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Fractional Quantum Hall Effect of Hard-Core Bosons in Topological Flat Bands
Recent proposals of topological flat band (TFB) models have provided a new
route to realize the fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE) without Landau
levels. We study hard-core bosons with short-range interactions in two
representative TFB models, one of which is the well known Haldane model (but
with different parameters). We demonstrate that FQHE states emerge with
signatures of even number of quasi-degenerate ground states on a torus and a
robust spectrum gap separating these states from higher energy spectrum. We
also establish quantum phase diagrams for the filling factor 1/2 and illustrate
quantum phase transitions to other competing symmetry-breaking phases.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figure
Experimental Investigation and Gaussian Process Emulation of Steel Skeleton Reinforced Concrete Behaviors in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Tests
This paper conducts split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) experiments to investigate the dynamic compressive properties of steel skeleton reinforced concrete (SSRC) materials. The SSRC specimens with the different volume fraction of steel range from 0 to 2.94% are investigated by conducting quasi-static and SHPB compression tests, respectively. In SHPB tests, the strain rate achieves from 30 s-1 to 100 s-1. The concrete matrix for all SSRC specimens is mixed to obtain a compressive strength of 45 MPa. The influences of different steel skeleton arrangements on the compressive strength, energy absorption, dynamic strain-stress relations, and failure modes are discussed and compared. The most important indicator, dynamic increase factor (DIF) relations of SSRC for compressive strength and Young’s modulus are modelled probabilistically using Gaussian process (GP) emulation under the Bayesian framework. The corresponding performances are validated by individual prediction errors (IPE) diagnostics. The experimental results demonstrate that by adding certain types of steel skeleton into plain concrete, which gives a general better bonding property to concrete materials and increases the capacities of dynamic compressive strength, dynamic resistance and energy absorption
Defending against Sybil Devices in Crowdsourced Mapping Services
Real-time crowdsourced maps such as Waze provide timely updates on traffic,
congestion, accidents and points of interest. In this paper, we demonstrate how
lack of strong location authentication allows creation of software-based {\em
Sybil devices} that expose crowdsourced map systems to a variety of security
and privacy attacks. Our experiments show that a single Sybil device with
limited resources can cause havoc on Waze, reporting false congestion and
accidents and automatically rerouting user traffic. More importantly, we
describe techniques to generate Sybil devices at scale, creating armies of
virtual vehicles capable of remotely tracking precise movements for large user
populations while avoiding detection. We propose a new approach to defend
against Sybil devices based on {\em co-location edges}, authenticated records
that attest to the one-time physical co-location of a pair of devices. Over
time, co-location edges combine to form large {\em proximity graphs} that
attest to physical interactions between devices, allowing scalable detection of
virtual vehicles. We demonstrate the efficacy of this approach using
large-scale simulations, and discuss how they can be used to dramatically
reduce the impact of attacks against crowdsourced mapping services.Comment: Measure and integratio
Centrality, system size and energy dependences of charged-particle pseudo-rapidity distribution
Utilizing the three-fireball picture within the quark combination model, we
study systematically the charged particle pseudorapidity distributions in both
Au+Au and Cu+Cu collision systems as a function of collision centrality and
energy, 19.6, 62.4, 130 and 200 GeV, in full pseudorapidity
range. We find that: (i)the contribution from leading particles to
distributions increases with the decrease of the collision
centrality and energy respectively; (ii)the number of the leading particles is
almost independent of the collision energy, but it does depend on the nucleon
participants ; (iii)if Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions at the same
collision energy are selected to have the same , the resulting of
charged particle distributions are nearly identical, both in the
mid-rapidity particle density and the width of the distribution. This is true
for both 62.4 GeV and 200 GeV data. (iv)the limiting fragmentation phenomenon
is reproduced. (iiv) we predict the total multiplicity and pseudorapidity
distribution for the charged particles in Pb+Pb collisions at TeV. Finally, we give a qualitative analysis of the
and as function of
and from RHIC to LHC.Comment: 12 pages, 8 figure
Centrality dependence of spectra for identified hadrons in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at GeV
The centrality dependence of transverse momentum spectra for identified
hadrons at midrapidity in Au+Au collisions at GeV is
systematically studied in a quark combination model. The
spectra of , , and in
different centrality bins and the nuclear modification factors () for
these hadrons are calculated. The centrality dependence of the average
collective transverse velocity for the hot and dense quark matter
is obtained in Au+Au collisions, and it is applied to a relative smaller Cu+Cu
collision system. The centrality dependence of spectra and
the for , and in Cu+Cu collisions at
GeV are well described. The results show that is only a function of the number of participants and it is
independent of the collision system.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
In-Plane Magnetic Anisotropy In RF Sputtered Fe-N Thin Films
We have fabricated Fe(N) thin films with varied N2 partial pressure and
studied the microstructure, morphology, magnetic properties and resistivity by
using X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy, transmission electron
microscopy, vibrating-sample magnetometer and angle-resolved M-H hysteresis
Loop tracer and standard four-point probe method. In the presence of low N2
partial pressure, Fe(N) films showed a basic bcc a-Fe structure with a
preferred (110) texture. A variation of in-plane magnetic anisotropy of the
Fe(N) films was observed with the changing of N component. The evolution of
in-plane anisotropy in the films was attributed to the directional order
mechanism. Nitrogen atoms play an important role in refining the a-Fe grains
and inducing uniaxial anisotropy.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figure
Boundary K-matrices and the Lax pair for 1D open XYZ spin-chain
We analysis the symmetries of the reflection equation for open model
and find their solutions case by case. In the general open boundary
conditions, the Lax pair for open one-dimensional spin-chain is given.Comment: LaTeX, 17 pages, errors in references correcte
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