On the Schrödinger equation and the eigenvalue problem

If _k is thek ^th eigenvalue for the Dirichlet boundary problem on a bounded domain in ⁿ , H. Weyl's asymptotic formula asserts that , hence . We prove that for any domain and for all . A simple proof for the upper bound of the number of eigenvalues less than or equal to - for the operator –V(x) defined on ⁿ (n3) in terms of is also provided.Research partially supported by a Sloan Fellowship and NSF Grant No. 81-07911-A1     

Influence of a strong longitudinal static electric field on free carrier faraday effect in an n-type InSb at room temperature at submillimeter wave frequencies

The expression for free carrier Faraday rotation and for ellipticity , as the function of the applied parallel static electric field and static magnetic field for a given value of wave angular frequency and electron concentration N₀, are obtained and theoretically analyzed with the aid of one-dimensional linearized wave theory and Kane's non-parabolic isotropic dispersion law. It is shown that the maximum Faraday rotation occurs near the cyclotron resonance condition, which can be expressed as , where , , and . Here m^* and e denote the effective mass and charge of electron, respectively. _g is the forbidden bandgap of semiconductor. v₀ is the carrier drift velocity, which is a non-linear function of E₀ in high field condition. A possibility of a simple way of determining the non-linear v₀ vs E₀ characteristics of semiconductors by the measurement of Faraday rotation is also discussed.     

Absence of symmetry breaking for systems of rotors with random interactions

We prove that Gibbs states for the Hamiltonian , with thes _x varying on theN-dimensional unit sphere, obtained with nonrandom boundary conditions (in a suitable sense), are almost surely rotationally invariant if withJ _xy i.i.d. bounded random variables with zero average, 1 in one dimension, and 2 in two dimensions.     

Long-Time Asymptotics of Solutions to the Cauchy Problem for the Defocusing Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with Finite-Density Initial Data. II. Dark Solitons on Continua

For Lax-pair isospectral deformations whose associated spectrum, for given initial data, consists of the disjoint union of a finitely denumerable discrete spectrum (solitons) and a continuous spectrum (continuum), the matrix Riemann–Hilbert problem approach is used to derive the leading-order asymptotics as of solutions to the Cauchy problem for the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation ( NLSE), , with finite-density initial data

Unitary dressing transformations and exponential decay below threshold for quantum spin systems. Parts III and IV

This is the continuation of a series of articles concerning a class of quantum spin systems with Hamiltonian operators of the form

Diffusion in a symmetric bistable potential: A variational approach

An approximation procedure for the solution of stochastic nonlinear equations, which was derived from a variational principle in a previous paper, is applied to the problem of a particle that diffuses in a symmetric bistable potential starting from the point of unstable equilibrium. The second moment and variance for the particle's position are calculated as functions of the timet. Good agreement is found with results recently obtained by Baibuzet al. from an approximate evaluation of a path integral expression for the probability density.     

Superconductive superheating field for finiteκ

We have calculated analytically the superheating fieldH _sh for bulk superconductors, correct to second order in. We find , which agrees well with numerical computations for<0.5. The surface order parameter is , and the penetration depth is .     

Yukawa coupling of quantum fields in two dimensions. I

A renormalization procedure is proposed. It gives rigorous mathematical meaning to the infinite cancellations in this model. A space cutoff is introduced in the interaction termV and soV has the form , but there are no momentum cutoffs inV. There is an infinite constant and an infinite boson mass renormalization in this model. The main result is that the renormalized Hamiltonian is rigorously defined as a bilinear form in the Fock Hilbert space.This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation, GP-6165.     

Bound States in a Locally Deformed Waveguide: The Critical Case

We consider the Dirichlet Laplacian for astrip in with one straight boundary and a width , where $f$ is a smooth function of acompact support with a length 2b. We show that in the criticalcase, , the operator has nobound statesfor small .On the otherhand, a weakly bound state existsprovided . In thatcase, there are positive c ₁,c ₂ suchthat the corresponding eigenvalue satisfies for all sufficiently small.     

A Ruelle operator for a real Julia set

LetR be an expanding rational function with a real bounded Julia set, and let be a Ruelle operator acting in a space of functions analytic in a neighbourhood of the Julia set. We obtain explicit expressions for the resolvent function and, in particular, for the Fredholm determinantD()=det(I-L). It gives us an equation for calculating the escape rate. We relate our results to orthogonal polynomials with respect to the balanced measure ofR. Two examples are considered.The first named author was sponsored in part by the Landau Center for Research in Mathematical Analysis, supported by the Minerva Foundation (Germany)     

On the Modified Korteweg–De Vries Equation

We consider the large time asymptotic behavior of solutions to the Cauchy problem for the modified Korteweg–de Vries equation , with initial data . We assume that the coefficient is real, bounded and slowly varying function, such that , where . We suppose that the initial data are real-valued and small enough, belonging to the weighted Sobolev space . In comparison with the previous paper (Internat. Res. Notices 8 (1999), 395–418), here we exclude the condition that the integral of the initial data u ₀ is zero. We prove the time decay estimates and for all , where . We also find the asymptotics for large time of the solution in the neighborhood of the self-similar solution.     

Existence of self-similar blow-up solutions for Zakhrov equation in dimension two. Part I

We consider the Zakharov equation in space dimension two

Superpropagators of non-localizable fields

Arguments are given for a special choice of the superpropagator corresponding to Wightman-two-point-functions with an increase in momentum space as , >0.     

Periodic nonlinear Schrödinger equation and invariant measures

In this paper we continue some investigations on the periodic NLSEiu _u +iu _xx +u|u| ^p-2 (p6) started in [LRS]. We prove that the equation is globally wellposed for a set of data of full normalized Gibbs measrue (after suitableL ²-truncation). The set and the measure are invariant under the flow. The proof of a similar result for the KdV and modified KdV equations is outlined. The main ingredients used are some estimates from [B1] on periodic NLS and KdV type equations.     

On the positivity of the effective action in a theory of random surfaces

It is shown that the functional , defined onC functions on the two-dimensional sphere, satisfies the inequalityS[]0 if is subject to the constraint . The minimumS[]=0 is attained at the solutions of the Euler-Lagrange equations. The proof is based on a sharper version of Moser-Trudinger's inequality (due to Aubin) which holds under the additional constraint ; this condition can always be satisfied by exploiting the invariance ofS[] under the conformal transformations ofS ². The result is relevant for a recently proposed formulation of a theory of random surfaces.On leave from: Istituto di Fisica dell'Università di Parma, Sezione di Fisica Teorica, Parma, Italy     

Thermoelectric power of YBa2Cu3Ox in equilibrium with gas phases

Thermoelectric power (TP) and electrical conductivity (EC) measurements were performed for YEa₂Cu₃O_x at 1128 K under controlled oxygen partial pressure varying between 50 and 10⁵ Pa. Three regimes are observed for the electrical properties. At low both TP and EC remain constant with . In the medium range sharp changes of both electrical parameters occur; TP changes sign from positive above 4×10² Pa to negative below this value. In the high region (>7.6×10³ Pa) TP vs log exhibits two slopes; 5.1 below 1.5×10⁴ Pa and 8.4 above this value. The slopes can be discussed in terms of the defect structure involving singly and doubly ionized oxygen vacancies below and above 7.6×10³ Pa, respectively.     

Tunneling Across an Inhomogeneous Delta-Barrier

The authors deal with the tunneling of electrons across an inhomogeneous delta-barrier defined by the potential energy (where 0$$ " align="middle" border="0"> and 0$$ " align="middle" border="0"> are two constants). In particular, the perpendicular incidence of an electron with a given value of the wave vector is considered. The electron is forward-scattered into the region behind the barrier (region 2: 0$$ " align="middle" border="0"> ), i. e. the wave function is composed of plane waves with all wave vectors such that and \left. 0 \right)} $$ " align="middle" border="0"> ) (where ). Therefore, if 0$$ " align="middle" border="0"> , the wave function of the electron is represented as , where . An approximate formula is derived for the amplitude . The authors pay a special attention to the flow density and calculate this function in two cases: 1. for the plane and 2. for high values of is the diffraction angle). The authors discuss the relevance of their diffraction problem in a prospective quantum-mechanical theory of the tunneling of electrons across a randomly inhomogeneous Schottky barrier.     

A nonlinear instability for 3×3 systems of conservation laws

The phenomenon of nonlinear resonance provides a mechanism for the unbounded amplification of small solutions of systems of conservation laws. We construct spatially 2-periodic solutionsu ^N C ([0,t _N ] × witht _N bounded, satisfying

On the Product of Real Spectral Triples

The product of two real spectral triples and , the first of which is necessarily even, was defined by A.Connes as given by and, in the even-even case, by . Generically it is assumed that the real structure obeys the relations , , , where the -sign table depends on the dimension n modulo 8 of the spectral triple. If both spectral triples obey Connes' >-sign table, it is seen that their product, defined in the straightforward way above, does not necessarily obey this -sign table. In this Letter, we propose an alternative definition of the product real structure such that the -sign table is also satisfied by the product.     

Über die Einteilchensingularitäten in Relativistischen Quantenfeldtheorien

By subtraction of products of three-point functions the four-point functions in relativistic quantum field theory are decomposed into two parts, in one of which there does not occur any mass-shell-singularity in the variables (; 1, 4). All these singularities are given explicitly by the kernels of the products of the three-point functions. — Necessary and sufficient conditions for the non-triviality of unitaryS-matrices or some of their elements are proved in terms of statements on the occurence of mass-shell-singularities in the vacuum expectation values of field operators. The strongest result we have gained is: If is equal to zero for someN>3, then all transition amplitudesT _2n vanish for everyn.