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Ultra-Dense Phosphorous Delta-Layer Grown Into Silicon From Ph3 Molecular Precursors, T. -C. Shen, J. -Y. Ji, M. A. Zudov, R. -R. Du, J. S. Kline, J. R. Tucker Jan 2002

Ultra-Dense Phosphorous Delta-Layer Grown Into Silicon From Ph3 Molecular Precursors, T. -C. Shen, J. -Y. Ji, M. A. Zudov, R. -R. Du, J. S. Kline, J. R. Tucker

T. -C. Shen

Phosphorous δ-doping layers were fabricated in silicon by PH3 deposition at room temperature, followed by low-temperature Si epitaxy.Scanning tunneling microscope images indicate large H coverage, and regions of c(2×2) structure. Hall data imply full carrier activation with mobility<40 cm2/V s when the surface coverage is ≲0.2 ML. Conductivity measurements show a ln(T) behavior at low temperatures, characteristic of a high-density two-dimensional conductor. Possible future applications to atom-scale electronics and quantum computation are briefly discussed.


Ripening Of Porous Media, Benny Davidovitch, Deniz Ertas, Thomas C. Halsey Jan 2002

Ripening Of Porous Media, Benny Davidovitch, Deniz Ertas, Thomas C. Halsey

Benny Davidovitch

We address the surface tension-driven dynamics of porous media in nearly saturated pore-space solutions. We linearize this dynamics in the reaction-limited regime near its fixed points – surfaces of constant mean curvature (CMC surfaces). We prove that the only stable interface for this dynamics is the plane, and estimate the time scale for a CMC surface to become unstable. We also discuss the differences between open and closed system dynamics, pointing out the unlikelihood that CMC surfaces are ever realized in these systems on any time scale.


Invaded Cluster Simulations Of The Xy Model In Two And Three, I. Dukovski, Jonathan Machta, L. V. Chayes Jan 2002

Invaded Cluster Simulations Of The Xy Model In Two And Three, I. Dukovski, Jonathan Machta, L. V. Chayes

Jonathan Machta

The invaded cluster algorithm is used to study the XY model in two and three dimensions up to sizes 20002 and 1203, respectively. A soft spin O(2) model, in the same universality class as the three-dimensional XY model, is also studied. The static critical properties of the model and the dynamical properties of the algorithm are reported. The results are Kc=0.45412(2) for the three-dimensional XY model and η=0.037(2) for the three-dimensional XY universality class. For the two-dimensional XY model the results are Kc=1.120(1) and η=0.251(5). The invaded cluster algorithm does not show any critical slowing for the magnetization or critical …


Iterated Conformal Dynamics And Laplacian Growth, Felipe Barra, Benny Davidovitch, Itamar Procaccia Jan 2002

Iterated Conformal Dynamics And Laplacian Growth, Felipe Barra, Benny Davidovitch, Itamar Procaccia

Benny Davidovitch

The method of iterated conformal maps for the study of diffusion limited aggregates (DLA) is generalized to the study of Laplacian growth patterns and related processes. We emphasize the fundamental difference between these processes: DLA is grown serially with constant size particles, while Laplacian patterns are grown by advancing each boundary point in parallel, proportional to the gradient of the Laplacian field. We introduce a two-parameter family of growth patterns that interpolates between DLA and a discrete version of Laplacian growth. The ultraviolet putative finite-time singularities are regularized here by a minimal tip size, equivalently for all the models in …


Quantum Corrections To The Reissner–Nordström And Kerr-Newman Metrics, John Donoghue, Barry R. Holstein, Björn Garbrecht, Thomas Konstandin Jan 2002

Quantum Corrections To The Reissner–Nordström And Kerr-Newman Metrics, John Donoghue, Barry R. Holstein, Björn Garbrecht, Thomas Konstandin

John Donoghue

We use effective field theory techniques to examine the quantum corrections to the gravitational metrics of charged particles, with and without spin. In momentum space the masslessness of the photon implies the presence of non-analytic pieces , q2log(−q2), etc. in the form factors of the energy–momentum tensor. We show how the former reproduces the classical non-linear terms of the Reissner–Nordström and Kerr–Newman metrics while the latter can be interpreted as quantum corrections to these metrics, of order ℏ/mr3


Coiling Instabilities Of Multilamellar Tubes, Christian Santangelo, P. Pincus Jan 2002

Coiling Instabilities Of Multilamellar Tubes, Christian Santangelo, P. Pincus

Christian Santangelo

Myelin figures are densely packed stacks of coaxial cylindrical bilayers that are unstable to the formation of coils or double helices. These myelin figures appear to have no intrinsic chirality. We show that such cylindrical membrane stacks can develop an instability when they acquire a spontaneous curvature or when the equilibrium distance between membranes is decreased. This instability breaks the chiral symmetry of the stack and may result in coiling. A unilamellar cylindrical vesicle, on the other hand, will develop an axisymmetric instability, possibly related to the pearling instability.


Classical Gluodynamics In Curved Space-Time And The Soft Pomeron, Dmitri Kharzeev, Eugene Levin, Kirill Tuchin Jan 2002

Classical Gluodynamics In Curved Space-Time And The Soft Pomeron, Dmitri Kharzeev, Eugene Levin, Kirill Tuchin

Kirill Tuchin

QCD at the classical level possesses scale invariance which is broken by quantum effects. This "dimensional transmutation" phenomenon can be mathematically described by formulating classical gluodynamics in a curved, conformally flat, space-time with non-vanishing cosmological constant. We study QCD high-energy scattering in this theory. We find that the properties of the scattering amplitude at small momentum transfer are determined by the energy density of vacuum fluctuations. The approach gives rise to the power growth of the total hadron-hadron cross section with energy, i.e., the pomeron. The intercept of the pomeron and the multiplicity of produced particles are evaluated. We also …


A Simple Demonstration Of Mie Scattering Using An Overhead Projector, Charles L. Adler, James A. Lock Jan 2002

A Simple Demonstration Of Mie Scattering Using An Overhead Projector, Charles L. Adler, James A. Lock

James A. Lock

No abstract provided.


Comment On ‘‘Stress-Density Ratio Slip-Corrected Reynolds Equation For Ultra-Thin Film Gas Bearing Lubrication’’, Alejandro Garcia Jan 2002

Comment On ‘‘Stress-Density Ratio Slip-Corrected Reynolds Equation For Ultra-Thin Film Gas Bearing Lubrication’’, Alejandro Garcia

Alejandro Garcia

No abstract provided.


Analysis And Classification Of Nonlinear Dispersive Evolution Equations In The Potential Representation, Andrei Ludu Dec 2001

Analysis And Classification Of Nonlinear Dispersive Evolution Equations In The Potential Representation, Andrei Ludu

Andrei Ludu

No abstract provided.


What Do We Learn From The Local Geometry Of Glass-Forming Liquids?, Francis W. Starr, S. Sastry, J. F. Douglas, S. C. Glotzer Dec 2001

What Do We Learn From The Local Geometry Of Glass-Forming Liquids?, Francis W. Starr, S. Sastry, J. F. Douglas, S. C. Glotzer

Francis Starr

No abstract provided.


The Single Particle Potential In Mean-Field Theory, Peter Palffy-Muhoray Dec 2001

The Single Particle Potential In Mean-Field Theory, Peter Palffy-Muhoray

Peter Palffy-Muhoray

The problem of determining the single particle energy in a mean-field description of interacting particles is considered. It is shown that the single particle energy must satisfy two consistency conditions, and a general procedure for obtaining the single particle energy from the pair energy is proposed. Interacting dipolar systems are examined, current approaches in the literature are discussed, and the usefulness of the proposed method is demonstrated.


Translational And Rotational Diffusion In Stretched Water, P. A. Netz, Francis Starr, M. C. Barbosa, H. E. Stanley Dec 2001

Translational And Rotational Diffusion In Stretched Water, P. A. Netz, Francis Starr, M. C. Barbosa, H. E. Stanley

Francis Starr

No abstract provided.