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    Quantum Topological Excitations: from the Sawtooth Lattice to the Heisenberg Chain

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    The recently elucidated structure of the delafossite YCuO2.5_{2.5} reveals a Cu-O network with nearly independent Δ\Delta chains having different interactions between the s=1/2s=1/2 spins. Motivated by this result, we study the Δ\Delta chain for various ratios Jbb/JbvJ_{\rm bb}/J_{\rm bv} of the base-base and base-vertex interactions. By exact diagonalization and extrapolation, we show that the elementary excitation spectrum, which (within numerical error) is the same for total spins Stot=0S_{\rm tot}=0 and 1, has a gap only in the interval 0.4874(1)≤Jbb/Jbv≤1.53(1)0.4874(1) \leq J_{\rm bb}/J_{\rm bv} \leq 1.53(1). The gap is dispersionless for Jbb/Jbv=1J_{\rm bb}/J_{\rm bv}=1, but has increasing kk-dependence as Jbb/JbvJ_{\rm bb}/J_{\rm bv} moves away from unity, related to the instability of dimers in the ground state.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figures (revtex twocolumn

    Finite Temperature Behavior of Small Silicon and Tin Clusters: An Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study

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    The finite temperature behavior of small Silicon (Si10_{10}, Si15_{15}, and Si20_{20}) and Tin (Sn10_{10} and Sn20_{20}) clusters is studied using isokinetic Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics. The lowest equilibrium structures of all the clusters are built upon a highly stable tricapped trigonal prism unit which is seen to play a crucial role in the finite temperature behavior of these clusters. Thermodynamics of small tin clusters (Sn10_{10} and Sn20_{20}) is revisited in light of the recent experiments on tin clusters of sizes 18-21 [G. A. Breaux et. al. Phys. Rev. B {\bf 71} 073410 (2005)]. We have calculated heat capacities using multiple histogram technique for Si10_{10}, Sn10_{10} and Si15_{15} clusters. Our calculated specific heat curves have a main peak around 2300 K and 2200 K for Si10_{10} and Sn10_{10} clusters respectively. However, various other melting indicators such as root mean square bond length fluctuations, mean square displacements show that diffusive motion of atoms within the cluster begins around 650 K. The finite temperature behavior of Si10_{10} and Sn10_{10} is dominated by isomerization and it is rather difficult to discern the temperature range for transition region. On the other hand, Si15_{15} does show a liquid like behavior over a short temperature range followed by the fragmentation observed around 1800 K. Finite temperature behavior of Si20_{20} and Sn20_{20} show that these clusters do not melt but fragment around 1200 K and 650 K respectively.Comment: 9 figure

    Field-theory calculation of the electric dipole moment of the neutron and paramagnetic atoms

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    Electric dipole moments (edms) of bound states that arise from the constituents having edms are studied with field-theoretic techniques. The systems treated are the neutron and a set of paramagnetic atoms. In the latter case it is well known that the atomic edm differs greatly from the electron edm when the internal electric fields of the atom are taken into account. In the nonrelativistic limit these fields lead to a complete suppression, but for heavy atoms large enhancement factors are present. A general bound-state field theory approach applicable to both the neutron and paramagnetic atoms is set up. It is applied first to the neutron, treating the quarks as moving freely in a confining spherical well. It is shown that the effect of internal electric fields is small in this case. The atomic problem is then revisited using field-theory techniques in place of the usual Hamiltonian methods, and the atomic enhancement factor is shown to be consistent with previous calculations. Possible application of bound-state techniques to other sources of the neutron edm is discussed.Comment: 21 pages, 5 figure

    Measurement of the 6S-7S transition polarizablility in atomic cesium and an improved test of the standard model

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    The ratio of the off-diagonal hyperfine amplitude to the tensor transition polarizability (Mhf/beta) for the 6S-7S transition in cesium has been measured. The value of beta=27.024(43)(expt)(67)(theory)a_0^3 is then obtained using an accurate semi-empirical value of Mhf. This is combined with a previous measurement of parity nonconservation in atomic cesium and previous atomic structure calculations to determine the value of the weak charge. The uncertainties in the atomic structure calculations are updated (and reduced) in light of new experimental tests. The result Q_W=-72.06(28)(expt) (34)(theory) differs from the prediction of the standard model of elementary particle physics by 2.5 sigma.Comment: 12 pages, 1 figur

    The Compton-thick quasar at the heart of the high-redshift giant radio galaxy 6C 0905+39

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    Our XMM-Newton spectrum of the giant, high-redshift (z=1.88) radio galaxy 6C 0905+39 shows that it contains one of the most powerful, high-redshift, Compton-thick quasars known. Its spectrum is very hard above 2 keV. The steep XMM spectrum below that energy is shown to be due to extended emission from the radio bridge using Chandra data. The nucleus of 6C 0905+39 has a column density of 3.5 (+1.4,-0.4) X 10^24 cm^-2 and absorption-corrected X-ray luminosity of 1.7 (+0.9,-0.1) X 10^45 erg/s in the 2-10 keV band. A lower redshift active galaxy in the same field, SDSS J090808.36+394313.6, may also be Compton-thick.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, accepted to MNRA
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