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Chemical Hardness, Linear Response, and Pseudopotential Transferability
We propose a systematic method of analyzing pseudopotential transferability
based on linear-response properties of the free atom, including self-consistent
chemical hardness and polarizability. Our calculation of hardness extends the
approach of Teter\cite{teter} not only by including self-consistency, but also
by generalizing to non-diagonal hardness matrices, thereby allowing us to test
for transferability to non-spherically symmetric environments. We apply the
method to study the transferability of norm-conserving pseudopotentials for a
variety of elements in the Periodic Table. We find that the self-consistent
corrections are frequently significant, and should not be neglected. We prove
that the partial-core correction improves the pseudopotential hardness of
alkali metals considerably. We propose a quantity to represent the average
hardness error and calculate this quantity for many representative elements as
a function of pseudopotential cutoff radii. We find that the atomic
polarizabilities are usually well reproduced by the norm-conserving
pseudopotentials. Our results provide useful guidelines for making optimal
choices in the pseudopotential generation procedure.Comment: Revtex (preprint style, 33 pages) + 9 postscript figures A version in
two-column article style with embedded figures is available at
http://electron.rutgers.edu/~dhv/preprints/index.html#l
Extreme nonlinear electrodynamics in metamaterials with very small linear dielectric permittivity
We consider a sub-wavelength periodic layered medium whose slabs are filled
by arbitrary linear metamaterials and standard nonlinear Kerr media and we show
that the homogenized medium behaves as a Kerr medium whose parameters can
assume values not available in standard materials. Exploiting such a parameter
availability, we focus on the situation where the linear relative dielectric
permittivity is very small thus allowing the observation of the extreme
nonlinear regime where the nonlinear polarization is comparable with or even
greater than the linear part of the overall dielectric response. The behavior
of the electromagnetic field in the extreme nonlinear regime is very peculiar
and characterized by novel features as, for example, the transverse power flow
reversing. In order to probe the novel regime, we consider a class of fields
(transverse magnetic nonlinear guided waves) admitting full analytical
description and we show that these waves are allowed to propagate even in media
with since the nonlinear polarization produces a
positive overall effective permittivity. The considered nonlinear waves
exhibit, in addition to the mentioned features, a number of interesting
properties like hyper-focusing induced by the phase difference between the
field components.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figure
Entropy of the FRW universe based on the generalized uncertainty principle
The statistical entropy of the FRW universe described by time-dependent
metric is newly calculated using the brick wall method based on the general
uncertainty principle with the minimal length. We can determine the minimal
length with the Plank scale to obtain the entropy proportional to the area of
the cosmological apparent horizon.Comment: 10 pages, accepted in Modern Physics Letters
Novel Scaling Behavior for the Multiplicity Distribution under Second-Order Quark-Hadron Phase Transition
Deviation of the multiplicity distribution in small bin from its
Poisson counterpart is studied within the Ginzburg-Landau description for
second-order quark-hadron phase transition. Dynamical factor for the distribution and ratio are defined, and
novel scaling behaviors between are found which can be used to detect the
formation of quark-gluon plasma. The study of and is also very
interesting for other multiparticle production processes without phase
transition.Comment: 4 pages in revtex, 5 figures in eps format, will be appeared in Phys.
Rev.
Late acceleration and crossing in induced gravity
We study the cosmological evolution on a brane with induced gravity within a
bulk with arbitrary matter content. We consider a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker
brane, invariantly characterized by a six-dimensional group of isometries. We
derive the effective Friedmann and Raychaudhuri equations. We show that the
Hubble expansion rate on the brane depends on the covariantly defined
integrated mass in the bulk, which determines the energy density of the
generalized dark radiation. The Friedmann equation has two branches,
distinguished by the two possible values of the parameter \ex=\pm 1. The
branch with \ex=1 is characterized by an effective cosmological constant and
accelerated expansion for low energy densities. Another remarkable feature is
that the contribution from the generalized dark radiation appears with a
negative sign. As a result, the presence of the bulk corresponds to an
effective negative energy density on the brane, without violation of the weak
energy condition. The transition from a period of domination of the matter
energy density by non-relativistic brane matter to domination by the
generalized dark radiation corresponds to a crossing of the phantom divide
.Comment: 7 pages, no figures, RevTex 4.0; (v2) new references are added, minor
corrections and expanded discussion; (v3) additional comments at the end of
section III, minor corrections and several new references are added, to match
published version in Phys. Rev.
Exact equqations and scaling relations for f-avalanche in the Bak-Sneppen evolution model
Infinite hierarchy of exact equations are derived for the newly-observed
f-avalanche in the Bak-Sneppen evolution model. By solving the first order
exact equation, we found that the critical exponent which governs the
divergence of the average avalanche size, is exactly 1 (for all dimensions),
confirmed by the simulations. Solution of the gap equation yields another
universal exponent, denoting the the relaxation to the attractor, is exactly 1.
We also establish some scaling relations among the critical exponents of the
new avalanche.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figur
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