683 research outputs found
Nonlinear thermal control in an N-terminal junction
We demonstrate control over heat flow in an N-terminal molecular junction.
Using simple model Hamiltonians we show that the heat current through two
terminals can be tuned, switched, and amplified, by the temperature and
coupling parameters of external gating reservoirs. We discuss two models: A
fully harmonic system, and a model incorporating anharmonic interactions. For
both models the control reservoirs induce thermal fluctuations of the
transition elements between molecular vibrational states. We find that a fully
harmonic model does not show any controllability, while for an anharmonic
system the conduction properties of the junction strongly depend on the
parameters of the gates. Realizations of the model system within nanodevices
and macromolecules are discussed
On compatibility and improvement of different quantum state assignments
When Alice and Bob have different quantum knowledges or state assignments
(density operators) for one and the same specific individual system, then the
problems of compatibility and pooling arise. The so-called first
Brun-Finkelstein-Mermin (BFM) condition for compatibility is reobtained in
terms of possessed or sharp (i. e., probability one) properties. The second BFM
condition is shown to be generally invalid in an infinite-dimensional state
space. An argument leading to a procedure of improvement of one state
assifnment on account of the other and vice versa is presented.Comment: 8 page
Melting and Rippling Phenomenan in Two Dimensional Crystals with localized bonding
We calculate Root Mean Square (RMS) deviations from equilibrium for atoms in
a two dimensional crystal with local (e.g. covalent) bonding between close
neighbors. Large scale Monte Carlo calculations are in good agreement with
analytical results obtained in the harmonic approximation. When motion is
restricted to the plane, we find a slow (logarithmic) increase in fluctuations
of the atoms about their equilibrium positions as the crystals are made larger
and larger. We take into account fluctuations perpendicular to the lattice
plane, manifest as undulating ripples, by examining dual layer systems with
coupling between the layers to impart local rigidly (i.e. as in sheets of
graphene made stiff by their finite thickness). Surprisingly, we find a rapid
divergence with increasing system size in the vertical mean square deviations,
independent of the strength of the interplanar coupling. We consider an
attractive coupling to a flat substrate, finding that even a weak attraction
significantly limits the amplitude and average wavelength of the ripples. We
verify our results are generic by examining a variety of distinct geometries,
obtaining the same phenomena in each case.Comment: 17 pages, 28 figure
Screening, Kohn anomaly, Friedel oscillation, and RKKY interaction in bilayer graphene
We calculate the screening function in bilayer graphene (BLG) both in the
intrinsic (undoped) and the extrinsic (doped) regime within random phase
approximation, comparing our results with the corresponding single layer
graphene (SLG) and the regular two dimensional electron gas (2DEG). We find
that the Kohn anomaly is strongly enhanced in BLG. We also discuss the Friedel
oscillation and the RKKY interaction, which are associated with the
non-analytic behavior of the screening function at . We find that the
Kohn anomaly, the Friedel oscillation, and the RKKY interaction are all
qualitatively different in the BLG compared with the SLG and the 2DEG.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Damping of Bogoliubov Excitations in Optical Lattices
Extending recent work to finite temperatures, we calculate the Landau damping
of a Bogoliubov excitation in an optical lattice, due to coupling to a thermal
cloud of such excitations. For simplicity, we consider a 1D Bose-Hubbard model
and restrict ourselves to the first energy band. For energy conservation to be
satisfied, the excitations in the collision processes must exhibit ``anomalous
dispersion'', analogous to phonons in superfluid . This leads to the
disappearance of all damping processes when , where is
the on-site interaction, is the hopping matrix element and
is the number of condensate atoms at a lattice site. This phenomenon also
occurs in 2D and 3D optical lattices. The disappearance of Beliaev damping
above a threshold wavevector is noted.Comment: 4pages, 5figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Application of the coherent state formalism to multiply excited states
A general expression is obtained for the matrix element of an m-body operator
between coherent states constructed from multiple orthogonal coherent boson
species. This allows the coherent state formalism to be applied to states
possessing an arbitrarily large number of intrinsic excitation quanta. For
illustration, the formalism is applied to the two-dimensional vibron model
[U(3) model], to calculate the energies of all excited states in the large-N
limit.Comment: LaTeX (iopart); 10 pages; to be published in J. Phys.
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Correlation-induced metal insulator transition in a two-channel fermion-boson model
We investigate charge transport within some background medium by means of an
effective lattice model with a novel form of fermion-boson coupling. The bosons
describe fluctuations of a correlated background. By analyzing groundstate and
spectral properties of this transport model, we show how a metal-insulator
quantum phase transition can occur for the half-filled band case. We discuss
the evolution of a mass-asymmetric band structure in the insulating phase and
establish connections to the Mott and Peierls transition scenarios.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, revised version accepted for publication
in Phys. Rev. Let
A semi-quantitative scattering theory of amorphous materials
It is argued that topological disorder in amorphous solids can be described
by local strains related to local reference crystals and local rotations. An
intuitive localization criterion is formulated from this point of view. The
Inverse Participation Ratio and the location of mobility edges in band tails is
directly related to the character of the disorder potential in amorphous solid,
the coordination number, the transition integral and the nodes of wave
functions of the corresponding reference crystal. The dependence of the decay
rate of band tails on temperature and static disorder are derived. \textit{Ab
initio} simulations on a-Si and experiments on a-Si:H are compared to these
predictions.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, will be submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Fourier's Law: insight from a simple derivation
The onset of Fourier's law in a one-dimensional quantum system is addressed
via a simple model of weakly coupled quantum systems in contact with thermal
baths at their edges. Using analytical arguments we show that the crossover
from the ballistic (invalid Fourier's law) to diffusive (valid Fourier's law)
regimes is characterized by a thermal length-scale, which is directly related
to the profile of the local temperature. In the same vein, dephasing is shown
to give rise to a classical Fourier's law, similarly to the onset of Ohm's law
in mesoscopic conductors.Comment: 4+ pages, references and discussions adde
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