Barazza, F. D., Wolf, C., Gray, M. E., Jogee, S., Balogh, M., McIntosh, D. H., ...
We present a study of the population of bright early-type dwarf galaxies in the multiple-cluster system Abell 901/902. We use data from the STAGES survey and COMBO-17 to investigate the relation...
Interacting Galaxies in the A901/902 Supercluster with STAGES (2009)
Heiderman, A. L., Jogee, S., Marinova, I., Van Kampen, E., Barden, M., Peng, C. Y., ...
We present a study of galaxy mergers and the influence of environment in the Abell 901/902 supercluster at z~0.165. We use HST ACS F606W data from the STAGES survey, COMBO-17, Spitzer 24um, and...
Barred Galaxies in the Abell 901/2 Supercluster with STAGES (2009)
Marinova, I., Jogee, S., Heiderman, A., Barazza, F. D., Gray, M. E., Barden, M., ...
We present a study of bar and host disk evolution in a dense cluster environment, based on a sample of ~800 bright (MV
Gallazzi, A., Bell, E. F., Wolf, C., Gray, M. E., Papovich, C., Barden, M., ...
We explore the amount of obscured star-formation as a function of environment in the A901/902 supercluster at z=0.165 in conjunction with a field sample drawn from the A901 and CDFS fields, imaged...
Simon's Algorithm, Clebsch-Gordan Sieves, and Hidden Symmetries of Multiple Squares (2008)
The first quantum algorithm to offer an exponential speedup (in the query complexity setting) over classical algorithms was Simon's algorithm for identifying a hidden exclusive-or mask. Here we...
The Stability of Quantum Concatenated Code Hamiltonians (2008)
Protecting quantum information from the detrimental effects of decoherence and lack of precise quantum control is a central challenge that must be overcome if a large robust quantum computer is to be...
Characterizing Barred Galaxies in the Abell 901/902 Supercluster (2008)
Marinova, I., Jogee, S., Bacon, D., Balogh, M., Barden, M., Barazza, F. D., ...
In dense clusters, higher densities at early epochs as well as physical processes, such as ram pressure stripping and tidal interactions become important, and can have direct consequences for the...
Characterizing Barred Galaxies in the Abell 901/902 Supercluster from STAGES (2008)
Marinova, I., Jogee, S., Bacon, D., Balogh, M., Barden, M., Barazza, F. D., ...
In dense clusters, higher densities at early epochs as well as physical processes, such as ram pressure stripping and tidal interactions become important, and can have direct consequences for the...
Morphological transformations of galaxies in the A901/02 supercluster from STAGES (2008)
Heiderman, A., Jogee, S., Bacon, D., Balogh, M., Barden, M., Barazza, F. D., ...
We present a study of galaxies in the Abell 901/902 Supercluster at zÃÅ0.165, based on HST ACS F606W, COMBO-17, Spitzer 24 mum, XMM-Newton X-ray, and gravitational lensing maps, as part of the...
The Shear Testing Programme - I. Weak lensing analysis of simulated ground-based observations (2006)
Heymans, C., Van Waerbeke, L., Bacon, D., Berge, J., Bernstein, G., Bertin, E., ...
The Shear Testing Programme (STEP) is a collaborative project to improve the accuracy and reliability of all weak lensing measurements in preparation for the next generation of wide-field surveys. In...
Simulating Hamiltonian dynamics using many-qudit Hamiltonians and local unitary control (2005)
Bremner, MJ, Bacon, D, Nielsen, MA
When can a quantum system of finite dimension be used to simulate another quantum system of finite dimension? What restricts the capacity of one system to simulate another? In this paper we complete...
Simulating Hamiltonian dynamics using many-qudit Hamiltonians and local unitary control (2005)
Bremner, MJ, Bacon, D, Nielsen, MA
When can a quantum system of finite dimension be used to simulate another quantum system of finite dimension? What restricts the capacity of one system to simulate another? In this paper we complete...
Weak lensing from space I: instrumentation and survey strategy (2004)
Rhodes, J., Refregier, A., Massey, R., Albert, J., Bacon, D., Bernstein, G., ...
Weak lensing from space I: instrumentation and survey strategy (2004)
Rhodes, J., Refregier, A., Massey, R., Albert, J., Bacon, D., Bernstein, G., ...
Fungible dynamics: There are only two types of entangling multiple-qubit interactions (2004)
Bremner, MJ, Dodd, JL, Nielsen, MA, Bacon, D
What interactions are sufficient to simulate arbitrary quantum dynamics in a composite quantum system? It has been shown that all two-body Hamiltonian evolutions can be simulated using any fixed...
Fungible dynamics: There are only two types of entangling multiple-qubit interactions (2004)
Bremner, MJ, Dodd, JL, Nielsen, MA, Bacon, D
What interactions are sufficient to simulate arbitrary quantum dynamics in a composite quantum system? It has been shown that all two-body Hamiltonian evolutions can be simulated using any fixed...
Decoherence, Control, and Symmetry in Quantum Computers (2003)
In this thesis we describe methods for avoiding the detrimental effects of decoherence while at the same time still allowing for computation of the quantum information. The philosophy of the method...
Bell Inequalities with Auxiliary Communication (2003)
What is the communication cost of simulating the correlations produced by quantum theory? We generalize Bell inequalities to the setting of local realistic theories augmented by a fixed amount of...
The Communication Cost of Simulating Bell Correlations (2003)
What classical resources are required to simulate quantum correlations? For the simplest and most important case of local projective measurements on an entangled Bell pair state, we show that exact...
Bell Inequalities with Auxiliary Communication (2002)
What is the communication cost of simulating the correlations produced by quantum theory? We generalize Bell inequalities to the setting of local realistic theories augmented by a fixed amount of...
Unstructured adaptive grid generation for geophysical flow simulations (2002)
N. Ahmad, D. Bacon, Z. Boybeyi, T. Dunn, S. Gopalakrishnan, M. Hall, ...
This paper describes an adaptive, unstructured mesh generator, which can be used for discretizing regional and global domains for geophysical flow simulations in general, and atmospheric flow...
Encoded Universality from a Single Physical Interaction (2001)
Kempe, J., Bacon, D., DiVincenzo, D. P., Whaley, K. B.
We present a theoretical analysis of the paradigm of encoded universality, using a Lie algebraic analysis to derive specific conditions under which physical interactions can provide universality. We...
Encoded Universality in Physical Implementations of a Quantum Computer (2001)
Bacon, D., Kempe, J., DiVincenzo, D. P., Lidar, D. A., Whaley, K. B.
We revisit the question of universality in quantum computing and propose a new paradigm. Instead of forcing a physical system to enact a predetermined set of universal gates (e.g., single-qubit...
Coherence-Preserving Quantum Bits (2000)
Bacon, D., Brown, K. R., Whaley, K. B.
Real quantum systems couple to their environment and lose their intrinsic quantum nature through the process known as decoherence. Here we present a method for minimizing decoherence by making it...
Universal Quantum Computation with the Exchange Interaction (2000)
DiVincenzo, D. P., Bacon, D., Kempe, J., Burkard, G., Whaley, K. B.
Experimental implementations of quantum computer architectures are now being investigated in many different physical settings. The full set of requirements that must be met to make quantum computing...
Robustness of Decoherence-Free Subspaces for Quantum Computation (1999)
Bacon, D., Lidar, D. A., Whaley, K. B.
It was shown recently [D.A. Lidar et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 2594 (1998)] that within the framework of the semigroup Markovian master equation, decoherence-free (DF) subspaces exist which are...
Concatenating Decoherence Free Subspaces with Quantum Error Correcting Codes (1998)
Lidar, D. A., Bacon, D., Whaley, K. B.
An operator sum representation is derived for a decoherence-free subspace (DFS) and used to (i) show that DFSs are the class of quantum error correcting codes (QECCs) with fixed, unitary recovery...
A Solution-Adaptive Grid Generation Scheme for Atmospheric Flow Simulations (1998)
Ahmad Bacon Boybeyi, N. Ahmad, D. Bacon, Z. Boybeyi, T. Dunn, M. Hall, ...
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has developed a novel hazardous dispersion model with support from the Defense Special Weapons Agency. The Operational Multiscale Environment...
Lifshitz, Y., Lempert, G.D., Grossman, E., Scheibe, H.J., Völlmar, S., Schultrich, B., ...
The optical and photoemission properties of hydrogen-free DLC films prepared under conditions which result in different types of carbon bonding (previously determined from electron energy loss...
Close Approach during Hard Binary--Binary Scattering (1996)
Bacon, D., Sigurdsson, S., Davies, M. B.
We report on an extensive series of numerical experiments of binary--binary scattering, analysing the cross--section for close approach during interactions for a range of hard binary parameters of...
Wong Sauve And, C. Agnew, Dynamic Modeling, D. Bacon, A. Dupuy, ...
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