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Charge and Spin Reconstruction in Quantum Hall Strips
We study the effect of electron-electron interactions on the charge and spin
structures of a Quantum Hall strip in a triangularly confined potential. We
find that the strip undergoes a spin-unpolarized to spin-polarized transition
as a function of magnetic field perpendicular to the strip. For sharp
confinements the spin-polarization transition is spontaneous and first develops
at the softer side of the triangular potential which shows up as an
"eye-structure" in the electron dispersion. For sufficiently weak confinements
this spin-polarization transition is preceded by a charge reconstruction of a
single spin species, which creates a spin-polarized strip of electrons with a
width of the order of the magnetic length detached from the rest of the system.
Relevance of our findings to the recent momentum resolved tunneling experiments
is also discussed.Comment: 4+ page
Spectroscopic signatures of the Larkin-Ovchinnikov state in the conductance characteristics of a normal-metal/superconductor junction
Using a discrete-lattice approach, we calculate the conductance spectra
between a normal metal and an s-wave Larkin-Ovchinnikov (LO) superconductor,
with the junction interface oriented {\em along} the direction of the
order-parameter (OP) modulation. The OP sign reversal across one single nodal
line can induce a sizable number of zero-energy Andreev bound states around the
nodal line, and a hybridized midgap-states band is formed amid a
momentum-dependent gap as a result of the periodic array of nodal lines in the
LO state. This band-in-gap structure and its anisotropic properties give rise
to distinctive features in both the point-contact and tunneling spectra as
compared with the BCS and Fulde-Ferrell cases. These spectroscopic features can
serve as distinguishing signatures of the LO state.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures; version as publishe
Fractional quantum Hall effect at : Ground states, non-Abelian quasiholes, and edge modes in a microscopic model
We present a comprehensive numerical study of a microscopic model of the
fractional quantum Hall system at filling fraction , based on the
disc geometry. Our model includes Coulomb interaction and a semi-realistic
confining potential. We also mix in some three-body interaction in some cases
to help elucidate the physics. We obtain a phase diagram, discuss the
conditions under which the ground state can be described by the Moore-Read
state, and study its competition with neighboring stripe phases. We also study
quasihole excitations and edge excitations in the Moore-Read--like state. From
the evolution of edge spectrum, we obtain the velocities of the charge and
neutral edge modes, which turn out to be very different. This separation of
velocities is a source of decoherence for a non-Abelian quasihole/quasiparticle
(with charge ) when propagating at the edge; using numbers obtained
from a specific set of parameters we estimate the decoherence length to be
around four microns. This sets an upper bound for the separation of the two
point contacts in a double point contact interferometer, designed to detect the
non-Abelian nature of such quasiparticles. We also find a state that is a
potential candidate for the recently proposed anti-Pfaffian state. We find the
speculated anti-Pfaffian state is favored in weak confinement (smooth edge)
while the Moore-Read Pfaffian state is favored in strong confinement (sharp
edge).Comment: 15 pages, 9 figures; Estimate of e/4 quasiparticle/hole coherence
length when propagating along the edge modified in response to a recent
revision of Ref. 25, and minor changes elsewher
Twist-4 contributions to the azimuthal asymmetry in SIDIS
We calculate the differential cross section for the unpolarized
semi-inclusive deeply inelastic scattering (SIDIS) process
in leading order (LO) of perturbative QCD and up to twist-4 in power
corrections and study in particular the azimuthal asymmetry . The
final results are expressed in terms of transverse momentum dependent (TMD)
parton matrix elements of the target nucleon up to twist-4. %Under the maximal
two-gluon correlation approximation, these TMD parton matrix elements in a
nucleus %can be expressed terms of a Gaussian convolution of that in a nucleon
with the width given by the jet transport %parameter inside cold nuclei. We
also apply it to $e^-+A \to e^-+q+X$ and illustrate numerically the nuclear
dependence of the azimuthal asymmetry by using a Gaussian ansatz
for the TMD parton matrix elements.Comment: 9 pages, afigur
Thermopower as a Possible Probe of Non-Abelian Quasiparticle Statistics in Fractional Quantum Hall Liquids
We show in this paper that thermopower is enhanced in non-Abelian quantum
Hall liquids under appropriate conditions. This is because thermopower measures
entropy per electron in the clean limit, while the degeneracy and entropy
associated with non-Abelian quasiparticles enhance entropy when they are
present. Thus thermopower can potentially probe non-Abelian nature of the
quasiparticles, and measure their quantum dimension.Comment: 5 pages. Minor revisions in response to referee comments. Published
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Structure formation in binary colloids
A theoretical study of the structure formation observed very recently [Phys.
Rev. Lett. 90, 128303 (2003)] in binary colloids is presented. In our model
solely the dipole-dipole interaction of the particles is considered,
electrohidrodynamic effects are excluded. Based on molecular dynamics
simulations and analytic calculations we show that the total concentration of
the particles, the relative concentration and the relative dipole moment of the
components determine the structure of the colloid. At low concentrations the
kinetic aggregation of particles results in fractal structures which show a
crossover behavior when increasing the concentration. At high concentration
various lattice structures are obtained in a good agreement with experiments.Comment: revtex, 4 pages, figures available from authors due to size problem
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