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Transmission through a n interacting quantum dot in the Coulomb blockade regime
The influence of electron-electron (e-e) interactions on the transmission
through a quantum dot is investigated numerically for the Coulomb blockade
regime. For vanishing magnetic fields, the conductance peak height statistics
is found to be independent of the interactions strength. It is identical to the
statistics predicted by constant interaction single electron random matrix
theory and agrees well with recent experiments. However, in contrast to these
random matrix theories, our calculations reproduces the reduced sensitivity to
magnetic flux observed in many experiments. The relevant physics is traced to
the short range Coulomb correlations providing thus a unified explanation for
the transmission statistics as well as for the large conductance peak spacing
fluctuations observed in other experiments.Comment: Final version as publishe
Modernization using the structured system design of the Bhadra Reservoir Project, India: an intervention analysis
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Techniques in Analytic Lamb Shift Calculations
Quantum electrodynamics has been the first theory to emerge from the ideas of
regularization and renormalization, and the coupling of the fermions to the
virtual excitations of the electromagnetic field. Today, bound-state quantum
electrodynamics provides us with accurate theoretical predictions for the
transition energies relevant to simple atomic systems, and steady theoretical
progress relies on advances in calculational techniques, as well as numerical
algorithms. In this brief review, we discuss one particular aspect connected
with the recent progress: the evaluation of relativistic corrections to the
one-loop bound-state self-energy in a hydrogenlike ion of low nuclear charge
number, for excited non-S states, up to the order of alpha (Zalpha)^6 in units
of the electron mass. A few details of calculations formerly reported in the
literature are discussed, and results for 6F, 7F, 6G and 7G states are given.Comment: 16 pages, LaTe
Association of Physical Activity with Co-morbid Conditions in Geriatric Population
To find out association of physical activity with co-morbid conditions in geriatric population, a cross-sectional study was conducted in different cties of Pakistan in 2015. A total of 114 participants were inducted by non-probability convenience sampling technique. Data was collected after informed verbal consent by a validated questionnaire that is Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity (RAPA). Participants were categorized into two groups i.e. physically active and physically inactive. Data was entered and analyzed in SPSS version 20. There were 66 (57.9%) males and 48 (42.1%) females with mean age of 57.04±7.348 years. Among hypertensive individuals (n=43, 37.7%) there were 39 (90.7%) physically inactive, among individuals having angina (n=17, 14.9%) there were 15 (88.2%) physically inactive. Out of 37 (32.5%) diabetics, 35 (94.6%) were physically inactive. Among individuals suffering from arthritis (n=40, 35.1%), there were 38 (95%) physically inactive. A significant association was found between physical activity and diabetes and arthritis with p-value of 0.048 and 0.029 respectively. Physical activity is significantly associated with diabetes and arthritis in geriatric population. Adequate physical activity should be performed to reduce the risk of co-morbid conditions and improve the quality of life in geriatric population
Seismology of Procyon A: determination of mode frequencies, amplitudes, lifetimes, and granulation noise
The F5 IV-V star Procyon A (aCMi) was observed in January 2001 by means of
the high resolution spectrograph SARG operating with the TNG 3.5m Italian
telescope (Telescopio Nazionale Galileo) at Canary Islands, exploiting the
iodine cell technique. The time-series of about 950 spectra carried out during
6 observation nights and a preliminary data analysis were presented in Claudi
et al. 2005. These measurements showed a significant excess of power between
0.5 and 1.5 mHz, with ~ 1 m/s peak amplitude. Here we present a more detailed
analysis of the time-series, based on both radial velocity and line equivalent
width analyses. From the power spectrum we found a typical p-mode frequency
comb-like structure, identified with a good margin of certainty 11 frequencies
in the interval 0.5-1400 mHz of modes with l=0,1,2 and 7< n < 22, and
determined large and small frequency separations, Dn = 55.90 \pm 0.08 muHz and
dnu_02=7.1 \pm 1.3 muHz, respectively. The mean amplitude per mode (l=0,1) at
peak power results to be 0.45 \pm 0.07 m/s, twice larger than the solar one,
and the mode lifetime 2 \pm 0.4 d, that indicates a non-coherent, stochastic
source of mode excitation. Line equivalent width measurements do not show a
significant excess of power in the examined spectral region but allowed us to
infer an upper limit to the granulation noise.Comment: 10 pages, 15 figures, 4 tables. Accepted for publication in A&
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