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A Schwinger-boson approach to the kagome with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions: phase diagram and dynamical structure factors
We have obtained the zero-temperature phase diagram of the kagome
antiferromagnet with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions in Schwinger-boson
mean-field theory. We find quantum phase transitions (first or second order)
between different topological spin liquids and Neel ordered phases (either the
state or the so-called Q=0 state). In the regime of
small Schwinger-boson density, the results bear some resemblances with exact
diagonalization results and we briefly discuss some issues of the mean-field
treatment. We calculate the equal-time structure factor (and its angular
average to allow for a direct comparison with experiments on powder samples),
which extends earlier work on the classical kagome to the quantum regime. We
also discuss the dynamical structure factors of the topological spin liquid and
the Neel ordered phase.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figure
Quantum transport in weakly coupled superlattices at low temperature
We report on the study of the electrical current flowing in weakly coupled
superlattice (SL) structures under an applied electric field at very low
temperature, i.e. in the tunneling regime. This low temperature transport is
characterized by an extremely low tunneling probability between adjacent wells.
Experimentally, I(V) curves at low temperature display a striking feature, i.e
a plateau or null differential conductance. A theoretical model based on the
evaluation of scattering rates is developed in order to understand this
behaviour, exploring the different scattering mechanisms in AlGaAs alloys. The
dominant interaction in usual experimental conditions such as ours is found to
be the electron-ionized donors scattering. The existence of the plateau in the
I(V) characteristics is physically explained by a competition between the
electric field localization of the Wannier-Stark electron states in the weakly
coupled quantum wells and the electric field assisted tunneling between
adjacent wells. The influence of the doping concentration and profile as well
as the presence of impurities inside the barrier are discussed
Effects of electron-phonon interactions on the electron tunneling spectrum of PbS quantum dots
We present a tunnel spectroscopy study of single PbS Quantum Dots (QDs) as
function of temperature and gate voltage. Three distinct signatures of strong
electron-phonon coupling are observed in the Electron Tunneling Spectrum (ETS)
of these QDs. In the shell-filling regime, the degeneracy of the
electronic levels is lifted by the Coulomb interactions and allows the
observation of phonon sub-bands that result from the emission of optical
phonons. At low bias, a gap is observed in the ETS that cannot be closed with
the gate voltage, which is a distinguishing feature of the Franck-Condon (FC)
blockade. From the data, a Huang-Rhys factor in the range is
obtained. Finally, in the shell tunneling regime, the optical phonons appear in
the inelastic ETS .Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Self-Energy Correction to the Bound-Electron g Factor of P States
The radiative self-energy correction to the bound-electron g factor of 2P_1/2
and 2P_3/2 states in one-electron ions is evaluated to order alpha (Z alpha)^2.
The contribution of high-energy virtual photons is treated by means of an
effective Dirac equation, and the result is verified by an approach based on
long-wavelength quantum electrodynamics. The contribution of low-energy virtual
photons is calculated both in the velocity and in the length gauge and gauge
invariance is verified explicitly. The results compare favorably to recently
available numerical data for hydrogenlike systems with low nuclear charge
numbers.Comment: 8 pages, RevTe
Classical Limit of Demagnetization in a Field Gradient
We calculate the rate of decrease of the expectation value of the transverse
component of spin for spin-1/2 particles in a magnetic field with a spatial
gradient, to determine the conditions under which a previous classical
description is valid. A density matrix treatment is required for two reasons.
The first arises because the particles initially are not in a pure state due to
thermal motion. The second reason is that each particle interacts with the
magnetic field and the other particles, with the latter taken to be via a
2-body central force. The equations for the 1-body Wigner distribution
functions are written in a general manner, and the places where quantum
mechanical effects can play a role are identified. One that may not have been
considered previously concerns the momentum associated with the magnetic field
gradient, which is proportional to the time integral of the gradient. Its
relative magnitude compared with the important momenta in the problem is a
significant parameter, and if their ratio is not small some non-classical
effects contribute to the solution.
Assuming the field gradient is sufficiently small, and a number of other
inequalities are satisfied involving the mean wavelength, range of the force,
and the mean separation between particles, we solve the integro- partial
differential equations for the Wigner functions to second order in the strength
of the gradient. When the same reasoning is applied to a different problem with
no field gradient, but having instead a gradient to the z-component of
polarization, the connection with the diffusion coefficient is established, and
we find agreement with the classical result for the rate of decrease of the
transverse component of magnetization.Comment: 22 pages, no figure
Internal state conversion in ultracold gases
We consider an ultracold gas of (non-condensed) bosons or fermions with two
internal states, and study the effect of a gradient of the transition frequency
between these states. When a RF pulse is applied to the sample,
exchange effects during collisions transfer the atoms into internal states
which depend on the direction of their velocity. This results, after a short
time, in a spatial separation between the two states. A kinetic equation is
solved analytically and numerically; the results agree well with the recent
observations of Lewandowski et al.Comment: Accepted version, to appear in PR
Two Step Restoration of SU(2) Symmetry in a Frustrated Ring-Exchange Magnet
We demonstrate the existence of a spin-nematic, moment-free phase in a
quantum four-spin ring exchange model on the square lattice. This unusual
quantum state is created by the interplay of frustration and quantum
fluctuations which lead to a partial restoration of SU(2) symmetry when going
from a four-sublattice orthogonal biaxial Neel order to this exotic uniaxial
magnet. A further increase of frustration drives a transition to a fully gapped
SU(2) symmetric valence bond crystal.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Metamagnetic phase transition of the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg icosahedron
The observation of hysteresis effects in single molecule magnets like
Mn-acetate has initiated ideas of future applications in storage
technology. The appearance of a hysteresis loop in such compounds is an outcome
of their magnetic anisotropy. In this Letter we report that magnetic hysteresis
occurs in a spin system without any anisotropy, specifically, where spins
mounted on the vertices of an icosahedron are coupled by antiferromagnetic
isotropic nearest-neighbor Heisenberg interaction giving rise to geometric
frustration. At T=0 this system undergoes a first order metamagnetic phase
transition at a critical field \Bcrit between two distinct families of ground
state configurations. The metastable phase of the system is characterized by a
temperature and field dependent survival probability distribution.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Physical Review Letter
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