Calculations of D‐wave bound states and resonance states of the screened helium atom using correlated exponential wave functions

We have investigated the effects of screened Coulomb (Yukawa) potentials on the bound ^1,3D states and the doubly excited ^1,3 D^e resonance states of helium atom using highly correlated exponential basis functions. The Density of resonance states are calculated using stabilization method. Highly correlated exponential basis functions are used to consider the correlation effect between the charged particles. A total of 18 resonances (nine each for ¹ D^e and ³ D^e states) below the n = 2 He ⁺ threshold has been calculated. For each spin states, this includes four members in the 2pnp series, three members in the 2snd series, and two members in 2pnf series. The resonance energies and widths for various screening parameters ranging from infinity to a small value for these ^1,3 D^e resonance states are reported along with the bound‐excited 1s3d ^1,3 D state energies. Overall behavior of the spectral profile of 1s3d ¹D state of helium atom due to electron‐electron and electron‐nucleus screening are also presented. Accurate resonance energies and widths are also reported for He in vacuum. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2010     

Lower bounds for the security of modified coherent-one-way quantum key distribution against one-pulse-attack

Upper bounds for the security of coherent-one-way (COW) quantum key distribution protocols have been analyzed by considering the one-pulse-attack [Branciard C, Gisin N and Scarani V (BGS) New J.Phys. (2008) 10 013031]. However, their security analysis was based on long distance case, and the typical value of the transmission distance is larger than 50 km. Applying the sharp continuity for the von Neumann entropy and some basic inequalities, we provide lower bounds for the security of modified coherent-one-way quantum key distribution protocol against the most general one-pulse-attack by only considering photon number resolved detectors that will be used in the receiver's side. Comparing with BGS's security analysis, our security analysis can be satisfied with arbitrary distance case.     

量子棒中强耦合杂质束缚极化子的振动频率

给出了具有椭球边界量子棒经坐标变换成球形边界的哈密顿量。采用线性组合算符和幺正变换的方法研究了在非均匀抛物限制势下量子棒中强耦合杂质束缚极化子的性质。导出了量子棒中强耦合杂质束缚极化子的振动频率和声子平均数随库仑束缚势、电子-声子耦合强度、椭球的纵横比和量子棒的横向和纵向有效受限长度的变化关系。数值计算结果表明:振动频率和声子平均数随电子-声子耦合强度和库仑束缚势的增强而增加,随量子棒的横向和纵向有效受限长度和椭球的纵横比的减小而增大。表现出量子棒的奇特的量子尺寸限制效应。     

Optimization of magnetic field sweep and field modulation amplitude for continuous-wave EPR oximetry

For continuous-wave electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, what settings of magnetic field sweep width and field modulation amplitude yield the best accuracy in estimated linewidth? Statistical bounds on estimation error presented in this work provide practical guidance: set the sweep width and modulation amplitude to 8 and 4 times the half-width half-maximum linewidth, Γ, respectively. For unknown linewidths in the range [Γ(min),Γ(max)] the worst-case estimation error is minimized by using settings designed for Γ(max). The analysis assumes a Lorentzian lineshape and a constant modulation amplitude across the extent of the irradiated paramagnetic probe. The analytical guidelines are validated using L-band spectroscopy with a particulate LiNc-BuO probe.     

A column generation approach for solving the patient admission scheduling problem

This paper addresses the Patient Admission Scheduling (PAS) problem. The PAS problem entails assigning elective patients to beds, while satisfying a number of hard constraints and as many soft constraints as is possible, and arises at all planning levels for hospital management. There exist a few, different variants of this problem. In this paper we consider one such variant and propose an optimization-based heuristic building on branch-and-bound, column generation, and dynamic constraint aggregation to solve it. We achieve tighter lower bounds than previously reported in the literature and, in addition, we are able to produce new best known solutions for five out of twelve instances from a publicly available repository.     

一致超图谱半径界的改进结果

利用张量理论研究一致超图的谱半径.首先,利用对角相似张量与原张量同谱的性质,结合张量特征值的圆盘定理,给出谱半径的上界,这一上界严格小于最大度;其次,通过超图的度向量给出谱半径的下界.改进了超图谱半径上下界的原有结果.     

Sufficient conditions for error bounds and linear regularity in Banach spaces

In this paper, we study error bounds for lower semicontinuous functions defined on Banach space and linear regularity for finitely many closed subset in Banach spaces. By using Clarke＇s subd- ifferentials and Ekeland variational principle, we establish several sufficient conditions ensuring error bounds and linear regularity in Banach spaces.