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T>0 properties of the infinitely repulsive Hubbard model for arbitrary number of holes
Based on representations of the symmetric group , explicit and exact
Schr\"odinger equation is derived for Hubbard model in any
dimensions with arbitrary number of holes, which clearly shows that during the
movement of holes the spin background of electrons plays an important role.
Starting from it, at T=0 we have analyzed the behaviour of the system depending
on the dimensionality and number of holes. Based on the presented formalism
thermodynamic quantities have also been expressed using a loop summation
technique in which the partition function is given in terms of characters of
. In case of the studied finite systems, the loop summation have been
taken into account exactly up to the 14-th order in reciprocal temperature and
the results were corrected in higher order based on Monte Carlo simulations.
The obtained results suggest that the presented formalism increase the
efficiency of the Monte Carlo simulations as well, because the spin part
contribution of the background is automatically taken into account by the
characters of .Comment: 26 pages, 1 embedded ps figure; Phil. Mag. B (in press
The Antiferromagnetic Band Structure of La2CuO4 Revisited
Using the Becke-3-LYP functional, we have performed band structure
calculations on the high temperature superconductor parent compound, La2CuO4.
Under the restricted spin formalism (rho(alpha) equal to rho(beta)), the
R-B3LYP band structure agrees well with the standard LDA band structure. It is
metallic with a single Cu x2-y2/O p(sigma) band crossing the Fermi level. Under
the unrestricted spin formalism (rho(alpha) not equal to rho(beta)), the UB3LYP
band structure has a spin polarized antiferromagnetic solution with a band gap
of 2.0 eV, agreeing well with experiment. This state is 1.0 eV (per formula
unit) lower than that calculated from the R-B3LYP. The apparent high energy of
the spin restricted state is attributed to an overestimate of on-site Coulomb
repulsion which is corrected in the unrestricted spin calculations. The
stabilization of the total energy with spin polarization arises primarily from
the stabilization of the x2-y2 band, such that the character of the eigenstates
at the top of the valence band in the antiferromagnetic state becomes a strong
mixture of Cu x2-y2/O p(sigma) and Cu z2/O' p(z). Since the Hohenberg-Kohn
theorem requires the spin restricted and spin unrestricted calculations give
exactly the same ground state energy and total density for the exact
functionals, this large disparity in energy reflects the inadequacy of current
functionals for describing the cuprates. This calls into question the use of
band structures based on current restricted spin density functionals (including
LDA) as a basis for single band theories of superconductivity in these
materials.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. B, for more information
see http://www.firstprinciples.co
The CDC Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing: Reactions of Women Attending Community Health Clinics
The purpose of this study was to examine reactions to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised recommendations for HIV testing by women attending community health clinics. A total of 30 women attending three community clinics completed semistructured individual interviews containing three questions about the recommendations. Thematic content analysis of responses was conducted. Results were that all agreed with the recommendation for universal testing. Most viewed opt-out screening as an acceptable approach to HIV testing. Many emphasized the importance of provision of explicit verbal informed consent. The majority strongly opposed the elimination of the requirement for pretest prevention counseling and spontaneously talked about the ongoing importance of posttest counseling. The conclusion was that there was strong support for universal testing of all persons 13 to 64 years old but scant support for the elimination of pretest prevention counseling. In general, respondents believed that verbal informed consent for testing as well as provision of HIV-related information before and after testing were crucial
Soft and hard wall in a stochastic reaction diffusion equation
We consider a stochastically perturbed reaction diffusion equation in a
bounded interval, with boundary conditions imposing the two stable phases at
the endpoints. We investigate the asymptotic behavior of the front separating
the two stable phases, as the intensity of the noise vanishes and the size of
the interval diverges. In particular, we prove that, in a suitable scaling
limit, the front evolves according to a one-dimensional diffusion process with
a non-linear drift accounting for a "soft" repulsion from the boundary. We
finally show how a "hard" repulsion can be obtained by an extra diffusive
scaling.Comment: 33 page
Finite to infinite steady state solutions, bifurcations of an integro-differential equation
We consider a bistable integral equation which governs the stationary
solutions of a convolution model of solid--solid phase transitions on a circle.
We study the bifurcations of the set of the stationary solutions as the
diffusion coefficient is varied to examine the transition from an infinite
number of steady states to three for the continuum limit of the
semi--discretised system. We show how the symmetry of the problem is
responsible for the generation and stabilisation of equilibria and comment on
the puzzling connection between continuity and stability that exists in this
problem
Tumor growth instability and the onset of invasion
Motivated by experimental observations, we develop a mathematical model of
chemotactically directed tumor growth. We present an analytical study of the
model as well as a numerical one. The mathematical analysis shows that: (i)
tumor cell proliferation by itself cannot generate the invasive branching
behaviour observed experimentally, (ii) heterotype chemotaxis provides an
instability mechanism that leads to the onset of tumor invasion and (iii)
homotype chemotaxis does not provide such an instability mechanism but enhances
the mean speed of the tumor surface. The numerical results not only support the
assumptions needed to perform the mathematical analysis but they also provide
evidence of (i), (ii) and (iii). Finally, both the analytical study and the
numerical work agree with the experimental phenomena.Comment: 12 pages, 8 figures, revtex
Deviations from the local field approximation in negative streamer heads
Negative streamer ionization fronts in nitrogen under normal conditions are
investigated both in a particle model and in a fluid model in local field
approximation. The parameter functions for the fluid model are derived from
swarm experiments in the particle model. The front structure on the inner scale
is investigated in a 1D setting, allowing reasonable run-time and memory
consumption and high numerical accuracy without introducing super-particles. If
the reduced electric field immediately before the front is >= 50kV/(cm bar),
solutions of fluid and particle model agree very well. If the field increases
up to 200kV/(cm bar), the solutions of particle and fluid model deviate, in
particular, the ionization level behind the front becomes up to 60% higher in
the particle model while the velocity is rather insensitive. Particle and fluid
model deviate because electrons with high energies do not yet fully run away
from the front, but are somewhat ahead. This leads to increasing ionization
rates in the particle model at the very tip of the front. The energy overshoot
of electrons in the leading edge of the front actually agrees quantitatively
with the energy overshoot in the leading edge of an electron swarm or avalanche
in the same electric field.Comment: The paper has 17 pages, including 15 figures and 3 table
Systematic review: efficacy and safety of medical marijuana in selected neurologic disorders: report of the Guideline Development Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of medical marijuana in several neurologic conditions.
METHODS: We performed a systematic review of medical marijuana (1948-November 2013) to address treatment of symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS), epilepsy, and movement disorders. We graded the studies according to the American Academy of Neurology classification scheme for therapeutic articles.
RESULTS: Thirty-four studies met inclusion criteria; 8 were rated as Class I.
CONCLUSIONS: The following were studied in patients with MS: (1) Spasticity: oral cannabis extract (OCE) is effective, and nabiximols and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) are probably effective, for reducing patient-centered measures; it is possible both OCE and THC are effective for reducing both patient-centered and objective measures at 1 year. (2) Central pain or painful spasms (including spasticity-related pain, excluding neuropathic pain): OCE is effective; THC and nabiximols are probably effective. (3) Urinary dysfunction: nabiximols is probably effective for reducing bladder voids/day; THC and OCE are probably ineffective for reducing bladder complaints. (4) Tremor: THC and OCE are probably ineffective; nabiximols is possibly ineffective. (5) Other neurologic conditions: OCE is probably ineffective for treating levodopa-induced dyskinesias in patients with Parkinson disease. Oral cannabinoids are of unknown efficacy in non-chorea-related symptoms of Huntington disease, Tourette syndrome, cervical dystonia, and epilepsy. The risks and benefits of medical marijuana should be weighed carefully. Risk of serious adverse psychopathologic effects was nearly 1%. Comparative effectiveness of medical marijuana vs other therapies is unknown for these indications
Traveling wave solutions in the Burridge-Knopoff model
The slider-block Burridge-Knopoff model with the Coulomb friction law is
studied as an excitable medium. It is shown that in the continuum limit the
system admits solutions in the form of the self-sustained shock waves traveling
with constant speed which depends only on the amount of the accumulated stress
in front of the wave. For a wide class of initial conditions the behavior of
the system is determined by these shock waves and the dynamics of the system
can be expressed in terms of their motion. The solutions in the form of the
periodic wave trains and sources of counter-propagating waves are analyzed. It
is argued that depending on the initial conditions the system will either tend
to synchronize or exhibit chaotic spatiotemporal behavior.Comment: 12 pages (ReVTeX), 7 figures (Postscript) to be published in Phys.
Rev.
Status of U.S. testing of the High Performance Hall System SPT-140 Hall thruster
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/77315/1/AIAA-2000-1053-280.pd
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