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Gapfull and gapless $1$D Topological Superconductivity in Spin-Orbit Coupled Bilayer Graphene
We propose a way to generate a one-dimensional topological superconductor from a monolayer of a transition metal dichalcogenide coupled to a Bernal-stacked bilayer of graphene under a displacement field. With proper gating, this structure may be tuned to form three parallel pads...
Turbulent heating in collisionless low-beta plasmas: imbalance, Landau damping, and electron-ion energy partition
An understanding of how turbulent energy is partitioned between ions and electrons in weakly collisional plasmas is crucial for modelling many astrophysical systems. Using theory and simulations of a four-dimensional reduced model of low-beta gyrokinetics (the `Kinetic Reduced Electron Heating Model’), we...
Synthetic Horizons and Thermalization in an Atomic Chain and its Relation to Quantum Hall Systems
We investigate the sine model, a one-dimensional tight-binding Hamiltonian featuring hoppings with a sinusoidal dependence on position, and demonstrate the formation of synthetic horizons where electronic wave packets exhibit exponential slowdown. Interestingly, employing the exact transformation between this model and the Harper...
On a modified quantum theory with objective quantum thermalization and spontaneous universal irreversibility
The deterministic and time-reversal symmetric dynamics of isolated quantum systems is at odds with irreversible equilibration observed in generic thermodynamic systems. Standard approaches at a reconciliation are based on agent-specific restrictions on the space of observables or states and do not explain...
Unifying Measurement Schemes in 2-D Terahertz Spectroscopy
Two distinct measurement schemes have emerged for the new technique of two-dimensional terahertz spectroscopy (2DTS), complicating the literature. Here, we argue that the ‘conventional’ measurement scheme derived from nuclear magnetic resonance and its optical-frequency analogues should be favored over the ‘alternative’ measurement...
Topological properties of curved spacetime Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model
The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model, a prime example of a one-dimensional topologically nontrivial insulator, has been extensively studied in flat space-time. In recent times, many studies have been conducted to understand the properties of the low-dimensional quantum matter in curved spacetime, which can...
Predictions for the Detectability of Milky Way Satellite Galaxies and Outer-Halo Star Clusters with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory
We predict the sensitivity of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) to faint, resolved Milky Way satellite galaxies and outer-halo star clusters. We characterize the expected sensitivity using simulated LSST data from the LSST Dark Energy...
A Theory of Spectral CSP Sparsification
We initiate the study of spectral sparsification for instances of Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs). In particular, we introduce a notion of the \emph{spectral energy} of a fractional assignment for a Boolean CSP instance, and define a \emph{spectral sparsifier} as a weighted subset...
Injection locking of Rydberg dissipative time crystals
Non-equilibrium Rydberg gases exhibit exotic many-body phases stabilized by the interplay of coherent interactions and dissipation. Strong Rydberg interactions drive sustained limit cycle oscillations, whose robustness, long-range temporal order, and spontaneous time-translation symmetry breaking establish a dissipative time crystal (DTC). Collective self-entrainment...
One-Point Sampling for Distributed Bandit Convex Optimization with Time-Varying Constraints
This paper considers the distributed bandit convex optimization problem with time-varying constraints. In this problem, the global loss function is the average of all the local convex loss functions, which are unknown beforehand. Each agent iteratively makes its own decision subject to...