Runaway electron dynamics in Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak helium plasmas

The generation of runaway electrons(REs)is observed during the low-density helium ohmic plasma discharge in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak(EAST).The growth rate of hard x-ray(HXR)is inversely proportional to the line-average density.Besides,the RE generation in helium plasma is higher than that in deuterium plasma at the same density,which is obtained by comparing the growth rate of HXR with the same discharge conditions.The potential reason is the higher electron temperature of helium plasma in the same current and electron density plateau.Furthermore,two Alfvén eigenmodes driven by REs have been observed.The frequency evolution of the mode is not fully satisfied with the Alfvén scaling and when extension of the Alfvén frequency is towards 0,the high frequency branch is~50 kHz.The different spatial position of the two modes and the evolution of the helium concentration could be used to understand deviation between theoretical and experimental observation.

Efficient scheme for remote preparation of arbitrary n-qubit equatorial states

Recently,a scheme for deterministic remote preparation of arbitrary multi-qubit equatorial states was proposed by Wei et al.[Quantum Inf.Process.1770(2018)].It is worth mentioning that the construction of mutual orthogonal measurement basis plays a key role in quantum remote state preparation.In this paper,a simple and feasible remote preparation of arbitrary n-qubit equatorial states scheme is proposed.In our scheme,the success probability will reach unit.Moreover,there are no coefficient constraint and auxiliary qubits in this scheme.It means that the success probabilities are independent of the coefficients of the entangled channel.The advantage of our scheme is that the mutual orthogonal measurement basis is devised.To accomplish the quantum remote state preparation(RSP)schemes,some new sets of mutually orthogonal measurement basis are introduced.

Development and Validation of a Simoa Assay for Determination of Recombinant Batroxobin in Human Serum

Recombinant batroxobin(S3101)is a thrombin-like serine protease that binds to fibrinogen or is taken up by the reticuloendothelial system.A literature survey showed no adequate method that could determine sufficient concentrations to evaluate pharmacokinetic parameters for phase I clinical studies.Therefore,a sensitive method is urgently needed to support the clinical pharmacokinetic evaluation of S3101.In this study,a sensitive bioanalytical method was developed and validated,using a Quanterix single molecular array(Simoa)assay.Moreover,to thoroughly assess the platform,enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and electrochemiluminescence assay were also developed,and their performance was compared with that of this novel technology platform.The assay was validated in compliance with the current guidelines.Measurements with the Simoa assay were precise and accurate,presenting a valid assay range from 6.55 to 4000 pg/mL.The intra-and inter-run accuracy and precision were within-19.3%to 15.3%and 5.5%to 17.0%,respectively.S3101 was stable in human serum for 280 days at-20℃and-70℃,for 2 h prior to pre-treatment and 24 h post pre-treatment at room temperature(22℃-28℃),respectively,and after five and two freeze-thaw cycles at-70℃and-20oC,respectively.The Simoa assay also demonstrated sufficient dilution linearity,assay sensitivity,and parallelism for quantifying S3101 in human serum.The Simoa assay is a sensitive and adequate method for evaluating the pharmacokinetic parameters of S3101 in human serum.

Constructing a Maximally Entangled Seven-Qubit State via Orthogonal Arrays

Huber et al.[Phys.Rev.Lett.118(2017)200502]have proved that a seven-qubit state whose three-body marginal states are all maximally mixed does not exist.Here,we propose a method to build a maximally entangled state based on orthogonal arrays to construct maximally entangled seven-qubit states.Using this method,we not only determine that a seven-qubit state whose three-body marginals are all maximally mixed does not exist,but also find the condition for maximally entangled seven-qubit states.We consider thatπME=19/140 is a condition for maximally entangled seven-qubit states.Furthermore,we derive three forms of maximally entangled seven-qubit states via orthogonal arrays.

Two schemes of multiparty quantum direct secret sharing via a six-particle GHZ state

In this paper,two new efficient multiparty quantum direct secret sharing schemes are proposed via a six-particle GHZ state and Bell measurements.In the first scheme,based on the theory of security cryptanalysis,the secret message of the sender is directly encoded into the transmitted particles,and all the agents can obtain their information by performing bell measurement on the received particles,and then cooperate to recover the information of the sender.In the second scheme,we define a new secret shared coding method by performing local unitary operations on the transmitted particles,then agents perform Bell measurements on their own particles respectively,and feedback the measurement to the dealer.If the agent’s results are matched with the previous coding method,the protocol will work out.In addition,the proposed two schemes have the following common advantages:the sender can send all prepared particles to the receiver,and can send an arbitrary key to the receiver,rather than a random secret key;the proposed schemes do not need to insert any detection sets to detect eavesdropping and can resist both existing attacks and spoofing attacks by dishonest agents.The sender need not to retain any photons,so the sender’s quantum memory could be omitted here.