Center for Theoretical Physics

About: Center for Theoretical Physics is a facility organization based out in Warsaw, Poland. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Gamma-ray burst & Accretion (astrophysics). The organization has 68 authors who have published 112 publications receiving 1086 citations. The organization is also known as: Centrum Fizyki Teoretycznej PAN & Centrum Fizyki Teoretycznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk.

The Petrov type D isolated null surfaces

Abstract: Generic black holes in vacuum-de Sitter / Anti-de Sitter spacetimes are studied in quasi-local framework, where the relevant properties are captured in the intrinsic geometry of the null surface (the horizon). Imposing the quasi-local notion of stationarity (null symmetry of the metric up to second order at the horizon only) we perform the complete classification of all the so called special Petrov types of these surfaces defined by the properties (structure of principal null direction) of the Weyl tensor at the surface. The only possible types are: II, D and O. In particular all the geometries of type O are identified. The condition distinguishing type D horizons, taking the form of a second order differential equation on certain complex invariant constructed from the Gaussian curvature and the rotation scalar, is shown to be an integrability condition for the so called near horizon geometry equation. The emergence of the near horizon geometry in this context is equivalent to the hyper-suface orthogonality of both double principal null directions. We further formulate a no-hair theorem for the Petrov type D axisymmetric null surfaces of topologically spherical sections, showing that the space of solutions is uniquely parametrized by the horizon area and angular momentum.

Pi of the Sky full system and the new telescope

Abstract: Resumen es: El Pi of the Sky es un sistema de telescopios de campo amplio, que buscan fen omenos astrof isicos de escala t e m p o r a l c o r t a , e n e s p e c ...

Convex set of quantum states with positive partial transpose analysed by hit and run algorithm

Abstract: The convex set of quantum states of a composite $K \times K$ system with positive partial transpose is analysed. A version of the hit and run algorithm is used to generate a sequence of random points covering this set uniformly and an estimation for the convergence speed of the algorithm is derived. For $K\ge 3$ this algorithm works faster than sampling over the entire set of states and verifying whether the partial transpose is positive. The level density of the PPT states is shown to differ from the Marchenko-Pastur distribution, supported in [0,4] and corresponding asymptotically to the entire set of quantum states. Based on the shifted semi--circle law, describing asymptotic level density of partially transposed states, and on the level density for the Gaussian unitary ensemble with constraints for the spectrum we find an explicit form of the probability distribution supported in [0,3], which describes well the level density obtained numerically for PPT states.

Monte Carlo simulations of morphological transitions in PbTe/CdTe immiscible material systems

Abstract: The crystal growth of the immiscible PbTe/CdTe multilayer system is analyzed as an example of a self-organizing process. The immiscibility of the constituents leads to the observed morphological transformations such as an anisotropy driven formation of quantum dots and nanowires and to a phase separation at the highest temperatures. The proposed model accomplishes a bulk and surface diffusion together with an anisotropic mobility of the material components. We analyze its properties by kinetic Monte Carlo simulations and show that it is able to reproduce all of the structures observed experimentally during the process of the PbTe/CdTe growth. We show that all of the dynamical processes studied play an important role in the creation of zero-, one-, two-, and, finally, three-dimensional structures. The shape of the structures that are grown is different for relatively thick multilayers, when the bulk diffusion cooperates with the anisotropic mobility, as compared to the annealed structures for which only the isotropic bulk diffusion decides about the process. Finally, it is different again for thin multilayers when the surface diffusion is the most decisive factor. We compare our results with the experimentally grown systems and show that the proposed model explains the diversity of observed structures.