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Laser-assisted photothermal imprinting of nanocomposite
We report on a laser-assisted photothermal imprinting method for directly patterning carbon
nanofiber-reinforced polyethylene nanocomposite. A single laser pulse from a solid state
Nd:YAG laser (10 ns pulse, 532 nm and 355 nm wavelengths) is used to melt/soften a thin skin
layer of the polymer nanocomposite. Meanwhile, a fused quartz mold with micro-sized surface
relief structures is pressed against the surface of the composite. Successful pattern transfer is
realized upon releasing the quartz mold. Although polyethylene is transparent to the laser beam,
the carbon nanofibers in the high density polyethylene (HDPE) matrix absorb the laser energy
and convert it into heat. Numerical heat conduction simulation shows the HDPE matrix is
partially melted or softened, allowing for easier imprinting of the relief pattern of the quartz
mold.Mechanical Engineerin
Electroweak and QCD corrections to top-pair hadroproduction in association with heavy bosons
We compute the contribution of order to the cross
section of a top-antitop pair in association with at least one heavy Standard
Model boson -- , , and Higgs -- by including all effects of QCD, QED,
and weak origin and by working in the automated MadGraph5_aMC@NLO framework.
This next-to-leading order contribution is then combined with that of order
, and with the two dominant lowest-order ones,
and , to obtain phenomenological results
relevant to a 8, 13, and 100~TeV collider.Comment: 27 pages, 8 figure
Weak corrections to Higgs hadroproduction in association with a top-quark pair
We present the calculation of the next-to-leading contribution of order
to the production of a Standard Model Higgs boson in
association with a top-quark pair at hadron colliders. All effects of weak and
QCD origin are included, whereas those of QED origin are ignored. We work in
the MadGraph5_aMC@NLO framework, and discuss sample phenomenological
applications at a 8, 13, and 100 TeV collider, including the effects of
the dominant next-to-leading QCD corrections of order .Comment: 29 pages, 38 figure
Diffraction Analysis of 2-D Pupil Mapping for High-Contrast Imaging
Pupil-mapping is a technique whereby a uniformly-illuminated input pupil,
such as from starlight, can be mapped into a non-uniformly illuminated exit
pupil, such that the image formed from this pupil will have suppressed
sidelobes, many orders of magnitude weaker than classical Airy ring
intensities. Pupil mapping is therefore a candidate technique for coronagraphic
imaging of extrasolar planets around nearby stars. Unlike most other
high-contrast imaging techniques, pupil mapping is lossless and preserves the
full angular resolution of the collecting telescope. So, it could possibly give
the highest signal-to-noise ratio of any proposed single-telescope system for
detecting extrasolar planets. Prior analyses based on pupil-to-pupil
ray-tracing indicate that a planet fainter than 10^{-10} times its parent star,
and as close as about 2 lambda/D, should be detectable. In this paper, we
describe the results of careful diffraction analysis of pupil mapping systems.
These results reveal a serious unresolved issue. Namely, high-contrast pupil
mappings distribute light from very near the edge of the first pupil to a broad
area of the second pupil and this dramatically amplifies diffraction-based edge
effects resulting in a limiting attainable contrast of about 10^{-5}. We hope
that by identifying this problem others will provide a solution.Comment: 23 pages, 13 figures, also posted to
http://www.orfe.princeton.edu/~rvdb/tex/piaaFresnel/ms.pd
The automation of next-to-leading order electroweak calculations
We present the key features relevant to the automated computation of all the
leading- and next-to-leading order contributions to short-distance cross
sections in a mixed-coupling expansion, with special emphasis on the first
subleading NLO term in the QCD+EW scenario, commonly referred to as NLO EW
corrections. We discuss, in particular, the FKS subtraction in the context of a
mixed-coupling expansion; the extension of the FKS subtraction to processes
that include final-state tagged particles, defined by means of fragmentation
functions; and some properties of the complex mass scheme. We combine the
present paper with the release of a new version of MadGraph5_aMC@NLO, capable
of dealing with mixed-coupling expansions. We use the code to obtain
illustrative inclusive and differential results for the 13-TeV LHC.Comment: 121 pages, 16 figure
Flicker Noise in Bilayer Graphene Transistors
We present the results of the experimental investigation of the low -
frequency noise in bilayer graphene transistors. The back - gated devices were
fabricated using the electron beam lithography and evaporation. The charge
neutrality point for the fabricated transistors was around 10 V. The noise
spectra at frequencies above 10 - 100 Hz were of the 1/f - type with the
spectral density on the order of 10E-23 - 10E-22 A2/Hz at the frequency of 1
kHz. The deviation from the 1/f spectrum at the frequencies below 10 -100 Hz
indicates that the noise is of the carrier - number fluctuation origin due to
the carrier trapping by defects. The Hooge parameter of 10E-4 was extracted for
this type of devices. The gate dependence of the noise spectral density
suggests that the noise is dominated by the contributions from the ungated part
of the device channel and by the contacts. The obtained results are important
for graphene electronic applications
The Effect of Transfer Printing on Pentacene Thin-Film Crystal Structure
The thermal deposition and transfer Printing method had been used to produce
pentacene thin-films on SiO2/Si and plastic substrates (PMMA and PVP),
respectively. X-ray diffraction patterns of pentacene thin films showed
reflections associated with highly ordered polycrystalline films and a
coexistence of two polymorph phases classified by their d-spacing, d(001): 14.4
and 15.4 A.The dependence of the c-axis correlation length and the phase
fraction on the film thickness and printing temperature were measured. A
transition from the 15.4 A phase towards 14.4 A phase was also observed with
increasing film thickness. An increase in the c-axis correlation length of
approximately 12% ~16% was observed for Pn films transfer printed onto a PMMA
coated PET substrate at 100~120 C as compared to as-grown Pn films on SiO2/Si
substrates. The transfer printing method is shown to be an attractive for the
fabrication of pentacene thin-film transistors on flexible substrates partly
because of the resulting improvement in the quality of the pentacene film.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
The Mount Wilson optical interferometer: The first automated instrument and the prospects for lunar interferometry
Before contemplating an optical interferometer on the Moon one must first review the accomplishments achieved by this technology in scientific applications for astronomy. This will be done by presenting the technical status of optical interferometry as achieved by the Mount Wilson Optical Interferometer. The further developments needed for a future lunar-based interferometer are discussed
The spectral energy distribution of galaxies at z > 2.5: Implications from the Herschel/SPIRE color-color diagram
We use the Herschel SPIRE color-color diagram to study the spectral energy
distribution (SED) and the redshift estimation of high-z galaxies. We compiled
a sample of 57 galaxies with spectroscopically confirmed redshifts and SPIRE
detections in all three bands at , and compared their average SPIRE
colors with SED templates from local and high-z libraries. We find that local
SEDs are inconsistent with high-z observations. The local calibrations of the
parameters need to be adjusted to describe the average colors of high-z
galaxies. For high-z libraries, the templates with an evolution from z=0 to 3
can well describe the average colors of the observations at high redshift.
Using these templates, we defined color cuts to divide the SPIRE color-color
diagram into different regions with different mean redshifts. We tested this
method and two other color cut methods using a large sample of 783
Herschel-selected galaxies, and find that although these methods can separate
the sample into populations with different mean redshifts, the dispersion of
redshifts in each population is considerably large. Additional information is
needed for better sampling.Comment: 17 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication in A&
Pion correlation from Skyrmion-AntiSkyrmion annihilation
We study two pion correlations from Skyrmion and antiSkyrmion collision,
using the product ansatz and an approximate random grooming method for nucleon
projection. The spatial-isospin coupling inherent in the Skyrme model, along
with empirical averages, leads to correlations not only among pions of like
charges but also among unlike charge types.Comment: uuencoded files of REVTeX and postscript, 18 pages including 2
figures, submitted to Phys.Rev.
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