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Electronic Structure of the YH3 Phase from Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy
Yttrium can be loaded with hydrogen up to high concentrations causing
dramatic structural and electronic changes of the host lattice. We report on
angle-resolved photoemission experiments of the Y trihydride phase. Most
importantly, we find the absence of metal d-bands at the Fermi level and a set
of flat, H-induced bands located at much higher binding energy than predicted,
indicating an increased electron affinity at H sites
Hot Spots on the Fermi Surface of Bi2212: Stripes versus Superstructure
In a recent paper Saini et al. have reported evidence for a pseudogap around
(pi,0) at room temperature in the optimally doped superconductor Bi2212. This
result is in contradiction with previous ARPES measurements. Furthermore they
observed at certain points on the Fermi surface hot spots of high spectral
intensity which they relate to the existence of stripes in the CuO planes. They
also claim to have identified a new electronic band along Gamma-M1 whose one
dimensional character provides further evidence for stripes. We demonstrate in
this Comment that all the measured features can be simply understood by
correctly considering the superstructure (umklapp) and shadow bands which occur
in Bi2212.Comment: 1 page, revtex, 1 encapsulated postscript figure (color
Cloud fraction determined by thermal infrared and visible all-sky cameras
The thermal infrared cloud camera (IRCCAM) is a prototype instrument
that determines cloud fraction continuously during daytime and
night-time using measurements of the absolute thermal sky radiance
distributions in the 8–14 µm wavelength range in conjunction with
clear-sky radiative transfer modelling. Over a time period of 2 years, the
fractional cloud coverage obtained by the IRCCAM is compared with two
commercial cameras (Mobotix Q24M and Schreder VIS-J1006) sensitive in the
visible spectrum, as well as with the automated partial cloud amount
detection algorithm (APCADA) using pyrgeometer data. Over the 2-year period,
the cloud fractions determined by the IRCCAM and the visible all-sky cameras
are consistent to within 2 oktas (0.25 cloud fraction) for 90 % of the
data set during the day, while for day- and night-time data the comparison
with the APCADA algorithm yields an agreement of 80 %. These results are
independent of cloud types with the exception of thin cirrus clouds, which
are not detected as consistently by the current cloud algorithm of the
IRCCAM. The measured absolute sky radiance distributions also provide the
potential for future applications by being combined with ancillary
meteorological data from radiosondes and ceilometers.</p
The Coherence Field in the Field Perturbation Theory of Superconductivity
We re-examine the Nambu-Gorkov perturbation theory of superconductivity on
the basis of the Bogoliubov-Valatin quasi-particles. We show that two different
fields (and two additional analogous fields) may be constructed, and that the
Nambu field is only one of them. For the other field- the coherence field- the
interaction is given by means of two interaction vertices that are based on the
Pauli matrices tau1 and tau3. Consequently, the Hartree integral for the
off-diagonal pairing self-energy may be finite, and in some cases large. We
interpret the results in terms of conventional superconductivity, and also
discuss briefly possible implications to HTSC
Temperature dependent photoemission on 1T-TiSe2: Interpretation within the exciton condensate phase model
The charge density wave phase transition of 1T-TiSe2 is studied by
angle-resolved photoemission over a wide temperature range. An important
chemical potential shift which strongly evolves with temperature is evidenced.
In the framework of the exciton condensate phase, the detailed temperature
dependence of the associated order parameter is extracted. Having a
mean-field-like behaviour at low temperature, it exhibits a non-zero value
above the transition, interpreted as the signature of strong excitonic
fluctuations, reminiscent of the pseudo-gap phase of high temperature
superconductors. Integrated intensity around the Fermi level is found to
display a trend similar to the measured resistivity and is discussed within the
model.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figure
Theory for Dynamical Short Range Order and Fermi Surface Volume in Strongly Correlated Systems
Using the fluctuation exchange approximation of the one band Hubbard model,
we discuss the origin of the changing Fermi surface volume in underdoped
cuprate systems due to the transfer of occupied states from the Fermi surface
to its shadow, resulting from the strong dynamical antiferromagnetic short
range correlations. The momentum and temperature dependence of the quasi
particle scattering rate shows unusual deviations from the conventional Fermi
liquid like behavior. Their consequences for the changing Fermi surface volume
are discussed. Here, we investigate in detail which scattering processes
might be responsible for a violation of the Luttinger theorem. Finally, we
discuss the formation of hole pockets near half filling.Comment: 5 pages, Revtex, 4 postscript figure
Theory for the excitation spectrum of High-T$_c superconductors : quasiparticle dispersion and shadows of the Fermi surface
Using a new method for the solution of the FLEX-equations, which allows the
determination of the self energy of the Hubbard
model on the real frequency axis, we calculate the doping dependence of the
quasi-particle excitations of High-T superconductors. We obtain new results
for the shadows of the Fermi surface, their dependence on the deformation of
the quasi particle dispersion, an anomalous -dependence of and a related violation of the Luttinger theorem.
This sheds new light on the influence of short range magnetic order on the low
energy excitations and its significance for photoemission experiments.Comment: 4 pages (REVTeX) with 3 figure
Remnant Fermi surface in the presence of an underlying instability in layered 1T-TaS_2
We report high resolution angle-scanned photoemission and Fermi surface (FS)
mapping experiments on the layered transition-metal dichalcogenide 1T-TaS_2 in
the quasi commensurate (QC) and the commensurate (C) charge-density-wave (CDW)
phase. Instead of a nesting induced partially removed FS in the CDW phase we
find a pseudogap over large portions of the FS. This remnant FS exhibits the
symmetry of the one-particle normal state FS even when passing from the
QC-phase to the C-phase. Possibly, this Mott localization induced transition
represents the underlying instability responsible for the pseudogapped FS
The Fermi surface of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8
We study the Fermi surface of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 (Bi2212) using angle resolved
photoemission (ARPES) with a momentum resolution of ~ 0.01 of the Brillouin
zone. We show that, contrary to recent suggestions, the Fermi surface is a
large hole barrel centered at (pi,pi), independent of the incident photon
energy.Comment: 4 pages (revtex), 4 figures (eps, 2 color
Spectroscopic signatures of a bandwidth-controlled Mott transition at the surface of 1T-TaSe
High-resolution angle-resolved photoemission (ARPES) data show that a
metal-insulator Mott transition occurs at the surface of the quasi-two
dimensional compound TaSe. The transition is driven by the narrowing of the
Ta band induced by a temperature-dependent modulation of the atomic
positions. A dynamical mean-field theory calculation of the spectral function
of the half-filled Hubbard model captures the main qualitative feature of the
data, namely the rapid transfer of spectral weight from the observed
quasiparticle peak at the Fermi surface to the Hubbard bands, as the
correlation gap opens up.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures; one modified figure, added referenc
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