296 research outputs found
Long-distance asymptotic behaviour of multi-point correlation functions in massless quantum models
We provide a microscopic model setting that allows us to readily access to
the large-distance asymptotic behaviour of multi-point correlation functions in
massless, one-dimensional, quantum models. The method of analysis we propose is
based on the form factor expansion of the correlation functions and does not
build on any field theory reasonings. It constitutes an extension of the
restricted sum techniques leading to the large-distance asymptotic behaviour of
two-point correlation functions obtained previously.Comment: 25 page
Teacher perspectives of challenges within the Norwegian Educational system
This research examines teacher perspectives’ of educational challenges in Norway. Norway is one of the most well-resourced, prosperous, social welfare states in the world, yet the OECD (2011) recognized students’ weak basic skills and insufficient teacher ability in content and pedagogy, along with engagement and imbalanced resources as points for educational improvement. An open-ended questionnaire was administered to 138 teachers practicing in Norway to explore challenges from their perspective. Teachers reported the following challenges: completing government paperwork with competing pedagogical demands, adapting teaching to each student due to large class sizes, motivating students, managing social and emotional problems of students, and meeting society’s increasingly unrealistic expectations. Teachers perceived their challenges to be a result of a poorly built educational system, not from deficits in their teaching skills. We concluded from this study that teacher voice and participation in improvement decisions are needed, given some discrepancy in perceived challenges among these findings, international surveys, and policy-related reports
On the thermodynamic limit of form factors in the massless XXZ Heisenberg chain
We consider the problem of computing form factors of the massless XXZ
Heisenberg spin-1/2 chain in a magnetic field in the (thermodynamic) limit
where the size M of the chain becomes large. For that purpose, we take the
particular example of the matrix element of the third component of spin between
the ground state and an excited state with one particle and one hole located at
the opposite ends of the Fermi interval (umklapp-type term). We exhibit its
power-law decrease in terms of the size of the chain M, and compute the
corresponding exponent and amplitude. As a consequence, we show that this form
factor is directly related to the amplitude of the leading oscillating term in
the long-distance asymptotic expansion of the two-point correlation function of
the third component of spin.Comment: 28 page
Domain wall partition functions and KP
We observe that the partition function of the six vertex model on a finite
square lattice with domain wall boundary conditions is (a restriction of) a KP
tau function and express it as an expectation value of charged free fermions
(up to an overall normalization).Comment: 16 pages, LaTeX2
Algebraic Bethe ansatz approach to the asymptotic behavior of correlation functions
We describe a method to derive, from first principles, the long-distance
asymptotic behavior of correlation functions of integrable models in the
framework of the algebraic Bethe ansatz. We apply this approach to the
longitudinal spin- spin correlation function of the XXZ Heisenberg spin-1/2
chain (with magnetic field) in the disordered regime as well as to the
density-density correlation func- tion of the interacting one-dimensional Bose
gas. At leading order, the results confirm the Luttinger liquid and conformal
field theory predictions.Comment: 78 page
Some families of density matrices for which separability is easily tested
We reconsider density matrices of graphs as defined in [quant-ph/0406165].
The density matrix of a graph is the combinatorial laplacian of the graph
normalized to have unit trace. We describe a simple combinatorial condition
(the "degree condition") to test separability of density matrices of graphs.
The condition is directly related to the PPT-criterion. We prove that the
degree condition is necessary for separability and we conjecture that it is
also sufficient. We prove special cases of the conjecture involving nearest
point graphs and perfect matchings. We observe that the degree condition
appears to have value beyond density matrices of graphs. In fact, we point out
that circulant density matrices and other matrices constructed from groups
always satisfy the condition and indeed are separable with respect to any
split. The paper isolates a number of problems and delineates further
generalizations.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figure
Riemann-Hilbert approach to a generalized sine kernel and applications
We investigate the asymptotic behavior of a generalized sine kernel acting on
a finite size interval [-q,q]. We determine its asymptotic resolvent as well as
the first terms in the asymptotic expansion of its Fredholm determinant.
Further, we apply our results to build the resolvent of truncated Wiener--Hopf
operators generated by holomorphic symbols. Finally, the leading asymptotics of
the Fredholm determinant allows us to establish the asymptotic estimates of
certain oscillatory multidimensional coupled integrals that appear in the study
of correlation functions of quantum integrable models.Comment: 74 page
Crypto collectibles, museum funding and openGLAM: Challenges, opportunities and the potential of non-fungible tokens (NFTs)
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) make it technically possible for digital assets to be owned and traded, introducing the concept of scarcity in the digital realm for the first time. Resulting from this technical development, this paper asks the question, do they provide an opportunity for fundraising for galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM), by selling ownership of digital copies of their collections? Although NFTs in their current format were first invented in 2017 as a means for game players to trade virtual goods, they reached the mainstream in 2021, when the auction house Christie’s held their first-ever sale exclusively for an NFT of a digital image, that was eventually sold for a record 69 million USD. The potential of NFTs to generate significant revenue for artists and museums by selling effectively a cryptographically signed copy of a digital image (similar to real-world limited editions, which are signed and numbered copies of a given artwork), has sparked the interest of the financially deprived museum and heritage sector with world-renowned institutions such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Hermitage Museum, having already employed NFTs in order to raise funds. Concerns surrounding the environmental impact of blockchain technology and the rise of malicious projects, exploiting previously digitised heritage content made available through OpenGLAM licensing, have attracted criticism over the speculative use of the technology. In this paper, we present the current state of affairs in relation to NFTs and the cultural heritage sector, identifying challenges, whilst highlighting opportunities that they create for revenue generation, in order to help address the ever-increasing financial challenges of galleries and museums
Interactive Exploration and Flattening of Deformed Historical Documents
We present an interactive application for browsing severely damaged documents and other cultural artefacts.
Such documents often contain strong geometric distortions such as wrinkling, buckling, and shrinking and cannot
be flattened physically due to the high risk of causing further damage. Previous methods for virtual restoration
involve globally flattening a 3D reconstruction of the document to produce a static image. We show how this global
approach can fail in cases of severe geometric distortion, and instead propose an interactive viewer which allows
a user to browse a document while dynamically flattening only the local region under inspection. Our application
also records the provenance of the reconstruction by displaying the reconstruction side by side with the original
image data
Classicality in discrete Wigner functions
Gibbons et al. [Phys. Rev. A 70, 062101(2004)] have recently defined a class
of discrete Wigner functions W to represent quantum states in a Hilbert space
with finite dimension. We show that the only pure states having non-negative W
for all such functions are stabilizer states, as conjectured by one of us
[Phys. Rev. A 71, 042302 (2005)]. We also show that the unitaries preserving
non-negativity of W for all definitions of W form a subgroup of the Clifford
group. This means pure states with non-negative W and their associated unitary
dynamics are classical in the sense of admitting an efficient classical
simulation scheme using the stabilizer formalism.Comment: 10 pages, 1 figur
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