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Unconventional superconductivity in iron-base superconductors in a three-band model
Iron-base superconductors exhibits features of systems where the
Fulde-Ferrel-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) phase, a superconducting state with
non-zero total momentum of Cooper pairs, is actively sought. Experimental and
theoretical evidence points strongly to the FFLO phase in these materials above
the Pauli limit. In this article we discuss the ground state of iron-base
superconductors near the critical magnetic field and the full phase
diagram for pnictides in case of intra-band pairing, in a three-band model with
symmetry.Comment: RevTeX, 5 pages, 3 figures. Presented on "XVI National Conference of
Superconductivity", October 7-12, 2013, Zakopane, Polan
Nationalizations and effciency
We develop a theoretical model in which ?rms are either private or state-owned. When ?rms become insolvent, the government can intervene with general measures, like subsidies, or by nationalizing ?rms. The government only intervenes when the bankruptcy of a ?rm entails social costs. In a stylized model, we analyze how government interventions a?ect allocative and productive efficiency. Nationalization of private ?rms in case unpro?table investments were made, leads to increased allocative efficiency despite private ownership. The effort level chosen by the managers working for ?rms is also affected by government intervention with an impact on productive efficiency
Size and soft budget constraints
There is much evidence against the so-called "too big to fail" hypothesis in the case of bailouts to sub-national governments. We look at a model where districts of different size provide local public goods with positive spillovers. Matching grants of a central government can induce socially-efficient provision, but districts can still exploit the intervening central government by inducing direct financing. We show that the ability of a district to induce a bailout from the central government and district size are negatively correlated
Optical trapping of anti-hydrogen towards an atomic anti-clock
The Anti-Matter Factory at CERN is gearing up, commissioning of the Extra Low
ENergy Antiprotons (ELENA) ring is ongoing and the first anti-protons are
foreseen to circulate in the decelerator very soon. The unprecedented flux of
low energy antiprotons delivered by ELENA will open a new era for precision
tests with antimatter including laser and microwave spectroscopy and tests of
its gravitational behaviour. Here we propose a scheme to load the ultra cold
anti-hydrogen atoms that will be produced by the GBAR experiment in an optical
lattice tuned at the magic wavelength of the 1S-2S transition in order to
measure this interval at a level comparable or even better than its matter
counter part. This will provide the most sensitive test of CPT symmetry
parametrised in the framework of the Standard Model Extension.Comment: 7 pages, 2 Figure
Size and Soft Budget Constraints
There is much evidence against the so-called "too big to fail" hypothesis in the case of bailouts to sub-national governments. We look at a model where districts of different size provide local public goods with positive spillovers. Matching grants of a central government can induce socially-efficient provision, but districts can still exploit the intervening central government by inducing direct financing. We show that the ability of a district to induce a bailout from the central government and district size are negatively correlated.bailouts, soft-budget constraints, jurisdictional size, public goods, spillovers
Size and Soft Budget Constraints
There is much evidence against the so-called "too big to fail" hypothesis in the case of bailouts to sub-national governments. We look at a model where districts of di_erent size provide local public goods with positive spillovers. Matching grants of a central government can induce socially-e_cient provision, but districts can still exploit the intervening central government by inducing direct _nancing. We show that the ability of a district to induce a bailout from the central government and district size are negatively correlated.bailouts, soft-budget constraints, jurisdictional size, public goods, spillovers
Nationalizations and effciency
We develop a theoretical model in which ?rms are either private or state-owned. When ?rms become insolvent, the government can intervene with general measures, like subsidies, or by nationalizing ?rms. The government only intervenes when the bankruptcy of a ?rm entails social costs. In a stylized model, we analyze how government interventions a?ect allocative and productive efficiency. Nationalization of private ?rms in case unpro?table investments were made, leads to increased allocative efficiency despite private ownership. The effort level chosen by the managers working for ?rms is also affected by government intervention with an impact on productive efficiency.nationalization; efficiency
Energy current and energy fluctuations in driven quantum wires
We discuss the energy current and the energy fluctuations in an isolated
quantum wire driven far from equilibrium. The system consists of interacting
spinless fermions and is driven by a time--dependent magnetic flux. The energy
current is defined by the continuity equation for the energy density which is
derived both for homogeneous as well as for inhomogeneous systems. Since the
total energy is not conserved in the driven system, the continuity equation
includes the source terms which are shown to represent the Joule heating
effects. For short times and weak drivings the energy current agrees with the
linear response theory. For stronger fields or longer times of driving the
system enters the quasiequilibrium regime when the energy current gradually
diminishes due to the heating effects. Finally, for even stronger driving the
energy current is shown to undergo a damped Bloch oscillations. The energy
spread also increases upon driving. However, the time--dependence of this
quantity in the low field regime is quite unexpected since it is determined
mostly by the time of driving being quite independent of the instantaneous
energy of the system.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures, Proc. NATO Adv. Research Workshop Nanotechnology
in the security systems, Ed. S. Kruchinin, Yalta, Ukraine, 201
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