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Phase structure tuned electrocaloric effect and pyroelectric energy harvesting performance of (Pb0.97La0.02)(Zr,Sn,Ti)O3 antiferroelectric thick films
In present work, (100)-oriented (Pb0.97La0.02)(Zr0.95-xSnxTi0.05)O3 antiferroelectric thick films with x=0.08, 0.20 and 0.38, were successfully fabricated. These compositions are located in orthorhombic phase region, the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB), and tetragonal phase region, respectively. The effects of their phase structure on the electrocaloric effect and the pyroelectric energy harvesting behavior were investigated. A considerable temperature reduction of ∆T=13, 33, and 27 oC, due to the ferroelectric-antiferroelectric phase transition, was obtained at 25 oC in these thick films for x=0.08, 0.20, and 0.38, respectively. Moreover, a huge harvested energy density per cycle of W= 3.6, 6.8, and 4.0 J/cm3 was also realized under the experimental condition in the thick films with x=0.08, 0.20, and 0.38, respectively. These results indicated that both the cooling performance and the pyroelectric energy harvesting in antiferroelectrics could be optimized by the proper phase structure control
Fermion Pairing across a Dipolar Interaction Induced Resonance
It is known from the solution of the two-body problem that an anisotropic
dipolar interaction can give rise to s-wave scattering resonances, which are
named as dipolar interaction induced resonaces (DIIR). In this letter, we study
zero-temperature many-body physics of a two-component Fermi gas across a DIIR.
In the low-density regime, it is very striking that the resulting pairing order
parameter is a nearly isotropic singlet pairing and the physics can be well
described by an s-wave resonant interaction potential with finite range
corrections, despite of the anisotropic nature of dipolar interaction. The
pairing energy is as strong as a unitary Fermi gas nearby a magnetic Feshbach
resonance. In the high density regime, the anisotropic effect plays an
important role. We find phase transitions from singlet pairing to a state with
mixed singlet and triplet pairing, and then from mixed pairing to pure triplet
pairing. The state with mixed pairing spontaneously breaks the time-reversal
symmetry.Comment: 4.5 pages, 4 figures, figures updated, minor changes in tex
Quantum-classical transition for an analog of double-slit experiment in complex collisions: Dynamical decoherence in quantum many-body systems
We study coherent superpositions of clockwise and anti-clockwise rotating
intermediate complexes with overlapping resonances formed in bimolecular
chemical reactions. Disintegration of such complexes represents an analog of
famous double-slit experiment. The time for disappearance of the interference
fringes is estimated from heuristic arguments related to fingerprints of
chaotic dynamics of a classical counterpart of the coherently rotating complex.
Validity of this estimate is confirmed numerically for the H+D chemical
reaction. Thus we demonstrate the quantum--classical transition in temporal
behavior of highly excited quantum many-body systems in the absence of external
noise and coupling to an environment.Comment: 5 pages, 2 ps color figures. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Weyl points and topological nodal superfluids in a face-centered cubic optical lattice
We point out that a face-centered cubic (FCC) optical lattice, which can be
realised by a simple scheme using three lasers, provides one a highly
controllable platform for creating Weyl points and topological nodal
superfluids in ultracold atoms. In non-interacting systems, Weyl points
automatically arise in the Floquet band structure when shaking such FCC
lattices, and sophisticated design of the tunnelling is not required. More
interestingly, in the presence of attractive interaction between two hyperfine
spin states, which experience the same shaken FCC lattice, a three-dimensional
topological nodal superfluid emerges, and Weyl points show up as the gapless
points in the quasiparticle spectrum. One could either create a double Weyl
point of charge 2, or split it to two Weyl points of charge 1, which can be
moved in the momentum space by tuning the interactions. Correspondingly, the
Fermi arcs at the surface may be linked with each other or separated as
individual ones.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures in the main text; 2 pages, 2 figures in the
supplemental materia
Opportunities for weed manipulation using GMHT row crops
The herbicides and cultivation systems available in most non-GM crops allow farmers little flexibility as to when they control weeds. However, glyphosate and glufosinate-ammonium, as used in GM herbicide tolerant crops, offer the opportunity to control large weeds and weed control can be timed according to the agronomic and environmental aims of the user. This paper will use sugar beet as a model crop and report results where different approaches to weed control have been used and discuss their relevance in the wider agricultural and environmental contextNon peer reviewe
Gamma-ray burst contributions to constraining the evolution of dark energy
We explore the gamma-ray bursts' (GRBs') contributions in constraining the
dark energy equation of state (EOS) at high () and at middle
redshifts () and estimate how many GRBs are needed to get
substantial constraints at high redshifts. We estimate the constraints with
mock GRBs and mock type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) for comparisons. When
constraining the dark energy EOS in a certain redshift range, we allow the dark
energy EOS parameter to vary only in that redshift bin and fix EOS parameters
elsewhere to -1. We find that it is difficult to constrain the dark energy EOS
beyond the redshifts of SNe Ia with GRBs unless some new luminosity relations
for GRBs with smaller scatters are discovered. However, at middle redshifts,
GRBs have comparable contributions with SNe Ia in constraining the dark energy
EOS.Comment: 3 pages, 5 figures. Published in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
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An edge index for the Quantum Spin-Hall effect
Quantum Spin-Hall systems are topological insulators displaying
dissipationless spin currents flowing at the edges of the samples. In
contradistinction to the Quantum Hall systems where the charge conductance of
the edge modes is quantized, the spin conductance is not and it remained an
open problem to find the observable whose edge current is quantized. In this
paper, we define a particular observable and the edge current corresponding to
this observable. We show that this current is quantized and that the
quantization is given by the index of a certain Fredholm operator. This
provides a new topological invariant that is shown to take same values as the
Spin-Chern number previously introduced in the literature. The result gives an
effective tool for the investigation of the edge channels' structure in Quantum
Spin-Hall systems. Based on a reasonable assumption, we also show that the edge
conducting channels are not destroyed by a random edge.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
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