25 research outputs found
Administration of QTc prolonging medications in emergency department patients with prolonged QTc
QTc prolongation is associated with hypokalemia and hypocalcemia in emergency department patients
Anomalous finite size spectrum in the S=1/2 two dimensional Heisenberg model
We study the low energy spectrum of the nearest neighbor Heisenberg model on
a square lattice as a function of the total spin S. By quantum Monte Carlo
simulation we compute this spectrum for the s=1/2, s=1 and s=3/2 Heisenberg
models. We conclude that the nonlinear sigma model prediction for the low
energy spectrum is always verified for large enough system size. However the
crossover to the correct scaling regime is particularly slow just for the s=1/2
Heisenberg model. The possibility to detect this unexpected anomaly with finite
temperature experiments on s=1/2 isotropic quantum antiferromagnets is also
discussed.Comment: 4 pages, RevTeX + 5 encapsulated postscript figure
Resonating Valence Bond Wave Functions for Strongly Frustrated Spin Systems
The Resonating Valence Bond (RVB) theory for two-dimensional quantum
antiferromagnets is shown to be the correct paradigm for large enough ``quantum
frustration''. This scenario, proposed long time ago but never confirmed by
microscopic calculations, is very strongly supported by a new type of
variational wave function, which is extremely close to the exact ground state
of the Heisenberg model for .
This wave function is proposed to represent the generic spin-half RVB ground
state in spin liquids.Comment: 4 Pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in PR
Charge fluctuations close to phase separation in the two dimensional t-J model
We have studied the t-J model using the Green Function Monte Carlo technique.
We have obtained accurate energies well converged in the thermodynamic limit,
by performing simulations up to 242 lattice sites. By studying the energy as a
function of hole doping we conclude that there is no phase separation in the
physical region, relevant for HTc superconductors. This finding is further
supported by the hole-hole correlation function calculation. Remarkably, by
approaching the phase separation instability, for ,this function
displays enhanced fluctuations at incommensurate wavevectors, scaling linearly
with the doping, in agreement with experimental findings.Comment: To appear on Phys. Rev. Let
Spontaneous plaquette dimerization in the Heisenberg model
We investigate the non magnetic phase of the spin-half frustrated Heisenberg
antiferromagnet on the square lattice using exact diagonalization (up to 36
sites) and quantum Monte Carlo techniques (up to 144 sites). The spin gap and
the susceptibilities for the most important crystal symmetry breaking operators
are computed. A genuine and somehow unexpected `plaquette RVB', with
spontaneously broken translation symmetry and no broken rotation symmetry,
comes out from our numerical simulations as the most plausible ground state for
.Comment: 4 pages, 5 postscript figure
Spatially homogeneous ground state of the two-dimensional Hubbard model
We investigate the stability with respect to phase separation or charge
density-wave formation of the two-dimensional Hubbard model for various values
of the local Coulomb repulsion and electron densities using Green-function
Monte Carlo techniques. The well known sign problem is particularly serious in
the relevant region of small hole doping. We show that the difference in
accuracy for different doping makes it very difficult to probe the phase
separation instability using only energy calculations, even in the
weak-coupling limit () where reliable results are available. By contrast,
the knowledge of the charge correlation functions allows us to provide clear
evidence of a spatially homogeneous ground state up to .Comment: 7 pages and 5 figures. Phys. Rev. B, to appear 200
Long range Neel order in the triangular Heisenberg model
We have studied the Heisenberg model on the triangular lattice using several
Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) techniques (up to 144 sites), and exact
diagonalization (ED) (up to 36 sites). By studying the spin gap as a function
of the system size we have obtained a robust evidence for a gapless spectrum,
confirming the existence of long range Neel order. Our best estimate is that in
the thermodynamic limit the order parameter m= 0.41 +/- 0.02 is reduced by
about 59% from its classical value and the ground state energy per site is
e0=-0.5458 +/- 0.0001 in unit of the exchange coupling. We have identified the
important ground state correlations at short distance.Comment: 4 pages, RevTeX + 4 encapsulated postscript figure
A variational study of Fermi and Luttinger liquid wavefunctions in the two-dimensional t-J model
Using a recently developed technique, we determine the Jastrow potential of the variational wavefunction for the two-dimensional t-J model. This wavefunction describes a Fermi liquid ground state and is compared with the Luttinger liquid wavefunction used by Gros and Valenti. Estimates of the energy of these states are calculated using the variational Monte Carlo technique, showing that the Fermi liquid state has a little power energy