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Casimir pistons with hybrid boundary conditions
The Casimir effect giving rise to an attractive or repulsive force between
the configuration boundaries that confine the massless scalar field is
reexamined for one to three-dimensional pistons in this paper. Especially, we
consider Casimir pistons with hybrid boundary conditions, where the boundary
condition on the piston is Neumann and those on other surfaces are Dirichlet.
We show that the Casimir force on the piston is always repulsive, in contrast
with the same problem where the boundary conditions are Dirichlet on all
surfaces.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures,references added, minor typos correcte
The Casimir force of Quantum Spring in the (D+1)-dimensional spacetime
The Casimir effect for a massless scalar field on the helix boundary
condition which is named as quantum spring is studied in our recent
paper\cite{Feng}. In this paper, the Casimir effect of the quantum spring is
investigated in -dimensional spacetime for the massless and massive
scalar fields by using the zeta function techniques. We obtain the exact
results of the Casimir energy and Casimir force for any , which indicate a
symmetry of the two space dimensions. The Casimir energy and Casimir
force have different expressions for odd and even dimensional space in the
massless case but in both cases the force is attractive. In the case of
odd-dimensional space, the Casimir energy density can be expressed by the
Bernoulli numbers, while in the even case it can be expressed by the
-function. And we also show that the Casimir force has a maximum value
which depends on the spacetime dimensions. In particular, for a massive scalar
field, we found that the Casimir force varies as the mass of the field changes.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures, v2, massive case added, refs. adde
Extended Lie Algebraic Stability Analysis for Switched Systems with Continuous-Time and Discrete-Time Subsystems
Effective Vortex Pinning in MgB2 thin films
We discuss pinning properties of MgB2 thin films grown by pulsed-laser
deposition (PLD) and by electron-beam (EB) evaporation. Two mechanisms are
identified that contribute most effectively to the pinning of vortices in
randomly oriented films. The EB process produces low defected crystallites with
small grain size providing enhanced pinning at grain boundaries without
degradation of Tc. The PLD process produces films with structural disorder on a
scale less that the coherence length that further improves pinning, but also
depresses Tc
On the error term in Weyl's law for the Heisenberg manifolds (II)
In this paper we study the mean square of the error term in the Weyl's law of
an irrational -dimensional Heisenberg manifold . An asymptotic formula
is established
First-principles study on the effective masses of zinc-blend-derived Cu_2Zn-IV-VI_4 (IV = Sn, Ge, Si and VI = S, Se)
The electron and hole effective masses of kesterite (KS) and stannite (ST)
structured Cu_2Zn-IV-VI_4 (IV = Sn, Ge, Si and VI = S, Se) semiconductors are
systematically studied using first-principles calculations. We find that the
electron effective masses are almost isotropic, while strong anisotropy is
observed for the hole effective mass. The electron effective masses are
typically much smaller than the hole effective masses for all studied
compounds. The ordering of the topmost three valence bands and the
corresponding hole effective masses of the KS and ST structures are different
due to the different sign of the crystal-field splitting. The electron and hole
effective masses of Se-based compounds are significantly smaller compared to
the corresponding S-based compounds. They also decrease as the atomic number of
the group IV elements (Si, Ge, Sn) increases, but the decrease is less notable
than that caused by the substitution of S by Se.Comment: 14 pages, 6 figures, 2 table
Identification of the relationship between Chinese Adiantum reniforme var. sinense and Canary Adiantum reniforme
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Ground-state properties and superfluidity of two- and quasi two-dimensional solid 4He
In a recent study we have reported a new type of trial wave function
symmetric under the exchange of particles and which is able to describe a
supersolid phase. In this work, we use the diffusion Monte Carlo method and
this model wave function to study the properties of solid 4He in two- and quasi
two-dimensional geometries. In the purely two-dimensional case, we obtain
results for the total ground-state energy and freezing and melting densities
which are in good agreement with previous exact Monte Carlo calculations
performed with a slightly different interatomic potential model. We calculate
the value of the zero-temperature superfluid fraction \rho_{s} / \rho of 2D
solid 4He and find that it is negligible in all the considered cases, similarly
to what is obtained in the perfect (free of defects) three-dimensional crystal
using the same computational approach. Interestingly, by allowing the atoms to
move locally in the perpendicular direction to the plane where they are
confined to zero-point oscillations (quasi two-dimensional crystal) we observe
the emergence of a finite superfluid density that coexists with the periodicity
of the system.Comment: 16 pages, 8 figure
Onset of dielectric modes at 110K and 60K due to local lattice distortions in non-superconducting YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{6.0} crystals
We report the observation of two dielectric transitions at 110K and 60K in
the microwave response of non-superconducting YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{6.0} crystals.
The transitions are characterized by a change in polarizability and presence of
loss peaks, associated with overdamped dielectric modes. An explanation is
presented in terms of changes in polarizability of the apical O atoms in the
Ba-O layer, affected by lattice softening at 110K, due to change in buckling of
the Cu-O layer. The onset of another mode at 60K strongly suggests an
additional local lattice change at this temperature. Thus microwave dielectric
measurements are sensitive indicators of lattice softening which may be
relevant to superconductivity.Comment: 5 pages, 3 ps format figure
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