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Kondo effect and anti-ferromagnetic correlation in transport through tunneling-coupled double quantum dots
We propose to study the transport through tunneling-coupled double quantum
dots (DQDs) connected in series to leads, using the finite- slave-boson mean
field approach developed initially by Kotliar and Ruckenstein [Phys. Rev. Lett.
{\bf 57}, 1362 (1986)]. This approach treats the dot-lead coupling and the
inter-dot tunnelling nonperturbatively at arbitrary Coulomb correlation
, thus allows the anti-ferromagnetic exchange coupling parameter
to appear naturally. We find that, with increasing the inter-dot hopping, the
DQDs manifest three distinct physical scenarios: the Kondo singlet state of
each dot with its adjacent lead, the spin singlet state consisting of local
spins on each dot and the doubly occupied bonding orbital of the coupled dots.
The three states exhibit remarkably distinct behavior in transmission spectrum,
linear and differential conductance and their magnetic-field dependence.
Theoretical predictions agree with numerical renormalization group and Lanczos
calculations, and some of them have been observed in recent experiments.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures. Physics Review B (Rapid Communication) (in press
The emission positions of kHz QPOs and Kerr spacetime influence
Based the Alfven wave oscillation model (AWOM) and relativistic precession
model (RPM) for twin kHz QPOs, we estimate the emission positions of most
detected kHz QPOs to be at r=18+-3 km (R/15km) except Cir X-1 at r = 30\+-5 km
(R/15km). For the proposed Keplerian frequency as an upper limit to kHz QPO,
the spin effects in Kerr Spacetime are discussed, which have about a 5% (2%)
modification for that of the Schwarzchild case for the spin frequency of 1000
(400) Hz.The application to the four typical QPO sources, Cir X-1, Sco X-1, SAX
J1808.4-3658 and XTE 1807-294, is mentioned.Comment: Science China, Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, 2010, 53, NO.
Hormonal regulation of ovarian bursa fluid in mice and involvement of aquaporins.
In rodent species, the ovary and the end of oviduct are encapsulated by a thin membrane called ovarian bursa. The biological functions of ovarian bursa remain unexplored despite its structural arrangement in facilitating oocytes transport into oviduct. In the present study, we observed a rapid fluid accumulation and reabsorption within the ovarian bursa after ovarian stimulation (PMSG-primed hCG injection), suggesting that the ovarian bursa might play an active role in regulating local fluid homeostasis around the timing of ovulation. We hypothesized that the aquaporin proteins, which are specialized channels for water transport, might be involved in this process. By screening the expression of aquaporin family members (Aqp1-9) in the ovarian tissue and isolated ovarian bursa (0, 1, 2 and 5 h after hCG injection), we found that AQP2 and AQP5 mRNA showed dynamic changes after hCG treatment, showing upregulation at 1-2 h followed by gradually decrease at 5 h, which is closely related with the intra-bursa fluid dynamics. Further immunofluorescence examinations of AQP2 and AQP5 in the ovarian bursa revealed that AQP2 is specifically localized in the outer layer (peritoneal side) while AQP5 localized in the inner layer (ovarian side) of the bursa, such cell type specific and spatial-temporal expressions of AQP2 and 5 support our hypothesis that they might be involved in efficient water transport through ovarian bursa under ovulation related hormonal regulation. The physiological significance of aquaporin-mediated water transport in the context of ovarian bursa still awaits further clarification
Fuchs versus Painlev\'e
We briefly recall the Fuchs-Painlev\'e elliptic representation of Painlev\'e
VI. We then show that the polynomiality of the expressions of the correlation
functions (and form factors) in terms of the complete elliptic integral of the
first and second kind,
and , is a straight consequence of the fact that the differential
operators corresponding to the entries of Toeplitz-like determinants, are
equivalent to the second order operator which has as solution (or,
for off-diagonal correlations to the direct sum of and ). We show
that this can be generalized, mutatis mutandis, to the anisotropic Ising model.
The singled-out second order linear differential operator being replaced
by an isomonodromic system of two third-order linear partial differential
operators associated with , the Jacobi's form of the complete elliptic
integral of the third kind (or equivalently two second order linear partial
differential operators associated with Appell functions, where one of these
operators can be seen as a deformation of ). We finally explore the
generalizations, to the anisotropic Ising models, of the links we made, in two
previous papers, between Painlev\'e non-linear ODE's, Fuchsian linear ODE's and
elliptic curves. In particular the elliptic representation of Painlev\'e VI has
to be generalized to an ``Appellian'' representation of Garnier systems.Comment: Dedicated to the : Special issue on Symmetries and Integrability of
Difference Equations, SIDE VII meeting held in Melbourne during July 200
Setting upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939+2134 using the first science data from the GEO 600 and LIGO detectors
Data collected by the GEO 600 and LIGO interferometric gravitational wave detectors during their first observational science run were searched for continuous gravitational waves from the pulsar J1939+2134 at twice its rotation frequency. Two independent analysis methods were used and are demonstrated in this paper: a frequency domain method and a time domain method. Both achieve consistent null results, placing new upper limits on the strength of the pulsar's gravitational wave emission. A model emission mechanism is used to interpret the limits as a constraint on the pulsar's equatorial ellipticity
An approach to locating delayed activities in software processes
Activity is now playing a vital role in software processes. To ensure the high-level efficiency of software processes, a key point is to locate those activities that own bigger resource occupation probabilities with respect to average execution time, called delayed activities, and then improve them. To this end, we firstly propose an approach to locating delayed activities in software processes. Furthermore, we present a case study, which exhibits the high-level efficiency of the approach, to concretely illustrate this new solution. Some beneficial analysis and reasonable modification are developed in the end
First LIGO search for gravitational wave bursts from cosmic (super)strings
We report on a matched-filter search for gravitational wave bursts from
cosmic string cusps using LIGO data from the fourth science run (S4) which took
place in February and March 2005. No gravitational waves were detected in 14.9
days of data from times when all three LIGO detectors were operating. We
interpret the result in terms of a frequentist upper limit on the rate of
gravitational wave bursts and use the limits on the rate to constrain the
parameter space (string tension, reconnection probability, and loop sizes) of
cosmic string models.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures. Replaced with version submitted to PR
All-sky LIGO Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the Early S5 Data
We report on an all-sky search with the LIGO detectors for periodic
gravitational waves in the frequency range 50--1100 Hz and with the frequency's
time derivative in the range -5.0E-9 Hz/s to zero. Data from the first eight
months of the fifth LIGO science run (S5) have been used in this search, which
is based on a semi-coherent method (PowerFlux) of summing strain power.
Observing no evidence of periodic gravitational radiation, we report 95%
confidence-level upper limits on radiation emitted by any unknown isolated
rotating neutron stars within the search range. Strain limits below 1.E-24 are
obtained over a 200-Hz band, and the sensitivity improvement over previous
searches increases the spatial volume sampled by an average factor of about 100
over the entire search band. For a neutron star with nominal equatorial
ellipticity of 1.0E-6, the search is sensitive to distances as great as 500
pc--a range that could encompass many undiscovered neutron stars, albeit only a
tiny fraction of which would likely be rotating fast enough to be accessible to
LIGO. This ellipticity is at the upper range thought to be sustainable by
conventional neutron stars and well below the maximum sustainable by a strange
quark star.Comment: 6 pages, 1 figur
Search for Gravitational Wave Bursts from Soft Gamma Repeaters
We present the results of a LIGO search for short-duration gravitational
waves (GWs) associated with Soft Gamma Repeater (SGR) bursts. This is the first
search sensitive to neutron star f-modes, usually considered the most efficient
GW emitting modes. We find no evidence of GWs associated with any SGR burst in
a sample consisting of the 27 Dec. 2004 giant flare from SGR 1806-20 and 190
lesser events from SGR 1806-20 and SGR 1900+14 which occurred during the first
year of LIGO's fifth science run. GW strain upper limits and model-dependent GW
emission energy upper limits are estimated for individual bursts using a
variety of simulated waveforms. The unprecedented sensitivity of the detectors
allows us to set the most stringent limits on transient GW amplitudes published
to date. We find upper limit estimates on the model-dependent isotropic GW
emission energies (at a nominal distance of 10 kpc) between 3x10^45 and 9x10^52
erg depending on waveform type, detector antenna factors and noise
characteristics at the time of the burst. These upper limits are within the
theoretically predicted range of some SGR models.Comment: 6 pages, 1 Postscript figur
Stacked Search for Gravitational Waves from the 2006 SGR 1900+14 Storm
We present the results of a LIGO search for short-duration gravitational
waves (GWs) associated with the 2006 March 29 SGR 1900+14 storm. A new search
method is used, "stacking'' the GW data around the times of individual
soft-gamma bursts in the storm to enhance sensitivity for models in which
multiple bursts are accompanied by GW emission. We assume that variation in the
time difference between burst electromagnetic emission and potential burst GW
emission is small relative to the GW signal duration, and we time-align GW
excess power time-frequency tilings containing individual burst triggers to
their corresponding electromagnetic emissions. We use two GW emission models in
our search: a fluence-weighted model and a flat (unweighted) model for the most
electromagnetically energetic bursts. We find no evidence of GWs associated
with either model. Model-dependent GW strain, isotropic GW emission energy
E_GW, and \gamma = E_GW / E_EM upper limits are estimated using a variety of
assumed waveforms. The stacking method allows us to set the most stringent
model-dependent limits on transient GW strain published to date. We find E_GW
upper limit estimates (at a nominal distance of 10 kpc) of between 2x10^45 erg
and 6x10^50 erg depending on waveform type. These limits are an order of
magnitude lower than upper limits published previously for this storm and
overlap with the range of electromagnetic energies emitted in SGR giant flares.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figure
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