544 research outputs found
Kosterlitz-Thouless Universality in a Fermionic System
A new extension of the attractive Hubbard model is constructed to study the
critical behavior near a finite temperature superconducting phase transition in
two dimensions using the recently developed meron-cluster algorithm. Unlike
previous calculations in the attractive Hubbard model which were limited to
small lattices, the new algorithm is used to study the critical behavior on
lattices as large as . These precise results for the first time
show that a fermionic system can undergo a finite temperature phase transition
whose critical behavior is well described by the predictions of Kosterlitz and
Thouless almost three decades ago. In particular it is confirmed that the
spatial winding number susceptibility obeys the well known predictions of
finite size scaling for and up to logarithmic corrections the pair
susceptibility scales as at large volumes with for .Comment: Revtex format; 4 pages, 2 figure
Fermion loop simulation of the lattice Gross-Neveu model
We present a numerical simulation of the Gross-Neveu model on the lattice
using a new representation in terms of fermion loops. In the loop
representation all signs due to Pauli statistics are eliminated completely and
the partition function is a sum over closed loops with only positive weights.
We demonstrate that the new formulation allows to simulate volumes which are
two orders of magnitude larger than those accessible with standard methods
Mortality of olive ridley turtles during nesting season along Chennai coast
Sporadic nesting activities of olive ridley turtle
(Lepidochelys olivacea) are often reported along the
Chennai coast in northern Tamil Nadu. These turtles
approach the beaches for nesting in the Tamil month
of Panguni and have thus derived the local name
“Panguni aamai”. As in every year, with the onset of
annual nesting season in early 2017, mortality of
turtles along the Chennai coast was recorded. From
02.01.2017 to 07.01.2017, a total of seven adult turtle
carcasses were observed in 20km stretch of beach
between Marina beach and Kanathur Reddykuppam
Cluster Algorithms for Quantum Impurity Models and Mesoscopic Kondo Physics
Nanoscale physics and dynamical mean field theory have both generated
increased interest in complex quantum impurity problems and so have focused
attention on the need for flexible quantum impurity solvers. Here we
demonstrate that the mapping of single quantum impurity problems onto
spin-chains can be exploited to yield a powerful and extremely flexible
impurity solver. We implement this cluster algorithm explicitly for the
Anderson and Kondo Hamiltonians, and illustrate its use in the ``mesoscopic
Kondo problem''. To study universal Kondo physics, a large ratio between the
effective bandwidth and the temperature is required; our
cluster algorithm treats the mesoscopic fluctuations exactly while being able
to approach the large limit with ease. We emphasize that the
flexibility of our method allows it to tackle a wide variety of quantum
impurity problems; thus, it may also be relevant to the dynamical mean field
theory of lattice problems.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
On the Sign Problem in the Hirsch-Fye Algorithm for Impurity Problems
We show that there is no fermion sign problem in the Hirsch and Fye algorithm
for the single-impurity Anderson model. Beyond the particle-hole symmetric case
for which a simple proof exists, this has been known only empirically. Here we
prove the nonexistence of a sign problem for the general case by showing that
each spin trace for a given Ising configuration is separately positive. We
further use this insight to analyze under what conditions orbitally degenerate
Anderson models or the two-impurity Anderson model develop a sign.Comment: 2 pages, no figure; published versio
Cytological studies on diploid and autotetraploid ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.)
Cytology of diploid and induced autotetl'aploid of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) was studied. The diploid (2n=22) showed one or two associations offour chromosomes at first metaphase. The tetraploid formed a high frequency of quadrivalents at first metaphase. Both showed bridge-fragment configurations at first anaphase. Pol1en fertility was 13% in the diploid and 85% in the tetraploid.
 
Cytological studies on diploid and autotetraploid ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.)
Cytology of diploid and induced autotetl'aploid of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) was studied. The diploid (2n=22) showed one or two associations offour chromosomes at first metaphase. The tetraploid formed a high frequency of quadrivalents at first metaphase. Both showed bridge-fragment configurations at first anaphase. Pol1en fertility was 13% in the diploid and 85% in the tetraploid.
 
Non-perturbative Quantum Dynamics of the Order Parameter in the Pairing Model
We consider quantum dynamics of the order parameter in the discrete pairing
model (Richardson model) in thermodynamic equilibrium. The integrable
Richardson Hamiltonian is represented as a direct sum of Hamiltonians acting in
different Hilbert spaces of single-particle and paired/empty states. This
allows us to factorize the full thermodynamic partition function into a
combination of simple terms associated with real spins on singly-occupied
states and the partition function of the quantum XY-model for Anderson
pseudospins associated with the paired/empty states. Using coherent-state
path-integral, we calculate the effects of superconducting phase fluctuations
exactly. The contribution of superconducting amplitude fluctuations to the
partition function in the broken-symmetry phase is shown to follow from the
Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations in imaginary time. These equations in turn allow
several interesting mappings, e.g., they are shown to be in a one-to-one
correspondence with the one-dimensional Schr\"odinger equation in
supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics. However, the most practically useful approach
to calculate functional determinants is found to be via an analytical
continuation of the quantum order parameter to real time, \Delta(\tau -> it),
such that the problem maps onto that of a driven two-level system. The
contribution of a particular dynamic order parameter to the partition function
is shown to correspond to the sum of the Berry phase and dynamic phase
accumulated by the pseudospin. We also examine a family of exact solutions for
two-level-system dynamics on a class of elliptic functions and suggest a
compact expression to estimate the functional determinants on such
trajectories. The possibility of having quantum soliton solutions co-existing
with classical BCS mean-field is discussed.Comment: 34 pages (v2: Typos corrected, references added
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