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    Field-Driven Transitions in the Dipolar Pyrochlore Antiferromagnet Gd2_2Ti2_2O7_7

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    We present a mean-field theory for magnetic field driven transitions in dipolar coupled gadolinium titanate Gd2_2Ti2_2O7_7 pyrochlore system. Low temperature neutron scattering yields a phase that can be regarded as a 8 sublattice antiferromagnet, in which long-ranged ordered moments and fluctuating moments coexist. Our theory gives parameter regions where such a phase is realized, and predicts several other phases, with transitions amongst them driven by magnetic field as well as temperature. We find several instances of {\em local} disorder parameters describing the transitions.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures. v2: longer version with 2 add.fig., to appear in PR

    Electric-Field-Induced Mott Insulating States in Organic Field-Effect Transistors

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    We consider the possibility that the electrons injected into organic field-effect transistors are strongly correlated. A single layer of acenes can be modelled by a Hubbard Hamiltonian similar to that used for the kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)X family of organic superconductors. The injected electrons do not necessarily undergo a transition to a Mott insulator state as they would in bulk crystals when the system is half-filled. We calculate the fillings needed for obtaining insulating states in the framework of the slave-boson theory and in the limit of large Hubbard repulsion, U. We also suggest that these Mott states are unstable above some critical interlayer coupling or long-range Coulomb interaction.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figure

    Quand la frustration rend plus dynamique : les liquides de

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    Le magnétisme des isolants peut donner naissance à des états quantiques macroscopiques appelés « liquides de spins ». Sans ordre à longue portée à température nulle, ces états sont caractérisés théoriquement par des excitations magnétiques fractionnaires de spin 1/2, conséquences spécifiques de l’intrication de leur état fondamental. Les travaux théoriques des vingt dernières années permettent d’affirmer qu’un tel état liquide de spins pourrait être stabilisé en deux dimensions sur un réseau triangulaire en étoile de David, le réseau kagomé. Un composé modèle pour cette physique, l’herbertsmithite, a pu être synthétisé et ouvre la voie aux études expérimentales et aux premières confrontations avec la théorie
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