Anderson localization for the almost Mathieu equation: A nonperturbative proof

We prove that for any diophantine rotation angle and a.e. phase the almost Mathieu operator (H()) _n = _n–1 + _n+1 +cos(2(+n)) _n has pure point spectrum with exponentially decaying eigenfunctions for 15. We also prove the existence of some pure point spectrum for any 5.4.     

More inequalities for critical exponents

A variety of rigorous inequalities for critical exponents is proved. Most notable is the low-temperature Josephson inequalitydv +2 2–. Others are 1 1 +v, 1 1 , 1,d 1 + 1/ (for d),dv, ₃ + (for d), ₄ , and _{2m 2m+2} (form 2). The hypotheses vary; all inequalities are true for the spin-1/2 Ising model with nearest-neighbor ferromagnetic pair interactions.NSF Predoctoral Fellow (1976–1979). Research supported in part by NSF Grant PHY 78-23952.     

The effect of oxygen on the electric conductivity of a cuprous oxide single crystal

The effect of an excess of oxygen on the electric conductivity of a pre-illuminated and heated single crystal of Cu₂O is investigated. It is found that the influence of illumination on the electric conductivity, together with the concentration of impurities, increases with increasing oxygen pressure during annealing.

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In conclusion the author thanks E. Klier and J. Pastrak for valuable remarks and discussion.     

Mosaic Structure of (001)YBa2Cu3O7-δ/(10.2)Al2O3 Epitaxial Films and Millimeter Waveband Properties of Microstrip Resonators

The c-axis single-phase YBa₂Cu₃O_7- films ( = 0-0.15) on sapphire substrates prepared by the laser ablation technique and the band-pass stripline resonators for 34 GHz-range have been investigated. Increasing disorientation of mosaic block structure of YBa₂Cu₃O_7- films is related to increasing surface resistance R_s at 135 GHz-range and decreasing unloaded quality factor Q_o of linear stripline resonators. The linear dependence between the YBa₂Cu₃O_7- film mosaicity (M) and half-width B₁ of 00.13 reflecting component is determined. The reflection spreading is due to microstrains resulted mainly from the coherent adjustment of the YBa₂Cu₃O_7- film lattice to GdBa₂Cu₃O_7- sub-layer and sapphire substrate. Increasing number of the block characterized by a weak radial lattice adjustment () is demonstrated by spreading of 00.13 reflection. It is found out that depends on the Bragg angle of reflection due to inhomogenity of YBa₂Cu₃O_7- mosaic structure, which resulted from the gradual mosaicity decreasing with the depth.     

On the Surface Pressure for the Edwards-Anderson Model

For the Edwards-Anderson model we introduce an integral representation for the surface pressure (per unit surface) in terms of a quenched moment of the bond-overlap on the surface. We consider free , periodic and antiperiodic ^* boundary conditions (by symmetry ⁽⁾=^(*)), and prove the bounds We show moreover that at high temperatures ⁽⁾ is close to ^2/4 and ⁽⁾ is close to ^2/4 uniformly in the volume .     

Spectral superbroadening of self-focused picosecond laser pulses in D2O

Intense picosecond light pulses of a mode-locked Nd: glass laser at _L =1054 nm (fundamental wavelength) and _SH =527 nm (second harmonic wavelength) are passed through a sample of D₂O under self-focusing conditions. Spectrally structured superbroadened, spatially bell-shaped emission in the forward direction is obtained. Primary generation processes are pump-pulse-degenerate stimulated parametric four-photon interaction (₁ + _{1 3} + ₄) and stimulated Raman scattering (_{1 R} + ), which occur concurrently (₁= _L or _SH angular pump frequency, #x03C9; _R first Stokes frequency, #x03C9; signal frequency, #x03C9;₃ signal frequency, #x03C9;₄ idler frequency). The parametric four-photon interaction occurs under collinear non-phase-matched conditions and under longitudinally phase-matched, transversally non-phase-matched (erenkov-like) conditions. Subsequent interaction processes are pump-pulse-nondegenerate four-photon interaction of the type ₁ + _{R 3} + ₄, coherent antiStokes Raman scattering (CARS, ₁ + ₁ – _{4 3}), inverse Raman scattering ( _A + ₁ + ), and cascading light up-conversion of the type ₁ + _(i) – _{R (i+1)}.     

Particle polarizations in decays of5HeΛ and4HΛhypernuclei

Nucleon polarizations are examined in the hypernucleus decays⁵He, ⁴He + p + _–,⁴H, ³H + p + _–, and⁴H, ³He + n + _–. The effect of the strong interaction in the final state is taken into account. A significant role is predicted for the resonance interaction in the p-⁴He system in the formation of the proton polarization in the⁵He decay. It is also shown that in the⁴H, ³H + p + _– decay the proton-polarization components should attain significant magnitudes, while in the charge-exchange decay⁴H, ³He + n + _–, the neutron polarization is expected to be not too large.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 10, pp. 100–103, October, 1988.     

Long-time tails in lattice Lorentz gases

We consider a Lorentz gas on a square lattice with a fraction c of scattering sites. The collision laws are deterministic (fixed mirror model) or stochastic (with transmission, reflection, and deflection probabilities ,, and respectively). If all mirrors are parallel, the mirror model is exactly solvable. For the general case a self-consistent ring kinetic equation is used to calculate the longtime tails of the velocity correlation function (0) (t) and the tensor correlation Q(0)Q(t) withQ= _{x y} . Both functions showt ^–2 tails, as opposed to the continuous Lorentz gas, where the tails are respectivelyt ^–2 andt ^–3. Inclusion of the self-consistent ring collisions increases the low-density coefficient of the tail in (0)(t) by 30–100% as compared to the simple ring collisions, depending on the model parameters.     

Betatron-synchrotron resonance in free electron laser

In terms of Bogoliubov's nonlinear theory, the first five betatron-synchrotron resonances of _s=(p q)2K, p/q=1/2, 1, 3/2, 1/3, 2/3 which may occur during laser satulation establishing process have been generally examined. Contrast to previous studies we found that the most dangerous resonance does not take place in the vicinity of _s=2k, but in that of _s=k. The width of region of _s=k is proportional to with (k _w ² /k) remittance, the passing time over the region due to the laser field being amplified is only one pass over the undulator at most and depends on the gain, and the increment of synchrotron amplitude in passing time is proportional to .In summary we conclude that the betatron-synchrotron resonances do not have any significant effect for detrapping off-axis electrons in a practical case.     

Changes in EPR spectrum of free radical species inγ-irradiated polyformaldehyde

We have found that gamma-irradiated polyformaldehyde does not exhibit the effect of the disappearance of the hyperfine structure of EPR spectrum as a function of the dose or the time passed since the end of irradiation, as was found earlier for a group of polymers having only C-C-C-C-atoms in the polymer chain. This difference in the change in the EPR of the polyformaldehyde (PFA) spectrum compared with the polymers with a -C-C-C-C- chain is explained by the impossibility of forming a conjugate double bond in the -C-O-C-O- chain in PFA.

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The author thanks K. Vacek for many valuable discussions which helped this work.     

Interaction of conduction electrons with local excitations. The infrared divergencies

Using the renormalization group method the higher orders of perturbation theory in the interaction of conduction electrons in metals with local paulions (pseudospins), e.g. two-level systems, crystal-field excitations, and bosons, e.g. phonons, are considered. For the paulions, the lowest order logarithmic singularities in the electron self-energy at =E–E _F±, being the splitting, become weaker, at least in the commutative model. It is shown that the singularities of the type ln are absent. This justifies the applicability of the second order perturbation theory resultm ^{* –1} for the electron effective mass even atm ^*m. For the phonons, the singularities at ±₀, ₀ being the phonon frequency, may become stronger or weaker depending on the conduction band filling and the anharmonic contribution to the deformation potential. The singular contributions to the local excitation Green's function are calculated. They result in the change of the line shape of the local level (the orthogonality catastrophe). The singular terms in the ground state energy and average pseudospin are considered.     

Matrix field theory for disordered local pairing superconductors with two glass order parameters and spin-flip pairbreaking processes

We derive the exact matrix field theory for a replicated grassmannian representation of a local pairing superconducting disorder ensemble including three superconducting order parameters and the spin-flip pairbreaking mechanism. Disorder is assumed to be gaussian distributed. We find by exactly solving the saddle-point equation the criterion for a vanishing gap ^–1 + ^–1 , where denotes the averaged superconducting order parameter, ^–1 the spin-flip scattering rate, and ^–1 the scattering rate corresponding to correlations of Re(–). Taken at =0, our field theory, which is exact in all orders of ^–1 , contains new terms in addition to those of theO( ^–1 ) model derived by Efetov et al. Our formulation transfers correctly to all orders the invariances of the action into symmetries of the matrix field theory. The saddle point approximation is outlined and it is shown how singular corrections to the saddle point density of states arise atE _F in a gapless superconductor. Finally singular corrections in the two particle propagator, the density correlation function and the conductivity are calculated for =0 in one loop order. It turns out that these corrections can be entirely expressed by those of the single particle density of states.     

Stationary states of an electron in the field of a hole in an ionic crystal

An approximate solution is given of the Schrödinger equation for S-states of an electron in the field of a hole, when the potential energy of the electron has the form — e²/r [1+exp (–qr].

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A Far IR Study of NbN in the Normal and Superconductive State

A thin film of NbN (thickness t = 300 Å), has been deposited on an MgO and a Si wafer. Both samples have been studied by transmission from 10 or 20 to 120 cm^–1, and have exhibited one maximum of transmission at a given frequency like the classical superconductors as Pb, Sn or Hg in the superconductive state. From the Far IR experimental data, the characteristic temperature _c, and the gap frequency (_gap () = 2 (), () being the energy gap) are immediately obtained (for instance for the NbN / MgO sample, _c = 15.5 K; _g (5 K) = 39.7 cm^–1), and it is seen that as expected from the BCS theory for a weak coupling. To fit the data we had to adjust only two additionnal parameters: collision and plasma frequency, _c () and _p (including all carriers). At = 5 K, thebest fit for the NbN / MgO sample is obtained with _c = 371 cm^–1 and _p = 12,600cm^–1.     

Analytic study of power spectra of the tent maps near band-splitting transitions

Successive band-splitting transitions occur in the one-dimensional map x_i+1=g(x_i),i=0, 1, 2,... withg(x)=x, (0 x 1/2) –x +, (1/2 <x 1) as the parameter is changed from 2 to 1. The transition point fromN (=2ⁿ) bands to 2Nbands is given by=(2)^1/N (n=0, 1,2,...). The time-correlation function _i=x_ix₀/(x₀)²,x_i x_i–x_i is studied in terms of the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the Frobenius-Perron operator of the map. It is shown that, near the transition point=2, _i–[(10–42)/17] _i,0-[(102-8)/51]_i,1 + [(7 + 42)/17](–1)ⁱe^–yi, where2(–2) is the damping constant and vanishes at=2, representing the critical slowing-down. This critical phenomenon is in strong contrast to the topologically invariant quantities, such as the Lyapunov exponent, which do not exhibit any anomaly at=2. The asymptotic expression for _i has been obtained by deriving an analytic form of _i for a sequence of which accumulates to 2 from the above. Near the transition point=(2)^1/N, the damping constant of _i fori N is given by _N=2(^N-2)/N. Numerical calculation is also carried out for arbitrary a and is shown to be consistent with the analytic results.     

Combined Fluorescence and NMR Studies of Reversed HPLC Stationary Phases with Different Ligand Chain Lengths

Alkyl chain bonded reversed HPLC phases consisting of 6 to 30 carbon atoms are investigated by fluorescence spectroscopy, steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy, and solid-state NMR spectroscopy. The structure and dynamics of the interphase formed by alkyl chains and liquid phase penetrating each other are studied as a function of alkyl chain length. Increasing alkyl chain lengths lead to enhanced partitioning of the fluorescent probe diphenylhexatriene (DPH) into the interphase, as monitored by fluorescence decay curves. The concomitant spectral red shift of DPH fluorescence excitation maxima is evidence of increased interphase polarizability. Time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy measurements reveal that the motion of the probe molecule in the interphase is wobble in cone-like. Cone angles and rotational correlation times _R change from = 63° and _R = 0.75 ns in C₆ phases to = 42° and _R = 1.50 ns in C₃₀ phases, thus indicating decreasing probe mobility with increasing ligand length. This interpretation is supported by ¹³C CP/MAS NMR spectra, which show reduced contributions of alkyl chain gauche conformations, i.e., enhanced interphase order, in phases with long alkyl chains and high surface coverage. A concomitant increase in the line-widths of ¹H MAS NMR peaks indicates reduced mobility of the longer chains. The spectroscopic observations are consistent with the results of HPLC separations, where enhanced shape selectivity is found with increasing ligand length, rod-shaped molecules like DPH showing the greatest increase in retention time.     

Double quantum transitions in paramagnetic resonance

The theory of double quantum transitions of the M=±2 type, with regard to inhomogeneously broadened spin systems is studied in this paper with the approximation ²T₂T₃ 1. We suppose that the inhomogeneous broadening is formed by an inhomogeneous crystal field. The obtained results describe the magnitude of absorption as a function of the h.f. power and also describe the shape of the absorption curve. It is demonstrated that in inhomogeneously broadened spin systems the absorption curve of double quantum transitions has the form of the difference of two different Lorentz's curves and that at the saturation ( ²T₂T₁ 1) the absorption increases with the cube of the h.f. field intensity. The shape of the curves is expressed by means of phenomenological relaxation constants of the system.

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Grassmann-Cartan algebra and Klein-Gordon equations

Given a Riemannian structure (M, g), a hypothesis is investigated that if= _p=0 ⁿ _p (M) is submitted to the differential condition (g++)=0, =mc/—which implies that each component of fulfills the Klein-Gordon equation (- ²) _p =0, ought to be interpreted as a natural complex of the bosonic fields. Then it is found that the complex admits the interpretation in the sense of first quantization with (M) being a convex set of states, with the structure of a Hilbert space over . The definite spin states of bosons are then pure states which are not conserved by the temporal evolution.     

On the Effect of Increasing the Radiative-Transition Rate Near a Nanosize Point

A short review of theoretical and experimental studies concerning the photoexcited florescence and Raman scattering of light for a substance in a space containing small material bodies is presented. Calculations of the radiativetransition probability for atoms (molecules) in the vicinity of bodies with a size much smaller than the light wavelength are performed. The probabilities of the singlephoton and doublephoton transitions are shown to increase by factors of 9 and 81 in the vicinity of a nanosize sphere with dielectric constant ||\ 1. The probability of a radiative transition in the vicinity of the vertex of a conic needle bearing up against a plane (both with || 1) increases by factors of (/R _in)² and (/R _in)⁴ for singlephoton and doublephoton transitions, respectively (R _in is the curvature radius for the needle vertex). This theoretical result is suggested as an explanation of the effect of increasing the radiation process intensity in the experiments carried out in the studies cited below.     

Magnetic moments of proton drip-line nuclei13O and9C

The magnetic moments of the proton drip-line nuclei¹³O(I = 3/2^–,T _1/2 = 8.6 ms) and 9C(I = 3/2^–,T _1/2 = 126 ms) have been determined for the first time through the combined techniques of polarized radioactive nuclear beams and-NMR detection. The observed magnetic moments are ¦(¹³O)¦ = 1.3891 ±0.0003 _N and ¦(⁹C)¦ = 1.3914 ±0.0005 _N. Spin expectation values are deduced to be 0.76 and 1.44 for¹³O and⁹C, respectively. While the of¹³O is consistent with the systematics from isospinT= 1/2 mirror pairs, the of⁹C is unusually large, even far larger than the single particle value, = 1.