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Characterization of well-posedness of piecewise linear systems
One of the basic issues in the study of hybrid systems is the well-posedness (existence and uniqueness of solutions) problem of discontinuous dynamical systems. This paper addresses this problem for a class of piecewise-linear discontinuous systems under the definition of solutions of Carath\'eodory. The concepts of jump solutions or a sliding mode are not considered here. In this sense, the problem to be discussed is one of the most basic problems in the study of well-posedness for discontinuous dynamical systems. First, we derive necessary and sufficient conditions for bimodal systems to be well-posed, in terms of an analysis based on lexicographic inequalities and the smooth continuation property of solutions. Next, its extensions to the multi-modal case are discussed. As an application to switching control, in the case that two state feedback gains are switched according to a criterion depending on the state, we give a characterization of all admissible state feedback gains for which the closed loop system remains well-posed. \u
Robust moving horizon H∞ control of discrete time-delayed systems with interval time-varying delays
In this study, design of a delay-dependent type moving horizon state-feedback control (MHHC) is considered for a class of linear discrete-time system subject to time-varying state delays, norm-bounded uncertainties, and disturbances with bounded energies. The closed-loop robust stability and robust performance problems are considered to overcome the instability and poor disturbance rejection performance due to the existence of parametric uncertainties and time-delay appeared in the system dynamics. Utilizing a discrete-time Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional, some delay-dependent linear matrix inequality (LMI) based conditions are provided. It is shown that if one can find a feasible solution set for these LMI conditions iteratively at each step of run-time, then we can construct a control law which guarantees the closed-loop asymptotic stability, maximum disturbance rejection performance, and closed-loop dissipativity in view of the actuator limitations. Two numerical examples with simulations on a nominal and uncertain discrete-time, time-delayed systems, are presented at the end, in order to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed method
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Discontinuous Transition from a Real Bound State to Virtual Bound State in a Mixed-Valence State of SmS
Golden SmS is a paramagnetic, mixed-valence system with a pseudogap. With
increasing pressure across a critical pressure Pc, the system undergoes a
discontinuous transition into a metallic, anti-ferromagnetically ordered state.
By using a combination of thermodynamic, transport, and magnetic measurements,
we show that the pseudogap results from the formation of a local bound state
with spin singlet. We further argue that the transition Pc is regarded as a
transition from an insulating electron-hole gas to a Kondo metal, i.e., from a
spatially bound state to a Kondo virtually bound state between 4f and
conduction electrons.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Anomalous tunneling conductances of a spin singlet \nu=2/3 edge states: Interplay of Zeeman splitting and Long Range Coulomb Interaction
The point contact tunneling conductance between edges of the spin singlet
quantum Hall states is studied both in the
quasiparticle tunneling picture and in the electron tunneling picture. Due to
the interplay of Zeeman splitting and the long range Coulomb interaction
between edges of opposite chirality novel spin excitations emerge, and their
effect is characterized by anomalous exponents of the charge and spin tunneling
conductances in various temperature ranges. Depending on the kinds of
scatterings at the point contact and the tunneling mechanism the anomalous
interaction in spin sector may enhance or suppress the tunneling conductances.
The effects of novel spin excitation are also relevant to the recent NMR
experiments on quantum Hall edges.Comment: Revtex File, 7 pages: To be published in Physical Reviews
Strong quasi-particle tunneling study in the paired quantum Hall states
The quasi-particle tunneling phenomena in the paired fractional quantum Hall
states are studied. A single point-contact system is first considered. Because
of relevancy of the quasi-particle tunneling term, the strong tunneling regime
should be investigated.
Using the instanton method it is shown that the strong quasi-particle
tunneling regime is described as the weak electron tunneling regime
effectively.
Expanding to the network model the paired quantum Hall liquid to insulator
transition is discussed
Disorder-Induced Multiple Transition involving Z2 Topological Insulator
Effects of disorder on two-dimensional Z2 topological insulator are studied
numerically by the transfer matrix method. Based on the scaling analysis, the
phase diagram is derived for a model of HgTe quantum well as a function of
disorder strength and magnitude of the energy gap. In the presence of sz
non-conserving spin-orbit coupling, a finite metallic region is found that
partitions the two topologically distinct insulating phases. As disorder
increases, a narrow-gap topologically trivial insulator undergoes a series of
transitions; first to metal, second to topological insulator, third to metal,
and finally back to trivial insulator. We show that this multiple transition is
a consequence of two disorder effects; renormalization of the band gap, and
Anderson localization. The metallic region found in the scaling analysis
corresponds roughly to the region of finite density of states at the Fermi
level evaluated in the self-consistent Born approximation.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Theory of non-equilibrium noise in general multi-terminal superconducting hydrid devices: application to multiple Cooper pair resonances
We consider the out-of-equilibrium behavior of a general class of mesoscopic
devices composed of several superconducting or/and normal metal leads separated
by quantum dots. Starting from a microscopic Hamiltonian description, we
provide a non-perturbative approach to quantum electronic transport in the
tunneling amplitudes between dots and leads: using the equivalent of a path
integral formulation, the lead degrees of freedom are integrated out in order
to compute both the current and the current correlations (noise) in this class
of systems, in terms of the dressed Green's function matrix of the quantum
dots. In order to illustrate the efficiency of this formalism, we apply our
results to the "all superconducting Cooper pair beam splitter", a device
composed of three superconducting leads connected via two quantum dots, where
crossed Andreev reflection operates Cooper pair splitting. Commensurate voltage
differences between the three leads allow to obtain expressions for the current
and noise as a function of the Keldysh Nambu Floquet dressed Green's function
of the dot system. This voltage configuration allows the occurrence of
non-local processes involving multiple Cooper pairs which ultimately lead to
the presence of non-zero DC currents in an out-of-equilibrium situation. We
investigate in details the results for the noise obtained numerically in the
specific case of opposite voltages, where the transport properties are
dominated by the so called "quartet processes", involving the coherent exchange
of two Cooper pairs among all three superconducting terminals. We show that
these processes are noiseless in the non-resonant case, and that this property
is also observed for other voltage configurations. When the dots are in a
resonant regime, the noise characteristics change qualitatively, with the
appearance of giant Fano factors.Comment: 18 pages, 12 figure
Edge Dynamics in Quantum Hall Bilayers II: Exact Results with Disorder and Parallel Fields
We study edge dynamics in the presence of interlayer tunneling, parallel
magnetic field, and various types of disorder for two infinite sequences of
quantum Hall states in symmetric bilayers. These sequences begin with the 110
and 331 Halperin states and include their fractional descendants at lower
filling factors; the former is easily realized experimentally while the latter
is a candidate for the experimentally observed quantum Hall state at a total
filling factor of 1/2 in bilayers. We discuss the experimentally interesting
observables that involve just one chiral edge of the sample and the correlation
functions needed for computing them. We present several methods for obtaining
exact results in the presence of interactions and disorder which rely on the
chiral character of the system. Of particular interest are our results on the
331 state which suggest that a time-resolved measurement at the edge can be
used to discriminate between the 331 and Pfaffian scenarios for the observed
quantum Hall state at filling factor 1/2 in realistic double-layer systems.Comment: revtex+epsf; two-up postscript at
http://www.sns.ias.edu/~leonid/ntwoup.p
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