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Strong correlation between mobility and magnetoresistance in Weyl and Dirac semimetals
The discovery of Weyl and Dirac fermions in solid systems is a recent major breakthrough in the field of condensed matter physics. These materials exhibit extraordinary properties in terms of carrier mobility and magnetoresistance (MR). These two quantities are highly dependent in the Weyl semimetal transition monopnictide family, i.e. NbP, TaP, NbAs, and TaAs. Furthermore, the gathered mobility and MR (or slope of MR) at 2 K in 9 T of other well-known Weyl and Dirac semimetals follow a relation similar to the right turn symbol, i.e. the MR increases rapidly with mobility; thereafter it begins to saturate after reaching a value of 10(3). This suggests a nonlinear dependency. Nevertheless, for materials possessing high carrier mobility, it is valid to expect high MR
Stable Weyl points, trivial surface states and particle-hole compensation in WP2
A possible connection between extremely large magneto-resistance and the
presence of Weyl points has garnered much attention in the study of topological
semimetals. Exploration of these concepts in transition metal phosphide WP2 has
been complicated by conflicting experimental reports. Here we combine
angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and density functional theory
(DFT) calculations to disentangle surface and bulk contributions to the ARPES
intensity, the superposition of which has plagued the determination of the
electronic structure in WP2. Our results show that while the hole- and
electron-like Fermi surface sheets originating from surface states have
different areas, the bulk-band structure of WP2 is electron-hole-compensated in
agreement with DFT. Furthermore, the detailed band structure is compatible with
the presence of at least 4 temperature-independent Weyl points, confirming the
topological nature of WP2 and its stability against lattice distortions.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Assessing and augmenting SCADA cyber security: a survey of techniques
SCADA systems monitor and control critical infrastructures of national importance such as power generation and distribution, water supply, transportation networks, and manufacturing facilities. The pervasiveness, miniaturisations and declining costs of internet connectivity have transformed these systems from strictly isolated to highly interconnected networks. The connectivity provides immense benefits such as reliability, scalability and remote connectivity, but at the same time exposes an otherwise isolated and secure system, to global cyber security threats. This inevitable transformation to highly connected systems thus necessitates effective security safeguards to be in place as any compromise or downtime of SCADA systems can have severe economic, safety and security ramifications. One way to ensure vital asset protection is to adopt a viewpoint similar to an attacker to determine weaknesses and loopholes in defences. Such mind sets help to identify and fix potential breaches before their exploitation. This paper surveys tools and techniques to uncover SCADA system vulnerabilities. A comprehensive review of the selected approaches is provided along with their applicability
Extremely high conductivity observed in the triple point topological metal MoP
Weyl and Dirac fermions have created much attention in condensed matter
physics and materials science. Recently, several additional distinct types of
fermions have been predicted. Here, we report ultra-high electrical
conductivity in MoP at low temperature, which has recently been established as
a triple point Fermion material. Here we show that the electrical resistivity
is 6 n-ohm cm at 2 K with a large mean free path of 11 microns. de Haas-van
Alphen oscillations reveal spin splitting of the Fermi surfaces. In contrast to
noble metals with similar conductivity and number of carriers, the
magnetoresistance in MoP does not saturate up to 9 T at 2 K. Interestingly, the
momentum relaxing time of the electrons is found to be more than 15 times
larger than the quantum coherence time. This difference between the scattering
scales shows that momentum conserving scattering dominates in MoP at low
temperatures.Comment: Updated texts and supplementar
Experimental signatures of the mixed axial-gravitational anomaly in the Weyl semimetal NbP
Weyl semimetals are materials where electrons behave effectively as a kind of
massless relativistic particles known asWeyl fermions. These particles occur in
two flavours, or chiralities, and are subject to quantum anomalies, the
breaking of a conservation law by quantum fluctuations. For instance, the
number of Weyl fermions of each chirality is not independently conserved in
parallel electric and magnetic field, a phenomenon known as the chiral anomaly.
In addition, an underlying curved spacetime provides a distinct contribution to
a chiral imbalance, an effect known as the mixed axial-gravitational anomaly,
which remains experimentally elusive. However, the presence of a mixed
gauge-gravitational anomaly has recently been tied to thermoelectrical
transport in a magnetic field, even in flat spacetime, opening the door to
experimentally probe such type of anomalies in Weyl semimetals. Using a
temperature gradient, we experimentally observe a positive longitudinal
magnetothermoelectric conductance (PMTC) in the Weyl semimetal NbP for
collinear temperature gradients and magnetic fields (DT || B) that vanishes in
the ultra quantum limit. This observation is consistent with the presence of a
mixed axial-gravitational anomaly. Our work provides clear experimental
evidence for the existence of a mixed axial-gravitational anomaly of Weyl
fermions, an outstanding theoretical concept that has so far eluded
experimental detection
The comorbidity and co-medication profile of patients with progressive supranuclear palsy
Background: Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is usually diagnosed in elderly. Currently, little is known about comorbidities and the co-medication in these patients. Objectives: To explore the pattern of comorbidities and co-medication in PSP patients according to the known different phenotypes and in comparison with patients without neurodegenerative disease. Methods: Cross-sectional data of PSP and patients without neurodegenerative diseases (non-ND) were collected from three German multicenter observational studies (DescribePSP, ProPSP and DANCER). The prevalence of comorbidities according to WHO ICD-10 classification and the prevalence of drugs administered according to WHO ATC system were analyzed. Potential drug–drug interactions were evaluated using AiDKlinik®. Results: In total, 335 PSP and 275 non-ND patients were included in this analysis. The prevalence of diseases of the circulatory and the nervous system was higher in PSP at first level of ICD-10. Dorsopathies, diabetes mellitus, other nutritional deficiencies and polyneuropathies were more frequent in PSP at second level of ICD-10. In particular, the summed prevalence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases was higher in PSP patients. More drugs were administered in the PSP group leading to a greater percentage of patients with polypharmacy. Accordingly, the prevalence of potential drug–drug interactions was higher in PSP patients, especially severe and moderate interactions. Conclusions: PSP patients possess a characteristic profile of comorbidities, particularly diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The eminent burden of comorbidities and resulting polypharmacy should be carefully considered when treating PSP patients
Does working memory training have to be adaptive?
This study tested the common assumption that, to be most effective, working memory (WM) training should be adaptive (i.e., task difficulty is adjusted to individual performance). Indirect evidence for this assumption stems from studies comparing adaptive training to a condition in which tasks are practiced on the easiest level of difficulty only [cf. Klingberg (Trends Cogn Sci 14:317-324, 2010)], thereby, however, confounding adaptivity and exposure to varying task difficulty. For a more direct test of this hypothesis, we randomly assigned 130 young adults to one of the three WM training procedures (adaptive, randomized, or self-selected change in training task difficulty) or to an active control group. Despite large performance increases in the trained WM tasks, we observed neither transfer to untrained structurally dissimilar WM tasks nor far transfer to reasoning. Surprisingly, neither training nor transfer effects were modulated by training procedure, indicating that exposure to varying levels of task difficulty is sufficient for inducing training gains
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