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Electron-polaron--electron-polaron bound states in mass-gap graphene-like planar quantum electrodynamics: -wave bipolarons
A Lorentz invariant version of a mass-gap graphene-like planar quantum
electrodynamics, the parity-preserving massive QED,
exhibits attractive interaction in low-energy
electron-polaron--electron-polaron -wave scattering, favoring quasiparticles
bound states, the -wave bipolarons.Comment: 6 pages, two figures, references adde
Management arrangements for accommodating nonrice crops in rice-based irrigation systems: Proceedings of the First Progress Review and Coordination Workshop of the Research Network on Irrigation Management for Crop Diversification in Rice-Based Systems (IMCD), held in Quezon City, the Philippines, 10-14 December 1990
Irrigation management / Crops / Diversification / Rice / Irrigated farming / Policy / Research / Sri Lanka / Bangladesh / India / Indonesia / Malaysia / Nepal / Philippines / Thailand
Observationally-Motivated Analysis of Simulated Galaxies
The spatial and temporal relationships between stellar age, kinematics, and
chemistry are a fundamental tool for uncovering the physics driving galaxy
formation and evolution. Observationally, these trends are derived using
carefully selected samples isolated via the application of appropriate
magnitude, colour, and gravity selection functions of individual stars;
conversely, the analysis of chemodynamical simulations of galaxies has
traditionally been restricted to the age, metallicity, and kinematics of
`composite' stellar particles comprised of open cluster-mass simple stellar
populations. As we enter the Gaia era, it is crucial that this approach
changes, with simulations confronting data in a manner which better mimics the
methodology employed by observers. Here, we use the \textsc{SynCMD} synthetic
stellar populations tool to analyse the metallicity distribution function of a
Milky Way-like simulated galaxy, employing an apparent magnitude plus gravity
selection function similar to that employed by the RAdial Velocity Experiment
(RAVE); we compare such an observationally-motivated approach with that
traditionally adopted - i.e., spatial cuts alone - in order to illustrate the
point that how one analyses a simulation can be, in some cases, just as
important as the underlying sub-grid physics employed.Comment: Accepted for publication in PoS (Proceedings of Science): Nuclei in
the Cosmos XIII (Debrecen, Jul 2014); 6 pages; 3 figure
On the Evaluation of the Mechanical Behaviour of Structural Glass Elements
Glass can be considered to be a high-technology engineering material with a
multifunctional potential for structural applications. However, the conventional approach to the use
of glass is often based only on its properties of transparency and isolation. It is thus highly
appropriate and necessary to study the mechanical behaviour of this material and to develop
adequate methods and models leading to its characterisation. It is evident that the great potential of
growth for structural glass applications is an important opportunity of development for the glass
industry and the building/construction sectors. The work presented in this paper is a reflection of
this conclusion. The authors shortly present the state-of-the-art on the application of glass as a
structural element in building and construction, and refer to other potential fields of application and
available glass materials. The experimental procedures and methods adopted in three-point bending
tests performed on 500 Ă— 100 [mm2] float, laminated and tempered glass specimens with
thicknesses between 4 and 19 mm are thoroughly described. The authors evaluated the mechanical
strength and stiffness of glass for structural applications. This work contributes to a deeper
knowledge of the properties of this material
Valence-bond theory of highly disordered quantum antiferromagnets
We present a large-N variational approach to describe the magnetism of
insulating doped semiconductors based on a disorder-generalization of the
resonating-valence-bond theory for quantum antiferromagnets. This method
captures all the qualitative and even quantitative predictions of the
strong-disorder renormalization group approach over the entire experimentally
relevant temperature range. Finally, by mapping the problem on a hard-sphere
fluid, we could provide an essentially exact analytic solution without any
adjustable parameters.Comment: 5 pages, 3 eps figure
Irrigation management for crop diversification in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka: A synthesis of IIMI's research
Irrigation management / Irrigation practices / Irrigation systems / Intensive cropping / Diversification / Constraints / Incentives / Research / Rice / Irrigated farming / Rain / Water use / Water supply / Water users / Farmer-agency interactions / Communication / Equity / Soil moisture / Drainage / Crop yield / Production costs / Indonesia / Philippines / Sri Lanka
Constraining nonstandard neutrino-quark interactions with solar, reactor and accelerator data
We present a reanalysis of nonstandard neutrino-down-quark interactions of
electron and tau neutrinos using solar, reactor and accelerator data. In
addition updating the analysis by including new solar data from SNO phase III
and Borexino, as well as new KamLAND data and solar fluxes, a key role is
played in our analysis by the combination of these results with the CHARM data.
The latter allows us to better constrain the axial and axial-vector electron
and tau-neutrino nonstandard interaction parameters characterizing the
deviations from the Standard Model predictions.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables, typo corrected in Figure 2, version
published in Phys. Rev.
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