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Intrinsic optical dichroism in the chiral superconducting state of SrRuO
We present an analysis of the Hall conductivity in
time reversal symmetry breaking states of exotic superconductors. We find that
the dichroic signal is non-zero in systems with inter-band order parameters.
This new intrinsic mechanism may explain the Kerr effect observed in strontium
ruthenate and possibly other superconductors. We predict coherence factor
effects in the temperature dependence of the imaginary part of the ac Hall
conductivity , which can be tested experimentally.Comment: 4+ pages, 4 figures, published versio
Rare-earth impurities in CoMnSi: an opportunity to improve Half-Metallicity at finite temperatures
We analyse the effects of doping Holmium impurities into the full-Heusler
ferromagnetic alloy CoMnSi. Experimental results, as well as theoretical
calculations within Density Functional Theory in the "Local Density
Approximation plus Hubbard U" framework show that the holmium moment is aligned
antiparallely to that of the transition metal atoms. According to the
electronic structure calculations, substituting Ho on Co sites introduces a
finite density of states in the minority spin gap, while substitution on the Mn
sites preserves the half-metallic character.Comment: 22 pages, 8 figures. published in PR
Properties of the intermediate type of gamma-ray bursts
Gamma-ray bursts can be divided into three groups ("short", "intermediate",
"long") with respect to their durations. The third type of gamma-ray bursts -
as known - has the intermediate duration. We show that the intermediate group
is the softest one. An anticorrelation between the hardness and the duration is
found for this subclass in contrast to the short and long groups.Comment: In Sixteenth Maryland Astrophysics Conferenc
The Kerr rotation in the unconventional superconductor SrRuO
The interpretation of Kerr rotation measurements in the superconducting phase
of SrRuO is a controversial topic. Both intrinsic and extrinsic
mechanisms have been proposed, and it has been argued that the intrinsic
response vanishes by symmetry. We focus on the intrinsic contribution and
clarify several conflicting results in the literature. On the basis of symmetry
considerations and detailed calculations we show that the intrinsic Kerr signal
is not forbidden in a general multi- band system but has a rich structure in
the near infrared regime. We distinguish different optical transitions
determined by the superconducting gap (far infrared) and the inter orbital
coupling of the normal state (near infrared). We argue that the low frequency
transitions do not contribute to the Hall conductivity while only the
inter-orbital transitions in the near infrared regime contribute. Finally, we
discuss the difficulties to connect the calculations for the optical Hall
conductivity to the experimental measurement of the Kerr angle. We will compare
different approximations which might lead to conflicting results.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figures, 1 tabl
On the Origin of the Dark Gamma-Ray Bursts
The origin of dark bursts - i.e. that have no observed afterglows in X-ray,
optical/NIR and radio ranges - is unclear yet. Different possibilities -
instrumental biases, very high redshifts, extinction in the host galaxies - are
discussed and shown to be important. On the other hand, the dark bursts should
not form a new subgroup of long gamma-ray bursts themselves.Comment: published in Nuovo Ciment
Successive shortest paths in complete graphs with random edge weights
Consider a complete graph Kn with edge weights drawn independently from a uniform distribution U(0,1). The weight of the shortest (minimum-weight) path P1 between two given vertices is known to be ln n/n, asymptotically. Define a second-shortest path P2 to be the shortest path edge-disjoint from P1, and consider more generally the shortest path Pk edge-disjoint from all earlier paths. We show that the cost Xk of Pk converges in probability to 2k/n + ln n/n uniformly for all k ≤ n − 1. We show analogous results when the edge weights are drawn from an exponential distribution. The same results characterize the collectively cheapest k edge-disjoint paths, that is, a minimum-cost k-flow. We also obtain the expectation of Xk conditioned on the existence of Pk
Rotational Excitation of Polar Molecules by Electrons
Rotational excitation of polar molecules is calculated in the approximation that the electron transit time is short compared with rotational periods with the result of an E-1 behavior of the cross section. Diffusion cross sections are calculated for Δl=0,1,2. Significant corrections to the Born approximation are obtained for large dipole moments. The range (in energy) of applicability of the result is discussed in terms of the energy dependence of the corrections, and a novel energy dependence of these corrections is encountered and explained
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