The quasiparticle resonant states around a single nonmagnetic impurity with unitary scattering in a d-wave superconductor is studied by solving the Bogoliubov–de Gennes equations based on a t-J model. Both the spatial variation of the order parameter and the local density of states ~LDOS! around the impurity have been investigated. We find that ~i! a particle-hole symmetric system has a single ...

Single-point imagery of 2D objects is proposed by exploiting the extreme broadband nature of an ultrafast terahertz wave. In the proposed imagery, a collimated terahertz beam is illuminated on an object, and the scattered fields are measured through a hole at the Fourier plane in a conventional terahertz time-domain spectroscope. This arrangement allows conversion of radial spatial frequencies ...

Thermodynamic relations for a class of 2D black holes are obtained corresponding to observations made from finite spatial distances. We also study the thermodynamics of the charged version of the Jackiw-Teitelboim black holes found recently by Lowe and Strominger. Our results corroborate, in appropriate limits, to those obtained previously by other methods. We also analyze the stability of thes...

The optical properties of rectangular subwavelength holes in a gold film are investigated using the light generated when a focused beam of electrons impinges on the sample close to the hole. Using this technique, multi-spectral maps of the holes are obtained with a resolution beyond the optical diffraction limit. The results show the influence of hole shape on the spectrum of locally scattered ...

Based on an idea that spatial separation of charge states can enhance quantum coherence, we propose a scheme for a quantum computation with the quantum bit ~qubit! constructed from two coupled quantum dots. Quantum information is stored in the electron-hole pair state with the electron and hole located in different dots, which enables the qubit state to be very long-lived. Universal quantum gat...

The phenomenon of string spreading on the black hole horizon, as originally discussed by Susskind, is considered in the exact curved Schwarzschild background. We consider an oscillating string encircling the black hole and contracting towards the horizon. We then compute the angular and radial spreading of the string, as seen by a static observer at spatial infinity using fixed finite resolutio...

We present a study on the far-field patterns of light transmitted through sub-wavelength metallic hole-arrays. Spectral imaging measurements are used here on hole arrays for the first time. It provides both spatial and spectral information of the transmission in far-field. The visibility of the images, measured in two illumination modes: Köhler and collimated, is calculated for different planes...

We use a stellar binary population synthesis code to find the lifetimes and velocities of several types of possible GRB progenitors: double neutron stars, black hole neutron stars, black hole white dwarfs, helium star mergers. Assuming that they are born in different types of galaxies we compute their spatial distribution and compare it with the observed locations of GRB afterglows within their...

An evaporating black hole in the presence of an extra spatial dimension would undergo an explosive phase of evaporation. We show that such an event, involving a primordial black hole, can produce a detectable, distinguishable electromagnetic pulse, signaling the existence of an extra dimension of size L ∼ 10−18–10−20 m. We derive a generic relationship between the Lorentz factor of a pulse-prod...