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Antoine Lefebvre

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Fukui-Kawakami chains: spectrum and hidden $\mathfrak{gl}(1|1)$-symmetry

Fukui and Kawakami showed that the trigonometric Haldane--Shastry (HS) spin chain can be deformed by introducing twisted boundary conditions. In this work we revisit the resulting twisted HS chains, which we call Fukui--Kawakami (FK) chains. We analyse their spectra in dependence of the twist parameter, utilising a direct connection with the (untwisted) HS chain. This allows us to explain why part of the spectrum can be described by Fukui and Kawakami's twisted Bethe equations, and can be constructed from Yangian highest weight states. These states can be labelled by combinatorial data called `motifs', as in the HS chain, which cover some of the (deformed) descendants. We furthermore show that there are other descendants which do not follow from these Bethe equations, but whose energy can be described as a sum of two single-particle energies, suggesting additional hidden symmetries. We then focus on the special case of antiperiodic boundary conditions, and show that this chain coincides with the `minimally polarised' long-range model recently introduced by Basu-Mallick, Finkel, and Gonz\'alez-L\'opez. Remarkably, this connection implies that the antiperiodic chain has a hidden $\mathfrak{gl}(1|1)$-symmetry, which we use to relate the HS motifs to their `supersymmetric' $\mathfrak{gl}(1|1)$ counterparts.

cond-mat.stat-mech

Lattice Unitarity: Saturated Collisional Resistivity in Hubbard Metals

We investigate the interaction-induced resistivity of ultracold fermions in a three-dimensional optical lattice. In situ observations of transport dynamics enable the determination of real and imaginary resistivity. In the strongly interacting metallic regime, we observe a striking saturation of the current-dissipation rate towards a value that is independent of the interaction strength. This phenomenon is quantitatively captured by a dissipation model that uses a renormalized two-body scattering matrix. We further measure the temperature dependence of resistivity in the strongly interacting limit and discuss the predicted asymptotic high-temperature behavior. Our results provide a clear microscopic understanding of bounded resistivity of low-density metals, thus providing a useful benchmark for studies of strongly correlated atomic and electronic systems.

cond-mat.quant-gas

Computing Individual Risks based on Family History in Genetic Disease in the Presence of Competing Risks

When considering a genetic disease with variable age at onset (ex: diabetes , familial amyloid neuropathy, cancers, etc.), computing the individual risk of the disease based on family history (FH) is of critical interest both for clinicians and patients. Such a risk is very challenging to compute because: 1) the genotype X of the individual of interest is in general unknown; 2) the posterior distribution P(X|FH, T > t) changes with t (T is the age at disease onset for the targeted individual); 3) the competing risk of death is not negligible. In this work, we present a modeling of this problem using a Bayesian network mixed with (right-censored) survival outcomes where hazard rates only depend on the genotype of each individual. We explain how belief propagation can be used to obtain posterior distribution of genotypes given the FH, and how to obtain a time-dependent posterior hazard rate for any individual in the pedigree. Finally, we use this posterior hazard rate to compute individual risk, with or without the competing risk of death. Our method is illustrated using the Claus-Easton model for breast cancer (BC). This model assumes an autosomal dominant genetic risk factor such as non-carriers (genotype 00) have a BC hazard rate $λ$ 0 (t) while carriers (genotypes 01, 10 and 11) have a (much greater) hazard rate $λ$ 1 (t). Both hazard rates are assumed to be piecewise constant with known values (cuts at 20, 30,. .. , 80 years). The competing risk of death is derived from the national French registry.

stat.AP

External Tonehole Interactions in Woodwind Instruments

The classical Transfer-Matrix Method (TMM) is often used to calculate the input impedance of woodwind instruments. However, the TMM ignores the possible influence of the radiated sound from toneholes on other open holes. In this paper a method is proposed to account for external tonehole interactions. We describe the Transfer-Matrix Method with external Interaction (TMMI) and then compare results using this approach with the Finite Element Method (FEM) and TMM, as well as with experimental data. It is found that the external tonehole interactions increase the amount of radiated energy, reduce slightly the lower resonance frequencies, and modify significantly the response near and above the tonehole lattice cutoff frequency. In an appendix, a simple perturbation of the TMM to account for external interactions is investigated, though it is found to be inadequate at low frequencies and for holes spaced far apart.

physics.class-ph