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Ionization of atoms by few-cycle EUV laser pulses: carrier-envelope phase dependence of the intra-pulse interference effects
We have investigated the ionization of the H atom by intense few-cycle laser
pulses, in particular the intra-pulse interference effects, and their
dependence on the carrier-envelope phase (CEP) of the laser pulse. In the final
momentum distribution of the continuum electrons the imprint of two types of
intra-pulse interference effects can be observed, namely the temporal and
spatial interference. During the spatial interference electronic wave packets
emitted at the same time, but following different paths interfere leading to an
interference pattern measurable in the electron spectra. This can be also
interpreted as the interference between a direct and a scattered wave, and the
spatial interference pattern as the holographic mapping (HM) of the target.
This HM pattern is strongly influenced by the carrier-envelope phase through
the shape of the laser pulse. Here, we have studied how the shape of the HM
pattern is modified by the CEP, and we have found an optimal CEP for the
observation of HM
Excitations and benchmark ensemble density functional theory for two electrons
A new method for extracting ensemble Kohn-Sham potentials from accurate
excited state densities is applied to a variety of two electron systems,
exploring the behavior of exact ensemble density functional theory. The issue
of separating the Hartree energy and the choice of degenerate eigenstates is
explored. A new approximation, spin eigenstate Hartree-exchange (SEHX), is
derived. Exact conditions that are proven include the signs of the correlation
energy components, the virial theorem for both exchange and correlation, and
the asymptotic behavior of the potential for small weights of the excited
states. Many energy components are given as a function of the weights for two
electrons in a one-dimensional flat box, in a box with a large barrier to
create charge transfer excitations, in a three-dimensional harmonic well
(Hooke's atom), and for the He atom singlet-triplet ensemble,
singlet-triplet-singlet ensemble, and triplet bi-ensemble.Comment: 15 pages, supplemental material pd
Investigation of the composition of the Luna 16 lunar sample
The concentrations of aluminum, manganese, sodium, chromium, iron, cobalt, and 12 rare earth elements were determined by neutron activation analysis using slow neutrons. Oxygen and silicon were determined using a fast neutron generator. Mossbauer spectroscopy was used to investigate iron compounds in Luna 16 regolith samples from the upper part of the core
Operator algebra quantum homogeneous spaces of universal gauge groups
In this paper, we quantize universal gauge groups such as SU(\infty), as well
as their homogeneous spaces, in the sigma-C*-algebra setting. More precisely,
we propose concise definitions of sigma-C*-quantum groups and sigma-C*-quantum
homogeneous spaces and explain these concepts here. At the same time, we put
these definitions in the mathematical context of countably compactly generated
spaces as well as C*-compact quantum groups and homogeneous spaces. We also
study the representable K-theory of these spaces and compute it for the quantum
homogeneous spaces associated to the universal gauge group SU(\infty).Comment: 14 pages. Merged with [arXiv:1011.1073
Extreme Supernova Models for the Superluminous Transient ASASSN-15lh
The recent discovery of the unprecedentedly superluminous transient
ASASSN-15lh (or SN 2015L) with its UV-bright secondary peak challenges all the
power-input models that have been proposed for superluminous supernovae. Here
we examine some of the few viable interpretations of ASASSN-15lh in the context
of a stellar explosion, involving combinations of one or more power inputs. We
model the lightcurve of ASASSN-15lh with a hybrid model that includes
contributions from magnetar spin-down energy and hydrogen-poor circumstellar
interaction. We also investigate models of pure circumstellar interaction with
a massive hydrogen-deficient shell and discuss the lack of interaction features
in the observed spectra. We find that, as a supernova ASASSN-15lh can be best
modeled by the energetic core-collapse of a ~40 Msun star interacting with a
hydrogen-poor shell of ~20 Msun. The circumstellar shell and progenitor mass
are consistent with a rapidly rotating pulsational pair-instability supernova
progenitor as required for strong interaction following the final supernova
explosion. Additional energy injection by a magnetar with initial period of 1-2
ms and magnetic field of 0.1-1 x 10^14 G may supply the excess luminosity
required to overcome the deficit in single-component models, but this requires
more fine-tuning and extreme parameters for the magnetar, as well as the
assumption of efficient conversion of magnetar energy into radiation. We thus
favor a single-input model where the reverse shock formed in a strong SN
ejecta-CSM interaction following a very powerful core-collapse SN explosion can
supply the luminosity needed to reproduce the late-time UV-bright plateau.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figure
High-accuracy Penning trap mass measurements with stored and cooled exotic ions
The technique of Penning trap mass spectrometry is briefly reviewed
particularly in view of precision experiments on unstable nuclei, performed at
different facilities worldwide. Selected examples of recent results emphasize
the importance of high-precision mass measurements in various fields of
physics
Hydrodynamic limit of gradient exclusion processes with conductances
Fix a strictly increasing right continuous with left limits function W: \bb
R \to \bb R and a smooth function \Phi : [l,r] \to \bb R, defined on some
interval of \bb R, such that . We prove that
the evolution, on the diffusive scale, of the empirical density of exclusion
processes, with conductances given by , is described by the weak solutions
of the non-linear differential equation . We derive some properties of the operator and prove
uniqueness of weak solutions of the previous non-linear differential equation
Four-jet angular distributions and color charge measurements: leading order versus next-to-leading order
We present the next-to-leading order perturbative QCD prediction to the
four-jet angular distributions used by experimental collaborations at LEP for
measuring the QCD color charge factors. We compare our results to ALEPH data
corrected to parton level. We perform a leading order ``measurement'' of the
QCD color factor ratios by fitting the leading order perturbative predictions
to the next-to-leading order result. Our result shows that in an experimental
analysis for measuring the color charge factors the use of the O()
QCD predictions instead of the O() results may shift the center of
the fit by a relative factor of 1+2\as in the direction.Comment: 14 pages, 10 tables, 5 figures, revtex, eps style
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