79 research outputs found
Magnetic field-induced soft mode in spin-gapped high-Tc superconductors
We present an explanation of the dynamical in-gap spin mode in LSCO induced
by an applied magnetic field H as recently observed by J. Chang et al. Our
model consists of a phenomenological spin-only Hamiltonian, and the softening
of the spin mode is caused by vortex pinning of dynamical stripe fluctuations
which we model by a local ordering of the exchange interactions. The spin gap
vanishes experimentally around H=7T which in our scenario corresponds to the
field required for overlapping vortex regions.Comment: 4 pages, 3 fig
Polarizable Embedding Based on Multiconfigurational Methods: Current Developments and the Road Ahead
New Approaches for ab initio Calculations of Molecules with Strong Electron Correlation
Reliable quantum chemical methods for the description of molecules with
dense-lying frontier orbitals are needed in the context of many chemical
compounds and reactions. Here, we review developments that led to our
newcomputational toolbo x which implements the quantum chemical density matrix
renormalization group in a second-generation algorithm. We present an overview
of the different components of this toolbox.Comment: 19 pages, 1 tabl
Phonon-induced quadrupolar ordering of the magnetic superconductor TmNiBC
We present synchrotron x-ray diffraction studies revealing that the lattice
of thulium borocarbide is distorted below T_Q = 13.5 K at zero field. T_Q
increases and the amplitude of the displacements is drastically enhanced, by a
factor of 10 at 60 kOe, when a magnetic field is applied along [100]. The
distortion occurs at the same wave vector as the antiferromagnetic ordering
induced by the a-axis field. A model is presented that accounts for the
properties of the quadrupolar phase and explains the peculiar behavior of the
antiferromagnetic ordering previously observed in this compound.Comment: submitted to PR
Theory of the Eigler-swith
We suggest a simple model to describe the reversible field-induced transfer
of a single Xe-atom in a scanning tunneling microscope, --- the Eigler-switch.
The inelasticly tunneling electrons give rise to fluctuating forces on and
damping of the Xe-atom resulting in an effective current dependent temperature.
The rate of transfer is controlled by the well-known Arrhenius law with this
effective temperature. The directionality of atom transfer is discussed, and
the importance of use of non-equlibrium-formalism for the electronic
environment is emphasized. The theory constitutes a formal derivation and
generalization of the so-called Desorption Induced by Multiple Electron
Transitions (DIMET) point of view.Comment: 13 pages (including 2 figures in separate LaTeX-files with
ps-\specials), REVTEX 3.
Ground-State Spin Blockade in a Single-Molecule Junction
It is known that the quantum mechanical ground state of a nanoscale junction has a significant impact on its electrical transport properties. This becomes particularly important in transistors consisting of a single molecule. Because of strong electron-electron interactions and the possibility of accessing ground states with high spins, these systems are eligible hosts of a current-blockade phenomenon called a ground-state spin blockade. This effect arises from the inability of a charge carrier to account for the spin difference required to enter the junction, as that process would violate the spin selection rules. Here, we present a direct experimental demonstration of a ground-state spin blockade in a high-spin single-molecule transistor. The measured transport characteristics of this device exhibit a complete suppression of resonant transport due to a ground-state spin difference of 3/2 between subsequent charge states. Strikingly, the blockade can be reversibly lifted by driving the system through a magnetic ground-state transition in one charge state, using the tunability offered by both magnetic and electric fields
Solution of the Boltzmann equation in a random magnetic field
A general framework for solving the Boltzmann equation for a 2-dimensional
electron gas (2DEG) in random magnetic fields is presented, when the random
fields are included in the driving force. The formalism is applied to some
recent experiments, and a possible extension to composite fermions at
is discussed.Comment: 15 pages, Revtex 3.0. The 5 postscript figures can be obtained from
our WWW-server: http://roemer.fys.ku.dk/randbolt.htm , or on request from the
author
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