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Cooling Quantum Gases with Entropy Localization
We study the dynamics of entropy in a time dependent potential and explore
how disorder influences this entropy flow. We show that disorder can trap
entropy at the edge of the atomic cloud enabling a novel cooling method. We
demonstrate the feasibility of our cooling technique by analyzing the evolution
of entropy in a one-dimensional Fermi lattice gas with a time dependent
superlattice potential.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Floquet engineering of optical solenoids and quantized charge pumping along tailored paths in two-dimensional Chern insulators
The insertion of a local magnetic flux, as the one created by a thin
solenoid, plays an important role in gedanken experiments of quantum Hall
physics. By combining Floquet engineering of artificial magnetic fields with
the ability of single-site addressing in quantum-gas microscopes, we propose a
scheme for the realization of such local solenoid-type magnetic fields in
optical lattices. We show that it can be employed to manipulate and probe
elementary excitations of a topological Chern insulator. This includes
quantized adiabatic charge pumping along tailored paths inside the bulk, as
well as the controlled population of edge modes.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures. Discussions and references are update
Wave packet dynamics and edge transport in anomalous Floquet topological phases
The possibility of attaining chiral edge modes under periodic driving has
spurred tremendous attention, both theoretically and experimentally, especially
in light of anomalous Floquet topological phases that feature vanishing Chern
numbers unlike any static counterpart. We here consider a periodically
modulated honeycomb lattice and experimentally relevant driving protocols,
which allows us to obtain edge modes of various character in a simple model. We
calculate the phase diagram over a wide range of parameters and recover an
anomalous topological phase with quasienergy gaps harbouring edge states with
opposite chirality. Motivated by the advances in single-site control in optical
lattices, we investigate wave packet dynamics localized at the edges in
distinct Floquet topological regimes that cannot be achieved in equilibrium. We
analyse transport properties in edge modes originating from the same bands, but
with support at different quasienergies and sublattices as well as possessing
different chiralities. We find that an anomalous Floquet topological phase can
in general generate more robust chiral edge motion than a Haldane phase. Our
results demonstrate that the rich interplay of wave packet dynamics and
topological edge states can serve as a versatile tool in ultracold quantum
gases in optical lattices.Comment: 9+2 pages, 7+3 figure
Speaking and gesturing guide event perception during message conceptualization: Evidence from eye movements
Speakers’ visual attention to events is guided by linguistic conceptualization of information in spoken language production and in language-specific ways. Does production of language-specific co-speech gestures further guide speakers’ visual attention during message preparation? Here, we examine the link between visual attention and multimodal event descriptions in Turkish. Turkish is a verb-framed language where speakers’ speech and gesture show language specificity with path of motion mostly expressed within the main verb accompanied by path gestures. Turkish-speaking adults viewed motion events while their eye movements were recorded during non- linguistic (viewing-only) and linguistic (viewing-before-describing) tasks. The relative attention allocated to path over manner was higher in the linguistic task compared to the non-linguistic task. Furthermore, the relative attention allocated to path over manner within the linguistic task was higher when speakers (a) encoded path in the main verb versus outside the verb and (b) used additional path gestures accompanying speech versus not. Results strongly suggest that speakers’ visual attention is guided by language-specific event encoding not only in speech but also in gesture. This provides evidence consistent with models that propose integration of speech and gesture at the conceptualization level of language production and suggests that the links between the eye and the mouth may be extended to the eye and the hand
How to Directly Measure Floquet Topological Invariants in Optical Lattices
The classification of topological Floquet systems with time-periodic
Hamiltonians transcends that of static systems. For example, spinless fermions
in periodically driven two-dimensional lattices are not completely
characterized by the Chern numbers of the quasienergy bands, but rather by a
set of winding numbers associated with the quasienergy gaps. We propose a
scheme for measuring these winding numbers in a system of fermionic cold atoms
in a periodically driven optical lattice efficiently and directly. It is based
on the construction of a one-parameter family of experimentally feasible
drives, continuously connecting the Floquet system of interest to a trivial
reference system. The winding numbers are then determined by the identification
and the tomography of the band-touching singularities occurring on the way. As
a byproduct, we also propose a method for probing spectral properties of time
evolution operators via a time analog of crystallography.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Serum lipids in Turkish patients with β-thalassemia major and β-thalassemia minor
It is well-known that β-thalassemia is associated with changes
in plasma lipids and lipoproteins [1,2,3]. To our knowledge, no
data are available on lipid profiles in Turkish β-thalassemia
major (TM) and β-thalassemia trait (TT) patients together. The
aim of this study was to evaluate lipid profiles in two groups of
patients with β-TM and β-TT and to compare them with healthy
controls. The study included a total of 311 subjects. Group 1
included 131 β-TM patients (mean age: 16.3±7.58 years). Group
2 included 68 β-TT patients (mean age: 7.25±4.43 years). Group
3 consisted of 112 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (mean
age: 9±4.7 years). Serum ferritin level was 2487±1103 (range:
661-5745) ng/mL in Group 1. In comparing the correlation
between ferritin and lipid parameters, while a significantly
negative relationship was detected between ferritin and highdensity
lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) (p=0.000, r=-0.602), a
significantly positive relationship was detected between ferritin
and triglyceride (TG) levels (p=0.02) in TM patients. Serum lipid
profiles of the 3 groups are shown in Table 1
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