Ab initio many-body calculations on infinite carbon and boron-nitrogen chainsIn this paper we report first-principles calculations on the ground-state electronic structure of two infinite one-dimensional systems: (a) a chain of carbon atoms and (b) a chain of alternating…Ayjamal Abdurahman, Alok Shukla, Michael Dolg·Jan 7, 2002SaveLearn
Twist Free EnergyOne may impose to a system with spontaneous broken symmetry, boundary conditions which correspond to different pure states at two ends of a sample. For a discrete Ising-like broken symmetry, boundary…E. Brézin, C. De Dominicis·Jan 7, 2002SaveLearn
Twist Free Energy in a Spin GlassThe field theory of a short range spin glass with Gaussian random interactions, is considered near the upper critical dimension six. In the glassy phase, replica symmetry breaking is accompanied with…E. Brézin, C. De Dominicis·Jan 7, 2002SaveLearn
Sustaining supercooled mixed phase via resonant oscillations of the order parameterWe investigate the dynamics of a first order transition when the order parameter field undergoes resonant oscillations, driven by a periodically varying parameter of the free energy. This parameter…Rajarshi Ray, Soma Sanyal, Ajit M. Srivastava·Jan 6, 2002SaveLearn
Two-component Bose-Einstein Condensates with Large Number of VorticesWe consider the condensate wavefunction of a rapidly rotating two-component Bose gas with an equal number of particles in each component. If the interactions between like and unlike species are very…Erich J. Mueller, Tin-Lun Ho·Jan 4, 2002SaveLearn
Detection and Implications of a Time-reversal breaking state in underdoped CupratesWe present general symmetry considerations on how a Time-reversal breaking state may be detected by angle-resolved photoemission using circularly polarized photons as has been proposed earlier.…M. E. Simon, C. M. Varma·Jan 3, 2002SaveLearn
Quantum Melting and Absence of Bose-Einstein Condensation in Two-Dimensional Vortex MatterWe demonstrate that quantum fluctuations suppress Bose-Einstein condensation of quasi-two-dimensional bosons in a rapidly-rotating trap. Our conclusions rest in part on an effective-Lagrangian…Jairo Sinova, C. B. Hanna, A. H. MacDonald·Jan 3, 2002SaveLearn
Thermal Fluctuations of a Liquid Helium Inside a Spherical VolumeCorrelation theory of hydrodynamic fluctuations of a liquid helium II inside a spherical volume is developed.A. V. Kirilyuk, A. V. Zvelindovsky·Jan 3, 2002SaveLearn
Self-Segregation vs. Clustering in the Evolutionary Minority GameComplex adaptive systems have been the subject of much recent attention. It is by now well-established that members (`agents') tend to self-segregate into opposing groups characterized by extreme…Shahar Hod, Ehud Nakar·Jan 1, 2002SaveLearn
Correlation studies of open and closed states fluctuations in an ion channel: Analysis of ion current through a large conductance locust potassium channelIon current fluctuations occurring within open and closed states of large conductance locust potassium channel (BK channel) were investigated for the existence of correlation. Both time series,…Zuzanna Siwy, Marcel Ausloos, Kristinka Ivanova·Dec 31, 2001SaveLearn
CPN Solitons in Quantum Hall SystemsWe will present here an elementary pedagogical introduction to CPN solitons in quantum Hall systems. We begin with a brief introduction to both CPN models and to quantum Hall (QH) physics. Then…R. Rajaraman·Dec 29, 2001SaveLearn
Exactly solvable models through the empty interval method, for more-than-two-site interactionsSingle-species reaction-diffusion systems on a one-dimensional lattice are considered, in them more than two neighboring sites interact. Constraints on the interaction rates are obtained, that…M. Khorrami, A. Aghamohammadi, M. Alimohammadi·Dec 29, 2001SaveLearn
Longitudinal spin waves in a dilute Bose gasWe present a kinetic theory for a dilute noncondensed Bose gas of two-level atoms that predicts the transient spin segregation observed in a recent experiment. The underlying mechanism driving spin…J. E. Williams, T. Nikuni, Charles W. Clark·Dec 29, 2001SaveLearn
High-Frequency Impedance of Driven SuperlatticesThe complex impedance of a semiconductor superlattice biased into the regime of negative differential conductivity and driven by an additional GHz ac voltage is computed. From a simulation of the…A. -K. Jappsen, A. Amann, A. Wacker et al.·Dec 27, 2001SaveLearn
Electrodynamics of metallic photonic crystals and problem of left-handed materialsAn exact analytical theory of the electromagnetic waves in metallic photonic crystals with a small volume fraction of a metal is presented. It is shown that there are waves with a very low cutoff…A. L. Pokrovsky, A. L. Efros·Dec 26, 2001SaveLearn
A case study of stratus cloud base height multifractal fluctuationsThe complex structure of a typical stratus cloud base height (or profile) time series is analyzed with respect to the variability of its fluctuations and their correlations at all experimentally…K. Ivanova, H. N. Shirer, E. E. Clothiaux et al.·Dec 26, 2001SaveLearn
Collapse dynamics of trapped Bose-Einstein condensatesWe analyze the implosion and subsequent explosion of a trapped condensate after the scattering length is switched to a negative value. Our results compare very well qualitatively and fairly well…L. Santos, G. V. Shlyapnikov·Dec 21, 2001SaveLearn
On the growth of bounded treesBounded infinite graphs are defined on the basis of natural physical requirements. When specialized to trees this definition leads to a natural conjecture that the average connectivity dimension of…Claudio Destri, Luca Donetti·Dec 20, 2001SaveLearn
Micromagnetism in URu2Si2 and high temperature superconductorsIt has been proposed, that unconventional density waves (UDW) are possible candidates for systems with hidden order parameter. Unlike in conventional density waves, no periodic modulation of either…A. Virosztek, K. Maki, B. Dora·Dec 20, 2001SaveLearn
Inelastic light, neutron, and X-ray scatterings related to the heterogeneous elasticity of glassesThe effects of plasticization of poly(methyl methacrylate) glass on the boson peaks observed by Raman and neutron scattering are compared. In plasticized glass the cohesion heterogeneities are…E. Duval, L. Saviot, A. Mermet et al.·Dec 20, 2001SaveLearn
Stability of continuously pumped atom lasersA multimode model of a continuously pumped atom laser is shown to be unstable below a critical value of the scattering length. Above the critical scattering length, the atom laser reaches a steady…S. A. Haine, J. J. Hope, N. P. Robins et al.·Dec 20, 2001SaveLearn
Novel aspects of spin-polarized transport and spin dynamicsThere is a renewed interest to study spin-polarized transport and spin dynamics in various electronic materials. The motivation to examine the spin degrees of freedom (mostly in electrons, but also…Igor Zutic·Dec 19, 2001SaveLearn
Comment on "Unique Translation between Hamiltonian Operators and Functional Integrals"In a recent letter [PRL 86, 1 (2001)], Gollisch and Wetterich show that a careful treatment of discretization errors in a phase-space path integral formulation of quantum mechanics leads to a…Michael Weyrauch, Andreas W. Schreiber·Dec 18, 2001SaveLearn
Flat branches and pressure amorphizationAfter summarizing the phenomenology of pressure amorphization (PA), we present a theory of PA based on the notion that one or more branches of the phonon spectrum soften and flatten with increasing…Morrel H. Cohen, Jorge Iniguez, J. B. Neaton·Dec 17, 2001SaveLearn
Continuous quantum measurement of a Bose-Einstein condensate: a stochastic Gross-Pitaevskii equationWe analyze the dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate undergoing a continuous dispersive imaging by using a Lindblad operator formalism. Continuous strong measurements drive the condensate out of the…Diego A. R. Dalvit, Jacek Dziarmaga, Roberto Onofrio·Dec 17, 2001SaveLearn