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Charge order and Mott insulating ground states in small-angle twisted bilayer graphene
In this work, we determine states of electronic order of small-angle twisted
bilayer graphene. Ground states are determined for weak and strong couplings
which are representatives for varying distances of the twist-angle from its
magic value. In the weak-coupling regime, charge density waves emerge which
break translational and -rotational symmetry. In the strong
coupling-regime, we find rotational and translational symmetry breaking Mott
insulating states for all commensurate moir\'e band fillings. Depending on the
local occupation of superlattice sites hosting up to four electrons, global
spin-(ferromagnetic) and valley symmetries are also broken which may give rise
to a reduced Landau level degeneracy as observed in experiments for
commensurate band fillings. The formation of those particular electron orders
is traced back to the important role of characteristic non-local interactions
which connect all localized states belonging to one hexagon formed by the AB-
and BA-stacked regions of the superlattice
Best practices for HPM-assisted performance engineering on modern multicore processors
Many tools and libraries employ hardware performance monitoring (HPM) on
modern processors, and using this data for performance assessment and as a
starting point for code optimizations is very popular. However, such data is
only useful if it is interpreted with care, and if the right metrics are chosen
for the right purpose. We demonstrate the sensible use of hardware performance
counters in the context of a structured performance engineering approach for
applications in computational science. Typical performance patterns and their
respective metric signatures are defined, and some of them are illustrated
using case studies. Although these generic concepts do not depend on specific
tools or environments, we restrict ourselves to modern x86-based multicore
processors and use the likwid-perfctr tool under the Linux OS.Comment: 10 pages, 2 figure
Discrepancies in the Estimation of Vaping Rates Among College Students
The use of nicotine inhalation products among college students is an imminent public health issue, with young-adult populations being particularly likely to take up nicotine use during their college years (American College Health Association, 2021). Even with elevated levels of nicotine vapor product use in college populations, existing surveys may still underestimate the prevalence of nicotine use among this population. This study aimed to address this issue by conducting a survey of college students at the University of South Dakota, using a peer-to-peer approach to reduce social desirability bias. The study’s survey directly stated it was being issued and analyzed by a college student. The study also included an observational analysis to lend further credence to the survey results. The survey found significantly higher rates of vaping compared to official statistics from the National College Health Assessment and other agencies. These findings highlight the need for more accurate data-collection methods and interventions to reduce nicotine use among college students
Morphological Phase Diagram for Lipid Membrane Domains with Entropic Tension
Circular domains in phase-separated lipid vesicles with symmetric leaflet composition commonly exhibit three stable morphologies: flat, dimpled, and budded. However, stable dimples (i.e., partially budded domains) present a puzzle since simple elastic theories of domain shape predict that only flat and spherical budded domains are mechanically stable in the absence of spontaneous curvature. We argue that this inconsistency arises from the failure of the constant surface tension ensemble to properly account for the effect of entropic bending fluctuations. Formulating membrane elasticity within an entropic tension ensemble, wherein tension represents the free energy cost of extracting membrane area from thermal bending of the membrane, we calculate a morphological phase diagram that contains regions of mechanical stability for each of the flat, dimpled, and budded domain morphologies
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