61 research outputs found
Neutron diffraction investigation of the H-T phase diagram above the longitudinal incommensurate phase of BaCo2V2O8
The quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnetic Ising-like compound BaCo2V2O8 has
been shown to be describable by the Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid theory in its
gapless phase induced by a magnetic field applied along the Ising axis. Above
3.9 T, this leads to an exotic field-induced low-temperature magnetic order,
made of a longitudinal incommensurate spin-density wave, stabilized by weak
interchain interactions. By single-crystal neutron diffraction we explore the
destabilization of this phase at a higher magnetic field. We evidence a
transition at around 8.5 T towards a more conventional magnetic structure with
antiferromagnetic components in the plane perpendicular to the magnetic field.
The phase diagram boundaries and the nature of this second field-induced phase
are discussed with respect to previous results obtained by means of nuclear
magnetic resonance and electron spin resonance, and in the framework of the
simple model based on the Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid theory, which obviously has
to be refined in this complex system.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
Nonmagnetic insulator state in Na1CoO2 and phase separation of Na vacancies
Crystallographic, magnetic, and NMR properties of a NaxCoO2 single crystal with x≃1 are presented. We identify the stoichiometric Na1CoO2 phase, which is shown to be a nonmagnetic insulator, as expected for homogeneous planes of Co3+ ions with S=0. In addition, we present evidence that, because of slight average Na deficiency, chemical and electronic phase separation leads to a segregation of Na vacancies into the well-defined, magnetic, Na0.8CoO2 phase. The importance of phase separation is discussed in the context of magnetic order for x≃0.8 and the occurrence of a metal-insulator transition for x→1
Caesium 6P fine-structure mixing and quenching induced by collisions with ground-state caesium atoms and molecules
Cu(2) nuclear resonance evidence for an original magnetic phase in aged 60K-superconductors RBa2Cu3O6+x (R=Tm,Y)
It is widely believed that the long-range antiferromagnetic order in the
RBa2Cu3O6+x compounds (R=Y and rare earths except of Ce, Pr, Tb) is totally
suppressed for the oxygen index x>0.4 (AFM insulator-metal transition). We
present the results of the copper NQR/NMR studies of aged RBa2Cu3O6+x (R=Tm,Y)
samples showing that a magnetic order can still be present at oxygen contents x
up to at least 0.7 and at temperatures as high as 77K.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures. Submitted to Phys.Rev.
Transport Coefficients of the Anderson Model via the Numerical Renormalization Group
The transport coefficients of the Anderson model are calculated by extending
Wilson's NRG method to finite temperature Green's functions. Accurate results
for the frequency and temperature dependence of the single--particle spectral
densities and transport time are obtained and used to extract
the temperature dependence of the transport coefficients in the strong
correlation limit. The low temperature anomalies in the resistivity, ,
thermopower, , thermal conductivity and Hall coefficient,
, are discussed. All quantities exhibit the expected Fermi liquid
behaviour at low temperature with power law dependecies on in very
good agreement with analytic results based on Fermi liquid theory. Scattering
of conduction electrons in higher, , angular momentum channels is also
considered and an expression is derived for the corresponding transport time
and used to discuss the influence of non--resonant scattering on the transport
properties.Comment: 45 pages, RevTeX, 28 figures, available on reques
Superconducting Fluctuations and the Pseudogap in the Slightly-overdoped High-Tc Superconductor TlSr2CaCu2O6.8: High Magnetic Field NMR Studies
From measurements of the ^{63}Cu Knight shift (K) and the nuclear
spin-lattice relaxation rate (1/T_{1}) under magnetic fields from zero up to 28
T in the slightly overdoped superconductor TlSr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{6.8} (T_{c}=68
K), we find that the pseudogap behavior, {\em i.e.}, the reductions of 1/T_{1}T
and K above T_{c} from the values expected from the normal state at high T, is
strongly field dependent and follows a scaling relation. We show that this
scaling is consistent with the effects of the Cooper pair density fluctuations.
The present finding contrasts sharply with the pseudogap property reported
previously in the underdoped regime where no field effect was seen up to 23.2
T. The implications are discussed.Comment: 10 pages, 4 GIF figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. Let
Fine structure in the off-resonance conductance of small Coulomb blockade systems
We show how a fine, multiple-peak structure can arise in the off-resonance,
zero-bias conductance of Coulomb blockade systems. In order to understand how
this effect comes about one must abandon the orthodox, mean-field understanding
of the Coulomb blockade phenomenon and consider quantum fluctuations in the
occupation of the single-particle electronic levels. We illustrate such an
effect with a spinless Anderson-like model for multi-level systems and an
equation-of-motion method for calculating Green's functions that combines two
simple decoupling schemes.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, postscript file also available at
http://www.pa.uky.edu/~palacios/papers/eom.ps One figure added. Discussion of
results extende
Phase diagrams in nonlocal PNJL models constrained by Lattice QCD results
Based on lattice QCD-adjusted SU(2) nonlocal Polyakov--Nambu--Jona-Lasinio
(PNJL) models, we investigate how the location of the critical endpoint in the
QCD phase diagram depends on the strenght of the vector meson coupling, as well
as the Polyakov-loop (PL) potential and the form factors of the covariant
model. The latter are constrained by lattice QCD data for the quark propagator.
The strength of the vector coupling is adjusted such as to reproduce the slope
of the pseudocritical temperature for the chiral phase transition at low
chemical potential extracted recently from lattice QCD simulations. Our study
supports the existence of a critical endpoint in the QCD phase diagram albeit
the constraint for the vector coupling shifts its location to lower
temperatures and higher baryochemical potentials than in the case without it.Comment: 23 pages, 10 figures. Version accepted in Phys. Part. Nucl. Lett. (to
appear), references adde
Multiband model of high Tc superconductors
We propose an extension to other high T_{c } compounds of a model introduced
earlier for YBCO. In the ''self-doped'' compounds we assume that the doping
part (namely the BiO, HgO, TlO planes in BSCCO, HBCCO, TBCCO respectively) is
metallic, which leads to a multiband model. This assumption is supported by
band structure calculations. Taking a repulsive pairing interaction between
these doping bands and the CuO_{2} bands leads to opposite signs for the order
parameter on these bands and to nodes whenever the Fermi surfaces of these
bands cross. We show that in BSCCO the low temperature dependence of the
penetration depth is reasonably accounted for. In this case the nodes are not
located near the 45^{o} direction, which makes the experimental determination
of the node locations an important test for our model. The situation in HBCCO
and TBCCO is rather analogous to BSCCO. We consider the indications given by
NMR and find that they rather favor a metallic character for the doping bands.
Finally we discuss the cases of NCCO and LSCO which are not ''self-doped'' and
where our model does not give nodes.Comment: 11 pages, revtex, 1 figure
Planar Cu and O hole densities in high-Tc cuprates determined with NMR
The electric hyperfine interaction observable in atomic spectroscopy for O
and Cu ions in various configurations is used to analyze the quadrupole
splitting of O and Cu nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in La2-xSrxCuO4 and
YBa2Cu3O6+y and to determine the hole densities at both sites as a function of
doping. It is found that in La2-xSrxCuO4 all doped holes (x) reside in the Cu-O
plane but almost exclusively at O. For YBa2Cu3O6+y and y<0.6 doped holes are
found at planar Cu as well as O. For y>0.6 further doping increases the hole
content only for planar O. The phase diagram based on NMR data is presented.
Further implications from the Cu A and B site in La2-xSrxCuO4 and the two
planar O sites in YBa2Cu3O6+y and consequences for the phase diagram are
discussed.Comment: 18 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables, 2 appendice
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