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BOUNDARY CONDITIONS FOR THE SCALAR FIELD IN THE PRESENCE OF SIGNATURE CHANGE
We show that, contrary to recent criticism, our previous work yields a
reasonable class of solutions for the massless scalar field in the presence of
signature change.Comment: 11 pages, Plain Tex, no figure
(13)C NMR investigation of the superconductor MgCNi_3 up to 800K
We report (13)C NMR characterization of the new superconductor MgCNi_3 (He et
al., Nature (411), 54 (2001)). We found that both the uniform spin
susceptibility and the spin fluctuations show a strong enhancement with
decreasing temperature, and saturate below ~50K and ~20K respectively. The
nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/(13)T_1T exhibits typical behaviour for
isotropic s-wave superconductivity with a coherence peak below Tc=7.0K that
grows with decreasing magnetic field.Comment: Accepted for publication in Physical Review Letter
The Magnetization of Cu_2(C_5H_{12}N_2)_2Cl_4 : A Heisenberg Spin Ladder System
We study the magnetization of a Heisenberg spin ladder using exact
diagonalization techniques, finding three distinct magnetic phases. We consider
the results in relation to the experimental behaviour of the new copper
compound Cu_2(C_5H_{12}N_2)_2Cl_4 and deduce that the compound is well
described by such a model with a ratio of `chain' to `rung' bond strengths
(J/J^\prime) of the order of 0.2, consistent with results from the magnetic
susceptibility. The effects of temperature, spin impurities and additional
diagonal bonds are presented and we give evidence that these diagonal bonds are
indeed of a ferromagnetic nature.Comment: Latex file (4 pages), related figures (encapsulated postscript)
appende
Upper bound for entropy in asymptotically de Sitter space-time
We investigate nature of asymptotically de Sitter space-times containing a
black hole. We show that if the matter fields satisfy the dominant energy
condition and the cosmic censorship holds in the considering space-time, the
area of the cosmological event horizon for an observer approaching a future
timelike infinity does not decrease, i.e. the second law is satisfied. We also
show under the same conditions that the total area of the black hole and the
cosmological event horizon, a quarter of which is the total Bekenstein-Hawking
entropy, is less than , where is a cosmological
constant. Physical implications are also discussed.Comment: 9 pages, REVTeX,2 figures; to be published in Phys.Rev.
Gravitational waves, black holes and cosmic strings in cylindrical symmetry
Gravitational waves in cylindrically symmetric Einstein gravity are described
by an effective energy tensor with the same form as that of a massless Klein-
Gordon field, in terms of a gravitational potential generalizing the Newtonian
potential. Energy-momentum vectors for the gravitational waves and matter are
defined with respect to a canonical flow of time. The combined energy-momentum
is covariantly conserved, the corresponding charge being the modified Thorne
energy. Energy conservation is formulated as the first law expressing the
gradient of the energy as work and energy-supply terms, including the energy
flux of the gravitational waves. Projecting this equation along a trapping
horizon yields a first law of black-hole dynamics containing the expected term
involving area and surface gravity, where the dynamic surface gravity is
defined with respect to the canonical flow of time. A first law for dynamic
cosmic strings also follows. The Einstein equation is written as three wave
equations plus the first law, each with sources determined by the combined
energy tensor of the matter and gravitational waves.Comment: 10 pages, revtex. Published version with further detail
Radiation from the LTB black hole
Does a dynamical black hole embedded in a cosmological FRW background emit
Hawking radiation where a globally defined event horizon does not exist? What
are the differences to the Schwarzschild black hole? What about the first law
of black hole mechanics? We face these questions using the LTB cosmological
black hole model recently published. Using the Hamilton-Jacobi and radial null
geodesic-methods suitable for dynamical cases, we show that it is the apparent
horizon which contributes to the Hawking radiation and not the event horizon.
The Hawking temperature is calculated using the two different methods giving
the same result. The first law of LTB black hole dynamics and the thermal
character of the radiation is also dealt with.Comment: 9 pages, revised version, Europhysics Letter 2012 97 2900
Magnetic domain walls : Types, processes and applications
Domain walls (DWs) in magnetic nanowires are promising candidates for a
variety of applications including Boolean/unconventional logic, memories,
in-memory computing as well as magnetic sensors and biomagnetic
implementations. They show rich physical behaviour and are controllable using a
number of methods including magnetic fields, charge and spin currents and
spin-orbit torques. In this review, we detail types of domain walls in
ferromagnetic nanowires and describe processes of manipulating their state. We
look at the state of the art of DW applications and give our take on the their
current status, technological feasibility and challenges.Comment: 32 pages, 25 figures, review pape
Quasi-spherical approximation for rotating black holes
We numerically implement a quasi-spherical approximation scheme for computing
gravitational waveforms for coalescing black holes, testing it against angular
momentum by applying it to Kerr black holes. As error measures, we take the
conformal strain and specific energy due to spurious gravitational radiation.
The strain is found to be monotonic rather than wavelike. The specific energy
is found to be at least an order of magnitude smaller than the 1% level
expected from typical black-hole collisions, for angular momentum up to at
least 70% of the maximum, for an initial surface as close as .Comment: revised version, 8 pages, RevTeX, 8 figures, epsf.sty, psfrag.sty,
graphicx.st
Noether Currents of Charged Spherical Black Holes
We calculate the Noether currents and charges for Einstein-Maxwell theory
using a version of the Wald approach. In spherical symmetry, the choice of time
can be taken as the Kodama vector. For the static case, the resulting combined
Einstein-Maxwell charge is just the mass of the black hole. Using either a
classically defined entropy or the Iyer-Wald selection rules, the entropy is
found to be just a quarter of the area of the trapping horizon. We propose
identifying the combined Noether charge as an energy associated with the Kodama
time. For the extremal black hole case, we discuss the problem of Wald's
rescaling of the surface gravity to define the entropy.Comment: 4 page
The suppression of superconductivity in MgCNi3 by Ni-site doping
The effects of partial substitution of Cu and Co for Ni in the intermetallic
perovskite superconductor MgCNi3 are reported. Calculation of the expected
electronic density of states suggests that electron (Cu) and hole (Co) doping
should have different effects. For MgCNi3-xCux, solubility of Cu is limited to
approximately 3% (x = 0.1), and Tc decreases systematically from 7K to 6K. For
MgCNi3-xCox, solubility of Co is much more extensive, but bulk
superconductivity disappears for Co doping of 1% (x = 0.03). No signature of
long range magnetic ordering is observed in the magnetic susceptibility of the
Co doped material.Comment: submitted, Solid State Communication
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