On the Gaussian Approximation for Master Equations

We analyze the Gaussian approximation as a method to obtain the first and second moments of a stochastic process described by a master equation. We justify the use of this approximation with ideas coming from van Kampen’s expansion approach (the fact that the probability distribution is Gaussian at first order). We analyze the scaling of the error with a large parameter of the system and compare it with van Kampen’s method. Our theoretical analysis and the study of several examples shows that the Gaussian approximation turns out to be more accurate than van Kampen’s expansion at first order. This could be specially important for problems involving stochastic processes in systems with a small number of particles.     

Approaches to the Monopole-Dynamic Dipole Vacuum Solution Concerning the Structure of Its Ernst Potential on the Symmetry Axis

The FHP (Fodor, Hoenselaers, Perjés) algorithm [1] allows to obtain the relativistic multipole moments of a vacuum stationary axisymmetric solution in terms of coefficients which appear in the expansion of its Ernst potential on the symmetry axis. First of all, we will use this result in order to determine, at a certain approximation degree, the Ernst potential on the symmetry axis of the metric whose only multipole moments are mass and angular momentum. By using Sibgatullin's method [2] we then analyse a series of exact solutions with the afore mentioned multipole characteristic; besides, we present an approximate solution whose Ernst potential is introduced as a power series of a dimensionless parameter. The calculation of its multipole moments allows us to understand the existing differences between both approximations to the proposed pure multipole solution.     

Analytical study of non Gaussian fluctuations in a stochastic scheme of autocatalytic reactions

A complex network of autocatalytic chemical reactions is studied both numerically and analytically. The van Kampen perturbative scheme is implemented, beyond the second order approximation, so to capture the non Gaussianity traits as displayed by the simulations. The method is targeted to the characterization of the third moments of the distribution of fluctuations, originating from a system of four populations in mutual interaction. The theory predictions agree well with the simulations, pointing to the validity of the van Kampen expansion beyond the conventional Gaussian solution.     

大气湍流中光束的高阶强度矩

研究了光束通过大气湍流传输的高阶强度矩, 提出了大气湍流中光束高阶强度矩的推导方法, 并推导出了一至四阶光束强度矩传输的解析表达式. 所得结果具有一般性,任意某一光束在自由空间和大气湍流中传输的高阶强度矩均可作为本文结果的特例. 另一方面, 以高斯光束为例, 研究了其K参数在湍流大气中的传输规律. 研究表明,高斯光束在大气湍流中其K参数并不是一个传输不变量,它与传输距离、束腰半径、湍流内外尺度以及湍流强度均有关.这个结论与采用Rytov相位结构函数二次近似或强湍流近似下的结论不同,本文给出了合理解释. 关键词： 高阶强度矩 大气传输 大气湍流 K参数')" href="#">K参数     

RANDOM RESPONSE OF PREISACH HYSTERETIC SYSTEMS

An approximate method for analyzing the response of Preisach hysteretic systems with non-local memory under stationary Gaussian excitation is proposed. The covariance matrix equation of system response is derived. The cross correlation function of Preisach hysteretic force and response in the covariance equation is evaluated based on the switching probability analysis and the Gaussian approximation of response process and an explicit expression for the cross correlation function is given for the case of symmetric Preisach weighting function. It is shown that the numerical result obtained by using the proposed method is in good agreement with that from digital simulation.     

Anharmonic vibrational wave functions, infrared band intensities, and dipole moments of water

A new and simple method to expand the anharmonic vibrational wave functions with respect to the harmonic oscillator wave functions is proposed. The coefficients of the expansion are given as matrix elements of the S function of the contact transformation in the perturbation theory and the explicit expressions of these coefficients are given within the approximation to the second order in λ. As an example of the expansion, the wave functions of water molecules were calculated and applied to the calculation of infrared band intensities and average values of dipole moments in several states.     

Nuclear level densities in the constant-spacing model

A new method to calculate level densities for non-interacting Fermions within the constant-spacing model with a finite number of states is developed. We show that asymptotically (for large numbers of particles or holes) the densities have Gaussian form. We improve on the Gaussian distribution by using analytical expressions for moments higher than the second. Comparison with numerical results shows that the resulting sixth-moment approximation is excellent except near the boundaries of the spectra and works globally for all particle/hole numbers and all excitation energies.     

随机系统的概率密度函数形状调节

针对受高斯白噪声激励的非线性随机系统,提出了使状态响应的概率密度函数形状跟踪期望形状的调节方法.首先,确立了非线性随机系统的多项式反馈机制,同时对系统中的非线性部分进行多项式展开;然后,以Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov方程为工具,导出了与控制增益相关的各阶矩递推方程,并根据跟踪问题的要求,构造了矩逼近优化问题,用梯度搜索法求解该优化问题,获得了调节函数;再依据特征函数与概率密度函数构成Fourier对的关系,对状态响应的概率密度函数进行重构;最后,通过两个例子仿真,验证了本文方法的有效性.     

Application of the Wigner distribution function to complex-argument Hermite– and Laguerre–Gaussian beams beyond the paraxial approximation

The Wigner distribution function (WDF) is applied to study the propagation of complex-argument Hermite–Gaussian (HG) and Laguerre–Gaussian (LG) beams beyond the paraxial approximation. The analytical expressions for their intensity distributions in free-space propagation are derived, which are expressed in terms of Hermite polynomials for nonparaxial complex-argument HG beams and in terms of the sum of finite Hermite polynomials for nonparaxial complex-argument LG beams. A detailed comparison of the WDF approach, series expansion method and paraxial expressions is made, which shows that in the paraxial regime the WDF approach and series expansion method deliver consistent results with that of paraxial expressions. Beyond the paraxial approximation, the WDF approach offers convergent results, whereas the series expansion method has a limited applicable range, within which it gives consistent results with that of WDF approach but beyond which it gives unrealistic and divergent results.     

Noise-induced collective regimes of complex system in contact with a random reservoir

Based on a system-reservoir model, where the reservoir is driven by an external white Gaussian noise, we study the behavior of system components in Weiss mean-field approach and Gaussian approximation for moments. Crossover from individual to cooperative dynamics of the system components is due to noise. The system displays a transition similar to diversity-induced phase transition. The analytical results are compared with the numerical simulations.     

截断平顶光束的广义M2因子和相干模分解

针对Li提出的平顶光束的新描述模型，分别采用广义二阶矩方法和矩形函数的复高斯函数展 开方法，推导出平顶光束通过硬边光阑的广义光束传输M²因子和模相关系数的解析表 达式.以此为基础，对截断平顶光束的模相关、模结构以及相干模分解进行了分析，建立了 截断平顶光束的相干模分解理论. 关键词： 截断平顶光束 2因子')" href="#">广义M²因子 模相关系数 相干模分解     

截断光束的二阶矩矩阵

采用复高斯展开法和维格纳分布函数(WDF),推导出了截断光束的二阶矩矩阵通过大气湍流的传输公式。研究表明,将硬边光阑的复高斯展开函数引入z=0平面处的WDF中,能够避免截断光束二阶矩的积分发散问题,得到z=0平面处二阶矩的解析结果,并且保证了精度,从而方便地得到截断光束在大气湍流中传输的二阶矩矩阵。实验所得到的结果具有一般性,即无截断光束的二阶矩矩阵通过大气湍流传输和截断光束的二阶矩矩阵在自由空间的传输都可以分别作为特例给出。     

Generalization of the lineshape useful in magnetic resonance spectroscopy

A new lineshape function is derived from the Tsallis distribution to describe electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra, and possibly nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra as well. This lineshape generalizes the Gaussian and Lorentzian lineshapes that are widely used in simulations. The main features of this lineshape function are presented: the normalization, moments, and first derivative. A number of experimental EPR spectra are compared with the results of simulations employing the new lineshape function. The results show that the new lineshape often provides a better approximation of the experimental spectrum. It is also shown that the new parameter of the lineshape function can be used to quantify the intermolecular spin-spin interactions.     

Optimized Rayleigh–Schrödinger expansion of the effective potential

An optimized Rayleigh–Schrödinger expansion scheme of solving the functional Schrödinger equation with an external source is proposed to calculate the effective potential beyond the Gaussian approximation. For a scalar field theory whose potential function has a Fourier representation in a sense of tempered distributions, we obtain the effective potential up to the second order, and show that the first-order result is just the Gaussian effective potential. Its application to the λφ⁴ field theory yields the same post-Gaussian effective potential as obtained in the functional integral formalism.     

Excluded Volume Effects for Frequency Moments of the Spin Autocorrelation Function of the Heisenberg Model on a Square Lattice at High Temperatures

The expansion coefficients in powers of time (or frequency moments) of the spin autocorrelation function are represented at the simple self-consistent approximation as a sum of weighted trees on a Bethe lattice. Using the computer numeration and the Monte Carlo method for self-avoidingly embedding these trees on the square lattice, we estimate the moments and the convergence radius of the expansion. We show that the moments decrease and the radius increases in consequence of the volume exclusion.     

FixedJ spectral distribution in large shell model spaces

A method is develloped to exactly calculate the fixedJ configuration centroid energies and widths. The resulting approximate level densities for²⁰⁴Pb and⁰²⁰Pb show large departures with respect to the gaussian approximate level densities. The goodness of the polynomial expansion of fixedJ configuration moments is studied and a simple improvement to this approximation is proposed which gives very good results.     

非傍轴矢量异常空心光束的传输特性

 将Cai提出的异常空心光束的理论模型推广到非傍轴范畴,推导出非傍轴矢量异常空心光束传输的解析表达式,用以研究它在自由空间中的传输特性。研究表明,异常空心光束在传输过程中光束形状会发生变化。与高斯光束不同,非傍轴异常空心光束傍轴近似成立条件依赖于传输距离,这与异常空心光束光强分布随传输距离的变化有关。非傍轴异常空心光束远场的光束质量可用桶中功率来描述,桶中功率随f参数(波长与束腰宽度的比值)的增大而减小。     

Multiple scattering effects on the radar cross section (RCS) of objects in a random medium including backscattering enhancement and shower curtain effects

This paper presents a theory of the radar cross section (RCS) of objects in multiple scattering random media. The general formulation includes the fourthorder moments including the correlation between the forward and the backward waves. The fourth moments are reduced to the second-order moments by using the circular complex Gaussian assumption. The stochastic Green's functions are expressed in parabolic approximation, and the objects are assumed to be large in terms of wavelength; therefore, Kirchhoff approximations are applicable. This theory includes the backscattering enhancement and the shower curtain effects, which are not normally considered in conventional theory. Numerical examples of a conducting object in a random medium characterized by the Gaussian and Henyey-Greenstein phase functions are shown to highlight the difference between the multiple scattering RCS and the conventional RCS in terms of optical depth, medium location and angular dependence. It shows the enhanced backscattering due to multiple scattering and the increased RCS if a random medium is closer to the transmitter.     

Improving Log-Likelihood Ratio Estimation with Bi-Gaussian Approximation under Multiuser Interference Scenarios

Accurate estimation of channel log-likelihood ratio (LLR) is crucial to the decoding of modern channel codes like turbo, low-density parity-check (LDPC), and polar codes. Under an additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel, the calculation of LLR is relatively straightforward since the closed-form expression for the channel likelihood function can be perfectly known to the receiver. However, it would be much more complicated for heterogeneous networks where the global noise (i.e., noise plus interference) may be dominated by non-Gaussian interference with an unknown distribution. Although the LLR can still be calculated by approximating the distribution of global noise as Gaussian, it will cause performance loss due to the non-Gaussian nature of global noise. To address this problem, we propose to use bi-Gaussian (BG) distribution to approximate the unknown distribution of global noise, for which the two parameters of BG distribution can easily be estimated from the second and fourth moments of the overall received signals without any knowledge of interfering channel state information (CSI) or signaling format information. Simulation results indicate that the proposed BG approximation can effectively improve the word error rate (WER) performance. The gain of BG approximation over Gaussian approximation depends heavily on the interference structure. For the scenario of a single BSPK interferer with a 5 dB interference-to-noise ratio (INR), we observed a gain of about 0.6 dB. The improved LLR estimation can also accelerate the convergence of iterative decoding, thus involving a lower overall decoding complexity. In general, the overall decoding complexity can be reduced by 25 to 50%.     

Mode-field half widths of Gaussian approximation for fundamental mode of two kinds of optical waveguides

This paper analyzes the characteristic of matching effciency between the fundamental mode of two kinds of optical waveguides and its Gaussian approximate field.Then, it presents a new method where the mode-field half-width of Gaussian approximation for the fundamental mode should be defined according to the maximal matching effciency method. The relationship between the mode-field half-width of the Gaussian approximate field obtained from the maximal matching effciency and normalized frequency is studied; furthermore, two formulas of mode-field half-widths as a function of normalized frequency are proposed.