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Metal-to-Insulator Crossover in the Low-Temperature Normal State of Bi_{2}Sr_{2-x}La_{x}CuO_{6+\delta}
We measure the normal-state in-plane resistivity of La-doped Bi-2201 single
crystals at low temperatures by suppressing superconductivity with 60-T pulsed
magnetic fields. With decreasing hole doping, we observe a crossover from a
metallic to insulating behavior in the low-temperature normal state. This
crossover is estimated to occur near 1/8 doping, well inside the underdoped
regime, and not at optimum doping as reported for other cuprates. The
insulating regime is marked by a logarithmic temperature dependence of the
resistivity over two decades of temperature, suggesting that a peculiar charge
localization is common to the cuprates.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in PR
Completions of Z/(p)-Tate cohomology of periodic spectra
We construct splittings of some completions of the Z/(p)-Tate cohomology of
E(n) and some related spectra. In particular, we split (a completion of) tE(n)
as a (completion of) a wedge of E(n-1)'s as a spectrum, where t is shorthand
for the fixed points of the Z/(p)-Tate cohomology spectrum (ie Mahowald's
inverse limit of P_{-k} smash SE(n)). We also give a multiplicative splitting
of tE(n) after a suitable base extension.Comment: 30 pages. Published copy, also available at
http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/gt/GTVol2/paper8.abs.htm
Anharmonicity and asymmetry of Landau levels for a two-dimensional electron gas
We calculate the density of states of a two dimensional electron gas located
at the interface of a GaAlAs/GaAs heterojunction. The disorder potential which
is generally created by a single doping layer behind a spacer, is here enhanced
by the presence of a second delta doped layer of scatterers which can be
repulsive or attractive impurities. We have calculated the density of states by
means of the Klauder's approximation, in the presence of a magnetic field of
arbitrary strength. At low field either band tails or impurity bands are
observed for attractive potentials, depending on the impurity concentration. At
higher field, impurity bands are observed for both repulsive and attractive
potentials. We discuss the effect of such an asymmetrical density of states on
the transport properties in the quantum Hall effect regime.Comment: 22 pages, 12 figures. submitted to Phys. Rev.
Nonlinear Evolution of Anisotropic Cosmological Power
There has been growing interest in the possibility of testing more precisely
the assumption of statistical isotropy of primordial density perturbations. If
it is to be tested with galaxy surveys at distance scales <~ 10 Mpc, then
nonlinear evolution of anisotropic power must be understood. To this end, we
calculate the angular dependence of the power spectrum to third order in
perturbation theory for a primordial power spectrum with a quadrupole
dependence on the wavevector direction. Our results suggest that primordial
power anisotropies will be suppressed by <~ 7% in the quasilinear regime. We
also show that the skewness in the statistically anisotropic theory differs by
no more than 1% from that in the isotropic theory.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure; accepted for publication in Physical Review
Letter
Self-Consistent Electron Subbands of Gaas/Algaas Heterostructure in Magnetic Fields Parallel to the Interface
The effect of strong magnetic fields parallel to GaAs/AlGaAs interface on the
subband structure of a 2D electron layer is ivestigated theoretically. The
system with two levels occupied in zero magnetic field is considered and the
magnetic field induced depletion of the second subband is studied. The
confining potential and the electron dispersion relations are calculated
self-consistently, the electron- electron interaction is taken into account in
the Hartree approximation.Comment: written in LaTeX, 8 pages, 4 figs. available on request from
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A Tonks Giradeau Gas in the Presence of a Local Potential
The physics of a Tonks-Giradeau Gas in the presence of a local potential is
studied. In order to evaluate the single particle density matrix (SPDM) of the
many-body ground state, the Wiger-Jordan transformation is used. The
eigenvector with the largest eigenvalue of the SPDM corresponds to the
"Bose-Einstein Condensate"(BEC) State. We find that the "BEC" state density at
the positon of the local potential decreases, as expected, in the case of a
repulsive potential. For an attractive potential, it decreases or increases
depending on the strength of the potential. The superfluidity of this system is
investigated both numerically and perturbatively. An experimental method for
detecting the effect of an impurity in a Tonks-Giradueau gas is discussed.Comment: 14 pages, 5 figure
Parity-violating nucleon-nucleon interaction from different approaches
Two-pion exchange parity-violating nucleon-nucleon interactions from recent
effective field theories and earlier fully covariant approaches are
investigated. The potentials are compared with the idea to obtain better
insight on the role of low-energy constants appearing in the effective field
theory approach and the convergence of this one in terms of a perturbative
series. The results are illustrated by considering the longitudinal asymmetry
of polarized protons scattering off protons, , and the
asymmetry of the photon emission in radiative capture of polarized neutrons by
protons, .Comment: 31 page
Interactions of keV sterile neutrinos with matter
A sterile neutrino with mass of several keV is a well-motivated dark-matter
candidate, and it can also explain the observed velocities of pulsars via
anisotropic emission of sterile neutrinos from a cooling neutron star. We
discuss the interactions of such relic particles with matter and comment on the
prospects of future direct detection experiments. A relic sterile neutrino can
interact, via sterile-active mixing, with matter fermions by means of
electroweak currents, with the final state containing a relativistic active
neutrino. The recoil momentum impacted onto a matter fermion is determined by
the sterile neutrino mass and is enough to ionize atoms and flip the spins of
nuclei. While this suggests a possibility of direct experimental detection, we
calculate the rates and show that building a realistic detector of the required
size would be a daunting challenge.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figur
Metal-to-insulator crossover and pseudogap in single-layer compound BiSrCuO single crystals in high magnetic fields
The in-plane and the out-of-plane
magneto-transport in magnetic fields up to 28 T has been investigated in a
series of high quality, single crystal, hole-doped La-free Bi2201 cuprates for
a wide doping range and over a wide range of temperatures down to 40 mK. With
decreasing hole concentration going from the overdoped (p=0.2) to the
underdoped (p=0.12) regimes, a crossover from a metallic to and insulating
behavior of is observed in the low temperature normal state,
resulting in a disorder induced metal insulator transition. In the zero
temperature limit, the normal state ratio of the
heavily underdoped samples in pure Bi2201 shows an anisotropic 3D behavior, in
striking contrast with that observed in La-doped Bi2201 and LSCO systems. Our
data strongly support that that the negative out-of-plane magnetoresistance is
largely governed by interlayer conduction of quasiparticles in the
superconducting state, accompanied by a small contribution of normal state
transport associated with the field dependent pseudogap. Both in the optimal
and overdoped regimes, the semiconducting behavior of persists even
for magnetic fields above the pseudogap closing field . The method
suggested by Shibauchi \textit{et al.} (Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{86}, 5763,
(2001)) for evaluating is unsuccessful for both under- and overdoped
Bi2201 samples. Our findings suggest that the normal state pseudogap is not
always a precursor of superconductivity.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figures, published in PRB Nov 200
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