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Experimental determination of the 6s^2 ^1S_0 -> 5d6s ^3 D_1 magnetic-dipole transition amplitude in atomic ytterbium
We report on a measurement of the highly forbidden 6s^2 ^1S_0 \to 5d6s ^3
D_1 magnetic-dipole transition in atomic ytterbium using the
Stark-interference technique. This amplitude is important in interpreting a
future parity nonconservation experiment that exploits the same transition. We
find , where the larger uncertainty comes from the previously
measured vector transition polarizability . The amplitude is small
and should not limit the precision of the parity nonconservation experiment.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures Paper resubmitted with minor corrections and
additions based on comments from referee
A Pair of Disjoint 3-GDDs of type g^t u^1
Pairwise disjoint 3-GDDs can be used to construct some optimal
constant-weight codes. We study the existence of a pair of disjoint 3-GDDs of
type and establish that its necessary conditions are also sufficient.Comment: Designs, Codes and Cryptography (to appear
Breaking CPT by mixed non-commutativity
The mixed component of the non-commutative parameter \theta_{\mu M}, where
\mu = 0,1,2,3 and M is an extra dimensional index may violate four-dimensional
CPT invariance. We calculate one and two-loop induced couplings of \theta_{\mu
5} with the four-dimensional axial vector current and with the CPT odd dim=6
operators starting from five-dimensional Yukawa and U(1) theories. The
resulting bounds from clock comparison experiments place a stringent constraint
on \theta_{\mu 5}, |\theta_{\mu 5}|^{-1/2} > 5\times 10^{11} GeV. The orbifold
projection and/or localization of fermions on a 3-brane lead to CPT-conserving
physics, in which case the constraints on \theta{\mu 5} are softened.Comment: 4 pages, latex, 1 figur
Coherent dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates in high-finesse optical cavities
We study the mutual interaction of a Bose-Einstein condensed gas with a
single mode of a high-finesse optical cavity. We show how the cavity
transmission reflects condensate properties and calculate the self-consistent
intra-cavity light field and condensate evolution. Solving the coupled
condensate-cavity equations we find that while falling through the cavity, the
condensate is adiabatically transfered into the ground state of the periodic
optical potential. This allows time dependent non-destructive measurements on
Bose-Einstein condensates with intriguing prospects for subsequent controlled
manipulation.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures; revised version: added reference
Quantum Limits of Stochastic Cooling of a Bosonic Gas
The quantum limits of stochastic cooling of trapped atoms are studied. The
energy subtraction due to the applied feedback is shown to contain an
additional noise term due to atom-number fluctuations in the feedback region.
This novel effect is shown to dominate the cooling efficiency near the
condensation point. Furthermore, we show first results that indicate that
Bose--Einstein condensation could be reached via stochastic cooling.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Growth of (110) Diamond using pure Dicarbon
We use a density-functional based tight-binding method to study diamond
growth steps by depositing dicarbon species onto a hydrogen-free diamond (110)
surface. Subsequent C_2 molecules are deposited on an initially clean surface,
in the vicinity of a growing adsorbate cluster, and finally, near vacancies
just before completion of a full new monolayer. The preferred growth stages
arise from C_2n clusters in near ideal lattice positions forming zigzag chains
running along the [-110] direction parallel to the surface. The adsorption
energies are consistently exothermic by 8--10 eV per C_2, depending on the size
of the cluster. The deposition barriers for these processes are in the range of
0.0--0.6 eV. For deposition sites above C_2n clusters the adsorption energies
are smaller by 3 eV, but diffusion to more stable positions is feasible. We
also perform simulations of the diffusion of C_2 molecules on the surface in
the vicinity of existing adsorbate clusters using an augmented Lagrangian
penalty method. We find migration barriers in excess of 3 eV on the clean
surface, and 0.6--1.0 eV on top of graphene-like adsorbates. The barrier
heights and pathways indicate that the growth from gaseous dicarbons proceeds
either by direct adsorption onto clean sites or after migration on top of the
existing C_2n chains.Comment: 8 Pages, 7 figure
Rotational master equation for cold laser-driven molecules
The equations of motion for the molecular rotation are derived for
vibrationally cold dimers that are polarized by off-resonant laser light. It is
shown that, by eliminating electronic and vibrational degrees of freedom, a
quantum master equation for the reduced rotational density operator can be
obtained. The coherent rotational dynamics is caused by stimulated Raman
transitions, whereas spontaneous Raman transitions lead to decoherence in the
motion of the quantized angular momentum. As an example the molecular dynamics
for the optical Kerr effect is chosen, revealing decoherence and heating of the
molecular rotation.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Heavy-light mesons with staggered light quarks
We demonstrate the viability of improved staggered light quarks in studies of
heavy-light systems. Our method for constructing heavy-light operators exploits
the close relation between naive and staggered fermions. The new approach is
tested on quenched configurations using several staggered actionsn combined
with nonrelativistic heavy quarks. The B_s meson kinetic mass, the hyperfine
and 1P-1S splittings in B_s, and the decay constant f_{B_s} are calculated and
compared to previous quenched lattice studies. An important technical detail,
Bayesian curve-fitting, is discussed at length.Comment: 38 pages, figures included. v2: Entry in Table IX corrected and other
minor changes, version appearing in Phys. Rev.
Inhibiting decoherence via ancilla processes
General conditions are derived for preventing the decoherence of a single
two-state quantum system (qubit) in a thermal bath. The employed auxiliary
systems required for this purpose are merely assumed to be weak for the general
condition while various examples such as extra qubits and extra classical
fields are studied for applications in quantum information processing. The
general condition is confirmed with well known approaches towards inhibiting
decoherence. A novel approach for decoherence-free quantum memories and quantum
operations is presented by placing the qubit into the center of a sphere with
extra qubits on its surface.Comment: pages 8, Revtex
Mesonic Wavefunctions in the three-dimensional Gross-Neveu model
We present results from a numerical study of bound state wavefunctions in the
(2+1)-dimensional Gross-Neveu model with staggered lattice fermions at both
zero and nonzero temperature. Mesonic channels with varying quantum numbers are
identified and analysed. In the strongly coupled chirally broken phase at T=0
the wavefunctions expose effects due to varying the interaction strength more
effectively than straightforward spectroscopy. In the weakly coupled chirally
restored phase information on fermion - antifermion scattering is recovered. In
the hot chirally restored phase we find evidence for a screened interaction.
The T=0 chirally symmetric phase is most readily distinguished from the
symmetric phase at high T via the fermion dispersion relation.Comment: 18 page
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