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Scaling behavior of the momentum distribution of a quantum Coulomb system in a confining potential
We calculate the single-particle momentum distribution of a quantum
many-particle system in the presence of the Coulomb interaction and a confining
potential. The region of intermediate momenta, where the confining potential
dominates, marks a crossover from a Gaussian distribution valid at low momenta
to a power-law behavior valid at high momenta. We show that for all momenta the
momentum distribution can be parametrized by a -Gaussian distribution whose
parameters are specified by the confining potential. Furthermore, we find that
the functional form of the probability of transitions between the confined
ground state and the excited state is invariant under scaling of the
ratio , where is the transferred momentum and is the
corresponding excitation energy. Using the scaling variable the
maxima of the transition probabilities can also be expressed in terms of a
-Gaussian.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Lattice dynamics of palladium in the presence of electronic correlations
We compute the phonon dispersion, density of states, and the Gr\"uneisen
parameters of bulk palladium in the combined density functional theory (DFT)
and dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT). We find good agreement with
experimental results for ground state properties (equilibrium lattice parameter
and bulk modulus) and the experimentally measured phonon spectra. We
demonstrate that at temperatures the phonon frequency in the
vicinity of the Kohn anomaly, , strongly decreases.
This is in contrast to DFT where this frequency remains essentially constant in
the whole temperature range. Apparently correlation effects reduce the
restoring force of the ionic displacements at low temperatures, leading to a
mode softening.Comment: minor revision
Experimental Investigation of Loop Caused Influences on Parallel Flow-Induced Vibration of Fuel Pins
Transmission through correlated CuCoCu heterostructures
The effects of local electronic interactions and finite temperatures upon the
transmission across the CuCoCu metallic heterostructure are studied in
a combined density functional and dynamical mean field theory. It is shown
that, as the electronic correlations are taken into account via a local but
dynamic self-energy, the total transmission at the Fermi level gets reduced
(predominantly in the minority spin channel), whereby the spin polarization of
the transmission increases. The latter is due to a more significant
-electrons contribution, as compared to the non-correlated case in which the
transport is dominated by and electrons.Comment: 29 pages, 7 figures, submited to PR
Thermo-mechanic-electrical coupling in phospholipid monolayers near the critical point
Lipid monolayers have been shown to represent a powerful tool in studying
mechanical and thermodynamic properties of lipid membranes as well as their
interaction with proteins. Using Einstein's theory of fluctuations we here
demonstrate, that an experimentally derived linear relationship both between
transition entropy S and area A as well as between transition entropy and
charge q implies a linear relationships between compressibility \kappa_T, heat
capacity c_\pi, thermal expansion coefficient \alpha_T and electric capacity
CT. We demonstrate that these couplings have strong predictive power as they
allow calculating electrical and thermal properties from mechanical
measurements. The precision of the prediction increases as the critical point
TC is approached
Non-Abelian Geometric Phases and Conductance of Spin-3/2 Holes
Angular momentum holes in semiconductor heterostructures are showed
to accumulate nonabelian geometric phases as a consequence of their motion. We
provide a general framework for analyzing such a system and compute conductance
oscillations for a simple ring geometry. We also analyze a figure-8 geometry
which captures intrinsically nonabelian interference effects.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures (encapsulated PostScript) Replaced fig. 1 and fig.
Transmission through correlated CunCoCun heterostructures
The effects of local electronic interactions and finite temperatures upon the transmission across the Cu4CoCu4 metallic heterostructure are studied in a combined density functional and dynamical mean field theory. It is shown that, as the electronic correlations are taken into account via a local but dynamic self-energy, the total transmission at the Fermi level gets reduced (predominantly in the minority spin channel), whereby the spin polarization of the transmission increases. The latter is due to a more significant d-electrons contribution, as compared to the non-correlated case in which the transport is dominated by s and p electrons
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