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Social work education, training and standards in the Asia-Pacific region
This article discusses the joint project between the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) and the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) to establish guidelines for the training and standard setting that elucidates what social work represents on a global level. While it is impossible to address all the issues that might be significant in such a large scope, attention is given to the challenges establishing global standards might encounter in a region as diverse as the Asia-Pacific
An exactly solvable model of a superconducting to rotational phase transition
We consider a many-fermion model which exhibits a transition from a
superconducting to a rotational phase with variation of a parameter in its
Hamiltonian. The model has analytical solutions in its two limits due to the
presence of dynamical symmetries. However, the symmetries are basically
incompatible with one another; no simple solution exists in intermediate
situations. Exact (numerical) solutions are possible and enable one to study
the behavior of competing but incompatible symmetries and the phase transitions
that result in a semirealistic situation. The results are remarkably simple and
shed light on the nature of phase transitions.Comment: 11 pages including 1 figur
Unitarity potentials and neutron matter at the unitary limit
We study the equation of state of neutron matter using a family of unitarity
potentials all of which are constructed to have infinite scattering
lengths . For such system, a quantity of much interest is the ratio
where is the true ground-state energy of the system,
and is that for the non-interacting system. In the limit of
, often referred to as the unitary limit, this ratio is
expected to approach a universal constant, namely . In the
present work we calculate this ratio using a family of hard-core
square-well potentials whose can be exactly obtained, thus enabling us to
have many potentials of different ranges and strengths, all with infinite
. We have also calculated using a unitarity CDBonn potential
obtained by slightly scaling its meson parameters. The ratios given by
these different unitarity potentials are all close to each other and also
remarkably close to 0.44, suggesting that the above ratio is indifferent
to the details of the underlying interactions as long as they have infinite
scattering length. A sum-rule and scaling constraint for the renormalized
low-momentum interaction in neutron matter at the unitary limit is discussed.Comment: 7.5 pages, 7 figure
New remarks on the Cosmological Argument
We present a formal analysis of the Cosmological Argument in its two main
forms: that due to Aquinas, and the revised version of the Kalam Cosmological
Argument more recently advocated by William Lane Craig. We formulate these two
arguments in such a way that each conclusion follows in first-order logic from
the corresponding assumptions. Our analysis shows that the conclusion which
follows for Aquinas is considerably weaker than what his aims demand. With
formalizations that are logically valid in hand, we reinterpret the natural
language versions of the premises and conclusions in terms of concepts of
causality consistent with (and used in) recent work in cosmology done by
physicists. In brief: the Kalam argument commits the fallacy of equivocation in
a way that seems beyond repair; two of the premises adopted by Aquinas seem
dubious when the terms `cause' and `causality' are interpreted in the context
of contemporary empirical science. Thus, while there are no problems with
whether the conclusions follow logically from their assumptions, the Kalam
argument is not viable, and the Aquinas argument does not imply a caused
origination of the universe. The assumptions of the latter are at best less
than obvious relative to recent work in the sciences. We conclude with mention
of a new argument that makes some positive modifications to an alternative
variation on Aquinas by Le Poidevin, which nonetheless seems rather weak.Comment: 12 pages, accepted for publication in International Journal for
Philosophy of Religio
Trapped-Ion Quantum Simulator: Experimental Application to Nonlinear Interferometers
We show how an experimentally realized set of operations on a single trapped
ion is sufficient to simulate a wide class of Hamiltonians of a spin-1/2
particle in an external potential. This system is also able to simulate other
physical dynamics. As a demonstration, we simulate the action of an -th
order nonlinear optical beamsplitter. Two of these beamsplitters can be used to
construct an interferometer sensitive to phase shifts in one of the
interferometer beam paths. The sensitivity in determining these phase shifts
increases linearly with , and the simulation demonstrates that the use of
nonlinear beamsplitters (=2,3) enhances this sensitivity compared to the
standard quantum limit imposed by a linear beamsplitter (=1)
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T-junction ion trap array for two-dimensional ion shuttling, storage and manipulation
We demonstrate a two-dimensional 11-zone ion trap array, where individual
laser-cooled atomic ions are stored, separated, shuttled, and swapped. The trap
geometry consists of two linear rf ion trap sections that are joined at a 90
degree angle to form a T-shaped structure. We shuttle a single ion around the
corners of the T-junction and swap the positions of two crystallized ions using
voltage sequences designed to accommodate the nontrivial electrical potential
near the junction. Full two-dimensional control of multiple ions demonstrated
in this system may be crucial for the realization of scalable ion trap quantum
computation and the implementation of quantum networks.Comment: 3 pages, 5 figure
Vector coherent state representations, induced representations, and geometric quantization: I. Scalar coherent state representations
Coherent state theory is shown to reproduce three categories of
representations of the spectrum generating algebra for an algebraic model: (i)
classical realizations which are the starting point for geometric quantization;
(ii) induced unitary representations corresponding to prequantization; and
(iii) irreducible unitary representations obtained in geometric quantization by
choice of a polarization. These representations establish an intimate relation
between coherent state theory and geometric quantization in the context of
induced representations.Comment: 29 pages, part 1 of two papers, published versio
Coexistence versus extinction in the stochastic cyclic Lotka-Volterra model
Cyclic dominance of species has been identified as a potential mechanism to
maintain biodiversity, see e.g. B. Kerr, M. A. Riley, M. W. Feldman and B. J.
M. Bohannan [Nature {\bf 418}, 171 (2002)] and B. Kirkup and M. A. Riley
[Nature {\bf 428}, 412 (2004)]. Through analytical methods supported by
numerical simulations, we address this issue by studying the properties of a
paradigmatic non-spatial three-species stochastic system, namely the
`rock-paper-scissors' or cyclic Lotka-Volterra model. While the deterministic
approach (rate equations) predicts the coexistence of the species resulting in
regular (yet neutrally stable) oscillations of the population densities, we
demonstrate that fluctuations arising in the system with a \emph{finite number
of agents} drastically alter this picture and are responsible for extinction:
After long enough time, two of the three species die out. As main findings we
provide analytic estimates and numerical computation of the extinction
probability at a given time. We also discuss the implications of our results
for a broad class of competing population systems.Comment: 12 pages, 9 figures, minor correction
Observations of Cepheids with the MOST satellite: Contrast between Pulsation Modes
The quantity and quality of satellite photometric data strings is revealing
details in Cepheid variation at very low levels. Specifically, we observed a
Cepheid pulsating in the fundamental mode and one pulsating in the first
overtone with the Canadian MOST satellite. The 3.7-d period fundamental mode
pulsator (RT Aur) has a light curve that repeats precisely, and can be modeled
by a Fourier series very accurately. The overtone pulsator (SZ Tau, 3.1 d
period) on the other hand shows light curve variation from cycle to cycle which
we characterize by the variations in the Fourier parameters. We present
arguments that we are seeing instability in the pulsation cycle of the overtone
pulsator, and that this is also a characteristic of the O-C curves of overtone
pulsators. On the other hand, deviations from cycle to cycle as a function of
pulsation phase follow a similar pattern in both stars, increasing after
minimum radius. In summary, pulsation in the overtone pulsator is less stable
than that of the fundamental mode pulsator at both long and short timescales.Comment: accepted in MNRAS, 11 pages, 10 figure
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