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Alexander Yu. Cherny

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The influence of packing protocol, size ratio, and pore structure on fractal exponents in dense polydisperse packings

We study fractal properties of systems of densely and randomly packed disks, obeying a power-law distribution of radii, which is generated by using various protocols: Delaunay triangulation (DT) and constant pressure (CP) protocols and the generalized Apollonian packing. The power-law exponents of the mass-radius relation and structure factor are obtained numerically for various values of the size ratio of the distribution, defined as the largest-to-smallest radius ratio. We show that the size ratio is an important control parameter responsible for the consistency of the fractal properties of the system: the larger the ratio, the less pronounced the finite-size effects and the better the agreement between the exponents. For the DT protocol, all three exponents coincide even at moderate values of the size ratio. For the CP protocol, the exponents are different for both moderate and large size ratios. The suppression of the exponent of the structure factor in the CP packing is explained by the specific behaviour of pores, which contain relatively large cavities. We develop an algorithm for calculating the pore size distribution and show that it is related to the exponent of the structure factor. We argue that the presence of the cavities lowers the configurational entropy and thus reduces the randomness of the CP packing. Thus the cavities reduce both packing fraction and randomness of the CP packings. Nevertheless, there is a tendency for the exponents to converge as the size ratio increases, suggesting that all the exponents become equal in the limit of an infinite size ratio.

cond-mat.soft

Dense Random Packing of Disks With a Power-Law Size Distribution in Thermodynamic Limit: Fractal-like Properties

The correlation properties of a random system of densely packed disks, obeying a power-law size distribution, are analyzed in reciprocal space in the thermodynamic limit. This limit assumes that the total number of disks increases infinitely, while the mean density of the disk centers and the range of the size distribution are kept constant. We investigate the structure factor dependence on momentum transfer across various number of disks and extrapolate these findings to the thermodynamic limit. The fractal power-law decay of the structure factor is recovered in reciprocal space within the fractal range, which corresponds to the range of the size distribution in real space. The fractal exponent coincides with the exponent of the power-law size distribution as was shown previously by the authors [A. Yu. Cherny, E. M. Anitas, V. A. Osipov, J. Chem. Phys. 158, 044114 (2023)]. The dependence of the structure factor on density is examined. As is found, the power-law exponent remains unchanged but the fractal range shrinks when the packing fraction decreases. Additionally, the finite-size effects are studied at extremely low momenta of the order of the inverse system size. We show that the structure factor is parabolic in this region and calculate the prefactor analytically. The obtained results reveal fractal-like properties of the packing and can be used to analyze small-angle scattering from such systems.

cond-mat.soft

Confinement-induced resonance from the generalized Gross-Pitaevskii equations

The confinement-induced resonances for trapped bosons in the cigar-shaped and pancake geometries are studied within the generalized Gross-Pitaevskii equations, which are a simplified version of the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov approximation. Although the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov method is considered applicable only for small interparticle interactions, the resonance denominators for the chemical potential are obtained in both quasi-one and quasi-two dimensions. A useful integral representation of the one-particle Green's function are found for the cylindrical confinement. We find the position of a smoothed resonance for the chemical potential in the pancake geometry at positive scattering length.

cond-mat.quant-gas

Adiabatic sweep theorem for three-dimensional dipolar Bose gases

The variational theorem for the scattering length in the presence of the dipole-dipole interaction is developed. The theorem is applied to the spinless dipolar Bose gas in three dimensions. We calculated analytically the long-range tails of the single-particle momentum distribution and static structure factor, and the pair distribution function at short distances. The momentum distribution is inversely proportional to $q^4$ with the anisotropic prefactor. In the absence of the dipole-dipole interaction, Tan's adiabatic sweep theorem is reproduced as a particular case. For the homogeneous dilute Bose gas, all the relations are calculated analytically.

cond-mat.quant-gas

Dense random packing with a power-law size distribution: the structure factor, mass-radius relation, and pair distribution function

We consider dense random packing of disks with a power-law distribution of radii and investigate their correlation properties. We study the corresponding structure factor, mass-radius relation and pair distribution function of the disk centers. A toy model of dense segments in one dimension (1d) is solved exactly. It is shown theoretically in 1d and numerically in 1d and 2d that such packing exhibits fractal properties. It is found that the exponent of the power-law distribution and the fractal dimension coincide. An approximate relation for the structure factor in arbitrary dimension is derived, which can be used as a fitting formula in small-angle scattering. The findings can be useful for understanding microstructural properties of various systems like ultra-high performance concrete, high-internal-phase ratio emulsions or biological systems.

cond-mat.soft

Revised scattering exponents for a power-law distribution of surface and mass fractals

We consider scattering exponents arising in small-angle scattering from power-law polydisperse surface and mass fractals. It is shown that a set of fractals, whose sizes are distributed according to a power-law, can change its fractal dimension when the power-law exponent is sufficiently big. As a result, the scattering exponent corresponding to this dimension appears due to the spatial correlations between positions of different fractals. For large values of the momentum transfer, the correlations do not play any role, and the resulting scattering intensity is given by a sum of intensities of all composing fractals. The restrictions imposed on the power-law exponents are found. The obtained results generalize Martin's formulas for the scattering exponents of the polydisperse fractals.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci

The variational theorem for the scattering length in low dimensions and its applications to universal systems

The variational theorem for the scattering length [Cherny and Shanenko, Phys. Rev. E 62, 1646 (2000)] is extended to one and two dimensions. It is shown that the arising singularities can be treated in terms of generalized functions. The variational theorem is applied to a universal many-body system of spinless bosons. The extended Tan adiabatic sweep theorem is obtained for interacting potentials of arbitrary shape with the variation of the one-particle dispersion. The pair distribution function is calculated at short distances by means of the variation of the potential. The suggested scheme is based on simple quantum mechanics; it is physically transparent and free from any divergence.

cond-mat.quant-gas

Tan's adiabatic sweep theorem from the variational theorem for the scattering length

It is shown that variation of the one-particle dispersion in a universal many-body system enables us to obtain Tan's adiabatic sweep theorem and its generalization. The derivation is based on the Hellmann-Feynman theorem and the variational theorem for the scattering length suggested in our previous paper [Cherny and Shanenko, Phys. Rev. E 62, 1646 (2000)]. As an example, the universal effects in the system of spinless bosons are considered. With the help of the variational theorem, we obtain the mean kinetic and interaction energies and derive the virial theorem for the homogeneous and trapped bosons. The results can easily be generalized to the two-component fermions with interactions between opposite spins.

cond-mat.quant-gas

Anderson localization of excitations in disordered Gross-Pitaevskii lattices

We examine the one-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii lattice at zero temperature in the presence of uncorrelated disorder. We obtain analytical expressions for the thermodynamic properties of the ground state field and compare them with numerical simulations both in the weak and strong interaction regimes. We analyze weak excitations above the ground state and compute the localization properties of Bogoliubov-de Gennes modes. In the long-wavelength limit, these modes delocalize in accordance with the extended nature of the ground state. For strong interactions, we observe and derive a divergence of their localization length at finite energy due to an effective correlated disorder induced by the weak ground state field fluctuations. We derive effective strong interaction field equations for the excitations and generalize to higher dimensions.

cond-mat.dis-nn

Non-Gibbs states on a Bose-Hubbard lattice

We study the equilibrium properties of the repulsive quantum Bose-Hubbard model at high temperatures in arbitrary dimensions, with and without disorder. In its microcanonical setting the model conserves energy and particle number. The microcanonical dynamics is characterized by a pair of two densities: energy density $\varepsilon$ and particle number density $n$. The macrocanonical Gibbs distribution also depends on two parameters: the inverse nonnegative temperature $β$ and the chemical potential $μ$. We prove the existence of non-Gibbs states, that is, pairs $(\varepsilon,n)$ which cannot be mapped onto $(β,μ)$. The separation line in the density control parameter space between Gibbs and non-Gibbs states $\varepsilon \sim n^2$ corresponds to infinite temperature $β=0$. The non-Gibbs phase cannot be cured into a Gibbs one within the standard Gibbs formalism using negative temperatures.

cond-mat.stat-mech

Low-density expansions for the homogeneous dipolar Bose gas at zero temperature

The low-density expansions for the energy, chemical potential, and condensate depletion of the homogeneous dilute dipolar Bose gas are obtained by regularizing the dipole-dipole interaction at long distances. It is shown that the leading term, proportional to the density, allows a simple physical interpretation and consistently describes the thermodynamic stability of the system. The long-range asymptotics are obtained analytically for the normal and anomalous one-particle correlation functions and the pair distribution function. We discuss the properties of the two-body scattering with zero relative momentum for the dipole-dipole interaction, in particular, we derive the asymptotics of the wave function and a correction to the scattering length for small values of the dipolar range. We show how the density expansions can be derived within the Bogoliubov model of weakly interacting particles without any divergence from the assumption of universality of the expansions at low densities.

cond-mat.quant-gas

The $s$-wave scattering length of a Gaussian potential

We provide accurate expressions for the $s$-wave scattering length for a Gaussian potential well in one, two and three spatial dimensions. The Gaussian potential is widely used as a pseudopotential in the theoretical description of ultracold atomic gases, where the $s$-wave scattering length is a physically relevant parameter. We first describe a numerical procedure to compute the value of the $s$-wave scattering length from the parameters of the Gaussian but find that its accuracy is limited in the vicinity of singularities that result from the formation of new bound states. We then derive simple analytical expressions that capture the correct asymptotic behavior of the $s$-wave scattering length near the bound states. Expressions that are increasingly accurate in wide parameter regimes are found by a hierarchy of approximations that capture an increasing number of bound states. The small number of numerical coefficients that enter these expressions is determined from accurate numerical calculations. The approximate formulas combine the advantages of the numerical and approximate expressions, yielding an accurate and simple description from the weakly to the strongly interacting limit.

quant-ph

Landau instability and mobility edges of the interacting one-dimensional Bose gas in weak random potentials

We study the frictional force exerted on the trapped, interacting 1D Bose gas under the influence of a moving random potential. Specifically we consider weak potentials generated by optical speckle patterns with finite correlation length. We show that repulsive interactions between bosons lead to a superfluid response and suppression of frictional force, which can inhibit the onset of Anderson localisation. We perform a quantitative analysis of the Landau instability based on the dynamic structure factor of the integrable Lieb-Liniger model and demonstrate the existence of effective mobility edges.

cond-mat.quant-gas

Origin of masses in the Early Universe

New model is suggested, where the Casimir mechanism is the source of masses and conformal symmetry breaking at the Planck epoch in the beginning of the Universe. The mechanism is the Casimir energy and associated condensate, which are resulted from the vacuum postulate and normal ordering of the conformal invariant Hamiltonian with respect to the quantum elementary field operators. It is shown that the Casimir top-quark condensate specifies the value of the Higgs particle mass without involving the Higgs tachyon mass, which is put equal to zero. The Casimir mechanism yields another value of the coupling constant for the self-interaction of scalar field than the standard model does.

gr-qc

Small-angle scattering from three-phase systems: Investigation of the crossover between mass fractal regimes

In this paper, we construct a three-phase model (that is, a system consisting of three homogeneous regions with various scattering length densities), which illustrate the behavior of small-angle scattering (SAS) scattering curves. Here two phases are a deterministic fractal embedded in another deterministic mass fractal, and they altogether are further embedded in a third phase, which can be a solution or solid matrix. We calculate SAS intensities, derive expressions for the crossover position (that is, the point where the power-law scattering exponent changes) as a function of control parameters, including size, concentration, and volumes of each phase. The corresponding SAS intensities from these models describe a succession of power-law regimes in momentum space where both regimes correspond to mass fractals. The models can be applied to SAS data where the absolute value of the scattering exponent of the first power-law regime is higher than that of the subsequent second power-law regime, that is, the scattering curve of convex kind near the crossover position.

cond-mat.stat-mech

Theory of superfluidity and drag force in the one-dimensional Bose gas

The one-dimensional Bose gas is an unusual superfluid. In contrast to higher spatial dimensions, the existence of non-classical rotational inertia is not directly linked to the dissipationless motion of infinitesimal impurities. Recently, experimental tests with ultracold atoms have begun and quantitative predictions for the drag force experienced by moving obstacles have become available. This topical review discusses the drag force obtained from linear response theory in relation to Landau's criterion of superfluidity. Based upon improved analytical and numerical understanding of the dynamical structure factor, results for different obstacle potentials are obtained, including single impurities, optical lattices and random potentials generated from speckle patterns. The dynamical breakdown of superfluidity in random potentials is discussed in relation to Anderson localization and the predicted superfluid-insulator transition in these systems.

cond-mat.quant-gas

Decay of superfluid currents in the interacting one-dimensional Bose gas

We examine the superfluid properties of a 1D Bose gas in a ring trap based on the model of Lieb and Liniger. While the 1D Bose gas has nonclassical rotational inertia and exhibits quantization of velocities, the metastability of currents depends sensitively on the strength of interactions in the gas: the stronger the interactions, the faster the current decays. It is shown that the Landau critical velocity is zero in the thermodynamic limit due to the first supercurrent state, which has zero energy and finite probability of excitation. We calculate the energy dissipation rate of ring currents in the presence of weak defects, which should be observable on experimental time scales.

cond-mat.quant-gas

Approximate expression for the dynamic structure factor in the Lieb-Liniger model

Recently, Imambekov and Glazman [Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 206805 (2008)] showed that the dynamic structure factor (DSF) of the 1D Bose gas demonstrates power-law behaviour along the limiting dispersion curve of the collective modes and calculated the corresponding exponents exactly. Combining these recent results with a previously obtained strong-coupling expansion we present an interpolation formula for the DSF of the 1D Bose gas. The obtained expression is further consistent with exact low energy exponents from Luttinger liquid theory and shows nice agreement with recent numerical results.

cond-mat.stat-mech