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Quantum spiral bandwidth of entangled two-photon states
We put forward the concept of quantum spiral bandwidth of the spatial mode
function of the two-photon entangled state in spontaneous parametric
downconversion. We obtain the bandwidth using the eigenstates of the orbital
angular momentum of the biphoton states, and reveal its dependence with the
length of the down converting crystal and waist of the pump beam. The
connection between the quantum spiral bandwidth and the entropy of entanglement
of the quantum state is discussed.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure
Revisiting the theoretical DBV (V777 Her) instability strip: the MLT theory of convection
We reexamine the theoretical instability domain of pulsating DB white dwarfs
(DBV or V777 Her variables). We performed an extensive -mode nonadiabatic
pulsation analysis of DB evolutionary models considering a wide range of
stellar masses, for which the complete evolutionary stages of their progenitors
from the ZAMS, through the thermally pulsing AGB and born-again phases, the
domain of the PG1159 stars, the hot phase of DO white dwarfs, and then the DB
white dwarf stage have been considered. We explicitly account for the evolution
of the chemical abundance distribution due to time-dependent chemical diffusion
processes. We examine the impact of the different prescriptions of the MLT
theory of convection and the effects of small amounts of H in the almost
He-pure atmospheres of DB stars on the precise location of the theoretical blue
edge of the DBV instability strip.Comment: Proceedings, 16th European White Dwarf Workshop, Barcelona, 200
Detailed Spectral Modeling of a 3-D Pulsating Reverse Detonation Model: Too Much Nickel
We calculate detailed NLTE synthetic spectra of a Pulsating Reverse
Detonation (PRD) model, a novel explosion mechanism for Type Ia supernovae.
While the hydro models are calculated in 3-D, the spectra use an angle averaged
hydro model and thus some of the 3-D details are lost, but the overall average
should be a good representation of the average observed spectra. We study the
model at 3 epochs: maximum light, seven days prior to maximum light, and 5 days
after maximum light. At maximum the defining Si II feature is prominent, but
there is also a prominent C II feature, not usually observed in normal SNe Ia
near maximum. We compare to the early spectrum of SN 2006D which did show a
prominent C II feature, but the fit to the observations is not compelling.
Finally we compare to the post-maximum UV+optical spectrum of SN 1992A. With
the broad spectral coverage it is clear that the iron-peak elements on the
outside of the model push too much flux to the red and thus the particular PRD
realizations studied would be intrinsically far redder than observed SNe Ia. We
briefly discuss variations that could improve future PRD models.Comment: 15 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Ap
Asymmetric solitons and domain walls supported by inhomogeneous defocusing nonlinearity
We show that an inhomogeneous defocusing nonlinearity that grows toward the
periphery in the positive and negative transverse directions at different rates
can support strongly asymmetric fundamental and multipole bright solitons,
which are stable in wide parameter regions. In the limiting case when
nonlinearity is uniform in one direction, solitons transform into stable domain
walls (fronts), with constant or oscillating intensity in the homogeneous
region, attached to a tail rapidly decaying in the direction of growing
nonlinearity.Comment: 3 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Optics Letter
MAC-Oriented Programmable Terahertz PHY via Graphene-based Yagi-Uda Antennas
Graphene is enabling a plethora of applications in a wide range of fields due
to its unique electrical, mechanical, and optical properties. In the realm of
wireless communications, graphene shows great promise for the implementation of
miniaturized and tunable antennas in the terahertz band. These unique
advantages open the door to new reconfigurable antenna structures which, in
turn, enable novel communication protocols at different levels of the stack.
This paper explores both aspects by, first, presenting a terahertz
Yagi-Uda-like antenna concept that achieves reconfiguration both in frequency
and beam direction simultaneously. Then, a programmable antenna controller
design is proposed to expose the reconfigurability to the PHY and MAC layers,
and several examples of its applicability are given. The performance and cost
of the proposed scheme is evaluated through full-wave simulations and
comparative analysis, demonstrating reconfigurability at nanosecond granularity
with overheads below 0.02 mm and 0.2 mW.Comment: Accepted for presentation in IEEE WCNC '1
Automatic face recognition of video sequences using self-eigenfaces
The objective of this work is to provide an efficient face recognition scheme useful for video indexing applications. In
particular we are addressing the following problem: given a set of known images and given a video sequence to be
indexed, find where the corresponding persons appear in the sequence. Conventional face detection schemes are not
well suited for this application and alternate and more efficient schemes have to be developed. In this paper we have
modified our original generic eigenface-based recognition scheme presented in [1] by introducing the concept of selfeigenfaces.
The resulting scheme is very efficient to find specific face images and to cope with the different face
conditions present in a video sequence. The main and final objective is to develop a tool to be used in the MPEG-7
standardization effort to help video indexing activities. Good results have been obtained using the video test sequences
used in the MPEG-7 evaluation group.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version
The potential risk induced by climate change in the context of mega-nourishments
Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version
Planar PØP: feature-less pose estimation with applications in UAV localization
© 20xx IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.We present a featureless pose estimation method that, in contrast to current Perspective-n-Point (PnP) approaches, it does not require n point correspondences to obtain the camera pose, allowing for pose estimation from natural shapes that do not necessarily have distinguished features like corners or intersecting edges. Instead of using n correspondences (e.g. extracted with a feature detector) we will use the raw polygonal representation of the observed shape and directly estimate the pose in the pose-space of the camera. This method compared with a general PnP method, does not require n point correspondences neither a priori knowledge of the object model (except the scale), which is registered with a picture taken from a known robot pose. Moreover, we achieve higher precision because all the information of the shape contour is used to minimize the area between the projected and the observed shape contours. To emphasize the non-use of n point correspondences between the projected template and observed contour shape, we call the method Planar PØP. The method is shown both in simulation and in a real application consisting on a UAV localization where comparisons with a precise ground-truth are provided.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft
Identifying residential sub-markets using intra-urban migrations: the case of study of Barcelona’s neighborhoods
The dynamic evolution of the real estate market, as well as the sophistications of the interactions of
the actors involved in it have caused that, contrary to classical economic theory, the real estate market is increasingly being thought of as a set of submarkets. This is because, among other things, the
modeling of a segmented housing market allows, on the one hand, to design housing policies that are better adapted to the needs of the population, but on the other hand, it allows the generation of both
marketing and supply strategies Oriented to specific population sectors. Such strategies in theory should behave as options with relatively low uncertainty, thus representing an attractive offer to all
market players. However, in praxis, the segmentation of the real estate market is usually modeled on the offer. It is therefore that this paper proposes a modeling from observed preferences3 seen through
intraurban migrations. In particular, it is proposed to model the market through the interaction value of Coombes, scaling the results in order to visualize the resulting submarket structure from the
construction of a PAM (Partitioning Algorithm Medoids).Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version
Towards a navigational logic for graphical structures
One of the main advantages of the Logic of Nested Conditions, defined by Habel and Pennemann, for reasoning about graphs, is its generality: this logic can be used in the framework of many classes of graphs and graphical structures. It is enough that the category of these structures satisfies certain basic conditions.
In a previous paper [14], we extended this logic to be able to deal with graph properties including paths, but this extension was only defined for the category of untyped directed graphs. In addition it seemed difficult to talk about paths abstractly, that is, independently of the given category of graphical structures. In this paper we approach this problem. In particular, given an arbitrary category of graphical structures, we assume that for every object of this category there is an associated edge relation that can be used to define a path relation. Moreover, we consider that edges have some kind of labels and paths can be specified by associating them to a set of label sequences. Then, after the presentation of that general framework, we show how it can be applied to several classes of graphs. Moreover, we present a set of sound inference rules for reasoning in the logic.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft
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