Estimates for X(4350) Decays from the Effective Lagrangian Approach

The strong and electromagnetic decays of $X(4350)$ with quantum numbers $J^P =0^{++}$ and $2^{++}$ have been studied by using the effective Lagrangian approach. The coupling constant between $X(4350)$ and $D_s^{\ast}D_{s0}^{\ast}$ is determined with the help of the compositeness condition which means that $X(4350)$ is a bound state of $D_s^{\ast}D_{s0}^{\ast}$. Other coupling constants applied in the calculation are determined phenomenologically. Our numerical results show that, using the present data within the present model, the possibility that $X(4350)$ is a $D_s^{\ast}D_{s0}^{\ast}$ molecule can not be ruled out.Comment: 15 pages, 4 eps figure

Precision measurement of charge number with optomechanically induced transparency

We propose a potentially practical scheme to precisely measure the charge numbers of small charged objects by optomechanical systems using optomechanically induced transparency (OMIT). In contrast to the conventional measurements based on the noise backaction on the optomechanical systems, our scheme makes use of the small deformation of the mechanical resonator sensitive to the charge number of the nearby charged object, which could achieve the detection of a single charge. The relationship between the charge number and the window width of the OMIT is investigated and the feasibility of the scheme is justified by numerical simulation using currently available experimental values.Comment: 6 pages,4 figure

Ambiguities in recurrence-based complex network representations of time series

Recently, different approaches have been proposed for studying basic properties of time series from a complex network perspective. In this work, the corresponding potentials and limitations of networks based on recurrences in phase space are investigated in some detail. We discuss the main requirements that permit a feasible system-theoretic interpretation of network topology in terms of dynamically invariant phase-space properties. Possible artifacts induced by disregarding these requirements are pointed out and systematically studied. Finally, a rigorous interpretation of the clustering coefficient and the betweenness centrality in terms of invariant objects is proposed

Large Electronic Anisotropy and Enhanced Chemical Activity of Highly Rippled Phosphorene

We investigate the electronic structure and chemical activity of rippled phosphorene induced by large compressive strains via first-principles calculation. It is found that phosphorene is extraordinarily bendable, enabling the accommodation of ripples with large curvatures. Such highly rippled phosphorene shows a strong anisotropy in electronic properties. For ripples along the armchair direction, the band gap changes from 0.84 to 0.51 eV for the compressive strain up to -20% and further compression shows no significant effect, for ripples along the zigzag direction, semiconductor to metal transition occurs. Within the rippled phosphorene, the local electronic properties, such as the modulated band gap and the alignments of frontier orbitals, are found to be highly spatially dependent, which may be used for modulating the injection and confinement of carriers for optical and photovoltaic applications. The examination of the interaction of a physisorbed NO molecule with the rippled phosphorene under different compressive strains shows that the chemical activities of the phosphorene are significantly enhanced at the top and bottom peaks of the ripples, indicated by the enhanced adsorption and charge transfer between them. All these features can be ascribed to the effect of curvatures, which modifies the orbital coupling between atoms at the ripple peaks

Observation of First-Order Metal-Insulator Transition without Structural Phase Transition in VO_2

An abrupt first-order metal-insulator transition (MIT) without structural phase transition is first observed by current-voltage measurements and micro-Raman scattering experiments, when a DC electric field is applied to a Mott insulator VO_2 based two-terminal device. An abrupt current jump is measured at a critical electric field. The Raman-shift frequency and the bandwidth of the most predominant Raman-active A_g mode, excited by the electric field, do not change through the abrupt MIT, while, they, excited by temperature, pronouncedly soften and damp (structural MIT), respectively. This structural MIT is found to occur secondarily.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure

Classical Dynamics of Anyons and the Quantum Spectrum

In this paper we show that (a) all the known exact solutions of the problem of N-anyons in oscillator potential precisely arise from the collective degrees of freedom, (b) the system is pseudo-integrable ala Richens and Berry. We conclude that the exact solutions are trivial thermodynamically as well as dynamically.Comment: 19 pages, ReVTeX, IMSc/93/0

Correlation between 3:2 QPO pairs and Jets in Black Hole X-ray Binaries

We argue, following our earlier works (the "CEBZMC model"), that the phenomenon of twin peak high frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) observed in black hole X-ray binaries is caused by magnetic coupling (MC) between accretion disk and black hole (BH). Due to MC, two bright spots occur at two separate radial locations r_{in} and r_{out} at the disk surface, energized by a kind of the Blandford-Znajek mechanism (BZ). We assume, following the Kluzniak-Abramowicz QPO resonance model, that Keplerian frequencies at these two locations are in the 3:2 ratio. With this assumption, we estimate the BH spins in several sources, including GRO J1655-40, GRS 1915+105, XTE J1550-564, H1743-322 and Sgr A*. We give an interpretation of the "jet line" in the hardness-intensity plane discussing the parameter space consisting of the BH spin and the power-law index for the variation of the large-scale magnetic field in the disk. Furthermore, we propose a new scenario for the spectral state transitions in BH X-ray binaries based on fluctuation in densities of accreting plasma from a companion star.Comment: 17 pages, 6 figures, accepted by AP

A Wave Function Describing Superfluidity in a Perfect Crystal

We propose a many-body wave function that exhibits both diagonal and off-diagonal long-range order. Incorporating short-range correlations due to interatomic repulsion, this wave function is shown to allow condensation of zero-point lattice vibrations and phase rigidity. In the presence of an external velocity field, such a perfect crystal will develop non-classical rotational inertia, exhibiting the supersolid behavior. In a sample calculation we show that the superfluid fraction in this state can be as large as of order 0.01 in a reasonable range of microscopic parameters. The relevance to the recent experimental evidence of a supersolid state by Chan and Kim is discussed.Comment: final version to be published in Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experimen

Commensurate lock-in and incommensurate supersolid phases of hardcore bosons on anisotropic triangular lattices

We investigate the interplay between commensurate lock-in and incommensurate supersolid phases of the hardcore bosons at half-filling with anisotropic nearest-neighbor hopping and repulsive interactions on triangular lattice. We use numerical quantum and variational Monte Carlo as well as analytical Schwinger boson mean-field analysis to establish the ground states and phase diagram. It is shown that, for finite size systems, there exist a series of jumps between different supersolid phases as the anisotropy parameter is changed. The density ordering wavevectors are locked to commensurate values and jump between adjacent supersolids. In the thermodynamic limit, however, the magnitude of these jumps vanishes leading to a continuous set of novel incommensurate supersoild phases.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, added new results, changed title and conclusio