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NMR Evidence for Antiferromagnetic Transition in the Single-Component Molecular System, [Cu(tmdt)]
The magnetic state of the single-component molecular compound,
[Cu(tmdt)], is investigated by means of H-NMR. An abrupt spectral
broadening below 13 K and a sharp peak in nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate,
, at 13 K are observed as clear manifestations of a second-order
antiferromagnetic transition, which is consistent with the previously reported
magnetic susceptibility and EPR measurement. The ordered moment is estimated at
/molecule. The temperature-dependence of
above the transition temperature indicates one-dimensional spin
dynamics and supports that the spins are on the central part of the molecule
differently from other isostructural compounds.Comment: 13pages, 5 figure
Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering probes the electron-phonon coupling in the spin-liquid kappa-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu2(CN)3
Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering at the N K edge reveals clearly resolved
harmonics of the anion plane vibrations in the kappa-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu2(CN)3
spin-liquid insulator. Tuning the incoming light energy at the K edge of two
distinct N sites permits to excite different sets of phonon modes. Cyanide CN
stretching mode is selected at the edge of the ordered N sites which are more
strongly connected to the BEDT-TTF molecules, while positionally disordered N
sites show multi-mode excitation. Combining measurements with calculations on
an anion plane cluster permits to estimate the sitedependent electron-phonon
coupling of the modes related to nitrogen excitation
Electron Correlations in the Quasi-Two-Dimensional Organic Conductor -(BEDT-TTF)I investigated by C NMR
We report a C-NMR study on the ambient-pressure metallic phase of the
layered organic conductor -(BEDT-TTF)I [BEDT-TTF:
bisethylenedithio-tetrathiafulvalene], which is expected to connect the physics
of correlated electrons and Dirac electrons under pressure. The orientation
dependence of the NMR spectra shows that all BEDT-TTF molecules in the unit
cell are to be seen equivalent from a microscopic point of view. This feature
is consistent with the orthorhombic symmetry of the BEDT-TTF sublattice and
also indicates that the monoclinic sublattice, which should make three
molecules in the unit cell nonequivalent, is not practically influential on the
electronic state in the conducting BEDT-TTF layers at ambient pressure. There
is no signature of charge disproportionation in opposition to most of the
-type BEDT-TTF salts.
The analyses of NMR Knight shift, , and the nuclear spin-lattice
relaxation rate, , revealed that the degree of electron correlation,
evaluated by the Korringa ratio [)], is in an
intermediate regime. However, NMR relaxation rate is enhanced above
200K, which possibly indicates that the system enters into a quantum
critical regime of charge-order fluctuations as suggested theoretically.Comment: 19pages, 6figure
Excitation spectra of the spin-1/2 triangular-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet
We use series expansion methods to calculate the dispersion relation of the
one-magnon excitations for the spin-1/2 triangular-lattice nearest-neighbor
Heisenberg antiferromagnet above a three-sublattice ordered ground state.
Several striking features are observed compared to the classical (large-S)
spin-wave spectra. Whereas at low energies the dispersion is only weakly
renormalized by quantum fluctuations, significant anomalies are observed at
high energies. In particular, we find roton-like minima at special wave-vectors
and strong downward renormalization in large parts of the Brillouin zone,
leading to very flat or dispersionless modes. We present detailed comparison of
our calculated excitation energies in the Brillouin zone with the spin-wave
dispersion to order 1/S calculated recently by Starykh, Chubukov, and Abanov
[cond-mat/0608002]. We find many common features but also some quantitative and
qualitative differences. We show that at temperatures as low as 0.1J the
thermally excited rotons make a significant contribution to the entropy.
Consequently, unlike for the square lattice model, a non-linear sigma model
description of the finite-temperature properties is only applicable at
extremely low temperatures.Comment: 14 pages, 11 figure
Transport criticality of the first-order Mott transition in a quasi-two-dimensional organic conductor, -(BEDT-TTF)Cu[N(CN)]Cl
An organic Mott insulator, -(BEDT-TTF)Cu[N(CN)]Cl, was
investigated by resistance measurements under continuously controllable He gas
pressure. The first-order Mott transition was demonstrated by observation of
clear jump in the resistance variation against pressure. Its critical endpoint
at 38 K is featured by vanishing of the resistive jump and critical divergence
in pressure derivative of resistance, , which are consistent with the prediction of the dynamical mean field
theory and have phenomenological correspondence with the liquid-gas transition.
The present results provide the experimental basis for physics of the Mott
transition criticality.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
NMR Evidence for Antiferromagnetic Transition in the Single-Component Molecular Conductor, [Au(tmdt)_{2}] at 110 K
We present the results of a ^{1}H NMR study of the single-component molecular
conductor, [Au(tmdt)_{2}].
A steep increase in the NMR line width and a peak formation of the nuclear
spin-lattice relaxation rate, 1/T_{1}, were observed at around 110 K.
This behavior provides clear and microscopic evidences for a magnetic phase
transition at considerably high temperature among organic conductors.
The observed variation in 1/T_{1} with respect to temperature indicates the
highly correlated nature of the metallic phase.Comment: 5pages, 6figures to be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jp
Direct evidence for ferromagnetic spin polarization in gold nanoparticles
We report the first direct observation of ferromagnetic spin polarization of
Au nanoparticles with a mean diameter of 1.9 nm using X-ray magnetic circular
dichroism (XMCD). Owing to the element selectivity of XMCD, only the gold
magnetization is explored. Magnetization of gold atoms estimated by XMCD shows
a good agreement with the results obtained by conventional magnetometry. This
result is evidence of intrinsic spin polarization in nano-sized gold.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Optical Properties of Direct Restorative Materials
The contrast ratio, light reflectivity, scattering coefficient, and absorption coefficient of four composites and an unfilled resin were calculated algebraically from reflection spectrophotometric data using Kubelka's equations. The correlation coefficient between calculated and experimental values of contrast ratio was 0.9996. Values of infinite optical thickness ranged from 4.19 to 6.70 mm.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/68196/2/10.1177_00220345810600050601.pd
The nonmesonic weak decay of the hypertriton
The nonmesonic decay of the hypertriton is calculated based on a hypertriton
wavefunction and 3N scattering states, which are rigorous solutions of 3-body
Faddeev equations using realistic NN and hyperon-nucleon interactions. The
pion-exchange together with heavier meson exchanges for the transition is considered. The total nonmesonic decay rate is found to be 0.5%
of the free decay rate. Integrated as well as differential decay
rates are given. The p- and n- induced decays are discussed thoroughly and it
is shown that the corresponding total rates cannot be measured individually.Comment: 27 pages, 20 figures, revtex, submitted to Phys. Rev.
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