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Electronic disorder of P- and B-doped Si at the metal-insulator transition investigated by scanning tunnelling microscopy and electronic transport
The (111)-2 × 1 surface of in situ cleaved heavily P- or B-doped Si is investigated by scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy at room temperature and at low temperature. P atoms have been identified on different sites of the Si(111)-2 × 1 surface by their characteristic voltage-dependent contrast for positive as well as negative buckling of the π-bonded chains. The distributions of dopants per surface area and of nearest-neighbour distances are found to be in agreement with a random arrangement of dopants in Si up to doping levels well above the metal–insulator transition. In addition, P atoms have been identified by their depth-dependent contrast down to the third layer beneath the surface with a volume density in agreement with the bulk doping density. The random electronic disorder supports the view of an Anderson transition driven by disorder close to the critical concentration or critical uniaxial stress
Finite temperature strong-coupling expansions for the Kondo lattice model
Strong-coupling expansions, to order , are derived for the Kondo
lattice model of strongly correlated electrons, in 1-, 2- and 3- dimensions at
arbitrary temperature. Results are presented for the specific heat, and spin
and charge susceptibilities.Comment: revtex
Tuning Anti-Klein to Klein Tunneling in Bilayer Graphene
We show that in gapped bilayer graphene, quasiparticle tunneling and the corresponding Berry phase can be controlled such that they exhibit features of single-layer graphene such as Klein tunneling. The Berry phase is detected by a high-quality Fabry-Pérot interferometer based on bilayer graphene. By raising the Fermi energy of the charge carriers, we find that the Berry phase can be continuously tuned from 2π down to 0.68π in gapped bilayer graphene, in contrast to the constant Berry phase of 2π in pristine bilayer graphene. Particularly, we observe a Berry phase of π, the standard value for single-layer graphene. As the Berry phase decreases, the corresponding transmission probability of charge carriers at normal incidence clearly demonstrates a transition from anti-Klein tunneling to nearly perfect Klein tunneling
muSR and NMR in f-electron non-Fermi liquid materials
Magnetic resonance (muSR and NMR) studies of f-electron non-Fermi-liquid
(NFL) materials give clear evidence that structural disorder is a major factor
in NFL behavior. Longitudinal-field muSR relaxation measurements at low fields
reveal a wide distribution of muon relaxation rates and divergences in the
frequency dependence of spin correlation functions in the NFL systems
UCu_{5-x}Pd_x and CePtSi_{1-x}Ge_x. These divergences seem to be due to slow
dynamics associated with quantum spin-glass behavior, rather than quantum
criticality as in a uniform system, for two reasons: the observed strong
inhomogeneity in the muon relaxation rate, and the strong and
frequency-dependent low-frequency fluctuation observed in U(Cu,Pd)_5 and
CePt(Si,Ge). In the NFL materials CeCu_{5.9}Au_{0.1},
Ce(Ru_{0.5}Rh_{0.5})_2Si_2, CeNi_2Ge_2, and YbRh_2Si_2 the low-frequency weight
of the spin fluctuation spectrum is much weaker than in the disordered NFL
systems.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures. To be published in proceedings of muSR2002
(Physica B
Specific Heat Study of Non-Fermi Liquid Behavior in CeNi_2Ge_2: Anomalous Peak in Quasi-Particle Density-of-States
To investigate the non-Fermi liquid (NFL) behavior in a nonalloyed system
CeNi_2Ge_2, we have measured the temperature and field dependences of the
specific heat C on a CeNi_2Ge_2 single crystal. The distinctive temperature
dependence of C/T (~a-b*T^(1/2)) is destroyed in almost the same manner for
both field directions of B//c-axis and B//a-axis. The overall behavior of
C(T,B) and the low-temperature upturn in magnetic susceptibility can be
reproduced, assuming an anomalous peak of the quasi-particle-band
density-of-states (DOS) at the Fermi energy possessing (epsilon)^(1/2) energy
dependence. Absence of residual entropy around T=0 K in B~0 T has been
confirmed by the magnetocaloric effect measurements, which are consistent with
the present model. The present model can also be applied to the NFL behavior in
CeCu_{5.9}Au_{0.1} using a ln(epsilon)-dependent peak in the DOS. Possible
origins of the peak in the DOS are discussed.Comment: 4 pages, LaTeX, using jpsj.sty, to be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.
66 No. 10 (1997), 7 figures available at
http://494-475.phys.metro-u.ac.jp/ao/ceni2ge2.htm
Quantum Critical Point in the Spin Glass-Kondo Transition in Heavy Fermion Systems
The Kondo-Spin Glass competition is studied in a theoretical model of a Kondo
lattice with an intra-site Kondo type exchange interaction treated within the
mean field approximation, an inter-site quantum Ising exchange interaction with
random couplings among localized spins and an additional transverse field in
the x direction, which represents a simple quantum mechanism of spin flipping.
We obtain two second order transition lines from the spin-glass state to the
paramagnetic one and then to the Kondo state. For a reasonable set of the
different parameters, the two second order transition lines do not intersect
and end in two distinct QCP.Comment: 20 pages; 1 figure; to appear in Physical Review
Local quantum critical point and non-Fermi liquid properties
Quantum criticality provides a means to understand the apparent non-Fermi
liquid phenomena in correlated electron systems. How to properly describe
quantum critical points in electronic systems has however been poorly
understood. The issues have become particularly well-defined due to recent
experiments in heavy fermion metals, in which quantum critical points have been
explicitly identified. In this paper, I summarize some recent theoretical work
on the subject, with an emphasis on the notion of ``local quantum
criticality''. I describe the microscopic work based on an extended dynamical
mean field theory, as well as Ginzburg-Landau arguments for the robustness of
the local quantum critical point beyond the microscopics. I also present the
consequences of this picture on the inelastic neutron scattering, NMR, Fermi
surface properties and Hall coefficient, and compare them with the available
experiments. Some analogies with the Mott transition phenomena are also noted.Comment: 7 pages, 1 figure; references updated according to the published
versio
Enhanced Impurity Scattering due to Quantum Critical Fluctuations
It is shown on the basis of the lowest order perturbation expansion with
respect to critical fluctuations that the critical fluctuations give rise to an
enhancement of the potential scattering of non-magnetic impurities. This
qualitatively accounts for the enhancement of the resistivity due to impurities
which has been observed in variety of systems near the quantum critical point,
while the higher order processes happen to give much larger enhancement as seen
from the Ward identity arguments. The cases with dynamical critical exponent
=2 and =3 are discussed explicitly.Comment: Submitted to J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. on 27 September, 200
Quantum and classical criticality in a dimerized quantum antiferromagnet
A quantum critical point (QCP) is a singularity in the phase diagram arising
due to quantum mechanical fluctuations. The exotic properties of some of the
most enigmatic physical systems, including unconventional metals and
superconductors, quantum magnets, and ultracold atomic condensates, have been
related to the importance of the critical quantum and thermal fluctuations near
such a point. However, direct and continuous control of these fluctuations has
been difficult to realize, and complete thermodynamic and spectroscopic
information is required to disentangle the effects of quantum and classical
physics around a QCP. Here we achieve this control in a high-pressure,
high-resolution neutron scattering experiment on the quantum dimer material
TlCuCl3. By measuring the magnetic excitation spectrum across the entire
quantum critical phase diagram, we illustrate the similarities between quantum
and thermal melting of magnetic order. We prove the critical nature of the
unconventional longitudinal ("Higgs") mode of the ordered phase by damping it
thermally. We demonstrate the development of two types of criticality, quantum
and classical, and use their static and dynamic scaling properties to conclude
that quantum and thermal fluctuations can behave largely independently near a
QCP.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures. Original version, published version available
from Nature Physics websit
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