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Geometrical Pumping in Quantum Transport: Quantum Master Equation Approach
For an open quantum system, we investigate the pumped current induced by a
slow modulation of control parameters on the basis of the quantum master
equation and full counting statistics. We find that the average and the
cumulant generating function of the pumped quantity are characterized by the
geometrical Berry-phase-like quantities in the parameter space, which is
associated with the generator of the master equation. From our formulation, we
can discuss the geometrical pumping under the control of the chemical
potentials and temperatures of reservoirs. We demonstrate the formulation by
spinless electrons in coupled quantum dots. We show that the geometrical
pumping is prohibited for the case of non-interacting electrons if we modulate
only temperatures and chemical potentials of reservoirs, while the geometrical
pumping occurs in the presence of an interaction between electrons
Diffusion in the Markovian limit of the spatio-temporal colored noise
We explore the diffusion process in the non-Markovian spatio-temporal
noise.%the escape rate problem in the non-Markovian spatio-temporal random
noise. There is a non-trivial short memory regime, i.e., the Markovian limit
characterized by a scaling relation between the spatial and temporal
correlation lengths. In this regime, a Fokker-Planck equation is derived by
expanding the trajectory around the systematic motion and the non-Markovian
nature amounts to the systematic reduction of the potential. For a system with
the potential barrier, this fact leads to the renormalization of both the
barrier height and collisional prefactor in the Kramers escape rate, with the
resultant rate showing a maximum at some scaling limit.Comment: 4pages,2figure
pH-, thermo- and electrolyte-responsive polymer gels derived from a well-defined, RAFT-synthesized, poly(2-vinyl-4,4-dimethylazlactone) homopolymer via one-pot post-polymerization modification
Well-defined stimulus-responsive polymer gels were prepared from poly(2-vinyl-4,4-dimethylazlatone) (PVDMA) via one-pot post-polymerization modification. VDMA homopolymers were reacted with diamine crosslinking agents and functional 1° or 2° amines to form polymer gels that swelled in organic solvents and, in many cases, aqueous solutions. A series of functional amine reagents, including N,N-dimethylethylenediamine (DMEDA), N,N-diethylethylenediamine (DEEDA), morpholine, 3-morpholinopropylamine (MPPA) and tetrahydrofurfurylamine (THFA), were chosen as functional amines to produce polymer gels containing environmentally sensitive species. 13C solid-state NMR and FTIR spectroscopic measurements confirmed complete conversion of the reactive scaffolds. pH-dependent swelling behavior at ambient temperature was observed in DMEDA-, DEEDA- and MPPA-modified hydrogels. Kinetic studies showed the swelling behaviors of DMEDA-modified hydrogels were regulated by cross-linker type and concentration in acidic water (pH = 4) at ambient temperature. The swelling ratio of hydrogels modified by DEEDA, MPPA and THFA also depended strongly on temperature, indicating successful synthesis of thermoresponsive gels. Furthermore, the concentration of added sodium sulfate played a significant role with respect to the swelling properties of MPPA-modified hydrogels. These smart materials may be of interest in the biomedical field as well as in other applications
Correlations of observables in chaotic states of macroscopic quantum systems
We study correlations of observables in energy eigenstates of chaotic systems
of a large size . We show that the bipartite entanglement of two subsystems
is quite strong, whereas macroscopic entanglement of the total system is
absent. It is also found that correlations, either quantum or classical, among
less than points are quite small. These results imply that chaotic states
are stable. Invariance of these properties under local operations is also
shown.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure
High power diode laser surface glazing of concrete
This present work describes the utilisation of the relatively novel high power diode laser
(HPDL) to generate a surface glaze on the ordinary Portland cement (OPC) surface of
concrete. The value of such an investigation would be to facilitate the hitherto impossible
task of generating a durable and long-lasting surface seal on the concrete, thereby extending
the life and applications base of the concrete. The basic process phenomena are investigated
and the laser effects in terms of glaze morphology, composition and microstructure
are presented. Also, the resultant heat affects are analysed and described, as well as
the effects of the shield gases, O2 and Ar, during laser processing. HPDL glazing of OPC
was successfully demonstrated with power densities as low as 750 W cm-2 and at scanning
rates up to 480 mm min-1. The work showed that the generation of the surface glaze resulted
in improved mechanical and chemical properties over the untreated OPC surface of concrete.
Both untreated and HPDL glazed OPC were tested for pull-off strength, rupture strength,
water absorption, wear resistance and corrosion resistance. The OPC laser glaze exhibited
clear improvements in wear, water sorptivity, and resistance (up to 80% concentration) to
nitric acid, sodium hydroxide and detergent. Life assessment testing revealed that the OPC
laser glaze had an increase in actual wear life of 1.3 to 14.8 times over the untreated OPC
surface of concrete, depending upon the corrosive environment
Testing the effect of site selection and parameter setting on REVEALS-model estimates of plant abundance using th Czech Quaternary Palynological database
International audiencetypes, PFTs) is used in the LANDCLIM project to assess the effect of human-induced land-cover change on past climate in NW Europe. Using the Czech Quaternary Pollen Database, this case study evaluates the extent to which selection of data and input parameters for the REVEALS model applications would affect reconstruction outcomes. The REVEALS estimates of PFTs (grid-cell based REVEALS PFT estimates, GB REVEALS PFT-s) are calculated for five time windows of the Holocene using fossil pollen records available in each 1°×1°grid cell of the Czech Republic. The input data and parameters selected for testing are: basin type and size, number of 14C dates used to establish the chronology of the pollen records, number of taxa, and pollen productivity estimates (PPE). We used the Spearman correlation coefficient to test the hypothesis that there is no association between GB REVEALS PFT-s using different data and parameter inputs. The results show that differences in the basin size and type, number of dates, number and type of taxa (entomophilous included or not), and PPE dataset do not affect the rank orders of the GB REVEALS PFT-s significantly, except for the cases when entomophilous taxa are included. It implies that, given careful selection of data and parameter and interpretation of results, REVEALS applications can use pollen records from lakes and bogs of different sizes together for reconstruction of past land cover at the regional to sub-continental spatial scales for purposes such as the study of past land cover-climate interactions. Our study also provides useful criteria to set up protocols for data compilation REVEALS applications of this kind
Wehrl entropy, Lieb conjecture and entanglement monotones
We propose to quantify the entanglement of pure states of
bipartite quantum system by defining its Husimi distribution with respect to
coherent states. The Wehrl entropy is minimal if and only
if the pure state analyzed is separable. The excess of the Wehrl entropy is
shown to be equal to the subentropy of the mixed state obtained by partial
trace of the bipartite pure state. This quantity, as well as the generalized
(R{\'e}nyi) subentropies, are proved to be Schur--convex, so they are
entanglement monotones and may be used as alternative measures of entanglement
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