March 2001 arXiv papers — page 6

Yu. A. Sitenko

If violation of Lorentz and CPT symmetry is introduced into the fermion sector of conventional quantum electrodynamics, then the Chern-Simons term is radiatively induced with finite nonzero coefficient, as well as the Maxwell term is with logarithmically divergent one. The heat kernel expansion and the proper time methods are used to determine the effective

T. Tomita, J. J. Hamlin, J. S. Schilling, D. G. Hinks

The dependence of Tc on hydrostatic (He-gas) pressure has been determined to 0.7 GPa. We find that Tc decreases linearly and reversibly under pressure at the rate dTc/dP = -1.11 +- 0.02 K/GPa. These studies were carried out on the same sample used in earlier structural studies under He-gas pressure which yielded the bulk modulus B = 147.2 +- 0.7 GPa. The val

V. G. Bornyakov, M. N. Chernodub, F. V. Gubarev, M. I. Polikarpov

We study the Abelian and non-Abelian action densitynear the monopole in the maximal Abelian gauge of SU(2) lattice gauge theory. We find that the non-Abelian action density near the monopoles belonging to the percolating cluster decreases when we approach the monopole center. Our estimate of the monopole radius is R_mon ~ 0.04 fm.

N. Mordant, P. Metz, O. Michel, J. -F. Pinton

We have developed a new experimental technique to measure the Lagrangian velocity of tracer particles in a turbulent flow, based on ultrasonic Doppler tracking. This method yields a direct access to the velocity of a single particule at a turbulent Reynolds number $R_λ = 740$. Its dynamics is analyzed with two decades of time resolution, below the Lagrangian

A. M. Khvedelidze, D. M. Mladenov

It is shown that geodesic motion on the GL(n, R) group manifold endowed with the bi-invariant metric d s^2 = tr(g^{-1} d g)^2 corresponds to a generalization of the hyperbolic n-particle Calogero-Moser-Sutherland model. In particular, considering the motion on Principal orbit stratum of the SO(n, R) group action, we arrive at dynamics of a generalized n-part

E. Marinari, O. C. Martin, F. Zuliani

We investigate the 3-dimensional Edwards-Anderson spin glass model at low temperature on simple cubic lattices of sizes up to L=12. Our findings show a strong continuity among T>0 physical features and those found previously at T=0, leading to a scenario with emerging mean field like characteristics that are enhanced in the large volume limit. For instance,

A. V. Toporensky

The shear dynamics in Bianchi I cosmological model on the brane with a perfect fluid (the equation of state is $p=(γ-1) μ$) is studied. It is shown that for $1 < γ< 2$ the shear parameter has maximum at some moment during a transition period from nonstandard to standard cosmology. An exact formula for the matter density $μ$ in the epoch of maximum shear para

Brahim Elattari, S. A. Gurvitz

We consider the problem of shot noise in resonant tunneling through double quantum dots in the case of interacting particles. Using a many-body quantum mechanical description we evaluate the energy dependent transmission probability, the total average current and the shot noise spectrum. Our results show that the obtained reduction of the noise spectrum, due

M. D. Reid

It is shown that a criterion used to demonstrate realization of the 1935 Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) gedanken experiment is sufficient to demonstrate quantum entanglement. A further set of measurable criteria sufficient to demonstrate EPR gedanken experiment is proposed, these being the set of criteria sufficient to demonstrate entanglement, by way of a me

F. de los Santos, M. M. Telo da Gama, Miguel A. Munoz

We study a Langevin equation describing non-equilibrium depinning and wetting transitions. Attention is focused on short-ranged attractive substrate-interface potentials. We confirm the existence of first order depinning transitions, in the temperature-chemical potential diagram, and a tricritical point beyond which the transition becomes a non-equilibrium c

Giuseppe Mussardo

Two different theoretical formulations of the finite temperature effects have been recently proposed for integrable field theories. In order to decide which of them is the correct one, we perform for a particular model an explicit check of their predictions for the one-point function of the trace of the stress-energy tensor, a quantity which can be independe

Yu. S. Kalashnikova, A. V. Nefediev, Yu. A. Simonov

The spectra of light-light and heavy-light mesons are calculated within the framework of the QCD string model, which is derived from QCD in the Wilson loop approach. Special attention is payed to the proper string dynamics that allows us to reproduce the straight-line Regge trajectories with the inverse slope being 2πσfor light-light and twice as small for h

A. Bondar, A. Buzulutskov, L. Shekhtman

We study the performance of the triple-GEM (Gas Electron Multiplier) detector in pure noble gases Ne, Ar and Xe, at different pressures varying from 1 to 10 atm. In Ar and Xe, the maximum attainable gain of the detector abruptly drops down for pressures exceeding 3 atm. In contrast, the maximum gain in Ne was found to increase with pressure, reaching a value

2 collaboration

The cross section of the process e+ e- ---> eta gamma has been measured in the 600-1380 MeV c.m. energy range with the CMD-2 detector. The following branching ratios have been determined: B(rho ---> eta gamma) = (3.28 +- 0.37 +- 0.23) 10^{-4}, B(omega ---> eta gamma) = (5.10 +- 0.72 +- 0.34) 10^{-4}, B(phi --> eta gamma) = (1.287 +- 0.013 +- 0.063) 10^{-2}.

K. Kohri

In this paper we consider the effects on big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) of the hadronic decay of a long-lived massive particle. If high-energy hadrons are emitted near the BBN epoch ($t \sim 10^{-2}$ -- $10^2 \sec$), they extraordinarily inter-convert the background nucleons each other even after the freeze-out time of the neutron to proton ratio. Then, prod

Belle Collaboration, K. Abe

Using the Belle detector operating at the KEKB e+e- storage ring, we have measured the mean multiplicity and the momentum spectrum of neutral pions from the decays of the Upsilon(4S) resonance. We measure a mean of 4.70 +/- 0.04 +/- 0.22 neutral pions per Upsilon(4S) decay.

The Belle Collaboration, K. Abe

We have measured the branching fraction of the inclusive radiative B meson decay B --> X(s) gamma to be Br(B->X(s)gamma)=(3.36 +/- 0.53(stat) +/- 0.42(sys) +0.50-0.54(th)) x 10^{-4}. The result is based on a sample of 6.07 x 10^6 BBbar events collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric e^+e^- storage ring.

C. D. Chen, Watson Kuo, D. S. Chung, J. H. Shyu

Spin imbalance is predicted to lead to suppression of superconductivity. We report phenomena manifesting this effect under spin-polarized quasiparticle currents in ferromagnet-superconductor-ferromagnet single electron transistors. The measured superconducting gap as a function of magnetic field reveals a dramatic decrease when the magnetizations of the two

Adriaan M. J. Schakel

Two- and three-dimensional electron gases with a uniform neutralizing background are studied at negative compressibility. Parametrized expressions for the dielectric function are used to access this strong-coupling regime, where the screened Coulomb potential becomes overall attractive for like charges. Closely examining these expressions reveals that the gr

Takafumi Kita

This paper presents a careful derivation of the quasiclassical equations of superconductivity so that a manifest gauge invariance is retained with respect to the space-time arguments of the quasiclassical Green&#39;s function $\hat{g}$. The terms responsible for the Hall effect naturally appear from the derivation. The equations are applicable to clean as we

Marc Hemsendorf, Steinn Sigurdsson, Rainer Spurzem

We follow the sinking of two massive black holes in a spherical stellar system where the black holes become bound under the influence of dynamical friction. Once bound, the binary hardens by three-body encounters with surrounding stars. We find that the binary wanders inside the core, providing an enhanced supply of reaction partners for the hardening. The b

I. Bars, M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari, M. Vasiliev

The extension of the noncommutative u*(N) Lie algebra to noncommutative orthogonal and symplectic Lie algebras is studied. Using an anti-automorphism of the star-matrix algebra, we show that the u*(N) can consistently be restricted to o*(N) and usp*(N) algebras that have new mathematical structures. We give explicit fundamental matrix representations of thes

Z. Walton, A. V. Sergienko, M. Atature, B. E. A. Saleh

We analyze the quantitative improvement in performance provided by a novel quantum key distribution (QKD) system that employs a correlated photon source (CPS) and a photon-number resolving detector (PNR). Our calculations suggest that given current technology, the CPR implementation offers an improvement of several orders of magnitude in secure bit rate over

Peter Horak, Helmut Ritsch

We extend an earlier semiclassical model to describe the dissipative motion of N atoms coupled to M modes inside a coherently driven high-finesse cavity. The description includes momentum diffusion via spontaneous emission and cavity decay. Simple analytical formulas for the steady-state temperature and the cooling time for a single atom are derived and show

Daniel Jonathan, Martin B. Plenio

An effective interaction between trapped ions in thermal motion can be generated by illuminating them simultaneously with a single laser resonant with the ionic carrier frequency. The ac Stark-shift induces simultaneous `virtual&#39; two-phonon transitions via several motional modes. Within a certain laser intensity range these transitions can interfere cons

Paul Busch

I present a selection of conceptual and mathematical problems in the foundations of modern physics as they derive from the title question. Contribution to a panel session, &#34;Springer Forum: Quantum Structures -- Physical, Mathematical and Epistemological Problems&#34;, held at the Biannual Symposium of the International Quantum Structures Association, Lip

A. Blanco, R. Ferreira-Marques, Ch. Finck, P. Fonte

A large area Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) with a total active surface of 160x10 cm2 was built and tested. The surface was segmented in two 5 cm wide strips readout on both ends with custom, very high frequency, front end electronics. A timing resolution between 50 and 75 ps sigma with an efficiency for Minimum Ionizing Particles (MIPs) larger than 95% was a

W. Wohlleben, F. Chevy, K. Madison, J. Dalibard

We have constructed and modeled a simple and efficient source of slow atoms. From a background vapour loaded magneto-optical trap, a thin laser beam extracts a continuous jet of cold rubidium atoms. In this setup, the extraction column that is typical to leaking MOT systems is created without any optical parts placed inside the vacuum chamber. For detailed a

N. Mordant, O. Michel, J. F. Pinton

It is known that ultrasound techniques yield non-intrusive measurements of hydrodynamic flows. For example, the study of the echoes produced by a large number of particle insonified by pulsed wavetrains has led to a now standard velocimetry technique. In this paper, we propose to extend the method to the continuous tracking of one single particle embedded in

Amruta Mishra, P. K. Kaw, A. Sen

It is demonstrated that low frequency shear modes in a strongly coupled, inhomogeneous, dusty plasma can grow on account of an instability involving the dynamical charge fluctuations of the dust grains. The instability is driven by the gradient of the equilibrium dust charge density and is associated with the finite charging time of the dust grains. The pres

P. Pieranski, S. Przybyl, A. Stasiak

Numerical simulations indicate that there exist conformations of the unknot, tied on a finite piece of rope, entangled in such a manner, that they cannot be disentangled to the torus conformation without cutting the rope. The simplest example of such a gordian unknot is presented.

S. Majumdar, P. K. Deb, K. Amos

A simple functional form has been found that gives a good representation of the total reaction cross sections for the scattering from ${}^{208}$Pb of protons with energies in the range 30 to 300 MeV.

M. B. Tsang, W. A. Friedman, C. K. Gelbke, W. G. Lynch

A three parameter scaling relationship between isotopic distributions for elements with Z$\leq 8$ has been observed that allows a simple description of the dependence of such distributions on the overall isospin of the system. This scaling law (termed iso-scaling) applies for a variety of reaction mechanisms that are dominated by phase space, including evapo

B. Borderie, G. Tabacaru, Ph. Chomaz, M. Colonna

Multifragmentation of a ``fused system&#39;&#39; was observed for central collisions between 32 MeV/nucleon 129Xe and natSn. Most of the resulting charged products were well identified thanks to the high performances of the INDRA 4pi array. Experimental higher-order charge correlations for fragments show a weak but non ambiguous enhancement of events with ne

P. M. Lushnikov

A dispersion-managed optical system with step-wise periodical variation of dispersion is studied in a strong dispersion map limit in the framework of path-averaged Gabitov-Turitsyn equation. The soliton solution is obtained by iterating the path-averaged equation analytically and numerically. An efficient numerical algorithm for obtaining of DM soliton shape

Marcel G. Clerc, Jerrold E. Marsden

We study the 1:1 resonance for perturbed Hamiltonian systems with small dissipative and energy injection terms. These perturbations of the 1:1 resonance exhibit dissipation induced instabilities. This mechanism allow us to show that a slightly pumping optical cavity is unstable when one takes into account the dissipative effects. The Maxwell-Bloch equations

Darryl D. Holm

The Lagrangian average (LA) of the ideal fluid equations preserves their fundamental transport structure. This transport structure is responsible for the Kelvin circulation theorem of the LA flow and, hence, for its potential vorticity convection and its helicity conservation. Lagrangian averaging also preserves the Euler-Poincaré (EP) variational framework

Pavel Bleher, Denis Ridzal

We study statistical properties of zeros of random polynomials and random analytic functions associated with the pseudoeuclidean group of symmetries SU(1,1), by utilizing both analytical and numerical techniques. We first show that zeros of the SU(1,1) random polynomial of degree $N$ are concentrated in a narrow annulus of the order of $N^{-1}$ around the un

P. Exner, A. Joye, H. Kovarik

We study a charged two-dimensional particle confined to a straight parabolic-potential channel and exposed to a homogeneous magnetic field under influence of a potential perturbation $W$. If $W$ is bounded and periodic along the channel, a perturbative argument yields the absolute continuity of the bottom of the spectrum. We show it can have any finite numbe

Piotr Sniady, Marcin Zygmunt

In this paper we consider a very general U(1)-invariant field theory such that a field operator commutes with its adjoint, what corresponds to a theory of a charged bosonic particle. We show that from such an invariance follows the existence of particles and antiparticles associated to the same physical state. The field operator always turns out to be a sum

Sergei Ivanov

This paper has been withdrawn by the author becouse the conjecture presented in this paper is false. The correct study of metrics in interpolation spaces for and applcation to nonharmonic Fourier series will be published in S.Petersburg Math. J. jointly with N. Kalton.

Pablo A. Parrilo, Bernd Sturmfels

We compare algorithms for global optimization of polynomial functions in many variables. It is demonstrated that existing algebraic methods (Gröbner bases, resultants, homotopy methods) are dramatically outperformed by a relaxation technique, due to N.Z. Shor and the first author, which involves sums of squares and semidefinite programming. This opens up the

Sergei Anisov

For a 3-dimensional manifold $M^3$, its complexity $c(M^3)$, introduced by S.Matveev, is the minimal number of vertices of an almost simple spine of $M^3$; in many cases it is equal to the minimal number of tetrahedra in a singular triangulation of $M^3$. An approach to estimating $c(M^3)$ from below for total spaces of torus bundles over $S^1$, based on the

Dan Voiculescu

Free entropy is the analogue of entropy in free probability theory. The paper is a survey of free entropy, its applications to von Neumann algebras, connections to random matrix theory and a discussion of open problems.

Robert Conte

Following the recent discovery of two new Schlesinger transformations (ST) for the sixth Painlevé equation, we give the interrelations between all the known STs. We thus isolate the unique one which at the same time conserves the independent variable and is not a product of other STs.

Arend Bayer, Yuri Manin

The paper is dedicated to the study of algebraic manifolds whose quantum cohomology or a part of it is a semisimple Frobenius manifold. Theorem 1.8.1 says, roughly speaking, that the sum of $(p,p)$--cohomology spaces is a maximal Frobenius submanifold that has chances to be semisimple. Theorem 1.8.3 provides a version of the Reconstruction theorem, assuming

F. E. Burstall, U. Hertrich-Jeromin

We describe some general constructions on a real smooth projective 4-quadric which provide analogues of the Willmore functional and conformal Gauss map in both Lie sphere and projective differential geometry. Extrema of these functionals are characterized by harmonicity of this Gauss map.

Andrés Viña

Let ${\cal O}$ be the orbit of $η\in{\frak g}^*$ under the coadjoint action of the compact Lie group $G$. We give two formulae for calculating the action integral along a closed Hamiltonian isotopy on ${\cal O}$. The first one expresses this action in terms of a particular character of the isotropy subgroup of $η$. In the second one is involved the character

S. A. Avdonin, S. A. Ivanov

Linear combinations of exponentials $e^{iλ_kt}$ in the case where the distance between some points $λ_k$ tends to zero are studied. D. Ullrich has proved the basis property of the divided differences of exponentials in the case when the groups consist of equal number of points all of them are close enough to integers. We have generalized this result for grou

Balazs Szendroi

Assuming the standard framework of mirror symmetry, a conjecture is formulated describing how the diffeomorphism group of a Calabi-Yau manifold Y should act by families of Fourier-Mukai transforms over the complex moduli space of the mirror X. The conjecture generalizes a proposal of Kontsevich relating monodromy transformations and self-equivalences. Suppor

F. T. Brandt, Ashok Das, J. Frenkel, J. C. Taylor

We study systematically the higher order corrections to the parity violating part of the effective action for the Abelian Chern-Simons theory in 2+1 dimensions, using the method of derivative expansion. We explicitly calculate the parity violating parts of the quadratic, cubic and the quartic terms (in fields) of the effective action. We show that each of th

Manoelito M. de Souza

The physical meaning, the properties and the consequences of a discrete scalar field are discussed; limits for the validity of a mathematical description of fundamental physics in terms of continuous fields are a natural outcome of discrete fields with discrete interactions. The discrete scalar field is ultimately the gravitational field of general relativit

Dejan Stojkovic

We discuss massless and massive neutrino zero modes in the background of an electroweak string. We argue that the eventual absence of the neutrino zero mode implies the existence of topologically stable strings where the required non-trivial topology has been induced by the fermionic sector.

Yuri Malyuta

Topological charges of the $D6$-brane in the presence of a Neveu-Schwarz B-field are computed by methods of twisted $K$-theory.

M. Rachidi, E. H. Saidi, J. Zerouaoui

We review the principal steps leading to drive the wave function $ψ_{\{k_1,k_2,...,k_N \}}(1,2,...,N)$ of a gaz of $N$ identical particle states with exotic statistics. For spins $s=1/M$ $mod(1)$, we show that the quasideterminant conjectured in [19], by using $2d$ conformal field theoretical methods, is indeed related to the quantum determinant of noncommut

Ernest Ma

If the origin of neutrino mass is at the TeV energy scale, collider experiments may in fact {\it map out} all the elements of the $3 \times 3$ neutrino mass matrix, up to an overall scale. Two examples \cite{mrs,ma01} are discussed and one is related \cite{mr} to the muon anomalous magnetic moment.

D. W. Hooper

If weakly-interacting massive particles (WIMPs) make up the galactic dark matter halo, high densities of such particles would exist near massive bodies, such as the sun. The resulting annihilations are believed to produce neutrinos, gamma rays and other decay products. If any significant fraction of such annihiliations occur outside of the sun itself, gamma

Alfred Tang, John W. Norbury

A new method is presented for solving the momentum-space Schrodinger equation with a linear potential. The Lande-subtracted momentum space integral equation can be transformed into a matrix equation by the Nystrom method. The method produces only approximate eigenvalues in the cases of singular potentials such as the linear potential. The eigenvalues generat

O. V. Utyuzh, G. Wilk, Z. Wlodarczyk

We provide arguments that event-by-event (EBE) analysis of multiparticle production data are ideal place to search for the possible fluctuation of temperature characterizing hadronizing source in thermodynamical approach.

Atsushi Kudo, Masahiro Yamaguchi

Abundance of stable charged massive particles (CHAMPs) is severely constrained by their searches inside sea water. We examine whether inflation with low reheat temperature can sufficiently dilute the abundance to evade this severe bound on CHAMPs, by taking into account their production and annihilation in a plasma during reheating phase. We argue that the a

M. N. Chernodub, F. V. Gubarev, M. I. Polikarpov, V. I. Zakharov

We review the recent results in the physics of the magnetic monopoles in gluodynamics and a dual formulation of non-Abelian theories, relevant to the physics of the confinement. It occurs that the dual gluon is a U(1) gauge boson, despite of the fact that usual gluons are non-Abelian. The effective infrared Lagrangian for gluodynamics is suggested which lead

M. Göckeler, P. E. L. Rakow, A. Schäfer, W. Söldner

We analyze the localization properties for eigenvectors of the Dirac operator in quenched lattice QCD in the vicinity of the deconfinement phase transition. Studying the characteristic differences between the Z_3 sectors above the critical temperature T_c, we find indications for the presence of calorons.

M. Faber, J. Greensite, S. Olejnik

We review the equivalence of maximal center gauge fixing to the problem of finding the best fit, to a given lattice gauge field, by a thin vortex configuration. This fit is necessarily worst at the location of P-plaquettes. We then compare the fits achieved in Gribov copies generated by (i) over-relaxation; (ii) over-relaxation after Landau gauge preconditio

The DELPHI Collaboration, P. Abreu

The production of single photons has been studied in the reaction e+e- -> gamma + invisible particles at centre-of-mass energies of 183 GeV and 189 GeV. A previously published analysis of events with multi-photon final states accompanied by missing energy has been updated with 189 GeV data. The data were collected with the DELPHI detector and correspond to i

Ozay Gurtug, Mustafa Halilsoy

Colliding Einstein-Maxwell-Scalar fields need not necessarily doomed to become in a spacelike singularity. Examples are given in which null singularities emerge as intermediate stages between a spacelike singularity and a regular horizon.

Volker Diekert, Claudio Gutierrez, Christian Hagenah

It is known that the existential theory of equations in free groups is decidable. This is a famous result of Makanin. On the other hand it has been shown that the scheme of his algorithm is not primitive recursive. In this paper we present an algorithm that works in polynomial space, even in the more general setting where each variable has a rational constra

Louisa Bokacheva, Andrew D. Kent, Marc A. Walters

We have studied the crossover between thermally assisted and pure quantum tunneling in single crystals of high spin (S=10) uniaxial single molecule magnet Mn12-acetate using micro-Hall effect magnetometry. Magnetic hysteresis experiments have been used toinvestigate the energy levels that determine the magnetization reversal as a function of magnetic field a

Pietro Cicuta, Alberto Vailati, Marzio Giglio

We have studied the nonequilibrium fluctuations occurring at the interface between two miscible phases of a near-critical binary mixture during a free diffusion process. The small-angle static scattered intensity is the superposition of nonequilibrium contributions due to capillary waves and to bulk fluctuations. A linearized hydrodynamics description of the

A. Zheludev, T. Masuda, K. Uchinokura, S. E. Nagler

Magnetic excitations in the quasi-one-dimensional quantum antiferromagnets PbNi2V2O8 and SrNi2V2O8 are measured all the way up to the zone boundary energy using inelastic neutron scattering from powder samples. An estimate for next-nearest-neighbor in-chain interactions is obtained. The role played by these interactions in spin-vacancy induced magnetic order

Rodrigo P. A. Lima, Marcelo L. Lyra

We investigate the quantum percolation problem in a diluted chain with long-range hopping amplitudes. Each bond is activated with probability $p(r) = p_1/r^α$, where $r$ is the distance between two sites and $α$ characterizes the range of the interactions. The average participation ratio of all eigenstates is used as a measure of the wave-functions localizat

D. H. A. Blank, H. Hilgenkamp, A. Brinkman, D. Mijatovic

Superconducting thin films have been prepared in a two-step in-situ process, using the Mg-B plasma generated by pulsed laser ablation. The target was composed of a mixture of Mg and MgB2 powders to compensate for the volatility of Mg and therefore to ensure a high Mg content in the film. The films were deposited at temperatures ranging from room temperature

S. R. Shinde, S. B. Ogale, R. L. Greene, T. Venkatesan

Growth of MgB2 thin films by pulsed laser deposition is examined under ex situ and in situ processing conditions. For the ex situ process, Boron films grown by PLD were annealed at 900 C with excess Mg. For the in situ process, different approaches involving ablation from a stoichiometric target under different growth conditions, as well as multilayer deposi

Junren Shi, X. C. Xie

We investigate the space distribution of carrier density and the compressibility of two-dimensional (2D) electron systems by using the local density approximation. The strong correlation is simulated by the local exchange and correlation energies. A slowly varied disorder potential is applied to simulate the disorder effect. We show that the compressibility

L. Udvardi, L. Szunyogh, A. Vernes, P. Weinberger

The ground state and the finite temperature phase diagrams with respect to magnetic configurations are studied systematically for thin magnetic films in terms of a classical Heisenberg model including magnetic dipole-dipole interaction and uniaxial anisotropy. Simple relations are derived for the occurrence of the various phase boundaries between the differe

Junren Shi, Zhongshui Ma, X. C. Xie

We analyze dephasing in single and double quantum dot systems. The decoherence is introduced by the Büttiker model with current conserving fictitious voltage leads connected to the dots. By using the non-equilibrium Green function method, we investigate the dephasing effect on the tunneling current. It is shown that a finite dephasing rate leads to observabl

N. Kristoffel, T. Örd

A simple two-band model with interband scattering of intraband pairs is applied to MgB$_2$ superconductivity. An adjustable parameters set is chosen. The calculated $T_c$ vs doping, isotope exponent and the heat capacity jump are in qualitative agreement with the observations.

N. Gov, E. Polturak

We propose a new way to treat the ordering of nuclear magnetism of solid $^{3}$He. We argue that the magnetic interaction arises indirectly as a consequence of correlated zero-point motion of the ions. This motion lowers the energy of the ground state, and results in a coherent state of oscillating electric dipoles. Distortion of the electronic wavefunctions

P Ormerod, C Mounfield

The degree of convergence of the business cycles of the economies of the European Union is a key policy issue. In particular, a substantial degree of convergence is needed if the European Central Bank is to be capable of setting a monetary policy which is appropriate to the stage of the cycle of the Euro zone economies. We consider the annual rates of real G

Rikkert J. Nap, Gerrit ten Brinke

The microphase separated morphology of a melt of a specific class of comb-coil diblock copolymers, consisting of an AB comb block and a linear homopolymer A block, is analyzed in the weak segregation limit. On increasing the length of the homopolymer A block, the systems go through a characteristic series of structural transitions. Starting from the pure com

Masahisa Tsuchiizu, Hideo Yoshioka, Yoshikazu Suzumura

The interplay between quarter-filled and half-filled umklapp scattering has been examined by applying the renormalization group method to a one-dimensional quarter-filled electron system with dimerization, on-site (U) and nearest-neighbor (V) repulsive interactions. The phase diagram on the U-V plane is obtained at absolute zero temperature where the Mott in

Diana Dulic, J. Hak, D. van der Marel, W. N. Hardy

Infrared spectroscopy has been used to investigate the temperature dependence and c-axis magnetic field dependence of the Josephson plasma resonance in optimally doped Tl2Ba2CaCu2O8 thin films, and underdoped YBa2Cu3O6.5 ortho - II single crystals. The resonances are directly related to the c-axis penetration depths, yielding low temperature, zero fields val

Sanjay Puri, Subir K. Das, M. C. Cross

We present results from a comprehensive analytical and numerical study of nonequilibrium dynamics in the 2-dimensional complex Ginzburg-Landau (CGL) equation. In particular, we use spiral defects to characterize the domain growth law and the evolution morphology. An asymptotic analysis of the single-spiral correlation function shows a sequence of singulariti

G. Delfino

The scaling limit as T->0 of the antiferromagnetic three-state Potts model on the square lattice is described by the sine-Gordon quantum field theory at a specific value of the coupling. We show that the correspondence follows unambigously from an analysis of the sine-Gordon operator space based on locality, and that the scalar operators carrying solitonic c

Ahmad Shariati, Amir Aghamohammadi, Mohammad Khorrami

Autonomous multispecies systems with more-than-two-neighbor interactions are studied. Conditions necessary and sufficient for closedness of the evolution equations of the $n$-point functions are obtained. The average number of the particles at each site for one species and three-site interactions, and its generalization to the more-than-three-site interactio

J-B. Manneville, P. Bassereau, S. Ramaswamy, J. Prost

We present a detailed analysis of the micropipet experiments recently reported in J-B. Manneville et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 4356--4359 (1999), including a derivation of the expected behaviour of the membrane tension as a function of the areal strain in the case of an active membrane, i.e., containing a nonequilibrium noise source. We give a general expres

H. H. Wen, S. L. Li, Z. W. Zhao, Y. M. Ni

Magnetic critical current density and relaxation rate have been measured on $MgB_2$ bulks from 1.6 K to $T_c$ at magnetic fields up to 8 Tesla. A vortex phase diagram is depicted based on these measurement. Two phase boundaries $H_{irr}^{bulk}(T)$ and $H_{irr}^{g}(T)$ characterizing different irreversible flux motions are found. The $H_{irr}^{bulk}(T)$ is ch

N. Harima, J. Matsuno, A. Fujimori, Y. Onose

We have studied the chemical potential shift in the electron-doped superconductor Nd$_{2-x}$Ce$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ by precise measurements of core-level photoemission spectra. The result shows that the chemical potential monotonously increases with electron doping, quite differently from La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$, where the shift is suppressed in the underdoped

D. N. Basov, E. J. Singley, S. V. Dordevic

We explore connections between the electronic density of states (DOS) in a conducting system and the frequency dependence of the scattering rate $1/τ(ω)$ inferred from infrared spectroscopy. We show that changes in the DOS upon the development of energy gaps can be reliably tracked through the examination of the $1/τ(ω)$ spectra using the sum rules discussed

G. Sierra

We derive the RG-flow equations of the sliding Luttinger liquid perturbed by charge-density-wave (CDW) and superconducting (SC) operators. Using them we study the phase diagram of an array of XXZ spin chains coupled by Ising terms. In the weak coupling regime we find a new class of non-gaussian and unstable fixed points whose existence is due to a balance be

M. Z. Hasan, P. A. Montano, E. D. Isaacs, Z-X. Shen

We report momentum resolved charge excitations in a one dimensional (1-D) Mott insulator studied using high resolution (~ 325 meV) inelastic x-ray scattering over the entire Brillouin zone for the first time. Excitations at the insulating gap edge are found to be highly dispersive (momentum dependent)compared to excitations observed in two dimensional Mott i

Atsuo Satou, Masanori Yamanaka

We study quantization conditions of the Hall conductivity for a two dimensional system described by a double exchange Hamiltonian with and without an external magnetic field. This is obtained by an extension of the topological arguments familiar from the theory of the integer quantum Hall effect. The quantization conditions are related to spontaneous breakin

R. A. Remillard, A. M. Levine, E. A. Boughan, H. V. Bradt

We describe a concept for a NASA SMEX Mission in which Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors, developed at CERN, are adapted for use in X-ray astronomy. These detectors can be used to obtain moderately large detector area and two-dimensional photon positions with sub mm accuracy in the range of 1.5 to 15 keV. We describe an application of GEMs with xenon g

Geraint F. Lewis, X. Rosalind Wang

Gravitational microlensing has proved to be a versatile astrophysical tool. Recently, the question of whether higher order relativistic corrections can influence the observable properties of microlensing has been addressed. This letter extends earlier studies, investigating higher order relativistic terms in astrometric shifts during microlensing events, rev

Scott J. Kenyon, Daniel Proga, Charles D. Keyes

We analyze optical and ultraviolet observations of the symbiotic binary AG Pegasi acquired during 1992-97. The bolometric luminosity of the hot component declined by a factor of 2-3 from 1980-1985 to 1997. Since 1992, the effective temperature of the hot component may have declined by 10%-20%, but this decline is comparable to the measurement errors. Optical

Maddalena Spada, Gabriele Ghisellini, Davide Lazzati, Annalisa Celotti

The central engine causing the production of jets in radio sources may work intermittently, accelerating shells of plasma with different mass, energy and velocity. Faster but later shells can then catch up slower earlier ones. In the resulting collisions shocks develop, converting some of the ordered bulk kinetic energy into magnetic field and random energy

S. S. Eikenberry, W. J. Fischer, E. Egami, S. G. Djorgovski

We present deep infrared ($2.2 μ$m) imaging of the Galactic microquasars 1E1740-2942 and GRS 1758-258 using the Keck-I 10-meter telescope in June 1998. The observations were taken under excellent seeing conditions ($\sim 0.45 \arcsec$ full-width half-maximum), making them exceptionally deep for these crowded fields. We used the USNO-A2.0 catalog to astrometr

GianLuca Israel, Ignacio Negueruela, Sergio Campana, Stefano Covino

We report on the identification of the optical/IR counterpart of the 29.5-s transient X-ray pulsar GS 1843+009. We re-analysed an archival ROSAT HRI observation of GS 1843+009, obtaining a new refined position. The optical and IR follow-up observations carried out for the new error circle allowed us to find a relatively faint (V=20.9) and variable early type

M. Hernanz, J. Gomez-Gomar, J. Jose, A. Coc

Classical novae are potential gamma-ray emitters, both in lines and in a continuum. Continuum emission (at energies between 20-30 and 511 keV) and line emission at 511 keV are related to positron annihilation and its Comptonization in the expanding shell; 18F is the main responsible of positron production. The lines at 478 and 1275 keV have their origin in t

D. Barrado y Navascués, R. J. García López, G. Severino, M. T. Gomez

An analytical model has been developed to empirically study the effects of stellar spots and faculae on the observed equivalent widths of Li {\sc i} 6708, Na {\sc i} 5896 and K {\sc i} 7699 Ålines (and abundances in the case of lithium) in late-type stars, taking into account the changes in the observed magnitudes and colors. Solar spectra corresponding to d

M. Hernanz

Many radioactive nuclei relevant for gamma-ray astrophysics are synthesized during explosive events, such as classical novae and supernovae. A review of recent results of explosive nucleosynthesis in these scenarios is presented, with a special emphasis on the ensuing gamma-ray emission from individual nova and supernova explosions. The influence of the dyna