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Two-Dimensional Electrons in a Strong Magnetic Field with Disorder: Divergence of the Localization Length
Electrons on a square lattice with half a flux quantum per plaquette are
considered. An effective description for the current loops is given by a
two-dimensional Dirac theory with random mass. It is shown that the
conductivity and the localization length can be calculated from a product of
Dirac Green's functions with the {\it same} frequency. This implies that the
delocalization of electrons in a magnetic field is due to a critical point in a
phase with a spontaneously broken discrete symmetry. The estimation of the
localization length is performed for a generalized model with fermion
levels using a --expansion and the Schwarz inequality. An argument for the
existence of two Hall transition points is given in terms of percolation
theory.Comment: 10 pages, RevTeX, no figure
Toxicity studies of Coolanol 15 Final report, Jan. - Sep. 1965
Toxicity studies of synthetic fluid coolant for manned spacecraft heat transfer system
Pruning Algorithms for Pretropisms of Newton Polytopes
Pretropisms are candidates for the leading exponents of Puiseux series that
represent solutions of polynomial systems. To find pretropisms, we propose an
exact gift wrapping algorithm to prune the tree of edges of a tuple of Newton
polytopes. We prefer exact arithmetic not only because of the exact input and
the degrees of the output, but because of the often unpredictable growth of the
coordinates in the face normals, even for polytopes in generic position. We
provide experimental results with our preliminary implementation in Sage that
compare favorably with the pruning method that relies only on cone
intersections.Comment: exact, gift wrapping, Newton polytope, pretropism, tree pruning,
accepted for presentation at Computer Algebra in Scientific Computing, CASC
201
On the fundamental group of the complement of a complex hyperplane arrangement
We construct two combinatorially equivalent line arrangements in the complex
projective plane such that the fundamental groups of their complements are not
isomorphic. The proof uses a new invariant of the fundamental group of the
complement to a line arrangement of a given combinatorial type with respect to
isomorphisms inducing the canonical isomorphism of the first homology groups.Comment: 12 pages, Latex2e with AMSLaTeX 1.2, no figures; this last version is
almost the same as published in Functional Analysis and its Applications 45:2
(2011), 137-14
Class II (DR) antigenexpression on CD8+ lymphocyte subsets in acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Swift Highly Charged Ion Channelling
We review recent experimental and theoretical progress made in the scope of
swift highly charged ion channelling in crystals. The usefulness of such
studies is their ability to yield impact parameter information on charge
transfer processes, and also on some time related problems. We discuss the
cooling and heating phenomena at MeV/u energies, results obtained with
decelerated H-like ion beams at GSI and with ions having an excess of electrons
at GANIL, the superdensity effect along atomic strings and Resonant Coherent
Excitation.Comment: to be published in Journal of Physics
Friedel oscillations induced by non-magnetic impurities in the two-dimensional Hubbard model
We study the interplay of correlations and disorder using an unrestricted
Slave-Boson technique in real space. Within the saddle-point approximation, we
find Friedel oscillations of the charge density in the vicinity of a
nonmagnetic impurity, in agreement with numerical simulations. The
corresponding amplitudes are suppressed by repulsive interactions, while
attractive correlations lead to a charge-density-wave enhancement. In addition,
we investigate the spatial dependence of the local magnetic moment and the
formation of a magnetic state at the impurity site.Comment: 9 pages, RevTeX, includes 8 figure
Demonstration of Cross-Reactive Antibodies to Smooth Gram-Negative Bacteria in Antiserum to Escherichia coli J5
We investigated the discrepancy between the broad cross-protection against gram-negative infections afforded by antiserum to Escherichia coli J5 and its apparently narrow cross-reactivity in vitro. Rabbits immunized with J5 bacteria produced antibodies to both the J5 lipopolysaccharide (LPS; titer by ELISA, 1:60,000) and LPS from the Re mutant of Salmonella minnesota (i.e., to the ketodeoxyoctonate [KDO] and lipid A determinants; titer, 1:3,200). In highly diluted antiserum, titers of antibody to J5 LPS were reduced by 28%-41% after adsorption with seven strains of smooth gram-negative bacteria and by only 4% after adsorption with the Re mutant. Smooth gram-negative bacteria adsorbed virtually all antibody to Re LPS. Therefore, rabbit antiserum to J5 contains type-specific antibodies to core determinants distal to KDO that can obscure highly cross-reactive antibodies to lipid A-KDO in vitro. Cross-reactive antibodies are demonstrable by adsorption with whole bacteria at limiting concentrations of antibod
Ultracold atoms in optical lattices
Bosonic atoms trapped in an optical lattice at very low temperatures, can be
modeled by the Bose-Hubbard model. In this paper, we propose a slave-boson
approach for dealing with the Bose-Hubbard model, which enables us to
analytically describe the physics of this model at nonzero temperatures. With
our approach the phase diagram for this model at nonzero temperatures can be
quantified.Comment: 29 pages, 10 figure
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