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Effective model of the electronic Griffiths phase
We present simple analytical arguments explaining the universal emergence of
electronic Griffiths phases as precursors of disorder-driven metal-insulator
transitions in correlated electronic systems. A simple effective model is
constructed and solved within Dynamical Mean Field Theory. It is shown to
capture all the qualitative and even quantitative aspects of such Griffiths
phases.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures, one reference corrected; minor corrections
include
Transport properties in antiferromagnetic quantum Griffiths phases
We study the electrical resistivity in the quantum Griffiths phase associated
with the antiferromagnetic quantum phase transition in a metal. The resistivity
is calculated by means of the semi-classical Boltzmann equation. We show that
the scattering of electrons by locally ordered rare regions leads to a singular
temperature dependence. The rare-region contribution to the resistivity varies
as with temperature where the is the usual Griffiths
exponent which takes the value zero at the critical point and increases with
distance from criticality. We find similar singular contributions to other
transport properties such as thermal resistivity, thermopower and the Peltier
coefficient. We also compare our results with existing experimental data and
suggest new experiments.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
Using imprecise continuous time Markov chains for assessing the reliability of power networks with common cause failure and non-immediate repair.
We explore how imprecise continuous time Markov
chains can improve traditional reliability models based
on precise continuous time Markov chains. Specifically,
we analyse the reliability of power networks under very
weak statistical assumptions, explicitly accounting for
non-stationary failure and repair rates and the limited
accuracy by which common cause failure rates can be
estimated. Bounds on typical quantities of interest
are derived, namely the expected time spent in system
failure state, as well as the expected number of
transitions to that state. A worked numerical example
demonstrates the theoretical techniques described.
Interestingly, the number of iterations required for
convergence is observed to be much lower than current
theoretical bounds
Lexicographic choice functions without archimedeanicity
We investigate the connection between choice functions and lexicographic probabilities, by means of the convexity axiom considered by Seidenfeld, Schervisch and Kadane (2010) but without imposing any Archimedean condition. We show that lexicographic probabilities are related to a particular type of sets of desirable gambles, and investigate the properties of the coherent choice function this induces via maximality. Finally, we show that the convexity axiom is necessary but not sufficient for a coherent choice function to be the infimum of a class of lexicographic ones
A robust Bayesian analysis of the impact of policy decisions on crop rotations.
We analyse the impact of a policy decision on crop rotations, using the imprecise land use model that was developed by the authors in earlier work. A specific challenge in crop rotation models is that farmer’s crop choices are driven by both policy changes and external non-stationary factors, such as rainfall, temperature and agricultural input and output prices. Such dynamics can be modelled by a non-stationary stochastic process, where crop transition probabilities are multinomial logistic functions of such external factors. We use a robust Bayesian approach to estimate the parameters of our model, and validate it by comparing the model response with a non-parametric estimate, as well as by cross validation. Finally, we use the resulting predictions to solve a hypothetical yet realistic policy problem
Kolmogorov condition near hyperbolic singularities of integrable Hamiltonian systems
In this paper we show that, if an integrable Hamiltonian system admits a
nondegenerate hyperbolic singularity then it will satisfy the Kolmogorov
condegeneracy condition near that singularity (under a mild additional
condition, which is trivial if the singularity contains a fixed point)Comment: revised version, 11p, accepted for publication in a sepecial volume
in Regular and Chaotic Dynamics in honor of Richard Cushma
Pd/Cu Site Interchange and Non-Fermi-Liquid Behavior in UCu_4Pd
X-ray-absorption fine-structure measurements of the local structure in
UCu_4Pd are described which indicate a probable lattice-disorder origin for
non-Fermi-liquid behavior in this material. Short Pd-Cu distances are observed,
consistent with 24 +/- 3% of the Pd atoms occupying nominally Cu sites. A
"Kondo disorder" model, based on the effect on the local Kondo temperature T_K
of this interchange and some additional bond-length disorder, agrees
quantitatively with previous experimental susceptibility data, and therefore
also with specific heat and magnetic resonance experiments.Comment: 4 pages, 3 PostScript figures, to be published in PR
Avaliação de linhagens, materiais comerciais e duas populações de milho para tolerância a alumínio.
Neste trabalho realizou-se a avaliacao da tolerancia a Al (4,5 mg.l) de 39 linhagens, 98 materiais comerciais, 167 progenies de uma populacao IAC-Maya e de 466 progenies de uma populacao IAC-Genetica, usando-se a tecnica de solucao nutritiva. Foram usadas na avaliacao as características ICR (indice de crescimento da radicula = comprimento relativo da radicula -CRR (CR+Al.CR-Al)- multiplicado por comprimento relativo da raiz secundaria mais longa - CRRSML (CRSML+Al/CRSML-Al) e CLR (comprimento liquido da radicula = diferenca entre os valores de comprimento da radicula - CR - obtidos no inicio e fim do periodo de crescimento das plantas em presenca de Al). As linhagens e as progenies da populacao IAC-Maya a de milho foram avaliadas através do ICR enquanto que os materiais comerciais e as progenies da populacao IAC-Genetica foram avaliados pelos valores de CLR. Os controles utilizados foram IAC HS1227 (tolerante a Al) e IAC HS7777 (sensivel a Al). O metodo de solucao nutritiva foi eficiente na diferenciacao da tolerancia a Al dentre os materiais testados, evidenciando a ocorrencia de ampla variabilidade genetica para essa caracteristica. As seguintes linhagens e materiais comerciais apresentaram tolerancia a Al (4,5 mg/l): Porto Rico 70. D,2, IP 38-5-3, IP 365-4-I, IA 2992-3-1-2-3, Vic 3-2-3-30-V-6, 490, 519, 532, 536-2 e 820 (linhagens) e AG 82, AG 260, AGROMEM 1022, ASGROW 1255, DINA 03S, DINA 47, IAC Hmd 7974, SS 1243 e UNICAMP 720 (materiais comerciais)
Influence of spin fluctuations near the Mott transition: a DMFT study
Dynamics of magnetic moments near the Mott metal-insulator transition is
investigated by a combined slave-rotor and Dynamical Mean-Field Theory solution
of the Hubbard model with additional fully-frustrated random Heisenberg
couplings. In the paramagnetic Mott state, the spinon decomposition allows to
generate a Sachdev-Ye spin liquid in place of the collection of independent
local moments that typically occurs in the absence of magnetic correlations.
Cooling down into the spin-liquid phase, the onset of deviations from pure
Curie behavior in the spin susceptibility is found to be correlated to the
temperature scale at which the Mott transition lines experience a marked
bending. We also demonstrate a weakening of the effective exchange energy upon
approaching the Mott boundary from the Heisenberg limit, due to quantum
fluctuations associated to zero and doubly occupied sites.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures. V3 was largely expande
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