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Searching for a preferred direction with Union2.1 data
A cosmological preferred direction was reported from the type Ia supernovae
(SNe Ia) data in recent years. We use the Union2.1 data to give a simple
classification of such studies for the first time. Because the maximum
anisotropic direction is independent of isotropic dark energy models, we adopt
two cosmological models (CDM, CDM) for the hemisphere comparison
analysis and CDM model for dipole fit approach. In hemisphere
comparison method, the matter density and the equation of state of dark energy
are adopted as the diagnostic qualities in the CDM model and CDM
model, respectively. In dipole fit approach, we fit the fluctuation of distance
modulus. We find that there is a null signal for the hemisphere comparison
method, while a preferred direction () for the dipole fit method. This result indicates
that the dipole fit is more sensitive than the hemisphere comparison method.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in MNRA
Asymptotic analysis of V-BLAST MIMO for coherent optical wireless communications in Gamma-Gamma turbulence
This paper investigates the asymptotic BER performance of coherent optical wireless communication systems in Gamma-Gamma turbulence when applying the V-BLAST MIMO scheme. A new method is proposed to quantify the performance of the system and mathematical solutions for asymptotic BER performance are derived. Counterintuitive results are shown since the diversity gain of the V-BLAST MIMO system is equal to the number of the receivers. As a consequence, it is shown that when applying the V-BLAST MIMO scheme, the symbol rate per transmission can be equal to the number of transmitters with some cost to diversity gain. This means that we can simultaneously exploit the spatial multiplexing and diversity properties of the MIMO system to achieve a higher data rate than existing schemes in a channel that displays severe turbulence and moderate attenuation
Nonsaturating magnetoresistance and nontrivial band topology of type-II Weyl semimetal NbIrTe4
Weyl semimetals, characterized by nodal points in the bulk and Fermi arc
states on the surface, have recently attracted extensive attention due to the
potential application on low energy consumption electronic materials. In this
report, the thermodynamic and transport properties of a theoretically predicted
Weyl semimetal NbIrTe4 is measured in high magnetic fields up to 35 T and low
temperatures down to 0.4 K. Remarkably, NbIrTe4 exhibits a nonsaturating
transverse magnetoresistance which follows a power-law dependence in B.
Low-field Hall measurements reveal that hole-like carriers dominate the
transport for T 80 K, while the significant enhancement of electron
mobilities with lowering T results in a non-negligible contribution from
electron-like carriers which is responsible for the observed non-linear Hall
resistivity at low T. The Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations of the Hall
resistivity under high B give the light effective masses of charge carriers and
the nontrivial Berry phase associated with Weyl fermions. Further
first-principles calculations confirm the existence of 16 Weyl points located
at kz = 0, 0.02 and 0.2 planes in the Brillouin zone.Comment: 5 figures, 1 tabl
Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory with Ultrasoft Pseudopotential: Real-Time Electron Propagation across Molecular Junction
A practical computational scheme based on time-dependent density functional
theory (TDDFT) and ultrasoft pseudopotential (USPP) is developed to study
electron dynamics in real time. A modified Crank-Nicolson time-stepping
algorithm is adopted, under planewave basis. The scheme is validated by
calculating the optical absorption spectra for sodium dimer and benzene
molecule. As an application of this USPP-TDDFT formalism, we compute the time
evolution of a test electron packet at the Fermi energy of the left metallic
lead crossing a benzene-(1,4)-dithiolate junction. A transmission probability
of 5-7%, corresponding to a conductance of 4.0-5.6muS, is obtained. These
results are consistent with complex band structure estimates, and Green's
function calculation results at small bias voltages
Search for the QCD Critical Point: Higher Moments of Net-proton Multiplicity Distributions
Higher moments of event-by-event net-proton multiplicity distributions have
been applied to search for the QCD critical point. Model results are used to
provide a baseline for this search. The measured moment products,
and of net-proton distributions, which are directly
connected to the thermodynamical baryon number susceptibility ratio in Lattice
QCD and Hadron Resonance Gas (HRG) model, are compared to the transport and
thermal model results. We argue that a non-monotonic dependence of and as a function of beam energy can be used to search for
the QCD critical point.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures. CPOD 2010 Proceeding
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