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Quantum phase diagram of an exactly solved mixed spin ladder
We investigate the quantum phase diagram of the exactly solved mixed
spin-(1/2,1) ladder via the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz (TBA). In the absence of
a magnetic field the model exhibits three quantum phases associated with su(2),
su(4) and su(6) symmetries. In the presence of a strong magnetic field, there
is a third and full saturation magnetization plateaux within the strong
antiferromagnetic rung coupling regime. Gapless and gapped phases appear in
turn as the magnetic field increases. For weak rung coupling, the fractional
magnetization plateau vanishs and exhibits new quantum phase transitions.
However, in the ferromagnetic coupling regime, the system does not have a third
saturation magnetization plat eau. The critical behaviour in the vicinity of
the critical points is also derived systematically using the TBA.Comment: 20 pages, 2 figure
Integrable models and quantum spin ladders: comparison between theory and experiment for the strong coupling ladder compounds
(abbreviated) This article considers recent advances in the investigation of
the thermal and magnetic properties of integrable spin ladder models and their
applicability to the physics of real compounds. The ground state properties of
the integrable two-leg spin-1/2 and the mixed spin-(1/2,1) ladder models at
zero temperature are analyzed by means of the Thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz.
Solving the TBA equations yields exact results for the critical fields and
critical behaviour. The thermal and magnetic properties of the models are
investigated in terms of the recently introduced High Temperature Expansion
method, which is discussed in detail. It is shown that in the strong coupling
limit the integrable spin-1/2 ladder model exhibits three quantum phases: (i) a
gapped phase in the regime , (ii) a fully polarised phase for
, and (iii) a Luttinger liquid magnetic phase in the regime
. The critical behaviour in the vicinity of the critical
points is of the Pokrovsky-Talapov type. The temperature-dependent thermal and
magnetic properties are directly evaluated from the exact free energy
expression and compared to known experimental results for a range of strong
coupling ladder compounds. Similar analysis of the mixed spin-(1/2,1) ladder
model reveals a rich phase diagram, with a 1/3 and a full saturation
magnetisation plateau within the strong antiferromagnetic rung coupling regime.
For weak rung coupling, the fractional magnetisation plateau is diminished and
a new quantum phase transition occurs. The phase diagram can be directly
deduced from the magnetisation curve obtained from the exact result derived
from the HTE. The thermodynamics of the spin-orbital model with different
single-ion anisotropies is also investigated.Comment: 90 pages, 33 figures, extensive revisio
Influence of Parent Concrete Properties on Compressive Strength and Chloride Diffusion Coefficient of Concrete with Strengthened Recycled Aggregates.
Parent concrete coming from a wide range of sources can result in considerable differences in the properties of recycled coarse aggregate (RCA). In this study, the RCAs were obtained by crushing the parent concrete with water-to-cement ratios (W/Cparent) of 0.4, 0.5 and 0.6, respectively, and were strengthened by carbonation and nano-silica slurry wrapping methods. It was found that when W/Cparen was 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5, respectively, compared with the mortar in the untreated RCA, the capillary porosity of the mortar in the carbonated RCA decreased by 19%, 16% and 30%, respectively; the compressive strength of concrete containing the carbonated RCA increased by 13%, 11% and 13%, respectively; the chloride diffusion coefficient of RAC (DRAC) containing the nano-SiO2 slurry-treated RCA decreased by 17%, 16% and 11%; and that of RAC containing the carbonated RCA decreased by 21%, 25% and 26%, respectively. Regardless of being strengthened or not, both DRAC and porosity of old mortar in RCAs increased with increasing W/Cparent. For different types of RCAs, DRAC increased obviously with increasing water absorption of RCA. Finally, a theoretical model of DRAC considering the water absorption of RCA was established and verified by experiments, which can be used to predict the DRAC under the influence of different factors, especially the water absorption of RCA
Subcellular localization of Bombyx mori ribosomal protein S3a and effect of its over-expression on BmNPV infection
In the present study, using a BV/PH-Bms3a-EGFP, we found that Bombyx mori ribosomal protein S3a (BmS3a) with EGFP fused to its C-terminal, was predominantly localized in the cytoplasm of B. mori cells. Subsequently, to investigate the effect of BmS3a over-expression on BmNPV infection both at the cellular level and in vivo, a transgenic BmN cell line expressing BmS3a was constructed using a piggybac-A3-EGFP and recombinant baculovirues expressing BmS3a-EGFP fusion protein (BV/IE1-Bms3a-EGFP) or EGFP (BV/EGFP) were produced using BmNPV/Bac-to-Bac expression system. Results showed that the number of polyhedral in the transgenic cells of BmS3a was much smaller than that in non-transgenic cells, and that silkworms injected with BV/IE1-Bms3a-EGFP survived much longer than those injected with BV/EGFP. Taken together, we speculated that BmS3a might be capable of inhibiting BmNPV replication through its activities in the cytoplasm
Exact Analysis of Scaling and Dominant Attractors Beyond the Exponential Potential
By considering the potential parameter as a function of another
potential parameter [47], We successfully extend the analysis of
two-dimensional autonomous dynamical system of quintessence scalar field model
to the analysis of three-dimension, which makes us be able to research the
critical points of a large number of potentials beyond the exponential
potential exactly. We find that there are ten critical points in all, three
points } are general points which are possessed by all
quintessence models regardless of the form of potentials and the rest points
are closely connected to the concrete potentials. It is quite surprising that,
apart from the exponential potential, there are a large number of potentials
which can give the scaling solution when the function
equals zero for one or some values of
and if the parameter also satisfies the condition
Eq.(16) or Eq.(17) at the same time. We give the differential equations to
derive these potentials from . We also find that, if some
conditions are satisfied, the de-Sitter-like dominant point and the
scaling solution point (or ) can be stable simultaneously but
and can not be stable simultaneity. Although we survey scaling
solutions beyond the exponential potential for ordinary quintessence models in
standard general relativity, this method can be applied to other extensively
scaling solution models studied in literature[46] including coupled
quintessence, (coupled-)phantom scalar field, k-essence and even beyond the
general relativity case . we also discuss the disadvantage
of our approach.Comment: 16 pages,no figure, this new revision has taken the suggestions from
CQG referees and has been accepted for publication in Classical and Quantum
Gravit
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