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    Zc(3900)Z_c(3900) as a DDˉD\bar{D}^* molecule from the pole counting rule

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    A comprehensive study on the nature of the Zc(3900)Z_c(3900) resonant structure is carried out in this work. By constructing the pertinent effective Lagrangians and considering the important final-state-interaction effects, we first give a unified description to all the relevant experimental data available, including the J/ψπJ/\psi\pi and ππ\pi\pi invariant mass distributions from the e+eJ/ψππe^+e^-\to J/\psi\pi\pi process, the hcπh_c\pi distribution from e+ehcππe^+e^-\to h_c\pi\pi and also the DDˉD\bar D^{*} spectrum in the e+eDDˉπe^+e^-\to D\bar D^{*}\pi process. After fitting the unknown parameters to the previous data, we search the pole in the complex energy plane and find only one pole in the nearby energy region in different Riemann sheets. Therefore we conclude that Zc(3900)Z_c(3900) is of DDˉD\bar D^* molecular nature, according to the pole counting rule method~[Nucl.~Phys.~A543, 632 (1992); Phys.~Rev.~D 35,~1633 (1987)]. We emphasize that the conclusion based upon the pole counting method is not trivial, since both the DDˉD\bar D^{*} contact interactions and the explicit ZcZ_c exchanges are introduced in our analyses and they lead to the same conclusion.Comment: 21 pages, 9 figures. To match the published version in PRD. Additional discussion on the spectral density function is include

    Tribological properties of surface dimple-textured by pellet-pressing

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    AbstractSurface texturing is thought to be as an effective tribological method of decreasing friction coefficient of contact pairs. Firstly, AISI1045 steel surface is dimple-textured by a convenient and economical way of pellet-pressing, then, the textured and polished samples is against SiC ball lubricated by engine oil to carry out tribological tests in reciprocating mode in tribomachine type UMT-II. It is concluded that surface dimple-texture made by pellet-pressing is beneficial to improve tribological properties lubricated by engine oil under10N load and 5mm/s sliding speed

    Effects of diurnal fluctuation of temperature on growth, photosynthetic activity response of two morphotypes cells of Emiliania huxleyi

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    349-356The effects of different thermal regimes on growth and physiological performance of the marine microalgae Emiliania huxleyi were studied . Two morphological distinct strains, one coccoliths-bearing cells called Calcified cells and one non-motile naked cells, were allocated to four different experimental groups. The groups were submitted to constant temperature of 20 °C and three different daily fluctuation ranges of temperature: a lower range of 20±2 °C, an intermediate range of 20±4 °C and the last higher range of 20±6 °C. This investigation demonstrated that there is a correlation between degree of calcification and photosynthesis. The cells with a decreased level of calcification resulted in a down regulation of photoprotective mechanisms. The cells grew high extent for all levels of fluctuation, presenting elevated concentrations at higher temperature amplitude. Elevated temperature shifts (20±6 °C) increased photosynthetic activity on both morphotypes strains of E. huxleyi

    Phase diagram and magnetic excitations of J1J_1-J3J_3 Heisenberg model on the square lattice

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    We study the phase diagram and the dynamical spin structure factor of the spin-1/2 J1-J3 Heisenberg model on the square lattice using density matrix renormalization group, exact diagonalization (ED), and cluster perturbation theory (CPT). By extrapolating the order parameters and studying the level crossings of the low-lying energy and entanglement spectra, we obtain the phase diagram of this model and identify a narrow region of quantum spin liquid (QSL) phase followed by a plaquette valence-bond solid (PVBS) state in the intermediate region, whose nature has been controversial for many years. More importantly, we use CPT and ED to study the dynamical spin structure factor in the QSL and the PVBS phase. In the QSL phase, the high-energy magnon mode completely turns into some dispersive weak excitations around the X and M points. For the PVBS phase, the low-energy spectrum is characterized by a gapped triplet excitation, and at the high energy, we find another branch of dispersive excitation with broad continua, which is unlike the plaquette phase in the 2x2 checkerboard model. In the latter case, the second branch of excitation is nearly flat due to the weak effective interactions between the local excitations of the plaquettes. And in the J1-J3 Heisenberg model, the uniform interactions and the spontaneously translational symmetry breaking of the PVBS phase make the difference in the excitation spectra.Comment: 14 pages, 14 figure

    Haldane phases and phase diagrams of the S = 3/2, 1 bilinear-biquadratic Heisenberg model on the orthogonal dimer chain

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    We systematically study the effects of higher-order interactions on the S = 3/2, 1 orthogonal dimer chains using exact diagonalization and density matrix renormalization group. Due to frustration and higher spin, there are rich quantum phases, including three Haldane phases, two gapless phases and several magnetically ordered phases. To characterize these phases and their phase transitions, we study various physical quantities such as energy gap, energy level crossing, fidelity susceptibility, spin correlation, entanglement spectrum and central charge. According to our calculations, the biquadratic term can enhance the Haldane phase regions. In particular, we numerically identify that a Haldane phase in S = 3/2 case is adiabatically connected to the exact AKLT point when adding bicubic term. Our study on the orthogonal dimer model, which is a 1D version of Shastry-Sutherland model, provides insights into understanding the possible S = 3/2, 1 Haldane phases in quasi-1D and 2D frustrated magnetic materials.Comment: 14 pages, 17 figure

    Characterizing random-singlet state in two-dimensional frustrated quantum magnets and implications for the double perovskite Sr2_2CuTe1x_{1-x}Wx_{x}O6_6

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    Motivated by experimental observation of the non-magnetic phase in the compounds with frustration and disorder, we study the ground state of the spin-1/21/2 square-lattice Heisenberg model with randomly distributed nearest-neighbor J1J_1 and next-nearest-neighbor J2J_2 couplings. By using the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) calculation on cylinder system with circumference up to 1010 lattice sites, we identify a disordered phase between the N\'eel and stripe magnetic phase with growing J2/J1J_2 / J_1 in the presence of strong randomness. The vanished spin-freezing parameter indicates the absent spin glass order. The large-scale DMRG results unveil the size-scaling behaviors of the spin-freezing parameter, the power-law decay of average spin correlation, and the exponential decay of typical spin correlation, which all agree with the corresponding behavior in the one-dimensional random singlet (RS) state and characterize the RS nature of this non-magnetic state. The DMRG simulation also opens new insight and opportunities for characterizing a class of non-magnetic states in two-dimensional frustrated magnets with disorder. We also compare with existing experiments and suggest more measurements for understanding the spin-liquid-like behavior in the double perovskite Sr2_2CuTe1x_{1-x}Wx_{x}O6_6.Comment: 11 pages,10 figure

    Identification of Magnetic Interactions and High-field Quantum Spin Liquid in α\alpha-RuCl3_3

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    The frustrated magnet α\alpha-RuCl3_3 constitutes a fascinating quantum material platform that harbors the intriguing Kitaev physics. However, a consensus on its intricate spin interactions and field-induced quantum phases has not been reached yet. Here we exploit multiple state-of-the-art many-body methods and determine the microscopic spin model that quantitatively explains major observations in α\alpha-RuCl3_3, including the zigzag order, double-peak specific heat, magnetic anisotropy, and the characteristic M-star dynamical spin structure, etc. According to our model simulations, the in-plane field drives the system into the polarized phase at about 7 T and a thermal fractionalization occurs at finite temperature, reconciling observations in different experiments. Under out-of-plane fields, the zigzag order is suppressed at 35 T, above which, and below a polarization field of 100 T level, there emerges a field-induced quantum spin liquid. The fractional entropy and algebraic low-temperature specific heat unveil the nature of a gapless spin liquid, which can be explored in high-field measurements on α\alpha-RuCl3_3.Comment: To appear in Nature Communications (12 pages, 6 figures, and 5 Supplementary Notes

    ChemiQ: A Chemistry Simulator for Quantum Computer

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    Quantum computing, an innovative computing system carrying prominent processing rate, is meant to be the solutions to problems in many fields. Among these realms, the most intuitive application is to help chemical researchers correctly de-scribe strong correlation and complex systems, which are the great challenge in current chemistry simulation. In this paper, we will present a standalone quantum simulation tool for chemistry, ChemiQ, which is designed to assist people carry out chemical research or molecular calculation on real or virtual quantum computers. Under the idea of modular programming in C++ language, the software is designed as a full-stack tool without third-party physics or chemistry application packages. It provides services as follow: visually construct molecular structure, quickly simulate ground-state energy, scan molecular potential energy curve by distance or angle, study chemical reaction, and return calculation results graphically after analysis.Comment: software,7 pages, 5 figure

    Discovering multiple transcripts of human hepatocytes using massively parallel signature sequencing (MPSS)

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    <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The liver is the largest human internal organ – it is composed of multiple cell types and plays a vital role in fulfilling the body's metabolic needs and maintaining homeostasis. Of these cell types the hepatocytes, which account for three-quarters of the liver's volume, perform its main functions. To discover the molecular basis of hepatocyte function, we employed Massively Parallel Signature Sequencing (MPSS) to determine the transcriptomic profile of adult human hepatocytes obtained by laser capture microdissection (LCM).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>10,279 UniGene clusters, representing 7,475 known genes, were detected in human hepatocytes. In addition, 1,819 unique MPSS signatures matching the antisense strand of 1,605 non-redundant UniGene clusters (such as <it>APOC1</it>, <it>APOC2</it>, <it>APOB </it>and <it>APOH</it>) were highly expressed in hepatocytes.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Apart from a large number of protein-coding genes, some of the antisense transcripts expressed in hepatocytes could play important roles in transcriptional interference via a <it>cis</it>-/<it>trans</it>-regulation mechanism. Our result provided a comprehensively transcriptomic atlas of human hepatocytes using MPSS technique, which could be served as an available resource for an in-depth understanding of human liver biology and diseases.</p
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