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Comparing the Tsallis distribution with and without thermodynamical description in p+p collisions
We compare two types of Tsallis distribution, i.e., with and without
thermodynamical description, using the experimental data from the STAR, PHENIX,
ALICE and CMS Collaborations on the rapidity and energy dependence of the
transverse momentum spectra in p+p collisions. Both of them can give us the
similar fitting power to the particle spectra. We show that the Tsallis
distribution with thermodynamical description gives lower temperatures than the
ones without it. The extra factor (transverse mass) in the Tsallis
distribution with thermodynamical description plays an important role in the
discrepancies between the two types of Tsallis distribution. But for the heavy
particles, the choice to use the or (transverse energy) in the
Tsallis distribution becomes more crucial.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figure
Systematic analysis of hadron spectra in p+p collisions using Tsallis distribution
Using the experimental data from the STAR, PHENIX, ALICE and CMS programs on
the rapidity and energy dependence of the spectra in p+p collisions, we
show that a universal distribution exists. The energy dependence of temperature
and parameter of the Tsallis distribution are also discussed in detail.
A cascade particle production mechanism in p+p collisions is proposed.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figure
Description of Charged Particle Pseudorapidity Distributions in Pb+Pb Collisions with Tsallis Thermodynamics
The centrality dependence of pseudorapidity distributions for charged
particles produced in Au+Au collisions at GeV and 200 GeV
at RHIC, and in Pb+Pb collisions at TeV at LHC are
investigated in the fireball model, assuming that the rapidity axis is
populated with fireballs following one distribution function. We assume that
the particles in the fireball fulfill the Tsallis distribution. The theoretical
results are compared with the experimental measurements and a good agreement is
found. Using these results, the pseudorapidity distributions of charged
particles produced in Pb+Pb central collisions at TeV and
10 TeV are predicted.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figure
Game Theoretic Approaches to Massive Data Processing in Wireless Networks
Wireless communication networks are becoming highly virtualized with
two-layer hierarchies, in which controllers at the upper layer with tasks to
achieve can ask a large number of agents at the lower layer to help realize
computation, storage, and transmission functions. Through offloading data
processing to the agents, the controllers can accomplish otherwise prohibitive
big data processing. Incentive mechanisms are needed for the agents to perform
the controllers' tasks in order to satisfy the corresponding objectives of
controllers and agents. In this article, a hierarchical game framework with
fast convergence and scalability is proposed to meet the demand for real-time
processing for such situations. Possible future research directions in this
emerging area are also discussed
Seeking Quantum Speedup Through Spin Glasses: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
There has been considerable progress in the design and construction of
quantum annealing devices. However, a conclusive detection of quantum speedup
over traditional silicon-based machines remains elusive, despite multiple
careful studies. In this work we outline strategies to design hard tunable
benchmark instances based on insights from the study of spin glasses - the
archetypal random benchmark problem for novel algorithms and optimization
devices. We propose to complement head-to-head scaling studies that compare
quantum annealing machines to state-of-the-art classical codes with an approach
that compares the performance of different algorithms and/or computing
architectures on different classes of computationally hard tunable spin-glass
instances. The advantage of such an approach lies in having to only compare the
performance hit felt by a given algorithm and/or architecture when the instance
complexity is increased. Furthermore, we propose a methodology that might not
directly translate into the detection of quantum speedup, but might elucidate
whether quantum annealing has a "`quantum advantage" over corresponding
classical algorithms like simulated annealing. Our results on a 496 qubit
D-Wave Two quantum annealing device are compared to recently-used
state-of-the-art thermal simulated annealing codes.Comment: 14 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables, way too many reference
A Novel Optimal Mapping Algorithm With Less Computational Complexity for Virtual Network Embedding
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Network Virtualization (NV) is widely accepted as
one enabling technology for future network, which enables
multiple Virtual Networks (VNs) with different paradigms and
protocols to coexist on the shared Substrate Network (SN). One key challenge in network virtualization is Virtual Network Embedding (VNE), which maps a virtual network onto the shared SN. Since VNE is NP-hard, existing efforts mainly focus on proposing heuristic algorithms that try to achieve feasible VN embedding in reasonable time, consequently the resulted embedding is not optimal. To tackle this difficulty, we propose a candidate assisted (CAN-A) optimal VNE algorithm with lower computational complexity. The key idea of the CAN-A algorithm lies in constructing the candidate substrate node subset and the candidate substrate path subset before embedding. This reduces the mapping execution time substantially without performance loss. In the following embedding, four types of node and link constraints are considered in the CAN-A algorithm, making it more applicable to realistic networks. Simulation results show that the execution time of CAN-A is hugely cut down compared with pure VNE-MIP algorithm. CAN-A also outperforms the typical heuristic algorithms in terms of other performance indices, such as the average virtual network request (VNR) acceptance ratio and the average virtual link propagation delay
Quantum anti-Zeno effect without rotating wave approximation
In this paper, we systematically study the spontaneous decay phenomenon of a
two-level system under the influences of both its environment and continuous
measurements. In order to clarify some well-established conclusions about the
quantum Zeno effect (QZE) and the quantum anti-Zeno effect (QAZE), we do not
use the rotating wave approximation (RWA) in obtaining an effective
Hamiltonian. We examine various spectral distributions by making use of our
present approach in comparison with other approaches. It is found that with
respect to a bare excited state even without the RWA, the QAZE can still happen
for some cases, e.g., the interacting spectra of hydrogen. But for a physical
excited state, which is a renormalized dressed state of the atomic state, the
QAZE disappears and only the QZE remains. These discoveries inevitably show a
transition from the QZE to the QAZE as the measurement interval changes.Comment: 14 pages, 8 figure
Negative-Index Refraction in a Lamellar Composite with Alternating Single Negative Layers
Negative-index refraction is achieved in a lamellar composite with
epsilon-negative (ENG) and mu-negative (MNG) materials stacked alternatively.
Based on the effective medium approximation, simultaneously negative effective
permittivity and permeability of such a lamellar composite are obtained
theoretically and further proven by full-wave simulations. Consequently, the
famous left-handed metamaterial comprising split ring resonators and wires is
interpreted as an analogy of such an ENG-MNG lamellar composite. In addition,
beyond the effective medium approximation, the propagating field squeezed near
the ENG/MNG interface is demonstrated to be left-handed surface waves with
backward phase velocity.Comment: 18 pages, 6 figure
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