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    Dynamics of two-photon paired superradiance

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    We develop for dipole-forbidden transition a dynamical theory of two-photon paired superradiance, or PSR for short. This is a cooperative process characterized by two photons back to back emitted with equal energies. By irradiation of trigger laser from two target ends, with its frequency tuned at the half energy between two levels, a macroscopically coherent state of medium and fields dynamically emerges as time evolves and large signal of amplified output occurs with a time delay. The basic semi-classical equations in 1+1 spacetime dimensions are derived for the field plus medium system to describe the spacetime evolution of the entire system, and numerically solved to demonstrate existence of both explosive and weak PSR phenomena in the presence of relaxation terms. The explosive PSR event terminates accompanying a sudden release of most energy stored in the target. Our numerical simulations are performed using a vibrational transition X1Σg+v=10X^1\Sigma_g^+ v=1 \rightarrow 0 of para-H2_2 molecule, and taking many different excited atom number densities and different initial coherences between the metastable and the ground states. In an example of number density close to O[1021]O[10^{21}]cm3^{-3} and of high initial coherence, the explosive event terminates at several nano seconds after the trigger irradiation, when the phase relaxation time of >O[10]> O[10] ns is taken. After PSR events the system is expected to follow a steady state solution which is obtained by analytic means, and is made of many objects of field condensates endowed with a topological stability.Comment: 31 pages, 15 figures. Revised for publication. Title slightly changed, detailed explanation added, minor typos corrected. All equations and figures unchange

    Contracted Representation of Yang's Space-Time Algebra and Buniy-Hsu-Zee's Discrete Space-Time

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    Motivated by the recent proposition by Buniy, Hsu and Zee with respect to discrete space-time and finite spatial degrees of freedom of our physical world with a short- and a long-distance scales, lPl_P and L,L, we reconsider the Lorentz-covariant Yang's quantized space-time algebra (YSTA), which is intrinsically equipped with such two kinds of scale parameters, λ\lambda and RR. In accordance with their proposition, we find the so-called contracted representation of YSTA with finite spatial degrees of freedom associated with the ratio R/λR/\lambda, which gives a possibility of the divergence-free noncommutative field theory on YSTA. The canonical commutation relations familiar in the ordinary quantum mechanics appear as the cooperative Inonu-Wigner's contraction limit of YSTA, λ0\lambda \to 0 and $R \to \infty.

    Uniaxial pressure dependencies of the phase boundary of TlCuCl_3

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    We present a thermal expansion and magnetostriction study of TlCuCl_3, which shows a magnetic-field induced transition from a spin gap phase to a Neel ordered phase. Using Ehrenfest relations we derive huge and strongly anisotropic uniaxial pressure dependencies of the respective phase boundary, e.g. the transition field changes by about ±185\pm 185 GPa depending on the direction of uniaxial pressure.Comment: 2 pages, e figures; presented at SCES200

    Critical exponents of Nikolaevskii turbulence

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    We study the spatial power spectra of Nikolaevskii turbulence in one-dimensional space. First, we show that the energy distribution in wavenumber space is extensive in nature. Then, we demonstrate that, when varying a particular parameter, the spectrum becomes qualitatively indistinguishable from that of Kuramoto-Sivashinsky turbulence. Next, we derive the critical exponents of turbulent fluctuations. Finally, we argue that in some previous studies, parameter values for which this type of turbulence does not appear were mistakenly considered, and we resolve inconsistencies obtained in previous studies.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figure

    Massless Scalar Field Propagator in a Quantized Space-Time

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    We consider in detail the analytic behaviour of the non-interacting massless scalar field two-point function in H.S. Snyder's discretized non-commuting spacetime. The propagator we find is purely real on the Euclidean side of the complex p2p^2 plane and goes like 1/p21/p^2 as p20p^2\to 0 from either the Euclidean or Minkowski side. The real part of the propagator goes smoothly to zero as p2p^2 increases to the discretization scale 1/a21/a^2 and remains zero for p2>1/a2p^2>1/a^2. This behaviour is consistent with the termination of single-particle propagation on the ultraviolet side of the discretization scale. The imaginary part of the propagator, consistent with a multiparticle-production branch discontinuity, is finite and continuous on the Minkowski side, slowly falling to zero when 1/a2<p2<1/a^2<p^2<\infty. Finally, we argue that the spectral function for the multiparticle states appears to saturate as p2p^2 probes just beyond the 1/a21/a^2 discretization scale. We speculate on the cosmological consequences of such a spectral function.Comment: 6 pages, 1 eps figure embedded in manuscrip

    On the magnon interaction in Haematite. 2: Magnon energy of the acoustical mode and magnetic critical fields

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    Previous spin wave theories of the antiferromagnet hematite were extended. The behavior of thermodynamic quantities around the Morin transition temperature was studied, and the latent heat of the Morin transition was calculated. The temperature dependence of the antiferromagnetic resonance frequency and the parallel and perpendicular critical spin-flop magnetic fields were calculated. It was found that the theory agrees well with experiment
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