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State determination: an iterative algorithm
An iterative algorithm for state determination is presented that uses as
physical input the probability distributions for the eigenvalues of two or more
observables in an unknown state . Starting form an arbitrary state
, a succession of states is obtained that converges to
or to a Pauli partner. This algorithm for state reconstruction is
efficient and robust as is seen in the numerical tests presented and is a
useful tool not only for state determination but also for the study of Pauli
partners. Its main ingredient is the Physical Imposition Operator that changes
any state to have the same physical properties, with respect to an observable,
of another state.Comment: 11 pages 3 figure
A Bayesian estimate of the CMB-large-scale structure cross-correlation
Evidences for late-time acceleration of the Universe are provided by multiple
probes, such as Type Ia supernovae, the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and
large-scale structure (LSS). In this work, we focus on the integrated
Sachs--Wolfe (ISW) effect, i.e., secondary CMB fluctuations generated by
evolving gravitational potentials due to the transition between, e.g., the
matter and dark energy (DE) dominated phases. Therefore, assuming a flat
universe, DE properties can be inferred from ISW detections. We present a
Bayesian approach to compute the CMB--LSS cross-correlation signal. The method
is based on the estimate of the likelihood for measuring a combined set
consisting of a CMB temperature and a galaxy contrast maps, provided that we
have some information on the statistical properties of the fluctuations
affecting these maps. The likelihood is estimated by a sampling algorithm,
therefore avoiding the computationally demanding techniques of direct
evaluation in either pixel or harmonic space. As local tracers of the matter
distribution at large scales, we used the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)
galaxy catalog and, for the CMB temperature fluctuations, the ninth-year data
release of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP9). The results show a
dominance of cosmic variance over the weak recovered signal, due mainly to the
shallowness of the catalog used, with systematics associated with the sampling
algorithm playing a secondary role as sources of uncertainty. When combined
with other complementary probes, the method presented in this paper is expected
to be a useful tool to late-time acceleration studies in cosmology.Comment: 21 pages, 15 figures, 4 tables. We extended the previous analyses
including WMAP9 Q, V and W channels, besides the ILC map. Updated to match
accepted ApJ versio
Inertial-Hall effect: the influence of rotation on the Hall conductivity
Inertial effects play an important role in classical mechanics but have been
largely overlooked in quantum mechanics. Nevertheless, the analogy between
inertial forces on mass particles and electromagnetic forces on charged
particles is not new. In this paper, we consider a rotating non-interacting
planar two-dimensional electron gas with a perpendicular uniform magnetic field
and investigate the effects of the rotation in the Hall conductiv
Spin-polarized transport in ferromagnetic multilayered semiconductor nanostructures
The occurrence of inhomogeneous spin-density distribution in multilayered
ferromagnetic diluted magnetic semiconductor nanostructures leads to strong
dependence of the spin-polarized transport properties on these systems. The
spin-dependent mobility, conductivity and resistivity in
(Ga,Mn)As/GaAs,(Ga,Mn)N/GaN, and (Si,Mn)/Si multilayers are calculated as a
function of temperature, scaled by the average magnetization of the diluted
magnetic semiconductor layers. An increase of the resistivity near the
transition temperature is obtained. We observed that the spin-polarized
transport properties changes strongly among the three materials.Comment: 3 pages, 4 figure
On the nature of the spin-polarized hole states in a quasi-two-dimensional GaMnAs ferromagnetic layer
A self-consistent calculation of the density of states and the spectral
density function is performed in a two-dimensional spin-polarized hole system
based on a multiple-scattering approximation. Using parameters corresponding to
GaMnAs thin layers, a wide range of Mn concentrations and hole densities have
been explored to understand the nature, localized or extended, of the
spin-polarized holes at the Fermi level for several values of the average
magnetization of the Mn ystem. We show that, for a certain interval of Mn and
hole densities, an increase on the magnetic order of the Mn ions come together
with a change of the nature of the states at the Fermi level. This fact
provides a delocalization of spin-polarized extended states anti-aligned to the
average Mn magnetization, and a higher spin-polarization of the hole gas. These
results are consistent with the occurrence of ferromagnetism with relatively
high transition temperatures observed in some thin film samples and
multilayered structures of this material.Comment: 3 page
A semiquantitative approach to the impurity-band-related transport properties of GaMnAs nanolayers
We investigate the spin-polarized transport of GaMnAs nanolayers in which a
ferromagnetic order exists below a certain transition temperature. Our
calculation for the self-averaged resistivity takes into account the existence
of an impurity band determining the extended ("metallic" transport) or
localized (hopping by thermal excitation) nature of the states at and near the
Fermi level. Magnetic order and resistivity are inter-related due to the
influence of the spin polarization of the impurity band and the effect of the
Zeeman splitting on the mobility edge. We obtain, for a given range of Mn
concentration and carrier density, a "metallic" behavior in which the transport
by extended carriers dominates at low temperature, and is dominated by the
thermally excited localized carriers near and above the transition temperature.
This gives rise to a conspicuous hump of the resistivity which has been
experimentally observed and brings light onto the relationship between
transport and magnetic properties of this material
Cosmological constant constraints from observation-derived energy condition bounds and their application to bimetric massive gravity
Among the various possibilities to probe the theory behind the recent
accelerated expansion of the universe, the energy conditions (ECs) are of
particular interest, since it is possible to confront and constrain the many
models, including different theories of gravity, with observational data. In
this context, we use the ECs to probe any alternative theory whose extra term
acts as a cosmological constant. For this purpose, we apply a model-independent
approach to reconstruct the recent expansion of the universe. Using Type Ia
supernova, baryon acoustic oscillations and cosmic-chronometer data, we perform
a Markov Chain Monte Carlo analysis to put constraints on the effective
cosmological constant . By imposing that the cosmological
constant is the only component that possibly violates the ECs, we derive lower
and upper bounds for its value. For instance, we obtain that and within,
respectively, and confidence levels. In addition, about
30\% of the posterior distribution is incompatible with a cosmological
constant, showing that this method can potentially rule it out as a mechanism
for the accelerated expansion. We also study the consequence of these
constraints for two particular formulations of the bimetric massive gravity.
Namely, we consider the Visser's theory and the Hassan and Roses's massive
gravity by choosing a background metric such that both theories mimic General
Relativity with a cosmological constant. Using the
observational bounds along with the upper bounds on the graviton mass we obtain
constraints on the parameter spaces of both theories.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures, 1 tabl
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