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Topological Crystalline Insulator and Quantum Anomalous Hall States in IV-VI based Monolayers and their Quantum Wells
Different from the two-dimensional (2D) topological insulator, the 2D
topological crystalline insulator (TCI) phase disappears when the mirror
symmetry is broken, e.g., upon placing on a substrate. Here, based on a new
family of 2D TCIs - SnTe and PbTe monolayers - we theoretically predict the
realization of the quantum anomalous Hall effect with Chern number C = 2 even
when the mirror symmetry is broken. Remarkably, we also demonstrate that the
considered materials retain their large-gap topological properties in quantum
well structures obtained by sandwiching the monolayers between NaCl layers. Our
results demonstrate that the TCIs can serve as a seed for observing robust
topologically non-trivial phases.Comment: 5 pages, submitted on 27th Feb 201
Two qubit copying machine for economical quantum eavesdropping
We study the mapping which occurs when a single qubit in an arbitrary state
interacts with another qubit in a given, fixed state resulting in some unitary
transformation on the two qubit system which, in effect, makes two copies of
the first qubit. The general problem of the quality of the resulting copies is
discussed using a special representation, a generalization of the usual Schmidt
decomposition, of an arbitrary two-dimensional subspace of a tensor product of
two 2-dimensional Hilbert spaces. We exhibit quantum circuits which can
reproduce the results of any two qubit copying machine of this type. A simple
stochastic generalization (using a ``classical'' random signal) of the copying
machine is also considered. These copying machines provide simple embodiments
of previously proposed optimal eavesdropping schemes for the BB84 and B92
quantum cryptography protocols.Comment: Minor changes. 26 pages RevTex including 7 PS figure
meson effects on neutron stars in the modified quark-meson coupling model
The properties of neutron stars are investigated by including meson
field in the Lagrangian density of modified quark-meson coupling model. The
population with meson is larger than that without
meson at the beginning, but it becomes smaller than that without meson
as the appearance of . The meson has opposite effects on
hadronic matter with or without hyperons: it softens the EOSes of hadronic
matter with hyperons, while it stiffens the EOSes of pure nucleonic matter.
Furthermore, the leptons and the hyperons have the similar influence on
meson effects. The meson increases the maximum masses of
neutron stars. The influence of on the meson effects
are also investigated.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, 4 table
Temperature dependence of electron-spin relaxation in a single InAs quantum dot at zero applied magnetic field
The temperature-dependent electron spin relaxation of positively charged
excitons in a single InAs quantum dot (QD) was measured by time-resolved
photoluminescence spectroscopy at zero applied magnetic fields. The
experimental results show that the electron-spin relaxation is clearly divided
into two different temperature regimes: (i) T < 50 K, spin relaxation depends
on the dynamical nuclear spin polarization (DNSP) and is approximately
temperature-independent, as predicted by Merkulov et al. (ii) T > about 50 K,
spin relaxation speeds up with increasing temperature. A model of two LO phonon
scattering process coupled with hyperfine interaction is proposed to account
for the accelerated electron spin relaxation at higher temperatures.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure
Comparison of stator-permanent-magnet brushless machines
This paper quantitatively compares two emerging stator-permanent-magnet (PM) machines, namely, the doubly salient PM and the PM hybrid brushless types. Both of them are attractive for electric vehicles and wind power generation. For comparison, both machines adopt the outer-rotor 36/24-pole topology and are designed based on the same peripheral dimensions. By using the circuit-field-torque time-stepping finite element analysis (CFT-TS-FEM), both steady-state and transient performances of the two machines are critically compared. © 2008 IEEE.published_or_final_versio
Design and control of a new double-stator cup-rotor permanent-magnet machine for wind power generation
In this paper, a new double-stator cup-rotor permanent-magnet machine is proposed and implemented for wind power generation. The design of unique double-stator configuration can improve the power density for easy installation, while the control of its winding connections can provide a constant output voltage over a wide range of wind speeds. The circuit-field-torque coupled time-stepping finite element method is utilized to analyze the proposed machine. Both analysis and experimental results are given to confirm the validity of the proposed machine. © 2007 IEEE.published_or_final_versio
Silicon and III-V compound nanotubes: structural and electronic properties
Unusual physical properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes have started a
search for similar tubular structures of other elements. In this paper, we
present a theoretical analysis of single-wall nanotubes of silicon and group
III-V compounds. Starting from precursor graphene-like structures we
investigated the stability, energetics and electronic structure of zigzag and
armchair tubes using first-principles pseudopotential plane wave method and
finite temperature ab-initio molecular dynamics calculations. We showed that
(n,0) zigzag and (n,n) armchair nanotubes of silicon having n > 6 are stable
but those with n < 6 can be stabilized by internal or external adsorption of
transition metal elements. Some of these tubes have magnetic ground state
leading to spintronic properties. We also examined the stability of nanotubes
under radial and axial deformation. Owing to the weakness of radial restoring
force, stable Si nanotubes are radially soft. Undeformed zigzag nanotubes are
found to be metallic for 6 < n < 11 due to curvature effect; but a gap starts
to open for n > 12. Furthermore, we identified stable tubular structures formed
by stacking of Si polygons. We found AlP, GaAs, and GaN (8,0) single-wall
nanotubes stable and semiconducting. Our results are compared with those of
single-wall carbon nanotubes.Comment: 11 pages, 10 figure
Ultramicroscopic observation of recombinant adenoassociated virus type 2 on the surface of formvarcarbon coated copper grids under different relative humidity and incubation time using negative stain transmission electron microscopy
The purpose of this investigation was to compare the effects of different relative humidity (RH) on the microcosmic conformation of the recombinant AAV-2 virion at 22°C. rAAV-2 virions prepared on copper grid were placed in a high, middle or low RH cabinet and incubated for 72, 48 and 24 h, respectively. The rAAV-2 virions were observed by transmission electron microscope and the values of major axis length, minor axis length and ellipticity of the rAAV-2 virions were obtained using the IMS cell imageanalysis system. After incubation for 48 and 72 h, the major axis length and minor axis length of the rAAV-2 virion started to rapidly decrease in high RH. Conversely, the axis lengths rapidly increased in low RH. Then, the ellipticity of the rAAV-2 virion would almost tend to approach the identical value of0.9 for 48 and 72 h incubations in high RH. The results suggest that the rAAV-2 virion tended to favor a smaller, round, more stable conformation in high RH compared to low RH which implied that the rAAV-2 virion was probably prone to living in high relative humidity conditions
Active Social Network Sites Use and Loneliness: the Mediating Role of Social Support and Self-Esteem
Concept coupling learning for improving concept lattice-based document retrieval
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd The semantic information in any document collection is critical for query understanding in information retrieval. Existing concept lattice-based retrieval systems mainly rely on the partial order relation of formal concepts to index documents. However, the methods used by these systems often ignore the explicit semantic information between the formal concepts extracted from the collection. In this paper, a concept coupling relationship analysis model is proposed to learn and aggregate the intra- and inter-concept coupling relationships. The intra-concept coupling relationship employs the common terms of formal concepts to describe the explicit semantics of formal concepts. The inter-concept coupling relationship adopts the partial order relation of formal concepts to capture the implicit dependency of formal concepts. Based on the concept coupling relationship analysis model, we propose a concept lattice-based retrieval framework. This framework represents user queries and documents in a concept space based on fuzzy formal concept analysis, utilizes a concept lattice as a semantic index to organize documents, and ranks documents with respect to the learned concept coupling relationships. Experiments are performed on the text collections acquired from the SMART information retrieval system. Compared with classic concept lattice-based retrieval methods, our proposed method achieves at least 9%, 8% and 15% improvement in terms of average MAP, IAP@11 and P@10 respectively on all the collections
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