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Mediating exchange bias by Verwey transition in CoO/Fe3O4 thin film
We report the tunability of the exchange bias effect by the first-order
metal-insulator transition (known as the Verwey transition) of Fe3O4 in CoO (5
nm)/Fe3O4 (40 nm)/MgO (001) thin film. In the vicinity of the Verwey
transition, the exchange bias field is substantially enhanced because of a
sharp increase in magnetocrystalline anisotropy constant from high-temperature
cubic to lowtemperature monoclinic structure. Moreover, with respect to the
Fe3O4 (40 nm)/MgO (001) thin film, the coercivity field of the CoO (5 nm)/Fe3O4
(40 nm)/MgO (001) bilayer is greatly increased for all the temperature range,
which would be due to the coupling between Co spins and Fe spins across the
interface
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Behavior of axially loaded circular stainless steel tube confined concrete stub columns
A stainless steel tube confined concrete (SSTCC) stub column is a new form of steel-concrete composite column in which the stainless steel tube without bearing the axial load directly is used to confine the core concrete. It could take the advantages of both the stainless steel tube and the confined concrete columns. This paper presents the experimental investigation of circular SSTCC stub columns subjected to axial load. Meanwhile, comparative tests of the circular concrete-filled stainless steel tubes and circular hollow stainless steel tubes were also conducted. The experimental phenomena of specimens are introduced in detail and the experimental results are analyzed. Through the investigation of axial stress and circumference stress on the stainless steel tube, the interaction behavior between stainless steel tube and core concrete is studied. The experimental results showed that the stainless steel tube provides better confinement to the concrete core, thus results the compressive capacity increased obviously comparing with unconfined concrete. The load-carrying capacity of SSTCC stub columns is higher than that of concrete-filled stainless steel tubes. An equation to calculate the load-carrying capacity of SSTCC stub columns was proposed, the results based on calculation are close to the experimental results
Neutron Electric Dipole Moment at Fixed Topology
We describe the finite volume effects of CP-odd quantities, such as the
neutron electric dipole moment and the anapole moment in the -vacuum,
under different topological sectors. We evaluate the three-point Green's
functions for the electromagnetic current in a fixed non-trivial topological
sector in order to extract these CP-odd observables. We discuss the role of
zero modes in the CP-odd Green's function and show that, in the quenched
approximation, there is a power divergence in the quark mass for CP-odd
quantities at finite volume.Comment: 12 pages, revised manuscript to be publishe
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Development of stochastic models of window state changes in educational buildings
How people would like to interact with surrounding environment will subsequently influence indoor thermal conditions and further impact building energy performance. In order to understand occupants' adaptive behaviours in terms of environmental control utilization from the point of view of quantification, an investigation on windows operation was carried out in non-air-conditioned educational buildings in the UK during summer time considering the effects of occupant type (active and passive) and the time of a day. Outdoor air temperature was a better predictor or window operation than indoor air temperature. Window operation was found to be time-evolving event. The purpose or criteria of adjusting window states were different at different occupancy stages. Active occupants were more willing to change windows states in response to outdoor air temperature variations. Sub-models predicting transition probabilities of window state for different occupant type and occupancy stages were developed. The results derived from this field study are helpful with improving building simulation accuracy by integrating sub-models into simulation software and further providing guideline on building energy reduction without sacrificing indoor thermal comfort
Understanding the different rotational behaviors of No and No
Total Routhian surface calculations have been performed to investigate
rapidly rotating transfermium nuclei, the heaviest nuclei accessible by
detailed spectroscopy experiments. The observed fast alignment in No
and slow alignment in No are well reproduced by the calculations
incorporating high-order deformations. The different rotational behaviors of
No and No can be understood for the first time in terms of
deformation that decreases the energies of the
intruder orbitals below the N=152 gap. Our investigations reveal the importance
of high-order deformation in describing not only the multi-quasiparticle states
but also the rotational spectra, both providing probes of the single-particle
structure concerning the expected doubly-magic superheavy nuclei.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, the version accepted for publication in Phys.
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