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C.V.D. annual report: January, 1967 research project ru27-1 : analogue study of semiconductor device structures
The e::tension of the resistance network analogue method to the study
of a M.O.S.T. structure is described. By means of an iterative technique,
data regarding channel current, field distribution, surface charge and
position of pinch-off point as function of gate and drain voltagen can be
obtained which do not involve the usual 'gradual' channel approximation
Results for a particular device geometry are presented.
A discussion of a digital computer approach to the solution of semiconductor
device current flow problems is included, together with preliminary
results
Comment on ``Method to analyze electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomers" [Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 061921 (2007)]
The model of Zhao and Suo can be readily generalized to predict the critical
breakdown electric field value of elastomers with arbitrary elastic
strain energy function. An explicit expression for is presented for
elastomeric thin films under biaxial strain and comparisons are made with
experimental data using a two term Ogden rubber elasticity model. Simplified
results for uniaxial and for equi-biaxial stress provide further insight into
the findings of Zhao and Suo.Comment: 2 page
Radial Trends in IMF-Sensitive Absorption Features in Two Early-Type Galaxies: Evidence for Abundance-Driven Gradients
Samples of early-type galaxies show a correlation between stellar velocity
dispersion and the stellar initial mass function (IMF) as inferred from
gravity-sensitive absorption lines in the galaxies' central regions. To search
for spatial variations in the IMF, we have observed two early-type galaxies
with Keck/LRIS and measured radial gradients in the strengths of absorption
features from 4000-5500 \AA and 8000-10,000 \AA. We present spatially
resolved measurements of the dwarf-sensitive spectral indices NaI (8190 \AA)
and Wing-Ford FeH (9915 \AA), as well as indices for species of H, C, CN,
Mg, Ca, TiO, and Fe. Our measurements show a metallicity gradient in both
objects, and Mg/Fe consistent with a shallow gradient in \alpha-enhancement,
matching widely observed trends for massive early-type galaxies. The NaI index
and the CN index at 4160 \AA exhibit significantly steeper gradients,
with a break at ( pc). Inside this radius
NaI strength increases sharply toward the galaxy center, consistent with a
rapid central rise in [Na/Fe]. In contrast, the ratio of FeH to Fe index
strength decreases toward the galaxy center. This behavior cannot be reproduced
by a steepening IMF inside if the IMF is a single power law.
While gradients in the mass function above may occur,
exceptional care is required to disentangle these IMF variations from the
extreme variations in individual element abundances near the galaxies' centers.Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ. Updates from v1 include an expanded
comparison of measured index strengths to SPS models. 20 page body + 7 page
appendix + references. Includes 25 figure
Constructing Carmichael numbers through improved subset-product algorithms
We have constructed a Carmichael number with 10,333,229,505 prime factors,
and have also constructed Carmichael numbers with k prime factors for every k
between 3 and 19,565,220. These computations are the product of implementations
of two new algorithms for the subset product problem that exploit the
non-uniform distribution of primes p with the property that p-1 divides a
highly composite \Lambda.Comment: Table 1 fixed; previously the last 30 digits and number of digits
were calculated incorrectl
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