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Precision measurement of cosmic magnification from 21 cm emitting galaxies
We show how precision lensing measurements can be obtained through the
lensing magnification effect in high redshift 21cm emission from galaxies.
Normally, cosmic magnification measurements have been seriously complicated by
galaxy clustering. With precise redshifts obtained from 21cm emission line
wavelength, one can correlate galaxies at different source planes, or exclude
close pairs to eliminate such contaminations.
We provide forecasts for future surveys, specifically the SKA and CLAR. SKA
can achieve percent precision on the dark matter power spectrum and the galaxy
dark matter cross correlation power spectrum, while CLAR can measure an
accurate cross correlation power spectrum. The neutral hydrogen fraction was
most likely significantly higher at high redshifts, which improves the number
of observed galaxies significantly, such that also CLAR can measure the dark
matter lensing power spectrum. SKA can also allow precise measurement of
lensing bispectrum.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figures. Accepted to MNRAS. We deleted two figures and
shortened the paper to meet MNRAS's requirement. All main results remain
unchange
Dark Energy and the Statistical Study of the Observed Image Separations of the Multiply Imaged Systems in the CLASS Statistical Sample
The present day observations favour a universe which is flat, accelerated and
composed of matter (baryonic + dark) and of a negative
pressure component, usually referred to as dark energy or quintessence. The
Cosmic Lens All Sky Survey (CLASS), the largest radio-selected galactic mass
scale gravitational lens search project to date, has resulted in the largest
sample suitable for statistical analyses. In the work presented here, we
exploit observed image separations of the multiply imaged lensed radio sources
in the sample. We use two different tests: (1) image separation distribution
function of the lensed radio sources and (2)
{\dtheta}_{\mathrm{pred}} vs {\dtheta}_{\mathrm{obs}} as observational
tools to constrain the cosmological parameters and \Om. The results are
in concordance with the bounds imposed by other cosmological tests.Comment: 20 pages latex; Modified " Results and Discussion " section, new
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Logarithmic temperature dependence of conductivity at half-integer filling factors: Evidence for interaction between composite fermions
We have studied the temperature dependence of diagonal conductivity in
high-mobility two-dimensional samples at filling factors and 3/2 at
low temperatures. We observe a logarithmic dependence on temperature, from our
lowest temperature of 13 mK up to 400 mK. We attribute the logarithmic
correction to the effects of interaction between composite fermions, analogous
to the Altshuler-Aronov type correction for electrons at zero magnetic field.
The paper is accepted for publication in Physical Review B, Rapid
Communications.Comment: uses revtex macro
Cumulative effect of Forbush decreases in the heliospheric modulation during the present solar cycle
A monthly Forbush decrease index (Fd-I) is generated and it is compared with the observed long term chnges in the cosmic ray intensity near earth at energies greater than or equal to 1 Gev over 1976-83. Significant correlation is observed between the two except for 1978. Such an effect is also seen in the correlation plot between the solar flare index (SFI) and Fd-I
Two-photon exchange in elastic electron-nucleon scattering
A detailed study of two-photon exchange in unpolarized and polarized elastic
electron--nucleon scattering is presented, taking particular account of nucleon
finite size effects. Contributions from nucleon elastic intermediate states are
found to have a strong angular dependence, which leads to a partial resolution
of the discrepancy between the Rosenbluth and polarization transfer
measurements of the proton electric to magnetic form factor ratio, G_E/G_M. The
two-photon exchange contribution to the longitudinal polarization transfer P_L
is small, whereas the contribution to the transverse polarization transfer P_T
is enhanced at backward angles by several percent, increasing with Q^2. This
gives rise to a small, ~3% suppression of G_E/G_M obtained from the
polarization transfer ratio P_T/P_L at large Q^2. We also compare the
two-photon exchange effects with data on the ratio of e^+ p to e^- p cross
sections, which is predicted to be enhanced at backward angles. Finally, we
evaluate the corrections to the form factors of the neutron, and estimate the
elastic intermediate state contribution to the ^3He form factors
Activation gaps for the fractional quantum Hall effect: realistic treatment of transverse thickness
The activation gaps for fractional quantum Hall states at filling fractions
are computed for heterojunction, square quantum well, as well as
parabolic quantum well geometries, using an interaction potential calculated
from a self-consistent electronic structure calculation in the local density
approximation. The finite thickness is estimated to make 30% correction
to the gap in the heterojunction geometry for typical parameters, which
accounts for roughly half of the discrepancy between the experiment and
theoretical gaps computed for a pure two dimensional system. Certain model
interactions are also considered. It is found that the activation energies
behave qualitatively differently depending on whether the interaction is of
longer or shorter range than the Coulomb interaction; there are indications
that fractional Hall states close to the Fermi sea are destabilized for the
latter.Comment: 32 pages, 13 figure
Composite fermion wave functions as conformal field theory correlators
It is known that a subset of fractional quantum Hall wave functions has been
expressed as conformal field theory (CFT) correlators, notably the Laughlin
wave function at filling factor ( odd) and its quasiholes, and the
Pfaffian wave function at and its quasiholes. We develop a general
scheme for constructing composite-fermion (CF) wave functions from conformal
field theory. Quasiparticles at are created by inserting anyonic
vertex operators, , that replace a subset of the electron
operators in the correlator. The one-quasiparticle wave function is identical
to the corresponding CF wave function, and the two-quasiparticle wave function
has correct fractional charge and statistics and is numerically almost
identical to the corresponding CF wave function. We further show how to exactly
represent the CF wavefunctions in the Jain series as the CFT
correlators of a new type of fermionic vertex operators, ,
constructed from free compactified bosons; these operators provide the CFT
representation of composite fermions carrying flux quanta in the CF Landau level. We also construct the corresponding quasiparticle- and
quasihole operators and argue that they have the expected fractional charge and
statistics. For filling fractions 2/5 and 3/7 we show that the chiral CFTs that
describe the bulk wave functions are identical to those given by Wen's general
classification of quantum Hall states in terms of -matrices and - and
-vectors, and we propose that to be generally true. Our results suggest a
general procedure for constructing quasiparticle wave functions for other
fractional Hall states, as well as for constructing ground states at filling
fractions not contained in the principal Jain series.Comment: 26 pages, 3 figure
Spin Transition in the Half-Filled Landau Level
The transition from partial to complete spin polarization of two-dimensional
electrons at half filling of the lowest Landau level has been studied using
resistively-detected nuclear magnetic resonance (RDNMR). The nuclear
spin-lattice relaxation time is observed to be density independent in the
partially polarized phase but to increase sharply at the transition to full
polarization. At low temperatures the RDNMR signal exhibits a strong maximum
near the critical density.Comment: 4 pages, 3 postscript figures. As published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 98,
086801 (2007
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