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Quantum critical behavior in disordered itinerant ferromagnets: Logarithmic corrections to scaling
The quantum critical behavior of disordered itinerant ferromagnets is
determined exactly by solving a recently developed effective field theory. It
is shown that there are logarithmic corrections to a previous calculation of
the critical behavior, and that the exact critical behavior coincides with that
found earlier for a phase transition of undetermined nature in disordered
interacting electron systems. This confirms a previous suggestion that the
unspecified transition should be identified with the ferromagnetic transition.
The behavior of the conductivity, the tunneling density of states, and the
phase and quasiparticle relaxation rates across the ferromagnetic transition is
also calculated.Comment: 15pp., REVTeX, 8 eps figs, final version as publishe
Silicon solar cell development for low temperature and low illumination intensity operation, volume 1 Analysis report, 30 Jun. 1969 - 30 Apr. 1970
Operational performance of solar cell at low temperatures and under low illumination intensit
The Collapse of the Wien Tail in the Coldest Brown Dwarf? Hubble Space Telescope Near-Infrared Photometry of WISE J085510.83-071442.5
We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) near-infrared photometry of the
coldest known brown dwarf, WISE J085510.83071442.5 (WISE 08550714). WISE
08550714 was observed with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) aboard HST using
the F105W, F125W, and F160W filters, which approximate the , , and
near-infrared bands. WISE 08550714 is undetected at F105W with a
corresponding 2 magnitude limit of 26.9. We marginally detect
WISE 08550714 in the F125W images (S/N 4), with a measured magnitude
of 26.41 0.27, more than a magnitude fainter than the band magnitude
reported by Faherty and coworkers. WISE J08550714 is clearly detected in the
F160W band, with a magnitude of 23.90 0.02, the first secure detection of
WISE 08550714 in the near-infrared. Based on these data, we find that WISE
08550714 has extremely red F105WF125W and F125WF160W colors relative
to other known Y dwarfs. We find that when compared to the models of Saumon et
al. and Morley et al., the F105WF125W and F125WF160W colors of WISE
08550714 cannot be accounted for simultaneously. These colors likely
indicate that we are seeing the collapse of flux on the Wien tail for this
extremely cold object.Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ Letter
Transport Anomalies and Marginal Fermi-Liquid Effects at a Quantum Critical Point
The conductivity and the tunneling density of states of disordered itinerant
electrons in the vicinity of a ferromagnetic transition at low temperature are
discussed. Critical fluctuations lead to nonanalytic frequency and temperature
dependences that are distinct from the usual long-time tail effects in a
disordered Fermi liquid. The crossover between these two types of behavior is
proposed as an experimental check of recent theories of the quantum
ferromagnetic critical behavior. In addition, the quasiparticle properties at
criticality are shown to be those of a marginal Fermi liquid.Comment: 4pp., REVTeX, no figs, final version as publishe
Numerical study of a short-range p-spin glass model in three dimensions
In this work we study numerically a short range p-spin glass model in three
dimensions. The behaviour of the model appears to be remarkably different from
mean field predictions. In fact it shares some features typical of models with
full replica-symmetry breaking (FRSB). Nevertheless, we believe that the
transition that we study is intrinsically different from the FRSB and basically
due to non-perturbative contributions. We study both the statics and the
dynamics of the system which seem to confirm our conjectures.Comment: 20 pages, 15 figure
Advances in large-diameter liquid encapsulated Czochralski GaAs
The purity, crystalline perfection, and electrical properties of n- and p-type GaAs crystals grown by the liquid encapsulated Czochralski (LEC) technique are evaluated. The determination of the dislocation density, incidence of twinning, microstructure, background purity, mobility, and minority carrier diffusion length is included. The properties of the LEC GaAs crystals are generally comparable to, if not superior to those of small-diameter GaAs material grown by conventional bulk growth techniques. As a result, LEC GaAs is suitable for application to minority carrier devices requiring high-quality and large-area substrates
Phase diagram of glassy systems in an external field
We study the mean-field phase diagram of glassy systems in a field pointing
in the direction of a metastable state. We find competition among a
``magnetized'' and a ``disordered'' phase, that are separated by a coexistence
line as in ordinary first order phase transitions. The coexistence line
terminates in a critical point, which in principle can be observed in numerical
simulations of glassy models.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Stress effects on the Raman spectrum of an amorphous material: theory and experiment on a-Si:H
Strain in a material induces shifts in vibrational frequencies, which is a
probe of the nature of the vibrations and interatomic potentials, and can be
used to map local stress/strain distributions via Raman microscopy. This method
is standard for crystalline silicon devices, but due to lack of calibration
relations, it has not been applied to amorphous materials such as hydrogenated
amorphous silicon (a-Si:H), a widely studied material for thin-film
photovoltaic and electronic devices. We calculated the Raman spectrum of a-Si:H
\ab initio under different strains and found peak shifts . This
proportionality to the trace of the strain is the general form for isotropic
amorphous vibrational modes, as we show by symmetry analysis and explicit
computation. We also performed Raman measurements under strain and found a
consistent coefficient of . These results
demonstrate that a reliable calibration for the Raman/strain relation can be
achieved even for the broad peaks of an amorphous material, with similar
accuracy and precision as for crystalline materials.Comment: 12 pages, 3 figures + supplementary 8 pages, 4 figure
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