141 research outputs found
Extremely Correlated Fermi Liquid Description of Normal State ARPES in Cuprates
The normal state single particle spectral function of the high temperature
superconducting cuprates, measured by the angle resolved photoelectron
spectroscopy (ARPES), has been considered both anomalous and crucial to
understand. Here we show that an unprecedentedly detailed description of the
data is provided by a spectral function arising from the Extremely Correlated
Fermi Liquid state of the t-J model proposed recently by Shastry. The
description encompasses both laser and conventional synchrotron ARPES data on
optimally doped BiSrCaCuO, and also conventional
synchrotron ARPES data on the LaSrCuO materials. {\em It
fits all data sets with the same physical parameter values}, satisfies the
particle sum rule and successfully addresses two widely discussed "kink"
anomalies in the dispersion.Comment: Published version, 5 figs; published 29 July (2011
Generalized Spectral Signatures of Electron Fractionalization in Quasi-One and -Two Dimensional Molybdenum Bronzes and Superconducting Cuprates
We establish the quasi-one-dimensional Li purple bronze as a photoemission
paradigm of Luttinger liquid behavior. We also show that generalized signatures
of electron fractionalization are present in the angle resolved photoemission
spectra for quasi-two-dimensional purple bronzes and certain cuprates. An
important component of our analysis for the quasi-two-dimensional systems is
the proposal of a ``melted holon'' scenario for the k-independent background
that accompanies but does not interact with the peaks that disperse to define
the Fermi surface.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figure
Effects of gut chemistry in marine bivalves on the assimilation of metals from ingested sediment particles
Bioavailability and uptake of trace metals by benthic animals are often assumed to be limited by authigenic sulfide minerals because of their low metal solubilities and reactivities under sedimentary conditions. However, digestive processes and gut conditions such as Eh, pH, and enzyme or surfactant activity, can affect the release of ingested metals in the gut and control uptake. In a series of laboratory experiments with the deposit-feeding clam, Macoma balthica and the suspension-feeding mussel, Mytilus edulis, we assessed assimilation efficiencies (AE) of radioisotopes of Ag, Cd and Co associated with acid-volatile sulfide (AVS), iron oxide (re-oxidized AVS), and reduced and oxidized natural sediment. To evaluate controls on AE, we measured the gut passage time (GPT) of ingested particles, gut Eh, pH, and extraction of Ag, Cd, and Co from particles into gut juice. In general, the overall trends of AEs and metal extraction were Co \u3e Cd ≥ Ag. AEs, metal extraction, and GPTs were higher in M. balthica than in M. edulis in most cases. M. balthica tended overall to take up metals more readily from oxidized than reduced natural sediment, whereas M. edulis did the opposite for Co and Cd. AEs of metals in reoxidized AVS (Fe-oxides) were generally similar to oxic sediment (Ag being the exception for M. edulis). In M. balthica, there was no significant difference in AEs from AVS and Fe-oxide particles for Cd (14 -20%) or Co (27-35%), but AEs for Ag from AVS particles were greater in large clams (28%) than small clams (15%). There were generally poor correlations between AEs of metals and metal release in gut juice. Low pH and moderate reducing conditions facilitated dissolution of AVS- and iron oxide-bound metal in the guts of both animals. The GPTs (64 h) for Co associated with AVS particles in M. edulis were an order of magnitude greater than for Ag and Cd, or for Co associated with other particle types. Overall, no single mechanism appears to control metal AE in marine bivalves and in vitro studies of metal dissolution in gut juice do not completely mimic the complex digestive processes operating in vivo, and thus cannot fully explain metal assimilation in these animals
Non-fermi-liquid single particle lineshape of the quasi-one-dimensional non-CDW metal Li_{0.9}Mo_{6}O_{17} : comparison to the Luttinger liquid
We report the detailed non-Fermi liquid (NFL) lineshape of the dispersing
excitation which defines the Fermi surface (FS) for quasi-one-dimensional
Li_{0.9}Mo_{6}O_{17}. The properties of Li_{0.9}Mo_{6}O_{17} strongly suggest
that the NFL behavior has a purely electronic origin. Relative to the
theoretical Luttinger liquid lineshape, we identify significant similarities,
but also important differences.Comment: 5 pages, 3 eps figure
Response patterns in the developing social brain are organized by social and emotion features and disrupted in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Adults and children recruit a specific network of brain regions when engaged in “Theory of Mind” (ToM) reasoning. Recently, fMRI studies of adults have used multivariate analyses to provide a deeper characterization of responses in these regions. These analyses characterize representational distinctions within the social domain, rather than comparing responses across preferred (social) and non-preferred stimuli. Here, we conducted opportunistic multivariate analyses in two previously collected datasets (Experiment 1: n = 20 5–11 year old children and n = 37 adults; Experiment 2: n = 76 neurotypical and n = 29 5–12 year old children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)) in order to characterize the structure of representations in the developing social brain, and in order to discover if this structure is disrupted in ASD. Children listened to stories that described characters' mental states (Mental), non-mentalistic social information (Social), and causal events in the environment (Physical), while undergoing fMRI. We measured the extent to which neural responses in ToM brain regions were organized according to two ToM-relevant models: 1) a condition model, which reflected the experimenter-generated condition labels, and 2) a data-driven emotion model, which organized stimuli according to their emotion content. We additionally constructed two control models based on linguistic and narrative features of the stories. In both experiments, the two ToM-relevant models outperformed the control models. The fit of the condition model increased with age in neurotypical children. Moreover, the fit of the condition model to neural response patterns was reduced in the RTPJ in children diagnosed with ASD. These results provide a first glimpse into the conceptual structure of information in ToM brain regions in childhood, and suggest that there are real, stable features that predict responses in these regions in children. Multivariate analyses are a promising approach for sensitively measuring conceptual and neural developmental change and individual differences in ToM.NSF (Award 1122374
How universal is the one-particle Green's function of a Luttinger liquid?
The one-particle Green's function of the Tomonaga-Luttinger model for
one-dimensional interacting Fermions is discussed. Far away from the origin of
the plane of space-time coordinates the function falls off like a power law.
The exponent depends on the direction within the plane. For a certain form of
the interaction potential or within an approximated cut-off procedure the
different exponents only depend on the strength of the interaction at zero
momentum and can be expressed in terms of the Luttinger liquid parameters
and of the model at hand. For a more general
interaction and directions which are determined by the charge velocity
and spin velocity the exponents also depend on the
smoothness of the interaction at zero momentum and the asymptotic behavior of
the Green's function is not given by the Luttinger liquid parameters alone.
This shows that the physics of large space-time distances in Luttinger liquids
is less universal than is widely believed.Comment: 5 pages with 2 figure
Cellular Contraction and Polarization Drive Collective Cellular Motion
Coordinated motions of close-packed multicellular systems typically generate cooperative packs, swirls, and clusters. These cooperative motions are driven by active cellular forces, but the physical nature of these forces and how they generate collective cellular motion remain poorly understood. Here, we study forces and motions in a confined epithelial monolayer and make two experimental observations: 1) the direction of local cellular motion deviates systematically from the direction of the local traction exerted by each cell upon its substrate; and 2) oscillating waves of cellular motion arise spontaneously. Based on these observations, we propose a theory that connects forces and motions using two internal state variables, one of which generates an effective cellular polarization, and the other, through contractile forces, an effective cellular inertia. In agreement with theoretical predictions, drugs that inhibit contractility reduce both the cellular effective elastic modulus and the frequency of oscillations. Together, theory and experiment provide evidence suggesting that collective cellular motion is driven by at least two internal variables that serve to sustain waves and to polarize local cellular traction in a direction that deviates systematically from local cellular velocity
Spectroscopic signatures of spin-charge separation in the quasi-one-dimensional organic conductor TTF-TCNQ
The electronic structure of the quasi-one-dimensional organic conductor
TTF-TCNQ is studied by angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (ARPES). The
experimental spectra reveal significant discrepancies to band theory. We
demonstrate that the measured dispersions can be consistently mapped onto the
one-dimensional Hubbard model at finite doping. This interpretation is further
supported by a remarkable transfer of spectral weight as function of
temperature. The ARPES data thus show spectroscopic signatures of spin-charge
separation on an energy scale of the conduction band width.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures; to appear in PR
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Bacterial communities in larger islands have reduced temporal turnover
Patterns of species diversity provide fundamental insights into the underlying mechanisms and processes that regulate biodiversity. The species-time relationship (STR) has the potential to be one such pattern; in a comparable manner to its more extensively studied spatial analogue, the species-area relationship (SAR), which has been pivotal in the development of ecological models and theories. We sought to determine the mechanisms and processes that underpin STR patterns of temporal turnover by sampling bacterial communities within ten water-filled tree-holes on the same European beech tree through the course of a year. We took this natural model system to represent an archipelago of islands of varying sizes and with shared common immigration sources. We observed an inverse relationship between STR-derived turnover rates and island size. Further, turnover was related to island size and not island isolation within the study system as indicated by a low frequency of dispersal limitation and high homogenizing dispersal. Compared to SARs, STRs are understudied, as such, the findings from the current study should provide a renewed interest in STR-based patterns and processes
Substrate-induced band gap opening in epitaxial graphene
Graphene has shown great application potentials as the host material for next
generation electronic devices. However, despite its intriguing properties, one
of the biggest hurdles for graphene to be useful as an electronic material is
its lacking of an energy gap in the electronic spectra. This, for example,
prevents the use of graphene in making transistors. Although several proposals
have been made to open a gap in graphene's electronic spectra, they all require
complex engineering of the graphene layer. Here we show that when graphene is
epitaxially grown on the SiC substrate, a gap of ~ 0.26 is produced. This gap
decreases as the sample thickness increases and eventually approaches zero when
the number of layers exceeds four. We propose that the origin of this gap is
the breaking of sublattice symmetry owing to the graphene-substrate
interaction. We believe our results highlight a promising direction for band
gap engineering of graphene.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures; updated reference
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