407 research outputs found
Role of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in multiferroic perovskites
With the perovskite multiferroic RMnO3 (R = Gd, Tb, Dy) as guidance, we argue
that the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) provides the microscopic
mechanism for the coexistence and strong coupling between ferroelectricity and
incommensurate magnetism. We use Monte-Carlo simulations and zero temperature
exact calculations to study a model incorporating the double-exchange,
superexchange, Jahn-Teller and DMI terms. The phase diagram contains a
multiferroic phase between A and E antiferromagnetic phases, in excellent
agreement with experiments.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Large non-adiabatic hole polarons and matrix element effects in the angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of dielectric cuprates
It has been made an extention of the conventional theory based on the
assumption of the well isolated Zhang-Rice singlet to be a first
electron-removal state in dielectric copper oxide. One assumes the photohole
has been localised on either small (pseudo)Jahn-Teller polaron or large
non-adiabatic polaron enclosed one or four to five centers,
respectively, with active one-center valent
manifold. In the framework of the cluster model we have performed a model
microscopic calculation of the -dependence of the matrix element
effects and photon polarization effects for the angle-resolved photoemission in
dielectric cuprate like . We show that effects like the
''remnant Fermi surface'' detected in ARPES experiment for
may be, in fact, a reflection of the matrix element
effects, not a reflection of the original band-structure Fermi surface, or the
strong antiferromagnetic correlations. The measured dispersion-like features in
the low-energy part of the ARPES spectra may be a manifestation of the complex
momentum-dependent spectral line-shape of the large PJT polaron response, not
the dispersion of the well-isolated Zhang-Rice singlet in antiferromagnetic
matrix.Comment: 16 pages, TeX, 9 eps figures adde
Superconductivity in model cuprate as an S=1 pseudomagnon condensation
We make use of the S=1 pseudospin formalism to describe the charge degree of
freedom in a model high- cuprate with the on-site Hilbert space reduced to
the three effective valence centers, nominally Cu. Starting
with a parent cuprate as an analogue of the quantum paramagnet ground state and
using the Schwinger boson technique we found the pseudospin spectrum and
conditions for the pseudomagnon condensation with phase transition to a
superconducting state.Comment: Version to be published in JLT
Electron-conformational transformations in nanoscopic RyR channels govern both the heart's contraction and beating
We show that a simple biophysically based electron-conformational model of
RyR channel is able to explain and describe on equal footing the oscillatory
regime of the heart's cell release unit both in sinoatrial node (pacemaker)
cells under normal physiological conditions and in ventricular myocytes under
Ca SR overload.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure
Complex Chiral Modulations in FeGe close to Magnetic Ordering
We report on detailed polarized small-angle neutron scattering on cubic FeGe
in magnetic fields applied either along (transverse) the scattering vector or
parallel (longitudinal)to the neutron beam. The () phase diagrams for all
principal axes contain a segmented -phase region just below the onset of
magnetic order. Hexagonal Bragg-spot patterns were observed across the entire
-phase region for the longitudinal geometry. Scattering intensity was
observed in parts of the A phase for both scattering configurations. Only in a
distinct pocket () vanishing scattering intensity was found in the
transverse geometry.Comment: This paper has been withdrawn by the author due to misunderstanding
with some of the co-author
Disproportionation and electronic phase separation in parent manganite LaMnO_3
Nominally pure undoped parent manganite LaMnO_3 exhibits a puzzling behavior
inconsistent with a simple picture of an A-type antiferromagnetic insulator
(A-AFI) with a cooperative Jahn-Teller ordering. We do assign its anomalous
properties to charge transfer instabilities and competition between insulating
A-AFI phase and metallic-like dynamically disproportionated phase formally
separated by a first-order phase transition at T_{disp}=T_{JT}\approx 750 K.
The unconventional high-temperature phase is addressed to be a specific
electron-hole Bose liquid (EHBL) rather than a simple "chemically"
disproportionated R(Mn^{2+}Mn^{4+})O_3 phase. New phase does nucleate as a
result of the charge transfer (CT) instability and evolves from the
self-trapped CT excitons, or specific EH-dimers, which seem to be a precursor
of both insulating and metallic-like ferromagnetic phases observed in
manganites. We arrive at highly frustrated system of triplet (e_g^2)^3A_{2g}
bosons moving in a lattice formed by hole Mn^{4+} centers. Starting with
different experimental data we have reproduced a typical temperature dependence
of the volume fraction of high-temperature mixed-valent EHBL phase. We argue
that a slight nonisovalent substitution, photo-irradiation, external pressure
or magnetic field gives rise to an electronic phase separation with a
nucleation or an overgrowth of EH-droplets. Such a scenario provides a
comprehensive explanation of numerous puzzling properties observed in parent
and nonisovalently doped manganite LaMnO_3 including an intriguing
manifestation of superconducting fluctuations.Comment: 20 pages, 8 figure
Unconventional phase transitions in strongly anisotropic 2D (pseudo)spin systems
We have applied a generalized mean-field approach and quantum Monte-Carlo technique for the model 2D S = 1 (pseudo)spin system to find the ground state phase with its evolution under application of the (pseudo)magnetic field. The comparison of the two methods allows us to clearly demonstrate the role of quantum effects. Special attention is given to the role played by an effective single-ion anisotropy (»on-site correlation»). © 2018 The Authors, published by EDP Sciences.The research was supported by the Government of the Russian Federation, Program 02.A03.21.0006 and by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, projects Nos. 2277 and 5719
Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya antisymmetric exchange coupling in cuprates: Oxygen effects
We revisit a problem of Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya antisymmetric exchange coupling
for a single bond in cuprates specifying the local spin-orbital contributions
to Dzyaloshinsky vector focusing on the oxygen term. The Dzyaloshinsky vector
and respective weak ferromagnetic moment is shown to be a superposition of
comparable and, sometimes, competing local Cu and O contributions. The
intermediate oxygen O Knight shift is shown to be an effective tool to
inspect the effects of Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya coupling in an external magnetic
field. We predict the effect of oxygen weak antiferromagnetism in
edge-shared CuO chains due to uncompensated oxygen Dzyaloshinsky vectors.
Finally, we revisit the effects of symmetric spin anisotropy, in particular,
those directly induced by Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya coupling.Comment: 12 pages, 2 figures, submitted to JET
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