Considerable information on the state of the magnetosphere is embedded in the structure of
nightside charged particle precipitation. To reduce ambiguity and maximize the …

It is known that silicon is an indirect band gap material, reducing its efficiency in photovoltaic
applications. Using surface plasmons in metallic nanoparticles embedded in a solar cell …

A theoretical interpretation of the recent experiments of Astafiev et al. on the T 1-relaxation
rate in Josephson charge qubits is proposed. The experimentally observed reproducible …

We study the domain of applicability of the classical telegraph noise model in the study of
decoherence in qubits. We investigate the decoherence of a qubit coupled to either a quantum …

Most of solid materials possess crystalline structure that means spatial periodicity or translation
symmetry. All the lattice can be obtained by repetition of a building block called basis. We …

Complex systems close to their critical state can exhibit abrupt transitions—avalanches—between
their metastable states. It is a challenging task to understand the mechanism of the …

We discuss a qubit weakly coupled to a finite-size heat bath (calorimeter) from the point of
view of quantum thermodynamics. The energy deposited to this environment together with the …

This course is an attempt to provide an overview of basic concepts of quantum transport
through modern small-size structures. It is a very hot topic at present time because it is relevant …

The classical problem of magnetic stripe domain behavior in films and plates with uniaxial
magnetic anisotropy is addressed. Exact analytical results are derived for the stripe domain …

Most of solid materials possess crystalline structure that means spatial periodicity or translation
symmetry. All the lattice can be obtained by repetition of a building block called basis. We …