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    Effect of electron and hole doping on the structure of C, Si, and S nanowires

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    We use ab initio density functional calculations to study the effect of electron and hole doping on the equilibrium geometry and electronic structure of C, Si, and S monatomic wires. Independent of doping, all these nanowires are found to be metallic. In absence of doping, C wires are straight, whereas Si and S wires display a zigzag structure. Besides two preferred bond angles of 60 deg and 120 deg in Si wires, we find an additional metastable bond angle of 90 deg in S wires. The equilibrium geometry and electronic structure of these nanowires is shown to change drastically upon electron and hole doping.Comment: 5 pages including 5 figure

    A new approach to dynamic finite-size scaling

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    In this work we have considered the Taylor series expansion of the dynamic scaling relation of the magnetization with respect to small initial magnetization values in order to study the dynamic scaling behaviour of 2- and 3-dimensional Ising models. We have used the literature values of the critical exponents and of the new dynamic exponent x0x_0 to observe the dynamic finite-size scaling behaviour of the time evolution of the magnetization during early stages of the Monte Carlo simulation. For 3-dimensional Ising Model we have also presented that this method opens the possibility of calculating zz and x0x_0 separately. Our results show good agreement with the literature values. Measurements done on lattices with different sizes seem to give very good scaling.Comment: Latex file with six figures. Accepted for publication in IJM

    Lattice simulations of real-time quantum fields

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    We investigate lattice simulations of scalar and nonabelian gauge fields in Minkowski space-time. For SU(2) gauge-theory expectation values of link variables in 3+1 dimensions are constructed by a stochastic process in an additional (5th) ``Langevin-time''. A sufficiently small Langevin step size and the use of a tilted real-time contour leads to converging results in general. All fixed point solutions are shown to fulfil the infinite hierarchy of Dyson-Schwinger identities, however, they are not unique without further constraints. For the nonabelian gauge theory the thermal equilibrium fixed point is only approached at intermediate Langevin-times. It becomes more stable if the complex time path is deformed towards Euclidean space-time. We analyze this behavior further using the real-time evolution of a quantum anharmonic oscillator, which is alternatively solved by diagonalizing its Hamiltonian. Without further optimization stochastic quantization can give accurate descriptions if the real-time extend of the lattice is small on the scale of the inverse temperature.Comment: 36 pages, 15 figures, Late

    Dynamic SU(2) Lattice Gauge Theory at Finite Temperature

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    The dynamic relaxation process for the (2+1)--dimensional SU(2) lattice gauge theory at critical temperature is investigated with Monte Carlo methods. The critical initial increase of the Polyakov loop is observed. The dynamic exponents θ\theta and zz as well as the static critical exponent β/ν\beta/\nu are determined from the power law behaviour of the Polyakov loop, the auto-correlation and the second moment at the early stage of the time evolution. The results are well consistent and universal short-time scaling behaviour of the dynamic system is confirmed. The values of the exponents show that the dynamic SU(2) lattice gauge theory is in the same dynamic universality class as the dynamic Ising model.Comment: 10 pages with 2 figure

    Simulating nonequilibrium quantum fields with stochastic quantization techniques

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    We present lattice simulations of nonequilibrium quantum fields in Minkowskian space-time. Starting from a non-thermal initial state, the real-time quantum ensemble in 3+1 dimensions is constructed by a stochastic process in an additional (5th) ``Langevin-time''. For the example of a self-interacting scalar field we show how to resolve apparent unstable Langevin dynamics, and compare our quantum results with those obtained in classical field theory. Such a direct simulation method is crucial for our understanding of collision experiments of heavy nuclei or other nonequilibrium phenomena in strongly coupled quantum many-body systems.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, PRL version, minor change

    Dynamics of ripple formation on silicon surfaces by ultrashort laser pulses in sub-ablation conditions

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    An investigation of ultrashort pulsed laser induced surface modification due to conditions that result in a superheated melted liquid layer and material evaporation are considered. To describe the surface modification occurring after cooling and resolidification of the melted layer and understand the underlying physical fundamental mechanisms, a unified model is presented to account for crater and subwavelength ripple formation based on a synergy of electron excitation and capillary waves solidification. The proposed theoretical framework aims to address the laser-material interaction in sub-ablation conditions and thus minimal mass removal in combination with a hydrodynamics-based scenario of the crater creation and ripple formation following surface irradiation with single and multiple pulses, respectively. The development of the periodic structures is attributed to the interference of the incident wave with a surface plasmon wave. Details of the surface morphology attained are elaborated as a function of the imposed conditions and results are tested against experimental data

    Southward propagating auroral structure in meso-micro scale obtained from ground-based multiple observations at Poker Flat Research Range

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    第3回極域科学シンポジウム/第36回極域宙空圏シンポジウム 11月26日(月)、27日(火) 国立極地研究所 2階ラウン

    Monte Carlo Simulation of the Short-time Behaviour of the Dynamic XY Model

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    Dynamic relaxation of the XY model quenched from a high temperature state to the critical temperature or below is investigated with Monte Carlo methods. When a non-zero initial magnetization is given, in the short-time regime of the dynamic evolution the critical initial increase of the magnetization is observed. The dynamic exponent θ\theta is directly determined. The results show that the exponent θ\theta varies with respect to the temperature. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that this initial increase of the magnetization is universal, i.e. independent of the microscopic details of the initial configurations and the algorithms.Comment: 14 pages with 5 figures in postscrip

    Generalized Dynamic Scaling for Critical Magnetic Systems

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    The short-time behaviour of the critical dynamics for magnetic systems is investigated with Monte Carlo methods. Without losing the generality, we consider the relaxation process for the two dimensional Ising and Potts model starting from an initial state with very high temperature and arbitrary magnetization. We confirm the generalized scaling form and observe that the critical characteristic functions of the initial magnetization for the Ising and the Potts model are quite different.Comment: 32 pages with15 eps-figure
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