Ueber die Methoden zur mechanischen Bodenanalyse

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Bounded Entanglement Entropy in the Quantum Ising Model

Journal of Statistical Physics - A rigorous proof is presented of the boundedness of the entanglement entropy of a block of spins for the ground state of the one-dimensional quantum Ising model...     

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The inverse scattering transform: Tools for the nonlinear fourier analysis and filtering of ocean surface waves

Surface wave data from the Adriatic Sea are analysed in the light of new data analysis techniques which may be viewed as a nonlinear generalization of the ordinary Fourier transform. Nonlinear Fourier analysis as applied herein arises from the exact spectral solution to large classes of nonlinear wave equations which are integrable by the inverse scattering transform (IST). Numerical methods are discussed which allow for implementation of the approach as a tool for the time series analysis of oceanic wave data. The case for unidirectional propagation in shallow water, where integrable nonlinear wave motion is governed by the Korteweg-deVries (KdV) equation with periodic/quasi-periodic boundary conditions, is considered. Numerical procedures given herein can be used to compute a nonlinear Fourier representation for a given measured time series. The nonlinear oscillation modes (the IST ‘basis functions’) of KdV obey a linear superposition law, just as do the sine waves of a linear Fourier series. However, the KdV basis functions themselves are highly nonlinear, undergo nonlinear interactions with each other and are distinctly non-sinusoidal. Numerical IST is used to analyse Adriatic Sea data and the concept of nonlinear filtering is applied to improve understanding of the dominant nonlinear interactions in the measured wavetrains.     

The micro water/1,2-dichloroethane interface as a transducer for creatinine assay

Facilitated ammonium ion transfer reactions, using the crown ether dibenzo-18-crown-6, at a single microhole supported water/1,2-dichloroethane interface were used as the transducer to detect the biomolecule creatinine. The ammonium ion was produced during the enzymatic action of creatinine deiminase on creatinine. A prototype sensing device incorporating a Teflon gas permeable membrane, to exclude possible interferents, yielded a linear amperometric response to added creatinine from 20 M to 1 mM. This range is sufficient for that required for the determination of creatinine in serum.