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2002-07-09
Optical phase-space reconstruction of mirror position at the attometer level
We describe an experiment in which the quadratures of the position of an harmonically-bound mirror are observed at the attometer level. We have studied the Brownian motion of the mirror, both in the free regime and in the cold-damped regime when an external viscous force is applied by radiation pressure. We have also s...
0207049v2
2002-07-10
Error prevention scheme with two pairs of qubits
A scheme is presented for protecting one-qubit quantum information against decoherence due to a general environment and local exchange interactions. The scheme operates essentially by distributing information over two pairs of qubits and through error prevention procedures. In the scheme, quantum information is encoded...
0207063v1
2002-08-05
Path Integrals and Their Application to Dissipative Quantum Systems
Introduction Path Integrals - Introduction - Propagator - Free Particle - Path Integral Representation of Quantum Mechanics - Particle on a Ring - Particle in a Box - Driven Harmonic Oscillator - Semiclassical Approximation - Imaginary Time Path Integral Dissipative Systems - Introduction - En...
0208026v1
2002-11-25
Robust Entanglement in Atomic Systems via Lambda-Type Processes
It is shown that the system of two three-level atoms in $\Lambda$ configuration in a cavity can evolve to a long-lived maximum entangled state if the Stokes photons vanish from the cavity by means of either leakage or damping. The difference in evolution picture corresponding to the general model and effective model wi...
0211157v1
2003-04-29
Stability of stationary solutions of the Schrodinger-Langevin equation
The stability properties of a class of dissipative quantum mechanical systems are investigated. The nonlinear stability and asymptotic stability of stationary states (with zero and nonzero dissipation respectively) is investigated by Liapunov's direct method. The results are demonstrated by numerical calculations on th...
0304190v3
2003-07-09
Teleportation in a noisy environment: a quantum trajectories approach
We study the fidelity of quantum teleportation for the situation in which quantum logic gates are used to provide the long distance entanglement required in the protocol, and where the effect of a noisy environment is modeled by means of a generalized amplitude damping channel. Our results demonstrate the effectiveness...
0307065v1
2003-07-30
Maser and Laser Action with One Atom
We present a theory which can explain the micromaser as well as its optical counterpart, the microlaser, for appropriate values of dissipative parameters. We show that, in both the the cases, the cavity radiation fields can have sub-Poissonian photon statistics. We further analyse if it is possible to attain a Fock sta...
0307226v1
2003-08-25
Single Atom Cooling by Superfluid Immersion: A Non-Destructive Method for Qubits
We present a scheme to cool the motional state of neutral atoms confined in sites of an optical lattice by immersing the system in a superfluid. The motion of the atoms is damped by the generation of excitations in the superfluid, and under appropriate conditions the internal state of the atom remains unchanged. This s...
0308129v1
2003-11-08
Cavity-induced damping and level shifts in a wide aperture spherical resonator
We calculate explicitly the space dependence of the radiative relaxation rates and associated level shifts for a dipole placed in the vicinity of the center of a spherical cavity with a large numerical aperture and a relatively low finesse. In particular, we give simple and useful analytic formulas for these quantities...
0311047v2
2003-12-17
Quantum dynamics in single spin measurement
We study the quantum dynamics of a model for the single-spin measurement in magnetic-resonance force microscopy. We consider an oscillating driven cantilever coupled with the magnetic moment of the sample. Then, the cantilever is damped through an external bath and its readout is provided by a radiation field. Conditio...
0312147v2
2004-01-28
The Semiclassical Regime of the Chaotic Quantum-Classical Transition
An analysis of the semiclassical regime of the quantum-classical transition is given for open, bounded, one dimensional chaotic dynamical systems. Environmental fluctuations -- characteristic of all realistic dynamical systems -- suppress the development of fine structure in classical phase space and damp nonlocal cont...
0401174v4
2004-03-02
Completely-Positive Non-Markovian Decoherence
We propose an effective Hamiltonian approach to investigate decoherence of a quantum system in a non-Markovian reservoir, naturally imposing the complete positivity on the reduced dynamics of the system. The formalism is based on the notion of an effective reservoir, i.e., certain collective degrees of freedom in the r...
0403018v1
2004-03-23
Optimal probabilistic cloning and purification of quantum states
We investigate the probabilistic cloning and purification of quantum states. The performance of these probabilistic operations is quantified by the average fidelity between the ideal and actual output states. We provide a simple formula for the maximal achievable average fidelity and we explictly show how to construct ...
0403165v1
2004-05-19
Information-capacity description of spin-chain correlations
Information capacities achievable in the multi-parallel-use scenarios are employed to characterize the quantum correlations in unmodulated spin chains. By studying the qubit amplitude damping channel, we calculate the quantum capacity $Q$, the entanglement assisted capacity $C_E$, and the classical capacity $C_1$ of a ...
0405110v3
2004-06-11
Optimal estimation of one parameter quantum channels
We explore the task of optimal quantum channel identification, and in particular the estimation of a general one parameter quantum process. We derive new characterizations of optimality and apply the results to several examples including the qubit depolarizing channel and the harmonic oscillator damping channel. We als...
0406070v3
2004-12-02
Transient dynamics of linear quantum amplifiers
The transient dynamics of a quantum linear amplifier during the transition from damping to amplification regime is studied. The master equation for the quantized mode of the field is solved, and the solution is used to describe the statistics of the output field. The conditions under which a nonclassical input field ma...
0412018v2
2005-02-13
A minimal coupling method for investigating one dimensional dissipative quantum systems
Quantum mechanics of a general one dimensional dissipative system investigated by it's coupling to a Klein-Gordon field as the environment using a minimal coupling method. Heisenberg equation for such a dissipative system containing a dissipative term proportional to velocity obtained. As an example, quantum dynamics o...
0502076v2
2005-02-22
Minimal coupling method and the dissipative scalar field theory
Quantum field theory of a damped vibrating string as the simplest dissipative scalar field investigated by its coupling with an infinit number of Klein-Gordon fields as the environment by introducing a minimal coupling method. Heisenberg equation containing a dissipative term proportional to velocity obtained for a spe...
0502134v2
2005-04-29
Stationary state entanglement and total correlation of two qubits or qutrits
We investigate the mutual information and entanglement of stationary state of two locally driven qubits under the influence of collective dephasing. It is shown that both the mutual information and the entanglement of two qubits in the stationary state exhibit damped oscillation with the scaled action time $\gamma{T}$ ...
0504228v1
2005-05-22
Fast SWAP gate by adiabatic passage
We present a process for the construction of a SWAP gate which does not require a composition of elementary gates from a universal set. We propose to employ direct techniques adapted to the preparation of this specific gate. The mechanism, based on adiabatic passage, constitutes a decoherence-free method in the sense t...
0505163v2
2005-08-15
Quantum electromdynamics in a linear absorbing dielectric medium
The eletromagnetic field in a linear absorptive dielectric medium, is quantized in the framework of the damped polarization model. A Hamiltonian containing a reservoir with continuous degrees of freedom, is proposed. The reservoir minimally interacts with the dielectric polarization and the electromagnetic field. The L...
0508107v1
2005-08-18
The harmonic oscillator with dissipation within the theory of open quantum systems
Time evolution of the expectation values of various dynamical operators of the harmonic oscillator with dissipation is analitically obtained within the framework of the Lindblad theory for open quantum systems. We deduce the density matrix of the damped harmonic oscillator from the solution of the Fokker-Planck equatio...
0508140v1
2005-09-02
A dynamical model for quantum memory channels
A dynamical model for quantum channel is introduced which allows one to pass continuously from the memoryless case to the case in which memory effects are present. The quantum and classical communication rates of the model are defined and explicit expression are provided in some limiting case. In this context we introd...
0509016v2
2005-09-19
Feedback cooling of a single trapped ion
Based on a real-time measurement of the motion of a single ion in a Paul trap, we demonstrate its electro-mechanical cooling below the Doppler limit by homodyne feedback control (cold damping). The feedback cooling results are well described by a model based on a quantum mechanical Master Equation.
0509125v1
2005-09-27
CNOT gate by adiabatic passage with an optical cavity
We propose a scheme for the construction of a CNOT gate by adiabatic passage in an optical cavity. In opposition to a previously proposed method, the technique is not based on fractional adiabatic passage, which requires the control of the ratio of two pulse amplitudes. Moreover, the technique constitutes a decoherence...
0509187v1
2005-12-12
Decoherence-free manipulation of photonic memories for quantum computation
We present a protocol to construct an arbitrary quantum circuit. The quantum bits (qubits) are encoded in polarisation states of single photons. They are stored in spatially separated dense media deposed in an optical cavity. Specific sequences of pulses address individually the storage media to encode the qubits and t...
0512084v1
2006-01-23
Detuned Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in an $N$-type Atom
The electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in an $N$ configuration is studied under both resonant and off-resonant conditions. In a certain off-resonant condition the dark state of the four level system, which is almost the same as the resonant dark state in $\Lambda$ configuration, is rebuilt. The actual syste...
0601153v2
2006-04-28
Purity of states in the theory of open quantum systems
The condition of purity of states for a damped harmonic oscillator is considered in the framework of Lindblad theory for open quantum systems. For a special choice of the environment coefficients, the correlated coherent states are shown to be the only states which remain pure all the time during the evolution of the c...
0604212v1
2006-05-23
Continuous observation of a squeezed coherent state
The main aim of the paper is to present the analytical solution of the Belavkin quantum filtering equation for damped harmonic oscillator being initially in the squeezed coherent state for diffusion observation with complex white noise. The comparison of the a priori and a posteriori mean value of the optical quadratur...
0605200v2
2006-06-27
Quantum decoherence of the damped harmonic oscillator
In the framework of the Lindblad theory for open quantum systems, we determine the degree of quantum decoherence of a harmonic oscillator interacting with a thermal bath. It is found that the system manifests a quantum decoherence which is more and more significant in time. We also calculate the decoherence time and sh...
0606222v1
2006-08-16
Characterization of unwanted noise in realistic cavities
The problem of the description of absorption and scattering losses in high-Q cavities is studied. The considerations are based on quantum noise theories, hence the unwanted noise associated with scattering and absorption is taken into account by introduction of additional damping and noise terms in the quantum Langevin...
0608126v1
2006-10-27
Quantum-limited force measurement with an optomechanical device
We study the detection of weak coherent forces by means of an optomechanical device formed by a highly reflecting isolated mirror shined by an intense and highly monochromatic laser field. Radiation pressure excites a vibrational mode of the mirror, inducing sidebands of the incident field, which are then measured by h...
0610236v1
2006-11-08
Quantum superchemistry in an output coupler of coherent matter waves
We investigate the quantum superchemistry or Bose-enhanced atom-molecule conversions in a coherent output coupler of matter waves, as a simple generalization of the two-color photo-association. The stimulated effects of molecular output step and atomic revivals are exhibited by steering the rf output couplings. The qua...
0611088v1
2007-02-01
Field quantization in inhomogeneous anisotropic dielectrics with spatio-temporal dispersion
A quantum damped-polariton model is constructed for an inhomogeneous anisotropic linear dielectric with arbitrary dispersion in space and time. The model Hamiltonian is completely diagonalized by determining the creation and annihilation operators for the fundamental polariton modes as specific linear combinations of t...
0702010v2
2007-02-15
Quantum Mechanics with Complex Time : A Comment to the Paper by Rajeev
In (quant-ph/0701141) Rajeev studied quantization of the damped simple harmonic oscillator and introduced a complex-valued Hamiltonian (which is normal). In this note we point out that the quantization is interpreted as a quantum mechanics with {\bf complex time}. We also present a problem on quantization of classical ...
0702148v1
2007-03-18
Lindblad master equation for the damped harmonic oscillator with deformed dissipation
In the framework of the Lindblad theory for open quantum systems, a master equation for the quantum harmonic oscillator interacting with a dissipative environment, in particular with a thermal bath, is derived for the case when the interaction is based on deformed algebra. The equations of motion for observables strong...
0703165v1
2007-04-06
Bremsstrahlung Radiation At a Vacuum Bubble Wall
When charged particles collide with a vacuum bubble, they can radiate strong electromagnetic waves due to rapid deceleration. Owing to the energy loss of the particles by this bremsstrahlung radiation, there is a non-negligible damping pressure acting on the bubble wall even when thermal equilibrium is maintained. In t...
0704.0837v1
2007-04-11
Effects of atomic interactions on Quantum Accelerator Modes
We consider the influence of the inclusion of interatomic interactions on the delta-kicked accelerator model. Our analysis concerns in particular quantum accelerator modes, namely quantum ballistic transport near quantal resonances. The atomic interaction is modelled by a Gross-Pitaevskii cubic nonlinearity, and we add...
0704.1382v1
2007-04-17
Dissipation in graphene and nanotube resonators
Different damping mechanisms in graphene nanoresonators are studied: charges in the substrate, ohmic losses in the substrate and the graphene sheet, breaking and healing of surface bonds (Velcro effect), two level systems, attachment losses, and thermoelastic losses. We find that, for realistic structures and contrary ...
0704.2225v3
2007-04-19
Substrate temperature changes during MBE growth of GaMnAs
Remarkably big increase of the substrate temperature during the low-temperature MBE growth of GaMnAs layers is observed by means of band gap spectroscopy. It is explained and simulated in terms of changes in the absorption/emission characteristics of the growing layer. Options for the temperature variation damping are ...
0704.2485v1
2007-04-29
Effect of Decoherence on the Dynamics of Bose-Einstein Condensates in a Double-well Potential
We study the dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a double-well potential in the mean-field approximation. Decoherence effects are considered by analyzing the couplings of the condensate to environments. Two kinds of coupling are taken into account. With the first kind of coupling dominated, the decoherence can en...
0704.3823v1
2007-05-08
Theoretical Analysis of Subthreshold Oscillatory Behaviors in Nonlinear Autonomous Systems
We have developed a linearization method to investigate the subthreshold oscillatory behaviors in nonlinear autonomous systems. By considering firstly the neuronal system as an example, we show that this theoretical approach can predict quantitatively the subthreshold oscillatory activities, including the damping coeff...
0705.1019v1
2007-05-08
Supersymmetric methods in the traveling variable: inside neurons and at the brain scale
We apply the mathematical technique of factorization of differential operators to two different problems. First we review our results related to the supersymmetry of the Montroll kinks moving onto the microtubule walls as well as mentioning the sine-Gordon model for the microtubule nonlinear excitations. Second, we fin...
0705.1134v1
2007-05-11
Kerr quasinormal modes and Hod's time-temperature bound
We give an explicit expression for the frequencies of slowly damped quasinormal modes of near-extreme Kerr black holes. It follows from this expression that the near-extreme Kerr holes obey the Hod's bound: in the limit of maximal rotation, $\lim \sup \omega_{IS}/T\leq \pi / \hbar$, where $\omega _{IS}$ is the decay ra...
0705.1725v1
2007-05-14
X-ray emission from magnetic dissipation in the magnetar magnetosphere
Magnetic dissipation through decay of Alfven waves in the magnetar magnetosphere is discussed. Transport of magnetic fields in the star leads to dissipation of the magnetic energy through either direct internal heating or transferring of the energy in waves that decay in the magnetar magnetosphere. In the latter case, ...
0705.1859v1
2007-05-14
Effects of dissipation on a quantum critical point with disorder
We study the effects of dissipation on a disordered quantum phase transition with O$(N)$ order parameter symmetry by applying a strong-disorder renormalization group to the Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson field theory of the problem. We find that Ohmic dissipation results in a non-perturbative infinite-randomness critical point...
0705.1865v3
2007-05-20
Heat transfer in sound propagation and attenuation through gas-liquid polyhedral foams
A cell method is developed, which takes into account the bubble geometry of polyhedral foams, and provides for the generalized Rayleigh-Plesset equation that contains the non-local in time term corresponding to heat relaxation. The Rayleigh-Plesset equation together with the equations of mass and momentum balances for ...
0705.2894v1
2007-05-28
Ground state of the time-independent Gross-Pitaevskii equation
We present a suite of programs to determine the ground state of the time-independent Gross-Pitaevskii equation, used in the simulation of Bose-Einstein condensates. The calculation is based on the Optimal Damping Algorithm, ensuring a fast convergence to the true ground state. Versions are given for the one-, two-, and...
0705.4024v2
2007-05-29
Fresnel-transform's quantum correspondence and quantum optical ABCD Law
Corresponding to Fresnel transform there exists a unitary operator in quantum optics theory, which could be named Fresnel operator (FO). We show that the multiplication rule of FO naturally leads to the quantum optical ABCD law. The canonical operator methods as mapping of ray-transfer ABCD matrix is explicitly shown b...
0705.4184v1
2007-06-07
Lagrangians Galore
Searching for a Lagrangian may seem either a trivial endeavour or an impossible task. In this paper we show that the Jacobi last multiplier associated with the Lie symmetries admitted by simple models of classical mechanics produces (too?) many Lagrangians in a simple way. We exemplify the method by such a classic as t...
0706.1008v1
2007-06-12
Theory of the Pseudospin Resonance in Semiconductor Bilayers
The pseudospin degree of freedom in a semiconductor bilayer gives rise to a collective mode analogous to the ferromagnetic resonance mode of a ferromagnet. We present a theory of the dependence of the energy and the damping of this mode on layer separation $d$. Based on these results, we discuss the possibility of real...
0706.1702v1
2007-06-19
Evidence for Growth of Eccentricity and Mass Clearing in a Disc Interior to a Planet
We present computational results showing eccentricity growth in the inner portions of a protoplanetary disc. We attribute this to the evolving surface density of the disc. The planet creates a gap, which adjusts the balance between the 3:1 (eccentricity exciting) and 2:1 (eccentricity damping) resonances. The eccentric...
0706.2801v1
2007-06-23
Incoherent mid-infrared charge excitation and the high energy anomaly in the photoemission spectra of cuprates
On the basis of a semi-phenomenological model, it is argued that the high energy anomaly observed in recent photoemission experiments on cuprates is caused by interaction with an overdamped bosonic mode in the mid-infrared region of the spectrum. Analysis of optical conductivity allows to connect this excitation to the...
0706.3449v1
2007-07-05
Magnetic-order induced phonon splitting in MnO from far-infrared spectroscopy
Detailed far-infrared spectra of the optical phonons are reported for antiferromagnetic MnO. Eigenfrequencies, phonon damping and effective plasma frequencies are studied as a function of temperature. Special attention is paid to the phonon splitting at the antiferromagnetic phase transition. The results are compared t...
0707.0820v2
2007-07-12
Generalised Inverse-Cowling Approximation for Polar $w$-mode Oscillations of Neutron Stars
Adopting the Lindblom-Detweiler formalism for polar oscillations of neutron stars, we study the $w$-mode oscillation and find that the Lagrangian change in pressure, measured by the physical quantity $X$, is negligibly small. Based on this observation, we develop the generalised inverse-Cowling approximation (GICA) wit...
0707.1727v1
2007-08-07
Experimental Demonstration of Decoherence-Free One-Way Information Transfer
We report the experimental demonstration of a one-way quantum protocol reliably operating in the presence of decoherence. Information is protected by designing an appropriate decoherence-free subspace for a cluster state resource. We demonstrate our scheme in an all-optical setup, encoding the information into the pola...
0708.0960v2
2007-08-10
Qualitative properties of coupled parabolic systems of evolution equations
We apply functional analytical and variational methods in order to study well-posedness and qualitative properties of evolution equations on product Hilbert spaces. To this aim we introduce an algebraic formalism for matrices of sesquilinear mappings. We apply our results to parabolic problems of different nature: a co...
0708.1428v2
2007-09-06
Nonequilibrium Electron Interactions in Metal Films
Ultrafast relaxation dynamics of an athermal electron distribution is investigated in silver films using a femtosecond pump-probe technique with 18 fs pulses in off-resonant conditions. The results yield evidence for an increase with time of the electron-gas energy loss rate to the lattice and of the free electron damp...
0709.0815v1
2007-09-24
Quasinormal Modes and Late-Time Tails of Canonical Acoustic Black Holes
In this paper, we investigate the evolution of classical wave propagation in the canonical acoustic black hole by numerical method and discuss the details of tail phenomenon. The oscillating frequency and damping time scale both increase with the angular momentum $l$. For the lower $l$, numerical results show the lowes...
0709.3714v1
2007-10-03
Grain Boundary Diffusion in a Peierls-Nabarro Potential
We investigate the diffusion of a grain boundary in a crystalline material. We consider in particular the case of a regularly spaced low-angle grain boundary schematized as an array of dislocations that interact with each other through long-range stress fields and with the crystalline Peierls-Nabarro potential. The met...
0710.0807v1
2007-10-04
Effect of Impurity Scattering on the Nonlinear Microwave Response in High-Tc Superconductors
We theoretically investigate intermodulation distortion in high-Tc superconductors. We study the effect of nonmagnetic impurities on the real and imaginary parts of nonlinear conductivity. The nonlinear conductivity is proportional to the inverse of temperature owing to the dependence of the damping effect on energy, w...
0710.0934v1
2007-10-15
Ferromagnetic resonance study of polycrystalline Fe_{1-x}V_x alloy thin films
Ferromagnetic resonance has been used to study the magnetic properties and magnetization dynamics of polycrystalline Fe$_{1-x}$V$_{x}$ alloy films with $0\leq x < 0.7$. Films were produced by co-sputtering from separate Fe and V targets, leading to a composition gradient across a Si substrate. FMR studies were conducte...
0710.2826v2
2007-10-20
Khasminskii--Whitham averaging for randomly perturbed KdV equation
We consider the damped-driven KdV equation $$ \dot u-\nu{u_{xx}}+u_{xxx}-6uu_x=\sqrt\nu \eta(t,x), x\in S^1, \int u dx\equiv \int\eta dx\equiv0, $$ where $0<\nu\le1$ and the random process $\eta$ is smooth in $x$ and white in $t$. For any periodic function $u(x)$ let $ I=(I_1,I_2,...) $ be the vector, formed by the KdV...
0710.3869v1
2007-10-25
Casimir energy and entropy between dissipative mirrors
We discuss the Casimir effect between two identical, parallel slabs, emphasizing the role of dissipation and temperature. Starting from quite general assumptions, we analyze the behavior of the Casimir entropy in the limit T->0 and link it to the behavior of the slab's reflection coefficients at low frequencies. We als...
0710.4915v2
2007-10-29
Nonlinear damping of slab modes and cosmic ray transport
By applying recent results for the slab correlation time scale onto cosmic ray scattering theory, we compute cosmic ray parallel mean free paths within the quasilinear limit. By employing these results onto charged particle transport in the solar system, we demonstrate that much larger parallel mean free paths can be o...
0710.5418v1
2007-10-30
Dynamics of a 1-D model for the emergence of the plasma edge shear flow layer with momentum conserving Reynolds stress
A one-dimensional version of the second-order transition model based on the sheared flow amplification by Reynolds stress and turbulence supression by shearing is presented. The model discussed in this paper includes a form of the Reynolds stress which explicitly conserves momentum. A linear stability analysis of the c...
0710.5612v1
2007-11-10
A magnetization equation for non-equilibrium spin systems
A magnetization equation for a system of spins evolving non-adiabatically and out of equilibrium is derived without specifying the internal interactions. For relaxation processes, this equation provides a general form of magnetization damping. A special case of the spin-spin exchange interaction is considered.
0711.1576v1
2007-11-13
Non-local dynamics of Bell states in separate cavities
We present non-local dynamics of Bell states in separate cavities. It is demonstrated that (i) the entanglement damping speed will saturate when the cavity leakage rate $\gamma\geq 0.4$; (ii) the synchronism relationship between the fidelity and the concurrence depends on the initial state; (iii) if the initial state i...
0711.1923v1
2007-11-14
Isolated large amplitude periodic motions of towed rigid wheels
This study investigates a low degree-of-freedom (DoF) mechanical model of shimmying wheels. The model is studied using bifurcation theory and numerical continuation. Self-excited vibrations, that is, stable and unstable periodic motions of the wheel, are detected with the help of Hopf bifurcation calculations. These os...
0711.2228v1
2007-11-21
Power Processing Circuits for Mems Inertial Energy Scavengers
Inertial energy scavengers are self-contained devices which generate power from ambient motion, by electrically damping the internal motion of a suspended proof mass. There are significant challenges in converting the power generated from such devices to useable form, particularly in micro-engineered variants. This pap...
0711.3311v1
2007-11-21
Scaling Effects for Electromagnetic Vibrational Power Generators
This paper investigates how the power generated by electromagnetic based vibrational power generators scales with the dimension of the generator. The effects of scaling on the magnetic fields, the coil parameters and the electromagnetic damping are presented. An analysis is presented for both wire-wound coil technology...
0711.3316v1
2007-11-30
Large voltage from spin pumping in magnetic tunnel junctions
We studied the response of a ferromagnet-insulator-normal metal tunnel structure under an external oscillating radio frequency (R.F.) magnetic field. The D. C. voltage across the junction is calculated and is found not to decrease despite the high resistance of the junction; instead, it is of the order of $\mu V$ to $1...
0711.4939v1
2007-12-01
Description of current-driven torques in magnetic tunnel junctions
A free electron description of spin-dependent tranport in magnetic tunnel junctions with non collinear magnetizations is presented. We investigate the origin of transverse spin density in tunnelling transport and the quantum interferences which give rise to oscillatory torques on the local magnetization. Spin transfer ...
0712.0055v1
2007-12-10
Pathways through interstellar matter: - From the closest stars to the most distant quasars
Observations of quasar absorption systems relevant for studies of star formation at redshift 2 </= z </= 4 are briefly reviewed. Emphasis is given on the role played by dust in our understanding of the star formation history of galaxies detected as absorption systems. Local interstellar studies are used as a reference ...
0712.1418v1
2007-12-17
Exact time-average distribution for a stationary non-Markovian massive Brownian particle coupled to two heat baths
Using a time-averaging technique we obtain exactly the probability distribution for position and velocity of a Brownian particle under the influence of two heat baths at different temperatures. These baths are expressed by a white noise term, representing the fast dynamics, and a colored noise term, representing the sl...
0712.2839v1
2007-12-19
Hyperon bulk viscosity in the presence of antikaon condensate
We investigate the hyperon bulk viscosity due to the non-leptonic process $n + p \rightleftharpoons p + \Lambda $ in $K^-$ condensed matter and its effect on the r-mode instability in neutron stars. We find that the hyperon bulk viscosity coefficient in the presence of antikaon condensate is suppressed compared with th...
0712.3171v2
2007-12-31
Exact Solution of the Landau-Lifshitz Equations for a Radiating Charged Particle in The Coulomb Potential
We solve exactly the classical non-relativistic Landau-Lifshitz equations of motion for a charged particle moving in a Coulomb potential, including radiation damping. The general solution involves the Painleve transcendent of type II. It confirms our physical intuition that a negatively charged classical particle will ...
0801.0238v2
2008-01-16
Charge and Spin Currents Generated by Dynamical Spins
We demonstrate theoretically that a charge current and a spin current are generated by spin dynamics in the presence of spin-orbit interaction in the perturbative regime. We consider a general spin-orbit interaction including the spatially inhomogeneous case. Spin current due to spin damping is identified as one origin...
0801.2466v2
2008-01-16
Dynamic stabilization of non-spherical bodies against unlimited collapse
We solve equations, describing in a simplified way the newtonian dynamics of a selfgravitating nonrotating spheroidal body after loss of stability. We find that contraction to a singularity happens only in a pure spherical collapse, and deviations from the spherical symmetry stop the contraction by the stabilising acti...
0801.2538v1
2008-01-30
Effective theory of fluctuating circulating currents in high-Tc cuprates
We derive an effective dissipative quantum field theory for fluctuating orbital currents in clean $CuO_2$ sheets of high-$T_c$ cuprates, based on a three-band model. The Coulomb repulsion term between $Cu$- and $O$-sites is decoupled in terms of current operators representing horizontal and vertical parts of circulatin...
0801.4611v1
2008-02-04
Nodal quasiparticles and the onset of spin density wave order in the cuprates
We present a theory for the onset of spin density wave order in the superconducting ground state of the cuprates. We compute the scaling dimensions of allowed perturbations of a `relativistic' fixed point with O(4)xO(3) symmetry, including those associated with the fermionic nodal Bogoliubov quasiparticles. Analyses of...
0802.0199v1
2008-02-08
Rate of decoherence for an electron weakly coupled to a phonon gas
We study the dynamics of an electron weakly coupled to a phonon gas. The initial state of the electron is the superposition of two spatially localized distant bumps moving towards each other, and the phonons are in a thermal state. We investigate the dynamics of the system in the kinetic regime and show that the time e...
0802.1229v1
2008-02-11
Massive Charged Scalar Quasinormal Modes of Reissner-Nördstrom Black Hole Surrounded by Quintessence
We evaluate the complex frequencies of the normal modes for the massive charged scalar field perturbations around a Reissner-N\"ordstrom black hole surrounded by a static and spherically symmetric quintessence using third order WKB approximation approach. Due to the presence of quintessence, quasinormal frequencies dam...
0802.1397v1
2008-02-22
Algebraic Structure of a Master Equation with Generalized Lindblad Form
The quantum damped harmonic oscillator is described by the master equation with usual Lindblad form. The equation has been solved completely by us in arXiv : 0710.2724 [quant-ph]. To construct the general solution a few facts of representation theory based on the Lie algebra $su(1,1)$ were used. In this paper we trea...
0802.3252v1
2008-02-22
Environmental limits on the non-resonant cosmic-ray current-driven instability
We investigate the so-called non-resonant cosmic-ray streaming instability, first discussed by Bell (2004). The extent to which thermal damping and ion-neutral collisions reduce the growth of this instability is calculated. Limits on the growth of the non-resonant mode in SN1006 and RX J1713.7-3946 are presented.
0802.3322v1
2008-03-04
The decreasing property of relative entropy and the strong superadditivity of quantum channels
We argue that a fundamental (conjectured) property of memoryless quantum channels, namely the strong superadditivity, is intimately related to the decreasing property of the quantum relative entropy. Using the latter we first give, for a wide class of input states, an estimation of the output entropy for phase damping ...
0803.0452v2
2008-03-08
The Impact of Stochastic Primordial Magnetic Fields on the Scalar Contribution to Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies
We study the impact of a stochastic background of primordial magnetic fields on the scalar contribution of CMB anisotropies and on the matter power spectrum. We give the correct initial conditions for cosmological perturbations and the exact expressions for the energy density and Lorentz force associated to the stochas...
0803.1246v1
2008-03-13
Dynamical density functional theory with hydrodynamic interactions and colloids in unstable traps
A density functional theory for colloidal dynamics is presented which includes hydrodynamic interactions between the colloidal particles. The theory is applied to the dynamics of colloidal particles in an optical trap which switches periodically in time from a stable to unstable confining potential. In the absence of h...
0803.2009v1
2008-03-26
Damping of Type I X-ray Burst Oscillations by Convection
I construct a simple model of the convective burning layer during a type I X-ray burst to investigate the effects convection has on the stability of the layer to nonradial oscillations. A linear perturbation analysis demonstrates that the region is stable to nonradial oscillations when energy transport is convection-do...
0803.3814v2
2008-03-28
Dipole Oscillations of a Bose-Einstein Condensate in Presence of Defects and Disorder
We consider dipole oscillations of a trapped dilute Bose-Einstein condensate in the presence of a scattering potential consisting either in a localized defect or in an extended disordered potential. In both cases the breaking of superfluidity and the damping of the oscillations are shown to be related to the appearance...
0803.4116v1
2008-03-28
Atomic Zitterbewegung
Ultra-cold atoms which are subject to ultra-relativistic dynamics are investigated. By using optically induced gauge potentials we show that the dynamics of the atoms is governed by a Dirac type equation. To illustrate this we study the trembling motion of the centre of mass for an effective two level system, historica...
0803.4189v2
2008-04-01
Passive Convection of Density Fluctuations in the Local Interstellar Medium
We have developed a time-dependent three-dimensional model of isotropic, adiabatic, and compressible magnetohydrodynamic plasma to understand nonlinear cascades of density fluctuations in local interstellar medium. Our simulations, describing evolution of initial supersonic, super Alfv\'enic plasma modes, indicate that...
0804.0045v1
2008-04-02
Anomalous quantum reflection as a quasi-dynamical damping effect
We develop a quasi-analytical theory for the quantum reflection amplitude of Bose-Einstein condensates. We derive and calculate the decay-width of a Bose-Einstein condensate. A general relation between the time-dependent decay-law of the system and its quantum reflection amplitude allows us to explain the quantum refle...
0804.0367v2
2008-04-10
Colliding solitons for the nonlinear Schrodinger equation
We study the collision of two fast solitons for the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in the presence of a spatially adiabatic external potential. For a high initial relative speed $\|v\|$ of the solitons, we show that, up to times of order $\log\|v\|$ after the collision, the solitons preserve their shape (in $L^2$-nor...
0804.1608v1
2008-04-10
Statistical correlations of an anyon liquid at low temperatures
Using a proposed generalization of the pair distribution function for a gas of non-interacting particles obeying fractional exclusion statistics in arbitrary dimensionality, we derive the statistical correlations in the asymptotic limit of vanishing or low temperature. While Friedel-like oscillations are present in nea...
0804.1691v1
2008-04-11
Collisional Properties of a Polarized Fermi Gas with Resonant Interactions
Highly polarized mixtures of atomic Fermi gases constitute a novel Fermi liquid. We demonstrate how information on thermodynamic properties may be used to calculate quasiparticle scattering amplitudes even when the interaction is resonant and apply the results to evaluate the damping of the spin dipole mode. We estimat...
0804.1885v2
2008-04-25
Impurity induced coherent current oscillations in one-dimensional conductors
We study theoretically the electronic transport through a single impurity in a repulsive Luttinger liquid (LL), and find that above a threshold voltage related to a strength of the impurity potential the DC current $\bar I$ is accompanied by coherent oscillations with frequency $f = \bar I/e$. There is an analogy with ...
0804.4113v1
2008-05-06
Wave Decay in MHD Turbulence
We present a model for nonlinear decay of the weak wave in three-dimensional incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. We show that the decay rate is different for parallel and perpendicular waves. We provide a general formula for arbitrarily directed waves and discuss particular limiting cases known in the ...
0805.0630v1
2008-05-07
A piecewise-linear reduced-order model of squeeze-film damping for deformable structures including large displacement effects
This paper presents a reduced-order model for the Reynolds equation for deformable structure and large displacements. It is based on the model established in [11] which is piece-wise linearized using two different methods. The advantages and drawbacks of each method are pointed out. The pull-in time of a microswitch is...
0805.0894v1
2008-05-14
Signal propagation through dense granular systems
The manner in which signals propagate through dense granular systems in both space and time is not well understood. In order to learn more about this process, we carry out discrete element simulations of the system response to excitations where we control the driving frequency and wavelength independently. Fourier anal...
0805.2051v1