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New Calculations of Recombination Rates for Cold He Atoms and Determination of Universal Scaling Functions
Three-body recombination rates for cold He are calculated with a new
method which exploits the simple relationship between the imaginary part of the
atom-dimer elastic scattering phase shift and the -matrix for recombination.
The elastic phase shifts are computed above breakup threshold by solving a
three-body Faddeev equation in momentum space with inputs based on a variety of
modern atom-atom potentials. Recombination coefficients for the HFD-B3-FCII
potential agree very well with the only previously published results. Since the
elastic scattering and recombination processes for He are governed by
"Efimov physics", they depend on universal functions of a scaling variable. The
newly computed recombination coefficients for potentials other than HFD-B3-FCII
make it possible to determine these universal functions for the first time.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figure
Goldstone Theorem in the Gaussian Functional Approximation to the Scalar Theory
We verify the Goldstone theorem in the Gaussian functional approximation to
the theory with internal O(2) symmetry. We do so by reformulating
the Gaussian approximation in terms of Schwinger-Dyson equations from which an
explicit demonstration of the Goldstone theorem follows directly.Comment: 11 page
Multiple Charge State Beam Acceleration at Atlas
A test of the acceleration of multiple charge-state uranium beams was
performed at the ATLAS accelerator. A 238U+26 beam was accelerated in the ATLAS
PII linac to 286 MeV (~1.2 MeV/u) and stripped in a carbon foil located 0.5 m
from the entrance of the ATLAS Booster section. A 58Ni9+ 'guide' beam from the
tandem injector was used to tune the Booster for 238U+38. All charge states
from the stripping were injected into the booster and accelerated. Up to 94% of
the beam was accelerated through the Booster linac, with losses mostly in the
lower charge states. The measured beam properties of each charge state and a
comparison to numerical simulations are reported in this paper.Comment: LINAC2000, MOD0
Graphene field-effect transistors based on boron nitride gate dielectrics
Graphene field-effect transistors are fabricated utilizing single-crystal
hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), an insulating isomorph of graphene, as the gate
dielectric. The devices exhibit mobility values exceeding 10,000 cm2/V-sec and
current saturation down to 500 nm channel lengths with intrinsic
transconductance values above 400 mS/mm. The work demonstrates the favorable
properties of using h-BN as a gate dielectric for graphene FETs.Comment: 4 pages, 8 figure
Space suit
A pressure suit for high altitude flights, particularly space missions is reported. The suit is designed for astronauts in the Apollo space program and may be worn both inside and outside a space vehicle, as well as on the lunar surface. It comprises an integrated assembly of inner comfort liner, intermediate pressure garment, and outer thermal protective garment with removable helmet, and gloves. The pressure garment comprises an inner convoluted sealing bladder and outer fabric restraint to which are attached a plurality of cable restraint assemblies. It provides versitility in combination with improved sealing and increased mobility for internal pressures suitable for life support in the near vacuum of outer space
Dynamic Spin Response for Heisenberg Ladders
We employ the recently proposed plaquette basis to investigate static and
dynamic properties of isotropic 2-leg Heisenberg spin ladders. Simple
non-interacting multi-plaquette states provide a remarkably accurate picture of
the energy/site and dynamic spin response of these systems. Insights afforded
by this simple picture suggest a very efficient truncation scheme for more
precise calculations. When the small truncation errors are accounted for using
recently developed Contractor Renormalization techniques, very accurate results
requiring a small fraction of the computational effort of exact calculations
are obtained. These methods allow us to determine the energy/site, gap, and
spin response of 2x16 ladders. The former two values are in good agreement with
density matrix renormalization group results. The spin response calculations
show that nearly all the strength is concentrated in the lowest triplet level
and that coherent many-body effects enhance the response/site by nearly a
factor of 1.6 over that found for 2x2 systems.Comment: 9 pages with two enclosed postscript figure
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