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Exact energy spectrum of a two-temperature kinetic Ising model
The exact energy spectrum is developed for a two temperature kinetic Ising
spin chain, and its dual reaction diffusion system with spatially alternating
pair annihilation and creation rates. Symmetries of the system
pseudo-Hamiltonian that enable calculation of the spectrum are also used to
derive explicit state vectors for small system sizes, and to make observations
regarding state vectors in the general case. Physical consequences of the
surprisingly simple form for the eigenvalues are also discussed
SU3 isoscalar factors
A summary of the properties of the Wigner Clebsch-Gordan coefficients and
isoscalar factors for the group SU3 in the SU2U1 decomposition is
presented. The outer degeneracy problem is discussed in detail with a proof of
a conjecture (Braunschweig's) which has been the basis of previous work on the
SU3 coupling coefficients. Recursion relations obeyed by the SU3 isoscalar
factors are produced, along with an algorithm which allows numerical
determination of the factors from the recursion relations. The algorithm
produces isoscalar factors which share all the symmetry properties under
permutation of states and conjugation which are familiar from the SU2 case. The
full set of symmetry properties for the SU3 Wigner-Clebsch-Gordan coefficients
and isoscalar factors are displayed.Comment: 20 pages, LaTeX (earlier version incomplete
Compression failure mechanisms in unidirectional composites
Compression failure mechanisms in unidirectional composites were examined. Possible failure modes of constituent materials are summarized and analytical models for fiber microbuckling are reviewed from a unified viewpoint. Due to deficiencies in available models, a failure model based on nonlinear properties and initial fiber curvature is proposed. The effect of constituent properties on composite compression behavior was experimentally investigated using two different graphite fibers and four different epoxy resins. The predominant microscopic scale failure mode was found to be shear crippling. In a soft resin, shear crippling was in the form of buckling of fibers on a microscopic scale. However, stiff resins failure was characterized by the formation of a kink band. For unidirectional laminates, compressive strength, and compressive modulus to a less extent, were found to increase with increasing magnitude of resin modulus. The change in compressive strength with resin modulus was predicted using the proposed nonlinear model
Evaluation of space SAR as a land-cover classification
The multidimensional approach to the mapping of land cover, crops, and forests is reported. Dimensionality is achieved by using data from sensors such as LANDSAT to augment Seasat and Shuttle Image Radar (SIR) data, using different image features such as tone and texture, and acquiring multidate data. Seasat, Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR-A), and LANDSAT data are used both individually and in combination to map land cover in Oklahoma. The results indicates that radar is the best single sensor (72% accuracy) and produces the best sensor combination (97.5% accuracy) for discriminating among five land cover categories. Multidate Seasat data and a single data of LANDSAT coverage are then used in a crop classification study of western Kansas. The highest accuracy for a single channel is achieved using a Seasat scene, which produces a classification accuracy of 67%. Classification accuracy increases to approximately 75% when either a multidate Seasat combination or LANDSAT data in a multisensor combination is used. The tonal and textural elements of SIR-A data are then used both alone and in combination to classify forests into five categories
The effect of resin toughness and modulus on compressive failure modes of quasi-isotropic graphite/epoxy laminates
Compressive failure mechanisms in quasi-isotropic graphite/epoxy laminates were characterized for both unnotched and notched specimens and also following damage by impact. Two types of fibers (Thornel 300 and 700) and four resin systems (Narmco 5208, American Cyanamid BP907, and Union Carbide 4901/MDA and 4901/mPDA) were studied. For all material combinations, failure of unnotched specimens was initiated by kinking of fibers in the 0-degree plies. A major difference was observed, however, in the mode of failure propagation after the 0-degree ply failure. The strength of quasi-isotropic laminates in general increased with increasing resin tensile modulus. The laminates made with Thornel 700 fibers exhibited slightly lower compressive strengths than did the laminates made with Thornel 300 fibers. The notch sensitivity as measured by the hole strength was lowest for the BP907 resin and highest for the 5208 resin. For the materials studied, however, the type of fiber had no effect on the notch sensitivity
Temporal-adaptive Euler/Navier-Stokes algorithm for unsteady aerodynamic analysis of airfoils using unstructured dynamic meshes
A temporal adaptive algorithm for the time-integration of the two-dimensional Euler or Navier-Stokes equations is presented. The flow solver involves an upwind flux-split spatial discretization for the convective terms and central differencing for the shear-stress and heat flux terms on an unstructured mesh of triangles. The temporal adaptive algorithm is a time-accurate integration procedure which allows flows with high spatial and temporal gradients to be computed efficiently by advancing each grid cell near its maximum allowable time step. Results indicate that an appreciable computational savings can be achieved for both inviscid and viscous unsteady airfoil problems using unstructured meshes without degrading spatial or temporal accuracy
Deterministic dense coding and entanglement entropy
We present an analytical study of the standard two-party deterministic
dense-coding protocol, under which communication of perfectly distinguishable
messages takes place via a qudit from a pair of non-maximally entangled qudits
in pure state |S>. Our results include the following: (i) We prove that it is
possible for a state |S> with lower entanglement entropy to support the sending
of a greater number of perfectly distinguishable messages than one with higher
entanglement entropy, confirming a result suggested via numerical analysis in
Mozes et al. [Phys. Rev. A 71 012311 (2005)]. (ii) By explicit construction of
families of local unitary operators, we verify, for dimensions d = 3 and d=4, a
conjecture of Mozes et al. about the minimum entanglement entropy that supports
the sending of d + j messages, j = 2, ..., d-1; moreover, we show that the j=2
and j= d-1 cases of the conjecture are valid in all dimensions. (iii) Given
that |S> allows the sending of K messages and has the square roof of c as its
largest Schmidt coefficient, we show that the inequality c <= d/K, established
by Wu et al. [ Phys. Rev. A 73, 042311 (2006)], must actually take the form c <
d/K if K = d+1, while our constructions of local unitaries show that equality
can be realized if K = d+2 or K = 2d-1.Comment: 19 pages, 2 figures. Published versio
Control system design using optimization techniques Final report
Optimization techniques for control of fuel valve systems for air breathing jet engines and 40-60 inlet control problem
Higher-Order Corrected Higgs Bosons in FeynHiggs 2.5
Large higher-order corrections enter the Higgs boson sector of the MSSM via
Higgs-boson self-energies. Their effects have to be taken into account for the
correct treatment of loop-corrected Higgs-boson mass eigenstates as external
(on-shell) or internal particles in Feynman diagrams. We review how the loop
corrections, including momentum dependence and imaginary contributions, are
correctly taken into account for external (on-shell) Higgs boson and how
effective couplings can be derived. The proceedures are implemented in the code
FeynHiggs 2.5.Comment: 8 pages, no figures. Two talks given at the LCWS06 March 2006,
Bangalore, Indi
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