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Correlation and Fluctuation in Multiparticle Production: Some Closing Remarks
Some general comments are made on the evolution of this series of workshops
and on some features of this particular Workshop without attempting to
summarize all the talks presented.Comment: Closing talk at the 11th Workshop on Correlation and Fluctuation in
Multiparticle Production, Hangzhou, China, Nov. 21-24, 200
A simple encoding of a quantum circuit amplitude as a matrix permanent
A simple construction is presented which allows computing the transition
amplitude of a quantum circuit to be encoded as computing the permanent of a
matrix which is of size proportional to the number of quantum gates in the
circuit. This opens up some interesting classical monte-carlo algorithms for
approximating quantum circuits.Comment: 6 figure
Pedestal and Peak Structure in Jet Correlation
We study the characteristics of correlation between particles in jets
produced in heavy-ion collisions. In the framework of parton recombination we
calculate the and distributions of a pion associated with a
trigger particle. The origin of the pedestal in is related to the
longitudinal expansion of the thermal partons that are enhanced by the energy
loss of hard partons traversing the bulk medium. The peaks in and
are related to the same angular spread of the shower partons in a
jet cone. No artificial short- or long-range correlations are put in by hand. A
large part of the correlation between hadrons in jets is due to the correlation
among the shower partons arising from momentum conservation. Recombination
between thermal and shower partons dominates the correlation characterisitics
in the intermediate region.Comment: 14 pages in LaTex and 2 figures in ep
Ridge Formation Induced by Jets in Collisions at 7 TeV
An interpretation of the ridge phenomenon found in pp collisions at 7 TeV is
given in terms of enhancement of soft partons due to energy loss of semihard
jets. A description of ridge formation in nuclear collisions can directly be
extended to pp collisions, since hydrodynamics is not used, and azimuthal
anisotropy is generated by semihard scattering. Both the p_T and multiplicity
dependencies are well reproduced. Some suggestions are made about other
observables.Comment: Expanded version to be published in Phys. Rev.
Effects of Minijets on Hadronic Spectra and Azimuthal Harmonics in Au-Au Collisions at 200 GeV
The production of hadrons in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC in the low
transverse-momentum () region is investigated in the recombination model
with emphasis on the effects of minijets on the azimuthal anisotropy. Since the
study is mainly on the hadronization of partons at late time, the fluid picture
is not used to trace the evolution of the system. The inclusive distributions
at low are determined as the recombination products of thermal partons.
The dependencies of both pion and proton have a common exponential factor
apart from other dissimilar kinematic and resonance factors, because they are
inherited from the same pool of thermal partons. Instead of the usual
description based on hydrodynamics, the azimuthal anisotropy of the produced
hadrons is explained as the consequence of the effects of minijets, either
indirectly through the recombination of enhanced thermal partons in the
vicinity of the trajectories of the semihard partons, or directly through
thermal-shower recombination. Although our investigation is focussed on the
single-particle distribution at midrapidity, we give reasons why a component in
that distribution can be identified with the ridge, which together with the
second harmonic is due to the semihard partons created near the medium
surface that lead to calculable anisotropy in . It is shown that the
higher azimuthal harmonics, , can also be well reproduced without
reference to flow. The and centrality dependencies of the higher
harmonics are prescribed by the interplay between TT and TS recombination
components. The implication of the success of this drastic departure from the
conventional approach is discussed.Comment: 28 pages and 8 figures, more discussions and references adde
Optimal measurements for relative quantum information
We provide optimal measurement schemes for estimating relative parameters of
the quantum state of a pair of spin systems. We prove that the optimal
measurements are joint measurements on the pair of systems, meaning that they
cannot be achieved by local operations and classical communication. We also
demonstrate that in the limit where one of the spins becomes macroscopic, our
results reproduce those that are obtained by treating that spin as a classical
reference direction.Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure, published versio
Dihadron Correlation in Jets Produced in Heavy-Ion Collisions
The difference between the structures of jets produced in heavy-ion and
hadronic collisions can best be exhibited in the correlations between particles
within those jets. We study the dihadron correlations in jets in the framework
of parton recombination. Two types of triggers, and proton, are
considered. It is shown that the recombination of thermal and shower partons
makes the most important contribution to the spectra of the associated
particles at intermediate . In collisions the only significant
contribution arises from shower-shower recombination, which is negligible in
heavy-ion collisions. Moments of the associated-particle distributions are
calculated to provide simple summary of the jet structures for easy comparison
with experiments.Comment: 24 pages in Latex + 5 figure
Entanglement and the Thermodynamic Arrow of Time
We discuss quantum entanglement in the context of the thermodynamic arrow of
time. We review the role of correlations in entropy-decreasing events and prove
that the occurrence of a transformation between two thermodynamic states
constitutes a new type of entanglement witness, one not defined as a separating
plane in state space between separable and entangled states, but as a physical
process dependent on the local initial properties of the states. Extending work
by Partovi, we consider a general entangled multipartite system that allows
large reversals of the thermodynamic arrow of time. We describe a hierarchy of
arrows that arises from the different correlations allowed in a quantum state
and examine these features in the context of Maxwell's Demon. We examine in
detail the case of three qubits, and also propose some simple experimental
demonstrations possible with small numbers of qubits.Comment: 10 pages with 9 figure
Classical and quantum communication without a shared reference frame
We show that communication without a shared reference frame is possible using
entangled states. Both classical and quantum information can be communicated
with perfect fidelity without a shared reference frame at a rate that
asymptotically approaches one classical bit or one encoded qubit per
transmitted qubit. We present an optical scheme to communicate classical bits
without a shared reference frame using entangled photon pairs and linear
optical Bell state measurements.Comment: 4 pages, published versio
Further results on the cross norm criterion for separability
In the present paper the cross norm criterion for separability of density
matrices is studied. In the first part of the paper we determine the value of
the greatest cross norm for Werner states, for isotropic states and for Bell
diagonal states. In the second part we show that the greatest cross norm
criterion induces a novel computable separability criterion for bipartite
systems. This new criterion is a necessary but in general not a sufficient
criterion for separability. It is shown, however, that for all pure states, for
Bell diagonal states, for Werner states in dimension d=2 and for isotropic
states in arbitrary dimensions the new criterion is necessary and sufficient.
Moreover, it is shown that for Werner states in higher dimensions (d greater
than 2), the new criterion is only necessary.Comment: REVTeX, 19 page
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