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Bipolar Transistor Based on Graphane
Graphane is a semiconductor with an energy gap, obtained from hydrogenation
of the two-dimensional grapheme sheet. Together with the two-dimensional
geometry, unique transport features of graphene, and possibility of doping
graphane, p and n regions can be defined so that p-n junctions become feasible
with small reverse currents. Our recent analysis has shown that an ideal I-V
characteristic for this type of junctions may be expected. Here, we predict the
behavior of bipolar juncrion transistors based on graphane. Profiles of
carriers and intrinsic parameters of the graphane transistor are calculated and
discussed
Comment on "Mass and K Lambda coupling of N*(1535)"
It is argued in [1] that when the strong coupling to the K Lambda channel is
considered, Breit-Wigner mass of the lightest orbital excitation of the nucleon
N(1535) shifts to a lower value. The new value turned out to be smaller than
the mass of the lightest radial excitation N(1440), which effectively solved
the long-standing problem of conventional constituent quark models. In this
Comment we show that it is not the Breit-Wigner mass of N(1535) that is
decreased, but its bare mass.
[1] B. C. Liu and B. S. Zou, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 042002 (2006).Comment: 3 pages, comment on "Mass and K Lambda coupling of N*(1535)", B. C.
Liu and B. S. Zou, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 042002 (2006
Soft gamma repeaters outside the Local group
We propose that the best sites to search for SGRs outside the Local group are
galaxies with active massive star formation. Different possibilities to observe
SGR activity from these sites are discussed. In particular we searched for
giant flares from nearby galaxies ( -- 4 Mpc) M82,
M83, NGC 253, and NGC 4945 in the BATSE data. No candidates alike giant SGR
flares were found. The absence of such detections implies that the rate of
giant flares with energy release in the initial spike above
erg is less then 1/25 yr in our Galaxy. However, hyperflares similar to
the one of 27 December 2004 can be observed from larger distances.
Nevertheless, we do not see any significant excess of short GRBs from the Virgo
galaxy cluster and from galaxies Arp 299 and NGC 3256 with extremely high star
formation rate. This implies that the galactic rate of hyperflares with energy
release erg is less than yr. With this
constraint the fraction of possible extragalactic SGR hyperflares among BATSE
short GRBs should not exceed few percents. We present a list of short GRBs
coincident with galaxies mentioned above, and discuss the possibility that some
of them are SGR giant flares. We propose that the best target for observations
of extragalactic SGR flares by {\it Swift} is the Virgo cluster.Comment: 14 pages with 3 figures; accepted to MNRAS (final version
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