Thermodynamics of tin clustersWe report the results of detailed thermodynamic investigations of the Sn20 cluster using density-functional molecular dynamics. These simulations have been performed over a temperature range of…Kavita Joshi, D. G. Kanhere, S. A. Blundell·Nov 24, 2002SaveLearn
Kinetic Theory for EconomiesCan we possibly build economic systems using kinetic-like theories?Wan Ahmad Tajuddin Wan Abdullah·Nov 23, 2002SaveLearn
Ab initio many-body calculations of static dipole polarizabilities of linear carbon chains and chain-like boron clustersIn this paper we report a theoretical study of the static dipole polarizability of two one-dimensional structures: (a) linear carbon chains Cn (n=2-10) and (b) ladder-like planar boron chains…Ayjamal Abdurahman, Alok Shukla, Gotthard Seifert·Nov 23, 2002SaveLearn
Two-site two-electron Holstein model: a perturbation studyThe two-site two-electron Holstein model is studied within a perturbation method based on a variational phonon basis obtained through the modified Lang-Firsov (MLF) transformation. The ground-state…Jayita Chatterjee, A. N. Das·Nov 22, 2002SaveLearn
Probing the classical field approximation - thermodynamics and decaying vorticesWe review our version of the classical field approximation to the dynamics of a finite temperature Bose gas. In the case of a periodic box potential, we investigate the role of the high momentum…H. Schmidt, K. Goral, F. Floegel et al.·Nov 22, 2002SaveLearn
Perturbative expansion using variational phonon basis for Holstein modelA simple variational displacement phonon basis, obtained through the modified Lang-Firsov (MLF) transformation, is proposed to study the Holstein model.This phonon basis contains only one variational…Jayita Chatterjee, A. N. Das, P. Choudhury·Nov 22, 2002SaveLearn
A Modified Random Phase Approximation of Polyelectrolyte SolutionsWe compute the phase diagram of salt-free polyelectrolyte solutions using a modified Debye-Huckel Approach. We introduce the chain connectivity via the Random Phase Approximation with two important…A. V. Ermoshkin, M. Olvera de la Cruz·Nov 21, 2002SaveLearn
Structure and thermodynamics of associating rods solutionsThermoreversible sol-gel transitions in solutions of rod-like associating polymers are analyzed by computer simulations and by mean field models. The sol-gel transition is determined by the…Min Sun Yeom, Alexander V. Ermoshkin, Monica Olvera de la Cruz·Nov 21, 2002SaveLearn
Polyelectrolytes in the presence of multivalent ions: gelation versus segregationWe analyze solutions of strongly charged chains bridged by linkers such as multivalent ions. The gelation induced by the strong short range electrostatic attractions is dramatically suppressed by the…A. V. Ermoshkin, M. Olvera de la Cruz·Nov 21, 2002SaveLearn
Portfolio Selection with Probabilistic Utility, Bayesian Statistics and Markov Chain Monte CarloWe propose a novel portfolio selection approach that manages to ease some of the problems that characterise standard expected utility maximisation. The optimal portfolio is no longer defined as the…P. Rossi, M. Tavoni, F. Cocco et al.·Nov 21, 2002SaveLearn
Slow rotation of a superfluid trapped Fermi gasThe moment of inertia, Theta, is one of the possible observables for the experimental determination whether a trapped Fermi system has reached the BCS transition or not. In this article we…Michael Urban, Peter Schuck·Nov 21, 2002SaveLearn
Theoretical analysis of the focusing of acoustic waves by two-dimensional sonic crystalsMotivated by a recent experiment on acoustic lenses, we perform numerical calculations based on a multiple scattering technique to investigate the focusing of acoustic waves with sonic crystals…Bikash C. Gupta, Zhen Ye·Nov 21, 2002SaveLearn
Parametric quantum spin pumpWe investigate a non-adiabatic parametric quantum pump consists of a nonmagnetic scattering region connected by two ferromagnetic leads. The presence of ferromagnetic leads allows electrons with…Wei Zheng, Junling Wu, Baigeng Wang et al.·Nov 21, 2002SaveLearn
Coarse Brownian Dynamics for Nematic Liquid Crystals: Bifurcation Diagrams via Stochastic SimulationWe demonstrate how time-integration of stochastic differential equations (i.e. Brownian dynamics simulations) can be combined with continuum numerical bifurcation analysis techniques to analyze the…C. I. Siettos, M. D. Graham, I. G. Kevrekidis·Nov 20, 2002SaveLearn
Solutions of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation in two dimensionsIn two dimensions the Gross-Pitaevskii equation for a cold, dilute gas of bosons has an energy dependent coupling parameter describing particle interactions. We present numerical solutions of this…M. D. Lee, S. A. Morgan·Nov 20, 2002SaveLearn
Energy dependent scattering and the Gross-Pitaevskii Equation in two dimensional Bose-Einstein condensatesWe consider many-body effects on particle scattering in one, two and three dimensional Bose gases. We show that at zero temperature these effects can be modelled by the simpler two-body T-matrix…M. D. Lee, S. A. Morgan, M. J. Davis et al.·Nov 20, 2002SaveLearn
Nonlinear Coherent Modes of Trapped Bose-Einstein CondensatesNonlinear coherent modes are the collective states of trapped Bose atoms, corresponding to different energy levels. These modes can be created starting from the ground state condensate that can be…V. I. Yukalov, E. P. Yukalova, V. S. Bagnato·Nov 20, 2002SaveLearn
Vortex dynamics in the nonlinear Schrodinger equationThe dynamics of a two-dimensional vortex are analyzed within the framework of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation. Both a bare vortex and a vortex with an external mass trapped in a finite-sized core…Michael J. Quist·Nov 20, 2002SaveLearn
Functionals linear in curvature and statistics of helical proteinsThe effective free energy of globular protein chain is considered to be a functional defined on smooth curves in three dimensional Euclidean space. From the requirement of geometrical invariance,…A. Feoli, V. V. Nesterenko, G. Scarpetta·Nov 19, 2002SaveLearn
Vortex nucleation in Bose-Einstein condensates in time-dependent trapsVortex nucleation in a Bose-Einstein condensate subject to a stirring potential is studied numerically using the zero-temperature, two-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii equation. It is found that this…Emil Lundh, J. -P. Martikainen, Kalle-Antti Suominen·Nov 19, 2002SaveLearn
Nonlinear dynamics for vortex lattice formation in a rotating Bose-Einstein condensateWe study the response of a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate to a sudden turn-on of a rotating drive by solving the two-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii equation. A weakly anisotropic rotating potential…Kenichi Kasamatsu, Makoto Tsubota, Masahito Ueda·Nov 19, 2002SaveLearn
Thermodynamics of an interacting trapped Bose-Einstein gas in the classical field approximationWe present a convenient technique describing the condensate in dynamical equilibrium with the thermal cloud, at temperatures close to the critical one. We show that the whole isolated system may be…K. Goral, M. Gajda, K. Rzazewski·Nov 19, 2002SaveLearn
Physical Validity of Assumptions for Public Exposure to Mobile PhonesKEYWORDS: free energy, boundary condition, non-thermal interaction, mobile phone, public safety, precautional principle, security holeTsuyoshi Hondou·Nov 18, 2002SaveLearn
Organization of atomic bond tensions in model glassesIn order to understand whether internal stresses in glasses are correlated or randomly distributed, we study the organization of atomic bond tensions (normal forces between pairs of atoms).…T. Kustanovich, Y. Rabin, Z. Olami·Nov 18, 2002SaveLearn
Many-Body Vacuum Diagrams and Their Recursive Graphical ConstructionThe grand-canonical potential of many-body physics can be considered as a functional of the interaction-free correlation function. As such it obeys a nonlinear functional differential equation which…Axel Pelster, Konstantin Glaum·Nov 18, 2002SaveLearn