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Plasmon spectrum of two-dimensional electron systems with Rashba spin-orbit interaction
The dielectric function and plasmon modes of a two-dimensional electron gas
(2DEG) are studied in single- and double-quantum-well structures with Rashba
spin-orbit interaction (RSOI) in the framework of the random-phase
approximation. The RSOI splits each parabolic energy subband of a 2DEG into two
nonparabolic spin branches and affects the electronic many-body correlation and
dielectric properties of the 2DEG. The influence of the RSOI on the 2DEG
plasmon spectrum in single quantum wells appear mainly in three ways: 1) an
overall frequency lowering due to the energy band deformation; 2) a weak
frequency oscillation stemming from the spin-split energy band; and 3)an
enhancement of the Landau damping as a result of the emerging of the
inter-branch single-particle-excitation spectrum. In double quantum wells, the
above effects are enhanced for the optic plasmon mode but diminished for the
acoustic one.Comment: 7 figure
Quakes in Solid Quark Stars
A starquake mechanism for pulsar glitches is developed in the solid quark
star model. It is found that the general glitch natures (i.e., the glitch
amplitudes and the time intervals) could be reproduced if solid quark matter,
with high baryon density but low temperature, has properties of shear modulus
\mu = 10^{30~34} erg/cm^3 and critical stress \sigma_c = 10^{18~24} erg/cm^3.
The post-glitch behavior may represent a kind of damped oscillations.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures (but Fig.3 is lost), a complete version can be
obtained by http://vega.bac.pku.edu.cn/~rxxu/publications/index_P.htm, a new
version to be published on Astroparticle Physic
Perturbation theory of von Neumann Entropy
In quantum information theory, von Neumann entropy plays an important role.
The entropies can be obtained analytically only for a few states. In continuous
variable system, even evaluating entropy numerically is not an easy task since
the dimension is infinite. We develop the perturbation theory systematically
for calculating von Neumann entropy of non-degenerate systems as well as
degenerate systems. The result turns out to be a practical way of the expansion
calculation of von Neumann entropy.Comment: 7 page
Tipstreaming of a drop in simple shear flow in the presence of surfactant
We have developed a multi-phase SPH method to simulate arbitrary interfaces
containing surface active agents (surfactants) that locally change the
properties of the interface, such the surface tension coefficient. Our method
incorporates the effects of surface diffusion, transport of surfactant from/to
the bulk phase to/from the interface and diffusion in the bulk phase.
Neglecting transport mechanisms, we use this method to study the impact of
insoluble surfactants on drop deformation and breakup in simple shear flow and
present the results in a fluid dynamics video.Comment: Two videos are included for the Gallery of Fluid Motion of the APS
DFD Meeting 201
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