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Electronic dummy for acoustical testing
Electronic Dummy /ED/ used for acoustical testing represents the average male torso from the Xiphoid process upward and includes an acoustic replica of the human head. This head simulates natural flesh, and has an artificial voice and artificial ears that measure sound pressures at the eardrum or the entrance to the ear canal
Composite Fermions in Modulated Structures: Transport and Surface Acoustic Waves
Motivated by a recent experiment of Willett et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 4478
(1997)], we employ semiclassical composite-fermion theory to study the effect
of a periodic density modulation on a quantum Hall system near Landau level
filling factor nu=1/2. We show that even a weak density modulation leads to
dramatic changes in surface-acoustic-wave (SAW) propagation, and propose an
explanation for several key features of the experimental observations. We
predict that properly arranged dc transport measurements would show a structure
similar to that seen in SAW measurements.Comment: Version published in Phys. Rev. Lett. Figures changed to show SAW
velocity shift. LaTeX, 5 pages, two included postscript figure
Partition Functions of Non-Abelian Quantum Hall States
Partition functions of edge excitations are obtained for non-Abelian Hall
states in the second Landau level, such as the anti-Read-Rezayi state, the
Bonderson-Slingerland hierarchy and the Wen non-Abelian fluid, as well as for
the non-Abelian spin-singlet state. The derivation is straightforward and
unique starting from the non-Abelian conformal field theory data and solving
the modular invariance conditions. The partition functions provide a complete
account of the excitation spectrum and are used to describe experiments of
Coulomb blockade and thermopower.Comment: 42 pages, 3 figures; published version; minor corrections to sect.
4.
Composite Fermions with Orbital Magnetization
For quantum Hall systems, in the limit of large magnetic field (or
equivalently small electron band mass ), the static response of electrons
to a spatially varying magnetic field is largely determined by kinetic energy
considerations. This response is not correctly given in existing approximations
based on the Fermion Chern-Simons theory of the partially filled Landau level.
We remedy this problem by attaching an orbital magnetization to each fermion to
separate the current into magnetization and transport contributions, associated
with the cyclotron and guiding center motions respectively. This leads to a
Chern-Simons Fermi liquid description of the state which
correctly predicts the dependence of the static and dynamic response in
the limit .Comment: 4 pages, RevTeX, no figure
Novel Edge Excitations of Two-dimensional Electron Liquid in a Magnetic Field
We investigate the low-energy spectrum of excitations of a compressible
electron liquid in a strong magnetic field. These excitations are localized at
the periphery of the system. The analysis of a realistic model of a smooth edge
yields new branches of acoustic excitation spectrum in addition to the well
known edge magnetoplasmon mode. The velocities are found and the observability
conditions are established for the new modes.Comment: 9 pages + 2 figures by request preprint TPI-MINN-93/59-
Dual Instantons
We show how to map the Belavin-Polyakov instantons of the O(3)-nonlinear
model to a dual theory where they then appear as nontopological
solitons. They are stationary points of the Euclidean action in the dual
theory, and moreover, the dual action and the O(3)-nonlinear model
action agree on shell.Comment: 13 page
PROTEST: Nonparametric Testing of Hypotheses Enhanced by Experts' Utility Judgements
Instead of testing solely a precise hypothesis, it is often useful to enlarge
it with alternatives that are deemed to differ from it negligibly. For
instance, in a bioequivalence study one might consider the hypothesis that the
concentration of an ingredient is exactly the same in two drugs. In such a
context, it might be more relevant to test the enlarged hypothesis that the
difference in concentration between the drugs is of no practical significance.
While this concept is not alien to Bayesian statistics, applications remain
confined to parametric settings and strategies on how to effectively harness
experts' intuitions are often scarce or nonexistent. To resolve both issues, we
introduce PROTEST, an accessible nonparametric testing framework that
seamlessly integrates with Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods. We develop
expanded versions of the model adherence, goodness-of-fit, quantile and
two-sample tests. To demonstrate how PROTEST operates, we make use of examples,
simulated studies - such as testing link functions in a binary regression
setting, as well as a comparison between the performance of PROTEST and the
PTtest (Holmes et al., 2015) - and an application with data on neuron spikes.
Furthermore, we address the crucial issue of selecting the threshold - which
controls how much a hypothesis is to be expanded - even when intuitions are
limited or challenging to quantify.Comment: R package found in https://github.com/rflassance/protes
Coulomb drag between quantum wires with different electron densities
We study the way back-scattering electron--electron interaction generates
Coulomb drag between quantum wires with different densities. At low temperature
the system can undergo a commensurate-- incommensurate transition as the
potential difference between the two wires passes a critical value
, and this transition is reflected in a marked change in the dependence
of drag resistivity on and . At high temperature a density difference
between the wires suppresses Coulomb drag induced by back scattering, and we
use the Tomonaga--Luttinger model to study this suppression in detail.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Domain walls and the conductivity of mesoscopic ferromagnets
Quantum interference phenomena in the conductivity of mesoscopic ferromagnets
are considered, particularly with regard to the effects of geometric phases
acquired by electrons propagating through regions of spatially varying
magnetization (due, e.g., to magnetic domain walls). Weak localization and
electron-electron interaction quantum corrections to the conductivity and
universal conductance fluctuations are discussed. Experiments are proposed for
multiply-connected geometries that should reveal conductance oscillations with
variations of the profile of the magnetization.Comment: 4 pages, 1 fugure, RevTEX, Submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Gemini-South + FLAMINGOS Demonstration Science: Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of the z=5.77 Quasar SDSS J083643.85+005453.3
We report an infrared 1-1.8 micron (J+H-bands), low-resolution (R=450)
spectrogram of the highest-redshift radio-loud quasar currently known, SDSS
J083643.85+005453.3, obtained during the spectroscopic commissioning run of the
FLAMINGOS multi-object, near-infrared spectrograph at the 8m Gemini-South
Observatory. These data show broad emission from both CIV 1549 and CIII] 1909,
with strengths comparable to lower-redshift quasar composite spectra. The
implication is that there is substantial enrichment of the quasar environment,
even at times less than a billion years after the Big Bang. The redshift
derived from these features is z = 5.774 +/- 0.003, more accurate and slightly
lower than the z = 5.82 reported in the discovery paper based on the
partially-absorbed Lyman-alpha emission line. The infrared continuum is
significantly redder than lower-redshift quasar composites. Fitting the
spectrum from 1.0 to 1.7 microns with a power law f(nu) ~ nu^(-alpha), the
derived power law index is alpha = 1.55 compared to the average continuum
spectral index = 0.44 derived from the first SDSS composite quasar.
Assuming an SMC-like extinction curve, we infer a color excess of E(B-V) = 0.09
+/- 0.01 at the quasar redshift. Only approximately 6% of quasars in the
optically-selected Sloan Digital Sky Survey show comparable levels of dust
reddening.Comment: 10 pages, 1 figure; to appear in the Astrophysical Journal Letter
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