Translocation of a confined polymer through a hole

Based on an analogy between polymer translocation across a free energy barrier associated with polymer worming through a hole and classical nucleation and growth process, the escape time tau is predicted asymptotically to be N(N/rho)(1/3nu). N is the polymer length, rho is the monomer density prior to escape, and nu is the radius of gyration exponent. Monte Carlo simulation data collected in the high salt limit (nu approximately 3/5) are in agreement with the asymptotic law and provide vivid details of the escape.     

First-principles analysis of the structural,electronic, and elastic properties of cubic organic-inorganic perovskite HC(NH_2)_2PbI_3

The structural, electronic, and elastic properties of cubic HC(NH_2)_2PbI_3 perovskite are investigated by density functional theory using the Tkatchenko–Scheffler pairwise dispersion scheme. Our relaxed lattice parameters are in agreement with experimental data. The hydrogen bonding between NH_2 and I ions is found to have a crucial role in FAPbI_3 stability. The first calculated band structure shows that HC(NH_2)_2PbI_3 has a direct bandgap(1.02 eV) at R-point, lower than the bandgap(1.53 eV) of CH_3NH_3PbI_3. The calculated density of states reveals that the strong hybridization of s(Pb)–p(I) orbital in valence band maximum plays an important role in the structural stability. The photo-generated effective electron mass and hole mass at R-point along the R–Γ and R–M directions are estimated to be smaller: m_e~*= 0.06 m0 and m_h~*= 0.08 m0 respectively, which are consistent with the values experimentally observed from long range photocarrier transport. The elastic properties are also investigated for the first time, which shows that HC(NH_2)_2PbI_3 is mechanically stable and ductile and has weaker strength of the average chemical bond. This work sheds light on the understanding of applications of HC(NH_2)_2PbI_3 as the perovskite in a planar-heterojunction solar cell light absorber fabricated on flexible polymer substrates.     

Coupling of frustrated ising spins to the magnetic cycloid in multiferroic TbMnO(3)

We report on diffraction measurements on multiferroic TbMnO(3) which demonstrate that the Tb- and Mn-magnetic orders are coupled below the ferroelectric transition T(FE) = 28 K. For T相似文献   

The magnetic structures of NdCu2 determined by single crystal neutron diffraction

We investigated the magnetic structure of NdCu₂ by means of neutron diffraction as a function of temperature between 1.5 K and 8 K in zero external field. The diffraction data were obtained on two single crystals with different orientations using the triple-axis-spectrometer TAS6 at the DR-3 reactor at Risø. Two magnetic phases were observed between 1.5K andT _N =6.5K. From 1.5 K to 4.1 K the magnetic reflections can be described by the commensurate wave vector =(3/5 0 0) and its higher harmonics 3 and 5. Below 2.5K the structure is completely squared-up. For 4.1 KT6.5 K the magnetic structure is incommensurate with the chemical lattice and can be described by the wave vector=(3/5 0 0) and its higher harmonies 3 and 5M. Below 2.5 K the structure is completely squared-up. For 4.1 K T 6.5 K the magnetic structure is incommensurate with the chemical lattice and can be described by the wave vector ^*=(0.62 0.044 0). In both phases the Nd-moments are oriented along the easyb-direction.     

On the scaling of probability density functions with apparent power-law exponents less than unity

We derive general properties of the finite-size scaling of probability density functions and show that when the apparent exponent of a probability density is less than 1, the associated finite-size scaling ansatz has a scaling exponent τ equal to 1, provided that the fraction of events in the universal scaling part of the probability density function is non-vanishing in the thermodynamic limit. We find the general result that τ≥1 and . Moreover, we show that if the scaling function approaches a non-zero constant for small arguments, , then . However, if the scaling function vanishes for small arguments, , then τ= 1, again assuming a non-vanishing fraction of universal events. Finally, we apply the formalism developed to examples from the literature, including some where misunderstandings of the theory of scaling have led to erroneous conclusions.     

Lifetimes andg J factors of 6s7p and 5d6p levels of Ba I

Excited states of Ba have been investigated with optical double resonance and Hanle effect. The followingg _J factors and natural lifetimes (in 10^?9 sec) have been measured $$\begin{gathered} 6s7p\left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}c} {^1 P_1 :g_J = 1.003(2)\tau = 13.5(6)} \\ {^3 P_1 :g_J = 1.4971(8)\tau = 85.0(8.0)} \\ \end{array} } \right. \hfill \\ 5d6p\left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}c} {^1 P_1 :g_J = 1.004(2)\tau = 12.4(9)} \\ {^3 P_1 :g_J = 1.4847(15)\tau = 11.7(9)} \\ {^3 D_1 :g_J = 0.5064(3)\tau = 17.0(5).} \\ \end{array} } \right. \hfill \\ \end{gathered}$$ g _J is utilized to test the mixing coefficients of the wave functions in the intermediate coupling model. The lifetimes are converted into absolute transition probabilities for all the decays originating from the states investigated under the assumption that their branching ratios obtained elsewhere are correct. This assumption is not unquestionable, however.     

Full current statistics of incoherent "cold electrons"

We evaluate the full current statistics (FCS) in the low-dimensional (1D and 2D) diffusive conductors in the incoherent regime eV>E(Th)=D/L(2), E(Th) being the Thouless energy. It is shown that the Coulomb interaction substantially enhances the probability of big current fluctuations for short conductors with E(Th)>1/tau(E), tau(E) being the energy relaxation time, leading to the exponential tails in the current distribution. The current fluctuations are most strong for low temperatures, provided E(Th) approximately [(eV)(2)/Dnu(2)(1)](1/3) for 1D and E(Th) approximately (eV/g)ln(g for 2D, where g is a dimensionless conductance and nu(1) is a 1D density of states. The FCS in the "hot electron" regime is also discussed.     

Shake-up intersubband transitions observed in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells

Shake-up transitions involving QW hole subbands have been observed as satellites in selective photoluminescence spectra of undoped GaAs/AlGaAs QWs. These shake-up transitions are explained in terms of an interaction between localized exciton and valence-band hole states attached to the QW subbands, in which holes are shaken up from the n=1 heavy hole subband to higher subbands, either the n=1 light hole subband or the n=2 heavy hole subband. The required localization is due to the interface roughness; thus these new transitions are of intrinsic origin. From the observation of the intersubband shake-up processes we derive direct information about the hole inter-subband energies. Furthermore, the satellite intensity is strikingly enhanced in the presence of a magnetic field due to an increasing exciton localization related to the compression of its wave function in the field. The exciton wave function compression continues until its radius in the plane of the well is comparable with the radius of the "flat island" characterized by constant QW width. Accordingly, from the magnetic field dependence of the shake-up satellite intensity we can roughly estimate the size of the "flat islands" and consequently probe the interface roughness.     

A Lax representation for the vertex operator and the central extension

Integrable hierarchies, viewed as isospectral deformations of an operatorL may admit symmetries; they are time-dependent vector fields, transversal to and commuting with the hierarchy and forming an algebra. In this work, the commutation relations for the symmetries are shown to be based on a non-commutative Lie algebra splitting theorem. The symmetries, viewed as vector fields onL, are expressed in terms of a Lax pair.This study introduces a generating symmetry, a generating function for symmetries, both of the KP equation (continuous), and the two-dimensional Toda lattice (discrete), in terms ofL and an operatorM, introduced by Orlov and Schulman, such that [L, M] = 1. This generating symmetry, acting on the wave function (or wave vector) lifts to a vertex operatorà la Date-Jimbo-Kashiwara-Miwa, acting on the -function (or -vector). Lifting the algebra of symmetries, acting on wave functions, to an algebra of symmetries, acting on -functions, amounts to passing from an algebra to its central extension.This provides a handy technology to find the constraints satisfied by various matrix integrals, arising in the context of 2d-quantum gravity and moduli space topology. The point is to first prove the vanishing of symmetries at the Lax pair level, which usually turns out to be elementary and conceptual, and then use the lifting above to get the subalgebra of vanishing symmetries for the -function (or -vectors).The support of a National Science Foundation grant # DMS-9203246 is gratefully acknowledged.The hospitality of the University of Louvain and Brandeis University is gratefully acknowledged.The support of a National Science Foundation grant # DMS-9203246, a Nato, a FNRS and a Francqui Foundation grant is gratefully acknowledged.     

Local fields in single-mode helical fibres

The scalar local-field wave equations in helical fibres are derived and, with the aid of a special mathematical treatment, solved approximately in a local coordinate system—the Serret-Frenet frame from the Maxwell's equations. Two basic results are obtained: (1) The local modes in a single-mode helical fibre are circularly polarized. (2) The difference of the propagation constants between the two fundamental modes is 2, where is the torsion. They agree well with the known experimental measurements.     

Adiabatic decoupling sidebands

An analytical solution is given for amplitudes and phases of adiabatic decoupling sidebands as a function of spin inversion time tau. Since all the adiabatic decoupling phases theta(t, tau) refocus at two periods (2T) of the decoupling pulse, the sidebands are located at n/2T rather than at n/T as observed in other decoupling schemes. The real (R(n)(tau)) and imaginary (I(n)(tau)) amplitudes of the sidebands have symmetry R(n)(tau) = R(-n)(tau) and I(n)(tau) = -I(-n)(tau), forming a mirror image between the counterparts of the sidebands. When frequency sweep changes direction all I(n)(tau) are inverted while all R(n)(tau) remain unchanged, leading to pure absorption sidebands with two accumulations as demonstrated by Kupce and Freeman, and to an exchange of sidebands between counterparts. The sum of the real parts for sidebands n = 1 and 2 is almost a constant near on-resonance decoupling, and it increases substantially for large decoupling offsets. The phase defocusing can be minimized for all decoupling offsets by inserting an initial decoupling period with T(ini) = T/2, eliminating all sidebands located at n/2T (n = +/-1, +/-3, +/-5, ...).     

Isotope dependence of the lifetime of the vibration of oxygen in silicon

By simply changing the isotopes of the Si atoms that neighbor an oxygen Oi atom in crystalline silicon, the measured decay rate tau of the asymmetric-stretch vibration (nu3=1136 cm-1) of oxygen (Oi) in silicon changes by a factor of approximately 2.5. These data establish that nu3 decays by creating one nu1 symmetric-stretch, local-vibrational mode of the Si-Oi-Si structure. If the residual energy (nu3-nu1) is less than the maximum frequency num of the host lattice, as for 28Si-16O-28Si in natural silicon, then it is emitted as one lattice mode, and tau depends on the density of one-phonon states at nu3-nu1. If (nu3-nu1)>num, as for 16O in single-isotope 30Si silicon, two lattice modes are created in addition to nu1, increasing tau. Prediction of tau for a particular defect clearly requires a detailed knowledge of that defect.     

A parametric study of surface-discharge nitrogen lasers

A parametric study of sandwich-type discharge chamber nitrogen lasers has been carried out. A non-monotonic dependence of the energy emitted by the laser and the discharge chamber thickness is found. Discharge chambers with = 1 have the best electro-optical efficiency. The ratio between the electrode gap,d, and is found to be a scaling parameter. The possible influence of wall ablation in the comportment is also discussed.     

The temperature dependence of polarization according to the fluorescence spectrum

The temperature dependence of the degree of polarization according to the spectrum of fluorescence for solutions of phthalimide is investigated. The relationships obtained agree with the change in time of the excited state of molecules according to the spectrum of the radiation depending on temperature. The fact that depends on the spectrum of fluorescence for specific temperatures is the result of radiation from different centers.The relationship P =f(_f1) arises because of the differing interaction with the surroundings of different centers of the long and short wave ends of the spectrum.The author thanks L. G. Pikulik for suggesting the subject and directing the research and M. Ya. Kostko for the measurements of _f1.     

A study of the decays of tau leptons produced on theZ resonance at LEP

From the analysis of a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.63 pb^–1 taken during the 1990 run of LEP at centre of mass energies between 88.2 GeV an 94.2 GeV, the tau decays and their charge conjugates have been studied. The following branching ratios have been measured; , , Br(^{– –} (K^–)v)=11.9±0.7±0.7%, BR (^{– –} v)= 22.4±0.8±1.3%, in good agreement with world averages. The measured electronic and muonic branching ratios lead to a measurement of the strong coupling constant, _s (m) = 0.26 _–0.12 ^+0.09 . Extrapolating the _s value fromm tom _Z yields _s (m_Z) = 0.109 _–0.028 ^+0.012 .The average polarizationP of taus produced in Z ^{s s} decays has also been measured using the above decay modes. The weighted mean of the polarizations obtained from the four decay modes isP =–0.24±0.07. This value ofP gives, in the improved Born approximation, a ratio between the axial and vector coupling constants of the tau of /a = 0.12 ± 0.04, and hence a value of the effective electroweak mixing parameter sin² _W(m _Z ² ).     

Generation of high-current electron beams by a hollow cathode with a ferroelectric plasma source

This paper presents results and analysis of an experimental investigation of the operation of a hollow cathode (HC) with an incorporated ferroelectric plasma source (FPS). It was shown that the use of FPS based on a BaTi solid solution allows one to ignite and to sustain a 10²-10³ A HC discharge with duration of 10^-3-10^-5 s at background pressure of 5 x 10^-3 Pa while keeping the HC design with small dimensions. It was found that the development of the HC discharge is accompanied by formation at the surface of the FPS of dense plasma which serves as a powerful (hundreds of kW) pulsed source of current carrying electrons. Parameters of the HC plasma (radial distribution of the plasma density and temperature and plasma potential) for different discharge current amplitudes and two types of FPS are presented. Application of the FPS as an electron source in a diode under an accelerating pulse 300 kV and pulse duration 400 ns showed that the latter operates in a plasma pre-filled mode with a current amplitude up to 1.6 kA. Parameters of the diode and electron beam for different experimental conditions are presented and discussed.Received: 10 April 2003, Published online: 12 August 2003PACS: 52.50.Dg Plasma sources - 29.25.Bx Electron sources - 52.25.Tx Emission, absorption, and scattering of particles     

电离层中性气体释放的早期试验效应研究

在电离层释放电子吸附类中性气体能够引起电离层电子密度耗空,在释放之后快速形成"电离层洞";同时,由于释放气体的快速膨胀,挤压背景等离子体,在电离层洞的外边缘产生"壳状"电子密度增强结构,电离层洞和电子密度增强结构同时存在是释放早期试验效应的显著特征.本文研究了电离层中性气体释放的早期试验效应,建立了释放早期电子密度的时空演化物理模型,仿真了释放早期电子密度的时空演化过程,同时采用射线追踪方法研究了释放后10 s和120 s不同频率信号在扰动区的传播效应,并反演得到了电离层垂直探测电离图,反演结果与一次火箭喷焰的实际观测结果吻合较好,初步验证了本模型的正确性.     

Microcanonical ensemble extensive thermodynamics of Tsallis statistics

The microscopic foundation of the generalized equilibrium statistical mechanics based on the Tsallis entropy is given by using the Gibbs idea of statistical ensembles of the classical and quantum mechanics. The equilibrium distribution functions are derived by the thermodynamic method based upon the use of the fundamental equation of thermodynamics and the statistical definition of the functions of the state of the system. It is shown that if the entropic index ξ=1/(q−1) in the microcanonical ensemble is an extensive variable of the state of the system, then in the thermodynamic limit the principle of additivity and the zero law of thermodynamics are satisfied. In particular, the Tsallis entropy of the system is extensive and the temperature is intensive. Thus, the Tsallis statistics completely satisfies all the postulates of the equilibrium thermodynamics. Moreover, evaluation of the thermodynamic identities in the microcanonical ensemble is provided by the Euler theorem. The principle of additivity and the Euler theorem are explicitly proved by using the illustration of the classical microcanonical ideal gas in the thermodynamic limit.     

Global and local condensate and superfluid fractions of a few hard core bosons in a combined harmonic optical cubic lattice in continuous space

We explore the global and local condensate and superfluid (SF) fractions in a system of a few hard core (HC) bosons (N = 8 and N = 40) trapped inside a combined harmonic optical cubic lattice (CHOCL) in continuous space at T = 0 K. The local condensate fraction (CF) is computed for individual lattice wells by separating the one-body density matrix (OBDM) of the whole system into components at the various lattice sites. Then each ??lattice-site?? component is diagonalized to find its eigenvalues. The eigenvalues are obtained by a method presented earlier [J.L. DuBois, H.R. Glyde, Phys. Rev. A 63, 023602 (2001)]. The effects of overlap between the condensates in the lattice wells on the CF in one well is also investigated. The SF fraction (SFF) is calculated for N = 40 only by using the diffusion formula of Pollock and Ceperley [Phys. Rev. B 36, 8343 (1987)]. Our chief result is an opposing behavior of the global and local CF and SFF with increasing lattice wave vector k. In addition, the CF in a lattice well is enhanced by the overlap with its neighbor wells beyond the result when the overlap is neglected. The global SF is depleted with a rise of the repulsion between the bosons, yet at very strong interaction superfluidity is still present. The global CF remains almost constant with increasing HC repulsion.