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Studies of the Anomalous Hall Effect and Magnetic Structure of Nd2Mo2O7 -Test of the Chirality Mechanism-
Neutron scattering studies have been carried out under the magnetic fields
H//[0_11] and H//[001] on a single crystal of Nd2Mo2O7, whose Hall
resistivity(rhoH) exhibits quite unusual H- and temperature(T)-dependences.
Material parameters such as the single ion anisotropies of the Mo- and Nd-
moments and exchange coupling constants among the Mo-Mo, Mo-Nd and Nd-Nd
moments, have been determined to reproduce various kinds of experimental data
taken as a function of H and T. For example, the neutron Bragg intensities,
magnetization curves and the magnetic specific heats have been reproduced by
the common parameters. By using the magnetic structure reproduced by these
parameters, the spin chirality (chi) of Mo spins or the fictitious magnetic
flux Phi proportional to chi has been calculated as a function of H and T by
using equation chi=, where the bracket means the statistical
average. (Note that we do not use the equation chi=x, because the
local nature of the chirality should be correctly considered.) Comparing the
calculated results with the observed rhoH, we can conclude that the unusual
behavior of rH cannot be understood consistently only by the chirality
mechanism.Comment: 16 pages, 12 fiures, submitted to J. Phys. Soc. Jp
Deep Near-Infrared Imaging af an Embedded Cluster in the Extreme Outer Galaxy: Census of Supernovae Triggered Star Formation
While conducting a near-infrared (NIR) survey of ``Digel Clouds'', which are
thought to be located in the extreme outer Galaxy (EOG), Kobayashi & Tokunaga
found star formation activity in ``Cloud 2'', a giant molecular cloud at the
Galactic radius of ~ 20 kpc. Additional infrared imaging showed two embedded
young clusters at the densest regions of the molecular cloud. Because the
molecular cloud is located in the vicinity of a supernova remnant (SNR) HI
shell, GSH 138-01-94, it was suggested that the star formation activity in
Cloud 2 was triggered by this expanding HI shell. We obtained deep J (1.25 um),
H (1.65 um) and K (2.2 um) images of one of the embedded clusters in Cloud 2
with high spatial resolution (FWHM ~0".3) and high sensitivity (K ~ 20 mag, 10
sigma). We identified 52 cluster members. The estimated stellar density (~ 10
pc^{-2}) suggests that the cluster is a T-association. This is the deepest NIR
imaging of an embedded cluster in the EOG. The observed K-band luminosity
function (KLF) suggests that the underlying initial mass function (IMF) of the
cluster down to the detection limit of ~ 0.1 M_sun is not significantly
different from the typical IMFs in the field and in the near-by star clusters.
The overall characteristics of this cluster appears to be similar to those of
other embedded clusters in the far outer Galaxy. The estimated age of the
cluster from the KLF, which is less than 1 Myr, is consistent with the view
that the star formation was triggered by the HI shell whose age was estimated
at 4.3 Myr (Stil & Irwin). The 3-dimensional geometry of SNR shell, molecular
cloud and the embedded cluster, which is inferred from our data, as well as the
cluster age strongly suggest that the star formation in Cloud 2 was triggered
by the SNR shell.Comment: 19pages, 8 figures, 1 table, accepted to ApJ. Full paper (pdf) with
high resolution figures available at
http://www.ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~ck_yasui/papers/Cloud2N_1.pd
Quark condensates in the chiral bag with the NJL interaction
We discuss the quark condensate of the vacuum inside the baryon. We analyze
the 1+1 dimensional chiral bag in analogy with the realistic 3+1 dimensional
one. The Nambu--Jona-Lasinio (NJL) type interaction is used to investigate the
quark condensate in the chiral bag. Considering the strong meson-quark
coupling, we solve the mean field solution to the scalar and pseudoscalar
channels by including the chiral Casimir effects. The self-consistent equation
allows a finite value of the quark condensate and hence a finite dynamical
quark mass inside the bag. It is shown that an approximate Cheshire Cat picture
holds for massive quarks
General massive one-loop off-shell three-point functions
In this work we compute the most general massive one-loop off-shell
three-point vertex in D-dimensions, where the masses, external momenta, and
exponents of propagators are arbitrary. This follows our previous paper in
which we have calculated several new hypergeometric series representations for
massless and massive (with equal masses) scalar one-loop three-point functions,
in the negative dimensional approach.Comment: 16 pages, 2 figures, 4 table
Theory of vortex lattice effects on STM spectra in d-wave superconductors
Theory of scanning tunneling spectroscopy of low energy quasiparticle (QP)
states in vortex lattices of d-wave superconductors is developed taking account
of the effects caused by an extremely large extension of QP wavefunctions in
the nodal directions and the band structure in the QP spectrum. The oscillatory
structures in STM spectra, which correspond to van Hove singularities are
analysed. Theoretical calculations carried out for finite temperatures and
scattering rates are compared with recent experimental data for high
temperature cuprates.Comment: 4 pages, 3 eps figures, M2S-HTSC-VI conference paper, using Elsevier
style espcrc2.st
Direct k-space mapping of the electronic structure in an oxide-oxide interface
The interface between LaAlO3 and SrTiO3 hosts a two-dimensional electron
system of itinerant carriers, although both oxides are band insulators.
Interface ferromagnetism coexisting with superconductivity has been found and
attributed to local moments. Experimentally, it has been established that Ti 3d
electrons are confined to the interface. Using soft x-ray angle-resolved
resonant photoelectron spectroscopy we have directly mapped the interface
states in k-space. Our data demonstrate a charge dichotomy. A mobile fraction
contributes to Fermi surface sheets, whereas a localized portion at higher
binding energies is tentatively attributed to electrons trapped by O-vacancies
in the SrTiO3. While photovoltage effects in the polar LaAlO3 layers cannot be
excluded, the apparent absence of surface-related Fermi surface sheets could
also be fully reconciled in a recently proposed electronic reconstruction
picture where the built-in potential in the LaAlO3 is compensated by surface
O-vacancies serving also as charge reservoir.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, incl. Supplemental Informatio
Star Formation in the Most Distant Molecular Cloud in the Extreme Outer Galaxy: A Laboratory of Star Formation in an Early Epoch of the Galaxy's Formation
We report the discovery of active star formation in Digel's Cloud 2, which is
one of the most distant giant molecular clouds known in the extreme outer
Galaxy (EOG). At the probable Galactic radius of ~20 kpc, Cloud 2 has a quite
different environment from that in the solar neighborhood, including lower
metallicity, much lower gas density, and small or no perturbation from spiral
arms. With new wide-field near-infrared (NIR) imaging that covers the entire
Cloud 2, we discovered two young embedded star clusters located in the two
dense cores of the cloud. Using our NIR and 12CO data as well as HI, radio
continuum, and IRAS data in the archives, we discuss the detailed star
formation processes in this unique environment. We show clear evidences of a
sequential star formation triggered by the nearby huge supernova remnant, GSH
138-01-94. The two embedded clusters show a distinct morphology difference: the
one in the northern molecular cloud core is a loose association with
isolated-mode star formation, while the other in the southern molecular cloud
core is a dense cluster with cluster-mode star formation. We propose that high
compression by the combination of the SNR shell and an adjacent shell caused
the dense cluster formation in the southern core. Along with the low
metallicity range of the EOG, we suggest that EOG could be an excellent
laboratory for the study of star formation processes, such as those triggered
by supernovae, that occured during an early epoch of the Galaxy's formation. In
particular, the study of the EOG may shed light on the origin and role of the
thick disk, whose metallicity range matches with that of the EOG well.Comment: Accepted by The Astrophysical Journal (18 pages, 9 figures; a version
w/full-resolution color figures is available at
http://www.ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~naoto/papers/apj.cl2_quirc/ms2p_final.pdf
Single-crystal growth and magnetic properties of the metallic molybdate pyrochlore Sm2Mo2O7
We have successfully grown cm3-size single crystals of the
metallic-ferromagnet Sm2Mo2O7 by the floating-zone method using an infrared-red
image furnace. The growth difficulties and the remedies found using a 2-mirror
image furnace are discussed. Magnetization studies along the three crystalline
axes of the compound are presented and discussed based on our recent proposal
of an ordered spin-ice ground state for this compoun
Absence of anomalous negative lattice-expansion for polycrystalline sample of Tb2Ti2O7
High resolution X-ray powder-diffraction experiments on a well-characterized
polycrystalline sample of the spin liquid Tb2Ti2O7 reveal that it shows normal
positive thermal-expansion above 4 K, which does not agree with the intriguing
anomalous negative thermal-expansion due to a magneto-elastic coupling reported
for a single crystal sample below 20 K. We also performed a Rietveld profile
refinement of a powder-diffraction pattern taken at a room temperature, and
confirmed that it is consistent with the fully ordered cubic pyrochlore
structure.Comment: 2 pages, 3 figure
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