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Spin-glass behaviour on random lattices
The ground-state phase diagram of an Ising spin-glass model on a random graph
with an arbitrary fraction of ferromagnetic interactions is analysed in the
presence of an external field. Using the replica method, and performing an
analysis of stability of the replica-symmetric solution, it is shown that
, correponding to an unbiased spin glass, is a singular point in the
phase diagram, separating a region with a spin-glass phase () from a
region with spin-glass, ferromagnetic, mixed, and paramagnetic phases
()
Proposta de um padrão de implementação de sistemas de equações diferenciais ordinárias em linguagem R.
A linguagem R é utilizada para cálculos e análise de dados estatísticos e gráficos e, portanto, é utilizada em diversas áreas de pesquisas. Foi proposto um padrão de codificação para modelos matemáticos baseados em sistemas de equações diferenciais ordinárias, a fim de melhorar a legibilidade, facilitar o aprendizado, o reúso, a verificação e integração com eventuais projetos que possam aparecer. Este pensamento surgiu baseado nas experiências obtidas por meio da codificação de modelos matemáticos desenvolvidos para o projeto Pecus
Semiclassical Evolution of Dissipative Markovian Systems
A semiclassical approximation for an evolving density operator, driven by a
"closed" hamiltonian operator and "open" markovian Lindblad operators, is
obtained. The theory is based on the chord function, i.e. the Fourier transform
of the Wigner function. It reduces to an exact solution of the Lindblad master
equation if the hamiltonian operator is a quadratic function and the Lindblad
operators are linear functions of positions and momenta.
Initially, the semiclassical formulae for the case of hermitian Lindblad
operators are reinterpreted in terms of a (real) double phase space, generated
by an appropriate classical double Hamiltonian. An extra "open" term is added
to the double Hamiltonian by the non-hermitian part of the Lindblad operators
in the general case of dissipative markovian evolution. The particular case of
generic hamiltonian operators, but linear dissipative Lindblad operators, is
studied in more detail. A Liouville-type equivariance still holds for the
corresponding classical evolution in double phase, but the centre subspace,
which supports the Wigner function, is compressed, along with expansion of its
conjugate subspace, which supports the chord function.
Decoherence narrows the relevant region of double phase space to the
neighborhood of a caustic for both the Wigner function and the chord function.
This difficulty is avoided by a propagator in a mixed representation, so that a
further "small-chord" approximation leads to a simple generalization of the
quadratic theory for evolving Wigner functions.Comment: 33 pages - accepted to J. Phys.
Experimental Observation of Environment-induced Sudden Death of Entanglement
We demonstrate the difference between local, single-particle dynamics and
global dynamics of entangled quantum systems coupled to independent
environments. Using an all-optical experimental setup, we show that, while the
environment-induced decay of each system is asymptotic, quantum entanglement
may suddenly disappear. This "sudden death" constitutes yet another distinct
and counter-intuitive trait of entanglement.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Decoherence of Semiclassical Wigner Functions
The Lindblad equation governs general markovian evolution of the density
operator in an open quantum system. An expression for the rate of change of the
Wigner function as a sum of integrals is one of the forms of the Weyl
representation for this equation. The semiclassical description of the Wigner
function in terms of chords, each with its classically defined amplitude and
phase, is thus inserted in the integrals, which leads to an explicit
differential equation for the Wigner function. All the Lindblad operators are
assumed to be represented by smooth phase space functions corresponding to
classical variables. In the case that these are real, representing hermitian
operators, the semiclassical Lindblad equation can be integrated. There results
a simple extension of the unitary evolution of the semiclassical Wigner
function, which does not affect the phase of each chord contribution, while
dampening its amplitude. This decreases exponentially, as governed by the time
integral of the square difference of the Lindblad functions along the classical
trajectories of both tips of each chord. The decay of the amplitudes is shown
to imply diffusion in energy for initial states that are nearly pure.
Projecting the Wigner function onto an orthogonal position or momentum basis,
the dampening of long chords emerges as the exponential decay of off-diagonal
elements of the density matrix.Comment: 23 pg, 2 fi
Shrinking the plan. A middle-class wishful thinking in the outskirts of Lisbon
In the 1960s and 1970s, large-scale Portuguese architectural production was largely promoted by the
State. This took further aspects after the 1974 revolution when housing construction became one of the
pillars of the new state policy. It is in this context that Manuel Vicente develops the project for Quinta do
Bacalhau in different times: 1– Before 1974 by EPUL as part of UNOR 26 of which M. Vicente was the
coordinator, 2– From 1974 as a SAAL operation after the site was taken over by a residents' committee,
3– After 1976, as it was built outside the revolutionary period by a housing cooperative and financed by
the state. Unlike most SAAL projects – small, contained and with low-row houses –, and despite the
ideologically marked circumstances of this period, it presents somehow ostentatious. Volumes of broad
and generous features, incorporation of commerce on the ground floors like a boulevard, contrast with
the dominant model, thus raising some questions: – to what extent did a particular class position
correspond to a certain typology, style, etc.? – wouldn't this imply an aspiration to the same “rights” as
the middle-class, as far as architecture is concerned? M. Vicente remains throughout his life in an
ideologically multifaceted position. Close to the Communist Party, he has a cosmopolitan experience still
in the 1960s being in touch with the Western capitalism – in the United States and in Macao – and in
close contact with the speculation and profit markets. It has thus a double folded stance regarding the
state-sponsored housing and low standards one, as if responding to the residents were the same as
responding to himself. In this communication we intend to analyse through drawings of the project how
the notion of housing for “a middle-class” crossed through the project. This argument is revealed in a plan
of a dwelling with dimensions close to middle-class, which is later reduced to smaller areas, but “keeping”
architectural qualities.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Accuracy of a teleported trapped field state inside a single bimodal cavity
We propose a simplified scheme to teleport a superposition of coherent states
from one mode to another of the same bimodal lossy cavity. Based on current
experimental capabilities, we present a calculation of the fidelity that can be
achieved, demonstrating accurate teleportation if the mean photon number of
each mode is at most 1.5. Our scheme applies as well for teleportation of
coherent states from one mode of a cavity to another mode of a second cavity,
both cavities embedded in a common reservoir.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, in appreciation for publication in Physical
Review
Diluted antiferromagnet in a ferromagnetic enviroment
The question of robustness of a network under random ``attacks'' is treated
in the framework of critical phenomena. The persistence of spontaneous
magnetization of a ferromagnetic system to the random inclusion of
antiferromagnetic interactions is investigated. After examing the static
properties of the quenched version (in respect to the random antiferromagnetic
interactions) of the model, the persistence of the magnetization is analysed
also in the annealed approximation, and the difference in the results are
discussed
Nanometric pitch in modulated structures of twist-bend nematic liquid crystals
The extended Frank elastic energy density is used to investigate the
existence of a stable periodically modulate structure that appears as a ground
state exhibiting a twist-bend molecular arrangement. For an unbounded sample,
we show that the twist-bend nematic phase is characterized by a
heliconical structure with a pitch in the nano-metric range, in agreement with
experimental results. For a sample of finite thickness, we show that the wave
vector of the stable periodic structure depends not only on the elastic
parameters but also on the anchoring energy, easy axis direction, and the
thickness of the sample.Comment: 11 page
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