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Out of equilibrium electronic transport properties of a misfit cobaltite thin film
We report on transport measurements in a thin film of the 2D misfit Cobaltite
. Dc magnetoresistance measurements obey the modified
variable range hopping law expected for a soft Coulomb gap. When the sample is
cooled down, we observe large telegraphic-like fluctuations. At low
temperature, these slow fluctuations have non Gaussian statistics, and are
stable under a large magnetic field. These results suggest that the low
temperature state is a glassy electronic state. Resistance relaxation and
memory effects of pure magnetic origin are also observed, but without aging
phenomena. This indicates that these magnetic effects are not glassy-like and
are not directly coupled to the electronic part.Comment: accepted in Phys Rev B, Brief report
Complexation of a polyelectrolyte with oppositely charged spherical macroions: Giant inversion of charge
Complexation of a long flexible polyelectrolyte (PE) molecule with oppositely
charged spherical particles such as colloids, micelles, or globular proteins in
a salty water solution is studied. PE binds spheres winding around them, while
spheres repel each other and form almost periodic necklace. If the total charge
of PE is larger than the total charge of spheres, repulsive correlations of PE
turns on a sphere lead to inversion of the net charge of each sphere. In the
opposite case, we predict another correlation effect: under-screened by PE
spheres bind to PE in such a great number that they invert charge of PE. The
inverted charge by absolute value can be larger than the bare charge of PE even
when screening by monovalent salt is weak. At larger concentrations of
monovalent salt, the inverted charge can reach giant proportions. Our theory is
in qualitative agreement with recent experiments on micelles-PE systems.Comment: Various additions and corrections to the text, Figures and
references. Accepted for publication in J. Chem. Phys. 200
SLE_k: correlation functions in the coefficient problem
We apply the method of correlation functions to the coefficient problem in
stochastic geometry. In particular, we give a proof for some universal patterns
conjectured by M. Zinsmeister for the second moments of the Taylor coefficients
for special values of kappa in the whole-plane Schramm-Loewner evolution
(SLE_kappa). We propose to use multi-point correlation functions for the study
of higher moments in coefficient problem. Generalizations related to the
Levy-type processes are also considered. The exact multifractal spectrum of
considered version of the whole-plane SLE_kappa is discussed
Sensitivity of -decay rates to the radial dependence of the nucleon effective mass
We analyze the sensitivity of -decay rates in 78 Ni and 100,132 Sn to
a correction term in Skyrme energy-density functionals (EDF) which modifies the
radial shape of the nucleon effective mass. This correction is added on top of
several Skyrme parametrizations which are selected from their effective mass
properties and predictions about the stability properties of 132 Sn. The impact
of the correction on high-energy collective modes is shown to be moderate. From
the comparison of the effects induced by the surface-peaked effective mass in
the three doubly magic nuclei, it is found that 132 Sn is largely impacted by
the correction, while 78 Ni and 100 Sn are only moderately affected. We
conclude that -decay rates in these nuclei can be used as a test of
different parts of the nuclear EDF: 78 Ni and 100 Sn are mostly sensitive to
the particle-hole interaction through the B(GT) values, while 132 Sn is
sensitive to the radial shape of the effective mass. Possible improvements of
these different parts could therefore be better constrained in the future
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