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Optical Signatures of Spin-Orbit Interaction Effects in a Parabolic Quantum Dot
We demonstrate here that the dipole-allowed optical absorption spectrum of a
parabolic quantum dot subjected to an external magnetic field reflects the
inter-electron interaction effects when the spin-orbit interaction is also
taken into account. We have investigated the energy spectra and the
dipole-allowed transition energies for up to four interacting electrons
parabolically confined, and have uncovered several novel features in those
spectra that are solely due to the SO interaction.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
A quality improvement project to reduce the wait time for initial appointment in an urban outpatient sleep center
Project Aim:
In this study we aimed to see if replacing one face to face follow up visit after sleep study with a phone call by a trained office staff will
-decrease the total number of follow up office visits, thus decreasing health care cost
-increase the number of new patients seen during the 6 month follow up period
-Did not decrease patient compliance.https://jdc.jefferson.edu/patientsafetyposters/1048/thumbnail.jp
Spectrum of the non-commutative spherical well
We give precise meaning to piecewise constant potentials in non-commutative
quantum mechanics. In particular we discuss the infinite and finite
non-commutative spherical well in two dimensions. Using this, bound-states and
scattering can be discussed unambiguously. Here we focus on the infinite well
and solve for the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions. We find that time reversal
symmetry is broken by the non-commutativity. We show that in the commutative
and thermodynamic limits the eigenstates and eigenfunctions of the commutative
spherical well are recovered and time reversal symmetry is restored
Quark Number Susceptibility in Hard Thermal Loop Approximation
We calculate the quark number susceptibility in the deconfined phase of QCD
using the hard thermal loop (HTL) approximation for the quark propagator. This
improved perturbation theory takes into account important medium effects such
as thermal quark masses and Landau damping in the quark-gluon plasma. We
explicitly show that the Landau damping part in the quark propagator for
spacelike quark momenta does not contribute to the quark number susceptibility
due to the quark number conservation. We find that the quark number
susceptibility only due to the collective quark modes deviates from that of
free one around the critical temperature but approaches free results at
infinite temperature limit. The results are in conformity with recent lattice
calculations.Comment: 9 pages including four figures and this version is accepted for
publication in Euro. Phys. J.
Molecular Hydrogen in the Lagoon: H2 line emission from Messier 8
The 2.12 micron v=1-0 S(1) line of molecular hydrogen has been imaged in the
Hourglass region of M8. The line is emitted from a roughly bipolar region,
centred around the O7 star Herschel 36. The peak H2 1-0 S(1) line intensity is
8.2 x 10E-15 erg s-1 cm-2 arcsec-2. The line centre emission velocity varies
from -25 kms in the SE lobe to +45 kms in the NW lobe. The distribution is
similar to that of the CO J=3-2 line. The H2 line appears to be shock-excited
when a bipolar outflow from Herschel 36 interacts with the ambient molecular
cloud. The total luminosity of all H2 lines is estimated to be ~ 16 Lsun and
the mass of the hot molecular gas ~9 x 10E-4 Msun (without any correction for
extinction).Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures (1 in colour). Submitted to Publications of the
Astronomical Society of Australia, December 200
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