125 research outputs found
Coexistence of ferromagnetism and superconductivity near quantum phase transition: The Heisenberg- to Ising-type crossover
A microscopic mean-field theory of the phase coexistence between
ferromagnetism and superconductivity in the weakly ferromagnetic itinerant
electron system is constructed, while incorporating a realistic mechanism for
superconducting pairing due to the exchange of critical spin fluctuations. The
self-consistent solution of the resulting equations determines the
superconducting transition temperature which is shown to depend strongly on the
exchange splitting. The effect of phase crossover from isotropic
(Heisenberg-like) to uniaxial (Ising-like) spin fluctuations near the quantum
phase transition is analysed and the generic phase diagram is obtained. This
scenario is then applied to the case of itinerant ferromagnet ZrZn2, which
sheds light on the proposed phase diagram of this compound. Possible
explanation of superconductivity in UGe2 is also discussed.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Hidden Quantum Critical Point in a Ferromagnetic Superconductor
We consider a coexistence phase of both Ferromagnetism and superconductivity
and solve the self-consistent mean-field equations at zero temperature. The
superconducting gap is shown to vanish at the Stoner point whereas the
magnetization doesn't. This indicates that the para-Ferro quantum critical
point becomes a hidden critical point. The effective mass in such a phase gets
enhanced whereas the spin wave stiffness is reduced as compared to the pure FM
phase. The spin wave stiffness remains finite even at the para-Ferro quantum
critical point.Comment: 4 pages, Phys. Rev. B (Rapid) accepte
Diffusion coefficient of an inclusion in a liquid membrane supported by a solvent of arbitrary thickness
The diffusion coefficient of a circular shaped inclusion in a liquid membrane
is investigated by taking into account the interaction between membranes and
bulk solvents of arbitrary thickness. As illustrative examples, the diffusion
coefficients of two types of inclusions - a circular domain composed of fluid
with the same viscosity as the host membrane and that of a polymer chain
embedded in the membrane are studied.The diffusion coefficients are expressed
in terms of the hydrodynamic screening lengths which vary according to the
solvent thickness. When the membrane fluid is dragged by the solvent of finite
thickness, via stick boundary conditions, multiple hydrodynamic screening
lengths together with the weight factors to the diffusion coefficients are
obtained from the dispersion relation. The condition for which the diffusion
coefficients can be approximated by the expression including only a single
hydrodynamic screening length are also shown.Comment: 6 figures; Physical Review E 201
Conductance Increase by Electron-Phonon Interaction in Quantum Wires
We investigate the influence of electron-phonon interactions on the
DC-conductance of a quantum wire in the limit of one occupied
subband. At zero temperature, a Tomonaga-Luttinger-like renormalization of
to a value slightly larger than is calculated for a
realistic quantum wire model.Comment: 12 pages RevTeX, no figure. Appears in Phys. Rev.
Theory of Disordered Itinerant Ferromagnets I: Metallic Phase
A comprehensive theory for electronic transport in itinerant ferromagnets is
developed. We first show that the Q-field theory used previously to describe a
disordered Fermi liquid also has a saddle-point solution that describes a
ferromagnet in a disordered Stoner approximation. We calculate transport
coefficients and thermodynamic susceptibilities by expanding about the saddle
point to Gaussian order. At this level, the theory generalizes previous
RPA-type theories by including quenched disorder. We then study soft-mode
effects in the ferromagnetic state in a one-loop approximation. In
three-dimensions, we find that the spin waves induce a square-root frequency
dependence of the conductivity, but not of the density of states, that is
qualitatively the same as the usual weak-localization effect induced by the
diffusive soft modes. In contrast to the weak-localization anomaly, this effect
persists also at nonzero temperatures. In two-dimensions, however, the spin
waves do not lead to a logarithmic frequency dependence. This explains
experimental observations in thin ferromagnetic films, and it provides a basis
for the construction of a simple effective field theory for the transition from
a ferromagnetic metal to a ferromagnetic insulator.Comment: 15pp., REVTeX, 2 eps figs, final version as publishe
Magnetic susceptibility, exchange interactions and spin-wave spectra in the local spin density approximation
Starting from exact expression for the dynamical spin susceptibility in the
time-dependent density functional theory a controversial issue about exchange
interaction parameters and spin-wave excitation spectra of itinerant electron
ferromagnets is reconsidered. It is shown that the original expressions for
exchange integrals based on the magnetic force theorem (J. Phys. F14 L125
(1984)) are optimal for the calculations of the magnon spectrum whereas static
response function is better described by the ``renormalized'' magnetic force
theorem by P. Bruno (Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 087205 (2003)). This conclusion is
confirmed by the {\it ab initio} calculations for Fe and Ni.Comment: 12 pages, 2 figures, submitted to JPC
Fluctuation Induced Non-Fermi Liquid Behavior near a Quantum Phase Transition in Itinerant Electron Systems
The signature for a non-Fermi liquid behavior near a quantum phase transition
has been observed in thermal and transport properties of many metallic systems
at low temperatures. In the present work we consider specific examples of
itinerant ferromagnet as well as antiferromagnet in the limit of vanishing
transition temperature. The temperature variation of spin susceptibility,
electrical resistivity, specific heat, and NMR relaxation rates at low
temperatures is calculated in the limit of infinite exchange enhancement within
the frame work of a self consistent spin fluctuation theory. The resulting
non-Fermi liquid behavior is due to the presence of the low lying critically
damped spin fluctuations in these systems. The theory presented here gives the
leading low temperature behavior, as it turns out that the fluctuation
correlation term is always smaller than the mean fluctuation field term in
three as well as in two space dimensions. A comparison with illustrative
experimental results of these properties in some typical systems has been done.
Finally we make some remarks on the effect of disorder in these systems.Comment: File RevTex, 7 Figures available on request, Abstract and text
modified, To appear in Phys. Rev.
Theory of Non-Reciprocal Optical Effects in Antiferromagnets: The Case Cr_2O_3
A microscopic model of non-reciprocal optical effects in antiferromagnets is
developed by considering the case of Cr_2O_3 where such effects have been
observed. These effects are due to a direct coupling between light and the
antiferromagnetic order parameter. This coupling is mediated by the spin-orbit
interaction and involves an interplay between the breaking of inversion
symmetry due to the antiferromagnetic order parameter and the trigonal field
contribution to the ligand field at the magnetic ion. We evaluate the matrix
elements relevant for the non-reciprocal second harmonic generation and
gyrotropic birefringence.Comment: accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Magnon Damping by magnon-phonon coupling in Manganese Perovskites
Inelastic neutron scattering was used to systematically investigate the
spin-wave excitations (magnons) in ferromagnetic manganese perovskites. In
spite of the large differences in the Curie temperatures (s) of different
manganites, their low-temperature spin waves were found to have very similar
dispersions with the zone boundary magnon softening. From the wavevector
dependence of the magnon lifetime effects and its correlation with the
dispersions of the optical phonon modes, we argue that a strong magneto-elastic
coupling is responsible for the observed low temperature anomalous spin
dynamical behavior of the manganites.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure
Vicinal Surface with Langmuir Adsorption: A Decorated Restricted Solid-on-solid Model
We study the vicinal surface of the restricted solid-on-solid model coupled
with the Langmuir adsorbates which we regard as two-dimensional lattice gas
without lateral interaction. The effect of the vapor pressure of the adsorbates
in the environmental phase is taken into consideration through the chemical
potential. We calculate the surface free energy , the adsorption coverage
, the step tension , and the step stiffness by
the transfer matrix method combined with the density-matrix algorithm. Detailed
step-density-dependence of and is obtained. We draw the roughening
transition curve in the plane of the temperature and the chemical potential of
adsorbates. We find the multi-reentrant roughening transition accompanying the
inverse roughening phenomena. We also find quasi-reentrant behavior in the step
tension.Comment: 7 pages, 12 figures (png format), RevTeX 3.1, submitted to Phys. Rev.
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