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Polyethylene under tensile load: strain energy storage and breaking of linear and knotted alkanes probed by first-principles molecular dynamics calculations
The mechanical resistance of a polyethylene strand subject to tension and the
way its properties are affected by the presence of a knot is studied using
first-principles molecular dynamics calculations. The distribution of strain
energy for the knotted chains has a well-defined shape that is very different
from the one found in the linear case. The presence of a knot significantly
weakens the chain in which it is tied. Chain rupture invariably occurs just
outside the entrance to the knot, as is the case for a macroscopic rope.Comment: 8 pages, 11 figures, to appear on J. Chem. Phy
Dielectric correction to the Chiral Magnetic Effect
We derive an electric current density in the presence of a magnetic
field and a chiral chemical potential . We show that has
not only the anomaly-induced term (i.e. Chiral Magnetic
Effect) but also a non-anomalous correction which comes from interaction
effects and expressed in terms of the susceptibility. We find the correction
characteristically dependent on the number of quark flavors. The numerically
estimated correction turns out to be a minor effect on heavy-ion collisions but
can be tested by the lattice QCD simulation.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
Advertising for attention in a consumer search model
We model the idea that when consumers search for products, they first visit the firm whose advertising is more salient. The gains a firm derives from being visited early increase in search costs, so equilibrium advertising increases as search costs rise. This may result in lower firm profits when search costs increase. We extend the basic model by allowing for firm heterogeneity in advertising costs. Firms whose advertising is more salient and therefore raise attention more easily charge lower prices in equilibrium and obtain higher profits. As advertising cost asymmetries increase, aggregate profits increase, advertising falls and welfare increases.Advertising; attention; consumer search; saliency;
Shear viscosity of neutron matter from realistic nucleon-nucleon interactions
The calculation of transport properties of Fermi liquids, based on the
formalism developed by Abrikosov and Khalatnikov, requires the knowledge of the
probability of collisions between quasiparticles in the vicinity of the Fermi
surface. We have carried out a numerical study of the shear viscosity of pure
neutron matter, whose value plays a pivotal role in determining the stability
of rotating neutron stars, in which these processes are described using a
state-of-the-art nucleon-nucleon potential model. Within our approach medium
modifications of the scattering cross section are consistently taken into
account, through an effective interaction obtained from the matrix elements of
the bare interaction between correlated states. Inclusion of medium effects
lead to a large increase of the viscosity at densities larger than
fm^{-3}.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures. Corrected typo
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