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Stationary point approach to the phase transition of the classical XY chain with power-law interactions
The stationary points of the Hamiltonian H of the classical XY chain with
power-law pair interactions (i.e., decaying like r^{-{\alpha}} with the
distance) are analyzed. For a class of "spinwave-type" stationary points, the
asymptotic behavior of the Hessian determinant of H is computed analytically in
the limit of large system size. The computation is based on the Toeplitz
property of the Hessian and makes use of a Szeg\"o-type theorem. The results
serve to illustrate a recently discovered relation between phase transitions
and the properties of stationary points of classical many-body Hamiltonian
functions. In agreement with this relation, the exact phase transition energy
of the model can be read off from the behavior of the Hessian determinant for
exponents {\alpha} between zero and one. For {\alpha} between one and two, the
phase transition is not manifest in the behavior of the determinant, and it
might be necessary to consider larger classes of stationary points.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figure
Measurements of quasi-particle tunneling in the nu = 5/2 fractional quantum Hall state
Some models of the 5/2 fractional quantum Hall state predict that the
quasi-particles, which carry the charge, have non-Abelian statistics: exchange
of two quasi-particles changes the wave function more dramatically than just
the usual change of phase factor. Such non-Abelian statistics would make the
system less sensitive to decoherence, making it a candidate for implementation
of topological quantum computation. We measure quasi-particle tunneling as a
function of temperature and DC bias between counter-propagating edge states.
Fits to theory give e*, the quasi-particle effective charge, close to the
expected value of e/4 and g, the strength of the interaction between
quasi-particles, close to 3/8. Fits corresponding to the various proposed wave
functions, along with qualitative features of the data, strongly favor the
Abelian 331 state
The DeMaDs Open Source Modeling Framework for Power System Malfunction Detection
Modeling and simulation of electrical power systems are becoming increasingly
important approaches for the development and operation of novel smart grid
functionalities -- especially with regard to data-driven applications as data
of certain operational states or misconfigurations can be next to impossible to
obtain. The DeMaDs framework allows for the simulation and modeling of electric
power grids and malfunctions therein. Furthermore, it serves as a testbed to
assess the applicability of various data-driven malfunction detection methods.
These include data mining techniques, traditional machine learning approaches
as well as deep learning methods. The framework's capabilities and
functionality are laid out here, as well as explained by the means of an
illustrative example.Comment: 2023 Open Source Modelling and Simulation of Energy Systems (OSMSES
Topological conditions for discrete symmetry breaking and phase transitions
In the framework of a recently proposed topological approach to phase
transitions, some sufficient conditions ensuring the presence of the
spontaneous breaking of a Z_2 symmetry and of a symmetry-breaking phase
transition are introduced and discussed. A very simple model, which we refer to
as the hypercubic model, is introduced and solved. The main purpose of this
model is that of illustrating the content of the sufficient conditions, but it
is interesting also in itself due to its simplicity. Then some mean-field
models already known in the literature are discussed in the light of the
sufficient conditions introduced here
Finite-Temperature Fidelity-Metric Approach to the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick Model
The fidelity metric has recently been proposed as a useful and elegant
approach to identify and characterize both quantum and classical phase
transitions. We study this metric on the manifold of thermal states for the
Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick (LMG) model. For the isotropic LMG model, we find that the
metric reduces to a Fisher-Rao metric, reflecting an underlying classical
probability distribution. Furthermore, this metric can be expressed in terms of
derivatives of the free energy, indicating a relation to Ruppeiner geometry.
This allows us to obtain exact expressions for the (suitably rescaled) metric
in the thermodynamic limit. The phase transition of the isotropic LMG model is
signalled by a degeneracy of this (improper) metric in the paramagnetic phase.
Due to the integrability of the isotropic LMG model, ground state level
crossings occur, leading to an ill-defined fidelity metric at zero temperature.Comment: 18 pages, 3 figure
History dependent magnetoresistance in lightly doped La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4} thin films
The in-plane magnetoresistance (MR) in atomically smooth
La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4} thin films grown by molecular-beam-epitaxy was measured
in magnetic fields B up to 9 T over a wide range of temperatures T. The films,
with x=0.03 and x=0.05, are insulating, and the positive MR emerges at T<4 K.
The positive MR exhibits glassy features, including history dependence and
memory, for all orientations of B. The results show that this behavior, which
reflects the onset of glassiness in the dynamics of doped holes, is a robust
feature of the insulating state.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, International School and Workshop on Electronic
Crystals (ECRYS-2011); to appear in Physica
Effect of Quantum Confinement on Electron Tunneling through a Quantum Dot
Employing the Anderson impurity model, we study tunneling properties through
an ideal quantum dot near the conductance minima. Considering the Coulomb
blockade and the quantum confinement on an equal footing, we have obtained
current contributions from various types of tunneling processes; inelastic
cotunneling, elastic cotunneling, and resonant tunneling of thermally activated
electrons. We have found that the inelastic cotunneling is suppressed in the
quantum confinement limit, and thus the conductance near its minima is
determined by the elastic cotunneling at low temperature (,
: dot-reservoir coupling constant), or by the resonant tunneling of
single electrons at high temperature ().Comment: 11 pages Revtex, 2 Postscript figures, To appear in Phys.Rev.
CO emission from discs around isolated HAeBe and Vega-excess stars
We describe results from a survey for J=3-2 12CO emission from visible stars
with an infrared excess. The line is clearly detected in 21 objects, with
molecular gas (>10^-3 Jupiter masses) common in targets with infrared excesses
>0.01 (>56% of objects). Such high excesses indicate the presence of a disc of
opening angle >12 degrees; within this, the optically thick disc prevents CO
photodissociation. Two or three stars with associated CO have an excess <0.01,
implying a disc opening angle <1 degree. Most line profiles are double-peaked
or relatively broad. Model fits, assuming a Keplerian disc, indicate outer
radii, R_out, of ~20-300 au. As many as 5 discs have outer radii smaller than
the Solar System (50 au), and a further 4 have gas at radii <20 au. R_out is
independent of the stellar spectral type (from K through to B9), but is
correlated with total dust mass. R_out appears to decrease with time: discs
around stars of age 3-7 Myr have a mean radius of ~210 au, whereas discs of age
7-20 Myr are a factor of 3 smaller. The only bona fide debris disc with
detected CO is HD9672; this has a double peaked line profile and is the most
compact gas disc observed, with a modelled radius 17 au). A fit to HD141569
suggests the gas lies in two rings of radii 90 and 250 au, similar to the
scattered light structure. In both AB Aur and HD163296 the sizes of the
molecular and dust scattering discs are also similar, suggesting that the gas
and small dust grains are co-located.Comment: 16 pages, 5 figures MNRAS - accepte
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