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2006-02-06
Thermoelectric effects in a strongly interacting quantum dot coupled to ferromagnetic leads
We study thermoelectric effects in Kondo correlated quantum dot coupled to ferromagnetic electrodes by calculating thermopower S in the Kondo regime as function of on-dot energy level and temperature. The system is represented by the Anderson model and the results agree well with those recently measured for a quantum d...
0602121v1
2006-02-08
Strong coupling theory for the superfluidity of Bose-Fermi mixtures
We develop a strong-coupling theory for the superfluidity of fermion pairing phase in a Bose-Fermi mixture. Dynamical screening, self-energy renormalization, and a pairing gap function are included self-consistently within the adiabatic limit (i.e., the phonon velocity is much smaller than the Fermi velocity). An analy...
0602201v2
2006-03-14
Molecular states in carbon nanotube double quantum dots
We report electrical transport measurements through a semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) with three additional top-gates. At low temperatures the system acts as a double quantum dot with large inter-dot tunnel coupling allowing for the observation of tunnel-coupled molecular states extending over the w...
0603367v1
2006-03-20
Influence of lattice distortions in classical spin systems
We investigate a simple model of a frustrated classical spin chain coupled to adiabatic phonons under an external magnetic field. A thorough study of the magnetization properties is carried out both numerically and analytically. We show that already a moderate coupling with the lattice can stabilize a plateau at 1/3 of...
0603514v2
2006-04-12
On the generation of multipartite entangled states in Josephson architectures
We propose and analyze a scheme for the generation of multipartite entangled states in a system of inductively coupled Josephson flux qubits. The qubits have fixed eigenfrequencies during the whole process in order to minimize decoherence effects and their inductive coupling can be turned on and off at will by tuning a...
0604313v1
2006-04-21
Dissipationless spin-current between Heisenberg ferromagnets with spin-orbit coupling
A system exhibiting multiple simultaneously broken symmetries offers the opportunity to influence physical phenomena such as tunneling currents by means of external control parameters. Time-reversal symmetry and inversion symmetry are both absent in ferromagnetic metals with substantial spin-orbit coupling. We here stu...
0604510v1
2006-05-05
Cavity quantum electrodynamics with semiconductor double-dot molecules on a chip
We describe a coherent control technique for coupling electron spin states associated with semiconductor double-dot molecule to a microwave stripline resonator on a chip. We identify a novel regime of operation in which strong interaction between a molecule and a resonator can be achieved with minimal decoherence, reac...
0605144v1
2006-05-13
Scattering wave function approach to multi-terminal mesoscopic system with spin-orbit coupling
In this paper,we present a detailed formulation to solve the scattering wave function for a multi-terminal mesoscopic system with spin-orbit coupling. In addition to terminal currents, all local quantities can be calculated explicitly by taking proper ensemble average in the Landauer-Buttiker's spirit using the scatter...
0605361v1
2006-06-16
Electronic states of laterally coupled quantum rings
The conduction band electron states of laterally-coupled semiconductor quantum rings are studied within the frame of the effective mass envelope function theory. We consider the effect of axial and in-plane magnetic fields for several inter-ring distances, and find strong changes in the energy spectrum depending on the...
0606438v1
2006-06-29
Relevance of quantum fluctuations in the Anderson-Kondo model
We study a localized spin coupled to an Anderson impurity to model the situation found in higher transition metal or rare earth compounds like e.g.\ LaMnO$_3$ or Gd monopnictides. We find that, even for large quantum numbers of the localized spin, quantum fluctuations play an essential role for the case of ferromagneti...
0606762v1
2006-07-07
Phase diagram of the spin-Peierls chain with local coupling
We explore the ground-state phase diagram of a Heisenberg spin chain coupled locally to optical phonons (bond coupling), using large-scale density matrix renormalization group calculations and an extended perturbative analysis. For the quantum phase transition from the spin liquid to the dimerized phase, we find deviat...
0607209v1
2006-07-08
Harper-Hofstadter problem for 2D electron gas with ${\bf k}$-linear Rashba spin-orbit coupling
The Harper-Hofstadter problem for two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit coupling subject to periodic potential and perpendicular magnetic field is studied analytically and numerically. The butterfly-like energy spectrum, spinor wave functions as well as the spin density and average spin polarization are c...
0607216v1
2006-07-25
Quantum Hall Ferrimagnetism in lateral quantum dot molecules
We demonstrate the existance of ferrimagnetic and ferromagnetic phases in a spin phase diagram of coupled lateral quantum dot molecules in the quantum Hall regime. The spin phase diagram is determined from Hartree-Fock Configuration Interaction method as a function of electron numbers N, magnetic field B, Zeeman energy...
0607638v1
2006-07-27
Time-dependent evolution of two coupled Luttinger liquids
We consider two disconnected Luttinger liquids which are coupled at $t=0$ through chiral density-density interactions. Both for $t<0$ and $t \geq 0$ the system is exactly solvable by means of bosonization and this allows to evaluate analytically the time-dependence of correlation functions. We find that in the long-tim...
0607720v2
2006-07-28
Kondo effect in coupled quantum dots with RKKY interaction: Finite temperature and magnetic field effects
We study transport through two quantum dots coupled by an RKKY interaction as a function of temperature and magnetic field. By applying the Numerical Renormalization Group (NRG) method we obtain the transmission and the linear conductance. At zero temperature and magnetic field, we observe a quantum phase transition be...
0607772v1
2006-08-07
Quantum dynamics of a resonator driven by a superconducting single-electron transistor: a solid-state analogue of the micromaser
We investigate the behavior of a quantum resonator coupled to a superconducting single-electron transistor tuned to the Josephson quasiparticle resonance and show that the dynamics is similar in many ways to that found in a micromaser. Coupling to the SSET can drive the resonator into non-classical states of self-susta...
0608166v2
2006-08-29
Sequential Tunneling through Molecular Spin Rings
We consider electrical transport through molecules with Heisenberg-coupled spins arranged in a ring structure in the presence of an easy-axis anisotropy. The molecules are coupled to two metallic leads and a gate. In the charged state of the ring, a Zener double-exchange mechanism links transport properties to the unde...
0608642v2
2006-09-19
Far Infrared absorption of non center of mass modes and optical sum rule in a few electron quantum dot with Rashba spin-orbit coupling
Spin-orbit interaction in a quantum dot couples far infrared radiation to non center of mass excitation modes, even for parabolic confinement and dipole approximation. The intensities of the absorption peaks satisfy the optical sum rule, giving direct information on the total number of electrons inside the dot. In the ...
0609456v1
2006-09-22
Influence of thermal coupling on spin avalanches in Mn12-acetate
The effect of thermal coupling on spin avalanches in Mn12-acetate has been probed using a single crystal assembly. Time-resolved, synchronized measurements of magnetization and temperature are reported. Unusually low avalanche trigger fields occur when thermal coupling to the bath is weak. A temperature rise observed a...
0609586v2
2006-10-04
Correlated electrons systems on the Apollonian network
Strongly correlated electrons on an Apollonian network are studied using the Hubbard model. Ground-state and thermodynamic properties, including specific heat, magnetic susceptibility, spin-spin correlation function, double occupancy and one-electron transfer, are evaluated applying direct diagonalization and quantum M...
0610111v1
2006-10-04
Calculation of overdamped c-axis charge dynamics and the coupling to polar phonons in cuprate superconductors
In our recent paper we presented empirical evidences suggesting that electrons in cuprate superconductors are strongly coupled to unscreened c-axis polar phonons. In the overdoped regime the c-axis metallizes and we present here simple theoretical arguments demonstrating that the observed effect of the metallic c-axis ...
0610129v1
2006-10-11
Conductance of a molecule with a center of mass motion
We calculate the zero temperature conductance and characteristic correlation functions of a molecule with a center of mass (CM) motion which modulates couplings to the leads. In the first model studied, the CM vibrational mode is simultaneously coupled to the electron density on the molecule. The conductance is suppres...
0610296v1
2006-10-25
Interlayer exchange coupling in (Ga,Mn)As based multilayers
Exhibiting antiferromagnetic interlayer coupling in dilute magnetic semiconductor multilayers is essential for the realisation of magnetoresistances analogous to giant magnetoresistance in metallic multilayer structures. In this work we use a mean-field theory of carrier induced ferromagnetism to explore possible (Ga,M...
0610696v1
2006-12-12
Spin-orbit induced spin-qubit control in nanowires
We elaborate on a number of issues concerning our recent proposal for spin-qubit manipulation in nanowires using the spin-orbit coupling. We discuss the experimental status and describe in further detail the scheme for single-qubit rotations. We present a derivation of the effective two-qubit coupling which can be exte...
0612293v1
2006-12-19
Excitonic gap, phase transition, and quantum Hall effect in graphene: strong-coupling regime
We suggest that physics underlying the recently observed removal of sublattice and spin degeneracies in graphene in a strong magnetic field describes a phase transition connected with the generation of excitonic and spin gaps. The strong-coupling regime is described using a phenomenological model with enhanced Zeeman s...
0612488v1
2006-12-21
Spin wave excitations: The main source of the temperature dependence of Interlayer exchange coupling in nanostructures
Quantum mechanical calculations based on an extended Heisenberg model are compared with ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) experiments on prototype trilayer systems Ni_7/Cu_n/Co_2/Cu(001) in order to determine and separate for the first time quantitatively the sources of the temperature dependence of interlayer exchange cou...
0612568v1
2007-01-06
Spin Ladder with Anisotropic Ferromagnetic Legs in a Transverse Magnetic Field
We study the ground state phase diagram of a two-leg spin ladder with anisotropic ferromagnetic leg couplings under the influence of a symmetry breaking transverse magnetic field by the exact diagonalization technique. In the case of antiferromagnetic coupling between legs we identified two phase transitions in the pla...
0701127v1
2007-01-15
Non-local effective medium of metamaterial
In this paper, we investigate the effect of spatial dispersion on a double-lattice metamaterial which has both magnetic and electric response. A numerical scheme based on a dipolar model is developed to extract the non-local effective medium of the metamaterial. We found a structure-induced bianisotropy near the resona...
0701332v1
2007-01-18
Cooperative Effect of Electron Correlation and Spin-Orbit Coupling on the Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Ba2NaOsO6
The electronic and magnetic properties of the cubic double perovskite Ba2NaOsO6 were examined by performing first-principles density functional theory calculations and analyzing spin-orbit coupled states of an Os7+ (d1) ion at an octahedral crystal field. The insulating behavior of Ba2NaOsO6 was shown to originate from...
0701460v1
2007-01-24
Non-markovian dynamics of double quantum dot charge qubit with static bias
The dynamics of charge qubit in double quantum dot coupled to phonons is investigated theoretically. The static bias is considered. By means of the perturbation approach based on unitary transformations, the dynamical tunneling current is obtained explicitly. The biased system displays broken symmetry and a significant...
0701581v1
2007-01-25
Spin-polarization coupling in multiferroic transition-metal oxides
A systematic microscopic theory of magnetically induced ferroelectricity and lattice modulation is presented for all electron configurations of Mott-insulating transition-metal oxides. Various mechanisms of polarization are identified in terms of a strong-coupling perturbation theory. Especially, the spin-orbit interac...
0701614v1
2007-01-26
Entrainment transition in populations of random frequency oscillators
The entrainment transition of coupled random frequency oscillators is revisited. The Kuramoto model (global coupling) is shown to exhibit unusual sample-dependent finite size effects leading to a correlation size exponent $\bar\nu=5/2$. Simulations of locally coupled oscillators in $d$-dimensions reveal two types of fr...
0701646v2
2007-02-28
Non-collinear coupling between magnetic adatoms in carbon nanotubes
The long range character of the exchange coupling between localized magnetic moments indirectly mediated by the conduction electrons of metallic hosts often plays a significant role in determining the magnetic order of low-dimensional structures. In addition to this indirect coupling, here we show that the direct excha...
0703007v1
2007-03-02
Topological Force and Torque in Spin-Orbit Coupling System
The topological force and torque are investigated in the systems with spin-orbit coupling. Our results show that the topological force and torque appears as a pure relativistic quantum effect in an electromagnetic field. The origin of both topological force and torque is the Zitterbewegung effect. Considering nonlinear...
0703048v1
2007-03-23
Transport through a molecular quantum dot in the polaron crossover regime
We consider resonant transport through a molecular quantum dot coupled to a local vibration mode. Applying the non-equilibrium Green function technique in the polaron representation, we develop a non-perturbative scheme to calculate the electron spectral function of the molecule in the regime of intermediate electron-p...
0703626v1
2005-08-26
Long-term neuronal behavior caused by two synaptic modification mechanisms
We report the first results of simulating the coupling of neuronal, astrocyte, and cerebrovascular activity. It is suggested that the dynamics of the system is different from systems that only include neurons. In the neuron-vascular coupling, distribution of synapse strengths affects neuronal behavior and thus balance ...
0508117v1
1992-07-20
Non-Minimally Coupled Scalar Field and Ashtekar Variables
The non-minimal coupling of a scalar field is considered in the framework of Ashtekar's new variables formulation of gravity. A first order action functional for this system is derived in which the field variables are a tetrad field, and an SL(2,C) connection, together with the scalar field. The tetrad field and the SL...
9207001v1
1993-02-10
Cosmology with Nonminimal Derivative Couplings
We study a theory which generalizes the nonminimal coupling of matter to gravity by including derivative couplings. This leads to several interesting new dynamical phenomena in cosmology. In particular, the range of parameters in which inflationary attractors exist is greatly expanded. We also numerically integrate the...
9302010v1
1994-06-30
Preferred Basis in a Measurement Process
The effect of decoherence is analysed for a free particle, interacting with an environment via a dissipative coupling. The interaction between the particle and the environment occurs by a coupling of the position operator of the particle with the environmental degrees of freedom. By examining the exact solution of the ...
9406054v1
1994-11-29
String theory and gravity
It is pointed out that string-loop effects may generate matter couplings for the dilaton allowing this scalar partner of the tensorial graviton to stay massless while contributing to macroscopic gravity in a way naturally compatible with existing experimental data. Under a certain assumption of universality of the dila...
9411069v1
1995-01-09
Gravitational Constraints which Generate a Lie Algebra
The coupling of gravity to dust helps to discover simple quadratic combinations of the gravitational super-Hamiltonian and supermomentum whose Poisson brackets strongly vanish. This leads to a new form of vacuum constraints which generate a true Lie algebra. We show that the coupling of gravity to a massless scalar fie...
9501005v1
1995-01-20
Energy Density of Non-Minimally Coupled Scalar Field Cosmologies
Scalar fields coupled to gravity via $\xi R {\Phi}^2$ in arbitrary Friedmann-Robertson-Walker backgrounds can be represented by an effective flat space field theory. We derive an expression for the scalar energy density where the effective scalar mass becomes an explicit function of $\xi$ and the scale factor. The scal...
9501022v1
1995-03-10
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF EXTRA DIMENSIONS
We consider a multidimensional universe with the topology $M= \R\times M_1\times \cdots \times M_n$, where the $M_i$ ($i>1$) are $d_i$-dimensional Ricci flat spaces. Exploiting a conformal equivalence between minimal coupling models and conformal coupling models, we get exact solutions for such an universe filled by a ...
9503018v1
1995-04-19
Rotating Dilaton Black Holes
We consider the axially symmetric coupled system of gravitation, electromagnetism and a dilaton field. Reducing from four to three dimensions, the system is described by gravity coupled to a non-linear $\sigma$-model. We find the target space isometries and use them to generate new solutions. It seems that it is only p...
9504027v1
1996-08-15
Conformally coupled dark matter
Dark matter is obtained from a scalar field coupled conformally to gravitation; the scalar being a relict of Dirac's gauge function. This conformally coupled dark matter includes a gas of very light ($m\approx 2.25\times 10^{-34} eV$) neutral bosons having spin 0, as well as a time-dependent global scalar field, both p...
9608035v1
1997-08-21
Torsion and the Electromagnetic Field
In the framework of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity, we study the dynamics of a gravitationally coupled electromagnetic field. It is shown that the electromagnetic field is able not only to couple to torsion, but also, through its energy-momentum tensor, to produce torsion. Furthermore, it is shown th...
9708051v2
1998-02-12
Hamilton-Jacobi Solutions for Strongly-Coupled Gravity and Matter
A Green's function method is developed for solving strongly-coupled gravity and matter in the semiclassical limit. In the strong-coupling limit, one assumes that Newton's constant approaches infinity. As a result, one may neglect second order spatial gradients, and each spatial point evolves like an homogeneous univers...
9802025v1
1998-06-29
Self-Similar Collapse of Scalar Field in Higher Dimensions
This paper constructs continuously self-similar solution of a spherically symmetric gravitational collapse of a scalar field in n dimensions. The qualitative behavior of these solutions is explained, and closed-form answers are provided where possible. Equivalence of scalar field couplings is used to show a way to gene...
9806112v2
1999-03-01
Cosmological scaling solutions of non-minimally coupled scalar fields
We study the existence and stability of cosmological scaling solutions of a non-minimally coupled scalar field evolving in either an exponential or inverse power law potential. We show that for inverse power law potentials there exist scaling solutions the stability of which does not depend on the coupling constant $\x...
9903004v1
1999-06-02
Non-universal gravitational couplings of neutrinos in matter
When neutrinos travel through a normal matter medium, the electron neutrinos couple differently to gravity compared to the other neutrinos, due to the presence of electrons in the medium and the absence of the other charged leptons. The matter-induced gravitational couplings of the neutrinos under such conditions are c...
9906006v1
1999-06-15
Nonminimal Derivative Couplings and Inflation in Generalized Theories of Gravity
We study extended theories of gravity where nonminimal derivative couplings of the form $R^{kl}\phi_{, k}\phi_{, l}$ are present in the Lagrangian. We show how and why the other couplings of similar structure may be ruled out and then deduce the field equations and the related cosmological models. Finally, we get infla...
9906051v1
1999-08-09
Traversable wormholes from massless conformally coupled scalar fields
The massless conformally coupled scalar field is characterized by the so-called "new improved stress-energy tensor", which is capable of classically violating the null energy condition. When coupled to Einstein gravity we find a three-parameter class of exact solutions. These exact solutions include the Schwarzschild g...
9908029v1
2000-02-01
Nonminimal global monopoles and bound orbits
We perform a numerical analysis of the gravitational field of a global monopole coupled nonminimally to gravity, and find that, for some given nonminimal couplings (in constrast with the minimal coupling case), there is an attractive region where bound orbits exist. We exhibit the behavior of the frequency shifts that ...
0002001v1
2000-02-26
Inflation and quintessence with nonminimal coupling
The nonminimal coupling (NMC) of the scalar field to the Ricci curvature is unavoidable in many cosmological scenarios. Inflation and quintessence models based on nonminimally coupled scalar fields are studied, with particular attention to the balance between the scalar potential and the NMC term in the action. NMC mak...
0002091v2
2000-03-13
Double Scalar-Tensor Gravity Cosmologies
We investigate homogeneous and isotropic cosmological models in scalar-tensor theories of gravity where two scalar fields are nonminimally coupled to the geometry. Exact solutions are found, by Noether symmetries, depending on the form of couplings and self-interaction potentials. An interesting feature is that we deal...
0003048v1
2000-04-03
Generalized slow-roll inflation
The slow-roll approximation to inflation is ultimately justified by the presence of inflationary attractors for the orbits of the solutions of the dynamical equations in phase space. There are many indications that the inflaton field couples nonminimally to the spacetime curvature: the existence of attractor points for...
0004007v2
2000-09-28
Dilaton Gravity with a Non-minmally Coupled Scalar Field
We discuss the two-dimensional dilaton gravity with a scalar field as the source matter. The coupling between the gravity and the scalar, massless, field is presented in an unusual form. We work out two examples of these couplings and solutions with black-hole behaviour are discussed and compared with those found in th...
0009097v1
2001-04-30
Teleparallel Spin Connection
A new expression for the spin connection of teleparallel gravity is proposed, given by minus the contorsion tensor plus a zero connection. The corresponding minimal coupling is covariant under local Lorentz transformation, and equivalent to the minimal coupling prescription of general relativity. With this coupling pre...
0104102v1
2002-01-05
Exact Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation for spin 0 particle in curved space
Up to now, the only known exact Foldy- Wouthuysen transformation (FWT) in curved space is that concerning Dirac particles coupled to static spacetime metrics. Here we construct the exact FWT related to a real spin-0 particle for the aforementioned spacetimes. This exact transformation exists independently of the value ...
0201015v3
2002-01-14
On the existence of self-similar spherically symmetric wave maps coupled to gravity
We present a detailed analytical study of spherically symmetric self-similar solutions in the SU(2) sigma model coupled to gravity. Using a shooting argument we prove that there is a countable family of solutions which are analytic inside the past self-similarity horizon. In addition, we show that for sufficiently smal...
0201046v1
2002-01-22
On Consistence of Material Coupling in a GL(3,R) Gauge Formulation of Gravity
A covariant scheme for material coupling with $GL(N,R)$ gauge formulation of gravity is studied. We revisit a known idea of a Yang-Mills type construction, where quadratical power of cosmological constant have to be considered in consistence with vacuum Einstein's gravity. Then, matter coupling with gravity is introduc...
0201072v3
2002-05-06
On the stability of gravity in the presence of a non-minimally coupled scalar field
We show that Einstein's gravity coupled to a non-minimally coupled scalar field is stable even for high values of the scalar field, when the sign of the Einstein-Hilbert action is reversed. We also discuss inflationary solutions and a possible new mechanism of reheating.
0205022v2
2002-09-21
Gravitating Isovector Solitons
We formulate the nonlinear isovector model in a curved background, and calculate the spherically symmetric solutions for weak and strong coupling regimes. The usual belief that gravity does not have appreciable effects on the structure of solitons will be examined, in the framework of the calculated solutions, by compa...
0209074v1
2002-10-16
Spin Foam Models of Yang-Mills Theory Coupled to Gravity
We construct a spin foam model of Yang-Mills theory coupled to gravity by using a discretized path integral of the BF theory with polynomial interactions and the Barret-Crane ansatz. In the Euclidian gravity case we obtain a vertex amplitude which is determined by a vertex operator acting on a simple spin network funct...
0210051v1
2002-11-13
On Consistence of Matter Coupling in GL(3,R) Gauge Formulation of Gravity
A covariant scheme for matter coupling with a GL(3,R) gauge formulation of gravity is studied. We revisit a known Yang-Mills type construction, where quadratical power of cosmological constant have to be considered in consistence with vacuum Einstein's gravity. Then, matter coupling with gravity is introduced and some ...
0211048v1
2002-12-11
"No-Scalar-Hair" Theorems for Nonminimally Coupled Fields with Quartic Self-Interaction
Self-gravitating scalar fields with nonminimal coupling to gravity and having a quartic self-interaction are considered in the domain of outer communications of a static black hole. It is shown that there is no value of the nonminimal coupling parameter $\zeta$ for which nontrivial static black hole solutions exist. Th...
0212050v1
2003-03-26
Collision of Electromagnetic Shock Waves Coupled with Axion Waves: An Example
We present an exact solution that describes collision of electromagnetic shock waves coupled with axion plane waves. The axion has a rather special coupling to the cross polarization term of the metric. The initial data on the null surfaces is well-defined and collision results in a singularity free interaction region....
0303102v1
2003-05-02
A note on dualities in Einstein's gravity in the presence of a non-minimally coupled scalar field
We show that the action of Einstein's gravity with a scalar field coupled in a generic way to spacetime curvature is invariant under a particular set of conformal transformations. These transformations relate dual theories for which the effective couplings of the theory are scaled uniformly. In the simplest case, this ...
0305009v1
2003-06-05
Pioneer Anomaly and the Helicity-Rotation Coupling
The modification of the Doppler effect due to the coupling of the helicity of the radiation with the rotation of the source/receiver is considered in the case of the Pioneer 10/11 spacecraft. We explain why the Pioneer anomaly is not influenced by the helicity-rotation coupling.
0306024v2
2003-12-21
Some Remarks on the Coupling Prescription of Teleparallel Gravity
By using a nonholonomic moving frame version of the general covariance principle, an active version of the equivalence principle, an analysis of the gravitational coupling prescription of teleparallel gravity is made. It is shown that the coupling prescription determined by this principle is always equivalent with the ...
0312093v2
2003-12-29
The interaction between graviton spin and gravitomagnetic fields
This note is devoted to the detailed mathematical treatment of the coupling of graviton spin to gravitomagnetic fields. The expression (i.e., $\sim g_{0m}\dot{g}_{0n}(\partial_{m}g_{0n}-\partial_{n}g_{0m})$) for the graviton spin-gravitomagnetic (S-G) coupling in the Lagrangian/Hamiltonian density of the weak gravitati...
0312116v3
2004-02-16
QED Coupling from a 5-D Kaluza-Klein Theory
We discuss the possibility to obtain, from a five-dimensional free spinor Lagrangian, the Quantum Electro-Dynamics (QED) coupling via a Kaluza-Klein reduction of the theory. This result is achieved taking a phase dependence of the spinor field on the extra-coordinate and modifying the corresponding connection. The five...
0402073v1
2004-04-13
Unruh response functions for scalar fields in de Sitter space
We calculate the response functions of a freely falling Unruh detector in de Sitter space coupled to scalar fields of different coupling to the curvature, including the minimally coupled massless case. Although the responses differ strongly in the infrared as a consequence of the amplification of superhorizon modes, th...
0404058v2
2004-06-14
Spin, Acceleration and Gravity
The massless field perturbations of the accelerating Minkowski and Schwarzschild spacetimes are studied. The results are extended to the propagation of the Proca field in Rindler spacetime. We examine critically the possibility of existence of a general spin-acceleration coupling in complete analogy with the well-known...
0406061v1
2005-02-14
Metric Redefinitions in Einstein-Aether Theory
`Einstein-Aether' theory, in which gravity couples to a dynamical, time-like, unit-norm vector field, provides a means for studying Lorentz violation in a generally covariant setting. Demonstrated here is the effect of a redefinition of the metric and vector field in terms of the original fields and two free parameters...
0502066v2
2005-03-05
Hamiltonian analysis of $n$-dimensional Palatini gravity with matter
We consider the Palatini formalism of gravity with cosmological constant $\Lambda$ coupled to a scalar field $\phi$ in $n$-dimensions. The $n$-dimensional Einstein equations with $\Lambda$ can be derived by the variation of the coupled Palatini action provided $n>2$. The Hamiltonian analysis of the coupled action is ca...
0503024v1
2005-03-30
The String Coupling Accelerates the Expansion of the Universe
Generic cosmological models in non-critical string theory have a time-dependent dilaton background at a late epoch. The cosmological deceleration parameter Q_0 is given by the square of the string coupling, g_s^2, up to a negative sign. Hence the expansion of the Universe must accelerate eventually, and the observed va...
0503120v1
2005-06-10
A group field theory for 3d quantum gravity coupled to a scalar field
We present a new group field theory model, generalising the Boulatov model, which incorporates both 3-dimensional gravity and matter coupled to gravity. We show that the Feynman diagram amplitudes of this model are given by Riemannian quantum gravity spin foam amplitudes coupled to a scalar matter field. We briefly dis...
0506067v2
2005-08-29
Spacetime symmetries and varying scalars
This talk discusses the relation between spacetime-dependent scalars, such as couplings or fields, and the violation of Lorentz symmetry. A specific cosmological supergravity model demonstrates how scalar fields can acquire time-dependent expectation values. Within this cosmological background, excitations of these sca...
0508122v1
2005-09-28
Massless DKP field in Lyra manifold
Massless scalar and vector fields are coupled to Lyra geometry by means of Duffin-Kemmer-Petiau (DKP) theory. Using Schwinger Variational Principle, equations of motion, conservation laws and gauge symmetry are implemented. We find that the scalar field couples to the anholonomic part of the torsion tensor, and the gau...
0509117v1
2005-11-17
Late-time tail of a coupled scalar field in the background of a black hole with a global monopole
Using the technique of spectral decomposition, we investigated the late-time tails of massless and massive coupled scalar fields in the background of a black hole with a global monopole. We found that due to existence of the coupling between the scalar and gravitational fields, the massless scalar field decay faster at...
0511098v2
2006-02-02
Group field theory formulation of 3d quantum gravity coupled to matter fields
We present a new group field theory describing 3d Riemannian quantum gravity coupled to matter fields for any choice of spin and mass. The perturbative expansion of the partition function produces fat graphs colored with SU(2) algebraic data, from which one can reconstruct at once a 3-dimensional simplicial complex rep...
0602010v1
2006-12-11
Averaged Energy Inequalities for Non-Minimally Coupled Classical Scalar Fields
The stress-energy tensor for the non-minimally coupled scalar field is known not to satisfy the pointwise energy conditions, even on the classical level. We show, however, that local averages of the classical stress-energy tensor satisfy certain inequalities and give bounds for averages along causal geodesics. It is sh...
0612064v1
2007-03-18
Numerical simulations of gravitational collapse in Einstein-aether theory
We study gravitational collapse of a spherically symmetric scalar field in Einstein-aether theory (general relativity coupled to a dynamical unit timelike vector field). The initial value formulation is developed, and numerical simulations are performed. The collapse produces regular, stationary black holes, as long as...
0703093v2
1998-03-03
Limits on WWgamma and WWZ Couplings from W Boson Pair Production
The results of a search for W boson pair production in pbar-p collisions at sqrt{s}=1.8 TeV with subsequent decay to emu, ee, and mumu channels are presented. Five candidate events are observed with an expected background of 3.1+-0.4 events for an integrated luminosity of approximately 97 pb^{-1}. Limits on the anomalo...
9803004v1
1998-12-02
Extended Modified Observable Technique for a Multi-Parametric Trilinear Gauge Coupling Estimation at LEP II
This paper describes the extension of the Modified Observables technique in estimating simultaneously more than one Trilinear Gauge Couplings. The optimal properties, unbiasedness and consistent error estimation of this method are demonstrated by Monte Carlo experimentation using $\ell \nu jj $ four-fermion final state...
9812002v1
1999-03-12
Recent QCD Results from LEP-1 and LEP-2
A summary is given of some recent QCD results from LEP. For LEP-2, the topics include event shape measurements, determinations of the strong coupling constant, and measurements of the charged particle multiplicity distribution at the recently completed run at 189 GeV. For LEP-1, the topics presented are a test of the f...
9903020v1
2000-08-15
The strong coupling and the gluon density from jets in DIS
The extraction of the parameters of perturbative QCD is one of the main tasks for the HERA experiments. Studies on the structure of the hadronic final states with jet algorithms give a direct handle on the parton density functions and the strong coupling strength over a wide kinematic range. In this article, new result...
0008027v1
2004-07-06
Study of the e^+e^- --> Z gamma Process at LEP and Limits on Triple Neutral-Gauge-Boson Couplings
The process e^+e^- --> Z gamma, where the Z boson decays into hadrons or neutrinos, is studied with data collected with the L3 detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies from 189 GeV up to 209 GeV. The cross sections are measured and found to be in agreement with the Standard Model predictions. Limits on triple neutral...
0407012v1
1992-05-09
Ising Model Coupled to Three-Dimensional Quantum Gravity
We have performed Monte Carlo simulations of the Ising model coupled to three-dimensional quantum gravity based on a summation over dynamical triangulations. These were done both in the microcanonical ensemble, with the number of points in the triangulation and the number of Ising spins fixed, and in the grand canoncal...
9205009v1
1992-05-27
Central Charge of the Parallelogram Lattice Strong Coupling Schwinger Model
We put forth a Fierzed hopping expansion for strong coupling Wilson fermions. As an application, we show that the strong coupling Schwinger model on parallelogram lattices with nonbacktracking Wilson fermions span, as a function of the lattice skewness angle, the $\Delta = -1$ critical line of $6$-vertex models. This F...
9205026v1
1992-06-11
The XY Model Coupled to Two-Dimensional Quantum Gravity
We perform Monte Carlo simulations using the Wolff cluster algorithm of the XY model on both fixed and dynamical phi-cubed graphs (i.e. without and with coupling to two-dimensional quantum gravity). We compare the numerical results with the theoretical expectation that the phase transition remains of KT type when the X...
9206015v1
1992-07-06
The Phase Diagram of a U(1) Higgs-Yukawa Model at Finite $λ$
In this paper we investigate how the phase diagram of a U(1) symmetric Higgs-Yukawa system depends on the scalar self coupling $\lambda$. The phase diagram of similar models with continuous symmetry were extensively studied in the infinite scalar self coupling $\lambda=\infty$ limit. Recent analytical and numerical cal...
9207006v1
1992-11-30
Running Coupling in pure gauge theories using the Schrödinger functional
Schr\"odinger functional, the propagation kernel for going from some field configuration at time $x^0=0$ to some other configuration at $x^0=T$, is used to define a running coupling, $\bar g^2(L)$, at a length scale, $L$, in pure gauge theories. Using a lattice formulation and finite size scaling techniques, this runni...
9211066v1
1993-01-20
Does the 2d Higgs-Yukawa Model Have a Symmetric Phase at Small Yukawa Coupling Region?
We show that at arbitrary value of the scalar self coupling and small Yukawa coupling $y$ the 2d Higgs-Yukawa model with Z(2) symmetry remains in the broken phase and the model is asymptotically free: $y \to 0$ as the cut-off $\Lambda \to \infty$. This is in agreement with a recent conjecture based on numerical simulat...
9301009v1
1993-11-05
The Running Coupling From Lattice QCD
A recent lattice calculation of the QCD running coupling is presented. The coupling is extracted from the force between two static quarks in the framework of the valence quark approximation. A value of the Lambda-parameter for zero quark flavours is determined: Lambda_msbar=0.630(38)\sqrt{\sigma} =293(18)^{+25}_{-63} M...
9311009v1
1993-11-30
Non-perturbative investigation of the fermion-Higgs sector of the standard model
We present results for the renormalized quartic self-coupling $\lm_R$ and the renormalized Yukawa coupling $y_R$ in a fermion-Higgs model with two SU(2) doublets, indicating that with the standard lattice regulator these couplings cannot become very strong.
9311068v1
1994-01-03
Hadronic coupling constants in lattice QCD
We report on calculations of the hadronic coupling constants $g_{\rho\pi\pi}$ and $g_{nn\pi}$ based on lattice QCD with four flavors of dynamical staggered fermions. By computing 2--point and 3--point Green's functions we have been able to determine these coupling constants ab initio from QCD; the results are compatibl...
9401001v2
1994-11-21
Universal behaviour of the SU(2) running coupling constant in the continuum limit
We present data from the ALPHA Collaboration about lattice calculation of SU(2) pure--gauge running coupling constant, obtained with two different definitions of the coupling itself, which show universality of the continuum limit and clarify the applicability of renormalized perturbation theory.
9411035v2
1995-01-19
Study of the Decoupling of Heavy Fermions in a Z_2 Scalar-Fermion Model
According to one-loop perturbation theory, fermions whose masses are totally generated from Yukawa couplings do not decouple in the heavy mass limit. We investigate this issue nonperturbatively in a 4-dimensional $Z_2$ scalar-fermion model with staggered fermions. Our data at intermediate and stronger Yukawa couplings ...
9501020v1