV on CR39, polyethylene and aluminum targets
New measurements of the total and partial fragmentation cross sections in the
energy range 0.3-10 A GeV of Fe^{26+}, Si^{14+} and C^{6+} beams on
polyethylene, CR39 and aluminum targets are presented. The exposures were made
at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), USA, and Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator
in Chiba (HIMAC), Japan. The CR39 nuclear track detectors were used to identify
the incident and survived beams and their fragments. The total fragmentation
cross sections for all targets are almost energy independent while they depend
on the target mass. The measured partial fragmentation cross sections are also
discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 5 eps figures. Talk given at the 24th International
Conference on Nuclear Tracks in Solids, Bologna, Italy, 1-5 September 200
Fragmentation studies of high energy ions using CR39 nuclear track detectors
We report on the measurements of the total charge changing fragmentation
cross sections in high-energy nucleus-nucleus collisions using Fe, Si and Pb
incident ions. Several stacks of CR39 nuclear track detectors with different
target combinations were exposed at normal incidence to high energy accelerator
beams to integrated densities of about 2000 ions/cm^2. The nuclear track
detector foils were chemically etched, and ion tracks were measured using an
automatic image analyzer system. The cross section determination is based on
the charge identification of beam ions and their fragments and on the
reconstruction of their path through the stacks.Comment: 5 pages, 4 EPS figures. Corrected Eq. 3 and Table 1. Presented at the
10th Inter. Symp. Radiat. Phys., Coimbra, Portugal, 17-22 Sept. 200
Carboxymethyl guar gum nanoparticles for drug delivery applications:preparation and preliminary in-vitro investigations
Single spin measurement using spin-orbital entanglement
Single spin measurement represents a major challenge for spin-based quantum
computation. In this article we propose a new method for measuring the spin of
a single electron confined in a quantum dot (QD). Our strategy is based on
entangling (using unitary gates) the spin and orbital degrees of freedom. An
{\em orbital qubit}, defined by a second, empty QD, is used as an ancilla and
is prepared in a known initial state. Measuring the orbital qubit will reveal
the state of the (unknown) initial spin qubit, hence reducing the problem to
the easier task of single charge measurement. Since spin-charge conversion is
done with unit probability, single-shot measurement of an electronic spin can
be, in principle, achieved. We evaluate the robustness of our method against
various sources of error and discuss briefly possible implementations.Comment: RevTeX4, 4 pages, some figs; updated to the published versio
The SPOrt Project: Cosmological and Astrophysical Goals
We present the cosmological and astrophysical objectives of the SPOrt
mission, which is scheduled for flying on the International Space Station (ISS)
in the year 2002 with the purpose of measuring the diffuse sky polarized
radiation in the microwave region. We discuss the problem of disentangling the
cosmic background polarized signal from the Galactic foregrounds.Comment: 10 pages; 5 PS figures; requires aipproc2.cls, aipproc2.sty,
epsfc.tex; to appear in Proc. of ``3K Cosmology'', Rome 5-10 Oct. 199
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