Spatial and dielectric confinement modulations of the spontaneous emission rates, transition energies, and charge-density distributions of a singly ionized double donor system D2 + in a spherical quantum dot are calculated within the framework of the effective-mass envelope function approximation. Dipole moments, energy splittings, transition moments, electron-density distributions, and spontan...

Binding energies of negative sX−d and positive trions sX+d in quantum wires are studied for strong quantum confinement of carriers which results in a numerical exactly solvable model. The relative electron and hole confinement have a strong effect on the stability of trions. For equal hole and electron confinement, X+ is more stable but a small imbalance of the particle confinement towards a st...

Using the effective potential formalism, we study dynamical chiral symmetry breaking (DχSB) in the dual Ginzburg-Landau (DGL) theory, where the color confinement is brought by monopole condensation. The effective potential as a function of infrared quark mass is found to have double-well structure, which leads to spontaneous breaking of chiral symmetry. To examine the role of confinement, we di...

The confinement induced resonance provides an indispensable tool for the realization of the low-dimensional strongly interacting quantum system. Here, we investigate the confinement induced resonance in spin-orbit coupled cold atoms with Raman coupling. We find that the quasi-bound levels induced by the spin-orbit coupling and Raman coupling result in the Feshbach-type resonances. For sufficien...

In most contemporary life forms, the confinement of cell membranes provides localized concentration and protection for biomolecules, leading to efficient biochemical reactions. Similarly, confinement may have also played an important role for prebiotic compartmentalization in early life evolution when the cell membrane had not yet formed. It remains an open question how biochemical reactions de...

Solitary confinement is a frequently used penal tool in all fifty states against all types of offenders. However, since its development in the 1800s, solitary confinement has been found to have damaging psychological effects. Juvenile inmates in particular suffer the greatest psychological damage from solitary confinement because their brains are still in a developmental state. This has led man...