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Doses due to tritium releases by NET-data base and relevant parameters on biological tritium behaviour
Determination of organically bound tritium in environmental samples by application of the oxidizing plasma technique
Dicke quantum spin glass of atoms and photons
Recent studies of strongly interacting atoms and photons in optical cavities
have rekindled interest in the Dicke model of atomic qubits coupled to discrete
photon cavity modes. We study the multimode Dicke model with variable
atom-photon couplings. We argue that a quantum spin glass phase can appear,
with a random linear combination of the cavity modes superradiant. We compute
atomic and photon spectral response functions across this quantum phase
transition, both of which should be accessible in experiment.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, v2: described quantum optics set-up in more
detail; extended discussion on photon correlation functions and experimental
signatures; added reference
Frustration and glassiness in spin models with cavity-mediated interactions
We show that the effective spin-spin interaction between three-level atoms
confined in a multimode optical cavity is long-ranged and sign-changing, like
the RKKY interaction; therefore, ensembles of such atoms subject to frozen-in
positional randomness can realize spin systems having disordered and frustrated
interactions. We argue that, whenever the atoms couple to sufficiently many
cavity modes, the cavity-mediated interactions give rise to a spin glass. In
addition, we show that the quantum dynamics of cavity-confined spin systems is
that of a Bose-Hubbard model with strongly disordered hopping but no on-site
disorder; this model exhibits a random-singlet glass phase, absent in
conventional optical-lattice realizations. We briefly discuss experimental
signatures of the realizable phases.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure
Ferromagnetism in Correlated Electron Systems: Generalization of Nagaoka's Theorem
Nagaoka's theorem on ferromagnetism in the Hubbard model with one electron
less than half filling is generalized to the case where all possible
nearest-neighbor Coulomb interactions (the density-density interaction ,
bond-charge interaction , exchange interaction , and hopping of double
occupancies ) are included. It is shown that for ferromagnetic exchange
coupling () ground states with maximum spin are stable already at finite
Hubbard interaction . For non-bipartite lattices this requires a hopping
amplitude . For vanishing one obtains as in
Nagaoka's theorem. This shows that the exchange interaction is important
for stabilizing ferromagnetism at finite . Only in the special case
the ferromagnetic state is stable even for , provided the lattice allows
the hole to move around loops.Comment: 13 pages, uuencoded postscript, includes 1 table and 2 figure
Phase boundary and finite temperature crossovers of the quantum Ising model in two dimensions
We revisit the two-dimensional quantum Ising model by computing
renormalization group flows close to its quantum critical point. The low but
finite temperature regime in the vicinity of the quantum critical point is
squashed between two distinct non-Gaussian fixed points: the classical fixed
point dominated by thermal fluctuations and the quantum critical fixed point
dominated by zero-point quantum fluctuations. Truncating an exact flow equation
for the effective action we derive a set of renormalization group equations and
analyze how the interplay of quantum and thermal fluctuations, both
non-Gaussian in nature, influences the shape of the phase boundary and the
region in the phase diagram where critical fluctuations occur. The solution of
the flow equations makes this interplay transparent: we detect finite
temperature crossovers by computing critical exponents and we confirm that the
power law describing the finite temperature phase boundary as a function of
control parameter is given by the correlation length exponent at zero
temperature as predicted in an epsilon-expansion with epsilon=1 by Sachdev,
Phys. Rev. B 55, 142 (1997).Comment: submitted to Phys. Rev. B Rapid Communication
Manned Mars landing missions using electric propulsion
Manned Mars landing missions using electric propulsion - evaluation of various mission profile
Determining ethylene group disorder levels in -(BEDT-TTF)Cu[N(CN)]Br
We present a detailed structural investigation of the organic superconductor
-(BEDT-TTF)Cu[N(CN)]Br at temperatures from 9 to 300 K.
Anomalies in the dependence of the lattice parameters are associated with a
glass-like transition previously reported at = 77 K. From structure
refinements at 9, 100 and 300 K, the orthorhombic crystalline symmetry, space
group {\it Pnma}, is established at all temperatures. Further, we extract the
dependence of the occupation factor of the eclipsed conformation of the
terminal ethylene groups of the BEDT-TTF molecule. At 300 K, we find 67(2) %,
with an increase to 97(3) % at 9 K. We conclude that the glass-like transition
is not primarily caused by configurational freezing-out of the ethylene groups
Quantifying Training and Game Demands of a National Basketball Association Season.
Purpose: There are currently no data describing combined practice and game load demands throughout a National Basketball Association (NBA) season. The primary objective of this study was to integrate external load data garnered from all on-court activity throughout an NBA season, according to different activity and player characteristics. Methods: Data from 14 professional male basketball players (mean ± SD; age, 27.3 ± 4.8 years; height, 201.0 ± 7.2 cm; body mass, 104.9 ± 10.6 kg) playing for the same club during the 2017-2018 NBA season were retrospectively analyzed. Game and training data were integrated to create a consolidated external load measure, which was termed integrated load. Players were categorized by years of NBA experience (1-2y, 3-5y, 6-9y, and 10 + y), position (frontcourt and backcourt), and playing rotation status (starter, rotation, and bench). Results: Total weekly duration was significantly different (p < 0.001) between years of NBA playing experience, with duration highest in 3-5 year players, compared with 6-9 (d = 0.46) and 10+ (d = 0.78) year players. Starters experienced the highest integrated load, compared with bench (d = 0.77) players. There were no significant differences in integrated load or duration between positions. Conclusion: This is the first study to describe the seasonal training loads of NBA players for an entire season and shows that a most training load is accumulated in non-game activities. This study highlights the need for integrated and unobtrusive training load monitoring, with engagement of all stakeholders to develop well-informed individualized training prescription to optimize preparation of NBA players
Noncytotoxic orange and red/green derivatives of DsRed-Express2 for whole-cell labeling
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Whole-cell labeling is a common application of fluorescent proteins (FPs), but many red and orange FPs exhibit cytotoxicity that limits their use as whole-cell labels. Recently, a tetrameric red FP called DsRed-Express2 was engineered for enhanced solubility and was shown to be noncytotoxic in bacterial and mammalian cells. Our goal was to create derivatives of this protein with different spectral properties.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Building on previous studies of DsRed mutants, we created two DsRed-Express2 derivatives: E2-Orange, an orange FP, and E2-Red/Green, a dual-color FP with both red and green emission. We show that these new FPs retain the low cytotoxicity of DsRed-Express2. In addition, we show that these new FPs are useful as second or third colors for flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>E2-Orange and E2-Red/Green will facilitate the production of healthy, stably fluorescent cell lines and transgenic organisms for multi-color labeling studies.</p
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