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Spin and energy correlations in the one dimensional spin 1/2 Heisenberg model
In this paper, we study the spin and energy dynamic correlations of the one
dimensional spin 1/2 Heisenberg model, using mostly exact diagonalization
numerical techniques. In particular, observing that the uniform spin and energy
currents decay to finite values at long times, we argue for the absence of spin
and energy diffusion in the easy plane anisotropic Heisenberg model.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures, gzipped postscrip
Randomly incomplete spectra and intermediate statistics
By randomly removing a fraction of levels from a given spectrum a model is
constructed that describes a crossover from this spectrum to a Poisson
spectrum. The formalism is applied to the transitions towards Poisson from
random matrix theory (RMT) spectra and picket fence spectra. It is shown that
the Fredholm determinant formalism of RMT extends naturally to describe
incomplete RMT spectra.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures. To appear in Physical Review
Lifespan theorem for constrained surface diffusion flows
We consider closed immersed hypersurfaces in and evolving by
a class of constrained surface diffusion flows. Our result, similar to earlier
results for the Willmore flow, gives both a positive lower bound on the time
for which a smooth solution exists, and a small upper bound on a power of the
total curvature during this time. By phrasing the theorem in terms of the
concentration of curvature in the initial surface, our result holds for very
general initial data and has applications to further development in asymptotic
analysis for these flows.Comment: 29 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with
arXiv:1201.657
High-precision estimate of g4 in the 2D Ising model
We compute the renormalized four-point coupling in the 2d Ising model using
transfer-matrix techniques. We greatly reduce the systematic uncertainties
which usually affect this type of calculations by using the exact knowledge of
several terms in the scaling function of the free energy. Our final result is
g4=14.69735(3).Comment: 17 pages, revised version with minor changes, accepted for
publication in Journal of Physics
Lunar particle shadows and boundary layer experiment: Plasma and energetic particles on the Apollo 15 and 16 subsatellites
The lunar particle shadows and boundary layer experiments aboard the Apollo 15 and 16 subsatellites and scientific reduction and analysis of the data to date are discussed with emphasis on four major topics: solar particles; interplanetry particle phenomena; lunar interactions; and topology and dynamics of the magnetosphere at lunar orbit. The studies of solar and interplanetary particles concentrated on the low energy region which was essentially unexplored, and the studies of lunar interaction pointed up the transition from single particle to plasma characteristics. The analysis concentrated on the electron angular distributions as highly sensitive indicators of localized magnetization of the lunar surface. Magnetosphere experiments provided the first electric field measurements in the distant magnetotail, as well as comprehensive low energy particle measurements at lunar distance
Nonequilibrium phase transition in a driven Potts model with friction
We consider magnetic friction between two systems of -state Potts spins
which are moving along their boundaries with a relative constant velocity .
Due to the interaction between the surface spins there is a permanent energy
flow and the system is in a steady state which is far from equilibrium. The
problem is treated analytically in the limit (in one dimension, as
well as in two dimensions for large- values) and for and finite by
Monte Carlo simulations in two dimensions. Exotic nonequilibrium phase
transitions take place, the properties of which depend on the type of phase
transition in equilibrium. When this latter transition is of first order, a
sequence of second- and first-order nonequilibrium transitions can be observed
when the interaction is varied.Comment: 13 pages, 9 figures, one journal reference adde
Aperiodic Ising model on the Bethe lattice: Exact results
We consider the Ising model on the Bethe lattice with aperiodic modulation of
the couplings, which has been studied numerically in Phys. Rev. E 77, 041113
(2008). Here we present a relevance-irrelevance criterion and solve the
critical behavior exactly for marginal aperiodic sequences. We present
analytical formulae for the continuously varying critical exponents and discuss
a relationship with the (surface) critical behavior of the aperiodic quantum
Ising chain.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures, minor correction
Correction induced by irrelevant operators in the correlators of the 2d Ising model in a magnetic field
We investigate the presence of irrelevant operators in the 2d Ising model
perturbed by a magnetic field, by studying the corrections induced by these
operators in the spin-spin correlator of the model. To this end we perform a
set of high precision simulations for the correlator both along the axes and
along the diagonal of the lattice. By comparing the numerical results with the
predictions of a perturbative expansion around the critical point we find
unambiguous evidences of the presence of such irrelevant operators. It turns
out that among the irrelevant operators the one which gives the largest
correction is the spin 4 operator T^2 + \bar T^2 which accounts for the
breaking of the rotational invariance due to the lattice. This result agrees
with what was already known for the correlator evaluated exactly at the
critical point and also with recent results obtained in the case of the thermal
perturbation of the model.Comment: 28 pages, no figure
The Importance of Meteorite Collections to Sample Return Missions: Past, Present, and Future Considerations
While much of the scientific community s current attention is drawn to sample return missions, it is the existing meteorite and cosmic dust collections that both provide the paradigms to be tested by these missions and the context for interpreting the results. Recent sample returns from the Stardust and Hayabusa missions provided us with new materials and insights about our Solar System history and processes. As an example, Stardust sampled CAIs among the population of cometary grains, requiring extensive and unexpected radial mixing in the early solar nebula. This finding would not have been possible, however, without extensive studies of meteoritic CAIs that established their high-temperature, inner Solar System formation. Samples returned by Stardust also revealed the first evidence of a cometary amino acid, a discovery that would not have been possible with current in situ flight instrument technology. The Hayabusa mission provided the final evidence linking ordinary chondrites and S asteroids, a hypothesis that developed from centuries of collection and laboratory and ground-based telescopic studies. In addition to these scientific findings, studies of existing meteorite collections have defined and refined the analytical techniques essential to studying returned samples. As an example, the fortuitous fall of the Allende CV3 and Murchison CM2 chondrites within months before the return of Apollo samples allowed testing of new state-of-the-art analytical facilities. The results of those studies not only prepared us to better study lunar materials, but unanticipated discoveries changed many of our concepts about the earliest history and processes of the solar nebula. This synergy between existing collections and future space exploration is certainly not limited to sample return missions. Laboratory studies confirmed the existence of meteorites from Mars and raised the provocative possibility of preservation of ancient microbial life. The laboratory studies in turn led to a new wave of Mars exploration that ultimately could lead to sample return focused on evidence for past or present life. This partnership between collections and missions will be increasingly important in the coming decades as we discover new questions to be addressed and identify targets for for both robotic and human exploration . Nowhere is this more true than in the ultimate search for the abiotic and biotic processes that produced life. Existing collections also provide the essential materials for developing and testing new analytical schemes to detect the rare markers of life and distinguish them from abiotic processes. Large collections of meteorites and the new types being identified within these collections, which come to us at a fraction of the cost of a sample return mission, will continue to shape the objectives of future missions and provide new ways of interpreting returned samples
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