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Thermal transport in the hidden-order state of URuSi
We present a study of thermal conductivity in the normal state of the
heavy-fermion superconductor URuSi. Ordering at 18K leads to a
steep increase in thermal conductivity and (in contrast with all other cases of
magnetic ordering in heavy-fermion compounds) to an enhancement of the Lorenz
number. By linking this observation to several other previously reported
features, we conclude that most of the carriers disappear in the ordered state
and this leads to a drastic increase in both phononic and electronic
mean-free-path.Comment: 5 pages including 4 figure
Optical absorption spectra in SrCu_2O_3 two-leg spin ladder
We calculate the phonon-assisted optical-absorption spectra in SrCu_2O_3
two-leg spin-ladder systems. The results for two models proposed for SrCu_2O_3
are compared. In the model including the effects of a cyclic four-spin
interaction, the shoulder structure appears at 978 cm^{-1} and the peak appears
at 1975 cm^{-1} in the spectrum for polarization of the electric field parallel
to the legs. In the other model which describes a pure two-leg ladder, the peak
appears around the lower edge of the spectrum at 1344 cm^{-1}. The feature can
be effective in determining the proper model for SrCu_2O_3.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, to appear in PRB vol. 67 (2003
Effective Crystalline Electric Field Potential in a j-j Coupling Scheme
We propose an effective model on the basis of a - coupling scheme to
describe local -electron states for realistic values of Coulomb interaction
and spin-orbit coupling , for future development of microscopic
theory of magnetism and superconductivity in -electron systems, where
is the number of local electrons. The effective model is systematically
constructed by including the effect of a crystalline electric field (CEF)
potential in the perturbation expansion in terms of . In this paper,
we collect all the terms up to the first order of . Solving the
effective model, we show the results of the CEF states for each case of
=25 with symmetry in comparison with those of the Stevens
Hamiltonian for the weak CEF. In particular, we carefully discuss the CEF
energy levels in an intermediate coupling region with in the order
of 0.1 corresponding to actual -electron materials between the and
- coupling schemes. Note that the relevant energy scale of is the
Hund's rule interaction. It is found that the CEF energy levels in the
intermediate coupling region can be quantitatively reproduced by our modified
- coupling scheme, when we correctly take into account the corrections in
the order of in addition to the CEF terms and Coulomb interactions
which remain in the limit of =. As an application of the
modified - coupling scheme, we discuss the CEF energy levels of filled
skutterudites with symmetry.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figures. Typeset with jpsj2.cl
The order parameter-entropy relation in some universal classes: experimental evidence
The asymptotic behaviour near phase transitions can be suitably characterized
by the scaling of with , where is
the excess entropy and is the order parameter. As is obtained by
integration of the experimental excess specific heat of the transition , it displays little experimental noise so that the curve versus is better constrained than, say,
versus . The behaviour of for different
universality classes is presented and compared. In all cases, it clearly
deviates from being a constant. The determination of this function can then be
an effective method to distinguish asymptotic critical behaviour. For
comparison, experimental data for three very different systems, Rb2CoF4,
Rb2ZnCl4 and SrTiO3, are analysed under this approach. In SrTiO3, the function
does not deviate within experimental resolution from a straight
line so that, although Q can be fitted with a non mean-field exponent, the data
can be explained by a classical Landau mean-field behaviour. In contrast, the
behaviour of for the antiferromagnetic transition in Rb2CoF4 and
the normal-incommensurate phase transition in Rb2ZCl4 is fully consistent with
the asymptotic critical behaviour of the universality class corresponding to
each case. This analysis supports, therefore, the claim that incommensurate
phase transitions in general, and the ABX compounds in particular, in
contrast with most structural phase transitions, have critical regions large
enough to be observable.Comment: 13 pp. 9 ff. 2 tab. RevTeX. Submitted to J. Phys.: Cond. Matte
On the origin of the zero-resistance anomaly in heavy fermion superconducting Ir: a clue from magnetic field and Rh-doping studies
We present the results of the specific heat and AC magnetic susceptibility
measurements of for x from 0 to 0.5. As x is increased
from 0 both quantities reflect the competition between two effects. The first
is a suppression of superconductivity below the bulk transition temperature of
T K, which is due to the pair breaking effect of Rh impurities. The
second is an increase in the volume fraction of the superconducting regions
above T, which we attribute to defect-induced strain. Analysis of the H-T
phase diagram for CeIrInobtained from the bulk probes and resistance
measurements points to the filamentary origin of the inhomogeneous
superconductivity at T K, where the resistance drops to
zero. The identical anisotropies in the magnetic field dependence of the
specific heat and the resistance anomalies in CeIrIn indicate that the
filamentary superconductivity is intrinsic, involving electrons from the part
of the Fermi surface responsible for bulk superconductivity.Comment: 4 page
High pressure phase diagrams of CeRhIn and CeCoIn studied by ac calorimetry
The pressure-temperature phase diagrams of the heavy fermion antiferromagnet
CeRhIn and the heavy fermion superconductor CeCoIn have been studied
under hydrostatic pressure by ac calorimetry and ac susceptibility measurements
using diamond anvil cells with argon as pressure medium. In CeRhIn, the use
of a highly hydrostatic pressure transmitting medium allows for a clean
simultaneous determination by a bulk probe of the antiferromagnetic and
superconducting transitions. We compare our new phase diagram with the previous
ones, discuss the nature (first or second order) of the various lines, and the
coexistence of antiferromagnetic order and superconductivity. The link between
the collaps of the superconducting heat anomaly and the broadening of the
antiferromagnetic transition points to an inhomogeneous appearence of
superconductivity below GPa. Homogeneous bulk
superconductivity is only observed above this critical pressure. We present a
detailed analysis of the influence of pressure inomogeneities on the specific
heat anomalies which emphasizes that the observed broadening of the transitions
near is connected with the first order transition. For CeCoIn we show
that the large specific heat anomaly observed at at ambient pressure is
suppressed linearly at least up to 3 GPa
Coexistence of magnetism and superconductivity in CeRh1-xIrxIn5
We report a thermodynamic and transport study of the phase diagram of
CeRh1-xIrxIn5. Superconductivity is observed over a broad range of doping, 0.3
< x < 1, including a substantial range of concentration (0.3 < x <0.6) over
which it coexists with magnetic order (which is observed for 0 < x < 0.6). The
anomalous transition to zero resistance that is observed in CeIrIn5 is robust
against Rh substitution. In fact, the observed bulk Tc in CeRh0.5Ir0.5In5 is
more than double that of CeIrIn5, whereas the zero-resistance transition
temperature is relatively unchanged for 0.5 < x < 1
Spin relaxation of conduction electrons in bulk III-V semiconductors
Spin relaxation time of conduction electrons through the Elliot-Yafet,
D'yakonov-Perel and Bir-Aronov-Pikus mechanisms is calculated theoretically for
bulk GaAs, GaSb, InAs and InSb of both - and -type. Relative importance
of each spin relaxation mechanism is compared and the diagrams showing the
dominant mechanism are constructed as a function of temperature and impurity
concentrations. Our approach is based upon theoretical calculation of the
momentum relaxation rate and allows understanding of the interplay between
various factors affecting the spin relaxation over a broad range of temperature
and impurity concentration.Comment: an error in earlier version correcte
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