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Evidence for entanglement at high temperatures in an engineered molecular magnet
The molecular compound
[Fe(-oxo)(CHN)(CO)]
was designed and synthesized for the first time and its structure was
determined using single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The magnetic susceptibility
of this compound was measured from 2 to 300 K. The analysis of the
susceptibility data using protocols developed for other spin singlet
ground-state systems indicates that the quantum entanglement would remain at
temperatures up to 732 K, significantly above the highest entanglement
temperature reported to date. The large gap between the ground state and the
first-excited state (282 K) suggests that the spin system may be somewhat
immune to decohering mechanisms. Our measurements strongly suggest that
molecular magnets are promising candidate platforms for quantum information
processing
Short small-polaron lifetime in the mixed-valence perovskite CsAuI from high-pressure pump-probe experiments
We study the ultrafast phonon response of mixed-valence perovskite
CsAuI using pump-probe spectroscopy under high-pressure in a
diamond anvil cell. We observed a remarkable softening and broadening of the Au
- I stretching phonon mode with both applied pressure and photoexcitation.
Using a double-pump scheme we measured a lifetime of the charge transfer
excitation into single valence Au of less than 4 ps, which is an
indication of the local character of the Au excitation. Furthermore, the
strong similarity between the pressure and fluence dependence of the phonon
softening shows that the inter-valence charge transfer plays an important role
in the structural transition.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Effects of alkaline and acid solutions on glass/epoxy composites
Composite structures can be exposed to a range of corrosive environments during their in-service life, which causes degradation in terms of material properties. The effect of alkaline and acid solutions on the GRP mechanical properties can be found in open literature, but the studies presented are not sufficient to establish a full knowledge of this subject. In this paper the flexural properties and the impact strength of a glass fibre/epoxy composite after immersion in hydrochloric acid (HCl) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) were analysed. Independently of the solution, the flexural strength and the flexural modulus decrease with the exposure time. However, alkaline solution promotes higher decrease of the flexural properties than the acid solution. The same tendency was observed for impact strength
Variational Approach to Gaussian Approximate Coherent States: Quantum Mechanics and Minisuperspace Field Theory
This paper has a dual purpose. One aim is to study the evolution of coherent
states in ordinary quantum mechanics. This is done by means of a Hamiltonian
approach to the evolution of the parameters that define the state. The
stability of the solutions is studied. The second aim is to apply these
techniques to the study of the stability of minisuperspace solutions in field
theory. For a theory we show, both by means of perturbation
theory and rigorously by means of theorems of the K.A.M. type, that the
homogeneous minisuperspace sector is indeed stable for positive values of the
parameters that define the field theory.Comment: 26 pages, Plain TeX, no figure
Capsaicin for post-surgical neuropathic peripheral pain – calculation of allodynia area
Poster apresentado no Congresso O Norte da Anestesia, 19-21 Novembro 2015, Hotel Ipanema Park, Porto, Portugal.Poster presented at the O Norte da Anestesia Congress, 19-21 November 2015, Hotel Ipanema Park, Porto, Portugal
Self-Attracting Walk on Lattices
We have studied a model of self-attracting walk proposed by Sapozhnikov using
Monte Carlo method. The mean square displacement
and the mean number of visited sites are calculated for
one-, two- and three-dimensional lattice. In one dimension, the walk shows
diffusive behaviour with . However, in two and three dimension, we
observed a non-universal behaviour, i.e., the exponent varies
continuously with the strength of the attracting interaction.Comment: 6 pages, latex, 6 postscript figures, Submitted J.Phys.
Multi-Wavelength Coverage of State Transitions in the New Black Hole X-Ray Binary Swift J1910.2-0546
Understanding how black holes accrete and supply feedback to their
environment is one of the outstanding challenges of modern astrophysics. Swift
J1910.2-0546 is a candidate black hole low-mass X-ray binary that was
discovered in 2012 when it entered an accretion outburst. To investigate the
binary configuration and the accretion morphology we monitored the evolution of
the outburst for ~3 months at X-ray, UV, optical (B,V,R,I), and near-infrared
(J,H,K) wavelengths using Swift and SMARTS. The source evolved from a hard to a
soft X-ray spectral state with a relatively cold accretion disk that peaked at
~0.5 keV. A Chandra/HETG spectrum obtained during this soft state did not
reveal signatures of an ionized disk wind. Both the low disk temperature and
the absence of a detectable wind could indicate that the system is viewed at
relatively low inclination. The multi-wavelength light curves revealed two
notable features that appear to be related to X-ray state changes. Firstly, a
prominent flux decrease was observed in all wavebands ~1-2 weeks before the
source entered the soft state. This dip occurred in (0.6-10 keV) X-rays ~6 days
later than at longer wavelengths, which could possibly reflect the viscous time
scale of the disk. Secondly, about two weeks after the source transitioned back
into the hard state, the UV emission significantly increased while the X-rays
steadily decayed. We discuss how these observations may reflect changes in the
accretion flow morphology, perhaps related to the quenching/launch of a jet or
the collapse/recovery of a hot flow.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, 1 table. To be published in Ap
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