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Comment on "Universal Fluctuations in Correlated Systems"
This is a Comment on "Universal Fluctuations in Correlated Systems".Comment: to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
Dynamic susceptibility and dynamic correlations in spin ice
Here we calculate the dynamic susceptibility and dynamic correlation function
in spin ice using the model of emergent magnetic monopoles. Calculations are
based on a method originally suggested for the description of dynamic processes
in water ice (non-equilibrium thermodynamics approach). We show that for zero
temperature the dynamic correlation function reproduces the transverse dipole
correlations (static correlation function) characteristic of spin ice in its
ground state. At non-zero temperatures the dynamic correlation function
includes an additional longitudinal component which decreases as the
temperature decreases. Both terms (transverse and longitudinal) exhibit
identical Debye-like dependences on frequency but with different relaxation
times: the magnetic Coulomb interaction of monopoles reduces the longitudinal
relaxation time with respect to the transverse one. We calculate the dielectric
function for the magnetic monopole gas and discuss how the non-equilibrium
thermodynamics approach exposes corrections to the Debye-Huckel theory of
magnetic monopoles and the concept of "entropic charge".Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure
Dilution effects in HoYSnO: from the Spin Ice to the single-ion magnet
A study of the modifications of the magnetic properties of
HoYSnO upon varying the concentration of diamagnetic
Y ions is presented. Magnetization and specific heat measurements show
that the Spin Ice ground-state is only weakly affected by doping for , even if non-negligible changes in the crystal field at Ho occur.
In this low doping range SR relaxation measurements evidence a
modification in the low-temperature dynamics with respect to the one observed
in the pure Spin Ice. For , or at high temperature, the dynamics
involve fluctuations among Ho crystal field levels which give rise to a
characteristic peak in Sn nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate. In this
doping limit also the changes in Ho magnetic moment suggest a variation
of the crystal field parameters.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, proceedings of HFM2008 Conferenc
Magnetic frustration in the context of pseudo-dipolar ionic disorder
We consider an alternative to the usual spin glass paradigm for disordered
magnetism, consisting of the previously unstudied combination of frustrated
magnetic interactions and pseudo-dipolar disorder in spin positions. We argue
that this model represents a general limiting case for real systems as well as
a realistic model for certain binary fluorides and oxides. Furthermore, it is
of great relevance to the highly topical subjects of the Coulomb phase and
`charge ice'. We derive an analytical solution for the ground state phase
diagram of a model system constructed in this paradigm and identify magnetic
phases that remain either disordered or partially ordered even at zero
temperature. These phases are of a hitherto unobserved type, but may be broadly
classified as either `spin liquids' or `semi-spin liquids' in contrast to the
usual spin glass or semi-spin glass. Numerical simulations are used to show
that the spin liquid phase exhibits no spin glass transition at finite
temperature, despite the combination of frustration and disorder. By mapping
onto a model of uncoupled loops of Ising spins, we show that the magnetic
structure factor of this phase acts, in the limit , as a
sensitive probe of the positional disorder correlations. We suggest that this
result can be generalized to more complex systems, including experimental
realizations of canonical spin glass models.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures. Submitted to EP
Universal Fluctuations of the Danube Water Level: a Link with Turbulence, Criticality and Company Growth
A global quantity, regardless of its precise nature, will often fluctuate
according to a Gaussian limit distribution. However, in highly correlated
systems, other limit distributions are possible. We have previously calculated
one such distribution and have argued that this function should apply
specifically, and in many instances, to global quantities that define a steady
state. Here we demonstrate, for the first time, the relevance of this
prediction to natural phenomena. The river level fluctuations of the Danube are
observed to obey our prediction, which immediately establishes a generic
statistical connection between turbulence, criticality and company growth
statistics.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figur
Metal-insulator transition caused by the coupling to localized charge-frustrated systems under ice-rule local constraint
We report the results of our theoretical and numerical study on electronic
and transport properties of fermion systems with charge frustration. We
consider an extended Falicov-Kimball model in which itinerant spinless fermions
interact repulsively by U with localized particles whose distribution satisfies
a local constraint under geometrical frustration, the so-called ice rule. We
numerically calculate the density of states, optical conductivity, and inverse
participation ratio for the models on the pyrochlore, checkerboard, and kagome
lattices, and discuss the nature of metal-insulator transitions at commensurate
fillings. As a result, we show that the ice-rule local constraint leads to
several universal features in the electronic structure; a charge gap opens at a
considerably small U compared to the bandwidth, and the energy spectrum
approaches a characteristic form in the large U limit, that is, the
noninteracting tight-binding form in one dimension or the -functional
peak. In the large U region, the itinerant fermions are confined in the
macroscopically-degenerate ice-rule configurations, which consist of a bunch of
one-dimensional loops: We call this insulating state the charge ice. On the
other hand, transport properties are much affected by the geometry and
dimensionality of lattices; e.g., the pyrochlore lattice model exhibits a
transition from a metallic to the charge-ice insulating state by increasing U,
while the checkerboard lattice model appears to show Anderson localization
before opening a gap. Meanwhile, in the kagome lattice case, we do not obtain
clear evidence of Anderson localization. Our results elucidate the universality
and diversity of phase transitions to the charge-ice insulator in fully
frustrated lattices.Comment: 16 pages, 17 figure
Quantum melting of charge ice and non-Fermi-liquid behavior: An exact solution for the extended Falicov-Kimball model in the ice-rule limit
An exact solution is obtained for a model of itinerant electrons coupled to
ice-rule variables on the tetrahedron Husimi cactus, an analogue of the Bethe
lattice of corner-sharing tetrahedra. It reveals a quantum critical point with
the emergence of non-Fermi-liquid behavior in melting of the "charge ice"
insulator. The electronic structure is compared with the numerical results for
the pyrochlore-lattice model to elucidate the physics of electron systems
interacting with the tetrahedron ice rule.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
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