759 research outputs found
New solutions of Heun general equation
We show that in four particular cases the derivative of the solution of Heun
general equation can be expressed in terms of a solution to another Heun
equation. Starting from this property, we use the Gauss hypergeometric
functions to construct series solutions to Heun equation for the mentioned
cases. Each of the hypergeometric functions involved has correct singular
behavior at only one of the singular points of the equation; the sum, however,
has correct behavior
Multipole expansions in four-dimensional hyperspherical harmonics
The technique of vector differentiation is applied to the problem of the
derivation of multipole expansions in four-dimensional space. Explicit
expressions for the multipole expansion of the function r^n C_j (\hr) with
\vvr=\vvr_1+\vvr_2 are given in terms of tensor products of two
hyperspherical harmonics depending on the unit vectors \hr_1 and \hr_2. The
multipole decomposition of the function (\vvr_1 \cdot \vvr_2)^n is also
derived. The proposed method can be easily generalised to the case of the space
with dimensionality larger than four. Several explicit expressions for the
four-dimensional Clebsch-Gordan coefficients with particular values of
parameters are presented in the closed form.Comment: 19 pages, no figure
Narrative coherence in multiple forensic interviews with child witnesses alleging physical and sexual abuse
This study investigated the narrative coherence of children's accounts elicited in multiple forensic interviews. Transcriptions of 56 police interviews with 28 children aged 3â14âyears alleging physical and sexual abuse were coded for markers of completeness, consistency and connectedness. We found that multiple interviews increased the completeness of children's testimony, containing on average almost twice as much new information as single interviews, including crucial location, time and abuseârelated details. When both contradictions within the same interview and across interviews were considered, contradictions were not more frequent in multiple interviews. The frequency of linguistic markers of connectedness remained stable across interviews. Multiple interviews increase the narrative coherence of children's testimony through increasing their completeness without necessarily introducing contradictions or decreasing causalâtemporal connections between details. However, as âground truthâ is not known in field studies, further investigation of the relationship between the narrative coherence and accuracy of testimonies is required
Liouville theory and uniformization of four-punctured sphere
Few years ago Zamolodchikov and Zamolodchikov proposed an expression for the
4-point classical Liouville action in terms of the 3-point actions and the
classical conformal block. In this paper we develop a method of calculating the
uniformizing map and the uniformizing group from the classical Liouville action
on n-punctured sphere and discuss the consequences of Zamolodchikovs conjecture
for an explicit construction of the uniformizing map and the uniformizing group
for the sphere with four punctures.Comment: 17 pages, no figure
Quasi-Moessbauer effect in two dimensions
Expressions for the absorption spectrum of a nucleus in a three- and a
two-dimensional crystal respectively are obtained analytically at zero and at
finite temperature respectively. It is found that for finite temperature in two
dimensions the Moessbauer effect vanishes but is replaced by what we call a
Quasi-Moessbauer effect. Possibilities to identify two-dimensional elastic
behavior are discussed.Comment: 18 pages, 5 figures, notation simplifie
Spinor two-point functions and Peierls bracket in de Sitter space
This paper studies spinor two-point functions for spin-1/2 and spin-3/2
fields in maximally symmetric spaces such as de Sitter spacetime, by using
intrinsic geometric objects. The Feynman, positive- and negative-frequency
Green functions are then obtained for these cases, from which we eventually
display the supercommutator and the Peierls bracket under such a setting in
two-component-spinor language.Comment: 22 pages, Latex. In the final version, the presentation has been
improve
Hyperspherical harmonics with arbitrary arguments
The derivation scheme for hyperspherical harmonics (HSH) with arbitrary
arguments is proposed. It is demonstrated that HSH can be presented as the
product of HSH corresponding to spaces with lower dimensionality multiplied by
the orthogonal (Jacobi or Gegenbauer) polynomial. The relation of HSH to
quantum few-body problems is discussed. The explicit expressions for
orthonormal HSH in spaces with dimensions from 2 to 6 are given. The important
particular cases of four- and six-dimensional spaces are analyzed in detail and
explicit expressions for HSH are given for several choices of hyperangles. In
the six-dimensional space, HSH representing the kinetic energy operator
corresponding to i) the three-body problem in physical space and ii) four-body
planar problem are derived.Comment: 18 pages, 1 figur
Counting statistics of tunneling through a single molecule: effect of distortion and displacement of vibrational potential surface
We analyze the effects of a distortion of the nuclear potential of a
molecular quantum dot (QD), as well as a shift of its equilibrium position, on
nonequilibrium-vibration-assisted tunneling through the QD with a single level
() coupled to the vibrational mode. For this purpose, we derive an
explicit analytical expression for the Franck-Condon (FC) factor for a
displaced-distorted oscillator surface of the molecule and establish rate
equations in the joint electron-phonon representation to examine the
current-voltage characteristics and zero-frequency shot noise, and skewness as
well. Our numerical analyses shows that the distortion has two important
effects. The first one is that it breaks the symmetry between the excitation
spectra of the charge states, leading to asymmetric tunneling properties with
respect to and . Secondly, distortion (frequency
change of the oscillator) significantly changes the voltage-activated cascaded
transition mechanism, and consequently gives rise to a different nonequilibrium
vibrational distribution from that of the case without distortion. Taken in
conjunction with strongly modified FC factors due to distortion, this results
in some new transport features: the appearance of strong NDC even for a
single-level QD with symmetric tunnel couplings; a giant Fano factor even for a
molecule with an extremely weak electron-phonon interaction; and enhanced
skewness that can have a large negative value under certain conditions.Comment: 29 pages, 11 figures, published versio
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