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Spin degrees of freedom and flattening of the spectra of single-particle excitations in strongly correlated Fermi systems
The impact of long-range spin-spin correlations on the structure of a flat
portion in single-particle spectra , which emerges beyond the point,
where the Landau state loses its stability, is studied. We supplement the
well-known Nozieres model of a Fermi system with limited scalar long-range
forces by a similar long-range spin-dependent term and calculate the spectra
versus its strength . It is found that Nozieres results hold as long as
. However, with changing its sign, the spontaneous magnetization is
shown to arise at any nonzero . The increase of the strength is
demonstrated to result in shrinkage of the domain in momentum space, occupied
by the flat portion of , and, eventually, in its vanishing.Comment: 7 pages, 15 figure
Challenging Magnetic Field Dependence of the Residual Resistivity of the Heavy-Fermion Metal CeCoIn5
An explanation of paradoxical behavior of the residual resistivity rho_0 of
the heavy-fermion metal CeCoIn5 in magnetic fields and under pressure is
developed. The source of this behavior is identified as a flattening of the
single-particle spectrum, which exerts profound effects on the specific heat,
thermal expansion coefficient, and magnetic susceptibility in the normal state,
the specific heat jump at the point of superconducting phase transition, and
other properties of strongly correlated electron systems in solids. It is shown
that application of a magnetic field or pressure to a system possessing a flat
band leads to a strong suppression of rho_0. Analysis of its measured
thermodynamic and transport properties yields direct evidence for the presence
of a flat band in CeCoIn5.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, references added, minor corrections mad
Damping effects and the metal-insulator transition in the two-dimensional electron gas
The damping of single-particle degrees of freedom in strongly correlated
two-dimensional Fermi systems is analyzed. Suppression of the scattering
amplitude due to the damping effects is shown to play a key role in preserving
the validity of the Landau-Migdal quasiparticle picture in a region of a phase
transition, associated with the divergence of the quasiparticle effective mass.
The results of the analysis are applied to elucidate the behavior of the
conductivity of the two-dimensional dilute electron gas in the
density region where it undergoes a metal-insulator transition.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures. Improved and slightly extended version: new
paragraph about Hall effect + new Fig.
Mechanisms driving alteration of the Landau state in the vicinity of a second-order phase transition
The rearrangement of the Fermi surface of a homogeneous Fermi system upon
approach to a second-order phase transition is studied at zero temperature. The
analysis begins with an investigation of solutions of the equation
, a condition that ordinarily has the Fermi momentum as
a single root. The emergence of a bifurcation point in this equation is found
to trigger a qualitative alteration of the Landau state, well before the
collapse of the collective degree of freedom that is responsible for the
second-order transition. The competition between mechanisms that drive
rearrangement of the Landau quasiparticle distribution is explored, taking into
account the feedback of the rearrangement on the spectrum of critical
fluctuations. It is demonstrated that the transformation of the Landau state to
a new ground state may be viewed as a first-order phase transition.Comment: 16 pages, 10 figure
Magnetic and spectral properties of multi-sublattice oxides SrY2O4:Er3+ and SrEr2O4
SrEr2O4 is a geometrically frustrated magnet which demonstrates rather
unusual properties at low temperatures including a coexistence of long- and
short-range magnetic order, characterized by two different propagation vectors.
In the present work, the effects of crystal fields (CF) in this compound
containing four magnetically inequivalent erbium sublattices are investigated
experimentally and theoretically. We combine the measurements of the CF levels
of the Er3+ ions made on a powder sample of SrEr2O4 using neutron spectroscopy
with site-selective optical and electron paramagnetic resonance measurements
performed on single crystal samples of the lightly Er-doped nonmagnetic
analogue, SrY2O4. Two sets of CF parameters corresponding to the Er3+ ions at
the crystallographically inequivalent lattice sites are derived which fit all
the available experimental data well, including the magnetization and dc
susceptibility data for both lightly doped and concentrated samples.Comment: 14 pages, 9 figure
Two Scenarios of the Quantum Critical Point
Two different scenarios of the quantum critical point (QCP), a
zero-temperature instability of the Landau state, related to the divergence of
the effective mass, are investigated. Flaws of the standard scenario of the
QCP, where this divergence is attributed to the occurrence of some second-order
phase transition, are demonstrated. Salient features of a different {\it
topological} scenario of the QCP, associated with the emergence of bifurcation
points in equation that ordinarily determines the Fermi
momentum, are analyzed. The topological scenario of the QCP is applied to
three-dimensional (3D) Fermi liquids with an attractive current-current
interaction.Comment: 6 pages, added new discussion and 2 figure
Hall coefficient in heavy fermion metals
Experimental studies of the antiferromagnetic (AF) heavy fermion metal in a magnetic field indicate the presence of a jump in the Hall
coefficient at a magnetic-field tuned quantum state in the zero temperature
limit. This quantum state occurs at and induces the jump even
though the change of the magnetic field at is infinitesimal. We
investigate this by using the model of heavy electron liquid with the fermion
condensate. Within this model the jump takes place when the magnetic field
reaches the critical value at which the ordering temperature
of the AF transition vanishes. We show that at ,
this second order AF phase transition becomes the first order one, making the
corresponding quantum and thermal critical fluctuations vanish at the jump. At
and , the Gr\"uneisen ratio as a function of temperature
diverges. We demonstrate that both the divergence and the jump are determined
by the specific low temperature behavior of the entropy with , and are temperature independent
constants.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure
Theoretical Aspects of Science with Radioactive Nuclear Beams
Physics of radioactive nuclear beams is one of the main frontiers of nuclear
science today. Experimentally, thanks to technological developments, we are on
the verge of invading the territory of extreme N/Z ratios in an unprecedented
way. Theoretically, nuclear exotica represent a formidable challenge for the
nuclear many-body theories and their power to predict nuclear properties in
nuclear terra incognita. It is important to remember that the lesson learned by
going to the limits of the nuclear binding is also important for normal nuclei
from the neighborhood of the beta stability valley. And, of course, radioactive
nuclei are crucial astrophysically; they pave the highway along which the
nuclear material is transported up in the proton and neutron numbers during the
complicated synthesis process in stars.Comment: 26 ReVTeX pages, 11 Postscript figures, uses epsf.sty, to be
published in: Theme Issue on Science with Beams of Radioactive Nuclei,
Philosophical Transactions, ed. by W. Gelletl
Generation of coherent terahertz pulses in Ruby at room temperature
We have shown that a coherently driven solid state medium can potentially
produce strong controllable short pulses of THz radiation. The high efficiency
of the technique is based on excitation of maximal THz coherence by applying
resonant optical pulses to the medium. The excited coherence in the medium is
connected to macroscopic polarization coupled to THz radiation. We have
performed detailed simulations by solving the coupled density matrix and
Maxwell equations. By using a simple -type energy scheme for ruby, we have
demonstrated that the energy of generated THz pulses ranges from hundreds of
pico-Joules to nano-Joules at room temperature and micro-Joules at liquid
helium temperature, with pulse durations from picoseconds to tens of
nanoseconds. We have also suggested a coherent ruby source that lases on two
optical wavelengths and simultaneously generates THz radiation. We discussed
also possibilities of extension of the technique to different solid-state
materials
Spontaneous breaking of four-fold rotational symmetry in two-dimensional electronic systems explained as a continuous topological transition
The Fermi liquid approach is applied to the problem of spontaneous violation
of the four-fold rotational point-group symmetry () in strongly correlated
two-dimensional electronic systems on a square lattice. The symmetry breaking
is traced to the existence of a topological phase transition. This continuous
transition is triggered when the Fermi line, driven by the quasiparticle
interactions, reaches the van Hove saddle points, where the group velocity
vanishes and the density of states becomes singular. An unconventional Fermi
liquid emerges beyond the implicated quantum critical point.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
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