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Nonlinear Near-Field Microwave Microscope For RF Defect Localization in Superconductors
Niobium-based Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) cavity performance is
sensitive to localized defects that give rise to quenches at high accelerating
gradients. In order to identify these material defects on bulk Nb surfaces at
their operating frequency and temperature, it is important to develop a new
kind of wide bandwidth microwave microscopy with localized and strong RF
magnetic fields. By taking advantage of write head technology widely used in
the magnetic recording industry, one can obtain ~200 mT RF magnetic fields,
which is on the order of the thermodynamic critical field of Nb, on submicron
length scales on the surface of the superconductor. We have successfully
induced the nonlinear Meissner effect via this magnetic write head probe on a
variety of superconductors. This design should have a high spatial resolution
and is a promising candidate to find localized defects on bulk Nb surfaces and
thin film coatings of interest for accelerator applications.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figures Journal-ref: 2010 Applied Superconductivity
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Electromagnetic modes of Maxwell fisheye lens
We provide an analysis of the radial structure of TE and TM modes of the
Maxwell fisheye lens, by means of Maxwell equations as applied to the fisheye
case. Choosing a lens of size R = 1 cm, we plot some of the modes in the
infrared range.Comment: 2+6 pages in Latex, 3 figures to be found in the published referenc
A hierarchy of avalanche models on arbitrary topography
We use the non-Cartesian, topography-based equations of mass and momentum balance for gravity driven frictional flows of Luca etal. (Math. Mod. Meth. Appl. Sci. 19, 127-171 (2009)) to motivate a study on various approximations of avalanche models for single-phase granular materials. By introducing scaling approximations we develop a hierarchy of model equations which differ by degrees in shallowness, basal curvature, peculiarity of constitutive formulation (non-Newtonian viscous fluids, Savage-Hutter model) and velocity profile parametrization. An interesting result is that differences due to the constitutive behaviour are largely eliminated by scaling approximations. Emphasis is on avalanche flows; however, most equations presented here can be used in the dynamics of other thin films on arbitrary surface
Modeling Shallow Over-Saturated Mixtures on Arbitrary Rigid Topography
In this paper a system of depth-integrated equations for over-saturated debris flows on three-dimensional topography is derived. The lower layer is a saturated mixture of density preserving solid and fluid constituents, where the pore fluid is in excess, so that an upper fluid layer develops above the mixture layer. At the layer interface fluid mass exchange may exist and for this a parameterization is needed. The emphasis is on the description of the influence on the flow by the curvature of the basal surface, and not on proposing rheological models of the avalanching mass. To this end, a coordinate system fitted to the topography has been used to properly account for the geometry of the basal surface. Thus, the modeling equations have been written in terms of these coordinates, and then simplified by using (1) the depth-averaging technique and (2) ordering approximations in terms of an aspect ratio ϵ which accounts for the scale of the flowing mass. The ensuing equations have been complemented by closure relations, but any other such relations can be postulated. For a shallow two-layer debris with clean water in the upper layer, flowing on a slightly curved surface, the equilibrium free surface is shown to be horizonta
Recording advances for neural prosthetics
An important challenge for neural prosthetics research is to record from populations of neurons over long periods of time, ideally for the lifetime of the patient. Two new advances toward this goal are described, the use of local field potentials (LFPs) and autonomously positioned recording electrodes. LFPs are the composite extracellular potential field from several hundreds of neurons around the electrode tip. LFP recordings can be maintained for longer periods of time than single cell recordings. We find that similar information can be decoded from LFP and spike recordings, with better performance for state decodes with LFPs and, depending on the area, equivalent or slightly less than equivalent performance for signaling the direction of planned movements. Movable electrodes in microdrives can be adjusted in the tissue to optimize recordings, but their movements must be automated to be a practical benefit to patients. We have developed automation algorithms and a meso-scale autonomous electrode testbed, and demonstrated that this system can autonomously isolate and maintain the recorded signal quality of single cells in the cortex of awake, behaving monkeys. These two advances show promise for developing very long term recording for neural prosthetic applications
Efficient magneto-optical trapping of Yb atoms with a violet laser diode
We report the first efficient trapping of rare-earth Yb atoms with a
high-power violet laser diode (LD). An injection-locked violet LD with a 25 mW
frequency-stabilized output was used for the magneto-optical trapping (MOT) of
fermionic as well as bosonic Yb isotopes. A typical number of
atoms for Yb with a trap density of cm was
obtained. A 10 mW violet external-cavity LD (ECLD) was used for the
one-dimensional (1D) slowing of an effusive Yb atomic beam without a Zeeman
slower resulting in a 35-fold increase in the number of trapped atoms. The
overall characteristics of our compact violet MOT, e.g., the loss time of 1 s,
the loading time of 400 ms, and the cloud temperature of 0.7 mK, are comparable
to those in previously reported violet Yb MOTs, yet with a greatly reduced cost
and complexity of the experiment.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, Phys. Rev. A (to be published
From Petrov-Einstein to Navier-Stokes in Spatially Curved Spacetime
We generalize the framework in arXiv:1104.5502 to the case that an embedding
may have a nonvanishing intrinsic curvature. Directly employing the Brown-York
stress tensor as the fundamental variables, we study the effect of finite
perturbations of the extrinsic curvature while keeping the intrinsic metric
fixed. We show that imposing a Petrov type I condition on the hypersurface
geometry may reduce to the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation for a fluid
moving in spatially curved spacetime in the near-horizon limit.Comment: 17 pages, references added, generalizing the metric form in part 3,
version published in JHE
Threshold production in nucleon-nucleon collisions
We analyze production in nucleon-nucleon collisions near threshold
in the framework of a general model independent formalism, which can be applied
to any reaction , where , , or . Such
reactions show large isotopic effects: a large difference for - and
-collisions, which is due to the different spin structure of the
corresponding matrix elements. The analysis of the spin structure and of the
polarization observables is based on symmetry properties of the strong
interaction. Using existing experimental data on the different decays of
meson, we suggest a model for , based on
channel -exchanges. We predict polarization phenomena for the
-reaction and the ratio of cross sections for and
-collisions. For the processes we apply two
different approaches: vector meson exchange and local four-particle
interaction. In both cases we find larger -production in
-collisions, with respect to -collisions.Comment: 17 pages, 6 figure
Andreev tunnelling in quantum dots: A slave-boson approach
We study a strongly interacting quantum dot connected to a normal and to a
superconducting lead. By means of the slave-boson technique we investigate the
low temperature regime and discuss electrical transport through the dot. We
find that the zero bias anomaly in the current-voltage characteristics which is
associated to the occurance of the Kondo resonance in the quantum dot, is
enhanced in the presence of superconductivity, due to resonant Andreev
scattering.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
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