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Conditions for Nondistortion Interrogation of Quantum System
Under some physical considerations, we present a universal formulation to
study the possibility of localizing a quantum object in a given region without
disturbing its unknown internal state. When the interaction between the object
and probe wave function takes place only once, we prove the necessary and
sufficient condition that the object's presence can be detected in an initial
state preserving way. Meanwhile, a conditioned optimal interrogation
probability is obtained.Comment: 5 pages, Revtex, 1 figures, Presentation improved, corollary 1 added.
To appear in Europhysics Letter
Fast multi-image matching via density-based clustering
We consider the problem of finding consistent matches
across multiple images. Previous state-of-the-art solutions
use constraints on cycles of matches together with convex
optimization, leading to computationally intensive iterative
algorithms. In this paper, we propose a clustering-based
formulation. We first rigorously show its equivalence with
the previous one, and then propose QuickMatch, a novel
algorithm that identifies multi-image matches from a density
function in feature space. We use the density to order the
points in a tree, and then extract the matches by breaking this
tree using feature distances and measures of distinctiveness.
Our algorithm outperforms previous state-of-the-art methods
(such as MatchALS) in accuracy, and it is significantly faster
(up to 62 times faster on some bechmarks), and can scale to
large datasets (with more than twenty thousands features).Accepted manuscriptSupporting documentatio
The influence of compact and ordered carbon coating on solid-state behaviors of silicon during electrochemical processes
To address the issues of large volume change and low conductivity of silicon (Si) materials, carbon coatings have been widely employed as surface protection agent and conductive medium to encapsulate the Si materials, which can improve the electrochemical performance of Si-based electrodes. There has been a strong demand to gain a deeper understanding of the impact of efficient carbon coating over the lithiation and delithiation process of Si materials. Here, we report the first observation of the extended two-phase transformation of carbon-coated Si nanoparticles (Si/C) during electrochemical processes. The Si/C nanoparticles were prepared by sintering Si nanoparticles with polyvinylidene chloride precursor. The Si/C electrode underwent a two-phase transition during the first 20 cycles at 0.2 C, but started to engage in solid solution reaction when the ordered compact carbon coating began to crack. Under higher current density conditions, the electrode was also found to be involved in solid solution reaction, which, however, was due to the overwhelming demand of kinetic property rather than the breaking of the carbon coating. In comparison, the Si/C composites prepared with sucrose possessed more disordered and porous carbon structures, and presented solid solution reaction throughout the entire cycling process
Localization of Macroscopic Object Induced by the Factorization of Internal Adiabatic Motion
To account for the phenomenon of quantum decoherence of a macroscopic object,
such as the localization and disappearance of interference, we invoke the
adiabatic quantum entanglement between its collective states(such as that of
the center-of-mass (C.M)) and its inner states based on our recent
investigation. Under the adiabatic limit that motion of C.M dose not excite the
transition of inner states, it is shown that the wave function of the
macroscopic object can be written as an entangled state with correlation
between adiabatic inner states and quasi-classical motion configurations of the
C.M. Since the adiabatic inner states are factorized with respect to each parts
composing the macroscopic object, this adiabatic separation can induce the
quantum decoherence. This observation thus provides us with a possible solution
to the Schroedinger cat paradoxComment: Revtex4,23 pages,1figur
Finite dimensional integrable Hamiltonian systems associated with DSI equation by Bargmann constraints
The Davey-Stewartson I equation is a typical integrable equation in 2+1
dimensions. Its Lax system being essentially in 1+1 dimensional form has been
found through nonlinearization from 2+1 dimensions to 1+1 dimensions. In the
present paper, this essentially 1+1 dimensional Lax system is further
nonlinearized into 1+0 dimensional Hamiltonian systems by taking the Bargmann
constraints. It is shown that the resulting 1+0 dimensional Hamiltonian systems
are completely integrable in Liouville sense by finding a full set of integrals
of motion and proving their functional independence.Comment: 10 pages, in LaTeX, to be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 70 (2001
Entangled two atoms through different couplings and the thermal noise
The entanglement of two atoms is studied when the two atoms are coupled to a
single-mode thermal field with different couplings. The different couplings of
two atoms are in favor of entanglement preparation: it not only makes the case
of absence entanglement with same coupling appear entanglement, but also
enhances the entanglement with the increasing of the relative difference of two
couplings. We also show that the diversity of coupling can improved the
critical temperature. If the optical cavity is leaky during the time evolution,
the dissipative thermal environment is benefit to produce the entanglement.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Suppressing longitudinal double-layer oscillations by using elliptically polarized laser pulses in the hole-boring radiation pressure acceleration regime
It is shown that well collimated mono-energetic ion beams with a large
particle number can be generated in the hole-boring radiation pressure
acceleration regime by using an elliptically polarized laser pulse with
appropriate theoretically determined laser polarization ratio. Due to the
effect, the double-layer charge separation region is
imbued with hot electrons that prevent ion pileup, thus suppressing the
double-layer oscillations. The proposed mechanism is well confirmed by
Particle-in-Cell simulations, and after suppressing the longitudinal
double-layer oscillations, the ion beams driven by the elliptically polarized
lasers own much better energy spectrum than those by circularly polarized
lasers.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, Phys. Plasmas (2013) accepte
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