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Geometrical phase driven predissociation: Lifetimes of 2^2 A' levels of H_3
We discuss the role of the geometrical phase in predissociation dynamics of
vibrational states near a conical intersection of two electronic potential
surfaces of a D_{3h} molecule. For quantitative description of the
predissociation driven by the coupling near a conical intersection, we
developed a method for calculating lifetimes and positions of vibrational
predissociated states (Feshbach resonances) for X_3 molecule. The method takes
into account the two coupled three-body potential energy surfaces, which are
degenerate at the intersection. As an example, we apply the method to obtain
lifetimes and positions of resonances of predissociated vibrational levels of
the 2^2 A' electronic state of the H_3 molecule. The three-body recombination
rate coefficient for the H+H+H -> H_2+H process is estimated.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Generation of atom-atom correlations inside and outside the mutual light cone
We analyze whether a pair of neutral two level atoms can become entangled in
a finite time while they remain causally disconnected. The interaction with the
e. m. field is treated perturbatively in the electric dipole approximation. We
start from an initial vacuum state and obtain the final atomic correlations for
the cases where n = 0, 1, or 2 photons are produced in a time t, and also when
the final field state is unknown. Our results show that correlations are
sizable inside and outside the mutual light cone for n= 1 and 2, and also that
quantum correlations become classical by tracing over the field state. For n =
0 we obtain entanglement generation by photon propagation between the atoms,
the correlations come from the indistinguishability of the source for n = 1,
and may give rise to entanglement swapping for n = 2.Comment: v2: Minor changes, references added. v3: full revision, appendix
added. v4: Minor changes. Accepted in Phys. Rev.
Perfect imaging with geodesic waveguides
Transformation optics is used to prove that a spherical waveguide filled with
an isotropic material with radial refractive index n=1/r has radial polarized
modes (i.e. the electric field has only radial component) with the same perfect
focusing properties as the Maxwell Fish-Eye lens. The approximate version of
that device using a thin waveguide with a homogenous core paves the way to
experimentally prove perfect imaging in the Maxwell Fish Eye lens
Topological Quintessence
A global monopole (or other topological defect) formed during a recent phase
transition with core size comparable to the present Hubble scale, could induce
the observed accelerating expansion of the universe. In such a model,
topological considerations trap the scalar field close to a local maximum of
its potential in a cosmologically large region of space. We perform detailed
numerical simulations of such an inhomogeneous dark energy system (topological
quintessence) minimally coupled to gravity, in a flat background of initially
homogeneous matter. We find that when the energy density of the field in the
monopole core starts dominating the background density, the spacetime in the
core starts to accelerate its expansion in accordance to a \Lambda CDM model
with an effective inhomogeneous spherical dark energy density parameter
\Omega_\Lambda(r). The matter density profile is found to respond to the global
monopole profile via an anti-correlation (matter underdensity in the monopole
core). Away from the monopole core, the spacetime is effectively
Einstein-deSitter (\Omega_\Lambda(r_{out}) -> 0) while at the center
\Omega_\Lambda(r ~ 0) is maximum. We fit the numerically obtained expansion
rate at the monopole core to the Union2 data and show that the quality of fit
is almost identical to that of \Lambda CDM. Finally, we discuss potential
observational signatures of this class of inhomogeneous dark energy models.Comment: Accepted in Phys. Rev. D (to appear). Added observational bounds on
parameters. 10 pages (two column revtex), 6 figures. The Mathematica files
used to produce the figures of this study may be downloaded from
http://leandros.physics.uoi.gr/topquin
Renormalization of Coulomb interaction in graphene: computing observable quantities
We address the computation of physical observables in graphene in the
presence of Coulomb interactions of density-density type modeled with a static
Coulomb potential within a quantum field theory perturbative renormalization
scheme. We show that all the divergences encountered in the physical quantities
are associated to the one loop electron self-energy and can be determined
without ambiguities by a proper renormalization of the Fermi velocity. The
renormalization of the photon polarization to second order in perturbation
theory - a quantity directly related to the optical conductivity - is given as
an example.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figure
Doubly heavy baryon production at polarized photon collider
We study the inclusive production of doubly heavy baryon at
polarized photon collider. Our results show that proper choice of the initial
beam polarizations may increase the production rate of approximately
10%.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figure
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