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W. Wojcik

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Braid Floer homology

Area-preserving diffeomorphisms of a 2-disc can be regarded as time-1 maps of (non-autonomous) Hamiltonian flows on solid tori, periodic flow-lines of which define braid (conjugacy) classes, up to full twists. We examine the dynamics relative to such braid classes and define a braid Floer homology. This refinement of the Floer homology originally used for the Arnol'd Conjecture yields a Morse-type forcing theory for periodic points of area-preserving diffeomorphisms of the 2-disc based on braiding. Contributions of this paper include (1) a monotonicity lemma for the behavior of the nonlinear Cauchy-Riemann equations with respect to algebraic lengths of braids; (2) establishment of the topological invariance of the resulting braid Floer homology; (3) a shift theorem describing the effect of twisting braids in terms of shifting the braid Floer homology; (4) computation of examples; and (5) a forcing theorem for the dynamics of Hamiltonian disc maps based on braid Floer homology.

math.DS

Properties of localized protons in neutron star matter for realistic nuclear models

We study the localization of protons in the core of neutron stars for ten realistic nuclear models that share a common behaviour of nuclear symmetry energy which saturates and eventually decreases at high densities. This results in the low proton fraction of beta-stable neutron star matter. Protons form a small admixture in the neutron star core, which is localized at sufficiently high densities. For every model we calculate the density $n_{loc}$ above which the localization effect is present. Our results indicate that localization occurs at densities above $0.5-1.0 fm^{-3}$. The phase with localized protons occupies a spherical shell or a core region inside neutron stars which contains significant fraction of all nucleons. Proton localization is of great importance for astrophysical properties of neutron stars as it strongly affects transport coefficients of neutron star matter and can produce spontaneous magnetization in neutron stars.

astro-ph

Luttinger liquid phenomenology and angle resolved photoemission for single layer $\chem{Bi_2Sr_{2-x}La_xCuO_{6+δ}}$ high--temperature superconductor

Recently observed splitting in angular resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) on $\chem{Bi_2Sr_{2-x}La_xCuO_{6+δ}}$ high--temperature superconductor (Janowitz C. {\it et al.}, {\it Europhys. Lett.}, {\bf 60} (2002) 615) is interpreted within the phenomenological Luttinger--liquid framework, in which both the non--Fermi liquid scaling exponent of the spectral function and the spin--charge separation are introduced. The anomalous Green function with adjustable parameters fits very well to the Fermi edge and the low--energy part of ARPES along the $Γ-M$ line in the Brillouin zone. In contrast to one--dimensional models with Luttinger--liquid behavior we find that both the anomalous scaling $α$ and the parameter $δ$ describing the spin--charge separation are momentum dependent. The higher--energy part of the spectra is not accounted for by this simple Luttinger--liquid form of the Green function. In this energy regime additional scattering processes are plausible to produce the experimentally observed wide incoherent background, which diminishes as the inverse of the energy.

cond-mat.str-el

Electronic states and localization in nanoscopic chains and rings from first principles: EDABI method

We summarize briefly the main results obtained within the proposed EDABI method combining Exact Diagonalization of (parametrized) many-particle Hamiltonian with Ab Initio self-adjustment of the single-particle wave function in the correlated state of interacting electrons. The properties of nanoscopic chains and rings are discussed as a function of their interatomic distance R and compared with those obtained by Bethe ansatz for infinite Hubbard chain. The concepts of renormalized orbitals, distribution function in momentum space, and of Hubbard splitting as applied to nanoscopic systems are emphasized.

cond-mat.mes-hall

Structure of Proton Component of Neutron Star Matter for Realistic Nuclear Models

We study properties of the proton component of neutron star matter for a number of realistic nuclear models. Protons which form a few percent admixture tend to be localized in potential wells corresponding to neutron matter inhomogeneities created by the protons in the neutron medium. We calculate the energy of the Wigner-Seitz cell enclosing a single localized proton. The neutron background is treated in the Thomas-Fermi approximation and the localized proton is described by the Gaussian wave function. The neutron density profile is obtained by solving the appropriate variational equation. This approach gives lower energies of localized protons than obtained previously with less sophisticated methods.

astro-ph