We study the influence of a fast noise on Landau-Zener transitions. We demonstrate that a fast colored noise much weaker than the conventional white noise can produce transitions itself or can change substantially the Landau-Zener transition probabilities. In the limit of fast colored or strong white noise we derive asymptotically exact formulas for transition probabilities and study the time e...

We consider the Landau theory of phase transitions for multiple superconducting phases in Th crystals. All possible phase transition sequences involving a single superconducting order parameter are found. These results may be applicable to PrOs4Sb12.

In this paper, we study the fluctuations in superconductors in the framework of Landau-Ginzurg theory. First, we review the formulation of LG theory and derive the LG equations. The we calculate the fluctuation contribution to the saddle point heat capacity, both inside and outside the immediate vicinity of the transition point. Outside the immediate vicinity, we follow the Gaussian integral ca...

The ground state of a system with symmetry can be described by a group G. This symmetry groupG can be discrete or continuous. Thus for a crystalG is a finite group while for the vacuum state of a grand unified theory G is a continuous Lie group. The ground state symmetry described by G can change spontaneously from G to one of its subgroups H as the external parameters of the system are modifie...

A new approach for the calculation of vibrational energy relaxation rate constants is introduced. The new approach is based on linear response theory, and is shown to have several distinct advantages over the standard Landau–Teller formula, which is based on the Bloch–Redfield theory, namely: ~1! weak system–bath coupling is not assumed; ~2! selectivity in choosing the vibrational energy relaxa...

This article presents a phenomenological dynamic phase transition theory – modeling and analysis – for superfluids. As we know, although the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model has been successfully used in superconductivity, and the classical Ginzburg-Landau free energy is still poorly applicable to liquid helium in a quantitative sense. The study in this article is based on 1) a new dynamic ...

Maren Daraktchiev,1,2,* Gustau Catalan,1,3,† and James F. Scott1,4,‡ 1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom 2Department of Health, 330 Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG, United Kingdom 3ICREA and CIN2, CSIC-ICN, Campus Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Spain 4Department of Physics, Cavend...

The infrared behaviour of QCD Green’s functions in Landau gauge has been focus of intense study. Different non-perturbative approaches lead to a prediction in line with the conditions for confinement in local quantum field theory as spelled out in the Kugo-Ojima criterion. Detailed comparisons with lattice studies have revealed small but significant differences, however. But aren’t we comparing...

We investigate the effects of material anisotropy on the superheating field of layered superconductors. We provide an intuitive argument both for the existence of a superheating field, and its dependence on anisotropy, for κ = λ/ξ (the ratio of magnetic to superconducting healing lengths) both large and small. On the one hand, the combination of our estimates with published results using a two-...

A recent theory of a compressible Fermi-liquid like state at Landau level filling factors ν = 1/q or 1 − 1/q, q even, is reviewed, with emphasis on the basic physical concepts.