Comment on Universal Reduced Potential Function for Diatomic Systems

First principles prove why a recent claim by R.H. Xie and P.S. Hsu (Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 243201 (2006)) on the scaling power of a covalent Sutherland parameter to expose a universal function cannot be validated.Comment: 1 page, at the UGent archive, 11 references, revised for publication in PR

Fermi resonance-algebraic model for molecular vibrational spectra

A Fermi resonance-algebraic model is proposed for molecular vibrations, where a U(2) algebra is used for describing the vibrations of each bond, and Fermi resonances between stretching and bending modes are taken into account. The model for a bent molecule XY_2 and a molecule XY_3 is successfully applied to fit the recently observed vibrational spectrum of the water molecule and arsine (AsH_3), respectively, and results are compared with those of other models. Calculations show that algebraic approaches can be used as an effective method for describing molecular vibrations with small standard deviations

UC-26 Pose Extraction for Real-time Workout Assist_Capstone Group_W01_Spring Semester

Motion Intelligence Research Project We installed and tested many existing pose extraction technologies in many situations. We provided reports on the different software solutions and decided on a single solution that performed the best. We will extract key-points and track the movements across multiple dimensions. We will demonstrate the X and Y movements of everyone for our chosen software solution in a Business Intelligent tool (PowerBI). Given the current epidemic, we are not going to be able to compare against the professional KinaTrax software on campus. Although, Dr. Xie has given us other software packages to compare our given software solution against. We will compare the accuracy, speed, and performance of these solutions against ours and demonstrate the differences in our Business Intelligent tool (powerBI). We will them compile all our findings in a PowerPoint presentation and Final Project Package. We hope our findings will assist in Motion intelligence and body tracking research and development.Advisors(s): Dr. Ying Xie & Dr. Linh Le Dr. John Johnson – Exercise ScienceTopic(s): Artificial IntelligenceIT498

The molecular spiral arms of NGC 6946

From CO-12(J=1 to 0) observations at 45 seconds resolution Tacconi and Young (1989) have found evidence for enhancements in both the CO emissivity and the massive star formation efficiency (MSFE) on optical spiral arms of the bright spiral galaxy NGC 6946. In the optically luminous and well-defined spiral arm in the NE quadrant, there are enhancements in both the H2 surface density and MSFE relative to the interarm regions. In contrast, a poorly defined arm in the SW shows no arm-interarm contrast in the MSFE. To further investigate the molecular gas content of these two spiral arms, researchers have made CO-12 J=2 to 1 and 3 to 2 observations with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. In the J=2 to 1 line, they made observations of the NE and SW spiral arm and interarm regions in 4 x 9 10 seconds spaced grids (36 points per grid). Because of decreased sensitivity in the J=3 to 2 line, they were limited to mapping the two arm regions in 2 x 3 10 seconds spaced grids (6 points per grid). The centers of each of the grids lie 2.4 minutes to the NE and 2.3 minutes to the SW of the nucleus of NGC 6946. With the CO J=2 to 1 data researchers are able to fully resolve the two observed spiral arms in NGC 6946. In both cases the CO emission is largely confined to the optical spiral arm regions with the peak observed T asterisk sub A being up to 4 times higher on the spiral arms than in the interarm regions. Researchers are currently estimating massive star formation efficiencies on and off the spiral arms through direct comparison of the CO maps with an H alpha image. They are also comparing the CO J=2 to 1 data with an HI map made at similar resolution. Thus, they will be able to determine structure in all components of the IS on scales of less than 20 inches