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Electronic nematicity and its relation to quantum criticality in Sr_3Ru_2O_7 studied by thermal expansion
We report high-resolution measurements of the in-plane thermal expansion
anisotropy in the vicinity of the electronic nematic phase in SrRuO
down to very low temperatures and in varying magnetic field orientation. For
fields applied along the c-direction, a clear second-order phase transition is
found at the nematic phase, with critical behavior compatible with the
two-dimensional Ising universality class (although this is not fully
conclusive). Measurements in a slightly tilted magnetic field reveal a broken
four-fold in-plane rotational symmetry, not only within the nematic phase, but
extending towards slightly larger fields. We also analyze the universal scaling
behavior expected for a metamagnetic quantum critical point, which is realized
outside the nematic region. The contours of the magnetostriction suggest a
relation between quantum criticality and the nematic phase.Comment: 8 pages, 12 Figures, invited paper at QCNP 2012 conferenc
Symmetry-breaking lattice distortion in Sr_3Ru_2O_7
The electronic nematic phase of SrRuO is investigated by
high-resolution in-plane thermal expansion measurements in magnetic fields
close to 8 T applied at various angles off the c-axis. At
we observe a very small () lattice distortion which
breaks the four-fold in-plane symmetry, resulting in nematic domains with
interchanged - and b-axis. At the domains are
almost fully aligned and thermal expansion indicates an area-preserving lattice
distortion of order which is likely related to orbital
ordering. Since the system is located in the immediate vicinity to a
metamagnetic quantum critical end point, the results represent the first
observation of a structural relaxation driven by quantum criticality.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, PRL accepte
Anisotropy of the low-temperature magnetostriction of Sr3Ru2O7
We use high-resolution capacitive dilatometry to study the low-temperature
linear magnetostriction of the bilayer ruthenate SrRuO as a
function of magnetic field applied perpendicular to the ruthenium-oxide planes
(). The relative length change is detected either
parallel or perpendicular to the c-axis close to the metamagnetic region near
B=8 T. In both cases, clear peaks in the coefficient at three subsequent metamagnetic transitions are observed. For , the third transition at 8.1 T bifurcates at temperatures below 0.5
K. This is ascribed to the effect of an in-plane uniaxial pressure of about 15
bar, unavoidable in the dilatometer, which breaks the original fourfold
in-plane symmetry.Comment: 3 pages, 3 Figures, Manuscript for Proceedings of the International
Conference on Quantum Criticality and Novel Phases (QCNP09, Dresden
Uniaxial stress tuning of geometrical frustration in a Kondo lattice
Hexagonal CeRhSn with paramagnetic moments on a distorted Kagome lattice
displays zero-field quantum critical behavior related to geometrical
frustration. We report high-resolution thermal expansion and magnetostriction
measurements under multiextreme conditions such as uniaxial stress up to 200
MPa, temperatures down to 0.1 K and magnetic fields up to 10 T. Under uniaxial
stress along the -direction, quantum criticality disappears and a complex
magnetic phase diagram arises with a sequence of phases below 1.2 K and fields
between 0 and 3 T (). Since the Kondo coupling increases with
stress, which alone would stabilize paramagnetic behavior in CeRhSn, the
observed order arises from the release of geometrical frustration by in-plane
stress.Comment: Accepted in PRB Rapid Com
Three-Nucleon Force and the -Mechanism for Pion Production and Pion Absorption
The description of the three-nucleon system in terms of nucleon and
degrees of freedom is extended to allow for explicit pion production
(absorption) from single dynamic de-excitation (excitation) processes.
This mechanism yields an energy dependent effective three-body hamiltonean. The
Faddeev equations for the trinucleon bound state are solved with a force model
that has already been tested in the two-nucleon system above pion-production
threshold. The binding energy and other bound state properties are calculated.
The contribution to the effective three-nucleon force arising from the pionic
degrees of freedom is evaluated. The validity of previous coupled-channel
calculations with explicit but stable isobar components in the
wavefunction is studied.Comment: 23 pages in Revtex 3.0, 9 figures (not included, available as
postscript files upon request), CEBAF-TH-93-0
The Gluon Propagator on a Large Volume, at
We present the results of a high statistics lattice study of the gluon
propagator, in the Landau gauge, at . As suggested by previous
studies, we find that, in momentum space, the propagator is well described by
the expression .
By comparing on different volumes, we obtain a precise determination
of the exponent , and verify that does not vanish in the
infinite volume limit. The behaviour of and in the continuum limit
is not known, and can only be studied by increasing the value of .Comment: 21 pages, uuencoded LATEX plus 5 postscript figures. ROME prep.
94/1042, SHEP prep. 93/94-3
Low-energy electronic properties of clean CaRuO: elusive Landau quasiparticles
We have prepared high-quality epitaxial thin films of CaRuO with residual
resistivity ratios up to 55. Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations in the
magnetoresistance and a temperature dependence in the electrical
resistivity only below 1.5 K, whose coefficient is substantially suppressed in
large magnetic fields, establish CaRuO as a Fermi liquid (FL) with
anomalously low coherence scale. Non-Fermi liquid (NFL) dependence is
found between 2 and 25 K. The high sample quality allows access to the
intrinsic electronic properties via THz spectroscopy. For frequencies below 0.6
THz, the conductivity is Drude-like and can be modeled by FL concepts, while
for higher frequencies non-Drude behavior, inconsistent with FL predictions, is
found. This establishes CaRuO as a prime example of optical NFL behavior in
the THz range.Comment: 12 pages, 21 figures including supplemental materia
Persistent detwinning of iron pnictides by small magnetic fields
Our comprehensive study on EuFeAs reveals a dramatic reduction of
magnetic detwinning fields compared to other AFeAs (A = Ba, Sr, Ca)
iron pnictides by indirect magneto-elastic coupling of the Eu ions. We
find that only 0.1T are sufficient for persistent detwinning below the local
Eu ordering; above = 19K, higher fields are necessary.
Even after the field is switched off, a significant imbalance of twin domains
remains constant up to the structural and electronic phase transition (190K).
This persistent detwinning provides the unique possibility to study the low
temperature electronic in-plane anisotropy of iron pnictides without applying
any symmetrybreaking external force.Comment: accepted by Physical Review Letter
The pion-three-nucleon problem with two-cluster connected-kernel equations
It is found that the coupled piNNN-NNN system breaks into fragments in a
nontrivial way. Assuming the particles as distinguishable, there are indeed
four modes of fragmentation into two clusters, while in the standard three-body
problem there are three possible two-cluster partitions and conversely the
four-body problem has seven different possibilities. It is shown how to
formulate the pion-three-nucleon collision problem through the
integral-equation approach by taking into account the proper fragmentation of
the system. The final result does not depend on the assumption of separability
of the two-body t-matrices. Then, the quasiparticle method a' la
Grassberger-Sandhas is applied and effective two-cluster connected-kernel
equations are obtained. The corresponding bound-state problem is also
formulated, and the resulting homogeneous equation provides a new approach
which generalizes the commonly used techniques to describe the three-nucleon
bound-state problem, where the meson degrees of freedom are usually suppressed.Comment: 20 pages, REVTeX, with 3 COLOR figures (PostScript
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