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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Implementation of a Quantum Clock Synchronization Algorithm
The quantum clock synchronization algorithm proposed by I. L. Chuang (Phys.
Rev. Lett, 85, 2006(2000)) has been implemented in a three qubit nuclear
magnetic resonance quantum system. The effective-pure state is prepared by the
spatial averaging approach. The time difference between two separated clocks
can be determined by reading out directly through the NMR spectra.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figure
String Solitons
We review the status of solitons in superstring theory, with a view to
understanding the strong coupling regime. These {\it solitonic} solutions are
non-singular field configurations which solve the empty-space low-energy field
equations (generalized, whenever possible, to all orders in ), carry a
non-vanishing topological "magnetic" charge and are stabilized by a topological
conservation law. They are compared and contrasted with the {\it elementary}
solutions which are singular solutions of the field equations with a
-model source term and carry a non-vanishing Noether "electric" charge.
In both cases, the solutions of most interest are those which preserve half the
spacetime supersymmetries and saturate a Bogomol'nyi bound. They typically
arise as the extreme mass=charge limit of more general two-parameter solutions
with event horizons. We also describe the theory {\it dual} to the fundamental
string for which the roles of elementary and soliton solutions are
interchanged. In ten spacetime dimensions, this dual theory is a superfivebrane
and this gives rise to a string/fivebrane duality conjecture according to which
the fivebrane may be regarded as fundamental in its own right, with the
strongly coupled string corresponding to the weakly coupled fivebrane and
vice-versa. After compactification to four spacetime dimensions, the fivebrane
appears as a magnetic monopole or a dual string according as it wraps around
five or four of the compactified dimensions. This gives rise to a
four-dimensional string/string duality conjecture which subsumes a
Montonen-Olive type duality in that the magnetic monopoles of the fundamental
string correspond to the electric winding states of the dual string. This leads
to a {\it duality of dualities} whereby under string/string duality the the
strong/weak coupling -duality trades places with the minimum/maximum length
-duality. Since these magnetic monopoles are extreme black holes, a
prediction of -duality is that the corresponding electric massive states of
the fundamental string are also extreme black holes.Comment: 150 pages, TeX, submitted to Physics Reports, 3 figures available on
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Water discharge and sediment flux changes in the Lower Mekong River
International audienceThe Lower Mekong River has witnessed extremely low water levels over the past few years. There is speculation that the changes are a consequence of the construction and operation of the Chinese cascade dams in the upper part of the Mekong main stream, the Lancang River. Dam construction on upper streams can produce a series of induced effects downstream, particularly in terms of water, sediment, channel and ecological changes. The infilling of the Manwan reservoir in 1992 caused water levels to fall to record lows in various parts of the Mekong River, and sediment concentration values decreased similarly. Analyses of discharge and sediment flux at various gauging stations on the Lower Mekong River have indicated a disruption in water discharge, water fluctuations and sediment transport downstream of the Manwan Dam, after its reservoir was infilled in 1992. Dry season flows showed a declining trend, and water level fluctuations in the dry season increased considerably in the post-dam (1993?2000) period. Monthly suspended sediment concentration (SSC) has also decreased significantly in several gauging stations in the post-dam period. The estimation of sediment flux is challenging since the measurements of SSC were sporadic. Our estimation based on the available data indicated that the areas along the upper-middle and lowermost reaches of the Mekong River have experienced a decline in sediment flux, possibly due to sedimentation in the Manwan Dam. However, the decrease is only statistically significant at Chiang Saen. Areas located in the mid-length of the river show less sensitivity to the operation of the Manwan Dam, as sediment fluxes have remained stable or even increased in the post-dam period
Euler equation of the optimal trajectory for the fastest magnetization reversal of nano-magnetic structures
Based on the modified Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation for an arbitrary
Stoner particle under an external magnetic field and a spin-polarized electric
current, differential equations for the optimal reversal trajectory, along
which the magnetization reversal is the fastest one among all possible reversal
routes, are obtained. We show that this is a Euler-Lagrange problem with
constrains. The Euler equation of the optimal trajectory is useful in designing
a magnetic field pulse and/or a polarized electric current pulse in
magnetization reversal for two reasons. 1) It is straightforward to obtain the
solution of the Euler equation, at least numerically, for a given magnetic
nano-structure characterized by its magnetic anisotropy energy. 2) After
obtaining the optimal reversal trajectory for a given magnetic nano-structure,
finding a proper field/current pulse is an algebraic problem instead of the
original nonlinear differential equation
OM Theory and V-duality
We show that the (M5, M2, M2, MW) bound state solution of eleven
dimensional supergravity recently constructed in hep-th/0009147 is related to
the (M5, M2) bound state one by a finite Lorentz boost along a M5-brane
direction perpendicular to the M2-brane. Given the (M5, M2) bound state as a
defining system for OM theory and the above relation between this system and
the (M5, M2, M2', MW) bound state, we test the recently proposed V-duality
conjecture in OM theory. Insisting to have a decoupled OM theory, we find that
the allowed Lorentz boost has to be infinitesimally small, therefore resulting
in a family of OM theories related by Galilean boosts. We argue that such
related OM theories are equivalent to each other. In other words, V-duality
holds for OM theory as well. Upon compactification on either an electric or a
`magnetic' circle (plus T-dualities as well), the V-duality for OM theory gives
the known one for either noncommutative open string theories or noncommutative
Yang-Mills theories. This further implies that V-duality holds in general for
the little m-theory without gravity.Comment: 17 pages, typos corrected and references adde
Proximity and anomalous field-effect characteristics in double-wall carbon nanotubes
Proximity effect on field-effect characteristic (FEC) in double-wall carbon
nanotubes (DWCNTs) is investigated. In a semiconductor-metal (S-M) DWCNT, the
penetration of electron wavefunctions in the metallic shell to the
semiconducting shell turns the original semiconducting tube into a metal with a
non-zero local density of states at the Fermi level. By using a two-band
tight-binding model on a ladder of two legs, it is demonstrated that anomalous
FEC observed in so-called S-M type DWCNTs can be fully understood by the
proximity effect of metallic phases.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
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