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Lattice Quantum Monte Carlo Study of Chiral Magnetic Effect in Dirac Semimetals
In this paper Chiral Magnetic Effect (CME) in Dirac semimetals is studied by
means of lattice Monte Carlo simulation. We measure conductivity of Dirac
semimetals as a function of external magnetic field in parallel
and perpendicular to the external field
directions. The simulations are carried out in three regimes: semimetal phase,
onset of the insulator phase and deep in the insulator phase. In the semimetal
phase grows whereas drops with magnetic
field. Similar behaviour was observed in the onset of the insulator phase but
conductivity is smaller and its dependence on magnetic field is weaker. Finally
in the insulator phase conductivities are close to
zero and do not depend on magnetic field. In other words, we observe
manifestation of the CME current in the semimetal phase, weaker manifestation
of the CME in the onset of the insulator phase. We do not observe signatures of
CME in the insulator phase. We believe that the suppression of the CME current
in the insulator phase is connected to chiral symmetry breaking and generation
of dynamical fermion mass which take place in this phase.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Spin polaron in the J1-J2 Heisenberg model
We have studied the validity of the spin polaron picture in the frustrated
J1-J2 Heisenberg model. For this purpose, we have computed the hole spectral
functions for the Neel, collinear, and disordered phases of this model, by
means of the self-consistent Born approximation and Lanczos exact
diagonalization on finite-size clusters. We have found that the spin polaron
quasiparticle excitation is always well defined for the magnetically ordered
Neel and collinear phases, even in the vicinity of the magnetic quantum
critical points, where the local magnetization vanishes. As a general feature,
the effect of frustration is to increase the amplitude of the multimagnon
states that build up the spin polaron wave function, leading to the reduction
of the quasiparticle coherence. Based on Lanczos results, we discuss the
validity of the spin polaron picture in the disordered phase.Comment: 9 pages, 12 figure
Gamma-radiation with E gamma 5 MeV detected from Seyfert galaxy 3C120 and region with 1" = 190 deg and b" = 20 deg
The observation of the Galaxy anticenter region in gamma-rays with E gamma = 5 / 100 MeV was made by gamma-telescope Natalya-1 in a balloon flight. The flight was performed at the ceiling 5.1 + or - 0.1 g/sq cm, magnetic cutoff being 17 GV. The description of the instrument and the analysis of the experiment conditions are given. The tracks of electron-positron pairs generated by gamma-quanta in the convertors were detected by wire spark chambers. The recorded events were classified manually by an operator using a graphic display into three classes: pairs, single and bad events. The arrival angle of gamma-quanta and their energy for selected gamma-ray events (pairs and singles) were determined through multiple scattering of pair components in the convertors. On the basis of the data obtained the celestial maps were made in gamma-rays for E sub gamma 5 MeV and E gamma 20 MeV energy ranges
Phase diagram and Chiral Magnetic Effect in Dirac Semimetals from Lattice Simulation
Dirac Semimetals Na 3 Bi and Cd 3 As 2 are recently discovered materials, which low energy electronic spectrum is described by two flavours of massless 3+1D fermions. In order to study electronic properties of these materials we formulated lattice field theory with rooted staggered fermions on anisotropic lattice. It is shown that in the limit of zero temporal lattice spacing this theory reproduces effective theory of Dirac semimetals. Using the lattice field theory we study the phase diagram of Dirac semimetals in the plane effective coupling constant - Fermi velocity anisotropy. We also measure conductivity of Dirac Semimetals within lattice field theory in external magnetic field. Our results confirm the existence of Chiral Magnetic Effect in Dirac Semimetals. © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018.Acknowdedgements. The work supported by the RSF grant under contract 16-12-10059. Numerical simulations were carried out on GPU cluster of NRC Kurchatov Institute and at MSU supercomputer "Lomonosov".Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientïżœficas;et al.;Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICCUB);Universidad Autïżœnoma de Madrid (UAM);Universidad de Granada;Universidad Valenci
Spectrum of elementary and collective excitations in the dimerized S=1/2 Heisenberg chain with frustration
We have studied the low-energy excitation spectrum of a dimerized and
frustrated antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain. We use an analytic approach,
based on a description of the excitations as triplets above a strong-coupling
singlet ground state. The quasiparticle spectrum is calculated by treating the
excitations as a dilute Bose gas with infinite on-site repulsion. Additional
singlet (S=0) and triplet (S=1) modes are found as two-particle bound states of
the elementary triplets. We have also calculated the contributions of the
elementary and collective excitations into the spin structure factor. Our
results are in excellent agreement with exact diagonalizations and dimer series
expansions data as long as the dimerization parameter is not too small
(), i.e. while the elementary triplets can be treated as localized
objects.Comment: 18 pages, 13 figure
Electron-Phonon Coupling in Highly-Screened Graphene
Photoemission studies of graphene have resulted in a long-standing
controversy concerning the strength of the experimental electron-phonon
interaction in comparison with theoretical calculations. Using high-resolution
angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy we study graphene grown on a copper
substrate, where the metallic screening of the substrate substantially reduces
the electron-electron interaction, simplifying the comparison of the
electron-phonon interaction between theory and experiment. By taking the
nonlinear bare bandstructure into account, we are able to show that the
strength of the electron-phonon interaction does indeed agree with theoretical
calculations. In addition, we observe a significant bandgap at the Dirac point
of graphene.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. on July 20, 201
Plaquette valence bond solid in the frustrated Heisenberg quantum antiferromagnet on the square lattice
Using both exact diagonalizations and diagonalizations in a subset of
short-range valence bond singlets, we address the nature of the groundstate of
the Heisenberg spin-1/2 antiferromagnet on the square lattice with competing
next-nearest and next-next-nearest neighbor antiferromagnetic couplings
(J1-J2-J3 model). A detailed comparison of the two approaches reveals a region
along the line (J2+J3)/J1=1/2, where the description in terms of
nearest-neighbor singlet coverings is excellent, therefore providing evidence
for a magnetically disordered region. Furthermore a careful analysis of
dimer-dimer correlation functions, dimer structure factors and
plaquette-plaquette correlation functions provides striking evidence for the
presence of a plaquette valence bond solid order in part of the magnetically
disordered region.Comment: 11 pages, 17 figures To appear in Phys. Rev.
Crystal Undulator As A Novel Compact Source Of Radiation
A crystalline undulator (CU) with periodically deformed crystallographic
planes is capable of deflecting charged particles with the same strength as an
equivalent magnetic field of 1000 T and could provide quite a short period L in
the sub-millimeter range. We present an idea for creation of a CU and report
its first realization. One face of a silicon crystal was given periodic
micro-scratches (grooves), with a period of 1 mm, by means of a diamond blade.
The X-ray tests of the crystal deformation have shown that a sinusoidal-like
shape of crystalline planes goes through the bulk of the crystal. This opens up
the possibility for experiments with high-energy particles channeled in CU, a
novel compact source of radiation. The first experiment on photon emission in
CU has been started at LNF with 800 MeV positrons aiming to produce 50 keV
undulator photons.Comment: Presented at PAC 2003 (Portland, May 12-16
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