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Isoperimetric-type inequalities for iterated Brownian motion in R^n
We extend generalized isoperimetric-type inequalities to iterated Brownian
motion over several domains in \RR{R}^{n}. These kinds of inequalities imply
in particular that for domains of finite volume, the exit distribution and
moments of the first exit time for iterated Brownian motion are maximized with
the ball centered at the origin, which has the same volume as Comment: 10 page
Discretized Thermal Green's Functions
We present a spectral weight conserving formalism for Fermionic thermal
Green's functions that are discretized in imaginary time and thus periodic in
imaginary ("Matsubara") frequency. The formalism requires a generalization of
the Dyson equation and the Baym-Kadanoff-Luttinger-Ward functional for the free
energy. A conformal transformation is used to analytically continue the
periodized Matsubara Green's function to the continuous real axis in a way that
conserves the discontinuity at t=0 of the corresponding real-time Green's
function. For given discretization the method allows numerical Green's function
calculations of very high precision and it appears to give a well controlled
convergent approximation as we decrease the discretization interval. The ideas
are tested on Dynamical Mean Field Theory calculations of the paramagnetic
Hubbard model
Spin symmetry and spin current of helicity eigenstates of the Luttinger Hamiltonian
A general spin symmetry argument is proposed for spin currents in
semiconductors. In particular, due to the symmetry with respect to spin
polarization of the helicity eigenstates of the Luttinger Hamiltonian for a
hole-doped semiconductor, the spin polarized flux from a single helicity
eigenstate induced by an external electric field, is canceled exactly when all
such contributions from eigenstates that are degenerate in energy are summed.
Thus, the net spin current predicted by Murakami et al, Science 301, 1348
(2003), cannot be produced by such a Hamiltonian. Possible symmetry breaking
mechanisms which may generate a spin current are discussed
Violation of the Luttinger sum rule within the Hubbard model on a triangular lattice
The frequency-moment expansion method is developed to analyze the validity of
the Luttinger sum rule within the Mott-Hubbard insulator, as represented by the
generalized Hubbard model at half filling and large . For the particular
case of the Hubbard model with nearest-neighbor hopping on a triangular lattice
lacking the particle-hole symmetry results reveal substantial violation of the
sum rule.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Generalized conductance sum rule in atomic break junctions
When an atomic-size break junction is mechanically stretched, the total
conductance of the contact remains approximately constant over a wide range of
elongations, although at the same time the transmissions of the individual
channels (valence orbitals of the junction atom) undergo strong variations. We
propose a microscopic explanation of this phenomenon, based on Coulomb
correlation effects between electrons in valence orbitals of the junction atom.
The resulting approximate conductance quantization is closely related to the
Friedel sum rule.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, appears in Proceedings of the NATO Advanced
Research Workshop ``Size dependent magnetic scattering'', Pecs, Hungary, May
28 - June 1, 200
Transport in Luttinger Liquids
We give a brief introduction to Luttinger liquids and to the phenomena of
electronic transport or conductance in quantum wires. We explain why the
subject of transport in Luttinger liquids is relevant and fascinating and
review some important results on tunneling through barriers in a
one-dimensional quantum wire and the phenomena of persistent currents in
mesoscopic rings. We give a brief description of our own work on transport
through doubly-crossed Luttinger liquids and transport in the Schulz-Shastry
exactly solvable Luttinger-like model.Comment: Latex file, 15 pages, four eps figure
Non-Fermi Liquid Effective Field Theory of Dense QCD Matter
We review an effective field theory for the non-Fermi liquid regime of dense
QCD matter. Non-Fermi liquid effects arise due the presence of unscreened
magnetic gluon exchanges. We show that there is a systematic low energy
expansion in fractional powers and logarithms of energy. We discuss the
validity of some standard theorems of Fermi liquid theory.Comment: 4 pages; Contribution to the proceedings of the International
Conference on Strong & Electroweak Matter 2006, Brookhaven National
Laboratory, Upton, NY, May 200
Oscillatory Tunneling between Quantum Hall Systems
Electron tunneling between quantum Hall systems on the same two dimensional
plane separated by a narrow barrier is studied. We show that in the limit where
inelastic scattering time is much longer than the tunneling time, which can be
achieved in practice, electrons can tunnel back and forth through the barrier
continously, leading to an oscillating current in the absence of external
drives. The oscillatory behavior is dictated by a tunneling gap in the energy
spectrum. We shall discuss ways to generate oscillating currents and the
phenomenon of natural ``dephasing" between the tunneling currents of edge
states. The noise spectra of these junctions are also studied. They contain
singularites reflecting the existence of tunneling gaps as well as the inherent
oscillation in the system. (Figures will be given upon requests).Comment: 20 pages, OS
Structure and transport in multi-orbital Kondo systems
We consider Kondo impurity systems with multiple local orbitals, such as rare
earth ions in a metallic host or multi--level quantum dots coupled to metallic
leads. It is shown that the multiplet structure of the local orbitals leads to
multiple Kondo peaks above the Fermi energy , and to ``shadow'' peaks
below . We use a slave boson mean field theory, which recovers the strong
coupling Fermi liquid fixed point, to calculate the Kondo peak positions,
widths, and heights analytically at T=0, and NCA calculations to fit the
temperature dependence of high--resolution photoemission spectra of Ce
compounds. In addition, an approximate conductance quantization for transport
through multi--level quantum dots or single--atom transistors in the Kondo
regime due to a generalized Friedel sum rule is demonstrated.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures. Invited article, 23rd International Conference on
Low Temperature Physics LT23, Hiroshima, Japan 200
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