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Finite size effects in the magnetization of periodic mesoscopic systems
We calculate the orbital magnetization of a confined 2DEG as a function of
the number of electrons in the system. Size effects are investigated by
systematically increasing the area of the confining region. The results for the
finite system are compared to an infinite one, where the magnetization is
calculated in the thermodynamic limit. In all calculations the
electron-electron interaction is included in the Hartree approximation.Comment: LaTeX with 4 PostScript figures included, to appear in EP2DS 13
proceeding
Partial Wave Decomposition for Meson Exchange Currents in Few-Nucleon Systems
We develop an approach for calculating matrix elements of meson exchange
currents between 3N basis states in (jJ)-coupling and a 3N bound state. The
contribution generated by - and -exchange are included in the
consideration. The matrix elements are expressed in terms of multiple integrals
in the momentum space. We apply a technique of the partial wave decompositions
and carry out some angular integrations in closed form. Different
representations appropriate for numerical calculations are derived for the
matrix elements of interest. The momentum dependences of the matrix elements
are studied and benchmark results are presented. The approach developed is of
interest for the investigations of deuteron- proton radiative capture and ^3He
photo- and electrodisintegration when the interaction in the initial or final
nuclear states is taken into account by solving the Faddeev equations.Comment: 32pages (14 figures
Disorder and Interaction in 2D: Exact diagonalization study of the Anderson-Hubbard-Mott model
We investigate, by numerically calculating the charge stiffness, the effects
of random diagonal disorder and electron-electron interaction on the nature of
the ground state in the 2D Hubbard model through the finite size exact
diagonalization technique. By comparing with the corresponding 1D Hubbard model
results and by using heuristic arguments we conclude that it is
\QTR{it}{unlikely} that there is a 2D metal-insulator quantum phase transition
although the effect of interaction in some range of parameters is to
substantially enhance the non-interacting charge stiffness.Comment: 13 pages, 2 figures Revised version. Accepted for publication in
Phys. Rev. Let
Tight focusing of azimuthally polarized optical vortex produced by subwavelength grating
Focusing of an optical vortex with sectorial azimuthal polarization is numerically investigated. An effect of sector numbers on the results of focusing is estimated. It is shown that the focal spot produced by a beam with six sectors does not differ from the ideally azimuthally polarized optical vortex; a difference in the focal spot diameter does not exceed 0.001 of the wavelength. For a four-sectoral beam, the difference does not exceed 0.028 of the wavelength. We have investigated a four-Sector transmission Polarization Converter for a wavelength of 633 nm, that enables the conversion of a linearly polarized incident beam into a mixture of linearly and azimuthally polarized beams. It was experimentally shown that light propagated through the four-Sector transmission Polarization Converter and focused by Fresnel zone plate with a focal length of 532 nm produces focal spot with diameters 0.46 and 0.57 of wavelength.Publisher PD
Diffraction characteristics of optical elements designed as phase layers with cosine-profiled periodicity in azimuthal direction
The article concerns an investigation of the Fresnel diffraction
characteristics of two types of phase optical elements, under Gaussian laser
beam illumination. Both elements provide an azimuthal periodicity of the phase
retardation. The first element possess azimuthal cosine-profiled phase changes
deposited on a plane base. The second element is a combination of the first
element and a thin phase axicon. The cosine profile of the phase retardation,
of both diffractive elements, produces an azimuthal cosine-profiled modulation
on their diffractograms. It destroys the vortex characteristics of their
diffraction fields.Comment: 20 pages, submitted for publishin
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Stochastic semi-implicit substep method for coupled depletion Monte-Carlo codes
Coupled Monte Carlo burnup codes aim to evaluate the time evolution of different parameters, such as nuclide densities, for accurate modeling of the different reactor designs and associated fuel cycles. Recently a major deficiency in numerical stability of existing Monte Carlo coupling schemes was identified. Alternative, stable coupling schemes were derived, implemented and verified. These methods are iterative and rely on either the end- or middle-of-step (MOS) reaction rates to evaluate the end-of-step (EOS) nuclide densities. Here, we demonstrate that applying the EOS methods for realistic problems may lead to highly inaccurate results. Considerable improvement can be made by adopting MOS method but the accuracy may still be insufficient. The solution proposed in this work relies on the substep method that allows reducing the time discretization errors. The proposed and tested substep method also assumes that the reaction rates are linear functions of the logarithm of the nuclide densities. The method was implemented in BGCore code and subsequently used to perform a series of test case calculations. The results demonstrate that better accuracy and hence efficiency can be achieved with negligible additional computational burden.This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Elsevier via http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2016.01.02
Socio-Psychological Situation as a Characteristic of the Educational Institution Uniqueness
This paper analyzes the representations of the major educational process participants (students, teachers and representatives of the school administration) concerning the various elements of the socio-psychological situation in the educational institution. We assumed that the substantive characteristics of socio-psychological situation are reflected in the representations of the major participants of the educational process, which can help to define the degree of homogeneity of representations in students and teachers, as well as the uniqueness of socio-psychological situation in an educational institution. We describe the progress and the results of research conducted in Moscow on the basis of state educational institutions of various profiles (gymnasium with intensive study of English secondary school with ethno-cultural component), which was attended by 308 people, 235 of whom were students, and 73 were teachers and representatives of the school administration. We reveal the features of representation of different participants of the educational process about such elements of socio-psychological situation as leadership style, the type of organizational culture and the parameters of social and psychological climate in the educational institution. We describe significant differences in the expression of the elements of social and psychological situation in educational institutions of various types
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Sub-step methodology for coupled Monte Carlo depletion and thermal hydraulic codes
The governing procedure in coupled Monte Carlo (MC) codes relies on discretization of the simulation time into time steps. Typically, the MC transport solution at discrete points will generate reaction rates, which in most codes are assumed to be constant within the time step. This assumption can trigger numerical instabilities or result in a loss of accuracy, which, in turn, would require reducing the time steps size. This paper focuses on reducing the time discretization error without requiring additional MC transport solutions and hence with no major computational overhead. The sub-step method presented here accounts for the reaction rate variation due to the variation in nuclide densities and thermal hydraulic (TH) conditions. This is achieved by performing additional depletion and TH calculations within the analyzed time step. The method was implemented in BGCore code and subsequently used to analyze a series of test cases. The results indicate that computational speedup of up to a factor of 10 may be achieved over the existing coupling schemes.This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Elsevier via http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2016.05.03
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