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Quantum computing with incoherent resources and quantum jumps
Spontaneous emission and the inelastic scattering of photons are two natural
processes usually associated with decoherence and the reduction in the capacity
to process quantum information. Here we show that when suitably detected, these
photons are sufficient to build all the fundamental blocks needed to perform
quantum computation in the emitting qubits while protecting them from
deleterious dissipative effects. We exemplify by showing how to teleport an
unknown quantum state and how to efficiently prepare graph states for the
implementation of measurement-based quantum computation.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
The Geometry of Entanglement Sudden Death
In open quantum systems, entanglement can vanish faster than coherence. This
phenomenon is usually called sudden death of entanglement. In this paper sudden
death of entanglement is discussed from a geometrical point of view, in the
context of two qubits. A classification of possible scenarios is presented,
with important known examples classified. Theoretical and experimental
construction of other examples is suggested as well as large dimensional and
multipartite versions of the effect.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, references added, initial paragraph corrected,
sectioning adopted, some parts rewritten; accepted by New J. Phy
New foliose and gelatinous red macroalgae (Rhodophycota) from the Azores: morphological and geographical observations.
Copyright © 2002 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.The following four species of foliose and gelatinous red algae (Rhodophycota) are newly recorded for the Azores archipelago (North Atlantic Ocean): Gracilaria multipartita (Clemente) Harvey, Meristotheca decumbens Grunow (Solieriaceae), Asteromenia peltata (W.R. Taylor) Huisman and A.J.K. Millar (Rhodymeniaceae), and Agardhinula browneae (J. Agardh) De Toni (Faucheaceae). The species are described, and information on reproductive status, ecology and biogeographical relationships is provided
Asymptotic Entanglement Dynamics and Geometry of Quantum States
A given dynamics for a composite quantum system can exhibit several distinct
properties for the asymptotic entanglement behavior, like entanglement sudden
death, asymptotic death of entanglement, sudden birth of entanglement, etc. A
classification of the possible situations was given in [M. O. Terra Cunha,
{\emph{New J. Phys}} {\bf{9}}, 237 (2007)] but for some classes there were no
known examples. In this work we give a better classification for the possibile
relaxing dynamics at the light of the geometry of their set of asymptotic
states and give explicit examples for all the classes. Although the
classification is completely general, in the search of examples it is
sufficient to use two qubits with dynamics given by differential equations in
Lindblad form (some of them non-autonomous). We also investigate, in each case,
the probabilities to find each possible behavior for random initial states.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures; revised version accepted for publication in J.
Phys. A: Math. Theo
A Hybridized Approach to Validation: The Role of Sociological Research Methods in Pedestrian Modeling
Pedestrian and crowd-movement models are difficult to validate using traditional empirical methods because of data-related issues such as generalizability, collection ethics, and costs. Commonly used validation methods make strong assumptions about emergence and the importance of crowd structure, leaving a gap in validation literature. The paper reviews the most common methods of validating pedestrian models and proposes a hybridized qualitative approach to validating models that covers more complex group dynamics and possible situations of panic
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