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Berry phase in a non-isolated system
We investigate the effect of the environment on a Berry phase measurement
involving a spin-half. We model the spin+environment using a biased spin-boson
Hamiltonian with a time-dependent magnetic field. We find that, contrary to
naive expectations, the Berry phase acquired by the spin can be observed, but
only on timescales which are neither too short nor very long. However this
Berry phase is not the same as for the isolated spin-half. It does not have a
simple geometric interpretation in terms of the adiabatic evolution of either
bare spin-states or the dressed spin-resonances that remain once we have traced
out the environment. This result is crucial for proposed Berry phase
measurements in superconducting nanocircuits as dissipation there is known to
be significant.Comment: 4 pages (revTeX4) 2 fig. This version has MAJOR changes to equation
Water We Putting in the Mohawk
The Hudson River Watershed consists of 11 major sub-watersheds, one of which is the Mohawk River (MKR).1 The Schoharie Creek (SCH) contributes 1,650 of the 4,086 river miles to the Mohawk River watershed, making it the largest contributor to the Mohawk. 2,3 The Cobleskill Creek (CBL), located in Schoharie County, flows in the east-northeast d irection to Schoharie Creek.4 The map shows how the bodies of water flow together to create a large watershed that provides active sites for recreational activities, such as fishing and swimming, across New York State. Since the Cobleskill Creek flows to the Schoharie Creek, which flows in to the Mohawk, the goal of this project is to assess common substances found in each of these rivers. The samples were analyzed to see whether or not these elements and compounds get carried from one body of water to the next due to their interconnected nature.https://digitalworks.union.edu/waterprojectposters/1005/thumbnail.jp
Dessins, their delta-matroids and partial duals
Given a map on a connected and closed orientable surface, the
delta-matroid of is a combinatorial object associated to which captures some topological information of the embedding. We explore how
delta-matroids associated to dessins d'enfants behave under the action of the
absolute Galois group. Twists of delta-matroids are considered as well; they
correspond to the recently introduced operation of partial duality of maps.
Furthermore, we prove that every map has a partial dual defined over its field
of moduli. A relationship between dessins, partial duals and tropical curves
arising from the cartography groups of dessins is observed as well.Comment: 34 pages, 20 figures. Accepted for publication in the SIGMAP14
Conference Proceeding
Scaling and the Metal-Insulator Transition in Si/SiGe Quantum Wells
The existence of a metal-insulator transition at zero magnetic field in two-
dimensional electron systems has recently been confirmed in high mobility
Si-MOSFETs. In this work, the temperature dependence of the resistivity of
gated Si/SiGe/Si quantum well structures has revealed a similar metal-
insulator transition as a function of carrier density at zero magnetic field.
We also report evidence for a Coulomb gap in the temperature dependence of
the resistivity of the dilute 2D hole gas confined in a SiGe quantum well.
In addition, the resistivity in the insulating phase scales with a single
parameter, and is sample independent. These results are consistent with the
occurrence of a metal-insulator transition at zero magnetic field in SiGe
square quantum wells driven by strong hole-hole interactions.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figures, LaTe
Development of flashlamp-pumped Q-switched Ho:Tm:Cr:YAG lasers for mid-infrared LIDAR application
A flashlamp-pumped 2.1 micron Ho:Tm:Cr:YAG laser was studied for both normal mode and Q-switched operations under a wide variety of experimental conditions in order to optimize performance. Laser output energy, slope efficiency, threshold and pulselength were determined as a function of operating temperature, output mirror reflectivity, input electrical energy and Q-switch opening time. The measured normal-mode laser thresholds of a Ho(3+) (0.45 atomic percent):Tm(3+) (2.5 atomic percent):Cr(3+) (0.8 atomic percent):YAG crystal ranged form 26 to 50 J between 120 and 200 K with slope efficiencies up to 0.36 percent with a 60 percent reflective output mirror. Under Q-switched operation the slope efficiency was 90 percent of the normal-mode result. Development of solid state lasers with Ho(3+), Tm(3+) and/or Er(3+) doped crystals has been pursued by NASA for eye-dafe mid-infrared LIDAR (light detection and ranging) application. As a part of the project, the authors have been working on evaluating Ho(3+):Tm(3+):Cr(3+):YAG crystals for normal-mode and Q-switched 2.1 micron laser operations in order to determine an optimum Tm(3+) concentration under flashlamp pumping conditions. Lasing properties of the Ho(3+) in the mid-infrared region have been studied by many research groups since the early 1960's. However, the technology of those lasers is still premature for lidar application. In order to overcome the inefficiency related to narrow absorption bands of the Ho(3+), Tm(3+) and Er(3+), the erbium has been replaced by chromium. The improvement in flashlamp-pumped Ho(3+) laser efficiency has been demonstrated recently by several research groups by utilizing the broad absorption spectrum of Cr(3+) which covers the flashlamp's emission spectrum. Efficient energy transfer to the Tm(3+) and then the Ho(3+) occurs subsequently. It is known that high Tm(3+) concentration and low Ho(3+) concentration are preferred to achieve a quantum efficiency approaching two and to avoid large reabsorption losses. However, determination of the optimum Tm(3+) concentration required to ensure efficient energy transfer from Cr(3+) to Tm(3+) and from Tm(3+) to Ho(3+) has not been made in the Ho:Tm:CR:YAG crystal. The results obtained so far are given
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Nerve-targeted probes for fluorescence-guided intraoperative imaging.
A fundamental goal of many surgeries is nerve preservation, as inadvertent injury can lead to patient morbidity including numbness, pain, localized paralysis and incontinence. Nerve identification during surgery relies on multiple parameters including anatomy, texture, color and relationship to surrounding structures using white light illumination. We propose that fluorescent labeling of nerves can enhance the contrast between nerves and adjacent tissue during surgery which may lead to improved outcomes. Methods: Nerve binding peptide sequences including HNP401 were identified by phage display using selective binding to dissected nerve tissue. Peptide dye conjugates including FAM-HNP401 and structural variants were synthesized and screened for nerve binding after topical application on fresh rodent and human tissue and in-vivo after systemic IV administration into both mice and rats. Nerve to muscle contrast was quantified by measuring fluorescent intensity after topical or systemic administration of peptide dye conjugate. Results: Peptide dye conjugate FAM-HNP401 showed selective binding to human sural nerve with 10.9x fluorescence signal intensity (1374.44 ± 425.96) compared to a previously identified peptide FAM-NP41 (126.17 ± 61.03). FAM-HNP401 showed nerve-to-muscle contrast of 3.03 ± 0.57. FAM-HNP401 binds and highlight multiple human peripheral nerves including lower leg sural, upper arm medial antebrachial as well as autonomic nerves isolated from human prostate. Conclusion: Phage display has identified a novel peptide that selectively binds to ex-vivo human nerves and in-vivo using rodent models. FAM-HNP401 or an optimized variant could be translated for use in a clinical setting for intraoperative identification of human nerves to improve visualization and potentially decrease the incidence of intra-surgical nerve injury
Can the trace formula describe weak localisation?
We attempt to systematically derive perturbative quantum corrections to the
Berry diagonal approximation of the two-level correlation function (TLCF) for
chaotic systems. To this end, we develop a ``weak diagonal approximation''
based on a recent description of the first weak localisation correction to
conductance in terms of the Gutzwiller trace formula. This semiclassical method
is tested by using it to derive the weak localisation corrections to the TLCF
for a semiclassically disordered system. Unfortunately the method is unable to
correctly reproduce the ``Hikami boxes'' (the relatively small regions where
classical paths are glued together by quantum processes). This results in the
method failing to reproduce the well known weak localisation expansion. It so
happens that for the first order correction it merely produces the wrong
prefactor. However for the second order correction, it is unable to reproduce
certain contributions, and leads to a result which is of a different form to
the standard one.Comment: 23 pages in Latex (with IOP style files), 3 eps figures included, to
be a symposium paper in a Topical Issue of Waves in Random Media, 199
Form factor for a family of quantum graphs: An expansion to third order
For certain types of quantum graphs we show that the random-matrix form
factor can be recovered to at least third order in the scaled time from
periodic-orbit theory. We consider the contributions from pairs of periodic
orbits represented by diagrams with up to two self-intersections connected by
up to four arcs and explain why all other diagrams are expected to give
higher-order corrections only.
For a large family of graphs with ergodic classical dynamics the diagrams
that exist in the absence of time-reversal symmetry sum to zero. The mechanism
for this cancellation is rather general which suggests that it may also apply
at higher-orders in the expansion. This expectation is in full agreement with
the fact that in this case the linear- contribution, the diagonal
approximation, already reproduces the random-matrix form factor for .
For systems with time-reversal symmetry there are more diagrams which
contribute at third order. We sum these contributions for quantum graphs with
uniformly hyperbolic dynamics, obtaining , in agreement with
random-matrix theory. As in the previous calculation of the leading-order
correction to the diagonal approximation we find that the third order
contribution can be attributed to exceptional orbits representing the
intersection of diagram classes.Comment: 23 pages (including 4 fig.) - numerous typos correcte
Exploring Halo Substructure with Giant Stars. XV. Discovery of a Connection between the Monoceros Ring and the Triangulum-Andromeda Overdensity?
Thanks to modern sky surveys, over twenty stellar streams and overdensity
structures have been discovered in the halo of the Milky Way. In this paper, we
present an analysis of spectroscopic observations of individual stars from one
such structure, "A13", first identified as an overdensity using the M giant
catalog from the Two Micron All-Sky Survey. Our spectroscopic observations show
that stars identified with A13 have a velocity dispersion of 40
, implying that it is a genuine coherent structure rather
than a chance super-position of random halo stars. From its position on the
sky, distance (15~kpc heliocentric), and kinematical properties, A13 is
likely to be an extension of another low Galactic latitude substructure -- the
Galactic Anticenter Stellar Structure (also known as the Monoceros Ring) --
towards smaller Galactic longitude and farther distance. Furthermore, the
kinematics of A13 also connect it with another structure in the southern
Galactic hemisphere -- the Triangulum-Andromeda overdensity. We discuss these
three connected structures within the context of a previously proposed scenario
that one or all of these features originate from the disk of the Milky Way.Comment: 12 pages, 9 figures. Accepted for publication in Ap
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