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Interactions of strings and equivariant homology theories
We introduce the notion of the space of parallel strings with partially
summable labels, which can be viewed as a geometrically constructed group
completion of the space of particles with labels. We utilize this to construct
a machinery which produces equivariant generalized homology theories from such
simple and abundant data as partial monoids.Comment: This is the version published by Geometry & Topology Monographs on 18
April 200
The space of intervals in a Euclidean space
For a path-connected space X, a well-known theorem of Segal, May and Milgram
asserts that the configuration space of finite points in R^n with labels in X
is weakly homotopy equivalent to the n-th loop-suspension of X. In this paper,
we introduce a space I_n(X) of intervals suitably topologized in R^n with
labels in a space X and show that it is weakly homotopy equivalent to n-th
loop-suspension of X without the assumption on path-connectivity.Comment: Published by Algebraic and Geometric Topology at
http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/agt/AGTVol5/agt-5-62.abs.htm
Continuous functors as a model for the equivariant stable homotopy category
In this paper, we investigate the properties of the category of equivariant
diagram spectra indexed on the category W_G of based G-spaces homeomorphic to
finite G-CW-complexes for a compact Lie group G. Using the machinery of
Mandell, May, Schwede, and Shipley, we show that there is a "stable model
structure" on this category of diagram spectra which admits a monoidal Quillen
equivalence to the category of orthogonal G-spectra. We construct a second
"absolute stable model structure" which is Quillen equivalent to the "stable
model structure". Our main result is a concrete identification of the fibrant
objects in the absolute stable model structure. There is a model-theoretic
identification of the fibrant continuous functors in the absolute stable model
structure as functors Z such that for A in W_G the collection {Z(A smash S^W)}
form an Omega-G-prespectrum as W varies over the universe U. We show that a
functor is fibrant if and only if it takes G-homotopy pushouts to G-homotopy
pullbacks and is suitably compatible with equivariant Atiyah duality for orbit
spaces G/H_+ which embed in U. Our motivation for this work is the development
of a recognition principle for equivariant infinite loop spaces.Comment: This is the version published by Algebraic & Geometric Topology on 8
December 200
Photo-induced volume changes in selenium. Tight-binding molecular dynamics study
Tight-binding molecular dynamics simulations of photo-excitations in small Se
clusters (isolated Se ring and helical Se chain) and glassy Se networks
(containing 162 atoms) were carried out in order to analyse the photo induced
instability inside the amorphous selenium. In the cluster systems after taking
an electron from the highest occupied molecular orbital to the lowest
unoccupied molecular orbital a bond breaking occurs. In the glassy networks
photoinduced volume expansion was observed and at the same time the number of
coordination defects changed significantly due to illumination
Encapsulated Single Crystal Growth and Annealing of the High-Temperature Superconductor Tl-2201
Highly-perfect platelet single crystals of Tl_2Ba_2CuO_{6+d} (Tl-2201) were
grown by a self-flux technique. A novel encapsulation scheme allowed the
precursors to react prior to the sealing required to contain volatile thallium
oxides, and permitted the removal of melt at the conclusion of growth,
reproducibly producing high yields of clean crystals. The crystals were
annealed under well-controlled oxygen partial pressures, then characterised.
They have sharp superconducting transitions, narrow X-ray rocking curves and a
low 4% substitution of thallium by copper, all evidence of their high
perfection and homogeneity. The crystals are orthorhombic at most dopings, and
a previously unreported commensurate superlattice distortion is observed.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Journal of Crystal Growt
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