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Weak ferromagnetism and spiral spin structures in honeycomb Hubbard planes
Within the Hartree Fock- RPA analysis, we derive the spin wave spectrum for
the weak ferromagnetic phase of the Hubbard model on the honeycomb lattice.
Assuming a uniform magnetization, the polar (optical) and acoustic branches of
the spin wave excitations are determined. The bipartite lattice geometry
produces a q-dependent phase difference between the spin wave amplitudes on the
two sub-lattices. We also find an instability of the uniform weakly magnetized
configuration to a weak antiferromagnetic spiraling spin structure, in the
lattice plane, with wave vector Q along the Gamma-K direction, for electron
densities n>0.6. We discuss the effect of diagonal disorder on both the
creation of electron bound states, enhancement of the density of states, and
the possible relevance of these effects to disorder induced ferromagnetism, as
observed in proton irradiated graphite.Comment: 13 pages, 7 figure
Percolation study for the capillary ascent of a liquid through a granular soil
Capillary rise plays a crucial role in the construction of road embankments
in flood zones, where hydrophobic compounds are added to the soil to suppress
the rising of water and avoid possible damage of the pavement. Water rises
through liquid bridges, menisci and trimers, whose width and connectivity
depends on the maximal half-length {\lambda} of the capillary bridges among
grains. Low {\lambda} generate a disconnect structure, with small clusters
everywhere. On the contrary, for high {\lambda}, create a percolating cluster
of trimers and enclosed volumes that form a natural path for capillary rise.
Hereby, we study the percolation transition of this geometric structure as a
function of {\lambda} on a granular media of monodisperse spheres in a random
close packing. We determine both the percolating threshold {\lambda}_{c} =
(0.049 \pm 0.004)R (with R the radius of the granular spheres), and the
critical exponent of the correlation length {\nu} = (0.830 \pm 0.051),
suggesting that the percolation transition falls into the universality class of
ordinary percolation
Emergent Nesting of the Fermi Surface from Local-Moment Description of Iron-Pnictide High-Tc Superconductors
We uncover the low-energy spectrum of a t-J model for electrons on a square
lattice of spin-1 iron atoms with 3dxz and 3dyz orbital character by applying
Schwinger-boson-slave-fermion mean-field theory and by exact diagonalization of
one hole roaming over a 4 x 4 x 2 lattice. Hopping matrix elements are set to
produce hole bands centered at zero two-dimensional (2D) momentum in the
free-electron limit. Holes can propagate coherently in the t-J model below a
threshold Hund coupling when long-range antiferromagnetic order across the d+ =
3d(x+iy)z and d- = 3d(x-iy)z orbitals is established by magnetic frustration
that is off-diagonal in the orbital indices. This leads to two hole-pocket
Fermi surfaces centered at zero 2D momentum. Proximity to a commensurate
spin-density wave (cSDW) that exists above the threshold Hund coupling results
in emergent Fermi surface pockets about cSDW momenta at a quantum critical
point (QCP). This motivates the introduction of a new Gutzwiller wavefunction
for a cSDW metal state. Study of the spin-fluctuation spectrum at cSDW momenta
indicates that the dispersion of the nested band of one-particle states that
emerges is electron-type. Increasing Hund coupling past the QCP can push the
hole-pocket Fermi surfaces centered at zero 2D momentum below the Fermi energy
level, in agreement with recent determinations of the electronic structure of
mono-layer iron-selenide superconductors.Comment: 41 pages, 12 figures, published versio
Dynamical demixing of a binary mixture under sedimentation
We investigate the sedimentation dynamics of a binary mixture, the species of
which differ by their Stokes coefficients but are identical otherwise. We
analyze the sedimentation dynamics and the morphology of the final deposits
using Brownian dynamics simulations for mixtures with a range of sedimentation
velocities of both species. We found a threshold in the sedimentation
velocities difference above which the species in the final deposit are
segregated. The degree of segregation increases with the difference in the
Stokes coefficients or the sedimentation velocities above the threshold. We
propose a simple mean-field model that captures the main features of the
simulated deposits
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