8,174 research outputs found
Review of ride quality technology needs of industry and user groups
A broad survey of ride quality technology state-of-the-art and a review of user evaluation of this technology were conducted. During the study 17 users of ride quality technology in 10 organizations representing land, marine and air passenger transportation modes were interviewed. Interim results and conclusions of this effort are reported
User evaluation of ride technology research
The 23 organizations queried represent government, carrier, and manufacturing interests in air, marine, rail, and surface transportation systems. Results indicate a strong need for common terminology and data analysis/reporting techniques. The various types of ride criteria currently in use are discussed, particularly in terms of their respective data base requirements. A plan of action is proposed for fulfilling the ride technology needs identified by this study
Violation of Kohler's rule by the magnetoresistance of a quasi-two-dimensional organic metal
The interlayer magnetoresistance of the quasi-two-dimensional metal
-(BEDT-TTF)KHg(SCN) is considered. In the temperature range
from 0.5 to 10 K and for fields up to 10 tesla the magnetoresistance has a
stronger temperature dependence than the zero-field resistance. Consequently
Kohler's rule is not obeyed for any range of temperatures or fields. This means
that the magnetoresistance cannot be described in terms of semiclassical
transport on a single Fermi surface with a single scattering time. Possible
explanations for the violations of Kohler's rule are considered, both within
the framework of semi-classical transport theory and involving incoherent
interlayer transport. The issues considered are similar to those raised by the
magnetotransport of the cuprate superconductors.Comment: 5 pages, RevTeX + epsf, 2 figures. Slightly revised version to appear
in Physical Review B, May 15, 199
Spin-triplet superconductivity in a weak-coupling Hubbard model for the quasi-one-dimensional compound LiMoO
The purple bronze LiMoO is of interest due to its
quasi-one-dimensional electronic structure and the possible Luttinger liquid
behavior resulting from it. For sufficiently low temperatures, it is a
superconductor with a pairing symmetry that is still to be determined. To shed
light on this issue, we analyze a minimal Hubbard model for this material
involving four molybdenum orbitals per unit cell near quarter filling, using
asymptotically exact perturbative renormalization group methods. We find that
spin triplet odd-parity superconductivity is the dominant instability.
Approximate nesting properties of the two quasi-one-dimensional Fermi surfaces
enhance certain second-order processes, which play crucial roles in determining
the structure of the pairing gap. Notably, we find that the gap has accidental
nodes, i.e. it has more sign changes than required by the point-group symmetry.Comment: Update
Absence of superconductivity in the half-filled band Hubbard model on the anisotropic triangular lattice
We report exact calculations of magnetic and superconducting pair-pair
correlations for the half-filled band Hubbard model on an anisotropic
triangular lattice. Our results for the magnetic phases are similar to those
obtained with other techniques. The superconducting pair-pair correlations at
distances beyond nearest neighbor decrease monotonically with increasing
Hubbard interaction U for all anisotropy, indicating the absence of
frustration-driven superconductivity within the model.Comment: 4 pages, 4 EPS figure
Ku-band system design study and TDRSS interface analysis
The capabilities of the Shuttle/TDRSS link simulation program (LinCsim) were expanded to account for radio frequency interference (RFI) effects on the Shuttle S-band links, the channel models were updated to reflect the RFI related hardware changes, the ESTL hardware modeling of the TDRS communication payload was reviewed and evaluated, in LinCsim the Shuttle/TDRSS signal acquisition was modeled, LinCsim was upgraded, and possible Shuttle on-orbit navigation techniques was evaluated
Magnetic-field-induced superconductivity in layered organic molecular crystals with localized magnetic moments
The synthetic organic compound lambda-(BETS)2FeCl4 undergoes successive
transitions from an antiferromagnetic insulator to a metal and then to a
superconductor as a magnetic field is increased. We use a Hubbard-Kondo model
to clarify the role of the Fe(3+) magnetic ions in these phase transitions. In
the high-field regime, the magnetic field acting on the electron spins is
compensated by the exchange field He due to the magnetic ions. This suggests
that the field-induced superconducting state is the same as the zero-field
superconducting state which occurs under pressure or when the Fe(3+) ions are
replaced by non-magnetic Ga(3+) ions. We show how He can be extracted from the
observed splitting of the Shubnikov-de Haas frequencies. Furthermore, we use
this method of extracting He to predict the field range for field-induced
superconductivity in other materials.Comment: 5 page
Mott Transition, Compressibility Divergence and P-T Phase Diagram of Layered Organic Superconductors: An Ultrasonic Investigation
The phase diagram of the organic superconductor
-(BEDT-TTF)Cu[N(CN)Cl has been investigated by ultrasonic
velocity measurements under helium gas pressure. Different phase transitions
were identified trough several elastic anomalies characterized from isobaric
and isothermal sweeps. Our data reveal two crossover lines that end on the
critical point terminating the first-order Mott transition line. When the
critical point is approached along these lines, we observe a dramatic softening
of the velocity which is consistent with a diverging compressibility of the
electronic degrees of freedom.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Spin Bose-Metal and Valence Bond Solid phases in a spin-1/2 model with ring exchanges on a four-leg triangular ladder
We study a spin-1/2 system with Heisenberg plus ring exchanges on a four-leg
triangular ladder using the density matrix renormalization group and Gutzwiller
variational wave functions. Near an isotropic lattice regime, for moderate to
large ring exchanges we find a spin Bose-metal phase with a spinon Fermi sea
consisting of three partially filled bands. Going away from the triangular
towards the square lattice regime, we find a staggered dimer phase with dimers
in the transverse direction, while for small ring exchanges the system is in a
featureless rung phase. We also discuss parent states and a possible phase
diagram in two dimensions.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, v3 is the print versio
Electric-Field-Induced Mott Insulating States in Organic Field-Effect Transistors
We consider the possibility that the electrons injected into organic
field-effect transistors are strongly correlated. A single layer of acenes can
be modelled by a Hubbard Hamiltonian similar to that used for the
kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)X family of organic superconductors. The injected electrons
do not necessarily undergo a transition to a Mott insulator state as they would
in bulk crystals when the system is half-filled. We calculate the fillings
needed for obtaining insulating states in the framework of the slave-boson
theory and in the limit of large Hubbard repulsion, U. We also suggest that
these Mott states are unstable above some critical interlayer coupling or
long-range Coulomb interaction.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figure
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