341 research outputs found
Observation of zigzag and armchair edges of graphite using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy
The presence of structure-dependent edge states of graphite is revealed by
both ambient- and ultra-highvacuum- (UHV) scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) /
scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) observations. On a hydrogenated zigzag
(armchair) edge, bright spots are (are not) observed together with (SQRT(3) by
SQRT(3))R30 superlattice near the Fermi level (V_S = −30 mV for a peak of
the local density of states (LDOS)) under UHV, demonstrating that a zigzag edge
is responsible for the edge states, although there is no appreciable difference
between as-prepared zigzag and armchair edges in air. Even in hydrogenated
armchair edge, however, bright spots are observed at defect points, at which
partial zigzag edges are created in the armchair edge.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, contents for experimental/theoretical reseachers,
accepted as an issue of Physical Review B (PRB
Molecular Clouds as a Probe of Cosmic-Ray Acceleration in a Supernova Remnant
We study cosmic-ray acceleration in a supernova remnant (SNR) and the escape
from it. We model nonthermal particle and photon spectra for the hidden SNR in
the open cluster Westerlund 2, and the old-age mixed-morphology SNR W 28. We
assume that the SNR shock propagates in a low-density cavity, which is created
and heated through the activities of the progenitor stars and/or previous
supernova explosions. We indicate that the diffusion coefficient for
cosmic-rays around the SNRs is less than ~1% of that away from them. We compare
our predictions with the gamma-ray spectra of molecular clouds illuminated by
the cosmic-rays (Fermi and H.E.S.S.). We found that the spectral indices of the
particles are ~2.3. This may be because the particles were accelerated at the
end of the Sedov phase, and because energy dependent escape and propagation of
particles did not much affect the spectrum.Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ Letter
High-mass star formation in Orion triggered by cloud-cloud collision II, Two merging molecular clouds in NGC2024
We analyzed the NANTEN2 13CO (J=2-1 and 1-0) datasets in NGC 2024. We found
that the cloud consists of two velocity components, whereas the cloud shows
mostly single-peaked CO profiles. The two components are physically connected
to the HII region as evidenced by their close correlation with the dark lanes
and the emission nebulosity. The two components show complementary distribution
with a displacement of 0.4 pc. Such complementary distribution is typical to
colliding clouds discovered in regions of high-mass star formation. We
hypothesize that cloud-cloud collision between the two components triggered the
formation of the late O stars and early B stars localized within 0.3 pc of the
cloud peak. The collision timescale is estimated to be ~ 10^5 yrs from a ratio
of the displacement and the relative velocity 3-4 km s-1 corrected for probable
projection. The high column density of the colliding cloud 1023 cm-2 is similar
to those in the other massive star clusters in RCW 38, Westerlund 2, NGC 3603,
and M42, which are likely formed under trigger by cloud-cloud collision. The
present results provide an additional piece of evidence favorable to high-mass
star formation by a major cloud-cloud collision in Orion.Comment: 24 pages, 10 figures, submitted for publication in PASJ (cloud-cloud
collision special issue
STM observation of the quantum interference effect in finite-sized graphite
Superperiodic patterns were observed by STM on two kinds of finite-sized
graphene sheets. One is nanographene sheets inclined from a highly oriented
pyrolitic graphite (HOPG) substrate and the other is several-layer-thick
graphene sheets with dislocation-network structures against a HOPG substrate.
As for the former, the in-plane periodicity increased gradually in the
direction of inclination, and it is easily changed by attachment of a
nanographite flake on the nanographene sheets. The oscillation pattern can be
explained by the interference of electron waves confined in the inclined
nanographene sheets. As for the latter, patterns and their corrugation
amplitudes depended on the bias voltage and on the terrace height from the HOPG
substrate. The interference effect by the perturbed and unperturbed waves in
the overlayer is responsible for the patterns whose local density of states
varies in space.Comment: 11 pages; 2 figures; accepted for publication in J. Phys. Chem.
Solids; ISIC1
Optimal User Weighting Fusion in DWT Domain On-line Signature Verification
The on-line signature verification method in DWT domain has been proposed. Time-varying pen-position signal of the on-line signature is decomposed into sub-band signals by using the DWT. Individual features are extracted as high frequency signals in sub-band. By using the extracted feature, verification is achieved at each sub-band and then total decision is done by combining such verification results. In this paper, we introduce a user weighting fusion into the total decision. Through verification experiments, it is confirmed that there is an optimal weight combination for each user and verifiaction rate can be improved when the optimal weight combination is applied
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