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Random Boolean Network Models and the Yeast Transcriptional Network
The recently measured yeast transcriptional network is analyzed in terms of
simplified Boolean network models, with the aim of determining feasible rule
structures, given the requirement of stable solutions of the generated Boolean
networks. We find that for ensembles of generated models, those with canalyzing
Boolean rules are remarkably stable, whereas those with random Boolean rules
are only marginally stable. Furthermore, substantial parts of the generated
networks are frozen, in the sense that they reach the same state regardless of
initial state. Thus, our ensemble approach suggests that the yeast network
shows highly ordered dynamics.Comment: 23 pages, 5 figure
Orbital entanglement and violation of Bell inequalities in mesoscopic conductors
We propose a spin-independent scheme to generate and detect two-particle
entanglement in a mesoscopic normal-superconductor system. A superconductor,
weakly coupled to the normal conductor, generates an orbitally entangled state
by injecting pairs of electrons into different leads of the normal conductor.
The entanglement is detected via violation of a Bell inequality, formulated in
terms of zero-frequency current cross-correlators. It is shown that the Bell
inequality can be violated for arbitrary strong dephasing in the normal
conductor.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Entanglement in Anderson Nanoclusters
We investigate the two-particle spin entanglement in magnetic nanoclusters
described by the periodic Anderson model. An entanglement phase diagram is
obtained, providing a novel perspective on a central property of magnetic
nanoclusters, namely the temperature dependent competition between local Kondo
screening and nonlocal Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yoshida spin ordering. We find
that multiparticle entangled states are present for finite magnetic field as
well as in the mixed valence regime and away from half filling. Our results
emphasize the role of charge fluctuations.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Noise and Full Counting Statistics of Incoherent Multiple Andreev Reflection
We present a general theory for the full counting statistics of multiple
Andreev reflections in incoherent superconducting-normal-superconducting
contacts. The theory, based on a stochastic path integral approach, is applied
to a superconductor-double barrier system. It is found that all cumulants of
the current show a pronounced subharmonic gap structure at voltages
. For low voltages , the counting statistics
results from diffusion of multiple charges in energy space, giving the th
cumulant , diverging for . We show that this
low-voltage result holds for a large class of incoherent
superconducting-normal-superconducting contacts.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Full counting statistics for voltage and dephasing probes
We present a stochastic path integral method to calculate the full counting
statistics of conductors with energy conserving dephasing probes and
dissipative voltage probes. The approach is explained for the experimentally
important case of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, but is easily generalized to
more complicated setups. For all geometries where dephasing may be modeled by a
single one-channel dephasing probe we prove that our method yields the same
full counting statistics as phase averaging of the cumulant generating
function.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
The Isospin Distribution of Fragments in Reactions 96Ru+96Ru, 96Ru+96Zr, 96Zr+96Ru, and 96Zr+96Zr at Beam Energy 400 AMeV
The isospin distribution of particles and fragments in collisions 96Ru+96Ru,
96Ru+96Zr, 96Zr+96Ru, and 96Zr+96Zr at beam energy 400 AMeV is studied with
isospin dependent QMD model. We find that the rapidity distribution of
differential neutron-proton counting in neutron rich nucleus-nucleus collisions
at intermediate energies is sensitive to the isospin dependent part of nuclear
potential. The study of the N/Z ratio of nucleons, light charged particles
(LCP) and intermediate mass fragments (IMF) shows that the isospin dependent
part of nuclear potential drives IMF to be more isospin symmetric and emitted
nucleons to be more neutron rich. From the study of the time evolution of the
isospin distribution in emitted nucleons, LCP and IMF we find that neutrons
diffuse much faster than protons at beginning and the final isospin
distribution is a result of dynamical balance of symmetry potential and Coulomb
force under the charge conservation.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figure
Elastic Stars in General Relativity: II. Radial perturbations
We study radial perturbations of general relativistic stars with elastic
matter sources. We find that these perturbations are governed by a second order
differential equation which, along with the boundary conditions, defines a
Sturm-Liouville type problem that determines the eigenfrequencies. Although
some complications arise compared to the perfect fluid case, leading us to
consider a generalisation of the standard form of the Sturm-Liouville equation,
the main results of Sturm-Liouville theory remain unaltered. As an important
consequence we conclude that the mass-radius curve for a one-parameter sequence
of regular equilibrium models belonging to some particular equation of state
can be used in the same well-known way as in the perfect fluid case, at least
if the energy density and the tangential pressure of the background solutions
are continuous. In particular we find that the fundamental mode frequency has a
zero for the maximum mass stars of the models with solid crusts considered in
Paper I of this series.Comment: 22 pages, no figures, final version accepted for publication in
Class. Quantum Grav. The treatment of the junction conditions has been
improve
Codebook-based Bayesian speech enhancement for nonstationary environments
In this paper, we propose a Bayesian minimum mean squared error approach for the joint estimation of the short-term predictor parameters of speech and noise, from the noisy observation. We use trained codebooks of speech and noise linear predictive coefficients to model the a priori information required by the Bayesian scheme. In contrast to current Bayesian estimation approaches that consider the excitation variances as part of the a priori information, in the proposed method they are computed online for each short-time segment, based on the observation at hand. Consequently, the method performs well in nonstationary noise conditions. The resulting estimates of the speech and noise spectra can be used in a Wiener filter or any state-of-the-art speech enhancement system. We develop both memoryless (using information from the current frame alone) and memory-based (using information from the current and previous frames) estimators. Estimation of functions of the short-term predictor parameters is also addressed, in particular one that leads to the minimum mean squared error estimate of the clean speech signal. Experiments indicate that the scheme proposed in this paper performs significantly better than competing method
An AB effect without closing a loop
We discuss the consequences of the Aharonov-Bohm effect in setups involving
several charged particles, wherein none of the charged particles encloses a
closed loop around the magnetic flux. We show that in such setups, the AB phase
is encoded either in the relative phase of a bi-partite or multi-partite
entangled photons states, or alternatively, gives rise to an overall AB phase
that can be measured relative to another reference system. These setups involve
processes of annihilation or creation of electron/hole pairs. We discuss the
relevance of such effects in "vacuum Birefringence" in QED, and comment on
their connection to other known effects.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
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