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Ultrasensitive mechanical detection of magnetic moment using a commercial disk drive write head
Sensitive detection of weak magnetic moments is an essential capability in
many areas of nanoscale science and technology, including nanomagnetism,
quantum readout of spins, and nanoscale magnetic resonance imaging. Here, we
show that the write head of a commercial hard drive may enable significant
advances in nanoscale spin detection. By approaching a sharp diamond tip to
within 5 nm from the pole and measuring the induced diamagnetic moment with a
nanomechanical force transducer, we demonstrate a spin sensitivity of 0.032
Bohr magnetons per root Hz, equivalent to 21 proton magnetic moments. The high
sensitivity is enabled in part by the pole's strong magnetic gradient of up to
28 million Tesla per meter and in part by the absence of non-contact friction
due to the extremely flat writer surface. In addition, we demonstrate
quantitative imaging of the pole field with about 10 nm spatial resolution. We
foresee diverse applications for write heads in experimental condensed matter
physics, especially in spintronics, ultrafast spin manipulation, and mesoscopic
physics.Comment: 21 pages, 6 figure
Spectroscopy of reflection-asymmetric nuclei with relativistic energy density functionals
Quadrupole and octupole deformation energy surfaces, low-energy excitation
spectra and transition rates in fourteen isotopic chains: Xe, Ba, Ce, Nd, Sm,
Gd, Rn, Ra, Th, U, Pu, Cm, Cf, and Fm, are systematically analyzed using a
theoretical framework based on a quadrupole-octupole collective Hamiltonian
(QOCH), with parameters determined by constrained reflection-asymmetric and
axially-symmetric relativistic mean-field calculations. The microscopic QOCH
model based on the PC-PK1 energy density functional and -interaction
pairing is shown to accurately describe the empirical trend of low-energy
quadrupole and octupole collective states, and predicted spectroscopic
properties are consistent with recent microscopic calculations based on both
relativistic and non-relativistic energy density functionals. Low-energy
negative-parity bands, average octupole deformations, and transition rates show
evidence for octupole collectivity in both mass regions, for which a
microscopic mechanism is discussed in terms of evolution of single-nucleon
orbitals with deformation.Comment: 36 pages, 21 figures, Accepted for Publication in Physical Review
Construction of the free energy landscape by the density functional theory
On the basis of the density functional theory, we give a clear definition of
the free energy landscape. To show the usefulness of the definition, we
construct the free energy landscape for rearrangement of atoms in an FCC
crystal of hard spheres. In this description, the cooperatively rearranging
region (CRR) is clealy related to the hard spheres involved in the saddle
between two adjacent basins. A new concept of the simultaneously rearranging
region (SRR) emerges naturally as spheres defined by the difference between two
adjacent basins. We show that the SRR and the CRR can be determined explicitly
from the free energylandscape.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures, submitted to J. Chem. Phy
The Effect of Pre-fermentative Freezing Treatment on the Sensory Quality of âMeiliâ RosĂ© Wine
In this study, the effect of a pre-fermentative freezing treatment on quality attributes of âMeiliâ rosĂ© wine was assessed. Prior to fermentation, âMeiliâ grapes (berries and must) were subjected to a freezing treatment considering factors of freezing temperatures, freezing time, and thawing method. Colour-related indices were measured by spectral methods. Wine aroma characteristics and sensory attributes were assessed by trained panellists. The results revealed that lower freezing temperature and longer freezing time had positive effects on wine quality attributes. The treatment of frozen berries might help extract colour-related compounds. Microwave thawing improved wine colour, but decreased taste quality. In the work, the MF-10°C/6 h treatment (microwave-thawed berries that had been frozen at -10°C for 6 h) contributed to the best colour characteristics, whereas the NP-20°C/4 h treatment (naturally-thawed must that had been frozen at -20°C for 4 h) contributed to the best taste attributes
Extra Current and Integer Quantum Hall Conductance in the Spin-Orbit Coupling System
We study the extra term of particle current in a 2D k-cubic Rashba spin-orbit
coupling system and the integer quantization of the Hall conductance in this
system. We provide a correct formula of charge current in this system and the
careful consideration of extra currents provides a stronger theoretical basis
for the theory of the quantum Hall effect which has not been considered before.
The non-trivial extra contribution to the particle current density and local
conductivity, which originates from the cubic dependence on the momentum
operator in the Hamiltonian, will have no effect on the integer quantization of
the Hall conductance. The extension of Noether's theorem for the 2D k-cubic
Rashba system is also addressed. The two methods reach to exactly the same
results.Comment: 6 page
Quantum divide-and-conquer anchoring for separable non-negative matrix factorization
© 2018 International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence. All right reserved. It is NP-complete to find non-negative factors W and H with fixed rank r from a non-negative matrix X by minimizing ||X â WHÏ||2F. Although the separability assumption (all data points are in the conical hull of the extreme rows) enables polynomial-time algorithms, the computational cost is not affordable for big data. This paper investigates how the power of quantum computation can be capitalized to solve the non-negative matrix factorization with the separability assumption (SNMF) by devising a quantum algorithm based on the divide-and-conquer anchoring (DCA) scheme [Zhou et al., 2013]. The design of quantum DCA (QDCA) is challenging. In the divide step, the random projections in DCA is completed by a quantum algorithm for linear operations, which achieves the exponential speedup. We then devise a heuristic post-selection procedure which extracts the information of anchors stored in the quantum states efficiently. Under a plausible assumption, QDCA performs efficiently, achieves the quantum speedup, and is beneficial for high dimensional problems
Perceptually Motivated Wavelet Packet Transform for Bioacoustic Signal Enhancement
A significant and often unavoidable problem in bioacoustic signal processing is the presence of background noise due to an adverse recording environment. This paper proposes a new bioacoustic signal enhancement technique which can be used on a wide range of species. The technique is based on a perceptually scaled wavelet packet decomposition using a species-specific Greenwood scale function. Spectral estimation techniques, similar to those used for human speech enhancement, are used for estimation of clean signal wavelet coefficients under an additive noise model. The new approach is compared to several other techniques, including basic bandpass filtering as well as classical speech enhancement methods such as spectral subtraction, Wiener filtering, and EphraimâMalah filtering. Vocalizations recorded from several species are used for evaluation, including the ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana), rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), and humpback whale (Megaptera novaeanglia), with both additive white Gaussian noise and environment recording noise added across a range of signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs). Results, measured by both SNR and segmental SNR of the enhanced wave forms, indicate that the proposed method outperforms other approaches for a wide range of noise conditions
Signature of high temperature superconductivity in electron doped Sr2IrO4
Sr2IrO4 was predicted to be a high temperature superconductor upon electron
doping since it highly resembles the cuprates in crystal structure, electronic
structure and magnetic coupling constants. Here we report a scanning tunneling
microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/STS) study of Sr2IrO4 with surface electron doping
by depositing potassium (K) atoms. At the 0.5-0.7 monolayer (ML) K coverage, we
observed a sharp, V-shaped gap with about 95% loss of density of state (DOS) at
EFand visible coherence peaks. The gap magnitude is 25-30 meV for 0.5-0.6 ML K
coverage and it closes around 50 K. These behaviors exhibit clear signature of
superconductivity. Furthermore, we found that with increased electron doping,
the system gradually evolves from an insulating state to a normal metallic
state, via a pseudogap-like state and possible superconducting state. Our data
suggest possible high temperature superconductivity in electron doped Sr2IrO4,
and its remarkable analogy to the cuprates.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figure
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