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cond-mat.mes-hall2003★ 29 cited

Schottky barriers at metal-finite semiconducting carbon nanotube interfaces

Yongqiang Xue, Mark A. Ratner

Electronic properties of metal-finite semiconducting carbon nanotube interfaces are studied as a function of the nanotube length using a self-consistent tight-binding theory. We fi…

gr-qc2003★ 126 cited

Analysis of First LIGO Science Data for Stochastic Gravitational Waves

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, B. Abbott

We present the analysis of between 50 and 100 hrs of coincident interferometric strain data used to search for and establish an upper limit on a stochastic background of gravitatio…

cond-mat.mes-hall2003★ 26 cited

Novel pinning phenomena in a superconducting film with a square lattice of artificial pinning centers

Z. Jiang, D. A. Dikin, V. V. Metlushko +2

We study the transport properties of a superconducting Nb film with a square lattice of artificial pinning centers (APCs) as a function of dc current, at a temperature close to the…

cond-mat.mes-hall2003★ 134 cited

End group effect on electrical transport through individual molecules: A microscopic study

Yongqiang Xue, Mark A. Ratner

The effect on molecular transport due to chemical modification of the metal-molecule interface is investigated, using as an example the prototypical molecular device formed by atta…

cond-mat.mes-hall2003★ 31 cited

Microscopic theory of single-electron tunneling through molecular-assembled metallic nanoparticles

Yongqiang Xue, Mark A. Ratner

We present a microscopic theory of single-electron tunneling through metallic nanoparticles connected to the electrodes through molecular bridges. It combines the theory of electro…

astro-ph2003★ 45 cited

Excess mid-IR emission in Cataclysmic Variables

G. Dubus, R. Campbell, B. Kern +2

We present a search for excess mid-IR emission due to circumbinary material in the orbital plane of cataclysmic variables (CVs). Our motivation stems from the fact that the strong…

hep-ex2003★ 626 cited

Observation of the Narrow State in Collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96 \TeV$

the CDF II Collaboration, D. Acosta, T. Affolder +8

We report the observation of a narrow state decaying into and produced in of collisions at in the CDF II experiment. We o…

astro-ph2003★ 958 cited

An increased estimate of the merger rate of double neutron stars from observations of a highly relativistic system

M. Burgay, N. D'Amico, A. Possenti +10

The merger of close binary systems containing two neutron stars should produce a burst of gravitational waves, as predicted by the theory of general relativity. A reliable estimate…

hep-ex2003★ 102 cited

Observation of eta_c^{prime} Production in gamma gamma Fusion at CLEO

D. M. Asner, CLEO Collaboration

We report on the observation of the eta_{c}^{prime}(2^{1}S_{0}), the radial excitation of eta_{c}(1^{1}S_{0}) ground state of charmonium, in the two-photon fusion reaction gamma ga…

gr-qc2003★ 42 cited

Mergers of Irrotational Neutron Star Binaries in Conformally Flat Gravity

Joshua A. Faber, Philippe Grandclément, Frederic A. Rasio

We present the first results from our new general relativistic, Lagrangian hydrodynamics code, which treats gravity in the conformally flat (CF) limit. The evolution of fluid confi…

gr-qc2003★ 29 cited

Searching for Gravitational Waves from the Inspiral of Precessing Binary Systems: Astrophysical Expectations and Detection Efficiency of "Spiky'' Templates

Philippe Grandclement, Mia Ihm, Vassiliki Kalogera +1

Relativistic spin-orbit and spin-spin couplings has been shown to modify the gravitational waveforms expected from inspiraling binaries with a black hole and a neutron star. As a r…

gr-qc2003★ 131 cited

First upper limits from LIGO on gravitational wave bursts

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, B. Abbott

We report on a search for gravitational wave bursts using data from the first science run of the LIGO detectors. Our search focuses on bursts with durations ranging from 4 ms to 10…

cond-mat.dis-nn2003★ 1.8k cited

The worldwide air transportation network: Anomalous centrality, community structure, and cities' global roles

R. Guimera, S. Mossa, A. Turtschi +1

We analyze the global structure of the world-wide air transportation network, a critical infrastructure with an enormous impact on local, national, and international economies. We…

astro-ph2003★ 47 cited

Constraints on the Formation of PSR J0737-3039: the most probable isotropic kick magnitude

B. Willems, V. Kalogera

A strongly relativistic binary pulsar has been recently discovered with the 64m Parkes telescope (Burgay et al. 2003). Here we use the measured properties of this binary (masses an…

astro-ph2003★ 162 cited

The Mouse That Soared: High Resolution X-ray Imaging of the Pulsar-Powered Bow Shock G359.23-0.82

B. M. Gaensler, E. van der Swaluw, F. Camilo +4

We present an observation with the Chandra X-ray Observatory of the unusual radio source G359.23-0.82 ("the Mouse"), along with updated radio timing data from the Parkes radio tele…

physics.atom-ph2003★ 54 cited

A New Method of Measuring 81Kr and 85Kr Abundances in Environmental Samples

X. Du, R. Purtschert, K. Bailey +7

We demonstrate a new method for determining the 81Kr/Kr ratio in environmental samples based upon two measurements: the 85Kr/81Kr ratio measured by Atom Trap Trace Analysis (ATTA)…

hep-ex2003★ 16 cited

Heavy flavor properties of jets produced in interactions at 1.8 TeV

D. Acosta

We present a detailed examination of the heavy flavor properties of jets produced at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. The data set, collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab,…

hep-ex2003★ 12 cited

Measurement of the polar-angle distribution of leptons from W boson decay as a function of the W transverse momentum in proton-antiproton collisions at sqrt{s}=1.8 TeV

L. Cerrito

We present a measurement of the coefficient alpha_2 of the leptonic polar-angle distribution from W boson decays, as a function of the W transverse momentum. The measurement uses a…

quant-ph2003★ 6 cited

Demonstration Of A Continuously Guided Atomic Interferometer Using A Single-Zone Optical Excitation

M. S. Shahriar, Y. Tan, M. Jheeta +3

We demonstrate an atomic interferometer in which the atom passes through a single-zone optical beam, consisting of a pair of bichromatic counter-propagating fields. During the pass…

math.PR2003

A Phase Transition and Stochastic Domination in Pippenger's Probabilistic Failure Model for Boolean Networks with Unreliable Gates

Maxim Raginsky

We study Pippenger's model of Boolean networks with unreliable gates. In this model, the conditional probability that a particular gate fails, given the failure status of any subse…

cond-mat.mes-hall2003★ 15 cited

Conduction in Carbon Nanotubes Through Metastable Resonant States

Zhengfan Zhang, Venkat Chandrasekhar, Dmitriy A. Dikin +1

We report here on electrical measurements on individual multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) that show that the presence or movement of impurities or defects in the carbon nanotub…

hep-ex2003★ 14 cited

Inclusive Double Pomeron Exchange at the Fermilab Tevatron pbar-p Collider

D. Acosta

We report a study of at GeV, where is a proton or system of mass-squared GeV. In a sample of events with a leading…

gr-qc2003★ 5 cited

Upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939+2134

B. Allen, G. Woan

The first science run of the LIGO and GEO gravitational wave detectors presented the opportunity to test methods of searching for gravitational waves from known pulsars. Here we pr…

cond-mat.supr-con2003★ 3 cited

Vortex nucleation and flux front propagation in type II superconductors

Stefano Zapperi, Jose S. Andrade, Andre A. Moreira

We study flux penetration in a disordered type II superconductor by simulations of interacting vortices, using a Monte Carlo method for vortex nucleation. Our results show that a d…