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Experimental characterization of Gaussian quantum communication channels
We present a full experimental characterization of continuous variable
quantum communication channels established by shared entanglement together with
local operations and classical communication. The resulting teleportation
channel was fully characterized by measuring all elements of the covariance
matrix of the shared two-mode squeezed Gaussian state. From the experimental
data we determined the lower bound to the quantum channel capacity, the
teleportation fidelity of coherent states and the logarithmic negativity and
the purity of the shared state. Additionally, a positive secret key rate was
obtained for two of the established channels.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Physical Review
Test of Lorentz Symmetry by using a 3He/129Xe Co-Magnetometer
To test Lorentz symmetry we used a 3He/129Xe co-magnetometer. We will give a
short summary of our experimental setup and the results of our latest
measurements. We obtained preliminary results for the equatorial component of
the background field interacting with the spin of the bound neutron: b_n < 3.72
x 10^(-32) GeV (95 C.L.).Comment: Presented at the Fifth Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry,
Bloomington, Indiana, June 28 - July 2, 201
Cosmogenic 10Be chronology of the last deglaciation of western Ireland, and implications for sensitivity of the Irish Ice Sheet to climate change
Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS)
14C dates of fossiliferous marine mud identify
a readvance of the Irish Ice Sheet from
the north and central lowlands of Ireland
into the northern Irish Sea Basin during the
Killard Point Stadial at ca. 16.5 cal k.y. B.P.,
with subsequent deglaciation occurring by
ca. 15.0–15.5 cal k.y. B.P. Killard Point Stadial
moraines have been mapped elsewhere in Ireland
but have previously remained undated.
Here, we report sixteen 10Be surface exposure
dates that constrain the age of retreat of the
Killard Point Stadial ice margin from western
Ireland. Eight 10Be dates from the Ox Mountains
(13.9–18.1 ka) indicate that fi nal deposition
of the moraine occurred at 15.6 ± 0.5 ka
(mean age, standard error). Eight 10Be dates
from Furnace Lough (14.1–17.3 ka, mean age
of 15.6 ± 0.4 ka) are statistically indistinguishable
from the Ox Mountain samples, suggesting
that the moraines were deposited during
the same glacial event. Given the agreement
between the two age groups, and their common
association with a regionally signifi cant
moraine system, we combine them to derive a
mean age of 15.6 ± 0.3 ka (15.6 ± 1.0 ka with
external uncertainty). This age is in excellent
agreement with the timing of deglaciation
from the Irish Sea Basin (at or older than
15.3 ± 0.2 cal k.y. B.P.) and suggests the onset
of near-contemporaneous retreat of the Irish
Ice Sheet from its maximum Killard Point
Stadial limit. A reconstruction of the ice surface
indicates that the Irish Ice Sheet reached
a maximum surface elevation of ~500 m over
the central Irish Lowlands during the Killard
Point Stadial, suggesting a high sensitivity of
the ice sheet to small changes in climate
Cosmogenic 10Be chronology of the last deglaciation of western Ireland, and implications for sensitivity of the Irish Ice Sheet to climate change
Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS)
14C dates of fossiliferous marine mud identify
a readvance of the Irish Ice Sheet from
the north and central lowlands of Ireland
into the northern Irish Sea Basin during the
Killard Point Stadial at ca. 16.5 cal k.y. B.P.,
with subsequent deglaciation occurring by
ca. 15.0–15.5 cal k.y. B.P. Killard Point Stadial
moraines have been mapped elsewhere in Ireland
but have previously remained undated.
Here, we report sixteen 10Be surface exposure
dates that constrain the age of retreat of the
Killard Point Stadial ice margin from western
Ireland. Eight 10Be dates from the Ox Mountains
(13.9–18.1 ka) indicate that fi nal deposition
of the moraine occurred at 15.6 ± 0.5 ka
(mean age, standard error). Eight 10Be dates
from Furnace Lough (14.1–17.3 ka, mean age
of 15.6 ± 0.4 ka) are statistically indistinguishable
from the Ox Mountain samples, suggesting
that the moraines were deposited during
the same glacial event. Given the agreement
between the two age groups, and their common
association with a regionally signifi cant
moraine system, we combine them to derive a
mean age of 15.6 ± 0.3 ka (15.6 ± 1.0 ka with
external uncertainty). This age is in excellent
agreement with the timing of deglaciation
from the Irish Sea Basin (at or older than
15.3 ± 0.2 cal k.y. B.P.) and suggests the onset
of near-contemporaneous retreat of the Irish
Ice Sheet from its maximum Killard Point
Stadial limit. A reconstruction of the ice surface
indicates that the Irish Ice Sheet reached
a maximum surface elevation of ~500 m over
the central Irish Lowlands during the Killard
Point Stadial, suggesting a high sensitivity of
the ice sheet to small changes in climate
Experimental characterization of frequency dependent squeezed light
We report on the demonstration of broadband squeezed laser beams that show a
frequency dependent orientation of the squeezing ellipse. Carrier frequency as
well as quadrature angle were stably locked to a reference laser beam at
1064nm. This frequency dependent squeezing was characterized in terms of noise
power spectra and contour plots of Wigner functions. The later were measured by
quantum state tomography. Our tomograph allowed a stable lock to a local
oscillator beam for arbitrary quadrature angles with one degree precision.
Frequency dependent orientations of the squeezing ellipse are necessary for
squeezed states of light to provide a broadband sensitivity improvement in
third generation gravitational wave interferometers. We consider the
application of our system to long baseline interferometers such as a future
squeezed light upgraded GEO600 detector.Comment: 8 pages, 8 figure
Limit on Lorentz and CPT violation of the bound Neutron Using a Free Precession 3He/129Xe co-magnetometer
We report on the search for Lorentz violating sidereal variations of the
frequency difference of co-located spin-species while the Earth and hence the
laboratory reference frame rotates with respect to a relic background field.
The co-magnetometer used is based on the detection of freely precessing nuclear
spins from polarized 3He and 129Xe gas samples using SQUIDs as low-noise
magnetic flux detectors. As result we can determine the limit for the
equatorial component of the background field interacting with the spin of the
bound neutron to be bn < 3.7 x 10^{-32} GeV (95 C.L.).Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
The Wnt pathway controls cell death engulfment, spindle orientation, and migration through CED-10/Rac
Wnt signalling pathways have extremely diverse functions in animals, including induction of cell fates or tumours, guidance of cell movements during gastrulation, and the induction of cell polarity. Wnt can induce polar changes in cellular morphology by a remodelling of the cytoskeleton. However, how activation of the Frizzled receptor induces cytoskeleton rearrangement is not well understood. We show, by an in depth 4-D microscopy analysis, that the Caenorhabditis elegans Wnt pathway signals to CED-10/Rac via two separate branches to regulate modulation of the cytoskeleton in different cellular situations. Apoptotic cell clearance and migration of the distal tip cell require the MOM-5/Fz receptor, GSK-3 kinase, and APC/APR-1, which activate the CED-2/5/12 branch of the engulfment machinery. MOM-5 (Frizzled) thus can function as an engulfment receptor in C. elegans. Our epistatic analyses also suggest that the two partially redundant signalling pathways defined earlier for engulfment may act in a single pathway in early embryos. By contrast, rearrangement of mitotic spindles requires the MOM-5/Fz receptor, GSK-3 kinase, and beta-catenins, but not the downstream factors LIT-1/NLK or POP-1/Tcf. Taken together, our results indicate that in multiple developmental processes, CED-10/Rac can link polar signals mediated by the Wnt pathway to rearrangements of the cytoskeleton
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