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Density Matrix Renormalization Group Study of the Disorder Line in the Quantum ANNNI Model
We apply Density Matrix Renormalization Group methods to study the phase
diagram of the quantum ANNNI model in the region of low frustration where the
ferromagnetic coupling is larger than the next-nearest-neighbor
antiferromagnetic one. By Finite Size Scaling on lattices with up to 80 sites
we locate precisely the transition line from the ferromagnetic phase to a
paramagnetic phase without spatial modulation. We then measure and analyze the
spin-spin correlation function in order to determine the disorder transition
line where a modulation appears. We give strong numerical support to the
conjecture that the Peschel-Emery one-dimensional line actually coincides with
the disorder line. We also show that the critical exponent governing the
vanishing of the modulation parameter at the disorder transition is .Comment: 4 pages, 5 eps figure
An Infrared Imaging Method for High-Throughput Combinatorial Investigation of Hydrogenation-Dehydrogenation and New Phase Formation of Thin Films
We have developed an infrared imaging setup enabling in situ infrared images to be acquired, and expanded on capabilities of an infrared imaging as a high-throughput screening technique, determination of a critical thickness of a Pd capping layer which significantly blocks infrared emission from below, enhancement of sensitivity to hydrogenation and dehydrogenation by normalizing raw infrared intensity of a Mg thin film to an inert reference, rapid and systematic screening of hydrogenation and dehydrogenation properties of a Mg–Ni composition spread covered by a thickness gradient Pd capping layer, and detection of formation of a Mg2Si phase in a Mg thin film on a thermally oxidized Si substrate during annealing
Orbital-dependent modifications of electronic structure across magneto-structural transition in BaFe2As2
Laser angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) is employed to
investigate the temperature (T) dependence of the electronic structure in
BaFe2As2 across the magneto-structural transition at TN ~ 140 K. A drastic
transformation in Fermi surface (FS) shape across TN is observed, as expected
by first-principles band calculations. Polarization-dependent ARPES and band
calculations consistently indicate that the observed FSs at kz ~ pi in the
low-T antiferromagnetic (AF) state are dominated by the Fe3dzx orbital, leading
to the two-fold electronic structure. These results indicate that
magneto-structural transition in BaFe2As2 accompanies orbital-dependent
modifications in the electronic structure.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figures. accepted by Physical Review Letter
Instability of antiferromagnetic magnons in strong fields
We predict that spin-waves in an ordered quantum antiferromagnet (AFM) in a
strong magnetic field become unstable with respect to spontaneous two-magnon
decays. At zero temperature, the instability occurs between the threshold field
and the saturation field . As an example, we investigate the
high-field dynamics of a Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a square lattice and
show that the single-magnon branch of the spectrum disappears in the most part
of the Brillouin zone.Comment: RevTeX, 4 pages, 3 figures, accepted to PR
High Frequency Asymptotics for the Spin-Weighted Spheroidal Equation
We fully determine a uniformly valid asymptotic behaviour for large and fixed of the angular solutions and eigenvalues of the
spin-weighted spheroidal differential equation. We fully complement the
analytic work with a numerical study.Comment: The .tar.gz file should contain 1 tex file, 24 figures in .ps format
and 1 bibliography file in .bbl format. All these files are located in the
same director
Spin Dependence of Correlations in Two-Dimensional Quantum Heisenberg Antiferromagnets
We present a series expansion study of spin-S square-lattice Heisenberg
antiferromagnets. The numerical data are in excellent agreement with recent
neutron scattering measurements. Our key result is that the correlation length
for S>1/2 strongly deviates from the exact T->0 (renormalized classical, or RC)
scaling prediction for all experimentally and numerically accessible
temperatures. We note basic trends with S of the experimental and series
expansion correlation length data and propose a scaling crossover scenario to
explain them.Comment: 5 pages, REVTeX file. PostScript file for the paper with embedded
figures available via WWW at http://xxx.lanl.gov/ps/cond-mat/9503143
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