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Ballistic heat transport of quantum spin excitations as seen in SrCuO2
Fundamental conservation laws predict ballistic, i.e., dissipationless
transport behaviour in one-dimensional quantum magnets. Experimental evidence,
however, for such anomalous transport has been lacking ever since. Here we
provide experimental evidence for ballistic heat transport in a S=1/2
Heisenberg chain. In particular, we investigate high purity samples of the
chain cuprate SrCuO2 and observe a huge magnetic heat conductivity
. An extremely large spinon mean free path of more than a
micrometer demonstrates that is only limited by extrinsic
scattering processes which is a clear signature of ballistic transport in the
underlying spin model
Group Strategyproof Pareto-Stable Marriage with Indifferences via the Generalized Assignment Game
We study the variant of the stable marriage problem in which the preferences
of the agents are allowed to include indifferences. We present a mechanism for
producing Pareto-stable matchings in stable marriage markets with indifferences
that is group strategyproof for one side of the market. Our key technique
involves modeling the stable marriage market as a generalized assignment game.
We also show that our mechanism can be implemented efficiently. These results
can be extended to the college admissions problem with indifferences
Creation of macroscopic superposition states from arrays of Bose-Einstein condensates
We consider how macroscopic quantum superpositions may be created from arrays
of Bose-Einstein condensates. We study a system of three condensates in Fock
states, all with the same number of atoms and show that this has the form of a
highly entangled superposition of different quasi-momenta. We then show how, by
partially releasing these condensates and detecting an interference pattern
where they overlap, it is possible to create a macroscopic superposition of
different relative phases for the remaining portions of the condensates. We
discuss methods for confirming these superpositions.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
Magnetic susceptibility of insulators from first principles
We present an {\it ab initio} approach for the computation of the magnetic
susceptibility of insulators. The approach is applied to compute
in diamond and in solid neon using density functional theory in the local
density approximation, obtaining good agreement with experimental data. In
solid neon, we predict an observable dependence of upon pressure.Comment: Revtex, to appear in Physical Review Lette
About the dynamics and thermodynamics of trapped ions
This tutorial introduces the dynamics of charged particles in a
radiofrequency trap in a very general manner to point out the differences
between the dynamics in a quadrupole and in a multipole trap. When dense
samples are trapped, the dynamics is modified by the Coulomb repulsion between
ions. To take into account this repulsion, we propose to use a method,
originally developed for particles in Penning trap, that model the ion cloud as
a cold fluid. This method can not reproduce the organisation of cold clouds as
crystals but it allows one to scale the size of large samples with the trapping
parameters and the number of ions trapped, for different linear geometries of
trap.Comment: accepted for publication in the "Modern Applications of Trapped Ions"
special issu
Collective excitations in the Unitary Correlation Operator Method and relativistic QRPA studies of exotic nuclei
The collective excitation phenomena in atomic nuclei are studied in two
different formulations of the Random Phase Approximation (RPA): (i) RPA based
on correlated realistic nucleon-nucleon interactions constructed within the
Unitary Correlation Operator Method (UCOM), and (ii) relativistic RPA (RRPA)
derived from effective Lagrangians with density-dependent meson-exchange
interactions. The former includes the dominant interaction-induced short-range
central and tensor correlations by means of an unitary transformation. It is
shown that UCOM-RPA correlations induced by collective nuclear vibrations
recover a part of the residual long-range correlations that are not explicitly
included in the UCOM Hartree-Fock ground state. Both RPA models are employed in
studies of the isoscalar monopole resonance (ISGMR) in closed-shell nuclei
across the nuclide chart, with an emphasis on the sensitivity of its properties
on the constraints for the range of the UCOM correlation functions. Within the
Relativistic Quasiparticle RPA (RQRPA) based on Relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov
model, the occurrence of pronounced low-lying dipole excitations is predicted
in nuclei towards the proton drip-line. From the analysis of the transition
densities and the structure of the RQRPA amplitudes, it is shown that these
states correspond to the proton pygmy dipole resonance.Comment: 15 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Physics of Atomic Nuclei,
conference proceedings, "Frontiers in the Physics of Nucleus", St.
Petersburg, 28. June-1. July, 200
The thermal conductivity of alternating spin chains
We study a class of integrable alternating (S1,S2) quantum spin chains with
critical ground state properties. Our main result is the description of the
thermal Drude weight of the one-dimensional alternating spin chain as a
function of temperature. We have identified the thermal current of the model
with alternating spins as one of the conserved currents underlying the
integrability. This allows for the derivation of a finite set of non-linear
integral equations for the thermal conductivity. Numerical solutions to the
integral equations are presented for specific cases of the spins S1 and S2. In
the low-temperature limit a universal picture evolves where the thermal Drude
weight is proportional to temperature T and central charge c.Comment: 15 pages, 1 figur
Fourier Transform Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy: the possibility to obtain constant energy maps and the band dispersion using a local measurement
We present here an overview of the Fourier Transform Scanning Tunneling
spectroscopy technique (FT-STS). This technique allows one to probe the
electronic properties of a two-dimensional system by analyzing the standing
waves formed in the vicinity of defects. We review both the experimental and
theoretical aspects of this approach, basing our analysis on some of our
previous results, as well as on other results described in the literature. We
explain how the topology of the constant energy maps can be deduced from the FT
of dI/dV map images which exhibit standing waves patterns. We show that not
only the position of the features observed in the FT maps, but also their shape
can be explained using different theoretical models of different levels of
approximation. Thus, starting with the classical and well known expression of
the Lindhard susceptibility which describes the screening of electron in a free
electron gas, we show that from the momentum dependence of the susceptibility
we can deduce the topology of the constant energy maps in a joint density of
states approximation (JDOS). We describe how some of the specific features
predicted by the JDOS are (or are not) observed experimentally in the FT maps.
The role of the phase factors which are neglected in the rough JDOS
approximation is described using the stationary phase conditions. We present
also the technique of the T-matrix approximation, which takes into account
accurately these phase factors. This technique has been successfully applied to
normal metals, as well as to systems with more complicated constant energy
contours. We present results recently obtained on graphene systems which
demonstrate the power of this technique, and the usefulness of local
measurements for determining the band structure, the map of the Fermi energy
and the constant-energy maps.Comment: 33 pages, 15 figures; invited review article, to appear in Journal of
Physics D: Applied Physic
Momentum dependence of orbital excitations in Mott-insulating titanates
High-resolution resonant inelastic x-ray scattering has been used to
determine the momentum dependence of orbital excitations in Mott-insulating
LaTiO and YTiO over a wide range of the Brillouin zone. The data are
compared to calculations in the framework of lattice-driven and
superexchange-driven orbital ordering models. A superexchange model in which
the experimentally observed modes are attributed to two-orbiton excitations
yields the best description of the data.Comment: to appear in PR
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