Improvements of the Variable Thermal Resistance

A flat mounting unit with electronically variable thermal resistance [1] has been presented in the last year [2]. The design was based on a Peltier cell and the appropriate control electronics and software. The device is devoted especially to the thermal characterization of packages, e.g. in dual cold plate arrangements. Although this design meets the requirements of the static measurement we are intended to improve its parameters as the settling time and dynamic thermal impedance and the range of realized thermal resistance. The new design applies the heat flux sensor developed by our team as well [3], making easier the control of the device. This development allows even the realization of negative thermal resistances.Comment: Submitted on behalf of TIMA Editions (http://irevues.inist.fr/tima-editions

Exact real-time dynamics of the quantum Rabi model

We use the analytical solution of the quantum Rabi model to obtain absolutely convergent series expressions of the exact eigenstates and their scalar products with Fock states. This enables us to calculate the numerically exact time evolution of and for all regimes of the coupling strength, without truncation of the Hilbert space. We find a qualitatively different behavior of both observables which can be related to their representations in the invariant parity subspaces.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures, published versio

Inverse Design of Blade Shapes for Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

An inverse design process is applied to determine blade shapes used in vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs). The method is based on the modified Garabedian-McFadden technique that uses the deviation of the pressure distribution or the velocity distribution on the surface from a target pressure or velocity distribution, and modifies the blade surface in order to reduce this deviation. The method was originally developed for wing design and applied for such aerofoil shapes as those of horizontal axis wind turbine blades. The procedure is employed here successfully to find a target shape that is used in a VAWT operating with blades of constant thickness rather than of aerofoil shape. The method is presently applicable to determine blade shapes in a two dimensional section, and considers some performance criteria of VAWTs; thus, it contributes to finding blade shapes that most closely corresponds to the efficient operation of such turbines

Hopping on the Bethe lattice: Exact results for densities of states and dynamical mean-field theory

We derive an operator identity which relates tight-binding Hamiltonians with arbitrary hopping on the Bethe lattice to the Hamiltonian with nearest-neighbor hopping. This provides an exact expression for the density of states (DOS) of a non-interacting quantum-mechanical particle for any hopping. We present analytic results for the DOS corresponding to hopping between nearest and next-nearest neighbors, and also for exponentially decreasing hopping amplitudes. Conversely it is possible to construct a hopping Hamiltonian on the Bethe lattice for any given DOS. These methods are based only on the so-called distance regularity of the infinite Bethe lattice, and not on the absence of loops. Results are also obtained for the triangular Husimi cactus, a recursive lattice with loops. Furthermore we derive the exact self-consistency equations arising in the context of dynamical mean-field theory, which serve as a starting point for studies of Hubbard-type models with frustration.Comment: 14 pages, 9 figures; introduction expanded, references added; published versio

Exact analytic results for the Gutzwiller wave function with finite magnetization

We present analytic results for ground-state properties of Hubbard-type models in terms of the Gutzwiller variational wave function with non-zero values of the magnetization m. In dimension D=1 approximation-free evaluations are made possible by appropriate canonical transformations and an analysis of Umklapp processes. We calculate the double occupation and the momentum distribution, as well as its discontinuity at the Fermi surface, for arbitrary values of the interaction parameter g, density n, and magnetization m. These quantities determine the expectation value of the one-dimensional Hubbard Hamiltonian for any symmetric, monotonically increasing dispersion epsilon_k. In particular for nearest-neighbor hopping and densities away from half filling the Gutzwiller wave function is found to predict ferromagnetic behavior for sufficiently large interaction U.Comment: REVTeX 4, 32 pages, 8 figure

Viking X-band telemetry experiment

In order to uncover operational and design problems in the use of X-band by the 1977 Mariner Jupiter-Saturn mission and future spacecraft using the Deep Space Network, the Viking X-band telemetry experiment was conducted. The experiment was conducted during the months of December 1975 and January 1976. During each of the five successful passes, a periodic sequence (in lieu of ranging) was transmitted to the spacecraft and returned by the spacecraft transponder on both S- and X-bands. These telemetry-like signals were received, demodulated, and detected. From a variety of measurements at the station, four independent measurements were made of the received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). These four SNRs were later compared with each other and the predicted SNR. The principal result of the experiment is that X-band telemetry works as expected. That is, the measured SNRs were consistent relative to each other and to the predicted values within the accuracy of the experiment

Ferromagnetic Luttinger Liquids

We study weak itinerant ferromagnetism in one-dimensional Fermi systems using perturbation theory and bosonization. We find that longitudinal spin fluctuations propagate ballistically with velocity v_m << v_F, where v_F is the Fermi velocity. This leads to a large anomalous dimension in the spin-channel and strong algebraic singularities in the single-particle spectral function and in the transverse structure factor for momentum transfers q ~ 2 Delta/v_F, where 2 Delta is the exchange splitting.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure

Ferromagnetism in the two dimensional t-t' Hubbard model at the Van Hove density

Using an improved version of the projection quantum Monte Carlo technique, we study the square-lattice Hubbard model with nearest-neighbor hopping t and next-nearest-neighbor hopping t', by simulation of lattices with up to 20 X 20 sites. For a given R=2t'/t, we consider that filling which leads to a singular density of states of the noninteracting problem. For repulsive interactions, we find an itinerant ferromagnet (antiferromagnet) for R=0.94 (R=0.2). This is consistent with the prediction of the T-matrix approximation, which sums the most singular set of diagrams.Comment: 10 pages, RevTeX 3.0 + a single postscript file with all figure

Momentum-resolved spectral functions of SrVO3_3 calculated by LDA+DMFT

LDA+DMFT, the merger of density functional theory in the local density approximation and dynamical mean-field theory, has been mostly employed to calculate k-integrated spectra accessible by photoemission spectroscopy. In this paper, we calculate k-resolved spectral functions by LDA+DMFT. To this end, we employ the Nth order muffin-tin (NMTO) downfolding to set up an effective low-energy Hamiltonian with three t_2g orbitals. This downfolded Hamiltonian is solved by DMFT yielding k-dependent spectra. Our results show renormalized quasiparticle bands over a broad energy range from -0.7 eV to +0.9 eV with small ``kinks'', discernible in the dispersion below the Fermi energy.Comment: 21 pages, 8 figure