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Can Baryonic Features Produce the Observed 100 Mpc Clustering?
We assess the possibility that baryonic acoustic oscillations in adiabatic
models may explain the observations of excess power in large-scale structure on
100h^-1 Mpc scales. The observed location restricts models to two extreme areas
of parameter space. In either case, the baryon fraction must be large
(Omega_b/Omega_0 > 0.3) to yield significant features. The first region
requires Omega_0 < 0.2h to match the location, implying large blue tilts
(n>1.4) to satisfy cluster abundance constraints. The power spectrum also
continues to rise toward larger scales in these models. The second region
requires Omega_0 near 1, implying Omega_b well out of the range of big bang
nucleosynthesis constraints; moreover, the peak is noticeably wider than the
observations suggest. Testable features of both solutions are that they require
moderate reionization and thereby generate potentially observable (about 1 uK)
large-angle polarization, as well as sub-arc-minute temperature fluctuations.
In short, baryonic features in adiabatic models may explain the observed excess
only if currently favored determinations of cosmological parameters are in
substantial error or if present surveys do not represent a fair sample of
100h^-1 Mpc structures.Comment: LaTeX, 7 pages, 5 Postscript figures, submitted to ApJ Letter
Observation of a Linearly Dispersing Collective Mode in a Quantum Hall Ferromagnet
Double layer two-dimensional electron systems can exhibit a fascinating
collective phase believed to exhibit both quantum ferromagnetism and excitonic
superfluidity. This unusual phase has recently been found to exhibit tunneling
phenomena reminiscent of the Josephson effect. A key element of the theoretical
understanding of this bizarre quantum fluid is the existence of linearly
dispersing Goldstone collective modes. Using the method of tunneling
spectroscopy, we have demonstrated the existence of these modes. We find the
measured velocity to be in reasonable agreement with theoretical estimates.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures; accepted for publication in PRL. Contains new
data, a new figure, and a new titl
Stability of the compressible quantum Hall state around the half-filled Landau level
We study the compressible states in the quantum Hall system using a mean
field theory on the von Neumann lattice. In the lowest Landau level, a kinetic
energy is generated dynamically from Coulomb interaction. The compressibility
of the state is calculated as a function of the filling factor and the
width of the spacer between the charge carrier layer and dopants. The
compressibility becomes negative below a critical value of and the state
becomes unstable at . Within a finite range around , the
stable compressible state exists above the critical value of .Comment: 4 pages, 4 Postscript figures, RevTe
Thermodynamic Signature of a Two-Dimensional Metal-Insulator Transition
We present a study of the compressibility, K, of a two-dimensional hole
system which exhibits a metal-insulator phase transition at zero magnetic
field. It has been observed that dK/dp changes sign at the critical density for
the metal-insulator transition. Measurements also indicate that the insulating
phase is incompressible for all values of B. Finally, we show how the phase
transition evolves as the magnetic field is varied and construct a phase
diagram in the density-magnetic field plane for this system.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Physical Review Letters; version 1
is identical to version 2 but didn't compile properl
NMR Determination of 2D Electron Spin Polarization at
Using a `standard' NMR spin-echo technique we determined the spin
polarization of two-dimensional electrons, confined to GaAs quantum wells, from
the hyperfine shift of Ga nuclei in the wells. Concentrating on the temperature
and magnetic field dependencies of spin polarization at Landau level filling
factor , we find that the results are described well by a simple
model of non-interacting composite fermions, although some inconsistencies
remain when the two-dimensional electron system is tilted in the magnetic
field.Comment: 4 pages (REVTEX) AND 4 figures (PS
Absorption in the fractional quantum Hall regime: trion dichroism and spin polarization
We present measurements of optical interband absorption in the fractional
quantum Hall regime in a GaAs quantum well in the range 0 < nu < 1. We
investigate the mechanism of singlet trion absorption, and show that its
circular dichroism can be used as a probe of the spin polarization of the
ground state of the two-dimensional electron system (2DES). We find that at nu
= 1/3 the 2DES is fully spin-polarized. Increasing the filling factor results
in a gradual depolarization, with a sharp minimum in the dichroism near nu =
2/3. We find that in the range 0.5 < nu < 0.85 the 2DES remains partially
polarized for the broad range of magnetic fields from 2.75 to 11 Tesla. This is
consistent with the presence of a mixture of polarized and depolarized regions.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures (Fig 4 is in color
Shifting the quantum Hall plateau level in a double layer electron system
We study the plateaux of the integer quantum Hall resistance in a bilayer
electron system in tilted magnetic fields. In a narrow range of tilt angles and
at certain magnetic fields, the plateau level deviates appreciably from the
quantized value with no dissipative transport emerging. A qualitative account
of the effect is given in terms of decoupling of the edge states corresponding
to different electron layers/Landau levels.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figures include
Cosmological extrapolation of MOND
Regime of MOND, which is used in astronomy to describe the gravitating
systems of island type without the need to postulate the existence of a
hypothetical dark matter, is generalized to the case of homogeneous
distribution of usual matter by introducing a linear dependence of the critical
acceleration on the size of region under consideration. We show that such the
extrapolation of MOND in cosmology is consistent with both the observed
dependence of brightness on the redshift for type Ia supernovae and the
parameters of large-scale structure of Universe in the evolution, that is
determined by the presence of a cosmological constant, the ordinary matter of
baryons and electrons as well as the photon and neutrino radiation without any
dark matter.Comment: 20 pages, 5 figures, comments adde
Tunneling Between a Pair of Parallel Hall Droplets
In this paper, we examine interwell tunneling between a pair of fractional
quantum Hall liquids in a double quantum well system in a tilted magnetic
field. Using a variational Monte Carlo method, we calculate moments of the
intra-Landau level tunneling spectrum as a function of in-plane field component
and interwell spacing . This is done for variety of
incompressible states including a pair of layers ([330]), pair of
layers ([550]), and Halperin's [331] state. The results suggest a
technique to extract interwell correlations from the tunneling spectral data.Comment: 21 pages and 8 figures (included), RevTeX, preprint no. UCSDCU
Absence of Floating Delocalized States in a Two-Dimensional Hole Gas
By tracking the delocalized states of the two-dimensional hole gas in a
p-type GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure as a function of magnetic field, we mapped
out a phase diagram in the density-magnetic-field plane. We found that the
energy of the delocalized state from the lowest Landau level flattens out as
the magnetic field tends toward zero. This finding is different from that for
the two-dimensional electron system in an n-type GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure
where delocalized states diverge in energy as B goes to zero indicating the
presence of only localized states below the Fermi energy. The possible
connection of this finding to the recently observed metal-insulator transition
at B = 0 in the two-dimensional hole gas systems is discussed.Comment: 10 pages, 4 Postscript figures, To be published in Physical Review B
(Rapid Communications) 58, Sept. 15, 199
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