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Constraining the ellipticity and frequency of binary neutron star remnant via its gravitational-wave and electromagnetic radiations
The nature of the merger remnant of binary neutron star (BNS) remains an open
question. From the theoretical point of view, one possible outcome is a
supra-massive neutron star (SMNS), which is supported by rigid rotation and
through its survival of hundreds of seconds before collapsing into a black hole
(BH). If this is the case, the SMNS can emit continuous gravitational waves
(GW) and electromagnetic (EM) radiation, particularly in the X-ray band. In
this work, the ellipticity and initial frequency of SMNS are constrained with a
Bayesian framework using simulated X-ray and GW signals, which could be
detected by The Transient High Energy Sky and Early Universe Surveyor (THESEUS)
and Einstein Telescope (ET), respectively. We found that only considering the
X-ray emission can not completely constrain the initial frequency and
ellipticity of the SMNS, but it can reduce the ranges of the parameters.
Afterwards, we can use the posterior distribution of the X-ray parameter
estimates as a prior for the GW parameter estimates. It was found that the
95 credible region of the joint X-ray-GW analysis was about times
smaller than that of the X-ray analysis alone.Comment: Accepted by MNRA
Unextendible Maximally Entangled Bases in
The construction of unextendible maximally entangled bases is tightly related
to quantum information processing like local state discrimination. We put
forward two constructions of UMEBs in () based on the constructions of UMEBs in and in , which generalizes the results in [Phys. Rev. A. 94, 052302 (2016)] by
two approaches. Two different 48-member UMEBs in have been constructed in detail
Radio Polarization of BL Lacertae objects
In this paper, using the database of the university of Michigan Radio
Astronomy Observatory (UMRAO) at three (4.8 GHz, 8 GHZ, and 14.5 GHz) radio
frequencies, we studied the polarization properties for 47 BL Lacertae
objects(38 radio selected BL Lacertae objects, 7 X-ray selected BL Lacertae,
and two inter-middle objects (Mkn 421 and Mkn 501), and found that (1) The
polarizations at higher radio frequency is higher than those at lower
frequency, (2) The variability of polarization at higher radio frequency is
higher than those at lower frequency, (3) The polarization is correlated with
the radio spectral index, and (4) The polarization is correlated with
core-dominance parameter for those objects with known core-dominance parameters
suggesting that the relativistic beaming could explain the polarization
characteristic of BL Lacs.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, 1 table. PASJ, in pres
The electromagnetic and gravitational-wave radiations of X-ray transient CDF-S XT2
Binary neutron star (NS) mergers may result in remnants of supra-massive or
even stable NS, which have been supported indirectly by observed X-ray plateau
of some gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) afterglow. Recently, Xue et al. (2019)
discovered a X-ray transient CDF-S XT2 that is powered by a magnetar from
merger of double NS via X-ray plateau and following stepper phase. However, the
decay slope after the plateau emission is a little bit larger than the
theoretical value of spin-down in electromagnetic (EM) dominated by losing its
rotation energy. In this paper, we assume that the feature of X-ray emission is
caused by a supra-massive magnetar central engine for surviving thousands of
seconds to collapse black hole. Within this scenario, we present the
comparisons of the X-ray plateau luminosity, break time, and the parameters of
magnetar between CDF-S XT2 and other short GRBs with internal plateau samples.
By adopting the collapse time to constrain the equation of state (EOS), we find
that three EOSs (GM1, DD2, and DDME2) are consistent with the observational
data. On the other hand, if the most released rotation energy of magnetar is
dominated by GW radiation, we also constrain the upper limit of ellipticity of
NS for given EOS, and it is range in . Its GW signal
can not be detected by aLIGO or even for more sensitive Einstein Telescope in
the future.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figures,1 table. Accepted for publication by Research in
Astronomy and Astrophysic
Tip induced unconventional superconductivity on Weyl semimetal TaAs
Weyl fermion is a massless Dirac fermion with definite chirality, which has
been long pursued since 1929. Though it has not been observed as a fundamental
particle in nature, Weyl fermion can be realized as low-energy excitation
around Weyl point in Weyl semimetal, which possesses Weyl fermion cones in the
bulk and nontrivial Fermi arc states on the surface. As a firstly discovered
Weyl semimetal, TaAs crystal possesses 12 pairs of Weyl points in the momentum
space, which are topologically protected against small perturbations. Here, we
report for the first time the tip induced superconductivity on TaAs crystal by
point contact spectroscopy. A conductance plateau and sharp double dips are
observed in the point contact spectra, indicating p-wave like unconventional
superconductivity. Furthermore, the zero bias conductance peak in low
temperature regime is detected, suggesting potentially the existence of
Majorana zero modes. The experimentally observed tunneling spectra can be
interpreted with a novel mirror-symmetry protected topological superconductor
induced in TaAs, which can exhibit zero bias and double finite bias peaks, and
double conductance dips in the measurements. Our work can open a broad avenue
in search for new topological superconducting phases from topological Weyl
materials and trigger intensive investigations for pursuing Majorana fermions
Extraordinary focusing of sound above a soda can array without time reversal
Recently, Lemoult et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 064301 (2011)] used time
reversal to focus sound above an array of soda cans into a spot much smaller
than the acoustic wavelength in air. In this study, we show that equally sharp
focusing can be achieved without time reversal, by arranging transducers around
a nearly circular array of soda cans. The size of the focal spot at the center
of the array is made progressively smaller as the frequency approaches the
Helmholtz resonance frequency of a can from below, and, near the resonance,
becomes smaller than the size of a single can. We show that the locally
resonant metamaterial formed by soda cans supports a guided wave at frequencies
below the Helmholtz resonance frequency. The small focal spot results from a
small wavelength of this guided wave near the resonance in combination with a
near field effect making the acoustic field concentrate at the opening of a
can. The focusing is achieved with propagating rather than evanescent waves. No
sub-diffraction-limited focusing is observed if the diffraction limit is
defined with respect to the wavelength of the guided mode in the metamaterial
medium rather than the wavelength of the bulk wave in air
Deterministic realization of collective measurements via photonic quantum walks
Collective measurements on identically prepared quantum systems can extract
more information than local measurements, thereby enhancing
information-processing efficiency. Although this nonclassical phenomenon has
been known for two decades, it has remained a challenging task to demonstrate
the advantage of collective measurements in experiments. Here we introduce a
general recipe for performing deterministic collective measurements on two
identically prepared qubits based on quantum walks. Using photonic quantum
walks, we realize experimentally an optimized collective measurement with
fidelity 0.9946 without post selection. As an application, we achieve the
highest tomographic efficiency in qubit state tomography to date. Our work
offers an effective recipe for beating the precision limit of local
measurements in quantum state tomography and metrology. In addition, our study
opens an avenue for harvesting the power of collective measurements in quantum
information processing and for exploring the intriguing physics behind this
power.Comment: Close to the published versio
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