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A binocular-type atmospheric interaction generating sequential exotic features
A cosmic-ray induced nuclear event is presented, which is of clear binocular-type and contains several exotic features through its passage in the atmosphere and the emulsion chamber
A halo event created at 200 m above the Chacaltaya emulsion chamber
The results of analysis on a cosmic-ray induced nuclear event with the total visible energy approx. = 1300 TeV which is characterized by the central (halo) part of a strong energy concentration and the outer part of a large lateral spread are presented. The event (named as P06) was detected in the 18th two-storied emulsion chamber exposed at Chacaltaya by Brasil-Japan Collaboration. As the nuclear emulsion plates were inserted at every layer of the concerned blocks in the upper and the lower chambers together with RR- and N-type X-ray films, it is possible to study the details of the event. Some results on P06 have already been reported 1 based on the general measurement of opacity on N-type X-ray films: (1) the total energy of halo is approx. = 1000 TeV; (2) the shower transition reaches its maximum at approx. 16 cu; and (3) the radius of halo is 6.5 mm (at the level of 10 to the 6th power electrons/sq.cm.). The results in more details will be described
Atmospheric interactions detected in both the upper and the lower chambers at Chacaltaya
The cosmic ray interactions in the energy region 10 to the 13th power to 10 to the 17th power eV were studied by emulsion chambers exposed at Chacaltaya, 5220 m above sea-level. The chambers have a two-storied structure, and the events observed in both chambers give important informations on these phenomena. The first Centauro event was detected as a small shower at the bottom of the upper chamber and as a big fraction of energy deposit in the lower chamber, which indicates a high contribution of hadronic showers. Results of the events with continuation in the rather low energy region are described
5D Yang-Mills instantons from ABJM Monopoles
In the presence of a background supergravity flux, N M2-branes will expand
via the Myers effect into M5-branes wrapped on a fuzzy three-sphere. In
previous work the fluctuations of the M2-branes were shown to be described by
the five-dimensional Yang-Mills gauge theory associated to D4-branes. We show
that the ABJM prescription for eleven-dimensional momentum in terms of magnetic
flux lifts to an instanton flux of the effective five-dimensional Yang-Mills
theory on the sphere, giving an M-theory interpretation for these instantons.Comment: 29 pages, Latex; v2: added references and a comment on the
graviphoton coupling in section 5; v3: typos corrected and references adde
Fusion barrier distributions in systems with finite excitation energy
Eigen-channel approach to heavy-ion fusion reactions is exact only when the
excitation energy of the intrinsic motion is zero. In order to take into
account effects of finite excitation energy, we introduce an energy dependence
to weight factors in the eigen-channel approximation. Using two channel
problem, we show that the weight factors are slowly changing functions of
incident energy. This suggests that the concept of the fusion barrier
distribution still holds to a good approximation even when the excitation
energy of the intrinsic motion is finite. A transition to the adiabatic
tunneling, where the coupling leads to a static potential renormalization, is
also discussed.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, Submitted to Physical Review
Ultrafast circular polarization oscillations in spin-polarized vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser devices
Spin-polarized lasers offer new encouraging possibilities for future devices. We investigate the polarization dynamics of electrically pumped vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers after additional spin injection at room temperature. We find that the circular polarization degree exhibits faster dynamics than the emitted light. Moreover the experimental results demonstrate a strongly damped ultrafast circular polarization oscillation due to spin injection with an oscillation frequency of approximately 11GHz depending on the birefringence in the VCSEL device. We compare our experimental results with theoretical calculations based on rate-equations. This allows us to predict undamped long persisting ultrafast polarization oscillations, which reveal the potential of spin-VCSELs for ultrafast modulation applications
Thermodynamic properties of the one-dimensional Kondo insulators studied by the density matrix renormalization group method
Thermodynamic properties of the one-dimensional Kondo lattice model at
half-filling are studied by the density matrix renormalization group method
applied to the quantum transfer matrix. Spin susceptibility, charge
susceptibility, and specific heat are calculated down to T=0.1t for various
exchange constants. The obtained results clearly show crossover behavior from
the high temperature regime of nearly independent localized spins and
conduction electrons to the low temperature regime where the two degrees of
freedom couple strongly. The low temperature energy scales of the charge and
spin susceptibilities are determined and shown to be equal to the quasiparticle
gap and the spin gap, respectively, for weak exchange couplings.Comment: 4 pages, 3 Postscript figures, REVTeX, submitted to J. Phys. Soc. Jp
Birefringence controlled room-temperature picosecond spin dynamics close to the threshold of vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser devices
We analyze the spin-induced circular polarization dynamics at the threshold of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers at room-temperature using a hybrid excitation combining electrically pumping without spin preference and spin-polarized optical injection. After a short pulse of spin-polarized excitation, fast oscillations of the circular polarization degree (CPD) are observed within the relaxation oscillations. A theoretical investigation of this behavior on the basis of a rate equation model shows that these fast oscillations of CPD could be suppressed by means of a reduction of the birefringence of the laser cavity
Hot Spots on the Fermi Surface of Bi2212: Stripes versus Superstructure
In a recent paper Saini et al. have reported evidence for a pseudogap around
(pi,0) at room temperature in the optimally doped superconductor Bi2212. This
result is in contradiction with previous ARPES measurements. Furthermore they
observed at certain points on the Fermi surface hot spots of high spectral
intensity which they relate to the existence of stripes in the CuO planes. They
also claim to have identified a new electronic band along Gamma-M1 whose one
dimensional character provides further evidence for stripes. We demonstrate in
this Comment that all the measured features can be simply understood by
correctly considering the superstructure (umklapp) and shadow bands which occur
in Bi2212.Comment: 1 page, revtex, 1 encapsulated postscript figure (color
Further constraints on the optical transmission spectrum of HAT-P-1b
We report on novel observations of HAT-P-1 aimed at constraining the optical
transmission spectrum of the atmosphere of its transiting Hot-Jupiter
exoplanet. Ground-based differential spectrophotometry was performed over two
transit windows using the DOLORES spectrograph at the Telescopio Nazionale
Galileo (TNG). Our measurements imply an average planet to star radius ratio
equal to =(0.11590.0005). This result is consistent
with the value obtained from recent near infrared measurements of this object
but differs from previously reported optical measurements being lower by around
4.4 exoplanet scale heights. Analyzing the data over 5 different spectral bins
600\AA wide we observed a single peaked spectrum (3.7 level)
with a blue cut-off corresponding to the blue edge of the broad absorption wing
of sodium and an increased absorption in the region in between 6180-7400\AA. We
also infer that the width of the broad absorption wings due to alkali metals is
likely narrower than the one implied by solar abundance clear atmospheric
models. We interpret the result as evidence that HAT-P-1b has a partially clear
atmosphere at optical wavelengths with a more modest contribution from an
optical absorber than previously reported.Comment: Accepted by Ap
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