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Symmetry Considerations for the Detection of Second-Harmonic Generation in Cuprates in the Pseudogap phase
A proposal to test the proposed time-reversal and inversion breaking phase in
the Pseudogap region of the Cuprate compounds through the variation of
Second-harmonic generation intensity with temperature and polarization and
angle of incidence is presented.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures include
Proposal for an Experiment to Test a Theory of High Temperature Superconductors
A theory for the phenomena observed in Copper-Oxide based high temperature
superconducting materials derives an elusive time-reversal and rotational
symmetry breaking order parameter for the observed pseudogap phase ending at a
quantum-critical point near the composition for the highest . An
experiment is proposed to observe such a symmetry breaking. It is shown that
Angle-resolved Photoemission yields a current density which is different for
left and right circularly polarized photons. The magnitude of the effect and
its momentum dependence is estimated. Barring the presence of domains of the
predicted phase an asymmetry of about 0.1 is predicted at low temperatures in
moderately underdoped samples.Comment: latex, 2 figure
The Influence of Quantum Critical Fluctuations of Circulating Current Order Parameters on the Normal State Properties of Cuprates
We study a model of the quantum critical point of cuprates associated with
the "circulating current" order parameter proposed by Varma. An effective
action of the order parameter in the quantum disordered phase is derived using
functional integral method, and the physical properties of the normal state are
studied based on the action. The results derived within the ladder
approximation indicate that the system is like Fermi liquid near the quantum
critical point and in disordered regime up to minor corrections. This implies
that the suggested marginal Fermi liquid behavior induced by the circulating
current fluctuations will come in from beyond the ladder diagrams.Comment: 7pages, 1 figure included in RevTex file. To appear in Phys. Rev.
Development of a second order closure model for computation of turbulent diffusion flames
A typical eddy box model for the second-order closure of turbulent, multispecies, reacting flows developed. The model structure was quite general and was valid for an arbitrary number of species. For the case of a reaction involving three species, the nine model parameters were determined from equations for nine independent first- and second-order correlations. The model enabled calculation of any higher-order correlation involving mass fractions, temperatures, and reaction rates in terms of first- and second-order correlations. Model predictions for the reaction rate were in very good agreement with exact solutions of the reaction rate equations for a number of assumed flow distributions
Intrinsic Anomalous Hall Effect in Magneto-Chiral States
We show that a finite Hall effect in zero applied magnetic field occurs for
partially filled bands in certain time-reversal violating states with zero net
flux per unit-cell. These states are the Magneto-chiral states with parameters
in the effective one-particle Hamiltonian such that they do not satisfy the
Haldane-type constraints for topological electronic states. The results extend
an earlier discussion of the Kerr effect observed in the cuprates but may be
applicable to other experimental situations.Comment: published versio
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