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Distribution and Fluctuation of Firm Size in the Long-Run
The paper studies empirically and analytically growth and fluctuation of firm size distribution. An empirical analysis is carried out on several data sets on firm size, with emphasis on one-time distribution as well as growth-rate probability distribution. Two well-known scaling laws, Pareto's law and Gibrat's law, are discussed. Some theoretical discussion on their relationship is presented. We also discuss to what extent there may exist economic mechanisms that produce an unequal firm size distribution in the long run. The mechanisms we study have been known in the economic literature since long. Yet, they have not been studied in the context of a dynamic decision problem of the firm. We allow for heterogeneity of firms with respect to certain characteristics. We then show that there are mechanisms at work which may generate a twin-peaked distribution of firm size in the long-run, which will then be tested empiricallyFirm size, Pareto's law, Gibrat's law
Direct Observation of Nonequivalent Fermi-Arc States of Opposite Surfaces in Noncentrosymmetric Weyl Semimetal NbP
We have performed high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
(ARPES) on noncentrosymmetric Weyl semimetal candidate NbP, and determined the
electronic states of both Nb- and P-terminated surfaces corresponding to the
"opposite" surfaces of a polar crystal. We revealed a drastic difference in the
Fermi-surface topology between the opposite surfaces, whereas the Fermi arcs on
both surfaces are likely terminated at the surface projection of the same bulk
Weyl nodes. Comparison of the ARPES data with our first-principles band
calculations suggests notable difference in electronic structure at the
Nb-terminated surface between theory and experiment. The present result opens a
platform for realizing exotic quantum phenomena arising from unusual surface
properties of Weyl semimetals.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Quantum Control of the Hyperfine Spin of a Cs Atom Ensemble
We demonstrate quantum control of a large spin-angular momentum associated
with the F=3 hyperfine ground state of 133Cs. A combination of time dependent
magnetic fields and a static tensor light shift is used to implement
near-optimal controls and map a fiducial state to a broad range of target
states, with yields in the range 0.8-0.9. Squeezed states are produced also by
an adiabatic scheme that is more robust against errors. Universal control
facilitates the encoding and manipulation of qubits and qudits in atomic ground
states, and may lead to improvement of some precision measurements.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures (color
Protected nodes and the collapse of the Fermi arcs in high Tc cuprates
Angle resolved photoemission on underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 reveals that the
magnitude and d-wave anisotropy of the superconducting state energy gap are
independent of temperature all the way up to Tc. This lack of T variation of
the entire k-dependent gap is in marked contrast to mean field theory. At Tc
the point nodes of the d-wave gap abruptly expand into finite length ``Fermi
arcs''. This change occurs within the width of the resistive transition, and
thus the Fermi arcs are not simply thermally broadened nodes but rather a
unique signature of the pseudogap phase.Comment: Accepted by Phys. Rev. Let
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