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Torsion-Adding and Asymptotic Winding Number for Periodic Window Sequences
In parameter space of nonlinear dynamical systems, windows of periodic states
are aligned following routes of period-adding configuring periodic window
sequences. In state space of driven nonlinear oscillators, we determine the
torsion associated with the periodic states and identify regions of uniform
torsion in the window sequences. Moreover, we find that the measured of torsion
differs by a constant between successive windows in periodic window sequences.
We call this phenomenon as torsion-adding. Finally, combining the torsion and
the period adding rules, we deduce a general rule to obtain the asymptotic
winding number in the accumulation limit of such periodic window sequences
Robustness of quantum discord to sudden death
We calculate the dissipative dynamics of two-qubit quantum discord under
Markovian environments. We analyze various dissipative channels such as
dephasing, depolarizing, and generalized amplitude damping, assuming
independent perturbation, in which each qubit is coupled to its own channel.
Choosing initial conditions that manifest the so-called sudden death of
entanglement, we compare the dynamics of entanglement with that of quantum
discord. We show that in all cases where entanglement suddenly disappears,
quantum discord vanishes only in the asymptotic limit, behaving similarly to
individual decoherence of the qubits, even at finite temperatures. Hence,
quantum discord is more robust than the entanglement against to decoherence so
that quantum algorithms based only on quantum discord correlations may be more
robust than those based on entanglement.Comment: 4 figures, 4 page
Inclusive Breakup Theory of Three-Body Halos
We present a recently developed theory for the inclusive breakup of
three-fragment projectiles within a four-body spectator model
\cite{CarPLB2017}, for the treatment of the elastic and inclusive non-elastic
break up reactions involving weakly bound three-cluster nuclei in
/ collisions. The four-body theory is an extension of the
three-body approaches developed in the 80's by Ichimura, Autern and Vincent
(IAV) \cite{IAV1985}, Udagawa and Tamura (UT) \cite{UT1981} and Hussein and
McVoy (HM) \cite{HM1985}. We expect that experimentalists shall be encouraged
to search for more information about the system in the elastic
breakup cross section and that also further developments and extensions of the
surrogate method will be pursued, based on the inclusive non-elastic breakup
part of the spectrum.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, Contribution to the Proceedings of Fusion17:
"International Conference on Heavy-Ion Collisions at Near-Barrier Energies",
20-24 February 2017 Hobart, Tasmania, Australi
Characterization in bi-parameter space of a non-ideal oscillator
The authors thank scientific agencies CAPES, CNPq (112952/2015-1), and FAPESP (2011/ 19269-11). M. S. Baptista also thanks EPSRC (EP/I03 2606/1).Peer reviewedPostprin
DNA damage of erythrocytes of fish Oreochromis niloticus (Perciformes, Cichlidae), after acute exposure to river water receiving effluent from an oil refinery
The comet assay was applied to erythrocytes of fish Oreochromis niloticus (Perciformes, Cichlidae), exposed in the laboratory to water samples taken from the Paraiba do Sul (Brazil), a river that receives effluents from an oil refinery. Water samples were collected at three points: point 1 – upstream from the discharge of effluent from the oil refinery; point 2 – the dump location of the effluent from the oil refinery, and point 3 - downstream from the oil refinery dump. Artesian well water was used as the control. Samples were collected in May and August of 2004 (dry season) and in November of 2004 and January of 2005 (rainy season). The data obtained indicated the presence of genotoxic substances in points 2 and 3 in all the sampling months. We conclude that the final effluent from the oil refinery, even after treatment, can affect the quality of the Paraíba do Sul River.Keywords: aquatic biomonitoring, comet assay, genotoxicity, Nile tilapia
Irreversibility and the arrow of time in a quenched quantum system
Irreversibility is one of the most intriguing concepts in physics. While
microscopic physical laws are perfectly reversible, macroscopic average
behavior has a preferred direction of time. According to the second law of
thermodynamics, this arrow of time is associated with a positive mean entropy
production. Using a nuclear magnetic resonance setup, we measure the
nonequilibrium entropy produced in an isolated spin-1/2 system following fast
quenches of an external magnetic field and experimentally demonstrate that it
is equal to the entropic distance, expressed by the Kullback-Leibler
divergence, between a microscopic process and its time-reverse. Our result
addresses the concept of irreversibility from a microscopic quantum standpoint.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures, RevTeX4-1; Accepted for publication Phys. Rev.
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