Exotic mesons from quantum chromodynamics with improved gluon and quark actions on the anisotropic lattice

Hybrid (exotic) mesons, which are important predictions of quantum chromodynamics (QCD), are states of quarks and anti-quarks bound by excited gluons. First principle lattice study of such states would help us understand the role of ``dynamical'' color in low energy QCD and provide valuable information for experimental search for these new particles. In this paper, we apply both improved gluon and quark actions to the hybrid mesons, which might be much more efficient than the previous works in reducing lattice spacing error and finite volume effect. Quenched simulations were done at $\beta=2.6$ and on a $\xi=3$ anisotropic $12^3\times36$ lattice using our PC cluster. We obtain $2013 \pm 26 \pm 71$ MeV for the mass of the $1^{-+}$ hybrid meson ${\bar q}qg$ in the light quark sector, and $4369 \pm 37 \pm 99$Mev in the charm quark sector; the mass splitting between the $1^{-+}$ hybrid meson ${\bar c}c g$ in the charm quark sector and the spin averaged S-wave charmonium mass is estimated to be $1302 \pm 37 \pm 99$ MeV. As a byproduct, we obtain $1438 \pm 32 \pm 57$ MeV for the mass of a P-wave $1^{++}$ ${\bar u}u$ or ${\bar d}d$ meson and $1499 \pm 28 \pm 65$ MeV for the mass of a P-wave $1^{++}$ ${\bar s}s$ meson, which are comparable to their experimental value 1426 MeV for the $f_1(1420)$ meson. The first error is statistical, and the second one is systematical. The mixing of the hybrid meson with a four quark state is also discussed.Comment: 12 pages, 3 figures. Published versio

Two-stage solution-based tabu search for the multidemand multidimensional knapsack problem

The multidemand multidimensional knapsack problem (MDMKP) is a significant generalization of the popular multidimensional knapsack problem with relevant applications. In this work we investigate for the first time how solution-based tabu search can be used to solve this computationally challenging problem. For this purpose, we propose a two-stage search algorithm, where the first stage aims to locate a promising hyperplane within the whole search space and the second stage tries to find improved solutions by exploring the reduced subspace defined by the hyperplane. Computational experiments on 156 benchmark instances commonly used in the literature show that the proposed algorithm competes favorably with the state-of-the-art results. We analyze several key components of the algorithm to highlight their impacts on the performance of the algorithm

Understanding the white-light flare on 2012 March 9 : Evidence of a two-step magnetic reconnection

We attempt to understand the white-light flare (WLF) that was observed on 2012 March 9 with a newly constructed multi-wavelength solar telescope called the Optical and Near-infrared Solar Eruption Tracer (ONSET). We analyzed WLF observations in radio, H-alpha, white-light, ultraviolet, and X-ray bands. We also studied the magnetic configuration of the flare via the nonlinear force-free field (NLFFF) extrapolation and the vector magnetic field observed by the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Continuum emission enhancement clearly appeared at the 3600 angstrom and 4250 angstrom bands, with peak contrasts of 25% and 12%, respectively. The continuum emission enhancement closely coincided with the impulsive increase in the hard X-ray emission and a microwave type III burst at 03:40 UT. We find that the WLF appeared at one end of either the sheared or twisted field lines or both. There was also a long-lasting phase in the H-alpha and soft X-ray bands after the white-light emission peak. In particular, a second, yet stronger, peak appeared at 03:56 UT in the microwave band. This event shows clear evidence that the white-light emission was caused by energetic particles bombarding the lower solar atmosphere. A two-step magnetic reconnection scenario is proposed to explain the entire process of flare evolution, i.e., the first-step magnetic reconnection between the field lines that are highly sheared or twisted or both, and the second-step one in the current sheet, which is stretched by the erupting flux rope. The WLF is supposed to be triggered in the first-step magnetic reconnection at a relatively low altitude.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, published in A&A Lette

Quantum phase transitions in a two-dimensional quantum XYX model: Ground-state fidelity and entanglement

A systematic analysis is performed for quantum phase transitions in a two-dimensional anisotropic spin 1/2 anti-ferromagnetic XYX model in an external magnetic field. With the help of an innovative tensor network algorithm, we compute the fidelity per lattice site to demonstrate that the field-induced quantum phase transition is unambiguously characterized by a pinch point on the fidelity surface, marking a continuous phase transition. We also compute an entanglement estimator, defined as a ratio between the one-tangle and the sum of squared concurrences, to identify both the factorizing field and the critical point, resulting in a quantitative agreement with quantum Monte Carlo simulation. In addition, the local order parameter is "derived" from the tensor network representation of the system's ground state wave functions.Comment: 4+ pages, 3 figure

Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers from flax (Linum usitatissimum L.)

Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) is the third largest natural fiber crop and one of the five major oil crops in the world. Flax can be used as model plant for the bast fiber plants because of its small size and self pollination characters. Development of highly polymorphic co-dominant markers will be important for the molecular and genomic research in flax. Two microsatellite-enriched flax genomic libraries were constructed for trinucleotide TTC and ATC motifs. A total of 206 new microsatellite-containing sequences were identified and classified. Thirty eight polymorphic microsatellite markers were characterized and evaluated in eight cultivars from different countries and regions. These loci produced 2 to 12 alleles per locus with an average of 3.395. The observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.000 to 1.000 (mean 0.257) and from 0.125 to 0.950 (mean 0.516), respectively. The mean polymorphic information content (PIC) value over 38 loci was 0.429, with 13 locihaving PIC greater than 0.5. These novel polymorphic microsatellite loci will be useful in genetic linkage map construction, germplasm classification and identification, gene identification and QTL mapping, and marker-assisted selection in breeding of L. usitatissimum.Key words: Flax, Linum usitatissimum, microsatellite, polymorphism

Intensification-driven tabu search for the minimum differential dispersion problem

The minimum differential dispersion problem is a NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem with numerous relevant applications. In this paper, we propose an intensification-driven tabu search algorithm for solving this computationally challenging problem by integrating a constrained neighborhood, a solution-based tabu strategy, and an intensified search mechanism to create a search that effectively exploits the elements of intensification and diversification. We demonstrate the competitiveness of the proposed algorithm by presenting improved new best solutions for 127 out of 250 benchmark instances (>50%). We study the search trajectory of the algorithm to shed light on its behavior and investigate the spatial distribution of high-quality solutions in the search space to motivate the design choice of the intensified search mechanism

Solution-based Tabu Search for the Maximum Min-sum Dispersion Problem

The maximum min-sum dispersion problem (Max-Minsum DP) is an important representative of a large class of dispersion problems. Having numerous applications in practice, the NP-hard Max-Minsum DP is however computationally challenging. This paper introduces an effective solution-based tabu search (SBTS) algorithm for solving the Max-Minsum DP approximately. SBTS is characterized by the joint use of hash functions to determine the tabu status of candidate solutions and a parametric constrained swap neighborhood to enhance computational efficiency. Experimental results on 140 benchmark instances commonly used in the literature demonstrate that the proposed algorithm competes favorably with the state-of-the-art algorithms both in terms of solution quality and computational efficiency. In particular, SBTS improves the best-known results for 80 out of the 140 instances, while matching 51 other best-known solutions. We conduct a computational analysis to identify the respective roles of the hash functions and the parametric constrained swap neighborhood