Phase diagram of an exactly solvable t-J ladder modelWe study a system of one-dimensional t-J models coupled to a ladder system. A special choice of the interaction between neighbouring rungs leads to an integrable model with supersymmetry, which is…Holger Frahm, Anjan Kundu·Oct 7, 1999SaveLearn
Computer simulations of the mechanism of thickness selection in polymer crystalsIn this paper I describe the computer simulations that I have performed to critically examine the Lauritzen-Hoffman and the Sadler-Gilmer theories of polymer crystallization. In particular, I have…Jonathan Doye·Oct 7, 1999SaveLearn
Phase diagram of ferrimagnetic ladders with bond-alternationWe study the phase diagram of a 2-leg bond-alternation spin-(1/2, 1) ladder for two different configurations using a quantum renormalization group approach. Although d-dimensional ferrimagnets show…A. Langari, M. Abolfath, M. A. Martin-Delgado·Oct 7, 1999SaveLearn
Collisional relaxation in diffuse clouds of trapped bosonsThe damping of collective modes and the relaxation of temperature anisotropies in a trapped Bose gas is determined at temperatures above the Bose-Einstein condensation temperature in the…G. M. Kavoulakis, C. J. Pethick, H. Smith·Oct 6, 1999SaveLearn
Trader dynamics in a model marketWe explore various extensions of Challet and Zhang's Minority Game in an attempt to gain insight into the dynamics underlying financial markets. First we consider a heterogeneous population where…Neil F. Johnson, Michael Hart, Pak Ming Hui et al.·Oct 6, 1999SaveLearn
Collective modes in a system with two spin-density waves: the `Ribault' phase of quasi-one-dimensional organic conductorsWe study the long-wavelength collective modes in the magnetic-field-induced spin-density-wave (FISDW) phases experimentally observed in organic conductors of the Bechgaard salts family, focusing on…N. Dupuis, V. M. Yakovenko·Oct 5, 1999SaveLearn
Ion-Conducting Polymers - Quenched to Dynamic DisorderIon conducting polymers have a biphasic character with crystalline as well as amorphous phases. There is moreover, a dynamic disorder due to motion of polymer chain segments. The PEO-NH4ClO4…Sarmishtha Mandal, S. Tarafdar, Aninda Jiban Bhattacharyya·Oct 5, 1999SaveLearn
Local Non-Fermi Liquid Theory of Magnetic Impurity Effects in Carbon NanotubesMagnetic impurity effects in carbon nanotubes are studied theoretically. The multi channel Kondo effect is investigated with the band structure of the metallic nanotubes. The local non-Fermi liquid…K. Harigaya·Oct 5, 1999SaveLearn
Sign Reversal of the Quantum Hall Effect and Helicoidal Magnetic-Field-Induced Spin-Density Waves in Organic ConductorsWithin the framework of the quantized nesting model, we study the effect of umklapp scattering on the magnetic-field-induced spin-density-wave (SDW) phases which are experimentally observed in the…N. Dupuis, V. M. Yakovenko·Oct 5, 1999SaveLearn
Analytical Results of the One-Dimensional Hubbard Model in the High Temperature LimitWe investigate the grand potential of the one-dimensional Hubbard model in the high temperature limit, calculating the coefficients of the high temperature expansion (β-expansion) of this function…I. C. Charret, E. V. Correa Silva, S. M. de Souza et al.·Oct 4, 1999SaveLearn
Hysteretic Response of an Anti-Ferromagnetic Random-Field Ising Model in One Dimension at Zero TemperatureWe consider the hysteretic response of a one-dimensional anti-ferromagnetic random-field Ising model at zero temperature for a uniform bounded distribution of quenched random fields, and present…Prabodh Shukla, Ratnadeep Roy, Emilia Ray·Oct 3, 1999SaveLearn
The density dependence of the transition temperature in a homogenous Bose fluiTransition temperature data obtained as a function of particle density in the 4He-Vycor system are compared with recent theoretical calculations for 3D Bose condensed systems. In the low density…J. D. Reppy, B. C. Crooker, B. Hebral et al.·Oct 1, 1999SaveLearn
Microscopic derivation of transport coefficients and boundary conditions in discrete drift-diffusion models of weakly coupled superlatticesA discrete drift-diffusion model is derived from a microscopic sequential tunneling model of charge transport in weakly coupled superlattices provided temperatures are low or high enough. Realistic…L. L. Bonilla, G. Platero, D. Sanchez·Sep 30, 1999SaveLearn
Transport in semiconductor superlattices: from quantum kinetics to terahertz-photon detectorsSemiconductor superlattices are interesting for two distinct reasons: the possibility to design their structure (band-width(s),doping, etc.) gives access to a large parameter space where different…A. P. Jauho, A. Wacker, A. A. Ignatov·Sep 30, 1999SaveLearn
Analytic structure factors and pair-correlation functions for the unpolarized homogeneous electron gasWe propose a simple and accurate model for the electron static structure factors (and corresponding pair-correlation functions) of the 3D unpolarized homogeneous electron gas. Our spin-resolved…Paola Gori-Giorgi, Francesco Sacchetti, Giovanni B. Bachelet·Sep 30, 1999SaveLearn
Fermion zero modes on vortices in chiral superconductorsThe energy levels of the fermions bound to the vortex core are considered for the general case of chiral superconductors. There are two classes of chiral superconductivity: in the superconducting…G. E. Volovik·Sep 29, 1999SaveLearn
Path Integral Monte Carlo Simulations for Fermion Systems: Pairing in the Electron-Hole PlasmaWe review the path integral method wherein quantum systems are mapped with Feynman's path integrals onto a classical system of "ring-polymers" and then simulated with the Monte Carlo…J. Shumway, D. M. Ceperley·Sep 29, 1999SaveLearn
Stochastic Theory of Foreign Exchange Market DynamicsA new stochastic theory of a foreign exchange markets dynamics is developed. As a result we have the new probability distribution which well describes statistical and scaling dependencies…Nikolai Laskin·Sep 29, 1999SaveLearn
Magnetic Field Dependent Tunneling in GlassesWe report on experiments giving evidence for quantum effects of electromagnetic flux in barium alumosilicate glass. In contrast to expectation, below 100 mK the dielectric response becomes sensitive…P. Strehlow, M. Wohlfahrt, A. G. M. Janssen et al.·Sep 29, 1999SaveLearn
Self-organization, resources and strategies in a minority gameWe find that the existence of self-organization of the members of a recently proposed minority game, depends on the type of update rules used. The resulting resource distribution is studied in some…Horacio Ceva·Sep 29, 1999SaveLearn
Impurity pinning in transport through 1D Mott-Hubbard and spin gap insulatorsA low energy crossover (see cond-mat/9711167) induced by Fermi liquid reservoirs in transport through a 1D Mott-Hubbard insulator of finite length L is examined in the presence of impurity pinning.…Vadim Ponomarenko, Naoto Nagaosa·Sep 29, 1999SaveLearn
Explaining the Forward Interest Rate Term StructureWe present compelling empirical evidence for a new interpretation of the Forward Rate Curve (FRC) term structure. We find that the average FRC follows a square-root law, with a prefactor related to…Andrew Matacz, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud·Sep 28, 1999SaveLearn
Finite-size effects and the stabilized spin-polarized jellium model for metal clustersIn the framework of spherical geometry for jellium and local spin density approximation, we have obtained the equilibrium rs values, rs(N,ζ), of neutral and singly ionized…M. Payami·Sep 27, 1999SaveLearn
Anomalous anharmonicity in doped cuprate superconductorsStrong nonlinear elastic effects arise due to the Lifshitz transition associated with a change in the Fermi surface topology. It is shown that an electronic contribution to the elastic…V. Rzhevskii, G. Roepke·Sep 27, 1999SaveLearn
Spectral Line Shape of High-Frequency Local Vibrations in Adsorbed Molecular LatticesWe consider high-frequency local vibrations anharmonically coupled with low-frequency modes in a planar lattice of adsorbed molecules. The effect of lateral intermolecular interactions on the…I. V. Kuzmenko, V. M. Rozenbaum·Sep 27, 1999SaveLearn