860 research outputs found
Numerical Evidence that the Perturbation Expansion for a Non-Hermitian -Symmetric Hamiltonian is Stieltjes
Recently, several studies of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians having
symmetry have been conducted. Most striking about these complex Hamiltonians is
how closely their properties resemble those of conventional Hermitian
Hamiltonians. This paper presents further evidence of the similarity of these
Hamiltonians to Hermitian Hamiltonians by examining the summation of the
divergent weak-coupling perturbation series for the ground-state energy of the
-symmetric Hamiltonian recently
studied by Bender and Dunne. For this purpose the first 193 (nonzero)
coefficients of the Rayleigh-Schr\"odinger perturbation series in powers of
for the ground-state energy were calculated. Pad\'e-summation and
Pad\'e-prediction techniques recently described by Weniger are applied to this
perturbation series. The qualitative features of the results obtained in this
way are indistinguishable from those obtained in the case of the perturbation
series for the quartic anharmonic oscillator, which is known to be a Stieltjes
series.Comment: 20 pages, 0 figure
Regge trajectories and quarkonium spectrum from a first principle Salpeter equation
We compute the heavy-heavy, light-light and light-heavy quarkonium spectrum
starting from a first principle Salpeter equation obtained in a preceding
paper. We neglect spin-orbit structures and exclude from our treatment the
light pseudoscalar states which in principle would require the use of the full
Bethe-Salpeter equation due to the chiral symmetry breaking problem. For the
rest we find an overall good agreement with the experimental data. In
particular for the light-light case we find straight Regge trajectories with
the right slope and intercepts. The strong coupling constant , the
string tension occurring in the potential and the heavy quark masses
are taken from the heavy quarkonium semirelativistic fit with only a small
rearrangement. The light quark masses are set equal to baricentral value of the
current quark masses as reported by the particle data group. For what concerns
the light-light and the light-heavy systems the calculation is essentially
parameter free.Comment: 18 pages, 3 figures, revtex.st
Relativistic bound-state calculations in Light Front Dynamics
We calculated bound states in the quantum field theoretical approach. Using
the Wick-Cutkosky model and an extended version of this model (in which a
particle with finite mass is exchanged) we have calculated the bound states in
the scalar case.Comment: 3 pages, proceedings of the Light Cone Meeting Trento 2001, to be
published in Nucl. Phys. B - Proceedings Supplement
A Unique Multi-Messenger Signal of QCD Axion Dark Matter
We propose a multi-messenger probe of QCD axion Dark Matter based on
observations of black hole-neutron star binary inspirals. It is suggested that
a dense Dark Matter spike may grow around intermediate mass black holes
(). The presence of such a spike produces
two unique effects: a distinct phase shift in the gravitational wave strain
during the inspiral and an enhancement of the radio emission due to the
resonant axion-photon conversion occurring in the neutron star magnetosphere
throughout the inspiral and merger. Remarkably, the observation of the
gravitational wave signal can be used to infer the Dark Matter density and,
consequently, to predict the radio emission. We study the projected reach of
the LISA interferometer and next-generation radio telescopes such as the Square
Kilometre Array. Given a sufficiently nearby system, such observations will
potentially allow for the detection of QCD axion Dark Matter in the mass range
to .Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures. Appendix added with additional figures. Updated
to published versio
Albatross:a scalable simulation-based inference pipeline for analysing stellar streams in the Milky Way
Stellar streams are potentially a very sensitive observational probe of galactic astrophysics, as well as the dark matter population in the Milky Way. On the other hand, performing a detailed, high-fidelity statistical analysis of these objects is challenging for a number of key reasons. First, the modelling of streams across their (potentially billions of years old) dynamical age is complex and computationally costly. Secondly, their detection and classification in large surveys such as Gaia renders a robust statistical description regarding e.g. the stellar membership probabilities, challenging. As a result, the majority of current analyses must resort to simplified models that use only subsets or summaries of the high quality data. In this work, we develop a new analysis framework that takes advantage of advances in simulation-based inference techniques to perform complete analysis on complex stream models. To facilitate this, we develop a new, modular dynamical modelling code sstrax for stellar streams that is highly accelerated using jax. We test our analysis pipeline on a mock observation that resembles the GD1 stream, and demonstrate that we can perform robust inference on all relevant parts of the stream model simultaneously. Finally, we present some outlook as to how this approach can be developed further to perform more complete and accurate statistical analyses of current and future data
Mathematical Properties of a New Levin-Type Sequence Transformation Introduced by \v{C}\'{\i}\v{z}ek, Zamastil, and Sk\'{a}la. I. Algebraic Theory
\v{C}\'{\i}\v{z}ek, Zamastil, and Sk\'{a}la [J. Math. Phys. \textbf{44}, 962
- 968 (2003)] introduced in connection with the summation of the divergent
perturbation expansion of the hydrogen atom in an external magnetic field a new
sequence transformation which uses as input data not only the elements of a
sequence of partial sums, but also explicit estimates
for the truncation errors. The explicit
incorporation of the information contained in the truncation error estimates
makes this and related transformations potentially much more powerful than for
instance Pad\'{e} approximants. Special cases of the new transformation are
sequence transformations introduced by Levin [Int. J. Comput. Math. B
\textbf{3}, 371 - 388 (1973)] and Weniger [Comput. Phys. Rep. \textbf{10}, 189
- 371 (1989), Sections 7 -9; Numer. Algor. \textbf{3}, 477 - 486 (1992)] and
also a variant of Richardson extrapolation [Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London A
\textbf{226}, 299 - 349 (1927)]. The algebraic theory of these transformations
- explicit expressions, recurrence formulas, explicit expressions in the case
of special remainder estimates, and asymptotic order estimates satisfied by
rational approximants to power series - is formulated in terms of hitherto
unknown mathematical properties of the new transformation introduced by
\v{C}\'{\i}\v{z}ek, Zamastil, and Sk\'{a}la. This leads to a considerable
formal simplification and unification.Comment: 41 + ii pages, LaTeX2e, 0 figures. Submitted to Journal of
Mathematical Physic
Disentangling Instrumental Features of the 130 GeV Fermi Line
We study the instrumental features of photons from the peak observed at
GeV in the spectrum of Fermi-LAT data. We use the {\sc sPlots}
algorithm to reconstruct -- seperately for the photons in the peak and for
background photons -- the distributions of incident angles, the recorded time,
features of the spacecraft position, the zenith angles, the conversion type and
details of the energy and direction reconstruction. The presence of a striking
feature or cluster in such a variable would suggest an instrumental cause for
the peak. In the publically available data, we find several suggestive features
which may inform further studies by instrumental experts, though the size of
the signal sample is too small to draw statistically significant conclusions.Comment: 9 pages, 22 figures; this version includes additional variables,
study of stat sensitivity, and modification to the chi-sq calculatio
The Use of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Assessing Functional Change in Treatment Outcome Monitoring of Patients with Chronic Schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that is characterized not only by symptomatic severity but also by high levels of functional impairment. An evaluation of clinical outcome in treatment of schizophrenia should therefore target not only assessing symptom change but also alterations in functioning. This study aimed to investigate whether there is an agreement between functional- and symptom-based outcomes in a clinical sample of admissions with chronic forms of schizophrenia.
A full 3-year cohort of consecutive inpatient admissions for schizophrenia (N = 205) was clinically rated with the Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS) and the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) as measures of functioning at the time of admission and discharge. The sample was stratified twofold: first, according to the degree of PANSS symptom improvement during treatment with the sample being divided into three treatment response groups: non-response, low response, and high response. Second, achievement of remission was defined using the Remission in Schizophrenia Working Group criteria based on selected PANSS symptoms. Repeated measures analyses were used to compare the change of HoNOS scores over time across groups.
More than a half of all admissions achieved a symptom reduction of at least 20% during treatment and around one quarter achieved remission at discharge. Similarly, HoNOS scores improved significantly between admission and discharge. Interaction analyses indicated higher functional improvements to be associated with increasing levels of treatment response.
Functional improvement in individuals treated for schizophrenia was linked to a better clinical outcome, which implies a functional association. Thus, improvement of functioning represents an important therapeutic target in the treatment of schizophrenia
The performance of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales as measures of clinical severity.
The aim of this study was to examine the performance of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) against other measures of functioning and mental health in a full three-year cohort of admissions to a psychiatric hospital. A sample of N=1719 patients (35.3% females, aged 17-78 years) was assessed using observer-rated measures and self-reports of psychopathology at admission. Self-reports were available from 51.7% of the sample (34.4% females, aged 17-76 years). Functioning and psychopathology were compared across five ICD-10 diagnostic groups: substance use disorders, schizophrenia and psychotic disorders, affective disorders, anxiety/somatoform disorders and personality disorders. Associations between the measures were examined, stratifying by diagnostic subgroup. The HoNOS were strongly linked to other measures primarily in psychotic disorders (except for the behavioral subscale), while those with substance use disorders showed rather poor links. Those with anxiety/somatoform disorders showed null or only small associations. This study raises questions about the overall validity of the HoNOS. It seems to entail different levels of validity when applied to different diagnostic groups. In clinical practice the HoNOS should not be used as a stand-alone instrument to assess outcome but rather as part of a more comprehensive battery including diagnosis-specific measures
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