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Quantum Zeno and anti-Zeno effects in the Friedrichs model
We analyze the short-time behavior of the survival probability in the frame
of the Friedrichs model for different formfactors. We have shown that this
probability is not necessary analytic at the time origin. The time when the
quantum Zeno effect could be observed is found to be much smaller than usually
estimated. We have also studied the anti-Zeno era and have estimated its
duration.Comment: References added. Appendix B shortened. Discussions extende
Spectroscopic studies of fractal aggregates of silver nanospheres undergoing local restructuring
We present an experimental spectroscopic study of large random colloidal
aggregates of silver nanoparticles undergoing local restructuring. We argue
that such well-known phenomena as strong fluctuation of local electromagnetic
fields, appearance of "hot spots" and enhancement of nonlinear optical
responses depend on the local structure on the scales of several nanosphere
diameters, rather that the large-scale fractal geometry of the sample.Comment: 3.5 pages, submitted to J. Chem. Phy
Optical Camera with high temporal resolution to search for transients in the wide field
The wide field optical camera with high temporal resolution for the
continuous monitoring of the sky in order to catch the initial stages of GRBs
is described.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures. To be published in "Il Nuovo Cimento",
Proceedings of the 4th Rome Workshop on Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow
Era, eds. L. Piro, L. Amati, S. Covino, B. Gendr
Cloning quantum entanglement in arbitrary dimensions
We have found a quantum cloning machine that optimally duplicates the
entanglement of a pair of -dimensional quantum systems. It maximizes the
entanglement of formation contained in the two copies of any
maximally-entangled input state, while preserving the separability of
unentangled input states. Moreover, it cannot increase the entanglement of
formation of all isotropic states. For large , the entanglement of formation
of each clone tends to one half the entanglement of the input state, which
corresponds to a classical behavior. Finally, we investigate a local
entanglement cloner, which yields entangled clones with one fourth the input
entanglement in the large- limit.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure
The Boson Peak and its Relation with Acoustic Attenuation in Glasses
Experimental results on the density of states and on the acoustic modes of
glasses in the THz region are compared to the predictions of two categories of
models. A recent one, solely based on an elastic instability, does not account
for most observations. Good agreement without adjustable parameters is obtained
with models including the existence of non-acoustic vibrational modes at THz
frequency, providing in many cases a comprehensive picture for a range of glass
anomalies.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, Physical Review Letters in pres
Causality, delocalization and positivity of energy
In a series of interesting papers G. C. Hegerfeldt has shown that quantum
systems with positive energy initially localized in a finite region,
immediately develop infinite tails. In our paper Hegerfeldt's theorem is
analysed using quantum and classical wave packets. We show that Hegerfeldt's
conclusion remains valid in classical physics. No violation of Einstein's
causality is ever involved. Using only positive frequencies, complex wave
packets are constructed which at are real and finitely localized and
which, furthemore, are superpositions of two nonlocal wave packets. The
nonlocality is initially cancelled by destructive interference. However this
cancellation becomes incomplete at arbitrary times immediately afterwards. In
agreement with relativity the two nonlocal wave packets move with the velocity
of light, in opposite directions.Comment: 14 pages, 5 figure
Structure and diffusion processes in laminated composites of a Cu-Ti system
Characteristics of diffusion transformations in a multi-layer composite of a Cu-Ti system, which was produced by high-temperature diffusion welding followed by rolling at room temperature, are reportedye
Soliton dual comb in crystalline microresonators
We present a novel compact dual-comb source based on a monolithic optical
crystalline MgF multi-resonator stack. The coherent soliton combs generated
in two microresonators of the stack with the repetition rate of 12.1 GHz and
difference of 1.62 MHz provided after heterodyning a 300 MHz wide
radio-frequency comb. Analogous system can be used for dual-comb spectroscopy,
coherent LIDAR applications and massively parallel optical communications.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
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