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Dynamical Mean Field Theory with the Density Matrix Renormalization Group
A new numerical method for the solution of the Dynamical Mean Field Theory's
self-consistent equations is introduced. The method uses the Density Matrix
Renormalization Group technique to solve the associated impurity problem. The
new algorithm makes no a priori approximations and is only limited by the
number of sites that can be considered. We obtain accurate estimates of the
critical values of the metal-insulator transitions and provide evidence of
substructure in the Hubbard bands of the correlated metal. With this algorithm,
more complex models having a larger number of degrees of freedom can be
considered and finite-size effects can be minimized.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Photon blockade induced Mott transitions and XY spin models in coupled cavity arrays
As photons do not interact with each other, it is interesting to ask whether
photonic systems can be modified to exhibit the phases characteristic of
strongly coupled many-body systems. We demonstrate how a Mott insulator type of
phase of excitations can arise in an array of coupled electromagnetic cavities,
each of which is coupled resonantly to a {\em single} two level system
(atom/quantum dot/Cooper pair) and can be individually addressed from outside.
In the Mott phase each atom-cavity system has the same integral number of net
polaritonic (atomic plus photonic) excitations with photon blockade providing
the required repulsion between the excitations in each site. Detuning the
atomic and photonic frequencies suppresses this effect and induces a transition
to a photonic superfluid. We also show that for zero detuning, the system can
simulate the dynamics of many body spin systems.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Heuristic for estimation of multiqubit genuine multipartite entanglement
For every N-qubit density matrix written in the computational basis, an
associated "X-density matrix" can be obtained by vanishing all entries out of
the main- and anti-diagonals. It is very simple to compute the genuine
multipartite (GM) concurrence of this associated N-qubit X-state, which,
moreover, lower bounds the GM-concurrence of the original (non-X) state. In
this paper, we rely on these facts to introduce and benchmark a heuristic for
estimating the GM-concurrence of an arbitrary multiqubit mixed state. By
explicitly considering two classes of mixed states, we illustrate that our
estimates are usually very close to the standard lower bound on the
GM-concurrence, being significantly easier to compute. In addition, while
evaluating the performance of our proposed heuristic, we provide the first
characterization of GM-entanglement in the steady states of the driven Dicke
model at zero temperature.Comment: 19 pages, 5 figure
Integer filling metal insulator transitions in the degenerate Hubbard model
We obtain exact numerical solutions of the degenerate Hubbard model in the
limit of large dimensions (or large lattice connectivity). Successive
Mott-Hubbard metal insulator transitions at integer fillings occur at
intermediate values of the interaction and low enough temperature in the
paramagnetic phase. The results are relevant for transition metal oxides with
partially filled narrow degenerate bands.Comment: 4 pages + 4 figures (in 5 ps-files), revte
Thermochromism of Model Organic Aerosol Matter
Laboratory experiments show that the optical absorptivity of model organic matter is not an intrinsic property, but a strong function of relative humidity, temperature, and insolation. Suites of representative polyfunctional C_(x)H_(y)O_(z) oligomers in water develop intense visible absorptions upon addition of inert electrolytes. The resulting mixtures reach mass absorption cross sections σ(532 nm) ~ 0.1 m^(2)/gC in a few hours, absorb up to 9 times more solar radiation than the starting material, can be half-bleached by noon sunlight in ~ 1 h, and can be repeatedly recycled without carbon loss. Visible absorptions red-shift and evolve increasingly faster in subsequent thermal aging cycles. Thermochromism and its strong direct dependences on ionic strength and temperature are ascribed to the dehydration of >CH−C(OH)C═C< unsaturations by a polar E1 mechanism, and bleaching to photoinduced retrohydration. These transformations are deemed to underlie the daily cycles of aerosol absorption observed in the field, and may introduce a key feedback in the earth’s radiative balance
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