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Creep motion of a domain wall in the two-dimensional random-field Ising model with a driving field
With Monte Carlo simulations, we study the creep motion of a domain wall in
the two-dimensional random-field Ising model with a driving field. We observe
the nonlinear fieldvelocity relation, and determine the creep exponent {\mu}.
To further investigate the universality class of the creep motion, we also
measure the roughness exponent {\zeta} and energy barrier exponent {\psi} from
the zero-field relaxation process. We find that all the exponents depend on the
strength of disorder.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
High-topological-number magnetic skyrmions and topologically protected dissipative structure
The magnetic skyrmion with the topological number of unity () is a
well-known nanometric swirling spin structure in the nonlinear model
with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. Here, we show that magnetic
skyrmion with the topological number of two () can be created and
stabilized by applying vertical spin-polarized current though it cannot exist
as a static stable excitation. Magnetic skyrmion with is a nonequilibrium
dynamic object, subsisting on a balance between the energy injection from the
current and the energy dissipation by the Gilbert damping. Once it is created,
it becomes a topologically protected object against fluctuations of various
variables including the injected current itself. Hence, we may call it a
topologically protected dissipative structure. We also elucidate the nucleation
and destruction mechanisms of the magnetic skyrmion with by studying the
evolutions of the magnetization distribution, the topological charge density as
well as the energy density. Our results will be useful for the study of the
nontrivial topology of magnetic skyrmions with higher topological numbers.Comment: 10 pages, 9 figures. To be published in Phys. Rev.
Transmission eigenvalues and the bare conductance in the crossover to Anderson localization
We measure the field transmission matrix t for microwave radiation
propagating through random waveguides in the crossover to Anderson
localization. From these measurements, we determine the dimensionless
conductance, g, and the individual eigenvalues of the transmission
matrix whose sum equals g. In diffusive samples, the highest
eigenvalue, , is close to unity corresponding to a transmission of
nearly 100%, while for localized waves, the average of , is nearly
equal to g. We find that the spacing between average values of is
constant and demonstrate that when surface interactions are taken into account
it is equal to the inverse of the bare conductance.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Kohn anomaly and interplay of electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions in epitaxial graphene
The interplay of electron-phonon (el-ph) and electron-electron (el-el)
interactions in epitaxial graphene is studied by directly probing its
electronic structure. We found a strong coupling of electrons to the soft part
of the A1g phonon evident by a kink at 150+/-15 meV, while the coupling of
electrons to another expected phonon E2g at 195 meV can only be barely
detected. The possible role of the el-el interaction to account for the
enhanced coupling of electrons to the A1g phonon, and the contribution of el-ph
interaction to the linear imaginary part of the self energy at high binding
energy are also discussed. Our results reveal the dominant role of the A1g
phonon in the el-ph interaction in graphene, and highlight the important
interplay of el-el and el-ph interactions in the self energy of graphene.Comment: accepted to Phys. Rev.
Multifractal detrended cross-correlation analysis for two nonstationary signals
It is ubiquitous in natural and social sciences that two variables, recorded
temporally or spatially in a complex system, are cross-correlated and possess
multifractal features. We propose a new method called multifractal detrended
cross-correlation analysis (MF-DXA) to investigate the multifractal behaviors
in the power-law cross-correlations between two records in one or higher
dimensions. The method is validated with cross-correlated 1D and 2D binomial
measures and multifractal random walks. Application to two financial time
series is also illustrated.Comment: 4 RevTex pages including 6 eps figure
Further solutions of critical ABF RSOS models
The restricted SOS model of Andrews, Baxter and Forrester has been studied.
The finite size corrections to the eigenvalue spectra of the transfer matrix of
the model with a more general crossing parameter have been calculated.
Therefore the conformal weights and the central charges of the non-unitary or
unitary minimal conformal field have been extracted from the finite size
corrections.Comment: Pages 11; revised versio
Comparative experimental study of local mixing of active and passive scalars in turbulent thermal convection
We investigate experimentally the statistical properties of active and
passive scalar fields in turbulent Rayleigh-B\'{e}nard convection in water, at
. Both the local concentration of fluorescence dye and the local
temperature are measured near the sidewall of a rectangular cell. It is found
that, although they are advected by the same turbulent flow, the two scalars
distribute differently. This difference is twofold, i.e. both the quantities
themselves and their small-scale increments have different distributions. Our
results show that there is a certain buoyant scale based on time domain, i.e.
the Bolgiano time scale , above which buoyancy effects are significant.
Above , temperature is active and is found to be more intermittent than
concentration, which is passive. This suggests that the active scalar possesses
a higher level of intermittency in turbulent thermal convection. It is further
found that the mixing of both scalar fields are isotropic for scales larger
than even though buoyancy acts on the fluid in the vertical direction.
Below , temperature is passive and is found to be more anisotropic than
concentration. But this higher degree of anisotropy is attributed to the higher
diffusivity of temperature over that of concentration. From the simultaneous
measurements of temperature and concentration, it is shown that two scalars
have similar autocorrelation functions and there is a strong and positive
correlation between them.Comment: 13 pages and 12 figure
Continuum Electromechanical Modeling of Protein-Membrane Interaction
A continuum electromechanical model is proposed to describe the membrane
curvature induced by electrostatic interactions in a solvated protein-membrane
system. The model couples the macroscopic strain energy of membrane and the
electrostatic solvation energy of the system, and equilibrium membrane
deformation is obtained by minimizing the electro-elastic energy functional
with respect to the dielectric interface. The model is illustrated with the
systems with increasing geometry complexity and captures the sensitivity of
membrane curvature to the permanent and mobile charge distributions.Comment: 5 pages, 12 figure
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