Growing correlation length of moderate-sized earthquakes prior to two great earthquakes near Sumatra Island

Seismic correlation length for moderate earthquakes prior to two great earthquakes in the northern sea area of Sumatra Island （Mw9.1 in 2004 and MsS. 6 in 2012） has been studied, using method of Single- Link-Cluster （ SLC ） analysis, and found to show a power-law growth about two years before their occurrences. No such growth was found for a magnitude 7 earthquake in the same area. This result suggests the occurrence of a physical process of critical-point characteristics in the source area before the great earthquakes.

Frame rate up-conversion using multiresolution critical point filters with occlusion refinement

In this paper, multiresolution critical-point filters （CPFs） are employed to image matching for frame rate up-conversion （FRUC）. By CPF matching, the dense motion field can be obtained for representing object motions accurately. However, the elastic motion model does not hold in the areas of occlusion, thus resulting in blur artifacts in the interpolated frame. To tackle this problem, we propose a new FRUC scheme using an occlusion refined CPF matching interpolation （ORCMI）. In the proposed approach, the occlusion refinement is based on a bidirectional CPF mapping. And the intermediate frames are generated by the bidirectional interpolation for non-occlusion pixels combined with unidirectional projection for the occlusion pixels. Ex- perimental results show that ORCMI improves the visual quality of the interpolated frames, especially at the occlusion regions. Compared to the block matching based FRUC algorithm, ORCM1 can achieve 1-2 dB PSNR gain for standard video sequences.

Critical Limit Principle of Maximum Entropy and Reinterpretation of Scaling Laws

The critical limit principle of maximum entropy is put forward, it’s a sufficient condition to obtain accurate critical points, and ensure that the new phase system is still in the maximum entropy state. Two representations for the phase transition of Ising models are found;the universal formula of critical points is explained by thermodynamics. From the point of view of fractal geometry and the correspondence between symmetry and conservation, the scaling laws are reinterpreted. The self consistence equations for the universal class are set up, by which and the scaling laws higher accurate exponents to date are obtained. The temperature where the self similar transformation disappears is calculated.

Microscopic analysis of spherical to γ-soft shape transitions in Zn isotopes

The rapid transition between spherical and γ-soft shapes in Zn isotopes in the mass A 70 region,is analyzed using excitation spectra and collective wave functions obtained by diagonalization of a five-dimensional Hamiltonian for quadrupole vibrational and rotational degrees of freedom,with parameters determined by constrained self-consistent relativistic mean-field calculations for triaxial shapes.The microscopic potential energy surfaces,together with the characteristic collective observables,illustrate a rapid transition from near spherical shape at the N = 40 subshell,to γ-soft deformed shapes for lighter isotopes.The calculated spectra display fingerprints of a second-order shape phase transition that can be approximately described by the E(5) analytic solution.