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Decoherence processes of a quantum two-level system coupled to a fermionic environment
We study decoherence processes of an S = 1/2 localized spin coupled to
conduction band electrons in a metal or a semiconductor via an Ising-like
interaction. We derive master equations for the density matrix of the localized
spin, by tracing out all degrees of freedom in the conduction electron system
based on the linked-cluster-expansion technique. It is found that the
decoherence occurs more rapidly for the metallic case than for semiconducting
case.Comment: to appear in J. Appl. Phy
Ab-initio Study on the Magnetic Structures in the Ordered Mn3Pt Alloy
We study the electronic states of the magnetically ordered Mn3Pt alloy within
the density functional theory. Mn3Pt has been believed that one third of Mn
atoms have no magnetic moment in an antiferromagnetic phase (so-called the
F-phase) realized in the temperature range of 400 K < T < 475 K. We show that
this experimentally suggested spin configuration is energetically so much
unfavorable that it would be irrelevant to the F-phase. We discuss the
possibility that the spin moments on the one third of Mn atoms are not
paramagnetic but thermally fluctuating in the F-phase. The present results have
an immediate connection with the recent neutron scattering study [T. Ikeda and
Y. Tsunoda, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., vol. 72, pp. 2614-2621, October. 2003.].Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Spin-polarized electronic structures and transport properties of Fe-Co alloys
The electrical resistivities of Fe-Co alloys owing to random alloy disorder
are calculated using the Kubo-Greenwood formula. The obtained electrical
esistivities agree well with experimental data quantitatively at low
temperature. The spin-polarization of Fe50Co50 estimated from the conductivity
(86%) has opposite sign to that from the densities of the states at the Fermi
level (-73%). It is found that the conductivity is governed mainly by
s-electrons, and the s-electrons in the minority spin states are less
conductive due to strong scattering by the large densities of the states of
d-electrons than the majority spin electrons.Comment: 3 pages, 4 figure
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