Classical in-plane negative magnetoresistance and quantum positive magnetoresistance in undoped InSb thin films on GaAs (1 0 0) substrates

Magnetoresistance (MR) effects have been investigated in perpendicular and parallel magnetic fields at 300, 80 K and liquid He temperatures for undoped InSb thin films 0.1–2.3 μm thick grown on GaAs(1 0 0) substrates by MBE. At high temperatures, the intrinsic carriers show the parabolic negative MR observable only in magnetic fields parallel to the film. The skipping-orbit effect due to surface boundary scattering in the classical orbits in the plane vertical to the film has been argued to be responsible for the negative MR. At low temperatures (T=80 K), the transport is dominated by the two-dimensional (2D) electrons in the accumulation layers at the InSb/GaAs(1 0 0) hetero interface; MR is positive and shows a logarithmic increase with anisotropy between parallel and perpendicular field orientation, arising from the 2D weak anti-localization (WAL) that reflects the interplay between the spin-Zeeman effect and strong spin–orbit interaction caused by the asymmetric potential at the interface (Rashba term). The zero-field spin splitting energy of Δ₀13 meV, the electron effective mass of m^*0.10m₀ seven times of the band edge mass in bulk InSb and the effective g-factor of |g^*|15 in the accumulation layer have been inferred from fits of MR for the 0.1 μm thick film to the 2D WL theory.     

具有自适应反馈突触的神经元模型中的混沌:电路设计

近期文献中报道了在具有自适应反馈突触的神经元模型中,随着参数的变化,存在从两个共存吸引子到一个相连吸引子再到两个共存吸引子的混沌转化现象.本文对此模型进行了电路设计,同时对具有非单调激活函数功能的电路设计进行了细致的研究,并利用Electronic Workbench (EWB)软件对所设计的电路进行了仿真实验,研究了电路中的混沌现象,验证了所设计电路的动力学行为与通过数值模拟结果十分相似. 关键词： 自适应反馈突触 神经元模型 混沌 电路设计     

一类新混沌系统的线性状态反馈控制

研究了一类新混沌系统的控制问题.利用Routh-Hurwitz准则对受控系统进行了稳定性分析，结合线性状态反馈方法理论上严格证明了达到控制目标反馈系数的选择原则.数值研究证明了该方法能够有效地控制混沌系统到失稳的平衡点或周期解，同时控制效果在弱噪声干扰下具有很强的鲁棒性. 关键词： 新混沌系统 线性状态反馈控制 Routh-Hurwitz准则 噪声     

Dynamics of One‐Dimensional Electrons With Broken Spin–Charge Separation

Spin–charge separation is known to be broken in many physically interesting one‐dimensional (1D) and quasi‐1D systems with spin–orbit interaction because of which spin and charge degrees of freedom are mixed in collective excitations. Mixed spin–charge modes carry an electric charge and therefore can be investigated by electrical means. We explore this possibility by studying the dynamic conductance of a 1D electron system with image‐potential‐induced spin–orbit interaction. The real part of the admittance reveals an oscillatory behavior versus frequency that reflects the collective excitation resonances for both modes at their respective transit frequencies. By analyzing the frequency dependence of the conductance the mode velocities can be found and their spin–charge structure can be determined quantitatively.     

Detecting positive feedback in multivariate time series: The case of metal prices and US inflation

The objective of this paper is to examine causality and feedback relationships between primary commodity prices and US inflation. To this end, the bivariate noisy Mackey–Glass process recently developed by Kyrtsou and Labys [Evidence for chaotic dependence between US inflation and commodity prices, J. Macroecon. 28(1) (2006) 256–266] has been applied to assess this relationship. Results obtained support evidence in favour of causality, which can help to identify the influences of speculative price behaviour on inflation.     

Langford系统Hopf分叉的线性反馈控制

分析Langford系统的Hopf分叉现象，并研究采用线性反馈控制方法控制该系统的Hopf分叉.从理论上推导出受控系统产生Hopf分叉的条件，给出了某些极限环的解析表达式，对该系统进行了分叉点的转移与极限环的稳定性控制.数值模拟说明本文采用的方法对Langford系统的Hopf分叉控制是有效的. 关键词： Langford系统 反馈控制 Hopf分叉 极限环     

Oscillatory expression and variability in p53 regulatory network

The effect of delay, nonlinearity and noise on oscillatory motion is of permanent interest for theoretical and experimental research. Here we explore a negative feedback loop between p53 and Mdm2 with a time delay, which is a key circuit in the response of cells to damage. This circuit shows noisy sustained oscillations in individual human cells following DNA damage, and damped oscillations at the cell population level. We demonstrate the effect of delay on the oscillation, and the correlation in time course. In a multi-species system, the events at different time points which span a time delay are coupled even when the delay is large compared with the other characteristic times of the system. We also clarify that the dynamics at the single-cell level appears to be coherent resonance, and the origin of the damped oscillation at the macroscopic level out of the sustained ones at the single-cell level can be ascribed to the dephasing process which is induced by the interplay between nonlinearity and noise. The findings are consistent with experimental observations and advance our understanding of the dynamics of the p53 network.