Cherkis bow varieties and Coulomb branches of quiver gauge theories of affine type $A$

Kavli Affiliate: Hiraku Nakajima | Summary:We show that Coulomb branches of quiver gauge theories of affine type $A$ are Cherkis bow varieties, which have been introduced as ADHM type description of moduli space of instantons on the Taub-NUT space equivariant under a cyclic group action. | Search Query: arXiv Query: search_query=au:”Nakajima Hiraku”&id_list=&start=0&max_results=10Read More


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Short-Channel Field Effect Transistors with 9-Atom and 13-Atom wide Graphene Nanoribbons

Kavli Affiliate: Eli Yablonovitch | Summary:Bottom-up synthesized GNRs and GNR heterostructures have promising electronic properties for high performance field effect transistors (FETs) and ultra-low power devices such as tunnelling FETs. However, the short length and wide band gap of these GNRs have prevented the fabrication of devices with the desired performance and switching behaviour. Here, […]


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High purity NaI(Tl) scintillator to search for dark matter

Kavli Affiliate: Kunio Inoue | Summary:A high purity and large volume NaI(Tl) scintillator was developed to search for cosmic dark matter. The required densities of radioactive impurities (RIs) such as U-chain, Th-chain are less than a few ppt to establish high sensitivity to dark matter. The impurity of RIs were effectively reduced by selecting raw […]


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Si K Edge Structure and Variability in Galactic X-Ray Binaries

Kavli Affiliate: Claude Canizares | Summary:We survey the Si K edge structure in various absorbed Galactic low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) to study states of silicon in the inter- and circum-stellar medium. The bulk of these LMXBs lie toward the Galactic bulge region and all have column densities above $10^22$ cm$^-2$. The observations were performed with […]


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Spectroscopic Studies of the Physical Origin of Environmental Aging Effects on Doped Graphene

Kavli Affiliate: N. C. Yeh |Summary:The environmental aging effect of doped graphene is investigated as a function of the organic doping species, humidity, and the number of graphene layers adjacent to the dopant by studies of the Raman spectroscopy, x-ray and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, infrared spectroscopy, and electrical transport measurements. It is […]


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Superadiabatic quantum state transfer in spin chains

Kavli Affiliate: Miriam Blaauboer | Summary:In this letter we propose a superadiabatic protocol where quantum state transfer can be achieved with arbitrarily high accuracy and minimal control across long spin chains with an odd number of spins. The quantum state transfer protocol only requires the control of the couplings between the qubits on the edge […]


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The $ω$-SQUIPT: phase-engineering of Josephson topological materials

Kavli Affiliate: Yu V. Nazarov | Summary:Multi-terminal superconducting Josephson junctions based on the proximity effect offer the bright opportunity to tailor non trivial quantum states in nanoscale weak-links. These structures can realize exotic topologies in multidimensions as, for example, artificial topological superconductors able to support Majorana bound states, and pave the way to emerging quantum […]


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Women in physics in the United States: recruitment and retention

Kavli Affiliate: Edmund Bertschinger | Summary:Initiatives to increase the number, persistence, and success of women in physics in the US reach pre-teen girls through senior women. Programs exist at both the local and national levels. In addition, researchers have investigated issues related to gender equity in physics and physics education. Anecdotal evidence suggests increased media […]


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Effect of transverse anisotropy on inelastic tunneling spectroscopy of atomic-scale magnetic chains

Kavli Affiliate: Miriam Blaauboer | Summary:We theoretically investigate the effect of transverse magnetic anisotropy on spin-flip assisted tunneling through atomic spin chains. Using a phenomenological approach and first-order perturbation theory, we analytically calculate the inelastic tunneling current, differential conductance and atomic spin transition rates. We predict the appearance of additional steps in the differential conductance […]


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Prospects of Passive Radio Detection of a Subsurface Ocean on Europa with a Lander

Kavli Affiliate: Dustin M. Schroeder | Summary:We estimate the sensitivity of a lander-based instrument for the passive radio detection of a subsurface ocean beneath the ice shell of Europa, expected to be between 3~km – 30~km thick, using Jupiter’s decametric radiation. A passive technique was previously studied for an orbiter. Using passive detection in a […]


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