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Statistical measure of complexity for quantum systems with continuous variables
The Fisher-Shannon statistical measure of complexity is analyzed for a
continuous manifold of quantum observables. It is probed then than calculating
it only in the configuration and momentum spaces will not give a complete
description for certain systems. Then a more general measure for the complexity
of a quantum system by the integration of the usual Fisher-Shannon measure over
all the parameter space is proposed. Finally, these measures are applied to the
concrete case of a free particle in a box.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures. Published versio
A chiral Maxwell Demon
We investigate the role of chirality on the performance of a Maxwell demon
implemented in a quantum Hall bar with a localized impurity. Within a
stochastic thermodynamics description we investigate the ability of such a
demon to drive a current against a bias. We show that the ability of the demon
to perform is directly related to its ability to extract information from the
system. The key features of the proposed Maxwell demon are the topological
properties of the quantum Hall system. The asymmetry of the electronic
interactions felt at the localized state when the magnetic field is reversed
joined to the fact that we consider energy dependent (and asymmetric) tunneling
barriers that connect such state with the Hall edge modes allow the demon to
properly work.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Dynamical Coulomb blockade of thermal transport
The role of energy exchange between a quantum system and its environment is
investigated from the perspective of the Onsager conductance matrix. We
consider the thermoelectric linear transport of an interacting quantum dot
coupled to two terminals under the influence of an electrical potential and a
thermal bias. We implement in our model the effect of coupling to
electromagnetic environmental modes created by nearby electrons within the
P(E)-theory of dynamical Coulomb blockade. Our findings relate the lack of some
symmetries among the Onsager matrix coefficients with an enhancement of the
efficiency at maximum power and the occurrence of the heat rectification
phenomenon.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figure
Emergence of Majorana modes in cylindrical nanowires
We present calculations of Majorana edge modes in cylindrical nanowires of a
semiconductor material with proximity-induced superconductivity. We consider a
Rashba field along the transverse direction and an applied magnetic field in
arbitrary orientation. Our analysis is based on exact numerical
diagonalizations for the finite cylinder and on the complex band structure for
the semi-infinite one. Orbital effects are responsible for a strong anisotropy
of the critical field for which the effective gap vanishes. Robust Majorana
modes are induced by the parallel field component and we find regimes with more
than one Majorana mode on the same edge. Experimentally, they would manifest as
a specific sequence of zero-bias conductances as a function of magnetic field.
In the finite cylinder, a degradation of the Majorana modes due to interference
of the two edges leads to oscillating non zero energies for large enough
fields.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figure
Long-term K-band photometric monitoring of L dwarfs
(abridged) We perform photometric time-series analysis of a sample of ten
early to mid-L dwarfs in the field over three years of -band observations
with the OMEGA 2000 infrared camera of the 3.5m telescope on Calar Alto
Observatory between January 2010 and December 2012. We perform -band
differential photometry of our targets (with typical errors of 15-30~mmag
at the 1 level) by subtracting a reference flux from each photometric
measurement. This reference flux is computed using three nearby, probably
constant stars in the target's field-of-view. We then construct and visually
inspect the light curves to search for variability, and use four different
periodogram algorithms to look for possible periods in our photometric data.
Our targets do not display long-term variability over 1 compared to
other nearby stars of similar brightness, nor do the periodograms unveil any
possible periodicity for these objects, with two exceptions:
2MASS~J02411151-0326587 and G196-3B. In the case of 2MASS~J02411151-0326587
(L0), our data suggest a tentative period of 30721~days, at 40% confidence
level, which seems to be associated with peak-to-peak variability of
4410~mmag. This object may also display variability in timescales of
years, as suggested by the comparison of our Ks-band photometry with 2MASS. For
G196-3B (L3), we find peak-to-peak variations of 4210~mmag, with a
possible photometric period of 4427~days, at 95% confidence level. This is
roughly the double of the astrometric period reported by Zapatero Osorio
(2014). Given the significance of these results, further photometric data are
required to confirm the long-term variability.These results suggest that early-
to mid-L dwarfs are fairly stable in the -band within 90 mmag at the
3 level over months to years, which covers hundreds to tens of
thousands of rotation cycles.Comment: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysic
Mesoscopic Coulomb drag, broken detailed balance and fluctuation relations
When a biased conductor is put in proximity with an unbiased conductor a drag
current can be induced in the absence of detailed balance. This is known as the
Coulomb drag effect. However, even in this situation far away from equilibrium
where detailed balance is explicitly broken, theory predicts that fluctuation
relations are satisfied. This surprising effect has, to date, not been
confirmed experimentally. Here we propose a system consisting of a capacitively
coupled double quantum dot where the nonlinear fluctuation relations are
verified in the absence of detailed balance.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
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