953 research outputs found
FFLO correlation and free fluids in the one-dimensional attractive Hubbard model
In this Rapid Communication we show that low energy macroscopic properties of
the one-dimensional (1D) attractive Hubbard model exhibit two fluids of bound
pairs and of unpaired fermions. Using the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz equations
of the model, we first determine the low temperature phase diagram and
analytically calculate the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) pairing
correlation function for the partially-polarized phase. We then show that for
such a FFLO-like state in the low density regime the effective chemical
potentials of bound pairs and unpaired fermions behave like two free fluids.
Consequently, the susceptibility, compressibility and specific heat obey simple
additivity rules, indicating the `free' particle nature of interacting fermions
on a 1D lattice. In contrast to the continuum Fermi gases, the correlation
critical exponents and thermodynamics of the attractive Hubbard model
essentially depend on two lattice interacting parameters. Finally, we study
scaling functions, the Wilson ratio and susceptibility which provide universal
macroscopic properties/dimensionless constants of interacting fermions at low
energy.Comment: In this Letter we analytically study FFLO pairing correlation and the
universal nature of the FFLO-like state. More detailed studies of this model
will be presented in arXiv:1710.08742 and arXiv:1708.0778
A search for 95 GHz class I methanol masers in molecular outflows
We have observed a sample of 288 molecular outflow sources including 123
high-mass and 165 low-mass sources to search for class I methanol masers at 95
GHz transition and to investigate relationship between outflow characteristics
and class I methanol maser emission with the PMO-13.7m radio telescope. Our
survey detected 62 sources with 95 GHz methanol masers above 3
detection limit, which include 47 high-mass sources and 15 low-mass sources.
Therefore the detection rate is 38% for high-mass outflow sources and 9% for
low-mass outflow sources, suggesting that class I methanol maser is relatively
easily excited in high-mass sources. There are 37 newly detected 95 GHz
methanol masers (including 27 high-mass and 10 low-mass sources), 19 of which
are newly identified (i.e. first identification) class I methanol masers
(including 13 high-mass and 6 low-mass sources). Statistical analysis for the
distributions of maser detections with the outflow parameters reveals that the
maser detection efficiency increases with outflow properties (e.g. mass,
momentum, kinetic energy and mechanical luminosity of outflows etc.).
Systematic investigations of relationships between the intrinsic luminosity of
methanol maser and the outflow properties (including mass, momentum, kinetic
energy, bolometric luminosity and mass loss rate of central stellar sources)
indicate a positive correlations. This further supports that class I methanol
masers are collisionally pumped and associated with shocks, where outflows
interact with the surrounding ambient medium.Comment: 32 pages, 5 figures, accepted by Ap
Synthesis and inclusion behavior of a heterotritopic receptor based on hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene
A heterotritopic hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene receptor with the capability of binding two alkali metals and a transition metal in a cooperative fashion was synthesized. The binding model was investigated by using ¹H NMR titration experiments in CDCl₃–CD₃CN (10:1, v/v), and the results revealed that the transition metal was bound at the upper rim and the alkali metals at the lower and upper rims. Interestingly, the alkali metal ions Li⁺ and Na⁺ bind at the lower and upper rim respectively depending on the dimensions of the alkali metal ions versus the size of the cavities formed by the calix[3]arene derivative. The hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene receptor acts as a heterotritopic receptor, binding with the transition metal ion Ag⁺ and the alkali metals ions Li⁺ and Na⁺. These findings were not applicable to other different sized alkali metals, such as K⁺ and Cs⁺
Asymptotic correlation functions and FFLO signature for the one-dimensional attractive Hubbard model
We study the long-distance asymptotic behavior of various correlation
functions for the one-dimensional (1D) attractive Hubbard model in a partially
polarized phase through the Bethe ansatz and conformal field theory approaches.
We particularly find the oscillating behavior of these correlation functions
with spatial power-law decay, of which the pair (spin) correlation function
oscillates with a frequency (). Here is the mismatch in the Fermi surfaces of
spin-up and spin-down particles. Consequently, the pair correlation function in
momentum space has peaks at the mismatch , which has been
observed in recent numerical work on this model. These singular peaks in
momentum space together with the spatial oscillation suggest an analog of the
Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) state in the 1D Hubbard model. The
parameter representing the lattice effect becomes prominent in critical
exponents which determine the power-law decay of all correlation functions. We
point out that the backscattering of unpaired fermions and bound pairs within
their own Fermi points gives a microscopic origin of the FFLO pairing in 1D.Comment: 26 pages, 4 figures, published version, a series of study on the 1D
attractive Hubbard model, few typos were corrected, references were added,
also see arXiv:1708.07784 and arXiv:1708.0777
Dimensionless ratios: characteristics of quantum liquids and their phase transitions
Dimensionless ratios of physical properties can characterize low-temperature
phases in a wide variety of materials. As such, the Wilson ratio (WR), the
Kadowaki-Woods ratio and the Wiedemann\--Franz law capture essential features
of Fermi liquids in metals, heavy fermions, etc. Here we prove that the phases
of many-body interacting multi-component quantum liquids in one dimension (1D)
can be described by WRs based on the compressibility, susceptibility and
specific heat associated with each component. These WRs arise due to additivity
rules within subsystems reminiscent of the rules for multi-resistor networks in
series and parallel --- a novel and useful characteristic of multi-component
Tomonaga-Luttinger liquids (TLL) independent of microscopic details of the
systems. Using experimentally realised multi-species cold atomic gases as
examples, we prove that the Wilson ratios uniquely identify phases of TLL,
while providing universal scaling relations at the boundaries between phases.
Their values within a phase are solely determined by the stiffnesses and sound
velocities of subsystems and identify the internal degrees of freedom of said
phase such as its spin-degeneracy. This finding can be directly applied to a
wide range of 1D many-body systems and reveals deep physical insights into
recent experimental measurements of the universal thermodynamics in ultracold
atoms and spins.Comment: 12 pages (main paper), (6 figures
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