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VASCOMP 2. The V/STOL aircraft sizing and performance computer program. Volume 6: User's manual, revision 3
This report describes the use of the V/STOL Aircraft Sizing and Performance Computer Program (VASCOMP II). The program is useful in performing aircraft parametric studies in a quick and cost efficient manner. Problem formulation and data development were performed by the Boeing Vertol Company and reflects the present preliminary design technology. The computer program, written in FORTRAN IV, has a broad range of input parameters, to enable investigation of a wide variety of aircraft. User oriented features of the program include minimized input requirements, diagnostic capabilities, and various options for program flexibility
Covariant gaussian approximation in Ginzburg - Landau model
Condensed matter systems undergoing second order transition away from the
critical fluctuation region are usually described sufficiently well by the mean
field approximation. The critical fluctuation region, determined by the
Ginzburg criterion, , is narrow even
in high superconductors and has universal features well captured by the
renormalization group method. However recent experiments on magnetization,
conductivity and Nernst effect suggest that fluctuations effects are large in a
wider region both above and below . In particular some "pseudogap"
phenomena and strong renormalization of the mean field critical temperature
can be interpreted as strong fluctuations effects that are
nonperturbative (cannot be accounted for by "gaussian fluctuations"). The
physics in a broader region therefore requires more accurate approach. Self
consistent methods are generally "non - conserving" in the sense that the Ward
identities are not obeyed. This is especially detrimental in the symmetry
broken phase where, for example, Goldstone bosons become massive. Covariant
gaussian approximation remedies these problems. The Green's functions obey all
the Ward identities and describe the fluctuations much better. The results for
the order parameter correlator and magnetic penetration depth of the Ginzburg -
Landau model of superconductivity are compared with both Monte Carlo
simulations and experiments in high cuprates.Comment: 24 pages, 7 figure
Signature of Schwinger's pair creation rate via radiation generated in graphene by strong electric current
Electron - hole pairs are copuously created by an applied electric field near
the Dirac point in graphene or similar 2D electronic systems. It was shown
recently that for sufficiently large electric fields and ballistic times the
I-V characteristics become strongly nonlinear due to Schwinger's pair creation.
Since there is no energy gap the radiation from the pairs' annihilation is
enhanced. The spectrum of radiation is calculated. The angular and polarization
dependence of the emitted photons with respect to the graphene sheet is quite
distinctive. For very large currents the recombination rate becomes so large
that it leads to the second Ohmic regime due to radiation friction.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figure
Equilibrium First-Order Melting and Second-Order Glass Transitions of the Vortex Matter in BiSrCaCuO
The thermodynamic phase diagram of BiSrCaCuO was mapped
by measuring local \emph{equilibrium} magnetization in presence of
vortex `shaking'. Two equally sharp first-order magnetization steps are
revealed in a single temperature sweep, manifesting a liquid-solid-liquid
sequence. In addition, a second-order glass transition line is revealed by a
sharp break in the equilibrium slope. The first- and second-order lines
intersect at intermediate temperatures, suggesting the existence of four
phases: Bragg glass and vortex crystal at low fields, glass and liquid at
higher fields.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures. To be published in Phys. Rev. Let
Ballistic transport, chiral anomaly and emergence of the neutral electron - hole plasma in graphene
The process of coherent creation of particle - hole excitations by an
electric field in graphene is quantitatively described using a dynamic "first
quantized" approach. We calculate the evolution of current density, number of
pairs and energy in ballistic regime using the tight binding model. The series
in electric field strength up to third order in both DC and AC are
calculated. We show how the physics far from the two Dirac points enters
various physical quantities in linear response and how it is related to the
chiral anomaly. The third harmonic generation and the imaginary part of
conductivity are obtained. It is shown that at certain time scale
the physical behaviour dramatically changes and the
perturbation theory breaks down. Beyond the linear response physics is explored
using an exact solution of the first quantized equations. While for small
electric fields the I-V curve is linear characterized by the universal minimal
resistivity %, at the conductivity grows
fast. The copious pair creation (with rate ), analogous to Schwinger's
electron - positron pair creation from vacuum in QED, leads to creation of the
electron - hole plasma at ballistic times of order . This process is
terminated by a relaxational recombination.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures
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