190 research outputs found
T=0 Phase Diagram of the Double-Exchange Model
We present the T=0 phase diagram of the double-exchange model (ferromagnetic
Kondo lattice model) for all values of the carrier concentration and Hund's
couplng , within dynamical mean field theory. We find that depending on the
values of and , the ground state is either a ferromagnet, a commensurate
antiferromagnet or some other incommensurate phase with intermediate wave
vectors . The antiferromagnetic phase is separated by first order phase
boundaries and wide regimes of phase separation. The transition from the
ferromagnetic phase to an incommensurate phase is second order.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures. The analysis now includes incommensurate phases
with arbitrary wave vectors. Correspondingly, the figures have been change
1D Frustrated Ferromagnetic Model with Added Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction
The one-dimensional (1D) isotropic frustrated ferromagnetic spin-1/2 model is
considered. Classical and quantum effects of adding a Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya
(DM) interaction on the ground state of the system is studied using the
analytical cluster method and numerical Lanczos technique. Cluster method
results, show that the classical ground state magnetic phase diagram consists
of only one single phase: "chiral". The quantum corrections are determined by
means of the Lanczos method and a rich quantum phase diagram including the
gapless Luttinger liquid, the gapped chiral and dimer orders is obtained.
Moreover, next nearest neighbors will be entangled by increasing DM interaction
and for open chains, end-spins are entangled which shows the long distance
entanglement (LDE) feature that can be controlled by DM interaction.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figure
Fermi Surfaces of Diborides: MgB2 and ZrB2
We provide a comparison of accurate full potential band calculations of the
Fermi surfaces areas and masses of MgB2 and ZrB2 with the de Haas-van Alphen
date of Yelland et al. and Tanaka et al., respectively. The discrepancies in
areas in MgB2 can be removed by a shift of sigma-bands downward with respect to
pi-bands by 0.24 eV. Comparison of effective masses lead to orbit averaged
electron-phonon coupling constants lambda(sigma)=1.3 (both orbits),
lambda(pi)=0.5. The required band shifts, which we interpret as an exchange
attraction for sigma states beyond local density band theory, reduces the
number of holes from 0.15 to 0.11 holes per cell. This makes the occurrence of
superconductivity in MgB2 a somewhat closer call than previously recognized,
and increases the likelihood that additional holes can lead to an increased Tc.Comment: 7 pages including 4 figure
The phase diagram of the extended anisotropic ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain
By using Density Matrix Renormalization Group (DMRG) technique we study the
phase diagram of 1D extended anisotropic Heisenberg model with ferromagnetic
nearest-neighbor and antiferromagnetic next-nearest-neighbor interactions. We
analyze the static correlation functions for the spin operators both in- and
out-of-plane and classify the zero-temperature phases by the range of their
correlations. On clusters of sites with open boundary
conditions we isolate the boundary effects and make finite-size scaling of our
results. Apart from the ferromagnetic phase, we identify two gapless spin-fluid
phases and two ones with massive excitations. Based on our phase diagram and on
estimates for the coupling constants known from literature, we classify the
ground states of several edge-sharing materials.Comment: 12 pages, 13 figure
Dynamical Scaling: the Two-Dimensional XY Model Following a Quench
To sensitively test scaling in the 2D XY model quenched from
high-temperatures into the ordered phase, we study the difference between
measured correlations and the (scaling) results of a Gaussian-closure
approximation. We also directly compare various length-scales. All of our
results are consistent with dynamical scaling and an asymptotic growth law , though with a time-scale that depends on the
length-scale in question. We then reconstruct correlations from the
minimal-energy configuration consistent with the vortex positions, and find
them significantly different from the ``natural'' correlations --- though both
scale with . This indicates that both topological (vortex) and
non-topological (``spin-wave'') contributions to correlations are relevant
arbitrarily late after the quench. We also present a consistent definition of
dynamical scaling applicable more generally, and emphasize how to generalize
our approach to other quenched systems where dynamical scaling is in question.
Our approach directly applies to planar liquid-crystal systems.Comment: 10 pages, 10 figure
Pinned Balseiro-Falicov Model of Tunneling and Photoemission in the Cuprates
The smooth evolution of the tunneling gap of Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8 with doping
from a pseudogap state in the underdoped cuprates to a superconducting state at
optimal and overdoping, has been interpreted as evidence that the pseudogap
must be due to precursor pairing. We suggest an alternative explanation, that
the smoothness reflects a hidden SO(N) symmetry near the (pi,0) points of the
Brillouin zone (with N = 3, 4, 5, or 6). Because of this symmetry, the
pseudogap could actually be due to any of a number of nesting instabilities,
including charge or spin density waves or more exotic phases. We present a
detailed analysis of this competition for one particular model: the pinned
Balseiro-Falicov model of competing charge density wave and (s-wave)
superconductivity. We show that most of the anomalous features of both
tunneling and photoemission follow naturally from the model, including the
smooth crossover, the general shape of the pseudogap phase diagram, the
shrinking Fermi surface of the pseudogap phase, and the asymmetry of the
tunneling gap away from optimal doping. Below T_c, the sharp peak at Delta_1
and the dip seen in the tunneling and photoemission near 2Delta_1 cannot be
described in detail by this model, but we suggest a simple generalization to
account for inhomogeneity, which does provide an adequate description. We show
that it should be possible, with a combination of photoemission and tunneling,
to demonstrate the extent of pinning of the Fermi level to the Van Hove
singularity. A preliminary analysis of the data suggests pinning in the
underdoped, but not in the overdoped regime.Comment: 18 pages LaTeX, 26 ps. figure
Nonquasiparticle states in half-metallic ferromagnets
Anomalous magnetic and electronic properties of the half-metallic
ferromagnets (HMF) have been discussed. The general conception of the HMF
electronic structure which take into account the most important correlation
effects from electron-magnon interactions, in particular, the spin-polaron
effects, is presented. Special attention is paid to the so called
non-quasiparticle (NQP) or incoherent states which are present in the gap near
the Fermi level and can give considerable contributions to thermodynamic and
transport properties. Prospects of experimental observation of the NQP states
in core-level spectroscopy is discussed. Special features of transport
properties of the HMF which are connected with the absence of one-magnon
spin-flip scattering processes are investigated. The temperature and magnetic
field dependences of resistivity in various regimes are calculated. It is shown
that the NQP states can give a dominate contribution to the temperature
dependence of the impurity-induced resistivity and in the tunnel junction
conductivity. First principle calculations of the NQP-states for the prototype
half-metallic material NiMnSb within the local-density approximation plus
dynamical mean field theory (LDA+DMFT) are presented.Comment: 27 pages, 9 figures, Proceedings of Berlin/Wandlitz workshop 2004;
Local-Moment Ferromagnets. Unique Properties for Moder Applications, ed. M.
Donath, W.Nolting, Springer, Berlin, 200
Carrier relaxation, pseudogap, and superconducting gap in high-Tc cuprates: A Raman scattering study
We describe results of electronic Raman-scattering experiments in differently
doped single crystals of Y-123 and Bi-2212. The comparison of AF insulating and
metallic samples suggests that at least the low-energy part of the spectra
originates predominantly from excitations of free carriers. We therefore
propose an analysis of the data in terms of a memory function approach.
Dynamical scattering rates and mass-enhancement factors for the carriers are
obtained. In B2g symmetry the Raman data compare well to the results obtained
from ordinary and optical transport. For underdoped materials the dc scattering
rates in B1g symmetry become temperature independent and considerably larger
than in B2g symmetry. This increasing anisotropy is accompanied by a loss of
spectral weight in B2g symmetry in the range between the superconducting
transition at Tc and a characteristic temperature T* of order room temperature
which compares well with the pseudogap temperature found in other experiments.
The energy range affected by the pseudogap is doping and temperature
independent. The integrated spectral loss is approximately 25% in underdoped
samples and becomes much weaker towards higher carrier concentration. In
underdoped samples, superconductivity related features in the spectra can be
observed only in B2g symmetry. The peak frequencies scale with Tc. We do not
find a direct relation between the pseudogap and the superconducting gap.Comment: RevTeX, 21 pages, 24 gif figures. For PostScript with embedded eps
figures, see http://www.wmi.badw-muenchen.de/~opel/k2.htm
Optical symmetries and anisotropic transport in high-Tc superconductors
A simple symmetry analysis of in-plane and out-of-plane transport in a family
of high temperature superconductors is presented. It is shown that generalized
scaling relations exist between the low frequency electronic Raman response and
the low frequency in-plane and out-of-plane conductivities in both the normal
and superconducting states of the cuprates. Specifically, for both the normal
and superconducting state, the temperature dependence of the low frequency
Raman slope scales with the axis conductivity, while the
Raman slope scales with the in-plane conductivity. Comparison with experiments
in the normal state of Bi-2212 and Y-123 imply that the nodal transport is
largely doping independent and metallic, while transport near the BZ axes is
governed by a quantum critical point near doping holes per
CuO plaquette. Important differences for La-214 are discussed. It is also
shown that the axis conductivity rise for is a consequence of
partial conservation of in-plane momentum for out-of-plane transport.Comment: 16 pages, 8 Figures (3 pages added, new discussion on pseudogap and
charge ordering in La214
On the Degradation of Retained Austenite in Transformation Induced Plasticity Steel
© 2020, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society and ASM International. A transformation-induced plasticity steel was thermomechanically processed and then transformed to bainite at an isothermal transformation temperature of 723 K for 1800 seconds, which exceeds the time required for completion of the bainite transformation. The formation of lenticular-shaped carbides with a triclinic lattice and internal substructure was found after thermomechanical processing. After 16 years of storage at room temperature, the decomposition of retained austenite into pearlite was observed for the first time at this temperature
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