Robust Adaptive Control of a Class of Nonlinear Strict-feedback Discrete-time Systems with Exact Output Tracking

10.1016/j.automatica.2009.07.025Automatica45112537-2545ATCA

Y(so(5)) symmtry of the nonlinear Schro¨\ddot{o}dinger model with four-cmponents

The quantum nonlinear Schr$\ddot{o}$dinger(NLS) model with four-component fermions exhibits a $Y(so(5))$ symmetry when considered on an infintite interval. The constructed generators of Yangian are proved to satisfy the Drinfel'd formula and furthermore, the $RTT$ relation with the general form of rational R-matrix given by Yang-Baxterization associated with $so(5)$ algebraic structure.Comment: 10 pages, no figure

Experimental study on a small-scale R245fa organic Rankine cycle system for low-grade thermal energy recovery

This work conducted an experimental investigation of a small-scale organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system at designed operating and control conditions for low-grade thermal energy recovery application. In the ORC system, R245fa was selected as working fluid while a turboexpander (turbine) with a high speed and permanent magnet synchronous electricity generator was installed to produce electric power and two-plate type heat exchangers were designed as an evaporator and condenser. The effects of condenser cooling water temperatures and R245fa superheat at the turbine inlet on the system performance were measured and analyzed. Practically, to ensure safe operation of the ORC expander, the R245fa superheat at the expander inlet is controlled to remain constant. The experimental results showed that at constant heat source parameters (temperature and flow rate), the turboexpander power output and cycle efficiency increased with lower cooling water temperatures. Under the specified test condition ranges, the maximum turboexpander power generation could achieve 5.405 kW when the cooling water temperature and the pressure ratio were set at 23.0°C and 7.3 respectively. On the other hand, at certain cooling water temperatures, the superheat at the expander inlet exerted a negative impact on the turboexpander and system performances when the evaporating pressure was kept constant. Ultimately, the superheat was found to be an important control parameter to ensure efficient and safe system operation

Relating Quantum Information to Charged Black Holes

Quantum non-cloning theorem and a thought experiment are discussed for charged black holes whose global structure exhibits an event and a Cauchy horizon. We take Reissner-Norstr\"{o}m black holes and two-dimensional dilaton black holes as concrete examples. The results show that the quantum non-cloning theorem and the black hole complementarity are far from consistent inside the inner horizon. The relevance of this work to non-local measurements is briefly discussed.Comment: 14 pages, 2 figure

Laser-induced charging of microfabricated ion traps

Electrical charging of metal surfaces due to photoelectric generation of carriers is of concern in trapped ion quantum computation systems, due to the high sensitivity of the ions' motional quantum states to deformation of the trapping potential. The charging induced by typical laser frequencies involved in doppler cooling and quantum control is studied here, with microfabricated surface electrode traps made of aluminum, copper, and gold, operated at 6 K with a single Sr$^+$ ion trapped 100 $\mu$m above the trap surface. The lasers used are at 370, 405, 460, and 674 nm, and the typical photon flux at the trap is 10$^{14}$ photons/cm$^2$/sec. Charging is detected by monitoring the ion's micromotion signal, which is related to the number of charges created on the trap. A wavelength and material dependence of the charging behavior is observed: lasers at lower wavelengths cause more charging, and aluminum exhibits more charging than copper or gold. We describe the charging dynamic based on a rate equation approach.Comment: 8 pages, 8 figure

Cosmic Parallax in Ellipsoidal Universe

The detection of a time variation of the angle between two distant sources would reveal an anisotropic expansion of the Universe. We study this effect of "cosmic parallax" within the "ellipsoidal universe" model, namely a particular homogeneous anisotropic cosmological model of Bianchi type I, whose attractive feature is the potentiality to account for the observed lack of power of the large-scale cosmic microwave background anisotropy. The preferred direction in the sky, singled out by the axis of symmetry inherent to planar symmetry of ellipsoidal universe, could in principle be constrained by future cosmic parallax data. However, that will be a real possibility if and when the experimental accuracy will be enhanced at least by two orders of magnitude.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures, 1 table. Revised version to match published version. References adde