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Scaling Regimes and the Singularity of Specific Heat in the 3D Ising Model

2013

AbstractThe singularity of specific heat CV of the three-dimensional Ising model is studied based on Monte Carlo data for lattice sizes L≤1536. Fits of two data sets, one corresponding to certain value of the Binder cumulant and the other — to the maximum of CV, provide consistent values of C0 in the ansatz CV(L)=C0+ALα/ν at large L, if α/ν=0.196(6). However, a direct estimation from our data suggests that α/ν, most probably, has a smaller value (e.g., α/ν= 0.113(30)). Thus, the conventional power-law scaling ansatz can be questioned because of this inconsistency. We have found that the data are well described by certain logarithmic ansatz.

PhysicsSingularityPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Lattice (order)Quantum electrodynamicsMonte Carlo methodSquare-lattice Ising modelIsing modelScalingCritical exponentMathematical physicsAnsatzCommunications in Computational Physics
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Investigations of Superheavy Quasiatoms via Spectroscopy of δ Rays and Positrons

1984

There exists a long-standing and very interesting problem in atomic physics, namely, the question: What is the binding energy of an electron if the strength of the Coulomb potential exceeds Zα = 1? According to the Dirac-Sommerfeld fine-structure formula for a point charge $$E = {m_e}{c^2}{[1 - {(Z\alpha )^2}]^{1/2}}$$ (1) the total energy of the lowest bound Is-state becomes imaginary for Zα > 1. But even as early as 1945 it was realized(59) that this property of Eq. (1) is caused by the singularity of the Coulomb potential at the origin. Assuming a realistic charge distribution of the nucleus there is no restriction suc as Zα < 1 for the binding energy. Recent calculations show (cf., e.g.…

PhysicsSingularityPositronPoint particleBinding energyCharge densityElectric potentialElectronAtomic physicsSpectroscopy
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Analytical characterization of spectral anomalies in polychromatic apertured beams

2006

Abstract The power spectrum of polychromatic apertured spherical waves changes strongly in the vicinity of phase singularities. A spectral shift effect is observed and, in some cases, a spectral switch occurs together with a broadening of the power spectrum. Low-order moments of the power spectrum are evaluated in points of the focal volume with spectral anomalies. First-order analytical expressions are proposed for the evaluation of the relative spectral shift and the relative spectral broadening in the transverse focal plane and along the optical axis. The influence of the fractional bandwidth and the selected singularity order is considered.

PhysicsSpectral fluxbusiness.industrySpectral densityAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialsOptical axisTransverse planeSingularityOpticsCardinal pointSpectral envelopeElectrical and Electronic EngineeringPhysical and Theoretical ChemistrybusinessDoppler broadeningOptics Communications
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The McCoy-Wu model in the mean-field approximation

1998

We consider a system with randomly layered ferromagnetic bonds (McCoy-Wu model) and study its critical properties in the frame of mean-field theory. In the low-temperature phase there is an average spontaneous magnetization in the system, which vanishes as a power law at the critical point with the critical exponents $\beta \approx 3.6$ and $\beta_1 \approx 4.1$ in the bulk and at the surface of the system, respectively. The singularity of the specific heat is characterized by an exponent $\alpha \approx -3.1$. The samples reduced critical temperature $t_c=T_c^{av}-T_c$ has a power law distribution $P(t_c) \sim t_c^{\omega}$ and we show that the difference between the values of the critical…

PhysicsStatistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)FOS: Physical sciencesGeneral Physics and AstronomyStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsDisordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)Condensed Matter - Disordered Systems and Neural NetworksPower lawOmegaSingularityMean field theoryCritical point (thermodynamics)ExponentSpontaneous magnetizationCritical exponentCondensed Matter - Statistical MechanicsMathematical PhysicsMathematical physicsJournal of Physics A: Mathematical and General
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MULTIFRACTAL ELECTRONIC WAVE FUNCTIONS IN THE ANDERSON MODEL OF LOCALIZATION

1992

Investigations of the multifractal properties of electronic wave functions in disordered samples are reviewed. The characteristic mass exponents of the multifractal measure, the generalized dimensions and the singularity spectra are discussed for typical cases. New results for large 3D systems are reported, suggesting that the multifractal properties at the mobility edge which separates localized and extended states are independent of the microscopic details of the model.

PhysicsStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsElementary particleMultifractal systemCondensed Matter PhysicsCondensed Matter::Disordered Systems and Neural NetworksMeasure (mathematics)SingularityFractalQuantum mechanicsStatistical physicsWave functionAnderson impurity modelRandomnessModern Physics Letters B
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FFLO state in 1-, 2- and 3-dimensional optical lattices combined with a non-uniform background potential

2008

We study the phase diagram of an imbalanced two-component Fermi gas in optical lattices of 1-3 dimensions, considering the possibilities of the FFLO, Sarma/breached pair, BCS and normal states as well as phase separation, at finite and zero temperatures. In particular, phase diagrams with respect to average chemical potential and the chemical potential difference of the two components are considered, because this gives the essential information about the shell structures of phases that will occur in presence of an additional (harmonic) confinement. These phase diagrams in 1, 2 and 3 dimensions show in a striking way the effect of Van Hove singularities on the FFLO state. Although we focus o…

PhysicsSuperconductivityCondensed Matter::Quantum Gaseseducation.field_of_studyStrongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)Condensed matter physicsCondensed Matter - SuperconductivityPopulationFOS: Physical sciencesGeneral Physics and AstronomyHartree01 natural sciences3. Good health010305 fluids & plasmasSuperconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated ElectronsLattice (order)Condensed Matter::Superconductivity0103 physical sciencesGravitational singularity010306 general physicsFermi gaseducationPhase diagramFermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
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Resolution of Weighted Homogeneous Surface Singularities

2000

The purpose of this article is to review the method of Orlik and Wagreich to resolve normal singularities on weighted homogeneous surfaces X. Moreover, we explain the description of such surfaces by automorphy factors due to Dolgachev and Pinkham.

PhysicsSurface (mathematics)Line bundleHomogeneousResolution (electron density)Gravitational singularityGeometry
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A topological charge selection rule for phase singularities

2009

We present a study of the dynamics and decay pattern of phase singularities due to the action of a system with a discrete rotational symmetry of finite order. A topological charge conservation rule is identified.

PhysicsTheoretical physicsRotational symmetryPhase (waves)Order (ring theory)Gravitational singularityPhysical opticsOptical vortexAction (physics)Topological quantum numberFrontiers in Optics 2009/Laser Science XXV/Fall 2009 OSA Optics &amp; Photonics Technical Digest
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The loop-tree duality at work

2014

We review the recent developments of the loop-tree duality method, focussing our discussion on analysing the singular behaviour of the loop integrand of the dual representation of one-loop integrals and scattering amplitudes. We show that within the loop-tree duality method there is a partial cancellation of singularities at the integrand level among the different components of the corresponding dual representation. The remaining threshold and infrared singularities are restricted to a finite region of the loop momentum space, which is of the size of the external momenta and can be mapped to the phase-space of real corrections to cancel the soft and collinear divergences.

PhysicsWork (thermodynamics)010308 nuclear & particles physicsFOS: Physical sciencesDuality (optimization)Position and momentum spaceDual representation01 natural sciencesScattering amplitudeLoop (topology)High Energy Physics - PhenomenologyTree (descriptive set theory)High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)0103 physical sciencesGravitational singularity010303 astronomy & astrophysicsMathematical physicsProceedings of Loops and Legs in Quantum Field Theory — PoS(LL2014)
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Manifestation of Hamiltonian Monodromy in Nonlinear Wave Systems

2011

International audience; We show that the concept of dynamical monodromy plays a natural fundamental role in the spatiotemporal dynamics of counterpropagating nonlinear wave systems. By means of an adiabatic change of the boundary conditions imposed to the wave system, we show that Hamiltonian monodromy manifests itself through the spontaneous formation of a topological phase singularity (2 - or -phase defect) in the nonlinear waves. This manifestation of dynamical Hamiltonian monodromy is illustrated by generic nonlinear wave models. In particular, we predict that its measurement can be realized in a direct way in the framework of a nonlinear optics experiment.

Physics[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics][ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics]Integrable system010102 general mathematicsGeneral Physics and AstronomyNonlinear opticsPhase singularity01 natural sciencessymbols.namesakeNonlinear systemClassical mechanicsMonodromy0103 physical sciencessymbolsBoundary value problem0101 mathematics010306 general physicsHamiltonian (quantum mechanics)Adiabatic processPhysical Review Letters
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