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Fractional dynamics in the L\'evy quantum kicked rotor
We investigate the quantum kicked rotor in resonance subjected to momentum
measurements with a L\'evy waiting time distribution. We find that the system
has a sub-ballistic behavior. We obtain an analytical expression for the
exponent of the power law of the variance as a function of the characteristic
parameter of the L\'evy distribution and connect this anomalous diffusion with
a fractional dynamics
Gender in endocrine diseases: role of sex gonadal hormones
Gender- and sex- related differences represent a new frontier towards patient-tailored medicine, taking into account that
theoretically every medical specialty can be influenced by both of them. Sex hormones define the differences between
males and females, and the different endocrine environment promoted by estrogens, progesterone, testosterone, and their
precursors might influence both human physiology and pathophysiology. With the term Gender we refer, instead, to behaviors,
roles, expectations, and activities carried out by the individual in society. In other words, “gender” refers to a sociocultural
sphere of the individual, whereas “sex” only defines the biological sex. In the last decade, increasing attention has been paid to
understand the influence that gender can have on both the human physiology and pathogenesis of diseases. Even the clinical
response to therapy may be influenced by sex hormones and gender, but further research is needed to investigate and clarify
how they can affect the human pathophysiology. The path to a tailored medicine in which every patient is able to receive early
diagnosis, risk assessments, and optimal treatments cannot exclude the importance of gender. In this review, we have focused
our attention on the involvement of sex hormones and gender on different endocrine diseases
Pion Generalized Parton Distributions within a fully covariant constituent quark model
We extend the investigation of the Generalized Parton Distribution for a
charged pion within a fully covariant constituent quark model, in two respects:
(i) calculating the tensor distribution and (ii) adding the treatment of the
evolution, needed for achieving a meaningful comparison with both the
experimental parton distribution and the lattice evaluation of the so-called
generalized form factors. Distinct features of our phenomenological covariant
quark model are: (i) a 4D Ansatz for the pion Bethe-Salpeter amplitude, to be
used in the Mandelstam formula for matrix elements of the relevant current
operators, and (ii) only two parameters, namely a quark mass assumed to hold
MeV and a free parameter fixed through the value of the pion decay
constant. The possibility of increasing the dynamical content of our covariant
constituent quark model is briefly discussed in the context of the Nakanishi
integral representation of the Bethe-Salpeter amplitude.Comment: Pages 20, figure 11 and table 8. Minor changes. To be published in
EPJ
Sub-ballistic behavior in quantum systems with L\'evy noise
We investigate the quantum walk and the quantum kicked rotor in resonance
subjected to noise with a L\'evy waiting time distribution. We find that both
systems have a sub-ballistic wave function spreading as shown by a power-law
tail of the standard deviation.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Four wave mixing oscillation in a semiconductor microcavity: Generation of two correlated polariton populations
We demonstrate a novel kind of polariton four wave mixing oscillation. Two
pump polaritons scatter towards final states that emit two beams of equal
intensity, separated both spatially and in polarization with respect to the
pumps. The measurement of the intensity fluctuations of the emitted light
demonstrates that the final states are strongly correlated.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures In this strongly revised version several new
experimental data are adde
Driving the resonant quantum kicked rotor via extended initial conditions
We study the resonances of the quantum kicked rotor subjected to an extended
initial distribution. For the primary resonances we obtain the dispersion
relation for the map of this system. We find an analytical dependence of the
statistical moments on the shape of the initial distribution. For the secondary
resonances we obtain numerically a similar dependence. This allows us to devise
an extended initial condition which produces an average angular momentum
pointing in a preset direction which increases with time with a preset ratio.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, send to EPJ
Insights, Pearls, and Guidance on Successfully Producing and Publishing Educational Research
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Effect of current corrugations on the stability of the tearing mode
The generation of zonal magnetic fields in laboratory fusion plasmas is
predicted by theoretical and numerical models and was recently observed
experimentally. It is shown that the modification of the current density
gradient associated with such corrugations can significantly affect the
stability of the tearing mode. A simple scaling law is derived that predicts
the impact of small stationary current corrugations on the stability parameter
. The described destabilization mechanism can provide an explanation
for the trigger of the Neoclassical Tearing Mode (NTM) in plasmas without
significant MHD activity.Comment: Accepted to Physics of Plasma
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