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On the comparison of results regarding the post-Newtonian approximate treatment of the dynamics of extended spinning compact binaries
A brief review is given of all the Hamiltonians and effective potentials
calculated hitherto covering the post-Newtonian (pN) dynamics of a two body
system. A method is presented to compare (conservative) reduced Hamiltonians
with nonreduced potentials directly at least up to the next-to-leading-pN
order.Comment: Conference proceedings for the 7th International Conference on
Gravitation and Cosmology (ICGC2011), 4 page
Realistic clocks, universal decoherence and the black hole information paradox
Ordinary quantum mechanics is formulated on the basis of the existence of an
ideal classical clock external to the system under study. This is clearly an
idealization. As emphasized originally by Salecker and Wigner and more recently
by other authors, there exist limits in nature to how ``classical'' even the
best possible clock can be. When one introduces realistic clocks, quantum
mechanics ceases to be unitary and a fundamental mechanism of decoherence of
quantum states arises. We estimate the rate of universal loss of unitarity
using optimal realistic clocks. In particular we observe that the rate is rapid
enough to eliminate the black hole information puzzle: all information is lost
through the fundamental decoherence before the black hole can evaporate. This
improves on a previous calculation we presented with a sub-optimal clock in
which only part of the information was lost by the time of evaporation.Comment: 3 Pages, RevTex, no figure
Absorption Effects due to Spin in the Worldline Approach to Black Hole Dynamics
We generalize the effective point particle approach to black hole dynamics to
include spin. In this approach dissipative effects are captured by degrees of
freedom localized on the wordline. The absorptive properties of the black hole
are determined by correlation functions which can be matched with the graviton
absorption cross section in the long wavelength approximation. For rotating
black holes, superradiance is responsible for the leading contribution. The
effective theory is then used to predict the power loss due to spin in the
dynamics of non-relativistic binary systems. An enhancement of three powers of
the relative velocity is found with respect to the non-rotating case. Then we
generalize the results to other type of constituents in the binary system, such
as rotating neutron stars. Finally we compute the power loss absorbed by a test
spinning black hole in a given spacetime background.Comment: 17 pages, 2 figures. v2 Typos and misprints fixe
Strongly inhibited transport of a 1D Bose gas in a lattice
We report the observation of strongly damped dipole oscillations of a quantum
degenerate 1D atomic Bose gas in a combined harmonic and optical lattice
potential. Damping is significant for very shallow axial lattices (0.25 photon
recoil energies), and increases dramatically with increasing lattice depth,
such that the gas becomes nearly immobile for times an order of magnitude
longer than the single-particle tunneling time. Surprisingly, we see no
broadening of the atomic quasimomentum distribution after damped motion. Recent
theoretical work suggests that quantum fluctuations can strongly damp dipole
oscillations of 1D atomic Bose gas, providing a possible explanation for our
observations.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Next to leading order spin-orbit effects in the motion of inspiralling compact binaries
Using effective field theory (EFT) techniques we calculate the
next-to-leading order (NLO) spin-orbit contributions to the gravitational
potential of inspiralling compact binaries. We use the covariant spin
supplementarity condition (SSC), and explicitly prove the equivalence with
previous results by Faye et al. in arXiv:gr-qc/0605139. We also show that the
direct application of the Newton-Wigner SSC at the level of the action leads to
the correct dynamics using a canonical (Dirac) algebra. This paper then
completes the calculation of the necessary spin dynamics within the EFT
formalism that will be used in a separate paper to compute the spin
contributions to the energy flux and phase evolution to NLO.Comment: 25 pages, 4 figures, revtex4. v2: minor changes, refs. added. To
appear in Class. Quant. Gra
Sublattice addressing and spin-dependent motion of atoms in a double-well lattice
We load atoms into every site of an optical lattice and selectively spin flip
atoms in a sublattice consisting of every other site. These selected atoms are
separated from their unselected neighbors by less than an optical wavelength.
We also show spin-dependent transport, where atomic wave packets are coherently
separated into adjacent sites according to their internal state. These tools
should be useful for quantum information processing and quantum simulation of
lattice models with neutral atoms
Adaptabilidade e estabilidade como critérios para seleção de genótipos de girassol.
O objetivo deste trabalho foi comparar critérios para seleção de genótipos de girassol com base na média geral obtida em vários locais e sua decomposição em ambientes favoráveis e desfavoráveis e por meio de outros métodos de análise de adaptabilidade e estabilidade, como os de Eberhart & Russell, Lin & Binns, Carneiro e Carvalho et al. Foram analisados dados obtidos entre os anos de 1999 e 2004 na Rede Nacional de Ensaios de Girassol, coordenada pela Embrapa Soja e que conta com a participação de empresas públicas e privadas. Os caracteres avaliados foram rendimento de grãos e de óleo (kg ha-1). A análise da decomposição da média geral em médias de ambientes favoráveis e desfavoráveis (método da indicação com base na decomposição da média geral - IDMG) foi o critério mais adequado para a indicação de genótipos. A análise de regressão contribuiu com informações adicionais, indicando a responsividade e previsibilidade dos genótipos diante das mudanças ambientais
Optimal control of atom transport for quantum gates in optical lattices
By means of optimal control techniques we model and optimize the manipulation
of the external quantum state (center-of-mass motion) of atoms trapped in
adjustable optical potentials. We consider in detail the cases of both non
interacting and interacting atoms moving between neighboring sites in a lattice
of a double-well optical potentials. Such a lattice can perform
interaction-mediated entanglement of atom pairs and can realize two-qubit
quantum gates. The optimized control sequences for the optical potential allow
transport faster and with significantly larger fidelity than is possible with
processes based on adiabatic transport.Comment: revised version: minor changes, 2 references added, published versio
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