Hamiltonian approach to the transport properties of superconducting quantum point contactsA microscopic theory of the transport properties of quantum point contacts giving a unified description of the normal conductor- superconductor (N-S) and superconductor-superconductor (S-S) cases is…J. C. Cuevas, A. Martin-Rodero, A. Levy Yeyati·May 3, 1996SaveLearn
Branching Processes and Evolution at the Ends of a Food ChainIn a critically self--organized model of punctuated equilibrium, boundaries determine peculiar scaling of the size distribution of evolutionary avalanches. This is derived by an inhomogeneous…G. Caldarelli, C. Tebaldi, A. L. Stella·May 3, 1996SaveLearn
Finite-temperature Fermi-edge singularity in tunneling studied using random telegraph signalsWe show that random telegraph signals in metal-oxide-silicon transistors at millikelvin temperatures provide a powerful means of investigating tunneling between a two-dimensional electron gas and a…D. H. Cobden, B. A. Muzykantskii·May 3, 1996SaveLearn
Computing the Roughening Transition of Ising and Solid-On-Solid Models by BCSOS Model MatchingWe study the roughening transition of the dual of the 2D XY model, of the Discrete Gaussian model, of the Absolute Value Solid-On-Solid model and of the interface in an Ising model on a 3D simple…M. Hasenbusch, K. Pinn·May 3, 1996SaveLearn
Anisotropic Interface Depinning - Numerical ResultsWe study numerically a stochastic differential equation describing an interface driven along the hard direction of an anisotropic random medium. The interface is subject to a homogeneous driving…Heiko Leschhorn·May 3, 1996SaveLearn
Nonequilibrium orbital magnetization of strongly localized electronsThe magnetic response of strongly localized electrons to a time-dependent vector potential is considered. The orbital magnetic moment of the system, away from steady-state conditions, is obtained.…Y. Galperin, O. Entin-Wohlman·May 3, 1996SaveLearn
Mesoscopic Capacitors: A Statistical AnalysisThe capacitance of mesoscopic samples depends on their geometry and physical properties, described in terms of characteristic times scales. The resulting ac admittance shows sample to sample…Victor A. Gopar, Pier A. Mello, Markus Buttiker·May 2, 1996SaveLearn
Magnetization of Mesoscopic Disordered NetworksWe study the magnetic response of mesoscopic metallic isolated networks. We calculate the average and typical magnetizations in the diffusive regime for non-interacting electrons or in the first…Michael Pascaud, Gilles Montambaux·May 2, 1996SaveLearn
Quantum-Dot Cascade Laser: Proposal for an Ultra-Low-Threshold Semiconductor LaserWe propose a quantum-dot version of the quantum-well cascade laser of Faist et al. [Science 264, 553 (1994)]. The elimination of single phonon decays by the three-dimensional confinement…Ned S. Wingreen, Charles A. Stafford·May 2, 1996SaveLearn
Correlation of eigenstates in the critical regime of quantum Hall systemsWe extend the multifractal analysis of the statistics of critical wave functions in quantum Hall systems by calculating numerically the correlations of local amplitudes corresponding to eigenstates…Krystian Pracz, Martin Janssen, Peter Freche·May 2, 1996SaveLearn
The Moving Glass Phase of Dirty Type II SuperconductorsWe study numerically the motion of vortices in dirty type II superconductors. In two dimensions at strong driving currents, vortices form highly correlated ``static channels''. The static…Kyungsun Moon, Richard T. Scalettar, Gergely T. Zimanyi·May 2, 1996SaveLearn
Two-Channel Kondo Lattice: An Incoherent MetalThe two-channel Kondo lattice model is examined with a Quantum Monte Carlo simulation in the limit of infinite dimensions. We find non-fermi-liquid behavior at low temperatures including a finite…Mark Jarrell, Hanbin Pang, D. L. Cox et al.·May 1, 1996SaveLearn
Nonequilibrium brittle fracture propagation: Steady state, oscillations and intermittencyA minimal model is constructed for two-dimensional fracture propagation. The heterogeneous process zone is presumed to suppress stress relaxation rate, leading to non-quasistatic behavior. Using the…Raphael Blumenfeld·May 1, 1996SaveLearn
What does d-wave symmetry tell us about the pairing mechanism?In this paper we argue that d-wave symmetry is a general consequence of superconductivity driven by repulsive interactions. Van Hove (or flat band) effects, deriving from the two dimensionality of…K. Levin, D. Z. Liu, Jiri Maly·May 1, 1996SaveLearn
Dynamical Transition in Sliding Charge-density Waves with Quenched DisorderWe have studied numerically the dynamics of sliding charge-density waves (CDWs) in the presence of impurities in d=1,2. The model considered exhibits a first order dynamical transition at a critical…Lee-Wen Chen, Leon Balents, Matthew P. A. Fisher et al.·May 1, 1996SaveLearn
Theory of Coherent Time-dependent Transport in One-dimensional Multiband Semiconductor SuperlatticesWe present an analytical study of one-dimensional semiconductor superlattices in external electric fields, which may be time-dependent. A number of general results for the (quasi)energies and…Jon Rotvig, Antti-Pekka Jauho, Henrik Smith·May 1, 1996SaveLearn
Calculated optical properties of Si, Ge, and GaAs under hydrostatic pressureThe macroscopic dielectric function in the random-phase-approximation without local field effect has been implemented using the local density approximation with an all electron, full-potential linear…M. Alouani, J. M. Wills·May 1, 1996SaveLearn
Rescaling Relations between Two- and Three-dimensional Local Porosity Distributions for Natural and Artificial Porous MediaLocal porosity distributions for a three-dimensional porous medium and local porosity distributions for a two-dimensional plane-section through the medium are generally different. However, for…B. Virgin, E. Haslund, R. Hilfer·May 1, 1996SaveLearn
The Finite-U Impurity Anderson Model in the presence of an external magnetic fieldWe have investigated effects of an external magnetic field in the impurity Anderson model with a finite on-site Coulomb repulsion U. Large Nf expansion is employed in the slave boson…Kicheon Kang, B. I. Min·May 1, 1996SaveLearn
Tunneling through a barrier in Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid connected to reservoirsThe transport through a barrier is studied for a Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid of finite length connected to reservoirs. An effective action for the phase variable at the barrier is derived for spatially…Akira Furusaki, Naoto Nagaosa·May 1, 1996SaveLearn
Fluctuation Effects And Order Parameter Symmetry In The Cuprate SuperconductorsEffect of phase fluctuations on superconducting states with anisotropic order parameters is studied in a BCS like lattice model of cuprate superconductors. The degradation of the mean field…Biplab Chattopadhyay, D. M. Gaitonde, A. Taraphder·May 1, 1996SaveLearn
Variational Study of the Spin-Gap Phase of the One-Dimensional t-J ModelWe propose a correlated spin-singlet-pairs wave function to describe the spin-gap phase of the one-dimensional t-J model at low density. Adding a Jastrow factor with a variational parameter, ν,…Y. C. Chen, T. K. Lee·May 1, 1996SaveLearn
Circular phase of a two dimensional ferromagnet with dipolar interactionsWe make for the first time a large-scale Monte-Carlo simulation of a ferromagnetic Heisenberg model with dipolar interactions on a two dimensional square lattice with open boundaries using an…Fumitaka Matsubara, Junya Sasaki·May 1, 1996SaveLearn
Fermi liquid theory: a renormalization group point of viewWe show how Fermi liquid theory results can be systematically recovered using a renormalization group (RG) approach. Considering a two-dimensional system with a circular Fermi surface, we derive RG…N. Dupuis·Apr 30, 1996SaveLearn
On the Decoupling of Layered Superconducting Films in Parallel Magnetic FieldThe issue of the decoupling of extreme type-II superconducting thin films (λL→∞) with weakly Josephson-coupled layers in magnetic field parallel to the layers is considered via the…J. P. Rodriguez·Apr 30, 1996SaveLearn