拓扑近藤绝缘体SmB6中的奇异电子性质

拓扑近藤绝缘体是一种本征的强关联拓扑电子体系，其体能隙来源于近藤关联效应。自2010年拓扑近藤绝缘体的理论概念被提出后，六硼化钐(SmB6) 作为第一种被预测为拓扑近藤绝缘体的材料在这十多年中被多种实验手段反复研究验证，被广泛接受认为是第一种拓扑近藤绝缘体。在这篇综述中，我们回顾了关于SmB6 的一些重要实验结果，比如电输运测量，角分辨光电子能谱(ARPES), 表面形貌分析(STM) 等，并论述了如何通过这些关键的实验证据证实SmB6 的拓扑近藤绝缘物相。同时，我们也展示了SmB6 这一关联电子体系的其他奇异物性，包括中间价态在表面和体内的分离现象，以及量子振荡发现的体振荡信号等等。这些性质表明我们对SmB6 这一材料的理解仍然不充分，其中还有更为丰富的物理值得挖掘。     

Horizontal convection in a rectangular enclosure driven by a linear temperature profile

The horizontal convection in a square enclosure driven by a linear temperature profile along the bottom boundary is investigated numerically by using a finite difference method. The Prandtl number is fixed at 4.38, and the Rayleigh number Ra ranges from107 to 1011. The convective flow is steady at a relatively low Rayleigh number, and no thermal plume is observed, whereas it transits to be unsteady when the Rayleigh number increases beyond the critical value. The scaling law for the Nusselt number Nu changes from Rossby's scaling Nu ～ Ra~(1/5) in a steady regime to Nu ～ Ra~(1/4) in an unsteady regime, which agrees well with the theoretically predicted results. Accordingly,the Reynolds number Re scaling varies from Re ～ Ra~(3/11) to Re ～ Ra~(2/5). The investigation on the mean flows shows that the thermal and kinetic boundary layer thickness and the mean temperature in the bulk zone decrease with the increasing Ra. The intensity of fluctuating velocity increases with the increasing Ra.     

Effect of biaxial strain and hydrostatic pressure on the magnetic properties of bilayer CrI3

Two-dimensional van der Waals magnetic materials are intriguing for applications in the future spintronics devices, so it is crucial to explore strategy to control the magnetic properties. Here, we carried out first-principles calculations and Monte Carlo simulations to investigate the effect of biaxial strain and hydrostatic pressure on the magnetic properties of the bilayer CrI₃. We found that the magnetic anisotropy, intralayer and interlayer exchange interactions, and Curie temperature can be tuned by biaxial strain and hydrostatic pressure. Large compressive biaxial strain may induce a ferromagneticto-antiferromagnetic transition of both CrI₃ layers. The hydrostatic pressure could enhance the intralayer exchange interaction significantly and hence largely boost the Curie temperature. The effect of the biaxial strain and hydrostatic pressure revealed in the bilayer CrI₃ may be generalized to other two-dimensional magnetic materials.     

Adaptive finite-time prescribed performance control for stochastic nonlinear systems with unknown virtual control coefficients

Nonlinear Dynamics - This paper is devoted to the adaptive finite-time prescribed performance control (FTPPC) for stochastic nonlinear systems with unknown virtual control coefficients (UVCCs),...     

Experimental and Numerical Simulation Research on Boundary Layer Transition Front over a Swept Wing at M = 6

Fluid Dynamics - To predict the boundary layer transition on swept wings, experimental and numerical researches were conducted to obtained the accurate boundary layer transition front and to...     

Design and exploration of 5-nitro-3-trinitromethyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole and its derivatives as energetic materials

Molecular Diversity - According to the fact that 5-nitro-3-trinitromethyl-1H-1,2,4 triazole (NTNMT) is a successful, good explosive, energetic groups such as –CH3, –NH2, –NHNO2,...     

An effective multi-channel fault diagnosis approach for rotating machinery based on multivariate generalized refined composite multi-scale sample entropy

Nonlinear Dynamics - Fault diagnosis of critical rotating machinery components is necessary to ensure safe operation. However, the commonly used rotating machinery fault diagnosis methods are...     

Experimental comparison of nonlinear damping performance of toroidal and conventional tuned liquid column dampers

Nonlinear Dynamics - Conventional tuned liquid column dampers (TLCDs) are deficient in multidirectionality. In contrast, toroidal TLCDs are designed to extend the application to multidirectional...     

Differential Entropy of Induced Random State Ensemble

International Journal of Theoretical Physics - In this paper, we will consider the exact calculation of differential entropy of induced random state ensemble by partial tracing a subsystem over...     

Vacuum-gap-based lumped element Josephson parametric amplifier

We propose a lumped element Josephson parametric amplifier with vacuum-gap-based capacitor.The capacitor is made of quasi-floating aluminum pad and on-chip ground.We take a fabrication process compatible with air-bridge technology,which makes our design adaptable for future on-chip integrated quantum computing system.Further engineering the input impedance,we obtain a gain above 20 dB over 162-MHz bandwidth,along with a quasi quantum-limit noise performance.This work should facilitate the development of quantum information processing and integrated superconducting circuit design.