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Echolocation by Quasiparticles
It is shown that the local density of states (LDOS), measured in an Scanning
Tunneling Microscopy (STM) experiment, at a single tip position contains
oscillations as a function of Energy, due to quasiparticle interference, which
is related to the positions of nearby scatterers. We propose a method of STM
data analysis based on this idea, which can be used to locate the scatterers.
In the case of a superconductor, the method can potentially distinguish the
nature of the scattering by a particular impurity.Comment: 4+ page
Electronic structure of an electron on the gyroid surface, a helical labyrinth
Previously reported formulation for electrons on curved periodic surfaces is
used to analyze the band structure of an electron bound on the gyroid surface
(the only triply-periodic minimal surface that has screw axes). We find that an
effect of the helical structure appears as the bands multiply sticking together
on the Brillouin zone boundaries. We elaborate how the band sticking is lifted
when the helical and inversion symmetries of the structure are degraded. We
find from this that the symmetries give rise to prominent peaks in the density
of states.Comment: RevTeX, 4 pages, 6 figure
Local Phonon Density of States in an Elastic Substrate
The local, eigenfunction-weighted acoustic phonon density of states (DOS)
tensor is calculated for a model substrate consisting of a semi-infinite
isotropic elastic continuum with a stress-free surface. On the surface, the
local DOS is proportional to the square of the frequency, as for the
three-dimensional Debye model, but with a constant of proportionality that is
considerably enhanced compared to the Debye value, a consequence of the
Rayleigh surface modes. The local DOS tensor at the surface is also
anisotropic, as expected. Inside the substrate the local DOS is both spatially
anisotropic and non-quadratic in frequency. However, at large depths, the local
DOS approaches the isotropic Debye value. The results are applied to a Si
substrate.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, RevTe
Phase diagram and spin Hamiltonian of weakly-coupled anisotropic S=1/2 chains in CuCl2*2((CD3)2SO)
Field-dependent specific heat and neutron scattering measurements were used
to explore the antiferromagnetic S=1/2 chain compound CuCl2 * 2((CD3)2SO). At
zero field the system acquires magnetic long-range order below TN=0.93K with an
ordered moment of 0.44muB. An external field along the b-axis strengthens the
zero-field magnetic order, while fields along the a- and c-axes lead to a
collapse of the exchange stabilized order at mu0 Hc=6T and mu0 Hc=3.5T,
respectively (for T=0.65K) and the formation of an energy gap in the excitation
spectrum. We relate the field-induced gap to the presence of a staggered
g-tensor and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions, which lead to effective
staggered fields for magnetic fields applied along the a- and c-axes.
Competition between anisotropy, inter-chain interactions and staggered fields
leads to a succession of three phases as a function of field applied along the
c-axis. For fields greater than mu0 Hc, we find a magnetic structure that
reflects the symmetry of the staggered fields. The critical exponent, beta, of
the temperature driven phase transitions are indistinguishable from those of
the three-dimensional Heisenberg magnet, while measurements for transitions
driven by quantum fluctuations produce larger values of beta.Comment: revtex 12 pages, 11 figure
Total energy differences between SiC polytypes revisited
The total energy differences between various SiC polytypes (3C, 6H, 4H, 2H,
15R and 9R) were calculated using the full-potential linear muffin-tin orbital
method using the Perdew-Wang-(91) generalized gradient approximation to the
exchange-correlation functional in the density functional method. Numerical
convergence versus k-point sampling and basis set completeness are demonstrated
to be better than 1 meV/atom. The parameters of several generalized anisotropic
next-nearest-neighbor Ising models are extracted and their significance and
consequences for epitaxial growth are discussed.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, Latex, uses epsfig and revte
Inelastic neutron scattering in random binary alloys : an augmented space approach
Combining the augmented space representation for phonons with a generalized
version of Yonezawa-Matsubara diagrammatic technique, we have set up a
formalism to seperate the coherent and incoherent part of the total intensity
of thermal neutron scattering from disordered alloys. This is done exacly
without taking any recourse to mean-field like approximation (as done
previously). The formalism includes disorder in masses, force constants and
scattering lengths. Implementation of the formalism to realistic situations is
performed by an augmented space Block recursion which calculates entire Green
matrix and self energy matrix which in turn is needed to evaluate the coherent
and incoherent intensities. we apply the formalism to NiPd and NiPt alloys.
Numerical results on coherent and incoherent scattering cross sections are
presented along the highest symmetry directions. Finally the incoherent
intensities are compared with the CPA and also with experiments.Comment: 18 pages, 13 figure
Observation of a Chiral State in a Microwave Cavity
A microwave experiment has been realized to measure the phase difference of
the oscillating electric field at two points inside the cavity. The technique
has been applied to a dissipative resonator which exhibits a singularity --
called exceptional point -- in its eigenvalue and eigenvector spectrum. At the
singularity, two modes coalesce with a phase difference of We
conclude that the state excited at the singularity has a definitiv chirality.Comment: RevTex 4, 5 figure
Peculiarities of phonon spectra and lattice heat capacity in Ir and Rh
A simple pseudopotential model is proposed, which allows the phonon spectra
and temperature dependence of the lattice heat capacity of Ir and Rh be
described with a high enough accuracy. A careful comparison of the calculated
and experimental values of the lattice heat capacity is carried out, with the
procedure of the identification of the phonon contribution to the heat capacity
and determination of the characteristics (momenta) of the phonon density of
states from the experimental values of the total heat capacity of metal at a
constant pressure being described in detail. The results of the theoretical
calculations explain, in particular, such peculiar feature of Ir and Rh,
unusual for cubic metals, as a sharp (more than by a factor of 1.5) decrease in
the effective Debye temperature with increasing termperature. The temperature
dependence of the mean square amplitude of atomic displacements in Ir and Rh
has been calculated. Basing on the band calculations the manifestation of the
Kohn singularities in the phonon spectra of Ir are discussed.Comment: 15 pages, LaTeX2e, 12 figures in postscrip
Early transitions and tertiary enrolment: The cumulative impact of primary and secondary effects on entering university in Germany
Our aim is to assess how the number of working class students entering German universities can effectively be increased. Therefore, we estimate the proportion of students from the working class that would successfully enter university if certain policy interventions were in place to eliminate primary effects (performance differentials between social classes) and/or secondary effects (choice differentials net of performance) at different transition points. We extend previous research by analysing the sequence of transitions between elementary school enrolment and university enrolment and by accounting for the impact that manipulations at earlier transitions have on the performance distribution and size of the student ‘risk-set’ at subsequent transitions. To this end, we develop a novel simulation procedure which also seeks to find viable solutions to the shortcomings in the German data landscape. Our findings show that interventions are most effective if they take place early in the educational career. Neutralizing secondary effects at the transition to upper secondary school proves to be the single most effective means to increase participation rates in tertiary education among working class students. However, this comes at the expense of lower average performance levels. (DIPF/author
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