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Analysis of the vertex with the light-cone QCD sum rules
In this article, we analyze the vertex with the light-cone QCD
sum rules. The strong coupling constant is an important
parameter in evaluating the charmonium absorption cross sections in searching
for the quark-gluon plasmas. Our numerical value for the is
consistent with the prediction of the effective SU(4) symmetry and vector meson
dominance theory.Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure, revised versio
Tighter weighted polygamy inequalities of multipartite entanglement in arbitrary-dimensional quantum systems
We investigate polygamy relations of multipartite entanglement in
arbitrary-dimensional quantum systems. By improving an inequality and using the
th () power of entanglement of assistance, we provide a
new class of weighted polygamy inequalities of multipartite entanglement in
arbitrary-dimensional quantum systems. We show that these new polygamy
relations are tighter than the ones given in [Phys. Rev. A 97, 042332 (2018)]
Ordering states with various coherence measures
Quantum coherence is one of the most significant theories in quantum physics.
Ordering states with various coherence measures is an intriguing task in
quantification theory of coherence. In this paper, we study this problem by use
of four important coherence measures -- the norm of coherence, the
relative entropy of coherence, the geometric measure of coherence and the
modified trace distance measure of coherence. We show that each pair of these
measures give a different ordering of qudit states when . However, for
single-qubit states, the norm of coherence and the geometric coherence
provide the same ordering. We also show that the relative entropy of coherence
and the geometric coherence give a different ordering for single-qubit states.
Then we partially answer the open question proposed in [Quantum Inf. Process.
15, 4189 (2016)] whether all the coherence measures give a different ordering
of states.Comment: 12 page
Contribution of the Caspase Gene Sequence Diversification to the Specifically Antiviral Defense in Invertebrate
Vertebrates achieve adaptive immunity of all sorts against pathogens through the diversification of antibodies. However the mechanism of invertebrates' innate immune defense against various pathogens remains largely unknown. Our study used shrimp and white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) to show that PjCaspase, a caspase gene of shrimp that is crucial in apoptosis, possessed gene sequence diversity. At present, the role of gene sequence diversity in immunity has not been characterized. To address this issue, we compared the PjCaspase gene sequence diversities from WSSV-free and WSSV-resistant shrimp. The sequence analysis indicated that the PjCaspase gene from the WSSV-resistant shrimp contained a special fragment, designated as fragment 3 (221–229 aa). Down-regulation or overexpression of the PjCaspase gene containing fragment 3 led to significant inhibition or enhancement of virus-induced apoptosis, but had no effect on bacterium challenge. We found evidence that the silencing or overexpression of this gene led to a 7-fold increase or 11-fold decrease of WSSV copies, respectively. Our results suggested that the PjCaspase gene containing fragment 3 provided the molecular basis for the antiviral defense of shrimp. This study represented the first report of the role of gene sequence diversity in the immunity of an invertebrate against virus infection. Invertebrates may employ this gene sequence diversity as a system to avoid pathogen interference with their immune response
Simple protocol for secure decoy-state quantum key distribution with a loosely controlled source
The method of decoy-state quantum key distribution (QKD) requests different
intensities of light pulses. Existing theory has assumed exact control of
intensities. Here we propose a simple protocol which is secure and efficient
even there are errors in intensity control. In our protocol, decoy pulses and
signal pulses are generated from the same father pulses with a two-value
attenuation. Given the upper bound of fluctuation of the father pulses, our
protocol is secure provided that the two-value attenuation is done exactly. We
propose to use unbalanced beam-splitters for a stable attenuation. Given that
the intensity error is bounded by , with the same key rate, our method
can achieve a secure distance only 1 km shorter than that of an ideal protocol
with exactly controlled source
Amending coherence-breaking channels via unitary operations
The coherence-breaking channels play a significant role in quantum
information theory. We study the coherence-breaking channels and give a method
to amend the coherence-breaking channels by applying unitary operations. For
given incoherent channel , we give necessary and sufficient conditions
for the channel to be a coherence-breaking channel and amend it via unitary
operations. For qubit incoherent channels that are not
coherence-breaking ones, we consider the mapping and present
the conditions for coherence-breaking and channel amendment as well.Comment: 8 page
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