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Exotic Superconducting Phases of Ultracold Atom Mixtures on Triangular Lattices
We study the phase diagram of two-dimensional Bose-Fermi mixtures of
ultracold atoms on a triangular optical lattice, in the limit when the velocity
of bosonic condensate fluctuations is much larger than the Fermi velocity.
We contrast this work with our previous results for a square lattice system
in Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 97}, 030601 (2006).
Using functional renormalization group techniques we show that the phase
diagrams for a triangular lattice contain exotic superconducting phases. For
spin-1/2 fermions on an isotropic lattice we find a competition of -, -,
extended -, and -wave symmetry, as well as antiferromagnetic order. For
an anisotropic lattice, we further find an extended p-wave phase. A Bose-Fermi
mixture with spinless fermions on an isotropic lattice shows a competition
between - and -wave symmetry.
These phases can be traced back to the geometric shapes of the Fermi surfaces
in various regimes, as well as the intrinsic frustration of a triangular
lattice.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, extended version, slight modification
Dynamical Properties of a Growing Surface on a Random Substrate
The dynamics of the discrete Gaussian model for the surface of a crystal
deposited on a disordered substrate is investigated by Monte Carlo simulations.
The mobility of the growing surface was studied as a function of a small
driving force and temperature . A continuous transition is found from
high-temperature phase characterized by linear response to a low-temperature
phase with nonlinear, temperature dependent response. In the simulated regime
of driving force the numerical results are in general agreement with recent
dynamic renormalization group predictions.Comment: 10 pages, latex, 3 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. E (RC
Eigenstructure Assignment Based Controllers Applied to Flexible Spacecraft
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the behaviour of a controller designed using a parametric Eigenstructure Assignment method and to evaluate its suitability for use in flexible spacecraft. The challenge of this objective lies in obtaining a suitable controller that is specifically designated to alleviate the deflections and vibrations suffered by external appendages in flexible spacecraft while performing attitude manoeuvres. One of the main problems in these vehicles is the mechanical cross-coupling that exists between the rigid and flexible parts of the spacecraft. Spacecraft with fine attitude pointing requirements need precise control of the mechanical coupling to avoid undesired attitude misalignment. In designing an attitude controller, it is necessary to consider the possible vibration of the solar panels and how it may influence the performance of the rest of the vehicle. The nonlinear mathematical model of a flexible spacecraft is considered a close approximation to the real system. During the process of controller evaluation, the design process has also been taken into account as a factor in assessing the robustness of the system
TagF-mediated repression of bacterial type VI secretion systems involves a direct interaction with the cytoplasmic protein Fha
The bacterial type VI secretion system (T6SS) delivers effectors into eukaryotic host cells or toxins into bacterial competitor for survival and fitness. The T6SS is positively regulated by the threonine phosphorylation pathway (TPP) and negatively by the T6SS-accessory protein TagF. Here, we studied the mechanisms underlying TagF-mediated T6SS repression in two distinct bacterial pathogens, Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We found that in A. tumefaciens, T6SS toxin secretion and T6SS-dependent antibacterial activity are suppressed by a two-domain chimeric protein consisting of TagF and PppA, a putative phosphatase. Remarkably, this TagF domain is sufficient to post-translationally repress the T6SS, and this inhibition is independent of TPP. This repression requires interaction with a cytoplasmic protein, Fha, critical for activating T6SS assembly. In P. aeruginosa, PppA and TagF are two distinct proteins that repress T6SS in a TPP-dependent and -independent pathways, respectively. P. aeruginosa TagF interacts with Fha1, suggesting that formation of this complex represents a conserved TagF-mediated regulatory mechanism. Using TagF variants with substitutions of conserved amino acid residues at predicted protein-protein interaction interfaces, we uncovered evidence that the TagF-Fha interaction is critical for TagF-mediated T6SS repression in both bacteria. TagF inhibits T6SS without affecting T6SS protein abundance in A. tumefaciens, but TagF overexpression reduces the protein levels of all analyzed T6SS components in P. aeruginosa. Our results indicate that TagF interacts with Fha, which in turn could impact different stages of T6SS assembly in different bacteria, possibly reflecting an evolutionary divergence in T6SS control
Fluxon Dynamics of a Long Josephson Junction with Two-gap Superconductors
We investigate the phase dynamics of a long Josephson junction (LJJ) with
two-gap superconductors. In this junction, two channels for tunneling between
the adjacent superconductor (S) layers as well as one interband channel within
each S layer are available for a Cooper pair. Due to the interplay between the
conventional and interband Josephson effects, the LJJ can exhibit unusual phase
dynamics. Accounting for excitation of a stable 2-phase texture arising
from the interband Josephson effect, we find that the critical current between
the S layers may become both spatially and temporally modulated. The spatial
critical current modulation behaves as either a potential well or barrier,
depending on the symmetry of superconducting order parameter, and modifies the
Josephson vortex trajectories. We find that these changes in phase dynamics
result in emission of electromagnetic waves as the Josephson vortex passes
through the region of the 2-phase texture. We discuss the effects of this
radiation emission on the current-voltage characteristics of the junction.Comment: 14 pages, 6 figure
Orbital symmetry fingerprints for magnetic adatoms in graphene
In this paper, we describe the formation of local resonances in graphene in
the presence of magnetic adatoms containing localized orbitals of arbitrary
symmetry, corresponding to any given angular momentum state. We show that
quantum interference effects which are naturally inbuilt in the honeycomb
lattice in combination with the specific orbital symmetry of the localized
state lead to the formation of fingerprints in differential conductance curves.
In the presence of Jahn-Teller distortion effects, which lift the orbital
degeneracy of the adatoms, the orbital symmetries can lead to distinctive
signatures in the local density of states. We show that those effects allow
scanning tunneling probes to characterize adatoms and defects in graphene.Comment: 15 pages, 11 figures. Added discussion about the multi-orbital case
and the validity of the single orbital picture. Published versio
Metamaterial with polarization and direction insensitive resonant transmission response mimicking electromagnetically induced transparency
We report on a planar metamaterial, the resonant transmission frequency of which does not depend on the polarization and angle of incidence of electromagnetic waves. The resonance results from the excitation of high-Q antisymmetric trapped current mode and shows sharp phase dispersion characteristic to Fano-type resonances of the electromagnetically induced transparency phenomenon
Dynamics of coherent and incoherent emission from an artificial atom in a 1D space
We study dynamics of an artificial two-level atom in an open 1D space by
measuring evolution of its coherent and incoherent emission. States of the atom
-- a superconducting flux qubit coupled to a transmission line -- are fully
controlled by resonant excitation microwave pulses. The coherent emission -- a
direct measure of superposition in the atom -- exhibits decaying oscillations
shifted by from oscillations of the incoherent emission, which, in
turn, is proportional to the atomic population. The emission dynamics provides
information about states and properties of the atom. By measuring the coherent
dynamics, we derive two-time correlation function of fluctuations and, using
quantum regression formula, reconstruct the incoherent spectrum of the
resonance fluorescence triplet, which is in a good agreement with the directly
measured one.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Parity effect in Al and Nb single electron transistors in a tunable environment
Two different types of Cooper pair transistors, with Al and Nb islands, have
been investigated in a tunable electromagnetic environment. The device with an
Al island demonstrates gate charge modulation with 2e-periodicity in a wide
range of environmental impedances at bath temperatures below 340 mK. Contrary
to the results of the Al sample, we were not able to detect 2e-periodicity
under any conditions on similar samples with Nb island. We attribute this to
the material properties of Nb.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figure
Multiscale Kinetic Monte-Carlo for Simulating Epitaxial Growth
We present a fast Monte-Carlo algorithm for simulating epitaxial surface
growth, based on the continuous-time Monte-Carlo algorithm of Bortz, Kalos and
Lebowitz. When simulating realistic growth regimes, much computational time is
consumed by the relatively fast dynamics of the adatoms. Continuum and
continuum-discrete hybrid methods have been developed to approach this issue;
however in many situations, the density of adatoms is too low to efficiently
and accurately simulate as a continuum. To solve the problem of fast adatom
dynamics, we allow adatoms to take larger steps, effectively reducing the
number of transitions required. We achieve nearly a factor of ten speed up, for
growth at moderate temperatures and large D/F.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures; revised text, accepted by PR
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