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Spin waves cause non-linear friction
Energy dissipation is studied for a hard magnetic tip that scans a soft
magnetic substrate. The dynamics of the atomic moments are simulated by solving
the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation numerically. The local energy
currents are analysed for the case of a Heisenberg spin chain taken as
substrate. This leads to an explanation for the velocity dependence of the
friction force: The non-linear contribution for high velocities can be
attributed to a spin wave front pushed by the tip along the substrate.Comment: 5 pages, 9 figure
Spin waves cause non-linear friction
Energy dissipation is studied for a hard magnetic tip that scans a soft
magnetic substrate. The dynamics of the atomic moments are simulated by solving
the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation numerically. The local energy
currents are analysed for the case of a Heisenberg spin chain taken as
substrate. This leads to an explanation for the velocity dependence of the
friction force: The non-linear contribution for high velocities can be
attributed to a spin wave front pushed by the tip along the substrate.Comment: 5 pages, 9 figure
A Strictly Single-Site DMRG Algorithm with Subspace Expansion
We introduce a strictly single-site DMRG algorithm based on the subspace
expansion of the Alternating Minimal Energy (AMEn) method. The proposed new MPS
basis enrichment method is sufficient to avoid local minima during the
optimisation, similarly to the density matrix perturbation method, but
computationally cheaper. Each application of to in the
central eigensolver is reduced in cost for a speed-up of ,
with the physical site dimension. Further speed-ups result from cheaper
auxiliary calculations and an often greatly improved convergence behaviour.
Runtime to convergence improves by up to a factor of 2.5 on the Fermi-Hubbard
model compared to the previous single-site method and by up to a factor of 3.9
compared to two-site DMRG. The method is compatible with real-space
parallelisation and non-abelian symmetries.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figures; added comparison with two-site DMR
Spectral functions and time evolution from the Chebyshev recursion
We link linear prediction of Chebyshev and Fourier expansions to analytic
continuation. We push the resolution in the Chebyshev-based computation of
many-body spectral functions to a much higher precision by deriving a
modified Chebyshev series expansion that allows to reduce the expansion order
by a factor . We show that in a certain limit the Chebyshev
technique becomes equivalent to computing spectral functions via time evolution
and subsequent Fourier transform. This introduces a novel recursive time
evolution algorithm that instead of the group operator only involves
the action of the generator . For quantum impurity problems, we introduce an
adapted discretization scheme for the bath spectral function. We discuss the
relevance of these results for matrix product state (MPS) based DMRG-type
algorithms, and their use within dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT). We present
strong evidence that the Chebyshev recursion extracts less spectral information
from than time evolution algorithms when fixing a given amount of created
entanglement.Comment: 12 pages + 6 pages appendix, 11 figure
Clinical Presentation and Causes of Non-traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: An Observational Study in Emergency Patients
Introduction: Diagnosing non-traumatic spinal cord injury (NTSCI) is often challenging. However, clear discrimination from non-spinal pathologies, e.g., "myelopathy-mimics" (MMs), is critical in preventing long-term disability and death. In this retrospective study we (1) investigated causes of NTSCI, (2) identified clinical markers associated with NTSCI and (3) discuss implications for NTSCI management.
Methods: Our sample consisted of 5.913 consecutive neurological and neurosurgical patients who were treated in our emergency department during a one-year period. Patients with a new or worsened bilateral sensorimotor deficit were defined as possible NTSCI. We then compared clinical and imaging findings and allocated patients into NTSCIs and MMs.
Results: Of ninety-three included cases, thirty-six (38.7%) were diagnosed with NTSCI. Fifty-two patients (55.9%) were classified as MMs. In five patients (5.4%) the underlying pathology remained unclear. Predominant causes of NTSCI were spinal metastases (33.3%), inflammatory disorders (22.2%) and degenerative pathologies (19.4%). 58.6% of NTSCI patients required emergency treatment. Presence of a sensory level (p = <0.001) and sphincter dysfunction (p = 0.02) were the only significant discriminators between NTSCI and MMs.
Conclusion: In our study, one-third of patients presenting with a new bilateral sensorimotor deficit had NTSCI. Of these, the majority required emergency treatment. Since there is a significant clinical overlap with non-spinal disorders, a standardized diagnostic work-up including routine spinal MRI is recommended for NTSCI management, rather than an approach that is mainly based on clinical findings
Imaginary-time matrix product state impurity solver for dynamical mean-field theory
We present a new impurity solver for dynamical mean-field theory based on
imaginary-time evolution of matrix product states. This converges the
self-consistency loop on the imaginary-frequency axis and obtains
real-frequency information in a final real-time evolution. Relative to
computations on the real-frequency axis, required bath sizes are much smaller
and less entanglement is generated, so much larger systems can be studied. The
power of the method is demonstrated by solutions of a three band model in the
single and two-site dynamical mean-field approximation. Technical issues are
discussed, including details of the method, efficiency as compared to other
matrix product state based impurity solvers, bath construction and its relation
to real-frequency computations and the analytic continuation problem of quantum
Monte Carlo, the choice of basis in dynamical cluster approximation, and
perspectives for off-diagonal hybridization functions.Comment: 8 pages + 4 pages appendix, 9 figure
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