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The Gate Voltage Control of Long DNA Coherent Transport on Insulator Surface
We investigate the coherent transport properties of a DNA chain on a
substrate which is subjected to a uniform electric field perpendicular to the
surface. On the basis of the effective tight-binding model which simulates
charge transport through DNA, the transmission coefficient, Lyapunov exponent,
and localization length are numerically calculated by using the transfer-matrix
method. It is found that an isolated extended state may appear at the Fermi
level for a certain gate voltage when the interaction strength between the
chain and the substrate is position dependent but independent of the base-pair
sequence, leading to the gate voltage induced Metal-insulator transition (MIT).
Moreover, conductance and current-voltage characteristics are also calculated.
The relationship of Lyapunov exponent distribution to the current-voltage
characteristics is discussed. Two different conduction mechanisms are proposed
depending on effectively delocalized states and isolated extended states,
respectively. These results may provide perspectives for experimental work
aimed at controlling charge transport through DNA-based nanodevices.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
Large solar energetic particle event that occurred on 2012 March 7 and its VDA analysis
On 2012 March 7, the STEREO Ahead and Behind spacecraft, along with the
near-earth spacecraft (e.g. SOHO, Wind) situated between the two STEREO
spacecraft, observed an extremely large global solar energetic particle (SEP)
event in Solar Cycle 24. Two successive coronal mass ejections (CMEs) have been
detected close in time. From the multi-point in-situ observations, it can be
found that this SEP event was caused by the first CME, and the second one was
not involved. Using the velocity dispersion analysis (VDA), we find that for
well magnetically connected point, the energetic protons and electrons are
released nearly at the same time. The path lengths to STEREO-B(STB) of protons
and electrons have distinct difference and deviate remarkably from the nominal
Parker spiral path length, which is likely due to the presence of
interplanetary magnetic structures situated between the source and the STB.
Also the VDA method seems only to obtain reasonable results at well-connected
locations and the inferred energetic particles release times in different
energy channels are similar. We suggest that good-connection is crucial for
obtaining both accurate release time and path length simultaneously, agreeing
with the modeling result of Wang & Qin (2015)
Dependence of Intensities of Major Geomagnetic Storms (Dst -100 nT) on Associated Solar Wind Parameters
A geomagnetic storm is the result of sustained interaction between solar wind
with a southward magnetic field and the magnetosphere. To investigate the
influence of various solar wind parameters on the intensity of major
geomagnetic storm, 67 major geomagnetic storms that occurred between 1998 and
2006 were used to calculate the correlation coefficients (CCs) between the
intensities of major geomagnetic storms and the time integrals of southward
interplanetary magnetic field , solar wind electric field () and
injection function (Q) during the main phase of the associated geomagnetic
storms. SYM-H was used to indicate the intensity of the associated
major geomagnetic storm, while I(), I() and I(Q) were used to
indicate the time integrals of , and Q during the main phase of
associated major geomagnetic storm respectively. The derived CC between
I() and SYM-H is 0.33, while the CC between I() and
SYM-H is 0.57 and the CC between I(Q) and SYM-H is 0.86. The
results provide statistical evidence that solar wind dynamic pressure or solar
wind density plays a significant role in transferring solar wind energy into
the magnetosphere, in addition to the southward magnetic field and solar wind
speed. Solar wind that has a strong geoeffectiveness requires solar wind
dynamic pressure 3 nPa or solar wind density nPa. Large and
long duration alone cannot ensure a major geomagnetic storm, especially
if the solar wind dynamic pressure is very low, as large and long duration Bs
is not a full condition, only a necessary condition to trigger a major
geomagnetic storm
Seed population in large Solar Energetic Particle events and the twin-CME scenario
It has been recently suggested that large solar energetic particle (SEP)
events are often caused by twin CMEs. In the twin-CME scenario, the preceding
CME is to provide both an enhanced turbulence level and enhanced seed
population at the main CME-driven shock. In this work, we study the effect of
the preceding CMEs on the seed population. We examine event-integrated
abundance of iron to oxygen ratio (Fe/O) at energies above 25 MeV/nuc for large
SEP events in solar cycle 23. We find that the Fe/O ratio (normalized to the
reference coronal value of ) for almost all single-CME events
and these events tend to have smaller peak intensities. In comparison, the Fe/O
ratio of twin-CME events scatters in a larger range, reaching as high as ,
suggesting the presence of flare material from perhaps preceding flares. For
extremely large SEP events with peak intensity above pfu, the Fe/O drop
below , indicating that in these extreme events the seed particles are
dominated by coronal material than flare material. The Fe/O ratios of Ground
level enhancement (GLE) events, all being twin-CME events, scatter in a broad
range. For a given Fe/O ratio, GLE events tend to have larger peak intensities
than non-GLE events. Using velocity dispersion analysis (VDA), we find that GLE
events have lower solar particle release (SPR) heights than non-GLE events,
\red{agreeing with earlier results by Reames 2009b
A study on the dynamic spectral indices for SEP events on 2000 July 14 and 2005 January 20
We have studied the dynamic proton spectra for the two solar energetic
particle (SEP) events on 2000 July 14 (hereafter GLE59) and 2005 January 20
(hereafter GLE69). The source locations of GLE59 and GLE69 are N22W07 and
N12W58 respectively. Proton fluxes >30 MeV have been used to compute the
dynamic spectral indices of the two SEP events. The results show that spectral
indices of the two SEP events increased more swiftly at early times, suggesting
that the proton fluxes >30 MeV might be accelerated particularly by the
concurrent flares at early times for the two SEP events. For the GLE69 with
source location at N12W58, both flare site and shock nose are well connected
with the Earth at the earliest time. However, only the particles accelerated by
the shock driven by eastern flank of the CME can propagate along the
interplanetary magnetic field line to the Earth after the flare. For the GLE59
with source location at N22W07, only the particles accelerated by the shock
driven by western flank of the associated CME can reach the Earth after the
flare. Results show that there was slightly more than one hour during which the
proton spectra for GLE69 are softer than that for GLE59 after the flares,
suggesting that the shock driven by eastern flank of the CME associated with
GLE69 is weaker than the shock driven by the western flank of the CME
associated with GLE59. The results support that quasi-perpendicular shock has
stronger potential in accelerating particles than the quasi-parallel shock. The
results also suggest that only a small part of the shock driven by western
flank of the CME associated with the GLE59 is quasi-perpendicular.Comment: Accepted by RA
Production of genuine entangled states of four atomic qubits
We propose an optical scheme to generate genuine entangled states of four
atomic qubits in optical cavities using a single-photon source, beam splitters
and single photon detectors. We show how to generate deterministically sixteen
orthonormal and independent genuine entangled states of four atomic qubits. It
is found that the sixteen genuine entangled states form a new type of
representation of the four-atomic-qubit system, i.e., the genuine
entangled-state representation. This representation brings new interesting
insight onto better understanding multipartite entanglement.Comment: 1 figur
Dependence of great geomagnetic storm intensity (SYM-H-200 nT) on associated solar wind parameters
We use SYM-H to capture the variation in the SYM-H index during the
main phase of a geomagnetic storm. We define great geomagnetic storms as those
with SYM-H -200 nT. After analyzing the data that were not
obscured by solar winds, we determined that 11 such storms occurred during
solar cycle 23. We calculated time integrals for the southward interplanetary
magnetic field component I(B), the solar wind electric field I(E), and
a combination of E and the solar wind dynamic pressure I(Q) during the main
phase of a great geomagnetic storm. The strength of the correlation coefficient
(CC) between SYM-H and each of the three integrals I(B) (CC =
0.74), I(E) (CC = 0.85), and I(Q) (CC = 0.94) suggests that Q, which
encompasses both the solar wind electric field and the solar wind dynamic
pressure, is the main driving factor that determines the intensity of a great
geomagnetic storm. The results also suggest that the impact of B on the
great geomagnetic storm intensity is much more significant than that of the
solar wind speed and the dynamic pressure during the main phase of associated
great geomagnetic storm. How to estimate the intensity of an extreme
geomagnetic storm based on solar wind parameters is also discussed.Comment: 3 figure
Extreme space weather events caused by super active regions during solar cycles 21-24
Extreme space weather events including X5.0 flares, ground level
enhancement (GLE) events and super geomagnetic storms (Dst -250 nT)
caused by super active regions (SARs) during solar cycles 21-24 were studied.
The total number of X5.0 solar flares was 62, 41 of them were X5.0-X9.9
flares and 21 of them were X10.0 flares. We found that 83.9\% of the
X5.0 flares were produced by SARs. 78.05\% of the X5.0-X9.9 and 95.24\% of
the X10.0 solar flares were produced by SARs. 46 GLEs registered during
solar cycles 21-24, and 25 GLEs were caused by SARs, indicating that 54.3\% of
the GLEs were caused by SARs. 24 super geomagnetic storms were recorded during
solar cycles 21-24, and 12 of them were caused by SARs, namely 50\% of the
super geomagnetic storms are caused by SARs. It is found that only 29 SARs can
produce X5.0 flares, 15 SARs can produce GLEs and 10 SARs can produce
super geomagnetic storms. Of the 51 SARs, only 33 SARs can produce at least one
extreme space weather event, while none of the rest 18 SARs can produce an
extreme space weather event. There were only 4 SARs, each of them can produce
not only a X5.0 flare, but also a GLE event and a super geomagnetic storm.
Most of the extreme space weather events caused by the SARs appeared during
solar cycles 22 and 23, especially for GLE events and super geomagnetic storms.
The longitudinal distributions of source locations for the extreme space
weather events caused by SARs were also studied
Can we estimate the intensities of great geomagnetic storms(SYM-H200 nT) by Burton equation or by O'Brien and McPherron equation?
We input solar wind parameters responsible for the main phases of 15 great
geomagnetic storms (GGSs: SYM-H200 nT) into the empirical
formulae created by \cite{Burton1975}(hereafter Burton equation), and by
\cite{OBrien2000}(hereafter OM equation) to evaluate whether \textbf{two
equations} can correctly estimate the intensities of GGSs. The results show
that the intensities of most GGSs estimated by OM equation are much smaller
than the observed intensities. The RMS error between the intensities estimated
by OM equation and the observed intensities is \textbf{203} nT, implying that
the estimated storm intensity deviates significantly from the observed one. The
RMS error between the intensities estimated by Burton equation and the observed
intensities is 130.8 nT. The relative error caused by Burton equation for the
storms with intensities SYM-H-400 nT is larger than 27\%, implying
that the absolute error will be large for the storms with SYM-H-400
nT. The results indicate that the two equations cannot work effectively in the
estimation of GGSs. On the contrary, the intensity of a GGS estimated by the
empirical formula created by \cite{WangCB2003} can always be very close to the
observed one if we select the right weight for solar wind dynamic pressure,
proving that solar wind dynamic pressure is an important factor for GGS
intensity, but it is overlooked in the ring current injection terms of Burton
equation or OM equation. This is the reason why the two equations cannot work
effectively in the estimation of GGSs
Sun-Earth connection Event of Super Geomagnetic Storm on March 31, 2001: the Importance of Solar Wind Density
An X1.7 flare at 10:15 UT and a halo CME with a projected speed of 942 km/s
erupted from NOAA solar active region 9393 located at N20W19, were observed on
2001 March 29. When the CME reached the Earth, it triggered a super geomagnetic
storm (hereafter super storm). We find that the CME always moved towards the
Earth according to the intensity-time profiles of protons with different
energies. The solar wind parameters responsible for the main phase of the super
storm occurred on March 31, 2001 is analyzed taking into account the delayed
geomagnetic effect of solar wind at the L1 point and using the SYM-H index.
According to the variation properties of SYM-H index during the main phase of
the super storm, the main phase of the super storm is divided into two parts. A
comparative study of solar wind parameters responsible for the two parts shows
the evidence that the solar wind density plays a significant role in
transferring solar wind energy into the magnetosphere, besides the southward
magnetic field and solar wind speed
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