Nuclear Halos and Efimov Effect: A Three-Body Approach

We present a brief review of our search for Efimov states and their evolutions in two-neutron halo nuclei ³²Ne and ³⁸Mg. We have tried to generalise the results by extending the calculations to a hypothetical case of a very heavy nucleus of mass 102 with a core of mass 100 and two valence neutrons.     

Structure of Exotic Three-Body Systems

The classification of large halos formed by two identical particles and a core is systematically addressed according to interparticle distances. The root-mean-square distances between the constituents are described by universal scaling functions obtained from a renormalized zero-range model. Applications for halo nuclei, ¹¹Li and ¹⁴Be, and for atomic ⁴He₃ are briefly discussed. The generalization to four-body systems is proposed.     

Integrable Structure of the Dirichlet Boundary Problem in Two Dimensions

We study how the solution of the two-dimensional Dirichlet boundary problem for smooth simply connected domains depends upon variations of the data of the problem. We show that the Hadamard formula for the variation of the Dirichlet Green function under deformations of the domain reveals an integrable structure. The independent variables corresponding to the infinite set of commuting flows are identified with harmonic moments of the domain. The solution to the Dirichlet boundary problem is expressed through the tau-function of the dispersionless Toda hierarchy. We also discuss a degenerate case of the Dirichlet problem on the plane with a gap. In this case the tau-function is identical to the partition function of the planar large N limit of the Hermitian one-matrix model. Received: 18 September 2001 / Accepted: 18 December 2001     

Tunneling in Two Dimensions

Tunneling is studied here as a variational problem formulated in terms of a functional which approximates the rate function for large deviations in Ising systems with Glauber dynamics and Kac potentials, [9]. The spatial domain is a two-dimensional square of side L with reflecting boundary conditions. For L large enough the penalty for tunneling from the minus to the plus equilibrium states is determined. Minimizing sequences are fully characterized and shown to have approximately a planar symmetry at all times, thus departing from the Wulff shape in the initial and final stages of the tunneling. In a final section (Sect. 11), we extend the results to d = 3 but their validity in d > 3 is still open.This research has been partially supported by MURST and NATO Grant PST.CLG.976552 and COFIN, Prin n.2004028108.     

Stability and Chaos of Two Coupled Bose-Einstein Condensates with Three-Body Interaction

We study the dynamics of two Bose-Einstein condensates （BECs） tunnel-coupled by a double-well potential. A real three-body interaction term is considered and a two-mode approximation is used to derive two coupled equations, which describe the relative population and relative phase. By solving the equations and analyzing the stability of the system, we find the stable stationary solutions for a constant atomic scattering length. When a periodically time- varying scattering length is applied, Melnikov analysis and numerical calculation demonstrate the existence of chaotic behavior and the dependence of chaos on the three-body interaction parameters.     

Stability and Chaos of Two Coupled Bose-Einstein Condensates with Three-Body Interaction

We study the dynamics of two Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) tunnel-coupled by a double-well potential.A real three-body interaction term is considered and a two-mode approximation is used to derive two coupled equations,which describe the relative population and relative phase. By solving the equations and analyzing the stability of the system, we find the stable stationary solutions for a constant atomic scattering length. When a periodically time-varying scattering length is applied, Melnikov analysis and numerical calculation demonstrate the existence of chaotic behavior and the dependence of chaos on the three-body interaction parameters.     

Isophasal Scattering Manifolds in Two Dimensions

We construct pairs of nonisometric, two-dimensional, asymptotically Euclidean manifolds X ₁ and X ₂ with the same scattering phase. Received: 25 August 2000 / Accepted: 1 June 2001     

Compactification of Two Dimensions in General Relativity

Motivated by Kaluza-Klein theory and modern string theories, the class of exact solutions yielding product manifolds M ₂ × S ² in general relativity is investigated. The compact submanifold homeomorphic to S ² is chosen to be a very small sphere. Choosing an anisotropic fluid as the particular physical model, it is proved that very large mass density and tension provide the mechanism of compactification. In case the transverse pressure is chosen to be zero, the corresponding spacetime is homeomorphic to ² × S ², and thus provides a tractable non-flat metric. In this simple metric, the geodesic equations are completely solved, yielding motions of massive test particles. Next, the corresponding wave mechanics (given by the Klein-Gordon equation) is explored in the same curved background. A general class of exact solutions is obtained. Four conserved quantities are explicitly computed. The scalar particles exhibit a discrete mass spectrum.     

A Proof of Crystallization in Two Dimensions

Many materials have a crystalline phase at low temperatures. The simplest example where this fundamental phenomenon can be studied are pair interaction energies of the type where y(x) ∈ℝ² is the position of particle x and V(r) ∈ ℝ is the pair-interaction energy of two particles which are placed at distance r. Due to the Mermin-Wagner theorem it can't be expected that at finite temperature this system exhibits long-range ordering. We focus on the zero temperature case and show rigorously that under suitable assumptions on the potential V which are compatible with the growth behavior of the Lennard-Jones potential the ground state energy per particle converges to an explicit constant E_*: where E_* ∈ ℝ is the minimum of a simple function on [0,∞). Furthermore, if suitable Dirichlet- or periodic boundary conditions are used, then the minimizers form a triangular lattice. To the best knowledge of the author this is the first result in the literature where periodicity of ground states is established for a physically relevant model which is invariant under the Euclidean symmetry group consisting of rotations and translations.     

Model Study of Three-Body Forces in the Three-Body Bound State

The Faddeev equation for the three-body bound state with two- and three-body forces is solved directly as three-dimensional integral equation. The numerical feasibility and stability of the algorithm, which does not employ partial wave decomposition is demonstrated. The three-body binding energy and the full wave function are calculated with Malfliet-Tjon-type two-body potentials and scalar two-meson exchange three-body forces. For two- and three- body forces of ranges and strengths typical of nuclear forces the single-particle momentum distribution and the two-body correlation function are similar to the ones found for realistic nuclear forces.     

Ground States of Quantum Antiferromagnets in Two Dimensions

We explore the ground states and quantum phase transitions of two-dimensional, spin S=1/2, antiferromagnets by generalizing lattice models and duality transforms introduced by Sachdev and Jalabert (1990, Mod. Phys. Lett. B4, 1043). The minimal model for square lattice antiferromagnets is a lattice discretization of the quantum nonlinear sigma model, along with Berry phases which impose quantization of spin. With full SU(2) spin rotation invariance, we find a magnetically ordered ground state with Néel order at weak coupling and a confining paramagnetic ground state with bond charge (e.g., spin Peierls) order at strong coupling. We study the mechanisms by which these two states are connected in intermediate coupling. We extend the minimal model to study different routes to fractionalization and deconfinement in the ground state, and also generalize it to cases with a uniaxial anisotropy (the spin symmetry groups is then U(1)). For the latter systems, fractionalization can appear by the pairing of vortices in the staggered spin order in the easy-plane; however, we argue that this route does not survive the restoration of SU(2) spin symmetry. For SU(2) invariant systems we study a separate route to fractionalization associated with the Higgs phase of a complex boson measuring noncollinear, spiral spin correlations: we present phase diagrams displaying competition between magnetic order, bond charge order, and fractionalization, and discuss the nature of the quantum transitions between the various states. A strong check on our methods is provided by their application to S=1/2 frustrated antiferromagnets in one dimension: here, our results are in complete accord with those obtained by bosonization and by the solution of integrable models.     

Enhanced Correlation of Electron-Positron Pair in Two and Three Dimensions

Early time electron-positron correlation in vacuum pair-production in an external field is investigated. The entangled electron and positron wave functions are obtained analytically in the configuration and momentum spaces. It is shown that, relative to that of the one-dimensional theory, two- and three-dimensional calculations yield enhanced spatial correlation and broadened momentum spectra. In fact, at early times the electron and positron almost coincide spatially. The correlation also depends on the direction of the applied field. For the spatial correlation, the transverse correlation is stronger than the longitudinal correlation.     

Superdiffusivity of Asymmetric Exclusion Process in Dimensions One and Two

We prove that the diffusion coefficient for the asymmetric exclusion process diverges at least as fast as t ^1/4 in dimension d=1 and (logt)^1/2 in d=2. The method applies to nearest and non-nearest neighbor asymmetric exclusion processes.     

Ground and Excited States of Bipolarons in Two and Three Dimensions

The properties of large bipolarons in two and three dimensions are investigated by averaging over the relative wavefunction of the two electrons and using the Lee-Low-Pines-Huybrechts variational method. The groundstate (GS) and excited-state energies of the Fr(o)hlich bipolaron for the whole range of electron-phonon coupling constants can be obtained. The energies of the first relaxed excited state (RES) and Franck-Condon (FC) excited state of the bipolaron are also calculated. It is found that the first RES energy is lower than the FC state energy. The comparison of our GS and RES energies with those in literature is also given.     

Two-Dilaton Theories in Two Dimensions from Dimensional Reduction

Dimensional reduction of generalized gravity theories or string theories generically yields dilaton fields in the lower-dimensional effective theory. Thus at the level of D=4 theories and cosmology, many models contain more than just one scalar field (e.g., inflaton, Higgs, quintessence). Our present work is restricted to two-dimensional gravity theories with only two dilatons which nevertheless allow a large class of physical applications. The notions of factorizability, simplicity and conformal simplicity, Einstein form, and Jordan form are the basis of an adequate classification. We show that practically all physically motivated models belong either to the class of factorizable simple theories (e.g., dimensionally reduced gravity, bosonic string) or to factorizable conformally simple theories (e.g., spherically reduced scalar-tensor theories). For these theories a first order formulation is constructed straightforwardly. As a consequence an absolute conservation law can be established.