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Large-scale network organization in the avian forebrain: a connectivity matrix and theoretical analysis
Many species of birds, including pigeons, possess demonstrable cognitive capacities, and some are capable of cognitive feats matching those of apes. Since mammalian cortex is laminar while the avian telencephalon is nucleated, it is natural to ask whether the brains of these two cognitively capable taxa, despite their apparent anatomical dissimilarities, might exhibit common principles of organisation on some level. Complementing recent investigations of macro-scale brain connectivity in mammals, including humans and macaques, we here present the first large-scale wiring diagram for the forebrain of a bird. Using graph theory, we show that the pigeon telencephalon is organised along similar lines to that of a mammal. Both are modular, small-world networks with a connective core of hub nodes that includes prefrontal-like and hippocampal structures. These hub nodes are, topologically speaking, the most central regions of the pigeon's brain, as well as being the most richly connected, implying a crucial role in information flow. Overall, our analysis suggests that indeed, despite the absence of cortical layers and close to 300 million years of separate evolution, the connectivity of the avian brain conforms to the same organisational principles as the mammalian brain
Cluster Property and Robustness of Ground States of Interacting Many Bosons
We study spatial correlation functions of local operators of interacting many
bosons confined in a box of a large, but volume V, for various `ground states'
whose energy densities are almost degenerate. The ground states include the
coherent state of interacting bosons (CSIB), the number state of interacting
bosons (NSIB), and the number-phase squeezed state of interacting bosons, which
interpolates between the CSIB and NSIB. It was shown previously that only the
CSIB is robust (i.e., does not decohere for a macroscopically long time)
against the leakage of bosons into an environment. We show that for the CSIB
the spatial correlation of any local operators A(r) and B(r') (which are
localized around r and r', respectively) vanishes as |r - r' | \sim V^{1/3} \to
\infty, i.e., the CSIB has the `cluster property.' In contrast, the other
ground states do not possess the cluster property. Therefore, we have
successfully shown that the robust state has the cluster property. This ensures
the consistency of the field theory of bosons with macroscopic theories.Comment: We have replaced the manuscript in order to update the reference list
and to fix typos. (5 pages, no figures) In the final manuscript, a few
sentences have added for more detailed explanation. Journal PDF at
http://jpsj.jps.or.jp/journal/JPSJ-71-1.htm
Ingredients of nuclear matrix element for two-neutrino double-beta decay of 48Ca
Large-scale shell model calculations including two major shells are carried
out, and the ingredients of nuclear matrix element for two-neutrino double beta
decay are investigated. Based on the comparison between the shell model
calculations accounting only for one major shell (-shell) and those for two
major shells (-shell), the effect due to the excitation across the two
major shells is quantitatively evaluated.Comment: To appear in J. Phys. Soc. Conf. Proc. (ARIS2014); for ver.2, Fig.1
is revise
Photon polarization entanglement induced by biexciton: experimental evidence for violation of Bell's inequality
We have investigated the polarization entanglement between photon pairs
generated from a biexciton in a CuCl single crystal via resonant hyper
parametric scattering. The pulses of a high repetition pump are seen to provide
improved statistical accuracy and the ability to test Bell's inequality. Our
results clearly violate the inequality and thus manifest the quantum
entanglement and nonlocality of the photon pairs. We also analyzed the quantum
state of our photon pairs using quantum state tomography.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
A Relativistic Description of Gentry's New Redshift Interpretation
We obtain a new expression of the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric, which is
an analogue of a static chart of the de Sitter space-time. The reduced metric
contains two functions, and , which are interpreted as,
respectively, the mass function and the gravitational potential. We find that,
near the coordinate origin, the reduced metric can be approximated in a static
form and that the approximated metric function, , satisfies the
Poisson equation. Moreover, when the model parameters of the
Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric are suitably chosen, the approximated metric
coincides with exact solutions of the Einstein equation with the perfect fluid
matter. We then solve the radial geodesics on the approximated space-time to
obtain the distance-redshift relation of geodesic sources observed by the
comoving observer at the origin. We find that the redshift is expressed in
terms of a peculiar velocity of the source and the metric function, ,
evaluated at the source position, and one may think that this is a new
interpretation of {\it Gentry's new redshift interpretation}.Comment: 11 pages. Submitted to Modern Physics Letters
Magnetic Flux Loss and Flux Transport in a Decaying Active Region
We estimate the temporal change of magnetic flux perpendicular to the solar
surface in a decaying active region by using a time series of the spatial
distribution of vector magnetic fields in the photosphere. The vector magnetic
fields are derived from full spectropolarimetric measurements with the Solar
Optical Telescope aboard Hinode. We compare a magnetic flux loss rate to a flux
transport rate in a decaying sunspot and its surrounding moat region. The
amount of magnetic flux that decreases in the sunspot and moat region is very
similar to magnetic flux transported to the outer boundary of the moat region.
The flux loss rates [] of magnetic elements with positive and
negative polarities are balanced each other around the outer boundary of the
moat region. These results suggest that most of the magnetic flux in the
sunspot is transported to the outer boundary of the moat region as moving
magnetic features, and then removed from the photosphere by flux cancellation
around the outer boundary of the moat region.Comment: 16 pages, 7 figures, Accepted for publication in Ap
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