Laser preparation of polarized nuclei: Absorption of one polarized photon is enough and no high spectral resolution is needed to achieve 100% polarization

A new method to prepare photoions with the polarized nuclear spin is proposed. Selected total electron momentum state |J,mJ〉$|J,m_J〉$ is excited by short (pico- or (sub)nanosecond) spectrally broad laser pulse which does not resolve a hyperfine structure thus preparing a superposition of all sublevels of the total angular momentum F   of an atom. Initially unpolarized nuclear spin state becomes highly polarized in a course of subsequent free quantum evolution, and at appropriate time an atom is ionized by another short laser pulse. For the case of nuclear spin I=1/2$I=1/2$, absorption of only one polarized photon is needed to achieve 100% nuclear polarization.     

Enhancing entanglement of entangled coherent states by single-mode coherent superposition of photon subtraction and addition

We introduce a new entangled quantum state generated by applying single-mode coherent superposition of photon subtraction and addition (a^† cos θ + a sin θ)^m to the entangled coherent state |Ψ_±(α,0)〉$|{\Psi }_{\pm }\left(\alpha ,0\right)〉$, and then investigate the entanglement properties affected by coherent superposition operation. It is shown that this operation can be applied to enhance the entanglement of the state |Ψ₊(α,0)〉$|{\Psi }_{+}\left(\alpha ,0\right)〉$. In addition, the effects of the coherent operation is better to improve the entanglement than that of the creation operation (a^†m) for |Ψ₊(α,0)〉$|{\Psi }_{+}\left(\alpha ,0\right)〉$ in a small-amplitude regime and for |Ψ₋(α,0)〉$|{\Psi }_{-}\left(\alpha ,0\right)〉$ in any regime.     

Coincidence problem in YM field dark energy model

The coincidence problem is studied in the effective Yang–Mills condensate dark energy model. As the effective YM Lagrangian is completely determined by quantum field theory, there is no adjustable parameter in this model except the energy scale, and the cosmic evolution only depends on the initial conditions. For generic initial conditions with the YM condensate subdominant to the radiation and matter, the model always has a tracking solution, the Universe transits from matter-dominated into the dark energy dominated stage only recently z∼0.3$z\sim 0.3$, and evolve to the present state with Ωy∼0.73${\Omega }_y\sim 0.73$ and Ωm∼0.27${\Omega }_m\sim 0.27$.     

Influences of DMI on spin-polarized current through a single-molecule magnet

We theoretically investigate the influences of the Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction (DMI) on the spin-polarized transport through a single-molecular magnets, which is weakly coupled to ferromagnetic lead-L(_pL)$\mathrm{L}(p_L)$ and nonmagnetic lead-R. The spin current is obtained by means of the rate-equation approach in the sequential-tunneling region. Due to the coherent superposition of the molecular state |1,m〉^±${|1,m〉}^{\pm }$ induced by the DMI, we can observe the continuous pure spin current and negative differential conductance (NDC) under the full polarization _pL=1$p_L=1$ condition and polarization reversal of spin-current in the case of 0<_pL<1$0<p_L<1$. These novel phenomena may be useful in the development of molecular spintronics devices.     

Direct evidence for the onset of intruder configurations in neutron-rich Ne isotopes

We report on direct experimental evidence of the population of the 3/²⁻$3/2^{-}$ intruder state in ²⁷Ne in the knockout of a single neutron from the ground state of ²⁸Ne. This low-lying negative parity state is consistent with a narrower shell gap for exotic nuclei with Z?N$Z?N$ and N≈20$N\approx 20$. Monte Carlo shell-model calculations with the modern SDPF-M interaction successfully describe neutron-rich nuclei in the vicinity of N=20$N=20$ where normal and intruder configurations coexist at low excitation energy. This observation demonstrates the importance of direct reactions for the study of exotic nuclei and the predictive power of these large-scale shell-model calculations.     

A probabilistic CNOT gate for coherent state qubits

We propose a scheme for implementing a probabilistic controlled-NOT (CNOT) gate for coherent state qubits using only linear optics and a particular four-mode state. The proposed optical setup works, as a CNOT gate, near-faithful when |α|²?25${|\alpha |}^2?25$ and independent of the input state. The key element for realizing the proposed CNOT scheme is the entangled four-mode state.     

The nature of ZZ branes

In minimal non-critical string theory we show that the principal (r,s)$(r,s)$ ZZ brane can be viewed as the basic (1,1)$(1,1)$ ZZ boundary state tensored with the (r,s)$(r,s)$ Cardy boundary state. In this sense there exists only one ZZ boundary state, the basic (1,1)$(1,1)$ boundary state.     

Generalized Weyl quantization on the cylinder and the quantum phase

Generalized Weyl quantization formalism for the cylindrical phase space S¹×R¹$S^1\times {\mathbb{R}}^1$ is developed. It is shown that the quantum observables relevant to the phase of the linear harmonic oscillator or electromagnetic field can be represented within this formalism by the self-adjoint operators on the Hilbert space L²(S¹)$L^2\left(S^1\right)$.     

Two-quasiparticle K-isomers and pairing strengths in the neutron-rich isotopes Er and Er

Isomeric two-quasiparticle states have been identified in the neutron-rich isotopes ¹⁷²Er and ¹⁷⁴Er using multi-nucleon transfer reactions with ¹³⁶Xe beams incident on various targets, and γ  -ray spectroscopy with Gammasphere. A candidate for the Kπ=⁶⁺$K^{\pi }=6^{+}$ two-quasineutron state in ¹⁷²Er is found at 1500 keV. In ¹⁷⁴Er, a nuclide whose level scheme was previously unknown, a long-lived isomer is identified at 1112 keV decaying via an inhibited E1 transition and revealing the yrast sequence of ¹⁷⁴Er. This isomer is proposed to be a Kπ=⁸⁻$K^{\pi }=8^{-}$ two-quasineutron state, defining a sequence in the N=106$N=106$ isotones extending from the well-deformed neutron-rich isotope ¹⁷⁴Er to the neutron-deficient isotope ¹⁸⁸Pb, where the presence of the isomer signifies a prolate minimum in an otherwise spherical well. Configuration-constrained potential-energy surface calculations are used to predict the excitation energies of the 6⁺ and 8⁻ intrinsic states and as a basis for extracting the pairing force strength, Gn$G_n$, in the N=104$N=104$ and N=106$N=106$ isotones.     

High-K multi-quasiparticle states in No

We report results from an experiment on the decay of the high-K isomers in ²⁵⁴No. We have been able to establish the decay from the known high-lying four-quasiparticle isomer, which we assign as a Kπ=¹⁶⁺${\mathrm{K}}^{\pi }={16}^{+}$ state at an excitation energy of Ex=2.928(3) MeV${\mathrm{E}}_x=2.928(3)\text{MeV}$. The decay of this state passes through a rotational band based on a previously unobserved state at Ex=2.012(2) MeV${\mathrm{E}}_x=2.012(2)\text{MeV}$, which we suggest is based on a two-quasineutron configuration with Kπ=¹⁰⁺${\mathrm{K}}^{\pi }={10}^{+}$. This state in turn decays to a rotational band based on the known Kπ=⁸⁻${\mathrm{K}}^{\pi }=8^{-}$ isomer, which we infer must also have a two quasineutron configuration. We are able to assign many new gamma-rays associated with the decay of the Kπ=⁸⁻${\mathrm{K}}^{\pi }=8^{-}$ isomer, including the identification of a highly K-forbidden ΔK=8$\mathrm{\Delta }\mathrm{K}=8$ E1 transition to the ground-state band. These results provide valuable new information on the orbitals close to the Fermi surface, pairing correlations, deformation and rotational response, and K-conservation in nuclei of the deformed trans-fermium region.