30 research outputs found
Synchrotron radiation of crystallized beams
We study the modifications of synchrotron radiation of charges in a storage
ring as they are cooled. The pair correlation lengths between the charges are
manifest in the synchrotron radiation and coherence effects exist for
wavelengths longer than the coherence lengths between the charges. Therefore
the synchrotron radiation can be used as a diagnostic tool to determine the
state (gas, liquid, crystal) of the charged plasma in the storage ring. We show
also that the total power of the synchrotron radiation is enormously reduced
for crystallized beams. This opens the possibility of accelerating particles to
ultra-relativistic energies using small-sized cyclic accelerators.Comment: REVTeX, 27 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Suppression of synchrotron radiation due to beam crystallization
With respect to a "hot", non-crystallized beam the synchrotron radiation of a
cold crystallized beam is considerably modified. We predict suppression of
synchrotron radiation emitted by a crystallized beam in a storage ring. We also
propose experiments to detect this effect.Comment: LaTeX, 3 pages, 1 figure, To be published in Eur. Phys. J. A,
December 199
Toward a M{\o}lmer S{\o}rensen Gate With .9999 Fidelity
Realistic fault-tolerant quantum computing at reasonable overhead requires
two-qubit gates with the highest possible fidelity. Typically, an infidelity of
is recommended in the literature. Focusing on the
phase-sensitive architecture used in laboratories and by commercial companies
to implement quantum computers, we show that even under noise-free, ideal
conditions, neglecting the carrier term and linearizing the Lamb-Dicke term in
the Hamiltonian used for control-pulse construction for generating
M{\o}lmer-S{\o}rensen XX gates based on the Raman scheme are not justified if
the goal is an infidelity target of . We obtain these results with a
gate simulator code that, in addition to the computational space, explicitly
takes the most relevant part of the phonon space into account. With the help of
a Magnus expansion carried to the third order, keeping terms up to the fourth
order in the Lamb-Dicke parameters, we identify the leading sources of coherent
errors, which we show can be eliminated by adding a single linear equation to
the phase-space closure conditions and subsequently adjusting the amplitude of
the control pulse (calibration). This way, we obtain XX gates with infidelities
Avascular femoral head necrosis in young gymnasts: a pursuit of aetiology and management.
AIMS
Avascular femoral head necrosis in the context of gymnastics is a rare but serious complication, appearing similar to Perthes' disease but occurring later during adolescence. Based on 3D CT animations, we propose repetitive impact between the main supplying vessels on the posterolateral femoral neck and the posterior acetabular wall in hyperextension and external rotation as a possible cause of direct vascular damage, and subsequent femoral head necrosis in three adolescent female gymnasts we are reporting on.
METHODS
Outcome of hip-preserving head reduction osteotomy combined with periacetabular osteotomy was good in one and moderate in the other up to three years after surgery; based on the pronounced hip destruction, the third received initially a total hip arthroplasty.
RESULTS
The described pathology is quite devastating, and extensive joint preserving surgery (which has been shown successful in Perthes' cases) was less successful in this patient cohort.
CONCLUSION
Supraselective angiography may be helpful to improve pathomechanical understanding and surgical decision making.Cite this article: Bone Jt Open 2022;3(9):666-673
Diagnostic criterion for crystallized beams
Small ion crystals in a Paul trap are stable even in the absence of laser
cooling. Based on this theoretically and experimentally well-established fact
we propose the following diagnostic criterion for establishing the presence of
a crystallized beam: Absence of heating following the shut-down of all cooling
devices. The validity of the criterion is checked with the help of detailed
numerical simulations.Comment: REVTeX, 11 pages, 4 figures; submitted to PR
Loading a Paul Trap: Densities, Capacities, and Scaling in the Saturation Regime
Providing ideal conditions for the study of ion-neutral collisions, we investigate here the properties of the saturated, steady state of a three-dimensional Paul trap, loaded from a magneto-optic trap. In particular, we study three assumptions that are sometimes made under saturated, steady-state conditions: (i) The pseudopotential provides a good approximation for the number, Ns, of ions in the saturation regime, (ii) the maximum of Ns occurs at a loading rate of approximately 1 ion per rf cycle, and (iii) the ion density is approximately constant. We find that none of these assumptions are generally valid. However, based on detailed classical molecular dynamics simulations, and as a function of loading rate and trap control parameter, we show where to find convenient dynamical regimes for ion-neutral collision experiments, or how to rescale to the pseudo-potential predictions. We also investigate the fate of the electrons generated during the loading process and present a new heating mechanism, insertion heating, that in some regimes of trapping and loading may rival and even exceed the rf-heating power of the trap