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Geometric phases under the presence of a composite environment
We compute the geometric phase for a spin-1/2 particle under the presence of
a composite environment, composed of an external bath (modeled by an infinite
set of harmonic oscillators) and another spin-1/2 particle. We consider both
cases: an initial entanglement between the spin-1/2 particles and an initial
product state in order to see if the initial entanglement has an enhancement
effect on the geometric phase of one of the spins. We follow the nonunitary
evolution of the reduced density matrix and evaluate the geometric phase for a
single two-level system. We also show that the initial entanglement enhances
the sturdiness of the geometric phase under the presence of an external
composite environment.Comment: 10 pages, 12 figures. Version to appear in Phys. Rev.
Extraction of the Sivers function with deep neural networks
Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are a powerful and flexible tool for information
extraction and modeling. In this study, we use DNNs to extract the Sivers
functions by globally fitting Semi- Inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering (SIDIS)
and Drell-Yan (DY) data. To make predictions of this Transverse
Momentum-dependent Distribution (TMD), we construct a minimally biased model
using data from COMPASS and HERMES. The resulting Sivers function model,
constructed using SIDIS data, is also used to make predictions for DY
kinematics specific to the valence and sea quarks, with careful consideration
given to experimental errors, data sparsity, and complexity of phase space
Dephasing in matter-wave interferometry
We review different attempts to show the decoherence process in
double-slit-like experiments both for charged particles (electrons) and neutral
particles with permanent dipole moments. Interference is studied when electrons
or atomic systems are coupled to classical or quantum electromagnetic fields.
The interaction between the particles and time-dependent fields induces a
time-varying Aharonov phase. Averaging over the phase generates a suppression
of fringe visibility in the interference pattern. We show that, for suitable
experimental conditions, the loss of contrast for dipoles can be almost as
large as the corresponding one for coherent electrons and therefore, be
observed. We analyze different trajectories in order to show the dependence of
the decoherence factor with the velocity of the particles.Comment: 9 pages, 1 eps-figure. To appear in J. Phys. A: Math. Ge
Selective and Efficient Quantum Process Tomography
In this paper we describe in detail and generalize a method for quantum
process tomography that was presented in [A. Bendersky, F. Pastawski, J. P.
Paz, Physical Review Letters 100, 190403 (2008)]. The method enables the
efficient estimation of any element of the --matrix of a quantum process.
Such elements are estimated as averages over experimental outcomes with a
precision that is fixed by the number of repetitions of the experiment.
Resources required to implement it scale polynomically with the number of
qubits of the system. The estimation of all diagonal elements of the
--matrix can be efficiently done without any ancillary qubits. In turn,
the estimation of all the off-diagonal elements requires an extra clean qubit.
The key ideas of the method, that is based on efficient estimation by random
sampling over a set of states forming a 2--design, are described in detail.
Efficient methods for preparing and detecting such states are explicitly shown.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figure
Oscillatory decay of a two-component Bose-Einstein condensate
We study the decay of a two-component Bose-Einstein condensate with negative
effective interaction energy. With a decreasing atom number due to losses, the
atom-atom interaction becomes less important and the system undergoes a
transition from a bistable Josephson regime to the monostable Rabi regime,
displaying oscillations in phase and number. We study the equations of motion
and derive an analytical expression for the oscillation amplitude. A quantum
trajectory simulation reveals that the classical description fails for low
emission rates, as expected from analytical considerations. Observation of the
proposed effect will provide evidence for negative effective interaction.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figue
Expanding Lie (super)algebras through abelian semigroups
We propose an outgrowth of the expansion method introduced by de Azcarraga et
al. [Nucl. Phys. B 662 (2003) 185]. The basic idea consists in considering the
direct product between an abelian semigroup S and a Lie algebra g. General
conditions under which relevant subalgebras can systematically be extracted
from S \times g are given. We show how, for a particular choice of semigroup S,
the known cases of expanded algebras can be reobtained, while new ones arise
from different choices. Concrete examples, including the M algebra and a
D'Auria-Fre-like Superalgebra, are considered. Finally, we find explicit,
non-trace invariant tensors for these S-expanded algebras, which are essential
ingredients in, e.g., the formulation of Supergravity theories in arbitrary
space-time dimensions.Comment: 42 pages, 8 figures. v2: Improved figures, updated notation and
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Decoherence in a Two Slit Diffraction Experiment with Massive Particles
Matter-wave interferometry has been largely studied in the last few years.
Usually, the main problem in the analysis of the diffraction experiments is to
establish the causes for the loss of coherence observed in the interference
pattern. In this work, we use different type of environmental couplings to
model a two slit diffraction experiment with massive particles. For each model,
we study the effects of decoherence on the interference pattern and define a
visibility function that measures the loss of contrast of the interference
fringes on a distant screen. Finally, we apply our results to the experimental
reported data on massive particles .Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure
Dual branes in topological sigma models over Lie groups. BF-theory and non-factorizable Lie bialgebras
We complete the study of the Poisson-Sigma model over Poisson-Lie groups.
Firstly, we solve the models with targets and (the dual group of the
Poisson-Lie group ) corresponding to a triangular -matrix and show that
the model over is always equivalent to BF-theory. Then, given an
arbitrary -matrix, we address the problem of finding D-branes preserving the
duality between the models. We identify a broad class of dual branes which are
subgroups of and , but not necessarily Poisson-Lie subgroups. In
particular, they are not coisotropic submanifolds in the general case and what
is more, we show that by means of duality transformations one can go from
coisotropic to non-coisotropic branes. This fact makes clear that
non-coisotropic branes are natural boundary conditions for the Poisson-Sigma
model.Comment: 24 pages; JHEP style; Final versio
Neutrino magnetohydrodynamics
A new neutrino magnetohydrodynamics (NMHD) model is formulated, where the
effects of the charged weak current on the electron-ion magnetohydrodynamic
fluid are taken into account. The model incorporates in a systematic way the
role of the Fermi neutrino weak force in magnetized plasmas. A fast
neutrino-driven short wavelengths instability associated with the magnetosonic
wave is derived. Such an instability should play a central role in strongly
magnetized plasma as occurs in supernovae, where dense neutrino beams also
exist. In addition, in the case of nonlinear or high frequency waves, the
neutrino coupling is shown to be responsible for breaking the frozen-in
magnetic field lines condition even in infinite conductivity plasmas.
Simplified and ideal NMHD assumptions were adopted and analyzed in detail
Baryon masses and \sigma-terms in SU(3) BChPT x 1/Nc
Baryon masses and nucleon \sigma-terms are studied with the effective theory
that combines the chiral and 1/Nc expansions for three flavors. In particular
the connection between the deviation of the Gell-Mann-Okubo relation and the
\sigma-term corresponding to the scalar density associated with the hypercharge
is emphasized. The latter is at lowest order related to a mass combination
whose low value has given rise to a \sigma- term puzzle. It is shown that while
the nucleon \sigma-terms have a well behaved low energy expansion, that mass
combination is affected by large higher order corrections non-analytic in quark
masses. Adding to the analysis lattice QCD baryon masses, it is found that
{\sigma}{\pi}N=69(10) MeV and {\sigma}s has natural magnitude within its
relative large uncertainty.Comment: 8 pages, 1 table, 1 figur
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