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Pilot Wave model that includes creation and annihilation of particles
The purpose of this paper is to come up with a Pilot Wave model of quantum
field theory that incorporates particle creation and annihilation without
sacrificing determinism. This has been previously attempted in an article by
the same author titled "Incorporating particle creation and annihilation in
Pilot Wave model", in a much less satisfactory way. In this paper I would like
to "clean up" some of the things. In particular, I would like to get rid of a
very unnatural concept of "visibility" of particles, which makes the model much
simpler. On the other hand, I would like to add a mechanism for decoherence,
which was absent in the previous version.Comment: 9 pages, no figure
Shot noise in frustrated single-electron arrays
We have carried out numerical simulations of shot noise in 2D arrays of
single-electron islands with random background charges. The results show that
in contrast with the 1D arrays, at low currents the current noise is strongly
colored, and its spectral density levels off at very low frequencies. The Fano
factor may be much larger than unity, due to the remnants of
single-electron/hole avalanches. However, even very small thermal fluctuations
reduce the Fano factor below 1 for almost any bias.Comment: 3 pages, 4 figure
Many-body wave function for a quantum dot in a weak magnetic field
The ground states of parabolically confined electrons in a quantum dot are studied by both direct numerical diagonalization and quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) methods. We present a simple but accurate variational many-body wave function for the dot in the limit of a weak magnetic field. The wave function has the center-of-mass motion restricted to the lowest-energy state and the electron-electron interaction is taken into account by a Jastrow two-body correlation factor. The optimized wave function has an accuracy very close to the state-of-the-art numerical diagonalization calculations. The results and the computational efficiency indicate that the presented wave function combined with the QMC method suits ideally for studies of large quantum dots.Peer reviewe
A Numerical Study of Coulomb Interaction Effects on 2D Hopping Transport
We have extended our supercomputer-enabled Monte Carlo simulations of hopping
transport in completely disordered 2D conductors to the case of substantial
electron-electron Coulomb interaction. Such interaction may not only suppress
the average value of hopping current, but also affect its fluctuations rather
substantially. In particular, the spectral density of current
fluctuations exhibits, at sufficiently low frequencies, a -like increase
which approximately follows the Hooge scaling, even at vanishing temperature.
At higher , there is a crossover to a broad range of frequencies in which
is nearly constant, hence allowing characterization of the current
noise by the effective Fano factor F\equiv S_I(f)/2e \left. For
sufficiently large conductor samples and low temperatures, the Fano factor is
suppressed below the Schottky value (F=1), scaling with the length of the
conductor as . The exponent is significantly
affected by the Coulomb interaction effects, changing from when such effects are negligible to virtually unity when they are
substantial. The scaling parameter , interpreted as the average
percolation cluster length along the electric field direction, scales as when Coulomb interaction effects are negligible
and when such effects are substantial, in
good agreement with estimates based on the theory of directed percolation.Comment: 19 pages, 7 figures. Fixed minor typos and updated reference
A Numerical Study of Transport and Shot Noise at 2D Hopping
We have used modern supercomputer facilities to carry out extensive Monte
Carlo simulations of 2D hopping (at negligible Coulomb interaction) in
conductors with the completely random distribution of localized sites in both
space and energy, within a broad range of the applied electric field and
temperature , both within and beyond the variable-range hopping region. The
calculated properties include not only dc current and statistics of localized
site occupation and hop lengths, but also the current fluctuation spectrum.
Within the calculation accuracy, the model does not exhibit noise, so
that the low-frequency noise at low temperatures may be characterized by the
Fano factor . For sufficiently large samples, scales with conductor
length as , where , and
parameter is interpreted as the average percolation cluster length. At
relatively low , the electric field dependence of parameter is
compatible with the law which follows from directed
percolation theory arguments.Comment: 17 pages, 8 figures; Fixed minor typos and updated reference
Phonon Driven Nonlinear Electrical Behavior in Molecular Devices
Electronic transport in a model molecular device coupled to local phonon
modes is theoretically analyzed. The method allows for obtaining an accurate
approximation of the system's quantum state irrespective of the electron and
phonon energy scales. Nonlinear electrical features emerge from the calculated
current-voltage characteristics. The quantum corrections with respect to the
adiabatic limit characterize the transport scenario, and the polaronic
reduction of the effective device-lead coupling plays a fundamental role in the
unusual electrical features.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figure
Vitamin D supplementation lowers thrombospondin-1 levels and blood pressure in healthy adults
Introduction: Vitamin D insufficiency, defined as 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels < 75nmol/L is associated with cardio-metabolic dysfunction. Vitamin D insufficiency is associated with inflammation and fibrosis, but it remains uncertain whether these anomalies are readily reversible. Therefore, we aimed to determine the effects of vitamin D supplementation on markers of: 1) nitric oxide (NO) signaling, 2) inflammation, and 3) fibrosis, in healthy volunteers with mild hypovitaminosis. Methods: Healthy volunteers (n = 35) (mean age: 45 ± 11 years) with 25(OH)D levels <75nmol/L, received vitamin D supplementation (Ostelin ® capsules 2000IU) for 12 weeks. Resting systolic and diastolic blood pressures (BP) were assessed. Routine biochemistry was examined. Plasma concentrations of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), hs-CRP, activin-A, and follistatin-like 3 (FSTL3) were quantitated. Results: Vitamin D administration for 12 weeks significantly increased 25-(OH)D levels (48.8 ± 16 nmol/L to 100.8 ± 23.7 nmol/L, p<0.001). There was significant lowering of systolic and diastolic BP, while there was no significant change in lipid profiles, or fasting insulin. Plasma concentrations of ADMA, hs-CRP, PAI-1, activin A, and FSTL-3 did not change with vitamin D supplementation. However, there was a marked reduction of TSP-1 (522.7 ± 379.8 ng/mL vs 206.7 ± 204.5 ng/mL, p<0.001). Conclusions: Vitamin D supplementation in vitamin D insufficient, but otherwise healthy individuals markedly decreased TSP-1 levels and blood pressure. Since TSP-1 suppresses signaling of NO, it is possible that the fall in BP is engendered by restoration of NO effect.Anjalee T. Amarasekera, Bahador Assadi-Khansari, Saifei Liu, Marilyn Black,
Greer Dymmott, Natasha M. Rogers, Aaron L. Sverdlov, John D. Horowitz, Doan T. M. Ng
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