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Targeted searches for gravitational waves from radio pulsars
An overview of the searches for gravitational waves from radio pulsars with
LIGO and GEO is given. We give a brief description of the algorithm used in
these targeted searches and provide end-to-end validation of the technique
through hardware injections. We report on some aspects of the recent S3/S4 LIGO
and GEO search for signals from several pulsars. The gaussianity of narrow
frequency bands of S3/S4 LIGO data, where pulsar signals are expected, is
assessed with Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests. Preliminary results from the S3 run
with a network of four detectors are given for pulsar J1939+2134
Superconductivity of Quasi-One-Dimensional Electrons in Strong Magnetic Field
The superconductivity of quasi-one-dimensional electrons in the magnetic
field is studied. The system is described as the one-dimensional electrons with
no frustration due to the magnetic field. The interaction is assumed to be
attractive between electrons in the nearest chains, which corresponds to the
lines of nodes of the energy gap in the absence of the magnetic field. The
effective interaction depends on the magnetic field and the transverse
momentum. As the magnetic field becomes strong, the transition temperature of
the spin-triplet superconductivity oscillates, while that of the spin-singlet
increases monotonically.Comment: 15 pages, RevTeX, 3 PostScript figures in uuencoded compressed tar
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The Better Part of Wisdom is Deference: Judicial Review of an Office of Conservation Order in Yuma Petroleum Co. v. Thompson
Morphodynamics of ridge and runnel systems during summer
Morphological analysis of ridge and runnel systems is carried out for a 1.6 km long straight shoreline at the Truc Vert Beach (French Atlantic Coast). Foreshore has been investigated through high-resolution shoreline cartography and topographic surveys recorded during summers, from 1999 to 2001. Hydrodynamic data are from the VAG-ATLAwave model and a TRIAXYS wave buoy. 1999 shoreline maps show three rhythmical ridge and runnel systems with an average wavelength of 480 m. The SSW-NNE trend bars were about one meter high. Runnels were SW-NE oriented. The crosshore profiles of 1999 point out the shoreward sediment\u27s transfer of both berm and bar. During summer 2000, bars and channels are disrupted, whereas 2001 surveys show an irregular and double system of nearshore and foreshore bars. The shoreline map analysis underlines a conceptual model of ridge and runnel systems described by four phases: from the nearshore bar formation to the bar welding to the foreshore and system organization. These rythmical systems migrate longshore to the south
Dimensional crossover and metal-insulator transition in quasi-two-dimensional disordered conductors
We study the metal-insulator transition (MIT) in weakly coupled disordered
planes on the basis of a Non-Linear Sigma Model (NLM). Using two
different methods, a renormalization group (RG) approach and an auxiliary field
method, we calculate the crossover length between a 2D regime at small length
scales and a 3D regime at larger length scales. The 3D regime is described by
an anisotropic 3D NLM with renormalized coupling constants. We obtain
the critical value of the single particle interplane hopping which separates
the metallic and insulating phases. We also show that a strong parallel
magnetic field favors the localized phase and derive the phase diagram.Comment: 16 pages (RevTex), 4 poscript figure
Renyi generalizations of the conditional quantum mutual information
The conditional quantum mutual information of a tripartite state
is an information quantity which lies at the center of many
problems in quantum information theory. Three of its main properties are that
it is non-negative for any tripartite state, that it decreases under local
operations applied to systems and , and that it obeys the duality
relation for a four-party pure state on systems . The
conditional mutual information also underlies the squashed entanglement, an
entanglement measure that satisfies all of the axioms desired for an
entanglement measure. As such, it has been an open question to find R\'enyi
generalizations of the conditional mutual information, that would allow for a
deeper understanding of the original quantity and find applications beyond the
traditional memoryless setting of quantum information theory. The present paper
addresses this question, by defining different -R\'enyi generalizations
of the conditional mutual information, some of which we can
prove converge to the conditional mutual information in the limit
. Furthermore, we prove that many of these generalizations
satisfy non-negativity, duality, and monotonicity with respect to local
operations on one of the systems or (with it being left as an open
question to prove that monotoniticity holds with respect to local operations on
both systems). The quantities defined here should find applications in quantum
information theory and perhaps even in other areas of physics, but we leave
this for future work. We also state a conjecture regarding the monotonicity of
the R\'enyi conditional mutual informations defined here with respect to the
R\'enyi parameter . We prove that this conjecture is true in some
special cases and when is in a neighborhood of one.Comment: v6: 53 pages, final published versio
Spin-density-wave instabilities in the organic conductor (TMTSF)_2ClO_4: Role of anion ordering
We study the spin-density-wave instabilities in the quasi-one-dimensional
conductor (TMTSF)_2ClO_4. The orientational order of the anions ClO_4 doubles
the unit cell and leads to the presence of two electrnic bands at the Fermi
level. From the Ginzburg-Landau expansion of the free energy, we determine the
low-temperature phase diagram as a function of the strength of the Coulomb
potential due to the anions. Upon increasing the anion potential, we first find
a SDW phase corresponding to an interband pairing. This SDW phase is rapidly
supressed, the metallic phase being then stable down to zero temperature. The
SDW instability is restored when the anion potential becomes of the order of
the hopping amplitude. The metal-SDW transition corresponds to an intraband
pairing which leaves half of the Fermi surface metallic. At lower temperature,
a second transition, corresponding to the other intraband pairing, takes place
and opens a gap on the whole Fermi surface. We discuss the consequences of our
results for the experimental phase diagram of (TMTSF)_2ClO_4 at high magnetic
field.Comment: 13 pages, 10 figures, Version 2 with minor correction
Roughness gradient induced spontaneous motion of droplets on hydrophobic surfaces: A lattice Boltzmann study
The effect of a step wise change in the pillar density on the dynamics of
droplets is investigated via three-dimensional lattice Boltzmann simulations.
For the same pillar density gradient but different pillar arrangements, both
motion over the gradient zone as well as complete arrest are observed. In the
moving case, the droplet velocity scales approximately linearly with the
texture gradient. A simple model is provided reproducing the observed linear
behavior. The model also predicts a linear dependence of droplet velocity on
surface tension. This prediction is clearly confirmed via our computer
simulations for a wide range of surface tensions.Comment: 6 pages, 8 figure
Quantum Fully Homomorphic Encryption With Verification
Fully-homomorphic encryption (FHE) enables computation on encrypted data
while maintaining secrecy. Recent research has shown that such schemes exist
even for quantum computation. Given the numerous applications of classical FHE
(zero-knowledge proofs, secure two-party computation, obfuscation, etc.) it is
reasonable to hope that quantum FHE (or QFHE) will lead to many new results in
the quantum setting. However, a crucial ingredient in almost all applications
of FHE is circuit verification. Classically, verification is performed by
checking a transcript of the homomorphic computation. Quantumly, this strategy
is impossible due to no-cloning. This leads to an important open question: can
quantum computations be delegated and verified in a non-interactive manner? In
this work, we answer this question in the affirmative, by constructing a scheme
for QFHE with verification (vQFHE). Our scheme provides authenticated
encryption, and enables arbitrary polynomial-time quantum computations without
the need of interaction between client and server. Verification is almost
entirely classical; for computations that start and end with classical states,
it is completely classical. As a first application, we show how to construct
quantum one-time programs from classical one-time programs and vQFHE.Comment: 30 page
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