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Simultaneous Description of Even-Even, Odd-Mass and Odd-Odd Nuclear Spectra
The orthosymplectic extension of the Interacting Vector Boson Model (IVBM) is
used for the simultaneous description of the spectra of different families of
neighboring heavy nuclei. The structure of even-even nuclei is used as a core
on which the collective excitations of the neighboring odd-mass and odd-odd
nuclei are built on. Hence, the spectra of the odd-mass and odd-odd nuclei
arise as a result of the consequent and self-consistent coupling of the fermion
degrees of freedom of the odd particles, specified by the fermion sector
, to the boson core which states
belong to an irreducible representation.
The theoretical predictions for different low-lying collective bands with
positive and negative parity for two sets of neighboring nuclei with distinct
collective properties are compared with experiment and IBM/IBFM/IBFFM
predictions. The obtained results reveal the applicability of the used
dynamical symmetry of the model.Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure, A talk given at the 7th International Conference
of the Balkan Physical Union, September 9-13, 2009, Alexandropoulos, Greec
Deformations of the Boson Representation and its Subalgebras
The boson representation of the sp(4,R) algebra and two distinct deformations
of it, are considered, as well as the compact and noncompact subalgebras of
each. The initial as well as the deformed representations act in the same Fock
space.
One of the deformed representation is based on the standard q-deformation of
the boson creation and annihilation operators. The subalgebras of sp(4,R)
(compact u(2) and three representations of the noncompact u(1,1) are also
deformed and are contained in this deformed algebra. They are reducible in the
action spaces of sp(4,R) and decompose into irreducible representations.
The other deformed representation, is realized by means of a transformation
of the q-deformed bosons into q-tensors (spinor-like) with respect to the
standard deformed su(2). All of its generators are deformed and have
expressions in terms of tensor products of spinor-like operators. In this case,
an other deformation of su(2) appears in a natural way as a subalgebra and can
be interpreted as a deformation of the angular momentum algebra so(3). Its
representation is reducible and decomposes into irreducible ones that yields a
complete description of the same
Collective states of the odd-mass nuclei within the framework of the Interacting Vector Boson Model
A supersymmetric extension of the dynamical symmetry group of
the Interacting Vector Boson Model (IVBM), to the orthosymplectic group
is developed in order to incorporate fermion degrees of
freedom into the nuclear dynamics and to encompass the treatment of odd mass
nuclei. The bosonic sector of the supergroup is used to describe the complex
collective spectra of the neighboring even-even nuclei and is considered as a
core structure of the odd nucleus. The fermionic sector is represented by the
fermion spin group .
The so obtained, new exactly solvable limiting case is applied for the
description of the nuclear collective spectra of odd mass nuclei. The
theoretical predictions for different collective bands in three odd mass
nuclei, namely , and from rare earth region are
compared with the experiment. The transition probabilities for the
and between the states of the ground band are also
studied. The important role of the symplectic structure of the model for the
proper reproduction of the behavior is revealed. The obtained results
reveal the applicability of the models extension.Comment: 18 pages, 8 figure
Analytic Formulae for the Matrix Elements of the Transition Operators in the Symplectic Extension of the Interacting Vector Boson Model
The tensor properties of all the generators of Sp(12,R) - the group of
dynamical symmetry of the Interacting Vector Boson Model (IVBM), are given with
respect to the reduction chain Sp(12,R) U(6) U(3) x U(2)
O(3) x U(1). Matrix elements of the basic building blocks of the
model are evaluated in symmetry adapted basis along the considered chain. As a
result of this, the analytic form of the matrix elements of any operator in the
enveloping algebra of the Sp(12,R), defining a certain transition operator, can
be calculated. The procedure allows further applications of the symplectic IVBM
for the description of transition probabilities between nuclear collective
states.Comment: 6 page
Multimodal Convolutional Neural Networks to Detect Fetal Compromise During Labor and Delivery
The gold standard to assess whether a baby is at risk of oxygen deprivation during childbirth, is monitoring continuously the fetal heart rate with cardiotocography (CTG). The aim is to identify babies that could benefit from an emergency operative delivery (e.g., Cesarean section), in order to prevent death or permanent brain injury. The long, dynamic and complex CTG patterns are poorly understood and known to have high false positive and false negative rates. Visual interpretation by clinicians is challenging and reliable accurate fetal monitoring in labor remains an enormous unmet medical need. In this work, we applied deep learning methods to achieve data-driven automated CTG evaluation. Multimodal Convolutional Neural Network (MCNN) and Stacked MCNN models were used to analyze the largest available database of routinely collected CTG and linked clinical data (comprising more than 35000 births). We also assessed in detail the impact of the signal quality on the MCNN performance. On a large hold-out testing set from Oxford (n= 4429 births), MCNN improved the prediction of cord acidemia at birth when compared with Clinical Practice and previous computerized approaches. On two external datasets, MCNN demonstrated better performance compared to current feature extraction-based methods. Our group is the first to apply deep learning for the analysis of CTG. We conclude that MCNN hold potential for the prediction of cord acidemia at birth and further work is warranted. Despite the advances, our deep learning models are currently not suitable for the detection of severe fetal injury in the absence of cord acidemia - a heterogeneous, small, and poorly understood group. We suggest that the most promising way forward are hybrid approaches to CTG interpretation in labor, in which different diagnostic models can estimate the risk for different types of fetal compromise, incorporating clinical knowledge with data-driven analyses
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