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The growth index $\gamma$ is an interesting tool to assess the phenomenology of dark energy (DE) models, in particular of those beyond general relativity (GR). We investigate the possibility for DE models to allow for a constant $\gamma$ during the entire matter and DE dominated stages. It is shown that if DE is described by quintessence (a scalar field minimally coupled to gravity), this behaviour of $\gamma$ is excluded either because it would require a transition to a phantom behaviour at some finite moment of time, or, in the case of tracking DE at the matter dominated stage, because the relative matter density $\Omega_m$ appears to be too small. An infinite number of solutions, with $\Omega_m$ and $\gamma$ both constant, are found with $w_{DE}=0$ corresponding to Einstein-de Sitter universes. For all modified gravity DE models satisfying $G_{\rm eff}\ge G$, among them the $f(R)$ DE models suggested in the literature, the condition to have a constant $w_{DE}$ is strongly violated at the present epoch. In contrast, DE tracking dust-like matter deep in the matter era, but with $\Omega_m <1$, requires $G_{\rm eff} > G$ and an example is given using scalar-tensor gravity for a range of admissible values of $\gamma$. For constant $w_{DE}$ inside GR, departure from a quasi-constant value is limited until today. Even a large variation of $w_{DE}$ may not result in a clear signature in the change of $\gamma$. The change however is substantial in the future and the asymptotic value of $\gamma$ is found while its slope with respect to $\Omega_m$ (and with respect to $z$) diverges and tends to $-\infty$.

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Comparative study of p-type 4H-SiC grown on n-type and semi insulating 4H-SiC substrates

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Influence of Growth Temperature on Site Competition Effects During Chemical Vapor Deposition of 4H-SiC Layers

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Open channels are peculiar incidents modes of the optical field that are transmitted by a highly diffusing medium with high efficiency (100 % in the ideal case). The existence of these modes has been predicted by Dorokhov et al. [1] more than 25 years ago. Although many experiments were made to prepare these modes [2,3], the maxima of transmission obtained in experiments, are ever much lower than 100 %. To test the theory, we have considered here another Dorokhov's prediction: the average transmission of the modes that sustain the transmitted field must be TT=66%, where TT is defined by N2 TT= N1 T (where T is the averaged transmission of energy, and N1 and N2 the number of incident and transmitted modes i.e. the size of the incident and transmitted mode basis). Fig.1 (a) Holographic experimental setup. (b) Residual correlation of the transmitted field. The horizonal axis is SQ'. The sample transverse size is L=70 µm red, 50 µm green, 35 µm blue.... The horizontal grey line is the residual correlation expected for N1=N2. To verify this prediction, we have measured N2 on a slab sample of ZNO powder (transverse size L<=70 µm, thickness 20 µm) [4], by assuming that N1 is given by the sample geometry. The experimental setup is seen in Fig. 1(a). The incident fields are random (there are scrambled by a diffusing liquid DL) and digital holography is used to measure the complex transmitted field E(x,y) for the two polarisations. N2 is measured by analysing the residual correlations of the transmitted field measured for uncorrelated incident fields. Since the average transmission is T=1/25, we expect N2=N1/16. To get this optimal result, the transverse size of sample L must be infinite and the defocusing SQ' of the microscope objective MO2 must be zero (where S is the sample outgoing surface and Q' the plane imaged by MO2). Figure 1 (b) shows the residual correlation (which is proportional to 1/N2) as a function these two parameters. We get N2=N1/12 without extrapolation, and N2=N1/16 with extrapolation to L infinite. Here, the open channel effect is huge (factor 16) and the aggreement with the Dorokhov's prediction is excellent. We acknowledge Labex Numev (convention ANR-10-LABX-20) for funding. References 1. O.N. Dorokhov. On the coexistence of localized and extended electronic states in the metallic phase. Solid state communications, 51(6): 381-384, (1984).

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THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION OF THE INTERNAL ARRANGEMENT OF ONCHOCERCAL (ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS) NODULES USING HIGH-RESOLUTION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

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The recently proposed renormalization group improved optimized perturbation theory is employed to evaluate the pressure of the two dimensional non linear sigma model at finite temperatures. We explicitly show how this powerful resummation method can turn the lowest (one loop) perturbative contribution to the pressure, which is not RG invariant, into a non perturbative quantity exhibiting scale invariance.

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Liquid crystal ordering is an opportunity to develop novel materials and applications with spontaneouslyaligned anisotropic particles [1,2]. In this way, the organization of graphene flakes in liquid crystals provides new methodologies for the still challenging structural characterization of such materials. In this work, we will present a review of our recent results in the preparation and characterization of lyotropic LC made from concentrated aqueous suspensions based graphene oxide (GO) and/or reduced graphene oxide (RGO), and we will show some of ours preliminary approaches to achieve large and well-ordered domains of lyotropic liquid crystals. According with literature, for graphene, it is known that GO flakes easily disperse in water and spontaneously form liquid crystals at high concentrations. However, most of their electronic functionalities are lost during the oxidation treatments. RGO is of greater interest since a large part of functionalities are recovered but chemical reduction of GO in water generally results in the aggregation of the flakes. We recently showed how to obtain water-based RGO liquid crystals stabilized by surfactant molecules [3]. Structural and thermodynamic characterizations provide statistical information on the dimensions of the graphene flakes, which are found to be comparable with those of neat graphene oxide flakes. We have started to combined these new liquid crystals with nanoparticles, these graphene-based LC/Nanoparticles composites being useful to design coatings and functional materials.
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