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Cross-Correlating Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Fluctuations with Redshift Surveys: Detecting the Signature of Gravitational Lensing
Density inhomogeneities along the line-of-sight distort fluctuations in the
cosmic microwave background. Usually, this effect is thought of as a small
second-order effect that mildly alters the statistics of the microwave
background fluctuations. We show that there is a first-order effect that is
potentially observable if we combine microwave background maps with large
redshift surveys. We introduce a new quantity that measures this lensing
effect, , where T is the microwave
background temperature and is the lensing due to matter in the
region probed by the redshift survey. We show that the expected signal is first
order in the gravitational lensing bending angle, , and find that it should be easily detectable, (S/N) 15-35, if
we combine the Microwave Anisotropy Probe satellite and Sloan Digital Sky
Survey data. Measurements of this cross-correlation will directly probe the
``bias'' factor, the relationship between fluctuations in mass and fluctuations
in galaxy counts.Comment: 13 pages, 4 postscript figures included; Uses aaspp4.sty (AASTeX
v4.0); Accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal, Part
Analysis of the exciton-exciton interaction in semiconductor quantum wells
The exciton-exciton interaction is investigated for quasi-two-dimensional
quantum structures. A bosonization scheme is applied including the full spin
structure. For generating the effective interaction potentials, the
Hartree-Fock and Heitler-London approaches are improved by a full two-exciton
calculation which includes the van der Waals effect. With these potentials the
biexciton formation in bilayer systems is investigated. For coupled quantum
wells the two-body scattering matrix is calculated and employed to give a
modified relation between exciton density and blue shift. Such a relation is of
central importance for gauging exciton densities in experiments which pave the
way toward Bose-Einstein condensation of excitons
On superconducting and magnetic properties of iron-oxypnictides
Pairing symmetry in oxypnictides, a new family of multiband high-Tc
superconductors, is partially imposed by the positions of multiple Fermi
pockets, which itself can give rise to new order parameters, such as s+,-
states or the state of dx^2-y^2 symmetry. Other pairing states may appear on
small pockets for long range interactions, but they are expected to be
sensitive to defects. We identify the competing antiferromagnetic order with
the triplet exciton transition in the semi- metallic background and discuss
whether its coexistence with superconductivity explains the doping dependence
of Tc.Comment: Fig1b replace
Anomalous tunneling of bound pairs in crystal lattices
A novel method of solving scattering problems for bound pairs on a lattice is
developed. Two different break ups of the hamiltonian are employed to calculate
the full Green operator and the wave function of the scattered pair. The
calculation converges exponentially in the number of basis states used to
represent the non-translation invariant part of the Green operator. The method
is general and applicable to a variety of scattering and tunneling problems. As
the first application, the problem of pair tunneling through a weak link on a
one-dimensional lattice is solved. It is found that at momenta close to \pi the
pair tunnels much easier than one particle, with the transmission coefficient
approaching unity. This anomalously high transmission is a consequence of the
existence of a two-body resonant state localized at the weak link.Comment: REVTeX, 5 pages, 4 eps figure
Quantum Response at Finite Fields and Breakdown of Chern Numbers
We show that the response to an electric field, in models of the Integral
Quantum Hall effect, is analytic in the field and has isolated essential
singularity at zero field. We also study the breakdown of Chern numbers
associated with the response of Floquet states. We argue, and give evidence,
that the breakdown of Chern numbers in Floquet states is a discontinuous
transition at zero field. This follows from an observation, of independent
interest, that Chern numbers for finite dimensional Floquet operators are
generically zero. These results rule out the possibility that the breakdown of
the Hall conductance is a phase transition at finite fields for a large class
of models.Comment: 16 pages, 8 eps figures, LaTeX2e with IOP style. Many changes,
including new materia
Effect of Coulomb interactions on the physical observables of graphene
We give an update of the situation concerning the effect of electron-electron
interactions on the physics of a neutral graphene system at low energies. We
revise old renormalization group results and the use of 1/N expansion to
address questions of the possible opening of a low-energy gap, and the
magnitude of the graphene fine structure constant. We emphasize the role of
Fermi velocity as the only free parameter determining the transport and
electronic properties of the graphene system and revise its renormalization by
Coulomb interactions in the light of recent experimental evidence.Comment: Proceedings of the Nobel Symposium on graphene 2010, to appear as a
special issue in Physica Script
Observations of the SW Sextantis star DW Ursae Majoris with the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer
We present an analysis of the first far-ultraviolet observations of the SW
Sextantis-type cataclysmic variable DW Ursae Majoris, obtained in November 2001
with the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer. The time-averaged spectrum of
DW UMa shows a rich assortment of emission lines (plus some contamination from
interstellar absorption lines including molecular hydrogen). Accretion disk
model spectra do not provide an adequate fit to the far-ultraviolet spectrum of
DW UMa. We constructed a light curve by summing far-ultraviolet spectra
extracted in 60-sec bins; this shows a modulation on the orbital period, with a
maximum near photometric phase 0.93 and a minimum half an orbit later. No other
periodic variability was found in the light curve data. We also extracted
spectra in bins spanning 0.1 in orbital phase; these show substantial variation
in the profile shapes and velocity shifts of the emission lines during an
orbital cycle of DW UMa. Finally, we discuss possible physical models that can
qualitatively account for the observed far-ultraviolet behavior of DW UMa, in
the context of recent observational evidence for the presence of a
self-occulting disk in DW UMa and the possibility that the SW Sex stars may be
the intermediate polars with the highest mass transfer rates and/or weakest
magnetic fields.Comment: accepted by the Astronomical Journal; 36 pages, including 12 figures
and 4 table
Diagrammatic Quantum Monte Carlo for Two-Body Problem: Exciton
We present a novel method for precise numerical solution of the irreducible
two-body problem and apply it to excitons in solids. The approach is based on
the Monte Carlo simulation of the two-body Green function specified by
Feynman's diagrammatic expansion. Our method does not rely on the specific form
of the electron and hole dispersion laws and is valid for any attractive
electron-hole potential. We establish limits of validity of the Wannier (large
radius) and Frenkel (small radius) approximations, present accurate data for
the intermediate radius excitons, and give evidence for the charge transfer
nature of the monopolar exciton in mixed valence materials.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
The Imprint of Gravitational Waves in Models Dominated by a Dynamical Cosmic Scalar Field
An alternative to the standard cold dark matter model has been recently
proposed in which a significant fraction of the energy density of the universe
is due to a dynamical scalar field () whose effective equation-of-state
differs from that of matter, radiation or cosmological constant (). In
this paper, we determine how the Q-component modifies the primordial inflation
gravitational wave (tensor metric) contribution to the cosmic microwave
background anisotropy and, thereby, one of the key tests of inflation.Comment: 15 pages, 14 figures, revtex, submitted to Phys. Rev.
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