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    Wigner functions of thermo number state, photon subtracted and added thermo vacuum state at finite temperature

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    Based on Takahashi-Umezawa thermo field dynamics and the order-invariance of Weyl ordered operators under similar transformations, we present a new approach to deriving the exact Wigner functions of thermo number state, photon subtracted and added thermo vacuum state. We find that these Wigner functions are related to the Gaussian-Laguerre type functions of temperature, whose statistical properties are then analysed.Comment: 10 pages and 2 figure

    String Entanglement and D-branes as Pure States

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    We study the entanglement of closed strings degrees of freedom in order to investigate the microscopic structure and statistics of objects as D-branes. By considering the macroscopic pure state (MPS) limit, whenever the entanglement entropy goes to zero (in such a way that the macroscopic properties of the state are preserved), we show that boundary states may be recovered in this limit and, furthermore, the description through closed string (perturbative) degrees of freedom collapses. We also show how the thermal properties of branes and closed strings could be described by this model, and it requires that dissipative effects be taken into account. Extensions of the MPS analysis to more general systems at finite temperature are finally emphasized.Comment: 14 pages. Minor improvements. Published in Phys. Rev.

    No-cloning theorem in thermofield dynamics

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    We discuss the relation between the no-cloning theorem from quantum information and the doubling procedure used in the formalism of thermofield dynamics (TFD). We also discuss how to apply the no-cloning theorem in the context of thermofield states defined in TFD. Consequences associated to mixed states, von Neumann entropy and thermofield vacuum are also addressed.Comment: 16 pages, 3 figure

    Topological Discrete Algebra, Ground State Degeneracy, and Quark Confinement in QCD

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    Based on the permutation group formalism, we present a discrete symmetry algebra in QCD. The discrete algebra is hidden symmetry in QCD, which is manifest only on a space-manifold with non-trivial topology. Quark confinement in the presence of the dynamical quarks is discussed in terms of the discrete symmetry algebra. It is shown that the quark deconfinement phase has the ground state degeneracy depending on the topology of the space, which gives a gauge-invariant distinction between the confinement and deconfinement phases. We also point out that new quantum numbers relating to the fractional quantum Hall effect exist in the deconfinement phase.Comment: 11 pages, 1 figur

    Superconductivity in CVD Diamond Thin Film Well-Above Liquid Helium Temperature

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    Diamond has always been adored as a jewel. Even more fascinating is its outstanding physical properties; it is the hardest material known in the world with the highest thermal conductivity. Meanwhile, when we turn to its electrical properties, diamond is a rather featureless electrical insulator. However, with boron doping, it becomes a p-type semiconductor, with boron acting as a charge acceptor. Therefore the recent news of superconductivity in heavily boron-doped diamond synthesized by high pressure sintering was received with considerable surprise. Opening up new possibilities for diamond-based electrical devices, a systematic investigation of these phenomena clearly needs to be achieved. Here we show unambiguous evidence of superconductivity in a diamond thin film deposited by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method. Furthermore the onset of the superconducting transition is found to be 7.4K, which is higher than the reported value in ref(7) and well above helium liquid temperature. This finding establishes the superconductivity to be a universal property of boron-doped diamond, demonstrating that device application is indeed a feasible challenge.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure

    Spectral properties of a spin-incoherent Luttinger Liquid

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    We present time-dependent density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) results for strongly interacting one dimensional fermionic systems at finite temperature. When interactions are strong the characteristic spin energy can be greatly suppressed relative to the characteristic charge energy, allowing for the possibility of spin-incoherent Luttinger liquid physics when the temperature is high compared to the spin energy, but small compared to the charge energy. Using DMRG we compute the spectral properties of the t−Jt-J model at arbitrary temperatures with respect to both spin and charge energies. We study the full crossover from the Luttinger liquid regime to the spin-incoherent regime,focusing on small J/tJ/t, where the signatures of spin-incoherent behavior are more manifest. Our method allows us to access the analytically intractable regime where temperature is of the order of the spin energy, T∼JT\sim J. Our results should be helpful in the interpretation of experiments that may be in the crossover regime, T∼JT\sim J, and apply to one-dimensional cold atomic gases where finite-temperature effects are appreciable. The technique may also be used to guide the development of analytical approximations for the crossover regime.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure

    TFD Approach to Bosonic Strings and DPD_{P}-branes

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    In this work we explain the construction of the thermal vacuum for the bosonic string, as well that of the thermal boundary state interpreted as a DpD_{p}-brane at finite temperature. In both case we calculate the respective entropy using the entropy operator of the Thermo Field Dynamics Theory. We show that the contribution of the thermal string entropy is explicitly present in the DpD_{p}-brane entropy. Furthermore, we show that the Thermo Field approach is suitable to introduce temperature in boundary states.Comment: 6 pages, revtex, typos are corrected. Prepared for the Second Londrina Winter School-Mathematical Methods in Physics, August 25-30, 2002, Londrina-Pr, Brazil. To appear in a special issue of IJMP

    Noncommutative Thermofield Dynamics

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    The real-time operator formalism for thermal quantum field theories, thermofield dynamics, is formulated in terms of a path-integral approach in non-commutative spaces. As an application, the two-point function for a thermal non-commutative λϕ4\lambda \phi^4 theory is derived at the one-loop level. The effect of temperature and the non-commutative parameter, competing with one another, is analyzed.Comment: 13 pages; to be published in IJMP-A

    Two-Dimensional Order and Disorder Thermofields

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    The main objective of this paper was to obtain the two-dimensional order and disorder thermal operators using the Thermofield Bosonization formalism. We show that the general property of the two-dimensional world according with the bosonized Fermi field at zero temperature can be constructed as a product of an order and a disorder variables which satisfy a dual field algebra holds at finite temperature. The general correlation functions of the order and disorder thermofields are obtained.Comment: 4 page

    A New Kind of Uniformly Accelerated Reference Frames

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    A new kind of uniformly accelerated reference frames with a line-element different from the M{\o}ller and Rindler ones is presented, in which every observer at x,y,z=x, y, z=consts. has the same constant acceleration. The laws of mechanics are checked in the new kind of frames. Its thermal property is studied. The comparison with the M{\o}ller and Rindler uniform accelerated reference frames is also made.Comment: 10 pages, 2 figures. to appear in Int. J. Mod. Phys.
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