Dual boson approach to collective excitations in correlated fermionic systems

We develop a general theory of a boson decomposition for both local and non-local interactions in lattice fermion models which allows us to describe fermionic degrees of freedom and collective charge and spin excitations on equal footing. An efficient perturbation theory in the interaction of the fermionic and the bosonic degrees of freedom is constructed in the so-called dual variables in the path-integral formalism. This theory takes into account all local correlations of fermions and collective bosonic modes and interpolates between itinerant and localized regimes of electrons in solids. The zero-order approximation of this theory corresponds to an extended dynamical mean-field theory (EDMFT), a regular way to calculate nonlocal corrections to EDMFT is provided. It is shown that dual ladder summation gives a conserving approximation beyond EDMFT. The method is especially suitable for consideration of collective magnetic and charge excitations and allows to calculate their renormalization with respect to “bare” RPA-like characteristics. General expression for the plasmonic dispersion in correlated media is obtained. As an illustration it is shown that effective superexchange interactions in the half-filled Hubbard model can be derived within the dual-ladder approximation.     

Extended dynamical mean field theory study of the periodic Anderson model

We investigate the competition of the Kondo and the RKKY interactions in heavy fermion systems. We solve a periodic Anderson model using extended dynamical mean field theory (EDMFT) with quantum Monte Carlo method. We monitor simultaneously the evolution of the electronic and magnetic properties. As the RKKY coupling increases the heavy fermion quasiparticle unbinds and a local moment forms. At a critical RKKY coupling there is an onset of magnetic order. Within EDMFT the two transitions occur at different points and the disappearance of the magnetism is not described by a local quantum critical point.     

Numerisch genaue Lösungen des nichtlokalen Schalenmodells

Nonlocal potentials can in general be transformed only approximately into local potentials with additional energy dependence. For the optical modelPerey andBuck did an exact nonlocal calculation with the Schrödinger-equation in integro-differential form and also a good local approximation. Certain systematic deviations in the results (concerning the wave-functions) of both processes are of special interest in the shell model. Therefore the eigenvalue problem has been solved now with the most successful nonlocal potential, also used byPerey andBuck, both exactly and approximately, that is with the potential, which is nondiagonal, and its approximation, which is diagonal in local space. The solution of this approximate nonlocal potential serves again as zero order starting value (E ₀,u ₀) for an iteration process, which now is twofold, in order to find that exact solution (E,u). Thus we get together with the exact solution also the deviation of the approximate nonlocal (local-equivalent) one.     

Identification and separation of local and nonlocal optical nonlinear refraction effects: theory and experiment

Understanding the nonlinear optical effect of novel materials plays a crucial role in the fields of photonics and optoelectronics. Herein, we theoretically and experimentally investigate the simultaneous presence of third-order locally refractive nonlinearity and thermally induced nonlocal nonlinearity saturation. We present analytical expressions for the closed-aperture Z-scan trace and the number of spatial self-phase modulation(SSPM) rings,which allows one to unambiguously and conveniently separate the contributions of local and nonlocal nonlinear refraction in the case that both effects occur simultaneously. As a test, we study both the local and thermally induced nonlocal nonlinear refraction in fullerene/toluene solution by performing continuous-wave Z-scan and SSPM measurements at two different wavelengths. This work enriches the understanding of the physical mechanism of the optical nonlinear refraction effect in solution dispersions of nanomaterials, which can be exploited for nonlinear photonic devices.     

Mixed Local-Nonlocal Vector Schrödinger Equations and Their Breather Solutions

To the best of our knowledge, all nonlinearities in the known nonlinear integrable systems are either local or nonlocal. A natural problem is whether there exist some nonlinear integrable systems with both local and nonlocal nonlinearities, and how to solve this kinds of spectral nonlinear integrable systems with both local and nonlocal nonlinearities. Recently, some novel mixed local-nonlocal vector Schrödinger equations are presented, which are different from the single local and nonlocal coupled Schrödinger equation. We investigate the Darboux transformation of mixed local-nonlocal vector Schrödinger equations with a spectral problem. Starting from a special Lax pairs, the mixed localnonlocal vector Schrödinger equations are constructed. We obtain the one- and two- and N-soliton solution formulas of the mixed local-nonlocal vector Schrödinger equations with N-fold Darboux transformation. Based on the obtained solutions, the propagation and interaction structures of these multi-solitons are shown, the evolution structures of the one-solitons are exhibited, the overtaking elastic interactions among the two-breather solitons are considered. We find that unlike the local and nonlocal cases, the mixed local-nonlocal vector Schrödinger equations have some novel results. The results in this paper might be helpful for understanding some physical phenomena described in plasmas.     

An improved Hirota bilinear method and new application for a nonlocal integrable complex modified Korteweg-de Vries (MKdV) equation

The Hirota bilinear method has been studied in a lot of local equations, but there are few of works to solve nonlocal equations by Hirota bilinear method. In this letter, we show that the nonlocal integrable complex modified Korteweg-de Vries (MKdV) equation admits multiple complex soliton solutions. A variety of exact solutions including the single bright soliton solutions and two bright soliton solutions are derived via constructing an improved Hirota bilinear method for nonlocal complex MKdV equation. From the gauge equivalence, we can see the difference between the solution of nonlocal integrable complex MKdV equation and the solution of local complex MKdV equation.     

Reply to the comments of M.E. Golmakani and J. Rezatalab,Comment on “Nonlocal third-order shear deformation plate theory with application to bending and vibration of plates” (by R. Aghababaei and J.N. Reddy,Journal of Sound and Vibration 326 (2009) 277–289), Journal of Sound Vibration, 333 (2014) 3831–3835

Golmakani and Rezatalab [1] suggested in their paper that the deflection of a simply supported nonlocal elastic plate under uniform load is not affected by the small length scale terms. They based their proof on the use of Navier?s method using a sinusoidal-based deflection solution. This insensitivity of the deflection solution of a simply supported nonlocal elastic plate with respect to the small length terms of Eringen?s model is not correct, as already detailed in the literature (for example, see [2] for beam problems). In fact, the deflection of the nonlocal plate (in the Eringen sense) is larger than the one of the local case, as shown in many papers available in the literature. We prove in this reply to the authors that the Navier?s method has to be correctly applied for highlighting the specific sensitivity phenomenon of the deflection solution, as compared to exact analytical solution.     

Nonequilibrium Relaxation of Bose-Einstein Condensates: Real-Time Equations of Motion and Ward Identities

We present a field-theoretical method to obtain consistently the equations of motion for small amplitude condensate perturbations in a homogeneous Bose-condensed gas directly in real time. It is based on a linear response and combines the Schwinger-Keldysh formulation of nonequilibrium quantum field theory with the Nambu-Gor'kov formalism of quasiparticle excitations in the condensed phase and the tadpole method in quantum field theory. This method leads to causal equations of motion that allow us to study the nonequilibrium evolution as an initial value problem. It also allows us to extract directly the Ward identities, which are a consequence of the underlying gauge symmetry and which in equilibrium lead to the Hugenholtz-Pines theorem. An explicit one-loop calculation of the equations of motion beyond the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov approximation reveals that the nonlocal, absorptive contributions to the self-energies corresponding to the Beliaev and Landau damping processes are necessary to fulfill the Ward identities in or out of equilibrium. It is argued that a consistent implementation at low temperatures must be based on the loop expansion, which is shown to fulfill the Ward identities order by order in perturbation theory.     

Long-Time Asymptotics for the Nonlocal MKdV Equation

In this paper, we study the Cauchy problem with decaying initial data for the nonlocal modified Korteweg-de Vries equation(nonlocal mKdV) qt(x, t)+qxxx(x, t)-6 q(x, t)q(-x,-t)qx(x, t) = 0, which can be viewed as a generalization of the local classical mKdV equation. We first formulate the Riemann-Hilbert problem associated with the Cauchy problem of the nonlocal mKdV equation. Then we apply the Deift-Zhou nonlinear steepest-descent method to analyze the long-time asymptotics for the solution of the nonlocal m KdV equation. In contrast with the classical mKdV equation,we find some new and different results on long-time asymptotics for the nonlocal mKdV equation and some additional assumptions about the scattering data are made in our main results.     

光谱重置法在非局域空间光孤子研究中的应用

利用光谱重置法在数值上求解非局域非线性薛定谔方程,快速准确地计算出非局域非线性介质中空间光孤子的波形,并得到在不同非局域程度下形成孤子的临界功率和临界束宽的关系.研究结果表明,在任意非局域程度条件下都可以形成稳定的空间光孤子.在响应函数不同时分别与解析解进行对比,发现数值解和解析解只有在强非局域和弱非局域这两种极限条件下是一致的,并给出了对应解析解的有效范围.     

Nonlocal potentials and their exact and approximate local and velocity-dependent equivalents

We show that good approximations to the exact equivalent local potential (ELP) and damping factor of a nonlocal Perey-Buck potential can be calculated in the partial wave WKB approximation of Horiuchi. The exact ELP and damping factor are obtained by means of a method previously given by one of us. We also confirm that an approximate ELP proposed by Bauhoff et al. is of comparable accuracy as the Horiuchi approximation. Thesel-dependent ELP's exhibit reduced attraction in the interior and provide a test for higher order WKB approximations. We subsequently obtain an equivalent velocity dependent potential (EVDP) which is even exactly wave function equivalent to the original nonlocal potential. This almost local potential, unlike the trivial equivalent local potential, is smooth and well-behaved and is therefore particularly useful in nuclear reactions where the off-shell behaviour of the potential is important.     

Interaction cost of nonlocal gates

We introduce the interaction cost of a nonlocal gate as the minimal time of interaction required to perform the gate when assisting the process with fast local unitaries. This cost, of interest both in the areas of quantum control and quantum information, depends on the specific interaction, and allows one to compare in an operationally meaningful manner any two nonlocal gates. In the case of a two-qubit system, an analytical expression for the interaction cost of any unitary operation given any coupling Hamiltonian is obtained. One gate may be more time consuming than another for any possible interaction. This defines a partial order structure in the set of nonlocal gates, that compares their degree of nonlocality. We analytically characterize this partial order in a region of the set of two-qubit gates.     

Polarization effects in nanoaggregates of silver caused by local and nonlocal nonlinear-optical responses

A theoretical and experimental study is made into the combined manifestation of local and nonlocal optical responses in a cubic nonlinear isotropic medium such as an aggregated colloidal silver solution. The phenomenological treatment of polarization effects is performed for the general case with due regard for the frequency dispersion of both local and nonlocal nonlinearities and for the noncollinear propagation of pump and probe light waves. The inverse Faraday effect, the optical Kerr effect, and the self-rotation of the polarization ellipse in a fractal-disordered nonlinear medium are observed for the first time. The tensor components of the local and nonlocal cubic nonlinearities of colloidal silver solutions are measured for different degrees of aggregation. It is demonstrated that, as the size of silver aggregate increases, the nonlocal nonlinear response increases much more strongly than the local one. An inference is made that the mechanical motion of metal nanoparticles because of their dynamic interaction with the light wave field can contribute to the nonlinear polarization effects.     

A Simplified Quantum Logic Network for Unambiguous Discrimination of Two Nonlocal and Unknown Pure Qubit States

Two nonlocal and unknown pure qubit states can, with a certain probability of success, be discriminated unambiguously with the aid of local operations, classical communication, and shared entanglements (LOCCSE). We present a scheme for such kind of nonlocal unambiguous quantum state discrimination. This scheme consists of a nonlocal positive operator valued measurement (POVM). This nonlocal POVM can be realized by performing nonlocal unitary operations on initial system and ancillary qubits, and local von Neumann projective measurements on the ancilla plus initial system. By utilizing the degrees of freedom of the original system Hilbert space, we need far more simpler operations than those required by the original Neumark approach. We construct a quantum logic network to implement the required nonlocal POVM.     

Collective Excitations in Spin-2 Bose-Einstein Condensates

The Green＇s functions and the correlation functions in spin-2 Bose-Einstein condensates at finite temperature are defined and the generalized Dyson-Beliaev equations are introduced. We discuss the spin conservation in z direction and decouple the Green＇s functions and the generalized Dyson-Beliaev equations according to different spin conservations in z direction. The anomalous vertex functions are introduced and the self-energies are separated into the proper self-energies and the improper self-energies. The generalized Dyson-Beliaev equations are decoupled according to separation of the self-energies. We calculate the Green＇s functions step by step in the Bogoliubov approximation and discuss the collective excitations in spin-2 Bose-Einstein condensates in the polar, ferromagnetic, and cyclic cases, respectively.     

Implementing a Nonlocal Toffoli Gate Using Partially Entangled Qubit Pairs

We investigate the local implementation of a nonlocal quantum Toffoli gate via partially entangled states. Firstly, we show how the nonlocal Toffoli gate can be implemented with unit fidelity and a certain probability by employing two partially entangled qubit pairs as quantum channels. The quantum circuit that does this proposed implementation is built entirely of local single-level and two-level gates if the target node harness a three-level qudit as a catalyser. This enables the construction of this key nonlocal quantum gate with existing technology. Then, we put forward a scheme to realize deterministic and exact implementation of this nonlocal gate via more partially entangled pairs. In this scheme, the control nodes’ local positive operator valued measurements (POVMs) lies at the heart. We construct the required POVMs. The fact that the deterministic and exact implementation of a nonlocal multi-qubit gate could be realized by using partially entangled qubit pairs and comparatively fewer resources cost is notable.     

Self-interaction in the von Kármán cosmic string street configuration

We study the problem of electromagnetic self-interaction of line sources in the presence of an array of parallel cosmic strings akin to the von Kármán vortex street configuration. Keeping in mind possible applications in condensed matter physics we consider also a mixed array where both deficit angle and excess angle cosmic strings appear. We obtain explicit expressions for both the electric and magnetic self-energies for the cases studied and demonstrate that these results reproduce the known self-energies in the single-string limit.     

Local and nonlocal space-like fields in the relativistic description of nucleon-nucleus scattering

It is shown that a local complex space-like nucleon-nucleus potential does not influence the observables associated with the elastic scattering, in contrast to a nonlocal space-like potential obtained from nuclear matter via a local density approximation. In order to eliminate the nonlocal space-like field, new scalar and time-like local components are defined. The energy dependence of the ratio of the strengths of the real parts of these two quantities is investigated.     

On the damping of giant resonances and the independent propagation of particles and holes

In the literature, damping of nuclear collective motion has been attributed to the imaginary part of the self-energies of particles and holes, when assumed to move independently. We examine this picture within a schematic model adapted to the case of giant resonances. In this model we take degenerate 1p-1h states and dress them by a simple analytical form for the self-energies. We are able to calculate the intrinsic response function analytically and thus to study various approximations. We demonstrate that the on-shell approximation appreciably overestimates the widths of the collective vibrations.     

Nonlocal symmetries of Plebański’s second heavenly equation

We study nonlocal symmetries of Plebański’s second heavenly equation in an infinite-dimensional covering associated to a Lax pair with a non-removable spectral parameter. We show that all local symmetries of the equation admit lifts to full-fledged nonlocal symmetries in the infinite-dimensional covering. Also, we find two new infinite hierarchies of commuting nonlocal symmetries in this covering and describe the structure of the Lie algebra of the obtained nonlocal symmetries.