Residual entanglement of accelerated fermions is not nonlocal

We analyze the operational meaning of the residual entanglement in non-inertial fermionic systems in terms of the achievable violation of the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) inequality. We demonstrate that the quantum correlations of fermions, which were previously found to survive in the infinite acceleration limit, cannot be considered to be non-local. The entanglement shared by an inertial and an accelerated observer cannot be utilized for the violation of the CHSH inequality in case of high accelerations. Our results are shown to extend beyond the single mode approximation commonly used in the literature.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures; v2: minor changes, reference and section headers adde

Circuit breaker utilizing magnetic latching relays Patent

Relay circuit breaker with magnetic latching to provide conductive and nonconductive paths for current device

Risk of basal cell carcinoma after Hodgkin's disease

Background: Basal cell cancer is a common skin cancer, yet studies of second tumors after Hodgkin's disease tend to exclude basal cell cancers as second malignant tumors from analysis. Basal cell carcinomas (BCC) are possibly more common in immunosuppressed patients and were recently implicated as indicators of subsequent malignancies. Materials and Methods: Our database of 1,120 patients with Hodgkin's disease (derived from the tumor registry) was investigated for the occurrence of later BCCs. Kaplan-Meier curves were calculated. Results: A total of 9 cases of BCC were observed 0-20 years after the diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease, One case relapsed after excision. The probability of second BCC was 2.1% after 15 years of follow-up and 7.1% after 20 years. Statistically, the risk for second BCC was increased only in younger patients and with prolonged follow-up, but not in the total group of patients with Hodgkin's disease. Conclusion: BCC is not a major threat: for the survivors of Hodgkin's disease, but continued follow-up is necessary

Coulomb Charging at Large Conduction

We discuss the suppression of Coulomb charging effects on a small metallic island coupled to an electrode by a tunnel junction. At high temperatures the quantum corrections to the classical charging energy $E_c=e^2/2C$, where $C$ is the island capacitance, are evaluated. At low temperatures the large quantum fluctuations of the island charge cause a strong reduction of the effective $E_c$ which is determined explicitly in the limit of a large tunneling conductance.Comment: 4 page

Probing the Noncommutative Standard Model at Hadron Colliders

We study collider signals for the noncommutative extension of the standard model using the Seiberg-Witten maps for SU(3)_C x SU(2)_L x U(1)_Y to first order in the noncommutativity parameters theta_munu. In particular, we investigate the ensitivity of Z-gamma-production at the Tevatron and the LHC to the components of theta_munu. We discuss the range of validity of this approximation and estimate exclusion limits from a Monte Carlo simulation.Comment: 18 pages LaTeX, 23 figures. Slightly expanded introduction and additional references. Accepted for publication in Physical Review

The Midpoint Rule as a Variational--Symplectic Integrator. I. Hamiltonian Systems

Numerical algorithms based on variational and symplectic integrators exhibit special features that make them promising candidates for application to general relativity and other constrained Hamiltonian systems. This paper lays part of the foundation for such applications. The midpoint rule for Hamilton's equations is examined from the perspectives of variational and symplectic integrators. It is shown that the midpoint rule preserves the symplectic form, conserves Noether charges, and exhibits excellent long--term energy behavior. The energy behavior is explained by the result, shown here, that the midpoint rule exactly conserves a phase space function that is close to the Hamiltonian. The presentation includes several examples.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figures, REVTe

Mobile applications and access to private data : the supply side of the Android ecosystem

We analyze the data collection strategies of 65,000 developers in the market for mobile applications and track 300,000 applications over four years. Many apps belong to developers with multiple apps. This fact generates variation in the privacy behaviors of the same developer for our analysis. We uncover three stylized facts: First, developers “learn” to use increasingly intrusive data strategies as they become more experienced. Second, intrusive data collection is most likely in apps that target the 13+, and 16+ age category, which raises concerns for the protection of young app consumers. Third, even within developers, critical and atypical permissions predict problematic usage of private user data most successfully. Our findings inform both regulators and scientists who wish to model supply in the market for mobile apps

Synthese der Si-funktionellen Acetylsilane tBu(Me3_3SiCH2_2)[MeC(O)]SiF und tBu(Me3_3SiCH2_2)[MeC(O)]SiH sowie Synthese und Kristallstruktur des Acetylsilanols tBu(Me3_3SiCH2_2)[MeC(O)]SiOH: Substrate für mikrobielle Reduktionen

The racemic Si-functional acetylsilanes tBu(Me$_3$SiCH$_2$)[ MeC(O)]SiF (1) and tBu(Me$_3$SiCH$_2$)[MeC(O)]SiH (2) and the racemic acetylsilanol tBu(Me$_3$SiCH$_2$)[MeC(O)]SiOH (3) were synthesized from Si(OMe)$_4$ (4) as substrates for microbial reductions [4 -> tBuSi(OMe)$_3$ (5) -> tBu(Me$_3$SiCH$_2$)Si(OMe)$_2$ (6) -> tBu(Me$_3$SiCH$_2$)SiF$_2$ (7)-> tBu(Me$_3$SiCH$_2$)(CH$_2$ = C(OMe))SiF (8) -> 1; 8 -> tBu(Me$_3$SiCH$_2$)[CH$_2$ = C(OMe)]SiH (9) -> 2; 6 -> tBu(Me$_3$SiCH$_2$)[CH$_2$ = C(OMe)]SiOMe (10) -> 3]. Compounds 1-3 were found to be reduced by cells of Trigonapsis variabilis (DSM 70714) ( = SiC(O)Me -> = SiCH(OH)Me}. The crystal and molecular structure of 3 was studied by singlecrystal X-ray diffraction. In the crystal, racemic 3 forms infinite chains built up by intermolecular 0-H .. ·O bonds between the hydroxyl and acetyl groups of molecules of the same absolute configuration

A Tableaux Calculus for Reducing Proof Size

A tableau calculus is proposed, based on a compressed representation of clauses, where literals sharing a similar shape may be merged. The inferences applied on these literals are fused when possible, which reduces the size of the proof. It is shown that the obtained proof procedure is sound, refutationally complete and allows to reduce the size of the tableau by an exponential factor. The approach is compatible with all usual refinements of tableaux.Comment: Technical Repor