278 research outputs found
Enhancement of non-Stabilizerness within Indefinite Causal Order
In the field of quantum computation, the non-stabilizerness of a quantum
circuit is crucial for understanding and quantifying quantum speed-up. In this
work, we explore some intriguing phenomena regarding the non-stabilizerness of
a circuit when a Quantum SWITCH structure is employed. This structure is a
novel quantum construct that enables quantum states to pass through operations
in a superposition of different orders and has shown superiority in numerous
tasks over circuits with a definite causal order. Firstly, we discover that the
completely stabilizer-preserving operations, which cannot generate magic states
under standard conditions, can be transformed into a resourceful operation
capable of generating magic states when processed by the Quantum SWITCH.
Secondly, when considering the effects of noisy channels on operations, we
observe that while the non-stabilizerness of each path may be annihilated,
their superposition could still preserve the non-stabilizerness of the
operation. These findings reveal unique properties brought by the Quantum
SWITCH and open further avenues in future research on magic resources of
general quantum architecture.Comment: 5+4 pages, 4 figure
Two-dimensional Massless Dirac Fermions in Antiferromagnetic AFe2As2 (A = Ba, Sr)
We report infrared studies of AFeAs (A = Ba, Sr), two
representative parent compounds of iron-arsenide superconductors, at magnetic
fields (B) up to 17.5 T. Optical transitions between Landau levels (LLs) were
observed in the antiferromagnetic states of these two parent compounds. Our
observation of a dependence of the LL transition energies, the
zero-energy intercepts at B = 0 T under the linear extrapolations of the
transition energies and the energy ratio ( 2.4) between the observed LL
transitions, combined with the linear band dispersions in two-dimensional (2D)
momentum space obtained by theoretical calculations, demonstrates the existence
of massless Dirac fermions in antiferromagnetic BaFeAs. More
importantly, the observed dominance of the zeroth-LL-related absorption
features and the calculated bands with extremely weak dispersions along the
momentum direction indicate that massless Dirac fermions in
BaFeAs are 2D. Furthermore, we find that the total substitution of
the barium atoms in BaFeAs by strontium atoms not only maintains 2D
massless Dirac fermions in this system, but also enhances their Fermi velocity,
which supports that the Dirac points in iron-arsenide parent compounds are
topologically protected.Comment: Magneto-infrared study, Landau level spectroscopy, DFT+DMFT
calculation
Coordinated cell type-specific epigenetic remodeling in prefrontal cortex begins before birth and continues into early adulthood
Development of prefrontal and other higher-order association cortices is associated with widespread changes in the cortical transcriptome, particularly during the transitions from prenatal to postnatal development, and from early infancy to later stages of childhood and early adulthood. However, the timing and longitudinal trajectories of neuronal gene expression programs during these periods remain unclear in part because of confounding effects of concomitantly occurring shifts in neuron-to-glia ratios. Here, we used cell type-specific chromatin sorting techniques for genome-wide profiling of a histone mark associated with transcriptional regulation--H3 with trimethylated lysine 4 (H3K4me3)--in neuronal chromatin from 31 subjects from the late gestational period to 80 years of age. H3K4me3 landscapes of prefrontal neurons were developmentally regulated at 1,157 loci, including 768 loci that were proximal to transcription start sites. Multiple algorithms consistently revealed that the overwhelming majority and perhaps all of developmentally regulated H3K4me3 peaks were on a unidirectional trajectory defined by either rapid gain or loss of histone methylation during the late prenatal period and the first year after birth, followed by similar changes but with progressively slower kinetics during early and later childhood and only minimal changes later in life. Developmentally downregulated H3K4me3 peaks in prefrontal neurons were enriched for Paired box (Pax) and multiple Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT) motifs, which are known to promote glial differentiation. In contrast, H3K4me3 peaks subject to a progressive increase in maturing prefrontal neurons were enriched for activating protein-1 (AP-1) recognition elements that are commonly associated with activity-dependent regulation of neuronal gene expression. We uncovered a developmental program governing the remodeling of neuronal histone methylation landscapes in the prefrontal cortex from the late prenatal period to early adolescence, which is linked to cis-regulatory sequences around transcription start sites
Collapse of critical nematic fluctuations in FeSe under pressure
We report the evolution of the electronic nematic susceptibility in FeSe via
Raman scattering as a function of hydrostatic pressure up to 5.8 GPa where the
superconducting transition temperature reaches its maximum. The
critical nematic fluctuations observed at low pressure vanish above 1.6 GPa,
indicating they play a marginal role in the four-fold enhancement of at
higher pressures. The collapse of nematic fluctuations appears to be linked to
a suppression of low energy electronic excitations which manifests itself by
optical phonon anomalies at around 2 GPa, in agreement with lattice dynamical
and electronic structure calculations using local density approximation
combined with dynamical mean field theory. Our results reveal two different
regimes of nematicity in the phase diagram of FeSe under pressure: a d-wave
Pomeranchuk instability of the Fermi surface at low pressure and a magnetic
driven orthorhombic distortion at higher pressure.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures. Supplementary Material available upon reques
Cloze Test Helps: Effective Video Anomaly Detection via Learning to Complete Video Events
As a vital topic in media content interpretation, video anomaly detection
(VAD) has made fruitful progress via deep neural network (DNN). However,
existing methods usually follow a reconstruction or frame prediction routine.
They suffer from two gaps: (1) They cannot localize video activities in a both
precise and comprehensive manner. (2) They lack sufficient abilities to utilize
high-level semantics and temporal context information. Inspired by
frequently-used cloze test in language study, we propose a brand-new VAD
solution named Video Event Completion (VEC) to bridge gaps above: First, we
propose a novel pipeline to achieve both precise and comprehensive enclosure of
video activities. Appearance and motion are exploited as mutually complimentary
cues to localize regions of interest (RoIs). A normalized spatio-temporal cube
(STC) is built from each RoI as a video event, which lays the foundation of VEC
and serves as a basic processing unit. Second, we encourage DNN to capture
high-level semantics by solving a visual cloze test. To build such a visual
cloze test, a certain patch of STC is erased to yield an incomplete event (IE).
The DNN learns to restore the original video event from the IE by inferring the
missing patch. Third, to incorporate richer motion dynamics, another DNN is
trained to infer erased patches' optical flow. Finally, two ensemble strategies
using different types of IE and modalities are proposed to boost VAD
performance, so as to fully exploit the temporal context and modality
information for VAD. VEC can consistently outperform state-of-the-art methods
by a notable margin (typically 1.5%-5% AUROC) on commonly-used VAD benchmarks.
Our codes and results can be verified at github.com/yuguangnudt/VEC_VAD.Comment: To be published as an oral paper in Proceedings of the 28th ACM
International Conference on Multimedia (ACM MM '20). 9 pages, 7 figure
Spin excitations in optimally P-doped BaFe2(As0.7P0.3)2superconductor
We use inelastic neutron scattering to study temperature and energy
dependence of spin excitations in optimally P-doped BaFe2(As0.7P0.3)2
superconductor (Tc = 30 K) throughout the Brillouin zone. In the undoped state,
spin waves and paramagnetic spin excitations of BaFe2As2 stem from
antiferromagnetic (AF) ordering wave vector QAF= (1/-1,0) and peaks near zone
boundary at (1/-1,1/-1) around 180 meV. Replacing 30% As by smaller P to induce
superconductivity, low-energy spin excitations of BaFe2(As0.7P0.3)2form a
resonance in the superconducting state and high-energy spin excitations now
peaks around 220 meV near (1/-1,1/-1). These results are consistent with
calculations from a combined density functional theory and dynamical mean field
theory, and suggest that the decreased average pnictogen height in
BaFe2(As0.7P0.3)2 reduces the strength of electron correlations and increases
the effective bandwidth of magnetic excitations.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, with supplementar
Antireflection self-reference method based on ultrathin metallic nanofilms for improving terahertz reflection spectroscopy
We present the potential of an antireflection self-reference method based on ultrathin tantalum nitride (TaN) nanofilms for improving terahertz (THz) reflection spectroscopy.
The antireflection self-reference method is proposed to eliminate mutual interference caused
by unwanted reflections, which significantly interferes with the important reflection from the
actual sample in THz reflection measurement. The antireflection self-reference model was
investigated using a wave-impedance matching approach, and the theoretical model was
verified in experimental studies. We experimentally demonstrated this antireflection selfreference method can completely eliminate the effect of mutual interference, accurately
recover the actual sample’s reflection and improve THz reflection spectroscopy. Our method
paves the way to implement a straightforward, accurate and efficient approach to investigate
THz properties of the liquids and biological samplesThe Fund from Hefei University of Technology (407-0371000019); Sichuan Province
Science and Technology Support Program (No. 2016GZ0250); the Fundamental Research
Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. JD2017JGPY0006); National Natural Science
Foundation of China (Grant No.51607050); MINECO (MAT2015–74381-JIN to B.P., RYC2014–16962 and CTQ2017-89588-R to P.dP.); Xunta de Galicia (Centro singular de
investigación de Galicia accreditation 2016–2019, ED431G/09); European Union (European Regional Development Fund – ERDF)S
A Large Portal Vein: A Rare Finding of Recent Portal Vein Thrombosis
Acute portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is rarely encountered by clinicians. The most common manifestation of acute PVT is sudden onset of abdominal pain. A computed tomography scan without contrast often shows a high-density material in the portal vein. After injection of contrast agents, absence of luminal enhancement and enlargement of the obstructed portal vein are shown. In this case report, we demonstrated a rare computed tomography finding in which the diameter of the main portal vein was enormously distended to 3-fold that of the aorta in a patient with recent PVT. Despite thrombolysis and anticoagulation were immediately given, portal venous recanalization was not achieved in the patient. After 5 years, variceal bleeding and ascites occurred and liver function had persistently deteriorated. Finally, he died of progressive liver failure. Considering this case, we suggest that an early decision for invasive interventional treatment might be necessary to both increase the rate of portal venous recanalization and improve prognosis, as anticoagulation and thrombolysis therapy failed to recanalize recent PVT
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