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Zero Temperature Insulator-Metal Transition in Doped Manganites
We study the transition at T=0 from a ferromagnetic insulating to a
ferromagnetic metallic phase in manganites as a function of hole doping using
an effective low-energy model Hamiltonian proposed by us recently. The model
incorporates the quantum nature of the dynamic Jahn-Teller(JT) phonons strongly
coupled to orbitally degenerate electrons as well as strong Coulomb correlation
effects and leads naturally to the coexistence of localized (JT polaronic) and
band-like electronic states. We study the insulator-metal transition as a
function of doping as well as of the correlation strength U and JT gain in
energy E_{JT}, and find, for realistic values of parameters, a ground state
phase diagram in agreement with experiments. We also discuss how several other
features of manganites as well as differences in behaviour among manganites can
be understood in terms of our model.Comment: To be published in Europhysics Letter
Inference in Probabilistic Logic Programs with Continuous Random Variables
Probabilistic Logic Programming (PLP), exemplified by Sato and Kameya's
PRISM, Poole's ICL, Raedt et al's ProbLog and Vennekens et al's LPAD, is aimed
at combining statistical and logical knowledge representation and inference. A
key characteristic of PLP frameworks is that they are conservative extensions
to non-probabilistic logic programs which have been widely used for knowledge
representation. PLP frameworks extend traditional logic programming semantics
to a distribution semantics, where the semantics of a probabilistic logic
program is given in terms of a distribution over possible models of the
program. However, the inference techniques used in these works rely on
enumerating sets of explanations for a query answer. Consequently, these
languages permit very limited use of random variables with continuous
distributions. In this paper, we present a symbolic inference procedure that
uses constraints and represents sets of explanations without enumeration. This
permits us to reason over PLPs with Gaussian or Gamma-distributed random
variables (in addition to discrete-valued random variables) and linear equality
constraints over reals. We develop the inference procedure in the context of
PRISM; however the procedure's core ideas can be easily applied to other PLP
languages as well. An interesting aspect of our inference procedure is that
PRISM's query evaluation process becomes a special case in the absence of any
continuous random variables in the program. The symbolic inference procedure
enables us to reason over complex probabilistic models such as Kalman filters
and a large subclass of Hybrid Bayesian networks that were hitherto not
possible in PLP frameworks. (To appear in Theory and Practice of Logic
Programming).Comment: 12 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with
arXiv:1203.428
Modeling and Analysis of Interactions in Virtual Enterprises
Advances in computer networking technology and open system standards are making the creation and management of virtual enterprises feasible. A virtual enterprise is a temporary consortium of autonomous, diverse, and possibly geographically dispersed organizations that pool their resources to meet short-term objectives and exploit fastchanging market trends. For a virtual enterprise to succeed, its business processes must be automated, and its startup costs must be minimized. In this paper we describe a formal framework for modeling and reasoning about interactions in a virtual enterprise. Such a framework will form the basis for tools that provide automated support for creation and operation of virtual enterprises. 1
Phase Separation and Charge-Ordered Phases of the d = 3 Falicov-Kimball Model at T>0: Temperature-Density-Chemical Potential Global Phase Diagram from Renormalization-Group Theory
The global phase diagram of the spinless Falicov-Kimball model in d = 3
spatial dimensions is obtained by renormalization-group theory. This global
phase diagram exhibits five distinct phases. Four of these phases are
charge-ordered (CO) phases, in which the system forms two sublattices with
different electron densities. The CO phases occur at and near half filling of
the conduction electrons for the entire range of localized electron densities.
The phase boundaries are second order, except for the intermediate and large
interaction regimes, where a first-order phase boundary occurs in the central
region of the phase diagram, resulting in phase coexistence at and near half
filling of both localized and conduction electrons. These two-phase or
three-phase coexistence regions are between different charge-ordered phases,
between charge-ordered and disordered phases, and between dense and dilute
disordered phases. The second-order phase boundaries terminate on the
first-order phase transitions via critical endpoints and double critical
endpoints. The first-order phase boundary is delimited by critical points. The
cross-sections of the global phase diagram with respect to the chemical
potentials and densities of the localized and conduction electrons, at all
representative interactions strengths, hopping strengths, and temperatures, are
calculated and exhibit ten distinct topologies.Comment: Calculated density phase diagrams. Added discussions and references.
14 pages, 9 figures, 4 table
Freezing transition of the vortex liquid in anisotropic superconductors
We study the solid-liquid transition of a model of pancake vortices in
laminar superconductors using a density functional theory of freezing. The
physical properties of the system along the melting line are discussed in
detail. We show that there is a very good agreement with experimental data in
the shape and position of the first order transition in the phase diagram and
in the magnitude and temperature dependence of the magnetic induction jump at
the transition. We analyze the validity of the Lindemann melting criterion and
the Hansen-Verlet freezing criterion. Both criteria are shown to be good to
predict the phase diagram in the region where a first order phase transition is
experimentally observed.Comment: 9 pages, 10 figure
Theory of Insulator Metal Transition and Colossal Magnetoresistance in Doped Manganites
The persistent proximity of insulating and metallic phases, a puzzling
characterestic of manganites, is argued to arise from the self organization of
the twofold degenerate e_g orbitals of Mn into localized Jahn-Teller(JT)
polaronic levels and broad band states due to the large electron - JT phonon
coupling present in them. We describe a new two band model with strong
correlations and a dynamical mean-field theory calculation of equilibrium and
transport properties. These explain the insulator metal transition and colossal
magnetoresistance quantitatively, as well as other consequences of two state
coexistence
Comparison of History Effects in Magnetization in Weakly pinned Crystals of high- and low-T Superconductors
A comparison of the history effects in weakly pinned single crystals of a
high YBaCuO (for H c) and a low
CaRhSn, which show anomalous variations in critical current
density are presented via tracings of the minor magnetization
hysteresis loops using a vibrating sample magnetometer. The sample histories
focussed are, (i) the field cooled (FC), (ii) the zero field cooled (ZFC) and
(iii) an isothermal reversal of field from the normal state. An understanding
of the results in terms of the modulation in the plastic deformation of the
elastic vortex solid and supercooling across order-disorder transition is
sought.Comment: Presented in IWCC-200
Magnetization hysteresis and time decay measurements in FeSeTe : Evidence for fluctuation in mean free path induced pinning
We present results of magnetic measurements relating to vortex phase diagram
in a single crystal of FeSeTe which displays second
magnetization peak anomaly for . The possible role of the
crystalline anisotropy on vortex pinning is explored via magnetic torque
magnetometry. We present evidence in favor of pinning related to spatial
variations of the charge carrier mean free path leading to small bundle vortex
pinning by randomly distributed (weak) pinning centers for both
and . This is further corroborated using magnetization data for in a single crystal of FeSeTe. Dynamical
response across second magnetization peak (SMP) anomaly in
FeSeTe has been compared with that across the well researched
phenomenon of peak effect (PE) in a single crystal of CeRu.Comment: 11 figures, provided additional data in another sample, added Fig.
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