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Room-temperature InAs0.89Sb0.11 photodetectors for CO detection at 4.6 mu m. .
An InAs0.89Sb0.11 photovoltaic detector that operates at room temperature in the 2.5-5 mu m mid-infrared wavelength region is reported. The photodiode has an extended spectral response compared with other currently available III-V room-temperature detectors. In order to accommodate the large lattice mismatch between the InAs0.89Sb0.11 active region and the InAs substrate, a buffer layer with an intermediate composition was introduced into the structure. In this way, we obtained room-temperature photodiodes with a cutoff wavelength near 5 mu m, a peak responsivity of 0.8 A/W, and a detectivity of 1.26 x 10(9) cm Hz(1/2)/W. These devices could be effectively used as the basis of an optical sensor for the environmental monitoring of carbon monoxide at 4.6 mu m, or as a replacement for PbSe photoconductors. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)02332-9]
First law of black hole mechanics in Einstein-Maxwell and Einstein-Yang-Mills theories
The first law of black hole mechanics is derived from the Einstein-Maxwell
(EM) Lagrangian by comparing two infinitesimally nearby stationary black holes.
With similar arguments, the first law of black hole mechanics in
Einstein-Yang-Mills (EYM) theory is also derived.Comment: Modified version, major changes made in the introduction. 14 pages,
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Multi-GeV Neutrino Emission from Magnetized Gamma Ray Bursts
We investigate the expected neutrino emissivity from nuclear collisions in
magnetically dominated collisional models of gamma-ray bursts, motivated by
recent observational and theoretical developments. The results indicate that
significant multi-GeV neutrino fluxes are expected for model parameter values
which are typical of electromagnetically detected bursts. We show that for
detecting at least one muon event in Icecube and its Deep Core sub-array, a
single burst must be near the high end of the luminosity function and at a
redshift . We also calculate the luminosity and distance ranges
that can generate muon events per GRB in the same detectors, which may
be of interest if simultaneously detected electromagnetically, or if measured
with future extensions of Icecube or other neutrino detectors with larger
effective volume and better sensitivity.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figures, accepted version for Phys.Rev.
The Generalized Counting Rule and Oscillatory Scaling
We have studied the energy dependence of the elastic scattering data and
the pion-photoproduction data at 90 c.m. angle in light of the new
generalized counting rule derived for exclusive processes. We show that by
including the helicity flipping amplitudes (with energy dependence given by the
generalized counting rule) and their interference with the Landshoff amplitude,
we are able to reproduce the energy dependence of all cross-section and
spin-correlation (A) data available above the resonance region. The
pion-photoproduction data can also be described by this approach, but in this
case data with much finer energy spacing is needed to confirm the oscillations
about the scaling behavior.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figs, submitted to PRC rapid com
Effective potentials for atom-atom interaction at low temperatures
We discuss the concept and design of effective atom-atom potentials that
accurately describe any physical processes involving only states around the
threshold. The existence of such potentials gives hope to a quantitative, and
systematic, understanding of quantum few-atom and quantum many-atom systems at
relatively low temperatures.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Generic dark matter signature for gamma-ray telescopes
We describe a characteristic signature of dark matter (DM) annihilation or
decay into gamma-rays. We show that if the total angular momentum of the
initial DM particle(s) vanishes, and helicity suppression operates to prevent
annihilation/decay into light fermion pairs, then the amplitude for the
dominant 3-body final state f^+f^-\gamma has a unique form dictated by gauge
invariance. This amplitude and the corresponding energy spectra hold for
annihilation of DM Majorana fermions or self-conjugate scalars, and for decay
of DM scalars, thus encompassing a variety of possibilities. Within this
scenario, we analyze Fermi LAT, PAMELA and HESS data, and predict a hint in
future Fermi gamma-ray data that portends a striking signal at atmospheric
Cherenkov telescopes (ACTs).Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures. Version to appear in PR
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