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Effect of Oscillating Landau Bandwidth on the Integer Quantum Hall Effect in a Unidirectional Lateral Superlattice
We have measured activation gaps for odd-integer quantum Hall states in a
unidirectional lateral superlattice (ULSL) -- a two-dimensional electron gas
(2DEG) subjected to a unidirectional periodic modulation of the electrostatic
potential. By comparing the activation gaps with those simultaneously measured
in the adjacent section of the same 2DEG sample without modulation, we find
that the gaps are reduced in the ULSL by an amount corresponding to the width
acquired by the Landau levels through the introduction of the modulation. The
decrement of the activation gap varies with the magnetic field following the
variation of the Landau bandwidth due to the commensurability effect. Notably,
the decrement vanishes at the flat band conditions.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures, minor revisio
Semimetalic antiferromagnetism in the half-Heusler compound CuMnSb
The half-Heusler compound CuMnSb, the first antiferromagnet (AFM) in the
Mn-based class of Heuslers and half-Heuslers that contains several conventional
and half metallic ferromagnets, shows a peculiar stability of its magnetic
order in high magnetic fields. Density functional based studies reveal an
unusual nature of its unstable (and therefore unseen) paramagnetic state, which
for one electron less (CuMnSn, for example) would be a zero gap semiconductor
(accidentally so) between two sets of very narrow, topologically separate bands
of Mn 3d character. The extremely flat Mn 3d bands result from the environment:
Mn has four tetrahedrally coordinated Cu atoms whose 3d states lie well below
the Fermi level, and the other four tetrahedrally coordinated sites are empty,
leaving chemically isolated Mn 3d states. The AFM phase can be pictured
heuristically as a self-doped CuMnSb compensated semimetal
with heavy mass electrons and light mass holes, with magnetic coupling
proceeding through Kondo and/or antiKondo coupling separately through the two
carrier types. The ratio of the linear specific heat coefficient and the
calculated Fermi level density of states indicates a large mass enhancement
, or larger if a correlated band structure is taken as the
reference
Metal transport in cells: cadmium uptake by rat hepatocytes and renal cortical epithelial cells.
The toxic metals appear to use the transport pathways that exist for biologically essential metals. In this regard interactions between the toxic and essential metals are possible. This report summarizes recent findings on the transport of cadmium in rat hepatocytes and renal cortical epithelial cells in the presence or absence of certain essential metals. The transport of cadmium in hepatocytes does not require energy and, therefore, is not an active process. It occurs primarily (80%) by temperature-sensitive processes, i.e., ion channels and carriers, that involve interaction with sulfhydryl groups. These processes apparently exist for the transport of essential metals like copper, zinc and calcium. The remaining 20% of the cadmium in hepatocytes is transported via a temperature-insensitive process, possibly by diffusion. In comparison with the hepatocytes, a smaller fraction (30%) of the cadmium transport through the basolateral membrane and none from the apical membrane of the renal cortical epithelial cells is temperature-sensitive. Total accumulation through the basolateral membrane is about twice that through the apical membrane. A majority of the cadmium transport in the renal cells is by diffusion. As in hepatocytes, copper, zinc and mercury antagonize cadmium transport through the apical membranes of the renal cells. The relative antagonism by copper is the same (25%); however, the antagonism by zinc (16%) and mercury (10%) is 4- to 6-fold lower than in hepatocytes. It appears that the relative contribution of various transport pathways available for cadmium uptake is different in each cell type and apparently depends on the morphological and functional differences between the cell membranes
Development and evaluation of a prototype global volcano surveillance system utilizing the ERTS-1 satellite data collection system
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Modulation Induced Phase Transition from Fractional Quantum Hall to Stripe State at nu=5/3
We have investigated the effect of unidirectional periodic potential
modulation on the fractional quantum Hall (FQH) state at filling factors nu=5/3
and 4/3. For large enough modulation amplitude, we find that the resistivity
minimum at nu=5/3 gives way to a peak that grows with decreasing temperature.
Density matrix renormalization group calculation reveals that phase transition
from FQH state to unidirectional striped state having a period sim 4 l (with l
the magnetic length) takes place at nu=1/3 (equivalent to nu=5/3 by the
particle-hole symmetry) with the increase of the modulation amplitude,
suggesting that the observed peak is the manifestation of the stripe phase.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figures; minor revisio
Anisotropic transport in unidirectional lateral superlattice around half-filling of the second Landau level
We have observed marked transport anisotropy in short period (a=92 nm)
unidirectional lateral superlattices around filling factors nu=5/2 and 7/2:
magnetoresistance shows a sharp peak for current along the modulation grating
while a dip appears for current across the grating. By altering the ratio a/l
(with l=sqrt{hbar/eB_perp} the magnetic length) via changing the electron
density n_e, it is shown that the nu=5/2 anisotropic features appear in the
range 6.6 alt a/l alt 7.2 varying their intensities, becoming most conspicuous
at a/l simeq 6.7. The peak/dip broadens with temperature roughly preserving its
height/depth up to 250 mK. Tilt experiments reveal that the structures are
slightly enhanced by an in-plane magnetic field B_| perpendicular to the
grating but are almost completely destroyed by B_| parallel to the grating. The
observations suggest the stabilization of a unidirectional charge-density-wave
or stripe phase by weak external periodic modulation at the second Landau
level.Comment: REVTeX, 5 pages, 3 figures, Some minor revisions, Added notes and
reference
Finite element methods for nonlinear elastostatic problems in rubber elasticity
A number of finite element methods for the analysis of nonlinear problems in rubber elasticity are outlined. Several different finite element schemes are discussed. These include the augmented Lagrangian method, continuation or incremental loading methods, and associated Riks-type methods which have the capability of incorporating limit point behavior and bifurcations. Algorithms for the analysis of limit point behavior and bifurcations are described and the results of several numerical experiments are presented. In addition, a brief survey of some recent work on modelling contact and friction in elasticity problems is given. These results pertain to the use of new nonlocal and nonlinear friction laws
Vacuum Stability Bound on Extended GMSB Models
Extensions of GMSB models were explored to explain the recent reports of the
Higgs boson mass around 124-126 GeV. Some models predict a large mu term, which
can spoil the vacuum stability of the universe. We study two GMSB extensions:
i) the model with a large trilinear coupling of the top squark, and ii) that
with extra vector-like matters. In both models, the vacuum stability condition
provides upper bounds on the gluino mass if combined with the muon g-2. The
whole parameter region is expected to be covered by LHC at sqrt{s} = 14 TeV.
The analysis is also applied to the mSUGRA models with the vector-like matters.Comment: 22 pages, 4 figure
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