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Whispering gallery modes in open quantum billiards
The poles of the S-matrix and the wave functions of open 2D quantum billiards
with convex boundary of different shape are calculated by the method of complex
scaling. Two leads are attached to the cavities. The conductance of the
cavities is calculated at energies with one, two and three open channels in
each lead. Bands of overlapping resonance states appear which are localized
along the convex boundary of the cavities and contribute coherently to the
conductance. These bands correspond to the whispering gallery modes appearing
in the classical calculations.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures in jpg and gif forma
Influence of branch points in the complex plane on the transmission through double quantum dots
We consider single-channel transmission through a double quantum dot system
consisting of two single dots that are connected by a wire and coupled each to
one lead. The system is described in the framework of the S-matrix theory by
using the effective Hamiltonian of the open quantum system. It consists of the
Hamiltonian of the closed system (without attached leads) and a term that
accounts for the coupling of the states via the continuum of propagating modes
in the leads. This model allows to study the physical meaning of branch points
in the complex plane. They are points of coalesced eigenvalues and separate the
two scenarios with avoided level crossings and without any crossings in the
complex plane. They influence strongly the features of transmission through
double quantum dots.Comment: 30 pages, 14 figure
An X-ray Study of Two B+B Binaries: AH Cep and CW Cep
AH Cep and CW Cep are both early B-type binaries with short orbital periods
of 1.8~d and 2.7~d, respectively. All four components are B0.5V types. The
binaries are also double-lined spectroscopic and eclipsing. Consequently,
solutions for orbital and stellar parameters make the pair of binaries ideal
targets for a study of the colliding winds between two B~stars. {\em Chandra}
ACIS-I observations were obtained to determine X-ray luminosities. AH~Cep was
detected with an unabsorbed X-ray luminosity at a 90\% confidence interval of
erg s, or ,
relative to the combined Bolometric luminosities of the two components. While
formally consistent with expectations for embedded wind shocks, or binary wind
collision, the near-twin system of CW~Cep was a surprising non-detection. For
CW~Cep, an upper limit was determined with , again
for the combined components. One difference between these two systems is that
AH~Cep is part of a multiple system. The X-rays from AH~Cep may not arise from
standard wind shocks nor wind collision, but perhaps instead from magnetism in
any one of the four components of the system. The possibility could be tested
by searching for cyclic X-ray variability in AH~Cep on the short orbital period
of the inner B~stars.Comment: Astrophysical Journal, accepte
Magnetic properties of iron pnictides from spin-spiral calculations
The wave-vector (q) and doping dependences of the magnetic energy, iron
moment, and effective exchange interactions in LaFeAsO, BaFe2As2, and SrFe2As2\
are studied by self-consistent LSDA calculations for co-planar spin spirals.
For the undoped compounds, the calculated total energy, E(q), reaches its
minimum at q corresponding to stripe anti-ferromagnetic order. In LaFeAsO, this
minimum becomes flat already at low levels of electron-doping and shifts to an
incommensurate q at delta=0.2, where delta is the number of additional
electrons (delta>0) or holes (delta<0) per Fe. In BaFe2As2 and SrFe2As2, stripe
order remains stable for hole doping down to delta=-0.3. Under electron doping,
on the other hand, the E(q) minimum shifts to incommensurate q already at
delta=0.1.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, International Conference on Magnetism, Karlsruhe,
July 26 - 31, 200
Dynamics of open quantum systems
The coupling between the states of a system and the continuum into which it
is embedded, induces correlations that are especially large in the short time
scale. These correlations cannot be calculated by using a statistical or
perturbational approach. They are, however, involved in an approach describing
structure and reaction aspects in a unified manner. Such a model is the SMEC
(shell model embedded in the continuum). Some characteristic results obtained
from SMEC as well as some aspects of the correlations induced by the coupling
to the continuum are discussed.Comment: 16 pages, 5 figure
Effective Hamiltonian and unitarity of the S matrix
The properties of open quantum systems are described well by an effective
Hamiltonian that consists of two parts: the Hamiltonian of the
closed system with discrete eigenstates and the coupling matrix between
discrete states and continuum. The eigenvalues of determine the
poles of the matrix. The coupling matrix elements
between the eigenstates of and the continuum may be very
different from the coupling matrix elements between the eigenstates
of and the continuum. Due to the unitarity of the matrix, the
\TW_k^{cc'} depend on energy in a non-trivial manner, that conflicts with the
assumptions of some approaches to reactions in the overlapping regime. Explicit
expressions for the wave functions of the resonance states and for their phases
in the neighbourhood of, respectively, avoided level crossings in the complex
plane and double poles of the matrix are given.Comment: 17 pages, 7 figure
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