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Nongalvanic thermometry for ultracold two-dimensional electron domains
Measuring the temperature of a two-dimensional electron gas at temperatures
of a few mK is a challenging issue, which standard thermometry schemes may fail
to tackle. We propose and analyze a nongalvanic thermometer, based on a quantum
point contact and quantum dot, which delivers virtually no power to the
electron system to be measured.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
LATE FROST EVENTS IN AN ALPINE VALLEY: MEASUREMENTS AND CHARACTERISATION OF THE PROCESS
Under the research project GEPRI, aimed at investigating and characterizing late frost events potentiallydangerous for cultivated areas, in the spring of 2004 an intensive meteorological field experiment has been made in the Adige River Valley in Trentino (Northern Italy). The project is aimed at a better characterization of the mechanism of late frost events in complex topography in order to improve the forecast of the occurrence of nocturnal temperature minima. In this work some preliminary results of the micrometeorological measurements performed at a target area within an appletrees orchard are presented and discussed. Measurements allowed the determination of the complete energy balance, as well as the identification of specific local-scale circulations which appear to be relevant in characterizing the night-time cooling process. In case of fair weather conditions, the latter displays a sequence of at least four different phases which seem to alternate rather than superimpose advective- and radiative-effects
The Kondo Effect in the Unitary Limit
We observe a strong Kondo effect in a semiconductor quantum dot when a small
magnetic field is applied. The Coulomb blockade for electron tunneling is
overcome completely by the Kondo effect and the conductance reaches the
unitary-limit value. We compare the experimental Kondo temperature with the
theoretical predictions for the spin-1/2 Anderson impurity model. Excellent
agreement is found throughout the Kondo regime. Phase coherence is preserved
when a Kondo quantum dot is included in one of the arms of an Aharonov-Bohm
ring structure and the phase behavior differs from previous results on a
non-Kondo dot.Comment: 10 page
Single-electron tunneling in InP nanowires
We report on the fabrication and electrical characterization of field-effect
devices based on wire-shaped InP crystals grown from Au catalyst particles by a
vapor-liquid-solid process. Our InP wires are n-type doped with diameters in
the 40-55 nm range and lengths of several microns. After being deposited on an
oxidized Si substrate, wires are contacted individually via e-beam fabricated
Ti/Al electrodes. We obtain contact resistances as low as ~10 kOhm, with minor
temperature dependence. The distance between the electrodes varies between 0.2
and 2 micron. The electron density in the wires is changed with a back gate.
Low-temperature transport measurements show Coulomb-blockade behavior with
single-electron charging energies of ~1 meV. We also demonstrate energy
quantization resulting from the confinement in the wire.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Enhanced recovery after surgery pathways in thoracic surgery, do they end at discharge?
Fast track pulmonary resection protocols have shown to be
feasible and to improve hospital related costs, shortening
length of stay and maintaining quality of care (1-4).
Despite the increasing number of scientific literature
addressing the benefits of specific lobectomy pathways (4,5)
and the recent publication of Enhanced Recovery after
Surgery (ERAS®) guidelines in thoracic surgery (4-6) the
truth is that the description of most of these interventions
ends at patients’ discharge, with no clear indications for
follow up or measures to prevent unintended hospital
readmissions (2,3
A Non-equilibrium STM model for Kondo Resonance on surface
Based on a no-equilibrium STM model, we study Kondo resonance on a surface by
self-consistent calculations. The shapes of tunneling spectra are dependent on
the energy range of tunneling electrons. Our results show that both
energy-cutoff and energy-window of tunneling electrons have significant
influence on the shapes of tunneling spectra. If no energy-cutoff is used, the
Kondo resonances in tunneling spectrum are peaks with the same shapes in the
density of state of absorbed magnetic atoms. This is just the prediction of
Tersoff theory. If we use an energy cutoff to remove high-energy lectrons, a
dip structure will modulate the Kondo resonance peak in the tunneling spectrum.
The real shape of Kondo peak is the mixing of the peak and dip, the so-called
Fano line shape. The method of self-consistent non-equilibrium matrix Green
function is discussed in details.Comment: 11 pages and 8 eps figur
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