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Model granularity and related concepts
Models are integral to engineering design and basis for many decisions. Therefore, it is necessary to comprehend how a model’s properties might influence its behaviour. Model granularity is an important property but has so far only received limited attention. The terminology used to describe granularity and related phenomena varies and pertinent concepts are distributed across communities. This article positions granularity in the theoretical background of models, collects formal definitions for relevant terms from a range of communities and discusses the implications for engineering design
Superconductivity in striped and multi-Fermi-surface Hubbard models: From the cuprates to the pnictides
Single- and multi-band Hubbard models have been found to describe many of the
complex phenomena that are observed in the cuprate and iron-based
high-temperature superconductors. Simulations of these models therefore provide
an ideal framework to study and understand the superconducting properties of
these systems and the mechanisms responsible for them. Here we review recent
dynamic cluster quantum Monte Carlo simulations of these models, which provide
an unbiased view of the leading correlations in the system. In particular, we
discuss what these simulations tell us about superconductivity in the
homogeneous 2D single-orbital Hubbard model, and how charge stripes affect this
behavior. We then describe recent simulations of a bilayer Hubbard model, which
provides a simple model to study the type and nature of pairing in systems with
multiple Fermi surfaces such as the iron-based superconductors.Comment: Published as part of Superstripes 2011 (Rome) conference proceeding
Current dependence of grain boundary magnetoresistance in La_0.67Ca_0.33MnO_3 films
We prepared epitaxial ferromagnetic manganite films on bicrystal substrates
by pulsed laser ablation. Their low- and high-field magnetoresistance (MR) was
measured as a function of magnetic field, temperature and current. At low
temperatures hysteretic changes in resistivity up to 70% due to switching of
magnetic domains at the coercitive field are observed. The strongly non-ohmic
behavior of the current-voltage leads to a complete suppression of the MR
effect at high bias currents with the identical current dependence at low and
high magnetic fields. We discuss the data in view of tunneling and mesoscale
magnetic transport models and propose an explicit dependence of the spin
polarization on the applied current in the grain boundary region.Comment: 5 pages, to appear in J. Appl. Phy
Biaxial order parameter in the homologous series of orthogonal bent-core smectic liquid crystals
The fundamental parameter of the uniaxial liquid crystalline state that governs nearly all of its physical properties is the primary orientational order parameter (S) for the long axes of molecules with respect to the director. The biaxial liquid crystals (LCs) possess biaxial order parameters depending on the phase symmetry of the system. In this paper we show that in the first approximation a biaxial orthogonal smectic phase can be described by two primary order parameters: S for the long axes and C for the ordering of the short axes of molecules. The temperature dependencies of S and C are obtained by the Haller's extrapolation technique through measurements of the optical birefringence and biaxiality on a nontilted polar antiferroelectric (Sm-APA) phase of a homologous series of LCs built from the bent-core achiral molecules. For such a biaxial smectic phase both S and C, particularly the temperature dependency of the latter, are being experimentally determined. Results show that S in the orthogonal smectic phase composed of bent cores is higher than in Sm-A calamatic LCs and C is also significantly large
Short-Range Ordered Phase of the Double-Exchange Model in Infinite Dimensions
Using dynamical mean-field theory, we have evaluated the magnetic
instabilities and T=0 phase diagram of the double-exchange model on a Bethe
lattice in infinite dimensions. In addition to ferromagnetic (FM) and
antiferromagnetic (AF) phases, we also study a class of disordered phases with
magnetic short-range order (SRO). In the weak-coupling limit, a SRO phase has a
higher transition temperature than the AF phase for all fillings p below 1 and
can even have a higher transition temperature than the FM phase. At T=0 and for
small Hund's coupling J_H, a SRO state has lower energy than either the FM or
AF phases for 0.26\le p 0 limit
but appears for any non-zero value of J_H.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures, published versio
Book Review: Excavations at Lemba Lakkous, 1976-1983: Lemba Lakkous. Excavations at Lemba Lakkous, 1976-1983. By Peltenburg E. J. and others. (Lemba archaeological project, 1: studies in Mediterranean archaeology, 70:1.) Göteborg: Åström, 1985. Pp. xxv + 332, [51] plates, 86 text figs, (some folding). Price not stated
Book Review: The necropolis of Kaloriziki: Benson (J. L.) The necropolis of Kaloriziki. (Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, xxxvi.) Göteborg: Paul Aströms Förlag. 1973. Pp. 138. 63 Plates. Sw.kr. 150
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