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Dynamical Electron Mass in a Strong Magnetic Field
Motivated by recent interest in understanding properties of strongly
magnetized matter, we study the dynamical electron mass generated through
approximate chiral symmetry breaking in QED in a strong magnetic field. We
reliably calculate the dynamical electron mass by numerically solving the
nonperturbative Schwinger-Dyson equations in a consistent truncation within the
lowest Landau level approximation. It is shown that the generation of dynamical
electron mass in a strong magnetic field is significantly enhanced by the
perturbative electron mass that explicitly breaks chiral symmetry in the
absence of a magnetic field.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure, published versio
An Infrared study of the Josephson vortex state in high-Tc cuprates
We report the results of the c-axis infrared spectroscopy of La_{2-x} Sr_x
CuO_4 in high magnetic field oriented parallel to the CuO_2 planes. A
significant suppression of the superfluid density with magnetic field rho_s(H)
is observed for both underdoped (x=0.125) and overdoped (x=0.17) samples. We
show that the existing theoretical models of the Josephson vortex state fail to
consistently describe the observed effects and discuss possible reasons for the
discrepancies
In-plane current-voltage characteristics and oscillatory Josephson-vortex flow resistance in La-free BiSrCuO single crystals in high magnetic fields
We have investigated the in-plane characteristics and the Josephson
vortex flow resistance in high-quality La-free
BiSrCuO (Bi2201) single crystals in parallel and
tilted magnetic fields at temperatures down to 40 mK. For parallel magnetic
fields below the resistive upper critical field , the
characteristic obey a power-law with a smooth change with increasing
magnetic-field of the exponent from above 5 down to 1. In contrast to the
double-layer cuprate Bi2212, the observed smooth change suggests that there is
no change in the mechanism of dissipation (no Kosterlitz-Thouless transition)
over the range of temperatures investigated. At small angles between the
applied field and the -plane, prominent current steps in the
characteristics and periodic oscillations of Josephson-vortex flow resistance
are observed. While the current steps are periodic in the voltage at constant
fields, the voltage position of the steps, together with the flux-flow voltage,
increases nonlinearly with magnetic field. The -flow resistance oscillates
as a function of field with a constant period over a wide range of magnetic
fields and temperatures. The current steps in the characteristics and
the flow resistance oscillations can be linked to the motion of Josephson
vortices across layers
The identification of a distributed parameter model for a flexible structure
A computational method is developed for the estimation of parameters in a distributed model for a flexible structure. The structure we consider (part of the RPL experiment) consists of a cantilevered beam with a thruster and linear accelerometer at the free end. The thruster is fed by a pressurized hose whose horizontal motion effects the transverse vibration of the beam. The Euler-Bernoulli theory is used to model the vibration of the beam and treat the hose-thruster assembly as a lumped or point mass-dashpot-spring system at the tip. Using measurements of linear acceleration at the tip, it is estimated that the parameters (mass, stiffness, damping) and a Voight-Kelvin viscoelastic structural damping parameter for the beam using a least squares fit to the data. Spline based approximations to the hybrid (coupled ordinary and partial differential equations) system are considered; theoretical convergence results and numerical studies with both simulation and actual experimental data obtained from the structure are presented and discussed
Correlation-hole induced paired quantum Hall states in lowest Landau level
A theory is developed for the paired even-denominator fractional quantum Hall
states in the lowest Landau level. We show that electrons bind to quantized
vortices to form composite fermions, interacting through an exact instantaneous
interaction that favors chiral p-wave pairing. Two canonically dual pairing gap
functions are related by the bosonic Laughlin wavefunction (Jastraw factor) due
to the correlation holes. We find that the ground state is the Moore-Read
pfaffian in the long wavelength limit for weak Coulomb interactions, a new
pfaffian of an oscillatory pairing function for intermediate interactions, and
a Read-Rezayi composite Fermi liquid beyond a critical interaction strength.
Our findings are consistent with recent experimental observations of the 1/2
and 1/4 fractional quantum Hall effects in asymmetric wide quantum wells.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures; published versio
Specific heat of single crystal MgB_2: a two-band superconductor with two different anisotropies
Heat-capacity measurements of a 39 microgramm MgB_2 single crystal in fields
up to 14 T and below 3 K allow the determination of the low-temperature linear
term of the specific heat, its field dependence and its anisotropy. Our results
are compatible with two-band superconductivity, the band carrying the small gap
being isotropic, that carrying the large gap having an anisotropy of ~ 5. Three
different upper critical fields are thus needed to describe the superconducting
state of MgB2.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures - V2: Bibliography updated and some typo
corrected. One reference added - V3: version accepted for publication in PRL,
changes made in the tex
Volovik effect in a highly anisotropic multiband superconductor: experiment and theory
We present measurements of the specific heat coefficient \gamma(= C/T) in the
low temperature limit as a function of an applied magnetic field for the
Fe-based superconductor BaFe(AsP). We find both a
linear regime at higher fields and a limiting square root behavior at very
low fields. The crossover from a Volovik-like to a linear field
dependence can be understood from a multiband calculation in the quasiclassical
approximation assuming gaps with different momentum dependence on the hole- and
electron-like Fermi surface sheets.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figures, 1 table, submitted to Phys. Rev.
ExplainIt! -- A declarative root-cause analysis engine for time series data (extended version)
We present ExplainIt!, a declarative, unsupervised root-cause analysis engine
that uses time series monitoring data from large complex systems such as data
centres. ExplainIt! empowers operators to succinctly specify a large number of
causal hypotheses to search for causes of interesting events. ExplainIt! then
ranks these hypotheses, reducing the number of causal dependencies from
hundreds of thousands to a handful for human understanding. We show how a
declarative language, such as SQL, can be effective in declaratively
enumerating hypotheses that probe the structure of an unknown probabilistic
graphical causal model of the underlying system. Our thesis is that databases
are in a unique position to enable users to rapidly explore the possible causal
mechanisms in data collected from diverse sources. We empirically demonstrate
how ExplainIt! had helped us resolve over 30 performance issues in a commercial
product since late 2014, of which we discuss a few cases in detail.Comment: SIGMOD Industry Track 201
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