PARADISE group releases 6 tech reports

Yuval Cassuto, Moshe Schwartz, Vasken Bohassian, and Jehoshua Bruck (2007) Codes for Multi-Level Flash Memories: Correcting Asymmetric Limited-Magnitude Errors. [CaltechPARADISE:2007.ETR079]

Anxiao (Andrew) Jiang, Vasken Bohossian, and Jehoshua Bruck (2007) Floating Codes for Joint Information Storage in Write Asymmetric Memories. [CaltechPARADISE:2007.ETR080]

B. Fett, J. Bruck and M. Riedel (2007) Synthesizing Stochasticity in Biochemical Systems.

Moshe Schwartz and Jehoshua Bruck (2007) Constrained Codes as Networks of Relations. [CaltechPARADISE:2007.ETR082]

Vasken Bohassian, Anxiao (Andrew) Jiang, and Jehoshua Bruck (2007) Buffer Coding for Asymmetric Multi-Level Memory. [CaltechPARADISE:2007.ETR083]

Michael Langberg, Moshe Schwartz, and Jehoshua Bruck (2007) Distributed Broadcasting and Mapping Protocols in Directed Anonymous Networks. [CaltechPARADISE:2007.ETR084]

David Poulin on quantum relational observables

Florian Girelli and David Poulin (2007) Deformed symmetries from quantum relational observables. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 68: Art. No. 012025, 2007. CaltechAUTHORS

Poulin and Yard analyse quantum mechanical gyroscope

David Poulin and Jon Yard (2007) Dynamics of a quantum reference frame. New Journal of Physics, 9 (5): Art. No. 156, 29 May 2007. CaltechAUTHORS

K. Goyal and colleagues describe fault-tolerant version of one-way quantum computer

R. Raussendorf, J. Harrington, and K. Goyal (2007) Topological fault-tolerance in cluster state quantum computation. New Journal of Physics, 9 (6): Art. No. 199, 29 June 2007. CaltechAUTHORS

The Kimble group confirms creation of coherence between atomic systems that never interacted

Julien Laurat, Chin-wen Chou, Hui Deng, Kyung Soo Choi, Daniel Felinto, Hugues de Riedmatten, and H. J. Kimble (2007) Towards experimental entanglement connection with atomic ensembles in the single excitation regime. New Journal of Physics, 9 (6): Art. No. 207, 29 June 2007. CaltechAUTHORS

Ando Shin'ichiro on the "smoking gun" signature of gamma rays from dark matter annihilation

Shin'ichiro Ando (2007) Cosmic gamma-ray background from dark matter annihilation. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 60: 247-250, 2007. CaltechAUTHORS

Ashish A. Mahabal describes software suite VOStat with example from Palomar-QUEST

Jogesh G. Babu and Ashish A. Mahabal (2007) Using R-based VOStat as a low resolution spectrum analysis tool. Journal of Statistical Software, 18 (11): 1-12, 2007. CaltechAUTHORS

Dr. Mahabal himself deposited this article in CaltechAUTHORS, a self-archive and one of several repositories that make up CODA, the Caltech Collection of Open Digital Archives.

Phillips group explores how conformational changes organize membrane proteins

Tristan Ursell, Kerwyn Casey Huang, Eric Peterson, and Rob Phillips (2007) Cooperative Gating and Spatial Organization of Membrane Proteins through Elastic Interactions. PLoS Computational Biology 3(5): e81 (May 2007). CaltechAUTHORS

Bloom, Romero, Lu and Arnold examine interaction of neutral mutations and functional evolution

Jesse D Bloom, Philip A Romero, Zhongyi Lu and Frances H Arnold (2007) Neutral genetic drift can alter promiscuous protein functions, potentially aiding functional evolution. Biology Direct, 2:17 (28 June 2007). CaltechAUTHORS

The Hay lab investigates echinus functions

Jeffrey M Copeland, Ian Bosdet, J Douglas Freeman, Ming Guo, Sharon M Gorski, and Bruce A Hay (2007) Echinus, required for interommatidial cell sorting and cell death in the Drosophila pupal retina, encodes a protein with homology to ubiquitin-specific proteases. BMC Developmental Biology, 7 (82), 5 July 2007. CaltechAUTHORS provisional PDF

Yariv and Scherer on planar broad-area single-mode lasers

Lin Zhu, Philip Chak, Joyce K. S. Poon, Guy A. DeRose, Amnon Yariv, and Axel Scherer (2007) Electrically-pumped, broad-area, single-mode photonic crystal lasers. Optics Express, 15(10): 5966-5975, 14 May 2007. CaltechAUTHORS

Oskar Painter et al present design of mid-infared and THz quantum cascade laser cavities

Michael Bahriz, Virginie Moreau, Raffaele Colombelli, Orion Crisafulli, and Oskar Painter (2007) Design of mid-IR and THz quantum cascade laser cavities with complete TM photonic bandgap. Optics Express, 15(10): 5948-5965, 14 May 2007. CaltechAUTHORS