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Determining the Electron-Phonon Coupling Strength in Correlated Electron Systems from Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
We show that high resolution Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (RIXS)
provides direct, element-specific and momentum-resolved information on the
electron-phonon (e-p) coupling strength. Our theoretical analysis demonstrates
that the e-p coupling can be extracted from RIXS spectra by determining the
differential phonon scattering cross section. An alternative, very direct
manner to extract the coupling is to use the one and two-phonon loss ratio,
which is governed by the e-p coupling strength and the core-hole life-time.
This allows measurement of the e-p coupling on an absolute energy scale.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Ultrashort Lifetime Expansion for Indirect Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
In indirect resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) an intermediate state
is created with a core-hole that has a ultrashort lifetime. The core-hole
potential therefore acts as a femtosecond pulse on the valence electrons. We
show that this fact can be exploited to integrate out the intermediate states
from the expressions for the scattering cross section. By this we obtain an
effective scattering cross section that only contains the initial and final
scattering states. We derive in detail the effective cross section which turns
out to be a resonant scattering factor times a linear combination of the charge
response function and the dynamic longitudinal spin density
correlation function. This result is asymptotically exact for both strong and
weak local core-hole potentials and ultrashort lifetimes. The resonant
scattering pre-factor is shown to be weakly temperature dependent. We also
derive a sum-rule for the total scattering intensity and generalize the results
to multi-band systems. One of the remarkable outcomes is that one can change
the relative charge and spin contribution to the inelastic spectral weight by
varying the incident photon energy.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures embedde
Explicit and Latent Authority in Hierarchical Organizations
In this paper we consider the problem of the control of access to a firm's productive asset, embedding the relevant decisionmakers into a general structure of formal authority relations. Within such an authority structure, each decision maker acts as a principal to some decision makers, while she acts as an agent in relation to certain other decision makers. We study under which conditions decision makers decide to exercise their own authority and to accept their superiors' authority.We distinguish two types of behavior within such an authority situation. First, we investigate a non-cooperative equilibrium concept describing the explicit, myopic exercise of authority. We find that if monitoring costs are sufficiently small, such explicit authority is exercised fully.Second, we consider the possibility of subordinates to submit themselves to authority even though such authority is not enforced explicitly. Again for sufficiently small monitoring costs such latent authority can be supported as an equilibrium
Theory for Magnetism and Triplet Superconductivity in LiFeAs
Superconducting pnictides are widely found to feature spin-singlet pairing in
the vicinity of an antiferromagnetic phase, for which nesting between electron
and hole Fermi surfaces is crucial. LiFeAs differs from the other pnictides by
(i) poor nesting properties and (ii) unusually shallow hole pockets.
Investigating magnetic and pairing instabilities in an electronic model that
incorporates these differences, we find antiferromagnetic order to be absent.
Instead we observe almost ferromagnetic fluctuations which drive an instability
toward spin-triplet p-wave superconductivity.Comment: Published versio
Hamiltonian for coupled flux qubits
An effective Hamiltonian is derived for two coupled three-Josephson-junction
(3JJ) qubits. This is not quite trivial, for the customary "free" 3JJ
Hamiltonian is written in the limit of zero inductance L. Neglecting the
self-flux is already dubious for one qubit when it comes to readout, and
becomes untenable when discussing inductive coupling. First, inductance effects
are analyzed for a single qubit. For small L, the self-flux is a "fast
variable" which can be eliminated adiabatically. However, the commonly used
junction phases are_not_ appropriate "slow variables", and instead one
introduces degrees of freedom which are decoupled from the loop current to
leading order. In the quantum case, the zero-point fluctuations (LC
oscillations) in the loop current diverge as L->0. Fortunately, they merely
renormalize the Josephson couplings of the effective (two-phase) theory.
In the coupled case, the strong zero-point fluctuations render the full
(six-phase) wave function significantly entangled in leading order. However, in
going to the four-phase theory, this uncontrollable entanglement is integrated
out completely, leaving a computationally usable mutual-inductance term of the
expected form as the effective interaction.Comment: REVTeX4, 16pp., one figure. N.B.: "Alec" is my first, and "Maassen
van den Brink" my family name. Informal note. v2: completely rewritten;
correction of final result and major expansion. v3: added numerical
verification plus a discussion of Ref. [2
An intrinsic limit to quantum coherence due to spontaneous symmetry breaking
We investigate the influence of spontaneous symmetry breaking on the
decoherence of a many-particle quantum system. This decoherence process is
analyzed in an exactly solvable model system that is known to be representative
of symmetry broken macroscopic systems in equilibrium. It is shown that
spontaneous symmetry breaking imposes a fundamental limit to the time that a
system can stay quantum coherent. This universal timescale is , given in terms of the number of microscopic degrees of
freedom , temperature , and the constants of Planck () and
Boltzmann ().Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
First-principles study of the interaction and charge transfer between graphene and metals
Measuring the transport of electrons through a graphene sheet necessarily
involves contacting it with metal electrodes. We study the adsorption of
graphene on metal substrates using first-principles calculations at the level
of density functional theory. The bonding of graphene to Al, Ag, Cu, Au and
Pt(111) surfaces is so weak that its unique "ultrarelativistic" electronic
structure is preserved. The interaction does, however, lead to a charge
transfer that shifts the Fermi level by up to 0.5 eV with respect to the
conical points. The crossover from p-type to n-type doping occurs for a metal
with a work function ~5.4 eV, a value much larger than the work function of
free-standing graphene, 4.5 eV. We develop a simple analytical model that
describes the Fermi level shift in graphene in terms of the metal substrate
work function. Graphene interacts with and binds more strongly to Co, Ni, Pd
and Ti. This chemisorption involves hybridization between graphene -states
and metal d-states that opens a band gap in graphene. The graphene work
function is as a result reduced considerably. In a current-in-plane device
geometry this should lead to n-type doping of graphene.Comment: 12 pages, 9 figure
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