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Coherent molecular bound states of bosons and fermions near a Feshbach resonance
We analyze molecular bound states of atomic quantum gases near a Feshbach
resonance. A simple, renormalizable field theoretic model is shown to have
exact solutions in the two-body sector, whose binding energy agrees well with
observed experimental results in both Bosonic and Fermionic cases. These
solutions, which interpolate between BEC and BCS theories, also provide a more
general variational ansatz for resonant superfluidity and related problems.Comment: Minor changes -- to match the final published versio
An AD100 implementation of a real-time STOVL aircraft propulsion system
A real-time dynamic model of the propulsion system for a Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft was developed for the AD100 simulation environment. The dynamic model was adapted from a FORTRAN based simulation using the dynamic programming capabilities of the AD100 ADSIM simulation language. The dynamic model includes an aerothermal representation of a turbofan jet engine, actuator and sensor models, and a multivariable control system. The AD100 model was tested for agreement with the FORTRAN model and real-time execution performance. The propulsion system model was also linked to an airframe dynamic model to provide an overall STOVL aircraft simulation for the purposes of integrated flight and propulsion control studies. An evaluation of the AD100 system for use as an aircraft simulation environment is included
Real-time simulation of an F110/STOVL turbofan engine
A traditional F110-type turbofan engine model was extended to include a ventral nozzle and two thrust-augmenting ejectors for Short Take-Off Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft applications. Development of the real-time F110/STOVL simulation required special attention to the modeling approach to component performance maps, the low pressure turbine exit mixing region, and the tailpipe dynamic approximation. Simulation validation derives by comparing output from the ADSIM simulation with the output for a validated F110/STOVL General Electric Aircraft Engines FORTRAN deck. General Electric substantiated basic engine component characteristics through factory testing and full scale ejector data
Stochastic gauge: a new technique for quantum simulations
We review progress towards direct simulation of quantum dynamics in many-body
systems, using recently developed stochastic gauge techniques. We consider
master equations, canonical ensemble calculations and reversible quantum
dynamics are compared, as well the general question of strategies for choosing
the gauge.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figures, to be published in Proceedings of the 16th
International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy (ICOLS), Palm Cove, Australia
(2003
Reply to "Comment on 'Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage from an atomic to a molecular Bose-Einstein condensate'"
In the Comment by M. Mackie \textit{et al.} [arXiv: physics/0212111 v.4], the
authors suggest that the molecular conversion efficiency in atom-molecule
STIRAP can be improved by lowering the initial atomic density, which in turn
requires longer pulse durations to maintain adiabaticity. Apart from the fact
that the mean-field approximation becomes questionable at low densities, we
point out that a low-density strategy with longer pulses has several problems.
It generally requires higher pulse energies, and increases radiative losses. We
also show that even within the approximations used in the Comment, their
example leads to no efficiency improvement compared to our high-density case.
In a more careful analysis including radiative losses neglected in the Comment,
the proposed strategy gives almost no conversion owing to the longer pulse
durations required.Comment: Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
The time-reversal test for stochastic quantum dynamics
The calculation of quantum dynamics is currently a central issue in
theoretical physics, with diverse applications ranging from ultra-cold atomic
Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) to condensed matter, biology, and even
astrophysics. Here we demonstrate a conceptually simple method of determining
the regime of validity of stochastic simulations of unitary quantum dynamics by
employing a time-reversal test. We apply this test to a simulation of the
evolution of a quantum anharmonic oscillator with up to
(Avogadro's number) of particles. This system is realisable as a Bose-Einstein
condensate in an optical lattice, for which the time-reversal procedure could
be implemented experimentally.Comment: revtex4, two figures, four page
Gaussian phase-space representations for fermions
We introduce a positive phase-space representation for fermions, using the
most general possible multi-mode Gaussian operator basis. The representation
generalizes previous bosonic quantum phase-space methods to Fermi systems. We
derive equivalences between quantum and stochastic moments, as well as operator
correspondences that map quantum operator evolution onto stochastic processes
in phase space. The representation thus enables first-principles quantum
dynamical or equilibrium calculations in many-body Fermi systems. Potential
applications are to strongly interacting and correlated Fermi gases, including
coherent behaviour in open systems and nanostructures described by master
equations. Examples of an ideal gas and the Hubbard model are given, as well as
a generic open system, in order to illustrate these ideas.Comment: More references and examples. Much less mathematical materia
On the Classification of Residues of the Grassmannian
We study leading singularities of scattering amplitudes which are obtained as
residues of an integral over a Grassmannian manifold. We recursively do the
transformation from twistors to momentum twistors and obtain an iterative
formula for Yangian invariants that involves a succession of dualized twistor
variables. This turns out to be useful in addressing the problem of classifying
the residues of the Grassmannian. The iterative formula leads naturally to new
coordinates on the Grassmannian in terms of which both composite and
non-composite residues appear on an equal footing. We write down residue
theorems in these new variables and classify the independent residues for some
simple examples. These variables also explicitly exhibit the distinct solutions
one expects to find for a given set of vanishing minors from Schubert calculus.Comment: 20 page
Quantum field effects in coupled atomic and molecular Bose-Einstein condensates
This paper examines the parameter regimes in which coupled atomic and
molecular Bose-Einstein condensates do not obey the Gross-Pitaevskii equation.
Stochastic field equations for coupled atomic and molecular condensates are
derived using the functional positive-P representation. These equations
describe the full quantum state of the coupled condensates and include the
commonly used Gross-Pitaevskii equation as the noiseless limit. The model
includes all interactions between the particles, background gas losses,
two-body losses and the numerical simulations are performed in three
dimensions. It is found that it is possible to differentiate the quantum and
semiclassical behaviour when the particle density is sufficiently low and the
coupling is sufficiently strong.Comment: 4 postscript figure
Analytic result for the two-loop six-point NMHV amplitude in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory
We provide a simple analytic formula for the two-loop six-point ratio
function of planar N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory. This result extends the
analytic knowledge of multi-loop six-point amplitudes beyond those with maximal
helicity violation. We make a natural ansatz for the symbols of the relevant
functions appearing in the two-loop amplitude, and impose various consistency
conditions, including symmetry, the absence of spurious poles, the correct
collinear behaviour, and agreement with the operator product expansion for
light-like (super) Wilson loops. This information reduces the ansatz to a small
number of relatively simple functions. In order to fix these parameters
uniquely, we utilize an explicit representation of the amplitude in terms of
loop integrals that can be evaluated analytically in various kinematic limits.
The final compact analytic result is expressed in terms of classical
polylogarithms, whose arguments are rational functions of the dual conformal
cross-ratios, plus precisely two functions that are not of this type. One of
the functions, the loop integral \Omega^{(2)}, also plays a key role in a new
representation of the remainder function R_6^{(2)} in the maximally helicity
violating sector. Another interesting feature at two loops is the appearance of
a new (parity odd) \times (parity odd) sector of the amplitude, which is absent
at one loop, and which is uniquely determined in a natural way in terms of the
more familiar (parity even) \times (parity even) part. The second
non-polylogarithmic function, the loop integral \tilde{\Omega}^{(2)},
characterizes this sector. Both \Omega^{(2)} and tilde{\Omega}^{(2)} can be
expressed as one-dimensional integrals over classical polylogarithms with
rational arguments.Comment: 51 pages, 4 figures, one auxiliary file with symbols; v2 minor typo
correction
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