1,112 research outputs found
Magnetotransport in disordered two-dimensional topological insulators: signatures of charge puddles
In this numerical study we investigate the influence and interplay of
disorder, spin-orbit coupling and magnetic field on the edge-transport in
HgTe/CdTe quantum wells in the framework of coherent elastic scattering. We
show that the edge states remain unaffected by the combined effect of moderate
disorder and a weak magnetic field at realistic spin-orbit coupling strengths.
Agreement with the experimentally observed linear magnetic field dependence for
the conductance of long samples is obtained when considering the existence of
charge puddles.Comment: 17 pages, 6 figure
Two-dimensional topological insulator edge state backscattering by dephasing
To understand the seemingly absent temperature dependence in the conductance
of two-dimensional topological insulator edge states, we perform a numerical
study which identifies the quantitative influence of the combined effect of
dephasing and elastic scattering in charge puddles close to the edges. We show
that this mechanism may be responsible for the experimental signatures in
HgTe/CdTe quantum wells if the puddles in the samples are large and weakly
coupled to the sample edges. We propose experiments on artificial puddles which
allow to verify this hypothesis and to extract the real dephasing time scale
using our predictions. In addition, we present a new method to include the
effect of dephasing in wave-packet-time-evolution algorithms.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
Diagonalization of a bosonic quadratic form using CCM: Application on a system with two interpenetrating square lattice antiferromagnets
While the diagonalization of a quadratic bosonic form can always be done
using a Bogoliubov transformation, the practical implementation for systems
with a large number of different bosons is a tedious analytical task. Here we
use the coupled cluster method (CCM) to exactly diagonalise such complicated
quadratic forms. This yields to a straightforward algorithm which can easily be
implemented using computer algebra even for a large number of different bosons.
We apply this method on a Heisenberg system with two interpenetrating square
lattice antiferromagnets, which is a model for the quasi 2D antiferromagnet
Ba_2Cu_3O_4Cl_2. Using a four-magnon spin wave approximation we get a
complicated Hamiltonian with four different bosons, which is treated with CCM.
Results are presented for magnetic ground state correlations.Comment: 4 pages, 2 Postscript figures, to be published in acta physica
polonica A (European Conference 'Physics of Magnetism 99'
A sub-determinant approach for pseudo-orbit expansions of spectral determinants in quantum maps and quantum graphs
We study implications of unitarity for pseudo-orbit expansions of the
spectral determinants of quantum maps and quantum graphs. In particular, we
advocate to group pseudo-orbits into sub-determinants. We show explicitly that
the cancellation of long orbits is elegantly described on this level and that
unitarity can be built in using a simple sub-determinant identity which has a
non-trivial interpretation in terms of pseudo-orbits. This identity yields much
more detailed relations between pseudo orbits of different length than known
previously. We reformulate Newton identities and the spectral density in terms
of sub-determinant expansions and point out the implications of the
sub-determinant identity for these expressions. We analyse furthermore the
effect of the identity on spectral correlation functions such as the
auto-correlation and parametric cross correlation functions of the spectral
determinant and the spectral form factor.Comment: 25 pages, one figur
A Poincar\'e section for the general heavy rigid body
A general recipe is developed for the study of rigid body dynamics in terms
of Poincar\'e surfaces of section. A section condition is chosen which captures
every trajectory on a given energy surface. The possible topological types of
the corresponding surfaces of section are determined, and their 1:1 projection
to a conveniently defined torus is proposed for graphical rendering.Comment: 25 pages, 10 figure
Does value-based management facilitate managerial decision-making? An analysis of divestiture decisions
While recent studies indicate that value-based management (VBM) helps owners in aligning managerial interests (i.e., decision-influencing role), little evidence is provided for its support in managerial decision-making (i.e., decision-facilitating role). We investigate whether the depth of VBM implementation and contextual factors may determine VBM’s decision-facilitating role. We investigate our research question on a dataset of 1,774 divestitures by European firms between 2005 and 2016. Divestitures allow for the analysis of managerial decision-making in situations where managerial self-interest is less pronounced and, thus, where VBM’s decision-facilitating role can be differentiated from its decision-influencing role. Our empirical results indicate that VBM implementation down to the business-unit level is positively associated with divestiture returns, while we find no such effect if VBM implementation is limited to the corporate level. Further empirical tests indicate that this positive association is contingent on a high dispersion of the costs of capital across a firm’s business portfolio. In sum, our study indicates that VBM can facilitate managerial decision-making when firms consider its depth of implementation and firm-specific information needs
The spin 1/2 Heisenberg star with frustration II: The influence of the embedding medium
We investigate the spin 1/2 Heisenberg star introduced in J. Richter and A.
Voigt, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. {\bf 27}, 1139 (1994). The model is defined by
; , . In extension to the Ref. we consider a more general
describing the properties of the spins surrounding the
central spin . The Heisenberg star may be considered as an essential
structure element of a lattice with frustration (namely a spin embedded in a
magnetic matrix ) or, alternatively, as a magnetic system with a
perturbation by an extra spin. We present some general features of the
eigenvalues, the eigenfunctions as well as the spin correlation of the model. For being a linear chain, a square
lattice or a Lieb-Mattis type system we present the ground state properties of
the model in dependence on the frustration parameter .
Furthermore the thermodynamic properties are calculated for being a
Lieb--Mattis antiferromagnet.Comment: 16 pages, uuencoded compressed postscript file, accepted to J. Phys.
A: Math. Ge
Agiles Entwerfen – Lektionen aus einem Experiment
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