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Law Behind Second Law of Thermodynamics --Unification with Cosmology--
In an abstract setting of a general classical mechanical system as a model
for the universe we set up a general formalism for a law behind the second law
of thermodynamics, i.e. really for "initial conditions". We propose a
unification with the other laws by requiring similar symmetry and locality
properties.Comment: 17 page
Structure of the neutron-rich N=7 isotones 10Li and 9He
The near threshold structure of the unbound N=7 isotones 10Li and 9He has
been investigated using proton removal and breakup from intermediate energy (35
MeV/nucleon) secondary beams of 11Be and 14,15B. The coincident detection of
the beam velocity 9Li and 8He fragments and neutrons permitted the relative
energy of the in-flight decay of 10Li and 9He to be reconstructed. Both systems
were found to exhibited virtual s-wave strength near threshold together with a
higher-lying resonance.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, Contribution to INPC2010 - "International Nuclear
Physics Conference", Vancouver, Canada, 4-9 July 2010, Proceedings to be
published in Journal of Physics: Conference Serie
Geons of Galileons
We suggest that galileon theories should have an additional self-coupling of
the fields to the trace of their own energy-momentum tensor. We explore the
classical features of one such model, in flat 4D spacetime, with emphasis on
solutions that are scalar analogues of gravitational geons. We discuss the
stability of these scalar geons, and some of their possible signatures,
including shock fronts.Comment: References added in v
Effects of R-parity violating supersymmetry in top pair production at linear colliders with polarized beams
In the minimal supersymmetric standard model with R-parity violation, the
lepton number violating top quark interactions can contribute to the top pair
production at a linear collider via tree-level u-channel squark exchange
diagrams. We calculate such contributions and find that in the allowed range of
these R-violating couplings, the top pair production rate as well as the top
quark polarization and the forward-backward asymmetry can be significantly
altered. By comparing the unpolarized beams with the polarized beams, we find
that the polarized beams are more powerful in probing such new physics.Comment: 10 pages, 6 fig
T-odd Correlations in the Decay of Scalar Fermions
We define a CP sensitive asymmetry in the sfermion decays \ti f \to f
\ti\chi^0_j \ell \bar \ell, f \ti\chi^0_j q \bar q, based on triple product
correlations between the momenta of the outgoing fermions. We study this
asymmetry in the MSSM with complex parameters. We show that the asymmetry is
sensitive to the phases of the parameters and . The leading
contribution stems from the decay chain \ti f\to f \ti\chi^0_j\to f
\ti\chi^0_1 Z\to f \ti\chi^0_1 \ell \bar \ell (f \ti\chi^0_1 q \bar q), for
which we obtain analytic formulae for the amplitude squared. The asymmetry can
go up to 3% for \ti f\to f \ti\chi^0_1 \ell \bar \ell, and up to 20% for \ti
f\to f \ti\chi^0_1 q \bar q. We also estimate the rates necessary to measure
the asymmetry.Comment: 18 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables; comments and references added; two
tables added; version to appear in Eur. Phys.
Magnetic reordering in the vicinity of a ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic interface
The magnetic arrangement in the vicinity of the interface between a
ferromagnet and an antiferromagnet is investigated, in particular its
dependence on the exchange couplings and the temperature. Applying a Heisenberg
model, both sc(001) and fcc(001) lattices are considered and solved by a mean
field approximation. Depending on the parameter values a variety of different
magnetic configurations emerge. Usually the subsystem with the larger ordering
temperature induces a magnetic order into the other one (magnetic proximity
effect). With increasing temperature a reorientation of the magnetic
sublattices is obtained. For coupled sc(001) systems both FM and AFM films are
disturbed from their collinear magnetic order, hence exhibit a similar
behavior. This symmetry is absent for fcc(001) films which, under certain
circumstances, may exhibit two different critical temperatures. Analytical
results are derived for simple bilayer systems.Comment: accepted for publication in Eur. Phys. J.
Kink Confinement and Supersymmetry
We analyze non-integrable deformations of two-dimensional N=1 supersymmetric
quantum field theories with kink excitations. As example, we consider the
multi-frequency Super Sine Gordon model. At weak coupling, this model is robust
with respect to kink confinement phenomena, in contrast to the purely bosonic
case. If we vary the coupling, the model presents a sequence of phase
transitions, where pairs of kinks disappear from the spectrum. The phase
transitions fall into two classes: the first presents the critical behaviors of
the Tricritical Ising model, the second instead those of the gaussian model. In
the first case, close to the critical point, the model has metastable vacua,
with a spontaneously supersymmetry breaking. When the life-time of the
metastable vacua is sufficiently long, the role of goldstino is given by the
massless Majorana fermion of the Ising model. On the contrary, supersymmetry
remains exact in the phase transition of the second type.Comment: 29 pages, 12 figure
How fast is the wave function collapse?
Using complex quantum Hamilton-Jacobi formulation, a new kind of non-linear
equations is proposed that have almost classical structure and extend the
Schroedinger equation to describe the collapse of the wave function as a
finite-time process. Experimental bounds on the collapse time are reported (of
order 0.1 ms to 0.1 ps) and its convenient dimensionless measure is introduced.
This parameter helps to identify the areas where sensitive probes of the
possible collapse dynamics can be done. Examples are experiments with
Bose-Einstein condensates, ultracold neutrons or ultrafast optics.Comment: 9 pages; v2: a shorter version to suit the 4 page limit of
Proceedings of International Conference on Mathematical Modelling in Physical
Sciences, 3-7 September 2012, Budapest, Hungary (IC-MSQUARE 2012
Quantum error correction of coherent errors by randomization
A general error correction method is presented which is capable of correcting
coherent errors originating from static residual inter-qubit couplings in a
quantum computer. It is based on a randomization of static imperfections in a
many-qubit system by the repeated application of Pauli operators which change
the computational basis. This Pauli-Random-Error-Correction (PAREC)-method
eliminates coherent errors produced by static imperfections and increases
significantly the maximum time over which realistic quantum computations can be
performed reliably. Furthermore, it does not require redundancy so that all
physical qubits involved can be used for logical purposes.Comment: revtex 4 pages, 3 fig
Signatures of Chiral Dynamics in Low Energy Compton Scattering off the Nucleon
We present a projector formalism which allows to define dynamical
polarizabilities of the nucleon from a multipole expansion of the nucleon
Compton amplitudes. We give predictions for the energy dependence of these
dynamical polarizabilities both from dispersion theory and from
leading-one-loop chiral effective field theory. Based on the good agreement
between the two theoretical frameworks, we conclude that the energy dependence
of the dynamical polarizabilities is dominated by chiral dynamics, except in
those multipole channels where the first nucleon resonance Delta(1232) can be
excited. Both the dispersion theory framework and a chiral effective field
theory with explicit Delta(1232) degrees of freedom lead to a very good
description of the available low energy proton Compton data. We discuss the
sensitivity of the proton Compton cross section to dynamical polarizabilities
of different multipole content and present a fit of the static electric and
magnetic dipole polarizabilities from low-energy Compton data up to omega=170
MeV, finding alpha_E=(11.04+-1.36)*10^(-4) fm^3, beta_M =(2.76-+1.36)*10^(-4)
fm^3.Comment: 43 pages, 13 figure
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