Vector lattice model for stresses in granular materialsA vector lattice model for stresses in granular materials is proposed. A two dimensional pile built by pouring from a point is constructed numerically according to this model. Remarkably, the pile…Onuttom Narayan·Apr 24, 2000SaveLearn
Quasiperiodic time dependent current in driven superlattices: distorted Poincare maps and strange attractorsIntriguing routes to chaos have been experimentally observed in semiconductor superlattices driven by an ac field. In this work, a theoretical model of time dependent transport in ac driven…David Sanchez, Gloria Platero, Luis L. Bonilla·Apr 24, 2000SaveLearn
Twin wall of cubic-tetragonal ferroelasticsWe derive solutions for the twin wall linking two tetragonal variants of the cubic-tetragonal ferroelastic transformation, including for the first time the dilatational and shear energies and…S. H. Curnoe, A. E. Jacobs·Apr 24, 2000SaveLearn
Local functional models of critical correlations in thin-filmsRecent work on local functional theories of critical inhomogeneous fluids and Ising-like magnets has shown them to be a potentially exact, or near exact, description of universal finite-size effects…A. O. Parry, E. D. Macdonald, C. Rascon·Apr 20, 2000SaveLearn
Influence of Induced Interactions on the Superfluid Transition in Dilute Fermi GasesWe calculate the effects of induced interactions on the transition temperature to the BCS state in dilute Fermi gases. For a pure Fermi system with 2 species having equal densities, the transition…H. Heiselberg, C. J. Pethick, H. Smith et al.·Apr 20, 2000SaveLearn
Evidence for an energy scale for quasiparticle dispersion in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8Quasiparticle dispersion in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 is investigated with improved angular resolution as a function of temperature and doping. Unlike the linear dispersion predicted by the band…P. V. Bogdanov, A. Lanzara, S. A. Kellar et al.·Apr 20, 2000SaveLearn
Bose-Einstein Condensates in Optical Lattices: Spontaneous Emission in the Presence of Photonic Band GapsAn extended Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in an optical lattice provides a kind of periodic dielectric and causes band gaps to occur in the spectrum of light propagating through it. We examine the…Karl-Peter Marzlin, Weiping Zhang·Apr 19, 2000SaveLearn
Moment of Inertia and Quadrupole Response Function of a Trapped SuperfluidWe derive an explicit relationship between the moment of inertia and the quadrupole response function of an interacting gas confined in a harmonic trap. The relationship holds for both Bose and Fermi…Francesca Zambelli, Sandro Stringari·Apr 19, 2000SaveLearn
Topological defect system in O(n) symmetric time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau modelWe present a new generalized topological current in terms of the order parameter field ϕ to describe the topological defect system in O(n) symmetric time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model. With…Ying Jiang·Apr 19, 2000SaveLearn
Dirac Fermions on a Two-Dimensional Lattice and the Intermediate Metallic PhaseConsequences of different discretizations of the two-dimensional Dirac operator on low energy properties (e.g., the number of nodes) and their relations to gauge properties are discussed. Breaking of…K. Ziegler·Apr 18, 2000SaveLearn
Relaxation Processes in Administered-Rate PricingWe show how a novel application of the theory of anelasticity unifies the observed dynamics and proposed models of administered-rate products. This theory yields a straightforward approach to rate…Raymond J. Hawkins, Michael R. Arnold·Apr 18, 2000SaveLearn
Weakly Interacting Bose-Einstein Condensates Under Rotation: Mean-field versus Exact SolutionsWe consider a weakly-interacting, harmonically-trapped Bose-Einstein condensed gas under rotation and investigate the connection between the energies obtained from mean-field calculations and from…A. D. Jackson, G. M. Kavoulakis, B. Mottelson et al.·Apr 18, 2000SaveLearn
Weakly-interacting Bose-Einstein condensates under rotationWe investigate the ground and low excited states of a rotating, weakly interacting Bose-Einstein condensed gas in a harmonic trap for a given angular momentum. Analytical results in various limits,…G. M. Kavoulakis, B. Mottelson, C. J. Pethick·Apr 18, 2000SaveLearn
Stable 85Rb Bose-Einstein Condensates with Widely Tunable InteractionsBose-Einstein condensation has been achieved in a magnetically trapped sample of 85Rb atoms. Long-lived condensates of up to 104 atoms have been produced by using a magnetic-field-induced Feshbach…S. L. Cornish, N. R. Claussen, J. L. Roberts et al.·Apr 17, 2000SaveLearn
Bosonization Rules for Electron-Hole Systems - IIHere we write down and prove closed commutation rules for Fermi bilinears in a two-component Fermi system in terms of the relevant sea-bosons. We show how the commutation rules come out correctly…Girish S. Setlur·Apr 17, 2000SaveLearn
Dynamics of the Bose-Einstein condensate: quasi-one-dimension and beyondIt is shown that the quasi-one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate is experimentally accessible and rich in intriguing phenomena. We demonstrate numerically and analytically the existence,…Lincoln D. Carr, Mary Ann Leung, William P. Reinhardt·Apr 17, 2000SaveLearn
Thermopower in p-type GaAs/AlGaAs layersWe explain for the first time thermopower data for p-type GaAs/AlGaAs layers. The data span a temperature range between 0.2 to 1.2K. We calculate both the diffusion Sd and the phonon-drag…M. Tsaousidou, P. N. Butcher, P. A. Crump et al.·Apr 17, 2000SaveLearn
Lattice models and Landau theory for type II incommensurate crystalsGround state properties and phonon dispersion curves of a classical linear chain model describing a crystal with an incommensurate phase are studied. This model is the DIFFOUR (discrete frustrated…G. H. F. van Raaij, K. J. H. van Bemmel, T. Janssen·Apr 17, 2000SaveLearn
Formation of Directed Beams from Atom LasersThe problem of creating well-collimated beams of atoms escaping from a trap is studied. This problem is of high importance for the realization of atom lasers. Nonadiabatic dynamics of neutral atoms…V. I. Yukalov, E. P. Yukalova·Apr 17, 2000SaveLearn
Excited Coherent Modes of Ultracold Trapped AtomsA method of exciting coherent spatial modes of Bose-condensed trapped atoms is considered. The method is based on the resonance modulation of the trapping potential. The population dynamics of…V. I. Yukalov, E. P. Yukalova, V. S. Bagnato·Apr 17, 2000SaveLearn
Reversible and irreversible evolution of a condensed bosonic gasWe have formulated a kinetic theory for a condensed atomic gas in a trap, i.e., a generalized Gross-Pitaevskii equation, as well as a quantum-Boltzmann equation for the normal and anomalous…R. Walser, J. Cooper, M. Holland·Apr 15, 2000SaveLearn
The Semiclassical Propagator for Spin Coherent StatesWe use a continuous-time path integral to obtain the semiclassical propagator for minimal-spread spin coherent states. We pay particular attention to the ``extra phase'' discovered by Solari…Michael Stone, Kee-Su Park, Anupam Garg·Apr 14, 2000SaveLearn
Laterally coupled few-electron quantum dotsWe present ground-state calculations for laterally coupled quantum dots containing 2, 4, and 8 electrons. As our emphasis is on spin effects our results are obtained by applying spin-density…Andreas Wensauer, Oliver Steffens, Michael Suhrke et al.·Apr 13, 2000SaveLearn
Zero-temperature equation of state of quasi-one dimensional H2We have studied molecular hydrogen in a pure 1D geometry and inside a narrow carbon nanotube by means of the diffusion Monte Carlo method. The one-dimensionality of H2 in the nanotube is well…M. C. Gordillo, J. Boronat, J. Casulleras·Apr 12, 2000SaveLearn
"Scars" in parametrically excited surface wavesWe consider the Faraday surface waves of a fluid in a container with a non-integrable boundary shape. We show that, at sufficiently low frequencies, the wave patterns are ``scars'' selected…Oded Agam, Boris L. Altshuler·Apr 12, 2000SaveLearn