We compare the confinement-induced nonlocal electromagnetic response model to standard local Drude routinely used in plasmonics. Both of them are applied study heat transfer for transdimensional plasmonic film systems. The former provides greater Woltersdorff length far-field and larger thicknesses at which is dominated by surface plasmons, leading enhanced near-field currents. Our results show...

In November 2013, a series of earthquakes began along a mapped ancient fault system near Azle, Texas. Here we assess whether it is plausible that human activity caused these earthquakes. Analysis of both lake and groundwater variations near Azle shows that no significant stress changes were associated with the shallow water table before or during the earthquake sequence. In contrast, pore-press...