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    Vector gap solitons of a binary Bose–Einstein condensate in honeycomb optical lattice

    Meng H.Wang J.Fan X.Wang Q....
    5页
    查看更多>>摘要:© 2022 Elsevier B.V.We investigate the formation and dynamic stabilities of vector gap solitons in a binary Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) loaded in a honeycomb optical lattice. The existence of vector gap solitons is sensitive to the properties of intraspecies and interspecies atomic interactions. We numerically obtain the phase diagram for observing vector gap solitons on the parameter plane of intraspecies and interspecies atomic interactions. Particularly, it is found that the two components of vector gap solitons are always miscible with each other regardless of whether the intraspecies or the interspecies atomic interaction is dominant. We further verify the dynamic stabilities of these vector gap solitons, which depend on the location of soliton in the bandgap. These results have potential application to investigations of localized structures in nonlinear optics.

    Peeking strategy for online news diffusion prediction via machine learning

    Zhang Y.Shang K.-K.Wang C.-J.Feng M....
    5页
    查看更多>>摘要:© 2022 Elsevier B.V.For computational social scientists, cascade size prediction and fake news detection are two primary problems in news diffusion or computational communication research. Previous studies predict news diffusion via peeking the social process (temporal structure) data in the initial stage, which is summarized as Peeking strategy. However, the accuracy of Peeking strategy for cascade size prediction still should be improved, and the advantage or limitation of Peeking strategy for fake news detection has not been fully investigated. To predict cascade size and detect fake news, we adopt Peeking strategy based on well-known machine learning algorithms. Our results show that Peeking strategy can effectively improve the accuracy of cascade size prediction. Meanwhile, we can peek into a smaller time window to achieve a higher performance in predicting the cascade size compared with previous methods. Nevertheless, we find that Peeking strategy with network structures fails in significantly improving the performance of fake news detection. Finally, we argue that cascade structure properties can aid in prediction of cascade size, but not for the fake news detection.

    The waiting-time distribution for network partitions in cascading failures in power networks

    Huo L.Chen X.
    5页
    查看更多>>摘要:© 2022 Elsevier B.V.Network redundancy is one of the spatial properties critical to robustness against cascading failures in power networks. Waiting-time distributions for network partitions in cascading failures explain how spatial network structures affect the cascading behaviors temporally. Two waiting time events associated with the first and largest network partitions in cascading failures are studied. With synthetic power networks, waiting-time distributions of network partitions can be systematically analyzed for various network redundancies. Waiting-time distributions take longer from the local redundancy to the global redundancy. Meanwhile, the largest network partition during a cascading failure may not be unique. In power networks with larger global redundancies, the multiple largest network partitions happen more likely, and the sizes of the largest partitions decrease while their number increases statistically. Simulations in realistic power networks demonstrate the same spatio-temporal behaviors as revealed in synthetic power networks.

    Collective motion of chiral particles based on the Vicsek model

    Zhang B.-Q.Shao Z.-G.
    5页
    查看更多>>摘要:© 2022 Elsevier B.V.The research of chiral particles is of great significance to understanding the collective behavior of biomolecules. In this paper, we research the collective motion of chiral particles based on the Vicsek model using computer numerical simulations. When there is no noise, it is found that there is a critical coupling density ρc. When the coupling density of the particle is smaller than the critical coupling density, the order parameter of the particle will decrease with the increase of the chirality. When the coupling density is greater than the critical coupling density, the order parameter does not change with the chirality. In addition, the critical coupling density decreases as the particle number N and decoupled parameter L/r increase, but first decreases and then increases as the decoupled parameter v/r increases. Further, when there is noise, the order parameter of the particle with small coupling density or small noise amplitude will decrease with the increase of chirality, whereas the order parameter with large coupling density or large noise amplitude will not change. Our results improve the collective motion properties of chiral self-propelled particles. Besides, our work may inspire new strategies for manipulating self-propelled particles with different chirality to maintain a highly ordered state.

    Complexity and robustness of weighted circuit network of placement

    Nie T.Fan B.Wang Z.
    10页
    查看更多>>摘要:? 2022 Elsevier B.V.The research on artificial networks is of great significance for understanding and improving the functionality of the artificial system. In this paper, we study the complexity and robustness of the weighted circuit network of the placement. The result on circuit benchmarks shows that the network behaves as a small-world property of the broad-scale class, and the large-scale circuit tends to be with a strong small-world property. The correlation between network efficiency and circuit scale presents a power-law distribution. The networks represent diverse robustness to different attack strategies due to their inherent characteristics. Especially IS (Initial Strength) attack strategy outperforms ID (Initial Degree) attack strategy for large-scale networks.

    Quantum Brain Dynamics in 2+1 dimensions: Non-equilibrium analysis towards memory formations

    Nishiyama A.Tanaka S.Tuszynski J.A.
    5页
    查看更多>>摘要:© 2022 Elsevier B.V.By employing numerical simulations we describe non-equilibrium processes leading towards the breakdown of symmetry within Quantum Brain Dynamics (QBD) in 2+1 dimensions. We adopt time evolution equations for coherent electric fields, dipole moment density and the time derivative of dipole moment density, and the Kadanoff–Baym equations for incoherent dipoles and photons. We show that the Bose–Einstein distributions apply to incoherent dipoles and photons in the time evolution. Triggered by nonzero initial electric field, the system's dipoles are aligned in the same direction. We argue that these results can be applied as representative for memory formations in QBD.

    Directionality theory and the second law of thermodynamics

    Wolf C.Demetrius L.A.
    5页
    查看更多>>摘要:© 2022The statistical mechanics of molecular collisions in a macroscopic body is encoded by the parameter Thermodynamic entropy — a statistical measure of the number of molecular configurations that correspond to a given macrostate. Irreversibility in the flow of energy in macroscopic bodies is determined by random molecular interactions and expressed by the Second Law of Thermodynamics: In isolated systems, that is systems closed to the input of energy and matter, thermodynamic entropy increases. The evolutionary dynamics of a population of replicating organisms is encoded by the parameter Evolutionary entropy, a statistical measure of the number and diversity of metabolic cycles generated by the replication and viability of the individual organisms. Irreversibility in the transformation of energy in populations of organisms is determined by random mutation and natural selection. Changes in the organization of metabolic energy are described by the Directionality Principle of Evolution: Evolutionary entropy increases, when the energy source is limited and constant and decreases when the energy source is abundant and inconstant. This article shows that, when R→0, and N→∞ (where R denotes the production rate of the external energy source; N the number of replicating organisms) evolutionary entropy, a measure of spatio-temporal organization, and thermodynamic entropy, a measure of positional disorder, coincide. We invoke this relation between thermodynamic and evolutionary entropy to show that the Directionality Principle for Evolution is a generalization of the Second Law of Thermodynamics.

    Phase transitions may explain why SARS-CoV-2 spreads so fast and why new variants are spreading faster

    Phillips J.C.Moret M.A.Zebende G.F.Chow C.C....
    5页
    查看更多>>摘要:© 2022The novel coronavirus SARS CoV-2 responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic and SARS CoV-1 responsible for the SARS epidemic of 2002-2003 share an ancestor yet evolved to have much different transmissibility and global impact 1. A previously developed thermodynamic model of protein conformations hypothesized that SARS CoV-2 is very close to a new thermodynamic critical point, which makes it highly infectious but also easily displaced by a spike-based vaccine because there is a tradeoff between transmissibility and robustness 2. The model identified a small cluster of four key mutations of SARS CoV-2 that predicts much stronger viral attachment and viral spreading compared to SARS CoV-1. Here we apply the model to the SARS-CoV-2 variants Alpha (B.1.1.7), Beta (B.1.351), Gamma (P.1) and Delta (B.1.617.2)3 and predict, using no free parameters, how the new mutations will not diminish the effectiveness of current spike based vaccines and may even further enhance infectiousness by augmenting the binding ability of the virus.

    Exploring determinants of feeder mode choice behavior using Artificial Neural Network: Evidences from Delhi metro

    Saiyad G.Rathwa D.Srivastava M.
    5页
    查看更多>>摘要:© 2022 Elsevier B.V.First and last mile connectivity are the most crucial elements of transit system. However, inadequate attention is given to such issues in developing countries like India. The present study aims to analyze feeder mode choice behavior of people accessing Delhi metro. Multinomial logit model and Artificial Neural Network are deployed to analyze the travel behavior. Findings suggest that ANNs are highly efficient in learning and recognizing connections between parameters for best prediction of an outcome. Since, utility of ANNs has been critically limited due to its ‘Black Box’ nature, the study involves the use of Garson's algorithm and Partial Dependence Plots for model interpretation. Findings of the study can be useful for policy makers and transport planners for improving service quality of existing feeder services and, establishing efficient feeder system that promote the use of transit.

    Application of Mayer's activity expansions to the Ising problem

    Ushcats S.Y.Labartkava A.V.Lazarenko M.M.Bulavin L.A....
    5页
    查看更多>>摘要:© 2022 Elsevier B.V.Recent successes in approximate evaluations of high-order cluster integrals have greatly advanced the quantitative applicability of Mayer's cluster expansion for various statistical models of matter and even real substances. In this paper, the thermodynamics of the Ising model is represented in a general form of the virial series in powers of activity, which is not restricted by any special geometry or the simplification of nearest-neighbor interactions. In order to make the presented theoretical expressions applicable in quantitative studies, a number of techniques are considered, which approximate the unlimited (almost infinite) set of reducible cluster integrals, bn, based on only a few number of irreducible integrals, βk. Namely, such short βk sets are defined here for a number of magnetic models of various geometry, dimensionality, as well as interaction ranges (not limited by the nearest coordination sphere), and the calculations performed for these models in subcritical regimes (below the Curie point) indicate the adequacy of the proposed approach in general and good agreement with the known exact solution in a particular case of the two-dimensional square model with nearest-neighbor interactions. In addition, the quantitative similarity of subcritical magnetization curves is observed for all the considered models at the same values of a certain reduced temperature and the nature of this similarity may deserve further attentive studying.