122 research outputs found
Berry phases and pairing symmetry in Holstein-Hubbard polaron systems
We study the tunneling dynamics of dopant-induced hole polarons which are
self-localized by electron-phonon coupling in a two-dimensional antiferro-
magnet. Our treatment is based on a path integral formulation of the adia-
batic approximation, combined with many-body tight-binding, instanton, con-
strained lattice dynamics, and many-body exact diagonalization techniques. Our
results are mainly based on the Holstein- and, for comparison, on the
Holstein-Hubbard model. We also study effects of 2nd neighbor hopping and
long-range electron-electron Coulomb repulsion. The polaron tunneling dynamics
is mapped onto an effective low-energy Hamiltonian which takes the form of a
fermion tight-binding model with occupancy dependent, predominant- ly 2nd and
3rd neighbor tunneling matrix elements, excluded double occupan- cy, and an
effective intersite charge interactions. Antiferromagnetic spin correlations in
the original many-electron Hamiltonian are reflected by an attractive
contribution to the 1st neighbor charge interaction and by Berry phase factors
which determine the signs of effective polaron tunneling ma- trix elements. In
the two-polaron case, these phase factors lead to polaron pair wave functions
of either -wave symmetry or p-wave symme- try with zero and
nonzero total pair momentum, respectively. Implications for the doping
dependent isotope effect, pseudo-gap and Tc of a superconduc- ting polaron pair
condensate are discussed/compared to observed in cuprates.Comment: 23 pages, revtex, 13 ps figure
Combined Effect of Acute Altitude Exposure and Vigorous Exercise on Platelet Activation
Exposure to high altitudes and exercise alters body's physiology and may cause acute cardiovascular events. Platelet activation is one of the key players in these events. Therefore, we investigated the effect of vigorous exercise at higher altitude (2650 m) on platelet aggregation and serum markers of platelet activation. 14 healthy subjects performed a step incremental ergometer test until exhaustion at the Environmental Research Station (UFS, 2650 m) at Zugspitze. Platelet aggregation and serum levels of endothelin-1, soluble p-selectin, platelet factor 4 and Chromogranin A were measured. Platelet activation was significantly enhanced after exercise at high altitude compared to measures immediately prior exercise. We detected significantly enhanced serum levels of endothelin-1 and soluble p-selectin whereas chromogranin A and platelet factor 4 remained unchanged. This effect might be due to increased endothelin-1 levels causing pulmonary vasoconstriction, rheological changes and direct platelet activation. This might be of clinical relevance, especially in patients with pre-existing diseases
Experimental study of excited states of Ni via one-neutron transfer up to the neutron-separation threshold and characteristics of the pygmy dipole resonance states
The degree of collectivity of the Pygmy Dipole Resonance (PDR) is an open
question. Recently, Ries {\it et al.} have suggested the onset of the PDR
beyond based on the observation of a significant strength increase
in the Cr isotopes and proposed that the PDR has its origin in a few-nucleon
effect. Earlier, Inakura {\it et al.} had predicted by performing systematic
calculations using the random-phase approximation (RPA) with the Skyrme
functional SkM* that the strength of the PDR strongly depends on the
position of the Fermi level and that it displays a clear correlation with the
occupation of orbits with orbital angular momenta less than . To further investigate the microscopic structures causing the possible
formation of a PDR beyond the neutron shell closure, we performed a
NiNi experiment at the John D. Fox Superconducting Linear
Accelerator Laboratory of Florida State University. To determine the angular
momentum transfer populating possible states and other excited
states of Ni, angular distributions and associated single-neutron
transfer cross sections were measured with the Super-Enge Split-Pole
Spectrograph. A number of states were observed below the
neutron-separation threshold after being populated through angular
momentum transfers. A comparison to available data for
Ni provides evidence that the strength shifts further down
in energy. The data clearly prove that strength, i.e., the
neutron one-particle-one-hole configuration
plays only a minor role for states below the neutron-separation threshold
in Ni.Comment: 15 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review
Superconducting instability in the Holstein-Hubbard model: A numerical renormalization group study
We have studied the d-wave pairing-instability in the two-dimensional
Holstein-Hubbard model at the level of a full fluctuation exchange
approximation which treats both Coulomb and electron-phonon (EP) interaction
diagrammatically on an equal footing. A generalized numerical renormalization
group technique has been developed to solve the resulting self-consistent field
equations. The -wave superconducting phase diagram shows an optimal T_c at
electron concentration ~ 0.9 for the purely electronic Hubbard system. The
EP interaction suppresses the d-wave T_c which drops to zero when the
phonon-mediated on-site attraction becomes comparable to the on-site
Coulomb repulsion . The isotope exponent is negative in this model
and small compared to the classical BCS value or compared
to typical observed values in non-optimally doped cuprate superconductors.Comment: 4 pages RevTeX + 3 PS figures include
d_{x^2-y^2} Symmetry and the Pairing Mechanism
An important question is if the gap in the high temperature cuprates has
d_{x^2-y^2} symmetry, what does that tell us about the underlying interaction
responsible for pairing. Here we explore this by determining how three
different types of electron-phonon interactions affect the d_{x^2-y^2} pairing
found within an RPA treatment of the 2D Hubbard model. These results imply that
interactions which become more positive as the momentum transfer increases
favor d_{x^2-y^2} pairing in a nearly half-filled band.Comment: 9 pages and 2 eps figs, uses revtex with epsf, in press, PR
An alternative approach for the dynamics of polarons in one dimension
We developed a new method based on functional integration to treat the
dynamics of polarons in one-dimensional systems. We treat the acoustical and
the optical case in an unified manner, showing their differences and
similarities. The mobility and diffusion coefficients are calculated in the
Markovian approximation in the strong coupling limit.Comment: 57 page
Effects of dimensionality and anisotropy on the Holstein polaron
We apply weak-coupling perturbation theory and strong-coupling perturbation
theory to the Holstein molecular crystal model in order to elucidate the
effects of anisotropy on polaron properties in D dimensions. The ground state
energy is considered as a primary criterion through which to study the effects
of anisotropy on the self-trapping transition, the self-trapping line
associated with this transition, and the adiabatic critical point. The effects
of dimensionality and anisotropy on electron-phonon correlations and polaronic
mass enhancement are studied, with particular attention given to the polaron
radius and the characteristics of quasi-1D and quasi-2D structures.
Perturbative results are confirmed by selected comparisons with variational
calculations and quantum Monte Carlo data
Pairing Correlations on t-U-J Ladders
Pairing correlations on generalized t-U-J two-leg ladders are reported. We
find that the pairing correlations on the usual t-U Hubbard ladder are
significantly enhanced by the addition of a nearest-neighbor exchange
interaction J. Likewise, these correlations are also enhanced for the t-J model
when the onsite Coulomb interaction is reduced from infinity. Moreover, the
pairing correlations are larger on a t-U-J ladder than on a t-Jeff ladder in
which Jeff has been adjusted so that the two models have the same spin gap at
half-filling. This enhancement of the pairing correlations is associated with
an increase in the pair-binding energy and the pair mobility in the t-U-J model
and point to the importance of the charge transfer nature of the cuprate
systems
Polaron Effective Mass, Band Distortion, and Self-Trapping in the Holstein Molecular Crystal Model
We present polaron effective masses and selected polaron band structures of
the Holstein molecular crystal model in 1-D as computed by the Global-Local
variational method over a wide range of parameters. These results are augmented
and supported by leading orders of both weak- and strong-coupling perturbation
theory. The description of the polaron effective mass and polaron band
distortion that emerges from this work is comprehensive, spanning weak,
intermediate, and strong electron-phonon coupling, and non-adiabatic, weakly
adiabatic, and strongly adiabatic regimes. Using the effective mass as the
primary criterion, the self-trapping transition is precisely defined and
located. Using related band-shape criteria at the Brillouin zone edge, the
onset of band narrowing is also precisely defined and located. These two lines
divide the polaron parameter space into three regimes of distinct polaron
structure, essentially constituting a polaron phase diagram. Though the
self-trapping transition is thusly shown to be a broad and smooth phenomenon at
finite parameter values, consistency with notion of self-trapping as a critical
phenomenon in the adiabatic limit is demonstrated. Generalizations to higher
dimensions are considered, and resolutions of apparent conflicts with
well-known expectations of adiabatic theory are suggested.Comment: 28 pages, 15 figure
Pairing Correlations in a Generalized Hubbard Model for the Cuprates
Using numerical diagonalization of a 4x4 cluster, we calculate on-site s,
extended s and d pairing correlation functions (PCF) in an effective
generalized Hubbard model for the cuprates, with nearest-neighbor correlated
hopping and next nearest-neighbor hopping t'. The vertex contributions (VC) to
the PCF are significantly enhanced, relative to the t-t'-U model. The behavior
of the PCF and their VC, and signatures of anomalous flux quantization,
indicate superconductivity in the d-wave channel for moderate doping and in the
s-wave channel for high doping and small U.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
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