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To synchronize or not to synchronize, that is the question: finite-size scaling and fluctuation effects in the Kuramoto model
The entrainment transition of coupled random frequency oscillators presents a
long-standing problem in nonlinear physics. The onset of entrainment in
populations of large but finite size exhibits strong sensitivity to
fluctuations in the oscillator density at the synchronizing frequency. This is
the source for the unusual values assumed by the correlation size exponent
. Locally coupled oscillators on a -dimensional lattice exhibit two
types of frequency entrainment: symmetry-breaking at , and aggregation
of compact synchronized domains in three and four dimensions. Various critical
properties of the transition are well captured by finite-size scaling relations
with simple yet unconventional exponent values.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figure, to appear in a special issue of JSTAT dedicated to
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The Characteristics and Applications of Ceramic Laser Fusion and Ceramic Laser Sintering
The aim of present study is to investigate the possible application of the ceramic parts
which are fabricated with the process of Ceramic Laser Fusion or Ceramic Laser Sintering.
The experimental results reveal: (1) CLF can lead to a reduction in the porosity of the
ceramic part but also can induce micro-cracks. Therefore, this process cannot produce a part
with the required strength by a post-process of infiltration; (2) CLS is capable of fabricating a
ceramic part with high porosity. By adjusting the slurry formulation and varying the scanning
energy, the open porosity can be over 90vol% of the total porosity. After a post-process of
infiltration, the density can be increased to 95%; therefore, CLS can apply to produce a part
with high strength. Because the high open porosity leads to a good permeability, the process
of CLS is suitable for the fabrication of ceramic shell mold.Mechanical Engineerin
The velocities of intranetwork and network magnetic fields
We analyzed two sequences of quiet-Sun magnetograms obtained on June 4, 1992 and July 28, 1994. Both were observed during excellent seeing conditions such that the weak intranetwork (IN) fields are observed clearly during the entire periods. Using the local correlation tracking technique, we derived the horizontal velocity fields of IN and network magnetic fields. They consist of two components: (1) radial divergence flows which move IN fields from the network interior to the boundaries, and (2) lateral flows which move along the network boundaries and converge toward stronger magnetic elements. Furthermore, we constructed divergence maps based on horizonal velocities, which are a good representation of the vertical velocities of supergranules. For the June 4, 1992 data, the enhanced network area in the field of view has twice the flux density, 10% higher supergranular velocity and 20% larger cell sizes than the quiet, unenhanced network area. Based on the number densities and flow velocities of IN fields derived in this paper and a previous paper (Wang et al., 1995), we estimate that the lower limit of total energy released from the recycling of IN fields is 1.2 Ă 10ÂČâž erg sâ»Âč, which is comparable to the energy required for coronal heating
Orbifold cup products and ring structures on Hochschild cohomologies
In this paper we study the Hochschild cohomology ring of convolution algebras
associated to orbifolds, as well as their deformation quantizations. In the
first case the ring structure is given in terms of a wedge product on twisted
polyvectorfields on the inertia orbifold. After deformation quantization, the
ring structure defines a product on the cohomology of the inertia orbifold. We
study the relation between this product and an -equivariant version of the
Chen--Ruan product. In particular, we give a de Rham model for this equivariant
orbifold cohomology
An Image Based Feature Space and Mapping for Linking Regions and Words
We propose an image based feature space and define a mapping of both image regions and textual labels into that space. We believe the embedding of both image regions and labels into the same space in this way is novel, and makes object recognition more straightforward. Each dimension of the space corresponds to an image from the database. The coordinates of an image segment(region) are calculated based on its distance to the closest segment within each of the images, while the coordinates of a label are generated based on their association with the images. As a result, similar image segments associated with the same objects are clustered together in this feature space, and should also be close to the labels representing the object. The link between image regions and words can be discovered from their separation in the feature space. The algorithm is applied to an image collection and preliminary results are encouraging
Robust active heave compensated winch-driven overhead crane system for load transfer in marine operation
Active heave compensation (AHC) is important for load transfer in marine operation using the overhead crane system (OCS). The control of marine OCS aims to continuously regulate the displacement of the cart and the payload sway angle, whilst at the same time, maintaining the gap between the payload and the vessel main deck at a desirable and safe distance. As the marine OHC system is to be operated in a continuously changing environment, with plenty inevitable disturbances and undesirable loads, a robust controller, i.e., active force control (AFC) is thus greatly needed to promote accuracy and robustness features into the controllability of OCS in rough working environment. This paper highlights a novel method for controlling the payload in an OCS based on the combination of both AFC and AHC. Results from the simulation study clearly indicate that the performance of OCS can be greatly improved by the proposed robust AFC controller, as compared with the classical PID controller scheme
Flow and non-flow correlations from four-particle multiplets in STAR
Elliptic flow results are presented for Au + Au collisions at
GeV in RHIC. This signal is investigated as a function of transverse
momentum, rapidity and centrality. Results from four-particle correlation
analysis, which can filter out contributions to the flow signal from
correlations unrelated to the event reaction plane (``non-flow''), are
presented and compared to the conventional method, in which non-flow effects
are treated as part of the systematic uncertainty.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, uses the class "aipproc
Sphaleron transition rate in the classical 1+1 dimensional abelian Higgs model at finite temperature
We compute the sphaleron transition rate in the 1+1 dimensional abelian Higgs
model at finite temperature, by real time simulation using the classical
canonical ensemble.Comment: 3 pages to appear in the Proceedings of Lattice '93, Dallas, Texas,
12-16 October 1993, comes as a single postscript file (LaTeX source available
from the authors), ITFA 93-3
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