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Doping and energy evolution of spin dynamics in the electron-doped cuprate superconductor PrLaCeCuO
The doping and energy evolution of the magnetic excitations of the
electron-doped cuprate superconductor PrLaCeCuO
in the superconducting state is studied based on the kinetic energy driven
superconducting mechanism. It is shown that there is a broad commensurate
scattering peak at low energy, then the resonance energy is located among this
low energy commensurate scattering range. This low energy commensurate
scattering disperses outward into a continuous ring-like incommensurate
scattering at high energy. The theory also predicts a dome shaped doping
dependent resonance energy.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, added discussions, replotted figures, and updated
references, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Tunable Unidirectional Sound Propagation through a Sonic-Crystal-Based Acoustic Diode
Nonreciprocal wave propagation typically requires strong nonlinear materials to break time reversal symmetry. Here, we utilized a
sonic-crystal-based acoustic diode that had broken spatial inversion
symmetry and experimentally realized sound unidirectional transmission
in this acoustic diode. These novel phenomena are attributed to
different mode transitions as well as their associated different energy
conversion efficiencies among different diffraction orders at two sides
of the diode. This nonreciprocal sound transmission could be
systematically controlled by simply mechanically rotating the square
rods of the sonic crystal. Different from nonreciprocity due to the
nonlinear acoustic effect and broken time reversal symmetry, this new
model leads to a one-way effect with higher efficiency, broader
bandwidth, and much less power consumption, showing promising
applications in various sound devices
Nuclear stopping and sideward-flow correlation from 0.35A to 200A GeV
The correlation between the nuclear stopping and the scale invariant nucleon
sideward flow at energies ranging from those available at the GSI heavy ion
synchrotron (SIS) to those at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) is
studied within ultrarelativistic quantum molecular dynamics (UrQMD). The
universal behavior of the two experimental observables for various colliding
systems and scale impact parameters are found to be highly correlated with each
other. As there is no phase transition mechanism involved in the UrQMD, the
correlation may be broken down by the sudden change of the bulk properties of
the nuclear matter, such as the formation of quark-gluon plasma (QGP), which
can be employed as a QGP phase transition signal in high-energy heavy ion
collisions. Furthermore, we also point out that the appearance of a breakdown
of the correlation may be a powerful tool for searching for the critical point
on the QCD phase diagram.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
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