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Absorption in atomic wires
The transfer matrix formalism is implemented in the form of the multiple
collision technique to account for dissipative transmission processes by using
complex potentials in several models of atomic chains. The absorption term is
rigorously treated to recover unitarity for the non-hermitian hamiltonians. In
contrast to other models of parametrized scatterers we assemble explicit
potentials profiles in the form of delta arrays, Poschl-Teller holes and
complex Scarf potentials. The techniques developed provide analytical
expressions for the scattering and absorption probabilities of arbitrarily long
wires. The approach presented is suitable for modelling molecular aggregate
potentials and also supports new models of continuous disordered systems. The
results obtained also suggest the possibility of using these complex potentials
within disordered wires to study the loss of coherence in the electronic
localization regime due to phase-breaking inelastic processes.Comment: 14 pages, 15 figures. To appear in Phys. Rev.
Lower bound for the ground state energy of the no-pair Hamiltonian
A lower bound for the ground state energy of a one particle relativistic
Hamiltonian - sometimes called no-pair operator - is provided.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure, 1 table, Latex2e (amssymb,amsmath,graphicx
Multi-Atomic Mirror for Perfect Reflection of Single Photons in A Wide Band of Frequency
A resonant two level atom doped in one dimensional waveguide behaves as a
mirror, but this single-atom "mirror" can only reflect single photon perfectly
at a specific frequency. For a one dimensional coupled-resonator waveguide, we
propose to extend the perfect reflection region from a specific frequency to a
wide band by placing many atoms individually in the resonators in a finite
coordinate region of the waveguide. Such a doped resonator array promises us to
control the propagation of a practical photon wave packet with certain momentum
distribution instead of a single photon, which is ideally represented by a
plane wave with specific momentum. The studies based on the discrete-coordinate
scattering theory display that such hybrid structure indeed provides a
near-perfect reflection for single photon in a wide band. We also calculated
photon group velocity distribution, which shows that the perfect reflection
with wide band exactly corresponds to the stopping light region.Comment: 8 pages, 10 figure
Fringe spacing and phase of interfering matter waves
We experimentally investigate the outcoupling of atoms from Bose-Einstein
condensates using two radio-frequency (rf) fields in the presence of gravity.
We show that the fringe separation in the resulting interference pattern
derives entirely from the energy difference between the two rf fields and not
the gravitational potential difference. We subsequently demonstrate how the
phase and polarisation of the rf radiation directly control the phase of the
matter wave interference and provide a semi-classical interpretation of the
results.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Anomaly Cancellation in 2+1 dimensions in the presence of a domainwall mass
A Fermion in 2+1 dimensions, with a mass function which depends on one
spatial coordinate and passes through a zero ( a domain wall mass), is
considered. In this model, originally proposed by Callan and Harvey, the gauge
variation of the effective gauge action mainly consists of two terms. One comes
from the induced Chern-Simons term and the other from the chiral fermions,
bound to the 1+1 dimensional wall, and they are expected to cancel each other.
Though there exist arguments in favour of this, based on the possible forms of
the effective action valid far from the wall and some facts about theories of
chiral fermions in 1+1 dimensions, a complete calculation is lacking. In this
paper we present an explicit calculation of this cancellation at one loop valid
even close to the wall. We show that, integrating out the ``massive'' modes of
the theory does produce the Chern-Simons term, as appreciated previously. In
addition we show that it generates a term that softens the high energy
behaviour of the 1+1 dimensional effective chiral theory thereby resolving an
ambiguity present in a general 1+1 dimensional theory.Comment: 17 pages, LaTex file, CU-TP-61
Adenylate effects on protein phosphorylation in the interenvelope lumen of pea chloroplasts
A 64-kilodalton (kDa) protein, situated in the lumen between the inner and outer envelopes of pea (Pisum sativum L.) chloroplasts (Soll and Bennett 1988, Eur. J. Biochem., 175, 301–307) is shown to undergo reversible phosphorylation in isolated mixed envelope vesicles. It is the most conspicuously labelled protein after incubation of envelopes with 33 nmol·1-1 [-32P]ATP whereas incubation with 50 mol·1-1 [-32P]ATP labels most prominently two outer envelope proteins (86 and 23 kDa). Half-maximum velocity for phosphorylation of the 64-kDa protein occurs with 200 nmol·1-1 ATP, and around 40 mol·1-1 ATP for phosphorylation of the 86- and 23-kDa proteins, indicating the operation of two distinct kinases. GGuanosine-, uridine-, cytidine 5-triphosphate and AMP are poor inhibitors of the labelling of the 64-kDa protein with [-32P]ATP. On the other hand, ADP has a potent influence on the extent of labelling (half-maximal inhibition at 1–5 mol·1-1). The ADP-dependent appearance of 32P in ATP indicates that ADP acts by reversal of kinase activity and not as a competitive inhibitor. However, the most rapid loss of 32P from pre-labelled 64-kDa protein occurs when envelope vesicles are incubated with ATP t1/2=15 s at 20 molsd1-1 ATP). This induced turnover of phosphate appears to be responsible for the rapid phosphoryl turnover seen in situ
Scattering states of a particle, with position-dependent mass, in a symmetric heterojunction
The study of a particle with position-dependent effective mass (pdem), within
a double heterojunction is extended into the complex domain --- when the region
within the heterojunctions is described by a non Hermitian
symmetric potential. After obtaining the exact analytical solutions, the
reflection and transmission coefficients are calculated, and plotted as a
function of the energy. It is observed that at least two of the characteristic
features of non Hermitian symmetric systems --- viz., left / right
asymmetry and anomalous behaviour at spectral singularity, are preserved even
in the presence of pdem. The possibility of charge conservation is also
discussed.Comment: 12 pages, including 6 figures; Journal of Physics A : Math. Theor.
(2012
BCS-BEC Crossover in Atomic Fermi Gases with a Narrow Resonance
We determine the effects on the BCS-BEC crossover of the energy dependence of
the effective two-body interaction, which at low energies is determined by the
effective range. To describe interactions with an effective range of either
sign, we consider a single-channel model with a two-body interaction having an
attractive square well and a repulsive square barrier. We investigate the
two-body scattering properties of the model, and then solve the Eagles-Leggett
equations for the zero temperature crossover, determining the momentum
dependent gap and the chemical potential self-consistently. From this we
investigate the dependence of the crossover on the effective range of the
interaction.Comment: 12 pages, 14 figure
Programmed buckling by controlled lateral swelling in a thin elastic sheet
Recent experiments have imposed controlled swelling patterns on thin polymer
films, which subsequently buckle into three-dimensional shapes. We develop a
solution to the design problem suggested by such systems, namely, if and how
one can generate particular three-dimensional shapes from thin elastic sheets
by mere imposition of a two-dimensional pattern of locally isotropic growth.
Not every shape is possible. Several types of obstruction can arise, some of
which depend on the sheet thickness. We provide some examples using the
axisymmetric form of the problem, which is analytically tractable.Comment: 11 pages, 9 figure
Modified Newton's law, braneworlds, and the gravitational quantum well
Most of the theories involving extra dimensions assume that only the
gravitational interaction can propagate in them. In such approaches, called
brane world models, the effective, 4-dimensional, Newton's law is modified at
short as well as at large distances. Usually, the deformation of Newton's law
at large distances is parametrized by a Yukawa potential, which arises mainly
from theories with compactified extra dimensions. In many other models however,
the extra dimensions are infinite. These approaches lead to a large distance
power-law deformation of the gravitational newtonian potential , namely
, which is less studied in the literature. We
investigate here the dynamics of a particle in a gravitational quantum well
with such a power-law deformation. The effects of the deformation on the energy
spectrum are discussed. We also compare our modified spectrum to the results
obtained with the GRANIT experiment, where the effects of the Earth's
gravitational field on quantum states of ultra cold neutrons moving above a
mirror are studied. This comparison leads to upper bounds on and .Comment: 11 pages, 1 figur
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