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Coulomb Drag Between Parallel Ballistic Quantum Wires
The Coulomb drag between parallel, {\it ballistic} quantum wires is studied
theoretically in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field B. The
transresistance R_D shows peaks as a function of the Fermi level and splitting
energy between the 1D subbands of the wires. The sharpest peaks appear when the
Fermi level crosses the subband extrema so that the Fermi momenta are small.
Two other kinds of peaks appear when either {\it intra}- or {\it inter}-subband
transitions of electrons have maximum probability; the {\it intra}-subband
transitions correspond to a small splitting energy. R_D depends on the field B
in a nonmonotonic fashion: it decreases with B, as a result of the suppression
of backscattering, and increases sharply when the Fermi level approaches the
subband bottoms and the suppression is outbalanced by the increase of the
Coulomb matrix elements and of the density of states.Comment: Text 14 pages in Latex/Revtex format, 4 Postscript figures. Phys.
Rev. B,in pres
Negative Electron-electron Drag Between Narrow Quantum Hall Channels
Momentum transfer due to Coulomb interaction between two parallel,
two-dimensional, narrow, and spatially separated layers, when a current
I_{drive} is driven through one layer, is studied in the presence of a
perpendicular magnetic field B. The current induced in the drag layer,
I_{drag}, is evaluated self-consistently with I_{drive} as a parameter.
I_{drag} can be positive or negative depending on the value of the filling
factor \nu of the highest occupied bulk Landau level (LL). For a fully occupied
LL, I_{drag} is negative, i.e., it flows opposite to I_{drive}, whereas it is
positive for a half-filled LL. When the circuit is opened in the drag layer, a
voltage \Delta V_{drag} develops in it; it is negative for a half-filled LL and
positive for a fully occupied LL. This positive \Delta V_{drag}, expressing a
negative Coulomb drag, results from energetically favored near-edge inter-LL
transitions that occur when the highest occupied bulk LL and the LL just above
it become degenerate.Comment: Text file in Latex/Revtex/preprint format, 7 separate PS figures,
Physical Review B, in pres
Software fault-tolerance by design diversity DEDIX: A tool for experiments
The use of multiple versions of a computer program, independently designed from a common specification, to reduce the effects of an error is discussed. If these versions are designed by independent programming teams, it is expected that a fault in one version will not have the same behavior as any fault in the other versions. Since the errors in the output of the versions are different and uncorrelated, it is possible to run the versions concurrently, cross-check their results at prespecified points, and mask errors. A DEsign DIversity eXperiments (DEDIX) testbed was implemented to study the influence of common mode errors which can result in a failure of the entire system. The layered design of DEDIX and its decision algorithm are described
The Quantum Hall Effect in Drag: Inter-layer Friction in Strong Magnetic Fields
We study the Coulomb drag between two spatially separated electron systems in
a strong magnetic field, one of which exhibits the quantum Hall effect. At a
fixed temperature, the drag mimics the behavior of in the quantum
Hall system, in that it is sharply peaked near the transitions between
neighboring plateaux. We assess the impact of critical fluctuations near the
transitions, and find that the low temperature behavior of the drag measures an
exponent that characterizes anomalous low frequency dissipation; the
latter is believed to be present following the work of Chalker.Comment: 13 pages, Revtex 2.0, 1 figure upon request, P-93-11-09
Phonon mediated drag in double layer two dimensional electron systems
Experiments studying phonon mediated drag in the double layer two dimensional
electron gas system are reported. Detailed measurements of the dependence of
drag on temperature, layer spacing, density ratio, and matched density are
discussed. Comparisons are made to theoretical results [M. C. Bonsager et al.,
Phys. Rev. B 57, 7085 (1998)] which propose the existence of a new coupled
electron-phonon collective mode. The layer spacing and density dependence at
matched densities for samples with layer spacings below 2600 A do not support
the existence of this mode, showing behavior expected for independent electron
and phonon systems. The magnitude of the drag, however, suggests the alternate
limit; one in which electrons and phonons are strongly coupled. The results for
still larger layer spacing show significant discrepancies with the behavior
expected for either limit.Comment: 9 pages, 9 figures, Late
Magneto-Coulomb drag: interplay of electron--electron interactions and Landau quantization
We use the Kubo formalism to calculate the transresistivity for
carriers in coupled quantum wells in a large perpendicular magnetic field .
We find that is enhanced by approximately 50--100 times over that
of the B=0 case in the interplateau regions of the integer quantum Hall effect.
The presence of both electron--electron interactions and Landau quantization
results in (i) a twin-peaked structure of in the inter-plateau
regions at low temperatures, and, (ii) for the chemical potential at the center
of a Landau level band, a peaked temperature dependence of .Comment: 4 pages, RevTeX, 4 PS figures in text using eps
Frictional drag between quantum wells mediated by phonon exchange
We use the Kubo formalism to evaluate the contribution of acoustic phonon
exchange to the frictional drag between nearby two-dimensional electron
systems. In the case of free phonons, we find a divergent drag rate
(). However, becomes finite when phonon
scattering from either lattice imperfections or electronic excitations is
accounted for. In the case of GaAs quantum wells, we find that for a phonon
mean free path smaller than a critical value, imperfection
scattering dominates and the drag rate varies as over many
orders of magnitude of the layer separation . When exceeds the
critical value, the drag rate is dominated by coupling through an
electron-phonon collective mode localized in the vicinity of the electron
layers. We argue that the coupled electron-phonon mode may be observable for
realistic parameters. Our theory is in good agreement with experimental results
for the temperature, density, and -dependence of the drag rate.Comment: 45 pages, LaTeX, 8 postscript file figure
Frictional Coulomb drag in strong magnetic fields
A treatment of frictional Coulomb drag between two 2-dimensional electron
layers in a strong perpendicular magnetic field, within the independent
electron picture, is presented. Assuming fully resolved Landau levels, the
linear response theory expression for the transresistivity is
evaluated using diagrammatic techniques. The transresistivity is given by an
integral over energy and momentum transfer weighted by the product of the
screened interlayer interaction and the phase-space for scattering events. We
demonstrate, by a numerical analysis of the transresistivity, that for
well-resolved Landau levels the interplay between these two factors leads to
characteristic features in both the magnetic field- and the temperature
dependence of . Numerical results are compared with recent
experiments.Comment: RevTeX, 34 pages, 8 figures included in tex
Charged Many-Electron -- Single Hole Complexes in a Double Quantum Well near a Metal Plate
It has been shown that the presence of a metal plate near a double quantum
well with spatially separated electron and hole layers may lead to a drastic
reconstruction of the system state with the formation of stable charged
complexes of several electrons bound to a spatially separated hole. Complexes
of both the Fermi and the Bose statistics may coexist in the ground state and
their relative densities may be changed with the change of the electron and
hole densities. The stability of the charged complexes may be increased by an
external magnetic field perpendicular to the layers plane.Comment: to appear in Phys.Rev.Lett. 77, No.7 (1996). 4 pages, RevTeX, 1
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Inflammation and altered metabolism impede efficacy of functional electrical stimulation in critically ill patients.
BACKGROUND: Critically ill patients suffer from acute muscle wasting, which is associated with significant physical functional impairment. We describe data from nested muscle biopsy studies from two trials of functional electrical stimulation (FES) that did not shown improvements in physical function. METHODS: Primary cohort: single-centre randomized controlled trial. Additional healthy volunteer data from patients undergoing elective hip arthroplasty. Validation cohort: Four-centre randomized controlled trial. INTERVENTION: FES cycling for 60-90min/day. ANALYSES: Skeletal muscle mRNA expression of 223 genes underwent hierarchal clustering for targeted analysis and validation. RESULTS: Positively enriched pathways between healthy volunteers and ICU participants were "stress response", "response to stimuli" and "protein metabolism", in keeping with published data. Positively enriched pathways between admission and day 7 ICU participants were "FOXO-mediated transcription" (admission = 0.48 ± 0.94, day 7 = - 0.47 ± 1.04 mean log2 fold change; P = 0.042), "Fatty acid metabolism" (admission = 0.50 ± 0.67, day 7 = 0.07 ± 1.65 mean log2 fold change; P = 0.042) and "Interleukin-1 processing" (admission = 0.88 ± 0.50, day 7 = 0.97 ± 0.76 mean log2 fold change; P = 0.054). Muscle mRNA expression of UCP3 (P = 0.030) and DGKD (P = 0.040) decreased in both cohorts with no between group differences. Changes in IL-18 were not observed in the validation cohort (P = 0.268). Targeted analyses related to intramuscular mitochondrial substrate oxidation, fatty acid oxidation and intramuscular inflammation showed PPARγ-C1α; (P 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Intramuscular inflammation and altered substrate utilization are persistent in skeletal muscle during first week of critical illness and are not improved by the application of Functional Electrical Stimulation-assisted exercise. Future trials of exercise to prevent muscle wasting and physical impairment are unlikely to be successful unless these processes are addressed by other means than exercise alone
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