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Relation between Tunneling and Particle Production in Vacuum Decay
The field-theoretical description of quantum fluctuations on the background
of a tunneling field is revisited in the case of a functional
Schrodinger approach. We apply this method in the case when quantum
fluctuations are coupled to the field through a mass-squared term,
which is 'time-dependent' since we include the dynamics of . The
resulting mode functions of the fluctuation field, which determine the quantum
state after tunneling, display a previously unseen resonance effect when their
mode number is comparable to the curvature scale of the bubble. A detailed
analysis of the relation between the excitations of the field about the true
vacuum (interpreted as particle creation) and the phase shift coming from
tunneling is presented.Comment: 20 pages, 4 figures, submitted to PR
Enhanced Quantum Estimation via Purification
We analyze the estimation of a finite ensemble of quantum bits which have
been sent through a depolarizing channel. Instead of using the depolarized
qubits directly, we first apply a purification step and show that this improves
the fidelity of subsequent quantum estimation. Even though we lose some qubits
of our finite ensemble the information is concentrated in the remaining
purified ones.Comment: 6 pages, including 3 figure
Diffusive Charge Transport in Graphene on SiO2
We review our recent work on the physical mechanisms limiting the mobility of
graphene on SiO2. We have used intentional addition of charged scattering
impurities and systematic variation of the dielectric environment to
differentiate the effects of charged impurities and short-range scatterers. The
results show that charged impurities indeed lead to a conductivity linear in
density in graphene, with a scattering magnitude that agrees quantitatively
with theoretical estimates [1]; increased dielectric screening reduces
scattering from charged impurities, but increases scattering from short-range
scatterers [2]. We evaluate the effects of the corrugations (ripples) of
graphene on SiO2 on transport by measuring the height-height correlation
function. The results show that the corrugations cannot mimic long-range
(charged impurity) scattering effects, and have too small an
amplitude-to-wavelength ratio to significantly affect the observed mobility via
short-range scattering [3, 4]. Temperature-dependent measurements show that
longitudinal acoustic phonons in graphene produce a resistivity linear in
temperature and independent of carrier density [5]; at higher temperatures,
polar optical phonons of the SiO2 substrate give rise to an activated, carrier
density-dependent resistivity [5]. Together the results paint a complete
picture of charge carrier transport in graphene on SiO2 in the diffusive
regime.Comment: 28 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Graphene Week proceeding
Applications of a New Proposal for Solving the "Problem of Time" to Some Simple Quantum Cosmological Models
We apply a recent proposal for defining states and observables in quantum
gravity to simple models. First, we consider a Klein-Gordon particle in an ex-
ternal potential in Minkowski space and compare our proposal to the theory ob-
tained by deparametrizing with respect to a time slicing prior to quantiza-
tion. We show explicitly that the dynamics of the deparametrization approach
depends on the time slicing. Our proposal yields a dynamics independent of the
choice of time slicing at intermediate times but after the potential is turned
off, the dynamics does not return to the free particle dynamics. Next we apply
our proposal to the closed Robertson-Walker quantum cosmology with a massless
scalar field with the size of the universe as our time variable, so the only
dynamical variable is the scalar field. We show that the resulting theory has
the semi-classical behavior up to the classical turning point from expansion to
contraction, i.e., given a classical solution which expands for much longer
than the Planck time, there is a quantum state whose dynamical evolution
closely approximates this classical solution during the expansion. However,
when the "time" gets larger than the classical maximum, the scalar field be-
comes "frozen" at its value at the maximum expansion. We also obtain similar
results in the Taub model. In an Appendix we derive the form of the Wheeler-
DeWitt equation for the Bianchi models by performing a proper quantum reduc-
tion of the momentum constraints; this equation differs from the usual one ob-
tained by solving the momentum constraints classically, prior to quantization.Comment: 30 pages, LaTeX 3 figures (postscript file or hard copy) available
upon request, BUTP-94/1
Hamiltonian Thermodynamics of Charged Black Holes
We consider the most general diffeomorphism invariant action in 1+1 spacetime
dimensions that contains a metric, dilaton and Abelian gauge field, and has at
most second derivatives of the fields. Our action contains a topological term
(linear in the Abelian field strength) that has not been considered in previous
work. We impose boundary conditions appropriate for a charged black hole
confined to a region bounded by a surface of fixed dilaton field and
temperature. By making some simplifying assumptions about the quantum theory,
the Hamiltonian partition function is obtained. This partition function is
analyzed in some detail for the Reissner-Nordstrom black hole and for the
rotating BTZ black hole.Comment: 30 pages, Latex, 1 figur
The future of sovereignty in multilevel governance Europe: a constructivist reading
Multilevel governance presents a depiction of contemporary structures in EU Europe as consisting of overlapping authorities and competing competencies. By focusing on emerging non-anarchical structures in the international system, hence moving beyond the conventional hierarchy/anarchy dichotomy to distinguish domestic and international arenas, this seems a radical transformation of the familiar Westphalian system and to undermine state sovereignty. Paradoxically, however, the principle of sovereignty proves to be resilient despite its alleged empirical decline. This article argues that social constructivism can explain the paradox, by considering sovereign statehood as a process-dependent institutional fact, and by showing that multilevel governance can feed into this process
Color Transparency versus Quantum Coherence in Electroproduction of Vector Mesons off Nuclei
So far no theoretical tool for the comprehensive description of exclusive
electroproduction of vector mesons off nuclei at medium energies has been
developed. We suggest a light-cone QCD formalism which is valid at any energy
and incorporates formation effects (color transparency), the coherence length
and the gluon shadowing. At medium energies color transparency (CT) and the
onset of coherence length (CL) effects are not easily separated. Indeed,
although nuclear transparency measured by the HERMES experiment rises with Q^2,
it agrees with predictions of the vector dominance model (VDM) without any CT
effects. Our new results and observations are: (i) the good agreement with the
VDM found earlier is accidental and related to the specific correlation between
Q^2 and CL for HERMES kinematics; (ii) CT effects are much larger than have
been estimated earlier within the two channel approximation. They are even
stronger at low than at high energies and can be easily identified by HERMES or
at JLab; (iii) gluon shadowing which is important at high energies is
calculated and included; (iv) our parameter-free calculations explain well
available data for variation of nuclear transparency with virtuality and energy
of the photon; (v) predictions for electroproduction of \rho and \phi are
provided for future measurements at HERMES and JLab.Comment: Latex 57 pages and 17 figure
Measurements of the Mass and Full-Width of the Meson
In a sample of 58 million events collected with the BES II detector,
the process J/ is observed in five different decay
channels: , , (with ), (with
) and . From a combined fit of all five
channels, we determine the mass and full-width of to be
MeV/ and
MeV/.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures and 4 table. Submitted to Phys. Lett.
Proton-Antiproton Pair Production in Two-Photon Collisions at LEP
The reaction e^+e^- -> e^+e^- proton antiproton is studied with the L3
detector at LEP. The analysis is based on data collected at e^+e^-
center-of-mass energies from 183 GeV to 209 GeV, corresponding to an integrated
luminosity of 667 pb^-1. The gamma gamma -> proton antiproton differential
cross section is measured in the range of the two-photon center-of-mass energy
from 2.1 GeV to 4.5 GeV. The results are compared to the predictions of the
three-quark and quark-diquark models
Ethnocentrism in the Low Countries: A comparative perspective
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