\documentclass{article} %other packages \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{physics} % % \usepackage[ % style=phys, articletitle=false, biblabel=brackets, chaptertitle=false, pageranges=false, url=true % ]{biblatex} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{todonotes} \usepackage{siunitx} \usepackage{cleveref} \title{Identifying the downturn issue with clean case} % \addbibresource{./bibliography.bib} \graphicspath{{./figures/}} \newcommand{\vf}{v_{\mathrm{F}}} \newcommand{\qf}{q_{\mathrm{F}}} \begin{document} \maketitle \section{The problem} As discussed earlier there was an issue with a sharp drop in $T_1(z)$ as temperature approached $T_c$. The dirty case looks fine in \cref{fig:exdirtynodownturn}, but the clean system in \cref{fig:excleandownturn} shows the problem. Both of those are at $z$ around $20 \lambda_F$ ($\lambda_F$ is $\approx \SI{0.4}{\nm}$.) \begin{figure}[htp] \centering \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{downturnExampleDirty-no-downturn} \caption{$T_1(z)$, everything looks appropriately good for a dirty system.} \label{fig:exdirtynodownturn} \end{figure} \begin{figure}[htp] \centering \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{downturnExampleClean} \caption{$T_1(z)$, for a clean system we have the downturn.} \label{fig:excleandownturn} \end{figure} The obvious question is whether this matters, because it's $T$ so close to $T_c$ that cutting it off is probably not an issue. But the effect matters because in the intermediate values of $\tau$ both the turning up to the normal state and the problematic downturn are present, and that's not great. \Cref{fig:downturnintermediate} shows what that looks like. I \emph{think} that that's still probably explainable as having a rise up to the normal state for $T \rightarrow T_c$, masked by the downturn because it only rises close to $T_c$. But it's not really a convincing graph, so I proceed under the assumption that it's worth investigation. \begin{figure}[htp] \centering \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{downturnIntermediate} \caption{$T_1(z)$, for a clean system we have the downturn.} \label{fig:downturnintermediate} \end{figure} Interestingly, this problem is dependent on the specific $z$. $T_1$ plotted for different zs in \cref{fig:varioust1vsT}. The smaller $z$ doesn't have that effect. But that's the direction that's less helpful, because it's already a very small $z$. \begin{figure}[htp] \centering \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{t1vsTexamples} \caption{$T_1(T)$, for different $z$, some showing the downturn others not.} \label{fig:varioust1vsT} \end{figure} I plotted $T_1$ as a function of $z$ at very high temperatures ($T = 0.99999 T_c$), in the downturn, and again for $T = 0.99 T_c$, which is above the downturn. In \cref{fig:t1vszdirty}, the dirty case, everything looks sensible. However, in \cref{fig:t1vszclean} we can see that for $z > \lambda_F$ the $T_1(z)$ curve has a very different flat shape at the very high temperature, which ultimately leads to the downturn. \begin{figure}[htp] \centering \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{t1VsZDirtyCase-no-problems} \caption{$T_1(z)$, at two different temperatures.} \label{fig:t1vszdirty} \end{figure} \begin{figure}[htp] \centering \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{t1VsZcleanCase-bad} \caption{$T_1(z)$, at two different temperatures.} \label{fig:t1vszclean} \end{figure} I looked at where that might come from. We have that $T_1 \propto \frac{1}{\chi}$, and \begin{equation} \chi_{B,zz} \propto \int_0^\infty \dd{u} u^2 e^{-2 u z} \Im r_s(u), \end{equation} in a regime where $u \gg \frac{1}{\lambda}$ for vacuum wavelength $\lambda$. This is always the regime we care about. So $\chi(z) \approx \Im r_s(\frac{1}{z})$ or so. I plotted $\Im r_s(u)$ in \cref{fig:imrs}, and it doesn't really have any of the unusual features we might exepect. That figure is pretty ugly, but the takeaway is that for $u > 0.2 \lambda_F$, all that matters is the temperature. However, for $u < 0.2 \lambda_F$ the dirty and clean lines start to split, and for small enough $u$ the difference between the higher and lower temperature cases is less important than the clean-dirty difference. That makes sense, and doesn't at all explain why $T_1$ is problematic. \begin{figure}[htp] \centering \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Im rs-no-weirdness} \caption{$\Im r_s$, showing no weirdness.} \label{fig:imrs} \end{figure} So that leaves the integral as a problem. I haven't been able to excise the issue yet though, either by increasing precision or rewriting the integral different ways to pull $z$ out. Using something like \begin{equation} \chi_{B,zz} \propto \frac{1}{z^3} \int_0^\infty \dd{u'} u'^2 e^{-2 u'} \Im r_s(\frac{u'}{z}) \end{equation} should be numerically nicer, but I get about the same answers (with Mathematica's integral handler internally doing something similar to that transform anyway?). The problem is definitely still apparent in the $\chi$ calculation, which is plotted in \cref{fig:chi}. So I'm currently confused on this. \begin{figure}[htp] \centering \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{chiVsZCleanCaseWithProblem} \caption{$\chi(z)$, showing the same issue as $T_1$ (as expected).} \label{fig:chi} \end{figure} % \printbibliography \end{document}