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Gauge Fluctuations in Superconducting Films
In this paper we consider a superconducting film modeled by the
Ginzburg-Landau model, confined between two parallel planes a distance
apart from one another. Our approach is based on the Gaussian effective
potential in the transverse unitarity gauge, which allows to treat gauge
contributions in a compact form. Using techniques from dimensional and
-function regularizations, modified by the confinement conditions, we
investigate the critical temperature as a function of the film thickness .
The contributions from the scalar self-interaction and from the gauge
fluctuations are clearly identified. The model suggests the existence of a
minimal critical thickness below which superconductivity is suppressed.Comment: 6 pages Revtex, no figure
Properties of bars in the local universe
We studied the fraction and properties of bars in a sample of about 3000
galaxies extracted from SDSS-DR5. This represents a volume limited sample with
galaxies located between redshift 0.01-20, and
inclination i < 60. Interacting galaxies were excluded from the sample. The
fraction of barred galaxies in our sample is 45%. We found that 32% of S0s, 55%
of early-type spirals, and 52% of late-type spirals are barred galaxies. The
bars in S0s galaxies are weaker than those in later-type galaxies. The bar
length and galaxy size are correlated, being larger bars located in larger
galaxies. Neither the bar strength nor bar length correlate with the local
galaxy density. On the contrary, the bar properties correlate with the
properties of their host galaxies. Galaxies with higher central light
concentration host less and weaker bars.Comment: 2 pages, 1 figure to appear in the proceedings of "Formation and
Evolution of Galaxy Disks", Rome, October 2007, Eds. J. Funes and E. M.
Corsin
Discrete coherent states for higher Landau levels
We consider the quantum dynamics of a charged particle evolving under the
action of a constant homogeneous magnetic field, with emphasis on the discrete
subgroups of the Heisenberg group (in the Euclidean case) and of the SL(2, R)
group (in the Hyperbolic case). We investigate completeness properties of
discrete coherent states associated with higher order Euclidean and hyperbolic
Landau levels, partially extending classic results of Perelomov and of
Bargmann, Butera, Girardello and Klauder. In the Euclidean case, our results
follow from identifying the completeness problem with known results from the
theory of Gabor frames. The results for the hyperbolic setting follow by using
a combination of methods from coherent states, time-scale analysis and the
theory of Fuchsian groups and their associated automorphic forms.Comment: Revised for Annals of Physic
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