First Nonperturbative Test of a Relativistic Heavy Quark Action in Quenched Lattice QCD

We perform a numerical test of a relativistic heavy quark(RHQ) action, recently proposed by Tsukuba group, in quenched lattice QCD at $a\simeq 0.1$ fm. With the use of the improvement parameters previously determined at one-loop level for the RHQ action, we investigate a restoration of rotational symmetry for heavy-heavy and heavy-light meson systems around the charm quark mass. We focused on two quantities, the meson dispersion relation and the pseudo-scalar meson decay constants. It is shown that the RHQ action significantly reduces the discretization errors due to the charm quark mass. We also calculate the S-state hyperfine splittings for the charmonium and charmed-strange mesons and the $D_s$ meson decay constant. The remaining discretization errors in the physical quantities are discussed.Comment: 21 pages, 16 figures. A reference and a comment added, a major modification in appendix, several minor changes in the abstract and the main text. Errors in affiliation are corrected. Version appeared in JHE

Direct Observation of Site-specific Valence Electronic Structure at Interface: SiO2/Si Interface

Atom specific valence electronic structures at interface are elucidated successfully using soft x-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy. In order to demonstrate the versatility of this method, we investigated SiO2/Si interface as a prototype and directly observed valence electronic states projected at the particular atoms of the SiO2/Si interface; local electronic structure strongly depends on the chemical states of each atom. In addition we compared the experimental results with first-principle calculations, which quantitatively revealed the interfacial properties in atomic-scale.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure

Dynamical pinning of domain wall in magnetic nanowire induced by Walker breakdown

Transmission probability of a domain wall through a magnetic nanowire is investigated as a function of the external magnetic field. Very intriguing phenomenon is found that the transmission probability shows a significant drop after exceeding the threshold driving field, which contradicts our intuition that a domain wall is more mobile in the higher magnetic field. The micromagnetics simulation reveals that the domain wall motion in the wire with finite roughness causes the dynamical pinning due to the Walker breakdown, which semi-quantitatively explains our experimental results.Comment: 17 pages, 4 figure

Fast algorithm for calculating two-photon absorption spectra

We report a numerical calculation of the two-photon absorption coefficient of electrons in a binding potential using the real-time real-space higher-order difference method. By introducing random vector averaging for the intermediate state, the task of evaluating the two-dimensional time integral is reduced to calculating two one-dimensional integrals. This allows the reduction of the computation load down to the same order as that for the linear response function. The relative advantage of the method compared to the straightforward multi-dimensional time integration is greater for the calculation of non-linear response functions of higher order at higher energy resolution.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures. It will be published in Phys. Rev. E on 1, March, 199

Theoretical study of the (3x2) reconstruction of beta-SiC(001)

By means of ab initio molecular dynamics and band structure calculations, as well as using calculated STM images, we have singled out one structural model for the (3x2) reconstruction of the Si-terminated (001) surface of cubic SiC, amongst several proposed in the literature. This is an alternate dimer-row model, with an excess Si coverage of 1/3, yielding STM images in good accord with recent measurements [F.Semond et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 2013 (1996)].Comment: To be published in PRB Rapid. Com

The Lattice Λ\Lambda Parameter in Domain Wall QCD

We evaluate the ratio of the scale parameter $\Lambda$ in domain wall QCD to the one in the continuum theory at one loop level incorporating the effect of massless quarks. We show that the Pauli-Villars regulator is required to subtract the unphysical massive fermion modes which emerge in the fermion loop contributions to the gluon self energy. Detailed results are presented as a function of the domain wall height $M$.Comment: 16 pages, 1 figure as eps-file, some references adde

Multiple configurations of N-methylpyrrole binding on Si(111)-7×7

The adsorption configurations of N-methylpyrrole on Si(111)-7×7 were investigated using high-resolution electron energy-loss spectroscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), and density function theory calculations. Compared to physisorbed N-methylpyrrole, chemisorbed molecules present a different vibrational feature at 2886 cm-1 attributable to ν[(Si)Csp3-H] in addition to the vibrational features of (sp2)Cα-H (3106 cm-1), (sp2)Cβ-H (3050 cm-1), and C—H of CH3 (2944 cm-1) stretching modes, demonstrating the direct interaction between C=C bonds and Si(111)-7×7. The major change of N 1s XPS spectrum of N-methylpyrrole upon chemisorption strongly suggests the coexistence of two chemisorption states, further confirmed in the strong dependence of STM image features on the sample bias together with statistical analysis. The concurrent occurrence of [4+2] and [2+2] cycloadditions is proposed to account for these two adsorption configurations of N-methylpyrrole on Si(111)-7×

Untersuchungen zur Ankopplung von gentechnisch modifizierten HEK293-Zellen an siliziumbasierte Transducer-Materialien

Um die elektrische Signalübertragung zwischen biologischen Systemen und Halbleitermaterialien zu untersuchen, beschäftigt sich die aktuelle Forschung in jüngster Zeit mit der direkten Ankopplung von Nervenzellen an Siliziumchips und Metallelektroden. Die Generierung elektrischer Impulse hängt dabei von Ionenkanälen in der Plasmamembran dieser Zellen ab. Mittels molekularbiologischer Verfahren fertigen wir gentechnisch modifizierte HEK 293 Zellen an. Es werden Zellinien hergestellt, die sowohl Dopamin-Rezeptoren, als auch zyklisch nukleotid-gesteuerte Ionenkanäle (CNG Kanäle) konstitutiv exprimieren. Die Dopamin-Rezeptoren erkennen spezifische Botenstoffe (Dopamin) in einer Lösung und erzeugen ein intrazelluläres biochemisches Signal. Es kommt zum Anstieg der intrazellulären Konzentration des Botenstoffes cAMP. Die CNG-Kanäle werden durch dieses zyklische Nukleotid direkt geöffnet. Mono- und divalente Kationen fließen durch den geöffneten Kanal in die Zelle. Die Zelle wird dabei elektrisch erregt und das Membranpotential ändert sich. Die Änderung des Membranpotentials soll als Meßgröße mit Hilfe eines Halbleiterchips gemessen werden. Gegenwärtig wird die bioelektronische Schnittstelle zwischen Zelle und Halbleiterstruktur im einzelnen charakterisiert. Dabei werden unterschiedliche Übertragungsmechanismen - an Hand von Mikroelektroden und kapazitiven Feldeffektstrukturen - auf der Basis von planarem, strukturiertem und porösem Silizium untersucht. Um die Haftung der Zellen auf den Siliziumchips zu verbessern, wurden die Chipoberflächen mittels verschiedener Methoden aktiviert (Sauerstoffplasmabehandlung, Poly-L-lysin, Laminin). Die Ergebnisse dieser Untersuchungen, sowie einleitende Ergebnisse, die die Signalübertragung an der Zell/Silizium-Schnittstelle betreffen, werden präsentiert und diskutiert

Performance studies of the Belle II Silicon Vertex Detector with data taken at the DESY test beam in April 2016

Belle II is a multipurpose detector currently under construction which will be operated at the next generation B-factory SuberKEKB in Japan. Its main devices for the vertex reconstruction are the Silicon Vertex Detector (SVD) and the Pixel Detector (PXD). In April 2016 a sector of the Belle II SVD and PXD have been tested in a beam of high energetic electrons at the test beam facility at DESY Hamburg (Germany). We report here the results for the hit efficiency estimation and the measurement of the resolution for the Belle II silicon vertex etector. We find that the hit efficiencies are on average above 99.5% and that the measured resolution is within the expectations

The Belle II SVD detector

The Silicon Vertex Detector (SVD) is one of the main detectors in the Belle II experiment at KEK, Japan. In combination with a pixel detector, the SVD determines precise decay vertex and low-momentum track reconstruction. The SVD ladders are being developed at several institutes. For the development of the tracking algorithm as well as the performance estimation of the ladders, beam tests for the ladders were performed. We report an overview of the SVD development, its performance measured in the beam test, and the prospect of its assembly and commissioning until installation