Detecting the orbital character of the spin fluctuation in the Iron-based superconductors with the resonant inelastic X-ray scattering spectroscopy

The orbital distribution of the spin fluctuation in the iron-based superconductors(IBSs) is the key information needed to understand the magnetism, superconductivity and electronic nematicity in these multi-orbital systems. In this work, we propose that the resonant inelastic X-ray scattering(RIXS) technique can be used to probe selectively the spin fluctuation on different Fe $3d$ orbitals. In particular, the spin fluctuation on the three $t_{2g}$ orbitals, namely, the $3d_{xz}$, $3d_{yz}$ and the $3d_{xy}$ orbital, can be selectively probed in the $\sigma\rightarrow\pi'$ scattering geometry by aligning the direction of the outgoing photon in the $y$, $x$ and $z$ direction. Such orbital-resolved information on the spin fluctuation is invaluable for the study of the orbital-selective physics in the IBSs and can greatly advance our understanding on the relation between orbital ordering and spin nematicity in the IBSs and the orbital-selective pairing mechanism in these multi-orbital systems.Comment: 6 pages with new and more informative figures, the explicit form of the RIXS matrix element is provided, and the discussion part has been rewritte

Vanishing pseudogap around (π,0)(\pi,0) in an electron-doped high-Tc\mathrm{T_{c}} superconductor: a simple picture

Recent ARPES measurement on electron-doped cuprate $\mathrm{Pr}_{1.3-x}\mathrm{La}_{0.7}\mathrm{Ce}_{x}\mathrm{CuO}_{4}$ finds that the pseudogap along the boundary of the antiferromagnetic Brillouin zone(AFBZ) exhibits dramatic momentum dependence. In particular, the pseudogap vanishes in a finite region around the anti-nodal point, in which a single broadened peak emerges at the un-renormalized quasiparticle energy. Such an observation is argued to be inconsistent with the antiferromagnetic(AFM) band-folding picture, which predicts a constant pseudogap along the AFBZ boundary. On the other hand, it is claimed that the experimental results are consistent with the prediction of the cluster dynamical mean field theory(CDMFT) simulation on the Hubbard model, in which the pseudogap is interpreted as a s-wave splitting between the Hubbard bands and the in-gap states. Here we show that the observed momentum dependence of the pseudogap is indeed consistent with AFM band-folding picture, provided that we assume the existence of a strongly momentum dependent quasiparticle scattering rate. More specifically, we show that the quasiparticle scattering rate acts to reduce the spectral gap induced by AFM band-folding effect. The new quasiparticle poles corresponding to the AF-split bands can even be totally eliminated when the scattering rate exceeds the bare band folding gap, leaving the system with a single pole at the un-renormalized quasiparticle energy. We predict that the pseudogap should close in a square root fashion as we move toward $(\pi,0)$ along the AFBZ boundary. Our results illustrates again that the quasiparticle scattering rate can play a much more profound role than simply broadening the quasiparticle peak in the quasiparticle dynamics of strongly correlated electron systems.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, new references adde

Proton decay suppression in a supersymmetric SO(10) model

We propose a mechanism for sufficient suppression of dimension-5 operators for proton decay in a supersymmetric SO(10) model. This mechanism is analogue to the double seesaw mechanism in studying neutrino masses. Only an intermediate VEV instead of an intermediate scale is required so that gauge coupling unification is maintained. The VEV is generated by introducing an anomalous U(1) symmetry whose breaking is at higher scale. The proton decay amplitudes are suppressed by this VEV over the GUT scale. We use $\textbf{45+54}$ in breaking GUT symmetry. $\textbf{120}$ is included so that fermion sector is fully realistic. Assuming a minimal fine-tuning in the Higgs doublet sector, $\textrm{tan}\beta$ of order one is predicted.Comment: Several small corrections, 13 pages, no figur

Entanglement in the anisotropic Heisenberg XYZ model with different Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and inhomogeneous magnetic field

We investigate the entanglement in a two-qubit Heisenberg XYZ system with different Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya(DM) interaction and inhomogeneous magnetic field. It is found that the control parameters ($D_{x}$, $B_{x}$ and $b_{x}$) are remarkably different with the common control parameters ($D_{z}$,$B_{z}$ and $b_{z}$) in the entanglement and the critical temperature, and these x-component parameters can increase the entanglement and the critical temperature more efficiently. Furthermore, we show the properties of these x-component parameters for the control of entanglement. In the ground state, increasing $D_{x}$ (spin-orbit coupling parameter) can decrease the critical value $b_{xc}$ and increase the entanglement in the revival region, and adjusting some parameters (increasing $b_{x}$ and $J$, decreasing $B_{x}$ and $\Delta$) can decrease the critical value $D_{xc}$ to enlarge the revival region. In the thermal state, increasing $D_{x}$ can increase the revival region and the entanglement in the revival region (for $T$ or $b_{x}$), and enhance the critical value $B_{xc}$ to make the region of high entanglement larger. Also, the entanglement and the revival region will increase with the decrease of $B_{x}$ (uniform magnetic field). In addition, small $b_{x}$ (nonuniform magnetic field) has some similar properties to $D_{x}$, and with the increase of $b_{x}$ the entanglement also has a revival phenomenon, so that the entanglement can exist at higher temperature for larger $b_{x}$.Comment: 8 pages, 8 figure

Towards the fate of natural composite Higgs model through single t′t^\prime search at the 8 TeV LHC

We analyze the observational potential of single $t'$ production in both the $t^\prime \rightarrow bW$ and $t^\prime \rightarrow th$ decay channels at 8 TeV LHC using an integrated luminosity of 25 $\text{fb}^{-1}$. Our analysis is based on a simplified model with minimal coset $SO(5)/SO(4)$ in which the $t'$ is a singlet of the unbroken SO(4). The single $t'$ production, as a consequence of electroweak symmetry breaking, is less kinematically suppressed, associated with a light forward jet and has boosted decay products at the 8 TeV LHC. Therefore it provides the most promising channel in searching for a heavy $t'$. We have exploited the above kinematical features and used the jet substructure method to reconstruct the boosted Higgs in $th$ decay channel. It is shown that a strong constraint on the $t^\prime bW$ coupling ($g_{t^\prime bW}/g_{tbW,SM} < 0.2 \sim 0.3$) at the 95% C. L. can be obtained for $m_{t'} \subset (700, 1000)$ GeV.Comment: 22 pages, 8 figures, 5 tables, refs added in v

Probing the CP-even Higgs Sector via H3→H2H1H_3\to H_2H_1 in the Natural NMSSM

After the discovery of a Standard Model (SM) like Higgs boson, naturalness strongly favors the next to the Minimal Supersymmetric SM (NMSSM). In this letter, we point out that the most natural NMSSM predicts the following CP-even Higgs $H_i$ sector: (A) $H_2$ is the SM-like Higgs boson with mass pushed-upward by a lighter $H_1$ with mass overwhelmingly within $[m_{H_2}/2,m_{H_2}]$; (B) $m_{H_3}\simeq 2\mu/\sin2\beta\gtrsim300$ GeV; (C) $H_3$ has a significant coupling to top quarks and can decay to $H_1H_2$ with a large branching ratio. Using jet substructure we show that all the three Higgs bosons can be discovered via $gg\to H_3 \to H_1H_2\to b\bar b \ell\nu jj$ at the 14 TeV LHC. Especially, the LEP-LHC scenario with $H_1\simeq98$ GeV has a very good discovery potential.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures. Some typos corrected and reference adde

Miniature High-Sensitivity High-Temperature Fiber Sensor with a Dispersion Compensation Fiber-Based Interferometer

A miniature high-sensitivity, high-temperature fiber sensor with an interferometer based on a bare small-core-diameter dispersion compensation fiber (DCF) is reported. The sensing head is a single-mode-fiber (SMF) DCF configuration formed by a 4 mm long bare DCF with one end connected to the SMF by a fusion splicing technique and the other end cleaved. Due to the large mode index difference and high thermo-optic coefficient induced by two dominative interference modes, a miniature high-temperature fiber sensor with a high sensitivity of 68.6 pm/°C is obtained by monitoring the wavelength shift of the interference spectrum. This type of sensor has the features of small size, high sensitivity, high stability, simple structure, and low cost