We consider the motion of individual two-dimensional vortices in general radially symmetric potentials in Bose-Einstein condensates. We find that although in the special case of the parabolic trap there is a logarithmic correction in the dependence of the precession frequency $omega$ on the chemical potential $mu$, this is no longer true for a general potential $V(r) propto r^p$. Our calculations suggest that for $p>2$, the precession frequency scales with $mu$ as $omega sim mu^{-2/p}$. This theoretical prediction is corroborated by numerical computations, both at the level of spectral (Bogolyubov-de Gennes) stability analysis by identifying the relevant precession mode dependence on $mu$, but also through direct numerical computations of the vortex evolution in the large $mu$, so-called Thomas-Fermi, limit. Additionally, the dependence of the precession frequency on the radius of an initially displaced from the center vortex is examined and the corresponding predictions are tested against numerical results.
We revise critically existing approaches to evaluation of thermodynamic potentials within the Greens function calculations at finite electronic temperatures. We focus on the entropy and show that usual technical problems related to the multivalued nature of the complex logarithm can be overcome. This results in a simple expression for the electronic entropy, which does not require any contour integration in the complex energy plane. Properties of the developed formalism are discussed and its illustrating applications to selected model systems and to bcc iron with disordered local magnetic moments are presented as well.
We present an ab initio theory of core- and valence resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) based on a real-space multiple scattering Greens function formalism and a quasi-boson model Hamiltonian. Simplifying assumptions are made which lead to an approximation of the RIXS spectrum in terms of a convolution of an effective x-ray absorption signal with the x-ray emission signal. Additional many body corrections are incorporated in terms of an effective energy dependent spectral function. Example calculations of RIXS are found to give qualitative agreement with experimental data. Our approach also yields simulations of lifetime-broadening suppressed XAS, as observed in high energy resolutionfluorescence detection experiment (HERFD). Finally possible improvements to our approach are briefly discussed.
We study the Doobs $h$-transform of the two-dimensional simple random walk with respect to its potential kernel, which can be thought of as the two-dimensional simple random walk conditioned on never hitting the origin. We derive an explicit formula for the Greens function of this random walk, and also prove a quantitative result on the speed of convergence of the (conditional) entrance measure to the harmonic measure (for the conditioned walk) on a finite set.
We present a Greens function approach to calculate the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions (DMI) from first principles electronic structure calculations, that is computationally more efficient and accurate than the most-commonly employed supercell and generalized Bloch-based approaches. The method is applied to the (111) Co/Pt bilayer where the Co- and/or Pt-thickness dependence of the DMI coefficients are calculated. Overall, the calculated DMI are in relatively good agreement with the corresponding values reported experimentally. Furthermore, we investigate the effect of strain in the DMI tensor elements and show that the isotropic N{e}el DMI can be significantly modulated by the normal strains, $epsilon_{xx},epsilon_{yy}$ and is relatively insensitive to the shear strain, $epsilon_{xy}$. Moreover, we show that anisotropic strains, $(epsilon_{xx}-epsilon_{yy})$ and $epsilon_{xy}$, result in the emergence of anisotropic N{e}el- and Bloch-type DMIs, respectively.