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Magnetoroton scattering by phonons in the fractional quantum Hall regime
Motivated by recent phonon spectroscopy experiments in the fractional quantum
Hall regime we consider processes in which thermally excited magnetoroton
excitations are scattered by low energy phonons. We show that such scattering
processes can never give rise to dissociation of magnetorotons into unbound
charged quasiparticles as had been proposed previously. In addition we show
that scattering of magnetorotons to longer wavelengths by phonon absorption is
possible because of the shape of the magnetoroton dispersion curve and it is
shown that there is a characteristic cross-over temperature above which the
rate of energy transfer to the electron gas changes from an exponential
(activated) to a power law dependence on the effective phonon temperature.Comment: LaTex document, 3 eps figures. submitted to Phys Rev
Detectability of dissipative motion in quantum vacuum via superradiance
We propose an experiment for generating and detecting vacuum-induced
dissipative motion. A high frequency mechanical resonator driven in resonance
is expected to dissipate energy in quantum vacuum via photon emission. The
photons are stored in a high quality electromagnetic cavity and detected
through their interaction with ultracold alkali-metal atoms prepared in an
inverted population of hyperfine states. Superradiant amplification of the
generated photons results in a detectable radio-frequency signal temporally
distinguishable from the expected background.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Exact results for interacting electrons in high Landau levels
We study a two-dimensional electron system in a magnetic field with a fermion
hardcore interaction and without disorder. Projecting the Hamiltonian onto the
n-th Landau level, we show that the Hartree-Fock theory is exact in the limit n
\rightarrow \infty, for the high temperature, uniform density phase of an
infinite system; for a finite-size system, it is exact at all temperatures. In
addition, we show that a charge-density wave arises below a transition
temperature T_t. Using Landau theory, we construct a phase diagram which
contains both unidirectional and triangular charge-density wave phases. We
discuss the unidirectional charge-density wave at zero temperature and argue
that quantum fluctuations are unimportant in the large-n limit. Finally, we
discuss the accuracy of the Hartree-Fock approximation for potentials with a
nonzero range such as the Coulomb interaction.Comment: RevTex, 12 pages with figures included in same file; to appear in
Physical Review
Localized states in strong magnetic field: resonant scattering and the Dicke effect
We study the energy spectrum of a system of localized states coupled to a 2D
electron gas in strong magnetic field. If the energy levels of localized states
are close to the electron energy in the plane, the system exhibits a kind of
collective behavior analogous to the Dicke effect in optics. The latter
manifests itself in ``trapping'' of electronic states by localized states. At
the same time, the electronic density of states develops a gap near the
resonance. The gap and the trapping of states appear to be complementary and
reflect an intimate relation between the resonant scattering and the Dicke
effect. We reveal this relation by presenting the exact solution of the problem
for the lowest Landau level. In particular, we show that in the absence of
disorder the system undergoes a phase transition at some critical concentration
of localized states.Comment: 28 pages + 9 fig
Ab Initio Calculations of the Walls Shear Strength of Carbon Nanotubes
The dependence of the energy of interwall interaction in double-walled carbon
nanotubes (DWNT) on the relative position of walls has been calculated using
the density functional method. This dependence is used to evaluate forces that
are necessary for the relative telescopic motion of walls and to calculate the
shear strength of DWNT for the relative sliding of walls along the nanotube
axis and for their relative rotation about this axis. The possibility of
experimental verification of the obtained results is discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
Collective states in highly symmetric atomic configurations, and single-photon traps
Abbreviated Abstract: We study correlated states in a circular and
linear-chain configuration of identical two-level atoms containing the energy
of a single quasi-resonant photon in the form of a collective excitation, where
the collective behaviour is mediated by exchange of transverse photons between
the atoms. For a circular configuration of atoms the effective Hamiltonian on
the radiationless subspace of the system can be diagonalized analytically. In
this case, the radiationless energy eigenstates carry a quantum
number which is analogous to the angular momentum quantum
number , carried by particles propagating in a central potential,
such as a hydrogen-like system. Just as the hydrogen s-states are the only
electronic wave functions which can occupy the central region of the Coulomb
potential, the quasi-particle corresponding to a collective excitation of the
circular atomic sample can occupy the central atom only for vanishing
quantum number . For large numbers of atoms in a maximally
subradiant state, a critical interatomic distance of emerges both
in the linear-chain and the circular configuration of atoms. The spontaneous
decay rate of the linear configuration exhibits a jump-like "critical"
behaviour for next-neighbour distances close to a half-wavelength. Furthermore,
both the linear-chain and the circular configuration exhibit exponential photon
trapping once the next-neighbour distance becomes less than a half-wavelength,
with the suppression of spontaneous decay being particularly pronounced in the
circular system. In this way, circular configurations containing sufficiently
many atoms may be natural candidates for {\it single-photon traps}.Comment: Invited contribution to "Xth International Conference on Quantum
Optics ICQO 2004" in Minsk, Belarus. To be published in Optics and
Spectroscop
Microsecond Lifetimes and Low Interface Recombination Velocities in Moderately Doped n-GaAs Thin Films
We have observed lifetimes greater than 1 ps in moderately doped, thin film, n-GaAs/A1a,Gae,As double heterostructure membranes formed by etching away the substrate. We attribute these ultralong lifetimes to enhanced photon recycling caused by the removal of the substrate. Nonradiative recombination in the bulk and at the interfaces is very low; the upper limit of the interface recombination velocity is 25 cm/S.-Such long lifetimes in GaAs doped at N,= 1.3 X 10” cme3 suggest that thin-film solar cells offer a potential option for achieving very high efficiencies
Coherent states for the hydrogen atom
We construct a system of coherent states for the hydrogen atom that is
expressed in terms of elementary functions. Unlike to the previous attempts in
this direction, this system possesses the properties equivalent to the most of
those for the harmonic oscillator, with modifications due to the character of
the problem.Comment: 6 pages, LATEX, using ioplppt.sty and iopfts.sty. v.2: some misprints
are corrected. To appear in J.Phys.
Reduced neural selectivity for mental states in deaf children with delayed exposure to sign language
Early linguistic experience directly facilitates social development in childhood. Here, the authors reveal that children with delayed access to language show delayed development of selective responses in cortical regions involved in thinking about others’ thoughts
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