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Bridging k- and q- Space in the Cuprates: Comparing ARPES and STM Results
A critical comparison is made between the ARPES-derived spectral function and
STM studies of Friedel-like oscillations in Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+delta} (Bi2212).
The data can be made approximately consistent, provided that (a) the elastic
scattering seen in ARPES is predominantly small-angle scattering and (b) the
`peak' feature seen in ARPES is really a dispersive `bright spot', smeared into
a line by limited energy resolution; these are the `bright spots' which control
the quasiparticle interferences. However, there is no indication of bilayer
splitting in the STM data.Comment: 6 eps figures, revte
Effects of Dissipation on Quantum Phase Slippage in Charge Density Wave Systems
We study the effect of the dissipation on the quantum phase slippage via the
creation of ``vortex ring'' in charge density wave (CDW) systems. The
dissipation is assumed to come from the interaction with the normal electron
near and inside of the vortex core. We describe the CDW by extracted
macroscopic degrees of freedom, that is, the CDW phase and the radius of the
``vortex ring'', assume the ohmic dissipation, and investigate the effect in
the context of semiclassical approximation.
The obtained results are discussed in comparison with experiments. It turns
out that the effect of such a dissipation can be neglected in experiments.Comment: 9 pages (revtex), 2 figures, using epsf.st
Antiferromagnetic Excitations and Van Hove Singularities in YBaCuO
We show that in quasi-two-dimensional -wave superconductors Van Hove
singularities close to the Fermi surface lead to novel magnetic quasi-particle
excitations. We calculate the temperature and doping dependence of dynamical
magnetic susceptibility for YBCO and show that the proposed excitations are in
agreement with inelastic neutron scattering experiments. In addition, the
values of the gap parameter and in-plane antiferromagnetic coupling are much
smaller than usually believed.Comment: REVTeX, 4 pages + 3 PostScript (compressed) figures; to appear in
Phys. Rev. B (Rap. Comm.
Superconductivity in Geometrically Frustrated Pyrochlore RbOs2O6
We report the basic thermodynamic properties of the new geometrically
frustrated beta-pyrochlore bulk superconductor RbOs2O6 with a critical
temperature Tc = 6.4 K. Specific heat measurements are performed in magnetic
fields up to 12 T. The electronic density of states at the Fermi level in the
normal state results in gamma = (33.7 \pm 0.2) mJ/mol_f.u./K^2. In the
superconducting state, the specific heat follows conventional BCS-type behavior
down to 1 K, i.e. over three orders of magnitude in specific heat data. The
upper critical field slope at Tc is 1.2 T/K, corresponding to a Maki-parameter
alpha = 0.64 \pm 0.1. From the upper critical field mu0 Hc2 \approx 6 T at 0 K,
we estimate a Ginzburg-Landau coherence length xi \approx 7.4 nm. RbOs2O6 is
the second reported metallic AB2O6 type pyrochlore compound after KOs2O6, and
one of only three pyrochlore superconductors in addition to Cd2Re2O7 and
KOs2O6
Glucose metabolism and oscillatory behavior of pancreatic islets
A variety of oscillations are observed in pancreatic islets.We establish a
model, incorporating two oscillatory systems of different time scales: One is
the well-known bursting model in pancreatic beta-cells and the other is the
glucose-insulin feedback model which considers direct and indirect feedback of
secreted insulin. These two are coupled to interact with each other in the
combined model, and two basic assumptions are made on the basis of biological
observations: The conductance g_{K(ATP)} for the ATP-dependent potassium
current is a decreasing function of the glucose concentration whereas the
insulin secretion rate is given by a function of the intracellular calcium
concentration. Obtained via extensive numerical simulations are complex
oscillations including clusters of bursts, slow and fast calcium oscillations,
and so on. We also consider how the intracellular glucose concentration depends
upon the extracellular glucose concentration, and examine the inhibitory
effects of insulin.Comment: 11 pages, 16 figure
Impurity scattering in unconventional density waves
We have investigated the effect of nonmagnetic impurities on the
quasi-one-dimensional unconventional density wave (UDW) ground state. The
thermodynamics were found to be close to those of a d-wave superconductor in
the Born limit. Four different optical conductivity curves were found depending
on the direction of the applied electric field and on the wavevector dependence
of the gap.Comment: 14 pages, 9 figure
Sound propagation in density wave conductors and the effect of long-range Coulomb interaction
We study theoretically the sound propagation in charge- and spin-density
waves in the hydrodynamic regime. First, making use of the method of comoving
frame, we construct the stress tensor appropriate for quasi-one dimensional
systems within tight-binding approximation. Taking into account the screening
effect of the long-range Coulomb interaction, we find that the increase of the
sound velocity below the critical temperature is about two orders of magnitude
less for longitudinal sound than for transverse one. It is shown that only the
transverse sound wave with displacement vector parallel to the chain direction
couples to the phason of the density wave, therefore we expect significant
electromechanical effect only in this case.Comment: revtex, 14 pages (in preprint form), submitted to PR
Recent Advances in Unconventional Density Waves
Unconventional density wave (UDW) has been speculated as a possible
electronic ground state in excitonic insulator in 1968. Recent surge of
interest in UDW is partly due to the proposal that the pseudogap phase in high
T_c cuprate superconductors is d-wave density wave (d-DW).
Here we review our recent works on UDW within the framework of mean field
theory. In particular we have shown that many properties of the low temperature
phase (LTP) in alpha-(BEDT-TTF)_2MHg(SCN)_4 with M=K, Rb and Tl are well
characterized in terms of unconventional charge density wave (UCDW). In this
identification the Landau quantization of the quasiparticle motion in a
magnetic field (the Nersesyan effect) plays the crucial role. Indeed the
angular dependent magnetoresistance and the negative giant Nernst effect are
two hallmarks of UDW.Comment: 18 pages, 12 figure
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay and Future Neutrino Oscillation Precision Experiments
We discuss to what extent future precision measurements of neutrino mixing
observables will influence the information we can draw from a measurement of
(or an improved limit on) neutrinoless double beta decay. Whereas the Delta m^2
corresponding to solar and atmospheric neutrino oscillations are expected to be
known with good precision, the parameter theta_{12} will govern large part of
the uncertainty. We focus in particular on the possibility of distinguishing
the neutrino mass hierarchies and on setting a limit on the neutrino mass. We
give the largest allowed values of the neutrino masses which allow to
distinguish the normal from the inverted hierarchy. All aspects are discussed
as a function of the uncertainty stemming from the involved nuclear matrix
elements. The implications of a vanishing, or extremely small, effective mass
are also investigated. By giving a large list of possible neutrino mass
matrices and their predictions for the observables, we finally explore how a
measurement of (or an improved limit on) neutrinoless double beta decay can
help to identify the neutrino mass matrix if more precise values of the
relevant parameters are known.Comment: 35 pages, 12 figures. Comments and references added. To appear in PR
Effect of nearest- and next-nearest neighbor interactions on the spin-wave velocity of one-dimensional quarter-filled spin-density-wave conductors
We study spin fluctuations in quarter-filled one-dimensional
spin-density-wave systems in presence of short-range Coulomb interactions. By
applying a path integral method, the spin-wave velocity is calculated as a
function of on-site (U), nearest (V) and next-nearest (V_2) neighbor-site
interactions. With increasing V or V_2, the pure spin-density-wave state
evolves into a state with coexisting spin- and charge-density waves. The
spin-wave velocity is reduced when several density waves coexist in the ground
state, and may even vanish at large V. The effect of dimerization along the
chain is also considered.Comment: REVTeX, 11 pages, 9 figure
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