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Effect of hybridization on the magnetic properties of correlated two-band metals
The magnetic properties of transition-like metals are discussed within the
single site approximation, which is a picture to take into account electron
correlations. The metal is described by two hybridized bands one of which
includes Coulomb correlation. The presented results indicate that
ferromagnetism arises for adequate values of hybridization (V), correlation (U)
and occupation number(). Some similarities with Dynamical
Mean-Field Theory (DMFT) are indicated.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figures, presented at the 53rd MMM08 conference in Austin,
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Scaling laws for the decay of multiqubit entanglement
We investigate the decay of entanglement of generalized N-particle
Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states interacting with independent
reservoirs. Scaling laws for the decay of entanglement and for its finite-time
extinction (sudden death) are derived for different types of reservoirs. The
latter is found to increase with the number of particles. However, entanglement
becomes arbitrarily small, and therefore useless as a resource, much before it
completely disappears, around a time which is inversely proportional to the
number of particles. We also show that the decay of multi-particle GHZ states
can generate bound entangled states.Comment: Minor mistakes correcte
Wavepacket scattering on graphene edges in the presence of a (pseudo) magnetic field
The scattering of a Gaussian wavepacket in armchair and zigzag graphene edges
is theoretically investigated by numerically solving the time dependent
Schr\"odinger equation for the tight-binding model Hamiltonian. Our theory
allows to investigate scattering in reciprocal space, and depending on the type
of graphene edge we observe scattering within the same valley, or between
different valleys. In the presence of an external magnetic field, the well know
skipping orbits are observed. However, our results demonstrate that in the case
of a pseudo-magnetic field, induced by non-uniform strain, the scattering by an
armchair edge results in a non-propagating edge state.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figure
Thermal Stability of the Magnetization in Perpendicularly Magnetized Thin Film Nanomagnets
Understanding the stability of thin film nanomagnets with perpendicular
magnetic anisotropy (PMA) against thermally induced magnetization reversal is
important when designing perpendicularly magnetized patterned media and
magnetic random access memories. The leading-order dependence of magnetization
reversal rates are governed by the energy barrier the system needs to surmount
in order for reversal to proceed. In this paper we study the reversal dynamics
of these systems and compute the relevant barriers using the string method of
E, Vanden-Eijnden, and Ren. We find the reversal to be often spatially
incoherent; that is, rather than the magnetization flipping as a rigid unit,
reversal proceeds instead through a soliton-like domain wall sweeping through
the system. We show that for square nanomagnetic elements the energy barrier
increases with element size up to a critical length scale, beyond which the
energy barrier is constant. For circular elements the energy barrier continues
to increase indefinitely, albeit more slowly beyond a critical size. In both
cases the energy barriers are smaller than those expected for coherent
magnetization reversal.Comment: 5 pages, 4 Figure
All-strain based valley filter in graphene nanoribbons using snake states
A pseudo-magnetic field kink can be realized along a graphene nanoribbon
using strain engineering. Electron transport along this kink is governed by
snake states that are characterized by a single propagation direction. Those
pseudo-magnetic fields point towards opposite directions in the K and K'
valleys, leading to valley polarized snake states. In a graphene nanoribbon
with armchair edges this effect results in a valley filter that is based only
on strain engineering. We discuss how to maximize this valley filtering by
adjusting the parameters that define the stress distribution along the graphene
ribbon.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figure
Multipartite quantum nonlocality under local decoherence
We study the nonlocal properties of two-qubit maximally-entangled and N-qubit
Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger states under local decoherence. We show that the
(non)resilience of entanglement under local depolarization or dephasing is not
necessarily equivalent to the (non)resilience of Bell-inequality violations.
Apart from entanglement and Bell-inequality violations, we consider also
nonlocality as quantified by the nonlocal content of correlations, and provide
several examples of anomalous behaviors, both in the bipartite and multipartite
cases. In addition, we study the practical implications of these anomalies on
the usefulness of noisy Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger states as resources for
nonlocality-based physical protocols given by communication complexity
problems. There, we provide examples of quantum gains improving with the number
of particles that coexist with exponentially-decaying entanglement and
non-local contents.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Micromagnetic Simulations of Ferromagnetic Rings
Thin nanomagnetic rings have generated interest for fundamental studies of
magnetization reversal and also for their potential in various applications,
particularly as magnetic memories. They are a rare example of a geometry in
which an analytical solution for the rate of thermally induced magnetic
reversal has been determined, in an approximation whose errors can be estimated
and bounded. In this work, numerical simulations of soft ferromagnetic rings
are used to explore aspects of the analytical solution. The evolution of the
energy near the transition states confirms that, consistent with analytical
predictions, thermally induced magnetization reversal can have one of two
intermediate states: either constant or soliton-like saddle configurations,
depending on ring size and externally applied magnetic field. The results
confirm analytical predictions of a transition in thermally activated reversal
behavior as magnetic field is varied at constant ring size. Simulations also
show that the analytic one dimensional model continues to hold even for wide
rings
Microfenótipos e proteínas associados à expressão da resistência durável à ferrugem da folha do trigo.
Editores técnicos: Joseani Mesquita Antunes, Ana Lídia Variani Bonato, Márcia Barrocas Moreira Pimentel
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