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Double- Order in a Frustrated Random Spin System
We use the three-dimensional Heisenberg model with site randomness as an
effective model of the compound Sr(FeMn)O. The model consists
of two types of ions that correspond to Fe and Mn ions. The nearest-neighbor
interactions in the ab-plane are antiferromagnetic. The nearest-neighbor
interactions along the c-axis between Fe ions are assumed to be
antiferromagnetic, whereas other interactions are assumed to be ferromagnetic.
From Monte Carlo simulations, we confirm the existence of the
double- ordered phase characterized by two wave numbers,
and . We also identify the spin ordering pattern in
the double- ordered phase.Comment: 5pages, 3figure
Multiobjective Decision Making - Utility Theoretic Approach
One of the difficult problems in decision analysis relates to the situation, when the decision must be undertaken by a committee. There exist several formalizations of decision making process based on the utility function approach. This approach is however very difficult to apply in the group decision case, since the number of coefficients characterizing the utility function is very high and it is practically impossible to directly identify such utility function. Therefore, reduction of dimensionality of the parameter space is necessary.
In this paper a concept of convex dependence between two conflicting decision makers is presented. This concept was effectively used by the author to develop a decomposition principle of the group utility function as well as to formulate the conditions necessary to perform such a decomposition. The concept was successfully applied for a practical example
Singlet-triplet splitting, correlation and entanglement of two electrons in quantum dot molecules
Starting with an accurate pseudopotential description of the single-particle
states, and following by configuration-interaction treatment of correlated
electrons in vertically coupled, self-assembled InAs/GaAs quantum
dot-molecules, we show how simpler, popularly-practiced approximations, depict
the basic physical characteristics including the singlet-triplet splitting,
degree of entanglement (DOE) and correlation. The mean-field-like
single-configuration approaches such as Hartree-Fock and local spin density,
lacking correlation, incorrectly identify the ground state symmetry and give
inaccurate values for the singlet-triplet splitting and the DOE. The Hubbard
model gives qualitatively correct results for the ground state symmetry and
singlet-triplet splitting, but produces significant errors in the DOE because
it ignores the fact that the strain is asymmetric even if the dots within a
molecule are identical. Finally, the Heisenberg model gives qualitatively
correct ground state symmetry and singlet-triplet splitting only for rather
large inter-dot separations, but it greatly overestimates the DOE as a
consequence of ignoring the electron double occupancy effect.Comment: 13 pages, 9 figures. To appear in Phys. Rev.
A two micron polarization survey toward dark clouds
A near infrared (2.2 micron) polarization survey of about 190 sources was conducted toward nearby dark clouds. The sample includes both background field stars and embedded young stellar objects. The aim is to determine the magnetic field structure in the densest regions of the dark clouds and study the role of magnetic fields in various phases of star formation processes, and to study the grain alignment efficiency in the dark cloud cores. From the polarization of background field stars and intrinsically unpolarized embedded sources, the magnetic field structure was determined in these clouds. From the intrinsic polarization of young stellar objects, the spatial distribution was determined of circumstellar dust around young stars. Combining the perpendicularity between the disks and magnetic fields with perpendicularity between the cloud elongation and magnetic fields, it is concluded that the magnetic fields might have dominated nearly all aspects of cloud dynamics, from the initial collapse of the clouds right through to the formation of disks/tori around young stars in these low to intermediate mass star forming clouds of the Taurus, Ophiuchus, and Perseus
Magnetic field effects on two-dimensional Kagome lattices
Magnetic field effects on single-particle energy bands (Hofstadter
butterfly), Hall conductance, flat-band ferromagnetism, and magnetoresistance
of two-dimensional Kagome lattices are studied. The flat-band ferromagnetism is
shown to be broken as the flat-band has finite dispersion in the magnetic
field. A metal-insulator transition induced by the magnetic field (giant
negative magnetoresistance) is predicted. In the half-filled flat band, the
ferromagnetic-paramagnetic transition and the metal-insulator one occur
simultaneously at a magnetic field for strongly interacting electrons. All of
the important magnetic fields effects should be observable in mesoscopic
systems such as quantum dot superlattices.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures, and 1 tabl
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