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Single domain YBCO/Ag bulk superconductors fabricated by seeded infiltration and growth
We have applied the seeded infiltration and growth (IG) technique to the processing of samples containing Ag in an attempt to fabricate Ag-doped Y-Ba-Cu-O (YBCO) bulk superconductors with enhanced mechanical properties. The IG technique has been used successfully to grow bulk Ag-doped YBCO superconductors of up to 25 mm in diameter in the form of single grains. The distribution of Ag in the parent Y-123 matrix fabricated by the IG technique is observed to be at least as uniform as that in samples grown by conventional top seeded melt growth (TSMG). Fine Y-211 particles were observed to be embedded within the Y-123 matrix for the IG processed samples, leading to a high critical current density, Jc, of over 70 kA/cm2 at 77.3 K in self-field. The distribution of Y-211 in the IG sample microstructure, however, is inhomogeneous, which leads to a variation in the spatial distribution of Jc throughout the bulk matrix. A maximum-trapped field of around 0.43 T at 1.2 mm above the sample surface (i.e. including 0.7 mm for the sensor mould thickness) is observed at liquid nitrogen temperature, despite the relatively small grain size of the sample (20 mm diameter Ă 7 mm thickness)
Backflow and dissipation during the quantum decay of a metastable Fermi liquid
The particle current in a metastable Fermi liquid against a first-order phase
transition is calculated at zero temperature. During fluctuations of a droplet
of the stable phase, in accordance with the conservation law, not only does an
unperturbed current arise from the continuity at the boundary, but a backflow
is induced by the density response. Quasiparticles carrying these currents are
scattered by the boundary, yielding a dissipative backflow around the droplet.
An energy of the hydrodynamic mass flow of the liquid and a friction force
exerted on the droplet by the quasiparticles have been obtained in terms of a
potential of their interaction with the droplet.Comment: 5 pages (REVTeX), to be published in Phys. Rev.
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The Dialectics of Parenting: Changes in the Interplay of Maternal Behaviors during Early and Middle Childhood
Parent and child relationships continuously evolve, part of an ongoing dialectic that derives from developmental changes in both parent and child. The focus of this study is on changes in the strength of association among four types of parenting behaviors considered important for childrenâs development: supportive presence, respect for autonomy, stimulation, and hostility. Motherâchild interaction was observed for 1229 parentâchild dyads at 36 months, 54 months, 1st grade, 3rd grade, and 5th grade using similar observational paradigms. The association between respect for autonomy and supportive presence was strong at age three and continued to be strong over time. The association between respect for autonomy and stimulation was modest but also showed little change from age three to 5th grade. Respect for autonomy was negatively associated with maternal hostility, but the relation was complex. It was stronger at 54 months than 36 months but then became weaker through time. Supportive presence showed a moderate relation with stimulation at age 3 but the association became weaker over time. Supportive presence showed an expected negative association with hostility, a relation that changed little over time. The relation between hostility and stimulation also became weaker over time. In effect, there appears to be a shifting pattern of relations between maternal behaviors during early and middle childhood, one that reflects an evolving dialectic in the motherâchild relationship
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Properties of Scalar-Quark Systems in SU(3)c Lattice QCD
We perform the first study for the bound states of colored scalar particles
("scalar quarks") in terms of mass generation with quenched SU(3)
lattice QCD. We investigate the bound states of , and
("scalar-quark hadrons"), as well as the bound states of
and quarks , i.e., , and
("chimera hadrons"). All these new-type hadrons including have a large
mass of several GeV due to large quantum corrections by gluons, even for zero
bare scalar-quark mass at . We find a similar
-dependence between and , which
indicates their similar structure due to the large mass of . From this
study, we conjecture that all colored particles generally acquire a large
effective mass due to dressed gluons
Surface tension in a compressible liquid-drop model: Effects on nuclear density and neutron skin thickness
We examine whether or not the surface tension acts to increase the nucleon
density in the nuclear interior within a compressible liquid-drop model. We
find that it depends on the density dependence of the surface tension, which
may in turn be deduced from the neutron skin thickness of stable nuclei.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, to be published in Physical Review
Anisotropic Lattice QCD Studies of Penta-quark Anti-decuplet
Anti-decuplet penta-quark baryon is studied with the quenched anisotropic
lattice QCD for accurate measurement of the correlator. Both the positive and
negative parity states are studied using a non-NK type interpolating field with
I=0 and J=1/2. After the chiral extrapolation, the lowest positive parity state
is found at m_{Theta} \simeq 2.25 GeV, which is too massive to be identified
with the experimentally observed Theta^+(1540). The lowest negative parity
state is found at m_{Theta}\simeq 1.75 GeV, which is rather close to the
empirical value. To confirm that this state is a compact 5Q resonance, a new
method with ``hybrid boundary condition (HBC)'' is proposed. The HBC analysis
shows that the observed state in the negative parity channel is an NK
scattering state.Comment: A talk given at International Workshop PENTAQUARK04, July 20-23, 2004
at SPring-8, Japan, 8 pages, 7 figures, 2 table
Thermal fluctuations of gauge fields and first order phase transitions in color superconductivity
We study the effects of thermal fluctuations of gluons and the diquark
pairing field on the superconducting-to-normal state phase transition in a
three-flavor color superconductor, using the Ginzburg-Landau free energy. At
high baryon densities, where the system is a type I superconductor, gluonic
fluctuations, which dominate over diquark fluctuations, induce a cubic term in
the Ginzburg-Landau free energy, as well as large corrections to quadratic and
quartic terms of the order parameter. The cubic term leads to a relatively
strong first order transition, in contrast with the very weak first order
transitions in metallic type I superconductors. The strength of the first order
transition decreases with increasing baryon density. In addition gluonic
fluctuations lower the critical temperature of the first order transition. We
derive explicit formulas for the critical temperature and the discontinuity of
the order parameter at the critical point. The validity of the first order
transition obtained in the one-loop approximation is also examined by
estimating the size of the critical region.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figures, final version published in Phys. Rev.
A network biology-based approach to evaluating the effect of environmental contaminants on human interactome and diseases
Environmental contaminant exposure can pose significant risks to human health. Therefore, evaluating the impact of this exposure is of great importance; however, it is often difficult because both the molecular mechanism of disease and the mode of action of the contaminants are complex. We used network biology techniques to quantitatively assess the impact of environmental contaminants on the human interactome and diseases with a particular focus on seven major contaminant categories: persistent organic pollutants (POPs), dioxins, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), pesticides, perfluorochemicals (PFCs), metals, and pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs). We integrated publicly available data on toxicogenomics, the diseasome, proteinâprotein interactions (PPIs), and gene essentiality and found that a few contaminants were targeted to many genes, and a few genes were targeted by many contaminants. The contaminant targets were hub proteins in the human PPI network, whereas the target proteins in most categories did not contain abundant essential proteins. Generally, contaminant targets and disease-associated proteins were closely associated with the PPI network, and the closeness of the associations depended on the disease type and chemical category. Network biology techniques were used to identify environmental contaminants with broad effects on the human interactome and contaminant-sensitive biomarkers. Moreover, this method enabled us to quantify the relationship between environmental contaminants and human diseases, which was supported by epidemiological and experimental evidence. These methods and findings have facilitated the elucidation of the complex relationship between environmental exposure and adverse health outcomes
Charmonium properties in deconfinement phase in anisotropic lattice QCD
J/Psi and eta_c above the QCD critical temperature T_c are studied in
anisotropic quenched lattice QCD, considering whether the c\bar c systems above
T_c are spatially compact (quasi-)bound states or scattering states. We adopt
the standard Wilson gauge action and O(a)-improved Wilson quark action with
renormalized anisotropy a_s/a_t =4.0 at \beta=6.10 on 16^3\times (14-26)
lattices, which correspond to the spatial lattice volume V\equiv
L^3\simeq(1.55{\rm fm})^3 and temperatures T\simeq(1.11-2.07)T_c. We
investigate the c\bar c system above T_c from the temporal correlators with
spatially-extended operators, where the overlap with the ground state is
enhanced. To clarify whether compact charmonia survive in the deconfinement
phase, we investigate spatial boundary-condition dependence of the energy of
c\bar c systems above T_c. In fact, for low-lying S-wave c \bar c scattering
states, it is expected that there appears a significant energy difference
\Delta E \equiv E{\rm (APBC)}-E{\rm (PBC)}\simeq2\sqrt{m_c^2+3\pi^2/L^2}-2m_c
(m_c: charm quark mass) between periodic and anti-periodic boundary conditions
on the finite-volume lattice. In contrast, for compact charmonia, there is no
significant energy difference between periodic and anti-periodic boundary
conditions. As a lattice QCD result, almost no spatial boundary-condition
dependence is observed for the energy of the c\bar c system in J/\Psi and
\eta_c channels for T\simeq(1.11-2.07)T_c. This fact indicates that J/\Psi and
\eta_c would survive as spatially compact c\bar c (quasi-)bound states below
2T_c. We also investigate a -wave channel at high temperature with maximally
entropy method (MEM) and find no low-lying peak structure corresponding to
\chi_{c1} at 1.62T_c.Comment: 13 pages, 11 figure
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