CMS physics overview

The principal physics goals of the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment under construction at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva are reviewed. Procedures to search for the Standard Model Higgs boson, supersymmetric Higgses and other supersymmetric particles are described.     

金属银熔体快冷过程的计算机模拟

利用分子动力学模拟技术研究了由周期性边界条件控制的500个银(Ag)原子构成的金属Ag熔体快速冷凝过程.冷却速率为8×1013K/s.模拟在FS(Finnis-Sinclair)相互作用势的基础上,通过双体分布函数、键对分析技术、键取向序等多种方法,对液银快速冷凝过程的微观结构转变特性作了分析,给出了连续快速冷凝过程中液银原子间依靠相互作用力形成的独特的微观结构图像.并考察了冷却过程中体系能量和元胞体积随温度的变化.模拟结果表明在快速冷凝过程中液Ag没有形成bcc结构的倾向.     

混沌实验数据处理及仿真

大学物理实验中混沌实验大多采用观察现象的方法进行,本实验采用蔡氏电路(Chua s circuit)产生混沌行为.在观察不同初始值条件下出现的倍周期分岔、阵发混沌、奇异吸引子等相图及现象的基础上,通过对采集数据进行处理,对负电阻伏安特性进行分段线性拟合,用功率频谱法、计算机仿真方法(龙格-库塔数值积分法)对混沌现象进行描绘,将实验数据与非线性方程组的数值解相结合,呈现出混沌现象的本质.     

基于昆虫复眼技术的全视场运动目标监测系统

以昆虫复眼的仿生技术为基础,应用线阵CCD图像传感器、CPLD、AVR微处理器及运动目标检测算法实现了一种全视场监测系统,能简单而精确地探测出运动物体的角坐标和角运动速度。不仅对系统的硬件设计和软件设计进行了讨论,而且对应用的算法也进行了的介绍。     

利用CCD光电测量系统测量杨氏弹性模量

提出一种测量微小伸长量的光电测量方法,即利用CCD光电测量系统将单缝衍射的光强分布转换为电信号,经过计算机处理后输出光强分布曲线,从相邻波谷读出衍射条纹间隔,通过软件的简单操作直接输出测量结果.实现了数据采集及运算结果的实时化、半自动化,并克服了传统方法的测量困难和数据处理的复杂计算.利用这一方法测定了钢丝的杨氏弹性模量,与标称值符合得较好.     

Ce3+对Er3+/Yb3+共掺氟磷酸盐玻璃光谱性质的影响

研究了能量接受离子Ce3+对Er3+上转换发光强度以及Er3+在1.5 μm附近波段发光性能参数的影响,并从能量匹配及能级结构角度出发对Er3+/Ce3+间的能量转移机制进行了分析.分析认为,4 I11/2能级的Er3+通过无辐射能量转移把能量传递给2F5/2能级的Ce3+激发其跃迁至2F7/2能级,而4I11/2能级上的Er3+则无辐射弛豫至4I13/2能级,从而有效降低氟磷酸盐玻璃中Er3+的上转换发光.当Er3+浓度为1.11×1020 cm-3时,Ce3+的最佳掺杂浓度为2.22×1020 cm-3,此时Ce3+的引入不仅可以降低上转换发光,而且有助于提高Er3+在1.5 μm附近波段的荧光强度、发射截面以及4I13/2能级荧光寿命.     

硬X射线磁圆二色实验方法的建立

在北京同步辐射装置(BSRF)1W1B光束线和XAFS实验站上国内首次建立了硬X射线波段的磁圆二色实验(XMCD)方法. 以单晶金刚石作为相位延迟片, 在透射劳埃(Laue)模式下, 利用衍射双折射效应, 将入射的单色线偏振光转变为相应的左旋和右旋圆偏振光, 测量磁化样品对左旋和右旋圆偏振光吸收的差异, 获得了XMCD信号. 本实验使用透射方法测量了Pt-Fe合金Pt L_2,3边的XMCD, 获得了XMCD信号. XMCD实验方法的建立, 为研究磁性材料尤其是磁性薄膜材料的电子结构和磁结构提供了实验基础.     

Two modifications of the least cost per period heuristic for dynamic lot-sizing

This paper proposes two constructive heuristics for the well-known single-level uncapacitated dynamic lot-sizing problem. The proposed heuristics, called net least period cost (nLPC) and nLPC(i), are developed by modifying the average period cost concept from Silver and Meal's heuristic, commonly known as least period cost (LPC). An improved tie-breaking stopping rule and a locally optimal decision rule are proposed in the second heuristic to enhance performance. We test the effectiveness of the proposed heuristics by using 20 benchmarking test problems frequently used in the literature. Furthermore, we perform a large-scale simulation study involving three factors, 50 experimental conditions, and 100?000 randomly generated problems to evaluate the proposed heuristics against LPC and six other well-known constructive heuristics in the literature. The simulation results show that both nLPC and nLPC(i) produce average holding and setup costs lower than or equal to those of LPC in every one of the 50 experimental conditions. The proposed heuristics also outperform each of the six other heuristics evaluated in all experimental conditions, without an increase in computational requirements. Lastly, considering that both nLPC and nLPC(i) are fairly simple for practitioners to understand and that lot-sizing heuristics have been commonly used in practice, there should be a very good chance for practical applications of the proposed heuristics.     

Intended Treatments of Arithmetic Average in U.S. and Asian School Mathematics Textbooks

This study examined how selected U.S. and Asian mathematics curricula are designed to facilitate students' understanding of the arithmetic average. There is a consistency regarding the learning goals among these curriculum series, but the focuses are different between the Asian series and the U.S. reform series. The Asian series and the U.S. commercial series focus the arithmetic average more on conceptual and procedural understanding of the concept as a computational algorithm than on understanding the concept as a representative of a data set; however, the two U.S. reform series focus the concept more on the latter. Because of the different focuses, the Asian and the U.S. curriculum series treat the concept differently. In the Asian series, the concept is first introduced in the context of “equal‐sharing” or “per‐unit‐quantity,” and the averaging formula is formally introduced at a very early stage. In the U.S. reform series, the concept is discussed as a measure of central tendency, and after students have some intuitive ideas of the statistical aspect of the concept, the averaging algorithm is briefly introduced.     

The application of a vehicle routing model to a waste-collection problem: two case studies

In this paper we suggest a unique model for estimating the operating cost of each of three waste-collection systems. Under the traditional system, which is widely used, waste is typically collected in plastic bags and a three-man crew is needed on each vehicle. The other two systems require a one-man crew for vehicle collecting street containers. The side-loader system with fixed body automatically empties street containers into the vehicle body and empties the load at the disposal site. The side-loader system with demountable body allows the separation of the waste collection phase from transport to the disposal site, since the vehicle body can be demounted. We also present two case studies and show how the estimation of operating costs is a critical issue in decisions regarding the type of system to be used for waste collection.