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An efficient numerical algorithm for the transient analysis of high-frequency non-linear circuits
The paper proposes a new approach for the discrete-time integration of non-linear differential equations that describe the behaviour of high-frequency circuits, in particular those containing complex equivalent-circuit models of microwave transistor devices. The proposed approach reformulates a conventional predictor-corrector method in terms of Pad�© approximates about each function sample. The method is especially suited to the kind of non-linear stiff differential equations that arise frequently in high-frequency analysis
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Resolving the Radio Source Background: Deeper Understanding Through Confusion
We used the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) to image one primary beam
area at 3 GHz with 8 arcsec FWHM resolution and 1.0 microJy/beam rms noise near
the pointing center. The P(D) distribution from the central 10 arcmin of this
confusion-limited image constrains the count of discrete sources in the 1 <
S(microJy/beam) < 10 range. At this level the brightness-weighted differential
count S^2 n(S) is converging rapidly, as predicted by evolutionary models in
which the faintest radio sources are star-forming galaxies; and ~96$% of the
background originating in galaxies has been resolved into discrete sources.
About 63% of the radio background is produced by AGNs, and the remaining 37%
comes from star-forming galaxies that obey the far-infrared (FIR) / radio
correlation and account for most of the FIR background at lambda = 160 microns.
Our new data confirm that radio sources powered by AGNs and star formation
evolve at about the same rate, a result consistent with AGN feedback and the
rough correlation of black hole and bulge stellar masses. The confusion at
centimeter wavelengths is low enough that neither the planned SKA nor its
pathfinder ASKAP EMU survey should be confusion limited, and the ultimate
source detection limit imposed by "natural" confusion is < 0.01 microJy at 1.4
GHz. If discrete sources dominate the bright extragalactic background reported
by ARCADE2 at 3.3 GHz, they cannot be located in or near galaxies and most are
< 0.03 microJy at 1.4 GHz.Comment: 28 pages including 16 figures. ApJ accepted for publicatio
Effective Hamiltonian for transition-metal compounds. Application to Na_xCoO_2
We describe a simple scheme to construct a low-energy effective Hamiltonian
H_eff for highly correlated systems containing non-metals like O, P or As (O in
what follows) and a transition-metal (M) as the active part in the electronic
structure, eliminating the O degrees of freedom from a starting Hamiltonian
that contains all M d orbitals and all non-metal p orbitals. We calculate all
interaction terms between d electrons originating from Coulomb repulsion, as a
function of three parameters (F_0, F_2 and F_4) and write them in a basis of
orbitals appropriate for cubic, tetragonal, tetrahedral or hexagonal symmetry
around M. The approach is based on solving exactly (numerically if necessary) a
MO_n cluster containing the transition-metal atom and its n nearest O atoms
(for example a CoO_6 cluster in the case of the cobaltates, or a CuO_n cluster
in the case of the cuprates, in which n depends on the number of apical O
atoms), and mapping them into many-body states of the same symmetry containing
d holes only. We illustrate the procedure for the case of Na_xCoO_2. The
resulting H_eff, including a trigonal distortion D, has been studied recently
and its electronic structure agrees well with angle-resolved photoemission
spectra [A. Bourgeois, A. A. Aligia, and M. J. Rozenberg, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102,
066402 (2009)]. Although H_eff contains only 3d t_2g holes, the highly
correlated states that they represent contain an important amount not only of O
2p holes but also of 3d e_g holes. When more holes are added, a significant
redistribution of charge takes place. As a consequence of these facts, the
resulting values of the effective interactions between t_2g states are smaller
than previously assumed, rendering more important the effect of D in obtaining
only one sheet around the center of the Brillouin zone for the Fermi surface
(without additional pockets).Comment: 11 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in Phys.Rev.
ATPMN: accurate positions and flux densities at 5 and 8 GHz for 8,385 sources from the PMN survey
We present a source catalogue of 9,040 radio sources resulting from
high-resolution observations of 8,385 PMN sources with the Australia Telescope
Compact Array. The catalogue lists flux density and structural measurements at
4.8 and 8.6 GHz, derived from observations of all PMN sources in the
declination range -87 deg < delta < -38.5 deg (exclusive of galactic latitudes
|b| 70 mJy (50 mJy south of delta = -73
deg). We assess the quality of the data, which was gathered in 1992-1994,
describe the population of catalogued sources, and compare it to samples from
complementary catalogues. In particular we find 127 radio sources with probable
association with gamma-ray sources observed by the orbiting Fermi Large Area
Telescope.Comment: 20 pages, 21 figure
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