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Discovery of a new INTEGRAL source: IGR J19140+0951
IGR J19140+0951 (formerly known as IGR J19140+098) was discovered with the
INTEGRAL satellite in March 2003. We report the details of the discovery, using
an improved position for the analysis. We have performed a simultaneous study
of the 5-100 keV JEM-X and ISGRI spectra from which we can distinguish two
different states. From the results of our analysis we propose that IGR
J19140+0951 is a persistent Galactic X-ray binary, probably hosting a neutron
star although a black hole cannot be completely ruled out.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A
Position-dependent-mass; Cylindrical coordinates, separability, exact solvability, and PT-symmetry
The kinetic energy operator with position-dependent-mass in cylindrical
coordinates is obtained. The separability of the corresponding Schr\"odinger
equation is discussed within radial cylindrical mass settings. Azimuthal
symmetry is assumed and spectral signatures of various z-dependent interaction
potentials (Hermitian and non-Hermitian PT-symmetric) are reported.Comment: 16 page
Local electronic structure and magnetic properties of LaMn0.5Co0.5O3 studied by x-ray absorption and magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy
We have studied the local electronic structure of LaMn0.5Co0.5O3 using
soft-x-ray absorption spectroscopy at the Co-L_3,2 and Mn-L_3,2 edges. We found
a high-spin Co^{2+}--Mn^{4+} valence state for samples with the optimal Curie
temperature. We discovered that samples with lower Curie temperatures contain
low-spin nonmagnetic Co^{3+} ions. Using soft-x-ray magnetic circular dichroism
we established that the Co^{2+} and Mn^{4+} ions are ferromagnetically aligned.
We revealed also that the Co^{2+} ions have a large orbital moment:
m_orb/m_spin ~ 0.47. Together with model calculations, this suggests the
presence of a large magnetocrystalline anisotropy in the material and predicts
a non-trivial temperature dependence for the magnetic susceptibility.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figure
Field Induced Multiple Reentrant Quantum Phase Transitions in Randomly Dimerized Antiferromagnetic S=1/2 Heisenberg Chains
The multiple reentrant quantum phase transitions in the
antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chains with random bond alternation in the
magnetic field are investigated by the density matrix renormalization group
method combined with the interchain mean field approximation. It is assumed
that the odd-th bond is antiferromagnetic with strength and even-th bond
can take the values {\JS} and {\JW} ({\JS} > J > {\JW} > 0) randomly
with probability and , respectively. The pure version ( and
) of this model has a spin gap but exhibits a field induced
antiferromagnetism in the presence of interchain coupling if Zeeman energy due
to the magnetic field exceeds the spin gap. For , the
antiferromagnetism is induced by randomness at small field region where the
ground state is disordered due to the spin gap in the pure case. At the same
time, this model exhibits randomness induced plateaus at several values of
magnetization. The antiferromagnetism is destroyed on the plateaus. As a
consequence, we find a series of reentrant quantum phase transitions between
the transverse antiferromagnetic phases and disordered plateau phases with the
increase of the magnetic field for moderate strength of interchain coupling.
Above the main plateaus, the magnetization curve consists of a series of small
plateaus and the jumps between them, It is also found that the
antiferromagnetism is induced by infinitesimal interchain coupling at the jumps
between the small plateaus. We conclude that this antiferromagnetism is
supported by the mixing of low lying excited states by the staggered interchain
mean field even though the spin correlation function is short ranged in the
ground state of each chain.Comment: 5 pages, 8 figure
Classical and quantum quasi-free position dependent mass; P\"oschl-Teller and ordering-ambiguity
We argue that the classical and quantum mechanical correspondence may play a
basic role in the fixation of the ordering-ambiguity parameters. We use
quasi-free position-dependent masses in the classical and quantum frameworks.
The effective P\"oschl-Teller model is used as a manifested reference potential
to elaborate on the reliability of the ordering-ambiguity parameters available
in the literature.Comment: 10 page
Intrinsic Josephson Effect in the Layered Two-dimensional t-J Model
The intrinsic Josephson effect in the high-Tc superconductors is studied
using the layered two-dimensional t-J model. The d.c.Josephson current which
flows perpendicular to the t-J planes is obtained within the mean-field
approximation and the Gutzwiller approximation. We find that the Josephson
current has its maximum near the optimum doping region as a function of the
doping rate.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Orbital order in La0.5Sr1.5MnO4: beyond a common local Jahn-Teller picture
The standard way to find the orbital occupation of Jahn-Teller (JT) ions is
to use structural data, with the assumption of a one-to-one correspondence
between the orbital occupation and the associated JT distortion, e.g. in O6
octahedron. We show, however, that this approach in principle does not work for
layered systems. Specifically, using the layered manganite La0.5Sr1.5MnO4 as an
example, we found from our x-ray absorption measurements and theoretical
calculations, that the type of orbital ordering strongly contradicts the
standard local distortion approach for the Mn3+O6 octahedra, and that the
generally ignored long-range crystal field effect and anisotropic hopping
integrals are actually crucial to determine the orbital occupation. Our
findings may open a pathway to control of the orbital state in multilayer
systems and thus of their physical properties.Comment: 4+ pages, 4 figure
Non-Hermitian von Roos Hamiltonian's -weak-pseudo-Hermiticity, isospectrality and exact solvability
A complexified von Roos Hamiltonian is considered and a Hermitian first-order
intertwining differential operator is used to obtain the related position
dependent mass -weak-pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians. Using a
Liouvillean-type change of variables, the -weak-pseudo-Hermitian von Roos
Hamiltonians H(x) are mapped into the traditional Schrodinger Hamiltonian form
H(q), where exact isospectral correspondence between H(x) and H(q) is obtained.
Under a user-friendly position dependent mass settings, it is observed that for
each exactly-solvable -weak-pseudo-Hermitian reference-Hamiltonian
H(q)there is a set of exactly-solvable -weak-pseudo-Hermitian isospectral
target-Hamiltonians H(x). A non-Hermitian PT-symmetric Scarf II and a
non-Hermitian periodic-type PT-symmetric Samsonov-Roy potentials are used as
reference models and the corresponding -weak-pseudo-Hermitian isospectral
target-Hamiltonians are obtained.Comment: 11 pages, no figures
Self-consistent interface properties of d and s-wave superconductors
We develop a method to solve the Bogoliubov de Gennes equation for
superconductors self-consistently, using the recursion method. The method
allows the pairing interaction to be either local or non-local corresponding to
s and d-wave superconductivity, respectively. Using this method we examine the
properties of various S-N and S-S interfaces. In particular we calculate the
spatially varying density of states and order parameter for the following
geometries (i) s-wave superconductor to normal metal, (ii) d-wave
superconductor to normal metal, (iii) d-wave superconductor to s-wave
superconductor. We show that the density of states at the interface has a
complex structure including the effects of normal surface Friedel oscillations,
the spatially varying gap and Andeev states within the gap, and the subtle
effects associated with the interplay of the gap and the normal van Hove peaks
in the density of states. In the case of bulk d-wave superconductors the
surface leads to mixing of different order parameter symmetries near the
interface and substantial local filling in of the gap.Comment: 20 pages, Latex and 8 figure
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