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Single Top Quark Production and Decay at Next-to-leading Order in Hadron Collision
We present a calculation of the next-to-leading order QCD corrections, with
one-scale phase space slicing method, to single top quark production and decay
process at hadron colliders.
Using the helicity amplitude method, the angular correlation of the final state
partons and the spin correlation of the top quark are preserved. The effect of
the top quark width is also examined.Comment: 47 pages, 9 figure
Evolution of Magnetism in Single-Crystal Honeycomb Iridates
We report the successful synthesis of single-crystals of the layered iridate,
(NaLi)IrO, , and a thorough study of
its structural, magnetic, thermal and transport properties. The new compound
allows a controlled interpolation between NaIrO and LiIrO,
while maintaing the novel quantum magnetism of the honeycomb Ir planes.
The measured phase diagram demonstrates a dramatic suppression of the N\'eel
temperature, , at intermediate suggesting that the magnetic order in
NaIrO and LiIrO are distinct, and that at , the
compound is close to a magnetically disordered phase that has been sought after
in NaIrO and LiIrO. By analyzing our magnetic data with a
simple theoretical model we also show that the trigonal splitting, on the
Ir ions changes sign from NaIrO and LiIrO, and the
honeycomb iridates are in the strong spin-orbit coupling regime, controlled by
\jeff=1/2 moments.Comment: updated version with more dat
Spin-orbit tuned metal-insulator transitions in single-crystal Sr2Ir1-xRhxO4 (0\leqx\leq1)
Sr2IrO4 is a magnetic insulator driven by spin-orbit interaction (SOI)
whereas the isoelectronic and isostructural Sr2RhO4 is a paramagnetic metal.
The contrasting ground states have been shown to result from the critical role
of the strong SOI in the iridate. Our investigation of structural, transport,
magnetic and thermal properties reveals that substituting 4d Rh4+ (4d5) ions
for 5d Ir4+(5d5) ions in Sr2IrO4 directly reduces the SOI and rebalances the
competing energies so profoundly that it generates a rich phase diagram for
Sr2Ir1-xRhxO4 featuring two major effects: (1) Light Rh doping (0\leqx\leq0.16)
prompts a simultaneous and precipitous drop in both the electrical resistivity
and the magnetic ordering temperature TC, which is suppressed to zero at x =
0.16 from 240 K at x=0. (2) However, with heavier Rh doping (0.24< x<0.85
(\pm0.05)) disorder scattering leads to localized states and a return to an
insulating state with spin frustration and exotic magnetic behavior that only
disappears near x=1. The intricacy of Sr2Ir1-xRhxO4 is further highlighted by
comparison with Sr2Ir1-xRuxO4 where Ru4+(4d4) drives a direct crossover from
the insulating to metallic states.Comment: 5 figure
A large accretion disk of extreme eccentricity in the TDE ASASSN-14li
In the canonical model for tidal disruption events (TDEs), the stellar debris
circularizes quickly to form an accretion disk of size about twice the orbital
pericenter of the star. Most TDEs and candidates discovered in the optical/UV
have broad optical emission lines with complex and diverse profiles of puzzling
origin. Liu et al. recently developed a relativistic elliptical disk model of
constant eccentricity in radius for the broad optical emission lines of TDEs
and well reproduced the double-peaked line profiles of the TDE candidate
PTF09djl with a large and extremely eccentric accretion disk. In this paper, we
show that the optical emission lines of the TDE ASASSN-14li with radically
different profiles are well modelled with the relativistic elliptical disk
model, too. The accretion disk of ASASSN-14li has an eccentricity 0.97 and
semimajor axis of 847 times the Schwarzschild radius (r_S) of the black hole
(BH). It forms as the consequence of tidal disruption of a star passing by a
massive BH with orbital pericenter 25r_S. The optical emission lines of
ASASSN-14li are powered by an extended X-ray source of flat radial distribution
overlapping the bulk of the accretion disk and the single-peaked asymmetric
line profiles are mainly due to the orbital motion of the emitting matter
within the disk plane of inclination about 26\degr and of pericenter
orientation closely toward the observer. Our results suggest that modelling the
complex line profiles is powerful in probing the structures of accretion disks
and coronal X-ray sources in TDEs.Comment: 10 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in the MNRA
Competing Ground States in Triple-layered Sr4Ru3O10: Verging on Itinerant Ferromagnetism with Critical Fluctuations
Sr4Ru3O10 is characterized by a sharp metamagnetic transition and
ferromagnetic behavior occurring within the basal plane and along the c-axis,
respectively. Resistivity at magnetic field, B, exhibits low-frequency quantum
oscillations when B||c-axis and large magnetoresistivity accompanied by
critical fluctuations driven by the metamagnetism when B^c-axis. The complex
behavior evidenced in resistivity, magnetization and specific heat presented is
not characteristic of any obvious ground states, and points to an exotic state
that shows a delicate balance between fluctuations and order.Comment: 18 pages, 4 figure
Twin wall of cubic-tetragonal ferroelastics
We derive solutions for the twin wall linking two tetragonal variants of the
cubic-tetragonal ferroelastic transformation, including for the first time the
dilatational and shear energies and strains. Our solutions satisfy the
compatibility relations exactly and are obtained at all temperatures. They
require four non-vanishing strains except at the Barsch-Krumhansl temperature
TBK (where only the two deviatoric strains are needed). Between the critical
temperature and TBK, material in the wall region is dilated, while below TBK it
is compressed. In agreement with experiment and more general theory, the twin
wall lies in a cubic 110-type plane. We obtain the wall energy numerically as a
function of temperature and we derive a simple estimate which agrees well with
these values.Comment: 4 pages (revtex), 3 figure
Destruction of the Mott Insulating Ground State of Ca_2RuO_4 by a Structural Transition
We report a first-order phase transition at T_M=357 K in single crystal
Ca_2RuO_4, an isomorph to the superconductor Sr_2RuO_4. The discontinuous
decrease in electrical resistivity signals the near destruction of the Mott
insulating phase and is triggered by a structural transition from the low
temperature orthorhombic to a high temperature tetragonal phase. The magnetic
susceptibility, which is temperature dependent but not Curie-like decreases
abruptly at TM and becomes less temperature dependent. Unlike most insulator to
metal transitions, the system is not magnetically ordered in either phase,
though the Mott insulator phase is antiferromagnetic below T_N=110 K.Comment: Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Communications
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