397 research outputs found
Tilings, tiling spaces and topology
To understand an aperiodic tiling (or a quasicrystal modeled on an aperiodic
tiling), we construct a space of similar tilings, on which the group of
translations acts naturally. This space is then an (abstract) dynamical system.
Dynamical properties of the space (such as mixing, or the spectrum of the
translation operator) are closely related to bulk properties of the individual
tilings (such as the diffraction pattern). The topology of the space of
tilings, particularly the Cech cohomology, gives information on how the
original tiling can be deformed. Tiling spaces can be constructed as inverse
limits of branched manifolds.Comment: 8 pages, including 2 figures, talk given at ICQ
Topological Invariants in Fermi Systems with Time-Reversal Invariance
We discuss topological invariants for Fermi systems that have time-reversal invariance. The TKN^2 integers (first Chern numbers) are replaced by second Chern numbers, and Berry's phase becomes a unit quaternion, or equivalently an element of SU(2). The canonical example playing much the same role as spin ½ in a magnetic field is spin ½ in a quadrupole electric field. In particular, the associated bundles are nontrivial and have ± 1 second Chern number. The connection that governs the adiabatic evolution coincides with the symmetric SU(2) Yang-Mills instanton
2+1 Dimensional Georgi-Glashow Instantons in Weyl Gauge
Semiclassical instanton solutions in the 3D SU(2) Georgi-Glashow model are
transformed into the Weyl gauge. This illustrates the tunneling interpretation
of these instantons and provides a smooth regularization of the singular
unitary gauge. The 3D Georgi-Glashow model has both instanton and sphaleron
solutions, in contrast to 3D Yang-Mills theory which has neither, and 4D
Yang-Mills theory which has instantons but no sphaleron, and 4D electroweak
theory which has a sphaleron but no instantons. We also discuss the spectral
flow picture of fundamental fermions in a Georgi-Glashow instanton background.Comment: 22 pages, 8 figures, revtex4; v2 - references and comments adde
Fredholm Indices and the Phase Diagram of Quantum Hall Systems
The quantized Hall conductance in a plateau is related to the index of a
Fredholm operator. In this paper we describe the generic ``phase diagram'' of
Fredholm indices associated with bounded and Toeplitz operators. We discuss the
possible relevance of our results to the phase diagram of disordered integer
quantum Hall systems.Comment: 25 pages, including 7 embedded figures. The mathematical content of
this paper is similar to our previous paper math-ph/0003003, but the physical
analysis is ne
Topological Invariants in Fermi Systems with Time-Reversal Invariance
We discuss topological invariants for Fermi systems that have time-reversal invariance. The TKN^2 integers (first Chern numbers) are replaced by second Chern numbers, and Berry's phase becomes a unit quaternion, or equivalently an element of SU(2). The canonical example playing much the same role as spin ½ in a magnetic field is spin ½ in a quadrupole electric field. In particular, the associated bundles are nontrivial and have ± 1 second Chern number. The connection that governs the adiabatic evolution coincides with the symmetric SU(2) Yang-Mills instanton
The geometry of entanglement: metrics, connections and the geometric phase
Using the natural connection equivalent to the SU(2) Yang-Mills instanton on
the quaternionic Hopf fibration of over the quaternionic projective space
with an fiber the geometry of
entanglement for two qubits is investigated. The relationship between base and
fiber i.e. the twisting of the bundle corresponds to the entanglement of the
qubits. The measure of entanglement can be related to the length of the
shortest geodesic with respect to the Mannoury-Fubini-Study metric on between an arbitrary entangled state, and the separable state nearest to
it. Using this result an interpretation of the standard Schmidt decomposition
in geometric terms is given. Schmidt states are the nearest and furthest
separable ones lying on, or the ones obtained by parallel transport along the
geodesic passing through the entangled state. Some examples showing the
correspondence between the anolonomy of the connection and entanglement via the
geometric phase is shown. Connections with important notions like the
Bures-metric, Uhlmann's connection, the hyperbolic structure for density
matrices and anholonomic quantum computation are also pointed out.Comment: 42 page
Topological Phases near a Triple Degeneracy
We study the pattern of three state topological phases that appear in systems
with real Hamiltonians and wave functions. We give a simple geometric
construction for representing these phases. We then apply our results to
understand previous work on three state phases. We point out that the ``mirror
symmetry'' of wave functions noticed in microwave experiments can be simply
understood in our framework.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
Tiling groupoids and Bratteli diagrams
Let T be an aperiodic and repetitive tiling of R^d with finite local
complexity. Let O be its tiling space with canonical transversal X. The tiling
equivalence relation R_X is the set of pairs of tilings in X which are
translates of each others, with a certain (etale) topology. In this paper R_X
is reconstructed as a generalized "tail equivalence" on a Bratteli diagram,
with its standard AF-relation as a subequivalence relation.
Using a generalization of the Anderson-Putnam complex, O is identified with
the inverse limit of a sequence of finite CW-complexes. A Bratteli diagram B is
built from this sequence, and its set of infinite paths dB is homeomorphic to
X. The diagram B is endowed with a horizontal structure: additional edges that
encode the adjacencies of patches in T. This allows to define an etale
equivalence relation R_B on dB which is homeomorphic to R_X, and contains the
AF-relation of "tail equivalence".Comment: 34 pages, 4 figure
Cellular and humoral immune responses and protection against schistosomes induced by a radiation-attenuated vaccine in chimpanzees
The radiation-attenuated Schistosoma mansoni vaccine is highly effective in rodents and primates but has never been tested in humans, primarily for safety reasons. To strengthen its status as a paradigm for a human recombinant antigen vaccine, we have undertaken a small-scale vaccination and challenge experiment in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Immunological, clinical, and parasitological parameters were measured in three animals after multiple vaccinations, together with three controls, during the acute and chronic stages of challenge infection up to chemotherapeutic cure. Vaccination induced a strong in vitro proliferative response and early gamma interferon production, but type 2 cytokines were dominant by the time of challenge. The controls showed little response to challenge infection before the acute stage of the disease, initiated by egg deposition. In contrast, the responses of vaccinated animals were muted throughout the challenge period. Vaccination also induced parasite-specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG, which reached high levels at the time of challenge, while in control animals levels did not rise markedly before egg deposition. The protective effects of vaccination were manifested as an amelioration of acute disease and overall morbidity, revealed by differences in gamma-glutamyl transferase level, leukocytosis, eosinophilia, and hematocrit. Moreover, vaccinated chimpanzees had a 46% lower level of circulating cathodic antigen and a 38% reduction in fecal egg output, compared to controls, during the chronic phase of infection
Limit theorems for self-similar tilings
We study deviation of ergodic averages for dynamical systems given by
self-similar tilings on the plane and in higher dimensions. The main object of
our paper is a special family of finitely-additive measures for our systems. An
asymptotic formula is given for ergodic integrals in terms of these
finitely-additive measures, and, as a corollary, limit theorems are obtained
for dynamical systems given by self-similar tilings.Comment: 36 pages; some corrections and improved exposition, especially in
Section 4; references adde
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