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Temperature and pore pressure effects on the shear strength of granite in the brittle-plastic transition regime
Currently published lithospheric strength profiles lack constraints from experimental data for shear failure of typical crustal materials in the brittle-plastic transition regime in wet environments. Conventional triaxial shear fracture experiments were conducted to determine temperature and pore pressure effects on shear fracture strength of wet and dry Tsukuba granite. Experimental conditions were 70MPa < P-C < 480MPa, 10MPa < P-p < 300MPa, 25 A degreesC < T < 480 degreesC, at a constant strain rate of 10(-5)s(-1). An empirical relation is proposed which can predict the shear strength of Tsukuba granite, within the range of experimental conditions. Mechanical pore pressure effects are incorporated in the effective stress law. Chemical effects are enhanced at temperatures above 300 degreesC. Below 300 degreesC wet and dry granite strengths are temperature insensitive and wholly within the brittle regime. Above 400 degreesC, semi-brittle effects and ductility are observed
Eternally inflating cosmologies from intersecting spacelike branes
Intersecting spacelike braneworld cosmologies are investigated. The time axis
is set on the scale parameter of extra space, which may include more than one
timelike metric. Obtained are eternally inflating (i.e. undergoing late-time
inflation) Robertson-Walker spacetime and extra space with a constant scale
factor. In the case of multibrane solutions, some dimensions are static or
shrink. The fact that the largest supersymmetry algebra contains 32
supercharges in 4 dimensions imposes a restriction on the geometry of extra
space.Comment: 19 page
Specific Heat and Superfluid Density for Possible Two Different Superconducting States in NaxCoO2.yH2O
Several thermodynamic measurements for the cobaltate superconductor,
NaxCoO2.yH2O, have so far provided results inconsistent with each other. In
order to solve the discrepancies, we microscopically calculate the temperature
dependences of specific heat and superfluid density for this superconductor. We
show that two distinct specific-heat data from Oeschler et al. and Jin et al.
are reproduced, respectively, for the extended s-wave state and the p-wave
state. Two different superfluid-density data are also reproduced for each case.
These support our recent proposal of possible two different pairing states in
this material. In addition, we discuss the experimentally proposed large
residual Sommerfeld coefficient and extremely huge effective carrier mass.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, Submitted to J. Phys. Soc. Jp
Jesuit Art
Mia Mochizuki draws upon masterpieces and material culture from around the world to show how the pre-suppression Society of Jesus (1540–1773) pioneered structural innovations in the history of the image. ; Readership: All interested in early modern, religious, and global art history, and anyone concerned with Renaissance and Baroque art and architecture, Jesuit studies, and the world-wide circulation of prints. Keywords: Renaissance art, Baroque art, religious art, Jesuit art and architecture, global art history, print history, 1540–1773, Jesuit style, Spiritual Exercises, Evangelicae historiae imagines, Imago primi saeculi Societatis Iesu, Ignatius of Loyola, Francis Xavier
Roles of Bond Alternation in Magnetic Phase Diagram of RMnO3
In order to investigate nature of the antiferromagnetic structures in
perovskite RMnO3, we study a Heisenberg J1-J2 model with bond alternation using
analytical and numerical approaches. The magnetic phase diagram which includes
incommensurate spiral states and commensurate collinear states is reproduced.
We discuss that the magnetic structure with up-up-down-down spin configuration
(E-type structure) and the ferroelectricity emerge cooperatively to stabilize
this phase. Magnetoelastic couplings are crucial to understand the magnetic and
electric phase diagram of RMnO3.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figure
CoO2-Layer-Thickness Dependence of Magnetic Properties and Possible Two Different Superconducting States in NaxCoO2.yH2O
In order to understand the experimentally proposed phase diagrams of
NaxCoO2.yH2O, we theoretically study the CoO2-layer-thickness dependence of
magnetic and superconducting (SC) properties by analyzing a multiorbital
Hubbard model using the random phase approximation. When the Co valence (s) is
+3.4, we show that the magnetic fluctuation exhibits strong layer-thickness
dependence where it is enhanced at finite (zero) momentum in the thicker
(thinner) layer system. A magnetic order phase appears sandwiched by two SC
phases, consistent with the experiments. These two SC phases have different
pairing states where one is the singlet extended s-wave state and the other is
the triplet p-wave state. On the other hand, only a triplet p-wave SC phase
with dome-shaped behavior of Tc is predicted when s=+3.5, which is also
consistent with the experiments. Controversial experimental results on the
magnetic properties are also discussed.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures. Submitted to Journal of the Physical Society of
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Evidence for Jahn-Teller distortions at the antiferromagnetic transition in LaTiO
LaTiO is known as Mott-insulator which orders antiferromagnetically at
K. We report on results of thermal expansion and temperature
dependent x-ray diffraction together with measurements of the heat capacity,
electrical transport measurements, and optical spectroscopy in untwinned single
crystals. At significant structural changes appear, which are
volume conserving. Concomitant anomalies are also observed in the
dc-resistivity, in bulk modulus, and optical reflectivity spectra. We interpret
these experimental observations as evidence of orbital order.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures; published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 066403 (2003
Market, Welfare and Land-use Implications of Lignocellulosic Bioethanol in Hawaii
This article examines land-use, market and welfare implications of lignocellulosic bioethanol production in Hawaii to satisfy 10% and 20% of the State's gasoline demand in line with the State's ethanol blending mandate and Alternative Fuels Standard (AFS). A static computable general equilibrium (CGE) model is used to evaluate four alternative support mechanisms for bioethanol. Namely: (i) a federal blending tax credit, (ii) a long-term purchase contract, (iii) a state production subsidy financed by a lump-sum tax and (iv) a state production subsidy financed by an ad valorem gasoline tax. We find that because Hawaii-produced bioethanol is relatively costly, all scenarios are welfare reducing for Hawaii residents: estimated between -0.14% and -0.32%. Unsurprisingly, Hawaii.s economy and its residents fair best under the federal blending tax credit scenario, with a positive impact to gross state product of 63 million). We additionally find that Hawaii-based bioethanol is not likely to offer substantial greenhouse gas emissions savings in comparison to imported biofuel, and as such the policy cost per tonne of emissions displaced ranges between 2,100/tonne of CO2e. The policies serve to increase the value of agricultural lands, where we estimate that the value of pasture land could increase as much as 150% in the 20% AFS scenario
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