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Conductivity and permittivity of dispersed systems with penetrable particle-host interphase
A model for the study of the effective quasistatic conductivity and
permittivity of dispersed systems with particle-host interphase, within which
many-particle polarization and correlation contributions are effectively
incorporated, is presented. The structure of the system's components, including
the interphase, is taken into account through modelling their low-frequency
complex permittivity profiles. The model describes, among other things, a
percolation-type behavior of the effective conductivity, accompanied by a
considerable increase in the real part of the effective complex permittivity.
The percolation threshold location is determined mainly by the thickness of the
interphase. The "double" percolation effect is predicted. The results are
contrasted with experiment.Comment: 10 pages, 10 figure
Probability of the resistive state formation caused by absorption of a single-photon in current-carrying superconducting nano-strips
We have studied supercurrent-assisted formation of the resistive state in
nano-structured Nb and NbN superconducting films after absorption of a single
photon. In amorphous narrow NbN strips the probability of the resistive state
formation has a pronounced spectral cut-off. The corresponding threshold photon
energy decreases with the bias current. Analysis of the experimental data in
the framework of the generalized hot-spot model suggests that the quantum yield
for near-infrared photons increases faster than the photon nergy. Relaxation of
the resistive state depends on the photon energy making the phenomenon feasible
for the development of energy resolving single-photon detectors.Comment: 9 pages, 9 figures, submitted to Eur. Phys. Journa
A rotating disk around the very young massive star AFGL 490
We observed the embedded, young 8--10 Msun star AFGL 490 at subarcsecond
resolution with the Plateau de Bure Interferometer in the C17O (2--1)
transition and found convincing evidence that AFGL 490 is surrounded by a
rotating disk. Using two-dimensional modeling of the physical and chemical disk
structure coupled to line radiative transfer, we constrain its basic
parameters. We obtain a relatively high disk mass of 1 Msun and a radius of ~
1500 AU. A plausible explanation for the apparent asymmetry of the disk
morphology is given.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
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