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Wei Xu

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arXiv2014

Explain Images with Multimodal Recurrent Neural Networks

In this paper, we present a multimodal Recurrent Neural Network (m-RNN) model for generating novel sentence descriptions to explain the content of images. It directly models the probability distribution of generating a word given previous words and the image. Image descriptions are generated by sampling from this distribution. The model consists of two sub-networks: a deep recurrent neural network for sentences and a deep convolutional network for images. These two sub-networks interact with each other in a multimodal layer to form the whole m-RNN model. The effectiveness of our model is validated on three benchmark datasets (IAPR TC-12, Flickr 8K, and Flickr 30K). Our model outperforms the state-of-the-art generative method. In addition, the m-RNN model can be applied to retrieval tasks for retrieving images or sentences, and achieves significant performance improvement over the state-of-the-art methods which directly optimize the ranking objective function for retrieval.

cs.CV↗

arXiv2014

$(2+1)$-dimensional charged black holes with scalar hair in Einstein-Power-Maxwell Theory

We obtain an exact static solution to Einstein-Power-Maxwell (EPM) theory in $(2+1)$ dimensional AdS spacetime, in which the scalar field couples to gravity in a non-minimal way. After considering the scalar potential, a stable system leads to a constraint on the power parameter $k$ of Maxwell field. The solution contains a curvature singularity at the origin and is non-conformally flat. The horizon structures are identified, which indicates the physically acceptable lower bound of mass in according to the existence of black hole solutions. Especially for the cases with $k>1$, the lower bound is negative, thus there exist scalar black holes with negative mass. The null geodesics in this spacetime are also discussed in detail. They are divided into five models, which are made up of the cases with the following geodesic motions: no-allowed motion, the circular motion, the elliptic motion and the unbounded spiral motion.

hep-th↗

arXiv2014

Critical phenomena of static charged AdS black holes in conformal gravity

The extended thermodynamics of static charged AdS black holes in conformal gravity is analyzed. The $P-V$ criticality of these black holes has some unusual features. There exists a single critical point with critical temperature $T_c$ and critical pressure $P_c$. At fixed $T>T_c$ (or at fixed $P>P_c$), there are two zeroth order phase transition points but no first order phase transition points. The systems favors large pressure states at constant $T$, or high temperature states at constant $P$.

gr-qc↗

arXiv2014

New class of rotating perfect fluid black holes in three dimensional gravity

We obtain a new class of rotating black holes for Einstein theory with perfect fluid source in (2+1) dimensions. We conclude that these black hole solutions only depend on variable angular velocity $m(r)$. Some examples of these black holes are given explicitly. In particular, the unknown static black hole in this special background is obtained. In addition, the general properties including the horizon structure, energy conditions and equation of state, mass and angular momentum are explained in detail.

gr-qc↗

arXiv2014

A Note on Entropy Relations of Black Hole Horizons

We focus on the entropy relations of black holes in three, four and higher dimensions. These entropy relations include entropy product, "part" entropy product and entropy sum. We also discuss their differences and similarities, in order to make a further study on understanding the origin of black hole entropy at the microscopic level.

gr-qc↗

arXiv2014

Three dimensional rotating hairy black holes, asymptotics and thermodynamics

A rotating hairy black hole solution is found in gravity minimally coupled to a self-interacting real scalar field in three spacetime dimensions. Then we discuss analytically the horizon structure and find an analogue of the famous Kerr bound in (2+1) dimensions because of the existence of black hole horizons. We present the asymptotic symmetries and find the same symmetry group (i.e. the conformal group) and central charge as in pure gravity. Based on the asymptotic behavior, the mass and angular momentum are presented by the Regge-Teitelboim approach. Other thermodynamic quantities are also obtained and the first law of black hole thermodynamics and Smarr relation are checked. In addition, we also investigate the local thermodynamic stability and find the existence of Hawking-Page phase transition in the rotating hairy black hole.

gr-qc↗

arXiv2014

Percolative superconductivity in La2CuO4.06 by lattice granularity patterns with scanning micro X-ray absorption near edge structure

The simplest cuprate superconductor La2CuO4+y with mobile oxygen interstitials exhibits a clear phase separation, but only recently a bulk multiscale structural phase separation has been observed by using scanning micro X-ray diffraction. Here we get further information on the structural phase separation, using local probe X-ray absorption near edge structure. The spatial distribution of superconducting units is a key parameter controlling percolative superconductivity in complex matter with dispersed superconducting units. These oxides form super-molecular architectures made of superconducting atomic monolayers intercalated by spacers. Oxygen interstitials enter into the rocksalt La2O2+y spacer layers forming oxygen interstitials rich puddles and poor puddles. Their spatial distribution has been determined by using scanning La L3-edge micro X-ray absorption near edge structure. Percolating networks of oxygen rich puddles are observed in different micrometer size portions of the crystals. Moreover, the complex surface resistivity shows two jumps associated to the onset of intra-puddle and inter-puddles percolative superconductivity. The similarity of oxygen doped La2CuO4+y, with the well established phase separation in iron selenide superconductors is also discussed.

cond-mat.supr-con↗

arXiv2014

Extended phase space thermodynamics for third order Lovelock black holes in diverse dimensions

Treating the cosmological constant as thermodynamic pressure and its conjugate as thermodynamic volume, we investigate the critical behavior of the third order Lovelock black holes in diverse dimensions. For black hole horizons with different normalized sectional curvature $k=0,\pm1$, the corresponding critical behaviors differ drastically. For $k=0$, there is no critical point in the extended thermodynamic phase space. For $k=-1$, there is a single critical point in any dimension $d\geq 7$, and for $k=+1$, there is a single critical point in $7$ dimension and two critical points in $8,9,10,11$ dimensions. We studied the corresponding phase structures in all possible cases.

gr-qc↗

arXiv2014

Gauss-Bonnet coupling constant as a free thermodynamical variable and the associated criticality

The thermodynamic phase space of Gauss-Bonnet (GB) AdS black holes is extended, taking the inverse of the GB coupling constant as a new thermodynamic pressure $P_{\mathrm{GB}}$. We studied the critical behavior associated with $P_{\mathrm{GB}}$ in the extended thermodynamic phase space at fixed cosmological constant and electric charge. The result shows that when the black holes are neutral, the associated critical points can only exist in five dimensional GB-AdS black holes with spherical topology, and the corresponding critical exponents are identical to those for Van der Waals system. For charged GB-AdS black holes, it is shown that there can be only one critical point in five dimensions (for black holes with either spherical or hyperbolic topologies), which also requires the electric charge to be bounded within some appropriate range; while in $d>5$ dimensions, there can be up to two different critical points at the same electric charge, and the phase transition can occur only at temperatures which are not in between the two critical values.

gr-qc↗

arXiv2014

The Entropy Relations of Black Holes with Multihorizons in Higher Dimensions

We study the entropy relations of multi-horizons black holes in higher dimensional (A)dS spacetime with maximal symmetries, including Einstein-Maxwell gravity and $f(R)$(-Maxwell) gravity. These additional equalities in thermodynamics are expected to be useful to understanding the origin of black hole entropy at the microscopic level. Revisiting the entropy product introduced by Cvetic etc, in our case, it has an unexpected behavior. It is shown that this electric charge $Q$ plays an important role in this entropy product. The entropy product of charged black holes only depends on the electric charge $Q$ and is mass independence. When $Q$ vanishes in the solution, it turns to mass dependence, even when including the effect of the un-physical ``virtual'' horizons. In this sense, the ``universal relation'' of this entropy product is destroyed. Then we introduce another kind of ``universal'' entropy relation, which only depends on the cosmological constant $Λ$ and the background topology $k$, and which does not depend on the conserved charges $Q$, nor even the mass $M$.

gr-qc↗

arXiv2014

The "universal property" of Horizon Entropy Sum of Black Holes in Four Dimensional Asymptotical (anti-)de-Sitter Spacetime Background

We present a new ``universal property'' of entropy, that is the ``entropy sum'' relation of black holes in four dimensional (anti-)de-Sitter asymptotical background. They depend only on the cosmological constant with the necessary effect of the un-physical ``virtual'' horizon included in the spacetime where only the cosmological constant, mass of black hole, rotation parameter and Maxwell field exist. When there is more extra matter field in the spacetime, one will find the ``entropy sum'' is also dependent of the strength of these extra matter field. For both cases, we conclude that the ``entropy sum'' does not depend on the conserved charges $M$, $Q$ and $J$, while it does depend on the property of background spacetime. We will mainly test the ``entropy sum'' relation in static, stationary black hole and some black hole with extra matter source (scalar hair and higher curvature) in the asymptotical (anti-)de-sitter spacetime background. Besides, we point out a newly found counter example of the mass independence of the ''entropy product'' relation in the spacetime with extra scalar hair case, while the ``entropy sum'' relation still holds. These result are indeed suggestive to some underlying microscopic mechanism. Moreover, the cosmological constant and extra matter field dependence of the ``entropy sum'' of all horizon seems to reveal that ``entropy sum'' is more general as it is only related to the background field. For the case of asymptotical flat spacetime without any matter source, we give a note for the Kerr black hole case in appendix. One will find only mass dependence of ``entropy sum'' appears. It makes us believe that, considering the dependence of ``entropy sum'', the mass background field may be regarded as the next order of cosmological constant background field and extra matter field.

gr-qc↗

arXiv2013

Novel rotating hairy black hole in (2+1)-dimensions

We present some novel rotating hairy black hole metric in $(2+1)$ dimensions, which is an exact solution to the field equations of the Einstein-scalar-AdS theory with a non-minimal coupling. The scalar potential is determined by the metric ansatz and consistency of the field equations and cannot be prescribed arbitrarily. In the simplified, critical case, the scalar potential contains two independent constant parameters, which are respectively related to the mass and angular momentum of the black hole in a particular way. As long as the angular momentum does not vanish, the metric can have zero, one or two horizons. The case with no horizon is physically uninteresting because of the curvature singularity lying at the origin. We identified the necessary conditions for at least one horizon to be present in the solution, which imposes some bound on the mass-angular momentum ratio. For some particular choice of parameters our solution degenerates into some previously known black hole solutions.

gr-qc↗

arXiv2013

Charged black hole with a scalar hair in (2+1) dimensions

We obtain and analyze an exact solution to Einstein-Maxwell-scalar theory in $(2+1)$ dimensions, in which the scalar field couples to gravity in a non-minimal way, and it also couples to itself with the self-interacting potential solely determined by the metric ansatz. A negative cosmological constant naturally emerges as a constant term in the scalar potential. The metric is static and circularly symmetric, and contains a curvature singularity at the origin. The conditions for the metric to contain 0, 1, 2 horizons are identified, and the effects of the scalar and electric charges on the size of the black hole radius are discussed. Under proper choices of parameters, the metric degenerates into some previously known solutions in $(2+1)$-dimensional gravity.

gr-qc↗

arXiv2013

A waveguide overloaded cavity kicker for the HLS II longitudinal feedback system

In the upgrade project of Hefei Light Source (HLS II), a new digital longitudinal bunch-by-bunch feedback system will be developed to suppress the coupled bunch instabilities in the storage ring effectively. We design a new waveguide overloaded cavity longitudinal feedback kicker as the feedback actuator. The beam pipe of the kicker is racetrack shape so as to avoid a transition part to the octagonal vacuum chamber. The central frequency and the bandwidth of the kicker have been simulated and optimized to achieve design goals by the HFSS code. The higher shunt impedance can be obtained by using a nose cone to reduce the feedback power requirement. Before the kicker cavity was installed in the storage ring, a variety of measurements were carried out to check its performance. All these results of simulation and measurement are presented.

physics.acc-ph↗

arXiv2013

Parameter Estimation in Two-type Continuous-state Branching Processes with Immigration

We study the estimation of two-type continuous-state branching processes with immigration (CBI-processes). The ergodicity of the processes is proved. We also establish the strong consistency and central limit theorems of the conditional least squares estimators and the weighted conditional least squares estimators of the drift and diffusion coefficients based on low frequency observations.

math.PR↗

arXiv2012

Asymmetric non-Gaussian effects in a tumor growth model with immunization

The dynamical evolution of a tumor growth model, under immune surveillance and subject to asymmetric non-Gaussian $α$-stableLévy noise, is explored. The lifetime of a tumor staying in the range between the tumor-free state and the stable tumor state, and the likelihood of noise-inducing tumor extinction, are characterized by the mean exit time (also called mean residence time) and the escape probability, respectively. For various initial densities of tumor cells, the mean exit time and the escape probability are computed with different noise parameters. It is observed that unlike the Gaussian noise or symmetric non-Gaussian noise, the asymmetric non-Gaussian noise plays a constructive role in the tumor evolution in this simple model. By adjusting the noise parameters, the mean exit time can be shortened and the escape probability can be increased, simultaneously. This suggests that a tumor may be mitigated with higher probability in a shorter time, under certain external environmental stimuli.

math.DS↗

arXiv2012

Hamiltonian description of singular Lagrangian systems with spontaneously broken time translation symmetry

Shapere and Wilczek recently found some singular Lagrangian systems which spontaneously breaks time translation symmetry. The common feature of their models is that the energy functions are multivalued in terms of the canonical phase space variables and the symmetry breaking ground states are all located at the brunching point singularities. By enlarging the phase space and making use of Dirac's theory on constrained Hamiltonian systems, we present the Hamiltonian description of some of the models discussed by Shapere and Wilczek and found that both the multivaluedness and the brunching point singularities can be avoided, while the spontaneous breaking oftime translation becomes more transparent. It is also shown that the breaking of time translation is always accompanied by the breaking of time reversal.

hep-th↗

arXiv2012

Water-oil drainage dynamics in oil-wet random microfluidic porous media analogs

Displacement experiments carried out in microfluidic porous media analogs show that reduced surface tension leads to a more stable displacement, opposite to the process in Hele-Shaw cells where surface tension stabilizes the displacement of a more viscous fluid by a less viscous fluid. In addition, geometry of porous media is observed to play an important role. Three random microfluidic porous media analogs were made to study water-oil drainage dynamics, featuring a pattern of randomly connected channels with a uniform width, a pattern with Gaussian channel width distribution, and a pattern with large isolated pores. The microfluidic chips fabricated using Polydimenthylsiloxane with glass covers have the internal surface treated by Trichlorosilane to achieve a uniform oil-wet condition. The aqueous phase displaces the oil phase, with a viscosity ratio of about 1:40 and a density ratio of 1:0.85. Videos 1-3 show water flooding processes. It is observed that both channel size distribution (Video 2) and heterogeneity in pore size (Video 3) lead to stronger fingers and reduced displacement efficiency. Video 4 shows that meniscus in small channels retreat as water front moves into a nearby large cavity due to the disparity in the capillary force and contact angle hysteresis. Videos 5 and 6, both taken at 100X magnification in Chip 2, show the stabilizing effect of reduced interfacial tension.

physics.flu-dyn↗