Robust supergain beamforming for circular array via second-order cone programming

The phenomenon of supergain for a circular array and its robust beamforming are presented. The coplanar superdirective array gain of the circular array, although it is not so extreme as an endfire line array, outperforms a lot over that of a conventional delay-and-sum beamformer in isotropic noise fields when the inter-element spacings are much smaller than one-half wavelength. However, optimum beamforming algorithms can be extremely sensitive to slight errors in array characteristics. The performance are known to degrade significantly if some of underlying assumptions on the sensor array is violated. Therefore, white noise gain constraint is used to improve the robustness of the supergain beamformer against random errors. We show that the design of the weight vector of robust supergain beamformer can be reformulated as a form of second-order cone programming and resolved efficiently via the well-established interior point method. Results of computer simulation for a 24-element circular array confirm satisfactory performance of the approach proposed in this paper.     

Z箍缩等离子体X射线凸晶谱仪

 针对波长为0.3~0.5 nm的喷气箍缩等离子体X射线诊断,研制了一种适用的高空间分辨的晶体谱仪。色散元件采用云母（002）凸面晶体,布拉格角为37°,信号采用X射线胶片进行接收,有效接收面积为30 mm×80 mm。物理实验在“阳”加速器装置上进行,胶片获得了氩喷气K,L壳层光谱信号,其光谱范围较宽,为0.31~0.40 nm。经解谱发现,类氦谱线有明显的基底,用最小二乘法拟合包络曲线去噪处理后,得到类氦谱线光谱分辨力为200~300。实验结果表明,该谱仪获得的X射线测量值与理论值相符,适合喷气箍缩等离子体X射线光谱的诊断。     

Convex duality for finite-fuel problems in singular stochastic control

Upon introducing a finite-fuel constraint in a stochastic control system, the convex duality formulation can be set up to represent the original singular control problem as a minimization problem over the space of vector measures at each level of available fuel. This minimization problem is imbedded tightly into a related weak problem, which is actually a mathematical programming problem over a convex,w*-compact space of vector-valued Radon measures. Then, through the Fenchel duality principle, the dual for the finite-fuel control problems is to seek the maximum of smooth subsolutions to a dynamic programming variational inequality. The approach is basically in the spirit of Fleming and Vermes, and the results of this paper extend those of Vinter and Lewis in deterministic control problems to the finite-fuel problems in singular stochastic control. Meanwhile, we also obtain the characterization of the value function as a solution to the dynamic programming variational inequality in the sense of the Schwartz distribution.The author is much indebted to Professor Wendell H. Fleming for his constant support and many helpful discussions during the preparation of this paper.     

TWO POSITIVE SOLUTIONS FOR A CLASS OF SINGULAR BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS

An existence theorem of two positive solutions of the singular BVP1/(p(t))(p(t)y′(t))′+λα(t)f(y(t))=0,t∈(0,1),αy(0)-βp(t)y′(t)=0=γy(1)+δp(t)y′(t)was established by using topological degree theory.     

A RANDOM FIXED POINT ITERATION FOR THREE RANDOM OPERATORS ON UNIFORMLY CONVEX BANACH SPACES

In the present paper we introduce a random iteration scheme for three random operators defined on a closed and convex subset of a uniformly convex Banach space and prove its convergence to a common fixed point of three random operators. The result is also an extersion of a known theorem in the corresponding non-random case.     

Normal cones of monomial primes

We explicitly calculate the normal cones of all monomial primes which define the curves of the form , where . All of these normal cones are reduced and Cohen-Macaulay, and their reduction numbers are independent of the reduction. These monomial primes are new examples of integrally closed ideals for which the product with the maximal homogeneous ideal is also integrally closed.

Substantial use was made of the computer algebra packages Maple and Macaulay2.

     

Intersection Cohomology on Nonrational Polytopes⋆

We consider a fan as a ringed space (with finitely many points). We develop the corresponding sheaf theory and functors, such as direct image R_* ( is a subdivision of a fan), Verdier duality, etc. The distinguished sheaf , called the minimal sheaf plays the role of an equivariant intersection cohomology complex on the corresponding toric variety (which exists if is rational). Using we define the intersection cohomology space IH(). It is conjectured that a strictly convex piecewise linear function on acts as a Lefschetz operator on IH(). We show that this conjecture implies Stanley's conjecture on the unimodality of the generalized h-vector of a convex polytope.     

Density functional study of α-graphyne derivatives: Energetic stability,atomic and electronic structure

The energetic stability, atomic and electronic structures of α-graphyne and its derivatives (α-GYs) with extended carbon chains were investigated by density functional (DF) calculations in this work. The studied α-GYs consist of hexagon carbon rings sharing their edges with carbon atoms N=1–10. The structure and energy analyses show that α-GYs with even-numbered carbon chains have alternating single and triple C–C bonds (polyyne), energetically more stable than those with odd-numbered carbon chains possessing continuous double C–C bonds (polycumulene). The calculated electronic structures indicate that α-GYs can be either metallic (odd N) or semiconductive (even N) depending on the parity of number of atoms on hexagon edges despite the edge length. The semiconducting α-graphyne derivatives are found to possess Dirac cones (DC) with small direct band gaps 2–40 meV and large electron velocities 0.554×10⁶–0.671×10⁶ m/s, 70–80% of that of graphene. Our DF studies suggest that introducing sp carbon atoms into the hexagon edges of graphene opens up an avenue to switch between metallic and DC electronic structures via tuning the parity of the number of hexagon edge atoms.     

D→Klv～l衰变过程的研究

用光锥QCD求和规则研究D→Klv～_l衰变过程，首先计算D→K跃迁形状因子，通过构造新的关联函数，消除了twist-3波函数的不确定性给计算结果所带来的影响，从而使计算结果更加精确. 计算得到的分支比与最近的实验数据相一致. 关键词： QCD光锥求和规则 D介子半轻衰变 分支比 形状因子