Non-Markovian dynamics of two non-coupled qubits interacting with two separate reservoirs with different spectral densities

The dynamics of two non-coupled qubits independently interacting with their reservoirs is solved by the time convolutionless projection operator method. We study two-qubit quantum correlation dynamics for two different types of spectral densities, which are a Lorentzian distribution and an Ohmic spectral density with a Lorentzian-Drude cutoff function. For two qubits initially prepared in the initial Bell state, quantum discord can keep longer time and reach larger values in nonMarkovian reservoirs for the first spectral distribution or by reducing the cutoff frequency for the second case. For the initial Bell-like state, the dynamic behaviors of quantum discord and entanglement are compared. The results show that a long time of quantum correlation can be obtained by adjusting some parameters in experiment and further confirm that the discord can capture quantum correlation in addition to entanglement.     

Kinetics and Mechanism of Nanostructures in Oxidation of Si1—xGex Alloys

We investigate the oxidation behaviour of Si1-xGex alloys(x=0.05,0.15,and 0.25),The oxidation of SiGe films with different compositions was carried out in O2(dry)atmosphere at 800,900 and 1000℃,respectively,for various lengths of time,The thickness and property of the nanoparticle and nanolayer in oxide films and germanium segregation in oxidation of SiGe alloys are measured by using a high precision ellipsometer.The results are in good agreement with the Rutherford backscattering spectrometry,profile dektak instrument and high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy.We found that the Ge content in the oxide layer increases with the Ge content in SiGe alloys,and that the Ge content in the oxide film decreases with the increasing oxidation temperature and time,Rejection of Ge results in Piling up of Ge at the interface etween the growing SiO2 and the remaining SiGe,which forms a nanometre Ge-rich layer.Substantial interdiffusion of Si and Ge takes place in the remaining SiGe,which leads to the complicated distribution of Ge segregation.We find a nanometre cap layer over the oxide film after fast oxidation,in which there are many Ge nanoparticles,We analyse the kinetics and mechanism of the nanostructure of the oxide and Ge segregation in oxidation of Si1-xGex alloys.     

First-principles calculations of solute–vacancy interactions in aluminum

The interactions of solute atoms with vacancies play a key role in diffusion and precipitation of alloying elements,ultimately influencing the mechanical properties of aluminum alloys. In this study, first-principles calculations are systematically performed to quantify the solute–vacancy interactions for the 3 d–4 p series and the 4 d–5 p series. The solute–vacancy interaction gradually transforms from repulsion to attraction from left to right. The solute–vacancy binding energy is sensitive to the supercell size for elements at the beginning. These behaviors of the solute–vacancy binding energy can be understood in terms of the combination and competition between the elastic and electronic interactions. Overall, the electronic binding energy follows a similar trend to the total binding energy and plays a major role in the solute–vacancy interactions.     

Re effects in model Ni-based superalloys investigated with first-principles calculations and atom probe tomography

The phase partition and site preference of Re atoms in a ternary Ni-Al-Re model alloy,including the electronic structure of different Re configurations,are investigated with first-principles calculations and atom probe tomography.The Re distribution of single,nearest neighbor(NN),next-nearest neighbor(NNN),and cluster configurations are respectively designed in the models withγandγphases.The results show that the Re atoms tend to enteringγphase and the Re atoms prefer to occupy the Al sites inγphase.The Re cluster with a combination of NN and NNN Re-Re pair configuration is not preferred than the isolated Re atom in the Ni-based superalloys,and the configuration with isolated Re atom is more preferred in the system.Especially,the electronic states are analyzed and the energetic parameters are calculated.The electronic structure analyses show there exists strong Ni-Re electronic interaction and it is mainly contributed by the d-d hybridization.The characteristic features of the electronic states of the Re doping effects are also given.It is also found that Re atoms prefer the Al sites inγside at the interface.The density of states at or near the Fermi level and the d-d hybridizations of NN Ni-Re are found to be important in the systems.     

Langevin Simulation of Non-Uniform Granular Gases

We present and study a fractal model of a non-uniform granular system for the first time, based on which wenumerically solve the dynamics actions in the system successfully in one-dimensional case. The multi-mixture is composed of N different particles, whose granularity distribution has the fractal characteristic. The particles are subject to inelastic mutual collisions and obey to Langevin equation between collisions. Far from the equilibrium,i.e. the given typical relaxation time τ of the driving Brownian process is much larger than the mean collision time τc, the results of simulation indicate that the degree of inhomogeneity in the granularity distribution signed by the fractal dimension D of size distribution has great influence on the dynamics actions of the system. The velocity distribution deviates obviously from the Gaussian distribution and the particles cluster more pronouncedly with the larger value of D in the system. The velocity distribution and spatial clnsterization change with D are presented.     

Effect of Ni and vacancy concentration on initial formation of Cu precipitate in Fe–Cu–Ni ternary alloys by molecular dynamics simulation

In the present work, the effects of Ni atoms and vacancy concentrations(0.1%, 0.5%, 1.0%) on the formation process of Cu solute clusters are investigated for Fe–1.24%Cu–0.62%Ni alloys by molecular dynamics(MD) simulations. The presence of Ni is beneficial to the nucleation of Cu precipitates and has little effect on coarsening rate in the later stage of aging. This result is caused by reducing the diffusion coefficient of Cu clusters and the dynamic migration of Ni atoms. Additionally, there are little effects of Ni on Cu precipitates as the vacancy concentration reaches up to 1.0%,thereby explaining the embrittlement for reactor pressure vessel(RPV) steel. As a result, the findings can hopefully provide the important information about the essential mechanism of Cu cluster formation and a better understanding of ageing phenomenon of RPV steel. Furthermore, these original results are analyzed with a simple model of Cu diffusion, which suggests that the same behavior could be observed in Cu-containing alloys.     

One Step to Generate Cluster States Using Dipole-Induced Transparency in a Cavity-Waveguide System

We present a very simple scheme for generating four-qubit cluster states with one step using parity measurement based on dipole-induced transparency in a cavity-waveguide system. The scheme only uses the photon detectors to check the parity of the spatially separated dipole, which are the same （even parity） or different （odd parity） through measuring the light fields in the waveguide. The initial entangled states remain after nondetective identification and they can be used for successive tasks.     

Effect of Polynomial Expressed Distribution Dust Particles for Unmagnetized Two-Ion-Temperature Dusty Plasma

Linear dispersion relation for linear wave and a Kadomtsev-Petviashvili （KP） equation for nonlinear wave are given for the unmagnetized two-ion-temperature cold dusty plasma with many different dust grain species, The numerical results of variations of linear dispersion with respect to the different dust size distribution are given, Moreover, how the amplitude, width, and propagation velocity of solitary wave vary vs different dust size distribution is also studied numerically in this paper.     

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Xe Behavior in U-Mo Alloys Fuel

Classical molecular dynamics simulations are used to investigate the fission gas Xe behavior in a U-Mo alloy fuel matrix. The embedded atom method potential proposed by Smirnova et al. is used to describe the U-Mo-Xe system. The results show that the initial configuration of interstitial Xe atoms in U-Mo alloys is very instable and has a strong tendency to get together and to form a Xe bubble by ejecting the adjacent U atoms and Mo atoms from their former normal lattice sites. The pressure in Xe bubbles is initially quite high and then drops with increasing Xe concentration obviously. The matrix swelling of U-Mo alloys associated with the Xe bubble growth follows approximately a linear relationship with the ratio of Xe to U at low Xe concentration while the rate of swelling increases rapidly at high Xe concentration. The simulation results are in good agreement with the experimental data. The recovery of the damaged structure in the U-Mo alloys matrix is also investigated. It is shown that a damaged structure cannot be recovered completely after a system is relaxed for a long time while still having lots of defects.     

Diffractive Scattering Factorization from J/ψ and γ Associated Production in HERA ep Collisions

Using three sets of Pomeron structure functions,the cross sections of J/ψ and γ associated production via resolved photon and proton diffractive scatting in ep collision are investigated.It is found that the cross sections calculated with various gluon distribution functions of Pomeron are different.The discrepancy is about 1.8 times for differential cross sections and 1.7 times for total cross sections.The experimental studies of the process could give valuable insight in the diffractive production mechanism and test the color-octet mechanism for heavy quarkonium production in a new environment.     

Single source emission of proton projectile fragments in nucleus-emulsion interactions

The projected angular distribution and transverse momentum distribution of proton projectile fragments produced in 3.7A GeV 16O,500A MeV 56Fe,and 1.7A GeV 84Kr induced by different kinds of emulsion target(H,CNO,and AgBr) interactions are investigated.It is found that the projected angular distribution and transverse momentum distribution can be well represented by a single Gaussian distribution.Comparison of transverse momentum distribution with the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution reveals that proton projectile fragments are emitted from a single-temperature emission source.The temperature is different for different colliding systems,and linearly depends on the target size.     

RT instability in cylindrical implosion of jelly ring

The interfacial RT instability experiments on imploding jelly liners in cylindrically convergent geometry have been performed. The liner‘s instability growth was observed clearly with a high-speed framing camera. Jelly liners have different initial perturbation forms on their inner and outer interfaces, being either smooth or sinusoidal. The initial perturbations also have different magnitudes and spatial frequencies (for example, mode n=-5, 10, 20). The experimental results show that the growth and coupling of perturbations on inner and outer surfaces are remarkably different. Meanwhile, the relevant 2-D numerical simulation of hydrodynamics combined with Level Set method has been performed. Using the numerical code, we can design the parameters of imploding jelly liner, and predict the experimental results. The results of simulation are demonstrated to be in good agreement with the measured data in a series of experiments.     

Variations in epidemic distribution with some characteristic parameters

Considering the spread of an epidemic among a population of mobile agents that can get infected and maintain the infection for a period, we investigate the variation in the homogeneity of the distribution of the epidemic with the remaining time of infection τ, the velocity modulus of the agent v, and the infection rate α. We find that the distribution of the infected cluster size is always exponential. By analyzing the variation of the characteristic infected cluster size coefficient, we show that the inhomogeneity of epidemic distribution increases with an increase in τ for very low v, while it decreases with an increase in τ for moderate v. The epidemic distribution also tends to a homogeneous state as both v and α increase.     

An ab initio study of niobium (n = 2--11) clusters: structure, stability and magnetism

The ground-state configurations of the Nbn (n = 2-11) clusters are studied through the first-principles calculations. It is found that niobium clusters (n = 2-11) tend to form compact structures with low symmetry. The clusters with 4, 8 and 10 atoms are found to be magic and have relatively large highest occupied-lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (HOMO-LUMO) gaps. The Nbn clusters possess low magnetic moments, which exhibit an odd-even oscillational character. The analyses of calculated electronic density and population of the lowest-energy niobium clusters for n = 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 show that the total magnetic moments of Nbn originate mainly from a few Nb atoms with longer spacings between them in most cases, while they are located on two Nb atoms for n = 2, 3, 5. The total magnetic moments come mainly from the 4d local moments but with the exception of the Nb5 cluster.     

Analytical results for the cluster size distribution in controlled deposition processes

This paper proposes a controlled particle deposition model for cluster growth on the substrate surface and then presents exact results for the cluster (island) size distribution. In the system, at every time step a fixed number of particles are injected into the system and immediately deposited onto the substrate surface. It investigates the cluster size distribution by employing the generalized rate equation approach. The results exhibit that the evolution behaviour of the system depends crucially on the details of the adsorption rate kernel. The cluster size distribution can take the Poisson distribution or the conventional scaling form in some cases, while it is of a quite complex form in other cases.     

Fabrication of microholes array on titanium foil by a femtosecond laser and a surface's wettability switching

In this study, an effective method is proposed for controlling a titanium foil surface's wettability. A microholes array series is fabricated on the surface of titanium foil by a femtosecond laser under different laser energy and pulse number. The changes of the titanium surface's morphology are characterized. When placed in a darkroom with high-temperature treatment and immersed in alcohol under UV irradiation, respectively, the femtosecond laser treated surfaces display switchable wettability. It is demonstrated that the changing between Ti-OH and Ti-O prompts the transformation between superhydrophilic and superhydrophobic. Compared with existing reports, the switchable wetting cycle is shortened to 1.5 h. The functional surfaces with switchable wettability have potential applications in oil–water separation and water mist collection.     

Equivalent circuit model including magnetic and thermo sources for the thermo–magneto–electric coupling effect in magnetoelectric laminates

The nonlinear thermo–magneto–mechanical magnetostrictive constitutive and the linear thermo–mechanical-electric piezoelectric constitutive are adopted in this paper. The bias magnetic field and ambient temperature are equivalent to a magnetic source and a thermo source, respectively. An equivalent circuit, which contains a magnetic source and a thermo source at the input, for the thermo–magneto–electric coupling effect in magnetoelectric(ME) laminates, is established. The theoretical models of the output voltage and static ME coefficient for ME laminates can be derived from this equivalent circuit model. The predicted static ME coefficient versus temperature curves are in excellent agreement with the experimental data available both qualitatively and quantitatively. It confirms the validity of the proposed model. Then the models are adopted to predict variations in the output voltages and ME coefficients in the laminates under different ambient temperatures, bias magnetic fields, and the volume ratios of magnetostrictive phases. This shows that the output voltage increases with both increasing temperature and increasing volume ratio of magnetostrictive phases; the ME coefficient decreases with increasing temperature; the ME coefficient shows an initial sharp increase and then decreases slowly with the increase in the bias magnetic field, and there is an optimum volume ratio of magnetostrictive phases that maximize the ME coefficient.This paper can not only provide a new idea for the study of the thermo–magneto–electric coupling characteristics of ME laminates, but also provide a theoretical basis for the design and application of ME laminates, operating under different sensors.     

Fabrication and Magnetic Properties of Co-Doped TiO2 Powders Studied by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Co0.04 Ti0.96O2 powders are fabricated by sol-gel method. The structure and magnetic properties are investigated under different annealing conditions systematically with emphasis on the influence of oxygen pressure. Pure anatase structure was acquired for all the samples annealed at 450℃ for one hour. The samples annealed in air exhibit evident room-temperature ferromagnetism (RTFM) with a small magnetic moment of 0.029μB per Co atom and coercivity Hc of 26 Oe, while the samples annealed in vacuum have strong RTFM with a larger magnetic moment of 1.18μB per Co atom and Hc of 430 Oe. The zero-field spin echo nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of ^59Co is obtained to prove the existence of Co dusters in the latter samples, implying that the Co dusters are responsible for the strong RTFM in the samples annealed in vacuum. No Co cluster could be observed using both XPS and NMR techniques in the samples annealed in air, implying that the RTFM found in these sample sis intrinsic.     

Effect of solute concentration on the serrated flow in solution-treated Al--4%Cu alloys

In order to compare with annealed Al--4%Cu alloys, the influence of solute concentration on the serrated flow is investigated by solution treatment. In this paper, some dynamic parameters, such as critical time and the ultimate tensile strength are obtained. Moreover, the change of the strain rate range for serrated flow in Al--4%Cu alloys prepared by annealing and quenching heat treatments is reported too. The difference between them is attributed to the increasing solute concentration in the bulk of the solution treated materials.