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Generalized - Model
By parameterizing the t-j model we present a new electron correlation model
with one free parameter for high-temperature superconductivity. This model is
of symmetry. The energy spectrums are shown to be modulated by
the free parameter in the model. The solution and symmetric structures of the
Hilbert space, as well as the Bethe ansatz approach are discussed for special
cases.Comment: 13 page, Latex, to appear in J. Phys.
Neutrino masses, leptogenesis and dark matter in hybrid seesaw
We suggest a hybrid seesaw model where relatively ``light''right-handed
neutrinos give no contribution to the neutrino mass matrix due to a special
symmetry. This allows their Yukawa couplings to the standard model particles to
be relatively strong, so that the standard model Higgs boson can decay
dominantly to a left and a right-handed neutrino, leaving another stable
right-handed neutrino as cold dark matter. In our model neutrino masses arise
via the type-II seesaw mechanism, the Higgs triplet scalars being also
responsible for the generation of the matter-antimatter asymmetry via the
leptogenesis mechanism.Comment: 4 page
Experimental Study of Thin Film Sensor Networks for Wind Turbine Blade Damage Detection
Damage detection of wind turbine blades is difficult due to their complex geometry and large size, for which large deployment of sensing systems is typically not economical. A solution is to develop and deploy dedicated sensor networks fabricated from inexpensive materials and electronics. The authors have recently developed a novel skin-type strain gauge for measuring strain over very large surfaces. The skin, a type of large-area electronics, is constituted from a network of soft elastomeric capacitors. The sensing system is analogous to a biological skin, where local strain can be monitored over a global area. In this paper, we propose the utilization of a dense network of soft elastomeric capacitors to detect, localize, and quantify damage on wind turbine blades. We also leverage mature off the shelf technologies, in particular resistive strain gauges, to augment such dense sensor network with high accuracy data at key locations, therefore constituting a hybrid dense sensor network. The proposed hybrid dense sensor network is installed inside a wind turbine blade 1:25 scale model, and tested in a wind tunnel to simulate an operational environment. Results demonstrate the ability of the hybrid dense sensor network to detect, localize, and quantify damage
Fractional differentiability of nowhere differentiable functions and dimensions
Weierstrass's everywhere continuous but nowhere differentiable function is
shown to be locally continuously fractionally differentiable everywhere for all
orders below the `critical order' 2-s and not so for orders between 2-s and 1,
where s, 1<s<2 is the box dimension of the graph of the function. This
observation is consolidated in the general result showing a direct connection
between local fractional differentiability and the box dimension/ local Holder
exponent. Levy index for one dimensional Levy flights is shown to be the
critical order of its characteristic function. Local fractional derivatives of
multifractal signals (non-random functions) are shown to provide the local
Holder exponent. It is argued that Local fractional derivatives provide a
powerful tool to analyze pointwise behavior of irregular signals.Comment: minor changes, 19 pages, Late
Scaling Behaviour and Complexity of the Portevin-Le Chatelier Effect
The plastic deformation of dilute alloys is often accompanied by plastic
instabilities due to dynamic strain aging and dislocation interaction. The
repeated breakaway of dislocations from and their recapture by solute atoms
leads to stress serrations and localized strain in the strain controlled
tensile tests, known as the Portevin-Le Chatelier (PLC) effect. In this present
work, we analyse the stress time series data of the observed PLC effect in the
constant strain rate tensile tests on Al-2.5%Mg alloy for a wide range of
strain rates at room temperature. The scaling behaviour of the PLC effect was
studied using two complementary scaling analysis methods: the finite variance
scaling method and the diffusion entropy analysis. From these analyses we could
establish that in the entire span of strain rates, PLC effect showed Levy walk
property. Moreover, the multiscale entropy analysis is carried out on the
stress time series data observed during the PLC effect to quantify the
complexity of the distinct spatiotemporal dynamical regimes. It is shown that
for the static type C band, the entropy is very low for all the scales compared
to the hopping type B and the propagating type A bands. The results are
interpreted considering the time and length scales relevant to the effect.Comment: 35 pages, 6 figure
Magnetism in Kitaev Quantum Spin Liquid Candidate RuBr
The present studies show that long-range magnetic order takes place in
RuBr at 34 K. The observations of clear oscillations in the muon
time spectra demonstrate the presence of well-defined internal fields at the
muon sites. The magnetic ordering appears to be very robust and static
suggesting a more conventional nature of magnetic ordering in the RuBr
system at zero field. Present investigations prove that in RuBr the Kitaev
interactions are likely to be weakened at zero field in comparison to the
-RuCl system. This proves that it is possible to tune the Kitaev
interactions by replacing Cl with heavier halogen elements such as Br.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Photons from Pb-Pb Collisions at CERN SPS
High energy photon emission rate from matter created in Pb + Pb collisions at
CERN SPS energies is evaluated. The evolution of matter from the initial state
up to freeze-out has been treated within the framework of (3+1) dimensional
hydrodynamic expansion. We observe that the photon spectra measured by the WA98
experiment are well reproduced with hard QCD photons and photons from a thermal
source with initial temperature ~ 200 MeV. The effects of the spectral changes
of hadrons with temperature on the photon emission rate and on the equation of
state are studied. Photon yield for Au + Au collisions at RHIC energies is also
estimated.Comment: To appear in Phys. Rev. C (Rapid Communications
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