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Structure-related transport properties of A-site ordered perovskite Sr3ErMn4-xGaxO10.5-d
We report x-ray diffraction, resistivity, thermopower, and magnetization of
Sr3ErMn4-xGaxO10.5-d, in which A-site ordered tetragonal phase appears above
x=1, and reveal that the system exhibits typical properties seen in the
antiferromagnetic insulator with Mn3+. We succeed in preparing both A-site
ordered and disordered phases for x=1 in different preparation conditions, and
observe a significant decrease of the resistivity in the disordered phase. We
discuss possible origins of the decrease focusing on the dimensionality and the
disordered effect.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figure
Vertex operators and the geometry of moduli spaces of framed torsion-free sheaves
We define complexes of vector bundles on products of moduli spaces of framed
rank r torsion-free sheaves on the complex projective plane. The top
non-vanishing Chern classes of the cohomology of these complexes yield actions
of the r-colored Heisenberg and Clifford algebras on the equivariant cohomology
of the moduli spaces. In this way we obtain a geometric realization of the
boson-fermion correspondence and related vertex operators.Comment: 36 pages; v2: Definition of geometric Heisenberg operators modified;
v3: Minor typos correcte
VLBI Observations of Water Masers in the Circumstellar Envelope of IRC+60169
Water masers around an AGB star, IRC+60169, were observed at four epochs
using the Japanese VLBI networks. The distribution of the maser features is
limited in a thick-shell region, which has inner and outer expansion velocities
of 7 km/s and 14 km/s at radii of 25 mas and 120 mas, respectively. The
distribution of the red-shifted features exhibits a ring-like structure, the
diameter of which is 30 mas, and corresponds to the inner radius of the maser
shell. This implies that dense gas around the star obscures red-shifted
emission. Although a position--radial velocity diagram for the maser features
is consistent with a spherical shell model, the relative proper motions do not
indicate an expansion motion of the shell. A remarkable property has been found
that is a possible periodic change of the alignment pattern of water maser
spots.Comment: 9 pages including 7 figures, to appear in PASJ, Vol. 54, No.
Infrared Features of the Landau Gauge QCD
The infrared features of Landau gauge QCD are studied by the lattice
simulation of and . We
adopt two definitions of the gauge field; 1) linear 2) and
measured the gluon propagator and ghost propagator. Infrared singularity of the
gluon propagator is less than that of tree level result but the gluon
propagator at 0 momentum remains finite. The infrared singularity of ghost
propagator is stronger than the tree level. The QCD running coupling measured
by using the gluon propagator and the ghost propagator has a maximum
at around and decreases as approaches 0.
The data are analyzed in use of formula of the principle of minimal
sensitivity(PMS), the effective charge method and the contour-improved
perturbation method, which suggest necessity of the resummation of perturbation
series in the infrared region together with existence of the infrared fixed
point. Kugo-Ojima parameter saturates at about -0.8 in contrast to the
theoretically expected value -1.Comment: RevTex4, 9 pages, 10 eps figures, Typos corrected. To be published in
Phys. Rev. D(2004
Possible spin triplet superconductivity in NaCoOH0
Combining symmetry based considerations with inputs from available
experimental results, we make the case that a novel spin-triplet
superconductivity triggered by antiferromagnetic fluctuations may be realized
in the newly discovered layered cobaltide NaCoOHO. In the
proposed picture, unaccessable via resonating-valence-bond physics extrapolated
from half-filling, the pairing process is similar to that advanced for
SrRuO, but enjoys a further advantage coming from the hexagonal
structure of the Fermi-surface which gives a stronger pairing tendency.Comment: 4 page
Morse theory of the moment map for representations of quivers
The results of this paper concern the Morse theory of the norm-square of the
moment map on the space of representations of a quiver. We show that the
gradient flow of this function converges, and that the Morse stratification
induced by the gradient flow co-incides with the Harder-Narasimhan
stratification from algebraic geometry. Moreover, the limit of the gradient
flow is isomorphic to the graded object of the
Harder-Narasimhan-Jordan-H\"older filtration associated to the initial
conditions for the flow. With a view towards applications to Nakajima quiver
varieties we construct explicit local co-ordinates around the Morse strata and
(under a technical hypothesis on the stability parameter) describe the negative
normal space to the critical sets. Finally, we observe that the usual Kirwan
surjectivity theorems in rational cohomology and integral K-theory carry over
to this non-compact setting, and that these theorems generalize to certain
equivariant contexts.Comment: 48 pages, small revisions from previous version based on referee's
comments. To appear in Geometriae Dedicat
Instanton on toric singularities and black hole countings
We compute the instanton partition function for U(N) gauge
theories living on toric varieties, mainly of type
including or O_{\PP_1}(-p) surfaces. The results provide
microscopic formulas for the partition functions of black holes made out of
D4-D2-D0 bound states wrapping four-dimensional toric varieties inside a
Calabi-Yau. The partition function gets contributions from regular and
fractional instantons. Regular instantons are described in terms of symmetric
products of the four-dimensional variety. Fractional instantons are built out
of elementary self-dual connections with no moduli carrying non-trivial fluxes
along the exceptional cycles of the variety. The fractional instanton
contribution agrees with recent results based on 2d SYM analysis. The partition
function, in the large charge limit, reproduces the supergravity macroscopic
formulae for the D4-D2-D0 black hole entropy.Comment: 29 pages, 3 fig Section 5 is improved by the inclusion of a detailed
comparison between the instanton partition function and the D4-D2-D0 black
hole entropy formula coming from supergravit
Strain Modulated Superlattices in Graphene
Strain engineering of graphene takes advantage of one of the most dramatic
responses of Dirac electrons enabling their manipulation via strain-induced
pseudo-magnetic fields. Numerous theoretically proposed devices, such as
resonant cavities and valley filters, as well as novel phenomena, such as snake
states, could potentially be enabled via this effect. These proposals, however,
require strong, spatially oscillating magnetic fields while to date only the
generation and effects of pseudo-gauge fields which vary at a length scale much
larger than the magnetic length have been reported. Here we create a periodic
pseudo-gauge field profile using periodic strain that varies at the length
scale comparable to the magnetic length and study its effects on Dirac
electrons. A periodic strain profile is achieved by pulling on graphene with
extreme (>10%) strain and forming nanoscale ripples, akin to a plastic wrap
pulled taut at its edges. Combining scanning tunneling microscopy and atomistic
calculations, we find that spatially oscillating strain results in a new
quantization different from the familiar Landau quantization observed in
previous studies. We also find that graphene ripples are characterized by large
variations in carbon-carbon bond length, directly impacting the electronic
coupling between atoms, which within a single ripple can be as different as in
two different materials. The result is a single graphene sheet that effectively
acts as an electronic superlattice. Our results thus also establish a novel
approach to synthesize an effective 2D lateral heterostructure - by periodic
modulation of lattice strain.Comment: 18 pages, 5 figures and supplementary informatio
Sheaves on fibered threefolds and quiver sheaves
This paper classifies a class of holomorphic D-branes, closely related to
framed torsion-free sheaves, on threefolds fibered in resolved ADE surfaces
over a general curve C, in terms of representations with relations of a twisted
Kronheimer--Nakajima-type quiver in the category Coh(C) of coherent sheaves on
C. For the local Calabi--Yau case C\cong\A^1 and special choice of framing, one
recovers the N=1 ADE quiver studied by Cachazo--Katz--Vafa.Comment: 13 pages, 2 figures, minor change
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