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Phase switching in a voltage-biased Aharonov-Bohm interferometer
Recent experiment [Sigrist et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 98}, 036805 (2007)]
reported switches between 0 and in the phase of Aharonov-Bohm
oscillations of the two-terminal differential conductance through a two-dot
ring with increasing voltage bias. Using a simple model, where one of the dots
contains multiple interacting levels, these findings are explained as a result
of transport through the interferometer being dominated at different biases by
quantum dot levels of different "parity" (i.e. the sign of the overlap integral
between the dot state and the states in the leads). The redistribution of
electron population between different levels with bias leads to the fact that
the number of switching events is not necessarily equal to the number of dot
levels, in agreement with experiment. For the same reason switching does not
always imply that the parity of levels is strictly alternating. Lastly, it is
demonstrated that the correlation between the first switching of the phase and
the onset of the inelastic cotunneling, as well as the sharp (rather than
gradual) change of phase when switching occurs, give reason to think that the
present interpretation of the experiment is preferable to the one based on
electrostatic AB effect.Comment: 12 pages, 9 figure
Spin-Orbit Assisted Variable-Range Hopping in Strong Magnetic Fields
It is shown that in the presence of strong magnetic fields, spin-orbit
scattering causes a sharp increase in the effective density of states in the
variable-range hopping regime when temperature decreases. This effect leads to
an exponential enhancement of the conductance above its value without
spin-orbit scattering. Thus an experimental study of the hopping conductivity
in a fixed, large magnetic field, is a sensitive tool to explore the spin-orbit
scattering parameters in the strongly localized regime.Comment: 9 pages + 2 figures (enclosed), Revte
Evidence for localization and 0.7 anomaly in hole quantum point contacts
Quantum point contacts implemented in p-type GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures are
investigated by low-temperature electrical conductance spectroscopy
measurements. Besides one-dimensional conductance quantization in units of
a pronounced extra plateau is found at about which
possesses the characteristic properties of the so-called "0.7 anomaly" known
from experiments with n-type samples. The evolution of the 0.7 plateau in high
perpendicular magnetic field reveals the existence of a quasi-localized state
and supports the explanation of the 0.7 anomaly based on self-consistent charge
localization. These observations are robust when lateral electrical fields are
applied which shift the relative position of the electron wavefunction in the
quantum point contact, testifying to the intrinsic nature of the underlying
physics.Comment: 4.2 pages, 3 figure
Geographic variation in flower color patterns within Calceolaria uniflora Lam. in Southern Patagonia
Infraspecific variation in flower colors was evaluated in 26 populations of Calceolaria uniflora Lam. in Southern Patagonia, Argentina. Computerized analysis of high-resolution photo-images was used to estimate the proportions of red, orange and yellow in surfaces of two corolla parts, “instep” and “throat”, in field samples of 20–35 flowers per population. The between-populations component accounted for 48% of variance for instep colors and 24% for throat colors. Geographic differentiation was found between populations with a uniform red instep in the Andes in the west, and populations with a maculate yellow-and-red instep in the Magellanic steppe to the east. Mixed populations occurred in a transition zone. Throat colors showed a different, north-south geographic trend. Based on color pattern and distribution, two subspecies may be differentiated within C. uniflora. Their overall geographic distribution is related to climate and vegetation, but their detailed distribution is better explained by isolation by distance and barriers to gene flow.Fil: Mascó, Mercedes. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; ArgentinaFil: Noy-Meir, I.. Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Faculty of Agricultural Food and Environmental Quality Sciences. Institute of Plant Sciences; IsraelFil: Sersic, Alicia Noemi. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentin
A forward-backward splitting algorithm for the minimization of non-smooth convex functionals in Banach space
We consider the task of computing an approximate minimizer of the sum of a
smooth and non-smooth convex functional, respectively, in Banach space.
Motivated by the classical forward-backward splitting method for the
subgradients in Hilbert space, we propose a generalization which involves the
iterative solution of simpler subproblems. Descent and convergence properties
of this new algorithm are studied. Furthermore, the results are applied to the
minimization of Tikhonov-functionals associated with linear inverse problems
and semi-norm penalization in Banach spaces. With the help of
Bregman-Taylor-distance estimates, rates of convergence for the
forward-backward splitting procedure are obtained. Examples which demonstrate
the applicability are given, in particular, a generalization of the iterative
soft-thresholding method by Daubechies, Defrise and De Mol to Banach spaces as
well as total-variation based image restoration in higher dimensions are
presented
Many Body Effects on Electron Tunneling through Quantum Dots in an Aharonov-Bohm Circuit
Tunneling conductance of an Aharonov-Bohm circuit including two quantum dots
is calculated based on the general expression of the conductance in the linear
response regime of the bias voltage. The calculation is performed in a wide
temperature range by using numerical renormalization group method. Various
types of AB oscillations appear depending on the temperature and the potential
depth of the dots. Especially, AB oscillations have strong higher harmonics
components as a function of the magnetic flux when the potential of the dots is
deep. This is related to the crossover of the spin state due to the Kondo
effect on quantum dots. When the temperature rises up, the amplitude of the AB
oscillations becomes smaller reflecting the breaking of the coherency.Comment: 21 pages, 11 PostScript figures, LaTeX, uses jpsj.sty epsbox.st
Effect of Quantum Confinement on Electron Tunneling through a Quantum Dot
Employing the Anderson impurity model, we study tunneling properties through
an ideal quantum dot near the conductance minima. Considering the Coulomb
blockade and the quantum confinement on an equal footing, we have obtained
current contributions from various types of tunneling processes; inelastic
cotunneling, elastic cotunneling, and resonant tunneling of thermally activated
electrons. We have found that the inelastic cotunneling is suppressed in the
quantum confinement limit, and thus the conductance near its minima is
determined by the elastic cotunneling at low temperature (,
: dot-reservoir coupling constant), or by the resonant tunneling of
single electrons at high temperature ().Comment: 11 pages Revtex, 2 Postscript figures, To appear in Phys.Rev.
Fine structure in the off-resonance conductance of small Coulomb blockade systems
We show how a fine, multiple-peak structure can arise in the off-resonance,
zero-bias conductance of Coulomb blockade systems. In order to understand how
this effect comes about one must abandon the orthodox, mean-field understanding
of the Coulomb blockade phenomenon and consider quantum fluctuations in the
occupation of the single-particle electronic levels. We illustrate such an
effect with a spinless Anderson-like model for multi-level systems and an
equation-of-motion method for calculating Green's functions that combines two
simple decoupling schemes.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, postscript file also available at
http://www.pa.uky.edu/~palacios/papers/eom.ps One figure added. Discussion of
results extende
Orbital Magnetism and Current Distribution of Two-Dimensional Electrons under Confining Potential
The spatial distribution of electric current under magnetic field and the
resultant orbital magnetism have been studied for two-dimensional electrons
under a harmonic confining potential V(\vecvar{r})=m \omega_0^2 r^2/2 in
various regimes of temperature and magnetic field, and the microscopic
conditions for the validity of Landau diamagnetism are clarified. Under a weak
magnetic field (\omega_c\lsim\omega_0, \omega_c being a cyclotron frequency)
and at low temperature (T\lsim\hbar\omega_0), where the orbital magnetic
moment fluctuates as a function of the field, the currents are irregularly
distributed paramagnetically or diamagnetically inside the bulk region. As the
temperature is raised under such a weak field, however, the currents in the
bulk region are immediately reduced and finally there only remains the
diamagnetic current flowing along the edge. At the same time, the usual Landau
diamagnetism results for the total magnetic moment. The origin of this dramatic
temperature dependence is seen to be in the multiple reflection of electron
waves by the boundary confining potential, which becomes important once the
coherence length of electrons gets longer than the system length. Under a
stronger field (\omega_c\gsim\omega_0), on the other hand, the currents in
the bulk region cause de Haas-van Alphen effect at low temperature as
T\lsim\hbar\omega_c. As the temperature gets higher (T\gsim\hbar\omega_c)
under such a strong field, the bulk currents are reduced and the Landau
diamagnetism by the edge current is recovered.Comment: 15 pages, 11 figure
A multivariate approach to heavy flavour tagging with cascade training
This paper compares the performance of artificial neural networks and boosted
decision trees, with and without cascade training, for tagging b-jets in a
collider experiment. It is shown, using a Monte Carlo simulation of events, that for a b-tagging efficiency of 50%, the light jet
rejection power given by boosted decision trees without cascade training is
about 55% higher than that given by artificial neural networks. The cascade
training technique can improve the performance of boosted decision trees and
artificial neural networks at this b-tagging efficiency level by about 35% and
80% respectively. We conclude that the cascade trained boosted decision trees
method is the most promising technique for tagging heavy flavours at collider
experiments.Comment: 14 pages, 12 figures, revised versio
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