1,332 research outputs found
STM/STS studies of Bi–O layers of Pb doped Bi-2223 superconductors irradiated by 100 MeV oxygen ion
Maxwell - Chern - Simons topologically massive gauge fields in the first-order formalism
We find the canonical and Belinfante energy-momentum tensors and their
nonzero traces. We note that the dilatation symmetry is broken and the
divergence of the dilatation current is proportional to the topological mass of
the gauge field. It was demonstrated that the gauge field possesses the `scale
dimensionality' d=1/2. Maxwell - Chern - Simons topologically massive gauge
field theory in 2+1 dimensions is formulated in the first-order formalism. It
is shown that 6x6-matrices of the relativistic wave equation obey the Duffin -
Kemmer - Petiau algebra. The Hermitianizing matrix of the relativistic wave
equation is given. The projection operators extracting solutions of field
equations for states with definite energy-momentum and spin are obtained. The
5x5-matrix Schrodinger form of the equation is derived after the exclusion of
non-dynamical components, and the quantum-mechanical Hamiltonian is obtained.
Projection operators extracting physical states in the Schrodinger picture are
found.Comment: 18 pages, correction in Ref. [5
Brane World Cosmology In Jordan-Brans-Dicke Theory
We consider the embedding of 3+1 dimensional cosmology in 4+1 dimensional
Jordan-Brans-Dicke theory. We show that exponentially growing and power law
scale factors are implied. Whereas the 4+1 dimensional scalar field is
approximately constant for each, the effective 3+1 dimensional scalar field is
constant for exponentially growing scale factor and time dependent for power
law scale factor.Comment: 11 page
Nucleon-Nucleon Scattering under Spin-Isospin Reversal in Large-N_c QCD
The spin-flavor structure of certain nucleon-nucleon scattering observables
derived from the large N_c limit of QCD in the kinematical regime where
time-dependent mean-field theory is valid is discussed. In previous work, this
regime was taken to be where the external momentum was of order N_c which
precluded the study of differential cross sections in elastic scattering. Here
it is shown that the regime extends down to order N_c^{1/2} which includes the
higher end of the elastic regime. The prediction is that in the large N_c
limit, observables describable via mean-field theory are unchanged when the
spin and isospin of either nucleon are both flipped. This prediction is tested
for proton-proton and neutron-proton elastic scattering data and found to fail
badly. We argue that this failure can be traced to a lack of a clear separation
of scales between momentum of order N_c^{1/2} and N_c^1 when N_c is as small as
three. The situation is compounded by an anomalously low particle production
threshold due to approximate chiral symmetry.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figur
High Superconductivity, Skyrmions and the Berry Phase
It is here pointed out that the antiferromagnetic spin fluctuation may be
associated with a gauge field which gives rise to the antiferromagnetic ground
state chirality. This is associated with the chiral anomaly and Berry phase
when we consider the two dimensional spin system on the surface of a 3D sphere
with a monopole at the centre. This realizes the RVB state where spinons and
holons can be understood as chargeless spins and spinless holes attached with
magnetic flux. The attachment of the magnetic flux of the charge carrier
suggest, that this may be viewed as a skyrmion. The interaction of a massless
fermion representing a neutral spin with a gauge field along with the
interaction of a spinless hole with the gauge field enhances the
antiferromagnetic correlation along with the pseudogap at the underdoped
region. As the doping increases the antiferromagnetic long range order
disappears for the critical doping parameter . In this framework,
the superconducting pairing may be viewed as caused by skyrmion-skyrmion bound
states.Comment: 10 pages, accepted in Phys. Rev.
PyCOOL - a Cosmological Object-Oriented Lattice code written in Python
There are a number of different phenomena in the early universe that have to
be studied numerically with lattice simulations. This paper presents a graphics
processing unit (GPU) accelerated Python program called PyCOOL that solves the
evolution of scalar fields in a lattice with very precise symplectic
integrators. The program has been written with the intention to hit a sweet
spot of speed, accuracy and user friendliness. This has been achieved by using
the Python language with the PyCUDA interface to make a program that is easy to
adapt to different scalar field models. In this paper we derive the symplectic
dynamics that govern the evolution of the system and then present the
implementation of the program in Python and PyCUDA. The functionality of the
program is tested in a chaotic inflation preheating model, a single field
oscillon case and in a supersymmetric curvaton model which leads to Q-ball
production. We have also compared the performance of a consumer graphics card
to a professional Tesla compute card in these simulations. We find that the
program is not only accurate but also very fast. To further increase the
usefulness of the program we have equipped it with numerous post-processing
functions that provide useful information about the cosmological model. These
include various spectra and statistics of the fields. The program can be
additionally used to calculate the generated curvature perturbation. The
program is publicly available under GNU General Public License at
https://github.com/jtksai/PyCOOL . Some additional information can be found
from http://www.physics.utu.fi/tiedostot/theory/particlecosmology/pycool/ .Comment: 23 pages, 12 figures; some typos correcte
Higher dimensional inhomogeneous dust collapse and cosmic censorship
We investigate the occurrence and nature of a naked singularity in the
gravitational collapse of an inhomogeneous dust cloud described by higher
dimensional Tolman-Bondi space-times. The naked singularities are found to be
gravitationally strong in the sense of Tipler. Higher dimensions seem to favour
black holes rather than naked singularities.Comment: 15 pages, LaTeX, 1 figure, 2 table
Conference Discussion of the Nuclear Force
Discussion of the nuclear force, lead by a round table consisting of T.
Cohen, E. Epelbaum, R. Machleidt, and F. Gross (chair). After an invited talk
by Machleidt, published elsewhere in these proceedings, brief remarks are made
by Epelbaum, Cohen, and Gross, followed by discussion from the floor moderated
by the chair. The chair asked the round table and the participants to focus on
the following issues: (i) What does each approach (chiral effective field
theory, large Nc, and relativistic phenomenology) contribute to our knowledge
of the nuclear force? Do we need them all? Is any one transcendent? (ii) How
important for applications (few body, nuclear structure, EMC effect, for
example) are precise fits to the NN data below 350 MeV? How precise do these
fits have to be? (iii) Can we learn anything about nonperturbative QCD from
these studies of the nuclear force? The discussion presented here is based on a
video recording made at the conference and transcribed afterward.Comment: Discussion at the 21st European Conference on Few Body Problems
(EFP21) held at Salamanca, Spain, 30 Aug - 3 Sept 201
Molecular dynamics simulation of the order-disorder phase transition in solid NaNO
We present molecular dynamics simulations of solid NaNO using pair
potentials with the rigid-ion model. The crystal potential surface is
calculated by using an \emph{a priori} method which integrates the \emph{ab
initio} calculations with the Gordon-Kim electron gas theory. This approach is
carefully examined by using different population analysis methods and comparing
the intermolecular interactions resulting from this approach with those from
the \emph{ab initio} Hartree-Fock calculations. Our numerics shows that the
ferroelectric-paraelectric phase transition in solid NaNO is triggered by
rotation of the nitrite ions around the crystallographical c axis, in agreement
with recent X-ray experiments [Gohda \textit{et al.}, Phys. Rev. B \textbf{63},
14101 (2000)]. The crystal-field effects on the nitrite ion are also addressed.
Remarkable internal charge-transfer effect is found.Comment: RevTeX 4.0, 11 figure
Metastability and Transient Effects in Vortex Matter Near a Decoupling Transition
We examine metastable and transient effects both above and below the
first-order decoupling line in a 3D simulation of magnetically interacting
pancake vortices. We observe pronounced transient and history effects as well
as supercooling and superheating between the 3D coupled, ordered and 2D
decoupled, disordered phases. In the disordered supercooled state as a function
of DC driving, reordering occurs through the formation of growing moving
channels of the ordered phase. No channels form in the superheated region;
instead the ordered state is homogeneously destroyed. When a sequence of
current pulses is applied we observe memory effects. We find a ramp rate
dependence of the V(I) curves on both sides of the decoupling transition. The
critical current that we obtain depends on how the system is prepared.Comment: 10 pages, 15 postscript figures, version to appear in PR
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