From the Plateau problem to periodic minimal surfaces in lipids, surfactants and diblock copolymersWe present the novel method for generation of periodic surfaces based on the simple Landau-Ginzburg model of microemulsion. We test the method on four minimal surfaces (P,D,G, and I-WP), find two new…W. T. Gozdz, R. Holyst·Apr 1, 1996SaveLearn
Coherent transport in a normal diffusive wire between two reservoirsWe develop a detailed analysis of electron transport in normal diffusive con- ductors in the presence of proximity induced superconductivity. A rich structure of temperature and energy dependencies…A. D. Zaikin, F. K. Wilhelm, A. A. Golubov·Apr 1, 1996SaveLearn
Phase coherent transport in hybrid superconducting structures: the case of d-wave superconductorsWe examine the effect of d-wave symmetry on zero bias anomalies in normal-superconducting tunnel junctions and phase-periodic conductances in Andreev interferometers. In the presence of d-wave…P. M. A. Cook, R. Raimondi, C. J. Lambert·Apr 1, 1996SaveLearn
The Role of Nonequilibrium Dynamical Screening in Carrier ThermalizationWe investigate the role played by nonequilibrium dynamical screening in the thermalization of carriers in a simplified two-component two-band model of a semiconductor. The main feature of our…Girish S. Setlur, Y. C. Chang·Mar 31, 1996SaveLearn
Mapping of the Calogero-Sutherland model to the Gaussian modelThe density-density correlation function of the Calogero-Sutherland model is represented as a Fourier transformation of the correlation function of bosonic exponents in the Gaussian model on a curved…A. M. Tsvelik·Mar 31, 1996SaveLearn
Linear and nonlinear optical characteristics of the Falicov-Kimball modelWe calculate the linear and nonlinear optical properties of the Falicov-Kimball model for a mixed-valent system within the self-consistent mean-field approximation. Second-harmonic generation can…T. Portengen, Th. Ostreich, L. J. Sham·Mar 31, 1996SaveLearn
Giant Oscillations of Acoustoelectric Current in a Quantum ChannelA theory of d.c. electric current induced in a quantum channel by a propagating surface acoustic wave (acoustoelectric current) is worked out. The first observation of the acoustoelectric current in…Harald Totland, Yuri Galperin·Mar 31, 1996SaveLearn
Fragile-glass behavior of a short range p-spin modelIn this paper we propose a short range generalization of the p-spin interaction spin-glass model. The model is well suited to test the idea that an entropy collapse is at the bottom-line of the…Diego Alvarez, Silvio Franz, Felix Ritort·Mar 31, 1996SaveLearn
Evidence for Deviations from Fermi-Liquid Behaviour in (2+1)-Dimensional Quantum Electrodynamics and the Normal Phase of High-Tc SuperconductorsWe provide evidence that the gauge-fermion interaction in multiflavour quantum electrodynamics in (2 + 1)-dimensions is responsible for non-fermi liquid behaviour in the infrared, in the sense of…I. J. R. Aitchison, N. E. Mavromatos·Mar 30, 1996SaveLearn
Spectral Flow and Vortex Dynamics in Superfluids, Superconductors and FerromagnetsWe discuss the nondissipative Magnus-type force acting on linear defects in Fermi systems, such as Abrikosov vortices in superconductors, singular and continuous vortices in superfluid phases of…G. E. Volovik·Mar 30, 1996SaveLearn
Transverse force on a quantized vortex in a superfluidWe have derived an exact expression for the total nondissipative transverse force acting on a quantized vortex moving in a uniform background. The derivation is valid for neutral boson or fermion…D. J. Thouless, P. Ao, Q. Niu·Mar 30, 1996SaveLearn
High Temperature Expansion Study of the Nishimori multicritical Point in Two and Four DimensionsWe study the two and four dimensional Nishimori multicritical point via high temperature expansions for the J distribution, random-bond, Ising model. In 2d we estimate the the critical…Rajiv R. P. Singh, Joan Adler·Mar 30, 1996SaveLearn
Long-lived charged multiple-exciton complexes in strong magnetic fieldsWe consider the charged exciton complexes of an ideal two-dimensional electron-hole system in the limit of strong magnetic fields. A series of charged multiple-exciton states is identified and…J. J. Palacios, D. Yoshioka, A. H. MacDonald·Mar 29, 1996SaveLearn
Two-dimensional oriented self-avoiding walks with parallel contactsOriented self-avoiding walks (OSAWs) on a square lattice are studied, with binding energies between steps that are oriented parallel across a face of the lattice. By means of exact enumeration and…G. T. Barkema, S. Flesia·Mar 29, 1996SaveLearn
Edge State Transport in Separately Contacted Double-Layer Quantum Hall SystemsWe develop a theory of edge state transport in separately contacted double-layer quantum Hall systems which are tuned close to the resonance condition for tunneling between the layers. When applied…D. Yoshioka, A. H. MacDonald·Mar 29, 1996SaveLearn
Fractional Aharonov-Bohm effect in mesoscopic ringsWe study the effects of correlations on a one dimensional ring threaded by a uniform magnetic flux. In order to describe the interaction between particles, we work in the framework of the U ∞…V. Ferrari, G. Chiappe·Mar 29, 1996SaveLearn
The Four-Dimensional XY Spin GlassThe nearest-neighbour XY spin glass on a hypercubic lattice in four dimensions is studied by Monte Carlo simulations. A finite- size scaling analysis of the data leads to a finite temperature spin…S. Jain·Mar 29, 1996SaveLearn
Density waves in dry granular media falling through a vertical pipeWe report experimental measurements of density waves in granular materials flowing down in a capillary tube. The density wave regime occurs at intermediate flow rates between a low density free fall…T. Raafat, J. P. Hulin, H. J. Herrmann·Mar 29, 1996SaveLearn
Effect of Quantum Fluctuations on Magnetic Ordering in CaV3O7We present a theoretical model for CaV3O7: the 1/4-depleted square spin-1/2 Heisenberg model which includes both the nearest-neighbor coupling (J) and the next-nearest-neighbor coupling…Hiroshi Kontani, M. E. Zhitomirsky, Kazuo Ueda·Mar 29, 1996SaveLearn
Quantum Breathers in a Nonlinear LatticeWe study nonlinear phonon excitations in a one-dimensional quantum nonlinear lattice model using numerical exact diagonalization. We find that multi-phonon bound states exist as eigenstates which are…W. Z. Wang, J. Tinka Gammel, A. R. Bishop et al.·Mar 29, 1996SaveLearn
Plasmons in simple-metal slabs: a semiclassical approachCollective excitations in simple metal systems can be described successfully in terms of a local one-body excitation operator Q, due to the long range nature of the coulomb interaction. For the…S. Leseduarte, J. Sellares, A. Travesset·Mar 29, 1996SaveLearn
Majorana Fermion Representation For An Antiferromagnetic Spin-1/2 ChainWe study the 1-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet with s=1/2 using a Majorana representation of the s=1/2 spins. A simple Hartree-Fock approximation of the resulting model gives a bilinear…B. Sriram Shastry, Diptiman Sen·Mar 28, 1996SaveLearn
Absence of Persistent Magnetic Oscillations in Type-II SuperconductorsWe report on a numerical study intended to examine the possibility that magnetic oscillations persist in type II superconductors beyond the point where the pairing self-energy exceeds the normal…M. R. Norman, A. H. MacDonald·Mar 28, 1996SaveLearn
New phase diagram of Zn-doped CuGeO3A series of high-quality single crystals of Cu1-xZnxGeO3 have been examined by neutron scattering techniques. An antiferromagnetic (AF) ordering is confirmed for samples with x≥ 0.02,…Y. Sasago, N. Koide, K. Uchinokura et al.·Mar 28, 1996SaveLearn
Intrinsic mechanism of phase locking in two-dimensional Josephson junction networks in presence of an external magnetic fieldWe present numerical simulations of the dynamics of two-dimensional Josephson junction arrays to study the mechanism of mutual phase locking. We show that in the presence of an external magnetic…W. Krech, K. Yu. Platov·Mar 28, 1996SaveLearn