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A 150MG magnetic white dwarf in the cataclysmic variable RX J1554.2+2721
We report the detection of Zeeman-split Lalpha absorption pi and sigma+ lines
in the far-ultraviolet Hubble Space Telescope/Space Telescope Imaging
Spectrograph spectrum of the magnetic cataclysmic variable RX J1554.2+2721.
Fitting the STIS data with magnetic white dwarf model spectra, we derive a
field strength of B~144MG and an effective temperature of 17000K<Teff<23000K.
This measurement makes RX J1554.2+2721 only the third cataclysmic variable
containing a white dwarf with a field exceeding 100MG. Similar to the other
high-field polar AR UMa, RX J1554.2+2721 is often found in a state of feeble
mass transfer, which suggests that a considerable number of high-field polars
may still remain undiscovered.Comment: 4 pages, accepted for ApJ Letter
Three-Dimensional Vertex Model in Statistical Mechanics, from Baxter-Bazhanov Model
We find that the Boltzmann weight of the three-dimensional Baxter-Bazhanov
model is dependent on four spin variables which are the linear combinations of
the spins on the corner sites of the cube and the Wu-Kadanoff duality between
the cube and vertex type tetrahedron equations is obtained explicitly for the
Baxter-Bazhanov model. Then a three-dimensional vertex model is obtained by
considering the symmetry property of the weight function, which is
corresponding to the three-dimensional Baxter-Bazhanov model. The vertex type
weight function is parametrized as the dihedral angles between the rapidity
planes connected with the cube. And we write down the symmetry relations of the
weight functions under the actions of the symmetry group of the cube. The
six angles with a constrained condition, appeared in the tetrahedron equation,
can be regarded as the six spectrums connected with the six spaces in which the
vertex type tetrahedron equation is defined.Comment: 29 pages, latex, 8 pasted figures (Page:22-29
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Using a Robust and Sensitive GFP-Based cGMP Sensor for Real-Time Imaging in Intact Caenorhabditis elegans.
cGMP plays a role in sensory signaling and plasticity by regulating ion channels, phosphodiesterases, and kinases. Studies that primarily used genetic and biochemical tools suggest that cGMP is spatiotemporally regulated in multiple sensory modalities. FRET- and GFP-based cGMP sensors were developed to visualize cGMP in primary cell culture and Caenorhabditis elegans to corroborate these findings. While a FRET-based sensor has been used in an intact animal to visualize cGMP, the requirement of a multiple emission system limits its ability to be used on its own as well as with other fluorophores. Here, we demonstrate that a C. elegans codon-optimized version of the cpEGFP-based cGMP sensor FlincG3 can be used to visualize rapidly changing cGMP levels in living, behaving C. elegans We coexpressed FlincG3 with the blue-light-activated guanylyl cyclases BeCyclOp and bPGC in body wall muscles, and found that the rate of change in FlincG3 fluorescence correlated with the rate of cGMP production by each cyclase. Furthermore, we show that FlincG3 responds to cultivation temperature, NaCl concentration changes, and sodium dodecyl sulfate in the sensory neurons AFD, ASEL/R, and PHB, respectively. Intriguingly, FlincG3 fluorescence in ASEL and ASER decreased in response to a NaCl concentration upstep and downstep, respectively, which is opposite in sign to the coexpressed calcium sensor jRGECO1a and previously published calcium recordings. These results illustrate that FlincG3 can be used to report rapidly changing cGMP levels in an intact animal, and that the reporter can potentially reveal unexpected spatiotemporal landscapes of cGMP in response to stimuli
Time evolution, cyclic solutions and geometric phases for the generalized time-dependent harmonic oscillator
The generalized time-dependent harmonic oscillator is studied. Though several
approaches to the solution of this model have been available, yet a new
approach is presented here, which is very suitable for the study of cyclic
solutions and geometric phases. In this approach, finding the time evolution
operator for the Schr\"odinger equation is reduced to solving an ordinary
differential equation for a c-number vector which moves on a hyperboloid in a
three-dimensional space. Cyclic solutions do not exist for all time intervals.
A necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of cyclic solutions is
given. There may exist some particular time interval in which all solutions
with definite parity, or even all solutions, are cyclic. Criterions for the
appearance of such cases are given. The known relation that the nonadiabatic
geometric phase for a cyclic solution is proportional to the classical Hannay
angle is reestablished. However, this is valid only for special cyclic
solutions. For more general ones, the nonadiabatic geometric phase may contain
an extra term. Several cases with relatively simple Hamiltonians are solved and
discussed in detail. Cyclic solutions exist in most cases. The pattern of the
motion, say, finite or infinite, can not be simply determined by the nature of
the Hamiltonian (elliptic or hyperbolic, etc.). For a Hamiltonian with a
definite nature, the motion can changes from one pattern to another, that is,
some kind of phase transition may occur, if some parameter in the Hamiltonian
goes through some critical value.Comment: revtex4, 28 pages, no figur
Time evolution, cyclic solutions and geometric phases for general spin in an arbitrarily varying magnetic field
A neutral particle with general spin and magnetic moment moving in an
arbitrarily varying magnetic field is studied. The time evolution operator for
the Schr\"odinger equation can be obtained if one can find a unit vector that
satisfies the equation obeyed by the mean of the spin operator. There exist at
least cyclic solutions in any time interval. Some particular time
interval may exist in which all solutions are cyclic. The nonadiabatic
geometric phase for cyclic solutions generally contains extra terms in addition
to the familiar one that is proportional to the solid angle subtended by the
closed trace of the spin vector.Comment: revtex4, 8 pages, no figur
The Characteristics of TCM Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review of ClinicalTrials.gov
Objective. The aim of this review is to characterize current status of global TCM clinical trials registered in ClinicalTrials.gov. Methods. We examined all the trials registered within ClinicalTrials.gov up to 25 September 2015, focusing on study interventions to identify TCM-related trials, and extracted 1,270 TCM trials from the data set. Results. Overall, 691 (54.4%) trials were acupuncture, and 454 (35.8%) trials were herbal medicines. Differences in TCM trial intervention types were also evident among the specific therapeutic areas. Among all trials, 55.7% that were small studies enrolled <100 subjects, and only 8.7% of completed studies had reported results of trials. As for the location, the United States was second to China in conducting the most TCM trials. Conclusion. This review is the first snapshot of the landscape of TCM clinical trials registered in ClinicalTrials.gov, providing the basis for treatment and prevention of diseases within TCM and offering useful information that will guide future research on TCM
A Gibbs sampling strategy applied to the mapping of ambiguous short-sequence tags
Motivation: Chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) is widely used in biological research. ChIP-seq experiments yield many ambiguous tags that can be mapped with equal probability to multiple genomic sites. Such ambiguous tags are typically eliminated from consideration resulting in a potential loss of important biological information
Entanglement in a simple quantum phase transition
What entanglement is present in naturally occurring physical systems at
thermal equilibrium? Most such systems are intractable and it is desirable to
study simple but realistic systems which can be solved. An example of such a
system is the 1D infinite-lattice anisotropic XY model. This model is exactly
solvable using the Jordan-Wigner transform, and it is possible to calculate the
two-site reduced density matrix for all pairs of sites. Using the two-site
density matrix, the entanglement of formation between any two sites is
calculated for all parameter values and temperatures. We also study the
entanglement in the transverse Ising model, a special case of the XY model,
which exhibits a quantum phase transition. It is found that the next-nearest
neighbour entanglement (though not the nearest-neighbour entanglement) is a
maximum at the critical point. Furthermore, we show that the critical point in
the transverse Ising model corresponds to a transition in the behaviour of the
entanglement between a single site and the remainder of the lattice.Comment: 14 pages, 7 eps figure
The developmental dynamics of terrorist organizations
We identify robust statistical patterns in the frequency and severity of
violent attacks by terrorist organizations as they grow and age. Using
group-level static and dynamic analyses of terrorist events worldwide from
1968-2008 and a simulation model of organizational dynamics, we show that the
production of violent events tends to accelerate with increasing size and
experience. This coupling of frequency, experience and size arises from a
fundamental positive feedback loop in which attacks lead to growth which leads
to increased production of new attacks. In contrast, event severity is
independent of both size and experience. Thus larger, more experienced
organizations are more deadly because they attack more frequently, not because
their attacks are more deadly, and large events are equally likely to come from
large and small organizations. These results hold across political ideologies
and time, suggesting that the frequency and severity of terrorism may be
constrained by fundamental processes.Comment: 28 pages, 8 figures, 4 tables, supplementary materia
An Integrated-Photonics Optical-Frequency Synthesizer
Integrated-photonics microchips now enable a range of advanced
functionalities for high-coherence applications such as data transmission,
highly optimized physical sensors, and harnessing quantum states, but with
cost, efficiency, and portability much beyond tabletop experiments. Through
high-volume semiconductor processing built around advanced materials there
exists an opportunity for integrated devices to impact applications cutting
across disciplines of basic science and technology. Here we show how to
synthesize the absolute frequency of a lightwave signal, using integrated
photonics to implement lasers, system interconnects, and nonlinear frequency
comb generation. The laser frequency output of our synthesizer is programmed by
a microwave clock across 4 THz near 1550 nm with 1 Hz resolution and
traceability to the SI second. This is accomplished with a heterogeneously
integrated III/V-Si tunable laser, which is guided by dual
dissipative-Kerr-soliton frequency combs fabricated on silicon chips. Through
out-of-loop measurements of the phase-coherent, microwave-to-optical link, we
verify that the fractional-frequency instability of the integrated photonics
synthesizer matches the reference-clock instability for a 1
second acquisition, and constrain any synthesis error to while
stepping the synthesizer across the telecommunication C band. Any application
of an optical frequency source would be enabled by the precision optical
synthesis presented here. Building on the ubiquitous capability in the
microwave domain, our results demonstrate a first path to synthesis with
integrated photonics, leveraging low-cost, low-power, and compact features that
will be critical for its widespread use.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figure
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