Recursion method for the density of states and spectral dimension of percolation networks

We use the recursion method to calculate the vibrational density of states of site percolation clusters slightly above the percolation threshold. It is found that is proportional to at long wavelengths. At shorter length scales, is proportional to , with the fraction dimension . The cross-over from phonon to fraction regime is characterized by a rapid rise in in agreement with effective medium calculations.     

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.     

Precise calculation of the dynamical exponent of two-dimensional percolation

We report numerical data obtained on the special-purpose computer PERCOLA for the exponent of the electrical conductivity of 2D percolation. The extrapolation yields and a correction to the scaling exponent=1.2±0.2.     

The microstructure of electrodeposited amorphous or microcrystalline Fe-P alloys

Dependent on is produced through electrodeposition in three modifications: microcrystalline if , amorphous if and in a mixed state containing both components if . The interpretation of results of large and small angle X-ray scattering, of measurements of the coercivity and of the mechanical density shows that the three modifications consist of two phases. The structure of the grain boundary phase in the microcrystalline alloys differs considerably from that of the amorphous phase. This arises from the dependence of the atomic volume on the average phosphorus content . The volume fraction of the crystalline component decreases with increasing up to . But even in alloys revealing X-ray patterns without any peaks coming from crystalline particles small angle X-ray scattering indicates the existence of metal-rich inclusions occupying some percent of the total volume.     

On the purification of factor states

Let be aC*-algebra and be an opposite algebra. Notions of exact andj-positive states of are introduced. It is shown, that any factor state of can be extended to a pure exactj-positive state of . The correspondence generalizes the notion of the purifications map introduced by Powers and Størmer. The factor states ₁ and ₂ are quasi-equivalent if and only if their purifications and are equivalent.     

Bethe subalgebras in twisted Yangians

We study analogues of the Yangian of the Lie algebra for the other classical Lie algebras and . We call them twisted Yangians. They are coideal subalgebras in the Yangian of and admit homomorphisms onto the universal enveloping algebras U( ) and U( ) respectively. In every twisted Yangian we construct a family of maximal commutative subalgebras parametrized by the regular semisimple elements of the corresponding classical Lie algebra. The images in U( ) and U( ) of these subalgebras are also maximal commutative.     

Covariance algebras in field theory and statistical mechanics

Starting from aC*-algebra and a locally compact groupT of automorphisms of we construct a covariance algebra with the property that the corresponding *-representations are in one-to-one correspondence with covariant representations of i.e. *-representations of in which the automorphisms are continuously unitarily implemented. We further construct for relativistic field theory an algebra yielding the *-representations of in which the space time translations have their spectrum contained inV. The problem of denumerable occurence of superselection sectors is formulated as a condition on the spectrum of . Finally we consider the covariance algebra built with space translations alone and show its relevance for the discussion of equilibrium states in statistical mechanics, namely we restore in this framework the equivalence of uniqueness of the vacuum, irreducibility and a weak clustering property.On leave of absence from Istituto di Fisica G. Marconi — Roma.     

An analyticity bound for two-dimensional Ising model at low temperature

We study the coexistence phase in the two-dimensional Ising model. Optimizing the cluster expansion technique, we are able to prove the phase separation phenomenon, with the Onsager value for the surface tension, in a range , where estimates from above the critical within 19% and essentially coincides with the entropic bound.     

Equilibrium states of gravitational systems

We formulate the equilibrium correlation functions for local observables of an assembly of non-relativistic, neutral gravitating fermions in the limit where the number of particles becomes infinite, and in a scaling where the region , to which they are confined, remains fixed. We show that these correlation functions correspond, in the limit concerned, to states on the discrete tensor product , where the are copies of the gauge invariantC*-algebra of the CAR overL ²(R ³). The equilibrium states themselves are then given by , where , is the Gibbs state on for an infinitely extended ideal Fermi gas at density , and where ₀ is the normalised density function that minimises the Thomas-Fermi functional, obtained in [2], governing the equilibrium thermodynamics of the system.     

Comments on “power-law falloff in the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase of a two-dimensional lattice Coulomb gas”

A simple argument is presented by which one can show that the critical inverse temperature _c of a two-dimensional Coulomb gas (standard or hard-core) with activityz satisfies , where in the low-activity limit. Previous results yield .     

Ellipsoidal bag model for heavy quark system

The ellipsoidal bag model is used to describe heavy quark systems such asQ ,Q g andQ ² . Instead of two step model, these states are described by an uniform picture. The potential derived from the ellipsoidal bag forQ is almost equivalent to the Cornell potential. For aQ ² system with large quark pair separation, an improvement of 70 MeV is obtained comparing with the spherical bag.     

Spin and charge density changes in FeSn

Interpretation of the hyperfine field and isomer shift changes in terms of a spin and charge density changes is given for a series of Fe–Sn alloys. Linear correlations have been revealed for the following⁵⁷Fe site quantities: the hyperfine field H(0,0) and the isomer shift IS(0,0) of undisturbed neighbour configurations; the average hyperfine field, and the average isomer shift, ; the average hyperfine field and the average number of Sn atoms in the first two neighbour shells, . The latter correlation holds also for the Sn site measurements. From the first two correlations, the following hyperfine coupling constants have been evaluated: (a) for s-like itinerant electrons yielding 183 k0e/s-el., (b) average coupling constant yielding –319 k0e/s-el.. From the correlation between the Fe site and the change in the spin or charge density caused by one Sn atom for unit cell, has been deduced to be equal to 0.27 s-el./Sn-atom/u.c..     

Exactly Solvable su(N) Mixed Spin Ladders

It is shown that solvable mixed spin ladder models can be constructed from su(N) permutators. Heisenberg rung interactions appear as chemical potential terms in the Bethe Ansatz solution. Explicit examples given are a mixed spin- spin-1 ladder, a mixed spin- spin- ladder and a spin-1 ladder with biquadratic interactions.     

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.     

On the support of the Ashtekar-Lewandowski measure

We show that the Ashtekar-Isham extension of the configuration space of Yang-Mills theories is (topologically and measure-theoretically) the projective limit of a family of finite dimensional spaces associated with arbitrary finite lattices.These results are then used to prove that is contained in a zero measure subset of with respect to the diffeomorphism invariant Ashtekar-Lewandowski measure on . Much as in scalar field theory, this implies that states in the quantum theory associated with this measure can be realized as functions on the extended configuration space .     

Quantum Riemann surfaces I. The unit disc

We construct a non-commutative ^*-algebra which is a quantum deformation of the algebra of continuous functions on the closed unit disc . is generated by the Toeplitz operators on a suitable Hilbert space of holomorphic functions onU.Supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant DMS/PHY 88-16214     

Multiplicative Cellular Automata on Nilpotent Groups: Structure, Entropy, and Asymptotics

If , and is a finite (nonabelian) group, then is a compact group; a multiplicative cellular automaton (MCA) is a continuous transformation which commutes with all shift maps, and where nearby coordinates are combined using the multiplication operation of . We characterize when MCA are group endomorphisms of , and show that MCA on inherit a natural structure theory from the structure of . We apply this structure theory to compute the measurable entropy of MCA, and to study convergence of initial measures to Haar measure.     

Self-avoiding walks on percolation clusters at criticality and lattice animals

We use the real-space renormalization group method to study the critical behavior of self-avoiding walks (SAWs) on both site percolation clusters at percolation threshold and site lattice animals in a square lattice. The correlation length exponents of SAWs are found to be on the percolation clusters atp _c and _SAW ^LA =0.804 on lattice animals. These results are compared with Kremer's suggestion of modified Flory formula where is the fractal dimension of the fractal object.     

Pump-free crossed-field free-electron laser

Starting from basic concepts, we propose a new kind of free-electron laser (FEL): the pump-free crossed-field FEL in which the condition E_o+V_o×B_o=0 is not satisfied, and the electron orbit without radition fields and undulator or wiggler fields is not straight line (in planar configuration) or cycloid (in magnetron-like configuration). This paper presents a fluid dynamical analysis of the pump-free crossed-field FEL, in which the space charge effect is not taken into consideration. FEL instability is found near resonance . While no FEL instability is found near resonance      

Ensemble and trajectory statistics in a nonlinear partial differential equation

We have examined the influence of parametric noise on the solution behavioru(t, x) of a nonlinear initial value() problem arising in cell kinetics. In terms of ensemble statistics, the eventual limiting solution mean and variance are well-characterized functions of the noise statistics, and and depend on . When noise is continuously present along the trajectory, and are independent of the noise statistics and . However, in their evolution toward and , both _u (t, x) and _u ² (t, x) depend on the noise and.