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Doping evoluton of antiferromagnetic order and structural distortion in LaFeAsOF
We use neutron scattering to study the structural distortion and
antiferromagnetic (AFM) order in LaFeAsOF as the system is doped
with fluorine (F) to induce superconductivity. In the undoped state, LaFeAsO
exhibits a structural distortion, changing the symmetry from tetragonal (space
group ) to orthorhombic (space group ) at 155 K, and then
followed by an AFM order at 137 K. Doping the system with F gradually decreases
the structural distortion temperature, but suppresses the long range AFM order
before the emergence of superconductivity. Therefore, while superconductivity
in these Fe oxypnictides can survive in either the tetragonal or the
orthorhombic crystal structure, it competes directly with static AFM order.Comment: reference update
MPC and PSO based control methodology for path tracking of 4WS4WD vehicles
© 2018 by the authors. Four wheel steering and four wheel drive (4WS4WD) vehicles are over-actuated systems with superior performance. Considering the control problem caused by the system nonlinearity and over-actuated characteristics of the 4WS4WD vehicle, this paper presents two methods to enable a 4WS4WD vehicle to accurately follow a predefined path as well as its reference trajectories including velocity and acceleration profiles. The methodologies are based on model predictive control (MPC) and particle swarm optimization (PSO), respectively. The MPC method generates the virtual inputs in the upper controller and then allocates the actual inputs in the lower controller using sequential quadratic programming (SQP), whereas the PSO method is proposed as a fully optimization based method for comparison. Both methods achieve optimization of the steering angles and wheel forces for each of four independent wheels simultaneously in real time. Simulation results achieved by two different controllers in following the reference path with varying disturbances are presented. Discussion about two methodologies is provided based on their theoretical analysis and simulation results
Anisotropic but nodeless superconducting gap in the presence of spin density wave in iron-pnictide superconductor NaFe1-xCoxAs
The coexisting regime of spin density wave (SDW) and superconductivity in the
iron pnictides represents a novel ground state. We have performed high
resolution angle-resolved photoemission measurements on NaFe1-xCoxAs (x =
0.0175) in this regime and revealed its distinctive electronic structure, which
provides some microscopic understandings of its behavior. The SDW signature and
the superconducting gap are observed on the same bands, illustrating the
intrinsic nature of the coexistence. However, because the SDW and
superconductivity are manifested in different parts of the band structure,
their competition is non-exclusive. Particularly, we found that the gap
distribution is anisotropic and nodeless, in contrast to the isotropic
superconducting gap observed in an SDW-free NaFe1-xCoxAs (x=0.045), which puts
strong constraints on theory.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures + supplementary informatio
Ground state fidelity in bond-alternative Ising chains with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions
A systematic analysis is performed for quantum phase transitions in a
bond-alternative one-dimensional Ising model with a Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM)
interaction by using the fidelity of ground state wave functions based on the
infinite matrix product states algorithm. For an antiferromagnetic phase, the
fidelity per lattice site exhibits a bifurcation, which shows spontaneous
symmetry breaking in the system. A critical DM interaction is inversely
proportional to an alternating exchange coupling strength for a quantum phase
transition. Further, a finite-entanglement scaling of von Neumann entropy with
respect to truncation dimensions gives a central charge c = 0.5 at the critical
point.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
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