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Stress-energy Tensor Correlators in N-dim Hot Flat Spaces via the Generalized Zeta-Function Method
We calculate the expectation values of the stress-energy bitensor defined at
two different spacetime points of a massless, minimally coupled scalar
field with respect to a quantum state at finite temperature in a flat
-dimensional spacetime by means of the generalized zeta-function method.
These correlators, also known as the noise kernels, give the fluctuations of
energy and momentum density of a quantum field which are essential for the
investigation of the physical effects of negative energy density in certain
spacetimes or quantum states. They also act as the sources of the
Einstein-Langevin equations in stochastic gravity which one can solve for the
dynamics of metric fluctuations as in spacetime foams. In terms of
constitutions these correlators are one rung above (in the sense of the
correlation -- BBGKY or Schwinger-Dyson -- hierarchies) the mean (vacuum and
thermal expectation) values of the stress-energy tensor which drive the
semiclassical Einstein equation in semiclassical gravity. The low and the high
temperature expansions of these correlators are also given here: At low
temperatures, the leading order temperature dependence goes like while
at high temperatures they have a dependence with the subleading terms
exponentially suppressed by . We also discuss the singular behaviors of
the correlators in the coincident limit as was done before
for massless conformal quantum fields.Comment: 23 pages, no figures. Invited contribution to a Special Issue of
Journal of Physics A in honor of Prof. J. S. Dowke
Angular-dependent Magnetoresistance Oscillations in NaCoO Single Crystal
We report measurements of the c-axis angular-dependent magnetoresistance
(AMR) for a NaCoO single crystal, with a magnetic field of 10 T
rotating within Co-O planes. Below the metal-insulator transition temperature
induced by the charge ordering, the oscillation of the AMR is dominated by a
two-fold rotational symmetry. The amplitudes of the oscillation corresponding
to the four- and six-fold rotational symmetries are distinctive in low
temperatures, but they merge into the background simultaneously at about 25 K.
The six-fold oscillation originates naturally from the lattice symmetry. The
observation of the four-fold rotational symmetry is consistent with the picture
proposed by Choy, et al., that the Co lattice in the charge ordered state will
split into two orthorhombic sublattice with one occupied by Co ions and
the other by Co ions. We have also measured the c-axis AMR for
NaCoO and NaCoO single crystals, and found no
evidence for the existence of two- and four-fold symmetries.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figures. Submitted to PR
Exotic Topological States with Raman-Induced Spin-Orbit Coupling
We propose a simple experimental scheme to realize simultaneously the
one-dimensional spin-orbit coupling and the staggered spin-flip in ultracold
pseudospin- atomic Fermi gases trapped in square optical lattices. In the
absence of interspecies interactions, the system supports gapped Chern
insulators and gapless topological semimetal states. By turning on the -wave
interactions, a rich variety of gapped and gapless inhomogeneous topological
superfluids can emerge. In particular, a gapped topological Fulde-Ferrell
superfluid, in which the chiral edge states at opposite boundaries possess the
same chirality, is predicted.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figure
Relation between Tunneling and Particle Production in Vacuum Decay
The field-theoretical description of quantum fluctuations on the background
of a tunneling field is revisited in the case of a functional
Schrodinger approach. We apply this method in the case when quantum
fluctuations are coupled to the field through a mass-squared term,
which is 'time-dependent' since we include the dynamics of . The
resulting mode functions of the fluctuation field, which determine the quantum
state after tunneling, display a previously unseen resonance effect when their
mode number is comparable to the curvature scale of the bubble. A detailed
analysis of the relation between the excitations of the field about the true
vacuum (interpreted as particle creation) and the phase shift coming from
tunneling is presented.Comment: 20 pages, 4 figures, submitted to PR
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