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Do correlations create an energy gap in electronic bilayers? Critical analysis of different approaches
This paper investigates the effect of correlations in electronic bilayers on
the longitudinal collective mode structure. We employ the dielectric
permeability constructed by means of the classical theory of moments. It is
shown that the neglection of damping processes overestimates the role of
correlations. We conclude that the correct account of damping processes leads
to an absence of an energy gap.Comment: 4 page
If jeremiah wrote it, it must be ok: on the attribution of lamentations to jeremiah in early rabbinic texts
Despite the absence of any formal attribution of the book of Lamentations to the prophet Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible, the rabbis of the Talmudic period chose to perpetuate and reinforce this idea. The question explored is how this benefited them. Using Jorge Gracia’s discussion of the “pseudo-historical author,” the influence of the rabbinic assumption of Jeremiah’s authorship of Lamentations on their exegesis of the book is explored. The rabbis were troubled by a number of theologically challenging verses and the claim of authorship opened the door to their use of the book of Jeremiah to explain away these difficulties
Fano-like anti-resonances in strongly coupled binary Coulomb systems
Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations of a strongly coupled binary ionic
mixture have revealed the appearance of sharp minima in the species resolved
dynamical density fluctuation spectra. This phenomenon is reminiscent of the
well-known Fano anti-resonance, occurring in various physical processes. We
give a theoretical analysis using the Quasi Localized Charge Approximation, and
demonstrate that the observed phenomenon in the equilibrium spectrum is a novel
manifestation of the Fano mechanism, that occurs at characteristic frequencies
of the system different from the conventional classical Fano frequencies
Single shot parameter estimation via continuous quantum measurement
We present filtering equations for single shot parameter estimation using
continuous quantum measurement. By embedding parameter estimation in the
standard quantum filtering formalism, we derive the optimal Bayesian filter for
cases when the parameter takes on a finite range of values. Leveraging recent
convergence results [van Handel, arXiv:0709.2216 (2008)], we give a condition
which determines the asymptotic convergence of the estimator. For cases when
the parameter is continuous valued, we develop quantum particle filters as a
practical computational method for quantum parameter estimation.Comment: 9 pages, 5 image
Ground state structures of superparamagnetic 2D dusty plasma crystals
Ground state structures of finite, cylindrically confined two-dimensional
Yukawa systems composed of charged superparamagnetic dust grains in an external
magnetic field are investigated numerically, using molecular dynamic
simulations and lattice summation methods. The ground state configuration of
the system is identified using, as an approximation, the experimentally
obtained shape of the horizontal confinement potential in a classical single
layer dusty plasma experiment with non-magnetic grains. Results are presented
for the dependence of the number density and lattice parameters of the dust
layer on (1) the ratio of the magnetic dipole-dipole force to electrostatic
force between the grains and (2) the orientation of the grain magnetic moment
with respect to the layer.Comment: submitted to Phys. Rev.
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