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Bright solitons in asymmetrically trapped Bose-Einstein condensate
We study the dynamics of bright solitons in a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)
confined in a highly asymmetric trap. While working within the f ramework of a
variational approach we carry out the stability analysis o f BEC solitons
against collapse. When the number of atoms in the soliton exceeds a critical
number , it undergoes the so called primary col lapse. We find an
analytical expression for in terms of appropriat e experimental
quantities that are used to produce and confine the conde nsate. We further
demonstrate that, in the geometry of the problem consi dered, the width of the
soliton varies inversely as the number of consti tuent atoms.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure
Local, nonlocal quantumness and information theoretic measures
It has been suggested that there may exist quantum correlations that go
beyond entanglement. The existence of such correlations can be revealed by
quantum discord, but not by the conventional measure of entanglement. We argue
that a state displays quantumness that can be of local and nonlocal origin. The
physical quantity such as the quantum discord probes not only the nonlocal
quantumness but also the local quantumness, such as the "local superposition".
This can be a reason why such measures are non-zero when there is no
entanglement. We consider a generalized version of the Werner state to
demonstrate the interplay of local quantumness, nonlocal quantumness, and
classical mixedness of a state.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figures. Title changed. Accepted for publication in IJQ
Complementarity of Quantum Correlations in Cloning and Deleting of Quantum State
We quantify the amount of correlation generated between two different output
modes in the process of im- perfect cloning and deletion processes. We use
three different measures of correlations and study their role in determining
the fidelity of the cloning and deletion. We obtain a bound on the total
correlation generated in the successive process of cloning and deleting
operations. This displays a new kind of complementary relationship between the
quantum correlation required in generating a copy of a quantum state and the
amount of correlation required in bringing it back to the original state by
deleting and vice versa. Our result shows that better we clone (delete) a
state, more difficult it will be to bring the state back to its original form
by the process of deleting (cloning).Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures, Accepted in Physical Review
Exploring the possibility of enhancing the figure-of-merit ( 2) of NaCoO: A combined experimental and theoretical study
Search of new thermoelectric (TE) materials with high
\textit{figure-of-merit} (ZT) is always inspired the researcher in TE field.
Here, we present a combined experimental and theoretical study of TE properties
of NaCoO compound in high-temperature region. The experimental
Seebeck coefficient (S) is found to vary from 64 to 118 V/K in the
temperature range K. The positive values of S are indicating the
dominating p-type behaviour of the compound. The observed value of thermal
conductivity () is 2.2 W/m-K at 300 K. In the temperature region
K, the value of increases up to 2.6 W/m-K and then
decreases slowly till 620 K with the corresponding value of 2.4 W/m-K.
We have also carried out the theoretical calculations and the best matching
between experimental and calculated values of transport properties are observed
in spin-polarized calculation within DFT+\textit{U} by chosen \textit{U} = 4
eV. The maximum calculated value of ZT is found to be 0.67 at 1200 K for
p-type conduction. Our computational study suggests that the possibility of
n-type behaviour of the compound which can lead to a large value of ZT at
higher temperature region. Electron doping of 5.110
cm is expected to give rise the high ZT value of 2.7 at 1200 K.
Using these temperature-dependent ZT values, we have calculated the maximum
possible values of efficiency () of thermoelectric generator (TEG) made
by p and n-type NaCoO. The present study suggests that one can
get the efficiency of a TE cell as high as 11 when the cold and hot
end temperature are fixed at 300 K and 1200 K, respectively. Such high values
of ZT and efficiency suggest that NaCoO can be used as a
potential candidate for high-temperature TE applications
Heat shock factor 1 mediates the longevity conferred by inhibition of TOR and insulin/IGF-1 signaling pathways in C. elegans
Target of rapamycin (TOR) signaling is an evolutionarily well-conserved pathway that regulates various physiologic processes, including aging and metabolism. One of the key downstream components of TOR signaling is ribosomal protein S6 kinase (S6K) whose inhibition extends the lifespan of yeast, Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila, and mice. Here, we demonstrate that the activation of heat shock factor 1 (HSF-1), a crucial longevity transcription factor known to act downstream of the insulin/IGF-1 signaling (IIS) pathway, mediates the prolonged lifespan conferred by mutations in C.elegans S6K (rsks-1). We found that hsf-1 is required for the longevity caused by down-regulation of components in TOR signaling pathways, including TOR and S6K. The induction of a small heat-shock protein hsp-16, a transcriptional target of HSF-1, mediates the long lifespan of rsks-1 mutants. Moreover, we show that synergistic activation of HSF-1 is required for the further enhanced longevity caused by simultaneous down-regulation of TOR and IIS pathways. Our findings suggest that HSF-1 acts as an essential longevity factor that intersects both IIS and TOR signaling pathways.X1144sciescopu
Charged gravastars admitting conformal motion
We propose a new model of a {\it gravastar} admitting conformal motion. While
retaining the framework of the Mazur-Mottola model, the gravastar is assumed to
be internally charged, with an exterior defined by a Reissner-Nordstr{\"o}m
rather than a Schwarzschild line element. The solutions obtained involve (i)
the interior region, (ii) the shell, and (iii) the exterior region of the
sphere. Of these three cases the first case is of primary interest since the
total gravitational mass vanishes for vanishing charge and turns the total
gravitational mass into an {\it electromagnetic mass} under certain conditions.
This suggests that the interior de Sitter vacuum of a charged gravastar is
essentially an electromagnetic mass model that must generate the gravitational
mass. We have also analyzed various other aspects such as the stress energy
tensor in the thin shell and the entropy of the system.Comment: Minor addition, Accepted in Phys. Lett.
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