Diurnal variations from muon data at Takeyama underground station

An underground station, Takeyama, is introduced, and some results of the solar diurnal and semi-diurnal variations for the period between 1967 and 1984 are presented. There are clear tendencies of double and single solar cycle variations in the daily variations which are in good accord with those detected by other underground and neutron monitor observations

Real-time evolution method and its application to 3α\alpha cluster system

A new theoretical method is proposed to describe the ground and excited cluster states of atomic nuclei. The method utilizes the equation-of-motion of the Gaussian wave packets to generate the basis wave functions having various cluster configurations. The generated basis wave functions are superposed to diagonalize the Hamiltonian. In other words, this method uses the real time as the generator coordinate. The application to the $3\alpha$ system as a benchmark shows that the new method works efficiently and yields the result consistent with or better than the other cluster models. Brief discussion on the structure of the excited $0^+$ and $1^-$ states is also made

Local Spin Susceptibility of the S=1/2 Kagome Lattice in ZnCu3(OD)6Cl2

We report single-crystal 2-D NMR investigation of the nearly ideal spin S=1/2 kagome lattice ZnCu3(OD)6Cl2. We successfully identify 2-D NMR signals originating from the nearest-neighbors of Cu2+ defects occupying Zn sites. From the 2-D Knight shift measurements, we demonstrate that weakly interacting Cu2+ spins at these defects cause the large Curie-Weiss enhancement toward T=0 commonly observed in the bulk susceptibility data. We estimate the intrinsic spin susceptibility of the kagome planes by subtracting defect contributions, and explore several scenarios.Comment: 4 figures; published in PR-B Rapid Communication

(63)Cu NQR Evidence for Spatial Variation of Hole Concentration in La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO(4)

We report experimental evidence for the spatial variation of hole concentration x_(hole) in the high Tc superconductor La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO(4) (0.04 <= x <= 0.16) by using (63)Cu NQR for (63)Cu isotope enriched samples. We demonstrate that the extent of the spatial variation of the local hole concentration D(x)_(hole) is reflected on (63)1/T1 and deduce the temperature dependence. D(x)_(hole) increases below 500 - 600K, and reaches values as large as D(x)_(hole)/x ~ 0.5 below ~ 150K. We estimate the length scale of the spatial variation in x_(hole) to be R_(hole) >~ 3nm from analysis of the NQR spectrum.Comment: Accepted for publication in Physical Review Letter

Particle based modeling and simulation of the red blood cell Infected by malaria-mechanism of the margination of the Infected red blood cell

This paper was presented at the 3rd Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2011), which was held at the Makedonia Palace Hotel, Thessaloniki in Greece. The conference was organised by Brunel University and supported by the Italian Union of Thermofluiddynamics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University of Thessaly, IPEM, the Process Intensification Network, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Heat Transfer Society, HEXAG - the Heat Exchange Action Group, and the Energy Institute.Motion and distribution of red blood cells in blood microvessels depend on vessel diameter, hematocrit (Hct), RBCs deformability and other factors. Migration of deformable red blood cells (RBCs) to the center of microvessels and away from the wall leads to the formation of cell-free layer (CFL). Few experiments or simulations considered the effects of motion and interaction of RBCs on CFL thickness. We employ a meshless (particle) method to model microvascular blood flow. An efficient parallel algorithm is developed for large-scale simulations of blood flow in microvessels. Using the developed method, we analyze the change in RBCs shape and RBCs distribution and also thickness of CFL in a variety of vessel sizes and Hct conditions. The results indicate that the CFL thickness increases when the vessel size increases or Hct decreases, which is in good agreement with previous experimental results. We also show change on RBCs shape and distribution for different microvessels diameter and Hct conditions