2012

Ground state of classical bilayer Wigner crystals

L. Samaj 1, 2, E. Trizac 2 Europhysics Letters 98 (2012) 36004 We study the ground state structure of electronic-like bilayers, where different phases compete upon changing the inter-layer separation or particle density. New series representations with exceptional convergence properties are derived for the exact Coulombic energies under scrutiny. The complete phase transition scenario –including critical phenomena– can subsequently be

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Generation of dispersive shock waves by the flow of a Bose-Einstein condensate past a narrow obstacle

A. M. Kamchatnov 1, N. Pavloff 2 Physical Review A 85 (2012) 033603 We study the flow of a quasi-one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate incident onto a narrow obstacle. We consider a configuration in which a dispersive shock is formed and propagates upstream away from the obstacle while the downstream flow reaches a supersonic velocity, generating a sonic horizon. Conditions for

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From Weak- to Strong-Coupling Mesoscopic Fermi Liquids

Dong E. Liu 1, Sébastien Burdin 2, Harold U. Baranger 1, Denis Ullmo 3 EPL 97 (2012) 17006 We study mesoscopic fluctuations in a system in which there is a continuous connection between two distinct Fermi liquids, asking whether the mesoscopic variation in the two limits is correlated. The particular system studied is an Anderson impurity coupled to a finite mesoscopic reservoir described

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Field induced stationary state for an accelerated tracer in a bath

Matthieu Barbier 1, Emmanuel Trizac 1 Journal of Statistical Physics 149 (2012) 317-341 Our interest goes to the behavior of a tracer particle, accelerated by a constant and uniform external field, when the energy injected by the field is redistributed through collision to a bath of unaccelerated particles. A non equilibrium steady state is thereby reached. Solutions of a

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Feshbach resonances in Cesium at Ultra-low Static Magnetic Fields

D. J. Papoular 1, 2, S. Bize 3, A. Clairon 3, H. Marion 3, S. J. Kokkelmans 4, G. V. Shlyapnikov 1, 5 Physical Review A 86 (2012) 040701 We have observed Feshbach resonances for 133Cs atoms in two different hyperfine states at ultra-low static magnetic fields by using an atomic fountain clock. The extreme sensitivity of our setup allows for high signal-to-noise-ratio observations at densities of only 2*10^7

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Exact wavefunctions for excitations of the nu=1/3 fractional quantum Hall state from a model Hamiltonian

Paul Soulé 1, Thierry Jolicoeur 1 Physical Review B (Condensed Matter) 85 (2012) 155116 We study fractional quantum Hall states in the cylinder geometry with open boundaries. By truncating the Coulomb interactions between electrons we show that it is possible to construct infinitely many exact eigenstates including the ground state, quasiholes, quasielectrons and the magnetoroton branch of excited states.

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Exact results for classical Casimir interactions: Dirichlet and Drude model in the sphere-sphere and sphere-plane geometry

G. Bimonte 1, T. Emig 2 Physical Review Letters 109 (2012) 160403 Analytic expressions that describe Casimir interactions over the entire range of separations have been limited to planar surfaces. Here we derive analytic expressions for the classical or high-temperature limit of Casimir interactions between two spheres (interior and exterior configurations), including the sphere-plane geometry as a special case,

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