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Investigation of in-plane nuclear field formation in single self-assembled quantum dots
We studied the formation mechanism of the in-plane nuclear field in single
self-assembled InAlAs/AlGaAs quantum dots.
The Hanle curves with an anomalously large width and hysteretic behavior at the
critical transverse magnetic field were observed in many single quantum dots
grown in the same QD sample. In order to explain the anomalies in the Hanle
curve indicating the formation of a large nuclear field perpendicular to the
photo-injected electron spin polarization, we propose a new model based on the
current phenomenological model for dynamic nuclear spin polarization. The model
includes the effects of the nuclear quadrupole interaction and the sign
inversion between in-plane and out-of-plane g-factors, and the model
calculations reproduce successfully the characteristics of the observed
anomalies in the Hanle curves.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
Implementation of Lees-Edwards periodic boundary conditions for direct numerical simulations of particle dispersions under shear flow
A general methodology is presented to perform direct numerical simulations of
particle dispersions in a shear flow with Lees-Edwards periodic boundary
conditions. The Navier-Stokes equation is solved in oblique coordinates to
resolve the incompatibility of the fluid motions with the sheared geometry, and
the force coupling between colloidal particles and the host fluid is imposed by
using a smoothed profile method. The validity of the method is carefully
examined by comparing the present numerical results with experimental viscosity
data for particle dispersions in a wide range of volume fractions and shear
rates including nonlinear shear-thinning regimes
Elementary Excitations of Heisenberg Ferrimagnetic Spin Chains
We numerically investigate elementary excitations of the Heisenberg
alternating-spin chains with two kinds of spins 1 and 1/2 antiferromagnetically
coupled to each other. Employing a recently developed efficient Monte Carlo
technique as well as an exact diagonalization method, we verify the spin-wave
argument that the model exhibits two distinct excitations from the ground state
which are gapless and gapped. The gapless branch shows a quadratic dispersion
in the small-momentum region, which is of ferromagnetic type. With the
intention of elucidating the physical mechanism of both excitations, we make a
perturbation approach from the decoupled-dimer limit. The gapless branch is
directly related to spin 1's, while the gapped branch originates from
cooperation of the two kinds of spins.Comment: 7 pages, 7 Postscript figures, RevTe
Competing Ground States of the New Class of Halogen-Bridged Metal Complexes
Based on a symmetry argument, we study the ground-state properties of
halogen-bridged binuclear metal chain complexes. We systematically derive
commensurate density-wave solutions from a relevant two-band Peierls-Hubbard
model and numerically draw the the ground-state phase diagram as a function of
electron-electron correlations, electron-phonon interactions, and doping
concentration within the Hartree-Fock approximation. The competition between
two types of charge-density-wave states, which has recently been reported
experimentally, is indeed demonstrated.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures embedded, to appear in J. Phys. Soc. Jp
Spin-Wave Description of Nuclear Spin-Lattice Relaxation in Mn_{12}O_{12} Acetate
In response to recent nuclear-magnetic-resonance (NMR) measurements on the
molecular cluster Mn_{12}O_{12} acetate, we study the nuclear spin-lattice
relaxation rate 1/T_1 developing a modified spin-wave theory. Our microscopic
new approach, which is distinct from previous macroscopic treatments of the
cluster as a rigid spin of S=10, not only excellently interprets the observed
temperature and applied-field dependences of 1/T_1 for ^{55}Mn nuclei but also
strongly supports the ^{13}C NMR evidence for spin delocalization over the
entire molecule.Comment: to be published in Phys. Rev. Lett., 4 pages, 4 figures embedde
Thermodynamics of the (1,1/2) Ferrimagnet in Finite Magnetic Fields
We investigate the specific heat and magnetisation of a ferrimagnet with gS=1
and S=1/2 spins in a finite magnetic field using the transfer matrix DMRG down
to T=0.025J. Ferromagnetic gapless and antiferromagnetic gapped excitations for
H=0 lead to rich thermodynamics for H > 0. While the specific heat is
characterized by a generic double peak structure, magnetisation reveals two
critical fields, Hc1=1.76(1) and Hc2=3.00(1) with square-root behaviour in the
T=0 magnetisation. Simple analytical arguments allow to understand these
experimentally accessible findings.Comment: 5 pages, 7 eps figures, uses RevTeX, submitted to PR
The clinical significance of the arterial ketone body ratio as an early indicator of graft viabilityin human liver transplantation
Arterial ketone body ratio (AKBR) was measured sequentially in 84 liver transplantations (OLTx). These transplantation procedures were classified into 3 groups with respect to graft survival and patient condition at the end of the first month (Group A, the grafts survived longer than 1 month with satisfactory patient condition; Group B, the grafts survived longer than 1 month but the patients were ICU-bound; Group C, the grafts were lost and the patients died or underwent re-OLTx). In Group A, the AKBR was elevated to above 1.0 by the second postoperative day. In Group B, the AKBR was elevated to above 0.7 but stayed below 1.0 during this period. In Group C, the AKBR remained below 0.7 longer than 2 days after operation. Although conventional liver function tests showed significant increases in Groups B and C as compared with Group A, they were less specific in predicting ultimate graft survival. © 1991 by Williams & Wilkins
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