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A statistical mechanics framework for multi-particle production in high energy reactions
We deduce the particle distributions in particle collisions with
multihadron-production in the framework of mechanical statistics. They are
derived as functions of x, P_T^2 and the rest mass of different species for a
fixed total number of all produced particles, inelasticity and total transverse
energy. For P_T larger than the mass of each particle we get the behaviour
\frac{dn_i}{dP_T} \sim \sqrt{P_T} e^{-\frac{P_T}{T_H}} Values of _\pi,
_K, and _{\bar{p}} in agreement with experiment are found by taking
T_H=180MeV (the Hagedorn temperature).Comment: 9 pages, RevTe
Local moment, itinerancy and deviation from Fermi liquid behavior in NaCoO for
Here we report the observation of Fermi surface (FS) pockets via the
Shubnikov de Haas effect in NaCoO for and 0.84,
respectively. Our observations indicate that the FS expected for each compound
intersects their corresponding Brillouin zones, as defined by the previously
reported superlattice structures, leading to small reconstructed FS pockets,
but only if a precise number of holes per unit cell is \emph{localized}. For
the coexistence of itinerant carriers and localized spins on a paramagnetic triangular superlattice leads at low temperatures
to the observation of a deviation from standard Fermi-liquid behavior in the
electrical transport and heat capacity properties, suggesting the formation of
some kind of quantum spin-liquid ground state.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Fluctuations of Entropy Production in Partially Masked Electric Circuits: Theoretical Analysis
In this work we perform theoretical analysis about a coupled RC circuit with
constant driven currents. Starting from stochastic differential equations,
where voltages are subject to thermal noises, we derive time-correlation
functions, steady-state distributions and transition probabilities of the
system. The validity of the fluctuation theorem (FT) is examined for scenarios
with complete and incomplete descriptions.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
^{59}Co NMR evidence for charge ordering below T_{CO}\sim 51 K in Na_{0.5}CoO_2
The CoO layers in sodium-cobaltates NaCoO may be viewed as
a spin triangular-lattice doped with charge carriers. The underlying
physics of the cobaltates is very similar to that of the high cuprates.
We will present unequivocal Co NMR evidence that below ,
the insulating ground state of the itinerant antiferromagnet
NaCoO () is induced by charge ordering.Comment: Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 (2008), in press. 4 figure
Giant phonon anomalies in the pseudo-gap phase of TiOCl
We report infrared and Raman spectroscopy results of the spin-1/2 quantum
magnet TiOCl. Giant anomalies are found in the temperature dependence of the
phonon spectrum, which hint to unusual coupling of the electronic degrees of
freedom to the lattice. These anomalies develop over a broad temperature
interval, suggesting the presence of an extended fluctuation regime. This
defines a pseudo-gap phase, characterized by a local spin-gap. Below 100 K a
dimensionality cross-over leads to a dimerized ground state with a global
spin-gap of about 2~430 K.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, for further information see
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EXITE2 Observation of the SIGMA Source GRS 1227+025
We report the EXITE2 hard X-ray imaging of the sky around 3C273. A 2h
observation on May 8, 1997, shows a 260 mCrab source detected at
in each of two bands (50-70 and 70-93 keV) and located 30'
from 3C273 and consistent in position with the SIGMA source GRS1227+025. The
EXITE2 spectrum is consistent with a power law with photon index 3 and large
low energy absorption, as indicated by the GRANAT/SIGMA results. No source was
detected in more sensitive followup EXITE2 observations in 2000 and 2001 with
3 upper limits of 190 and 65 mCrab, respectively. Comparison with the
flux detected by SIGMA shows the source to be highly variable, suggesting it
may be non-thermal and beamed and thus the first example of a ``type 2''
(absorbed) Blazar. Alternatively it might be (an unprecedented) very highly
absorbed binary system undergoing accretion disk instability outbursts,
possibly either a magnetic CV, or a black hole X-ray nova.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Ap
Interaction of Phonons and Dirac Fermions on the Surface of Bi2Se3: A Strong Kohn Anomaly
We report the first measurements of phonon dispersion curves on the (001)
surface of the strong three-dimensional topological insulator Bi2Se3. The
surface phonon measurements were carried out with the aid of coherent helium
beam surface scattering techniques. The results reveal a prominent signature of
the exotic metallic Dirac fermion quasi-particles, including a strong Kohn
anomaly. The signature is manifest in a low energy isotropic convex dispersive
surface phonon branch with a frequency maximum of 1.8 THz, and having a
V-shaped minimum at approximately 2kF that defines the Kohn anomaly.
Theoretical analysis attributes this dispersive profile to the renormalization
of the surface phonon excitations by the surface Dirac fermions. The
contribution of the Dirac fermions to this renormalization is derived in terms
of a Coulomb-type perturbation model
Sodium vacancy ordering and the co-existence of localized spins and itinerant charges in NaxCoO2
The sodium cobaltate family (NaxCoO2) is unique among transition metal oxides
because the Co sits on a triangular lattice and its valence can be tuned over a
wide range by varying the Na concentration x. Up to now detailed modeling of
the rich phenomenology (which ranges from unconventional superconductivity to
enhanced thermopower) has been hampered by the difficulty of controlling pure
phases. We discovered that certain Na concentrations are specially stable and
are associated with superlattice ordering of the Na clusters. This leads
naturally to a picture of co-existence of localized spins and itinerant charge
carriers. For x = 0.84 we found a remarkably small Fermi energy of 87 K. Our
picture brings coherence to a variety of measurements ranging from NMR to
optical to thermal transport. Our results also allow us to take the first step
towards modeling the mysterious ``Curie-Weiss'' metal state at x = 0.71. We
suggest the local moments may form a quantum spin liquid state and we propose
experimental test of our hypothesis.Comment: 16 pages, 5 figure
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