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    Productivity growth, catching-up and trade in livestock products

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    Steering of a Bosonic Mode with a Double Quantum Dot

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    We investigate the transport and coherence properties of a double quantum dot coupled to a single damped boson mode. Our numerically results reveal how the properties of the boson distribution can be steered by altering parameters of the electronic system such as the energy difference between the dots. Quadrature amplitude variances and the Wigner function are employed to illustrate how the state of the boson mode can be controlled by a stationary electron current through the dots.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.

    Magnetohydrodynamic Oscillations in the Solar Corona and Earth’s Magnetosphere: Towards Consolidated Understanding

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    Analysis of the orbit of Cosmos 1335 (1982-07A) at 31:2 resonance

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    Refining Boron Isotopic Measurements of Silicate Samples by Multi-Collector-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS)

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    Solution MC-ICP-MS is an established technique for high precision boron isotope measurement results (δ11BSRM 951) in carbonates, yet its application to silicate rocks has been limited. Impediments include volatilisation during silicate dissolution and contamination during chemical purification. To address this, we present a low-blank sample preparation procedure that couples hydrofluoric acid-digestion and low-temperature evaporation (mannitol-free), to an established MC-ICP-MS measurement procedure following chemical purification using B-specific Amberlite IRA 743 resin. We obtain accurate δ11BSRM 951 values (intermediate precision ±0.2‰) for boric acid (BAM ERM-AE121 19.65 ± 0.14‰) and carbonate (NIST RM 8301 (Coral) 24.24 ± 0.11‰) reference materials. For silicate reference materials covering mafic to felsic compositions we obtain δ11BSRM 951 with intermediate precision < ±0.6‰ (2s), namely JB-2 6.9 ± 0.4‰; IAEA-B-5 -6.0 ± 0.6‰; IAEA-B-6 -3.9 ± 0.5‰ (2s). Furthermore, splits of these same reference materials were processed by an alternative fusion and purification procedure. We find excellent agreement between δ11BSRM 951 measurement results by MC-ICP-MS of the reference materials using both sample processing techniques. These measurement results show that our sample processing and MC-ICP-MS methods provide consistent δ11BSRM 951 values for low B-mass fraction samples. We present new data from Mid Ocean Ridge Basalt (MORB) glass, documenting a range in δ11BSRM 951 from -5.6 ± 0.3‰ to -8.8 ± 0.5‰ (2s), implying some upper mantle δ11BSRM 951 heterogeneity

    Cenozoic evolution of deep ocean temperature from clumped isotope thermometry

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    Characterizing past climate states is crucial for understanding the future consequences of ongoing greenhouse gas emissions. Here, we revisit the benchmark time series for deep ocean temperature across the past 65 million years using clumped isotope thermometry. Our temperature estimates from the deep Atlantic Ocean are overall much warmer compared with oxygen isotope–based reconstructions, highlighting the likely influence of changes in deep ocean pH and/or seawater oxygen isotope composition on classical oxygen isotope records of the Cenozoic. In addition, our data reveal previously unrecognized large swings in deep ocean temperature during early Eocene acute greenhouse warmth. Our results call for a reassessment of the Cenozoic history of ocean temperatures to achieve a more accurate understanding of the nature of climatic responses to tectonic events and variable greenhouse forcing

    Cenozoic evolution of deep ocean temperature from clumped isotope thermometry

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    Characterizing past climate states is crucial for understanding the future consequences of ongoing greenhouse gas emissions. Here, we revisit the benchmark time series for deep ocean temperature across the past 65 million years using clumped isotope thermometry. Our temperature estimates from the deep Atlantic Ocean are overall much warmer compared with oxygen isotope–based reconstructions, highlighting the likely influence of changes in deep ocean pH and/or seawater oxygen isotope composition on classical oxygen isotope records of the Cenozoic. In addition, our data reveal previously unrecognized large swings in deep ocean temperature during early Eocene acute greenhouse warmth. Our results call for a reassessment of the Cenozoic history of ocean temperatures to achieve a more accurate understanding of the nature of climatic responses to tectonic events and variable greenhouse forcing
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