418 research outputs found
Playing a quantum game with a corrupted source
The quantum advantage arising in a simplified multi-player quantum game, is
found to be a disadvantage when the game's qubit-source is corrupted by a noisy
"demon". Above a critical value of the corruption-rate, or noise-level, the
coherent quantum effects impede the players to such an extent that the optimal
choice of game changes from quantum to classical.Comment: This version will appear in PRA (Rapid Comm.
Multiple Potts Models Coupled to Two-Dimensional Quantum Gravity
We perform Monte Carlo simulations using the Wolff cluster algorithm of {\it
multiple} state Potts models on dynamical phi-cubed graphs of
spherical topology in order to investigate the region of two-dimensional
quantum gravity. Contrary to naive expectation we find no obvious signs of
pathological behaviour for . We discuss the results in the light of
suggestions that have been made for a modified DDK ansatz for .Comment: 9 page
Quenching 2D Quantum Gravity
We simulate the Ising model on a set of fixed random graphs, which
corresponds to a {\it quenched} coupling to 2D gravity rather than the annealed
coupling that is usually considered. We investigate the critical exponents in
such a quenched ensemble and compare them with measurements on dynamical
graphs, flat lattices and a single fixed graph.Comment: 8 page
How strongly do word reading times and lexical decision times correlate? Combining data from eye movement corpora and megastudies
We assess the amount of shared variance between three measures of visual word recognition latencies: eye movement latencies, lexical decision times and naming times. After partialling out the effects of word frequency and word length, two well-documented predictors of word recognition latencies, we see that 7-44% of the variance is uniquely shared between lexical decision times and naming times, depending on the frequency range of the words used. A similar analysis of eye movement latencies shows that the percentage of variance they uniquely share either with lexical decision times or with naming times is much lower. It is 5 – 17% for gaze durations and lexical decision times in studies with target words presented in neutral sentences, but drops to .2% for corpus studies in which eye movements to all words are analysed. Correlations between gaze durations and naming latencies are lower still. These findings suggest that processing times in isolated word processing and continuous text reading are affected by specific task demands and presentation format, and that lexical decision times and naming times are not very informative in predicting eye movement latencies in text reading once the effect of word frequency and word length are taken into account. The difference between controlled experiments and natural reading suggests that reading strategies and stimulus materials may determine the degree to which the immediacy-of-processing assumption and the eye-mind assumption apply. Fixation times are more likely to exclusively reflect the lexical processing of the currently fixated word in controlled studies with unpredictable target words rather than in natural reading of sentences or texts
Numerical studies of the two- and three-dimensional gauge glass at low temperature
We present results from Monte Carlo simulations of the two- and
three-dimensional gauge glass at low temperature using the parallel tempering
Monte Carlo method. Our results in two dimensions strongly support the
transition being at T_c=0. A finite-size scaling analysis, which works well
only for the larger sizes and lower temperatures, gives the stiffness exponent
theta = -0.39 +/- 0.03. In three dimensions we find theta = 0.27 +/- 0.01,
compatible with recent results from domain wall renormalization group studies.Comment: 7 pages, 10 figures, submitted to PR
Lattice-switch Monte Carlo
We present a Monte Carlo method for the direct evaluation of the difference
between the free energies of two crystal structures. The method is built on a
lattice-switch transformation that maps a configuration of one structure onto a
candidate configuration of the other by `switching' one set of lattice vectors
for the other, while keeping the displacements with respect to the lattice
sites constant. The sampling of the displacement configurations is biased,
multicanonically, to favor paths leading to `gateway' arrangements for which
the Monte Carlo switch to the candidate configuration will be accepted. The
configurations of both structures can then be efficiently sampled in a single
process, and the difference between their free energies evaluated from their
measured probabilities. We explore and exploit the method in the context of
extensive studies of systems of hard spheres. We show that the efficiency of
the method is controlled by the extent to which the switch conserves correlated
microstructure. We also show how, microscopically, the procedure works: the
system finds gateway arrangements which fulfill the sampling bias
intelligently. We establish, with high precision, the differences between the
free energies of the two close packed structures (fcc and hcp) in both the
constant density and the constant pressure ensembles.Comment: 34 pages, 9 figures, RevTeX. To appear in Phys. Rev.
Direct sampling of complex landscapes at low temperatures: the three-dimensional +/-J Ising spin glass
A method is presented, which allows to sample directly low-temperature
configurations of glassy systems, like spin glasses. The basic idea is to
generate ground states and low lying excited configurations using a heuristic
algorithm. Then, with the help of microcanonical Monte Carlo simulations, more
configurations are found, clusters of configurations are determined and
entropies evaluated. Finally equilibrium configuration are randomly sampled
with proper Gibbs-Boltzmann weights.
The method is applied to three-dimensional Ising spin glasses with +- J
interactions and temperatures T<=0.5. The low-temperature behavior of this
model is characterized by evaluating different overlap quantities, exhibiting a
complex low-energy landscape for T>0, while the T=0 behavior appears to be less
complex.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures, revtex (one sentence changed compared to v2
Ising Spins on Thin Graphs
The Ising model on ``thin'' graphs (standard Feynman diagrams) displays
several interesting properties. For ferromagnetic couplings there is a mean
field phase transition at the corresponding Bethe lattice transition point. For
antiferromagnetic couplings the replica trick gives some evidence for a spin
glass phase. In this paper we investigate both the ferromagnetic and
antiferromagnetic models with the aid of simulations. We confirm the Bethe
lattice values of the critical points for the ferromagnetic model on
and graphs and examine the putative spin glass phase in the
antiferromagnetic model by looking at the overlap between replicas in a
quenched ensemble of graphs. We also compare the Ising results with those for
higher state Potts models and Ising models on ``fat'' graphs, such as those
used in 2D gravity simulations.Comment: LaTeX 13 pages + 9 postscript figures, COLO-HEP-340,
LPTHE-Orsay-94-6
Low Energy Excitations in Spin Glasses from Exact Ground States
We investigate the nature of the low-energy, large-scale excitations in the
three-dimensional Edwards-Anderson Ising spin glass with Gaussian couplings and
free boundary conditions, by studying the response of the ground state to a
coupling-dependent perturbation introduced previously. The ground states are
determined exactly for system sizes up to 12^3 spins using a branch and cut
algorithm. The data are consistent with a picture where the surface of the
excitations is not space-filling, such as the droplet or the ``TNT'' picture,
with only minimal corrections to scaling. When allowing for very large
corrections to scaling, the data are also consistent with a picture with
space-filling surfaces, such as replica symmetry breaking. The energy of the
excitations scales with their size with a small exponent \theta', which is
compatible with zero if we allow moderate corrections to scaling. We compare
the results with data for periodic boundary conditions obtained with a genetic
algorithm, and discuss the effects of different boundary conditions on
corrections to scaling. Finally, we analyze the performance of our branch and
cut algorithm, finding that it is correlated with the existence of
large-scale,low-energy excitations.Comment: 18 Revtex pages, 16 eps figures. Text significantly expanded with
more discussion of the numerical data. Fig.11 adde
Theory and simulation of quantum photovoltaic devices based on the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism
This article reviews the application of the non-equilibrium Green's function
formalism to the simulation of novel photovoltaic devices utilizing quantum
confinement effects in low dimensional absorber structures. It covers
well-known aspects of the fundamental NEGF theory for a system of interacting
electrons, photons and phonons with relevance for the simulation of
optoelectronic devices and introduces at the same time new approaches to the
theoretical description of the elementary processes of photovoltaic device
operation, such as photogeneration via coherent excitonic absorption,
phonon-mediated indirect optical transitions or non-radiative recombination via
defect states. While the description of the theoretical framework is kept as
general as possible, two specific prototypical quantum photovoltaic devices, a
single quantum well photodiode and a silicon-oxide based superlattice absorber,
are used to illustrated the kind of unique insight that numerical simulations
based on the theory are able to provide.Comment: 20 pages, 10 figures; invited review pape
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