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Time-resolved density correlations as probe of squeezing in toroidal Bose-Einstein condensates
I study the evolution of mean field and linear quantum fluctuations in a
toroidal Bose-Einstein condensate, whose interaction strength is quenched from
a finite (repulsive) value to zero. The azimuthal equal-time density-density
correlation function is calculated and shows temporal oscillations with twice
the (final) excitation frequencies after the transition. These oscillations are
a direct consequence of positive and negative frequency mixing during
non-adiabatic evolution. I will argue that a time-resolved measurement of the
equal-time density correlator might be used to calculate the moduli of the
Bogoliubov coefficients and thus the amount of squeezing imposed on a mode,
i.e., the number of atoms excited out of the condensate.Comment: 18 pages, IOP styl
Entanglement, Mixedness, and Spin-Flip Symmetry in Multiple-Qubit Systems
A relationship between a recently introduced multipartite entanglement
measure, state mixedness, and spin-flip symmetry is established for any finite
number of qubits. It is also shown that, within those classes of states
invariant under the spin-flip transformation, there is a complementarity
relation between multipartite entanglement and mixedness. A number of example
classes of multiple-qubit systems are studied in light of this relationship.Comment: To appear in Physical Review A; submitted 14 May 200
Spectral density of generalized Wishart matrices and free multiplicative convolution
We investigate the level density for several ensembles of positive random
matrices of a Wishart--like structure, , where stands for a
nonhermitian random matrix. In particular, making use of the Cauchy transform,
we study free multiplicative powers of the Marchenko-Pastur (MP) distribution,
, which for an integer yield Fuss-Catalan
distributions corresponding to a product of independent square random
matrices, . New formulae for the level densities are derived
for and . Moreover, the level density corresponding to the
generalized Bures distribution, given by the free convolution of arcsine and MP
distributions is obtained. We also explain the reason of such a curious
convolution. The technique proposed here allows for the derivation of the level
densities for several other cases.Comment: 10 latex pages including 4 figures, Ver 4, minor improvements and
references updat
"Squashed Entanglement" - An Additive Entanglement Measure
In this paper, we present a new entanglement monotone for bipartite quantum
states. Its definition is inspired by the so-called intrinsic information of
classical cryptography and is given by the halved minimum quantum conditional
mutual information over all tripartite state extensions. We derive certain
properties of the new measure which we call "squashed entanglement": it is a
lower bound on entanglement of formation and an upper bound on distillable
entanglement. Furthermore, it is convex, additive on tensor products, and
superadditive in general.
Continuity in the state is the only property of our entanglement measure
which we cannot provide a proof for. We present some evidence, however, that
our quantity has this property, the strongest indication being a conjectured
Fannes type inequality for the conditional von Neumann entropy. This inequality
is proved in the classical case.Comment: 8 pages, revtex4. v2 has some more references and a bit more
discussion, v3 continuity discussion extended, typos correcte
Altered top-down and bottom-up processing of fear conditioning in panic disorder with agoraphobia
Background: Although several neurophysiological models have been proposed for panic disorder with agoraphobia (PD/AG), there is limited evidence from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies on key neural networks in PD/AG. Fear conditioning has been proposed to represent a central pathway for the development and maintenance of this disorder; however, its neural substrates remain elusive. The present study aimed to investigate the neural correlates of fear conditioning in PD/AG patients.
Method: The blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) response was measured using fMRI during a fear conditioning task. Indicators of differential conditioning, simple conditioning and safety signal processing were investigated in 60 PD/AG patients and 60 matched healthy controls.
Results: Differential conditioning was associated with enhanced activation of the bilateral dorsal inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) whereas simple conditioning and safety signal processing were related to increased midbrain activation in PD/AG patients versus controls. Anxiety sensitivity was associated positively with the magnitude of midbrain activation.
Conclusions: The results suggest changes in top-down and bottom-up processes during fear conditioning in PD/AG that can be interpreted within a neural framework of defensive reactions mediating threat through distal (forebrain) versus proximal (midbrain) brain structures. Evidence is accumulating that this network plays a key role in the aetiopathogenesis of panic disorder
Electromagnetic wormholes via handlebody constructions
Cloaking devices are prescriptions of electrostatic, optical or
electromagnetic parameter fields (conductivity , index of refraction
, or electric permittivity and magnetic permeability
) which are piecewise smooth on and singular on a
hypersurface , and such that objects in the region enclosed by
are not detectable to external observation by waves. Here, we give related
constructions of invisible tunnels, which allow electromagnetic waves to pass
between possibly distant points, but with only the ends of the tunnels visible
to electromagnetic imaging. Effectively, these change the topology of space
with respect to solutions of Maxwell's equations, corresponding to attaching a
handlebody to . The resulting devices thus function as
electromagnetic wormholes.Comment: 25 pages, 6 figures (some color
Schrodinger's Hat: Electromagnetic, acoustic and quantum amplifiers via transformation optics
The advent of transformation optics and metamaterials has made possible
devices producing extreme effects on wave propagation. Here we give theoretical
designs for devices, Schr\"odinger hats, acting as invisible concentrators of
waves. These exist for any wave phenomenon modeled by either the Helmholtz or
Schr\"odinger equations, e.g., polarized waves in EM, pressure waves in
acoustics and matter waves in QM, and occupy one part of a parameter space
continuum of wave-manipulating structures which also contains standard
transformation optics based cloaks, resonant cloaks and cloaked sensors. For EM
and acoustic Schr\"odinger hats, the resulting centralized wave is a localized
excitation. In QM, the result is a new charged quasiparticle, a \emph{quasmon},
which causes conditional probabilistic illusions. We discuss possible solid
state implementations.Comment: 36 pages, 3 figure
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An efficient two-polymer binder for high-performance silicon nanoparticle-based lithium-ion batteries: A systematic case study with commercial polyacrylic acid and polyvinyl butyral polymers
Silicon is one of the most promising anode materials for high energy density lithium ion batteries (LIBs) due to its high theoretical capacity and natural abundance. Unfortunately, significant challenges arise due to the large volume change of silicon upon lithiation/delithiation which inhibit its broad commercialization. An advanced binder can, in principle, reversibly buffer the volume change, and maintain strong adhesion toward various components as well as the current collector. In this work, we present the first report on the applicability of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) polymer as a binder component for silicon nanoparticles-based LIBs. Characteristic binder properties of commercial PVB and polyacrylic acid (PAA) polymers are compared. The work focuses on polymer mixtures of PVB polymers with PAA, for an improved binder composition which incorporates their individual advantages. Different ratios of polymers are systematically studied to understand the effect of particular polymer chains, functional groups and mass fractions, on the electrochemical performance. We demonstrate a high-performance polymer mixture which exhibits good binder-particle interaction and strong adhesion to Cu-foil. PAA/PVB-based electrode with a Si loading of ∼1 mg/cm2 tested between 0.01 and 1.2 V vs. Li/Li+ demonstrate specific capacities as high as 2170 mAh/g after the first hundred cycles. © The Author(s) 2019
Quantum phases of a qutrit
We consider various approaches to treat the phases of a qutrit. Although it
is possible to represent qutrits in a convenient geometrical manner by
resorting to a generalization of the Poincare sphere, we argue that the
appropriate way of dealing with this problem is through phase operators
associated with the algebra su(3). The rather unusual properties of these
phases are caused by the small dimension of the system and are explored in
detail. We also examine the positive operator-valued measures that can describe
the qutrit phase properties.Comment: 6 page
Full-wave invisibility of active devices at all frequencies
There has recently been considerable interest in the possibility, both
theoretical and practical, of invisibility (or "cloaking") from observation by
electromagnetic (EM) waves. Here, we prove invisibility, with respect to
solutions of the Helmholtz and Maxwell's equations, for several constructions
of cloaking devices. Previous results have either been on the level of ray
tracing [Le,PSS] or at zero frequency [GLU2,GLU3], but recent numerical [CPSSP]
and experimental [SMJCPSS] work has provided evidence for invisibility at
frequency . We give two basic constructions for cloaking a region
contained in a domain from measurements of Cauchy data of waves at \p
\Omega; we pay particular attention to cloaking not just a passive object, but
an active device within , interpreted as a collection of sources and sinks
or an internal current.Comment: Final revision; to appear in Commun. in Math. Physic
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