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Coupling Rydberg atoms to microwave fields in a superconducting coplanar waveguide resonator
Rydberg helium atoms traveling in pulsed supersonic beams have been coupled
to microwave fields in a superconducting coplanar waveguide (CPW) resonator.
The atoms were initially prepared in the 1s55s S Rydberg level by
two-color two-photon laser excitation from the metastable 1s2s S level.
Two-photon microwave transitions between the 1s55s S and 1s56s
S levels were then driven by the 19.556 GHz third-harmonic microwave
field in a quarter-wave CPW resonator. This superconducting microwave resonator
was fabricated from niobium nitride on a silicon substrate and operated at
temperatures between 3.65 and 4.30 K. The populations of the Rydberg levels in
the experiments were determined by state-selective pulsed electric field
ionization. The coherence of the atom-resonator coupling was studied by
time-domain measurements of Rabi oscillations.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Fishes of the King Edward and Carson Rivers with their Belaa and Ngarinyin names
During two separate sampling trips, in October to November 2004 and in June to July 2005, 42 sites on the King Edward River and Carson River and their tributaries were sampled for fish. Fish were captured using fine mesh seine nets and gill nets and were observed using mask and snorkel and from visual surveys.
The results of this study have revealed that the number of freshwater fishes (species diversity) of the King Edward River is higher than has previously been recorded for a Western Australian river. Twenty-six freshwater fish species were recorded, which is three species higher than the much larger Fitzroy River in the southern Kimberley. The study also resulted in a number of range extensions, including Butler’s Grunter and Silver Cobbler to the west, and the Slender Gudgeon to the north and east. What appears to be an undescribed species of glassfish was captured. It differs morphologically from described species in head spines (or lack of), fin rays, as well as relative body measurements. Similarly, an undescribed ectoparasite, Argulus sp. (Crustacea: Branchiura), was found on the caudal (tail) fin lobes of one Black Bream (Jenkin’s Grunter) and three Spangled Perch. Interestingly, a considerable proportion of Black Bream, which is widespread throughout the system but essentially restricted to main channel sites, had ‘blubber-lips’.
There were significant differences in the prevailing fish fauna of the different reaches of the King Edward River system. Thus fish associations in the upper King Edward River main channel were significantly different to those in the tributaries and the main channel of the Carson River. Similarly, the fauna of the Carson River, which was much more diverse than the King Edward River main channel and tributary sites, was characterised by many species that were not found in other parts of the river. The presence of barriers, in the form of waterfalls which do not permit upstream migrations of fishes are considered to be the main factor in limiting the distribution of many species. For example, many species are restricted to the lower sections of the Carson River, and include Bony Bream, Lesser Salmon Catfish, Silver Cobbler, Black Catfish, False-spined Catfish, Freshwater Longtom, Prince Regent Hardyhead, Mouth Almighty, Barred Grunter and Butler’s Grunter. It is hypothesised that these natural barriers were in place long before many of these latter species colonised the King Edward River. Some species tend to only be found within tributary sites, e.g. Kimberley Mogurnda, while others are most abundant in tributaries rather than main channel sites, e.g. Western Rainbowfish and Spangled Perch.
Waterfalls are also seen as limiting the number of migratory marine/estuarine species that enter freshwaters. For example, only three species that require the marine/estuarine environment to complete their life-cycle (i.e. salt water) were captured in the freshwaters of the King Edward River system. This compares to 14 species that utilise the freshwaters of the Fitzroy River
Novel Dynamical Resonances in Finite-Temperature Bose-Einstein Condensates
We describe a variety of intriguing mode-coupling effects which can occur in
a confined Bose-Einstein condensed system at finite temperature. These arise
from strong interactions between a condensate fluctuation and resonances of the
thermal cloud yielding strongly non-linear behaviour. We show how these
processes can be affected by altering the aspect ratio of the trap, thereby
changing the relevant mode-matching conditions. We illustrate how direct
driving of the thermal cloud can lead to significant shifts in the excitation
spectrum for a number of modes and provide further experimental scenarios in
which the dramatic behaviour observed for the mode at JILA (Jin {\it et
al.} 1997) can be repeated. Our theoretical description is based on a
successful second-order finite-temperature quantum field theory which includes
the full coupled dynamics of the condensate and thermal cloud and all relevant
finite-size effects
Theory of the cold collision frequency shift in 1S--2S spectroscopy of Bose-Einstein-condensed and non-condensed hydrogen
We show that a correct formulation of the cold collision frequency shift for
two photon spectroscopy of Bose-condensed and cold non-Bose-condensed hydrogen
is consistent with experimental data. Our treatment includes transport and
inhomogeneity into the theory of a non-condensed gas, which causes substantial
changes in the cold collision frequency shift for the ordinary thermal gas, as
a result of the very high frequency (3.9kHz) of transverse trap mode. For the
condensed gas, we find substantial corrections arise from the inclusion of
quasiparticles, whose number is very large because of the very low frequency
(10.2Hz) of the longitudinal trap mode. These two effects together account for
the apparent absence of a "factor of two" between the two possibilities.
Our treatment considers only the Doppler-free measurements, but could be
extended to Doppler-sensitive measurements. For Bose-condensed hydrogen, we
predict a characteristic "foot" extending into higher detunings than can arise
from the condensate alone, as a result of a correct treatment of the statistics
of thermal quasiparticles.Comment: 16 page J Phys B format plus 6 postscript figure
First-principles prediction of redox potentials in transition-metal compounds with LDA+U
First-principles calculations within the Local Density Approximation (LDA) or
Generalized Gradient Approximation (GGA), though very successful, are known to
underestimate redox potentials, such as those at which lithium intercalates in
transition metal compounds. We argue that this inaccuracy is related to the
lack of cancellation of electron self-interaction errors in LDA/GGA and can be
improved by using the DFT+ method with a self-consistent evaluation of the
parameter. We show that, using this approach, the experimental lithium
intercalation voltages of a number of transition metal compounds, including the
olivine LiMPO (M=Mn, Fe Co, Ni), layered LiMO (Co,
Ni) and spinel-like LiMO (M=Mn, Co), can be reproduced
accurately.Comment: 19 pages, 6 figures, Phys. Rev. B 70, 235121 (2004
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