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Dynamic Monte Carlo Study of the Two-Dimensional Quantum XY Model
We present a dynamic Monte Carlo study of the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase
transition for the spin-1/2 quantum XY model in two dimensions. The short-time
dynamic scaling behaviour is found and the dynamical exponent , and
the static exponent are determined at the transition temperature.Comment: 6 pages with 3 figure
Corrections to Scaling for the Two-dimensional Dynamic XY Model
With large-scale Monte Carlo simulations, we confirm that for the
two-dimensional XY model, there is a logarithmic correction to scaling in the
dynamic relaxation starting from a completely disordered state, while only an
inverse power law correction in the case of starting from an ordered state. The
dynamic exponent is .Comment: to appear as a Rapid commu. in Phys. Rev.
Short-time critical dynamics and universality on a two-dimensional Triangular Lattice
Critical scaling and universality in short-time dynamics for spin models on a
two-dimensional triangular lattice are investigated by using Monte Carlo
simulation. Emphasis is placed on the dynamic evolution from fully ordered
initialstates to show that universal scaling exists already in the short-time
regime in form of power-law behavior of the magnetization and Binder cumulant.
The results measured for the dynamic and static critical exponents, ,
, and , confirm explicitly that the Potts models on the
triangular lattice and square lattice belong to the same universality class.
Our critical scaling analysis strongly suggests that the simulation for the
dynamic relaxation can be used to determine numerically the universality.Comment: LaTex, 11 pages and 10 figures, to be published in Physica
Peierls distorted chain as a quantum data bus for quantum state transfer
We systematically study the transfer of quantum state of electron spin as the
flying qubit along a half-filled Peierls distorted tight-binding chain
described by the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model, which behaves as a quantum
data bus. This enables a novel physical mechanism for quantum communication
with always-on interaction: the effective hopping of the spin carrier between
sites and connected to two sites in this SSH chain can be induced by
the quasi-excitations of the SSH model. As we prove, it is the Peierls energy
gap of the SSH quasi-excitations that plays a crucial role to protect the
robustness of the quantum state transfer process. Moreover, our observation
also indicates that such a scheme can also be employed to explore the intrinsic
property of the quantum system.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figure
SU(2) gluon propagator on a coarse anisotropic lattice
We calculated the SU(2) gluon propagator in Landau gauge on an anisotropic
coarse lattice with the improved action. The standard and the improved scheme
are used to fix the gauge in this work. Even on the coarse lattice the lattice
gluon propagator can be well described by a function of the continuous
momentum. The effect of the improved gauge fixing scheme is found not to be
apparent. Based on the Marenzoni's model, the mass scale and the anomalous
dimension are extracted and can be reasonably extrapolated to the continuum
limit with the values and . We also extract the
physical anisotropy from the gluon propagator due to the explicit
dependence of the gluon propagator.Comment: LaTeX, 14 pages including 4 ps figure
Polymer translocation out of confined environments
We consider the dynamics of polymer translocation out of confined
environments. Analytic scaling arguments lead to the prediction that the
translocation time scales like for translocation out of a planar
confinement between two walls with separation into a 3D environment, and
for translocation out of two strips with separation
into a 2D environment. Here, is the chain length, and
are the Flory exponents in 3D and 2D, and is the scaling exponent of
translocation velocity with , whose value for the present choice of
parameters is based on Langevin dynamics simulations. These
scaling exponents improve on earlier predictions.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures. To appear in Phys. Rev.
Transverse thermal depinning and nonlinear sliding friction of an adsorbed monolayer
We study the response of an adsorbed monolayer under a driving force as a
model of sliding friction phenomena between two crystalline surfaces with a
boundary lubrication layer. Using Langevin-dynamics simulation, we determine
the nonlinear response in the direction transverse to a high symmetry direction
along which the layer is already sliding. We find that below a finite
transition temperature, there exist a critical depinning force and hysteresis
effects in the transverse response in the dynamical state when the adlayer is
sliding smoothly along the longitudinal direction.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
Prediction and benefits of minimal disease activity in patients with psoriatic arthritis and active skin disease in the ADEPT trial
Objectives: To determine the proportion of patients with psoriatic arthritis in the Adalimumab Effectiveness in Psoriatic Arthritis trial achieving minimal disease activity (MDA) and its individual components at 1 or more visits over 144 weeks, identify baseline predictors of MDA achievement, and evaluate the association of MDA status with independent quality of life (QoL)-related patient-reported outcomes (PROs).
Methods: Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to identify the baseline characteristics that predicted achievement of MDA at individual time points (weeks 12 through 144) or sustained MDA (achievement of MDA at 2 consecutive time points 12 weeks apart). The association of independent QoL-related PROs with MDA achievement was evaluated at weeks 24 and 144.
Results: In univariate analyses, higher baseline patient assessment of pain, tender joint count (TJC), enthesitis and Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI) score were significantly associated with lower likelihood of achieving MDA at later time points. Multivariate analyses confirmed higher baseline HAQ-DI as a significant predictor for failure to achieve MDA at later time points. Achievement of sustained MDA was associated with lower baseline TJC and HAQ-DI score. Achievement of different MDA components appeared to be treatment dependent. MDA achievers had significantly better QoL-related PROs and greater improvements in PROs from baseline to week 24 compared with non-achievers.
Conclusions: Higher HAQ-DI score was the most consistent baseline factor that decreased the likelihood of achieving MDA and sustained MDA at later time points. Achieving MDA was associated with better independent QoL-related PROs
Polymer translocation through a nanopore under an applied external field
We investigate the dynamics of polymer translocation through a nanopore under
an externally applied field using the 2D fluctuating bond model with
single-segment Monte Carlo moves. We concentrate on the influence of the field
strength , length of the chain , and length of the pore on forced
translocation. As our main result, we find a crossover scaling for the
translocation time with the chain length from for
relatively short polymers to for longer chains, where
is the Flory exponent. We demonstrate that this crossover is due to the
change in the dependence of the translocation velocity v on the chain length.
For relatively short chains , which crosses over to for long polymers. The reason for this is that with increasing
there is a high density of segments near the exit of the pore, which slows down
the translocation process due to slow relaxation of the chain. For the case of
a long nanopore for which , the radius of gyration along
the pore, is smaller than the pore length, we find no clear scaling of the
translocation time with the chain length. For large , however, the
asymptotic scaling is recovered. In this regime, is almost independent of . We have previously found that for a polymer,
which is initially placed in the middle of the pore, there is a minimum in the
escape time for . We show here that this minimum
persists for a weak fields such that is less than some critical value,
but vanishes for large values of .Comment: 25 Pages, 10 figures. Submitted to J. Chem. Phys. J. Chem. Phys. 124,
in press (2006
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