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How to reduce the suspension thermal noise in LIGO without improving the Q's of the pendulum and violin modes
The suspension noise in interferometric gravitational wave detectors is
caused by losses at the top and the bottom attachments of each suspension
fiber. We use the Fluctuation-Dissipation theorem to argue that by careful
positioning of the laser beam spot on the mirror face it is possible to reduce
the contribution of the bottom attachment point to the suspension noise by
several orders of magnitude. For example, for the initial and enhanced LIGO
design parameters (i.e. mirror masses and sizes, and suspension fibers' lengths
and diameters) we predict a reduction of in the "bottom" spectral
density throughout the band of serious thermal noise. We then
propose a readout scheme which suppresses the suspension noise contribution of
the top attachment point. The idea is to monitor an averaged horizontal
displacement of the fiber of length ; this allows one to record the
contribution of the top attachment point to the suspension noise, and later
subtract it it from the interferometer readout. For enhanced LIGO this would
allow a suppression factor about 100 in spectral density of suspension thermal
noise.Comment: a few misprints corrected; submitted to Classical and Quantum Gravit
Dialectics and Implications of Natural Neurotropic Autoantibodies in Neurological Disease and Rehabilitation
The role of natural idiotypic (Id-Abs) and anti-idiotypic (AId-Abs) autoantibodies
against neuro-antigens observed in different neurological disorders is not fully
understood. In particular, limited experimental evidence has been provided
concerning the qualitative and quantitative serological response after acute injuries
of the central nervous system or during chronic mental diseases. In this study, we
analyzed the specific Id-Abs and AId-Abs serological reactivities against 4
neuro-antigens in a large population of patients with ischemic stroke, schizophrenia,
as well as healthy individuals. Patients with ischemic stroke were tested at different
time points following the acute stroke episode and a correlation was attempted
between autoantibodies response and different patterns of functional recovery.
Results showed variable and detectable Id-Abs and AId-Abs in different proportions
of all three populations of subjects. Among patients with different functional
recovery after ischemic stroke, a difference in time-related trends of Id-Abs and
AId-Abs was encountered. Our observations suggest that changes in
the production of natural neurotropic Abs may engender a positive homeostatic,
beside a possible
pathogenic effect, in specific neurological disorders
Considerable enhancement of the critical current in a superconducting film by magnetized magnetic strip
We show that a magnetic strip on top of a superconducting strip magnetized in
a specified direction may considerably enhance the critical current in the
sample. At fixed magnetization of the magnet we observed diode effect - the
value of the critical current depends on the direction of the transport
current. We explain these effects by a influence of the nonuniform magnetic
field induced by the magnet on the current distribution in the superconducting
strip. The experiment on a hybrid Nb/Co structure confirmed the predicted
variation of the critical current with a changing value of magnetization and
direction of the transport current.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figure
Two-dimensional effective action for matter fields coupled to the dilaton
We revise the calculation of the one-loop effective action for scalar and
spinor fields coupled to the dilaton in two dimensions. Applying the method of
covariant perturbation theory for the heat kernel we derive the effective
action in an explicitly covariant form that produces both the conformally
invariant and the conformally anomalous terms.For scalar fields the conformally
invariant part of the action is nonlocal. The obtained effective action is
proved to be infrared finite. We also compute the one-loop effective action for
scalar fields at finite temperature.Comment: LaTeX, 25 page
Negative magneto-resistance of electron gas in a quantum well with parabolic potential
We have studied the electrical conductivity of the electron gas in parallel
electric and magnetic fields directed along the plane of a parabolic quantum
well (across the profile of the potential). We found a general expression for
the electrical conductivity applicable for any magnitudes of the magnetic field
and the degree of degeneration of the electron gas. A new mechanism of
generation of the negative magnetoresistance has been revealed. It has been
shown that in a parabolic quantum well with a non-degenerated electron gas the
negative magnetoresistance results from spin splitting of the levels of the
size quantization.Comment: 15 pages, 3 figure
Spin photocurrents and circular photon drag effect in (110)-grown quantum well structures
We report on the study of spin photocurrents in (110)-grown quantum well
structures. Investigated effects comprise the circular photogalvanic effect and
so far not observed circular photon drag effect. The experimental data can be
described by an analytical expression derived from a phenomenological theory. A
microscopic model of the circular photon drag effect is developed demonstrating
that the generated current has spin dependent origin.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure
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