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Novel Electronic State and Superconductivity in the Electron-Doped High-Tc T'-Superconductors
In this review article, we show our recent results relating to the undoped
(Ce-free) superconductivity in the electron-doped high-Tc cuprates with the
so-called T' structure. For an introduction, we briefly mention the
characteristics of the electron-doped T'-cuprates, including the reduction
annealing, conventional phase diagram and undoped superconductivity. Then, our
transport and magnetic results and results relating to the superconducting
pairing symmetry of the undoped and underdoped T'-cuprates are shown.
Collaborating spectroscopic and nuclear magnetic resonance results are also
shown briefly. It has been found that, through the reduction annealing, a
strongly localized state of carriers accompanied by an antiferromagnetic
pseudogap in the as-grown samples changes to a metallic and superconducting
state with a short-range magnetic order in the reduced superconducting samples.
The formation of the short-range magnetic order due to a very small amount of
excess oxygen in the reduced superconducting samples suggests that the
T'-cuprates exhibiting the undoped superconductivity in the parent compounds
are regarded as strongly correlated electron systems, as well as the hole-doped
high-Tc cuprates. We show our proposed electronic structure model to understand
the undoped superconductivity. Finally, unsolved future issues of the
T'-cuprates are discussed.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figure
Termination of (many) 4-dimensional log flips
We prove that any sequence of 4-dimensional log flips that begins with a klt
pair (X,D) such that -(K+D) is numerically equivalent to an effective divisor,
terminates. This implies termination of flips that begin with a log Fano pair
and termination of flips in a relative birational setting. We also prove
termination of directed flips with big K+D. As a consequence, we prove
existence of minimal models of 4-dimensional dlt pairs of general type,
existence of 5-dimensional log flips, and rationality of Kodaira energy in
dimension 4.Comment: 13 pages; a minor change in the proof of Thm.4.
Development of Cu-spin correlation in Bi_1.74_Pb_0.38_Sr_1.88_Cu_1-y_Zn_y_O_6+d_ high-temperature superconductors observed by muon spin relaxation
A systematic muon-spin-relaxation study in Bi-2201 high-Tc cuprates has
revealed for the first time that the Cu-spin correlation (CSC) is developed at
low temperatures below 2 K in a wide range of hole concentration where
superconductivity appears. The CSC tends to become weak gradually with
increasing hole-concentration. Moreover, CSC has been enhanced through the 3%
substitution of Zn for Cu. These results are quite similar to those observed in
La-214 high-Tc cuprates. Accordingly, it has been suggested that the intimate
relation between the so-called spin-charge stripe correlations and
superconductivity is a universal feature in hole-doped high-Tc cuprates.
Furthermore, apparent development of CSC, which is suppressed through the Zn
substitution oppositely, has been observed in non-superconducting heavily
overdoped samples, being argued in the context of a recently proposed
ferromagnetic state in heavily overdoped cuprates.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Thermal Conductivity in the Bose-Einstein Condensed State of Triplons in the Bond-Alternating Spin-Chain System Pb2V3O9
In order to clarify the origin of the enhancement of the thermal conductivity
in the Bose-Einstein Condensed (BEC) state of field-induced triplons, we have
measured the thermal conductivity along the [101] direction parallel to
spin-chains, , and perpendicular to spin-chains,
, of the S=1/2 bond-alternating spin-chain system Pb2V3O9
in magnetic fields up to 14 T. With increasing field at 3 K, it has been found
that both and are suppressed in the
gapped normal state in low fields. In the BEC state of field-induced triplons
in high fields, on the other hand, is enhanced with
increasing field, while is suppressed. That is, the
thermal conductivity along the direction, where the magnetic interaction is
strong, is markedly enhanced in the BEC state. Accordingly, our results suggest
that the enhancement of in the BEC state is caused by the
enhancement of the thermal conductivity due to triplons on the basis of the
two-fluid model, as in the case of the superfluid state of liquid 4He.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Magnetic-field effects on the charge-spin stripe order in La-214 high-Tc cuprates
Magnetic-field effects on the charge-spin stripe order in La-214 high-Tc
cuprates have been investigated from measurements of the in-plane
electrical-resistivity, Rho_ab_. In La_2-x_Ba_x_CuO_4_ with x=0.10 and
La_2-x_Sr_x_CuO_4_ with x=0.115 where the incommensurate charge peaks are weak
and unobservable in zero field in elastic neutron-scattering measurements,
respectively, the normal-state value of Rho_ab_ at low temperatures markedly
increases with increasing field up to 27 T. For La_2-x_Ba_x_CuO_4_ with x=0.11
and Zn-substituted La_2-x_Sr_x_Cu_1-y_Zn_y_O_4_ with x=0.115 and y=0.02 where
the charge stripe order is fairly stabilized in zero field, on the other hand,
the increase in Rho_ab_ with increasing field is negligibly small. In
conclusion, when the charge-spin stripe order is not fully stable in zero
field, magnetic field operates to stabilize the charge-spin stripe order. The
value of Rho_ab_ increases with increasing field depending on the stability of
the charge stripe order.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, Proceedings of Yamada Conference LX on Research
in High Magnetic Fields (RHMF2006) (Satellite of ICM2006
Giant suppression of superconductivity at x=0.21 in the Zn-substituted La2-xSrxCu1-yZnyO4 single crystals
Hole-trapping by Ni, Kondo effect and electronic phase diagram in non-superconducting Ni-substituted La2-xSrxCu1-yNiyO4
In order to investigate the electronic state in the normal state of high-Tc
cuprates in a wide range of temperature and hole-concentration, specific-heat,
electrical-resistivity, magnetization and muon-spin-relaxation (muSR)
measurements have been performed in non-superconducting Ni-substituted
La2-xSrxCu1-yNiyO4 where the superconductivity is suppressed through the
partial substitution of Ni for Cu without disturbing the Cu-spin correlation in
the CuO2 plane so much. In the underdoped regime, it has been found that there
exist both weakly localized holes around Ni and itinerant holes at high
temperatures. With decreasing temperature, all holes tend to be localized,
followed by the occurrence of variable-range hopping conduction at low
temperatures. Finally, in the ground state, it has been found that each Ni2+
ion traps a hole strongly and that a magnetically ordered state appears. In the
overdoped regime, on the other hand, it has been found that a Kondo-like state
is formed around each Ni2+ spin at low temperatures. In conclusion, the ground
state of non-superconducting La2-xSrxCu1-yNiyO4 changes upon hole doping from a
magnetically ordered state with the strong hole-trapping by Ni2+ to a metallic
state with Kondo-like behavior due to Ni2+ spins, and the quantum phase
transition is crossover-like due to the phase separation into short-range
magnetically ordered and metallic regions.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Giant suppression of superconductivity at x=0.21 in the Zn-substituted La2-xSrxCu1-yZnyO4 single crystals
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