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Review of ride quality technology needs of industry and user groups
A broad survey of ride quality technology state-of-the-art and a review of user evaluation of this technology were conducted. During the study 17 users of ride quality technology in 10 organizations representing land, marine and air passenger transportation modes were interviewed. Interim results and conclusions of this effort are reported
Antiferromagnetism and Superconductivity in layered organic conductors: Variational cluster approach
The -(ET)X layered conductors (where ET stands for BEDT-TTF) are
studied within the dimer model as a function of the diagonal hopping
and Hubbard repulsion . Antiferromagnetism and d-wave superconductivity are
investigated at zero temperature using variational cluster perturbation theory
(V-CPT). For large , N\'eel antiferromagnetism exists for ,
with . For fixed , as is decreased (or pressure
increased), a superconducting phase appears. When is
decreased further, the a order takes over. There is a critical value
of of beyond which the AF and dSC phases are separated
by Mott disordered phase.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures. Investigation of the d_xy phase added +
discussion of gap symmetr
Mott transition in two-dimensional frustrated compounds
The phase diagrams of isotropic and anisotropic triangular lattices with
local Coulomb interactions are evaluated within cluster dynamical mean field
theory. As a result of partial geometric frustration in the anisotropic
lattice, short range correlations are shown to give rise to reentrant behavior
which is absent in the fully frustrated isotropic limit. The qualitative
features of the phase diagrams including the critical temperatures are in good
agreement with experimental data for the layered organic charge transfer salts
kappa-(BEDT-TTF)_2Cu[N(CN)_2]Cl and kappa-(BEDT-TTF)_2Cu_2(CN)_3.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
User evaluation of ride technology research
The 23 organizations queried represent government, carrier, and manufacturing interests in air, marine, rail, and surface transportation systems. Results indicate a strong need for common terminology and data analysis/reporting techniques. The various types of ride criteria currently in use are discussed, particularly in terms of their respective data base requirements. A plan of action is proposed for fulfilling the ride technology needs identified by this study
Absence of superconductivity in the half-filled band Hubbard model on the anisotropic triangular lattice
We report exact calculations of magnetic and superconducting pair-pair
correlations for the half-filled band Hubbard model on an anisotropic
triangular lattice. Our results for the magnetic phases are similar to those
obtained with other techniques. The superconducting pair-pair correlations at
distances beyond nearest neighbor decrease monotonically with increasing
Hubbard interaction U for all anisotropy, indicating the absence of
frustration-driven superconductivity within the model.Comment: 4 pages, 4 EPS figure
Comparison of the phase diagram of the half-filled layered organic superconductors with the phase diagram of the RVB theory of the Hubbard-Heisenberg model
We present an resonating valence bond (RVB) theory of superconductivity for
the Hubbard--Heisenberg model on an anisotropic triangular lattice. We show
that these calculations are consistent with the observed phase diagram of the
half-filled layered organic superconductors, such as the beta, beta', kappa and
lambda phases of (BEDT-TTF)_2X [bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene] and
(BETS)_2X [bis(ethylenedithio)tetraselenafulvalene]. We find a first order
transition from a Mott insulator to a d_{x^2-y^2} superconductor with a small
superfluid stiffness and a pseudogap with d_{x^2-y^2} symmetry. The
Mott--Hubbard transition can be driven either by increasing the on-site Coulomb
repulsion, U, or by changing the anisotropy of the two hopping integrals, t'/t.
Our results suggest that the ratio t'/t plays an important role in determining
the phase diagram of the organic superconductors.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figur
A quantum Monte Carlo study on the superconducting Kosterlitz-Thouless transition of the attractive Hubbard model on a triangular lattice
We study the superconducting Kosterlitz-Thouless transition of the attractive
Hubbard model on a two-dimensional triangular lattice using auxiliary field
quantum Monte Carlo method for system sizes up to sites.
Combining three methods to analyze the numerical data, we find, for the
attractive interaction of , that the transition temperature stays almost
constant within the band filling range of , while it is found to
be much lower in the region.Comment: RevTeX 6 page
Power-Law Behavior of Bond Energy Correlators in a Kitaev-type Model with a Stable Parton Fermi Surface
We study bond energy correlation functions in an exactly solvable quantum
spin model of Kitaev type on the kagome lattice with stable Fermi surface of
partons proposed recently by Chua et al, Ref.\[arXiv:1010.1035]. Even though
any spin correlations are ultra-short ranged, we find that the bond energy
correlations have power law behavior with a envelope and
oscillations at incommensurate wavevectors. We determine the corresponding
singular surfaces in momentum space, which provide a gauge-invariant
characterization of this gapless spin liquid.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Dynamical properties of a strongly correlated model for quarter-filled layered organic molecular crystals
The dynamical properties of an extended Hubbard model, which is relevant to
quarter-filled layered organic molecular crystals, are analyzed. We have
computed the dynamical charge correlation function, spectral density, and
optical conductivity using Lanczos diagonalization and large-N techniques. As
the ratio of the nearest-neighbour Coulomb repulsion, V, to the hopping
integral, t, increases there is a transition from a metallic phase to a charge
ordered phase. Dynamical properties close to the ordering transition are found
to differ from the ones expected in a conventional metal. Large-N calculations
display an enhancement of spectral weight at low frequencies as the system is
driven closer to the charge ordering transition in agreement with Lanczos
calculations. As V is increased the charge correlation function displays a
plasmon-like mode which, for wavevectors close to (pi,pi), increases in
amplitude and softens as the charge ordering transition is approached. We
propose that inelastic X-ray scattering be used to detect this mode. Large-N
calculations predict superconductivity with dxy symmetry close to the ordering
transition. We find that this is consistent with Lanczos diagonalization
calculations, on lattices of 20 sites, which find that the binding energy of
two holes becomes negative close to the charge ordering transition.Comment: 22 pages, 16 eps figures; caption of Fig. 5 correcte
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