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On the duality in CPT-even Lorentz-breaking theories
In this paper, we generalize the duality between self-dual and
Maxwell-Chern-Simons theories for the case of a CPT-even Lorentz-breaking
extension of these theories. The duality is demonstrated with use of the gauge
embedding procedure, both in free and coupled cases, and with the master action
approach. The physical spectra of both Lorentz-breaking theories are studied.
The massive poles are shown to coincide and to respect the requirements for
unitarity and causality at tree level. The extra massless poles which are
present in the dualized model are shown to be nondynamical.Comment: 17 pages, version accepted to EPJ
Disorder effects at low temperatures in La_{0.7-x}Y_{x}Ca_{0.3}MnO_{3} manganites
With the aim of probing the effect of magnetic disorder in the
low-temperature excitations of manganites, specific-heat measurements were
performed in zero field, and in magnetic fields up to 9 T in polycrystalline
samples of La_{0.7-x}Y_{x}Ca_{0.3}MnO_{3}, with Y concentrations x=0, 0.10, and
0.15. Yttrium doping yielded the appearance of a cluster-glass state, giving
rise to unusual low-temperature behavior of the specific-heat. The main feature
observed in the results is a strong enhancement of the specific-heat linear
term, which is interpreted as a direct consequence of magnetic disorder. The
analysis was further corroborated by resistivity measurements in the same
compounds.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figure
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