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The Hague Evidence Convention Revisited: Reflections on Its Role in U.S. Civil Procedure
A reworking of the basic terms of the Hague Evidence Convention is proposed. Under current law, US courts typically do not employ the Convention\u27s evidence-taking mechanisms when ordering discovery from either a litigant or a witness subject to the court\u27s subpoena power
Quasinormal modes, quantized black holes, and correspondence principle
Contrary to the wide-spread belief, the correspondence principle does not
dictate any relation between the asymptotics of quasinormal modes and the
spectrum of quantized black holes. Moreover, this belief is in conflict with
simple physical arguments.Comment: 2 pages; a new argument adde
Quantization and simulation of Born-Infeld non-linear electrodynamics on a lattice
Born-Infeld non-linear electrodynamics arises naturally as a field theory
description of the dynamics of strings and branes. Most analyses of this theory
have been limited to studying it as a classical field theory. We quantize this
theory on a Euclidean 4-dimensional space-time lattice and determine its
properties using Monte-Carlo simulations. The electromagnetic field around a
static point charge is measured using Luscher-Weisz methods to overcome the
sign problem associated with the introduction of this charge. The D field
appears identical to that of Maxwell QED. However, the E field is enhanced by
quantum fluctuations, while still showing the short distance screening observed
in the classical theory. In addition, whereas for the classical theory, the
screening increases without bound as the non-linearity increases, the quantum
theory approaches a limiting conformal field theory.Comment: 24 pages, 10 figures. Latex with postscript figure
Localized low-frequency Neumann modes in 2d-systems with rough boundaries
We compute the relative localization volumes of the vibrational eigenmodes in
two-dimensional systems with a regular body but irregular boundaries under
Dirichlet and under Neumann boundary conditions. We find that localized states
are rare under Dirichlet boundary conditions but very common in the Neumann
case. In order to explain this difference, we utilize the fact that under
Neumann conditions the integral of the amplitudes, carried out over the whole
system area is zero. We discuss, how this condition leads to many localized
states in the low-frequency regime and show by numerical simulations, how the
number of the localized states and their localization volumes vary with the
boundary roughness.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figure
Wavefront and ray-density plots using seventh-order matrices
The optimization of an optical system benefits greatly from a study of its
aberrations and an identification of each of its elements' contribution to the
overall aberration figures. The matrix formalism developed by one of the
authors was the object of a previous paper and allows the expression of
image-space coordinates as high-order polynomials of object-space coordinates.
In this paper we approach the question of aberrations, both through the
evaluation of the wavefront evolution along the system and its departure from
the ideal spherical shape and the use of ray density plots. Using seventh-order
matrix modeling, we can calculate the optical path between any two points of a
ray as it travels along the optical system and we define the wavefront as the
locus of the points with any given optical path; the results are presented on
the form of traces of the wavefront on the tangential plane, although the
formalism would also permit sagital plane plots. Ray density plots are obtained
by actual derivation of the seventh-order polynomials.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figure
The New York Convention: A Self-Executing Treaty
The thesis of this Article is that uncertainty regarding the Convention’s status as a self-executing treaty of the United States is unwarranted and unfortunate. Instead, both the Convention’s provisions for recognition and enforcement of arbitration agreements (in Article II) and of arbitral awards (in Articles III, IV, V, and VI) should be regarded as self-executing and directly applicable in U.S. (and other national) courts. As discussed in detail below, this is because Article II establishes mandatory, complete, and comprehensive substantive rules, directed specifically to national courts, for the recognition and enforcement of international arbitration agreements. Likewise, the history and purposes of the Convention, the language and legislative history of Chapter 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act (the “FAA” or “Act”), and the practices of other Contracting States support the conclusion that Article II is directly applicable in American courts
Efficient fluorescence collection from trapped ions with an integrated spherical mirror
Efficient collection of fluorescence from trapped ions is crucial for quantum
optics and quantum computing applications, specifically, for qubit state
detection and in generating single photons for ion-photon and remote ion
entanglement. In a typical setup, only a few per cent of ion fluorescence is
intercepted by the aperture of the imaging optics. We employ a simple metallic
spherical mirror integrated with a linear Paul ion trap to achieve photon
collection efficiency of at least 10% from a single Ba ion. An aspheric
corrector is used to reduce the aberrations caused by the mirror and achieve
high image quality.Comment: 5 pages and 4 figure
Superconductivity in Boron under pressure - why are the measured T's so low?
Using the full potential linear muffin-tin orbitals (FP-LMTO) method we
examine the pressure-dependence of superconductivity in the two metallic phases
of Boron: bct and fcc. Linear response calculations are carried out to examine
the phonon frequencies and electron-phonon coupling for various lattice
parameters, and superconducting transition temperatures are obtained from the
Eliashberg equation. In both bct and fcc phases the superconducting transition
temperature T is found to decrease with increasing pressure, due to
stiffening of phonons with an accompanying decrease in electron-phonon
coupling. This is in contrast to a recent report, where T is found to
increase with pressure. Even more drastic is the difference between the
measured T, in the range 4-11 K, and the calculated values for both bct and
fcc phases, in the range 60-100 K. The calculation reveals that the transition
from the fcc to bct phase, as a result of increasing volume or decreasing
pressure, is caused by the softening of the X-point transverse phonons. This
phonon softening also causes large electron-phonon coupling for high volumes in
the fcc phase, resulting in coupling constants in excess of 2.5 and T
nearing 100 K. We discuss possible causes as to why the experiment might have
revealed T's much lower than what is suggested by the present study. The
main assertion of this paper is that the possibility of high T, in excess
of 50 K, in high pressure pure metallic phases of boron cannot be ruled out,
thus substantiating the need for further experimental investigations of the
superconducting properties of high pressure pure phases of boron.Comment: 16 pages, 8 figures, 1 Tabl
Asymptotic Search for Ground States of SU(2) Matrix Theory
We introduce a complete set of gauge-invariant variables and a generalized
Born-Oppenheimer formulation to search for normalizable zero-energy asymptotic
solutions of the Schrodinger equation of SU(2) matrix theory. The asymptotic
method gives only ground state candidates, which must be further tested for
global stability. Our results include a set of such ground state candidates,
including one state which is a singlet under spin(9).Comment: 51 page
Non-diffracting Optical Beams in a Three-level Raman System
Diffractionless propagation of optical beams through atomic vapors is
investigated. The atoms in the vapor are operated in a three-level Raman
configuration. A suitably chosen control beam couples to one of the
transitions, and thereby creates a spatially varying index of refraction
modulation in the warm atomic vapor for a probe beam which couples to the other
transition in the atoms. We show that a Laguerre-Gaussian control beam allows
to propagate single Gaussian probe field modes as well as multi-Gaussian modes
and non-Gaussian modes over macroscopic distances without diffraction. This
opens perspectives for the propagation of arbitrary images through warm atomic
vapors.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figure
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