7,548 research outputs found
A random number generator for continuous random variables
A FORTRAN 4 routine is given which may be used to generate random observations of a continuous real valued random variable. Normal distribution of F(x), X, E(akimas), and E(linear) is presented in tabular form
Mechanical Unfolding of a Simple Model Protein Goes Beyond the Reach of One-Dimensional Descriptions
We study the mechanical unfolding of a simple model protein. The Langevin
dynamics results are analyzed using Markov-model methods which allow to
describe completely the configurational space of the system. Using transition
path theory we also provide a quantitative description of the unfolding
pathways followed by the system. Our study shows a complex dynamical scenario.
In particular, we see that the usual one-dimensional picture: free-energy vs
end-to-end distance representation, gives a misleading description of the
process. Unfolding can occur following different pathways and configurations
which seem to play a central role in one-dimensional pictures are not the
intermediate states of the unfolding dynamics.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figure
Recycling of quantum information: Multiple observations of quantum systems
Given a finite number of copies of an unknown qubit state that have already
been measured optimally, can one still extract any information about the
original unknown state? We give a positive answer to this question and quantify
the information obtainable by a given observer as a function of the number of
copies in the ensemble, and of the number of independent observers that, one
after the other, have independently measured the same ensemble of qubits before
him. The optimality of the protocol is proven and extensions to other states
and encodings are also studied. According to the general lore, the state after
a measurement has no information about the state before the measurement. Our
results manifestly show that this statement has to be taken with a grain of
salt, specially in situations where the quantum states encode confidential
information.Comment: 4 page
Universal field equations for metric-affine theories of gravity
We show that almost all metric--affine theories of gravity yield Einstein
equations with a non--null cosmological constant . Under certain
circumstances and for any dimension, it is also possible to incorporate a Weyl
vector field and therefore the presence of an anisotropy. The viability
of these field equations is discussed in view of recent astrophysical
observations.Comment: 13 pages. This is a copy of the published paper. We are posting it
here because of the increasing interest in f(R) theories of gravit
On the geometry of four qubit invariants
The geometry of four-qubit entanglement is investigated. We replace some of
the polynomial invariants for four-qubits introduced recently by new ones of
direct geometrical meaning. It is shown that these invariants describe four
points, six lines and four planes in complex projective space . For
the generic entanglement class of stochastic local operations and classical
communication they take a very simple form related to the elementary symmetric
polynomials in four complex variables. Moreover, their magnitudes are
entanglement monotones that fit nicely into the geometric set of -qubit ones
related to Grassmannians of -planes found recently. We also show that in
terms of these invariants the hyperdeterminant of order 24 in the four-qubit
amplitudes takes a more instructive form than the previously published
expressions available in the literature. Finally in order to understand two,
three and four-qubit entanglement in geometric terms we propose a unified
setting based on furnished with a fixed quadric.Comment: 19 page
Canonical formulation of the embedded theory of gravity equivalent to Einstein's General Relativity
We study the approach in which independent variables describing gravity are
functions of the space-time embedding into a flat space of higher dimension. We
formulate a canonical formalism for such a theory in a form, which requires
imposing additional constraints, which are a part of Einstein's equations. As a
result, we obtain a theory with an eight-parameter gauge symmetry. This theory
becomes equivalent to Einstein's general relativity either after partial gauge
fixing or after rewriting the metric in the form that is invariant under the
additional gauge transformations. We write the action for such a theory.Comment: LaTeX, 17 page
Constraint algebra for Regge-Teitelboim formulation of gravity
We consider the formulation of the gravity theory first suggested by Regge
and Teitelboim where the space-time is a four-dimensional surface in a flat
ten-dimensional space. We investigate a canonical formalism for this theory
following the approach suggested by Regge and Teitelboim. Under constructing
the canonical formalism we impose additional constraints agreed with the
equations of motion. We obtain the exact form of the first-class constraint
algebra. We show that this algebra contains four constraints which form a
subalgebra (the ideal), and if these constraints are fulfilled, the algebra
becomes the constraint algebra of the Arnowitt-Deser-Misner formalism of
Einstein's gravity. The reasons for the existence of additional first-class
constraints in the canonical formalism are discussed.Comment: LaTeX, 12 pages; in this version the misprints in eq. (37) and (41)
was correcte
Three Bosons in One Dimension with Short Range Interactions I: Zero Range Potentials
We consider the three-boson problem with -function interactions in
one spatial dimension. Three different approaches are used to calculate the
phase shifts, which we interpret in the context of the effective range
expansion, for the scattering of one free particle a off of a bound pair. We
first follow a procedure outlined by McGuire in order to obtain an analytic
expression for the desired S-matrix element. This result is then compared to a
variational calculation in the adiabatic hyperspherical representation, and to
a numerical solution to the momentum space Faddeev equations. We find excellent
agreement with the exact phase shifts, and comment on some of the important
features in the scattering and bound-state sectors. In particular, we find that
the 1+2 scattering length is divergent, marking the presence of a zero-energy
resonance which appears as a feature when the pair-wise interactions are
short-range. Finally, we consider the introduction of a three-body interaction,
and comment on the cutoff dependence of the coupling.Comment: 9 figures, 2 table
Discovery of New Milky Way Star Cluster Candidates in the 2MASS Point Source Catalog II. Physical Properties of the Star Cluster CC01
Three new obscured Milky Way clusters were detected as surface density peaks
in the 2MASS point source catalog during our on-going search for hidden
globular clusters and massive Arches-like star clusters. One more cluster was
discovered serendipitously during a visual inspection of the candidates.
The first deep J, H, and Ks imaging of the cluster [IBP2002] CC01 is
presented. We estimated a cluster age of ~1-3 Myr, distance modulus of
(m-M)0=12.56+-0.08 mag (D=3.5 Kpc), and extinction of AV~7.7 mag. We also
derived the initial mass function slope for the cluster: Gamma=-2.23+-0.16. The
integration over the initial mass function yielded a total cluster mass
M_{total}<=1800+-200Msol. CC01 appears to be a regular, not very massive star
cluster, whose formation has probably been induced by the shock front from the
nearby HII region Sh2-228.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figures, accepted in A&
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