基于电热模型的SNSPD响应过程模拟与时间抖动分析

超导单光子探测器(SNSPD)具有高探测效率,低时间抖动、低暗计数率、高计数率等优点.文章通过对纳米线电热过程的建模,分析了纳米线的电热响应过程,探讨了负载电阻、偏置电流和动态电感对SNSPD响应时间的影响,结合蒙特卡洛方法来模拟研究了纳米线空间不均匀性对于SNSPD时间抖动的影响,结果表明随着纳米线空间不均匀性的增加,纳米线的时间抖动不断增加,并求出了典型的时间抖动约为7.73 ps.     

基于接触数引导的迭代多组独立分子动力学模拟实现配体-蛋白质结合与解离过程

配体的结合与解离过程在蛋白质实现其生物学功能方面非常关键,因此对这些高度动态过程的研究变得非常重要. 尽管已有实验方法可以确定蛋白质-配体复合物的三维结构,但一般仅可获得静态图片. 随着计算机算力的快速提高以及算法的优化,分子动力学模拟在探索配体的结合与解离过程方面具有诸多优势. 然而,当系统变得足够大时,分子动力学模拟的时间和空间尺度成为了巨大的挑战. 本工作提出了一种研究配体-蛋白质结合与解离的增强采样工具,它基于配体和蛋白质之间形成的接触数来引导迭代多组独立分子动力学模拟. 在腺苷酸激酶的模拟结果中,观测到配体的结合和解离过程,而使用传统分子动力学模拟在同一时间尺度下则无法实现这一过程.     

Determination of the Asymmetry Parameter and Scattering Coefficient of Turbid Media from Spatially Resolved Reflectance Measurements

We present a technique for determining the asymmetry parameter and scattering coefficient of turbid media from spatially resolved reflectance measurements. This technique will contribute to the development of medical applications in which it is necessary to predict the distribution and propagation of light in tissue. Based on Monte Carlo simulations, we derived correlations which relate the reduced scattering coefficient and the asymmetry parameter to the relative reflectance curve. Initial estimates of the optical properties are obtained from these correlations. Final values are obtained by adjusting the optical parameters and repeating the Monte Carlo simulations until the simulated reflectance pattern matches the measured reflectance pattern. Preliminary experimental results indicate that this technique can be used to determine the asymmetry parameter to within 10% and the reduced scattering coefficient to within 5%.     

Estimation of second-order properties from jittered time series

This paper considers spectral and autocovariance estimation for a zero-mean, band-limited, stationary process that has been sampled at time points jittered from a regular, equi-interval, sampling scheme. The case of interest is where the sampling scheme is near regular so that the jitter standard deviation is small compared to the sampling interval. Such situations occur with many time series collected in the physical sciences including, in particular, oceanographic profiles.Spectral estimation procedures are developed for the case of independent jitter and autocovariance estimation procedures for both independent and dependent jitter. These are typically modifications of general estimation procedures proposed elsewhere, but tailored to the particular jittered sampling scheme considered. The theoretical properties of these estimators are developed and their relative efficiencies compared.The properties of the jittered sampling point process are also developed. These lead to a better understanding, in this situation, of more general techniques available for processes sampled by stationary point processes.     

数字束流位置探测器通道自动增益校准方法的研究与实现

在现有硬件基础上,基于BPM测量准确度的需求,在自制的电子学FPGA芯片内,通过Verilog语言实现了一种数字BPM采样数据增益自动校准的设计。首先介绍了自动增益校准模块的系统总体设计;然后对模块的实现方法做了详细说明,设计并搭建了ADC数据自动增益校准测试平台以验证自动增益较准模块的功能;最后介绍了该设计在BPM通道标定中的应用。实验结果表明,该方法可以实现4通道增益一致,使ADC采样后的数据幅度相同,有效解决了由通道增益不一致引起的测量偏差,以及工程应用中ADC数据幅度校准工作量大且难于操作的问题,将在BPM系统通道自动标定中发挥重要作用。     

Classical and Bayesian Inference of an Exponentiated Half-Logistic Distribution under Adaptive Type II Progressive Censoring

The point and interval estimations for the unknown parameters of an exponentiated half-logistic distribution based on adaptive type II progressive censoring are obtained in this article. At the beginning, the maximum likelihood estimators are derived. Afterward, the observed and expected Fisher’s information matrix are obtained to construct the asymptotic confidence intervals. Meanwhile, the percentile bootstrap method and the bootstrap-t method are put forward for the establishment of confidence intervals. With respect to Bayesian estimation, the Lindley method is used under three different loss functions. The importance sampling method is also applied to calculate Bayesian estimates and construct corresponding highest posterior density (HPD) credible intervals. Finally, numerous simulation studies are conducted on the basis of Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) samples to contrast the performance of the estimations, and an authentic data set is analyzed for exemplifying intention.     

ICP光源的激光烧蚀固体样品引入方法进展

根据近几年来国内外的有关文献,叙述了ICP光源的激光烧蚀固体进样方法的研究进展及其在物质成分分析中的应用。着重阐述了激光输出特性(输出波长、脉冲宽度、重复频率、能量密度)和环境气氛(氦气、氩气)对样品烧蚀过程的影响,讨论了激光烧蚀室、气溶胶传输管道及样品引入改进装置在蒸发物质被传输到ICP光源过程中的作用。获得较小而均匀的气溶胶颗粒和稳定高效地将烧蚀物质输送到ICP是完善激光烧蚀固体进样技术的关键环节,元素分馏效应及蒸发物沉积是影响分析性能的重要因素。作为实际例子,也讨论了激光烧蚀固体进样电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法/质谱法在金属、玻璃、有机物及其他样品分析方面的应用,对分析方法的准确度、精密度、检出限和灵敏度进行了简要论述。     

Monte Carlo simulation of the property of a scintillation bar in the multi-neutron correlation spectrometer

To perform a kinematically complete measurement of the dissociation reaction for neutron-rich nuclei, a multi-neutron correlation spectrometer is proposed at Peking University.A Monte Carlo simulation code based on GEANT4 is developed for a single scintillation bar which processes not only the energy deposition but also the light propagation in the scintillator and the light collection and conversion to signal at the end of the bar in a realistic way. The simulating method is described in detail in this paper, and the timing and position resolutions and detector efficiency are studied based on the simulation and compared with the experimental results.A new method of crosstalk rejection has been demonstrated to be important for the design of the whole spectrometer.     

Transitions between secondary structures in isolated polyalanines

Monte Carlo simulations of gas-phase polyalanine peptides have been carried out with the Amber ff96 force field. A low-temperature structural transition takes place between the α-helix stable conformation and β-sheet structures, followed by the unfolding phase change. The transition state ensembles connecting the helix and sheet conformations are investigated by sampling the energy landscape along specific geometric order parameters as putative reaction coordinates, namely the electric dipole μ, the end-to-end distance d, and the gyration radius R_g. By performing series of shooting trajectories, the committor probabilities and their distributions are obtained, revealing that only the electric dipole provides a satisfactory transition coordinate for the α↔β interconversion. The nucleus at the transition is found to have a high helical content.     

Phase behavior and fluid-solid surface tension of argon in slit pores and carbon nanotubes

Phase behaviors of argon in several types of cylindrical and slit pores are examined by grand-canonical Monte Carlo simulations. Condensation processes in single- and multi-walled carbon nanotubes along with those in hard-wall tubes are compared. Effects of the pore size on pressure-tensor components, the fluid-wall surface tension, and the adsorption are also compared for the different fluid-pore interactions. The chemical potential at which the fluid begins to condense in the single-walled nanotube is greater than that in the multi-walled nanotube by an amount nearly equal to the difference in the potential-well depth of the fluid-pore interaction, and the adsorption isotherms overlap each other almost completely for narrow pores and partially for wider pores. Similar analyses are performed for slit pores of two different hydrocarbon models.