Bose-Einstein condensation in trapped bosons: A Variational Monte Carlo analysisSeveral properties of trapped hard sphere bosons are evaluated using variational Monte Carlo techniques. A trial wave function composed of a renormalized single particle Gaussian and a hard sphere…J. L. DuBois, H. R. Glyde·Aug 24, 2000SaveLearn
Simulation of Stochastic Volatility using Path Integration: Smiles and FrownsWe apply path integration techniques to obtain option pricing with stochastic volatility using a generalized Black-Scholes equation known as the Merton and Garman equation. We numerically simulate…Belal E. Baaquie, L. C. Kwek, M. Srikant·Aug 23, 2000SaveLearn
Coherent electron-phonon coupling and polaron-like transport in molecular wiresWe present a technique to calculate the transport properties through one-dimensional models of molecular wires. The calculations include inelastic electron scattering due to electron-lattice…H. Ness, S. A. Shevlin, A. J. Fisher·Aug 22, 2000SaveLearn
Bcc 4He as a Coherent Quantum Solid: "Super-Solid" ?In this work we investigate the quantum nature of bcc 4He. We show that it is a solid phase with an Off-Diagonal Long Range Order of coherently oscillating local electric dipole moments. These…Nir Gov·Aug 22, 2000SaveLearn
Nuclear Spin-Ordering Due to Correlated Atomic Motion in bcc 3HeWe propose a new way to treat nuclear magnetism of solid 3He. We argue that the magnetic interaction arises indirectly as a consequence of correlated zero-point motion of the ions. This motion…N. Gov, E. Polturak·Aug 22, 2000SaveLearn
Economics Mapping to the Renormalization Group Scaling of Stock MarketsWe make an attempt to map a simple economically motivated model for the price evolution [J. Phys. A: Gen. Math 33, 3637 (2000)] to the phenomenological renormalization group scaling of stock markets.…E. Canessa·Aug 21, 2000SaveLearn
Bag Formation in Quantum Hall FerromagnetsCharged skyrmions or spin-textures in the quantum Hall ferromagnet at filling factor nu=1 are reinvestigated using the Hartree-Fock method in the lowest Landau level approximation. It is shown that…Hans Walliser·Aug 21, 2000SaveLearn
Segregation transitions in wet granular matterWe report the effect of interstitial fluid on the extent of segregation by imaging the pile that results after bidisperse color-coded particles are poured into a silo. Segregation is sharply reduced…Azadeh Samadani, A. Kudrolli·Aug 20, 2000SaveLearn
Multiple energy x-ray holography: the polarization effectWe present the theory for Multiple Energy X-ray Holography (MEXH), using a multipole expansion for the scattered field. We find that light polarization plays a crucial role in the reconstruction of…V. Bortolani, V. Celli, A. M. Marvin·Aug 19, 2000SaveLearn
Exact solutions for interacting boson systems under rotationWe study a class of interacting, harmonically trapped boson systems at angular momentum L. The Hamiltonian leaves a L-dimensional subspace invariant, and this permits an explicit solution of several…Thomas Papenbrock, George F. Bertsch·Aug 18, 2000SaveLearn
Unique Translation between Hamiltonian Operators and Functional IntegralsA careful treatment of the discretization errors in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics leads to a unique prescription for the translation from the Hamiltonian to the action in the…T. Gollisch, C. Wetterich·Aug 18, 2000SaveLearn
Atomic four-wave mixing: fermions versus bosonsWe compare the efficiency of four-wave mixing in quantum degenerate gases of bosonic and fermionic atoms. It is shown that matter-wave gratings formed from either bosonic or fermionic atoms can in…M. G. Moore, Pierre Meystre·Aug 17, 2000SaveLearn
Statics and dynamics of domain patterns in hexagonal-orthorhombic ferroelasticsWe study the statics and the dynamics of domain patterns in proper hexagonal-orthorhombic ferroelastics; these patterns are of particular interest because they provide a rare physical realization of…S. H. Curnoe, A. E. Jacobs·Aug 17, 2000SaveLearn
Dispersive Lineshape TheoryMotivated by recent experiments we consider a stochastic lineshape theory for the case when the underlying process obeys power-law statistics, based on a generalized Anderson-Kubo oscillator model.…YounJoon Jung, Eli Barkai, Robert J. Silbey·Aug 16, 2000SaveLearn
Time-reversal symmetry in nonlinear opticsThe applicability of time-reversal symmetry to nonlinear optics is discussed, both from macroscopic (Maxwell equations) and microscopic (quantum theoretical) point of view. We find that only spatial…M. Trzeciecki, W. Hübner·Aug 16, 2000SaveLearn
Fragile-strong transitions and polyamorphism in glass former fluidsA simple model of a glass former fluid, consisting of a bidisperse mixture of penetrable spheres is studied. The model shows a transition from fragile to strong behavior as temperature is reduced.…E. A. Jagla·Aug 15, 2000SaveLearn
Excitations of the field-induced soliton lattice in CuGeO3Here we report the first inelastic neutron scattering study of the magnetic excitations in the incommensurate phase of a spin-Peierls material. The results on CuGeO3 provide direct evidence of a…M. Enderle, H. M. Roennow, D. F. McMorrow et al.·Aug 14, 2000SaveLearn
Exact solution of a many body problem with nearest and next-nearest neighbour interactionsRecently a partially solvable many-body problem with nearest and next-nearest neighbour interactions is proposed [cond-mat/9904121]. We show that by adding a suitably chosen momentum dependent…B. Basu-Mallick, Anjan Kundu·Aug 14, 2000SaveLearn
Phase diagram of congested traffic flow: an empirical studyWe analyze traffic data from a highway section containing one effective on-ramp. Based on two criteria, local velocity variation patterns and expansion (or nonexpansion) of congested regions, three…H. Y. Lee, H. -W. Lee, D. Kim·Aug 11, 2000SaveLearn
Magnetic transition and polaron crossover in a two-site single polaron model including double exchange interactionA two-site double exchange model with a single polaron is studied using a perturbation expansion based on the modified Lang-Firsov transformation. The antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic transition…Jayita Chatterjee, Manidipa Mitra, A. N. Das·Aug 10, 2000SaveLearn
Thermal properties of ferrimagnetic systemsThe heat capacity of some ferrimagnets has additional structures like a shoulder in the Schottky-like peak, or emergence of a second peak when an external magnetic field is applied. It is shown here…Aiman Al-Omari, A. H. Nayyar·Aug 10, 2000SaveLearn
Combined effect of frustration and dimerization in ferrimagnetic chains and square latticeWithin the zero-temperature linear spin-wave theory we have investigated the effect of frustration and dimerization of a Heisenberg system with alternating spins s1 and s2 on one- and…Aiman Al-Omari, A. H. Nayyar·Aug 10, 2000SaveLearn
Diffusion with rearranging trapsA model for diffusion on a cubic lattice with a random distribution of traps is developed. The traps are redistributed at certain time intervals. Such models are useful for describing systems showing…S. Mandal, R. Dasgupta·Aug 10, 2000SaveLearn
Hedged Monte-Carlo: low variance derivative pricing with objective probabilitiesWe propose a new `hedged' Monte-Carlo (HMC) method to price financial derivatives, which allows to determine simultaneously the optimal hedge. The inclusion of the optimal hedging strategy allows…Marc Potters, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Dragan Sestovic·Aug 9, 2000SaveLearn
About common physical nature of divergence and interferenceThe difference of actions between nearly lying unstable ``8'' and ``0'' like trajectories in two dimensions is computed by methods of chaotic dynamics. We found it to be equal to…Daniel L. Miller·Aug 9, 2000SaveLearn