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Role of Coulomb correlation on magnetic and transport properties of doped manganites: La0.5Sr0.5MnO3 and LaSr2Mn2O7
Results of LSDA and LSDA+U calculations of the electronic structure and
magnetic configurations of the 50% hole-doped pseudocubic perovskite
La0.5Sr0.5MnO3 and double layered LaSr2Mn2O7 are presented. We demonstrate that
the on-site Coulomb correlation (U) of Mn d electrons has a very different
influence on the (i) band formations, (ii) magnetic ground states, (iii)
interlayer exchange interactions, and (iv) anisotropy of the electrical
transport in these two manganites. A possible reason why the LSDA failures in
predicting observed magnetic and transport properties of the double layered
compound - in contrast to the doped perovskite manganite - is considered on the
basis of a p-d hybridization analysis.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figure
Doping-driven Mott transition in La_{1-x}Sr_xTiO_3 via simultaneous electron and hole doping of t2g subbands
The insulator to metal transition in LaTiO_3 induced by La substitution via
Sr is studied within multi-band exact diagonalization dynamical mean field
theory at finite temperatures. It is shown that weak hole doping triggers a
large interorbital charge transfer, with simultaneous electron and hole doping
of t2g subbands. The transition is first-order and exhibits phase separation
between insulator and metal. In the metallic phase, subband compressibilities
become very large and have opposite signs. Electron doping gives rise to an
interorbital charge flow in the same direction as hole doping. These results
can be understood in terms of a strong orbital depolarization.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Non-leptonic two-body decays of the Bc meson in light-front quark model and QCD factorization approach
We study exclusive non-leptonic two-body
decays with (pseudoscalar or vector meson) being factored out in QCD
factorization approach. The non-leptonic decay amplitudes are related to the
product of meson decay constants and the form factors for semileptonic
decays. As inputs in obtaining the branching ratios for a large set of
non-leptonic decays, we use the weak form factors for the semileptonic
decays in the whole kinematical region and the
unmeasured meson decay constants obtained from our previous light-front quark
model. We compare our results of the branching ratios with those of other
theoretical studies.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures, minor corrections, version to appear in PR
Post density functional theoretical studies of highly polar semiconductive Pb(TiNi)O solid solutions: The effects of cation arrangement on band gap
We use a combination of conventional density functional theory (DFT) and
post-DFT methods, including the local density approximation plus Hubbard
(LDA+), PBE0, and self-consistent to study the electronic properties of
Ni-substituted PbTiO (Ni-PTO) solid solutions. We find that LDA
calculations yield unreasonable band structures, especially for Ni-PTO solid
solutions that contain an uninterrupted NiO layer. Accurate treatment of
localized states in transition-metal oxides like Ni-PTO requires post-DFT
methods. -site Ni/Ti cation ordering is also investigated. The -site
cation arrangement alters the bonding between Ni and O, and therefore strongly
affects the band gap () of Ni-PTO. We predict that Ni-PTO solid
solutions should have a direct band gap in the visible light energy range, with
polarization similar to the parent PbTiO. This combination of properties
make Ni-PTO solid solutions promising candidate materials for solar energy
conversion devices.Comment: 19 pages, 6 figure
Branching ratios of Bc Meson Decays into Tensor Meson in the Final State
Two-body hadronic weak decays of Bc meson involving tensor meson in the final
state are studied by using Isgur- Scora-Grinstein-Wise (ISGW II) model. Decay
amplitudes are obtained using the factorization scheme in the Spectator Quark
Model. Branching ratios for the charm changing and bottom changing decay modes
are predicted.Comment: 18 pages. accepted in Physical Review
Visible Effects of the Hidden Sector
The renormalization of operators responsible for soft supersymmetry breaking
is usually calculated by starting at some high scale and including only visible
sector interactions in the evolution equations, while ignoring hidden sector
interactions. Here we explain why this is correct only for the most trivial
structures in the hidden sector, and discuss possible implications. This
investigation was prompted by the idea of conformal sequestering. In that
framework hidden sector renormalizations by nearly conformal dynamics are
critical. In the original models of conformal sequestering it was necessary to
impose hidden sector flavor symmetries to achieve the sequestered form. We
present models which can evade this requirement and lead to no-scale or anomaly
mediated boundary conditions; but the necessary structures do not seem generic.
More generally, the ratios of scalar masses to gaugino masses, the -term,
the -term, -terms, and the gravitino mass can be significantly
affected.Comment: 23 pages, no figure
Nonmonotonical crossover of the effective susceptibility exponent
We have numerically determined the behavior of the magnetic susceptibility
upon approach of the critical point in two-dimensional spin systems with an
interaction range that was varied over nearly two orders of magnitude. The full
crossover from classical to Ising-like critical behavior, spanning several
decades in the reduced temperature, could be observed. Our results convincingly
show that the effective susceptibility exponent gamma_eff changes
nonmonotonically from its classical to its Ising value when approaching the
critical point in the ordered phase. In the disordered phase the behavior is
monotonic. Furthermore the hypothesis that the crossover function is universal
is supported.Comment: 4 pages RevTeX 3.0/3.1, 5 Encapsulated PostScript figures. Uses
epsf.sty. Accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters. Also available
as PostScript and PDF file at http://www.tn.tudelft.nl/tn/erikpubs.htm
Orbital-dependent metamagnetic response in Sr4Ru3O10
We show that the metamagnetic transition in SrRuO bifurcates
into two transitions as the field is rotated away from the conducting planes.
This two-step process comprises partial or total alignment of moments in
ferromagnetic bands followed by an itinerant metamagnetic transition whose
critical field increases with rotation. Evidence for itinerant metamagnetism is
provided by the Shubnikov-de Hass effect which shows a non-trivial evolution of
the geometry of the Fermi surface and an enhancement of the quasiparticles
effective-mass across the transition. The metamagnetic response of
SrRuO is orbital-dependent and involves ferromagnetic and
metamagnetic bands.Comment: Physical Review B (in press
Exchange interactions and magnetic properties of the layered vanadates CaV2O5, MgV2O5, CaV3O7 and CaV4O9
We have performed ab-initio calculations of exchange couplings in the layered
vanadates CaV2O5, MgV2O5, CaV3O7 and CaV4O9. The uniform susceptibility of the
Heisenberg model with these exchange couplings is then calculated by quantum
Monte Carlo method; it agrees well with the experimental measurements. Based on
our results we naturally explain the unusual magnetic properties of these
materials, especially the huge difference in spin gap between CaV2O5 and
MgV2O5, the unusual long range order in CaV3O7 and the "plaquette resonating
valence bond (RVB)" spin gap in CaV4O9
First-order transition between a small-gap semiconductor and a ferromagnetic metal in the isoelectronic alloys FeSiGe
The contrasting groundstates of isoelectronic and isostructural FeSi and FeGe
can be explained within an extended local density approximation scheme (LDA+U)
by an appropriate choice of the onsite Coulomb repulsion, on the Fe-sites.
A minimal two-band model with interband interactions allows us to obtain a
phase diagram for the alloys FeSiGe. Treating the model in a mean
field approximation, gives a first order transition between a small-gap
semiconductor and a ferromagnetic metal as a function of magnetic field,
temperature, and concentration, . Unusually the transition from metal to
insulator is driven by broadening, not narrowing, the bands and it is the
metallic state that shows magnetic order.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
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