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Angle-Preserving Transformations Give Rigidity Transitions a New Twist 保角变换让刚度转换焕然一新

Physics Pub Date : 2024-01-02 DOI: 10.1103/physics.17.1

Jen Schwarz, Silke Henkes

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Long-Term Optical Monitoring of Broad-Line AGNs (LoTerm AGN): Case Study of NGC 3516 宽线 AGN 的长期光学监测（LoTerm AGN）：NGC 3516 案例研究

Physics Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI: 10.3390/physics6010003

D. Ilić, L. Č. Popović, A. Burenkov, Elena Shablovinskaya, E. Malygin, Roman Uklein, Alexei V. Moiseev, Dmitry Oparin, Víctor M. Patiño Álvarez, V. Chavushyan, Paola Marziani, Mauro D’Onofrio, Alberto Floris, A. Kovačević, Jovana Jovičić, Djordje Miković, N. Rakić, S. Simić, Sladjana Marčeta Mandić, S. Ciroi, Amelia Vietri, L. Crepaldi, A. del Olmo

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Graph-Based Generalization of Galam Model: Convergence Time and Influential Nodes 基于图的伽蓝模型泛化：收敛时间和影响节点

Physics Pub Date : 2023-11-28 DOI: 10.3390/physics5040071

Sining Li, Ahad N. Zehmakan

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Dynamical Sensitivity of Three-Layer Micro Electromechanical Systems to the Optical Properties of the Intervening Liquid Layer 三层微型机电系统对中间液层光学特性的动态敏感性

Physics Pub Date : 2023-11-21 DOI: 10.3390/physics5040070

F. Tajik, G. Palasantzas

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The Casimir Force between Two Graphene Sheets: 2D Fresnel Reflection Coefficients, Contributions of Different Polarizations, and the Role of Evanescent Waves 两片石墨烯之间的卡西米尔力：二维菲涅尔反射系数、不同极化的贡献以及蒸发波的作用

Physics Pub Date : 2023-10-25 DOI: 10.3390/physics5040066

G. L. Klimchitskaya, V. Mostepanenko

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Surface Casimir Densities on Branes Orthogonal to the Boundary of Anti-De Sitter Spacetime 与反德西特时空边界正交的枝蔓上的表面卡西米尔密度

Physics Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI: 10.3390/physics5040074

A. Saharian

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Selected Topics of Social Physics: Nonequilibrium Systems 社会物理学选题：非平衡系统

Physics Pub Date : 2023-07-06 DOI: 10.3390/physics5030047

V. Yukalov

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