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Attosecond time-scale multi-electron collisions in the Coulomb four-body problem: traces in classical probability densities
In the triple ionization of the Li ground state by single photon absorption
the three electrons escape to the continuum mainly through two collision
sequences with individual collisions separated by time intervals on the
attosecond scale. We investigate the traces of these two collision sequences in
the classical probability densities. We show that each collision sequence has
characteristic phase space properties which distinguish it from the other.
Classical probability densities are the closest analog to quantum mechanical
densities allowing our results to be directly compared to quantum mechanical
results.Comment: 9 pages, 10 figure
Co-infection with Onchocerca volvulus and Loa loa microfilariae in central Cameroon: are these two species interacting?
Ivermectin treatment may induce severe adverse reactions in some individuals heavily infected with Loa loa. This hampers the implementation of mass ivermectin treatment against onchocerciasis in areas where Onchocerca volvulus and L. loa are co-endemic. In order to identify factors, including co-infections, which may explain the presence of high L. loa microfilaraemia in some individuals, we analysed data collected in 19 villages of central Cameroon. Two standardized skin snips and 30 mul of blood were obtained from each of 3190 participants and the microfilarial (mf) loads of both O. volvulus and L. loa were quantified. The data were analysed using multivariate hierarchical models. Individual-level variables were: age, sex, mf presence, and mf load; village-related variables included the endemicity levels for each infection. The two species show a certain degree of ecological separation in the study area. However, for a given individual host, the presence of microfilariae of one species was positively associated with the presence of microfilariae of the other (OR=1.79, 95% CI [1.43-2.24]). Among individuals harbouring Loa microfilariae, there was a slight positive relationship between the L. loa and O. volvulus mf loads which corresponded to an 11% increase in L. loa mf load per 100 O. volvulus microfilariae. Co-infection with O. volvulus is not sufficient to explain the very high L. loa mf loads harboured by some individuals
General Concentric Black Rings
Supersymmetric black ring solutions of five dimensional supergravity coupled
to an arbitrary number of vector multiplets are constructed. The solutions are
asymptotically flat and describe configurations of concentric black rings which
have regular horizons with topology and no closed time-like
curves at the horizons.Comment: 8 pages, minor alterations, typos corrected. Version to be published
in PR
Spatial properties of entangled photon pairs generated in nonlinear layered structures
A spatial quantum model of spontaneous parametric down-conversion in
nonlinear layered structures is developed expanding the interacting vectorial
fields into monochromatic plane waves. A two-photon spectral amplitude
depending on the signal- and idler-field frequencies and propagation directions
is used to derive transverse profiles of the emitted fields as well as their
spatial correlations. Intensity spatial profiles and their spatial correlations
are mainly determined by the positions of transmission peaks formed in these
structures with photonic bands. A method for geometry optimization of the
structures with respect to efficiency of the nonlinear process is suggested.
Several structures composed of GaN/AlN layers are analyzed as typical examples.
They allow the generation of photon pairs correlated in several emission
directions. Photon-pair generation rates increasing better than the second
power of the number of layers can be reached. Also structures efficiently
generated photon pairs showing anti-bunching and anti-coalescence can be
obtained. Three reasons for splitting the correlated area in photonic-band-gap
structures are revealed: zig-zag movement of photons inside the structure,
spatial symmetry and polarization-dependent properties. Also spectral splitting
can be observed in these structures.Comment: 13 pages, 17 figure
Magnetic moments of octet baryons and sea antiquark polarizations
Using generalized Sehgal equations for magnetic moments of baryon octet and
taking into account mixing and two particle corrections to
independent quark contributions we obtain very good fit using experimental
values for errors of such moments. We present sum rules for quark magnetic
moments ratios and for integrated spin dendities ratios. Due to the SU(3)
structure of our equations the results for magnetic moments of quarks and their
densities depend on two additional parameters. Using information from deep
inelastic scattering and baryon -decays we discuss the dependence of
antiquark polarizations on introduced parameters. For some plausible values of
these parameters we show that these polarizations are small if we neglect
angular momenta of quarks. Our very good fit to magnetic moments of baryon
octet can still be improved by using specific model for angular momentum of
quarks.Comment: Latex, 19 pages 5 eps figures, 2 references added, changes in text to
apear in Phys. Rev.
Spectral properties of molecular oligomers. A non-Markovian quantum state diffusion approach
Absorption spectra of small molecular aggregates (oligomers) are considered.
The dipole-dipole interaction between the monomers leads to shifts of the
oligomer spectra with respect to the monomer absorption. The line-shapes of
monomer as well as oligomer absorption depend strongly on the coupling to
vibrational modes. Using a recently developed approach [Roden et. al, PRL 103,
058301] we investigate the length dependence of spectra of one-dimensional
aggregates for various values of the interaction strength between the monomers.
It is demonstrated, that the present approach is well suited to describe the
occurrence of the J- and H-bands
Electronic spectra of linear HCH and cumulene carbene HC
The transition of linear HCH
(A) has been observed in a neon matrix and gas phase. The assignment is based
on mass-selective experiments, extrapolation of previous results of the longer
HCH homologues, and density functional and multi-state CASPT2
theoretical methods. Another band system starting at 303 nm in neon is assigned
as the transition of the cumulene carbene
pentatetraenylidene HC (B).Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, 5 table
Fully electrically read-write device out of a ferromagnetic semiconductor
We report the realization of a read-write device out of the ferromagnetic
semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As as the first step to fundamentally new information
processing paradigm. Writing the magnetic state is achieved by current-induced
switching and read-out of the state is done by the means of the tunneling
anisotropic magneto resistance (TAMR) effect. This one bit demonstrator device
can be used to design a electrically programmable memory and logic device.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
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