358 research outputs found
Fixed-Node Monte Carlo Calculations for the 1d Kondo Lattice Model
The effectiveness of the recently developed Fixed-Node Quantum Monte Carlo
method for lattice fermions, developed by van Leeuwen and co-workers, is tested
by applying it to the 1D Kondo lattice, an example of a one-dimensional model
with a sign problem. The principles of this method and its implementation for
the Kondo Lattice Model are discussed in detail. We compare the fixed-node
upper bound for the ground state energy at half filling with
exact-diagonalization results from the literature, and determine several spin
correlation functions. Our `best estimates' for the ground state correlation
functions do not depend sensitively on the input trial wave function of the
fixed-node projection, and are reasonably close to the exact values. We also
calculate the spin gap of the model with the Fixed-Node Monte Carlo method. For
this it is necessary to use a many-Slater-determinant trial state. The
lowest-energy spin excitation is a running spin soliton with wave number pi, in
agreement with earlier calculations.Comment: 19 pages, revtex, contribution to Festschrift for Hans van Leeuwe
Proof for an upper bound in fixed-node Monte Carlo for lattice fermions
We justify a recently proposed prescription for performing Green Function
Monte Carlo calculations on systems of lattice fermions, by which one is able
to avoid the sign problem. We generalize the prescription such that it can also
be used for problems with hopping terms of different signs. We prove that the
effective Hamiltonian, used in this method, leads to an upper bound for the
ground-state energy of the real Hamiltonian, and we illustrate the
effectiveness of the method on small systems.Comment: 14 pages in revtex v3.0, no figure
Spitzer Observations of 3C Quasars and Radio Galaxies: Mid-Infrared Properties of Powerful Radio Sources
We have measured mid-infrared radiation from an orientation-unbiased sample
of 3CRR galaxies and quasars at redshifts 0.4 < z < 1.2 with the IRS and MIPS
instruments on the Spitzer Space Telescope. Powerful emission (L_24micron >
10^22.4 W/Hz/sr) was detected from all but one of the sources. We fit the
Spitzer data as well as other measurements from the literature with synchrotron
and dust components. The IRS data provide powerful constraints on the fits. At
15 microns, quasars are typically four times brighter than radio galaxies with
the same isotropic radio power. Based on our fits, half of this difference can
be attributed to the presence of non-thermal emission in the quasars but not
the radio galaxies. The other half is consistent with dust absorption in the
radio galaxies but not the quasars. Fitted optical depths are anti-correlated
with core dominance, from which we infer an equatorial distribution of dust
around the central engine. The median optical depth at 9.7 microns for objects
with core-dominance factor R > 10^-2 is approximately 0.4; for objects with R <
10^-2, it is 1.1. We have thus addressed a long-standing question in the
unification of FR II quasars and galaxies: quasars are more luminous in the
mid-infrared than galaxies because of a combination of Doppler-boosted
synchrotron emission in quasars and extinction in galaxies, both
orientation-dependent effects.Comment: 42 pages, 14 figures plus two landscape tables. Accepted for
publication in Ap
Polarization and kinematics in Cygnus A
From optical spectropolarimetry of Cygnus A we conclude that the scattering
medium in the ionization cones in Cygnus A is moving outward at a speed of
170+-34 km/s, and that the required momentum can be supplied by the radiation
pressure of an average quasar. Such a process could produce a structure
resembling the observed ionization cones, which are thought to result from
shadowing by a circumnuclear dust torus. We detect a polarized red wing in the
[O III] emission lines arising from the central kiloparsec of Cygnus A. This
wing is consistent with line emission created close to the boundary of the
broad-line region.Comment: 5 pages, accepted for publication in MNRAS letter
Ionospheric Calibration of Low Frequency Radio Interferometric Observations using the Peeling Scheme: I. Method Description and First Results
Calibration of radio interferometric observations becomes increasingly
difficult towards lower frequencies. Below ~300 MHz, spatially variant
refractions and propagation delays of radio waves traveling through the
ionosphere cause phase rotations that can vary significantly with time, viewing
direction and antenna location. In this article we present a description and
first results of SPAM (Source Peeling and Atmospheric Modeling), a new
calibration method that attempts to iteratively solve and correct for
ionospheric phase errors. To model the ionosphere, we construct a time-variant,
2-dimensional phase screen at fixed height above the Earth's surface. Spatial
variations are described by a truncated set of discrete Karhunen-Loeve base
functions, optimized for an assumed power-law spectral density of free
electrons density fluctuations, and a given configuration of calibrator sources
and antenna locations. The model is constrained using antenna-based gain phases
from individual self-calibrations on the available bright sources in the
field-of-view. Application of SPAM on three test cases, a simulated visibility
data set and two selected 74 MHz VLA data sets, yields significant improvements
in image background noise (5-75 percent reduction) and source peak fluxes (up
to 25 percent increase) as compared to the existing self-calibration and
field-based calibration methods, which indicates a significant improvement in
ionospheric phase calibration accuracy.Comment: 23 pages, 14 figures, 2 tables. Accepted for publication in A&A.
Changes in v2: Corrected minor error in Equations A.3 and A.12. Extended
acknowledgment
Quantizing Charged Magnetic Domain Walls: Strings on a Lattice
The discovery by Tranquada et al. of an ordered phase of charged domain walls
in the high-Tc cuprates leads us to consider the possible existence of a
quantum domain-wall liquid. We propose minimal models for the quantization, by
meandering fluctuations, of isolated charged domain walls. These correspond to
lattice string models. The simplest model of this kind, a directed lattice
string, can be mapped onto a quantum spin chain or on a classical
two-dimensional solid-on-solid surface model. The model exhibits a rich phase
diagram, containing several rough phases with low-lying excitations as well as
ordered phases which are gapped.Comment: 4 two-column pages, including the 3 Postscript figure
Superconductivity of a Metallic Stripe Embedded in an Antiferromagnet
We study a simple model for the metallic stripes found in
: two chain Hubbard ladder embedded in a static
antiferromagnetic environments. We consider two cases: a ``topological
stripe'', for which the phase of the Neel order parameter shifts by
across the ladder, and a ``non-topological stripe'', for which there is no
phase shift across the ladder. We perform one-loop renormalization group
calculations to determine the low energy properties. We compare the results
with those of the isolated ladder and show that for small doping
superconductivity is enhanced in the topological stripe, and suppressed in the
non-topological one. In the topological stripe, the superconducting order
parameter is a mixture of a spin singlet component with zero momentum and a
spin triplet component with momentum . We argue that this mixture is
generic, and is due to the presence of a new term in the quantum
Ginzburg-Landau action. Some consequences of this mixing are discussed.Comment: 6 pages, 3 eps figure
High-frequency dynamics of wave localisation
We study the effect of localisation on the propagation of a pulse through a
multi-mode disordered waveguide. The correlator of the
transmitted wave amplitude u at two frequencies differing by delta_omega has
for large delta_omega the stretched exponential tail ~exp(-sqrt{tau_D
delta_omega/2}). The time constant tau_D=L^2/D is given by the diffusion
coefficient D, even if the length L of the waveguide is much greater than the
localisation length xi. Localisation has the effect of multiplying the
correlator by a frequency-independent factor exp(-L/2xi), which disappears upon
breaking time-reversal symmetry.Comment: 3 pages, 1 figur
Dynamic effect of phase conjugation on wave localization
We investigate what would happen to the time dependence of a pulse reflected
by a disordered single-mode waveguide, if it is closed at one end not by an
ordinary mirror but by a phase-conjugating mirror. We find that the waveguide
acts like a virtual cavity with resonance frequency equal to the working
frequency omega_0 of the phase-conjugating mirror. The decay in time of the
average power spectrum of the reflected pulse is delayed for frequencies near
omega_0. In the presence of localization the resonance width is
tau_s^{-1}exp(-L/l), with L the length of the waveguide, l the mean free path,
and tau_s the scattering time. Inside this frequency range the decay of the
average power spectrum is delayed up to times t simeq tau_s exp(L/l).Comment: 10 pages including 2 figure
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