Variational extension of the mean spherical approximation to arbitrary dimensions

We generalize a variational principle for the mean spherical approximation for a system of charged hard spheres in 3D to arbitrary dimensions. We first construct a free energy variational trial function from the Debye-Hückel excess charging internal energy at a finite concentration and an entropy obtained at the zero-concentration limit by thermodynamic integration. In three dimensions the minimization of this expression with respect to the screening parameter leads to the mean spherical approximation, usually obtained by solution of the Ornstein-Zernike equation. This procedure, which interpolates naturally between the zero concentration/coupling limit and the high-concentration/ coupling limit, is extended to arbitrary dimensions. We conjecture that this result is also equivalent to the MSA as originally defined, although a technical proof of this point is left for the future. The Onsager limitT ΔS ^MSA /ΔE ^MSA → 0 for infinite concentration/coupling is satisfied for all d ≠ 2, while ford=2 this limit is 1. On leave from Department of Physics, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, 00681.     

Effective Hamiltonian for scalar theories in the Gaussian approximation

We use a Gaussian wave functional for the ground state to reorder the Hamiltonian into a free part with a variationally determined mass and the rest. Once spontaneous symmetry breaking is taken into account, the residual Hamiltonian can, in principle, be treated perturbatively. In this scheme we analyze the O(1) and O(2) scalar models. For the O(2)-theory we first explicitly calculate the massless Goldstone excitation and then show that the one-loop corrections of the effective Hamiltonian do not generate a mass.     

Quantitative Surface Chirality Detection with Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy: Twin Polarization Angle Approach

介绍了一种新的表面和频振动光谱方法: 定量手性检测中的双偏振角方法. 一般来讲表面光谱信号中非手性项贡献最强,而纯界面手性信号要比非手性信号弱两到三个数量级. 因此在和频振动光定量测量和分析界面手性的贡献问题上存在困难. 在和频振动光谱的双偏振角方法中,通过固定入射红外光偏振方向,并同时改变入射可见光和初涉和频信号光的偏振角进行测量. 这样所得到的偏振依赖的和频振动光谱信号能够直接给出界面手性贡献的特征,并 且能够用于准确测量界面的手性和非手性贡献. 对双偏振角方法进行了描述,并且通过S和R手性的柠檬烯空     

Schwinger Formula Revisited

We apply the formal W.K.B. method in the complex plane to the quantum field theory to obtain the Schwinger formula for spin and spinless particles; i.e., we obtain the probability that the vacuum state remains unchanged in presence of a constant electric field. Finally, from Schwinger formula we calculate the probability that n pairs are produced.     

Time-dependent wave-packet approach to the quantum transport of carbon nanotubes with vacancies

We investigate the vacancy effect on the electronic transport properties of the (5,5)-metallic and (5,0)-semiconducting carbon nanotubes using the time-dependent wave-packet approach based on the Kubo-Greenwood formula within the tight-binding approximation. We found that the metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes show different electronic transport properties for the states created by vacancies.     

频率啁啾激光场中锂原子的激发与态囚禁

采用含时多态展开方法,对不同频率啁啾激光场中里德堡锂原子布居数的相干迁移特性进行了计算研究。结果表明：布居数跃迁几率对激光脉冲形状、激光场强度、啁啾率等参数非常敏感,在合适的激光参数下,可以实现布居数在四个量子态之间的完全迁移和量子态的囚禁。     

(2+1)维孤子系统的多孤子解和分形结构

利用投射方程法和变量分离法,得到了(2+1)维非对称Nizhnik-Novikov-Veselov系统的新显式精确解.根据得到的孤波解,构造出了该系统的多孤子和分形孤子.