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Negative Magnetoresistance of Granular Metals in a Strong Magnetic Field
The magnetoresistance of a granular superconductor in a strong magnetic field
destroying the gap in each grain is considered. It is assumed that the
tunneling between grains is sufficiently large such that all conventional
effects of localization can be neglected. A non-trivial sensitivity to the
magnetic field comes from superconducting fluctuations leading to the formation
of virtual Cooper pairs and reducing the density of states. At low temperature,
the pairs do not contribute to the macroscopic transport but their existence
can drastically reduce the conductivity. Growing the magnetic field one
destroys the fluctuations, which improves the metallic properties and leads to
the negative magnetoresistance.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, RevTe
Magnetoresistance of Granular Superconducting Metals in a Strong Magnetic Field
The magnetoresistance of a granular superconductor in a strong magnetic field
is considered. It is assumed that this field destroys the superconducting gap
in each grain, such that all interesting effects considered in the paper are
due to superconducting fluctuations. The conductance of the system is assumed
to be large, which allows us to neglect all localization effects as well as the
Coulomb interaction. It is shown that at low temperatures the superconducting
fluctuations reduce the one-particle density of states but do not contribute to
transport. As a result, the resistivity of the normal state exceeds the
classical resistivity approaching the latter only in the limit of extremely
strong magnetic fields, and this leads to a negative magnetoresistance. We
present detailed calculations of physical quatities relevant for describing the
effect and make a comparison with existing experiments.Comment: 24 pages, 10 figure
On the Conductivity of a Magnetoactive Turbulent Plasma
The problem of determining the effective conductivity tensor of a
magnetoactive turbulent plasma is considered in the approximation of isolated
particles. Additional gyrotropicterms are shown to appear in the conductivity
tensor in the presence of mean, nonzero magnetic helicity. The dispersion of
propagating electro- magnetic waves changes, additional modes and additional
rotation of the polarization plane appear, and the waves can be amplified. The
properties acquired by plasma with helicity are similar those observed in
chiral and bianisotropic electrodynamic media.Comment: 15 page
Finite-temperature form factors in the free Majorana theory
We study the large distance expansion of correlation functions in the free
massive Majorana theory at finite temperature, alias the Ising field theory at
zero magnetic field on a cylinder. We develop a method that mimics the spectral
decomposition, or form factor expansion, of zero-temperature correlation
functions, introducing the concept of "finite-temperature form factors". Our
techniques are different from those of previous attempts in this subject. We
show that an appropriate analytical continuation of finite-temperature form
factors gives form factors in the quantization scheme on the circle. We show
that finite-temperature form factor expansions are able to reproduce expansions
in form factors on the circle. We calculate finite-temperature form factors of
non-interacting fields (fields that are local with respect to the fundamental
fermion field). We observe that they are given by a mixing of their
zero-temperature form factors and of those of other fields of lower scaling
dimension. We then calculate finite-temperature form factors of order and
disorder fields. For this purpose, we derive the Riemann-Hilbert problem that
completely specifies the set of finite-temperature form factors of general
twist fields (order and disorder fields and their descendants). This
Riemann-Hilbert problem is different from the zero-temperature one, and so are
its solutions. Our results agree with the known form factors on the circle of
order and disorder fields.Comment: 40 pp.; v2: 42 pp., refs and acknowledgment added, typos corrected,
description of general matrix elements corrected and extended; v3: 47 pp.,
appendix adde
Gyroscope deviation from geodesic motion: quasiresonant oscillations on a circular orbit
General relativistic spin-orbit interaction leads to the quasiresonant
oscillation of the gyroscope mass center along the orbital normal. The beating
amplitude does not include the speed of light and equals the ratio of the
intrinsic momentum of the gyroscope to its orbital momentum. The modulation
frequency equals the angular velocity of the geodetic precession that prevents
the oscillation from resonance. The oscillation represents the precession of
the gyroscope orbital momentum. Within an acceptable time the oscillation
amplitude reaches the values that are amenable to being analyzed
experimentally. Taking into account the source oblateness decreases the beating
amplitude and increases the modulation frequency by the factor that is equal to
the ratio of the quadrupole precession velocity to the geodetic precession
velocity. The period of the quadrupole precession turns out to be a quite
sufficient time to form a measurable amplitude of the oscillation.Comment: 5 pages, LaTeX2e, 1 eps figure, to appear in J. Exp. Theor. Phy
Nambu monopoles in lattice Electroweak theory
We considered the lattice electroweak theory at realistic values of
and and for large values of the Higgs mass. We investigated
numerically the properties of topological objects that are identified with
quantum Nambu monopoles. We have found that the action density near the Nambu
monopole worldlines exceeds the density averaged over the lattice in the
physical region of the phase diagram. Moreover, their percolation probability
is found to be an order parameter for the transition between the symmetric and
the broken phases. Therefore, these monopoles indeed appear as real physical
objects. However, we have found that their density on the lattice increases
with increasing ultraviolet cutoff. Thus we conclude, that the conventional
lattice electroweak theory is not able to predict the density of Nambu
monopoles. This means that the description of Nambu monopole physics based on
the lattice Weinberg - Salam model with finite ultraviolet cutoff is
incomplete. We expect that the correct description may be obtained only within
the lattice theory that involves the description of TeV - scale physics.Comment: LATE
The Lake Baikal neutrino experiment: selected results
We review the present status of the lake Baikal Neutrino Experiment and
present selected physical results gained with the consequetive stages of the
stepwise increasing detector: from NT-36 to NT-96. Results cover atmospheric
muons, neutrino events, very high energy neutrinos, search for neutrino events
from WIMP annihilation, search for magnetic monopoles and environmental
studies. We also describe an air Cherenkov array developed for the study of
angular resolution of NT-200.Comment: 25 pages, 12 figures. To appear in the Procrrdings of International
Conference on Non-Accelerator New Physics, June 28 - July 3, 1999, Dubna,
Russi
Coherent quantum phenomena in mesoscopic metallic conductors (Review Article)
The quantum coherent phenomena in mesoscopic cylindrical metallic conductors have been considered. Pure double-and single-connected normal samples were placed in a longitudinal magnetic field, which generated interference phenomena depending on the magnetic flux through the cross-section of the conductor. The period of the induced oscillations is equal to the flux quantum hc/e of the normal metal. The quantum states are formed in the structures by collisions of the electrons with the dielectric boundary of the sample. The magnetic flux is included in the expression for the spectrum of quasiparticles. The proximity effect and its influence on the modification of the spectrum of quantum coherent phenomena have been investigated. The behavior of cylindrical samples consisting of a superconducting (S) metal with a deposited thin pure normal (N) metal layer has been analyzed. In this structure the electrons are localized in a well bounded by a dielectric on one side and by a superconductor on the other. The specific feature of the generated quantized Andreev levels is that in the varying field H (or temperature T) each of the levels in the well can coincide periodically with the chemical potential of the metal. As a result, the state of the system experiences strong degeneracy and the density of states exhibits resonance spikes of the energy of the NS sample. This makes a significant contribution to the magnetic moment. A theory of the reentrant effect for NS structures has been developed, which interprets the anomalous behavior of the magnetic susceptibility of such structures as a function of the magnetic field and temperatures
Realization of Rectangular Artificial Spin Ice and Direct Observation of High Energy Topology
In this letter, we have constructed and experimentally investigated
frustrated arrays of dipoles forming two-dimensional artificial spin ices with
different lattice parameters (rectangular arrays with horizontal and vertical
lattice spacings denoted by and respectively). Arrays with three
different ratios , and are
studied. Theoretical calculations of low-energy demagnetized configurations for
these same parameters are also presented. Experimental data for demagnetized
samples confirm most of the theoretical results. However, the highest energy
topology (doubly-charged monopoles) does not emerge in our theoretical model,
while they are seen in experiments for large enough . Our results also
insinuate that magnetic monopoles may be almost free in rectangular lattices
with a critical ratio , supporting previous
theoretical predictions
Rhizosphere processes are quantitatively important components of terrestrial carbon and nutrient cycles
Abstract While there is an emerging view that roots and their associated microbes actively alter resource availability and soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition, the ecosystem consequences of such rhizosphere effects have rarely been quantified. Using a meta-analysis, we show that multiple indices of microbially mediated C and nitrogen (N) cycling, including SOM decomposition, are significantly enhanced in the rhizospheres of diverse vegetation types. Then, using a numerical model that combines rhizosphere effect sizes with fine root morphology and depth distributions, we show that root-accelerated mineralization and priming can account for up to one-third of the total C and N mineralized in temperate forest soils. Finally, using a stoichiometrically constrained microbial decomposition model, we show that these effects can be induced by relatively modest fluxes of root-derived C, on the order of 4% and 6% of gross and net primary production, respectively. Collectively, our results indicate that rhizosphere processes are a widespread, quantitatively important driver of SOM decomposition and nutrient release at the ecosystem scale, with potential consequences for global C stocks and vegetation feedbacks to climate
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