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Haptic-STM: A human-in-the-loop interface to a scanning tunneling microscope (2011)
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Perdigão, L. M., & Saywell, A. (2011). Haptic-STM: A human-in-the-loop interface to a scanning tunneling microscope. Review of Scientific Instruments, 82(7), Article 073704. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3600572

The operation of a haptic device interfaced with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) is presented here. The user moves the STM tip in three dimensions by means of a stylus attached to the haptic instrument. The tunneling current measured by the STM... Read More about Haptic-STM: A human-in-the-loop interface to a scanning tunneling microscope.

Real-time fermions for baryogenesis simulations (2011)
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Saffin, P. M., & Tranberg, A. (2011). Real-time fermions for baryogenesis simulations. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011(7), https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07%282011%29066

We study how to numerically simulate quantum fermions out of thermal equilibrium, in the context of electroweak baryogenesis. We find that by combining the lattice implementation of Aarts and Smit [1] with the "low cost" fermions of Borsanyi and Hind... Read More about Real-time fermions for baryogenesis simulations.

The impact of spatial fluctuations in the ultra-violet background on intergalactic carbon and silicon (2011)
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S. Bolton, J., & Viel, M. (2011). The impact of spatial fluctuations in the ultra-violet background on intergalactic carbon and silicon. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 414(1), 241–252. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18384.x

Spatial inhomogeneities in the spectral shape of the ultra-violet background (UVB) at the tail-end of HeII reionisation are thought to be the primary cause of the large fluctuations observed in the HeII to HI Ly-a forest optical depth ratio, tau_HeII... Read More about The impact of spatial fluctuations in the ultra-violet background on intergalactic carbon and silicon.

Measurements of the ultraviolet background at 4.6 < z < 6.4 using the quasar proximity effect (2011)
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(2011). Measurements of the ultraviolet background at 4.6 < z < 6.4 using the quasar proximity effect. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 412(4), 2543-2562. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18072.x

We present measurements of the ionizing ultraviolet background (UVB) at z∼ 5–6 using the quasar proximity effect. The 15 quasars in our sample cover the range 4.6 < zq < 6.4, enabling the first proximity-effect measurements of the UVB at z > 5. The m... Read More about Measurements of the ultraviolet background at 4.6 < z < 6.4 using the quasar proximity effect.

Multi-Galileons, solitons, and Derrick’s theorem (2011)
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Padilla, A., Saffin, P. M., & Zhou, S.-Y. (2011). Multi-Galileons, solitons, and Derrick’s theorem. Physical Review D, 83(4), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.83.045009

The field theory Galilean symmetry, which was introduced in the context of modified gravity, gives a neat way to construct Lorentz-covariant theories of a scalar field, such that the equations of motion contain at most second-order derivatives. Here... Read More about Multi-Galileons, solitons, and Derrick’s theorem.

Bi-galileon theory II: phenomenology (2011)
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Padilla, A., Saffin, P. M., & Zhou, S.-Y. (2011). Bi-galileon theory II: phenomenology. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01%282011%29099

We continue to introduce bi-galileon theory, the generalisation of the single galileon model introduced by Nicolis et al. The theory contains two coupled scalar fields and is described by a Lagrangian that is invariant under Galilean shifts in those... Read More about Bi-galileon theory II: phenomenology.

Vernier templating and synthesis of a 12-porphyrin nano-ring (2011)
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O’Sullivan, M. C., Sprafke, J. K., Kondratuk, D. V., Rinfray, C., Claridge, T. D., Saywell, A., Blunt, M. O., O’Shea, J. N., Beton, P. H., Malfois, M., & Anderson, H. L. (2011). Vernier templating and synthesis of a 12-porphyrin nano-ring. Nature, 469, 72–75. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09683

Templates are widely used to arrange molecular components so they can be covalently linked into complex molecules that are not readily accessible by classical synthetic methods1,2,3,4,5,6,7. Nature uses sophisticated templates such as the ribosome, w... Read More about Vernier templating and synthesis of a 12-porphyrin nano-ring.

Reducing the gradient artefact in simultaneous EEG-fMRI by adjusting the subject’s axial position (2011)
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Mullinger, K. J., Yan, W. X., & Bowtell, R. W. (2011). Reducing the gradient artefact in simultaneous EEG-fMRI by adjusting the subject’s axial position. NeuroImage, 54(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.09.079

Large artefacts which compromise EEG data quality are generated when electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) are carried out concurrently. The gradient artefact produced by the time-varying magnetic field gradien... Read More about Reducing the gradient artefact in simultaneous EEG-fMRI by adjusting the subject’s axial position.