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The fraction of Bose-Einstein condensed triplons in TlCuCl3 from magnetization M(T,H)-data
In this study we calculate the fraction of condensed magnetic quasiparticles
of TlCuCl3 from magnetization M(T,H)-data. It is independent of the direction
of the magnetic field and slightly decreases with increasing magnetic field.Comment: 8 pages, 10 figure
Experimental tests for macroscopic phase coherence in magnetic-quasiparticle condensates of insulating spin systems
For most kinds of already known Bose-Einstein condensates experimental
evidence for the existence of a macroscopic coherent quantum state has been
provided, e.g., from the observation of interference phenomena, the formation
vortices, the detection of Josephson effects, or even by the manifestation of
superfluid behaviour. However, none of these hallmarks for a true, macroscopic
phase-coherent state has ever been reported for any insulating spin system in a
solid in which magnetic bosonic quasiparticles are thought to condense close to
a quantum critical point. We describe an attempt to detect superfluid behaviour
in TlCuCl3, and discuss in more detail a proposal for an experiment in which
the a.c. Josephson effect can be probed by using a device composed of two
weakly coupled magnetic insulators with different critical fields. We conclude
that the detection of the a.c. Josephson effect is feasible for a proper choice
of compounds with realistic material parameters.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figure
Saddle index properties, singular topology, and its relation to thermodynamical singularities for a phi^4 mean field model
We investigate the potential energy surface of a phi^4 model with infinite
range interactions. All stationary points can be uniquely characterized by
three real numbers $\alpha_+, alpha_0, alpha_- with alpha_+ + alpha_0 + alpha_-
= 1, provided that the interaction strength mu is smaller than a critical
value. The saddle index n_s is equal to alpha_0 and its distribution function
has a maximum at n_s^max = 1/3. The density p(e) of stationary points with
energy per particle e, as well as the Euler characteristic chi(e), are singular
at a critical energy e_c(mu), if the external field H is zero. However, e_c(mu)
\neq upsilon_c(mu), where upsilon_c(mu) is the mean potential energy per
particle at the thermodynamic phase transition point T_c. This proves that
previous claims that the topological and thermodynamic transition points
coincide is not valid, in general. Both types of singularities disappear for H
\neq 0. The average saddle index bar{n}_s as function of e decreases
monotonically with e and vanishes at the ground state energy, only. In
contrast, the saddle index n_s as function of the average energy bar{e}(n_s) is
given by n_s(bar{e}) = 1+4bar{e} (for H=0) that vanishes at bar{e} = -1/4 >
upsilon_0, the ground state energy.Comment: 9 PR pages, 6 figure
Microscopic Dynamics of Hard Ellipsoids in their Liquid and Glassy Phase
To investigate the influence of orientational degrees of freedom onto the
dynamics of molecular systems in its supercooled and glassy regime we have
solved numerically the mode-coupling equations for hard ellipsoids of
revolution. For a wide range of volume fractions and aspect ratios
we find an orientational peak in the center of mass spectra
and about one decade
below a high frequency peak. This orientational peak is the counterpart of a
peak appearing in the quadrupolar spectra and
. The latter peak is almost insensitive on
for close to one, i.e. for weak steric hindrance, and broadens strongly
with increasing . Deep in the glass we find an additional peak between
the orientational and the high frequency peak. We have evidence that this
intermediate peak is the result of a coupling between modes with and
, due to the nondiagonality of the static correlators.Comment: 6 figures, 12 page
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