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Volume 61

Number 2, February 2014

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General

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The solutions of the Schrödinger equation with quantum mechanical gravitational potential plus harmonic oscillator potential have been presented using the parametric Nikiforov—Uvarov method. The bound state energy eigen values and the corresponding un-normalized eigen functions are obtained in terms of Laguerre polynomials. Also a special case of the potential has been considered and its energy eigen values are obtained.

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The Schrödinger equation with hyperbolic potential V(x) = −V0sinh2q(x/d)/cosh6(x/d) (q = 0,1,2,3) is studied by transforming it into the confluent Heun equation. We obtain general symmetric and antisymmetric polynomial solutions of the Schrödinger equation in a unified form via the Functional Bethe ansatz method. Furthermore, we discuss the characteristic of wavefunction of bound state with varying potential strengths. Particularly, the number of wavefunction's nodes decreases with the increase of potential strengths, and the particle tends to the bottom of the potential well correspondingly.

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We present a Maple computer algebra package, ONEOptimal, which can calculate one-dimensional optimal system of finite dimensional Lie algebra for nonlinear equations automatically based on Olver's theory. The core of this theory is viewing the Killing form of the Lie algebra as an invariant for the adjoint representation. Some examples are given to demonstrate the validity and efficiency of the program.

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In the present study, using the Fourier analysis method and considering the Bianchi-type I spacetime, we investigate the dynamics of photon in the torsion gravity, and show that the free-space Maxwell equations give the same results. Furthermore, we also discuss the harmonic oscillator behavior of the solutions.

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Choosing I-concurrence as the measure of bipartite entanglement and using von Neumann projective local measurements, localizable entanglement (LE) in a three-qutrit system is studied. A superposition of the qutrit-coherentstate of this system is considered ant its LE is obtained and analyzed as a function of the relevant parameters. It is observed that one may achieve the maximal entanglement or no entanglement at all, depending on the choice of the parameters involved.

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We present a scheme for implementing robust quantum gates in decoherence-free subspaces (DFSs) with double-dot spin qubits. Through the resonator-assisted interaction, the controllable interqubit couplings can be achieved only by adjusting the qubit transition frequencies. We construct a set of logic gates on the DFS-encoded qubits to eliminate the collective noise effects, and thus the gate fidelities can be enhanced remarkably. This proposal may offer a potential approach to realize the robust quantum computing with spin qubits.

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We develop a numerical algorithm to calculate the degrees of irreducible multiparty correlations for an arbitrary multipartite quantum state, which is efficient for any quantum state of up to five qubits in my personal computer. We demonstrate the power of the algorithm by the explicit calculations of the degrees of irreducible multiparty correlations in the 4-qubit GHZ state, the Smolin state, and the 5-qubit W state. This development takes a crucial step towards practical applications of irreducible multiparty correlations in real quantum many-body physics.

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Motivated by the recent experimental achievements in using the Bragg spectroscopy to measure the excitation spectrum of an ultra-cold atomic system with long-range interactions, we investigate the dynamic structure factor of a cigar-shaped dipolar Bose condensate trapped in a one-dimensional optical lattices. Our results show that the Bogoliubov bands of the system, particularly the lowest one, can be significantly influenced when one tunes the dipole orientation. Consequently, the calculated static structure factor of an optically trapped dipolar Bose gas shows marked difference from the non-dipolar one. Moreover, we show that the effects of dipole-dipole interaction on the dynamic structure factor is also strongly affected by the strength of the optical confinement.

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A recent study has found an explosive synchronization in a Kurammoto model on scale-free networks when the natural frequencies of oscillators are equal to their degrees. In this work, we introduce a quantity to characterize the correlation between the structural and the dynamical properties and investigate the impacts of the correlation on the synchronization transition in the Kuramoto model on scale-free networks. We find that the synchronization transition may be either a continuous one or a discontinuous one depending on the correlation and that strong correlation always postpones both the transitions from the incoherent state to a synchronous one and the transition from a synchronous state to the incoherent one. We find that the dependence of the synchronization transition on the correlation is also valid for other types of distributions of natural frequency.

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With the help of some reductions of the self-dual Yang Mills (briefly written as sdYM) equations, we introduce a Lax pair whose compatibility condition leads to a set of (2 + 1)-dimensional equations. Its first reduction gives rise to a generalized variable-coefficient Burgers equation with a forced term. Furthermore, the Burgers equation again reduces to a forced Burgers equation with constant coefficients, the standard Burgers equation, the heat equation, the Fisher equation, and the Huxley equation, respectively. The second reduction generates a few new (2 + 1)-dimensional nonlinear integrable systems, in particular, obtains a kind of (2 + 1)-dimensional integrable couplings of a new (2 + 1)-dimensional integrable nonlinear equation.

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Using the F-expansion method we present analytical matter-wave solutions to Bose—Einstein condensates with two- and three-body interactions through the generalized three-dimensional Gross—Pitaevskii equation with time-dependent coefficients, for the periodically time-varying interactions and quadratic potential strength. Such solutions exist under certain conditions, and impose constraints on the functions describing potential strength, nonlinearities, and gain (loss). Various shapes of analytical matter-wave solutions which have important applications of physical interest are studied in details.

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We discuss the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with variable coefficients in 2D graded-index waveguides with different distributed transverse diffractions and obtain exact bright and dark soliton solutions. Based on these solutions, we mainly investigate the dynamical behaviors of solitons in three different diffraction decreasing waveguides with the hyperbolic, Gaussian and Logarithmic profiles. Results indicate that for the same parameters, the amplitude of bright solitons in the Logarithmic profile and the amplitude of dark solitons in the Gaussian profile are biggest respectively, and the amplitude in the hyperbolic profile is smallest, while the width of solitons has the opposite case.

Physics of elementary particles and fields

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In the last few years the numerical methods for solving the fractional differential equations started to be applied intensively to real world phenomena. Having these things in mind in this manuscript we focus on the fractional Lagrangian and Hamiltonian of the complex Bateman—Feshbach Tikochinsky oscillator. The numerical analysis of the corresponding fractional Euler-Lagrange equations is given within the Grünwald—Letnikov approach, which is power series expansion of the generating function.

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Supernova (SN) neutrinos detected on the Earth are subject to the shock wave effects, the Mikheyev—Smirnov—Wolfenstein (MSW) effects, the neutrino collective effects and the Earth matter effects. Considering the recent experimental result about the large mixing angle θ13 (≃ 8.8°) provided by the Daya Bay Collaboration and applying the available knowledge for the neutrino conversion probability in the high resonance region of SN, PH, which is in the form of hypergeometric function in the case of large θ13, we deduce the expression of PH taking into account the shock wave effects. It is found that PH is not zero in a certain range of time due to the shock wave effects. After considering all the four physical effects and scanning relevant parameters, we calculate the event numbers of SN neutrinos for the "Garching" distribution of neutrino energy spectrum. From the numerical results, it is found that the behaviors of neutrino event numbers detected on the Earth depend on the neutrino mass hierarchy and neutrino spectrum parameters including the dimensionless pinching parameter βα (where α refers to neutrino flavor), the average energy 〈Eα〉, and the SN neutrino luminosities Lα. Finally, we give the ranges of SN neutrino event numbers that will be detected at the Daya Bay experiment.

Electromagnetism, optics, acoustics, heat transfer, classical mechanics, and fluid dynamics

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Stark-chirped rapid adiabatic passage (SCRAP) is an important technique used for coherent quantum controls. In this paper we investigate how the practically-existing dissipation of the system influences on the efficiency of the passage, and thus the fidelities of the SCRAP-based quantum gates. With flux-biased Josephson qubits as a specifical example, our results show clearly that the efficiency of the logic gates implemented by SCRAP are robust against the weak dissipation. The influence due to the non-adiabtic transitions between the adiabatic passages is comparatively significantly small. Therefore, the SCRAP-based logic gates should be feasible for the realistic physical systems with noises.

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In this paper the propagation of Lorentz—Gaussian beams in strongly nonlinear nonlocal media is investigated by the ABCD matrix method. For this purpose, an expression for field distribution during propagation is derived and based on it, the propagation of Lorentz—Gaussian beams is simulated in this media. Then, the evolutions of beam width and curvature radius during propagation are discussed.

Physics of gases, plasmas, and electric discharges

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In the present paper the problem of nonlinear interaction of two mildly-relativistic circularly polarized lasers in a cold plasma is studied in order to investigate electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). Based on a relativistic kinetic model, by expansion of relativistic Lorentz factor in terms of lasers amplitude, we obtain the coupled nonlinear dispersion relations. It is observed that due to resonance in the second harmonic of plasma beat-wave, the new EIT pass-band is created in the high intensities of lasers. The effect of amplitude and frequency variation on the dispersion is numerically investigated.

Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic and optical properties

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In this paper, the conduction band-edge non-parabolicity (NP) and the circular cross-section radius effects on hydrogenic shallow-donor impurity ground-state binding energy in zinc-blende (ZB) InGaN/GaN cylindrical QWWs are reported. The finite potential barrier between (In,Ga)N well and GaN environment is considered. Two models of the conduction band-edge non-parabolicity are taking into account. The variational approach is used within the framework of single band effective-mass approximation with one-parametric 1S-hydrogenic trial wave-function. It is found that NP effect is more pronounced in the wire of radius equal to effective Bohr radius than in large and narrow wires. Moreover, the binding energy peak shifts to narrow wire under NP effect. A good agreement is shown compared to the findings results.

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Up to now the chirality is seldom studied in the diluted spin glass although many investigations have been performed on the site-ordered Edwards—Anderson model. By simulation, we investigate the dynamical properties of both the spin-glass and the chiral-glass phases in a diluted dipolar system, which was manifested to have a spin-glass transition by recent numerical study. By scaling we find that both phases have the same aging behavior and closer aging parameter μ. Similarly, the domains grow in the same way and both phases have a closer barrier exponent Ψ. It means that both the spins and the chirality have the same dynamical properties and they may freeze at the same temperature.

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By using the coupled cluster method and the numerical density matrix renormalization group method, we investigate the properties of the quantum plateau state in an alternating Heisenberg spin chain. In the absence of a magnetic field, the results obtained from the coupled cluster method and density matrix renormalization group method both show that the ground state of the alternating chain is a gapped dimerized state when the parameter α exceeds a critical point αc. The value of the critical points can be determined precisely by a detailed investigation of the behavior of the spin gap. The system therefore possesses an m = 0 plateau state in the presence of a magnetic field when α > αc. In addition to the m = 0 plateau state, the results of density matrix renormalization group indicate that there is an m = 1/4 plateau state that occurs between two critical fields in the alternating chain if α > 1. The mechanism for the m = 1/4 plateau state and the critical behavior of the magnetization as one approaches this plateau state are also discussed.

Geophysics, astronomy, and astrophysics

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The harmonic metric for Schwarzschild black hole with a uniform velocity is presented. In the limit of weak field and low velocity, this metric reduces to the post-Newtonian approximation for one moving point mass. As an application, we derive the dynamics of particle and photon in the weak-field limit for the moving Schwarzschild black hole with an arbitrary velocity. It is found that the relativistic motion of gravitational source can induce an additional centripetal force on the test particle, which may be comparable to or even larger than the conventional Newtonian gravitational force.