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The chiral symplectic universality class
We report a numerical investigation of localization in the SU(2) model
without diagonal disorder. At the band center, chiral symmetry plays an
important role. Our results indicate that states at the band center are
critical. States away from the band center but not too close to the edge of the
spectrum are metallic as expected for Hamiltonians with symplectic symmetry.Comment: accepted in Proceedings of Localisation 2002 Conference, Tokyo, Japan
(to be published as supplement of J. Phys. Soc. Japan
Multiple crossovers in interacting quantum wires
We study tunneling of electrons into and between interacting wires in the
spin-incoherent regime subject to a magnetic field. The tunneling currents
follow power laws of the applied voltage with exponents that depend on whether
the electron spins at the relevant length scales are polarized or disordered.
The crossover length (or energy) scale is exponential in the applied field. In
a finite size wire multiple crossovers can occur.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figure
Charge-Relaxation and Dwell Time in the fluctuating Admittance of a Chaotic Cavity
We consider the admittance of a chaotic quantum dot, capacitively coupled to
a gate and connected to two electron reservoirs by multichannel ballistic point
contacts. For a dot in the regime of weak-localization and universal
conductance fluctuations, we calculate the average and variance of the
admittance using random-matrix theory. We find that the admittance is governed
by two time-scales: the classical admittance depends on the RC-time of the
quantum dot, but the relevant time scale for the weak-localization correction
and the admittance fluctuations is the dwell time. An extension of the circular
ensemble is used for a statistical description of the energy dependence of the
scattering matrix.Comment: 7 pages, RevTeX, 1 figur
Initial Development of Surface Fuel Models for The Netherlands
Estimating the spread of wildland fire is growing concern in the Netherlands, where fire events at the wildland urban interface is a growing concern with a changing climate. A multi-year project was initiated in 2012 to obtain field-based fuel measurements to be used to estimate wildland fire spread for surface fire. The overall objective was to develop either custom fuel models or utilize existing Northern American fuel models to fuel conditions in some of the hazardous vegetation in the Netherlands. Over a four-year period, 96 plots were established, a wide variety of fuel parameters measured, and ANOVA (p ≤ 0.1) and Duncan’s MRT used to place these into 56 different vegetation communities. Following multiple permutations in Behaveplus, the 56 communities were consolidated into 28 different fuel models. It was then attempted to use these fuel models as input variables in a Dutch-developed wildland fire spread model. Some fuel models produced similar fire spread, and since they were within relatively similar communities, were combined, resulting in 21 working fuel models. The results of this project will provide land managers, fire brigades and landowners more accurate wildland fire spread estimations, improving safety of the public in this densely populated country. The results of this project will contribute to more accurate and detailed calculations of the NBVM (Dutch wildfire spreadmodel). The NBVM will provide necessary information, to be able to reduce the risk on uncontrollable wildfires, via wildfire prevention measurements and during an incident, to support decision making
Near-zero-energy end states in topologically trivial spin-orbit coupled superconducting nanowires with a smooth confinement
A one-dimensional spin-orbit coupled nanowire with proximity-induced pairing
from a nearby s-wave superconductor may be in a topological nontrivial state,
in which it has a zero energy Majorana bound state at each end. We find that
the topological trivial phase may have fermionic end states with an
exponentially small energy, if the confinement potential at the wire's ends is
smooth. The possible existence of such near-zero energy levels implies that the
mere observation of a zero-bias peak in the tunneling conductance is not an
exclusive signature of a topological superconducting phase even in the ideal
clean single channel limit.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Current-induced transverse spin wave instability in a thin nanomagnet
We show that an unpolarized electric current incident perpendicular to the
plane of a thin ferromagnet can excite a spin-wave instability transverse to
the current direction if source and drain contacts are not symmetric. The
instability, which is driven by the current-induced ``spin-transfer torque'',
exists for one current direction only.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
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