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Entanglement entropy on the fuzzy sphere
We obtain entanglement entropy on the noncommutative (fuzzy) two-sphere. To
define a subregion with a well defined boundary in this geometry, we use the
symbol map between elements of the noncommutative algebra and functions on the
sphere. We find that entanglement entropy is not proportional to the length of
the region's boundary. Rather, in agreement with holographic predictions, it is
extensive for regions whose area is a small (but fixed) fraction of the total
area of the sphere. This is true even in the limit of small noncommutativity.
We also find that entanglement entropy grows linearly with N, where N is the
size of the irreducible representation of SU(2) used to define the fuzzy
sphere.Comment: 18 pages, 7 figures. v3 to appear in JHEP. Clarified statements about
UV/IR mixing and interpretation in terms of degrees of freedom on the fuzzy
sphere vs. matrix degrees of freedom, fixed some typos and added reference
Anthropogenic nitrogen autotrophy and heterotrophy of the world's watersheds: Past, present, and future trends
Anthropogenic nitrogen autotrophy of a territory is defined as the nitrogen flux associated with local production of harvested crops and grass consumed by livestock grazing (in kg N/km(2)/yr). Nitrogen heterotrophy is the nitrogen flux associated with local food and feed consumption by humans and domestic animals. These two summarizing characteristics (anthropogenic nitrogen autotrophy and heterotrophy (ANAH)) indicate the degree of anthropogenic perturbation of the nitrogen cycle by agriculture and human consumption: their balance value provides information on either the potential for commercial export or the need to import agricultural goods; in a watershed, their vector sum is related to the nitrogen flux delivered to the sea. These indicators were calculated for all the watersheds in the Global Nutrient Export from Watersheds (NEWS) database for 1970 and 2000, as well as for 2030 and 2050, according to Millennium Ecosystem Assessment scenarios. During this 30 year period, many watersheds shifted from relatively balanced situations toward either more autotrophic or more heterotrophic conditions. This trend is predicted to become more pronounced over the next 50 year
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Dynamical localization of matter wave solitons in managed barrier potentials
The bright matter wave soliton propagation through a barrier with a rapidly
oscillating position is investigated. The averaged over rapid oscillations
Gross-Pitaevskii (GP) equation is derived. It is shown that the soliton is
dynamically trapped by the effective double-barrier.
The analytical predictions for the soliton effective dynamics is confirmed by
the numerical simulations of the full GP equation.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figure
Convective and absolute Eckhaus instability leading to modulated waves in a finite box
We report experimental study of the secondary modulational instability of a
one-dimensional non-linear traveling wave in a long bounded channel. Two
qualitatively different instability regimes involving fronts of spatio-temporal
defects are linked to the convective and absolute nature of the instability.
Both transitions appear to be subcritical. The spatio-temporal defects control
the global mode structure.Comment: 5 pages, 7 figures (ReVTeX 4 and amsmath.sty), final versio
Transmission of matter wave solitons through nonlinear traps and barriers
The transmissions of matter wave solitons through linear and nonlinear
inhomogeneities induced by the spatial variations of the trap and the
scattering length in Bose-Einstein condensates are investigated. New phenomena,
such as the enhanced transmission of a soliton through a linear trap by a
modulation of the scattering length, are exhibited. The theory is based on the
perturbed Inverse Scattering Transform for solitons, and we show that radiation
effects are important. Numerical simulations of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation
confirm the theoretical predictions.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
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