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AB effect and Aharonov-Susskind charge non-superselection
We consider a particle in a coherent superposition of states with different
electric charge moving in the vicinity of a magnetic flux. Formally, it should
acquire a (gauge-dependent) AB relative phase between the charge states, even
for an incomplete loop. If measureable, such a geometric, rather than
topological, AB-phase would seem to break gauge invariance. Wick, Wightman and
Wigner argued that since (global) charge-dependent phase transformations are
physically unobservable, charge state superpositions are unphysical (`charge
superselection rule'). This would resolve the apparent paradox in a trivial
way. However, Aharonov and Susskind disputed this superselection rule: they
distinguished between such global charge-dependent transformations, and
transformations of the relative inter-charge phases of two particles, and
showed that the latter \emph{could} in principle be observable! Finally, the
paradox again disappears once we considers the `calibration' of the phase
measured by the Aharonov-Susskind phase detectors, as well as the phase of the
particle at its initial point. It turns out that such a detector can only
distinguish between the relative phases of two paths if their (oriented)
difference forms a loop around the flux
Magnetic properties of La(0.67)Sr(0.33)MnO3/BiFeO3(001) heterojunctions: chemically abrupt versus atomic intermixed interface
Using first-principles density-functional calculations, we address the
magnetic properties of the ferromagnet/antiferromagnet
La(0.67)Sr(0.33)MnO3/BiFeO3(001) heterojunctions, and investigate possible
driving mechanisms for a ferromagnetic (FM) interfacial ordering of the Fe
spins recently observed experimentally. We find that the chemically abrupt
defect-free La(0.67)Sr(0.33)MnO3/BiFeO3(001) heterojunction displays, as ground
state, an ordering with compensated Fe spins. Cation Fe/Mn intermixing at the
interface tends to favour, instead, a FM interfacial order of the Fe spins,
coupled antiferromagnetically to the bulk La(0.67)Sr(0.33)MnO3 spins, as
observed experimentally. Such trends are understood based on a model
description of the energetics of the exchange interactions.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figure
Reduction of Effective Terahertz Focal Spot Size By Means Of Nested Concentric Parabolic Reflectors
An ongoing limitation of terahertz spectroscopy is that the technique is
generally limited to the study of relatively large samples of order 4 mm across
due to the generally large size of the focal beam spot. We present a nested
concentric parabolic reflector design which can reduce the terahertz focal spot
size. This parabolic reflector design takes advantage of the feature that
reflected rays experience a relative time delay which is the same for all
paths. The increase in effective optical path for reflected light is equivalent
to the aperture diameter itself. We have shown that the light throughput of an
aperture of 2 mm can be increased by a factor 15 as compared to a regular
aperture of the same size at low frequencies. This technique can potentially be
used to reduce the focal spot size in terahertz spectroscopy and enable the
study of smaller samples
Multiple jumps and vacancy diffusion in a face-centered cubic metal
The diffusion of monovacancies in gold has been studied by computer
simulation. Multiple jumps have been found to play a central role in the atomic
dynamics at high temperature, and have been shown to be responsible for an
upward curvature in the Arrhenius plot of the diffusion coefficient.
Appropriate saddle points on the potential energy surface have been found,
supporting the interpretation of vacancy multiple jumps as distinct migration
mechanisms.Comment: 16 page
Stochastic Dynamics for Video Infilling
In this paper, we introduce a stochastic dynamics video infilling (SDVI)
framework to generate frames between long intervals in a video. Our task
differs from video interpolation which aims to produce transitional frames for
a short interval between every two frames and increase the temporal resolution.
Our task, namely video infilling, however, aims to infill long intervals with
plausible frame sequences. Our framework models the infilling as a constrained
stochastic generation process and sequentially samples dynamics from the
inferred distribution. SDVI consists of two parts: (1) a bi-directional
constraint propagation module to guarantee the spatial-temporal coherence among
frames, (2) a stochastic sampling process to generate dynamics from the
inferred distributions. Experimental results show that SDVI can generate clear
frame sequences with varying contents. Moreover, motions in the generated
sequence are realistic and able to transfer smoothly from the given start frame
to the terminal frame. Our project site is
https://xharlie.github.io/projects/project_sites/SDVI/video_results.htmlComment: Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV 2020
The Roughness Properties of Small Ice-Bearing Craters at the South Pole of the Moon: Implications for Accessing Fresh Water Ice in Future Surface Operations
The lunar poles provide a fascinating thermal environment capable of cold-trapping water ice on geologic timescales [1]. While there have been many observations indicating the presence of water ice at the lunar surface [e.g., 24], it is still not clear when this ice was delivered to the Moon. The timing of volatile dep-osition provides important constraints on the origin of lunar ice because different delivery mechanisms have been active at different times throughout lunar history. We previously found that some small (<10 km) cra-ters at the south pole of the Moon have morphologies suggestive of relatively young ages, on the basis of crisp crater rims [5]. These craters are too small to date with robust cratering statistics [5], but the possibility of ice in young craters is intriguing because it suggests that there is some recent and perhaps ongoing mechanism that is delivering or redistributing water to polar cold traps. Therefore, understanding if these small, ice-bear-ing craters are indeed young is essential in understand-ing the age and source of volatiles on the Moon. Here we take a new approach to understand the ages of these small polar cold traps: analyzing the roughness properties of small ice-bearing craters. It is well under-stood that impact crater properties (e.g., morphology, rock abundance, and roughness) evolve with time due to a variety of geologic and space-weathering processes [611]. Topographic roughness is a measurement of the local deviation from the mean topography, providing a measurement of surface texture, and is a powerful tool for evaluating surface evolution over geologic time [e.g., 1114]. In this study we analyze the roughness of southern lunar craters (40S90S) from all geologic eras, and determine how the roughness of small (<10 km) ice-bearing craters compare. We discuss the implications of the ages of ice-bearing south polar craters, and potential strategies for accessing fresh ice on the Moon
Quasi-hermitian Quantum Mechanics in Phase Space
We investigate quasi-hermitian quantum mechanics in phase space using
standard deformation quantization methods: Groenewold star products and Wigner
transforms. We focus on imaginary Liouville theory as a representative example
where exact results are easily obtained. We emphasize spatially periodic
solutions, compute various distribution functions and phase-space metrics, and
explore the relationships between them.Comment: Accepted by Journal of Mathematical Physic
Formation of Polymorphic Cluster Phases for Purely Repulsive Soft Spheres
We present results from density functional theory and computer simulations
that unambiguously predict the occurrence of first-order freezing transitions
for a large class of ultrasoft model systems into cluster crystals. The
clusters consist of fully overlapping particles and arise without the existence
of attractive forces. The number of particles participating in a cluster scales
linearly with density, therefore the crystals feature density-independent
lattice constants. Clustering is accompanied by polymorphic bcc-fcc
transitions, with fcc being the stable phase at high densities.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
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On the theory of electric dc-conductivity : linear and non-linear microscopic evolution and macroscopic behaviour
We consider the Schrodinger time evolution of charged particles subject to a
static substrate potential and to a homogeneous, macroscopic electric field (a
magnetic field may also be present). We investigate the microscopic velocities
and the resulting macroscopic current. We show that the microscopic velocities
are in general non-linear with respect to the electric field. One kind of
non-linearity arises from the highly non-linear adiabatic evolution and (or)
from an admixture of parts of it in so-called intermediate states, and the
other kind from non-quadratic transition rates between adiabatic states. The
resulting macroscopic dc-current may or may not be linear in the field. Three
cases can be distinguished : (a) The microscopic non-linearities can be
neglected. This is assumed to be the case in linear response theory (Kubo
formalism, ...). We give arguments which make it plausible that often such an
assumption is indeed justified, in particular for the current parallel to the
field. (b) The microscopic non-linearitites lead to macroscopic
non-linearities. An example is the onset of dissipation by increasing the
electric field in the breakdown of the quantum Hall effect. (c) The macroscopic
current is linear although the microscopic non-linearities constitute an
essential part of it and cannot be neglected. We show that the Hall current of
a quantized Hall plateau belongs to this case. This illustrates that
macroscopic linearity does not necessarily result from microscopic linearity.
In the second and third cases linear response theory is inadequate. We
elucidate also some other problems related to linear response theory.Comment: 24 pages, 6 figures, some typing errors have been corrected. Remark :
in eq. (1) of the printed article an obvious typing error remain
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