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Inverse Spin Hall Effect and Anomalous Hall Effect in a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas
We study the coupled dynamics of spin and charge currents in a
two-dimensional electron gas in the transport diffusive regime. For systems
with inversion symmetry there are established relations between the spin Hall
effect, the anomalous Hall effect and the inverse spin Hall effect. However, in
two-dimensional electron gases of semiconductors like GaAs, inversion symmetry
is broken so that the standard arguments do not apply. We demonstrate that in
the presence of a Rashba type of spin-orbit coupling (broken structural
inversion symmetry) the anomalous Hall effect, the spin Hall and inverse spin
Hall effect are substantially different effects. Furthermore we discuss the
inverse spin Hall effect for a two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba and
Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling; our results agree with a recent experiment.Comment: 5 page
Major shifts at the range edge of marine forests: the combined effects of climate changes and limited dispersal
Global climate change is likely to constrain low latitude range edges across many taxa and habitats. Such is the case for NE Atlantic marine macroalgal forests, important ecosystems whose main structuring species is the annual kelp Saccorhiza polyschides. We coupled ecological niche modelling with simulations of potential dispersal and delayed development stages to infer the major forces shaping range edges and to predict their dynamics. Models indicated that the southern limit is set by high winter temperatures above the physiological tolerance of overwintering microscopic stages and reduced upwelling during recruitment. The best range predictions were achieved assuming low spatial dispersal (5 km) and delayed stages up to two years (temporal dispersal). Reconstructing distributions through time indicated losses of similar to 30% from 1986 to 2014, restricting S. polyschides to upwelling regions at the southern edge. Future predictions further restrict populations to a unique refugium in northwestern Iberia. Losses were dependent on the emissions scenario, with the most drastic one shifting similar to 38% of the current distribution by 2100. Such distributional changes might not be rescued by dispersal in space or time (as shown for the recent past) and are expected to drive major biodiversity loss and changes in ecosystem functioning.Electricity of Portugal (Fundo EDP para a Biodiversidade); FCT - Portuguese Science Foundation [PTDC/MAR-EST/6053/2014, EXTANT-EXCL/AAG-GLO/0661/2012, SFRH/BPD/111003/2015
Effects of the electron-phonon coupling near and within the insulating Mott phase
The role of the electron-phonon interaction in the Holstein-Hubbard model is
investigated in the metallic phase close to the Mott transition and in the
insulating Mott phase. The model is studied by means of a variational slave
boson technique. At half-filling, mean-field static quantities are in good
agreement with the results obtained by numerical techniques. By taking into
account gaussian fluctuations, an analytic expression of the spectral density
is derived in the Mott insulating phase showing that an increase of the
electron-phonon coupling leads to a sensitive reduction of the Mott gap through
a reduced effective repulsion. The relation of the results with recent
experimental observations in strongly correlated systems is discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Continuity equation and local gauge invariance for the N3LO nuclear Energy Density Functionals
Background: The next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order (N3LO) nuclear energy
density functional extends the standard Skyrme functional with new terms
depending on higher-order derivatives of densities, introduced to gain better
precision in the nuclear many-body calculations. A thorough study of the
transformation properties of the functional with respect to different
symmetries is required, as a step preliminary to the adjustment of the coupling
constants. Purpose: Determine to which extent the presence of higher-order
derivatives in the functional can be compatible with the continuity equation.
In particular, to study the relations between the validity of the continuity
equation and invariance of the functional under gauge transformations. Methods:
Derive conditions for the validity of the continuity equation in the framework
of time-dependent density functional theory. The conditions apply separately to
the four spin-isospin channels of the one-body density matrix. Results: We
obtained four sets of constraints on the coupling constants of the N3LO energy
density functional that guarantee the validity of the continuity equation in
all spin-isospin channels. In particular, for the scalar-isoscalar channel, the
constraints are the same as those resulting from imposing the standard U(1)
local-gauge-invariance conditions. Conclusions: Validity of the continuity
equation in the four spin-isospin channels is equivalent to the local-gauge
invariance of the energy density functional. For vector and isovector channels,
such validity requires the invariance of the functional under local rotations
in the spin and isospin spaces.Comment: 12 Latex pages, submitted to Physical Review
Giant Conductance Oscillations In Mesoscopic Andreev Interferometers
We analyze the electrical conductance of a two-dimensional, phase
coherent structure in contact with two superconductors, which is known to be an
oscillatory function of the phase difference between the
superconductors. It is predicted that for a metallic sample, the amplitude of
oscillation is enhanced by placing a normal barrier at the interface and that,
by tuning the strength of the barrier, can be orders of magnitude greater than
values observed in recent experiments. Giant oscillations can also be obtained
without a barrier, provided a crucial sum rule is broken. This can be achieved
by disorder induced normal scattering. In the absence of zero phase
inter-channel scattering, the conductance possesses a zero phase minimum.Comment: 4 pages of Revtex, 6 figures available on reques
Non-Abelian gauge fields in the gradient expansion: generalized Boltzmann and Eilenberger equations
We present a microscopic derivation of the generalized Boltzmann and
Eilenberger equations in the presence of non-Abelian gauges, for the case of a
non-relativistic disordered Fermi gas. A unified and symmetric treatment of the
charge and spin degrees of freedom is achieved. Within this
framework, just as the Lorentz force generates the Hall effect, so does
its counterpart give rise to the spin Hall effect. Considering elastic
and spin-independent disorder we obtain diffusion equations for charge and spin
densities and show how the interplay between an in-plane magnetic field and a
time dependent Rashba term generates in-plane charge currents.Comment: 11 pages, 1 figure; some corrections and updated/extended reference
Proposal to Increase the LEP Energy with Horizontal Orbit Correctors
In an e+ e- collider the beam energy depends only on the bending field integral "Bds while the synchrotron radiation power scales with "B2ds and is sensitive to the details of the field distribution. With fixed RF acceleration voltage it is thus possible to attain higher energies by increasing the effective bending magnet length. We propose to use the horizontal orbit correctors to exploit this effect. To control the orbit perturbations, 79 unused correctors in the regular arcs and 14 unused correctors in the dispersion suppressors will have to be powered. An energy increase of approximatively 0.18 GeV per beam might be obtained
Inhomogeneous Gutzwiller approximation with random phase fluctuations for the Hubbard model
We present a detailed study of the time-dependent Gutzwiller approximation
for the Hubbard model. The formalism, labelled GA+RPA, allows us to compute
random-phase approximation-like (RPA) fluctuations on top of the Gutzwiller
approximation (GA). No restrictions are imposed on the charge and spin
configurations which makes the method suitable for the calculation of linear
excitations around symmetry-broken solutions. Well-behaved sum rules are obeyed
as in the Hartree-Fock (HF) plus RPA approach. Analytical results for a
two-site model and numerical results for charge-charge and current-current
dynamical correlation functions in one and two dimensions are compared with
exact and HF+RPA results, supporting the much better performance of GA+RPA with
respect to conventional HF+RPA theory.Comment: 14 pages, 6 figure
Status of KLOE-2
In a few months the KLOE-2 detector is expected to start data taking at the
upgraded DANE -factory of INFN Laboratori Nazionali di
Frascati. It aims to collect 25 fb at the peak, and about 5
fb in the energy region between 1 and 2.5 GeV. We review the status and
physics program of the projectComment: 6 pages, 5 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the PHIPSI09
Workshop, Oct 13-16, 2009, Beijing, Chin
Sub-gap conductance in ferromagnetic-superconducting mesoscopic structures
We study the sub-gap conductance of a ferromagnetic mesoscopic region
attached to a ferromagnetic and a superconducting electrode by means of tunnel
junctions. In the absence of the exchange field, the ratio of the two tunnel junction resistances determines the behaviour of
the sub-gap conductance which possesses a zero-bias peak for and for
a peak at finite voltage. We show that the inclusion of the exchange
field leads to a peak splitting for , while it shifts the zero-bias
anomaly to finite voltages for .Comment: 5 pages revte
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