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Understanding Link Dynamics in Wireless Sensor Networks with Dynamically Steerable Directional Antennas
Abstract. By radiating the power in the direction of choice, electronicallyswitched directional (ESD) antennas can reduce network contention and avoid packet loss. There exists some ESD antennas for wireless sensor networks, but so far researchers have mainly evaluated their directionality. There are no studies regarding the link dynamics of ESD antennas, in particular not for indoor deployments and other scenarios where nodes are not necessarily in line of sight. Our long-term experiments confirm that previous findings that have demonstrated the dependence of angleof-arrival on channel frequency also hold for directional transmissions with ESD antennas. This is important for the design of protocols for wireless sensor networks with ESD antennas: the best antenna direction, i.e., the direction that leads to the highest packet reception rate and signal strength at the receiver, is not stable but varies over time and with the selected IEEE 802.15.4 channel. As this requires protocols to incorporate some form of adaptation, we present an intentionally simple and yet efficient mechanism for selecting the best antenna direction at run-time with an energy overhead below 2 % compared to standard omni-directional transmissions.
Role of the conduction electrons in mediating exchange interactions in Heusler alloys
Because of large spatial separation of the Mn atoms in Heusler alloys the Mn
3d states belonging to different atoms do not overlap considerably. Therefore
an indirect exchange interaction between Mn atoms should play a crucial role in
the ferromagnetism of the systems. To study the nature of the ferromagnetism of
various Mn-based semi- and full-Heusler alloys we perform a systematic
first-principles calculation of the exchange interactions in these materials.
The calculation of the exchange parameters is based on the frozen-magnon
approach. The calculations show that the magnetism of the Mn-based Heusler
alloys depends strongly on the number of conduction electrons, their spin
polarization and the position of the unoccupied Mn 3d states with respect to
the Fermi level. Various magnetic phases are obtained depending on the
combination of these characteristics. The Anderson's s-d model is used to
perform a qualitative analysis of the obtained results. The conditions leading
to diverse magnetic behavior are identified. If the spin polarization of the
conduction electrons at the Fermi energy is large and the unoccupied Mn 3d
states lie well above the Fermi level, an RKKY-type ferromagnetic interaction
is dominating. On the other hand, the contribution of the antiferromagnetic
superexchange becomes important if unoccupied Mn 3d states lie close to the
Fermi energy. The resulting magnetic behavior depends on the competition of
these two exchange mechanisms. The calculational results are in good
correlation with the conclusions made on the basis of the Anderson s-d model
which provides useful framework for the analysis of the results of
first-principles calculations and helps to formulate the conditions for high
Curie temperature.Comment: 16 pages, 9 figures, 2 table
Infrared Emission from the Radio Supernebula in NGC 5253: A Proto-Globular Cluster?
Hidden from optical view in the starburst region of the dwarf galaxy NGC 5253
lies an intense radio source with an unusual spectrum which could be
interpreted variously as nebular gas ionized by a young stellar cluster or
nonthermal emission from a radio supernova or an AGN. We have obtained 11.7 and
18.7 micron images of this region at the Keck Telescope and find that it is an
extremely strong mid-infrared emitter. The infrared to radio flux ratio rules
out a supernova and is consistent with an HII region excited by a dense cluster
of young stars. This "super nebula" provides at least 15% of the total
bolometric luminosity of the galaxy. Its excitation requires 10^5-10^6 stars,
giving it the total mass and size (1-2 pc diameter) of a globular cluster.
However, its high obscuration, small size, and high gas density all argue that
it is very young, no more than a few hundred thousand years old. This may be
the youngest globular cluster yet observed.Comment: 6 pages, 2 color figures, Submitted to the ApJL, Revised 4/6/01 based
on referee's comment
X-Ray bright optically faint active galactic nuclei in the Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam wide survey
We construct a sample of X-ray bright optically faint active galactic nuclei
by combining Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam, XMM-Newton, and infrared source
catalogs. 53 X-ray sources satisfying i band magnitude fainter than 23.5 mag
and X-ray counts with EPIC-PN detector larger than 70 are selected from 9.1
deg^2, and their spectral energy distributions (SEDs) and X-ray spectra are
analyzed. 44 objects with an X-ray to i-band flux ratio F_X/F_i>10 are
classified as extreme X-ray-to-optical flux sources. SEDs of 48 among 53 are
represented by templates of type 2 AGNs or starforming galaxies and show
signature of stellar emission from host galaxies in the optical in the source
rest frame. Infrared/optical SEDs indicate significant contribution of emission
from dust to infrared fluxes and that the central AGN is dust obscured.
Photometric redshifts determined from the SEDs are in the range of 0.6-2.5.
X-ray spectra are fitted by an absorbed power law model, and the intrinsic
absorption column densities are modest (best-fit log N_H = 20.5-23.5 cm^-2 in
most cases). The absorption corrected X-ray luminosities are in the range of
6x10^42 - 2x10^45 erg s^-1. 20 objects are classified as type 2 quasars based
on X-ray luminsosity and N_H. The optical faintness is explained by a
combination of redshifts (mostly z>1.0), strong dust extinction, and in part a
large ratio of dust/gas.Comment: 25 pages, 14 figures, 5 tables, accepted for publication in PAS
Effective meson masses, effective meson-nucleon couplings and neutron star radii
Using the generalized mean field theory, we have studied the relation among
the effective meson masses, the effective meson-nucleon couplings and the
equation of state (EOS) in asymmetric nuclear matter. If the effective
omega-meson mass becomes smaller at high density, the EOS becomes stiffer.
However, if we require that the omega-meson mean field is proportional to the
baryon density, the effective omega-nucleon coupling automatically becomes
smaller at the same time as the effective omega-meson mass becomes smaller.
Consequently, the EOS becomes softer. A similar relation is found for the
effective rho-meson mass and the effective rho-nucleon coupling. We have also
studied the relation among the effective meson masses, the effective
meson-nucleon couplings and a radius R of a neutron star. The R depends
somewhat on the value of the effective omega-meson mass and the effective
omega-nucleon coupling.Comment: 29pages, 24 figure
Quantum Electrodynamics of a Nanocavity Coupled with Exciton Complexes in a Quantum Dot
Here, a comprehensive theory of the couplings between a nanocavity and
exciton complexes in a quantum dot is developed, which successfully predicts
the spectral triplet in the strong coupling regime that has been observed in
several experiments but is unexpected according to conventional cavity quantum
electrodynamics. The quantum anti-Zeno effect is found to play an essential
role in the appearance of the central peak in the triplet under a
low-excitation regime. The effect of hyperfine interactions is also discussed,
which results in the cavity-mediated mixing of bright and dark exciton states.
These results provide significant insights into solid-state cavity quantum
electrodynamics.Comment: 23 pages, 5 figure
Information theory explanation of the fluctuation theorem, maximum entropy production and self-organized criticality in non-equilibrium stationary states
Jaynes' information theory formalism of statistical mechanics is applied to
the stationary states of open, non-equilibrium systems. The key result is the
construction of the probability distribution for the underlying microscopic
phase space trajectories. Three consequences of this result are then derived :
the fluctuation theorem, the principle of maximum entropy production, and the
emergence of self-organized criticality for flux-driven systems in the
slowly-driven limit. The accumulating empirical evidence for these results
lends support to Jaynes' formalism as a common predictive framework for
equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics.Comment: 21 pages, 0 figures, minor modifications, version to appear in J.
Phys. A. (2003
Precise estimation of shell model energy by second order extrapolation method
A second order extrapolation method is presented for shell model
calculations, where shell model energies of truncated spaces are well described
as a function of energy variance by quadratic curves and exact shell model
energies can be obtained by the extrapolation. This new extrapolation can give
more precise energy than those of first order extrapolation method. It is also
clarified that first order extrapolation gives a lower limit of shell model
energy. In addition to the energy, we derive the second order extrapolation
formula for expectation values of other observables.Comment: PRC in pres
Shape control of QDs studied by cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy
In this cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy study we investigated
various techniques to control the shape of self-assembled quantum dots (QDs)
and wetting layers (WLs). The result shows that application of an indium flush
during the growth of strained InGaAs/GaAs QD layers results in flattened QDs
and a reduced WL. The height of the QDs and WLs could be controlled by varying
the thickness of the first capping layer. Concerning the technique of antimony
capping we show that the surfactant properties of Sb result in the preservation
of the shape of strained InAs/InP QDs during overgrowth. This could be achieved
by both a growth interrupt under Sb flux and capping with a thin GaAsSb layer
prior to overgrowth of the uncapped QDs. The technique of droplet epitaxy was
investigated by a structural analysis of strain free GaAs/AlGaAs QDs. We show
that the QDs have a Gaussian shape, that the WL is less than 1 bilayer thick,
and that minor intermixing of Al with the QDs takes place.Comment: 7 pages, 10 figure
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