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Charge Dependence of Temperature-Driven Phase Transitions of Molecular Nanoclusters: Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Phase transitions (liquid-solid, solid-solid) triggered by temperature
changes are studied in free nanosized clusters of TeF_6 (SF_6) with different
negative charges assigned to the fluorine atoms. Molecular dynamics simulations
at constant energy show that the charge increase from q_F=0.1 e to q_F=0.25 e
shifts the melting temperature towards higher values and some of the metastable
solid states disappear. The increased repulsive interaction maintains the order
in molecular systems at higher temperatures.Comment: 4 pages, 8 figures; presented at the conference on computational
physics, Aachen (2001) accepted for publication in Comp.Phys.Com
Comment on Photothermal radiometry parametric identifiability theory for reliable and unique nondestructive coating thickness and thermophysical measurements, J. Appl. Phys. 121(9), 095101 (2017)
A recent paper [X. Guo, A. Mandelis, J. Tolev and K. Tang, J. Appl. Phys.,
121, 095101 (2017)] intends to demonstrate that from the photothermal
radiometry signal obtained on a coated opaque sample in 1D transfer, one should
be able to identify separately the following three parameters of the coating:
thermal diffusivity, thermal conductivity and thickness. In this comment, it is
shown that the three parameters are correlated in the considered experimental
arrangement, the identifiability criterion is in error and the thickness
inferred therefrom is not trustable.Comment: 3 page
The dynamical spin structure factor for the anisotropic spin-1/2 Heisenberg chain
The longitudinal spin structure factor for the XXZ-chain at small wave-vector
q is obtained using Bethe Ansatz, field theory methods and the Density Matrix
Renormalization Group. It consists of a peak with peculiar, non-Lorentzian
shape and a high-frequency tail. We show that the width of the peak is
proportional to q^2 for finite magnetic field compared to q^3 for zero field.
For the tail we derive an analytic formula without any adjustable parameters
and demonstrate that the integrability of the model directly affects the
lineshape.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, published versio
Two-dimensional hydrodynamic lattice-gas simulations of binary immiscible and ternary amphiphilic fluid flow through porous media
The behaviour of two dimensional binary and ternary amphiphilic fluids under
flow conditions is investigated using a hydrodynamic lattice gas model. After
the validation of the model in simple cases (Poiseuille flow, Darcy's law for
single component fluids), attention is focussed on the properties of binary
immiscible fluids in porous media. An extension of Darcy's law which explicitly
admits a viscous coupling between the fluids is verified, and evidence of
capillary effects are described. The influence of a third component, namely
surfactant, is studied in the same context. Invasion simulations have also been
performed. The effect of the applied force on the invasion process is reported.
As the forcing level increases, the invasion process becomes faster and the
residual oil saturation decreases. The introduction of surfactant in the
invading phase during imbibition produces new phenomena, including
emulsification and micellisation. At very low fluid forcing levels, this leads
to the production of a low-resistance gel, which then slows down the progress
of the invading fluid. At long times (beyond the water percolation threshold),
the concentration of remaining oil within the porous medium is lowered by the
action of surfactant, thus enhancing oil recovery. On the other hand, the
introduction of surfactant in the invading phase during drainage simulations
slows down the invasion process -- the invading fluid takes a more tortuous
path to invade the porous medium -- and reduces the oil recovery (the residual
oil saturation increases).Comment: 48 pages, 26 figures. Phys. Rev. E (in press
On factorizing -matrices in and spin chains
We consider quantum spin chains arising from -fold tensor products of the
fundamental evaluation representations of and .
Using the partial -matrix formalism from the seminal work of Maillet and
Sanchez de Santos, we derive a completely factorized expression for the
-matrix of such models and prove its equivalence to the expression obtained
by Albert, Boos, Flume and Ruhlig. A new relation between the -matrices and
the Bethe eigenvectors of these spin chains is given.Comment: 30 page
On classical q-deformations of integrable sigma-models
JHEP is an open-access journal funded by SCOAP3 and licensed under CC BY 4.0A procedure is developed for constructing deformations of integrable σ-models which are themselves classically integrable. When applied to the principal chiral model on any compact Lie group F, one recovers the Yang-Baxter σ-model introduced a few years ago by C. Klimčík. In the case of the symmetric space σ-model on F/G we obtain a new one-parameter family of integrable σ-models. The actions of these models correspond to a deformation of the target space geometry and include a torsion term. An interesting feature of the construction is the q-deformation of the symmetry corresponding to left multiplication in the original models, which becomes replaced by a classical q-deformed Poisson-Hopf algebra. Another noteworthy aspect of the deformation in the coset σ-model case is that it interpolates between a compact and a non-compact symmetric space. This is exemplified in the case of the SU(2)/U(1) coset σ-model which interpolates all the way to the SU(1, 1)/U(1) coset σ-modelPeer reviewedFinal Published versio
Thrombospondin-3 augments injury-induced cardiomyopathy by intracellular integrin inhibition and sarcolemmal instability.
Thrombospondins (Thbs) are a family of five secreted matricellular glycoproteins in vertebrates that broadly affect cell-matrix interaction. While Thbs4 is known to protect striated muscle from disease by enhancing sarcolemmal stability through increased integrin and dystroglycan attachment complexes, here we show that Thbs3 antithetically promotes sarcolemmal destabilization by reducing integrin function, augmenting disease-induced decompensation. Deletion of Thbs3 in mice enhances integrin membrane expression and membrane stability, protecting the heart from disease stimuli. Transgene-mediated overexpression of α7β1D integrin in the heart ameliorates the disease predisposing effects of Thbs3 by augmenting sarcolemmal stability. Mechanistically, we show that mutating Thbs3 to contain the conserved RGD integrin binding domain normally found in Thbs4 and Thbs5 now rescues the defective expression of integrins on the sarcolemma. Thus, Thbs proteins mediate the intracellular processing of integrin plasma membrane attachment complexes to regulate the dynamics of cellular remodeling and membrane stability
Bicrossed products for finite groups
We investigate one question regarding bicrossed products of finite groups
which we believe has the potential of being approachable for other classes of
algebraic objects (algebras, Hopf algebras). The problem is to classify the
groups that can be written as bicrossed products between groups of fixed
isomorphism types. The groups obtained as bicrossed products of two finite
cyclic groups, one being of prime order, are described.Comment: Final version: to appear in Algebras and Representation Theor
Permutation-type solutions to the Yang-Baxter and other n-simplex equations
We study permutation type solutions to n-simplex equations, that is,
solutions whose R matrix can be written as a product of delta- functions
depending linearly on the indices. With this ansatz the D^{n(n+1)} equations of
the n-simplex equation reduce to an [n(n+1)/2+1]x[n(n+1)/2+1] matrix equation
over Z_D. We have completely analyzed the 2-, 3- and 4-simplex equations in the
generic D case. The solutions show interesting patterns that seem to continue
to still higher simplex equations.Comment: 20 pages, LaTeX2e. to appear in J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. (1997
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