334 research outputs found
A C35 Carotenoid Biosynthetic Pathway
Upon coexpression with Erwinia geranylgeranyldiphosphate (GGDP) synthase in Escherichia coli, C30 carotenoid synthase CrtM from Staphylococcus aureus produces novel carotenoids with the asymmetrical C35 backbone. The products of condensation of farnesyldiphosphate and GDP, C35 structures comprise 40 to 60% of total carotenoid accumulated. Carotene desaturases and carotene cyclases from C40 or C30 pathways accepted and converted the C35 substrate, thus creating a C35 carotenoid biosynthetic pathway in E. coli. Directed evolution to modulate desaturase step number, together with combinatorial expression of the desaturase variants with lycopene cyclases, allowed us to produce at least 10 compounds not previously described. This result highlights the plastic and expansible nature of carotenoid pathways and illustrates how combinatorial biosynthesis coupled with directed evolution can rapidly access diverse chemical structures
Fermionic R-operator approach for the small-polaron model with open boundary condition
Exact integrability and algebraic Bethe ansatz of the small-polaron model
with the open boundary condition are discussed in the framework of the quantum
inverse scattering method (QISM). We employ a new approach where the fermionic
R-operator which consists of fermion operators is a key object. It satisfies
the Yang-Baxter equation and the reflection equation with its corresponding
K-operator. Two kinds of 'super-transposition' for the fermion operators are
defined and the dual reflection equation is obtained. These equations prove the
integrability and the Bethe ansatz equation which agrees with the one obtained
from the graded Yang-Baxter equation and the graded reflection equations.Comment: 10 page
Correlation length of the 1D Hubbard Model at half-filling : equal-time one-particle Green's function
The asymptotics of the equal-time one-particle Green's function for the
half-filled one-dimensional Hubbard model is studied at finite temperature. We
calculate its correlation length by evaluating the largest and the second
largest eigenvalues of the Quantum Transfer Matrix (QTM). In order to allow for
the genuinely fermionic nature of the one-particle Green's function, we employ
the fermionic formulation of the QTM based on the fermionic R-operator of the
Hubbard model. The purely imaginary value of the second largest eigenvalue
reflects the k_F (= pi/2) oscillations of the one-particle Green's function at
half-filling. By solving numerically the Bethe Ansatz equations with Trotter
numbers up to N=10240, we obtain accurate data for the correlation length at
finite temperatures down into the very low temperature region. The correlation
length remains finite even at T=0 due to the existence of the charge gap. Our
numerical data confirm Stafford and Millis' conjecture regarding an analytic
expression for the correlation length at T=0.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
X-ray scattering from crystalline SiO2 in the thermal oxide layers on vicinal Si(111) surfaces
Shimura, T., Misaki, H. & Umeno, M. (1996). Acta Cryst. A52, C465, https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108767396080932
Fast and stable method for simulating quantum electron dynamics
A fast and stable method is formulated to compute the time evolution of a
wavefunction by numerically solving the time-dependent Schr{\"o}dinger
equation. This method is a real space/real time evolution method implemented by
several computational techniques such as Suzuki's exponential product, Cayley's
form, the finite differential method and an operator named adhesive operator.
This method conserves the norm of the wavefunction, manages periodic conditions
and adaptive mesh refinement technique, and is suitable for vector- and
parallel-type supercomputers. Applying this method to some simple electron
dynamics, we confirmed the efficiency and accuracy of the method for simulating
fast time-dependent quantum phenomena.Comment: 10 pages, 35 eps figure
Commuting quantum transfer matrix approach to intrinsic Fermion system: Correlation length of a spinless Fermion model
The quantum transfer matrix (QTM) approach to integrable lattice Fermion
systems is presented. As a simple case we treat the spinless Fermion model with
repulsive interaction in critical regime. We derive a set of non-linear
integral equations which characterize the free energy and the correlation
length of for arbitrary particle density at any finite
temperatures. The correlation length is determined by solving the integral
equations numerically. Especially in low temperature limit this result agrees
with the prediction from conformal field theory (CFT) with high accuracy.Comment: 17 page
Fermionic R-Operator and Algebraic Structure of 1D Hubbard Model: Its application to quantum transfer matrix
The algebraic structure of the 1D Hubbard model is studied by means of the
fermionic R-operator approach. This approach treats the fermion models directly
in the framework of the quantum inverse scattering method. Compared with the
graded approach, this approach has several advantages. First, the global
properties of the Hamiltonian are naturally reflected in the algebraic
properties of the fermionic R-operator. We want to note that this operator is a
local operator acting on fermion Fock spaces. In particular, SO(4) symmetry and
the invariance under the partial particle hole transformation are discussed.
Second, we can construct a genuinely fermionic quantum transfer transfer matrix
(QTM) in terms of the fermionic R-operator. Using the algebraic Bethe Ansatz
for the Hubbard model, we diagonalize the fermionic QTM and discuss its
properties.Comment: 22 pages, no figure
Commissioning Tools for Heating/Cooling System in Residence - Verification of Floor Heating System and Room Air Conditioning System Performance
Tools of evaluating the performance of floor heating and room air conditioner are examined as a
commissioning tool. Simple method is needed to check these performance while in use by residents, because
evaluation currently requires significant time and effort. Therefore, this paper proposes a) two methods of
evaluating the floor heating efficiency from the room / crawl space temperature and the energy consumption and
b) method of evaluating COP of the room air conditioner from the data measured at the external unit. Case studies
in which these tools were applied to actual residences are presented to demonstrate their effectiveness
Ladder operator for the one-dimensional Hubbard model
The one-dimensional Hubbard model is integrable in the sense that it has an
infinite family of conserved currents. We explicitly construct a ladder
operator which can be used to iteratively generate all of the conserved current
operators. This construction is different from that used for Lorentz invariant
systems such as the Heisenberg model. The Hubbard model is not Lorentz
invariant, due to the separation of spin and charge excitations. The ladder
operator is obtained by a very general formalism which is applicable to any
model that can be derived from a solution of the Yang-Baxter equation.Comment: 4 pages, no figures, revtex; final version to appear in Phys. Rev.
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Praktična sinteza regulatora za precizno pozicioniranje sustava pomične podloge
This paper presents a practical feedback controller design of a ball screw-driven table system for the microdisplacement positioning. Friction of the mechanism in the micro-displacement region has nonlinear elastic properties, unlike Coulomb and/or viscous friction in the macro-displacement, resulting in different positioning responses and frequency characteristics of the plant depending on the regions. In this paper, at first, a numerical simulator with a rolling friction model is adopted to reproduce the positioning behaviors in the micro-displacement region. Based on the simulator, the stability condition of positioning in the region is clarified on the basis of frequency characteristics and, then, appropriate parameters of feedback controller are practically designed to satisfy the required positioning performance. Effectiveness of the proposed design has been verified by a series of experiments using a prototype of ball screw-driven table positioning device.U radu je prikazana sinteza regulatora s povratnom vezom u sustavu za precizno linearno pozicioniranje pomične podloge pomoću kugličnih ležajeva. Za razliku od uobičajenih modela Coulombova i/ili viskoznog trenja, trenje razmatranog sustava ima izrazito nelinearna svojstva u području mikro-pomaka, što za posljedicu ima različite odzive pozicioniranja i frekvencijski karakteristike, ovisno o radnom području. U radu je prvo razvijeno numeričko simulacijsko okruženje zasnovano na modelu trenja kotrljanja u svrhu simuliranja ponašanja sustava pozicioniranja u području mikropomaka. Potom je, zasnivajući se na simulacijskom okruženju, pomoću frekvencijske karakteristike razjašnjen problem stabilnosti sustava u promatranom radnom području te su odabrani odgovarajući parametri regulatora koji poštuju uvjet stabilnosti i zadovoljavaju željenu kvalitetu odziva. Sinteza regulatora provedena je vodeći računa o praktičnoj primjenjivosti postupka. Učinkovitost predložene sinteze potvr.ena je nizom eksperimenata na prototipu sustava za precizno linearno pozicioniranje pomične podloge pomoću kugličnih ležajeva
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