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Rudolf A. Roemer

Publications and source records attributed to Rudolf A. Roemer.

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arXiv2019

Spin-polarized localization in a magnetized chain

We investigate a simple tight-binding Hamiltonian to understand the stability of spin-polarized transport of states with an arbitrary spin content in the presence of disorder. The general spin state is made to pass through a linear chain of magnetic atoms, and the localization lengths are computed. Depending on the value of spin, the chain of magnetic atoms unravels a hidden transverse dimensionality that can be exploited to engineer energy regimes where only a selected spin state is allowed to retain large localization lengths. An analysis is carried out to understand the roles played by the spin projections in different energy regimes of the range of states. We introduce a new measure, viz, a spin-resolved localization length for this purpose. We study uncorrelated disorder in the potential profile offered by the magnetic substrate or in the orientations of the magnetic moments concerning a given direction in space. Our results show that the spin filtering effect is robust against weak disorder and hence the proposed systems should be good candidates for experimental realizations of spin-selective transport.

cond-mat.dis-nn↗

arXiv2018

Flux driven and geometry controlled spin filtering for arbitrary spins in aperiodic quantum networks

We demonstrate that an aperiodic array of certain quantum networks comprising magnetic and non-magnetic atoms can act as perfect spin filters for particles with arbitrary spin state. This can be achieved by introducing minimal quasi-one dimensionality in the basic structural units building up the array, along with an appropriate tuning of the potential of the non-magnetic atoms, the tunnel hopping integral between the non-magnetic atoms and the backbone, and, in some cases, by tuning an external magnetic field. This latter result opens up the interesting possibility of designing a flux controlled spin demultiplexer using quantum networks. The proposed networks have close resemblance with a family of recently developed photonic lattices, and the scheme for spin filtering can thus be linked, in principle, to a possibility of suppressing any one of the two states of polarization of a single photon, almost at will. We use transfer matrices and a real space renormalization group scheme to unravel the conditions under which any aperiodic arrangement of such topologically different structures will filter out any given spin projection. Our results are analytically exact, and corroborated by extensive numerical calculations of the spin polarized transmission and the density of states of such systems.

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arXiv2017

Touching proteins with virtual bare hands: how to visualize protein-drug complexes and their dynamics in virtual reality

The ability to precisely visualize the atomic geometry of the interactions between a drug and its protein target in structural models is critical in predicting the correct modifications in previously identified inhibitors to create more effective next generation drugs. It is currently common practice among medicinal chemists while attempting the above to access the information contained in three-dimensional structures by using two-dimensional projections, which can preclude disclosure of useful features. A more precise visualization of the three-dimensional configuration of the atomic geometry in the models can be achieved through the implementation of immersive virtual reality (VR). In this work, we present a freely available software pipeline for visualising protein structures through VR. New customer hardware, such as the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift utilized in this study, are available at reasonable prices. Moreover, we have combined VR visualization with fast algorithms for simulating intramolecular motions of protein flexibility, in an effort to further improve structure-lead drug design by exposing molecular interactions that might be hidden in the less informative static models.

q-bio.BM↗

arXiv2016

Dimensionless ratios: characteristics of quantum liquids and their phase transitions

Dimensionless ratios of physical properties can characterize low-temperature phases in a wide variety of materials. As such, the Wilson ratio (WR), the Kadowaki-Woods ratio and the Wiedemann\--Franz law capture essential features of Fermi liquids in metals, heavy fermions, etc. Here we prove that the phases of many-body interacting multi-component quantum liquids in one dimension (1D) can be described by WRs based on the compressibility, susceptibility and specific heat associated with each component. These WRs arise due to additivity rules within subsystems reminiscent of the rules for multi-resistor networks in series and parallel --- a novel and useful characteristic of multi-component Tomonaga-Luttinger liquids (TLL) independent of microscopic details of the systems. Using experimentally realised multi-species cold atomic gases as examples, we prove that the Wilson ratios uniquely identify phases of TLL, while providing universal scaling relations at the boundaries between phases. Their values within a phase are solely determined by the stiffnesses and sound velocities of subsystems and identify the internal degrees of freedom of said phase such as its spin-degeneracy. This finding can be directly applied to a wide range of 1D many-body systems and reveals deep physical insights into recent experimental measurements of the universal thermodynamics in ultracold atoms and spins.

cond-mat.quant-gas↗

arXiv2016

Higher-order local and non-local correlations for 1D strongly interacting Bose gas

The correlation function is an important quantity in the physics of ultracold quantum gases because it provides information about the quantum many-body wave function beyond the simple density profile. In this paper we first study the $M$-body local correlation functions, $g_M$, of the one-dimensional (1D) strongly repulsive Bose gas within the Lieb-Liniger model using the analytical method proposed by Gangardt and Shlyapnikov [1,2]. In the strong repulsion regime the 1D Bose gas at low temperatures is equivalent to a gas of ideal particles obeying the non-mutual generalized exclusion statistics (GES) with a statistical parameter $α=1-2/γ$, i.e. the quasimomenta of $N$ strongly interacting bosons map to the momenta of $N$ free fermions via $k_i\approx αk_i^F $ with $i=1,\ldots, N$. Here $γ$ is the dimensionless interaction strength within the Lieb-Liniger model. We rigorously prove that such a statistical parameter $α$ solely determines the sub-leading order contribution to the $M$-body local correlation function of the gas at strong but finite interaction strengths. We explicitly calculate the correlation functions $g_M$ in terms of $γ$ and $α$ at zero, low, and intermediate temperatures. For $M=2$ and $3$ our results reproduce the known expressions for $g_{2}$ and $g_{3}$ with sub-leading terms (see for instance [3-5]). We also express the leading order of the short distance \emph{non-local} correlation functions $\langleΨ^\dagger(x_1)\cdotsΨ^\dagger(x_M)Ψ(y_M)\cdotsΨ(y_1)\rangle$ of the strongly repulsive Bose gas in terms of the wave function of $M$ bosons at zero collision energy and zero total momentum. Here $Ψ(x)$ is the boson annihilation operator. These general formulas of the higher-order local and non-local correlation functions of the 1D Bose gas provide new insights into the many-body physics.

cond-mat.quant-gas↗

arXiv2012

'Digital' Electron Diffraction - Seeing the Whole Picture

The advantages of convergent beam electron diffraction for symmetry determination at the scale of a few nm are well known. In practice, the approach is often limited due to the restriction on the angular range of the electron beam imposed by the small Bragg angle for high energy electron diffraction, i.e. a large convergence angle of the incident beam results in overlapping information in the diffraction pattern. Techniques have been generally available since the 1980s which overcome this restriction for individual diffracted beams, by making a compromise between illuminated area and beam convergence. Here, we describe a simple technique which overcomes all of these problems using computer control, giving electron diffraction data over a large angular range for many diffracted beams from the volume given by a focused electron beam (typically a few nm or less). The increase in the amount of information significantly improves ease of interpretation and widens the applicability of the technique, particularly for thin materials or those with larger lattice parameters.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci↗

arXiv2011

Anderson universality in a model of disordered phonons

We consider the localization properties of a lattice of coupled masses and springs with random mass and spring constant values. We establish the full phase diagrams of the system for pure mass and pure spring disorder. The phase diagrams exhibit regions of stable as well as unstable wave modes. The latter are of interest for the instantaneous-normal-mode spectra of liquids and the nascent field of acoustic metamaterials. We show the existence of delocalization-localization transitions throughout the phase diagram and establish, by high-precision numerical studies, that the universality of these transitions is of the Anderson type.

cond-mat.dis-nn↗

arXiv2011

Multifractal finite-size-scaling and universality at the Anderson transition

We describe a new multifractal finite size scaling (MFSS) procedure and its application to the Anderson localization-delocalization transition. MFSS permits the simultaneous estimation of the critical parameters and the multifractal exponents. Simulations of system sizes up to L^3=120^3 and involving nearly 10^6 independent wavefunctions have yielded unprecedented precision for the critical disorder W_c=16.530 (16.524,16.536) and the critical exponent nu=1.590 (1.579,1.602). We find that the multifractal exponents Delta_q exhibit a previously predicted symmetry relation and we confirm the non-parabolic nature of their spectrum. We explain in detail the MFSS procedure first introduced in our Letter [Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 046403 (2010)] and, in addition, we show how to take account of correlations in the simulation data. The MFSS procedure is applicable to any continuous phase transition exhibiting multifractal fluctuations in the vicinity of the critical point.

cond-mat.dis-nn↗

arXiv2011

Magnetoplasmons and SU(4) symmetry in graphene

We study magnetoplasmons or neutral collective excitations of graphene in a strong perpendicular magnetic field, which can be modelled as bound electron-hole pairs. The SU(4) symmetry of graphene arising from spin and valley pseudospin degrees of freedom is explored using Young diagrams to correctly predict the degeneracies of these excitations. The multiplet structure of the states is identical to that of mesons composed of first and second generation quarks.

cond-mat.mes-hall↗

arXiv2011

Study of the localization-delocalization transition for phonons via transfer matrix method techniques

We use a transfer-matrix method to study the localization properties of vibrations in a `mass and spring' model with simple cubic lattice structure. Disorder is applied as a box-distribution to the force-constants $k$ of the springs. We obtain the reduced localization lengths $Λ_M$ from calculated Lyapunov exponents for different system widths to roughly locate the squared critical transition frequency $ω_{\text{c}}^2$. The data is finite-size scaled to acquire the squared critical transition frequency of $ω_{\text{c}}^2 = 12.54 \pm 0.03$ and a critical exponent of $ν= 1.55 \pm 0.002$.

cond-mat.dis-nn↗

arXiv2008

Multifractal analysis with the probability density function at the three-dimensional Anderson transition

The probability density function (PDF) for critical wavefunction amplitudes is studied in the three-dimensional Anderson model. We present a formal expression between the PDF and the multifractal spectrum f(alpha) in which the role of finite-size corrections is properly analyzed. We show the non-gaussian nature and the existence of a symmetry relation in the PDF. From the PDF, we extract information about f(alpha) at criticality such as the presence of negative fractal dimensions and we comment on the possible existence of termination points. A PDF-based multifractal analysis is hence shown to be a valid alternative to the standard approach based on the scaling of general inverse participation ratios.

cond-mat.dis-nn↗

arXiv2008

Exciton storage in a nano-scale Aharonov-Bohm ring with electric field tuning

We study analytically the optical properties of a simple model for an electron-hole pair on a ring subjected to perpendicular magnetic flux and in-plane electric field. We show how to tune this excitonic system from optically active to optically dark as a function of these external fields. Our results offer a simple mechanism for exciton storage and read-out.

cond-mat.mes-hall↗

arXiv2008

Optimisation of multifractal analysis using box-size scaling

We study various box-size scaling techniques to obtain the multifractal properties, in terms of the singularity spectrum f(alpha), of the critical eigenstates at the metal-insulator transition within the 3-D Anderson model of localisation. The typical and ensemble averaged scaling laws of the generalised inverse participation ratios are considered. In pursuit of a numerical optimisation of the box-scaling technique we discuss different box-partitioning schemes including cubic and non-cubic boxes, use of periodic boundary conditions to enlarge the system and single and multiple origins for the partitioning grid are also implemented. We show that the numerically most reliable method is to divide a system of linear size L equally into cubic boxes of size l for which L/l is an integer. This method is the least numerically expensive while having a good reliability.

cond-mat.dis-nn↗

arXiv2008

Multifractal analysis of the metal-insulator transition in the 3D Anderson model I: Symmetry relation under typical averaging

The multifractality of the critical eigenstate at the metal to insulator transition (MIT) in the three-dimensional Anderson model of localization is characterized by its associated singularity spectrum f(alpha). Recent works in 1D and 2D critical systems have suggested an exact symmetry relation in f(alpha). Here we show the validity of the symmetry at the Anderson MIT with high numerical accuracy and for very large system sizes. We discuss the necessary statistical analysis that supports this conclusion. We have obtained the f(alpha) from the box- and system-size scaling of the typical average of the generalized inverse participation ratios. We show that the best symmetry in f(alpha) for typical averaging is achieved by system-size scaling, following a strategy that emphasizes using larger system sizes even if this necessitates fewer disorder realizations.

cond-mat.dis-nn↗

arXiv2008

Multifractal analysis of the metal-insulator transition in the 3D Anderson model II: Symmetry relation under ensemble averaging

We study the multifractal analysis (MFA) of electronic wavefunctions at the localisation-delocalisation transition in the 3D Anderson model for very large system sizes up to $240^3$. The singularity spectrum $f(α)$ is numerically obtained using the \textsl{ensemble average} of the scaling law for the generalized inverse participation ratios $P_q$, employing box-size and system-size scaling. The validity of a recently reported symmetry law [Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 046803 (2006)] for the multifractal spectrum is carefully analysed at the metal-insulator transition (MIT). The results are compared to those obtained using different approaches, in particular the typical average of the scaling law. System-size scaling with ensemble average appears as the most adequate method to carry out the numerical MFA. Some conjectures about the true shape of $f(α)$ in the thermodynamic limit are also made.

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arXiv2006

Compressibility stripes for mesoscopic quantum Hall samples

We numerically investigate the interplay of disorder and electron-electron interactions in the integer quantum Hall effect. In particular, we focus on the behaviour of the electronic compressibility as a function of magnetic field and electron density. We find manifestations of non-linear screening and charging effects around integer filling factors, consistent with recent imaging experiments. Our calculations exhibit $g$-factor enhancement as well as strong overscreening in the centre of the Landau bands. Even though the critical behaviour appears mostly unaffected by interactions, important implications for the phase diagram arise. Our results are in very good agreement with the experimental findings and strongly support the relevance of electron-electron interactions for understanding integer quantum Hall physics.

cond-mat.mes-hall↗

arXiv2006

El Nino and the Delayed Action Oscillator

We study the dynamics of the El Nino phenomenon using the mathematical model of delayed-action oscillator (DAO). Topics such as the influence of the annual cycle, global warming, stochastic influences due to weather conditions and even off-equatorial heat-sinks can all be discussed using only modest analytical and numerical resources. Thus the DAO allows for a pedagogical introduction to the science of El Nino and La Nina while at the same time avoiding the need for large-scale computing resources normally associated with much more sophisticated coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation models. It is an approach which is ideally suited for student projects both at high school and undergraduate level.

physics.ao-ph↗

arXiv2006

Solving bi-directional soliton equations in the KP hierarchy by gauge transformation

We present a systematic way to construct solutions of the (n=5)-reduction of the BKP and CKP hierarchies from the general tau function of the KP hierarchy. We obtain the one-soliton, two-soliton, and periodic solution for the bi-directional Sawada-Kotera (bSK), the bi-directional Kaup-Kupershmidt (bKK) and also the bi-directional Satsuma-Hirota (bSH) equation. Different solutions such as left- and right-going solitons are classified according to the symmetries of the 5th roots of exp(i epsilon). Furthermore, we show that the soliton solutions of the n-reduction of the BKP and CKP hierarchies with n= 2 j +1, j=1, 2, 3, ..., can propagate along j directions in the 1+1 space-time domain. Each such direction corresponds to one symmetric distribution of the nth roots of exp(i epsilon). Based on this classification, we detail the existence of two-peak solitons of the n-reduction from the Grammian tau function of the sub-hierarchies BKP and CKP. If n is even, we again find two-peak solitons. Last, we obtain the "stationary" soliton for the higher-order KP hierarchy.

math-ph↗