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Counterflow Dynamics Of Two Correlated Impurities Immersed In A Bosonic Gas, Friethjof Theel, Simeon I. Mistakidis, Kevin Keiler, Peter Schmelcher May 2022

Counterflow Dynamics Of Two Correlated Impurities Immersed In A Bosonic Gas, Friethjof Theel, Simeon I. Mistakidis, Kevin Keiler, Peter Schmelcher

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Counterflow Dynamics Of Two Correlated Impurities In A Double Well Coupled To A One-Dimensional Bosonic Medium Is Explored. We Determine The Ground-State Phase Diagram Of The System According To The Impurity-Medium Entanglement And The Impurities' Two-Body Correlations. Specifically, Bound Impurity Structures Reminiscent Of Bipolarons For Strong Attractive Couplings As Well As Configurations With Two Clustered Or Separated Impurities In The Repulsive Case Are Identified. The Interval Of Existence Of These Phases Depends Strongly On The Impurity-Impurity Interactions And External Confinement Of The Medium. Accordingly The Impurities' Dynamical Response, Triggered By Suddenly Ramping Down The Central Potential Barrier, Is Affected …


Accelerating Serverless Computing By Harvesting Idle Resources, Hanfei Yu, Hao Wang, Jian Li, Xu Yuan, Seung Jong Park Apr 2022

Accelerating Serverless Computing By Harvesting Idle Resources, Hanfei Yu, Hao Wang, Jian Li, Xu Yuan, Seung Jong Park

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Serverless computing automates fine-grained resource scaling and simplifies the development and deployment of online services with stateless functions. However, it is still non-trivial for users to allocate appropriate resources due to various function types, dependencies, and input sizes. Misconfiguration of resource allocations leaves functions either under-provisioned or over-provisioned and leads to continuous low resource utilization. This paper presents Freyr, a new resource manager (RM) for serverless platforms that maximizes resource efficiency by dynamically harvesting idle resources from over-provisioned functions to under-provisioned functions. Freyr monitors each function's resource utilization in real-time, detects over-provisioning and under-provisioning, and learns to harvest idle resources …


Using Supervised Learning Algorithms As A Follow-Up Method In The Search Of Gravitational Waves From Core-Collapse Supernovae, Javier M. Antelis, Marco Cavaglia, Travis Hansen, Manuel D. Morales, Claudia Moreno, Soma Mukherjee, Marek J. Szczepańczyk, Michele Zanolin Apr 2022

Using Supervised Learning Algorithms As A Follow-Up Method In The Search Of Gravitational Waves From Core-Collapse Supernovae, Javier M. Antelis, Marco Cavaglia, Travis Hansen, Manuel D. Morales, Claudia Moreno, Soma Mukherjee, Marek J. Szczepańczyk, Michele Zanolin

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We present a follow-up method based on supervised machine learning (ML) to improve the performance in the search of gravitational wave (GW) bursts from core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) using the coherent WaveBurst (cWB) pipeline. The ML model discriminates noise from signal events by using a set of reconstruction parameters provided by cWB as features. Detected noise events are discarded yielding a reduction in the false alarm rate (FAR) and the false alarm probability thus enhancing the statistical significance. We tested the proposed method using strain data from the first half of the third observing run of advanced LIGO, and CCSNe GW …


Building-Block Approach To The Discovery Of Na8mn2(Ge2se6)2: A Polar Chalcogenide Exhibiting Promising Harmonic Generation Signals With A High Laser-Induced Damage Threshold, Srikanth Balijapelly, Andrew J. Craig, Jeong Bin Cho, Joon I. Jang, Kartik Ghosh, Jennifer A. Aitken, Aleksandr V. Chernatynskiy, Amitava Choudhury Apr 2022

Building-Block Approach To The Discovery Of Na8mn2(Ge2se6)2: A Polar Chalcogenide Exhibiting Promising Harmonic Generation Signals With A High Laser-Induced Damage Threshold, Srikanth Balijapelly, Andrew J. Craig, Jeong Bin Cho, Joon I. Jang, Kartik Ghosh, Jennifer A. Aitken, Aleksandr V. Chernatynskiy, Amitava Choudhury

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

A new polar quaternary chalcogenide, Na8Mn2(Ge2Se6)2, has been synthesized using the building-block approach by reacting preformed Na6Ge2Se6 and MnCl2 at 750 °C. The structure consists of layers of [Na(1)Mn(Ge2Se6)]3– stacked perpendicular to the c-axis and sodium ions occupying the interlayer space. An indirect bandgap of 1.52 eV has been calculated using density functional theory, which is expectedly underestimated compared to the observed optical bandgap of 1.95 eV derived from diffuse reflectance spectroscopic measurements in the UV/Vis/NIR region. Magnetic measurements confirm the paramagnetic nature of Na8Mn2(Ge2Se6)2 with an experimental magnetic moment of 5.8 μB in good agreement with the theoretical spin …


Fluoride Doping In Crystalline And Amorphous Indium Oxide Semiconductors, Aritra Sil, Michael J. Deck, Elise A. Goldfine, Chi Zhang, Sawankumar V. Patel, Steven Flynn, Haoyu Liu, Po Hsiu Chien, Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier, Vinayak P. Dravid, Michael J. Bedzyk, Julia E. Medvedeva, Yan Yan Hu, Antonio Facchetti Apr 2022

Fluoride Doping In Crystalline And Amorphous Indium Oxide Semiconductors, Aritra Sil, Michael J. Deck, Elise A. Goldfine, Chi Zhang, Sawankumar V. Patel, Steven Flynn, Haoyu Liu, Po Hsiu Chien, Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier, Vinayak P. Dravid, Michael J. Bedzyk, Julia E. Medvedeva, Yan Yan Hu, Antonio Facchetti

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

In this contribution, the structural and electronic effects of fluoride doping in both crystalline and amorphous indium oxides are investigated by both experimental and theoretical techniques. Pristine crystalline and amorphous fluoride-doped indium oxide (F:In-O) phases were prepared by solution-based combustion synthesis and sol-gel techniques, respectively. The chemical composition, environment, and solid-state microstructure of these materials were extensively studied with a wide array of state-of-the-art techniques such as UV-vis, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, grazing incidence X-ray diffraction, 19F and 115In solid-state NMR, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) as well as by density functional theory (DFT) …


Theranostic Copolymers Neutralize Reactive Oxygen Species And Lipid Peroxidation Products For The Combined Treatment Of Traumatic Brain Injury, Aaron Priester, Richard Waters, Ashleigh Abbott, Krista Hilmas, Klaus Woelk, Hunter A. Miller, Aria W. Tarudji, Connor C. Gee, Brandon Mcdonald, Forrest M. Kievit, Anthony J. Convertine Apr 2022

Theranostic Copolymers Neutralize Reactive Oxygen Species And Lipid Peroxidation Products For The Combined Treatment Of Traumatic Brain Injury, Aaron Priester, Richard Waters, Ashleigh Abbott, Krista Hilmas, Klaus Woelk, Hunter A. Miller, Aria W. Tarudji, Connor C. Gee, Brandon Mcdonald, Forrest M. Kievit, Anthony J. Convertine

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results in the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lipid peroxidation product (LPOx), including acrolein and 4-hydroxynonenal (4HNE). The presence of these biochemical derangements results in neurodegeneration during the secondary phase of the injury. The ability to rapidly neutralize multiple species could significantly improve outcomes for TBI patients. However, the difficulty in creating therapies that target multiple biochemical derangements simultaneously has greatly limited therapeutic efficacy. Therefore, our goal was to design a material that could rapidly bind and neutralize both ROS and LPOx following TBI. To do this, a series of thiol-functionalized biocompatible copolymers based …


Minimizing The Deployment Cost Of Uavs For Delay-Sensitive Data Collection In Iot Networks, Wenzheng Xu, Tao Xiao, Junqi Zhang, Weifa Liang, Zichuan Xu, Xuxun Liu, Xiaohua Jia, Sajal K. Das Apr 2022

Minimizing The Deployment Cost Of Uavs For Delay-Sensitive Data Collection In Iot Networks, Wenzheng Xu, Tao Xiao, Junqi Zhang, Weifa Liang, Zichuan Xu, Xuxun Liu, Xiaohua Jia, Sajal K. Das

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

In this paper, we study the deployment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to collect data from IoT devices, by finding a data collection tour for each UAV. To ensure the 'freshness' of the collected data, the total time spent in the tour of each UAV that consists of the UAV flying time and data collection time must be no greater than a given delay B, e.g., 20 minutes. In this paper, we consider a problem of deploying the minimum number of UAVs and finding their data collection tours, subject to the constraint that the total time spent in each tour …


Improving I/O Performance For Exascale Applications Through Online Data Layout Reorganization, Lipeng Wan, Axel Huebl, Junmin Gu, Franz Poeschel, Ana Gainaru, Ruonan Wang, Jieyang Chen, Xin Liang, Dmitry Ganyushin, Todd Munson, Ian Foster, Jean Luc Vay, Norbert Podhorszki, Kesheng Wu Apr 2022

Improving I/O Performance For Exascale Applications Through Online Data Layout Reorganization, Lipeng Wan, Axel Huebl, Junmin Gu, Franz Poeschel, Ana Gainaru, Ruonan Wang, Jieyang Chen, Xin Liang, Dmitry Ganyushin, Todd Munson, Ian Foster, Jean Luc Vay, Norbert Podhorszki, Kesheng Wu

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

The applications being developed within the U.S. Exascale Computing Project (ECP) to run on imminent Exascale computers will generate scientific results with unprecedented fidelity and record turn-around time. Many of these codes are based on particle-mesh methods and use advanced algorithms, especially dynamic load-balancing and mesh-refinement, to achieve high performance on Exascale machines. Yet, as such algorithms improve parallel application efficiency, they raise new challenges for I/O logic due to their irregular and dynamic data distributions. Thus, while the enormous data rates of Exascale simulations already challenge existing file system write strategies, the need for efficient read and processing of …


A Parallel Algorithm Template For Updating Single-Source Shortest Paths In Large-Scale Dynamic Networks, Arindam Khanda, Sriram Srinivasan, Sanjukta Bhowmick, Boyana Norris, Sajal K. Das Apr 2022

A Parallel Algorithm Template For Updating Single-Source Shortest Paths In Large-Scale Dynamic Networks, Arindam Khanda, Sriram Srinivasan, Sanjukta Bhowmick, Boyana Norris, Sajal K. Das

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Single Source Shortest Path (SSSP) problem is a classic graph theory problem that arises frequently in various practical scenarios; hence, many parallel algorithms have been developed to solve it. However, these algorithms operate on static graphs, whereas many real-world problems are best modeled as dynamic networks, where the structure of the network changes with time. This gap between the dynamic graph modeling and the assumed static graph model in the conventional SSSP algorithms motivates this work. We present a novel parallel algorithmic framework for updating the SSSP in large-scale dynamic networks and implement it on the shared-memory and GPU …


Quantification Of Silver Nanoparticle Interactions With Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Studied Using Single-Cell Icp-Ms, Lindsey Rasmussen, Honglan Shi, Wenyan Liu, Katie Shannon Apr 2022

Quantification Of Silver Nanoparticle Interactions With Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Studied Using Single-Cell Icp-Ms, Lindsey Rasmussen, Honglan Shi, Wenyan Liu, Katie Shannon

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been used in many fields due to their anticancer, antimicrobial, and antiviral potential. Single-cell ICP-MS (SC-ICP-MS) is an emerging technology that allows for the rapid characterization and quantification of a metal analyte across a cell population in a single analysis. In this study, a new rapid and sensitive SC-ICP-MS method was developed to quantitatively study the interactions of AgNPs with yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The method can quantify the cell concentration, silver concentration per cell, and profile the nanoparticle distribution in a yeast cell population. AgNP dosing time, concentration, and AgNP size were quantitatively evaluated for their …


Measurement Errors In Range-Based Localization Algorithms For Uavs: Analysis And Experimentation, Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Cristina M. Pinotti, Simone Silvestri, Sajal K. Das Apr 2022

Measurement Errors In Range-Based Localization Algorithms For Uavs: Analysis And Experimentation, Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Cristina M. Pinotti, Simone Silvestri, Sajal K. Das

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Localizing Ground Devices (GDs) is an Important Requirement for a Wide Variety of Applications, Such as Infrastructure Monitoring, Precision Agriculture, Search and Rescue Operations, to Name a Few. to This End, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or Drones Offer a Promising Technology Due to their Flexibility. However, the Distance Measurements Performed using a Drone, an Integral Part of a Localization Procedure, Incur Several Errors that Affect the Localization Accuracy. in This Paper, We Provide Analytical Expressions for the Impact of Different Kinds of Measurement Errors on the Ground Distance between the UAV and GDs. We Review Three Range-Based and Three Range-Free …


Iterative Reconstruction Excursions For Baryon Acoustic Oscillations And Beyond, Hee Jong Seo, Atsuhisa Ota, Marcel Schmittfull, Shun Saito, Florian Beutler Apr 2022

Iterative Reconstruction Excursions For Baryon Acoustic Oscillations And Beyond, Hee Jong Seo, Atsuhisa Ota, Marcel Schmittfull, Shun Saito, Florian Beutler

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

The density field reconstruction technique has been widely used for recovering the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) feature in galaxy surveys that has been degraded due to non-linearities. Recent studies advocated adopting iterative steps to impro v e the recovery much be yond that of the standard technique. In this paper, we investigate the performance of a few selected iterative re- construction techniques focusing on the BAO and the broad-band shape of the two-point clustering. We include redshift-space distortions, halo bias, and shot noise and inspect the components of the reconstructed field in Fourier space and in configuration space using both …


Stability For Generalized Caputo Proportional Fractional Delay Integro-Differential Equations, Martin Bohner, Snezhana Hristova Mar 2022

Stability For Generalized Caputo Proportional Fractional Delay Integro-Differential Equations, Martin Bohner, Snezhana Hristova

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Research & Creative Works

A scalar nonlinear integro-differential equation with time-variable and bounded delays and generalized Caputo proportional fractional derivative is considered. The main goal of this paper is to study the stability properties of the zero solution. Results are given concerning stability, exponential stability, asymptotic stability, and boundedness of solutions. The investigations are based on an application of a quadratic Lyapunov function, its generalized Caputo proportional derivative, and a modification of the Razumikhin approach. Some auxiliary properties of the generalized Caputo proportional derivative are proved. Five illustrative examples are included.


Potassic Volcanism Induced By Mantle Upwelling Through A Slab Window: Evidence From Shear Wave Splitting Analyses In Central Java, Fansheng Kong, Stephen S. Gao, Kelly H. Liu, Jiabiao Li Mar 2022

Potassic Volcanism Induced By Mantle Upwelling Through A Slab Window: Evidence From Shear Wave Splitting Analyses In Central Java, Fansheng Kong, Stephen S. Gao, Kelly H. Liu, Jiabiao Li

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

To delineate the mantle flow fields in the vicinity of a previously proposed slab window and the possible roles that they may play in the formation of potassic volcanism in Central Java, we conduct shear wave splitting analyses using both local S and teleseismic XKS waves (including SKS, SKKS, and PKS) recorded by 121 onshore stations and two ocean bottom seismometers (OBSs). The XKS fast orientations from the OBSs are trench normal and in accord with previous subslab anisotropy measurements. In the eastern part of Central Java, the XKS and local S fast orientations from the onshore stations are mostly …


Continental Break-Up Under A Convergent Setting: Insights From P Wave Radial Anisotropy Tomography Of The Woodlark Rift In Papua New Guinea, Youqiang Yu, Frederik Tilmann, Dapeng Zhao, Stephen S. Gao, Kelly H. Liu Mar 2022

Continental Break-Up Under A Convergent Setting: Insights From P Wave Radial Anisotropy Tomography Of The Woodlark Rift In Papua New Guinea, Youqiang Yu, Frederik Tilmann, Dapeng Zhao, Stephen S. Gao, Kelly H. Liu

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

To explore the dynamic mechanism of continental rifting within a convergent setting, we determine the first P wave radial anisotropic tomography beneath the Woodlark rift in southeastern Papua New Guinea, which develops within the obliquely colliding zone between the Australian and southwest Pacific plates. The rift zone is depicted as localized low-velocity anomalies with positive radial anisotropy, which rules out a dominant role of active mantle upwelling in promoting the rift development and favors passive rifting with decompression melting as main processes. Downwelling slab relics in the upper mantle bounding the rift zone are revealed based on observed high-velocity anomalies …


Role Of Fluoride Doping In Low-Temperature Combustion-Synthesized Zroxdielectric Films, Aritra Sil, Elise A. Goldfine, Wei Huang, Michael J. Bedzyk, Julia E. Medvedeva, Antonio Facchetti Mar 2022

Role Of Fluoride Doping In Low-Temperature Combustion-Synthesized Zroxdielectric Films, Aritra Sil, Elise A. Goldfine, Wei Huang, Michael J. Bedzyk, Julia E. Medvedeva, Antonio Facchetti

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Zirconium oxide (ZrOx) is an attractive metal oxide dielectric material for low-voltage, optically transparent, and mechanically flexible electronic applications due to the high dielectric constant (κ ∼14-30), negligible visible light absorption, and, as a thin film, good mechanical flexibility. In this contribution, we explore the effect of fluoride doping on structure-property-function relationships in low-temperature solution-processed amorphous ZrOx. Fluoride-doped zirconium oxide (F:ZrOx) films with a fluoride content between 1.7 and 3.2 in atomic (at) % were synthesized by a combustion synthesis procedure. Irrespective of the fluoride content, grazing incidence X-ray diffraction, atomic-force microscopy, and UV-vis spectroscopy data indicate that all F:ZrOx …


An Accurate And Computationally Efficient Method For Battery Capacity Fade Modeling, D. M. Ajiboye, Jonathan W. Kimball, R.(Robert) G. Landers, John (T.) Park Mar 2022

An Accurate And Computationally Efficient Method For Battery Capacity Fade Modeling, D. M. Ajiboye, Jonathan W. Kimball, R.(Robert) G. Landers, John (T.) Park

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Industry Demand for Accurate and Fast Algorithms that Model Vital Battery Parameters, E.g., State-Of-Health, State-Of-Charge, Pulse-Power Capability, is Substantial. One of the Most Critical Models is Battery Capacity Fade. the Key Challenge with Physics-Based Battery Capacity Fade Modeling is the High Numerical Cost in Solving Complex Models. in This Study, an Efficient and Fast Model is Presented to Capture Capacity Fade in Lithium-Ion Batteries. Here, the High-Order Chebyshev Spectral Method is Employed to Address the Associated Complexity with Physics-Based Capacity Fade Models. its Many Advantages, Such as Low Computational Memory, High Accuracy, Exponential Convergence, and Ease of Implementation, Allow …


Oscillation Of Noncanonical Second-Order Advanced Differential Equations Via Canonical Transform, Martin Bohner, Kumar S. Vidhyaa, Ethiraju Thandapani Mar 2022

Oscillation Of Noncanonical Second-Order Advanced Differential Equations Via Canonical Transform, Martin Bohner, Kumar S. Vidhyaa, Ethiraju Thandapani

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Research & Creative Works

In this paper, we develop a new technique to deduce oscillation of a second-order noncanonical advanced differential equation by using established criteria for second-order canonical advanced differential equations. We illustrate our results by presenting two examples.


Fully Differential Investigation Of Two-Center Interference In Dissociative Capture In P + H₂ Collisions, S. Bastola, M. Dhital, B. Lamichhane, A. Silvus, R. Lomsadze, J. Davis, A. Hasan, A. Igarashi, Michael Schulz Mar 2022

Fully Differential Investigation Of Two-Center Interference In Dissociative Capture In P + H₂ Collisions, S. Bastola, M. Dhital, B. Lamichhane, A. Silvus, R. Lomsadze, J. Davis, A. Hasan, A. Igarashi, Michael Schulz

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We have measured and calculated fully differential cross sections for vibrational dissociation following capture in 75-keV p + H2 collisions. For a molecular orientation perpendicular to the projectile beam axis and parallel to the transverse momentum transfer we observe a pronounced interference structure. The positions of the interference extrema suggest that the interference term is afflicted with a phase shift which depends on the projectile scattering angle. However, no significant dependence on the kinetic-energy release was observed. Considerable discrepancies between our calculations and experimental data were found.


Guiding Of Kev Ions Between Two Insulating Parallel Plates, Robert D. Dubois, K. Tőkési, E. Giglio Mar 2022

Guiding Of Kev Ions Between Two Insulating Parallel Plates, Robert D. Dubois, K. Tőkési, E. Giglio

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Experimental data are presented for low-energy singly charged ion transport between two insulating parallel plates. Using a beam intensity of approximately 20 pA, measurements of the incoming and transmitted beams provide quantitative temporal information about the charge deposited on the plates and the guiding probability. Using a smaller beam intensity (~ 1 pA) plate charging and discharging properties were studied as a function of time. These data imply that both the charge deposition and decay along the surface and through the bulk need to be modeled as acting independently. A further reduction of beam intensity to ~ 25 fA allowed …


Magic Wavelengths For 1s–Ns And 2s–Ns Transitions In Hydrogenlike Systems, Chandra M. Adhikari, Jonathan C. Canales, Thusitha P.W. Arthanayaka, Ulrich D. Jentschura Mar 2022

Magic Wavelengths For 1s–Ns And 2s–Ns Transitions In Hydrogenlike Systems, Chandra M. Adhikari, Jonathan C. Canales, Thusitha P.W. Arthanayaka, Ulrich D. Jentschura

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We study the magic wavelength for two-photon 1S–nS transitions in a hydrogen and deuterium atom, as well as 2S–nS transitions, where the lower level is the metastable 2S state. At the magic wavelength, the dynamic Stark shifts of the ground and the excited state of the transition coincide, so that the transition frequency is independent of the intensity of the trapping laser field. Experimentally feasible magic wavelengths of transitions with small slopes in the atomic polarizabilities are determined; these are the most stable magic wavelengths against variations of the laser frequency. We provide data for the magic wavelengths for the …


Perceptions Of Violations By Artificial And Human Actors Across Moral Foundations, Timothy Maninger, Daniel Burton Shank Mar 2022

Perceptions Of Violations By Artificial And Human Actors Across Moral Foundations, Timothy Maninger, Daniel Burton Shank

Psychological Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Artificial agents such as robots, chatbots, and artificial intelligence systems can be the perpetrators of a range of moral violations traditionally limited to human actors. This paper explores how people perceive the same moral violations differently for artificial agent and human perpetrators by addressing three research questions: How wrong are moral foundation violations by artificial agents compared to human perpetrators? Which moral foundations do artificial agents violate compared to human perpetrators? What leads to increased blame for moral foundation violations by artificial agents compared to human perpetrators? We adapt 18 human-perpetrated moral violation scenarios that differ by the moral foundation …


Long-Range Interactions For Hydrogen Atoms In Excited D States, Chandra M. Adhikari, Ulrich D. Jentschura Mar 2022

Long-Range Interactions For Hydrogen Atoms In Excited D States, Chandra M. Adhikari, Ulrich D. Jentschura

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Pressure shifts inside an atomic beam are among the more theoretically challenging effects in high-precision measurements of atomic transitions. A crucial element in their theoretical analysis is the understanding of long-range interatomic interactions inside the beam. For excited reference states, the presence of quasi-degenerate states leads to additional challenges, due to the necessity to diagonalize large matrices in the quasi-degenerate hyperfine manifolds. Here, we focus on the interactions of hydrogen atoms in reference states composed of an excited nD state (atom A), and in the metastable 2S state (atom B). We devote special attention to the cases n = 3 …


Netchain: A Blockchain-Enabled Privacy-Preserving Multi-Domain Network Slice Orchestration Architecture, Guobiao He, Wei Su, Shuai Gao, Ningchun Liu, Sajal K. Das Mar 2022

Netchain: A Blockchain-Enabled Privacy-Preserving Multi-Domain Network Slice Orchestration Architecture, Guobiao He, Wei Su, Shuai Gao, Ningchun Liu, Sajal K. Das

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Multi-domain networking slice orchestration is an essential technology for the programmable and cloud-native 5G network. However, existing research solutions are either based on the impractical assumption that operators will reveal all the private network information or time-consuming secure multi-party computation which is only applicable to limited computation scenarios. To provide agile and privacy-preserving end-to-end network slice orchestration services, this paper proposes NetChain, a multi-domain network slice orchestration architecture based on blockchain and trusted execution environment. Correspondingly, we design a novel consensus algorithm CoNet to ensure the strong security, scalability, and information consistency of NetChain. In addition, a bilateral evaluation mechanism …


Transition Metal‐Catalyzed And Mao‐Assisted Olefin Polymerization. Cyclic Isomers Of Sinn’S Dimer Are Excellent Ligands In Iron Complexes And Great Methylating Reagents, Kaidi Yang, Rainer Glaser Mar 2022

Transition Metal‐Catalyzed And Mao‐Assisted Olefin Polymerization. Cyclic Isomers Of Sinn’S Dimer Are Excellent Ligands In Iron Complexes And Great Methylating Reagents, Kaidi Yang, Rainer Glaser

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

Methylaluminoxane (MAO) is the most commonly used co‐catalyst for transition metalcatalyzed olefin polymerization, but the structures of MAO species and their catalytic functions remain topics of intensive study. We are interested in MAO‐assisted polymerization with catalysts L(R2)FeCl2 (L = tridentate pyridine‐2,6‐diyldimethanimine; imine‐R = Me, Ph). It is our hypothesis that the MAO species is not merely enabling Fe−Me bond formation but functions as an integral part of the active catalyst, a MAO adduct of the Fe‐precatalyst [L(R2)FeCl]+. In this paper, we explored the possible structures of acyclic and cyclic MAO species and their …


Thiol Antioxidants Protect Human Lens Epithelial (Hle B-3) Cells Against Tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide-Induced Oxidative Damage And Cytotoxicity, Annalise Pfaff, Anna Chernatynskaya, Hannah Vineyard, Nuran Ercal Mar 2022

Thiol Antioxidants Protect Human Lens Epithelial (Hle B-3) Cells Against Tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide-Induced Oxidative Damage And Cytotoxicity, Annalise Pfaff, Anna Chernatynskaya, Hannah Vineyard, Nuran Ercal

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

Oxidative damage to lens epithelial cells plays an important role in the development of age-related cataract, and the health of the lens has important implications for overall ocular health. As a result, there is a need for effective therapeutic agents that prevent oxidative damage to the lens. Thiol antioxidants such as tiopronin or N-(2-mercaptopropionyl)glycine (MPG), N-acetylcysteine amide (NACA), N-acetylcysteine (NAC), and exogenous glutathione (GSH) may be promising candidates for this purpose, but their ability to protect lens epithelial cells is not well understood. The effectiveness of these compounds was compared by exposing human lens epithelial cells (HLE B-3) to the …


Depth-Targeted Energy Delivery Deep Inside Scattering Media, Nicholas Bender, Alexey Yamilov, Arthur Goetschy, Hasan Yılmaz, Chia Wei Hsu, Hui Cao Mar 2022

Depth-Targeted Energy Delivery Deep Inside Scattering Media, Nicholas Bender, Alexey Yamilov, Arthur Goetschy, Hasan Yılmaz, Chia Wei Hsu, Hui Cao

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Diffusion makes it difficult to predict and control wave transport through a medium. Overcoming wave diffusion to deliver energy into a target region deep inside a diffusive system is an important challenge for applications, but also represents an interesting fundamental question. It is known that coherently controlling the incident wavefront allows diffraction-limited focusing inside a diffusive system, but in many applications, the targets are significantly larger than a focus and the maximum deliverable energy remains unknown. Here we introduce the 'deposition matrix', which maps an input wavefront to the internal field distribution, and we theoretically predict the ultimate limit on …


Zelda: Fitting Lyman Alpha Line Profiles Using Deep Learning, Siddhartha Gurung-López, Max Gronke, Shun Saito, Silvia Bonoli, Álvaro A. Orsi Mar 2022

Zelda: Fitting Lyman Alpha Line Profiles Using Deep Learning, Siddhartha Gurung-López, Max Gronke, Shun Saito, Silvia Bonoli, Álvaro A. Orsi

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We present zELDA (redshift Estimator for Line profiles of Distant Lyman Alpha emitters), an open-source code to fit Lyman α (Ly α) line profiles. The main motivation is to provide the community with an easy to use and fast tool to analyse Ly α line profiles uniformly to improve the understating of Ly α emitting galaxies. zELDA is based online profiles of the commonly used 'shell-model' pre-computed with the full Monte Carlo radiative transfer code LyaRT. Via interpolation between these spectra and the addition of noise, we assemble a suite of realistic Ly α spectra which we use to train …


Pattern Formation In One-Dimensional Polaron Systems And Temporal Orthogonality Catastrophe, Georgios M. Koutentakis, Simeon I. Mistakidis, Peter Schmelcher Mar 2022

Pattern Formation In One-Dimensional Polaron Systems And Temporal Orthogonality Catastrophe, Georgios M. Koutentakis, Simeon I. Mistakidis, Peter Schmelcher

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Recent Studies Have Demonstrated That Higher Than Two-Body Bath-Impurity Correlations Are Not Important For Quantitatively Describing The Ground State Of The Bose Polaron. Motivated By The Above, We Employ The So-Called Gross Ansatz (GA) Approach To Unravel The Stationary And Dynamical Properties Of The Homogeneous One-Dimensional Bose-Polaron For Different Impurity Momenta And Bath-Impurity Couplings. We Explicate That The Character Of The Equilibrium State Crossovers From The Quasi-Particle Bose Polaron Regime To The Collective-Excitation Stationary Dark-Bright Soliton For Varying Impurity Momentum And Interactions. Following An Interspecies Interaction Quench The Temporal Orthogonality Catastrophe Is Identified, Provided That Bath-Impurity Interactions Are Sufficiently Stronger …


Intra- And Interband Excitations Induced Residue Decay Of The Bose Polaron In A One-Dimensional Double-Well, Jie Chen, Simeon I. Mistakidis, Peter Schmelcher Mar 2022

Intra- And Interband Excitations Induced Residue Decay Of The Bose Polaron In A One-Dimensional Double-Well, Jie Chen, Simeon I. Mistakidis, Peter Schmelcher

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We Investigate The Polaronic Properties Of A Single Impurity Immersed In A Weakly Interacting Bosonic Environment Confined Within A One-Dimensional Double-Well Potential Using An Exact Diagonalization Approach. We Find That An Increase Of The Impurity-Bath Coupling Results In A Vanishing Residue, Signifying The Occurrence Of The Polaron Orthogonality Catastrophe. Asymptotic Configurations Of The Systems' Ground State Wave Function In The Strongly Interacting Regime Are Obtained By Means Of A Schmidt Decomposition, Which In Turn Accounts For The Observed Orthogonality Catastrophe Of The Polaron. We Exemplify That Depending On The Repulsion Of The Bose Gas, Three Distinct Residue Behaviors Appear With …