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There are no magnetically charged particle-like solutions of the Einstein Yang-Mills equations for Abelian models
We prove that there are no magnetically charged particle-like solutions for
Abelian models in Einstein Yang-Mills, but for non-Abelian models the
possibility remains open. An analysis of the Lie algebraic structure of the
Yang-Mills fields is essential to our results. In one key step of our analysis
we use invariant polynomials to determine which orbits of the gauge group
contain the possible asymptotic Yang-Mills field configurations. Together with
a new horizontal/vertical space decomposition of the Yang-Mills fields this
enables us to overcome some obstacles and complete a dynamical system existence
theorem for asymptotic solutions with nonzero total magnetic charge. We then
prove that these solutions cannot be extended globally for Abelian models and
begin an investigation of the details for non-Abelian models.Comment: 48 pages, 1 figur
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A general T-matrix approach applied to two-body and three-body problems in cold atomic gases
We propose a systematic T-matrix approach to solve few-body problems with
s-wave contact interactions in ultracold atomic gases. The problem is generally
reduced to a matrix equation expanded by a set of orthogonal molecular states,
describing external center-of-mass motions of pairs of interacting particles;
while each matrix element is guaranteed to be finite by a proper
renormalization for internal relative motions. This approach is able to
incorporate various scattering problems and the calculations of related
physical quantities in a single framework, and also provides a physically
transparent way to understand the mechanism of resonance scattering. For
applications, we study two-body effective scattering in 2D-3D mixed dimensions,
where the resonance position and width are determined with high precision from
only a few number of matrix elements. We also study three fermions in a
(rotating) harmonic trap, where exotic scattering properties in terms of mass
ratios and angular momenta are uniquely identified in the framework of
T-matrix.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figure
Theory of output coupling for trapped fermionic atoms
We develop a dynamic theory of output coupling, for fermionic atoms initially
confined in a magnetic trap. We consider an exactly soluble one-dimensional
model, with a spatially localized delta-type coupling between the atoms in the
trap and a continuum of free-particle external modes. Two important special
cases are considered for the confinement potential: the infinite box and the
harmonic oscillator. We establish that in both cases a bound state of the
coupled system appears for any value of the coupling constant, implying that
the trap population does not vanish in the infinite-time limit. For weak
coupling, the energy spectrum of the outgoing beam exhibits peaks corresponding
to the initially occupied energy levels in the trap; the height of these peaks
increases with the energy. As the coupling gets stronger, the energy spectrum
is displaced towards dressed energies of the fermions in the trap. The
corresponding dressed states result from the coupling between the unperturbed
fermionic states in the trap, mediated by the coupling between these states and
the continuum. In the strong-coupling limit, there is a reinforcement of the
lowest-energy dressed mode, which contributes to the energy spectrum of the
outgoing beam more strongly than the other modes. This effect is especially
pronounced for the one-dimensional box, which indicates that the efficiency of
the mode-reinforcement mechanism depends on the steepness of the confinement
potential. In this case, a quasi-monochromatic anti-bunched atomic beam is
obtained. Results for a bosonic sample are also shown for comparison.Comment: 16 pages, 7 figures, added discussion on time-dependent spectral
distribution and corresponding figur
Adiabatic perturbation theory: from Landau-Zener problem to quenching through a quantum critical point
We discuss the application of the adiabatic perturbation theory to analyze
the dynamics in various systems in the limit of slow parametric changes of the
Hamiltonian. We first consider a two-level system and give an elementary
derivation of the asymptotics of the transition probability when the tuning
parameter slowly changes in the finite range. Then we apply this perturbation
theory to many-particle systems with low energy spectrum characterized by
quasiparticle excitations. Within this approach we derive the scaling of
various quantities such as the density of generated defects, entropy and
energy. We discuss the applications of this approach to a specific situation
where the system crosses a quantum critical point. We also show the connection
between adiabatic and sudden quenches near a quantum phase transitions and
discuss the effects of quasiparticle statistics on slow and sudden quenches at
finite temperatures.Comment: 20 pages, 3 figures, contribution to "Quantum Quenching, Annealing
and Computation", Eds. A. Das, A. Chandra and B. K. Chakrabarti, Lect. Notes
in Phys., Springer, Heidelberg (2009, to be published), reference correcte
Geometric Approach to Pontryagin's Maximum Principle
Since the second half of the 20th century, Pontryagin's Maximum Principle has
been widely discussed and used as a method to solve optimal control problems in
medicine, robotics, finance, engineering, astronomy. Here, we focus on the
proof and on the understanding of this Principle, using as much geometric ideas
and geometric tools as possible. This approach provides a better and clearer
understanding of the Principle and, in particular, of the role of the abnormal
extremals. These extremals are interesting because they do not depend on the
cost function, but only on the control system. Moreover, they were discarded as
solutions until the nineties, when examples of strict abnormal optimal curves
were found. In order to give a detailed exposition of the proof, the paper is
mostly self\textendash{}contained, which forces us to consider different areas
in mathematics such as algebra, analysis, geometry.Comment: Final version. Minors changes have been made. 56 page
Thermodynamics of Dipolar Chain Systems
The thermodynamics of a quantum system of layers containing perpendicularly
oriented dipolar molecules is studied within an oscillator approximation for
both bosonic and fermionic species. The system is assumed to be built from
chains with one molecule in each layer. We consider the effects of the
intralayer repulsion and quantum statistical requirements in systems with more
than one chain. Specifically, we consider the case of two chains and solve the
problem analytically within the harmonic Hamiltonian approach which is accurate
for large dipole moments. The case of three chains is calculated numerically.
Our findings indicate that thermodynamic observables, such as the heat
capacity, can be used to probe the signatures of the intralayer interaction
between chains. This should be relevant for near future experiments on polar
molecules with strong dipole moments.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, final versio
Variational and Geometric Structures of Discrete Dirac Mechanics
In this paper, we develop the theoretical foundations of discrete Dirac
mechanics, that is, discrete mechanics of degenerate Lagrangian/Hamiltonian
systems with constraints. We first construct discrete analogues of Tulczyjew's
triple and induced Dirac structures by considering the geometry of symplectic
maps and their associated generating functions. We demonstrate that this
framework provides a means of deriving discrete Lagrange-Dirac and nonholonomic
Hamiltonian systems. In particular, this yields nonholonomic Lagrangian and
Hamiltonian integrators. We also introduce discrete
Lagrange-d'Alembert-Pontryagin and Hamilton-d'Alembert variational principles,
which provide an alternative derivation of the same set of integration
algorithms. The paper provides a unified treatment of discrete Lagrangian and
Hamiltonian mechanics in the more general setting of discrete Dirac mechanics,
as well as a generalization of symplectic and Poisson integrators to the
broader category of Dirac integrators.Comment: 26 pages; published online in Foundations of Computational
Mathematics (2011
Intercalibration of the barrel electromagnetic calorimeter of the CMS experiment at start-up
Calibration of the relative response of the individual channels of the barrel electromagnetic calorimeter of the CMS detector was accomplished, before installation, with cosmic ray muons and test beams. One fourth of the calorimeter was exposed to a beam of high energy electrons and the relative calibration of the channels, the intercalibration, was found to be reproducible to a precision of about 0.3%. Additionally, data were collected with cosmic rays for the entire ECAL barrel during the commissioning phase. By comparing the intercalibration constants obtained with the electron beam data with those from the cosmic ray data, it is demonstrated that the latter provide an intercalibration precision of 1.5% over most of the barrel ECAL. The best intercalibration precision is expected to come from the analysis of events collected in situ during the LHC operation. Using data collected with both electrons and pion beams, several aspects of the intercalibration procedures based on electrons or neutral pions were investigated
Search for direct production of charginos and neutralinos in events with three leptons and missing transverse momentum in √s = 7 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector
A search for the direct production of charginos and neutralinos in final states with three electrons or muons and missing transverse momentum is presented. The analysis is based on 4.7 fb−1 of proton–proton collision data delivered by the Large Hadron Collider and recorded with the ATLAS detector. Observations are consistent with Standard Model expectations in three signal regions that are either depleted or enriched in Z-boson decays. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are set in R-parity conserving phenomenological minimal supersymmetric models and in simplified models, significantly extending previous results
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