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Manipulation of the dynamics of many-body systems via quantum control methods
We investigate how dynamical decoupling methods may be used to manipulate the
time evolution of quantum many-body systems. These methods consist of sequences
of external control operations designed to induce a desired dynamics. The
systems considered for the analysis are one-dimensional spin-1/2 models, which,
according to the parameters of the Hamiltonian, may be in the integrable or
non-integrable limits, and in the gapped or gapless phases. We show that an
appropriate control sequence may lead a chaotic chain to evolve as an
integrable chain and a system in the gapless phase to behave as a system in the
gapped phase. A key ingredient for the control schemes developed here is the
possibility to use, in the same sequence, different time intervals between
control operations.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure
Steady-state entanglement between distant quantum dots in photonic crystal dimers
We show that two spatially separated semiconductor quantum dots under
resonant and continuous-wave excitation can be strongly entangled in the
steady-state, thanks to their radiative coupling by mutual interaction through
the normal modes of a photonic crystal dimer. We employ a quantum master
equation formalism to quantify the steady-state entanglement by calculating the
system {\it negativity}. Calculations are specified to consider realistic
semiconductor nanostructure parameters for the photonic crystal dimer-quantum
dots coupled system, determined by a guided mode expansion solution of Maxwell
equations. Negativity values of the order of 0.1 ( of the maximum value)
are shown for interdot distances that are larger than the resonant wavelength
of the system. It is shown that the amount of entanglement is almost
independent of the interdot distance, as long as the normal mode splitting of
the photonic dimer is larger than their linewidths, which becomes the only
requirement to achieve a local and individual qubit addressing. Considering
inhomogeneously broadened quantum dots, we find that the steady-state
entanglement is preserved as long as the detuning between the two quantum dot
resonances is small when compared to their decay rates. The steady-state
entanglement is shown to be robust against the effects of pure dephasing of the
quantum dot transitions. We finally study the entanglement dynamics for a
configuration in which one of the two quantum dots is initially excited and
find that the transient negativity can be enhanced by more than a factor of two
with respect to the steady-state value. These results are promising for
practical applications of entangled states at short time scales.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figure
Elodie metallicity-biased search for transiting Hot Jupiters I. Two Hot Jupiters orbiting the slightly evolved stars HD118203 and HD149143
We report the discovery of a new planet candidate orbiting the subgiant star
HD118203 with a period of P=6.1335 days. The best Keplerian solution yields an
eccentricity e=0.31 and a minimum mass m2sin(i)=2.1MJup for the planet. This
star has been observed with the ELODIE fiber-fed spectrograph as one of the
targets in our planet-search programme biased toward high-metallicity stars,
on-going since March 2004 at the Haute-Provence Observatory. An analysis of the
spectroscopic line profiles using line bisectors revealed no correlation
between the radial velocities and the line-bisector orientations, indicating
that the periodic radial-velocity signal is best explained by the presence of a
planet-mass companion. A linear trend is observed in the residuals around the
orbital solution that could be explained by the presence of a second companion
in a longer-period orbit. We also present here our orbital solution for another
slightly evolved star in our metal-rich sample, HD149143, recently proposed to
host a 4-d period Hot Jupiter by the N2K consortium. Our solution yields a
period P=4.09 days, a marginally significant eccentricity e=0.08 and a
planetary minimum mass of 1.36MJup. We checked that the shape of the spectral
lines does not vary for this star as well.Comment: Accepted in A&A (6 pages, 6 figures
Is the transition redshift a new cosmological number?
Observations from Supernovae Type Ia (SNe Ia) provided strong evidence for an
expanding accelerating Universe at intermediate redshifts. This means that the
Universe underwent a transition from deceleration to acceleration phases at a
transition redshift of the order unity whose value in principle depends
on the cosmology as well as on the assumed gravitational theory. Since
cosmological accelerating models endowed with a transition redshift are
extremely degenerated, in principle, it is interesting to know whether the
value of itself can be observationally used as a new cosmic
discriminator. After a brief discussion of the potential dynamic role played by
the transition redshift, it is argued that future observations combining SNe
Ia, the line-of-sight (or "radial") baryon acoustic oscillations, the
differential age of galaxies, as well as the redshift drift of the spectral
lines may tightly constrain , thereby helping to narrow the parameter
space for the most realistic models describing the accelerating Universe.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures. Some discussions about how to estimate the
transition redshift have been added. New data by Planck and H(z) data have
been mentioned. New references have been adde
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