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We investigate the second quantization form of the entanglement Hamiltonian (EH) of various subregions for the ground state of several interacting lattice fermions and spin models. The relation between the EH and the model Hamiltonian itself is an unsolved problem for the ground state of generic local Hamiltonians. In this paper, we demonstrate that the EH is practically local and its dominant components are related to the terms present in the model Hamiltonian up to a smooth spatially varying temperature even for (a) discrete lattice systems, (b) systems with no emergent conformal or Lorentz symmetry, and (c) subsystems with nonflat boundaries, up to relatively strong interactions. We show... 

We enquire into the quasi many-body localization in topologically ordered states of matter, revolving around the case of Kitaev toric code on the ladder geometry, where different types of anyonic defects carry different masses induced by environmental errors. Our study verifies that the presence of anyons generates a complex energy landscape solely through braiding statistics, which suffices to suppress the diffusion of defects in such clean, multicomponent anyonic liquid. This nonergodic dynamics suggests a promising scenario for investigation of quasi many-body localization. Computing standard diagnostics evidences that a typical initial inhomogeneity of anyons gives birth to a glassy... 

Topology, symmetry, electron correlations, and the interplay between them have formed the cornerstone of our understanding of quantum materials in recent years and are used to identify new emerging phases. While the first two give a fair understanding of noninteracting and, in many cases, weakly interacting wave function of electron systems, the inclusion of strong correlations could change the picture substantially. The Kondo lattice model is a paradigmatic example of the interplay of electron correlations and conduction electrons of a metallic system, describing heavy fermion materials and also fractionalized Fermi liquid pertaining to an underlying gauge symmetry and topological orders.... 

While many-body effects in flat-band systems are receiving renewed hot interest in condensed-matter physics for superconducting and topological properties as well as for magnetism, studies have primarily been restricted to multiband systems (with coexisting flat and dispersive bands). Here we focus on one-band systems where a band is "partially flat," comprising flat and dispersive portions in k space to reveal whether intriguing correlation effects can already arise on the simplest possible one-band level. For that, the two-dimensional repulsive Hubbard model is studied for two models having different flat areas in an intermediate-coupling regime with the dynamical mean-field theory... 

We study the Kane-Mele-Hubbard model both at half-filling and away from half-filling using a slave-boson mean-field approach at zero temperature. We obtain a phase diagram at half-filling and discuss its connection to recent results from quantum Monte Carlo, cellular dynamical mean field, slave-rotor, and Z 2 mean-field studies. In particular, we find a small window in parameter space where a spin-liquid phase with gapped spin and charge excitations reside. Upon doping, we show the spin-liquid state becomes a superconducting state by explicitly calculating the singlet pairing order parameters. Interestingly, we find an "optimal" doping for such superconductivity. Our work reveals some of the... 

Electrical properties and electronic structure of Bi1-xCa xFe1-yMnyO3-δ grown by pulsed-laser deposition on BaTiO3/SiO2/Si substrate were investigated. Results showed that Ca has drastic effect on symmetry of crystal and electrical poperties of BiFeO3. On the other hand, Mn revealed to have more radical effect on optical properties and energy gap of the compound. XPS results represented that although Ca tend to decrease Fe valence state, Mn tends to stabilize it at 3+ (at least in this concentrations). UV-visible study yielded bandgap of 2.51-2.81 eV (at 300 K) for different concentrations of Ca and Mn. UV-visible spectra also revealed sub-bandgap defect transitions at 2.2 and 2.4 eV.... 

In this paper, the seismic response of anchored cylindrical steel tanks with various dimensional parameters has been investigated by endurance time method considering fluid-structure interaction effects. Various response quantities, such as stresses and displacements, have been evaluated by subjecting tanks to specially designed intensifying accelerograms and their performance is judged based on their response at predefined level(s) of dynamic excitation. It is shown that ET analysis can reliably predict the result of ground motion time history analysis in all seven tank models studied. In four of the tanks in which height of the shell and the level of fluid is the same, the variation of... 

Nanocars have been proposed to transport nanomaterials on the surface. Study of the mechanism of the motion of nanocars has attracted a lot of interests due to the potential ability of these nano-vehicles in the construction of nanostructures with bottom-up approach. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we study the motion of two nano-vehicles named “Nanocar” and “Nanotruck” on hexagonal boron-nitride monolayer. The obtained results reveals that, boron-nitride is an appropriate option to obtain higher mobility of nanocars compared with metal substrates. Considering different temperatures reveals that nanocars start to move on the BN at 200 K, while long range motions are observed at 400 K... 

We perform large-scale quantum Monte Carlo simulations of SLAC fermions on a two-dimensional square lattice at half filling with a single Dirac cone with N=2 spinor components and repulsive on-site interactions. Despite the presence of a sign problem, we accurately identify the critical interaction strength Uc=7.28±0.02 in units of the hopping amplitude, for a continuous quantum phase transition between a paramagnetic Dirac semimetal and a ferromagnetic insulator. Using finite-size scaling, we extract the critical exponents for the corresponding N=2 chiral Ising Gross-Neveu universality class: the inverse correlation length exponent ν-1=1.19±0.03, the order parameter anomalous dimension... 

Effect of Al2O3 nanoparticles (80 nm) on the grain structure and phase formation in Ni-50Ti system during high-energy mechanical alloying (MA) was studied. While the formation of NiTi B2 phase occurs progressively during MA, it is shown that the hard inclusions cause abrupt phase formation at short milling times, particularly at higher nano-Al2O3 contents. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy showed significant grain refinement in the presence of alumina nanoparticles to sizes less than 10 nm, which precedes the formation of semicrystalline structure and reduces the diffusion length and thus accelerates the phase formation. The composite powder reached steady-state MA condition... 

A double-layer SnO2/ZnO gas sensor was produced by utilisation of SnOSUB align=right2 and ZnO thin films. Top layer consisted of SnOSUB align=right2 produced by a sol gel-controlled annealing technique. Bottom coating consisted of ZnO thin film precipitated by Two-Stage Chemical Deposition (TSCD) from an aqueous zinc-containing solution. Both top and bottom coatings were analysed by SEM, XRD, EDAX and AAS. Gas sensitivity of the SnO2/ZnO double layer was determined by electrical resistance measurements. Although sensitivity was slightly reduced by double-layer formation, selectivity and stability were considerably improved by combination of the two thin layers. The existence of an... 

Abstract Elastic optical networking has recently been proposed for use in optical transport networks to cope with increasingly heterogeneous and dynamic demand patterns. In this paper, we study the blocking performance of a multi-class elastic optical link for which a demand needs to be allocated a contiguous subset of the entire spectrum. This problem is different than the well-known blocking problem in multi-class multi-server loss systems due to the contiguous allocation constraint. We first propose a non-work-conserving aligned spectrum allocation policy which is shown to outperform the conventional first fit-based work-conserving allocation policy without alignment. Subsequently, for... 

Given a simple polygon P with n vertices, the visibility polygon (V P) of a point q (V P(q)), or a segment (formula present) (V P(pq)) inside P can be computed in linear time. We propose a linear time algorithm to extend V P of a viewer (point or segment), by converting some edges of P into mirrors, such that a given non-visible segment (formula present) can also be seen from the viewer. Various definitions for the visibility of a segment, such as weak, strong, or complete visibility are considered. Our algorithm finds every edge such that, when converted to a mirror, makes (formula present) visible to our viewer. We find out exactly which interval of (formula present) becomes visible, by... 

Drawing on a modified version of Delphi technique, the researchers in this study tried to develop a rubric comprising the main criteria to be considered in the evaluation of works of fiction. Review of the related literature, as well as the administration of a Likert scale questionnaire, and a series of unstructured interviews with experts in the fields of literature and creative writing, led to the identification of ten elements which were used in the construction of the first version of the rubric. To ensure its validity, a number of distinguished creative writing professors were asked to review this assessment tool and comment on its appropriateness for measuring the intended construct.... 

Given a simple polygon P with n vertices, the visibility polygon (VP) of a point q, or a segment pq‾ inside P can be computed in linear time. We propose a linear time algorithm to extend the VP of a viewer (point or segment), by converting some edges of P into mirrors, such that a given non-visible segment uw‾ can also be seen from the viewer. Various definitions for the visibility of a segment, such as weak, strong, or complete visibility are considered. Our algorithm finds every edge that, when converted to a mirror, makes uw‾ visible to our viewer. We find out exactly which interval of uw‾ becomes visible, by every edge middling as a mirror, all in linear time. In other words, in this... 

Drawing on a modified version of Delphi technique, the researchers in this study tried to develop a rubric comprising the main criteria to be considered in the evaluation of works of fiction. Review of the related literature, as well as the administration of a Likert scale questionnaire, and a series of unstructured interviews with experts in the fields of literature and creative writing, led to the identification of ten elements which were used in the construction of the first version of the rubric. To ensure its validity, a number of distinguished creative writing professors were asked to review this assessment tool and comment on its appropriateness for measuring the intended construct....