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The fully kinetic Biermann battery and associated generation of pressure anisotropy
The dynamical evolution of a fully kinetic, collisionless system with imposed
background density and temperature gradients is investigated analytically. The
temperature gradient leads to the generation of temperature anisotropy, with
the temperature along the gradient becoming larger than that in the direction
perpendicular to it. This causes the system to become unstable to pressure
anisotropy driven instabilities, dominantly to electron Weibel. When both
density and temperature gradients are present and non-parallel to each other,
we obtain a Biermann-like linear in time magnetic field growth. Accompanying
particle in cell numerical simulations are shown to confirm our analytical
results.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, + Supplementary materials (4 pages, 2 figures
Effects of nanoscale spatial inhomogeneity in strongly correlated systems
We calculate ground-state energies and density distributions of Hubbard
superlattices characterized by periodic modulations of the on-site interaction
and the on-site potential. Both density-matrix renormalization group and
density-functional methods are employed and compared. We find that small
variations in the on-site potential can simulate, cancel, or even
overcompensate effects due to much larger variations in the on-site interaction
. Our findings highlight the importance of nanoscale spatial inhomogeneity
in strongly correlated systems, and call for reexamination of model
calculations assuming spatial homogeneity.Comment: 5 pages, 1 table, 4 figures, to appear in PR
Development of 15 nuclear microsatellite markers in Deuterocohnia (Pitcairnioideae; Bromeliaceae) using 454 pyrosequencing
Density-functional theory investigation of oxygen adsorption at Pd(11N)(N=3,5,7) vicinal surfaces
We present a density-functional theory study addressing the on-surface
adsorption of oxygen at the Pd(11N) (N =3,5,7) vicinal surfaces, which exhibit
(111) steps and (100) terraces of increasing width. We find the binding to be
predominantly governed by the local coordination at the adsorption site. This
leads to very similar bonding properties at the threefold step sites of all
three vicinal surfaces, while the binding at the central fourfold hollow site
in the four atomic row terrace of Pd(117) is already very little disturbed by
the presence of the neighboring steps.Comment: 9 pages including 4 figures; related publications can be found at
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Non(anti)commutative superspace with coordinate-dependent deformation
We consider non(anti)commutative superspace with coordinate dependent
deformation parameters . We show that a chiral
supersymmetry can be defined and that chiral and antichiral superfields are
still closed under the Moyal-Weyl associative product implementing the
deformation. A consistent Super Yang-Mills deformed theory can
be constructed provided satisfies a suitable condition which
can be connected with the graviphoton background at the origin of the
deformation. After adding matter we also discuss the Konishi anomaly and the
gluino condensation.Comment: References added. Accepted for publication in PR
Investigation of the agricultural resources in Sri Lanka
The author has identified the following significant results. Several in-house capabilities were developed. The facilities to prepare color composites of excellent quality were developed, using bulk B/W 70 mm transparencies or 1:1,000,000 positive transparencies. These color composites were studied through optical devices on light tables. A zoom transfer scope was also added, enabling direct transfer of LANDSAT composite data on to base maps
Atomistic origins of the phase transition mechanism in Ge2Sb2Te5
Combined static and molecular dynamics first-principles calculations are used
to identify a direct structural link between the metastable crystalline and
amorphous phases of Ge2Sb2Te5. We find that the phase transition is driven by
the displacement of Ge atoms along the rocksalt [111] direction from the
stable-octahedron to high-energy-unstable tetrahedron sites close to the
intrinsic vacancy regions, which give rise to the formation of local 4-fold
coordinated motifs. Our analyses suggest that the high figures of merit of
Ge2Sb2Te5 are achieved from the optimal combination of intrinsic vacancies
provided by Sb2Te3 and the instability of the tetrahedron sites provided by
GeTe
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Activation Energy of Metastable Amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5 from Room Temperature to Melt
Resistivity of metastable amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST) measured at device level
show an exponential decline with temperature matching with the steady-state
thin-film resistivity measured at 858 K (melting temperature). This suggests
that the free carrier activation mechanisms form a continuum in a large
temperature scale (300 K - 858 K) and the metastable amorphous phase can be
treated as a super-cooled liquid. The effective activation energy calculated
using the resistivity versus temperature data follow a parabolic behavior, with
a room temperature value of 333 meV, peaking to ~377 meV at ~465 K and reaching
zero at ~930 K, using a reference activation energy of 111 meV (3kBT/2) at
melt. Amorphous GST is expected to behave as a p-type semiconductor at Tmelt ~
858 K and transitions from the semiconducting-liquid phase to the
metallic-liquid phase at ~ 930 K at equilibrium. The simultaneous Seebeck (S)
and resistivity versus temperature measurements of amorphous-fcc mixed-phase
GST thin-films show linear S-T trends that meet S = 0 at 0 K, consistent with
degenerate semiconductors, and the dS/dT and room temperature activation energy
show a linear correlation. The single-crystal fcc is calculated to have dS/dT =
0.153 {\mu}V/K for an activation energy of zero and a Fermi level 0.16 eV below
the valance band edge.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
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