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Determination of the wind response of Saturn 5 by statistical methods, volume 1
Statistical analysis of Saturn 5 launch vehicle wind response - Vol.
Anomalous Fermi Liquid Behavior of Overdoped High-Tc Superconductors
According to a generic temperature vs. carrier-doping (T-p) phase diagram of
high-temperature superconductors it has been proposed that as doping increases
to the overdoped region they approach gradually a conventional (canonical)
Fermi Liquid. However, Hall effect measurements in several systems reported by
different authors show a still strong \emph{T}-dependence in overdoped samples.
We report here electrical transport measurements of
Y_{1-x}Ca_{x}Ba_{2}Cu_{3}O_{7-delta} thin films presenting a temperature
dependence of the Hall constant, R_H, which does not present a gradual
transition towards the T-independent behavior of a canonical Fermi Liquid.
Instead, the T-dependence passes by a minimum near optimal doping and then
increases again in the overdoped region. We discuss the theoretical predictions
from two representative Fermi Liquid models and show that they can not give a
satisfactory explanation to our data. We conclude that this region of the phase
diagram in YBCO, as in most HTSC, is not a canonical Fermi Liquid, therefore we
call it Anomalous Fermi Liquid.Comment: 9 pages, 12 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev.
The place of pasture in Iowa farming
Though nearly as much land in Iowa is devoted to pasture as to corn, pastures have received very little thought or attention. The reasons why pastures have been given so little consideration are: (1) the lower per acre returns from pasture than from corn, (2) the fact that pasture is more nearly a fixed element in the business, and (3) the somewhat prevalent belief that little or nothing worth the cost can be done to pastures to make them more productive. Pasture is important, however, because it supplies a type of feed which is essential for livestock, and enables the farmer to get a higher return from some rough areas than could be obtained from cultivated crops. Sometimes pasture helps to prevent erosion
System for the measurement of ultra-low stray light levels
An apparatus is described for measuring the effectiveness of stray light suppression light shields and baffle arrangements used in optical space experiments and large space telescopes. The light shield and baffle arrangement and a telescope model are contained in a vacuum chamber. A source of short, high-powered light energy illuminates portions of the light shield and baffle arrangement and reflects a portion of same to a photomultiplier tube by virtue of multipath scattering. The resulting signal is transferred to time-channel electronics timed by the firing of the high energy light source allowing time discrimination of the signal thereby enabling the light scattered and suppressed by the model to be distinguished from the walls and holders around the apparatus
Berry's phase contribution to the anomalous Hall effect of gadolinium
When conduction electrons are forced to follow the local spin texture, the
resulting Berry phase can induce an anomalous Hall effect (AHE). In gadolinium,
as in double-exchange magnets, the exchange interaction is mediated by the
conduction electrons and the AHE may therefore resemble that of chromium
dioxide and other metallic double-exchange ferromagnets. The Hall resistivity,
magnetoresistance, and magnetization of single crystal gadolinium were measured
in fields up to 30 T. Measurements between 2 K and 400 K are consistent with
previously reported data. A scaling analysis for the Hall resistivity as a
function of the magnetization suggests the presence of a Berry's-phase
contribution to the anomalous Hall effect.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Thermal Casimir Force between Magnetic Materials
We investigate the Casimir pressure between two parallel plates made of
magnetic materials at nonzero temperature. It is shown that for real
magnetodielectric materials only the magnetic properties of ferromagnets can
influence the Casimir pressure. This influence is accomplished through the
contribution of the zero-frequency term of the Lifshitz formula. The
possibility of the Casimir repulsion through the vacuum gap is analyzed
depending on the model used for the description of the dielectric properties of
the metal plates.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures. Contribution to the Proceedings of QFEXT09,
Norman, OK, September 21-25, 200
Magnetoresistance Anomalies in (Ga,Mn)As Epilayers with Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy
We report the observation of anomalies in the longitudinal magnetoresistance
of tensile-strained (Ga,Mn)As epilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy.
Magnetoresistance measurements carried out in the planar geometry (magnetic
field parallel to the current density) reveal "spikes" that are antisymmetric
with respect to the direction of the magnetic field. These anomalies always
occur during magnetization reversal, as indicated by a simultaneous change in
sign of the anomalous Hall effect. The data suggest that the antisymmetric
anomalies originate in anomalous Hall effect contributions to the longitudinal
resistance when domain walls are located between the voltage probes. This
interpretation is reinforced by carrying out angular sweeps of ,
revealing an antisymmetric dependence on the helicity of the field sweep.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev.
Potential Human Health Implications of Swine Health
Thrs study measured the relationship between subclinical pig health at slaughter and carcass contamination. 280 randomly selected carcasses were swabbed at three points during slaughter: skin pre-scald; pelvic cavity following removal of the distal colon and rectum, and pleural cavity, immediately before the final carcass rinse. Swabs were cultured quantitatively for Campylobacter spp. and Enterococcus spp. Campylobacter spp. were recovered from the pleural cavity in 58.9% (33/56) and 44 .6% (25/56) of pools from the bung cavity Enterococcus spp. were recovered from 66.1% (37/56) and 38.7% (22/56) of pleural and bung samples, respectively. The most common lesion cdentified was pleuritis/adhesions, with a total of 7.1% (186/2,625 total head). Linear regress1on showed that for every percentage point increase in lesions, there was a significant 4.4% increase in Enterococcus spp. and 5.1% increase 1n Campylobacter spp. contamination. Additionally, significant relationships were identified between pleuritis and the quantity (log CFU) of Enterococcus spp. present in the bung cavity or Campylobacter spp. in the pleural cavity
Josephson scanning tunneling microscopy
We propose a set of scanning tunneling microscopy experiments in which the
surface of superconductor is scanned by a superconducting tip. Potential
capabilities of such experimental setup are discussed. Most important
anticipated results of such an experiment include the position-resolved
measurement of the superconducting order parameter and the possibility to
determine the nature of the secondary component of the order parameter at the
surface. The theoretical description based on the tunneling Hamiltonian
formalism is presented.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
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