Resonant versus anti-resonant tunneling at carbon nanotube A-B-A heterostructuresNarrow antiresonances going to zero transmission are found to occur for general (2n,0)(n,n)(2n,0) carbon nanotube heterostructures, whereas the complementary configuration, (n,n)(2n,0)(n,n), displays…N. Mingo, Liu Yang, Jie Han et al.·Oct 11, 2001SaveLearn
Applicability of the Broken-Bond Rule to the Surface Energy of the fcc MetalsWe apply the Green's function based full-potential screened Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker method in conjunction with the local density approximation to study the surface energies of the noble and the…I. Galanakis, N. Papanikolaou, P. H. Dederichs·Oct 11, 2001SaveLearn
Calculus of Sea-Displacement OperatorsSea-Displacement Operators for fermions are defined in terms of the Fermi fields in a one-component Fermi system. The main conclusions of this article fully corroborate the conjectures made in our…Girish S. Setlur, D. S. Citrin·Oct 11, 2001SaveLearn
Shake-up and shake-off excitations with associated electron losses in X-ray studies of proteinsPhotoionisation of an atom by X-rays usually removes an inner-shell electron from the atom, leaving behind a perturbed "hollow ion" whose relaxation may take different routes. In light…Petter Persson, Sten Lunell, Abraham Szoeke et al.·Oct 11, 2001SaveLearn
Conductance of metallic carbon nanotubes dipped into a metalWe calculate the conductance variation of several metallic carbon nanotubes as their end is being dipped into a liquid metal electrode, where experiments have shown an achievable conductance close to…N. Mingo, Jie Han·Oct 11, 2001SaveLearn
Riemannian geometry of irrotational vortex acousticsWe consider acoustic propagation in an irrotational vortex, using the technical machinery of differential geometry to investigate the ``acoustic geometry'' that is probed by the sound waves.…Uwe R. Fischer, Matt Visser·Oct 10, 2001SaveLearn
Current induced forces upon atoms adsorbed on conducting carbon nanotubesWe calculate the forces acting upon species adsorbed on a single wall carbon nanotube, in the presence of electric currents. We present a self consistent real space Green function method, which…N. Mingo, Liu Yang, Jie Han·Oct 10, 2001SaveLearn
Effects of Paramagnetic Ferrocenium Cations on the Magnetic Properties of the Anionic Single-Molecule Magnet [Mn12O12(O2CC6F5)16(H2O)4]-The preparation and physical characterization are reported for several single-molecule magnet salts to investigate the effects of paramagnetic cations on the magnetization relaxation behavior of…Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa, Matthew Lam, Arnold L. Rheingold et al.·Oct 10, 2001SaveLearn
A nonlinear differential approach to the Saffman-Taylor fingerNonlinear time-dependent differential equations for the Hele-Shaw, Saffman-Taylor problem are derived. The equations are obtained using a separable ansatz expansion for the stream function of the…G. Kälbermann, R. Wallach·Oct 10, 2001SaveLearn
An empirical analysis of medium-term interest ratesIn the present paper, an empirical study of LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) data is presented. In particular, a data set of interest rates from 1997 to 1999, for two different currencies and…Tiziana Di Matteo, Enrico Scalas, Marco Airoldi·Oct 8, 2001SaveLearn
Entanglement and Quantum Gate Operations with Spin-Qubits in Quantum DotsWe give an elementary introduction to the notion of quantum entanglement between distinguishable parties and review a recent proposal about solid state quantum computation with spin-qubits in quantum…John Schliemann, Daniel Loss·Oct 8, 2001SaveLearn
Boson peak in an harmonic scalar modelWe study, analytically and numerically, an off-lattice model of scalar harmonic vibrations for structural glasses. The model has a Boson-Peak which we argue can be considered as a prototype for…T. S. Grigera, V. Martin-Mayor, G. Parisi et al.·Oct 7, 2001SaveLearn
Signatures of resonance superfluidity in a quantum Fermi gasIn this letter, we predict a direct and observable signature of the superfluid phase in a quantum Fermi gas, in a temperature regime already accessible in current experiments. We apply the theory of…M. L. Chiofalo, S. J. J. M. F. Kokkelmans, J. N. Milstein et al.·Oct 6, 2001SaveLearn
Principle of Pattern Selection for Nonequilibrium PhenomenaA general principle is advanced allowing the classification of nonunique solutions to nonlinear evolution equations, corresponding to different spatio-temporal patterns. This is done by defining the…V. I. Yukalov·Oct 5, 2001SaveLearn
Microcanonical determination of the order parameter critical exponentA highly efficient Monte Carlo method for the calculation of the density of states of classical spin systems is presented. As an application, we investigate the density of states OmegaN(E,M) of two-…Alfred Huller, Michel Pleimling·Oct 4, 2001SaveLearn
Measurement of the 3He mass diffusion coefficient in superfluid 4He over the 0.45-0.95 K temperature rangeWe have measured the mass diffusion coefficient D of 3He in superfluid 4He at temperatures lower than were previously possible. The experimental technique utilizes scintillation light produced when…S. K. Lamoreaux, G. Archibald, P. D. Barnes et al.·Oct 4, 2001SaveLearn
Short range correlations in a one dimensional electron gasWe use the SSTL (Singwi, Sjolander, Tosi, Land) approximation to investigate the short--range correlations in a one dimensional electron gas, for the first time. Although SSTL is introduced to better…Murat Tas, Mehmet Tomak·Oct 3, 2001SaveLearn
Quantum Depletion of an Excited CondensateWe analyze greying of the dark soliton in a Bose-Einstein condensate in the limit of weak interaction between atoms. The condensate initially prepared in the excited dark soliton state is loosing…Jacek Dziarmaga, Zbyszek P. Karkuszewski, Krzysztof Sacha·Oct 3, 2001SaveLearn
Squeezing and entanglement in quasiparticle excitations of trapped Bose-Einstein condensatesWe estimate the amount of temperature-dependent squeezing and entanglement in the collective excitations of trapped Bose-Einstein condensates. We also demonstrate an alternative method of temperature…J. Rogel-Salazar, S. Choi, G. H. C. New et al.·Oct 3, 2001SaveLearn
Two-body correlations in Bose condensatesWe formulate a method to study two-body correlations in a condensate of N identical bosons. We use the adiabatic hyperspheric approach and assume a Faddeev like decomposition of the wave function. We…O. Sorensen, D. V. Fedorov, A. S. Jensen et al.·Oct 3, 2001SaveLearn
Self-consistent quantal treatment of decay rates within the perturbed static path approximationThe framework of the Perturbed Static Path Approximation (PSPA) is used to calculate the partition function of a finite Fermi system from a Hamiltonian with a separable two body interaction. Therein,…C. Rummel, H. Hofmann·Oct 2, 2001SaveLearn
System Fitness and the Extinction Patterns of Firms under Pure Economic CompetitionThe relationships which characterise the outcomes of the interactions between firms in the economy appear to follow power law behaviour. In particular, there is evidence that the empirical power laws…P Ormerod, H Johns·Oct 2, 2001SaveLearn
Interacting crumpled manifoldsIn this article we study the effect of a delta-interaction on a polymerized membrane of arbitrary internal dimension D. Depending on the dimensionality of membrane and embedding space, different…Henryk A. Pinnow, Kay Joerg Wiese·Sep 30, 2001SaveLearn
Chaotic Scattering of MicrowavesIn this paper we analyze a recent experiment conducted in an anechoic chamber, where the scattering of microwaves from an array of metallic cylinders was measured. This is a system which displays…Tsampikos Kottos, Uzy Smilansky, Joaquim Fortuny et al.·Sep 30, 2001SaveLearn
Tunneling between two semiconductors with localized electrons: Can it reveal the Coulomb gap?It is shown that the voltage dependence of the tunneling conductance between two lightly doped semiconductors, which are separated by an large area tunneling barrier, can reveal the high energy part…A. I. Larkin, B. I. Shklovskii·Sep 26, 2001SaveLearn