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Spin entanglement induced by spin-orbit interactions in coupled quantum dots
We theoretically explore the possibility of creating spin quantum
entanglement in a system of two electrons confined respectively in two
vertically coupled quantum dots in the presence of Rashba type spin-orbit
coupling. We find that the system can be described by a generalized Jaynes -
Cummings model of two modes bosons interacting with two spins. The lower
excitation states of this model are calculated to reveal the underlying physics
of the far infrared absorption spectra. The analytic perturbation approach
shows that an effective transverse coupling of spins can be obtained by
eliminating the orbital degrees of freedom in the large detuning limit. Here,
the orbital degrees of freedom of the two electrons, which are described by two
modes of bosons, serve as a quantized data bus to exchange the quantum
information between two electrons. Then a nontrivial two-qubit logic gate is
realized and spin entanglement between the two electrons is created by virtue
of spin-orbit coupling.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
mixing effects on charmonium and meson decays
We include the meson into the -- mixing formalism
constructed in our previous work, where represents the pseudoscalar
gluball. The mixing angles in this tetramixing matrix are constrained by
theoretical and experimental implications from relevant hadronic processes.
Especially, the angle between and is found to be about
from the measured decay widths of the meson. The pseudoscalar glueball
mass , the pseudoscalar densities and the U(1) anomaly
matrix elements associated with the mixed states are solved from the anomalous
Ward identities. The solution GeV obtained from the
-- mixing is confirmed, while grows to above the pion
mass, and thus increases perturbative QCD predictions for the branching ratios
. We then analyze the -mixing effects on charmonium
magnetic dipole transitions, and on the branching
ratios and CP asymmetries, which further improve the consistency between
theoretical predictions and data. A predominant observation is that the
mixing enhances the perturbative QCD predictions for
by 18%, but does not alter those for . The puzzle due to the
large data is then resolved.Comment: 12 pages, version to appear in PR
Anisotropic charge transport in non-polar GaN QW: polarization induced charge and interface roughness scattering
Charge transport in GaN quantum well (QW) devices grown in non-polar
direction has been theoretically investigated . Emergence of anisotropic line
charge scattering mechanism originating as a result of anisotropic rough
surface morphology in conjunction with in-plane built-in polarization has been
proposed. It has shown that in-plane growth anisotropy leads to large
anisotropic carrier transport at low temperatures. At high temperatures, this
anisotropy in charge transport is partially washed out by strong isotropic
optical phonon scattering in GaN QW.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
A relativistic helical jet in the gamma-ray AGN 1156+295
We present the results of a number of high resolution radio observations of
the AGN 1156+295. These include multi-epoch and multi-frequency VLBI, VSOP,
MERLIN and VLA observations made over a period of 50 months. The 5 GHz MERLIN
images trace a straight jet extending to 2 arcsec at P.A. -18 degrees. Extended
low brightness emission was detected in the MERLIN observation at 1.6 GHz and
the VLA observation at 8.5 GHz with a bend of about 90 degrees at the end of
the 2 arcsecond jet. A region of similar diffuse emission is also seen about 2
arcseconds south of the radio core. The VLBI images of the blazar reveal a
core-jet structure with an oscillating jet on a milli-arcsecond (mas) scale
which aligns with the arcsecond jet at a distance of several tens of
milli-arcseconds from the core. This probably indicates that the orientation of
the jet structure is close to the line of sight, with the northern jet being
relativistically beamed toward us. In this scenario the diffuse emission to the
north and south is not beamed and appears symmetrical. For the northern jet at
the mas scale, proper motions of 13.7 +/-3.5, 10.6 +/- 2.8, and 11.8 +/- 2.8 c
are measured in three distinct components of the jet (q_0=0.5, H_0=65 km /s
/Mpc are used through out this paper). Highly polarised emission is detected on
VLBI scales in the region in which the jet bends sharply to the north-west. The
spectral index distribution of the source shows that the strongest compact
component has a flat spectrum, and the extended jet has a steep spectrum. A
helical trajectory along the surface of a cone was proposed based on the
conservation laws for kinetic energy and momentum to explain the observed
phenomena, which is in a good agreement with the observed results on scales of
1 mas to 1 arcsec.Comment: 19 pages with 18 figures. Accepted for publication in the A&
Estimating the Prevalence of Disease Using Relatives of Case and Control Probands
We introduce a method for estimating the prevalence of disease using data from a case-control family study performed to investigate the aggregation of disease in families. The families are sampled via case and control probands, and the resulting data consist of information on disease status and covariates for the probands and their relatives. We introduce estimators for overall prevalence and for covariate stratum-specific prevalence (e.g., sex-specific prevalence) that yield approximately unbiased estimates of their population counterparts. We also introduce corresponding confidence intervals that have good coverage properties even for small prevalences. The estimators and intervals address the over-representation of diseased individuals in case-control family data by using only the relatives (of the probands) and by taking into account whether each relative was selected via a case or a control proband. Finally, we describe a simulation experiment in which the estimators and intervals were applied to case-control family datasets sampled from a fictional population that resembled the catchment area for an Austrian family study of major depressive disorder. The resulting estimates varied closely and symmetrically around their population counterparts, and the resulting intervals had good coverage properties
Cooling Torsional Nanomechanical Vibration by Spin-Orbit Interactions
We propose and study a spin-orbit interaction based mechanism to actively
cool down the torsional vibration of a nanomechanical resonator made by
semiconductor materials. We show that the spin-orbit interactions of electrons
can induce a coherent coupling between the electron spins and the torsional
modes of nanomechanical vibration. This coherent coupling leads to an active
cooling for the torsional modes via the dynamical thermalization of the
resonator and the spin ensemble.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Charge localization at the interface between La1-xSrxMnO3 and the infinite layers cuprate CaCuO2
(CaCuO2)m/(La0.7Sr0.3MnO3)n superlattices, consisting of the infinite layers
cuprate CaCuO2 and the optimally doped manganite La1-xSrxMnO3, were grown by
pulsed laser deposition. The transport properties are dominated by the
manganite block. X-Ray Absorption spectroscopy measurements show a clear
evidence of an orbital reconstruction at the interface, ascribed to the
hybridization between the Cu 3d3z2-r2 and the Mn 3d3z2-r2 orbitals via
interface apical oxygen ions. Such a mechanism localizes holes at the
interfaces, thus preventing charge transfer to the CaCuO2 block. Some charge
(holes) transfer occurs toward the La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 block in strongly oxidized
superlattices, contributing to the suppression of the magnetotransport
properties.Comment: 20 pages, 6 figure
Cross-Correlation Detection of Point Sources in WMAP First Year Data
We apply a Cross-correlation (CC) method developed previously for detecting
gamma-ray point sources to the WMAP first year data by using the Point-Spread
Function of WMAP and obtain a full sky CC coefficient map. Analyzing this map,
we find that the CC method is a powerful tool to examine the WMAP foreground
residuals which can be further cleaned accordingly. Evident foreground signals
are found in WMAP foreground cleaned maps and Tegmark cleaned map. In this
process 101 point-sources are detected, and 26 of them are new sources besides
the originally listed WMAP 208 sources. We estimate the flux of these new
sources and verify them by another method. As a result, a revised mask file
based on the WMAP first year data is produced by including these new sources.Comment: 14 pages, 10 figures; accepted for publication by ChJA
Applicability of Perturbative QCD to Decays
We examine the applicability of perturbative QCD to meson decays into
mesons. We find that the perturbative QCD formalism, which includes Sudakov
effects at intermediate energy scales, is applicable to the semi-leptonic decay
, when the meson recoils fast. Following this conclusion, we
analyze the two-body non-leptonic decays and . By
comparing our predictions with experimental data, we extract the matrix element
.Comment: 18 pages in Latex, figures are available upon reques
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