Generalized linear isotherm regularity equation of state applied to metals

A three-parameter equation of state (EOS) without physically incorrect oscillations is proposed based on the generalized Lennard-Jones (GLJ) potential and the approach in developing linear isotherm regularity (LIR) EOS of Parsafar and Mason [J. Phys. Chem., 1994, 49, 3049]. The proposed (GLIR) EOS can include the LIR EOS therein as a special case. The three-parameter GLIR, Parsafar and Mason (PM) [Phys. Rev. B, 1994, 49, 3049], Shanker, Singh and Kushwah (SSK) [Physica B, 1997, 229, 419], Parsafar, Spohr and Patey (PSP) [J. Phys. Chem. B, 2009, 113, 11980], and reformulated PM and SSK EOSs are applied to 30 metallic solids within wide pressure ranges. It is shown that the PM, PMR and PSP EOSs for most solids, and the SSK and SSKR EOSs for several solids, have physically incorrect turning points, and pressure becomes negative at high enough pressure. The GLIR EOS is capable not only of overcoming the problem existing in other five EOSs where the pressure becomes negative at high pressure, but also gives results superior to other EOSs.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figure

Multiplicity one theorems: the Archimedean case

Let $G$ be one of the classical Lie groups \GL_{n+1}(\R), \GL_{n+1}(\C), \oU(p,q+1), \oO(p,q+1), \oO_{n+1}(\C), \SO(p,q+1), \SO_{n+1}(\C), and let $G'$ be respectively the subgroup \GL_{n}(\R), \GL_{n}(\C), \oU(p,q), \oO(p,q), \oO_n(\C), \SO(p,q), \SO_n(\C), embedded in $G$ in the standard way. We show that every irreducible Casselman-Wallach representation of $G'$ occurs with multiplicity at most one in every irreducible Casselman-Wallach representation of $G$. Similar results are proved for the Jacobi groups \GL_{n}(\R)\ltimes \oH_{2n+1}(\R), \GL_{n}(\C)\ltimes \oH_{2n+1}(\C), \oU(p,q)\ltimes \oH_{2p+2q+1}(\R), \Sp_{2n}(\R)\ltimes \oH_{2n+1}(\R), \Sp_{2n}(\C)\ltimes \oH_{2n+1}(\C), with their respective subgroups \GL_{n}(\R), \GL_{n}(\C), \oU(p,q), \Sp_{2n}(\R), \Sp_{2n}(\C).Comment: To appear in Annals of Mathematic

Finding Meaning: a talking points brief on underemployment of service personnel

NZDF provides transition programmes for military personnel, these programmes have not been seen by the individual as being ‘useful’. It is this desire to be useful that makes an ex-service person a valuable employee. However most service personnel leave without a civilian or trade qualification. It takes them a long time to get a job. In addition even those that leave with a qualification that is recognised in the civilian world find themselves ‘starting over’ and their years of service ignored or discounted.falseAucklandPost Transition Lt

Switching speed distribution of spin-torque-induced magnetic reversal

The switching probability of a single-domain ferromagnet under spin-current excitation is evaluated using the Fokker-Planck equation(FPE). In the case of uniaxial anisotropy, the FPE reduces to an ordinary differential equation in which the lowest eigenvalue $\lambda_1$ determines the slowest switching events. We have calculated $\lambda_1$ by using both analytical and numerical methods. It is found that the previous model based on thermally distributed initial magnetization states \cite{Sun1} can be accurately justified in some useful limiting conditions.Comment: The 10th Joint MMM/Intermag, HA-0

Q&A: Cellular near death experiences-what is anastasis?

Apoptosis is a form of programmed cell death that is carried out by proteolytic enzymes called caspases. Executioner caspase activity causes cells to shrink, bleb, and disintegrate into apoptotic bodies and has been considered a point of no return for apoptotic cells. However, relatively recent work has shown that cells can survive transient apoptotic stimuli, even after executioner caspase activation. This process is called anastasis. In this Q&A, we answer common questions that arise regarding anastasis, including how it is defined, the origin of the name, the potential physiological consequences, molecular mechanisms, and open questions for this new field of study

Transient trapping into metastable states in systems with competing orders

The quench dynamics of a system involving two competing orders is investigated using a Ginzburg-Landau theory with relaxational dynamics. We consider the scenario where a pump rapidly heats the system to a high temperature, after which the system cools down to its equilibrium temperature. We study the evolution of the order parameter amplitude and fluctuations in the resulting time dependent free energy landscape. Exponentially growing thermal fluctuations dominate the dynamics. The system typically evolves into the phase associated with the faster-relaxing order parameter, even if it is not the global free energy minimum. This theory offers a natural explanation for the widespread experimental observation that metastable states may be induced by laser induced collapse of a dominant equilibrium order parameter.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figure