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Dynamically generated baryon resonances
Identifying a zero-range exchange of vector mesons as the driving force for
the s-wave scattering of pseudo-scalar mesons off the baryon ground states, a
rich spectrum of molecules is formed. We argue that chiral symmetry and
large- considerations determine that part of the interaction which
generates the spectrum. We suggest the existence of strongly bound
crypto-exotic baryons, which contain a charm-anti-charm pair. Such states are
narrow since they can decay only via OZI-violating processes. A narrow nucleon
resonance is found at mass 3.52 GeV. It is a coupled-channel bound state of the
system, which decays dominantly into the
channel. Furthermore two isospin singlet hyperon states at mass
3.23 GeV and 3.58 GeV are observed as a consequence of coupled-channel
interactions of the and states. Most striking is the small width of about 1
MeV of the lower state. The upper state may be significantly broader due to a
strong coupling to the state. The spectrum of crypto-exotic
charm-zero states is completed with an isospin triplet state at 3.93 GeV and an
isospin doublet state at 3.80 GeV. The dominant decay modes involve again the
meson.Comment: Talk presented at N*2005, 10 pages, 1 figur
Systematic Effective Field Theory Investigation of Spiral Phases in Hole-Doped Antiferromagnets on the Honeycomb Lattice
Motivated by possible applications to the antiferromagnetic precursor of the
high-temperature superconductor NaCoOyHO, we use a systematic
low-energy effective field theory for magnons and holes to study different
phases of doped antiferromagnets on the honeycomb lattice. The effective action
contains a leading single-derivative term, similar to the Shraiman-Siggia term
in the square lattice case, which gives rise to spirals in the staggered
magnetization. Depending on the values of the low-energy parameters, either a
homogeneous phase with four or a spiral phase with two filled hole pockets is
energetically favored. Unlike in the square lattice case, at leading order the
effective action has an accidental continuous spatial rotation symmetry.
Consequently, the spiral may point in any direction and is not necessarily
aligned with a lattice direction.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figure
Optimized phase switching using a single atom nonlinearity
We show that a nonlinear phase shift of pi can be obtained by using a single
two level atom in a one sided cavity with negligible losses. This result
implies that the use of a one sided cavity can significantly improve the pi/18
phase shift previously observed by Turchette et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 4710
(1995)].Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, added comments on derivation and assumption
Finite resolution measurement of the non-classical polarization statistics of entangled photon pairs
By limiting the resolution of quantum measurements, the measurement induced
changes of the quantum state can be reduced, permitting subsequent measurements
of variables that do not commute with the initially measured property. It is
then possible to experimentally determine correlations between non-commuting
variables. The application of this method to the polarization statistics of
entangled photon pairs reveals that negative conditional probabilities between
non-orthogonal polarization components are responsible for the violation of
Bell's inequalities. Such negative probabilities can also be observed in finite
resolution measurements of the polarization of a single photon. The violation
of Bell's inequalities therefore originates from local properties of the
quantum statistics of single photon polarization.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures and 1 table, new figure to illustrate results,
improved explanation of statistical analysi
On the challenge to improve the density response with unusual gradient approximations
Certain excitations, especially ones of long-range charge transfer character,
are poorly described by time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) when
typical (semi-)local functionals are used. A proper description of these
excitations would require an exchange-correlation response differing
substantially from the usual (semi-)local one. It has recently been shown that
functionals of the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) type can yield
unusual potentials, mimicking features of the exact exchange derivative
discontinuity and showing divergences on orbital nodal surfaces. We here
investigate whether these unusual potential properties translate into
beneficial response properties. Using the Sternheimer formalism we closely
investigate the response obtained with the 2013 exchange approximation by
Armiento and K\"ummel (AK13) and the 1988 exchange approximation by Becke
(B88), both of which show divergences on orbital nodal planes. Numerical
calculations for Na2 as well as analytical and numerical calculations for the
hydrogen atom show that the response of AK13 behaves qualitatively different
from usual semi local functionals. However, the AK13 functional leads to
fundamental instabilities in the asymptotic region that prevent its practical
application in TDDFT. Our findings may help the development of future improved
functionals, and corroborate that the frequency-dependent Sternheimer formalism
is excellently suited for running and analyzing TDDFT calculations
A phantom force induced by the tunneling current, characterized on Si(111)
Simultaneous measurements of tunneling currents and atomic forces on surfaces
and adsorbates provide new insights into the electronic and structural
properties of matter on the atomic scale. We report on experimental
observations and calculations of a strong impact the tunneling current can have
on the measured force, which arises when the resistivity of the sample cannot
be neglected. We present a study on Si(111)-7\times7 with various doping
levels, but this effect is expected to occur on other low-conductance samples
like adsorbed molecules, and is likely to strongly affect Kelvin probe
measurements on the atomic scale.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, submitte
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