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Iterative Solutions for Low Lying Excited States of a Class of Schroedinger Equation
The convergent iterative procedure for solving the groundstate Schroedinger
equation is extended to derive the excitation energy and the wave function of
the low-lying excited states. The method is applied to the one-dimensional
quartic potential problem. The results show that the iterative solution
converges rapidly when the coupling is not too small.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figure
Jamming Transition of Point-to-Point Traffic Through Cooperative Mechanisms
We study the jamming transition of two-dimensional point-to-point traffic
through cooperative mechanisms using computer simulation. We propose two
decentralized cooperative mechanisms which are incorporated into the
point-to-point traffic models: stepping aside (CM-SA) and choosing alternative
routes (CM-CAR). Incorporating CM-SA is to prevent a type of ping-pong jumps
from happening when two objects standing face-to-face want to move in opposite
directions. Incorporating CM-CAR is to handle the conflict when more than one
object competes for the same point in parallel update. We investigate and
compare four models mainly from fundamental diagrams, jam patterns and the
distribution of cooperation probability. It is found that although it decreases
the average velocity a little, the CM-SA increases the critical density and the
average flow. Despite increasing the average velocity, the CM-CAR decreases the
average flow by creating substantially vacant areas inside jam clusters. We
investigate the jam patterns of four models carefully and explain this result
qualitatively. In addition, we discuss the advantage and applicability of
decentralized cooperation modeling.Comment: 17 pages, 14 figure
Soliton solutions of the improved quark mass density-dependent model at finite temperature
The improved quark mass density-dependent model (IQMDD) based on soliton bag
model is studied at finite temperature. Appling the finite temperature field
theory, the effective potential of the IQMDD model and the bag constant
have been calculated at different temperatures. It is shown that there is a
critical temperature . We also calculate the
soliton solutions of the IQMDD model at finite tmperature. It turns out that
when , there is a bag constant and the soliton solutions are
stable. However, when the bag constant and there is no
soliton solution, therefore, the confinement of quarks are removed quickly.Comment: 10 pages, 9 figures; Version to appear in Physical Review
Superposition of photon- and phonon- assisted tunneling in coupled quantum dots
We report on electron transport through an artificial molecule formed by two
tunnel coupled quantum dots, which are laterally confined in a two-dimensional
electron system of an AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructure. Coherent
molecular states in the coupled dots are probed by photon-assisted tunneling
(PAT). Above 10 GHz, we observe clear PAT as a result of the resonance between
the microwave photons and the molecular states. Below 8 GHz, a pronounced
superposition of phonon- and photon-assisted tunneling is observed. Coherent
superposition of molecular states persists under excitation of acoustic
phonons.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Deformable Overset Grid for Multibody Unsteady Flow Simulation
A deformable overset grid method is proposed to simulate the unsteady aerodynamic problems with multiple flexible moving bodies. This method uses an unstructured overset grid coupled with local mesh deformation to achieve both robustness and efficiency. The overset grid hierarchically organizes the subgrids into clusters and layers, allowing for overlapping/embedding of different type meshes, in which the mesh quality and resolution can be independently controlled. At each time step, mesh deformation is locally applied to the subgrids associated with deforming bodies by an improved Delaunay graph mapping method that uses a very coarse Delaunay mesh as the background graph. The graph is moved and deformed by the spring analogy method according to the specified motion, and then the computational meshes are relocated by a simple one-to-one mapping. An efficient implicit hole-cutting and intergrid boundary definition procedure is implemented fully automatically for both cell-centered and cell-vertex schemes based on the wall distance and an alternative digital tree data search algorithm. This method is successfully applied to several complex multibody unsteady aerodynamic simulations, and the results demonstrate the robustness and efficiency of the proposed method for complex unsteady flow problems, particularly for those involving simultaneous large relative motion and self-deformation
Dependence of the flux creep activation energy on current density and magnetic field for MgB2 superconductor
Systematic ac susceptibility measurements have been performed on a MgB
bulk sample. We demonstrate that the flux creep activation energy is a
nonlinear function of the current density , indicating a
nonlogarithmic relaxation of the current density in this material. The
dependence of the activation energy on the magnetic field is determined to be a
power law , showing a steep decline in the activation
energy with the magnetic field, which accounts for the steep drop in the
critical current density with magnetic field that is observed in MgB. The
irreversibility field is also found to be rather low, therefore, the pinning
properties of this new material will need to be enhanced for practical
applications.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures, Revtex forma
Reconstruction of 2D Al Ti on TiB in an aluminium melt
It has been widely considered that Al Ti is involved in the aluminium nucleation on TiB , although the mechanism has not been fully understood. In this paper molecular dynamics has been conducted to investigate this phenomenon at an atomistic scale. It was found that a two-dimensional Al Ti layer may remain on TiB above the aluminium liquidus. In addition, the results showed that this 2D Al Ti undergoes interface reconstruction by forming a triangular pattern. This triangular pattern consists of different alternative stacking sequences. The transition region between the triangles forms an area of strain concentration. By means of this mechanism, this interfacial Al Ti layer stabilizes itself by localizing the large misfit strain between TiB and Al Ti This reconstruction is similar to the hdp-fcc interface reconstruction in other systems which has been observed experimentally.EPSR
The distribution of snow black carbon observed in the Arctic and compared to the GISS-PUCCINI model
In this study, we evaluate the ability of the latest NASA GISS composition-climate model, GISS-E2-PUCCINI, to simulate the spatial distribution of snow BC (sBC) in the Arctic relative to present-day observations. Radiative forcing due to BC deposition onto Arctic snow and sea ice is also estimated. Two sets of model simulations are analyzed, where meteorology is linearly relaxed towards National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) and towards NASA Modern Era Reanalysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) reanalyses. Results indicate that the modeled concentrations of sBC are comparable with present-day observations in and around the Arctic Ocean, except for apparent underestimation at a few sites in the Russian Arctic. That said, the model has some biases in its simulated spatial distribution of BC deposition to the Arctic. The simulations from the two model runs are roughly equal, indicating that discrepancies between model and observations come from other sources. Underestimation of biomass burning emissions in Northern Eurasia may be the main cause of the low biases in the Russian Arctic. Comparisons of modeled aerosol BC (aBC) with long-term surface observations at Barrow, Alert, Zeppelin and Nord stations show significant underestimation in winter and spring concentrations in the Arctic (most significant in Alaska), although the simulated seasonality of aBC has been greatly improved relative to earlier model versions. This is consistent with simulated biases in vertical profiles of aBC, with underestimation in the lower and middle troposphere but overestimation in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere, suggesting that the wet removal processes in the current model may be too weak or that vertical transport is too rapid, although the simulated BC lifetime seems reasonable. The combination of observations and modeling provides a comprehensive distribution of sBC over the Arctic. On the basis of this distribution, we estimate the decrease in snow and sea ice albedo and the resulting radiative forcing. We suggest that the albedo reduction due to BC deposition presents significant space-time variations, with highest mean reductions of 1.25% in the Russian Arctic, which are much larger than those in other Arctic regions (0.39% to 0.64%). The averaged value over the Arctic north of 66&deg; N is 0.4–0.6% during spring, leading to regional surface radiative forcings of 0.7, 1.1 and 1.0 W m<sup>−2</sup> in spring 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively
Possible effects of color screening and large string tension in heavy quarkonium spectrum
Possible effects of the color screened confinement potential are
investigated. Color screened linear potential with a large string tension
is suggested by a study of the and
spectra. The and are respectively assigned as the
-dominated and the states. Satisfactory
results for the masses and leptonic widths (with QCD radiative corrections) of
and states are obtained.Comment: 11 pages in Late
Culturable bacteria in Himalayan ice in response to atmospheric circulation
International audienceOnly recently has specific attention been given to culturable bacteria in Tibetan glaciers, but their relation to atmospheric circulation is less understood yet. Here we investigate the seasonal variation of culturable bacteria preserved in a Himalayan ice core. High concentration of culturable bacteria in glacial ice deposited during the pre-monsoon season is attributed to the transportation of continental dust stirred up by the frequent dust storms in Northwest China during spring. This is also confirmed by the spatial distribution of culturable bacteria in Tibetan glaciers. Culturable bacteria deposited during monsoon season are more diverse than other seasons because they derive from both marine air masses and local or regional continental sources. We suggest that microorganisms in Himalayan ice can be used to reconstruct atmospheric circulation
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