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A Cloudy/Xspec Interface
We discuss new functionality of the spectral simulation code CLOUDY which
allows the user to calculate grids with one or more initial parameters varied
and formats the predicted spectra in the standard FITS format. These files can
then be imported into the x-ray spectral analysis software XSPEC and used as
theoretical models for observations. We present and verify a test case.
Finally, we consider a few observations and discuss our results.Comment: 13 pages, 1 table, 4 figures, accepted for publication in PAS
A Combination Theorem for Metric Bundles
We define metric bundles/metric graph bundles which provide a purely
topological/coarse-geometric generalization of the notion of trees of metric
spaces a la Bestvina-Feighn in the special case that the inclusions of the edge
spaces into the vertex spaces are uniform coarsely surjective quasi-isometries.
We prove the existence of quasi-isometric sections in this generality. Then we
prove a combination theorem for metric (graph) bundles (including exact
sequences of groups) that establishes sufficient conditions, particularly
flaring, under which the metric bundles are hyperbolic. We use this to give
examples of surface bundles over hyperbolic disks, whose universal cover is
Gromov-hyperbolic. We also show that in typical situations, flaring is also a
necessary condition.Comment: v3: Major revision: 56 pages 5 figures. Many details added.
Characterization of convex cocompact subgroups of mapping class groups of
surfaces with punctures in terms of relative hyperbolicity given v4: Final
version incorporating referee comments: 63 pages 5 figures. To appear in
Geom. Funct. Ana
Phonon runaway in nanotube quantum dots
We explore electronic transport in a nanotube quantum dot strongly coupled
with vibrations and weakly with leads and the thermal environment. We show that
the recent observation of anomalous conductance signatures in single-walled
carbon nanotube (SWCNT) quantum dots can be understood quantitatively in terms
of current driven `hot phonons' that are strongly correlated with electrons.
Using rate equations in the many-body configuration space for the joint
electron-phonon distribution, we argue that the variations are indicative of
strong electron-phonon coupling requiring an analysis beyond the traditional
uncorrelated phonon-assisted transport (Tien-Gordon) approach.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figure
Theoretical prediction and experimental study of a ferromagnetic shape memory alloy: Ga_2MnNi
We predict the existence of a new ferromagnetic shape memory alloy Ga_2MnNi
using density functional theory. The martensitic start temperature (T_M) is
found to be approximately proportional to the stabilization energy of the
martensitic phase (deltaE_tot) for different shape memory alloys. Experimental
studies performed to verify the theoretical results show that Ga_2MnNi is
ferromagnetic at room temperature and the T_M and T_C are 780K and 330K,
respectively. Both from theory and experiment, the martensitic transition is
found to be volume conserving that is indicative of shape memory behavior.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figure
Some analytical models of radiating collapsing spheres
We present some analytical solutions to the Einstein equations, describing
radiating collapsing spheres in the diffusion approximation. Solutions allow
for modeling physical reasonable situations. The temperature is calculated for
each solution, using a hyperbolic transport equation, which permits to exhibit
the influence of relaxational effects on the dynamics of the system.Comment: 17 pages Late
Broad relaxation spectrum and the field theory of glassy dynamics for pinned elastic systems
We study thermally activated, low temperature equilibrium dynamics of elastic
systems pinned by disorder using one loop functional renormalization group
(FRG). Through a series of increasingly complete approximations, we investigate
how the field theory reveals the glassy nature of the dynamics, in particular
divergent barriers and barrier distributions controling the spectrum of
relaxation times. A naive single relaxation time approximation for each
wavevector is found to be unsatisfactory. A second approximation based on a
random friction model, yields a size (L) dependent log-normal distribution of
relaxation times (mean barriers ~L^\theta and variance ~ L^{\theta/2}) and a
procedure to estimate dynamical scaling functions. Finally, we study the full
structure of the running dynamical effective action within the field theory. We
find that relaxation time distributions are non-trivial (broad but not
log-normal) and encoded in a closed hierarchy of FRG equations. A thermal
boundary layer ansatz (TBLA) appears as a consistent solution. It extends the
one discovered in the statics which was shown to embody droplet thermal
fluctuations. Although perturbative control remains a challenge, the structure
of the dynamical TBLA which encodes barrier distributions opens the way for
deeper understanding of the field theory approach to glasses
Non-commutative Oscillators and the commutative limit
It is shown in first order perturbation theory that anharmonic oscillators in
non-commutative space behave smoothly in the commutative limit just as harmonic
oscillators do. The non-commutativity provides a method for converting a
problem in degenerate perturbation theory to a non-degenerate problem.Comment: Latex, 6 pages, Minor changes and references adde
Direct observation of electron doping in La0.7Ce0.3MnO3 using x-ray absorption spectroscopy
We report on a X-ray absorption spectroscopic (XAS) study on a thin film of
La0.7Ce0.3MnO3, a manganite which was previously only speculated to be an
electron doped system. The measurements clearly show that the cerium is in the
Ce(IV) valence state and that the manganese is present in a mixture of Mn2+ and
Mn3+ valence states. These data unambiguously demonstrate that La0.7Ce0.3MnO3
is an electron doped colossal magnetoresistive manganite, a finding that may
open up new opportunities both for device applications as well as for further
basic research towards a better modelling of the colossal magnetoresistance
phenomenon in these materials.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, revised versio
Isospectrality of conventional and new extended potentials, second-order supersymmetry and role of PT symmetry
We develop a systematic approach to construct novel completely solvable
rational potentials. Second-order supersymmetric quantum mechanics dictates the
latter to be isospectral to some well-studied quantum systems.
symmetry may facilitate reconciling our approach to the requirement that the
rationally-extended potentials be singularity free. Some examples are shown.Comment: 13 pages, no figure, some additions to introduction and conclusion, 4
more references; to be published in Special issue of Pramana - J. Phy
Time reversal symmetry breaking superconductivity
We study time reversal symmetry breaking superconductivity with ( or )
symmetries. It is shown that the behavior of such superconductors could be {\em
qualitatively} different depending on the minor components () and its
phase at lower temperatures. It is argued that such {\em qualitatively
different} behaviors in thermal as well as in angular dependencies could be a
{\em source} of consequences in transport and Josephson physics.
Orthorhombicity is found to be a strong mechanism for mixed phase (in case of
). We show that due to electron correlation the order parameter is
more like a pure symmetry near optimum doping.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures (attached), to be published in Physical Review
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