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A novel human hair protein fiber prepared by watery hybridization spinning
This is a preprint of an article published in [Hirao, Y; Ohkawa, K; Yamamoto, H; Fujii, T.,A novel human hair protein fiber prepared by watery hybridization spinning,MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING,Vol 290,165-171(2005)]ArticleMACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING. 290(3): 165-171 (2005)journal articl
Magnetization cusp singularities of frustrated Kondo necklace model
Magnetization processes of frustrated Kondo necklace model are studied by
means of a density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) method and an elementary
band theory based on a bond-operator formalism. The DMRG calculations clearly
show the cusp singularity in a low-magnetization region () besides
that in a high-magnetization region () which is expected from previous
studies on the magnetization curve of the Majumdar-Ghosh model. An appearance
mechanism of the low-magnetization cusp is interpreted in terms of a
double-well shape of a low-energy band arising from frustrations between
nearest- and next-nearest-neighbor interactions. We also discuss critical
behaviors of magnetization near the cusp and obtain a phase diagram showing
whether the cusp appears in the magnetization curve or not.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures. to be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jp
Molecular Clouds associated with the Type Ia SNR N103B in the Large Magellanic Cloud
N103B is a Type Ia supernova remnant (SNR) in the Large Magellanic Cloud
(LMC). We carried out new CO( = 3-2) and CO( = 1-0)
observations using ASTE and ALMA. We have confirmed the existence of a giant
molecular cloud (GMC) at 245 km s towards the
southeast of the SNR using ASTE CO( = 3-2) data at an angular
resolution of 25 (6 pc in the LMC). Using the ALMA CO(
= 1-0) data, we have spatially resolved CO clouds along the southeastern edge
of the SNR with an angular resolution of 1.8 (0.4 pc in the
LMC). The molecular clouds show an expanding gas motion in the
position-velocity diagram with an expansion velocity of km s.
The spatial extent of the expanding shell is roughly similar to that of the
SNR. We also find tiny molecular clumps in the directions of optical nebula
knots. We present a possible scenario that N103B exploded in the wind-bubble
formed by the accretion winds from the progenitor system, and is now
interacting with the dense gas wall. This is consistent with a
single-degenerate scenario.Comment: 12 pages, 1 table, 8 figures, accepted for publication in The
Astrophysical Journal (ApJ
Elementary Excitations of Heisenberg Ferrimagnetic Spin Chains
We numerically investigate elementary excitations of the Heisenberg
alternating-spin chains with two kinds of spins 1 and 1/2 antiferromagnetically
coupled to each other. Employing a recently developed efficient Monte Carlo
technique as well as an exact diagonalization method, we verify the spin-wave
argument that the model exhibits two distinct excitations from the ground state
which are gapless and gapped. The gapless branch shows a quadratic dispersion
in the small-momentum region, which is of ferromagnetic type. With the
intention of elucidating the physical mechanism of both excitations, we make a
perturbation approach from the decoupled-dimer limit. The gapless branch is
directly related to spin 1's, while the gapped branch originates from
cooperation of the two kinds of spins.Comment: 7 pages, 7 Postscript figures, RevTe
Mutual first order coherence of phase-locked lasers
We argue that (first-order) coherence is a relative, and not an absolute,
property. It is shown how feedforward or feedback can be employed to make two
(or more) lasers relatively coherent. We also show that after the relative
coherence is established, the two lasers will stay relatively coherent for some
time even if the feedforward or feedback loop has been turned off, enabling,
e.g., demonstration of unconditional quantum teleportation using lasers.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figure
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