333 research outputs found
Photoassociative Frequency Shift in a Quantum Degenerate Gas
We observe a light-induced frequency shift in single-photon photoassociative
spectra of magnetically trapped, quantum degenerate 7Li. The shift is a
manifestation of the coupling between the threshold continuum scattering states
and discrete bound levels in the excited-state molecular potential induced by
the photoassociation laser. The frequency shift is observed to be linear in the
laser intensity with a measured proportionality constant that is in good
agreement with theoretical predictions. The frequency shift has important
implications for a scheme to alter the interactions between atoms in a
Bose-Einstein condensate using photoassociation resonances.Comment: 3 figure
Evolution of a collapsing and exploding Bose-Einstein condensate in different trap symmetries
Based on the time-dependent Gross-Pitaevskii equation we study the evolution
of a collapsing and exploding Bose-Einstein condensate in different trap
symmetries to see the effect of confinement on collapse and subsequent
explosion, which can be verified in future experiments. We make prediction for
the evolution of the shape of the condensate and the number of atoms in it for
different trap symmetries (cigar to pancake) as well as in the presence of an
optical lattice potential. We also make prediction for the jet formation in
different cases when the collapse is suddenly terminated by changing the
scattering length to zero via a Feshbach resonance.Comment: 8 pages, 11 ps figures, Physical Review
Scattering of plasmons at the intersection of two metallic nanotubes: Implications for tunnelling
We study theoretically the plasmon scattering at the intersection of two
metallic carbon nanotubes. We demonstrate that for a small angle of crossing,
, the transmission coefficient is an oscillatory function of
, where is the interaction parameter of the Luttinger
liquid in an individual nanotube. We calculate the tunnel density of states,
, as a function of energy, , and distance, , from the
intersection. In contrast to a single nanotube, we find that, in the geometry
of crossed nanotubes, conventional "rapid" oscillations in due
to the plasmon scattering acquire an aperiodic "slow-breathing" envelope which
has nodes.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures (revised version
Rate limit for photoassociation of a Bose-Einstein condensate
We simulate numerically the photodissociation of molecules into noncondensate
atom pairs that accompanies photoassociation of an atomic Bose-Einstein
condensate into a molecular condensate. Such rogue photodissociation sets a
limit on the achievable rate of photoassociation. Given the atom density \rho
and mass m, the limit is approximately 6\hbar\rho^{2/3}/m. At low temperatures
this is a more stringent restriction than the unitary limit of scattering
theory.Comment: 5 pgs, 18 refs., 3 figs., submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Photoassociative frequency shift in a quantum degenerate gas
Journal ArticleA light-induced frequency shift is observed in single-photon photoassociative spectra of magnetically trapped, quantum degenerate 7Li. The shift is a manifestation of the coupling between the threshold continuum scattering states and discrete bound levels in the excited-state molecular potential induced by the photoassociation laser. The frequency shift is observed to be linear in the laser intensity with a measured proportionality constant that is in good agreement with theoretical predictions. This phenomenon has important implications for a scheme to alter the interactions between atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensate using photoassociation resonances
Topic modeling identifies novel genetic loci associated with multimorbidities in UK Biobank
Many diseases show patterns of co-occurrence, possibly driven by systemic dysregulation of underlying processes affecting multiple traits. We have developed a method (treeLFA) for identifying such multimorbidities from routine health-care data, which combines topic modeling with an informative prior derived from medical ontology. We apply treeLFA to UK Biobank data and identify a variety of topics representing multimorbidity clusters, including a healthy topic. We find that loci identified using topic weights as traits in a genome-wide association study (GWAS) analysis, which we validated with a range of approaches, only partially overlap with loci from GWASs on constituent single diseases. We also show that treeLFA improves upon existing methods like latent Dirichlet allocation in various ways. Overall, our findings indicate that topic models can characterize multimorbidity patterns and that genetic analysis of these patterns can provide insight into the etiology of complex traits that cannot be determined from the analysis of constituent traits alone.</p
Topic modeling identifies novel genetic loci associated with multimorbidities in UK Biobank
Many diseases show patterns of co-occurrence, possibly driven by systemic dysregulation of underlying processes affecting multiple traits. We have developed a method (treeLFA) for identifying such multimorbidities from routine health-care data, which combines topic modeling with an informative prior derived from medical ontology. We apply treeLFA to UK Biobank data and identify a variety of topics representing multimorbidity clusters, including a healthy topic. We find that loci identified using topic weights as traits in a genome-wide association study (GWAS) analysis, which we validated with a range of approaches, only partially overlap with loci from GWASs on constituent single diseases. We also show that treeLFA improves upon existing methods like latent Dirichlet allocation in various ways. Overall, our findings indicate that topic models can characterize multimorbidity patterns and that genetic analysis of these patterns can provide insight into the etiology of complex traits that cannot be determined from the analysis of constituent traits alone.</p
Stabilizing an Attractive Bose-Einstein Condensate by Driving a Surface Collective Mode
Bose-Einstein condensates of Li have been limited in number due to
attractive interatomic interactions. Beyond this number, the condensate
undergoes collective collapse. We study theoretically the effect of driving
low-lying collective modes of the condensate by a weak asymmetric sinusoidally
time-dependent field. We find that driving the radial breathing mode further
destabilizes the condensate, while excitation of the quadrupolar surface mode
causes the condensate to become more stable by imparting quasi-angular momentum
to it. We show that a significantly larger number of atoms may occupy the
condensate, which can then be sustained almost indefinitely. All effects are
predicted to be clearly visible in experiments and efforts are under way for
their experimental realization.Comment: 4 ReVTeX pages + 2 postscript figure
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