Dissipative dynamics of an extended magnetic nanostructure: spin necklace in a metallic environment

We study theoretically the dynamics of an "xxz" spin necklace coupled to a conduction electron sea, a model system for a nanostructure in a dissipative environment. We extract the long-time behavior via a mapping to a multichannel Coulomb gas problem followed by a scaling analysis. The strong quantum fluctuations of the necklace cause a nontrivial dependence of couplings on system size which we extract via an analysis involving the "boundary condition changing operator," and confirm via a detailed numerical evaluation of one case.     

Surface Enhanced Resonance of Metal Nano Clusters: A Novel Tool for Proteomics

A novel nano-tool based on metal clusters enables the transduction of changes of biorecognitive binding as well as conformation quantitatively into an optical signal which can be observed directly as a color change of a sensor-chip surface.Proteins including various enzymes and serum proteins were spotted via micro-arraying onto the chip surface forming monolayer and thin film dots. Multi-layered (up to 300 nm thick) nano-gel-pads were stabilized by photo crosslinking the protein dots with UV-light. By deposition of metal-nano clusters, synthesized via chemical means or sputter coating on top of photo-crosslinked macromolecules an optical resonance effect was obtained.The response of the novel surface enhanced absorption cluster sensor-chip was transduced spectroscopically in the visible and IR range of the spectrum via an 8 m resolution reflectance scanner.     

Near equivalence of human click-evoked and stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emissions

Otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) evoked by broadband clicks and by single tones are widely regarded as originating via different mechanisms within the cochlea. Whereas the properties of stimulus-frequency OAEs (SFOAEs) evoked by tones are consistent with an origin via linear mechanisms involving coherent wave scattering by preexisting perturbations in the mechanics, OAEs evoked by broadband clicks (CEOAEs) have been suggested to originate via nonlinear interactions among the different frequency components of the stimulus (e.g., intermodulation distortion). The experiments reported here test for bandwidth-dependent differences in mechanisms of OAE generation. Click-evoked and stimulus-frequency OAE input/output transfer functions were obtained and compared as a function of stimulus frequency and intensity. At low and moderate intensities human CEOAE and SFOAE transfer functions are nearly identical. When stimulus intensity is measured in "bandwidth-compensated" sound-pressure level (cSPL), CEOAE and SFOAE transfer functions have equivalent growth functions at fixed frequency and equivalent spectral characteristics at fixed intensity. This equivalence suggests that CEOAEs and SFOAEs are generated by the same mechanism. Although CEOAEs and SFOAEs are known by different names because of the different stimuli used to evoke them, the two OAE "types" are evidently best understood as members of the same emission family.     

Reconstructing the free-energy landscape of a mechanically unfolded model protein

The equilibrium free-energy landscape of an off-lattice model protein as a function of an internal (reaction) coordinate is reconstructed from out-of-equilibrium mechanical unfolding manipulations. This task is accomplished via two independent methods: by employing an extended version of the Jarzynski equality (EJE) and the protein inherent structures (ISs). In a range of temperatures around the "folding transition" we find a good quantitative agreement between the free energies obtained via EJE and IS approaches. This indicates that the two methodologies are consistent and able to reproduce equilibrium properties of the examined system. Moreover, for the studied model the structural transitions induced by pulling can be related to thermodynamical aspects of folding.     

通过同步实现"有序+有序=混沌"的例子

研究了连续的混沌系统是否存在"有序+有序=混沌"的现象,研究表明两个吸引子为周期运动的动力学系统经双向耦合达到同步后,同步后的系统可产生混沌态.采用特定参数下的Lorenz系统和Rssler系统作为例子,对连续的动力系统给出了一个"有序+有序=混沌"的例子. 关键词： 混沌 有序 耦合 同步     

Temperature contours and ghost surfaces for chaotic magnetic fields

Steady state solutions for anisotropic heat transport in a chaotic magnetic field are determined numerically and compared to a set of "ghost surfaces"-surfaces constructed via an action-gradient flow between the minimax and minimizing periodic orbits. The ghost surfaces are in remarkable agreement with the temperature contours.     

Gravitation and Electrodynamics over SO(3,3)

In a series of papers, an approach to field theory is developed in which matter appears by interpreting source-free (homogeneous) fields over a 6-dimensional space of signature (3,3), as interacting (inhomogeneous) fields in space-time. The extra dimensions are given a physical meaning as coordinatized matter. The inhomogeneous energy-momentum relations for the interacting fields in space-time are automatically generated by the simple homogeneous relations in 6-d. We then develop a Weyl geometry over SO(3,3) as base, under which gravity and electromagnetism are essentially unified via an irreducible 6-calibration invariant Lagrange density and corresponding variational principle. The Einstein–Maxwell equations are shown to represent a low-order approximation, and the cosmological constant must vanish in order that this limit exist.     

Radiative force on atoms from the view of photon emission

In this Letter, we present a possible methodology to directly “read” the force on an atom via the photons emitted from the atom. In this methodology, the mean radiative force on an atom exerted by external fields can be expressed as a function of the average number of emitted photons h N i and its derivatives via the generating function approach developed by us recently.     

Adaptive crystal structures: CuAu and NiPt

We discover that Au-rich Cu1-xAux and Pt-rich Ni1-xPtx contain a composition range in which there is a quasicontinuum of stable, ordered "adaptive structures" made of (001) repeat units of simple structural motifs. This is found by searching approximately 3x10(6) different fcc configurations whose energies are parametrized via a "cluster expansion" of first-principles-calculated total energies of just a few structures. This structural adaptivity is explained in terms of an anisotropic, long-range strain energy.     

Vanillic aldehydes for the one-pot synthesis of novel 2-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidines

A small library of novel 2-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidines was synthesized via a one-pot multicomponent Biginelli reaction. Copper complex \((\hbox {PhNH}_{3})_{2}\hbox {CuCl}_{4,}\) which was used for the first time as a homogeneous and heterogeneous catalyst, makes this a facile and efficient reaction at room temperature. All the obtained products fall out of the solution in pure form and are easily isolated via filtration in good-to-excellent yields. The molecular structure of one of the products, ethyl 6-methyl-2-oxo-4-(4\(^\prime \)-isopropoxy-3\(^\prime \)-methoxyphenyl) - 1,2,3,4 - tetrahydropyrimidine-5- carboxylate, has been determined by X-ray crystallography. All non-hydrogen atoms in the heterocyclic, six-membered ring are determined to be approximately coplanar.     

Triggering of nuclear isomers via decay of autoionization states in electron shells (NEET)

Nuclear excitation by an electron transition (NEET) may be used for triggering the decay of nuclear isomers only when there are compensations between energies (ΔE) and multipolarities (ΔL) of the nuclear transition and the transition in an electron shell. It is shown that using the autoionization states (AS) allows one to compensate for the ΔE and ΔL differences. Laser radiation may be used for the excitation of AS with energies up to 10–15 eV and ^229m Th (3.5 eV) nuclear isomer excitation by NEET via AS decay. Ion beams, electron beams, and X rays may be used for the excitation of the trigger nuclear levels with energies up to 150 keV by NEET via AS and for the triggering of the nuclear isomer decay. For excitation of AS with the energies up to 150 keV, two or more hole states in deep inner electron shells must be excited. The cross section for such two-hole state excitation in electron shells by ion beams may be sufficiently high. The possibilities of NEET via AS for the triggering of nuclear isomer decay are discussed.     

Measurement of phases and amplitudes of AWG by fitting interference intensities

We measured the phases and amplitudes of an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) by fitting interference intensities via a frequency domain method. The intensities were recorded as a function of the laser frequency in an interferometer containing the AWG. We fit the theoretical intensity profile to the recorded data via the Monte-Carlo method after filtering out the low-frequency noise. The phases and amplitudes are the parameters in the fitting process, and hence, the values are determined from the final fit. The variations in the measured phase values with the change in the initial condition of the Monte-Carlo process were less than $0.1^\circ $ . The variations in the measured amplitude values were negligible. In order to verify our measurement, we calculated the transmission spectrum of the AWG using the measured phases and amplitudes and compared it with a directly measured spectrum. The calculated and measured spectrums are in good agreement with each other.     

Can polymer coils Be modeled as "Soft colloids"?

We map dilute or semidilute solutions of nonintersecting polymer chains onto a fluid of "soft" particles interacting via a concentration dependent effective pair potential, by inverting the pair distribution function of the centers of mass of the initial polymer chains. A similar inversion is used to derive an effective wall-polymer potential; these potentials are combined to successfully reproduce the calculated exact depletion interaction induced by nonintersecting polymers between two walls. The mapping opens up the possibility of large-scale simulations of polymer solutions in complex geometries.     

Asymptotic Study to the N-Dimensional Radial Schrdinger Equation for the Quark-Antiquark System

Here an asymptotic study to the N-dimensional radial Schrdinger equation for the quark-antiquark interaction potential employing asymptotic iteration method via an ansatz to the wavefunction is carried out. The complete energy spectra of the consigned system is obtained by computing and adding energy eigenvalues for ground state, for large " r" and for small " r". From this analysis, the mass spectra of heavy quarkonia is derived in three dimensions. Our analytical and numerical results are in good correspondence with other experimental and theoretical studies.     

Realization and characterization of a two-photon four-qubit linear cluster state

We report on the experimental realization of a four-qubit linear cluster state via two photons entangled both in polarization and linear momentum. This state was investigated by performing tomographic measurements and by evaluating an entanglement witness. By use of this state we carried out a novel nonlocality proof, the so-called "stronger two observer all-versus-nothing" test of quantum nonlocality.     

Static elliptic minimal surfaces in $$\hbox {AdS}_4$$

The Ryu–Takayanagi conjecture connects the entanglement entropy in the boundary CFT to the area of open co-dimension two minimal surfaces in the bulk. Especially in \(\hbox {AdS}_4\), the latter are two-dimensional surfaces, and, thus, solutions of a Euclidean non-linear sigma model on a symmetric target space that can be reduced to an integrable system via Pohlmeyer reduction. In this work, we construct static minimal surfaces in \(\hbox {AdS}_4\) that correspond to elliptic solutions of the reduced system, namely the cosh-Gordon equation, via the inversion of Pohlmeyer reduction. The constructed minimal surfaces comprise a two-parameter family of surfaces that include helicoids and catenoids in H\(^3\) as special limits. Minimal surfaces that correspond to identical boundary conditions are discovered within the constructed family of surfaces and the relevant geometric phase transitions are studied.     

Switched wave packets: a route to nonperturbative quantum control

The dynamic Stark effect due to a strong nonresonant but nonionizing laser field provides a route to quantum control via the creation of novel superposition states. We consider the creation of a field-free "switched" wave packet through adiabatic turn-on and sudden turn-off of a strong dynamic Stark interaction. There are two limiting cases for such wave packets. The first is a Raman-type coupling, illustrated by the creation of field-free molecular axis alignment. An experimental demonstration is given. The second case is that of dipole-type coupling, illustrated by the creation of charge localization in an array of quantum wells.     

Diffusive model of protein folding dynamics with Kramers turnover in rate

We study the folding kinetics of a three-helix bundle protein using a coarse polymer model. The folding dynamics can be accurately represented by one-dimensional diffusion along a reaction coordinate selected to capture the transition state. By varying the solvent friction, we show that position-dependent diffusion coefficients are determined by microscopic transitions on a rough energy landscape. A maximum in the folding rate at intermediate friction is explained by "Kramers turnover" in these microscopic dynamics that modulates the rate via the diffusion coefficient; overall folding remains diffusive even close to zero friction. For water friction, we find that the "attempt frequency" (or "speed limit") in a Kramers model of folding is about 2 micros-1, with an activation barrier of about 2kBT, and a folding transition path duration of approximately equal to 100 ns, 2 orders of magnitude less than the folding time of approximately equal to 10 micros.     

Interpretation of an exactly solvable two-component plasma

The interpretation of the exact calculation of the partition function and correlations of a two-component plasma obtained earlier is considered. The system has species of charge ratio 12 which are constrained to lie on a circle and interact via the two-dimensional Coulomb potential. By studying the exact results we gain an understanding of why the excess thermodynamic quantities of the two component system can be well approximated by the sum of the appropriate excess thermodynamic quantities of the one-component systems.     

Reentrant phase diagram of network fluids

We introduce a microscopic model for particles with dissimilar patches which displays an unconventional "pinched" phase diagram, similar to the one predicted by Tlusty and Safran in the context of dipolar fluids [Science 290, 1328 (2000)]. The model-based on two types of patch interactions, which account, respectively, for chaining and branching of the self-assembled networks-is studied both numerically via Monte Carlo simulations and theoretically via first-order perturbation theory. The dense phase is rich in junctions, while the less-dense phase is rich in chain ends. The model provides a reference system for a deep understanding of the competition between condensation and self-assembly into equilibrium-polymer chains.