51 research outputs found
Energy gap tuning in graphene on hexagonal boron nitride bilayer system
We use a tight binding approach and density functional theory calculations to
study the band structure of graphene/hexagonal boron nitride bilayer system in
the most stable configuration. We show that an electric field applied in the
direction perpendicular to the layers significantly modifies the electronic
structure of the whole system, including shifts, anticrossing and other
deformations of bands, which can allow to control the value of the energy gap.
It is shown that band structure of biased system may be tailored for specific
requirements of nanoelectronics applications. The carriers' mobilities are
expected to be higher than in the bilayer graphene devices.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Physical Review
Intrinsic channel closing in strong-field single ionization of H2
The ionization of H2 in intense laser pulses is studied by numerical
integration of the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation for a
single-active-electron model including the vibrational motion. The electron
kinetic-energy spectra in high-order above-threshold ionization are strongly
dependent on the vibrational quantum number of the created H2+ ion. For certain
vibrational states, the electron yield in the mid-plateau region is strongly
enhanced. The effect is attributed to channel closings, which were previously
observed in atoms by varying the laser intensity.Comment: 11 pages, LaTeX; changed conten
Analytical two-center integrals over Slater geminal functions
We present analytical formulas for the calculation of the two-center
two-electron integrals in the basis of Slater geminals and products of Slater
orbitals. Our derivation starts with establishing a inhomogeneous fourth-order
ordinary differential equation that is obeyed by the master integral, the
simplest integral with inverse powers of all interparticle distances. To solve
this equation it was necessary to introduce a new family of special functions
which are defined through their series expansions around regular singular
points of the differential equation. To increase the power of the interparticle
distances under the sign of the integral we developed a family of open-ended
recursion relations. A handful of special cases of the integrals is also
analysed with some remarks on simplifications that occur. Additionally, we
present some numerical examples of the master integral that validate the
usefulness and correctness of the key equations derived in this paper. In
particular, we compare our results with the calculations based on the series
expansion of the exp(-\gamma r12) term in the master integral.Comment: 28 pages, 0 figures, 7 table
Formation of atomic tritium clusters and condensates
We present an extensive study of the static and dynamic properties of systems
of spin-polarized tritium atoms. In particular, we calculate the two-body
|F,m_F>=|0,0> s-wave scattering length and show that it can be manipulated via
a Feshbach resonance at a field strength of about 870G. Such a resonance might
be exploited to make and control a Bose-Einstein condensate of tritium in the
|0,0> state. It is further shown that the quartet tritium trimer is the only
bound hydrogen isotope and that its single vibrational bound state is a
Borromean state. The ground state properties of larger spin-polarized tritium
clusters are also presented and compared with those of helium clusters.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Centre-of-mass separation in quantum mechanics: Implications for the many-body treatment in quantum chemistry and solid state physics
We address the question to what extent the centre-of-mass (COM) separation
can change our view of the many-body problem in quantum chemistry and solid
state physics. It was shown that the many-body treatment based on the
electron-vibrational Hamiltonian is fundamentally inconsistent with the
Born-Handy ansatz so that such a treatment can never respect the COM problem.
Born-Oppenheimer (B-O) approximation reveals some secret: it is a limit case
where the degrees of freedom can be treated in a classical way. Beyond the B-O
approximation they are inseparable in principle. The unique covariant
description of all equations with respect to individual degrees of freedom
leads to new types of interaction: besides the known vibronic (electron-phonon)
one the rotonic (electron-roton) and translonic (electron-translon)
interactions arise. We have proved that due to the COM problem only the
hypervibrations (hyperphonons, i.e. phonons + rotons + translons) have true
physical meaning in molecules and crystals; nevertheless, the use of pure
vibrations (phonons) is justified only in the adiabatic systems. This fact
calls for the total revision of our contemporary knowledge of all non-adiabatic
effects, especially the Jahn-Teller effect and superconductivity. The vibronic
coupling is responsible only for removing of electron (quasi)degeneracies but
for the explanation of symmetry breaking and forming of structure the rotonic
and translonic coupling is necessary.Comment: 39 pages, 11 sections, 3 appendice
Variational calculations for the hydrogen-antihydrogen system with a mass-scaled Born-Oppenheimer potential
The problem of proton-antiproton motion in the --
system is investigated by means of the variational method. We introduce a
modified nuclear interaction through mass-scaling of the Born-Oppenheimer
potential. This improved treatment of the interaction includes the nondivergent
part of the otherwise divergent adiabatic correction and shows the correct
threshold behavior.
Using this potential we calculate the vibrational energy levels with angular
momentum 0 and 1 and the corresponding nuclear wave functions, as well as the
S-wave scattering length. We obtain a full set of all bound states together
with a large number of discretized continuum states that might be utilized in
variational four-body calculations. The results of our calculations gives an
indication of resonance states in the hydrogen-antihydrogen system
Detection of hydrogen fluoride absorption in diffuse molecular clouds with Herschel/HIFI: a ubiquitous tracer of molecular gas
We discuss the detection of absorption by interstellar hydrogen fluoride (HF)
along the sight line to the submillimeter continuum sources W49N and W51. We
have used Herschel's HIFI instrument in dual beam switch mode to observe the
1232.4762 GHz J = 1 - 0 HF transition in the upper sideband of the band 5a
receiver. We detected foreground absorption by HF toward both sources over a
wide range of velocities. Optically thin absorption components were detected on
both sight lines, allowing us to measure - as opposed to obtain a lower limit
on - the column density of HF for the first time. As in previous observations
of HF toward the source G10.6-0.4, the derived HF column density is typically
comparable to that of water vapor, even though the elemental abundance of
oxygen is greater than that of fluorine by four orders of magnitude. We used
the rather uncertain N(CH)-N(H2) relationship derived previously toward diffuse
molecular clouds to infer the molecular hydrogen column density in the clouds
exhibiting HF absorption. Within the uncertainties, we find that the abundance
of HF with respect to H2 is consistent with the theoretical prediction that HF
is the main reservoir of gas-phase fluorine for these clouds. Thus, hydrogen
fluoride has the potential to become an excellent tracer of molecular hydrogen,
and provides a sensitive probe of clouds of small H2 column density. Indeed,
the observations of hydrogen fluoride reported here reveal the presence of a
low column density diffuse molecular cloud along the W51 sight line, at an LSR
velocity of ~ 24kms-1, that had not been identified in molecular absorption
line studies prior to the launch of Herschel.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, A&A Letter special issue, accepted on 07/13/201
Herschel/HIFI measurements of the ortho/para ratio in water towards Sagittarius B2(M) and W31C*
We present Herschel/HIFI observations of the fundamental rotational transitions of ortho- and para-H216O and H218O in absorption towards Sagittarius B2(M) and W31C. The ortho/para ratio in water in the foreground clouds on the line of sight towards these bright continuum sources is generally consistent with the statistical high-temperature ratio of 3, within the observational uncertainties. However, somewhat unexpectedly, we derive a low ortho/para ratio of 2.35 ± 0.35, corresponding to a spin temperature of ~27 K, towards Sagittarius B2(M) at velocities of the expanding molecular ring. Water molecules in this region appear to have formed with, or relaxed to, an ortho/para ratio close to the value corresponding to the local temperature of the gas and dust
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