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Ground-state fidelity of Luttinger liquids: A wave functional approach
We use a wave functional approach to calculate the fidelity of ground states
in the Luttinger liquid universality class of one-dimensional gapless quantum
many-body systems. The ground-state wave functionals are discussed using both
the Schrodinger (functional differential equation) formulation and a path
integral formulation. The fidelity between Luttinger liquids with Luttinger
parameters K and K' is found to decay exponentially with system size, and to
obey the symmetry F(K,K')=F(1/K,1/K') as a consequence of a duality in the
bosonization description of Luttinger liquids.Comment: 13 pages, IOP single-column format. Sec. 3 expanded with discussion
of short-distance cut-off. Some typos corrected. Ref. 44 in v2 is now
footnote 2 (moved by copy editor). Published versio
Non-damping oscillations at flaring loops
Context. QPPs are usually detected as spatial displacements of coronal loops
in imaging observations or as periodic shifts of line properties in
spectroscopic observations. They are often applied for remote diagnostics of
magnetic fields and plasma properties on the Sun. Aims. We combine imaging and
spectroscopic measurements of available space missions, and investigate the
properties of non-damping oscillations at flaring loops. Methods. We used the
IRIS to measure the spectrum over a narrow slit. The double-component Gaussian
fitting method was used to extract the line profile of Fe XXI 1354.08 A at "O
I" window. The quasi-periodicity of loop oscillations were identified in the
Fourier and wavelet spectra. Results. A periodicity at about 40 s is detected
in the line properties of Fe XXI, HXR emissions in GOES 1-8 A derivative, and
Fermi 26-50 keV. The Doppler velocity and line width oscillate in phase, while
a phase shift of about Pi/2 is detected between the Doppler velocity and peak
intensity. The amplitudes of Doppler velocity and line width oscillation are
about 2.2 km/s and 1.9 km/s, respectively, while peak intensity oscillate with
amplitude at about 3.6% of the background emission. Meanwhile, a quasi-period
of about 155 s is identified in the Doppler velocity and peak intensity of Fe
XXI, and AIA 131 A intensity. Conclusions. The oscillations at about 40 s are
not damped significantly during the observation, it might be linked to the
global kink modes of flaring loops. The periodicity at about 155 s is most
likely a signature of recurring downflows after chromospheric evaporation along
flaring loops. The magnetic field strengths of the flaring loops are estimated
to be about 120-170 G using the MHD seismology diagnostics, which are
consistent with the magnetic field modeling results using the flux rope
insertion method.Comment: 9 pages, 9 figures, 1 table, accepted by A&
NMR Search for the Spin Nematic State in LaFeAsO Single Crystal
We report a 75-As single crystal NMR investigation of LaFeAsO, the parent
phase of a pnictide high Tc superconductor. We demonstrate that spin dynamics
develop a strong two-fold anisotropy within each orthorhombic domain below the
tetragonal-orthorhombic structural phase transition at T[TO]~156 K. This
intermediate state with a dynamical breaking of the rotational symmetry freezes
progressively into a spin density wave (SDW) below T[SDW]~142 K. Our findings
are consistent with the presence of a spin nematic state below T[TO] with an
incipient magnetic order.Comment: Revised manuscript accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Let
Phase diagram of a Bose-Fermi mixture in a one-dimensional optical lattice in terms of fidelity and entanglement
We study the ground-state phase diagram of a Bose-Fermi mixture loaded in a
one-dimensional optical lattice by computing the ground-state fidelity and
quantum entanglement. We find that the fidelity is able to signal quantum phase
transitions between the Luttinger liquid phase, the density-wave phase, and the
phase separation state of the system; and the concurrence can be used to signal
the transition between the density-wave phase and the Ising phase.Comment: 4 pages 3 figure
Multiwavelength observations of a partially eruptive filament on 2011 September 8
In this paper, we report our multiwavelength observations of a partial
filament eruption event in NOAA active region 11283 on 2011 September 8. A
magnetic null point and the corresponding spine and separatrix surface are
found in the active region. Beneath the null point, a sheared arcade supports
the filament along the highly complex and fragmented polarity inversion line.
After being activated, the sigmoidal filament erupted and split into two parts.
The major part rose at the speeds of 90150 km s before reaching the
maximum apparent height of 115 Mm. Afterwards, it returned to the solar
surface in a bumpy way at the speeds of 2080 km s. The rising and
falling motions were clearly observed in the extreme-ultravoilet (EUV), UV, and
H wavelengths. The failed eruption of the main part was associated with
an M6.7 flare with a single hard X-ray source. The runaway part of the
filament, however, separated from and rotated around the major part for 1
turn at the eastern leg before escaping from the corona, probably along
large-scale open magnetic field lines. The ejection of the runaway part
resulted in a very faint coronal mass ejection (CME) that propagated at an
apparent speed of 214 km s in the outer corona. The filament eruption
also triggered transverse kink-mode oscillation of the adjacent coronal loops
in the same AR. The amplitude and period of the oscillation were 1.6 Mm and 225
s. Our results are important for understanding the mechanisms of partial
filament eruptions and provide new constraints to theoretical models. The
multiwavelength observations also shed light on space weather prediction.Comment: 46 pages, 17 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in Ap
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