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The Mixed State of Charge-Density-Wave in a Ring-Shaped Single Crystals
Charge-density-wave (CDW) phase transition in a ring-shaped crystals,
recently synthesized by Tanda et al. [Nature, 417, 397 (2002)], is studied
based on a mean-field-approximation of Ginzburg-Landau free energy. It is shown
that in a ring-shaped crystals CDW undergoes frustration due to the curvature
(bending) of the ring (geometrical frustration) and, thus, forms a mixed state
analogous to what a type-II superconductor forms under a magnetic field. We
discuss the nature of the phase transition in the ring-CDW in relation to
recent experiments.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
An Eco-Morphological Examination of Tiller and Stolon Dynamics in a \u3cem\u3eZoysia japonica\u3c/em\u3e Sward
Japanese lawn grass (Zoysia japonica), which dominates in grazed semi-natural grasslands in Japan, is being reconsidered recently, because of its high adaptability to poorer conditions and its aggressive creeping habit in open fields. Zoysia has a unique potential for indeterminate multiple-node generation in the stolon tip and differential tiller formation at two tillering sites of every multiple-node (Ta in the bottom node and Tb in the mid-part), so that it displays contrasting behaviour in stolon extension and aerial tiller production in various situations (Ito et al., 2003). In this study, we examined the population structure of various tillering modules of Zoysia clones in a dense sward
The Infocus Hard X-ray Telescope: Pixellated CZT Detector/Shield Performance and Flight Results
The CZT detector on the Infocus hard X-ray telescope is a pixellated
solid-state device capable of imaging spectroscopy by measuring the position
and energy of each incoming photon. The detector sits at the focal point of an
8m focal length multilayered grazing incidence X-ray mirror which has
significant effective area between 20--40 keV. The detector has an energy
resolution of 4.0keV at 32keV, and the Infocus telescope has an angular
resolution of 2.2 arcminute and a field of view of about 10 arcminutes. Infocus
flew on a balloon mission in July 2001 and observed Cygnus X-1. We present
results from laboratory testing of the detector to measure the uniformity of
response across the detector, to determine the spectral resolution, and to
perform a simple noise decomposition. We also present a hard X-ray spectrum and
image of Cygnus X-1, and measurements of the hard X-ray CZT background obtained
with the SWIN detector on Infocus.Comment: To appear in the proceedings of the SPIE conference "Astronomical
Telescopes and Instrumentation", #4851-116, Kona, Hawaii, Aug. 22-28, 2002.
12 pages, 9 figure
Sulfonated immunoglobulin improves cardiopulmonary functions by promoting IGF-I production in ARDS patients with severe sepsis
Infinite Layer LaNiO(2): Ni(1+)is not Cu(2+)
The Ni ion in LaNiO has the same formal ionic configuration as
does Cu in isostructural CaCuO, but it is reported to be nonmagnetic and
probably metallic whereas CaCuO is a magnetic insulator. From ab initio
calculations we trace its individualistic behavior to (1) reduced
mixing due to an increase of the separation of site energies () of at least 2 eV, and (2) important Ni mixing with
La states that leads to Fermi surface pockets of La
character that hole-dope the Ni 3d band.Correlation effects do not appear to be
large in LaNiO. However, ad hoc increase of the intraatomic repulsion on
the Ni site (using the LDA+U method) is found to lead to a novel correlated
state: (i) the transition metal and states undergo
consecutive Mott transitions, (ii) their moments are antialigned leading
(ideally) to a "singlet" ion in which there are two polarized orbitals, and
(iii) mixing of the upper Hubbard band with the La
states leaves considerable transition metal 3d character in a band pinned to
the Fermi level. The magnetic configuration is more indicative of a Ni
ion in this limit, although the actual charge changes little with U.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figure
The Final Test of the FIR Laser Interferometer for the LHD in the Plasma Diagnostic Laboratories
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