Switched wave packets: a route to nonperturbative quantum control

The dynamic Stark effect due to a strong nonresonant but nonionizing laser field provides a route to quantum control via the creation of novel superposition states. We consider the creation of a field-free "switched" wave packet through adiabatic turn-on and sudden turn-off of a strong dynamic Stark interaction. There are two limiting cases for such wave packets. The first is a Raman-type coupling, illustrated by the creation of field-free molecular axis alignment. An experimental demonstration is given. The second case is that of dipole-type coupling, illustrated by the creation of charge localization in an array of quantum wells.     

First order QED processes in a spatially flat FLRW space-time with a Milne-type scale factor

The quantum electrodynamics(QED)in a spatially flat(1+3)-dimensional Friedmann-Lema?tre-Robertson-Walker(FLRW)space-time with a Milne-type scale factor is outlined focusing on the amplitudes of the allowed processes in the first order perturbations.The definition of the transition rates is reconsidered such that an appropriate angular behavior of the probability for creation of an electron-positron pair from a photon is obtained,which has a similar rate as the creation of a photon and an electron-positron pair from vacuum.It is shown that these processes are allowed only in the first order perturbations,since the photon emission or absorption by an electron or positron are forbidden.     

Schwinger Effect in a Robertson-Walker Space-Time

The problem of particle creation from vacuum in a flat Robertson-Walker space-time in the presence of a varying electric field is studied. The Klein Gordon equation is exactly solved when the scale factor is a(η)=A+Btanh(λη). The canonical method based on Bogoliubov transformation is applied. The pair creation probability and the density number of created particles are calculated. The particular case of radiation dominated universe is considered where the total probability is written as a Schwinger-like series. It is shown that the electric field amplifies gravitational particle creation.     

Dressing up a Reissner naked singularity

Spontaneous pair creation in the field of a large Reissner singularity (a point-like charge e whose mass M is such that $\text{MG}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{< e}$) is here considered. Using as a guide the definition of the positive and negative energy states of a classical particle in this field, a particular basis of quantum states is chosen which contains resonance states — these are interpreted by invoking particle creation. Extremely energetic particles are shown to burst out to infinity whereas the antiparticles dress up and neutralize the singularity. This result is contrasted with the process of pair production by black holes and compared with the isotropization of the early universe by creation of matter.     

Repetitive single vortex-loop creation by a vibrating wire in superfluid 3He-B

Spectacular features are observed on the velocity-force characteristics of a vibrating wire resonator in superfluid 3He-B at ultralow temperatures. Both plateaus and discontinuities are seen in the characteristics. The plateaus seem to have two separate critical velocities where first some "event" occurs, which causes the wire to lose energy and slow down, followed by a second lower critical velocity where the event decouples. It is suggested that these events are due to vortex-loop creation at protuberances on the vibrating wire. This opens up the possibility of controlling the creation of vorticity through specially prepared protuberances.     

A Purely Probabilistic Representation for the Dynamics of a Gas of Particles

The aim of the present paper is to give a purely probabilistic account for the approach to equilibrium of classical and quantum gas. The probability function used is classical. The probabilistic dynamics describes the evolution of the state of the gas due to unary and binary collisions. A state change amounts to a destruction in a state and the creation in another state. Transitions probabilities are splittled into destructions terms, denoting the random choice of the colliding particle(s), and creation terms, describing the allocation of the same particle(s) on the final state(s). While the destruction term is the same for all types of particles, the creation one depends upon a parameter bound to the interpraticle correlation. The transition probabilities give rise to a homogeneous Markov chain. The equilibrium distributions satisfy the principle of detailed balance. Relaxation times depend upon the interparticle correlation. Relationships with the Ehrenfest urn model, Brillouin unified method, ensemble interpretation, and quantum H-theorem are considered too.     

Ultracold heteronuclear molecules in a 3D optical lattice

We report on the creation of ultracold heteronuclear molecules assembled from fermionic 40K and bosonic 87Rb atoms in a 3D optical lattice. Molecules are produced at a heteronuclear Feshbach resonance on both the attractive and the repulsive sides of the resonance. We precisely determine the binding energy of the heteronuclear molecules from rf spectroscopy across the Feshbach resonance. We characterize the lifetime of the molecular sample as a function of magnetic field and measure lifetimes between 20 and 120 ms. The efficiency of molecule creation via rf association is measured and is found to decrease as expected for more deeply bound molecules.     

Resonant amplification of quantum fluctuations in a spinor gas

Bose-Einstein condensates of atoms with non-zero spin are known to constitute an ideal system to investigate fundamental properties of magnetic superfluids. More recently it was realized that they also provide the fascinating opportunity to investigate the macroscopic amplification of quantum and classical fluctuations. This is strikingly manifested in a sample initially prepared in the m _F = 0 state, where spin-changing collisions triggered by quantum fluctuations may lead to the creation of correlated pairs in m _F = ±1. We show that the pair creation efficiency is strongly influenced by the interplay between the external trapping potential and the Zeeman effect. It thus reflects the confinement-induced magnetic field dependence of elementary spin excitations of the condensate. Remarkably, pair production in our experiments is therefore characterized by a multi-resonant dependence on the magnetic field. Pair creation at these resonances acts as strong parametric matter-wave amplifier. Depending on the resonance condition, this amplification can be extremely sensitive or insensitive to the presence of seed atoms. We show that pair creation at a resonance which is insensitive to the presence of seed atoms is triggered purely by quantum fluctuations and thus the system acts as a matter-wave amplifier for the vacuum state.     

Correlations of Λ hyperons with a small relative momentum in the SELEX experiment

The information on the shape of the potential between two baryons at small distances can be obtained by studying the baryon correlations at a small relative momentum in the creation reactions of high-energy hadron collisions. We have physically analyzed the SELEX experimental data and identified more than 20 × 10³ events with creation of two Λ hyperons, which substantially exceeds the world statistical data. The obtained results are preliminary analyzed.     

Entropy of a Black Hole with Distinct Surface Gravities

In gravitational thermodynamics, the entropy of a black hole with distinct surface gravities can be evaluated in a microcanonical ensemble. At the WKB level, the entropy becomes the negative of the Euclidean action of the constrained instanton, which is the seed for the black hole creation in the no-boundary universe. Using the Gauss-Bonnet theorem, we prove the quite universal formula in Euclidean quantum gravity that the entropy of a nonrotating black hole is one quarter the sum of the products of the Euler characteristics and the areas of the horizons. For Lovelock gravity, the entropy and quantum creation of a black hole are also studied.     

Relativistic charged particles in the field of an electromagnetic plane wave in a medium

Solutions of the Klein-Gordon and Dirac equation for a charged particle in the field of an electromagnetic plane wave in a medium with a constant refractive index n are discussed. Generally, for n² < 1, spontaneous pair creation from the vacuum, and for n² > 1, energy bands are observed. The interplay of Compton and Cherenkov scattering is discussed. Some doubts are formulated as to the physical relevance of calculating pair creation in a homogeneous electric field as it is usually done.     

On the dynamical Casimir effect in a one-dimensional contracting cavity

The dynamical Casimir effect is analyzed in the framework of the S-matrix formulation for a one-dimensional cavity that exhibits contraction at a constant rate over a finite time interval. The exact solution to the problem is presented. It is demonstrated that the efficiency of the creation of pairs nonmonotonically depends on the contraction time. This is due to the fact that the particles are only created at the moments corresponding to the acceleration and stopping of the moving boundary, so that the contributions of these processes on the number of the created particles interfere with each other. The parameters that correspond to the optimal creation of pairs and the stability of a vacuum are presented. The effect of the finiteness of the cavity-boundary acceleration on the results obtained is studied.     

Particle creation in a cosmological anisotropic universe

We analyze the phenomenon of particle creation in a cosmological anisotropic universe. We compute, via the Bogoliubov transformations, the density number of scalar and spin-1/2 particles created. We obtain that they are respectively described by Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions.     

Recording seismoacoustic signals of a surface vessel with a two-coordinate strainmeter

Experimental data are analyzed, obtained during the recording of seismoacoustic signals with a two-coordinate laser strainmeter; the signals were generated by a surface vessel moving over the shelf and deep water. Based on analysis of the obtained data, we substantiate the prospect of applying shore-based laser strainmeters for the direction finding of vessels and the creation of monitoring systems for large water areas.     

共轭高分子中激子形成的非绝热动力学研究

有机共轭高分子被光激发后,其电子结构会发生明显的变化,通过非绝热数值计算的方法模拟了受光激发后有机高分子中激子生成的动力学过程.结果表明,激子的生成一般需要数十飞秒时间,激子的生成周期随分子链长度的增大而增大.高激发态激子可以根据生成周期分为两类,第一类激子的生成周期在数十到上百飞秒之间,第二类激子的生成周期可达上千飞秒.对于超过200个碳原子的高分子,第二类激子的生成周期可达5000飞秒以上.这个计算结果说明,相比于有机高分子,有机小分子中更容易观测到激子.     

Quantum theory of transition radiation and transition pair creation

A theory of the transition radiation and the transition pair creation is developed in the frame of QED. The spectral-angular distributions of probability of the transition radiation and of the transition pair creation are found. The total energy losses of an electron and the total probability of pair creation by a photon are calculated and analyzed. Features of radiation and pair creation processes in a superdense medium (typical for white dwarfs) are discussed.     

Positive and negative charge creation in the SiO2 film of a MOS transistor by high electric field stress

The aim of this work was to study the charge creation in the SiO₂ layer of a Si MOSFET induced by the electric field stress in the Fowler-Nordheim (FN) tunneling regime. At lower field, typical positive oxide charge generation has been observed. With an increasing stressing field, which is accompanied by an increasing FN electron injection current, negative charge creation has been found. The possible sources of charges and the mechanisms of their generation are presented.     

Quantum graviton creation in a model universe

Quantization in the spatially inhomogeneous, anisotropic, Gowdy three-torus solution of Einstein's equations leads to the production of gravitons from empty space. The creation of pairs of gravitons occurs only in wave modes with wavelength exceeding the horizon size at an initial time. The final number of created gravitons in any mode is proportional to the number of causally unconnected regions at the initial time over the wavelength of that mode. At large times, graviton number is well defined since the solution is in WKB form. The creation process produces the anisotropic collisionless radiation identical to that discussed by Doroshkevich, Zel'dovich, and Novikov which characterizes the large time classical solution. Near the singularity, the model behaves like an empty Bianchi Type I universe at each point in space (local Kasner). The canonical methods of Arnowitt, Deser, and Misner yield a reduced Hamiltonian from which the classical equations of motion are obtained. The quantization of the rapidly varying gravitational field component resembles the procedures used by Parker or Zel'dovich et al. to study particle creation in curved spacetime.     

陆续通过一个双模腔的两原子之间纠缠的突然产生和调控

通过计算并发度研究了陆续通过一个双模腔的两个原子之间的纠缠动力学特性, 讨论了第一个原子的相干性以及腔场初始纠缠度对两原子之间纠缠的影响. 结果表明系统在一定条件下可以出现两原子之间纠缠突然产生现象, 两原子之间产生纠缠的最大值依赖于双模腔场初始纠缠度; 并且可以通过改变原子的振幅来控制产生纠缠的阈值时间和纠缠的最大值, 理论上提供了一种调控纠缠的方式.     

Negative Capacity of a Dielectric as a Result of the Development of Relaxation Polarization

The reasons for the emergence of negative capacitance in matter are discussed. The relaxation polarization in matter, accompanied by the creation of an electric field of the inverse directivity, is named one of the possible reasons for the emergence of a negative capacitance. This field can appear in local areas of a substance after development of the polarization of ionic displacement. Calculated dielectric spectra of matter characteristic of such relaxation polarization are presented.