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Frequency-Tunable Josephson Junction Resonator for Quantum Computing
We have fabricated and measured a high-Q Josephson junction resonator with a
tunable resonance frequency. A dc magnetic flux allows the resonance frequency
to be changed by over 10 %. Weak coupling to the environment allows a quality
factor of 7000 when on average less than one photon is stored in the
resonator. At large photon numbers, the nonlinearity of the Josephson junction
creates two stable oscillation states. This resonator can be used as a tool for
investigating the quality of Josephson junctions in qubits below the single
photon limit, and can be used as a microwave qubit readout at high photon
numbers.Comment: 3 pages, 5 figure
An experimental investigation of the hypergolic ignition of some polymeric fuels with oxygen
Hypergolic ignition of polymeric fuels with oxyge
Adaptive Multigrid Algorithm for Lattice QCD
We present a new multigrid solver that is suitable for the Dirac operator in
the presence of disordered gauge fields. The key behind the success of the
algorithm is an adaptive projection onto the coarse grids that preserves the
near null space. The resulting algorithm has weak dependence on the gauge
coupling and exhibits very little critical slowing down in the chiral limit.
Results are presented for the Wilson Dirac operator of the 2d U(1) Schwinger
model.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Adaptive multigrid algorithm for the lattice Wilson-Dirac operator
We present an adaptive multigrid solver for application to the non-Hermitian
Wilson-Dirac system of QCD. The key components leading to the success of our
proposed algorithm are the use of an adaptive projection onto coarse grids that
preserves the near null space of the system matrix together with a simplified
form of the correction based on the so-called gamma_5-Hermitian symmetry of the
Dirac operator. We demonstrate that the algorithm nearly eliminates critical
slowing down in the chiral limit and that it has weak dependence on the lattice
volume
Star-to-star Na and O abundance variations along the red giant branch in NGC 2808
We report for the first time Na and O abundances from high-resolution, high
S/N echelle spectra of 20 red giants in NGC 2808, taken as part of the Science
Verification program of the FLAMES multi-object spectrograph at the ESO VLT. In
these stars, spanning about 3 mag from the red giant branch (RGB) tip, large
variations are detected in the abundances of oxygen and sodium, anticorrelated
with each other; this is a well known evidence of proton-capture reactions at
high temperatures in the ON and NeNa cycles. One star appears super O-poor; if
the extension of the Na-O anticorrelation is confirmed, NGC 2808 might reach O
depletion levels as large as those of M 13. This result confirms our previous
findings based on lower resolution spectra (Carretta et al. 2003) of a large
star-to-star scatter in proton capture elements at all positions along the RGB
in NGC 2808, with no significant evolutionary contribution. Finally, the
average metallicity for NGC 2808 is [Fe/H]= -1.14 +/- 0.01 dex (rms=0.06) from
19 stars.Comment: 12 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ Letter
Response of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate to a rotating elliptical trap
We investigate numerically the response of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate
to a weakly-elliptical rotating trap over a large range of rotation
frequencies. We analyse the quadrupolar shape oscillation excited by rotation,
and discriminate between its stable and unstable regimes. In the latter case,
where a vortex lattice forms, we compare with experimental observations and
find good agreement. By examining the role of thermal atoms in the process, we
infer that the process is temperature-independent, and show how terminating the
rotation gives control over the number of vortices in the lattice. We also
study the case of critical rotation at the trap frequency, and observe large
centre-of-mass oscillations of the condensate.Comment: 14 pages, 8 figure
Stochastic field theory for a Dirac particle propagating in gauge field disorder
Recent theoretical and numerical developments show analogies between quantum
chromodynamics (QCD) and disordered systems in condensed matter physics. We
study the spectral fluctuations of a Dirac particle propagating in a finite
four dimensional box in the presence of gauge fields. We construct a model
which combines Efetov's approach to disordered systems with the principles of
chiral symmetry and QCD. To this end, the gauge fields are replaced with a
stochastic white noise potential, the gauge field disorder. Effective
supersymmetric non-linear sigma-models are obtained. Spontaneous breaking of
supersymmetry is found. We rigorously derive the equivalent of the Thouless
energy in QCD. Connections to other low-energy effective theories, in
particular the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model and chiral perturbation theory, are
found.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
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