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Correlated transport through junction arrays in the small Josephson energy limit: incoherent Cooper-pairs and hot electrons
We study correlated transport in a Josephson junction array for small
Josephson energies. In this regime transport is dominated by Cooper-pair
hopping, although we observe that quasiparticles can not be neglected. We
assume that the energy dissipated by a Cooper-pair is absorbed by the intrinsic
impedance of the array. This allows us to formulate explicit Cooper-pair
hopping rates without adding any parameters to the system. We show that the
current is correlated and crucially, these correlations rely fundamentally on
the interplay between the Cooper-pairs and equilibrium quasiparticles.Comment: 11 pages, 9 figures - Published Versio
Influence of two-level fluctuators on adiabatic passage techniques
We study the process of Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage (STIRAP) under the
influence of a non-trivial solid-state environment, particularly the effect of
two-level fluctuators (TLFs) as they are frequently present in solid-state
devices. When the amplitudes of the driving-pulses used in STIRAP are in
resonance with the level spacing of the fluctuators the quality of the
protocol, i.e., the transferred population decreases sharply. In general the
effect can not be reduced by speeding up the STIRAP process. We also discuss
the effect of a structured noise environment on the process of Coherent
Tunneling by Adiabatic Passage (CTAP). The effect of a weakly structured
environment or TLFs with short coherence times on STIRAP and CTAP can be
described by the Bloch-Redfield theory. For a strongly structured environment a
higher-dimensional approach must be used, where the TLFs are treated as part of
the system.Comment: 8 pages, 8 figure
The parity effect in Josephson junction arrays
We study the parity effect and transport due to quasiparticles in circuits
comprised of many superconducting islands. We develop a general approach and
show that it is equivalent to previous methods for describing the parity effect
in their more limited regimes of validity. As an example we study transport
through linear arrays of Josephson junctions in the limit of negligible
Josephson energy and observe the emergence of the parity effect with decreasing
number of non-equilibrium quasiparticles. Due to the exponential increase in
the number of relevant charge states with increasing length, in multi-junction
arrays the parity effect manifests in qualitatively different ways to the two
junction case. The role of charge disorder is also studied as this hides much
of the parity physics which would otherwise be observed. Nonetheless, we see
that the current through a multi-junction array at low bias is limited by the
formation of meta-stable even-parity states.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figure
Sex and Marital Status Differences in Death Anxiety
Previous research in death anxiety has suggested that marital roles, and especially the maleâs role as the family provider, influence the sex differences in death attitudes (Diggory & Rothman, 1961; Tolor & Murphy, 1967). The present study attempted to directly investigate the effect of marital roles by comparing the sex differences in death anxiety scores (as measured by the Templer Death Anxiety Scale) of married persons, with and without children, and single persons. In addition, 20 demographic covariates were investigated to observe their possible effect on death anxiety. The results of the multiple regression analysis indicated that marital status was not significantly related to death anxiety. However, single males were found to have significantly higher death anxiety than single females. Additional multiple regressions revealed that 18% of the variance in death anxiety scores was accounted for by the five covariates of whether a family member or friend had died in the last year, education, race, age and religious preference. These further analyses indicated that higher death anxiety can be expected if the subject had not experienced a recent death of a family member or friend. Persons with less education, as well as black and younger persons, also have higher death anxiety. Finally, persons who have a religious preference have higher death anxiety than persons who do not have a religious preference
A Taste of Georgia. Far Right Populism with a Unique Georgian Flavour
Georgia has proved no exception to recent political trends which have seen the increased prominence and influence of far right populist parties and movements purporting to represent âthe peopleâ in an antagonistic struggle against the âelitesâ or âenemiesâ. However, while a great deal of academic attention has been devoted to cases in Central and Western Europe (CWE), studies of Georgian far right populism are much less common. Therefore, this paper first examines the political styles of two Georgian far right actors, the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia (APG) and Georgian March (GM). I argue that the populist discursive frames both employ demonstrates enough commonalities with their CWE counterparts to consider them members of the far-right populist âfamilyâ. However, the prevalence of populist ways of âdoing politicsâ, highly influential role of âtraditional valuesâ promoted by the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC), and influence of Russia, are three important factors which produce a uniquely Georgian âflavourâ to far right populist movements in Georgia
Review of Lisa Jardine and Jerry Brotton, Global Interests: Renaissance Art between East & West.
Lisa Jardine and Jerry Brotton, Global Interests: Renaissance Art between East & West. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 2000. 223 pp. ISBN 080143808X
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