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Topological quantum phase transition in an extended Kitaev spin model
We study the quantum phase transition between Abelian and non-Abelian phases
in an extended Kitaev spin model on the honeycomb lattice, where the periodic
boundary condition is applied by placing the lattice on a torus. Our analytical
results show that this spin model exhibits a continuous quantum phase
transition. Also, we reveal the relationship between bipartite entanglement and
the ground-state energy. Our approach directly shows that both the entanglement
and the ground-state energy can be used to characterize the topological quantum
phase transition in the extended Kitaev spin model.Comment: 9 Pages, 4 figure
Bosonization of One-Dimensional Exclusons and Characterization of Luttinger Liquids
We achieve a bosonization of one-dimensional ideal gas of exclusion
statistics at low temperatures, resulting in a new variant of
conformal field theory with compactified radius . These
ideal excluson gases exactly reproduce the low- critical properties of
Luttinger liquids, so they can be used to characterize the fixed points of the
latter. Generalized ideal gases with mutual statistics and non-ideal gases with
Luttinger-type interactions have also similar behavior, controlled by an
effective statistics varying in a fixed-point line.Comment: 13 pages, revte
Variation of particle number size distributions and chemical compositions at the urban and downwind regional sites in the Pearl River Delta during summertime pollution episodes
In order to characterize the features of particulate pollution in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) in the summer, continuous measurements of particle number size distributions and chemical compositions were simultaneously performed at Guangzhou urban site (GZ) and Back-garden downwind regional site (BG) in July 2006. Particle number concentration from 20 nm to 10 μm at BG was (1.7&plusmn;0.8)&times;10<sup>4</sup> cm<sup>−3</sup>, about 40% lower than that at GZ, (2.9&plusmn;1.1)&times;10<sup>4</sup> cm<sup>−3</sup>. The total particle volume concentration at BG was 94&plusmn;34 μm<sup>3</sup> cm<sup>−3</sup>, similar to that at GZ, 96&plusmn;43 μm<sup>3</sup> cm<sup>−3</sup>. More 20–100 nm particles, significantly affected by the traffic emissions, were observed at GZ, while 100–660 nm particle number concentrations were similar at both sites as they are more regional. PM<sub>2.5</sub> values were similar at GZ (69&plusmn;43 μg m<sup>−3</sup>) and BG (69&plusmn;58 μg m<sup>−3</sup>) with <i>R</i><sup>2</sup> of 0.71 for the daily average PM<sub>2.5</sub> at these two sites, indicating the fine particulate pollution in the PRD region to be regional. Two kinds of pollution episodes, the accumulation pollution episode and the regional transport pollution episode, were observed. Fine particles over 100 nm dominated both number and volume concentrations of total particles during the late periods of these pollution episodes. Accumulation and secondary transformation are the main reasons for the nighttime accumulation pollution episode. SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2&minus;</sup>, NO<sub>3</sub><sup>&minus;</sup> accounted for about 60% in 100–660 nm particle mass and PM<sub>2.5</sub> increase. When south or southeast wind prevailed in the PRD region, regional transport of pollutants took place. Regional transport contributed about 30% to fine particulate pollution at BG during a regional transport case. Secondary transformation played an important role during regional transport, causing higher increase rates of secondary ions in PM<sub>1.0</sub> than other species and shifting the peaks of sulfate and ammonium mass size distributions to larger sizes. SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2&minus;</sup>, NO<sub>3</sub><sup>&minus;</sup>, and NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup> accounted for about 70% and 40% of PM<sub>1.0</sub> and PM<sub>2.5</sub>, respectively
The DArk Matter Particle Explorer mission
The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE), one of the four scientific space
science missions within the framework of the Strategic Pioneer Program on Space
Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is a general purpose high energy
cosmic-ray and gamma-ray observatory, which was successfully launched on
December 17th, 2015 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The DAMPE
scientific objectives include the study of galactic cosmic rays up to
TeV and hundreds of TeV for electrons/gammas and nuclei respectively, and the
search for dark matter signatures in their spectra. In this paper we illustrate
the layout of the DAMPE instrument, and discuss the results of beam tests and
calibrations performed on ground. Finally we present the expected performance
in space and give an overview of the mission key scientific goals.Comment: 45 pages, including 29 figures and 6 tables. Published in Astropart.
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Measurement of proton electromagnetic form factors in in the energy region 2.00-3.08 GeV
The process of is studied at 22 center-of-mass
energy points () from 2.00 to 3.08 GeV, exploiting 688.5~pb of
data collected with the BESIII detector operating at the BEPCII collider. The
Born cross section~() of is
measured with the energy-scan technique and it is found to be consistent with
previously published data, but with much improved accuracy. In addition, the
electromagnetic form-factor ratio () and the value of the
effective (), electric () and magnetic () form
factors are measured by studying the helicity angle of the proton at 16
center-of-mass energy points. and are determined with
high accuracy, providing uncertainties comparable to data in the space-like
region, and is measured for the first time. We reach unprecedented
accuracy, and precision results in the time-like region provide information to
improve our understanding of the proton inner structure and to test theoretical
models which depend on non-perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics
Search for the decay
We search for radiative decays into a weakly interacting neutral
particle, namely an invisible particle, using the produced through the
process in a data sample of
decays collected by the BESIII detector
at BEPCII. No significant signal is observed. Using a modified frequentist
method, upper limits on the branching fractions are set under different
assumptions of invisible particle masses up to 1.2 . The upper limit corresponding to an invisible particle with zero mass
is 7.0 at the 90\% confidence level
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