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The low-frequency response in the surface superconducting state of ZrB single crystal}
The large nonlinear response of a single crystal ZrB to an ac field
(frequency 40 - 2500 Hz) for has been observed. Direct
measurements of the ac wave form and the exact numerical solution of the
Ginzburg-Landau equations, as well as phenomenological relaxation equation,
permit the study of the surface superconducting states dynamics. It is shown,
that the low frequency response is defined by transitions between the
metastable superconducting states under the action of an ac field. The
relaxation rate which determines such transitions dynamics, is found.Comment: 7 pages, 11 figure
Star Formation Efficiency in the Central 1 kpc Region of Early-Type Spiral Galaxies
It has been reported recently that there are some early-type spiral (Sa--Sab)
galaxies having evident star-forming regions which concentrate in their own
central 1-kpc. In such central region, is the mechanism of the star formation
distinct from that in disks of spiral galaxies? To reveal this, we estimate the
star formation efficiency (SFE) in this central 1-kpc star-forming region of
some early-type spiral galaxies, taking account of the condition for this 1-kpc
region to be self-gravitating. Using two indicators of present star formation
rate (H and infrared luminosity), we estimate the SFE to be a few
percents. This is equivalent to the observational SFE in the disks of late-type
spiral (Sb--) galaxies. This coincidence may support the universality of the
mean SFE of spiral galaxies reported in the recent studies. That is, we find no
evidence of distinct mechanism of the star formation in the central 1-kpc
region of early-type galaxies. Also, we examine the structure of the central
star-forming region, and discuss a method for estimating the mass of
star-forming regions.Comment: accepted by A
Gauge covariances and nonlinear optical responses
The formalism of the reduced density matrix is pursued in both length and
velocity gauges of the perturbation to the crystal Hamiltonian. The covariant
derivative is introduced as a convenient representation of the position
operator. This allow us to write compact expressions for the reduced density
matrix in any order of the perturbation which simplifies the calculations of
nonlinear optical responses; as an example, we compute the first and third
order contributions of the monolayer graphene. Expressions obtained in both
gauges share the same formal structure, allowing a comparison of the effects of
truncation to a finite set of bands. This truncation breaks the equivalence
between the two approaches: its proper implementation can be done directly in
the expressions derived in the length gauge, but require a revision of the
equations of motion of the reduced density matrix in the velocity gauge.The work of G.B.V. and D.J.P. is supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) under the Grants No. PD/BI/129220/2017 and No. PD/BD/135019/2017, respectively. N.M.R.P. acknowledges funding from the European Commission within the project "Graphene-Driven Revolutions in ICT and Beyond" (Ref. No. 696656) and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) in the framework of the Strategic Financing Grant No. UID/FIS/04650/2013.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Simultaneous Analysis of All SNPs in Genome-Wide and Re-Sequencing Association Studies
Testing one SNP at a time does not fully realise the potential of genome-wide association studies to identify multiple causal variants, which is a plausible scenario for many complex diseases. We show that simultaneous analysis of the entire set of SNPs from a genome-wide study to identify the subset that best predicts disease outcome is now feasible, thanks to developments in stochastic search methods. We used a Bayesian-inspired penalised maximum likelihood approach in which every SNP can be considered for additive, dominant, and recessive contributions to disease risk. Posterior mode estimates were obtained for regression coefficients that were each assigned a prior with a sharp mode at zero. A non-zero coefficient estimate was interpreted as corresponding to a significant SNP. We investigated two prior distributions and show that the normal-exponential-gamma prior leads to improved SNP selection in comparison with single-SNP tests. We also derived an explicit approximation for type-I error that avoids the need to use permutation procedures. As well as genome-wide analyses, our method is well-suited to fine mapping with very dense SNP sets obtained from re-sequencing and/or imputation. It can accommodate quantitative as well as case-control phenotypes, covariate adjustment, and can be extended to search for interactions. Here, we demonstrate the power and empirical type-I error of our approach using simulated case-control data sets of up to 500 K SNPs, a real genome-wide data set of 300 K SNPs, and a sequence-based dataset, each of which can be analysed in a few hours on a desktop workstation
Dynamics of an Antiferromagnet at Low Temperatures: Spin-Wave Damping and Hydrodynamics
Fixed points approach to clustering
Fixed points, Hierarchical clustering, Graph-theoretic clustering, Conceptual clustering, Overlapping clusters,
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