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Different steady states for spin currents in noncollinear multilayers
We find there are at least two different steady states for transport across
noncollinear magnetic multilayers. In the conventional one there is a
discontinuity in the spin current across the interfaces which has been
identified as the source of current induced magnetic reversal; in the one
advocated herein the spin torque arises from the spin accumulation transverse
to the magnetization of a magnetic layer. These two states have quite different
attributes which should be discerned by current experiments.Comment: 8 pages, no figure. Accepted for publication in Journal of Physics:
Condensed Matte
AdS-Carroll Branes
Coset methods are used to determine the action of a co-dimension one brane
(domain wall) embedded in (d+1)-dimensional AdS space in the Carroll limit in
which the speed of light goes to zero. The action is invariant under the
non-linearly realized symmetries of the AdS-Carroll spacetime. The
Nambu-Goldstone field exhibits a static spatial distribution for the brane with
a time varying momentum density related to the brane's spatial shape as well as
the AdS-C geometry. The AdS-C vector field dual theory is obtained.Comment: 47 page
Scale invariant correlations and the distribution of prime numbers
Negative correlations in the distribution of prime numbers are found to
display a scale invariance. This occurs in conjunction with a nonstationary
behavior. We compare the prime number series to a type of fractional Brownian
motion which incorporates both the scale invariance and the nonstationary
behavior. Interesting discrepancies remain. The scale invariance also appears
to imply the Riemann hypothesis and we study the use of the former as a test of
the latter.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figures, version to appear in J. Phys.
An embedding potential definition of channel functions
We show that the imaginary part of the embedding potential, a generalised
logarithmic derivative, defined over the interface between an electrical lead
and some conductor, has orthogonal eigenfunctions which define conduction
channels into and out of the lead. In the case of an infinitely extended
interface we establish the relationship between these eigenfunctions and the
Bloch states evaluated over the interface. Using the new channel functions, a
well-known result for the total transmission through the conductor system is
simply derived.Comment: 14 pages, 2 figure
Focusing of Intense Subpicosecond Laser Pulses in Wedge Targets
Two dimensional particle-in-cell simulations characterizing the interaction
of ultraintense short pulse lasers in the range 10^{18} \leq I \leq 10^{20}
W/cm^{2} with converging target geometries are presented. Seeking to examine
intensity amplification in high-power laser systems, where focal spots are
typically non-diffraction limited, we describe key dynamical features as the
injected laser intensity and convergence angle of the target are systematically
varied. We find that laser pulses are focused down to a wavelength with the
peak intensity amplified by an order of magnitude beyond its vacuum value, and
develop a simple model for how the peak location moves back towards the
injection plane over time. This performance is sustained over hundreds of
femtoseconds and scales to laser intensities beyond 10^{20} W/cm^{2} at 1 \mu m
wavelength.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in Physics of Plasma
Path-integral calculation of the third virial coefficient of quantum gases at low temperatures
We derive path-integral expressions for the second and third virial
coefficients of monatomic quantum gases. Unlike previous work that considered
only Boltzmann statistics, we include exchange effects (Bose-Einstein or
Fermi-Dirac statistics). We use state-of-the-art pair and three-body potentials
to calculate the third virial coefficient of 3He and 4He in the temperature
range 2.6-24.5561 K. We obtain uncertainties smaller than those of the limited
experimental data. Inclusion of exchange effects is necessary to obtain
accurate results below about 7 K.Comment: The following article has been accepted by The Journal of Chemical
Physics. After it is published, it will be found at http://jcp.aip.org/
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A note on the calculation of the effective range
The closed form of the first order non-linear differential equation that is
satisfied by the effective range within the variable phase formulation of
scattering theory is discussed. It is shown that the conventional method of
determining the effective range, by fitting a numerical solution of the
Schr\"odinger equation to known asymptotic boundary conditions, can be modified
to include the first order contribution of a long range interaction.Comment: 4 page
The phase-dependent linear conductance of a superconducting quantum point contact
The exact expression for the phase-dependent linear conductance of a weakly
damped superconducting quantum point contact is obtained. The calculation is
performed by summing up the complete perturbative series in the coupling
between the electrodes. The failure of any finite order perturbative expansion
in the limit of small voltage and small quasi-particle damping is analyzed in
detail. In the low transmission regime this nonperturbative calculation yields
a result which is at variance with standard tunnel theory. Our result predicts
the correct sign of the quasi-particle pair interference term and exhibits an
unusual phase-dependence at low temperatures in qualitative agreement with the
available experimental data.Comment: 12 pages (revtex) + 1 postscript figure. Submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Preliminary results of the Mariner IV OCCULATION measurement of the atmosphere of Mars
Mariner IV radio occultation measurement of Mars atmospher
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