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Excited bands in odd-mass rare-earth nuclei
Normal parity bands are studied in 157Gd, 163Dy and 169Tm using the pseudo
SU(3) shell model. Energies and B(E2) transition strengths of states belonging
to six low-lying rotational bands with the same parity in each nuclei are
presented. The pseudo SU(3) basis includes states with pseudo-spin 0 and 1, and
1/2 and 3/2, for even and odd number of nucleons, respectively. States with
pseudo-spin 1 and 3/2 must be included for a proper description of some excited
bands.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, Submitted to Phys. Rev.
Universal dS vacua in STU-models
Stable de Sitter solutions in minimal F-term supergravity are known to lie
close to Minkowski critical points. We consider a class of STU-models arising
from type IIB compactifications with generalised fluxes. There, we apply an
analytical method for solving the equations of motion for the moduli fields
based on the idea of treating derivatives of the superpotential of different
orders up to third as independent objects. In particular, supersymmetric and
no-scale Minkowski solutions are singled out by physical reasons. Focusing on
the study of dS vacua close to supersymmetric Minkowski points, we are able to
elaborate a complete analytical treatment of the mass matrix based on the
sGoldstino bound. This leads to a class of interesting universal dS vacua. We
finally explore a similar possibility around no-scale Minkowski points and
discuss some examples.Comment: 31 pages, 4 figures and 7 table
Intelligent Packaging Systems: Sensors and Nanosensors to Monitor Food Quality and Safety
Indexación: Web of Science y Scopus.The application of nanotechnology in different areas of food packaging is an emerging field that will grow rapidly in the coming years. Advances in food safety have yielded promising results leading to the development of intelligent packaging (IP). By these containers, it is possible to monitor and provide information of the condition of food, packaging, or the environment. This article describes the role of the different concepts of intelligent packaging. It is possible that this new technology could reach enhancing food safety, improving pathogen detection time, and controlling the quality of food and packaging throughout the supply chain.https://www.hindawi.com/journals/js/2016/4046061/cta
Metastable states influence on the magnetic behavior of the triangular lattice: Application to the spin-chain compound Ca3Co2O6
It is known that the spin-chain compound Ca3Co2O6 exhibits very interesting
plateaus in the magnetization as a function of the magnetic field at low
temperatures. The origin of them is still controversial. In this paper we study
the thermal behavior of this compound with a single-flip Monte Carlo simulation
on a triangular lattice and demonstrate the decisive influence of metastable
states in the splitting of the ferrimagnetic 1/3 plateau below 10 K. We
consider the [Co2O6]n chains as giant magnetic moments described by large Ising
spins on planar clusters with open boundary conditions. With this simple
frozen-moment model we obtain stepped magnetization curves which agree quite
well with the experimental results for different sweeping rates. We describe
particularly the out-of-equilibrium states that split the low-temperature 1/3
plateau into three steps. They relax thermally to the 1/3 plateau, which has
long-range order at the equilibrium. Such states are further analyzed with
snapshots unveiling a domain-wall structure that is responsible for the
observed behavior of the 1/3 plateau. A comparison is also given of the exact
results in small triangular clusters with our Monte Carlo results, providing
further support for our thermal description of this compound.Comment: 8 pages, 11 figures, submitted to PR
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