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Reconfigurable quadruple quantum dots in a silicon nanowire transistor
We present a novel reconfigurable metal-oxide-semiconductor multi-gate
transistor that can host a quadruple quantum dot in silicon. The device consist
of an industrial quadruple-gate silicon nanowire field-effect transistor.
Exploiting the corner effect, we study the versatility of the structure in the
single quantum dot and the serial double quantum dot regimes and extract the
relevant capacitance parameters. We address the fabrication variability of the
quadruple-gate approach which, paired with improved silicon fabrication
techniques, makes the corner state quantum dot approach a promising candidate
for a scalable quantum information architecture
The Active Corona of HD 35850 (F8 V)
We present Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer spectroscopy and photometry of the
nearby F8 V star HD 35850 (HR 1817). The EUVE spectra reveal 28 emission lines
from Fe IX and Fe XV to Fe XXIV. The Fe XXI 102, 129 A ratio yields an upper
limit for the coronal electron density, log n < 11.6 per cc. The EUVE SW
spectrum shows a small but clearly detectable continuum. The line-to-continuum
ratio indicates approximately solar Fe abundances, 0.8 < Z < 1.6. The resulting
emission-measure distribution is characterized by two temperature components at
log T of 6.8 and 7.4. The EUVE spectra have been compared with non-simultaneous
ASCA SIS spectra of HD 35850. The SIS spectrum shows the same temperature
distribution as the EUVE DEM analysis. However, the SIS spectral firs suggest
sub-solar abundances, 0.34 < Z < 0.81. Although some of the discrepancy may be
the result of incomplete X-ray line lists, we cannot explain the disagreement
between the EUVE line-to-continuum ratio and the ASCA-derived Fe abundance.
Given its youth (t ~ 100 Myr), its rapid rotation (v sin i ~ 50 km/s), and its
high X-ray activity (Lx ~ 1.5E+30 ergs/s), HD 35850 may represent an activity
extremum for single, main-sequence F-type stars. The variability and EM
distribution can be reconstructed using the continuous flaring model of Guedel
provided that the flare distribution has a power-law index of 1.8. Similar
results obtained for other young solar analogs suggest that continuous flaring
is a viable coronal heating mechanism on rapidly rotating, late-type,
main-sequence stars.Comment: 32 pages incl. 14 figures and 3 tables. To appear in the 1999 April
10 issue of The Astrophysical Journa
A complete sample of bright Swift short Gamma-Ray Bursts
We present a carefully selected sample of short gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs)
observed by the Swift satellite up to June 2013. Inspired by the criteria we
used to build a similar sample of bright long GRBs (the BAT6 sample), we
selected SGRBs with favorable observing conditions for the redshift
determination on ground, ending up with a sample of 36 events, almost half of
which with a redshift measure. The redshift completeness increases up to about
70% (with an average redshift value of z = 0.85) by restricting to those events
that are bright in the 15-150 keV Swift Burst Alert Telescope energy band. Such
flux-limited sample minimizes any redshift-related selection effects, and can
provide a robust base for the study of the energetics, redshift distribution
and environment of the Swift bright population of SGRBs. For all the events of
the sample we derived the prompt and afterglow emission in both the observer
and (when possible) rest frame and tested the consistency with the correlations
valid for long GRBs. The redshift and intrinsic X-ray absorbing column density
distributions we obtain are consistent with the scenario of SGRBs originated by
the coalescence of compact objects in primordial binaries, with a possible
minor contribution (~10%-25%) of binaries formed by dynamical capture (or
experiencing large natal kicks). This sample is expected to significantly
increase with further years of Swift activity.Comment: 17 pages, 8 figures, 7 tables. Accepted for publication in MNRA
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