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Statefinder Parameters for Tachyon Dark Energy Model
In this paper we study the statefinder parameters for the tachyon dark energy
model. There are two kinds of stable attractor solutions in this model. The
statefinder diagrams characterize the properties of the tachyon dark energy
model. Our results show that the evolving trajectories of the attractor
solutions lie in the total region and pass through the LCDM fixed point, which
is different from other dark energy model.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, accepted by MPL
Parameter Estimation for Class a Modeled Ocean Ambient Noise
A Gaussian distribution is used by all traditional underwater acoustic signal processors, thus neglecting the impulsive property of ocean ambient noise in shallow waters. Undoubtedly, signal processors designed with a Gaussian model are sub-optimal in the presence of non-Gaussian noise. To solve this problem, firstly a quantile-quantile (Q-Q) plot of real data was analyzed, which further showed the necessity of investigating a non-Gaussian noise model. A Middleton Class A noise model considering impulsive noise was used to model non-Gaussian noise in shallow waters. After that, parameter estimation for the Class A model was carried out with the characteristic function. Lastly, the effectiveness of the method proposed in this paper was verified by using simulated data and real data
Peierls distorted chain as a quantum data bus for quantum state transfer
We systematically study the transfer of quantum state of electron spin as the
flying qubit along a half-filled Peierls distorted tight-binding chain
described by the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model, which behaves as a quantum
data bus. This enables a novel physical mechanism for quantum communication
with always-on interaction: the effective hopping of the spin carrier between
sites and connected to two sites in this SSH chain can be induced by
the quasi-excitations of the SSH model. As we prove, it is the Peierls energy
gap of the SSH quasi-excitations that plays a crucial role to protect the
robustness of the quantum state transfer process. Moreover, our observation
also indicates that such a scheme can also be employed to explore the intrinsic
property of the quantum system.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figure
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Nickel-catalysed carbonylative homologation of aryl iodides
Homologation is an important organic transformation which extends the carbon chain of a parent molecule, and many procedures have been established. However, although carbonylation reactions are now well developed as valuable methods for the synthesis of carbonyl-containing compounds, studies of carbonylative homologation are limited. Here we report a nickel-catalysed carbonylative homologation of aryl iodides. With molybdenum hexacarbonyl as the solid carbon monoxide source and silane as the deoxygenation reagent, benzylic units can be effectively produced. Various (hetero)arenes can be successfully benzylated and give the corresponding products in moderate to excellent yields
The effects on thermal lesion shape and size from bubble clouds produced by acoustic droplet vaporization
Abstract
Background
Bubbles formed by acoustic droplet vaporization (ADV) have proven to be an effective method for significant enlargement of the thermal lesions produced by high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU). We investigated the influences of bubble cloud shape and droplet concentration on HIFU thermal lesions, as these relate to the ADV technique.
Methods
Unlike previous studies where the droplets were simultaneously vaporized with the HIFU exposure for thermal lesion formation, droplets were vaporized by pulse wave (PW) ultrasound prior to continuous wave (CW) ultrasound heating in this experimental study. Under different experimental conditions, we recorded and quantified by the image processing methods the morphology and size of the bubble clouds created and the corresponding thermal lesions formed.
Results
The results demonstrated that different ADV droplet concentrations produced a variety of thermal lesion shapes and sizes. The lesion volume could be increased using PW ultrasound followed by CW exposure, especially for higher droplet concentrations, e.g. 3.41 × 106/mL yielded a tenfold increase over that seen using CW alone.
Conclusion
These findings could lead to optimization of HIFU therapy by selecting a bubble forming strategy and droplet concentrations, especially using lower ultrasound powers which is desirable in clinical applications.https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/146148/1/12938_2018_Article_596.pd
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