Abstract A new type of copper (Cu)-rhodium (Rh)-alloy, Cu(Rh), films is developed by co-sputtering copper and rhodium onto silicon (Si) substrates under an argon (Ar) atmosphere. The new films are next annealed at 600 and 670 °C, or alternatively at 100 and 450 °C, for 1 h. Longer annealing to the films, for up to 8 days, is also conducted to explore resistivity variation. The resistivity of the new 300-nm-thick film is 2.19 μΩ cm after annealing at 670 °C for 1 h and drifts to 2.26 and 2.14 μΩ

Abstract Solving linear differential equations is a common problem in almost all fields of science and engineering. Here, we present a variational algorithm with shallow circuits for solving such a problem: given an \(N \times N\) matrix \({\boldsymbol{A}}\), an N-dimensional vector \(\boldsymbol{b}\), and an initial vector \(\boldsymbol{x}(0)\), how to obtain the solution vector \(\boldsymbol{x}(T)\) at time T according to the constraint \(\textrm{d}\boldsymbol{x}(t)/\textrm{d} t = {\boldsymbo

Abstract The angular distance of the solar flares to the projective point of the center of the solar disk on the solar spherical surface has been studied by the heliographical or helioprojective coordinates, during the periods 1975–2021 for GOES events and 2002–2021 for RHESSI events, hereafter “distance.” It gives a specific distribution curvature. It has also been noted that when using the number of solar flare events in each satellite, GOES or RHESSI, or even using the sum of the flux (class

Abstract Neutron star observations, as well as experiments on neutron-rich nuclei, used to motivate one to look at degenerate nuclear matter from its extreme, namely, pure neutron matter. As an important next step, impurities and clusters in dilute neutron matter have attracted special attention. In this paper, we review in-medium properties of these objects on the basis of the physics of polarons, which have been recently realized in ultracold atomic experiments. We discuss how such atomic and

Abstract Excited states are essential to many chemical processes in photosynthesis, solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and so on, yet how to formulate, quantify, and predict physiochemical properties for excited states from the theoretical perspective is far from being established. In this work, we leverage the four density-based frameworks from density functional theory (DFT) including orbital-free DFT, conceptual DFT, information-theoretic approach and direct use of density associated descri

6 An Overview of Thai Research in Physics: Achievements and Roadmaps for the Future by TPS (Boonrucksar Soonthornthum, Dheerawan Boonyawan and Duangmanee Wongratanaphisan) Introduction Physics research and its applications have developed significantly in Thailand during the past decade. The importance of physics as a basic science platform for the sustainable development of technology and high-performance personnel and for making substantial contributions to the socio-economic development of Th

4 The Physical Society of Japan: The 5th (2024) Fumiko Yonezawa Memorial Prize by JPS The late Fumiko Yonezawa, emeritus professor of Keio University, made major contributions to physics, such as the development of the coherent potential approximation, and the theory of the metal–insulator transition in liquid selenium. Prof. Yonezawa served as the first female president of the Physical Society of Japan (JPS) and as the president of the Society for Women Scientists for a Bright Future, she also

3 18th ANPhA Board Meeting and Symposium by Byungsik Hong (Chair of AAPPS-DNP) The 18th board meeting of the Asian Nuclear Physics Association (ANPhA) was held at the Institute of Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Korea on November 10, 2023. ANPhA also serves as the Division of Nuclear Physics (DNP) for AAPPS. ANPhA’s board meetings were held online from 2020 to 2022, and this year’s meeting was the first in-person meeting after the COVID-19 pandemic. The venue was the Institute for Rare Isotope Sc

2 The 2023 AAPPS-APCTP C. N. Yang Award by Rajdeep Singh Rawat (Chair of the C. N. Yang Award Committee) The 2023 AAPPS-APCTP C. N. Yang Awards were presented to three outstanding and prospective young scholars, Danfeng LI (City University of Hong Kong), Li LI (Chinese Academy of Science), and Liyong ZHANG (Beijing Normal University). A total of 26 nominations were received from nominees of eight different nationalities, with representation in nine different sessions of the Asia Pacific Physics