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Weak phase separation and the pseudogap in the electron-doped cuprates
We study the quantum transition from an antiferromagnet to a superconductor
in a model for electron- and hole-doped cuprates by means of a variational
cluster perturbation theory approach. In both cases, our results suggest a
tendency towards phase separation between a mixed
antiferromagnetic-superconducting phase at low doping and a pure
superconducting phase at larger doping. However, in the electron-doped case the
energy scale for phase separation is an order of magnitude smaller than for
hole doping. We argue that this can explain the different pseudogap and
superconducting transition scales in hole- and electron-doped materials.Comment: Final version, accepted for publication in Europhysics Letter
Weak-coupling phase diagrams of bond-aligned and diagonal doped Hubbard ladders
We study, using a perturbative renormalization group technique, the phase
diagrams of bond-aligned and diagonal Hubbard ladders defined as sections of a
square lattice with nearest-neighbor and next-nearest-neighbor hopping. We find
that for not too large hole doping and small next-nearest-neighbor hopping the
bond-aligned systems exhibit a fully spin-gapped phase while the diagonal
systems remain gapless. Increasing the next-nearest-neighbor hopping typically
leads to a decrease of the gap in the bond-aligned ladders, and to a transition
into a gapped phase in the diagonal ladders. Embedding the ladders in an
antiferromagnetic environment can lead to a reduction in the extent of the
gapped phases. These findings suggest a relation between the orientation of
hole-rich stripes and superconductivity as observed in LSCO.Comment: Published version. The set of RG equations in the presence of
magnetization was corrected and two figures were replace
Crew Scheduling for Netherlands Railways: "destination: customer"
: In this paper we describe the use of a set covering model with additional constraints for scheduling train drivers and conductors for the Dutch railway operator NS Reizigers. The schedules were generated according to new rules originating from the project "Destination: Customer" ("Bestemming: Klant" in Dutch). This project is carried out by NS Reizigers in order to increase the quality and the punctuality of its train services. With respect to the scheduling of drivers and conductors, this project involves the generation of efficient and acceptable duties with a high robustness against the transfer of delays of trains. A key issue for the acceptability of the duties is the included amount of variation per duty. The applied set covering model is solved by dynamic column generation techniques, Lagrangean relaxation and powerful heuristics. The model and the solution techniques are part of the TURNI system, which is currently used by NS Reizigers for carrying out several analyses concerning the required capacities of the depots. The latter are strongly influenced by the new rules
Pecularities of Hall effect in GaAs/{\delta}<Mn>/GaAs/In\timesGa1-\timesAs/GaAs (\times {\approx} 0.2) heterostructures with high Mn content
Transport properties of GaAs/{\delta}/GaAs/In\timesGa1-\timesAs/GaAs
structures containing InxGa1-xAs (\times {\approx} 0.2) quantum well (QW) and
Mn delta layer (DL) with relatively high, about one Mn monolayer (ML) content,
are studied. In these structures DL is separated from QW by GaAs spacer with
the thickness ds = 2-5 nm. All structures possess a dielectric character of
conductivity and demonstrate a maximum in the resistance temperature dependence
Rxx(T) at the temperature {\approx} 46K which is usually associated with the
Curie temperature Tc of ferromagnetic (FM) transition in DL. However, it is
found that the Hall effect concentration of holes pH in QW does not decrease
below TC as one ordinary expects in similar systems. On the contrary, the
dependence pH(T) experiences a minimum at T = 80-100 K depending on the spacer
thickness, then increases at low temperatures more strongly than ds is smaller
and reaches a giant value pH = (1-2)\cdot10^13 cm^(-2). Obtained results are
interpreted in the terms of magnetic proximity effect of DL on QW, leading to
induce spin polarization of the holes in QW. Strong structural and magnetic
disorder in DL and QW, leading to the phase segregation in them is taken into
consideration. The high pH value is explained as a result of compensation of
the positive sign normal Hall effect component by the negative sign anomalous
Hall effect component.Comment: 19 pages, 6 figure
Field-effect control of superconductivity and Rashba spin-orbit coupling in top-gated LaAlO3/SrTiO3 devices
The recent development in the fabrication of artificial oxide
heterostructures opens new avenues in the field of quantum materials by
enabling the manipulation of the charge, spin and orbital degrees of freedom.
In this context, the discovery of two-dimensional electron gases (2-DEGs) at
LAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces, which exhibit both superconductivity and strong Rashba
spin-orbit coupling (SOC), represents a major breakthrough. Here, we report on
the realisation of a field-effect LaAlO3/SrTiO3 device, whose physical
properties, including superconductivity and SOC, can be tuned over a wide range
by a top-gate voltage. We derive a phase diagram, which emphasises a
field-effect-induced superconductor-to-insulator quantum phase transition.
Magneto-transport measurements indicate that the Rashba coupling constant
increases linearly with electrostatic doping. Our results pave the way for the
realisation of mesoscopic devices, where these two properties can be
manipulated on a local scale by means of top-gates
Clustered States as a New Paradigm of Condensed Matter Physics
We argue that several materials of much current interest in condensed matter
physics share common phenomenological aspects that only very recent
investigations are unveiling. The list includes colossal magnetoresistance
manganites, high temperature superconducting cuprates, diluted magnetic
semiconductors, and others. The common aspect is the relevance of intrinsic
inhomogeneities in the form of "clustered states", as explained in the text.Comment: elsart3, 6 pages, 5 figures. Invited paper for the Conference
Proceedings of the International Conference on Magnetism, Rome, July 200
Competition between electron pairing and phase coherence in superconducting interfaces
In LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures, a gate tunable superconducting electron gas is confined in a quantum well at the interface between two insulating oxides. Remarkably, the gas coexists with both magnetism and strong Rashba spin–orbit coupling. However, both the origin of superconductivity and the nature of the transition to the normal state over the whole doping range remain elusive. Here we use resonant microwave transport to extract the superfluid stiffness and the superconducting gap energy of the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface as a function of carrier density. We show that the superconducting phase diagram of this system is controlled by the competition between electron pairing and phase coherence. The analysis of the superfluid density reveals that only a very small fraction of the electrons condenses into the superconducting state. We propose that this corresponds to the weak filling of high- energy dxz/dyz bands in the quantum well, more apt to host superconductivity
On pairwise distances and median score of three genomes under DCJ
In comparative genomics, the rearrangement distance between two genomes
(equal the minimal number of genome rearrangements required to transform them
into a single genome) is often used for measuring their evolutionary
remoteness. Generalization of this measure to three genomes is known as the
median score (while a resulting genome is called median genome). In contrast to
the rearrangement distance between two genomes which can be computed in linear
time, computing the median score for three genomes is NP-hard. This inspires a
quest for simpler and faster approximations for the median score, the most
natural of which appears to be the halved sum of pairwise distances which in
fact represents a lower bound for the median score.
In this work, we study relationship and interplay of pairwise distances
between three genomes and their median score under the model of
Double-Cut-and-Join (DCJ) rearrangements. Most remarkably we show that while a
rearrangement may change the sum of pairwise distances by at most 2 (and thus
change the lower bound by at most 1), even the most "powerful" rearrangements
in this respect that increase the lower bound by 1 (by moving one genome
farther away from each of the other two genomes), which we call strong, do not
necessarily affect the median score. This observation implies that the two
measures are not as well-correlated as one's intuition may suggest.
We further prove that the median score attains the lower bound exactly on the
triples of genomes that can be obtained from a single genome with strong
rearrangements. While the sum of pairwise distances with the factor 2/3
represents an upper bound for the median score, its tightness remains unclear.
Nonetheless, we show that the difference of the median score and its lower
bound is not bounded by a constant.Comment: Proceedings of the 10-th Annual RECOMB Satellite Workshop on
Comparative Genomics (RECOMB-CG), 2012. (to appear
The Fetal Safety of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers
Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) are known to cause fetal renal damage in pregnancy. Due to conflicting reports in the literature, their safety after first trimester exposure has been debated. Our aim was to determine whether the use of ACE inhibitors or ARBs in the first trimester of pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for major malformations or other adverse outcomes. All subjects were prospectively enrolled from among women contacting a teratogen information service. At initial contact, details of maternal medical history and exposures were collected and follow-up interviews were conducted to ascertain pregnancy outcomes. Two comparator groups, women with hypertension treated with other antihypertensives, and healthy controls were also recruited. Baseline maternal characteristics were not different among the three groups. There were no differences in rates of major malformations. Both the ACE-ARBs and disease-matched groups exhibited significantly lower birth weight and gestational ages than the healthy controls (P < 0.001 for both variables). There was a significantly higher rate of miscarriage noted in the ACE/ARB group (P < 0.001). These results suggest that ACE inhibitors/ARBs are not major human teratogens; however, they may be associated with an increased risk for miscarriage
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