202 research outputs found
Haldane-Gapped Spin Chains as Luttinger Liquids: Correlation Functions at Finite Field
We study the behavior of Heisenberg, antiferromagnetic, integer-spin chains
in the presence of a magnetic field exceeding the attendant spin gap. For
temperatures much smaller than the gap, the spin chains exhibit Luttinger
liquid behavior. We compute exactly both the corresponding Luttinger parameter
and the Fermi velocity as a function of magnetic field. This enables the
computation of a number of correlators from which we derive the spin
conductance, the expected form of the dynamic structure factor relevant to
inelastic neutron scattering experiments, and NMR relaxation rates. We also
comment upon the robustness of the magnetically induced gapless phase both to
finite temperature and finite couplings between neighbouring chains.Comment: 32 pages, 8 figures; published version includes additions discussing
the robustness of the magnetically induced gapless phase to ordering between
chains as well as the relationship between the spin-1 chains and spin-1/2
ladders in the presence of a magnetic fiel
Tomonaga-Luttinger parameters for quantum wires
The low-energy properties of a homogeneous one-dimensional electron system
are completely specified by two Tomonaga-Luttinger parameters and
. In this paper we discuss microscopic estimates of the values of
these parameters in semiconductor quantum wires that exploit their relationship
to thermodynamic properties. Motivated by the recognized similarity between
correlations in the ground state of a one-dimensional electron liquid and
correlations in a Wigner crystal, we evaluate these thermodynamic quantities in
a self-consistent Hartree-Fock approximation. According to our calculations,
the Hartree-Fock approximation ground state is a Wigner crystal at all electron
densities and has antiferromagnetic order that gradually evolves from
spin-density-wave to localized in character as the density is lowered. Our
results for are in good agreement with weak-coupling perturbative
estimates at high densities, but deviate strongly at low
densities, especially when the electron-electron interaction is screened at
long distances. vanishes at small carrier density
whereas we conjecture that when , implying that
should pass through a minimum at an intermediate density.
Observation of such a non-monotonic dependence on particle density would allow
to measure the range of the microscopic interaction. In the spin sector we find
that the spin velocity decreases with increasing interaction strength or
decreasing . Strong correlation effects make it difficult to obtain fully
consistent estimates of from Hartree-Fock calculations. We
conjecture that v_{\sigma}/\vf\propto n/V_0 in the limit where
is the interaction strength.Comment: RevTeX, 23 pages, 8 figures include
The Science of Sungrazers, Sunskirters, and Other Near-Sun Comets
This review addresses our current understanding of comets that venture close to the Sun, and are hence exposed to much more extreme conditions than comets that are typically studied from Earth. The extreme solar heating and plasma environments that these objects encounter change many aspects of their behaviour, thus yielding valuable information on both the comets themselves that complements other data we have on primitive solar system bodies, as well as on the near-solar environment which they traverse. We propose clear definitions for these comets: We use the term near-Sun comets to encompass all objects that pass sunward of the perihelion distance of planet Mercury (0.307 AU). Sunskirters are defined as objects that pass within 33 solar radii of the Sunâs centre, equal to half of Mercuryâs perihelion distance, and the commonly-used phrase sungrazers to be objects that reach perihelion within 3.45 solar radii, i.e. the fluid Roche limit. Finally, comets with orbits that intersect the solar photosphere are termed sundivers. We summarize past studies of these objects, as well as the instruments and facilities used to study them, including space-based platforms that have led to a recent revolution in the quantity and quality of relevant observations. Relevant comet populations are described, including the Kreutz, Marsden, Kracht, and Meyer groups, near-Sun asteroids, and a brief discussion of their origins. The importance of light curves and the clues they provide on cometary composition are emphasized, together with what information has been gleaned about nucleus parameters, including the sizes and masses of objects and their families, and their tensile strengths. The physical processes occurring at these objects are considered in some detail, including the disruption of nuclei, sublimation, and ionisation, and we consider the mass, momentum, and energy loss of comets in the corona and those that venture to lower altitudes. The different components of comae and tails are described, including dust, neutral and ionised gases, their chemical reactions, and their contributions to the near-Sun environment. Comet-solar wind interactions are discussed, including the use of comets as probes of solar wind and coronal conditions in their vicinities. We address the relevance of work on comets near the Sun to similar objects orbiting other stars, and conclude with a discussion of future directions for the field and the planned ground- and space-based facilities that will allow us to address those science topics
Evaluation of Black Carbon Estimations in Global Aerosol Models
We evaluate black carbon (BC) model predictions from the AeroCom model intercomparison project by considering the diversity among year 2000 model simulations and comparing model predictions with available measurements. These
5 model-measurement intercomparisons include BC surface and aircraft concentrations, aerosol absorption optical depth (AAOD) from AERONET and Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) retrievals and BC column estimations based on AERONET. In regions other
than Asia, most models are biased high compared to surface concentration measurements. However compared with (column) AAOD or BC burden retreivals, the models 10 are generally biased low. The average ratio of model to retrieved AAOD is less than 0.7
in South American and 0.6 in African biomass burning regions; both of these regions lack surface concentration measurements. In Asia the average model to observed ratio is 0.6 for AAOD and 0.5 for BC surface concentrations. Compared with aircraft measurements over the Americas at latitudes between 0 and 50 N, the average model is a 15 factor of 10 larger than observed, and most models exceed the measured BC standard deviation in the mid to upper troposphere. At higher latitudes the average model to
aircraft BC is 0.6 and underestimates the observed BC loading in the lower and middle troposphere associated with springtime Arctic haze. Low model bias for AAOD but overestimation of surface and upper atmospheric BC concentrations at lower latitudes
20 suggests that most models are underestimating BC absorption and should improve estimates for refractive index, particle size, and optical effects of BC coating. Retrieval uncertainties and/or differences with model diagnostic treatment may also contribute
to the model-measurement disparity. Largest AeroCom model diversity occurred in northern Eurasia and the remote Arctic, regions influenced by anthropogenic sources. 25 Changing emissions, aging, removal, or optical properties within a single model generated
a smaller change in model predictions than the range represented by the full set of AeroCom models. Upper tropospheric concentrations of BC mass from the aircraft measurements are suggested to provide a unique new benchmark to test scavenging and vertical dispersion of BC in global models.JRC.H.2-Climate chang
A bright, high rotation-measure FRB that skewers the M33 halo
We report the detection of a bright fast radio burst, FRB\,191108, with
Apertif on the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT). The interferometer
allows us to localise the FRB to a narrow 5\arcsec\times7\arcmin ellipse by
employing both multibeam information within the Apertif phased-array feed (PAF)
beam pattern, and across different tied-array beams. The resulting sight line
passes close to Local Group galaxy M33, with an impact parameter of only
18\,kpc with respect to the core. It also traverses the much larger
circumgalactic medium of M31, the Andromeda Galaxy. We find that the shared
plasma of the Local Group galaxies could contribute 10\% of its
dispersion measure of 588\,pc\,cm. FRB\,191108 has a Faraday rotation
measure of +474\,\,rad\,m, which is too large to be explained by
either the Milky Way or the intergalactic medium. Based on the more moderate
RMs of other extragalactic sources that traverse the halo of M33, we conclude
that the dense magnetised plasma resides in the host galaxy. The FRB exhibits
frequency structure on two scales, one that is consistent with quenched
Galactic scintillation and broader spectral structure with
\,MHz. If the latter is due to scattering in the shared
M33/M31 CGM, our results constrain the Local Group plasma environment. We found
no accompanying persistent radio sources in the Apertif imaging survey data
Search for direct production of charginos and neutralinos in events with three leptons and missing transverse momentum in âs = 7 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector
A search for the direct production of charginos and neutralinos in final states with three electrons or muons and missing transverse momentum is presented. The analysis is based on 4.7 fbâ1 of protonâproton collision data delivered by the Large Hadron Collider and recorded with the ATLAS detector. Observations are consistent with Standard Model expectations in three signal regions that are either depleted or enriched in Z-boson decays. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are set in R-parity conserving phenomenological minimal supersymmetric models and in simplified models, significantly extending previous results
Jet size dependence of single jet suppression in lead-lead collisions at sqrt(s(NN)) = 2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
Measurements of inclusive jet suppression in heavy ion collisions at the LHC
provide direct sensitivity to the physics of jet quenching. In a sample of
lead-lead collisions at sqrt(s) = 2.76 TeV corresponding to an integrated
luminosity of approximately 7 inverse microbarns, ATLAS has measured jets with
a calorimeter over the pseudorapidity interval |eta| < 2.1 and over the
transverse momentum range 38 < pT < 210 GeV. Jets were reconstructed using the
anti-kt algorithm with values for the distance parameter that determines the
nominal jet radius of R = 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5. The centrality dependence of
the jet yield is characterized by the jet "central-to-peripheral ratio," Rcp.
Jet production is found to be suppressed by approximately a factor of two in
the 10% most central collisions relative to peripheral collisions. Rcp varies
smoothly with centrality as characterized by the number of participating
nucleons. The observed suppression is only weakly dependent on jet radius and
transverse momentum. These results provide the first direct measurement of
inclusive jet suppression in heavy ion collisions and complement previous
measurements of dijet transverse energy imbalance at the LHC.Comment: 15 pages plus author list (30 pages total), 8 figures, 2 tables,
submitted to Physics Letters B. All figures including auxiliary figures are
available at
http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/HION-2011-02
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