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astro-ph.HE2016★ 67 cited

Multiband variability studies and novel broadband SED modeling of Mrk 501 in 2009

M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +290

We present an extensive study of the BL Lac object Mrk 501 based on a data set collected during the multi-instrument campaign spanning from 2009 March 15 to 2009 August 1 which inc…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 6 cited

SCUSS u-Band Emission as a Star-Formation-Rate Indicator

Zhimin Zhou, Xu Zhou, Hong Wu +14

We present and analyze the possibility of using optical -band luminosities to estimate star-formation rates (SFRs) of galaxies based on the data from the South Galactic Ca…

quant-ph2016★ 12 cited

Searching for an optimal control in the presence of saddles on the quantum mechanical observable landscape

Gregory Riviello, Re-Bing Wu, Qiuyang Sun +1

The broad success of theoretical and experimental quantum optimal control is intimately connected to the topology of the underlying control landscape. For several common quantum co…

physics.class-ph2016★ 31 cited

Harnessing Geometric Frustration to Form Band Gaps in Acoustic Channel Lattices

Pai Wang, Yue Zheng, Matheus C. Fernandes +6

We demonstrate both numerically and experimentally that geometric frustration in two-dimensional periodic acoustic networks consisting of arrays of narrow air channels can be harne…

math.OC2016★ 7 cited

Adaptive Block Coordinate DIRECT algorithm

Qinghua Tao, Xiaolin Huang, Shuning Wang +1

DIviding RECTangles (DIRECT) is an efficient and popular method in dealing with bound constrained optimization problems. However, DIRECT suffers from dimension curse, since its com…

cs.IT2016★ 44 cited

On the Multi-User, Multi-Cell Massive Spatial Modulation Uplink: How Many Antennas for Each User?

Longzhuang He, Jintao Wang, Jian Song +1

Massive spatial modulation aided multiple-input multiple-output (SM-MIMO) systems have recently been proposed as a novel combination of spatial modulation (SM) and of conventional…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 26 cited

Parametric strong mode-coupling in carbon nanotube mechanical resonators

Shu-Xiao Li, Dong Zhu, Xin-He Wang +9

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted much attention for use in nanomechanical devices because of their exceptional properties, such as large resonant frequencies, low mass, and h…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 58 cited

Chandra Survey of Nearby Galaxies: The Catalog

Rui She, Luis C. Ho, Hua Feng

We searched in the public archive of the Chandra X-ray Observatory as of March 2016 and assembled a sample of 719 galaxies within 50 Mpc with ACIS observations available. By cross-…

cs.CV2016

Two-stream convolutional neural network for accurate RGB-D fingertip detection using depth and edge information

Hengkai Guo, Guijin Wang, Xinghao Chen

Accurate detection of fingertips in depth image is critical for human-computer interaction. In this paper, we present a novel two-stream convolutional neural network (CNN) for RGB-…

gr-qc2016★ 13 cited

Infinite Volume of Noncommutative Black Hole Wrapped by Finite Surface

Baocheng Zhang, Li You

The volume of a black hole under noncommutative spacetime background is found to be infinite, in contradiction with the surface area of a black hole, or its Bekenstein-Hawking (BH)…

hep-ex2016★ 66 cited

Measurement of the CKM angle from a combination of LHCb results

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +765

A combination of measurements sensitive to the CKM angle from LHCb is performed. The inputs are from analyses of time-integrated , $B^{0} \rightarrow D K…

physics.ins-det2016★ 16 cited

A Gating Grid Driver for Time Projection Chambers

S. Tangwancharoen, W. G. Lynch, J. Barney +9

A simple but novel driver system has been developed to operate the wire gating grid of a Time Projection Chamber (TPC). This system connects the wires of the gating grid to its dri…

cond-mat.supr-con2016★ 2 cited

Superconductivity in a two-dimensional repulsive Rashba gas at low electron density

Luyang Wang

We study the superconducting instability and the resulting superconducting states in a two-dimensional repulsive Fermi gas with Rashba spin-orbit coupling at low electron density (…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2016★ 51 cited

Insight into dielectric response of ferroelectric relaxors by statistical modeling

J. Liu, F. Li, Y. Zeng +4

Ferroelectric relaxors are complex materials with distinct properties. The understanding of their dielectric susceptibility, which strongly depends on both temperature and probing…

quant-ph2016★ 15 cited

Invariant Perfect Tensors

Youning Li, Muxin Han, Markus Grassl +1

Invariant tensors are states in the SU(2) tensor product representation that are invariant under the SU(2) action. They play an important role in the study of loop quantum gravity.…

physics.plasm-ph2016★ 13 cited

Observation of Toroidal Alfven Eigenmodes during Minor Disruptions in Ohmic Plasmas

Yangqing Liu, Yi Tan, Zhe Gao +7

Toroidal Alfven eigenmodes (TAEs) excited in purely ohmically heated plasmas without any auxiliary heating have been identified for the first time in the SUNIST spherical tokamak.…

physics.ins-det2016★ 15 cited

Neutron background measurements at China Jinping underground laboratory with a Bonner Multi-sphere Spectrometer

Qingdong Hu, Hao Ma, Zhi Zeng +9

The neutron background spectrum from thermal neutron to 20 MeV fast neutron was measured at the first experimental hall of China Jinping underground laboratory with a Bonner multi-…

hep-ph2016★ 7 cited

Testing Higgs Coupling Precision and New Physics Scales at Lepton Colliders

Shao-Feng Ge, Hong-Jian He, Rui-Qing Xiao

The next-generation lepton colliders, such as CEPC, FCC-ee, and ILC will make precision measurement of the Higgs boson properties. We first extract the Higgs coupling precision fro…

quant-ph2016★ 77 cited

Experimental measurement-device-independent quantum random number generation

You-Qi Nie, Jian-Yu Guan, Hongyi Zhou +4

The randomness from a quantum random number generator (QRNG) relies on the accurate characterization of its devices. However, device imperfections and inaccurate characterizations…

quant-ph2016

Experimental Study of Forrelation in Nuclear Spins

Hang Li, Xun Gao, Tao Xin +2

Correlation functions are often employed to quantify the relationships among interdependent variables or sets of data. Recently, a new class of correlation functions, called Forrel…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 126 cited

SDSS-IV MaNGA: environmental dependence of stellar age and metallicity gradients in nearby galaxies

Zheng Zheng, Huiyuan Wang, Junqiang Ge +20

We present a study on the stellar age and metallicity distributions for 1105 galaxies using the STARLIGHT software on MaNGA integral field spectra. We derive age and metallicity gr…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2016★ 7 cited

π-Conjugation in Epitaxial Si(111)-() Surface: an Unconventional "Bamboo Hat" Bonding Geometry for Si

Wei Jiang, Zheng Liu, Miao Zhou +2

The newly observed () surface reconstruction in heteroepitaxial Si(111) thin films on metal substrates is widely considered as a promising platform to reali…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 2 cited

Bound state properties of ABC-stacked trilayer graphene quantum dots

Haonan Xiong, Wentao Jiang, Yipu Song +1

The few-layer graphene quantum dot provides a promising platform for quantum computing with both spin and valley degrees of freedom. Gate-defined quantum dots in particular can avo…

physics.ins-det2016★ 4 cited

Design and Performance of a Hybrid Fast and Thermal Neutron Detector

M. K. Singh, A. Sonay, M. Deniz +16

We report the performance and characterization of a custom-built hybrid detector consisting of BC501A liquid scintillator for fast neutrons and BC702 scintillator for thermal neutr…