Hamilton’s equations of motion of a vortex filament in the rotating Bose–Einstein condensate and their “soliton” solutions

The equation of motion of a quantized vortex filament in a trapped Bose–Einstein condensate [A. A. Svidzinsky and A. L. Fetter, Phys. Rev. A 62, 063617 (2000)] has been generalized to the case of an arbitrary anharmonic anisotropic rotating trap and presented in the variational form. For condensate density profiles of the form ρ = f(x² + y² + ReΨ(x + iy)) in the presence of the plane of symmetry y = 0, the solutions x(z) describing stationary vortices of U and S types coming to the surface and solitary waves have been found in quadratures. Analogous three-dimensional configurations of the vortex filament uniformly moving along the z axis have also been found in strictly cylindrical geometry. The dependence of solutions on the form of the function f(q) has been analyzed.     

Analytic calculation of feynman amplitudes

A new method is proposed for calculating amplitudes of processes involving spin-1/2 fermions. The method is based on the use of the isotropic-vierbein vectors in Minkowski space and the basis spinors associated with them. The amplitudes for the electron-positron interaction processes e^?e⁺ → ff and e^?e⁺ → W^?W⁺ and the amplitude for one of the possible diagrams for the process e⁺e^? → e⁺e^?e⁺e^?e⁺e^? are calculated in order to test and illustrate the potential of the method.     

Spin on a 4D Feynman Checkerboard

We discretize the Weyl equation for a massless, spin-1/2 particle on a time-diagonal, hypercubic spacetime lattice with null faces. The amplitude for a step of right-handed chirality is proportional to the spin projection operator in the step direction, while for left-handed it is the orthogonal projector. Iteration yields a path integral for the retarded propagator, with matrix path amplitude proportional to the product of projection operators. This assigns the amplitude i ^±T 3^?B/2 2^?N to a path with N steps, B bends, and T right-handed minus left-handed bends, where the sign corresponds to the chirality. Fermion doubling does not occur in this discrete scheme. A Dirac mass m introduces the amplitude i ?? m to flip chirality in any given time step ??, and a Majorana mass similarly introduces a charge conjugation amplitude.     

Proton-proton interaction with high multiplicity at energy of 70 GeV (proposal)

The goal of the proposed experiment is to investigate the collective behavior of particles in the process of multiple hadron production in pp interaction pp → n _π π + 2N at the beam energy E_lab = 70 GeV. The domain of high multiplicity n _π = 30–40, or z = n/\(\bar n\) = 4–6, will be studied. Near the threshold of reaction n _π → 69, z → z_th = 8.2, all particles acquire small relative momentum Δq < 1/R, where R is the dimension of the particle production region. As a consequence of multiboson interference, a number of collective effects may show up: (a) a drastic increase in the partial cross section σ(n) of production of n identical particles is expected, compared with commonly accepted extrapolation; (b) the formation of jets consisting of identical particles may occur as a result of the multiboson Bose-Einstein correlation (BEC) effect; (c) a large fluctuation of charged n(π⁺,π^?) and neutral n(π⁰) components and onset of centauros or chiral condensate effects are anticipated; (d) an increase in the rate of direct γ as a result of the bremsstrahlung in the partonic cascade and annihilation of π⁺π^? → nγ in dense and cold pionic gas or condensate is expected. In the domain of high multiplicity z ≥ 5, a major part of the c.m. energy \(\sqrt s = 11.6\) GeV is materialized, leading to a high-density thermalized hadronic system. Under this condition, a phase transition to cold quark-gluon plasma (QGP) may occur. The search for QGP signatures like large intermittency in the phase-space particle distribution and an enhanced rate of direct photons will be performed. The experimental setup is designed for detection of rare high-multiplicity events. The experiment is to be carried out at the extracted proton beam of the IHEP U-70 accelerator. The required beam intensity is ～10⁷ s^?1. Under the assumption that the partial cross section σ(n _π = 35) = 10-1 nb, the anticipated counting rate is 10-1 events/h. The multiboson BEC enhancement may drastically increase the counting rate.     

Long-range spin correlations in a honeycomb spin model with a magnetic field

We consider the spin-1/2 model on the honeycomb lattice [A. Kitaev, Ann. Phys. 321, 2 (2006)] in the presence of a weak magnetic field h _α ? J. Such a perturbation treated in the lowest nonvanishing order over h _α leads [K.S. Tikhonov, M.V. Feigel’man, and A.Yu. Kitaev, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 067203 (2011)] to a powerlaw decay of irreducible spin correlations 《s ^z (t, r)s ^z (0, 0)》 ∝ h _z ² f(t, r), where f(t, r) ∝ [max(t, Jr)]^–4. We have studied the effects of the next order of perturbation in h _z and found an additional term of the order h _z ⁴ in the correlation function 《s ^z (t, r)s ^z (0, 0)》 which scales as h _z ⁴ cosγ/r ³ at Jt? r, where γ is the polar angle in the 2D plane. We demonstrate that such a contribution can be understood as a result of a perturbation of the effective Majorana Hamiltonian by the weak imaginary vector potential A _x ∝ i h _z ² .     

Topological Scenario for High-Temperature Superconductivity in Cuprates

The structure of the joint phase diagram of high-temperature superconducting cuprates has been studied within the theory of fermion condensation. Prerequisites of the topological rearrangement of the Landau state with the formation of a flat band adjacent to the nominal Fermi surface have been established. The related non-Fermi-liquid behavior of cuprates in the normal phase has been studied with focus on the non-Fermi-liquid behavior of the resistivity ρ(T), including the observed crossover from the linear temperature behavior ρ(T, x) = A₁(x)T at doping levels x below the critical value x _c ^h corresponding to the boundary of the superconducting region to the quadratic temperature behavior at x > x _c ^h , which is incompatible with predictions of the conventional quantum-critical-point scenario. It has been demonstrated that the slope of the coefficient A₁(x) is universal and is the same on both boundaries of the joint phase diagram of cuprates in agreement with available experimental data. It has also been shown that the fermion condensate is responsible for pairing in the D-wave state in cuprates. The effective Coulomb repulsion in the Cooper channel, which prevents the existence of superconductivity in normal metals in the S channel, leads to high-temperature superconductivity in the D channel.     

Microscopics of mesonic degrees of freedom in nucleons and mesons in nuclei: Quasielastic meson knockout by high-energy electrons

The following questions are considered: (i) that of what quasielastic-knockout reactions are; (ii) that of what experience has been gained in measuring, in various channels, the momentum distributions and spectroscopic factors of nucleons and clusters in nuclei and of electrons in atoms, molecules, and solid-state bodies; (iii) that of how it is possible to introduce the concept of quasielastic knockout in the theory of meson-electroproduction processes p(e, e′m)B at beam energies of a few GeV and at moderate values of the square of the virtual-photon 4-momentum, Q ² = 2–4 (GeV/c)²; and (iv) that of how the momentum distributions of mesons in various channels of virtual proton decay, p → B + π, p → B + ρ, and p → Y + K, are predicted on the basis of the microscopic model of a fluctuation of the QCD vacuum in a nucleon. Proposals for relevant experiments are formulated. It is indicated that quasielastic-knockout processes like (e, e′π) provide the best way to study the problem of a scalar pion condensate in nuclei. In conclusion, it is emphasized that quasielastic processes ²H(e, e′p)B involving various spectator baryons B are of great value for determining the composition of multiquark configurations in nucleon-nucleon systems.     

New insights into quantum and classical correlations in XY spin models

We compute quantum dissonance Q (non-entangled quantum correlation), entanglement E, quantum discord D (total quantum correlation) and classical correlation C for spin pairs at any distance in the infinite XY spin-1/2 chains, i.e., the anisotropic XY model and the isotropic XY model with three-spin interactions. We obtain two simple dominance relations: C ≥ E and D ≥ E + Q Except this, there are no other simple ordering relations between them. We also show that Q can detect the special points of the system where the entanglement just appears or completely disappears. In addition, it is worthwhile to mention that dissonance and classical correlation can also clearly spotlight the critical points of quantum phase transitions in XY spin-1/2 chains.     

Stable and Unstable Vortex Knots in a Trapped Bose Condensate

The dynamics of a quantum vortex toric knot T_P,Q and other analogous knots in an atomic Bose condensate at zero temperature in the Thomas–Fermi regime is considered in the hydrodynamic approximation. The condensate has a spatially inhomogeneous equilibrium density profile ρ(z, r) due to the action of an external axisymmetric potential. It is assumed that z_*= 0, r_*= 1 is the point of maximum of function rρ(z, r), so that δ(rρ) ≈ –(α–)z²/2–(α + )(δr)²/2 for small z and δr. The geometrical configuration of a knot in the cylindrical coordinates is determined by a complex 2πP-periodic function A(?, t) = Z(?, t) + i[R(?, t))–1]. When |A| ? 1, the system can be described by relatively simple approximate equations for P rescaled functions \({W_n}(\varphi ) \propto A(2\pi n + \varphi ):i{W_{n,t}} = - ({W_{n,\varphi \varphi }} + \alpha {W_n} - \in W_n^*)/2 - \sum\nolimits_{j \ne n} {1/(W_n^* - W_j^*)} \). For = 0, examples of stable solutions of type W _n = θ _n (?–γt)exp(–iωt) with a nontrivial topology are found numerically for P = 3. In addition, the dynamics of various unsteady knots with P = 3 is modeled, and the tendency to the formation of a singularity over a finite time interval is observed in some cases. For P = 2 and small ≠ 0, configurations of type W₀–W₁ ≈ B₀exp(iζ) + C(B₀, α)exp(–iζ) + D(B₀, α)exp(3iζ), where B₀ > 0 is an arbitrary constant, ζ = k₀?–Ω₀t + ζ0, k₀ = Q/2, and Ω₀ = (–α)/2–2/B₀², which rotate about the z axis, are investigated. Wide stability regions for such solutions are detected in the space of parameters (α, B₀). In unstable zones, a vortex knot may return to a weakly excited state.     

Universality in the partially anisotropic three-dimensional Ising lattice

Using transfer-matrix extended phenomenological renormalization-group methods, we study the critical properties of the spin-1/2 Ising model on a simple-cubic lattice with partly anisotropic coupling strengths \(\mathop J\limits^ \to = (J',J',J)\). The universality of both fundamental critical exponents y _t and y _h is confirmed. It is shown that the critical finite-size scaling amplitude ratios \(U = A_{\chi ^{(4)} } A_\kappa /A_\chi ^2 ,Y_1 = A_{\kappa ''} /A_\chi\), and \(Y_2 = A_{\kappa ^{(4)} } /A_{\chi ^{(4)} }\) are independent of the lattice anisotropy parameter Δ=J′/J. For the Y² invariant of the three-dimensional Ising universality class, we give the first quantitative estimate Y²≈2.013 (shape L×L×∞, periodic boundary conditions in both transverse directions).     

Self-gravitating Brownian particles in two dimensions: the case of N = 2 particles

We study the motion of N = 2 overdamped Brownianparticles in gravitational interaction in a space of dimensiond = 2. This is equivalent to the simplified motion of twobiological entities interacting via chemotaxis when time delay anddegradation of the chemical are ignored. This problem also bearssimilarities with the stochastic motion of two point vorticesin viscous hydrodynamics [O. Agullo, A. Verga, Phys. Rev. E 63,056304 (2001)]. We analytically obtain the probability density offinding the particles at a distance r from each other at timet. We also determine the probability that the particles havecoalesced and formed a Dirac peak at time t(i.e. the probability that the reduced particle has reached r = 0at time t). Finally, we investigate the meansquare separation \(\langle\) r ² \(\rangle\) and discuss the proper formof the virial theorem for this system. The reduced particle has anormal diffusion behavior for small times with a gravity-modifieddiffusion coefficient \(\langle\) r ² \(\rangle\) = r ₀ ² + (4k _B /ξ μ)(T–\(T_{*}\))t, wherek _B \(T_{*}\) = Gm ₁ m ₂/2 is a critical temperature, and an anomalousdiffusion for large times \(\langle\) r ² \(\rangle\) \(\propto\) \(t^{1-T_*/T}\). As a by-product, our solution also describes thegrowth of the Dirac peak (condensate) that forms at large time inthe post collapse regime of the Smoluchowski-Poisson system (orKeller-Segel model in biology) for T < T _c = GMm/(4k _B ). We find thatthe saturation of the mass of the condensate to the total mass isalgebraic in an infinite domain and exponential in a boundeddomain. Finally, we provide the general form of the virial theoremfor Brownian particles with power law interactions.     

Fermion superfluid with hybridized <Emphasis Type="Italic">s</Emphasis>- and <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-wave pairings

Ever since the pioneering work of Bardeen, Cooper and Schrieffer in the 1950s, exploring novel pairing mechanisms for fermion superfluids has become one of the central tasks in modern physics. Here, we investigate a new type of fermion superfluid with hybridized s- and p-wave pairings in an ultracold spin-1/2 Fermi gas. Its occurrence is facilitated by the co-existence of comparable s- and p-wave interactions, which is realizable in a two-component ⁴⁰K Fermi gas with close-by s- and p-wave Feshbach resonances. The hybridized superfluid state is stable over a considerable parameter region on the phase diagram, and can lead to intriguing patterns of spin densities and pairing fields in momentum space. In particular, it can induce a phase-locked p-wave pairing in the fermion species that has no p-wave interactions. The hybridized nature of this novel superfluid can also be confirmed by measuring the s- and p-wave contacts, which can be extracted from the high-momentum tail of the momentum distribution of each spin component. These results enrich our knowledge of pairing superfluidity in Fermi systems, and open the avenue for achieving novel fermion superfluids with multiple partial-wave scatterings in cold atomic gases.     

Some Features in the behavior of the density of superconducting condensate in superconductors

The correlation between the density ρ_s(T→0) of superconducting condensate and the superconducting transition temperature T _c in underdoped HTSC systems is considered. It is shown that the linear relation between ρ_s(0) and T _c observed in some experiments can easily be interpreted in the framework of the conventional Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) model without invoking any exotic superconductivity models.     

Condensates in quantum chromodynamics

The paper presents a short review of our knowledge today on vacuum condensates in quantum chromodynamics (QCD). The condensates are defined as vacuum averages of the operators which arise due to nonperturbative effects. The important role of condensates in determining physical properties of hadrons and of their low-energy interactions in QCD is underlined. The special value of the quark condensate, connected to the existence of baryon masses, is mentioned. Vacuum condensates induced by external fields are discussed. QCD at low energy is checked on the basis of the data on hadronic τ decay. In theoretical analysis, the terms of perturbation theory (PT) up to α _s ³ are accounted for; in the operator product expansion (OPE), those up to dimension 8. The total probability of the decay τ → hadrons (with zero strangeness) and of the τ-decay structure functions are best described at α _s (m _τ ² )=0.330±0.025. It is shown that the Borel sum rules for τ-decay structure functions along the rays in the q ²-complex plane are in agreement with experiment, having an accuracy of ～2% at the values of the Borel parameter |M ²|>0.8 GeV². The magnitudes of dimension 6 and 8 condensates were found, and the limitations on gluon condensates were obtained. The sum rules for the charmed-quark vector-current polarization operator were analyzed in three loops (i.e., in order α _s ² ). The value of the charmed-quark mass (in an \(\overline {MS} \) regularization scheme) was found to be \(\bar m_c (\bar m_c^2 ) = 1.275 \pm 0.015\) GeV, and the value of gluon condensate was estimated as 〈0|(α _s/π)G ²|0〉=0.009±0.007 GeV⁴. The general conclusion is that the QCD described by PT + OPE is in good agreement with experiment at Q ²?1 GeV².     

God Plays Coins or Superposition Principle for Classical Probabilities in Quantum Suprematism Representation of Qubit States

We construct the quantum density matrix of a spin-1/2 state for three given probability distributions describing positions of three classical coins and associate its matrix elements with the Triada of Malevich’s squares. We present the superposition principle of spin-1/2 states in the form of a nonlinear addition rule for these classical coin probabilities. We illustrate the obtained formulas by the statement “God does not play dice – God plays coins.”     

Enhancement of superconductivity in disordered films by parallel magnetic field

We show that the superconducting transition temperature T _c (H) of a very thin highly disordered film with strong spin-orbital scattering can be increased by a parallel magnetic field H. This effect is due to the polarization of magnetic impurity spins, which reduces the full exchange scattering rate of electrons; the largest effect is predicted for spin-1/2 impurities. Moreover, for some range of magnetic impurity concentrations, the phenomenon of superconductivity induced by magnetic field is predicted: the superconducting transition temperature T _c (H) is found to be nonzero in the range of magnetic fields 0 < H* ≤ H ≤ H _c .     

Das Kernquadrupolmoment des Mn55

With a recording photoelectric Fabry-Perot spectrometer and an atomic-beam light source the hyperfine structure of the Mn I-resonance linesλ=4031 Å,λ=4033 Å,λ=4034 Å (3d ⁵4s ² a ⁶ S _5/2?3d ⁵4s4p z ⁶ P _7/2,5/2,3/2 ⁰)and of the inter-combination linesλ=5395 Å andλ=5433 Å (3d ⁵4s ² a ⁶ S _5/2?3d ⁵4s4p z ⁸ P _7/2,5/2 ⁰) was measured. Furthermore the resonance lines have been measured with a pulsed atomic-beam in absorption. In this case the quotient (I ₀(ν)?I(ν))/I ₀(ν) was recorded, whereI(ν)=I ₀(ν) exp(?α(ν)d) is the observed intensity with absorption andI ₀(ν) the intensity of the light source. From the hyperfine structure splitting the value of the electric quadrupole moment of Mn⁵⁵ was derived to be:Q(Mn⁵⁵)=+(0.35±0.05)·10^?24 cm².     

Effect of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Z′</Emphasis>-mediated flavor-changing neutral current on <Emphasis Type="Italic">B</Emphasis> → <Emphasis Type="Italic">ππ</Emphasis> decays

We study the effect of Z′-mediated flavor-changing neutral current on the B → ππ decays. The branching ratios of these decays can be enhanced remarkably in the nonuniversal Z′ model. Our estimated branching ratios B(B ⁰ → π ⁰ π ⁰) are enhanced significantly from their standard model (SM) value. For g′/g = 1, the branching ratios B(B ⁰ → π ⁰ π ⁰) are very close to the recently observed experimental values and for higher values of g′/g branching ratios are more. Our calculated branching ratios B(B ⁰ → π ⁺ π ^?) and B(B ⁺ → π ⁺ π ⁰) are also enhanced from the SM value as well as the recently observed experimental values. These enhancements of branching ratios from their SM value give the possibility of new physics.     

Study of collective flow effects in CC collisions at a momentum of 4.2 GeV/<Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis> per nucleon

Directed (in-plane) flows of protons, pions, and projectile light fragments (d, t, ³He, ⁴He) have been observed by investigating the dependence of the mean transverse momentum in the reaction plane 〈p _x 〉 on the rapidity y in the c.m. system for CC collisions at a momentum of 4.2 GeV/c per nucleon. The comparison of our in-plane-flow results of protons with flow data for various projectile/target configurations was made using the scaled flow F _s = F/(A _P ^1/3 + A _T ^1/3 ). F _s demonstrates a common scaling behavior for flow values from different systems. From azimuthal distributions of protons and π^? mesons, out-of-plane (squeeze-out) flow effects have been observed and the parameter a₂ (the measure of the anisotropic emission strength) has been extracted. The quark-gluon string model reproduces the experimental results quite well.