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Dislocations in the ground state of the solid-on-solid model on a disordered substrate
We investigate the effects of topological defects (dislocations) to the
ground state of the solid-on-solid (SOS) model on a simple cubic disordered
substrate utilizing the min-cost-flow algorithm from combinatorial
optimization. The dislocations are found to destabilize and destroy the elastic
phase, particularly when the defects are placed only in partially optimized
positions. For multi defect pairs their density decreases exponentially with
the vortex core energy. Their mean distance has a maximum depending on the
vortex core energy and system size, which gives a fractal dimension of . The maximal mean distances correspond to special vortex core
energies for which the scaling behavior of the density of dislocations change
from a pure exponential decay to a stretched one. Furthermore, an extra
introduced vortex pair is screened due to the disorder-induced defects and its
energy is linear in the vortex core energy.Comment: 6 pages RevTeX, eps figures include
Continuous loading of an electrostatic trap for polar molecules
A continuously operated electrostatic trap for polar molecules is
demonstrated. The trap has a volume of ~0.6 cm^3 and holds molecules with a
positive Stark shift. With deuterated ammonia from a quadrupole velocity
filter, a trap density of ~10^8/cm^3 is achieved with an average lifetime of
130 ms and a motional temperature of ~300 mK. The trap offers good starting
conditions for high-precision measurements, and can be used as a first stage in
cooling schemes for molecules and as a "reaction vessel" in cold chemistry.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures v2: several small improvements, new intr
Crossovers in the Two Dimensional Ising Spin Glass with ferromagnetic next-nearest-neighbor interactions
By means of extensive computer simulations we analyze in detail the two
dimensional Ising spin glass with ferromagnetic next-nearest-neighbor
interactions. We found a crossover from ferromagnetic to ``spin glass'' like
order both from numerical simulations and analytical arguments. We also present
evidences of a second crossover from the ``spin glass'' behavior to a
paramagnetic phase for the largest volume studied.Comment: 19 pages with 9 postscript figures also available at
http://chimera.roma1.infn.it/index_papers_complex.html. Some changes in
captions of figures 1 and
Ground-States of Two Directed Polymers
Joint ground states of two directed polymers in a random medium are
investigated. Using exact min-cost flow optimization the true two-line
ground-state is compared with the single line ground state plus its first
excited state. It is found that these two-line configurations are (for almost
all disorder configurations) distinct implying that the true two-line
ground-state is non-separable, even with 'worst-possible' initial conditions.
The effective interaction energy between the two lines scales with the system
size with the scaling exponents 0.39 and 0.21 in 2D and 3D, respectively.Comment: 19 pages RevTeX, figures include
Book Review: The Goldmark Case: An American Libel Trial. by William L. Dwyer.
Book review: The Goldmark Case: An American Libel Trial. By William L. Dwyer. Seattle: University of Washington Press. 1984. Pp. xi, 291. Reviewed by: Carol T. Rieger
Book Review: The Goldmark Case: An American Libel Trial. by William L. Dwyer.
Book review: The Goldmark Case: An American Libel Trial. By William L. Dwyer. Seattle: University of Washington Press. 1984. Pp. xi, 291. Reviewed by: Carol T. Rieger
Finite temperature behavior of strongly disordered quantum magnets coupled to a dissipative bath
We study the effect of dissipation on the infinite randomness fixed point and
the Griffiths-McCoy singularities of random transverse Ising systems in chains,
ladders and in two-dimensions. A strong disorder renormalization group scheme
is presented that allows the computation of the finite temperature behavior of
the magnetic susceptibility and the spin specific heat. In the case of Ohmic
dissipation the susceptibility displays a crossover from Griffiths-McCoy
behavior (with a continuously varying dynamical exponent) to classical Curie
behavior at some temperature . The specific heat displays Griffiths-McCoy
singularities over the whole temperature range. For super-Ohmic dissipation we
find an infinite randomness fixed point within the same universality class as
the transverse Ising system without dissipation. In this case the phase diagram
and the parameter dependence of the dynamical exponent in the Griffiths-McCoy
phase can be determined analytically.Comment: 23 pages, 12 figure
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