The major approaches toward kinematic calibration are unified by considering an end-point measurement system as forming a joint and closing the kinematic loop. A calibration index is introduced, based on the mobility equation, that considers sensed and unsensed joints and single and multiple loops and expresses the surplus of measurements over degrees of freedom at each pose. Past work using op...

We show how to use two-mode squeezed light to exponentially enhance cavity-based dispersive qubit measurement. Our scheme enables true Heisenberg-limited scaling of the measurement, and crucially, it is not restricted to small dispersive couplings or unrealistically long measurement times. It involves coupling a qubit dispersively to two cavities and making use of a symmetry in the dynamics of ...

The major approaches towards kinematic calibration are uniied by considering an endpoint measurement system as forming a joint and closing the kinematic loop. The calibration index is introduced, based on the mobility equation, that considers sensed and unsensed joints, single and multiple loops, and that expresses the surplus of measurements over degrees of freedom at each pose. Past work usin...

We provide the first quantitative comparison between Barkhausen noise experiments and recent predictions from the theory of avalanches for pinned interfaces, both in and beyond mean field. We study different classes of soft magnetic materials, including polycrystals and amorphous samples-which are characterized by long-range and short-range elasticity, respectively-both for thick and thin sampl...

fracture mapping of late permian-early triassic flat-lying sedimentary rocks in the sydney basin,new south wales, australia, shows that joints developed originally in extension were faulted in subsequentevents. joints with a regional distribution fall into two (early and late) formed groups. group i joints propagatedhorizontally and never interfered with each other. these joints were subsequent...

We analyzed the inheritance of two male courtship song characters, number of pulses in a pulse train, and length of a pulse train in Drosophila virilis. Biometric analyses of song differences among 16 crosses over three generations (parental and reciprocal F1, F2, and backcrosses) were performed using two different approaches. The joint scaling test revealed significant additive and dominance c...

We introduce an energy functional for ground-state electronic structure calculations. Its variables are the natural spin-orbitals of singlet many-body wave functions and their joint occupation probabilities deriving from controlled approximations to the two-particle density matrix that yield algebraic scaling in general, and Hartree-Fock scaling in its seniority-zero version. Results from the l...

An optimised brand has physical and symbolic qualities that meet consumers' expectations during end uses. Currently, sensory analysis and market research each collect their own data and lump individuals into a group before modelling preferences. Yet the issue is how the effects of the brand's measured characteristics interact in the mind of each customer to influence choices at the points of pu...