Origin of the Heavy Fermion Behavior in Ca_{2-x}Sr_{x}RuO_{4}: Roles of Coulomb Interaction and the Rotation of RuO_{6} octahedra

We study the electronic states for Ca_{2-x}Sr_{x}RuO_{4} in $0.5\leq x \leq 2$ within the Gutzwiller approximation (GA) on the basis of the three-orbital Hubbard model for the Ru t_{2g} orbitals. The main effects of the Ca substitution are taken account as the changes of the $dp$ hybridizations between the Ru 4d and O 2p orbitals. Using the numerical minimization of the energy obtained in the GA, we obtain the renormalization factor (RF) of the kinetic energy and total RF, which estimates the inverse of the mass enhancement, for three cases with the effective models of x=2 and 0.5 and a special model. We find that the inverse of the total RF becomes the largest for the case of x=0.5, and that the van Hove singularity, which is located on (below) the Fermi level for the special model (the effective model of x=0.5), plays a secondary role in enhancing the effective mass. Our calculation suggests that the heavy fermion behavior around x=0.5 comes from the cooperative effects between moderately strong Coulomb interaction compared to the total bandwidth and the modification of the electronic structures due to the rotation of RuO_{6} octahedra (i.e., the variation of the $dp\pi$ hybridizations and the downward shift for the $d_{xy}$ orbital). We propose that moderately strong electron correlation and the orbital-dependent modifications of the electronic structures due to the lattice distortions play important roles in the electronic states for Ca_{2-x}Sr_{x}RuO_{4}.Comment: 16 pages, 13 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in Physical Review B; added the discussions both about the validity of the present treatment and about Hund's metal in this allo

Media used for culture of and distribution of stocks

Media used for culture of and distribution of stock

Preservation of amycelial-aconidial Neurospora cultures using anhydrous silica gel

Preservation of amycelial-aconidial Neurospora cultures using anhydrous silica ge

Preservation of Neurospora stock cultures with anhydrous silica gel

Preservation of Neurospora stock cultures with anhydrous silica ge

Ferromagnetic fluctuation and possible triplet superconductivity in Na_xCoO_2*yH_2O: Fluctuation-exchange study of multi-orbital Hubbard model

Spin and charge fluctuations and superconductivity in a recently discovered superconductor Na_xCoO_2*yH_2O are studied based on a multi-orbital Hubbard model. Tight-binding parameters are determined to reproduce the LDA band dispersions with the Fermi surface, which consist of a large cylindrical one around the Gamma-point and six hole pockets near the K-points. By applying the fluctuation-exchange (FLEX) approximation, we show that the Hund's-rule coupling between the Co t2g orbitals causes ferromagnetic (FM) spin fluctuation. Triplet f_{y(y^2-3x^2)}-wave and p-wave pairings are favored by this FM fluctuation on the hole-pocket band. We propose that, in Na_xCoO_2*yH_2O, the Co t2g orbitals and inter-orbital Hund's-rule coupling play important roles on the triplet pairing, and this compound can be a first example of the triplet superconductor in which the orbital degrees of freedom play substantial roles.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure

Effect of nitrogen source and pH on the growth of a glutamine requiring strain (glm)

Effect of nitrogen source and pH on the growth of a glutamine requiring strain (glm

A method for scoring [mi-1] and [mi-1]f in growth tubes

Scoring [mi-1] and [mi-1]f in growth tube

Growth conditions for [abn-1] and [abn-2] in liquid media

Growth conditions for [abn-1] and [abn-2] in liquid medi

Experimental demonstration of four-party quantum secret sharing

Secret sharing is a multiparty cryptographic task in which some secret information is splitted into several pieces which are distributed among the participants such that only an authorized set of participants can reconstruct the original secret. Similar to quantum key distribution, in quantum secret sharing, the secrecy of the shared information relies not on computational assumptions, but on laws of quantum physics. Here, we present an experimental demonstration of four-party quantum secret sharing via the resource of four-photon entanglement

Variational Study of the Spin-Gap Phase of the One-Dimensional t-J Model

We propose a correlated spin-singlet-pairs wave function to describe the spin-gap phase of the one-dimensional $t-J$ model at low density. Adding a Jastrow factor with a variational parameter, $\nu$, first introduced by Hellberg and Mele, is shown to correctly describe the long-range behavior expected for the Luther-Emery phase. Using the variational Monte Carlo method we establish a relation between $\nu$ and the Luttinger exponent $K_\rho$, $K_\rho=\frac{1}{2\nu}$.Comment: 4 pages (LaTex), 3 figures attache