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Quantum Entanglement as a Diagnostic of Phase Transitions in Disordered Fractional Quantum Hall Liquids
We investigate the disorder-driven phase transition from a fractional quantum
Hall state to an Anderson insulator using quantum entanglement methods. We find
that the transition is signaled by a sharp increase in the sensitivity of a
suitably averaged entanglement entropy with respect to disorder -- the
magnitude of its disorder derivative appears to diverge in the thermodynamic
limit. We also study the level statistics of the entanglement spectrum as a
function of disorder. However, unlike the dramatic phase-transition signal in
the entanglement entropy derivative, we find a gradual reduction of level
repulsion only deep in the Anderson insulating phase.Comment: 8 pages, 8 figures, including the supplemental material, published in
PRL as an Editors' Suggestio
Angular momentum I ground state probabilities of boson systems interacting by random interactions
In this paper we report our systematic calculations of angular momentum
ground state probabilities () of boson systems with spin in the
presence of random two-body interactions. It is found that the P(0) dominance
is usually not true for a system with an odd number of bosons, while it is
valid for an even number of bosons, which indicates that the P(0) dominance is
partly connected to the even number of identical particles. It is also noticed
that the 's of bosons with spin do not follow the 1/N (,
referring to the number of independent two-body matrix elements) relation. The
properties of the 's obtained in boson systems with spin are
discussed.Comment: 8 pages and 3 figure
Quark model predictions for photoproduction on the proton
The photoproduction of vector mesons is investigated in a quark model
with an effective Lagrangian. Including both baryon resonance excitations and
{\it t}-channel exchanges, observables for the reactions and are predicted, using the
SU(3)-flavor-blind assumption of non-perturbative QCD.Comment: Revtex, 3 eps figures, revised version accepted by PRC Rapid Comm
Many-body Systems Interacting via a Two-body Random Ensemble (I): Angular Momentum distribution in the ground states
In this paper, we discuss the angular momentum distribution in the ground
states of many-body systems interacting via a two-body random ensemble.
Beginning with a few simple examples, a simple approach to predict P(I)'s,
angular momenta I ground state (g.s.) probabilities, of a few solvable cases,
such as fermions in a small single-j shell and d boson systems, is given. This
method is generalized to predict P(I)'s of more complicated cases, such as even
or odd number of fermions in a large single-j shell or a many-j shell, d-boson,
sd-boson or sdg-boson systems, etc. By this method we are able to tell which
interactions are essential to produce a sizable P(I) in a many-body system. The
g.s. probability of maximum angular momentum is discussed. An
argument on the microscopic foundation of our approach, and certain matrix
elements which are useful to understand the observed regularities, are also
given or addressed in detail. The low seniority chain of 0 g.s. by using the
same set of two-body interactions is confirmed but it is noted that
contribution to the total 0 g.s. probability beyond this chain may be more
important for even fermions in a single-j shell. Preliminary results by taking
a displaced two-body random ensemble are presented for the I g.s.
probabilities.Comment: 39 pages and 8 figure
Large magnetothermal conductivity in GdBaCo_{2}O_{5+x} single crystals
To study the effects of paramagnetic spins on phonons, both the in-plane and
the c-axis heat transport of GdBaCo_{2}O_{5+x} (GBCO) single crystals are
measured at low temperature down to 0.36 K and in magnetic field up to 16 T. It
is found that the phonon heat transport is very strongly affected by the
magnetic field and nearly 5 times increase of the thermal conductivity in
several Tesla field is observed at 0.36 K. It appears that phonons are
resonantly scattered by paramagnetic spins in zero field and the application of
magnetic field removes such strong scattering, but the detailed mechanism is to
be elucidated.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Position-dependent shear-induced austenite-martensite transformation in double-notched TRIP and dual-phase steel samples
While earlier studies on transformation-induced-plasticity (TRIP) steels focused on the determination of the austenite-to-martensite decomposition in uniform deformation or thermal fields, the current research focuses on the determination of the local retained austenite-to-martensite transformation behaviour in an inhomogeneous yet carefully controlled shear-loaded region of double-notched TRIP and dual-phase (DP) steel samples. A detailed powder analysis has been performed to simultaneously monitor the evolution of the phase fraction and the changes in average carbon concentration of metastable austenite together with the local strain components in the constituent phases as a function of the macroscopic stress and location with respect to the shear band. The metastable retained austenite shows a mechanically induced martensitic transformation in the localized shear zone, which is accompanied by an increase in average carbon concentration of the remaining austenite due to a preferred transformation of the austenite grains with the lowest carbon concentration. At the later deformation stages the geometry of the shear test samples results in the development of an additional tensile component. The experimental strain field within the probed sample area is in good agreement with finite element calculations. The strain development observed in the low-alloyed TRIP steel with metastable austenite is compared with that of steels with the same chemical composition containing either no austenite (a DP grade) or stable retained austenite (a TRIP grade produced at a long bainitic holding time). The transformation of metastable austenite under shear is a complex interplay between the local microstructure and the evolving strain fields
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