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Confinement-induced Berry phase and helicity-dependent photocurrents
The photocurrent in an optically active metal is known to contain a component
that switches sign with the helicity of the incident radiation. At low
frequencies, this current depends on the orbital Berry phase of the Bloch
electrons via the "anomalous velocity" of Karplus and Luttinger. We consider
quantum wells in which the parent material, such as GaAs, is not optically
active and the relevant Berry phase only arises as a result of quantum
confinement. Using an envelope approximation that is supported by numerical
tight-binding results, it is shown that the Berry phase contribution is
determined for realistic wells by a cubic Berry phase intrinsic to the bulk
material, the well width, and the well direction. These results for the
magnitude of the Berry-phase effect suggest that it may already have been
observed in quantum well experiments.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Study of Chromium-Frit-Type Coatings for High-Temperature Protection of Molybdenum
The achievement of more compact and efficient power plants for aircraft is dependent, among other factors, on the perfection of heat-resisting materials that are superior to those in current use. Molybdenum is one of the high-melting metals (melting point, 4750 F). It is fairly abundant and also can be worked into many of the shapes required in modern power plants. To permit its widespread use at elevated temperatures, however, some means must first be found to prevent its rapid oxidation. The application of a protective coating is one method that might be used to achieve this goal. In the present work, a number of chromium-frit-type coatings were studied. These were bonded to molybdenum specimens by firing in controlled atmospheres to temperatures in the range of 2400 to 2700 F
Elliptic Genera and 3d Gravity
We describe general constraints on the elliptic genus of a 2d supersymmetric
conformal field theory which has a gravity dual with large radius in Planck
units. We give examples of theories which do and do not satisfy the bounds we
derive, by describing the elliptic genera of symmetric product orbifolds of
, product manifolds, certain simple families of Calabi-Yau hypersurfaces,
and symmetric products of the "Monster CFT." We discuss the distinction between
theories with supergravity duals and those whose duals have strings at the
scale set by the AdS curvature. Under natural assumptions we attempt to
quantify the fraction of (2,2) supersymmetric conformal theories which admit a
weakly curved gravity description, at large central charge.Comment: 50 pages, 9 figures, v2: minor corrections to section
Coherent phonon scattering effects on thermal transport in thin semiconductor nanowires
The thermal conductance by phonons of a quasi-one-dimensional solid with
isotope or defect scattering is studied using the Landauer formalism for
thermal transport. The conductance shows a crossover from localized to Ohmic
behavior, just as for electrons, but the nature of this crossover is modified
by delocalization of phonons at low frequency. A scalable numerical
transfer-matrix technique is developed and applied to model
quasi-one-dimensional systems in order to confirm simple analytic predictions.
We argue that existing thermal conductivity data on semiconductor nanowires,
showing an unexpected linear dependence, can be understood through a model that
combines incoherent surface scattering for short-wavelength phonons with nearly
ballistic long-wavelength phonons. It is also found that even when strong
phonon localization effects would be observed if defects are distributed
throughout the wire, localization effects are much weaker when defects are
localized at the boundary, as in current experiments.Comment: 13 page
Parenting After Traumatic Brain Injury: A web-based support for caregivers
Aggression is common in traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors (Rao et al., 2009) and can increase caregiver burden (Gan et al., 2006). For TBI survivors who are parents, aggression may also negatively impact parenting skills (Charles, et al., 2007). Resources that support survivors as parents are few (Kieffer-Kristensen, Teasdale, & Bilenberg, 2011), as are supports for their caregivers (Turner et al., 2010). We created a website to educate caregivers about TBI, stressmanagement techniques that help TBI survivors manage aggression, and family activities that facilitate positive interactions with children. When piloted to four people, feedback demonstrated that all goals were met and the website was reported to be helpful
Excitation energies, hyperfine constants, E1, E2, M1 transition rates, and lifetimes of (6s2)nl states in Tl I and Pb II
Energies of np (n=6-9), ns (n=7-9), nd (n=6-8), and nf (n=5-6) states in Tl I
and Pb II are obtained using relativistic many-body perturbation theory.
Reduced matrix elements, oscillator strengths, transition rates, and lifetimes
are determined for the 72 possible electric-dipole transitions.
Electric-quadrupole and magnetic-dipole matrix elements are evaluated to obtain
np(3/2) - mp(1/2) (n,m=6,7) transition rates. Hyperfine constants A are
evaluated for a number of states in 205Tl. First-, second-, third-, and
all-order corrections to the energies and matrix elements and first- and
second-order Breit corrections to energies are calculated. In our
implementation of the all-order method, single and double excitations of
Dirac-Fock wave functions are included to all orders in perturbation theory.
These calculations provide a theoretical benchmark for comparison with
experiment and theory.Comment: twelve tables, no figure
Perceptual adaptation by normally hearing listeners to a simulated "hole" in hearing
Simulations of cochlear implants have demonstrated that the deleterious effects of a frequency misalignment between analysis bands and characteristic frequencies at basally shifted simulated electrode locations are significantly reduced with training. However, a distortion of frequency-to-place mapping may also arise due to a region of dysfunctional neurons that creates a "hole" in the tonotopic representation. This study simulated a 10 mm hole in the mid-frequency region. Noise-band processors were created with six output bands (three apical and three basal to the hole). The spectral information that would have been represented in the hole was either dropped or reassigned to bands on either side. Such reassignment preserves information but warps the place code, which may in itself impair performance. Normally hearing subjects received three hours of training in two reassignment conditions. Speech recognition improved considerably with training. Scores were much lower in a baseline (untrained) condition where information from the hole region was dropped. A second group of subjects trained in this dropped condition did show some improvement; however, scores after training were significantly lower than in the reassignment conditions. These results are consistent with the view that speech processors should present the most informative frequency range irrespective of frequency misalignment. 0 2006 Acoustical Society of America
Boundary Ground Ring in Minimal String Theory
We obtain relations among boundary states in bosonic minimal open string
theory using the boundary ground ring. We also obtain a difference equation
that boundary correlators must satisfy.Comment: 28 pages, 1 figur
Detection of moisture and moisture related phenomena from Skylab
The author had identified the following significant results. Soil moisture and precipitation variations were not detectable as tonal variations on the S19OA IR B and W photography. Some light tonal areas contained high precipitation .83 inches and high moisture content 21.1% while other light tonal areas contained only .02 inches precipitation and as little as 0.7% moisture. Similar variations were observed in dark tonal areas. This inconsistency may be caused by a lapse of 3 to 4 days from the time precipitation occurred until the photographs were taken and the fact that in the first inch of soil the measured soil moisture was generally less than 5.0%. For overall tonal contrast, the aerial color, color IR and aerial B and W appear to be the best. Cities stand out from the landscape best in the aerial color and color IR, however, to see major street patterns a combination of the two aerial B and W bands and the two IR B and W bands may be desirable. For mapping roads it is best use all 6 bands. For lake detection, the IR B and W bands would be the best but for streams the aerial B and W band would be better. The aerial color, color IR, and the two IR B and W bands are best for distinguishing cultivated and non-cultivated areas, whereas the two aerial B and W bands are better for seeing local relief. Clouds may be best seen in the aerial color and color IR bands
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