In the field of computer experiments sensitivity analysis aims at quantifying the relative importance of each input parameter (or combinations thereof) of a computational model with respect to the model output uncertainty. Variance decomposition methods leading to the well-known Sobol’ indices are recognized as accurate techniques, at a rather high computational cost though. The use of polynomi...

We study the effect of strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC) on bound states induced by impurities in superconductors. The presence of SOC breaks the SU(2)-spin symmetry and causes the superconducting order parameter to have generically both singlet (s-wave) and triplet (p-wave) components. We find that in the presence of SOC the spectrum of Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) states is qualitatively different i...

Antje Feller1, Ling Yuan2, and Erich Grotewold3 1Center for Plant Molecular Biology – ZMBP, Developmental Genetics, University of Tuebingen, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany; 2Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, and South China Botanical Garden, Guangzhou, China 510650; 3Center for Applied Plant Sciences and Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio Stat...