Microscopic study of inhomogeneous superconductors

We study various inhomogeneity effects on superconductivity as due to quantum confinement, surfaces and impurities, using the self-consistent Bogoliubov-de Gennes formalism on the attractive Hubbard model. The results are also compared with those obtained from the Anderson prescription, a BCS formalism for incorporating spatial inhomogeneity.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figure

B-Mesons on the Transverse Lattice

We present results from a first study of $B$-mesons that is based on a transverse lattice formulation of light-front QCD. The shape of the Isgur-Wise form factor is in very good agreement with experimental data. However, the calculations yield rather large values for $f_B$ and $\bar{\Lambda}$ compared to contemporary calculations based on other techniques.Comment: invited talk given at CSSM workshop on `Lattice Hadron Physics', Cairns, July 2001 and at ECT* workshop on `Light-cone Physics: Particles and String', Trento, Sept. 200

Quenched Chiral Artifacts for Wilson-Dirac Fermions

We examine artifacts associated with the chiral symmetry breaking induced through the use of Wilson-Dirac fermions in lattice Monte Carlo computations. For light quark masses, the conventional quenched theory can not be defined using direct Monte Carlo methods due to the existence of nonintegrable poles in physical quantities. These poles are associated with the real eigenvalue spectrum of the Wilson-Dirac operator. We show how this singularity structure can be observed in the analysis of both QED in two dimensions and QCD in four dimensions.Comment: 32 pages (Latex) including 13 figures (EPS

Running-phase state in a Josephson washboard potential

We investigate the dynamics of the phase variable of an ideal underdamped Josephson junction in switching current experiments. These experiments have provided the first evidence for macroscopic quantum tunneling in large Josephson junctions and are currently used for state read-out of superconducting qubits. We calculate the shape of the resulting macroscopic wavepacket and find that the propagation of the wavepacket long enough after a switching event leads to an average voltage increasing linearly with time.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure

Quenched scalar meson correlator with Domain Wall Fermions

We study the singlet and non-singlet scalar-meson masses using domain wall fermions and the quenched approximation. The singlet mass is found to be smaller than the non-singlet mass and indicates that the lowest singlet meson state could be lighter than 1 GeV. The two-point functions for very small quark masses are compared with expectations from the small-volume chiral perturbation theory and the presence of fermionic zero modes.Comment: Lattice2002(chiral), 3 page

Hydrodynamics in 1+1 dimensions with gravitational anomalies

The constraints imposed on hydrodynamics by the structure of gauge and gravitational anomalies are studied in two dimensions. By explicit integration of the consistent gravitational anomaly, we derive the equilibrium partition function at second derivative order. This partition function is then used to compute the parity-violating part of the covariant energy-momentum tensor and the transport coefficients.Comment: 9 pages, JHEP format.v2; added comments and references, matching published versio

Chiral radiative corrections and D_s(2317)/D(2308) mass puzzle

We show that one loop chiral corrections for heavy-light mesons in potential model can explain the small mass of D_s(2317) as well as the small mass gap between D_s(2317) and D(2308).Comment: To appear in EPJC. A figure and references addede

On the third law of black hole dynamics

The third law of black hole dynamics states that the surface gravity (temperature) of black hole cannot be reduced to zero in finite sequence of physical interactions. We argue that the same is true when surface gravity is replaced by gravitational charge. We demonstrate that the prescribed window for infalling energy and radiation pinches off as extremality ($M^2 = a^2 + Q^2$) is approached.Comment: 9 pages, LaTeX version, Accepted in Physics Letters