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Competing Quantum Orderings in Cuprate Superconductors: A Minimal Model
We present a minimal model for cuprate superconductors. At the unrestricted
mean-field level, the model produces homogeneous superconductivity at large
doping, striped superconductivity in the underdoped regime and various
antiferromagnetic phases at low doping and for high temperatures. On the
underdoped side, the superconductor is intrinsically inhomogeneous and global
phase coherence is achieved through Josephson-like coupling of the
superconducting stripes. The model is applied to calculate experimentally
measurable ARPES spectra.Comment: 5 pages, 4 eps included figure
North Dakota Republicans and the Revolt of the Farmers, 1889
This thesis responds to Professor Howard R. Lamar\u27s assertion that farmers dominated the last territorial legislature, the North Dakota constitutional convention, and the first administration of the state of North Dakota. A closer dating of the stage in the development of Populism in North Dakota at which the farmers in state politics developed a united, conscious movement to achieve Populist goals is needed.
An analysis of new sources suggests different conclusions from those implied by Professor Lamar in his book Dakota Territory 1861-1889 A Study of Frontier Politics. First, the farmers as a class did not form a united faction in the last territorial legislature, nor the constitutional convention, against their opponents representing the oligarchy and the railroad interests. Secondly, the farmers did not dominate the North Dakota constitutional convention of 1889. The farmer politicians did coalesce into a united group against the political machine during the first Republican state convention in August, 1889. The major factor in that coalescence, however, appeared to be opposition to the machine and not Populist ideology. Consequently, Populist political action occurred at the state level of government after the summer of 1890
Application of the Gillespie algorithm to a granular intruder particle
We show how the Gillespie algorithm, originally developed to describe coupled
chemical reactions, can be used to perform numerical simulations of a granular
intruder particle colliding with thermalized bath particles. The algorithm
generates a sequence of collision ``events'' separated by variable time
intervals. As input, it requires the position-dependent flux of bath particles
at each point on the surface of the intruder particle. We validate the method
by applying it to a one-dimensional system for which the exact solution of the
homogeneous Boltzmann equation is known and investigate the case where the bath
particle velocity distribution has algebraic tails. We also present an
application to a granular needle in bath of point particles where we
demonstrate the presence of correlations between the translational and
rotational degrees of freedom of the intruder particle. The relationship
between the Gillespie algorithm and the commonly used Direct Simulation Monte
Carlo (DSMC) method is also discussed.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figures, to be published in J. Phys. A Math. Ge
A depression before a bump in the highest energy cosmic ray spectrum
We re-examine the interaction of ultra high energy nuclei with the microwave
background radiation. We find that the giant dipole resonance leaves a new
signature in the differential energy spectrum of iron sources located around 3
Mpc: A depression before the bump which is followed by the expected cutoff.Comment: revisited version, 5 pages RevTex, 5 figure
Possible Signature of Low Scale Gravity in Ultra High Enegry Cosmic Rays
We show that the existence of low scale gravity at TeV scale could lead to a
direct production of photons with energies above 10^22 eV due to annihilation
of ultra high energy neutrinos on relic massive neutrinos of the galactic halo.
Air showers initialized in the terrestrial atmosphere by these ultra energetic
photons could be collected in near future by the new generation of cosmic ray
experiments.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Rouse Chains with Excluded Volume Interactions: Linear Viscoelasticity
Linear viscoelastic properties for a dilute polymer solution are predicted by
modeling the solution as a suspension of non-interacting bead-spring chains.
The present model, unlike the Rouse model, can describe the solution's
rheological behavior even when the solvent quality is good, since excluded
volume effects are explicitly taken into account through a narrow Gaussian
repulsive potential between pairs of beads in a bead-spring chain. The use of
the narrow Gaussian potential, which tends to the more commonly used
delta-function repulsive potential in the limit of a width parameter "d" going
to zero, enables the performance of Brownian dynamics simulations. The
simulations results, which describe the exact behavior of the model, indicate
that for chains of arbitrary but finite length, a delta-function potential
leads to equilibrium and zero shear rate properties which are identical to the
predictions of the Rouse model. On the other hand, a non-zero value of "d"
gives rise to a prediction of swelling at equilibrium, and an increase in zero
shear rate properties relative to their Rouse model values. The use of a
delta-function potential appears to be justified in the limit of infinite chain
length. The exact simulation results are compared with those obtained with an
approximate solution which is based on the assumption that the non-equilibrium
configurational distribution function is Gaussian. The Gaussian approximation
is shown to be exact to first order in the strength of excluded volume
interaction, and is found to be accurate above a threshold value of "d", for
given values of chain length and strength of excluded volume interaction.Comment: Revised version. Long chain limit analysis has been deleted. An
improved and corrected examination of the long chain limit will appear as a
separate posting. 32 pages, 9 postscript figures, LaTe
Watch out for that tree! A tutorial on shortcut deforestation
Functional programmers are strong enthusiasts of modular solutions to programming problems. Since software characteristics such as readability or maintainability are often directly proportional to modularity, this programming style naturally contributes to the beauty of functional programs. Unfortunately, in return of this beauty we often sacrifice efficiency: modular programs rely, at runtime, on the creation, use and elimination of intermediate data structures to connect its components. In this tutorial paper, we study an advanced technique that attempts to retain the best of this two worlds: (i) it allows programmers to implement beautiful, modular programs (ii) it shows how to transform such programs, in a way that can be incorporated in a compiler, into programs that do not construct any intermediate structure.- (undefined
Stability of Uniform Shear Flow
The stability of idealized shear flow at long wavelengths is studied in
detail. A hydrodynamic analysis at the level of the Navier-Stokes equation for
small shear rates is given to identify the origin and universality of an
instability at any finite shear rate for sufficiently long wavelength
perturbations. The analysis is extended to larger shear rates using a low
density model kinetic equation. Direct Monte Carlo Simulation of this equation
is computed with a hydrodynamic description including non Newtonian rheological
effects. The hydrodynamic description of the instability is in good agreement
with the direct Monte Carlo simulation for , where is the mean
free time. Longer time simulations up to are used to identify the
asymptotic state as a spatially non-uniform quasi-stationary state. Finally,
preliminary results from molecular dynamics simulation showing the instability
are presented and discussed.Comment: 25 pages, 9 figures (Fig.8 is available on request) RevTeX, submitted
to Phys. Rev.
Rivers of the Anthropocene Phase 1: A Comparative Study of the Tyne and Ohio River Valleys
poster abstractThe Rivers of the Anthropocene project is an international effort. Our part is an attempt to determine flood frequency and land use by American Indian tribes of the Mississippian Culture along the Ohio River. Methodologically, we will measure the physical and geochemical properties of lacustrine sediments recovered from Hovey Lake, a flood plane lake located on the Ohio River in southwestern Indiana. Sediment cores taken from Hovey Lake are being measured for bulk density and loss-on-ignition tests to determine organic composition by weight. Magnetic susceptibility is also being measured to determine variations in the delivery of terrestrial material (e.g. from flooding/land erosion) to the lake. Land use will be evaluated by measuring variations in the elemental abundance and isotopic composition of nitrogen and organic carbon, which has been used in the past to identify prehistoric land use. Here we present the initial results of our ongoing work, including sedimentological and chronological data. Ultimately, these data will help bring together historical records, geochemical records, and other contributions from scientists around the world in our attempt to better understand mankind’s impact on our environment
Direct conversion of rheological compliance measurements into storage and loss moduli
We remove the need for Laplace/inverse-Laplace transformations of
experimental data, by presenting a direct and straightforward mathematical
procedure for obtaining frequency-dependent storage and loss moduli
( and respectively), from time-dependent experimental
measurements. The procedure is applicable to ordinary rheological creep
(stress-step) measurements, as well as all microrheological techniques, whether
they access a Brownian mean-square displacement, or a forced compliance. Data
can be substituted directly into our simple formula, thus eliminating
traditional fitting and smoothing procedures that disguise relevant
experimental noise.Comment: 4 page
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