628 research outputs found
Auxiliary particle theory of threshold singularities in photoemission and X-ray absorption spectra: Test of a conserving T-matrix approximation
We calculate the exponents of the threshold singularities in the
photoemission spectrum of a deep core hole and its X-ray absorption spectrum in
the framework of a systematic many-body theory of slave bosons and
pseudofermions (for the empty and occupied core level). In this representation,
photoemission and X-ray absorption can be understood on the same footing; no
distinction between orthogonality catastrophe and excitonic effects is
necessary. We apply the conserving slave particle T-matrix approximation
(CTMA), recently developed to describe both Fermi and non-Fermi liquid behavior
systems with strong local correlations, to the X-ray problem as a test case.
The numerical results for both photoemission and X-ray absorption are found to
be in agreement with the exact infrared powerlaw behavior in the weak as well
as in the strong coupling regions. We point out a close relation of the CTMA
with the parquet equation approach of Nozi{\`e}res et al.Comment: 10 pages, 9 figures, published versio
Mesoscopic quantum transport: Resonant tunneling in the presence of strong Coulomb interaction
Coulomb blockade phenomena and quantum fluctuations are studied in mesoscopic
metallic tunnel junctions with high charging energies. If the resistance of the
barriers is large compared to the quantum resistance, transport can be
described by sequential tunneling. Here we study the influence of quantum
fluctuations. They are important when the resistance is small or the
temperature very low. A real-time approach is developed which allows the
diagrammatic classification of ``inelastic resonant tunneling'' processes where
different electrons tunnel coherently back and forth between the leads and the
metallic island. With the help of a nonperturbative resummation technique we
evaluate the spectral density which describes the charge excitations of the
system. From it physical quantities of interest like current and average charge
can be deduced. Our main conclusions are: An energy renormalization leads to a
logarithmic temperature dependence of the renormalized system parameters. A
finite lifetime broadening can change the classical picture drastically. It
gives rise to a strong flattening of the Coulomb oscillations for low
resistances, but in the Coulomb blockade regime inelastic electron cotunneling
persists. The temperature where these effects are important are accessible in
experiments.Comment: 24 pages + 23 figures (available by fax or conventional mail, upon
request) tfp-1994-1
Atomic Model of Susy Hubbard Operators
We apply the recently proposed susy Hubbard operators to an atomic model. In
the limiting case of free spins, we derive exact results for the entropy which
are compared with a mean field + gaussian corrections description. We show how
these results can be extended to the case of charge fluctuations and calculate
exact results for the partition function, free energy and heat capacity of an
atomic model for some simple examples. Wavefunctions of possible states are
listed. We compare the accuracy of large N expansions of the susy spin
operators with those obtained using `Schwinger bosons' and `Abrikosov
pseudo-fermions'. For the atomic model, we compare results of slave boson,
slave fermion, and susy Hubbard operator approximations in the physically
interesting but uncontrolled limiting case of N->2. For a mixed representation
of spins we estimate the accuracy of large N expansions of the atomic model. In
the single box limit, we find that the lowest energy saddle-point solution
reduces to simply either slave bosons or slave fermions, while for higher boxes
this is not the case. The highest energy saddle-point solution has the
interesting feature that it admits a small region of a mixed representation,
which bears a superficial resemblance to that seen experimentally close to an
antiferromagnetic quantum critical point.Comment: 17 pages + 7 pages Appendices, 14 figures. Substantial revision
Josephson Current in the Presence of a Precessing Spin
The Josephson current in the presence of a precessing spin between various
types of superconductors is studied. It is shown that the Josephson current
flowing between two spin-singlet pairing superconductors is not modulated by
the precession of the spin. When both superconductors have equal-spin-triplet
pairing state, the flowing Josephson current is modulated with twice of the
Larmor frequency by the precessing spin. It was also found that up to the
second tunneling matrix elements, no Josephson current can occur with only a
direct exchange interaction between the localized spin and the conduction
electrons, if the two superconductors have different spin-parity pairing
states.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figur
Charge and spin configurations in the coupled quantum dots with Coulomb correlations induced by tunneling current
We investigated the peculiarities of non-equilibrium charge states and spin
configurations in the system of two strongly coupled quantum dots (QDs) weakly
connected to the electrodes in the presence of Coulomb correlations. We
analyzed the modification of non-equilibrium charge states and different spin
configurations of the system in a wide range of applied bias voltage and
revealed well pronounced ranges of system parameters where negative tunneling
conductivity appears due to the Coulomb correlations.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figure
Heavy-Fermion Formation at the Metal-to-Insulator Transition in GdSrTiO
The perovskite-like transition-metal oxide GdSrTiO is
investigated by measurements of resistivity, specific-heat, and electron
paramagnetic resonance (EPR). Approaching the metal-to-insulator transition
from the metallic regime (), the Sommerfeld coefficient of
the specific heat becomes strongly enhanced and the resistivity increases
quadratically at low temperatures, which both are fingerprints of strong
electronic correlations. The temperature dependence of the dynamic
susceptibility, as determined from the Gd-EPR linewidth, signals the
importance of strong spin fluctuations, as observed in heavy-fermion compounds.Comment: 4pages, 3 figure
Specific Heat of the 2D Hubbard Model
Quantum Monte Carlo results for the specific heat c of the two dimensional
Hubbard model are presented. At half-filling it was observed that
at very low temperatures. Two distinct features were also identified: a low
temperature peak related to the spin degrees of freedom and a higher
temperature broad peak related to the charge degrees of freedom. Away from
half-filling the spin induced feature slowly disappears as a function of hole
doping while the charge feature moves to lower temperature. A comparison with
experimental results for the high temperature cuprates is discussed.Comment: 6 pages, RevTex, 11 figures embedded in the text, Submitted to Phys.
Rev.
Why could Electron Spin Resonance be observed in a heavy fermion Kondo lattice?
We develop a theoretical basis for understanding the spin relaxation
processes in Kondo lattice systems with heavy fermions as experimentally
observed by electron spin resonance (ESR). The Kondo effect leads to a common
energy scale that regulates a logarithmic divergence of different spin kinetic
coefficients and supports a collective spin motion of the Kondo ions with
conduction electrons. We find that the relaxation rate of a collective spin
mode is greatly reduced due to a mutual cancelation of all the divergent
contributions even in the case of the strongly anisotropic Kondo interaction.
The contribution to the ESR linewidth caused by the local magnetic field
distribution is subject to motional narrowing supported by ferromagnetic
correlations. The developed theoretical model successfully explains the ESR
data of YbRh2Si2 in terms of their dependence on temperature and magnetic
field.Comment: 5pages, 1 Figur
Spin fluctuations in the quasi-two dimensional Heisenberg ferromagnet GdI_2 studied by Electron Spin Resonance
The spin dynamics of GdI_2 have been investigated by ESR spectroscopy. The
temperature dependences of the resonance field and ESR intensity are well
described by the model for the spin susceptibility proposed by Eremin et al.
[Phys. Rev. B 64, 064425 (2001)]. The temperature dependence of the resonance
linewidth shows a maximum similar to the electrical resistance and is discussed
in terms of scattering processes between conduction electrons and localized
spins.Comment: to be published in PR
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