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Multipole expansion for magnetic structures: A generation scheme for symmetry-adapted orthonormal basis set in crystallographic point group
We propose a systematic method to generate a complete orthonormal basis set
of multipole expansion for magnetic structures in arbitrary crystal structure.
The key idea is the introduction of a virtual atomic cluster of a target
crystal, on which we can clearly define the magnetic configurations
corresponding to symmetry-adapted multipole moments. The magnetic
configurations are then mapped onto the crystal so as to preserve the magnetic
point group of the multipole moments, leading to the magnetic structures
classified according to the irreducible representations of crystallographic
point group. We apply the present scheme to pyrhochlore and hexagonal ABO3
crystal structures, and demonstrate that the multipole expansion is useful to
investigate the macroscopic responses of antiferromagnets
TeV Gamma Ray Emission from Southern Sky Objects and CANGAROO Project
We report recent results of the CANGAROO Collaboration on very high energy
gamma ray emission from pulsars, their nebulae, SNR and AGN in the southern
sky. Observations are made in South Australia using the imaging technique of
detecting atmospheric Cerenkov light from gamma rays higher than about 1 TeV.
The detected gamma rays are most likely produced by the inverse Compton process
by electrons which also radiate synchrotron X-rays. Together with information
from longer wavelengths, our results can be used to infer the strength of
magnetic field in the emission region of gamma rays as well as the energy of
the progenitor electrons. A description of the CANGAROO project is also given,
as well as details of the new telescope of 7 m diameter which is scheduled to
be in operation within two years.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX 2.09 with aipproc.sty & epsfig.sty, to
appear in proceedings of the 4th Compton Symposium, Williamsburg, 199
trans-Bis(N,N-diethylÂethylenediamine)Ânickel(II) dibromide
The structure of the title compound, [Ni(C6H16N2)2]Br2 or [Ni(Et2en)2]Br2 (Et2en is asymmetric N,N-diethylÂethyleneÂdiamine), containing an NiII atom (site symmetry ) in square-planar NiN4 coordination, is described and contrasted with related structures containing NiII in octaÂhedral coordination with axial X
â ligands (X
â = variable anions). The dialkylÂated N atom has an appreciably longer bond length to the NiII atom [1.9666â
(13)â
Ă
] than does the unsubstituted N atom [1.9202â
(14)â
Ă
]. The NiâN bond lengths in [Ni(Et2en)2]Br2 are significantly shorter than corresponding values in tetraÂgonally distorted [Ni(Et2en)2
X
2] compounds (X = âO2CCF3, OH2, or âNCS), which have a triplet ground state. The electronic configuration in these axially ligated [Ni(Et2en)2
X
2] compounds populates the metal-based d
x
2
-y
2 orbital, which is NiâN antiÂbonding in character. Each Et2en ligand in each [Ni(Et2en)2]2+ cation forms a pair of NâHâŻBr hydrogen bonds to the Brâ anions, one above and below the NiN4 square plane. Thus, a ribbon of alternating Brâ pairs and [Ni(Et2en)2]2+ cations that are canted at 65° relative to one another is formed by hydrogen bonds
Detection of Gamma Rays of Up to 50 TeV From the Crab Nebula
Gamma rays with energies greater than 7 TeV from the Crab pulsar/nebula have
been observed at large zenith angles, using the Imaging Atmospheric Technique
from Woomera, South Australia. CANGAROO data taken in 1992, 1993 and 1995
indicate that the energy spectrum extends up to at least 50 TeV, without a
change of the index of the power law spectrum. The observed differential
spectrum is \noindent between 7 TeV and 50 TeV. There is no apparent
cut-off. The spectrum for photon energies above 10 TeV allows the maximum
particle acceleration energy to be inferred, and implies that this unpulsed
emission does not originate near the light cylinder of the pulsar, but in the
nebula where the magnetic field is not strong enough to allow pair creation
from the TeV photons. The hard gamma-ray energy spectrum above 10 TeV also
provides information about the varying role of seed photons for the inverse
Compton process at these high energies, as well as a possible contribution of
-gamma rays from proton collisions.Comment: 19 pages, 4 figures, LaTeX2.09 with AASTeX 4.0 maros, to appear in
Astrophys. J. Let
Partial Disorder and Metal-Insulator Transition in the Periodic Anderson Model on a Triangular Lattice
Ground state of the periodic Anderson model on a triangular lattice is
systematically investigated by the mean-field approximation. We found that the
model exhibits two different types of partially disordered states: one is at
half filling and the other is at other commensurate fillings. In the latter
case, the kinetic energy is lowered by forming an extensive network involving
both magnetic and nonmagnetic sites, in sharp contrast to the former case in
which the nonmagnetic sites are rather isolated. This spatially extended nature
of nonmagnetic sites yields a metallic partially-disordered state by hole
doping. We discuss the mechanism of the metal-insulator transition by the
change of electronic structure.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in J. Phys. Soc. Jp
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