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Magnetic phase diagram of three-dimensional diluted Ising antiferromagnet NiMg(OH)
- diagram of 3D diluted Ising antiferromagnet
NiMg(OH) with = 0.8 has been determined from
measurements of SQUID DC magnetization and AC magnetic susceptibility. At =
0, this compound undergoes two magnetic phase transitions: an antiferromagnetic
(AF) transition at the N\'{e}el temperature (= 20.7 K) and a reentrant
spin glass (RSG) transition at ( 6 K). The - diagram
consists of the RSG, spin glass (SG), and AF phases. These phases meet a
multicritical point ( = 42 kOe, = 5.6 K). The
irreversibility of susceptibility defined by (= ) shows a negative local minimum for 10 35 kOe,
suggesting the existence of possible glassy phase in the AF phase. A broad peak
in and at 20 kOe for (= 26.4 K) suggests the existence of the Griffiths
phase.Comment: 11 pages, 14 figures; J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 73 (2004) No. 1 issue, in
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Gravitational Waves from Supermassive Black Hole Coalescence in a Hierarchical Galaxy Formation Model
We investigate the expected gravitational wave emission from coalescing
supermassive black hole (SMBH) binaries resulting from mergers of their host
galaxies. When galaxies merge, the SMBHs in the host galaxies sink to the
center of the new merged galaxy and form a binary system. We employ a
semi-analytic model of galaxy and quasar formation based on the hierarchical
clustering scenario to estimate the amplitude of the expected stochastic
gravitational wave background owing to inspiraling SMBH binaries and bursts
owing to the SMBH binary coalescence events. We find that the characteristic
strain amplitude of the background radiation is for just below the detection
limit from measurements of the pulsar timing provided that SMBHs coalesce
simultaneously when host galaxies merge. The main contribution to the total
strain amplitude of the background radiation comes from SMBH coalescence events
at . We also find that a future space-based gravitational wave
interferometer such as the planned \textit{Laser Interferometer Space Antenna}
({\sl LISA}) might detect intense gravitational wave bursts associated with
coalescence of SMBH binaries with total mass at
at a rate . Our model predicts that
burst signals with a larger amplitude correspond
to coalescence events of massive SMBH binary with total mass at low redshift at a rate whereas those with a smaller amplitude
correspond to coalescence events of less massive SMBH binary with total mass
at high redshift .Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ. 11 pages, 7 figure
Spin-stripe density varies linearly with hole content in single-layer Bi2201 cuprate
We have performed inelastic neutron scattering measurements on the
single-layer cuprate Bi2+xSr2-xCuO6+y (Bi2201) with x=0.2, 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5, a
doping range that spans the spin-glass (SG) to superconducting (SC) phase
boundary. The doping evolution of low energy spin fluctuations was found to be
characterized by a change of incommensurate modulation wave vector from the
tetragonal [110] to [100]/[010] directions, while maintaining a linear relation
between the incommensurability and the hole concentration, delta p. In the SC
regime, the spectral weight is strongly suppressed below 4 meV. Similarities
and differences in the spin correlations between Bi2201 and the prototypical
single-layer system La2-xSrxCuO4 are discussed.Comment: 5 page,4 figure
Neutron-scattering study of spin correlations in La1.94-xSrxCe0.06CuO4
We performed a neutron-scattering experiment to investigate the effect of
distortion of CuO2 planes on the low-energy spin correlation of
La1.94-xSrxCe0.06CuO4 (LSCCO). Due to the carrier-compensation effect by
co-doping of Sr and Ce, LSCCO has a smaller orthorhombic lattice distortion
compared to La2-xSrxCuO4 (LSCO) with comparable hole concentration p. A clear
gap with the edge-energy of 6~7 meV was observed in the energy spectrum of
local dynamical susceptibility c"(w) for both x=0.18 (p~0.14) and x=0.24
(p~0.20) samples as observed for optimally-doped LSCO (x=0.15~0.18). For the
x=0.14 (p~0.10) sample, in addition to the gap-like structure in c"(w) we
observed a low-energy component within the gap which develops below 2~3meV with
decreasing the energy. The low-energy component possibly coincides with the
static magnetic correlation observed in this sample. These results are
discussed from a view point of relationship between the stability of low-energy
spin fluctuations and the distortion of CuO2 planes.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, proceeding for SNS2007 conferenc
Hidden itinerant-spin phase in heavily-overdoped La2-xSrxCuO4 revealed by dilute Fe doping: A combined neutron scattering and angle-resolved photoemission study
We demonstrated experimentally a direct way to probe a hidden propensity to
the formation of spin density wave (SDW) in a non-magnetic metal with strong
Fermi surface nesting. Substituting Fe for a tiny amount of Cu (1%) induced an
incommensurate magnetic order below 20 K in heavily-overdoped La2-xSrxCuO4
(LSCO). Elastic neutron scattering suggested that this order cannot be ascribed
to the localized spins on Cu or doped Fe. Angle-resolved photoemission
spectroscopy (ARPES), combined with numerical calculations, revealed a strong
Fermi surface nesting inherent in the pristine LSCO that likely drives this
order. The heavily-overdoped Fe-doped LSCO thus represents the first plausible
example of the long-sought "itinerant-spin extreme" of cuprates, where the
spins of itinerant doped holes define the magnetic ordering ground state. This
finding complements the current picture of cuprate spin physics that highlights
the predominant role of localized spins at lower dopings. The demonstrated set
of methods could potentially apply to studying hidden density-wave
instabilities of other "nested" materials on the verge of density wave
ordering.Comment: Abstract and discussion revised; to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
Superconductivity and spin-glass like behavior in system with Pd sheet sandwiched between graphene sheets
Pd-metal graphite (Pd-MG) has a layered structure, where each Pd sheet is
sandwiched between adjacent graphene sheets. DC magnetization and AC magnetic
susceptibility of Pd-MG have been measured using a SQUID magnetometer. Pd-MG
undergoes a superconducting transition at ( K). The
superconductivity occurs in Pd sheets. The relaxation of (aging),
which is common to spin glass systems, is also observed below . The
relaxation rate shows a peak at a characteristic time , which is
longer than a wait time . The irreversibility between and
occurs well above . The susceptibility obeys a
Curie-Weiss behavior with a negative Curie-Weiss temperature ( K). The growth of antiferromagnetic order is limited by the
disordered nature of nanographites, forming spin glass-like behavior at low
temperatures in graphene sheets.Comment: 21 pages, 15 figures; submitted to J. Phys.: Condensed Matte
Reduction of eddy current loss in magnetoplated wire
ArticleCOMPEL-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR COMPUTATION AND MATHEMATICS IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING. 28(1):57-66 (2009)journal articl
The Quasar-LBG Two-point Angular Cross-correlation Function at z ~ 4 in the COSMOS Field
In order to investigate the origin of quasars, we estimate the bias factor
for low-luminosity quasars at high redshift for the first time. In this study,
we use the two-point angular cross-correlation function (CCF) for both
low-luminosity quasars at and Lyman-break galaxies
(LBGs). Our sample consists of both 25 low-luminosity quasars (16 objects are
spectroscopically confirmed low-luminosity quasars) in the redshift range
and 835 color-selected LBGs with at
in the COSMOS field. We have made our analysis for the following two
quasar samples; (1) the spectroscopic sample (the 16 quasars confirmed by
spectroscopy), and (2) the total sample (the 25 quasars including 9 quasars
with photometric redshifts). The bias factor for low-luminosity quasars at
is derived by utilizing the quasar-LBG CCF and the LBG
auto-correlation function. We then obtain the upper limits of the bias
factors for low-luminosity quasars, that are 5.63 and 10.50 for the total and
the spectroscopic samples, respectively. These bias factors correspond to the
typical dark matter halo masses, log
and , respectively. This result is not inconsistent with the predicted
bias for quasars which is estimated by the major merger models.Comment: 13 pages, 9 figures, Accepted for publication in Ap
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