371 research outputs found
Brueckner Theory of Nuclear Matter with Nonnucleonic Degrees of Freedom and Relativity
For the past 40 years, Brueckner theory has proven to be a most powerful tool
to investigate systematically models for nuclear matter. I will give an
overview of the work done on nuclear matter theory, starting with the simplest
model and proceeding step by step to more sophisticated models by extending the
degrees of freedom and including relativity. The final results of a
comprehensive hadronic theory of nuclear matter are compared to the predictions
by currently fashionable two-nucleon force models. It turns out that a
two-nucleon force can, indeed, reproduce those results if the potential is
nonlocal, since nonlocality is an inherent quality of the more fundamental
fieldtheoretic approach. This nonlocality is crucial for creating sufficient
nuclear binding.Comment: Latex (WS style), 16 pages, 7 figures; invited talk presented at the
Tenth International Conference on Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories,
September 10-15, 1999, Seattle, Washington, USA; to be published in Advances
in Quantum Many-Body Theory, Vol. 3 (World Scientific, Singapore); dedicated
to Keith Brueckner on the occasion of his 75th birthda
Electron-Phonon Driven Spin Frustration in Multi-Band Hubbard Models: MX Chains and Oxide Superconductors
We discuss the consequences of both electron-phonon and electron-electron
couplings in 1D and 2D multi-band (Peierls-Hubbard) models. After briefly
discussing various analytic limits, we focus on (Hartree-Fock and exact)
numerical studies in the intermediate regime for both couplings, where unusual
spin-Peierls as well as long-period, frustrated ground states are found. Doping
into such phases or near the phase boundaries can lead to further interesting
phenomena such as separation of spin and charge, a dopant-induced phase
transition of the global (parent) phase, or real-space (``bipolaronic'')
pairing. We discuss possible experimentally observable consequences of this
rich phase diagram for halogen-bridged, transition metal, linear chain
complexes (MX chains) in 1D and the oxide superconductors in 2D.Comment: 6 pages, four postscript figures (appended), in regular Te
Photoinduced charge separation in Q1D heterojunction materials: Evidence for electron-hole pair separation in mixed-halide solids
Resonance Raman experiments on doped and photoexcited single crystals of
mixed-halide complexes (=Pt; =Cl,Br) clearly indicate charge
separation: electron polarons preferentially locate on PtBr segments while hole
polarons are trapped within PtCl segments. This polaron selectivity,
potentially very useful for device applications, is demonstrated theoretically
using a discrete, 3/4-filled, two-band, tight-binding, extended Peierls-Hubbard
model. Strong hybridization of the PtCl and PtBr electronic bands is the
driving force for separation.Comment: n LaTeX, figures available by mail from JTG ([email protected]
Translational Correlations in the Vortex Array at the Surface of a Type-II Superconductor
We discuss the statistical mechanics of magnetic flux lines in a
finite-thickness slab of type-II superconductor. The long wavelength properties
of a flux-line liquid in a slab geometry are described by a hydrodynamic free
energy that incorporates the boundary conditions on the flux lines at the
sample's surface as a surface contribution to the free energy. Bulk and surface
weak disorder are modeled via Gaussian impurity potentials. This free energy is
used to evaluate the two-dimensional structure factor of the flux-line tips at
the sample surface. We find that surface interaction always dominates in
determining the decay of translational correlations in the asymptotic
long-wavelength limit. On the other hand, such large length scales have not
been probed by the decoration experiments. Our results indicate that the
translational correlations extracted from the analysis of the Bitter patterns
are indeed representative of behavior of flux lines in the bulk.Comment: 23 pages, 1 figure (not included), harvmac.tex macro needed (e-mail
requests to [email protected] SU-CM-92-01
Effects of the Lattice Discreteness on a Soliton in the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger Model
In this paper we analytically study the effects of the lattice discreteness
on the electron band in the SSH model. We propose a modified version of the TLM
model which is derived from the SSH model using a continuum approximation. When
a soliton is induced in the electron-lattice system, the electron scattering
states both at the bottom of the valence band and the top of the conduction
band are attracted to the soliton. This attractive force induces weakly
localized electronic states at the band edges. Using the modified version of
the TLM model, we have succeeded in obtaining analytical solutions of the
weakly localized states and the extended states near the bottom of the valence
band and the top of the conduction band. This band structure does not modify
the order parameters. Our result coincides well with numerical simulation
works.Comment: to be appear in J.Phys.Soc.Jpn. Figures should be requested to the
author. They will be sent by the conventional airmai
Three-body correlations and finite-size effects in the Moore--Read states on a sphere
Two- and three-body correlations in partially filled degenerate fermion
shells are studied numerically for various interactions between the particles.
Three distinct correlation regimes are defined, depending on the short-range
behavior of the pair pseudopotential. For pseudopotentials similar to those of
electrons in the first excited Landau level, correlations at half-filling have
a simple three-body form consisting of the maximum avoidance of the triplet
state with the smallest relative angular momentum R_3=3. In analogy to the
superharmonic criterion for Laughlin two-body correlations, their occurrence is
related to the form of the three-body pseudopotential at short range. The
spectra of a model three-body repulsion are calculated, and the zero-energy
Moore--Read ground state, its +-e/4-charged quasiparticles, and the
magnetoroton and pair-breaking bands are all identified. The quasiparticles are
correctly described by a composite fermion model appropriate for Halperin's
p-type pairing with Laughlin correlations between the pairs. However, the
Moore--Read ground state, and specially its excitations, have small overlaps
with the corresponding Coulomb eigenstates when calculated on a sphere. The
reason lies in surface curvature which affects the form of pair pseudopotential
for which the "R_3>3" three-body correlations occur. In finite systems, such
pseudopotential must be slightly superharmonic at short range (different from
Coulomb pseudopotential). However, the connection with the three-body
pseudopotential is less size-dependent, suggesting that the Moore--Read state
and its excitations are a more accurate description for experimental nu=5/2
states than could be expected from previous calculations.Comment: 12 pages, 12 figures, submitted to PR
Superconductivity and spin-glass like behavior in system with Pd sheet sandwiched between graphene sheets
Pd-metal graphite (Pd-MG) has a layered structure, where each Pd sheet is
sandwiched between adjacent graphene sheets. DC magnetization and AC magnetic
susceptibility of Pd-MG have been measured using a SQUID magnetometer. Pd-MG
undergoes a superconducting transition at ( K). The
superconductivity occurs in Pd sheets. The relaxation of (aging),
which is common to spin glass systems, is also observed below . The
relaxation rate shows a peak at a characteristic time , which is
longer than a wait time . The irreversibility between and
occurs well above . The susceptibility obeys a
Curie-Weiss behavior with a negative Curie-Weiss temperature ( K). The growth of antiferromagnetic order is limited by the
disordered nature of nanographites, forming spin glass-like behavior at low
temperatures in graphene sheets.Comment: 21 pages, 15 figures; submitted to J. Phys.: Condensed Matte
Temperature Dependence of the Flux Line Lattice Transition into Square Symmetry in Superconducting LuNiBC
We have investigated the temperature dependence of the H || c flux line
lattice structural phase transition from square to hexagonal symmetry, in the
tetragonal superconductor LuNi_2B_2C (T_c = 16.6 K). At temperatures below 10 K
the transition onset field, H_2(T), is only weakly temperature dependent. Above
10 K, H_2(T) rises sharply, bending away from the upper critical field. This
contradicts theoretical predictions of H_2(T) merging with the upper critical
field, and suggests that just below the H_c2(T)-curve the flux line lattice
might be hexagonal.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Pressure Tuning of the Charge Density Wave in the Halogen-Bridged Transition-Metal (MX) Solid
We report the pressure dependence up to 95 kbar of Raman active stretching
modes in the quasi-one-dimensional MX chain solid . The data
indicate that a predicted pressure-induced insulator-to-metal transition does
not occur, but are consistent with the solid undergoing either a
three-dimensional structural distortion, or a transition from a charge-density
wave to another broken-symmetry ground state. We show that such a transition
cacan be well-modeled within a Peierls-Hubbard Hamiltonian. 1993 PACS:
71.30.+h, 71.45.Lr, 75.30.Fv, 78.30.-j, 81.40.VwComment: 4 pages, ReVTeX 3.0, figures available from the authors on request
(Gary Kanner, [email protected]), to be published in Phys Rev B Rapid
Commun, REVISION: minor typos corrected, LA-UR-94-246
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