253 research outputs found
Half-magnetization plateau stabilized by structural distortion in the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on a pyrochlore lattice
Magnetization plateaus, visible as anomalies in magnetic susceptibility at
low temperatures, are one of the hallmarks of frustrated magnetism. We show how
an extremely robust half-magnetization plateau can arise from coupling between
spin and lattice degrees of freedom in a pyrochlore antiferromagnet, and
develop a detailed symmetry of analysis of the simplest possible scenario for
such a plateau state. The application of this theory to the spinel oxides
CdCr2O4 and HgCr2O4, where a robust half magnetization plateau has been
observed, is discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Violating Social Norms when Choosing Friends: How Rule-Breakers Affect Social Networks
Social networks rely on basic rules of conduct to yield functioning societies in both human and animal populations. As individuals follow established rules, their behavioral decisions shape the social network and give it structure. Using dynamic, self-organizing social network models we demonstrate that defying conventions in a social system can affect multiple levels of social and organizational success independently. Such actions primarily affect actors' own positions within the network, but individuals can also affect the overall structure of a network even without immediately affecting themselves or others. These results indicate that defying the established social norms can help individuals to change the properties of a social system via seemingly neutral behaviors, highlighting the power of rule-breaking behavior to transform convention-based societies, even before direct impacts on individuals can be measured
Kardiale Niedrigdosis-Computertomographie
Cardiac CT has evolved to a robust and accurate imaging modality in the cardiac diagnostic armamentarium. However, technical developments had been accompanied with an overall increase in radiation exposure. In the last years, several technical developments and algorithms aimed at the reduction of radiation exposure in cardiac CT. The most relevant dose reduction strategies will be highlighted in this article including appropriate indications for cardiac CT, different ECG synchronization techniques, reduction of tube voltage, and high-pitch CT studies
Susceptibility of the one-dimensional, dimerized Hubbard model
We show that the zero temperature susceptibility of the one-dimensional,
dimerized Hubbard model at quarter-filling can be accurately determined on the
basis of exact diagonalization of small clusters. The best procedure is to
perform a finite-size scaling of the spin velocity , and to calculate
the susceptibility from the Luttinger liquid relation . We
show that these results are reliable by comparing them with the analytical
results that can be obtained in the weak and strong coupling limits. We have
also used quantum Monte Carlo simulations to calculate the temperature
dependence of the susceptibility for parameters that should be relevant to the
Bechgaard salts. This shows that, used together, these numerical techniques are
able to give precise estimates of the low temperature susceptibility of
realistic one-dimensional models of correlated electrons.Comment: 10 pages, latex, figures available from the authors. To appear in
Phys. Rev. B, Rapid Comm
Dynamical density-density correlations in one-dimensional Mott insulators
The dynamical density-density correlation function is calculated for the
one-dimensional, half-filled Hubbard model extended with nearest neighbor
repulsion using the Lanczos algorithm for finite size systems and analytically
for large on site repulsion compared to hopping amplitudes. At the zone
boundary an excitonic feature exists for any finite nearest neighbor repulsion
and exhausts most of the spectral weight, even for parameters where no exciton
is visible at zero momentum.Comment: 5 pages, REVTeX, epsf, 3 postscript figure
Minimizing energy below the glass thresholds
Focusing on the optimization version of the random K-satisfiability problem,
the MAX-K-SAT problem, we study the performance of the finite energy version of
the Survey Propagation (SP) algorithm. We show that a simple (linear time)
backtrack decimation strategy is sufficient to reach configurations well below
the lower bound for the dynamic threshold energy and very close to the analytic
prediction for the optimal ground states. A comparative numerical study on one
of the most efficient local search procedures is also given.Comment: 12 pages, submitted to Phys. Rev. E, accepted for publicatio
Exact Solution of the strong coupling t-V model with twisted boundary conditions
We present the solution of the one-dimensional t-V model with twisted
boundary conditions in the strong coupling limit, t<<V and show that this model
can be mapped onto the strong coupling Hubbard chain threaded by a fictitious
flux proportional to the total momentum of the charge carriers. The high energy
eigenstates are characterized by a factorization of degrees of freedom
associated with configurations of soliton and antisoliton domains and degrees
of freedom associated with the movement of ``holes'' through these domains. The
coexistence of solitons and antisolitons leads to a strange flux dependence of
the eigenvalues. We illustrate the use of this solution, deriving the full
frequency dependence of the optical conductivity at half-filling and zero
temperature.Comment: 11 pages, 1 figure; to be published in Physical Review
Spectral function of the 1D Hubbard model in the limit
We show that the one-particle spectral functions of the one-dimensional
Hubbard model diverge at the Fermi energy like
in the limit. The Luttinger liquid behaviour
, where as ,
should be limited to (for large but
finite), which shrinks to a single point, ,in that limit.
The consequences for the observation of the Luttinger liquid behaviour in
photoemission and inverse photoemission experiments are discussed.Comment: 4 pages, RevTeX, 2 figures on reques
Phase diagram of the one-dimensional extended Hubbard model with attractive and/or repulsive interactions at quarter filling
We study the phase diagram of the one dimensional (1D) model at quarter
filling in the most general case where the on-site and first-neighbour
interactions and can be both attractive and repulsive. The results have
been obtained using exact diagonalization of small clusters and variational
techniques, as well as exact results in various limits. We have analyzed four
properties of the groundstate: i)~whether it is insulating or metallic;
\hbox{ii)~whether} it is homogenous or phase separated; iii)~whether it has a
spin gap; iv)~whether it has dominant superconducting fluctuations. With eight
phases, the resulting phase diagram is unexpectedly rich. The four phases not
found in the weak coupling limit are: i) an insulating phase when and
are large enough; ii) a region of phase separation when is attractive; iii)
another region of phase separation when is large enough and small; iv)
a region with dominant superconducting fluctuations when is intermediate
and small. The actual nature of this last phase, which has pairs but no
spin gap, is not fully clear yet.Comment: 24 pages, RevTeX (4 postscript figures attached to the end
Ferromagnetism in multi--band Hubbard models: From weak to strong Coulomb repulsion
We propose a new mechanism which can lead to ferromagnetism in Hubbard models
containing triangles with different on-site energies. It is based on an
effective Hamiltonian that we derive in the strong coupling limit. Considering
a one-dimensional realization of the model, we show that in the quarter-filled,
insulating case the ground-state is actually ferromagnetic in a very large
parameter range going from Tasaki's flat-band limit to the strong coupling
limit of the effective Hamiltonian. This result has been obtained using a
variety of analytical and numerical techniques. Finally, the same results are
shown to apply away from quarter-filling, in the metallic case.Comment: 12 pages, revtex, 12 figures,needs epsf and multicol style file
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