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Magnetic impurities in the one-dimensional spin-orbital model
Using one-dimensional spin-orbital model as a typical example of quantum spin
systems with richer symmetries, we study the effect of an isolated impurity on
its low energy dynamics in the gapless phase through bosonization and
renormalization group methods. In the case of internal impurities, depending on
the symmetry, the boundary fixed points can be either an open chain with a
residual spin or (and) orbital triplet left behind, or a periodic chain.
However, these two fixed points are indistinguishable in the sense that in both
cases, the lead-correction-to-scaling boundary operators (LCBO) only show
Fermi-liquid like corrections to thermodynamical quantities. (Except the
possible Curie-like contributions from the residual moments in the latter
cases.) In the case of external (Kondo) impurities, the boundary fixed points,
depending on the sign of orbital couplings, can be either an open chain with an
isolated orbital doublet due to Kondo screening or it will flow to an
intermediate fixed point with the same LCBO as that of the two-channel Kondo
problem. Comparison with the Kondo effect in one-dimensional (1D) Heisenberg
spin chain and multi-band Hubbard models is also made.Comment: 7 pages, No figur
Condensation of a tetrahedra rigid-body libration mode in HoBaCo4O7 : the origin of phase transition at 355 K
Rietveld profiles, Moessbauer spectra and x-ray absorption fine structure
(XAFS) were analyzed through the structural phase transition at Ts = 355 K in
HoBaCo4O7. Excess of the oxygen content over O7 was avoided via annealing the
samples in argon flow at 600 degree C. Space groups (S.G.) Pbn21c and P63mc
were used to refine the structure parameters in the low- and high-temperature
phases, respectively. Additionally, the Cmc21 symmetry was considered as a
concurrent model of structure of the low-temperature phase. In the
high-temperature phase, severe anisotropy of thermal motion of the major part
of the oxygen atoms was observed. This anisotropic motion turns to be quenched
as the sample is cooled below Ts. The variation of quadrupole splitting near Ts
is not similar to a steplike anomaly frequently seen at the charge-ordering
transition. We observe instead a dip-like anomaly of the average quadrupole
splitting near Ts. Narrow distribution of the electric field gradient (EFG)
over different cobalt sites is observed and explained on the basis of
point-charge model. XAFS spectra show no evidence of significant difference
between YBaCo4O7 (T > Ts) and HoBaCo4O7 (T < Ts). The origin of the transition
at Ts is ascribed to the condensation of the libration phonon mode associated
with the rigid-body rotational movements of the starlike tetrahedral units, the
building blocks of kagome network. It is shown that the condensation of the
libration mode is not compatible with translation symmetry for the hexagonal
S.G., but compatible for the orthorhombic S.G. The orthorhombic lattice
parameters and EFG components (Vxx, Vyy, Vzz) vary smoothly with temperature at
approaching Ts and closely follow each other.Comment: 13 figure
Effects of a magnetic field on the one-dimensional spin-orbital model
We study the effects of a uniform magnetic field on the one-dimensional
spin-orbital model in terms of effective field theories. Two regions are
examined: one around the SU(4) point (J=K/4) and the other with K<<J. We found
that when , the spin and orbital correlation functions exhibit
power-law decay with nonuniversal exponents. In the region with J>K/4, the
excitation spectrum has a gap. When the magnetic field is beyond some critical
value, a quantum phase transition occurs. However, the correlation functions
around the SU(4) point and the region with K<<J exhibit distinct behavior. This
results from different structures of excitation spectra in both regime.Comment: 22 pages, no figure
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