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Coherent XUV generation driven by sharp metal tips photoemission
It was already experimentally demonstrated that high-energy electrons can be
generated using metal nanotips as active media. In addition, it has been
theoretically proven that the high-energy tail of the photoemitted electrons is
intrinsically linked to the recollision phenomenon. Through this recollision
process it is also possible to convert the energy gained by the laser-emitted
electron in the continuum in a coherent XUV photon. It means the emission of
harmonic radiation appears to be feasible, although it has not been
experimentally demonstrated hitherto till now. In this paper, we employ a
quantum mechanical approach to model the electron dipole moment including both
the laser experimental conditions and the bulk matter properties and predict is
possible to generate coherent UV and XUV radiation using metal nanotips as
sources. Our quantum mechanical results are fully supported by their classical
counterparts.Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1309.034
Intrinsic versus super-rough anomalous scaling in spontaneous imbibition
We study spontaneous imbibition using a phase field model in a two
dimensional system with a dichotomic quenched noise. By imposing a constant
pressure at the origin, we study the case when the interface
advances at low velocities, obtaining the scaling exponents ,
and within the intrinsic
anomalous scaling scenario. These results are in quite good agreement with
experimental data recently published. Likewise, when we increase the interface
velocity, the resulting scaling exponents are , and . Moreover, we observe that the local
properties of the interface change from a super-rough to an intrinsic anomalous
description when the contrast between the two values of the dichotomic noise is
increased. From a linearized interface equation we can compute analytically the
global scaling exponents which are comparable to the numerical results,
introducing some properties of the quenched noise.Comment: Accepted for publication in Physical Review
Kinematic study of planetary nebulae in NGC 6822
By measuring precise radial velocities of planetary nebulae (which belong to
the intermediate age population), H II regions, and A-type supergiant stars
(which are members of the young population) in NGC 6822, we aim to determine if
both types of population share the kinematics of the disk of H I found in this
galaxy.
Spectroscopic data for four planetary nebulae were obtained with the high
spectral resolution spectrograph Magellan Inamori Kyocera Echelle (MIKE) on the
Magellan telescope at Las Campanas Observatory. Data for other three PNe and
one H II region were obtained from the SPM Catalog of Extragalactic Planetary
Nebulae which employed the Manchester Echelle Spectrometer attached to the 2.1m
telescope at the Observatorio Astron\'omico Nacional, M\'exico. In the
wavelength calibrated spectra, the heliocentric radial velocities were measured
with a precision better than 5-6 km s. Data for three additional H II
regions and a couple of A-type supergiant stars were collected from the
literature. The heliocentric radial velocities of the different objects were
compared to the velocities of the H i disk at the same position.
From the analysis of radial velocities it is found that H II regions and
A-type supergiants do share the kinematics of the H I disk at the same
position, as expected for these young objects. On the contrary, planetary
nebula velocities differ significantly from that of the H I at the same
position. The kinematics of planetary nebulae is independent from the young
population kinematics and it is closer to the behavior shown by carbon stars,
which are intermediate-age members of the stellar spheroid existing in this
galaxy. Our results are confirming that there are at least two very different
kinematical systems in NGC 6822
Influence of Disorder Strength on Phase Field Models of Interfacial Growth
We study the influence of disorder strength on the interface roughening
process in a phase-field model with locally conserved dynamics. We consider two
cases where the mobility coefficient multiplying the locally conserved current
is either constant throughout the system (the two-sided model) or becomes zero
in the phase into which the interface advances (one-sided model). In the limit
of weak disorder, both models are completely equivalent and can reproduce the
physical process of a fluid diffusively invading a porous media, where
super-rough scaling of the interface fluctuations occurs. On the other hand,
increasing disorder causes the scaling properties to change to intrinsic
anomalous scaling. In the limit of strong disorder this behavior prevails for
the one-sided model, whereas for the two-sided case, nucleation of domains in
front of the invading front are observed.Comment: Accepted for publication in PR
Trion dynamics in coupled double quantum wells. Electron density effects
We have studied the coherent dynamics of injected electrons when they are
either free or bounded both in excitons and in trions (charged excitons). We
have considered a remotely doped asymmetric double quantum well where an excess
of free electrons and the direct created excitons generate trions. We have used
the matrix density formalism to analyze the electron dynamics for different
concentration of the three species. Calculations show a significant
modification of the free electron inter-sublevel oscillations cWe have studied
the coherent dynamics of injected electrons when they are aused by electrons
bound in excitons and trions. Based on the present calculations we propose a
method to detect trions through the emitted electromagnetic radiation or the
current density.Comment: 14 pages, 13 figure
N-Delta(1232) axial form factors from weak pion production
The N-Delta axial form factors are determined from neutrino induced pion
production ANL & BNL data by using a state of the art theoretical model, which
accounts both for background mechanisms and deuteron effects. We find
violations of the off diagonal Goldberger-Treiman relation at the level of 2
sigma which might have an impact in background calculations for T2K and
MiniBooNE low energy neutrino oscillation precision experiments.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
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