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Zero-field Kondo splitting and quantum-critical transition in double quantum dots
Double quantum dots offer unique possibilities for the study of many-body
correlations. A system containing one Kondo dot and one effectively
noninteracting dot maps onto a single-impurity Anderson model with a structured
(nonconstant) density of states. Numerical renormalization-group calculations
show that while band filtering through the resonant dot splits the Kondo
resonance, the singlet ground state is robust. The system can also be
continuously tuned to create a pseudogapped density of states and access a
quantum critical point separating Kondo and non-Kondo phases.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures; Accepted for publication in Physical Review
Letter
Enhanced Local Moment Formation in a Chiral Luttinger Liquid
We derive here a stability condition for a local moment in the presence of an
interacting sea of conduction electrons. The conduction electrons are modeled
as a Luttinger liquid in which chirality and spin are coupled. We show that an
Anderson-U defect in such an interacting system can be transformed onto a
nearly-Fermi liquid problem. We find that correlations among the conduction
electrons stabilize the local moment phase. A Schrieffer-Wolff transformation
is then performed which results in an anisotropic exchange interaction
indicative of the Kondo effect in a Luttinger liquid. The ground-state
properties of this model are then equivalent to those of the Kondo model in a
Luttinger liquid.Comment: 11 pages, no figure
Hemodynamic and ADH responses to central blood volume shifts in cardiac-denervated humans
Hemodynamic responses and antidiuretic hormone (ADH) were measured during body position changes designed to induce blood volume shifts in ten cardiac transplant recipients to assess the contribution of cardiac and vascular volume receptors in the control of ADH secretion. Each subject underwent 15 min of a control period in the seated posture, then assumed a lying posture for 30 min at 6 deg head down tilt (HDT) followed by 20 min of seated recovery. Venous blood samples and cardiac dimensions (echocardiography) were taken at 0 and 15 min before HDT, 5, 15, and 30 min of HDT, and 5, 15, and 30 min of seated recovery. Blood samples were analyzed for hematocrit, plasma osmolality, plasma renin activity (PRA), and ADH. Resting plasma volume (PV) was measured by Evans blue dye and percent changes in PV during posture changes were calculated from changes in hematocrit. Heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) were recorded every 2 min. Results indicate that cardiac volume receptors are not the only mechanism for the control of ADH release during acute blood volume shifts in man
Andreev reflection in the fractional quantum Hall effect
We study the reflection of electrons and quasiparticles on point-contact
interfaces between fractional quantum Hall (FQH) states and normal metals
(leads), as well as interfaces between two FQH states with mismatched filling
fractions. We classify the processes taking place at the interface in the
strong coupling limit. In this regime a set of quasiparticles can decay into
quasiholes on the FQH side and charge excitations on the other side of the
junction. This process is analogous to an Andreev reflection in
normal-metal/superconductor (N-S) interfaces.Comment: 10 pages, 5 embedded EPS figures. Final version as published in Phys.
Rev. B 56, 2012 (1997
Non-equilibrium tunneling into general quantum Hall edge states
In this paper we formulate the theory of tunneling into general Abelian
fractional quantum Hall edge states. In contrast to the simple Laughlin states,
a number of charge transfer processes must be accounted for. Nonetheless, it is
possible to identify a unique value corresponding to dissipationless transport
as the asymptotic large- conductance through a tunneling junction, and find
fixed points (CFT boundary conditions) corresponding to this value. The
symmetries of a given edge tunneling problem determine the appropriate boundary
condition, and the boundary condition determines the strong-coupling operator
content and current noise.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures; published versio
Spin Injection into a Luttinger Liquid
We study the effect of spin injection into a Luttinger liquid. The
spin-injection-detection setup of Johnson and Silsbee is considered; here spins
injected into the Luttinger liquid induce, across an interface with a
ferromagnetic metal, either a spin-dependent current () or a
spin-dependent boundary voltage (). We find that the spin-charge
separation nature of the Luttinger liquid affects and in a very
different fashion. In particular, in the Ohmic regime, depends on the
spin transport properties of the Luttinger liquid in essentially the same way
as it would in the case of a Fermi liquid. The implications of our results for
the spin-injection-detection experiments in the high cuprates are
discussed.Comment: 4 pages, REVTEX, 2 figures. Minor changes and corrections to typos.
To appear in Phys. Rev. Let
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