697 research outputs found
Charge-density-wave formation in the Edwards fermion-boson model at one-third band filling
We examine the ground-state properties of the one-dimensional Edwards
spinless fermion transport model by means of large-scale density-matrix
renormalization-group calculations. Determining the single-particle gap and the
Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid parameter () at zero temperature, we prove
the existence of a metal-to-insulator quantum phase transition at one-third
band filling. The insulator---established by strong correlation in the
background medium---typifies a charge density wave (CDW) that is commensurate
with the band filling. is very small at the quantum critical
point, and becomes in the infinitesimally doped
three-period CDW, as predicted by the bosonization approach.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, contributions to SCES 201
Boundary effect on CDW: Friedel oscillations, STM image
We study the effect of open boundary condition on charge density waves (CDW).
The electron density oscillates rapidly close to the boundary, and additional
non-oscillating terms (~ln(r)) appear. The Friedel oscillations survive beyond
the CDW coherence length (v_F/Delta), but their amplitude gets heavily
suppressed. The scanning tunneling microscopy image (STM) of CDW shows clear
features of the boundary. The local tunneling conductance becomes asymmetric
with respect to the Fermi energy, and considerable amount of spectral weight is
transferred to the lower gap edge. Also it exhibits additional zeros reflecting
the influence of the boundary.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
Effect of dimensionality on the charge-density-wave in few-layers 2H-NbSe
We investigate the charge density wave (CDW) instability in single and double
layers, as well as in the bulk 2H-NbSe. We demonstrate that the density
functional theory correctly describes the metallic CDW state in the bulk
2H-NbSe. We predict that both mono- and bilayer NbSe undergo a CDW
instability. However, while in the bulk the instability occurs at a momentum
, in free-standing layers it
occurs at . Furthermore, while
in the bulk the CDW leads to a metallic state, in a monolayer the ground state
becomes semimetallic, in agreement with recent experimental data. We elucidate
the key role that an enhancement of the electron-phonon matrix element at
plays in forming the CDW ground state.Comment: 4 pages 5 figure
Dynamic transition and Shapiro-step melting in a frustrated Josephson-junction array
We consider a two-dimensional fully frustrated Josephson-junction array
driven by combined direct and alternating currents. Interplay between the mode
locking phenomenon, manifested by giant Shapiro steps in the current-voltage
characteristics, and the dynamic phase transition is investigated at finite
temperatures. Melting of Shapiro steps due to thermal fluctuations is shown to
be accompanied by the dynamic phase transition, the universality class of which
is also discussed
Density wave instability in a 2D dipolar Fermi gas
We consider a uniform dipolar Fermi gas in two-dimensions (2D) where the
dipole moments of fermions are aligned by an orientable external field. We
obtain the ground state of the gas in Hartree-Fock approximation and
investigate RPA stability against density fluctuations of finite momentum. It
is shown that the density wave instability takes place in a broad region where
the system is stable against collapse. We also find that the critical
temperature can be a significant fraction of Fermi temperature for a realistic
system of polar molecules.Comment: 10 figure
Impurity Effects on Quantum Depinning of Commensurate Charge Density Waves
We investigate quantum depinning of the one-dimensional (1D) commensurate
charge-density wave (CDW) in the presence of one impurity theoretically.
Quantum tunneling rate below but close to the threshold field is calculated at
absolute zero temperature by use of the phase Hamiltonian within the WKB
approximation. We show that the impurity can induce localized fluctuation and
enhance the quantum depinning. The electric field dependence of the tunneling
rate in the presence of the impurity is different from that in its absence.Comment: 14 pages with 13 figures. Submitted to J. Phys. Soc. Jp
Spin-Peierls Quantum Phase Transitions in Coulomb Crystals
The spin-Peierls instability describes a structural transition of a crystal
due to strong magnetic interactions. Here we demonstrate that cold Coulomb
crystals of trapped ions provide an experimental testbed in which to study this
complex many-body problem and to access extreme regimes where the instability
is triggered by quantum fluctuations alone. We present a consistent analysis
based on different analytical and numerical methods, and provide a detailed
discussion of its feasibility on the basis of ion-trap experiments. Moreover,
we identify regimes where this quantum simulation may exceed the power of
classical computers.Comment: slightly longer than the published versio
Wigner crystallization in Na(3)Cu(2)O(4) and Na(8)Cu(5)O(10) chain compounds
We report the synthesis of novel edge-sharing chain systems Na(3)Cu(2)O(4)
and Na(8)Cu(5)O(10), which form insulating states with commensurate charge
order. We identify these systems as one-dimensional Wigner lattices, where the
charge order is determined by long-range Coulomb interaction and the number of
holes in the d-shell of Cu. Our interpretation is supported by X-ray structure
data as well as by an analysis of magnetic susceptibility and specific heat
data. Remarkably, due to large second neighbor Cu-Cu hopping, these systems
allow for a distinction between the (classical) Wigner lattice and the 4k_F
charge-density wave of quantum mechanical origin.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Interplay between SDW and induced local moments in URu2Si2
Theoretical model for magnetic ordering in the heavy-fermion metal URu2Si2 is
suggested. The 17.5K transition in this material is ascribed to formation of a
spin-density wave, which develops due to a partial nesting between electron and
hole parts of the Fermi surface and has a negligibly small form-factor.
Staggered field in the SDW state induces tiny antiferromagnetic order in the
subsystem of localized singlet-singlet levels. Unlike the other models our
scenario is based on coexistence of two orderings with the same
antiferromagnetic dipole symmetry.The topology of the pressure phase diagram
for such a two order parameter model is studied in the framework of the Landau
theory. The field dependences of the staggered magnetization and the magnon gap
are derived from the microscopic theory and found to be in good quantitative
agreement with experiment.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figure
Peierls instability, periodic Bose-Einstein condensates and density waves in quasi-one-dimensional boson-fermion mixtures of atomic gases
We study the quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) spin-polarized bose-fermi mixture of
atomic gases at zero temperature. Bosonic excitation spectra are calculated in
random phase approximation on the ground state with the uniform BEC, and the
Peierls instabilities are shown to appear in bosonic collective excitation
modes with wave-number by the coupling between the Bogoliubov-phonon
mode of bosonic atoms and the fermion particle-hole excitations. The
ground-state properties are calculated in the variational method, and,
corresponding to the Peierls instability, the state with a periodic BEC and
fermionic density waves with the period are shown to have a lower
energy than the uniform one. We also briefly discuss the Q1D system confined in
a harmonic oscillator (HO) potential and derive the Peierls instability
condition for it.Comment: 9 pages, 3figure
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