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Raman scattering in high temperature superconductors : An integrated view
The common features in the Raman data of high temperature superconductors:
(the cuprates, bismathates, alkali doped fullerides and some organic
superconductors), are analyzed. It was shown that qualitative understanding of
the data can be achieved in terms of non-Fermi liquid models for their normal
state, with appropiate bag mechanisms for the superconducting state.Comment: To appear in Physica B (1996). Invited talk presented by S. N.
Behera, Latex file in revtex style, six figures available on request to first
author (e-mail : [email protected]
Interplay of spin density wave and superconductivity with different pairing symmetry
A model study for the coexistence of the spin density wave and
superconductivity is presented. With reference to the recent angle resolved
photo emmission experimental data in high T_c cuprates, presence of the nested
pieces of bands is assumed. The single band Hubbard model, therefore, when
treated within the Hatree-Fock mean field theory leads to a spin density wave
(SDW) ground state. The superconductivity (SC) is assumed to be due to a
generalised attractive potential with a separable form without specifying to
any particular origin. It therefore allows a comparative study of the
coexistence of superconductivity of different order parameter symmetry with the
spin density wave state. We find that the phase diagram, comprising of the
amplitudes of the respective gaps (SC and SDW) Vs. band filling resembles to
that of the high T_c cuprates only when the order parameter of the
superconducting phase has d-wave symmetry. Thermal variation of different order
parameters (e.g, SC and SDW) also show interesting coexistence and reentrance
behaviors that are consistent with experimental observations, specially for the
borocarbides.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures (postscript attached), Physica C (in press
Mutual influence of structural distortion and superconductivity in systems with degenerate bands
The interplay between the band Jahn-Teller distortion and the
superconductivity is studied for the system whose Fermi level lies in two-fold
degenerate band. Assuming that the lattice distortion is coupled to the orbital
electron density and the superconductivity arises due to BCS pairing mechanism
between the electrons, the phase diagram is obtained for different doping with
respect to half-filled band situation. The coexistence phase of
superconductivity and distortion occurs within limited range of doping and the
distortion lowers the superconducting transition temperature . In presence
of strong electron-lattice interaction the lattice strain is found to be
maximum at half-filling and superconductivity does not appear for low doping.
The maximum value of obtainable for an optimum doping is limited by the
structural transition temperature . The growth of distortion is arrested
with the onset of superconductivity and the distortion is found to disappear at
lower temperature for some hole density. Such arresting of the growth of
distortion at produces discontinuous jump in thermal expansion
coefficient. The variation of strain with temperature as well as with doping,
thermal expansion coefficient, the vs behaviour are in
qualitative agreement with recent experimental observations on interplay of
distortion and superconductivity in cuprates.Comment: 15 pages Revtex style, 9 figures available on request to first Autho
Raman spectroscopy study of NaxCoO2 and superconducting NaxCoO2.yH2O
The Raman spectra of the parent compound NaxCoO2 (x=0.75) and the
superconducting oxyhydrates NaxCoO2.yH2O with different superconducting
temperatures (Tc) have been measured. Five Raman active phonons around 195 cm-1
(E1g), 482 cm-1, 522 cm-1, 616 cm-1 (3E2g), 663 cm-1 (A1g) appear in all
spectra. These spectra change systematically along with the intercalation of
H2O and superconducting properties. In particular, the Raman active phonons
(A1g and E1g) involving the oxygen motions within the Co-O layers show up
monotonous decrease in frequency along with superconducting temperature Tc. The
fundamental properties and alternations of other active Raman phonons in the
superconducting materials have also been discussed.Comment: 16 pages, 4 figures, 2 table
Summing up the perturbation series in the Schwinger Model
Perturbation series for the electron propagator in the Schwinger Model is
summed up in a direct way by adding contributions coming from individual
Feynman diagrams. The calculation shows the complete agreement between
nonperturbative and perturbative approaches.Comment: 10 pages (in REVTEX
Electronic properties of ordered and disordered linear clusters of atoms and molecules
The electronic properties of one-dimensional clusters of N atoms or molecules
have been studied. The model used is similar to the Kronig-Penney model with
the potential offered by each ion being approximated by an attractive delta
function. The energy eigenvalues, the eigenstates and the density of states are
calculated exactly for a linear cluster of N atoms or molecules. The dependence
of these quantities on the various parameters of the problem show interesting
behavior. Effects of random distribution of the positions of the atoms and
random distribution of the strengths of the potential have also been studied.
The results obtained in this paper can have direct applications for linear
chain of atoms produced on metal surfaces or artificially created chain of
atoms by using scanning tunneling microscope or in studying molecular
conduction of electrons across one-dimensional barriers.Comment: A shorter version of this paper to be published in Physica
India’s contribution to mitigating the impacts of climate change through vegetation management
The changes in natural ecosystems provide opportunity to increase vegetation carbon sink capacity and thereby contribute to mitigation of climate change impacts. The Indian tropics and the large ecological variation within the country afford the advantage of diverse niches and offer opportunities to reveal the role of biotic factors at different levels of organization from populations to ecosystems. The last 4 decades of research and development in the Indian space science community has been primarily application driven in response to the government space programme for national development. The expenditure in R&D over next 5 year suggest that scientific research is higher on the country's agenda. The Indo-UK Terrestrial Carbon Group (IUTCG) comprising both Indian and UK scientists, funded jointly by the Department of Science and Technology, India and the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills organised a workshop to explore ways in which Earth observation data can be effectively utilised in mitigating the impacts of climate change through vegetation management. Effective integration of field observations, collected through various monitoring networks, and satellite sensor data has been proposed to provide country-wide monitoring
Measurement of the Branching Fraction for B->eta' K and Search for B->eta'pi+
We report measurements for two-body charmless B decays with an eta' meson in
the final state. Using 11.1X10^6 BBbar pairs collected with the Belle detector,
we find BF(B^+ ->eta'K^+)=(79^+12_-11 +-9)x10^-6 and BF(B^0 ->
eta'K^0)=(55^+19_-16 +-8)x10^-6, where the first and second errors are
statistical and systematic, respectively. No signal is observed in the mode B^+
-> eta' pi^+, and we set a 90% confidence level upper limit of BF(B^+->
eta'pi^+) eta'K^+- decays is
investigated and a limit at 90% confidence level of -0.20<Acp<0.32 is obtained.Comment: Submitted to Physics Letters
Observation of Cabibbo-suppressed and W-exchange Lambda_c^+ baryon decays
We present measurements of the Cabibbo-suppressed decays Lambda_c^+ -->
Lambda0 K+ and Lambda_c^+ --> Sigma0 K+ (both first observations), Lambda_c^+
--> Sigma+ K+ pi- (seen with large statistics for the first time), Lambda_c^+
--> p K+ K- and Lambda_c^+ --> p phi (measured with improved accuracy).
Improved branching ratio measurements for the decays Lambda_c^+ --> Sigma+ K+
K- and Lambda_c^+ --> Sigma+ phi, which are attributed to W-exchange diagrams,
are shown. We also present the first evidence for Lambda_c^+ --> Xi(1690)^0 K+
and set an upper limit on the non-resonant decay Lambda_c^+ --> Sigma+ K+ K-.
This analysis was performed using 32.6 fb^{-1} of data collected by the Belle
detector at the asymmetric e+ e- collider KEKB.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Lett. B. v2: A small correction to the Authorlist
was made. An earlier version of this analysis was released as
BELLE-CONF-0130, hep-ex/010800
Measurements of Branching Fractions and Decay Amplitudes in B-> J/\psi K^* decays
The branching fractions and the decay amplitudes of B -> J/psi K^* decays are
measured in a 29.4/fb data sample collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB
electron-positron collider. The decay amplitudes of helicity states of the
J/psi K^* system are determined from the full angular distribution of the final
state particles in the transversity basis. The branching fractions are measured
to be (1.29\pm0.05\pm0.13) \times 10^{-3} for neutral mesons and
(1.28\pm0.07\pm0.14) \times 10^{-3} for charged mesons. The measured
longitudinal and transverse (perpendicular to the transversity plane)
amplitudes are |A_0|^2 = 0.62\pm0.02\pm0.03 and |A_{\perp}|^2 =
0.19\pm0.02\pm0.03, respectively. The value of |A_{\perp}|^2 shows that the CP
even component dominates in the B^0 \to J/\psi K^{*0}(K_S\pi^0) decay.Comment: 17 pages, 3 figures, 5 tables, to appear in Phys. Lett.
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