783 research outputs found
Variational Monte Carlo for spin-orbit interacting systems
Recently, a diffusion Monte Carlo algorithm was applied to the study of spin
dependent interactions in condensed matter. Following some of the ideas
presented therein, and applied to a Hamiltonian containing a Rashba-like
interaction, a general variational Monte Carlo approach is here introduced that
treats in an efficient and very accurate way the spin degrees of freedom in
atoms when spin orbit effects are included in the Hamiltonian describing the
electronic structure. We illustrate the algorithm on the evaluation of the
spin-orbit splittings of isolated carbon and lead atoms. In the case of the
carbon atom, we investigate the differences between the inclusion of spin-orbit
in its realistic and effective spherically symmetrized forms. The method
exhibits a very good accuracy in describing the small energy splittings,
opening the way for a systematic quantum Monte Carlo studies of spin-orbit
effects in atomic systems.Comment: 7 pages, 0 figure
Compactness and existence results in weighted Sobolev spaces of radial functions. Part II: Existence
We prove existence and multiplicity results for finite energy solutions to
the nonlinear elliptic equation where is a radial domain (bounded or
unbounded) and satisfies on if and as
if is unbounded. The potential may be vanishing or unbounded at
zero or at infinity and the nonlinearity may be superlinear or sublinear.
If is sublinear, the case with is also considered.Comment: 29 pages, 8 figure
Solution of the tunneling-percolation problem in the nanocomposite regime
We noted that the tunneling-percolation framework is quite well understood at
the extreme cases of percolation-like and hopping-like behaviors but that the
intermediate regime has not been previously discussed, in spite of its
relevance to the intensively studied electrical properties of nanocomposites.
Following that we study here the conductivity of dispersions of particle
fillers inside an insulating matrix by taking into account explicitly the
filler particle shapes and the inter-particle electron tunneling process. We
show that the main features of the filler dependencies of the nanocomposite
conductivity can be reproduced without introducing any \textit{a priori}
imposed cut-off in the inter-particle conductances, as usually done in the
percolation-like interpretation of these systems. Furthermore, we demonstrate
that our numerical results are fully reproduced by the critical path method,
which is generalized here in order to include the particle filler shapes. By
exploiting this method, we provide simple analytical formulas for the composite
conductivity valid for many regimes of interest. The validity of our
formulation is assessed by reinterpreting existing experimental results on
nanotube, nanofiber, nanosheet and nanosphere composites and by extracting the
characteristic tunneling decay length, which is found to be within the expected
range of its values. These results are concluded then to be not only useful for
the understanding of the intermediate regime but also for tailoring the
electrical properties of nanocomposites.Comment: 13 pages with 8 figures + 10 pages with 9 figures of supplementary
material (Appendix B
Performance Analysis of a Novel Air-based Cavity Receiver
AbstractIn this paper a new design of a novel CSP cavity receiver for parabolic trough collector is analyzed by means of an analytical Matlab model. The receiver, designed by the Swiss company Airlight Energy Manufacturing SA, is 212 m long consisting essentially of a feed pipe, a run-back pipe and 4608 helically coiled heat exchangers designed to capture the incident solar energy concentrated by a parabolic trough. The heat transfer fluid is air heated to temperatures above 600°C.The analytical Matlab model based on a pneumatic - electric circuit analogy was developed to assess the receiver performance in terms of mass flow rate distribution, pressure drop, air outlet temperature and thermal efficiency. A solution was proposed to approximately ensure the same mass flow rate for each cavity.Different skew angles for the incoming solar radiation were considered and the receiver geometry was optimized minimizing the pressure drop and the thermal losses through the runback pipe. The main requirement was to achieve, at the outlet section of the receiver, an air temperature of 650°C; therefore, the total inlet mass flow rate was tuned accordingly.The helically coiled heat exchanger and the receiver insulation sub-models were validated against accurate computational fluid dynamics simulations
Diffeomorphism-invariant properties for quasi-linear elliptic operators
For quasi-linear elliptic equations we detect relevant properties which
remain invariant under the action of a suitable class of diffeomorphisms. This
yields a connection between existence theories for equations with degenerate
and non-degenerate coerciveness.Comment: 16 page
Non-radial sign-changing solutions for the Schroedinger-Poisson problem in the semiclassical limit
We study the existence of nonradial sign-changing solutions to the
Schroedinger-Poisson system in dimension N>=3. We construct nonradial
sign-changing multi-peak solutions whose peaks are displaced in suitable
symmetric configurations and collapse to the same point. The proof is based on
the Lyapunov-Schmidt reduction
On the stability of standing waves of Klein-Gordon equations in a semiclassical regime
We investigate the orbital stability and instability of standing waves for
two classes of Klein-Gordon equations in the semi-classical regime.Comment: 9 page
Población Obrera Sociedad Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego: expresión espacial de paternalismo industrial en Punta Arenas
Vector de crecimiento económico en la Patagonia chilena, la gran industria ganadera desarrolló, a través de sus estancias, un modo particular de subdivisión del espacio rural y una estructura de apropiación singular. En contraste, y pese a la gran cantidad de mano de obra que empleó, la ganadería fue incapaz de ofrecer en las ciudades de Puerto Natales o Punta Arenas conjuntos de viviendas a gran escala para la fuerza de trabajo asociada a la diversidad de tareas del campo o de los frigoríficos. Así, la Población Obrera que aquí se analiza desde una perspectiva histórica, urbana y arquitectónica constituye una excepción que emerge tardíamente, cuando la Sociedad Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego decidió construir en la periferia de Punta Arenas un conjunto residencial en arriendo destinado a sus obreros y sus familias. Hábitat colectivo y expresión espacial de un paternalismo industrial, el conjunto de viviendas construido permitió estructurar un área de la ciudad y presentó en su arquitectura significativas innovaciones espaciales, funcionales y técnicas en el territorio de Magallanes
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