scholarly journals High-temperature criticality in strongly constrained quantum systems

2006 ◽  
Vol 73 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Castelnovo ◽  
Claudio Chamon ◽  
Christopher Mudry ◽  
Pierre Pujol
2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (21) ◽  
pp. 1450130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Won Sang Chung ◽  
Abdullah Algin

The q-deformed bosonic Tamm–Dancoff oscillator algebra is considered. The coherent state of the q-deformed bosonic Tamm–Dancoff oscillator algebra is first constructed in detail. Second, the high-temperature thermostatistical properties of a gas of the Tamm–Dancoff oscillators are investigated. For high temperatures, the specific heat, the entropy and the equation of state for the system are derived in terms of the real deformation parameter q. The results obtained by the effects of Tamm–Dancoff type q-deformation show that they could be useful for further researches on understanding of mutual interactions between bosons and fermions in many-body quantum systems.


Author(s):  
Zied Ammari ◽  
Antsa Ratsimanetrimanana

The Kubo–Martin–Schwinger (KMS) condition is a widely studied fundamental property in quantum statistical mechanics which characterizes the thermal equilibrium states of quantum systems. In the seventies, Gallavotti and Verboven, proposed an analogue to the KMS condition for infinite classical mechanical systems and highlighted its relationship with the Kirkwood–Salzburg equations and with the Gibbs equilibrium measures. In this paper, we prove that in a certain limiting regime of high temperature the classical KMS condition can be derived from the quantum condition in the simple case of the Bose–Hubbard dynamical system on a finite graph. The main ingredients of the proof are Golden–Thompson inequality, Bogoliubov inequality and semiclassical analysis.


Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 1506
Author(s):  
Thao P. Le ◽  
Andreas Winter ◽  
Gerardo Adesso

Under the influence of external environments, quantum systems can undergo various different processes, including decoherence and equilibration. We observe that macroscopic objects are both objective and thermal, thus leading to the expectation that both objectivity and thermalisation can peacefully coexist on the quantum regime too. Crucially, however, objectivity relies on distributed classical information that could conflict with thermalisation. Here, we examine the overlap between thermal and objective states. We find that in general, one cannot exist when the other is present. However, there are certain regimes where thermality and objectivity are more likely to coexist: in the high temperature limit, at the non-degenerate low temperature limit, and when the environment is large. This is consistent with our experiences that everyday-sized objects can be both thermal and objective.


Author(s):  
M.S. Grewal ◽  
S.A. Sastri ◽  
N.J. Grant

Currently there is a great interest in developing nickel base alloys with fine and uniform dispersion of stable oxide particles, for high temperature applications. It is well known that the high temperature strength and stability of an oxide dispersed alloy can be greatly improved by appropriate thermomechanical processing, but the mechanism of this strengthening effect is not well understood. This investigation was undertaken to study the dislocation substructures formed in beryllia dispersed nickel alloys as a function of cold work both with and without intermediate anneals. Two alloys, one Ni-lv/oBeo and other Ni-4.5Mo-30Co-2v/oBeo were investigated. The influence of the substructures produced by Thermo-Mechanical Processing (TMP) on the high temperature creep properties of these alloys was also evaluated.


Author(s):  
B. J. Hockey

Ceramics, such as Al2O3 and SiC have numerous current and potential uses in applications where high temperature strength, hardness, and wear resistance are required often in corrosive environments. These materials are, however, highly anisotropic and brittle, so that their mechanical behavior is often unpredictable. The further development of these materials will require a better understanding of the basic mechanisms controlling deformation, wear, and fracture.The purpose of this talk is to describe applications of TEM to the study of the deformation, wear, and fracture of Al2O3. Similar studies are currently being conducted on SiC and the techniques involved should be applicable to a wide range of hard, brittle materials.


Author(s):  
D. R. Clarke ◽  
G. Thomas

Grain boundaries have long held a special significance to ceramicists. In part, this has been because it has been impossible until now to actually observe the boundaries themselves. Just as important, however, is the fact that the grain boundaries and their environs have a determing influence on both the mechanisms by which powder compaction occurs during fabrication, and on the overall mechanical properties of the material. One area where the grain boundary plays a particularly important role is in the high temperature strength of hot-pressed ceramics. This is a subject of current interest as extensive efforts are being made to develop ceramics, such as silicon nitride alloys, for high temperature structural applications. In this presentation we describe how the techniques of lattice fringe imaging have made it possible to study the grain boundaries in a number of refractory ceramics, and illustrate some of the findings.


Author(s):  
E. R. Kimmel ◽  
H. L. Anthony ◽  
W. Scheithauer

The strengthening effect at high temperature produced by a dispersed oxide phase in a metal matrix is seemingly dependent on at least two major contributors: oxide particle size and spatial distribution, and stability of the worked microstructure. These two are strongly interrelated. The stability of the microstructure is produced by polygonization of the worked structure forming low angle cell boundaries which become anchored by the dispersed oxide particles. The effect of the particles on strength is therefore twofold, in that they stabilize the worked microstructure and also hinder dislocation motion during loading.


Author(s):  
Shiro Fujishiro ◽  
Harold L. Gegel

Ordered-alpha titanium alloys having a DO19 type structure have good potential for high temperature (600°C) applications, due to the thermal stability of the ordered phase and the inherent resistance to recrystallization of these alloys. Five different Ti-Al-Ga alloys consisting of equal atomic percents of aluminum and gallium solute additions up to the stoichiometric composition, Ti3(Al, Ga), were used to study the growth kinetics of the ordered phase and the nature of its interface.The alloys were homogenized in the beta region in a vacuum of about 5×10-7 torr, furnace cooled; reheated in air to 50°C below the alpha transus for hot working. The alloys were subsequently acid cleaned, annealed in vacuo, and cold rolled to about. 050 inch prior to additional homogenization


Author(s):  
J. L. Farrant ◽  
J. D. McLean

For electron microscope techniques such as ferritin-labeled antibody staining it would be advantageous to have available a simple means of thin sectioning biological material without subjecting it to lipid solvents, impregnation with plastic monomers and their subsequent polymerization. With this aim in view we have re-examined the use of protein as an embedding medium. Gelatin which has been used in the past is not very satisfactory both because of its fibrous nature and the high temperature necessary to keep its solutions fluid. We have found that globular proteins such as the serum and egg albumins can be cross-linked so as to yield blocks which are suitable for ultrathin sectioning.


Author(s):  
N.J. Tighe ◽  
H.M. Flower ◽  
P.R. Swann

A differentially pumped environmental cell has been developed for use in the AEI EM7 million volt microscope. In the initial version the column of gas traversed by the beam was 5.5mm. This permited inclusion of a tilting hot stage in the cell for investigating high temperature gas-specimen reactions. In order to examine specimens in the wet state it was found that a pressure of approximately 400 torr of water saturated helium was needed around the specimen to prevent dehydration. Inelastic scattering by the water resulted in a sharp loss of image quality. Therefore a modified cell with an ‘airgap’ of only 1.5mm has been constructed. The shorter electron path through the gas permits examination of specimens at the necessary pressure of moist helium; the specimen can still be tilted about the side entry rod axis by ±7°C to obtain stereopairs.


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