277 research outputs found
Ambegaokar-Baratoff relations of Josephson critical current in heterojunctions with multi-gap superconductors
An extension of the Ambegaokar-Baratoff relation to a
superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) Josephson junction with multiple
tunneling channels is derived. Appling the resultant relation to a SIS
Josephson junction formed by an iron-based (five-band) and a single-band
Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) type superconductors, a theoretical bound of
the Josephson critical current () multiplied by the resistance of
the junction () is given. We reveal that such a bound is useful for
identifying the pairing symmetry of iron-pnictide superconductors. One finds
that if a measured value of is smaller than the bound then
the symmetry is -wave, and otherwise -wave without any sign changes.
In addition, we stress that temperature dependence of is
sensitive to the difference of the gap functions from the BCS type gap formula
in the above heterojunction.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
Explicitly Multi-Modal Benchmarks for Multi-Objective Optimization
In multi-objective optimization, designing good benchmark problems is an
important issue for improving solvers. Although many benchmark problems have
been proposed and some of them became de facto standards, designing multimodal
problems that have a controllable landscape is still an open problem especially
for high-dimensional cases. We thus propose the Benchmark with Explicit
Multimodality (BEM), which lets the benchmark designer specify the basins of
attraction using a graph structure known as the reachability graph. In this
article, we focus on the mathematical formulation of the BEM. We will see that
the BEM has preferable characteristics such as (i) realizing user-specified
local Pareto set, (ii) allowing high-dimensional design spaces and (iii)
possessing nonseparability
Carbon Nanotubes: Printed Carbon Nanotube Electronics and Sensor Systems (Adv. Mater. 22/2016).
Printed electronics and sensors enable new applications ranging from low-cost disposable analytical devices to large-area sensor networks. Recent progress in printed carbon nanotube electronics in terms of materials, processing, devices, and applications is discussed on page 4397 by A. Javey and co-workers. The research challenges and opportunities regarding the processing and system-level integration are also discussed for enabling of practical applications
Cool core disturbed: Observational evidence for coexistence of sub-sonic sloshing gas and stripped shock-heated gas around the core of RX J1347.5-1145
RXJ1347.5-1145 (z = 0.451) is one of the most luminous X-ray galaxy clusters,
which hosts a prominent cool core and exhibits a signature of a major merger.
We present the first direct observational evidence for sub-sonic nature of
sloshing motion of the cool core. We find that a residual X-ray image from the
Chandra X-ray Observatory after removing the global emission shows a clear
dipolar pattern characteristic of gas sloshing, whereas we find no significant
residual in the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZE) image from the Atacama Large
Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). We estimate the equation of state of
perturbations in the gas from the X-ray and SZE residual images. The inferred
velocity is 420 +310 -420 km s-1, which is much lower than the adiabatic sound
speed of the intracluster medium in the core. We thus conclude that the
perturbation is nearly isobaric, and gas sloshing motion is consistent with
being in pressure equilibrium. Next, we report evidence for gas stripping of an
infalling subcluster, which likely shock-heats gas to high temperature well in
excess of 20 keV. Using mass distribution inferred from strong lensing images
of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), we find that the mass peak is located away
from the peak position of stripped gas with statistical significance of >
5{\sigma}. Unlike for the gas sloshing, the velocity inferred from the equation
of state of the excess hot gas is comparable to the adiabatic sound speed
expected for the 20 keV intracluster medium. All of the results support that
the southeast substructure is created by a merger. On the other hand, the
positional offset between the mass and the gas limits the self-interaction
cross section of dark matter to be less than 3.7 h-1 cm2 g-1 (95% CL).Comment: 18 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in Ap
Person-centered dementia care during COVID-19: a qualitative case study of impact on and collaborations between caregivers
BackgroundLittle is known about the actual impact of COVID-19 on caregivers of older people with dementia and resultant collaborations among them to provide continued person-centered care while undertaking infection control measures. In this study, we explored the impact of providing dementia care during COVID-19 on caregivers involved in dementia care.MethodsThis is an exploratory qualitative case study. The participants were family members living with older people with dementia, care managers, and the medical and long-term care facility staff. Data were collected from 46 caregivers via face-to-face and semi-structured interviews and analyzed using thematic analysis.ResultsThe interviews identified 22 themes related to the impact of COVID-19 on different positions of the caregivers involved in dementia care and their collaboration, and we categorized them into six categories. The core themes were “re-acknowledgement of care priorities” and “rebuilding of relationships.” When caregivers’ perceptions were aligned in the decision-making processes regarding care priorities, “reaffirmation of trust” and “strengthening of intimate relationships” emerged as positive changes in their relationships. Furthermore, the differences in the ability of each caregiver to access and select correct and appropriate information about COVID-19, and the extent of infection spread in the region were related to “anxiety during COVID-19 pandemic” and caused a “gap in perception” regarding infection control.ConclusionsThe present study clarified that the process of aligning the perceptions of caregivers to the objectives and priorities of care for older people with dementia during COVID-19 pandemic strengthened the relationships among caregivers. The findings of this study are useful for caregivers involved in person-centered dementia care
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