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Half-metallic diluted antiferromagnetic semiconductors
The possibility of half-metallic antiferromagnetism, a special case of
ferrimagnetism with a compensated magnetization, in the diluted magnetic
semiconductors is highlighted on the basis of the first principles electronic
structure calculation. As typical examples, the electrical and magnetic
properties of II-VI compound semiconductors doped with 3d transition metal ion
pairs--(V, Co) and (Fe, Cr)--are discussed
The Power of Axisymmetric Pulsar
Stationary force-free magnetosphere of an axisymmetric pulsar is shown to
have a separatrix inclination angle of 77.3. The electromagnetic field
has an singularity inside the separatrix near the light cylinder. A
numerical simulation of the magnetosphere which crudely reproduces these
properties is presented. The numerical results are used to estimate the power
of an axisymmetric pulsar: . A need for a better
numerical simulation is pointed out.Comment: 9 page
Simultaneous nanoscale excitation and emission mapping by cathodoluminescence
Free-electron-based spectroscopies can reveal the nanoscale optical
properties of semiconductor materials and nanophotonic devices with a spatial
resolution far beyond the diffraction limit of light. However, the retrieved
spatial information is constrained to the excitation space defined by the
electron beam position, while information on the delocalization associated with
the spatial extension of the probed optical modes in the specimen has so far
been missing, despite its relevance in ruling the optical properties of
nanostructures. In this study, we demonstrate a cathodoluminescence method that
can access both excitation and emission spaces at the nanoscale, illustrating
the power of such simultaneous excitation and emission mapping technique by
revealing a sub-wavelength emission position modulation as well as by
visualizing electromagnetic energy transport in nanoplasmonic systems. Besides
the fundamental interest of these results, our technique grants us access into
previously inaccessible nanoscale optical properties
Hierarchical Triggering of Star Formation by Superbubbles in W3/W4
It is generally believed that expanding superbubbles and mechanical feedback
from massive stars trigger star formation, because there are numerous examples
of superbubbles showing secondary star formation at their edges. However, while
these systems show an age sequence, they do not provide strong evidence of a
causal relationship. The W3/W4 Galactic star-forming complex suggests a
three-generation hierarchy: the supergiant shell structures correspond to the
oldest generation; these triggered the formation of IC 1795 in W3, the
progenitor of a molecular superbubble; which in turn triggered the current
star-forming episodes in the embedded regions W3-North, W3-Main, and W3-OH. We
present UBV photometry and spectroscopic classifications for IC 1795, which
show an age of 3 - 5 Myr. This age is intermediate between the reported 6 - 20
Myr age of the supergiant shell system, and the extremely young ages (10^4 -
10^5 yr) for the embedded knots of ultracompact HII regions, W3-North, W3-Main,
and W3-OH. Thus, an age sequence is indeed confirmed for the entire W3/W4
hierarchical system. This therefore provides some of the first convincing
evidence that superbubble action and mechanical feedback are indeed a
triggering mechanism for star formation.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures; accepted to the Astronomical Journal. Figure 2
included in this submission as JPE
Quasi-Solitons in Dissipative Systems and Exactly Solvable Lattice Models
A system of first-order differential-difference equations with time lag
describes the formation of density waves, called as quasi-solitons for
dissipative systems in this paper. For co-moving density waves, the system
reduces to some exactly solvable lattice models. We construct a shock-wave
solution as well as one-quasi-soliton solution, and argue that there are
pseudo-conserved quantities which characterize the formation of the co-moving
waves. The simplest non-trivial one is given to discuss the presence of a
cascade phenomena in relaxation process toward the pattern formation.Comment: REVTeX, 4 pages, 1 figur
Massless Thirring model in canonical quantization scheme
It is shown that the exact solvability of the massless Thirring model in the
canonical quantization scheme originates from the intrinsic linearizability of
its Heisenberg equations in the method of dynamical mappings. The corresponding
role of inequivalent representations of free massless Dirac field is
elucidated.Comment: 10 page
SCUBA Mapping of Spitzer c2d Small Clouds and Cores
We present submillimeter observations of dark clouds that are part of the
Spitzer Legacy Program, From Molecular Cores to Planet-Forming Disks (c2d). We
used the Submillimetre Common User's Bolometer Array to map the regions
observed by Spitzer by the c2d program to create a census of dense molecular
cores including data from the infrared to the submillimeter. In this paper, we
present the basic data from these observations: maps, fluxes, and source
attributes. We also show data for an object just outside the Perseus cloud that
was serendipitously observed in our program. We propose that this object is a
newly discovered, evolved protostar.Comment: 37 pages, accepted to The Astronomical Journa
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