Analytical investigation of the boundary-triggered phase transition dynamics in a cellular automata model with a slow-to-start rule

Previous studies suggest that there are three different jam phases in the cellular automata automaton model with a slow-to-start rule under open boundaries.In the present paper,the dynamics of each free-flow-jam phase transition is studied.By analysing the microscopic behaviour of the traffic flow,we obtain analytical results on the phase transition dynamics.Our results can describe the detailed time evolution of the system during phase transition,while they provide good approximation for the numerical simulation data.These findings can perfectly explain the microscopic mechanism and details of the boundary-triggered phase transition dynamics.     

Microkinetics of the first- and second-order phase transitions

A model of the phase transition in a lattice of interacting nodes, in which each node is a statistical system with internal structure, is introduced. Configuration entropy of microscopic states of the node is defined as a basic parameter of the model. In the frame of the model the first- and second-order phase transitions are considered in details. The distinction between them on the microscopic level is analyzed. Phase diagrams have been calculated in the mean-field approximation. Changes of the phase diagrams and modifications of phase transitions under external pressure and irradiation are investigated in the frame of the microkinetic approach. Results are referred to real systems.     

Atomic-scale phase coexistence and fluctuation at the quasi-one-dimensional metal-insulator transition

Scanning tunneling microscopy of a quasi-one-dimensional (1D) metal-insulator transition in an In nanowire array on the Si(111) surface reveals unprecedented details in the transition dynamics. The transition proceeds in microscopic first order, namely, through the domain-by-domain conversion at the nanoscale, from the metallic to the insulating phase or vice versa. The definition of domains and their effective transition temperatures (Tc) are strongly correlated with the distribution of defects. Below Tc, the condensation and the fluctuation of 1D charge density waves are observed within the isolated metallic domains, as well as at the domain boundaries. The appearance of such isolated condensates suggests a strong intrawire coupling: a manifestation of the 1D nature of the critical fluctuation, as well as the origin of the first-order transition.     

Absence of an equilibrium ferromagnetic spin-glass phase in three dimensions

Using ground state computations, we study the transition from a spin glass to a ferromagnet in 3D spin glasses when changing the mean value of the spin-spin interaction. We find good evidence for replica symmetry breaking up until the critical value where ferromagnetic ordering sets in, and no ferromagnetic spin glass phase. This phase diagram is in conflict with the droplet/scaling and mean field theories of spin glasses. We also find that the exponents of the second order ferromagnetic transition do not depend on the microscopic Hamiltonian, suggesting universality of this transition.     

Universality of Conductivity in Interacting Graphene

The Hubbard model on the honeycomb lattice describes charge carriers in graphene with short range interactions. While the interaction modifies several physical quantities, like the value of the Fermi velocity or the wave function renormalization, the a.c. conductivity has a universal value independent of the microscopic details of the model: there are no interaction corrections, provided that the interaction is weak enough and that the system is at half filling. We give a rigorous proof of this fact, based on exact Ward Identities and on constructive Renormalization Group methods.     

Electronic state of PuCoGa5 and NpCoGa5 as probed by polarized neutrons

By using single crystals and polarized neutrons, we have measured the orbital and spin components of the microscopic magnetization in the paramagnetic state of NpCoGa(5) and PuCoGa(5). The microscopic magnetization of NpCoGa(5) agrees with that observed in bulk susceptibility measurements and the magnetic moment has spin and orbital contributions as expected for intermediate coupling. In contrast, for PuCoGa(5), which is a superconductor with a high transition temperature, the microscopic magnetization in the paramagnetic state is small, temperature-independent, and significantly below the value found with bulk techniques at low temperatures. The orbital moment dominates the magnetization.     

Statistics of resonances and delay times: a criterion for metal-insulator transitions

We study the distributions of the normalized resonance widths P(Gamma;) and delay times P(tau;) for 3D disordered tight-binding systems at the metal-insulator transition (MIT) by attaching leads to the boundary sites. Both distributions are scale invariant, independent of the microscopic details of the random potential and the number of channels. Theoretical considerations suggest the existence of a scaling theory for P(Gamma;) in finite samples, and numerical calculations confirm this hypothesis. Based on this, we give a new criterion for the determination and analysis of the MIT.     

Microscopic theory of heterogeneity and nonexponential relaxations in supercooled liquids.

Recent experiments show that supercooled liquids around the glass transition temperature are "dynamically heterogeneous" [H. Sillescu, J. Non-Cryst. Solids 243, 81 (1999)]. Such heterogeneity is expected from the random first order transition theory of the glass transition. Using a microscopic approach based on this theory, we derive a relation between the departure from Debye relaxation as characterized by the beta value of a stretched exponential response function, phi(t) = e(-(t/tau(KWW))beta), and the fragility of the liquid. The beta value is also predicted to depend on temperature and to vanish as the ideal glass transition is approached at the Kauzmann temperature.     

Quantum phases in a resonantly interacting boson-fermion mixture

We consider a resonantly interacting boson-fermion mixture of 40K and 87Rb atoms in an optical lattice. We show that by using a red-detuned optical lattice the mixture can be accurately described by a generalized Hubbard model for 40K and 87Rb atoms, and 40K-87Rb molecules. The microscopic parameters of this model are fully determined by the details of the optical lattice and the interspecies Feshbach resonance in the absence of the lattice. We predict a quantum phase transition to occur in this system already at low atomic filling fraction, and present the phase diagram as a function of the temperature and the applied magnetic field.     

基于微观IBM对电子-核散射及核电磁性质的研究(I) BE理论方案

从价核子自由度出发构造出核跃迁电荷/电流密度算符,采用Dyson玻色子展开技术给出了获取核玻色子形式跃迁电荷/电流密度有效算符的一种微观方法(BE方法).利用微观相互作用玻色子模型(IBM)提供的波函数可在玻色子态空间中求出核跃迁电荷/电流密度,结合电子-核散射以及核电磁跃迁的形式理论,建立了可研究电子-核散射各种形状因子,微分散射截面以及核约化跃迁几率、电磁多极矩、核态g因子等物理量的理论方案.在一种微观sdIBM-2框架下,结合现有理论方案,初步计算了     

E2, E4 Studies of Pd Isotopes in Microscopic sdgIBA-1

In sdgIBA-1, E2 and E4 transition operators of ^104-110Pd isotopes are worked out in terms of a microscopic approach. Comparisons of them with the corresponding phenomenm logical operators are made. It is found that the microscopic Hamiltonian and E2 transition operator are very close to the phenomenological counterparts while the microscopic E4 transition operator is apparently different from the phenomenological one. Calculations for the low-lying collective excitation spectra and reduced E2 (E4) transition rates are performed within the framework of the sdglBA-1. We find that the microscopic calculations reproduce the experimental data quite well, in addition, their agreement with the experimental data in general is very close to that of the phenomenological results, especially to the reduced E4 transition rates disregarding completely the apparent difference of operator.     

Common features in the microscopic dynamics of hydration water on organic and inorganic surfaces

The microscopic dynamics of hydration water exhibits some universal features that do not depend on the nature of the hydrated surface. We show that the hydration level dependence of the dynamic transition in the mean squared atomic displacements measured by means of elastic neutron scattering is qualitatively similar for hydration water in inorganic and organic hosts. The difference is that the former are 'rigid', whereas the dynamics of the latter can be enhanced by the motions of the hydration water. The overall hydration level appears to be the main parameter governing the magnitude of the mean squared atomic displacements in the hydration water, irrespective of the details of the hydrated host.     

基于局部熵的图像过渡区边缘检测算法

提出了一种新的红外目标边缘检测算法,利用局部熵值分析法和过渡区提取相结合的方法,通过Top-hat与Bottom-hat变换,建立有效平均熵和对应灰度值的曲线关系,选择合适的阈值,在此基础上执行形态学闭合操作.仿真结果表明,该方法在去除不必要的细节的同时,能很好地提取目标的边缘信息.     

Noise-induced dynamical transition in systems with symmetric absorbing states

We investigate the effect of noise strength on the macroscopic ordering dynamics of systems with symmetric absorbing states. Using an explicit stochastic microscopic model, we present evidence for a phase transition in the coarsening dynamics, from an Ising-like to a voter-like behavior, as the noise strength is increased past a nontrivial critical value. By mapping to a thermal diffusion process, we argue that the transition arises due to locally-absorbing states being entered more readily in the high-noise regime, which in turn prevents surface tension from driving the ordering process.     

Magnetoelastic quantum fluctuations and phase transitions in the iron superconductors

We examine the relevance of magnetoelastic coupling to describe the complex magnetic and structural behavior of the different classes of the iron superconductors. We model the system as a two-dimensional metal whose magnetic excitations interact with the distortions of the underlying square lattice. Going beyond the mean field, we find that quantum fluctuation effects can explain two unusual features of these materials that have attracted considerable attention: first, why iron telluride orders magnetically at a non-nesting wave vector (π/2,π/2) and not at the nesting wave vector (π,0) as in the iron arsenides, even though the nominal band structures of both these systems are similar, and second, why the (π,0) magnetic transition in the iron arsenides is often preceded by an orthorhombic structural transition. These are robust properties of the model, independent of microscopic details, and they emphasize the importance of the magnetoelastic interaction.     

电子束入射改善托卡马克等离子体约束

 分析了电子束入射托卡马克等离子体表面后所发生的一系列物理过程,特别是电子束注入等离子体后在边界层形成平行电流和径向负电场,使等离子体由低约束模式向高约束模式,即L H模式转换中的作用。论证了当注入电子束的密度超过一定的阀值时,L H 模转换被触发。