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A repulsive atomic gas in a harmonic trap on the border of itinerant ferromagnetism
Alongside superfluidity, itinerant (Stoner) ferromagnetism remains one of the
most well-characterized phases of correlated Fermi systems. A recent experiment
has reported the first evidence for novel phase behavior on the repulsive side
of the Feshbach resonance in a two-component ultracold Fermi gas. By adapting
recent theoretical studies to the atomic trap geometry, we show that an
adiabatic ferromagnetic transition would take place at a weaker interaction
strength than is observed in experiment. This discrepancy motivates a simple
non-equilibrium theory that takes account of the dynamics of magnetic defects
and three-body losses. The formalism developed displays good quantitative
agreement with experiment.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Simply connected projective manifolds in characteristic have no nontrivial stratified bundles
We show that simply connected projective manifolds in characteristic
have no nontrivial stratified bundles. This gives a positive answer to a
conjecture by D. Gieseker. The proof uses Hrushovski's theorem on periodic
points.Comment: 16 pages. Revised version contains a more general theorem on torsion
points on moduli, together with an illustration in rank 2 due to M. Raynaud.
Reference added. Last version has some typos corrected. Appears in
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Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in a mesoscopic ring with a quantum dot
We present an analysis of the Aharonov-Bohm oscillations for a mesoscopic
ring with a quantum dot inserted in one of its arms. It is shown that
microreversibility demands that the phase of the Aharonov-Bohm oscillations
changes {\it abruptly} when a resonant level crosses the Fermi energy. We use
the Friedel sum rule to discuss the conservation of the parity of the
oscillations at different conductance peaks. Our predictions are illustrated
with the help of a simple one channel model that permits the variation of the
potential landscape along the ring.Comment: 11 pages, Revtex style, 3 figures under request. Submitted to Phys.
Rev. B (rapid communications
Randomized Benchmarking of Quantum Gates
A key requirement for scalable quantum computing is that elementary quantum
gates can be implemented with sufficiently low error. One method for
determining the error behavior of a gate implementation is to perform process
tomography. However, standard process tomography is limited by errors in state
preparation, measurement and one-qubit gates. It suffers from inefficient
scaling with number of qubits and does not detect adverse error-compounding
when gates are composed in long sequences. An additional problem is due to the
fact that desirable error probabilities for scalable quantum computing are of
the order of 0.0001 or lower. Experimentally proving such low errors is
challenging. We describe a randomized benchmarking method that yields estimates
of the computationally relevant errors without relying on accurate state
preparation and measurement. Since it involves long sequences of randomly
chosen gates, it also verifies that error behavior is stable when used in long
computations. We implemented randomized benchmarking on trapped atomic ion
qubits, establishing a one-qubit error probability per randomized pi/2 pulse of
0.00482(17) in a particular experiment. We expect this error probability to be
readily improved with straightforward technical modifications.Comment: 13 page
Quantum information processing with trapped ions
Experiments directed towards the development of a quantum computer based on
trapped atomic ions are described briefly. We discuss the implementation of
single qubit operations and gates between qubits. A geometric phase gate
between two ion qubits is described. Limitations of the trapped-ion method such
as those caused by Stark shifts and spontaneous emission are addressed.
Finally, we describe a strategy to realize a large-scale device.Comment: Article submitted by D. J. Wineland ([email protected])
for proceeding of the Discussion Meeting on Practical Realisations of Quantum
Information Processing, held at the Royal Society, Nov. 13,14, 200
Experimental demonstration of a technique to generate arbitrary quantum superposition states
Using a single, harmonically trapped Be ion, we experimentally
demonstrate a technique for generation of arbitrary states of a two-level
particle confined by a harmonic potential. Rather than engineering a single
Hamiltonian that evolves the system to a desired final sate, we implement a
technique that applies a sequence of simple operations to synthesize the state
Emergency Portasystemic Shunting in Cirrhotics With Bleeding Varices — A Comparison of Portacaval and Mesocaval Shunts
Despite the best conservative measures available for the control of major variceal hemorrhage, some
patients either continue to bleed, or rebleed early, and require emergency surgery. One hundred patients
with cirrhosis and uncontrolled bleeding were treated with emergency portasystemic shunts between 1968
and 1983. Fifty eight patients had end-to-side portacaval shunts and 42 had Dacron interposition mesocaval
shunts. Both groups were comparable with respect to age, sex and prevalence of alcoholism. There was an
increased severity of liver disease as assessed by Child's class in the mesocaval group of patients
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