654 research outputs found
Persistent currents in a bosonic mixture in the ring geometry
In this paper we analyze the possibility of persistent currents of a
two-species bosonic mixture in the one-dimensional ring geometry. We extend the
arguments used by Bloch to obtain a criterion for the stability of persistent
currents for the two-species system. If the mass ratio of the two species is a
rational number, persistent currents can be stable at multiples of a certain
total angular momenta. We show that the Bloch criterion can also be viewed as a
Landau criterion involving the elementary excitations of the system. Our
analysis reveals that persistent currents at higher angular momenta are more
stable for the two-species system than previously thought.Comment: 20 pages and 7 figure
Quantile forecast discrimination ability and value
While probabilistic forecast verification for categorical forecasts is well
established, some of the existing concepts and methods have not found their
equivalent for the case of continuous variables. New tools dedicated to the
assessment of forecast discrimination ability and forecast value are introduced
here, based on quantile forecasts being the base product for the continuous
case (hence in a nonparametric framework). The relative user characteristic
(RUC) curve and the quantile value plot allow analysing the performance of a
forecast for a specific user in a decision-making framework. The RUC curve is
designed as a user-based discrimination tool and the quantile value plot
translates forecast discrimination ability in terms of economic value. The
relationship between the overall value of a quantile forecast and the
respective quantile skill score is also discussed. The application of these new
verification approaches and tools is illustrated based on synthetic datasets,
as well as for the case of global radiation forecasts from the high resolution
ensemble COSMO-DE-EPS of the German Weather Service
Testing linear hypotheses in high-dimensional regressions
For a multivariate linear model, Wilk's likelihood ratio test (LRT)
constitutes one of the cornerstone tools. However, the computation of its
quantiles under the null or the alternative requires complex analytic
approximations and more importantly, these distributional approximations are
feasible only for moderate dimension of the dependent variable, say .
On the other hand, assuming that the data dimension as well as the number
of regression variables are fixed while the sample size grows, several
asymptotic approximations are proposed in the literature for Wilk's \bLa
including the widely used chi-square approximation. In this paper, we consider
necessary modifications to Wilk's test in a high-dimensional context,
specifically assuming a high data dimension and a large sample size .
Based on recent random matrix theory, the correction we propose to Wilk's test
is asymptotically Gaussian under the null and simulations demonstrate that the
corrected LRT has very satisfactory size and power, surely in the large and
large context, but also for moderately large data dimensions like or
. As a byproduct, we give a reason explaining why the standard chi-square
approximation fails for high-dimensional data. We also introduce a new
procedure for the classical multiple sample significance test in MANOVA which
is valid for high-dimensional data.Comment: Accepted 02/2012 for publication in "Statistics". 20 pages, 2 pages
and 2 table
On the Largest Singular Values of Random Matrices with Independent Cauchy Entries
We apply the method of determinants to study the distribution of the largest
singular values of large real rectangular random matrices with
independent Cauchy entries. We show that statistical properties of the
(rescaled by a factor of \frac{1}{m^2\*n^2})largest singular values agree in
the limit with the statistics of the inhomogeneous Poisson random point process
with the intensity and, therefore, are different
from the Tracy-Widom law. Among other corollaries of our method we show an
interesting connection between the mathematical expectations of the
determinants of complex rectangular standard Wishart ensemble
and real rectangular standard Wishart ensemble.Comment: We have shown in the revised version that the statistics of the
largest eigenavlues of a sample covariance random matrix with i.i.d. Cauchy
entries agree in the limit with the statistics of the inhomogeneous Poisson
random point process with the intensity $\frac{1}{\pi} x^{-3/2}.
Entrapment and rigidification of adenine by a photo-cross-linked thymine network leads to fluorescent polymer nanoparticles
Correlation effects in Ni 3d states of LaNiPO
The electronic structure of the new superconducting material LaNiPO
experimentally probed by soft X-ray spectroscopy and theoretically calculated
by the combination of local density approximation with Dynamical Mean-Field
Theory (LDA+DMFT) are compared herein. We have measured the Ni L2,3 X-ray
emission (XES) and absorption (XAS) spectra which probe the occupied and
unoccupied the Ni 3d states, respectively. In LaNiPO, the Ni 3d states are
strongly renormalized by dynamical correlations and shifted about 1.5 eV lower
in the valence band than the corresponding Fe 3d states in LaFeAsO. We further
obtain a lower Hubbard band at -9 eV below the Fermi level in LaNiPO which
bears striking resemblance to the lower Hubbard band in the correlated oxide
NiO, while no such band is observed in LaFeAsO. These results are also
supported by the intensity ratio between the transition metal L2 and L3 bands
measured experimentally to be higher in LaNiPO than in LaFeAsO, indicating the
presence of the stronger electron correlations in the Ni 3d states in LaNiPO in
comparison with the Fe 3d states in LaFeAsO. These findings are in accordance
with resonantly excited transition metal L3 X-ray emission spectra which probe
occupied metal 3d-states and show the appearance of the lower Hubbard band in
LaNiPO and NiO and its absence in LaFeAsO.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
A Decision-tree Approach to Seasonal Prediction of Extreme Precipitation in Eastern China
Seasonal prediction of extreme precipitation has long been a challenge especially for the East Asian Summer Monsoon region, where extreme rains are often disastrous for the human society and economy. This paper introduces a decision‐tree (DT) method for predicting extreme precipitation in the rainy season over South China in April–June (SC‐AMJ) and the North China Plain in July–August (NCP‐JA). A number of preceding climate indices are adopted as predictors. In both cases, the DT models involving ENSO and NAO indices exhibit the best performance with significant skills among those with other combinations of predictors and are superior to their linear counterpart, the binary logistic regression model. The physical mechanisms for the DT results are demonstrated by composite analyses of the same DT path samples. For SC‐AMJ, an extreme season can be determined mainly via two paths: the first follows a persistent negative NAO phase in February–March; the second goes with decaying El Niño. For NCP‐JA, an extreme season can also be traced via two paths: the first is featured by “non El Niño” and an extremely negative NAO phase in the preceding winter; the second follows a shift from El Niño in the preceding winter to La Niña in the early summer. Most of the mechanisms underlying the decision rules have been documented in previous studies, while some need further studies. The present results suggest that the decision‐tree approach takes advantage of discovering and incorporating various nonlinear relationships in the climate system, hence is of great potential for improving the prediction of seasonal extreme precipitation for given regions with increasing sample observations
Estimations of electron-positron pair production at high-intensity laser interaction with high-Z targets
Electron-positron pairs' generation occuring in the interaction of
-~W/cm laser radiation with high-Z targets are examined.
Computational results are presented for the pair production and the positron
yield from the target with allowance for the contribution of pair production
processes due to electrons and bremsstrahlung photons.
Monte-Carlo simulations using the PRIZMA code confirm the estimates obtained.
The possible positron yield from high-Z targets irradiated by picosecond lasers
of power -~TW is estimated to be -
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