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Chemical potential shift in La(1-x)Sr(x)MnO(3): Photoemission test of the phase separation scenario
We have studied the chemical potential shift in La(1-x)Sr(x)MnO(3) as a
function of doped hole concentration by core-level x-ray photoemission. The
shift is monotonous, which means that there is no electronic phase separation
on a macroscopic scale, whereas it is consistent with the nano-meter scale
cluster formation induced by chemical disorder. Comparison of the observed
shift with the shift deduced from the electronic specific heat indicates that
hole doping in La(1-x)Sr(x)MnO(3) is well described by the rigid-band picture.
In particular no mass enhancement toward the metal-insulator boundary was
implied by the chemical potential shift, consistent with the electronic
specific heat data.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures, to be published in Europhysics Letter
Strong Resonance of Light in a Cantor Set
The propagation of an electromagnetic wave in a one-dimensional fractal
object, the Cantor set, is studied. The transfer matrix of the wave amplitude
is formulated and its renormalization transformation is analyzed. The focus is
on resonant states in the Cantor set. In Cantor sets of higher generations,
some of the resonant states closely approach the real axis of the wave number,
leaving between them a wide region free of resonant states. As a result, wide
regions of nearly total reflection appear with sharp peaks of the transmission
coefficient beside them. It is also revealed that the electromagnetic wave is
strongly enhanced and localized in the cavity of the Cantor set near the
resonant frequency. The enhancement factor of the wave amplitude at the
resonant frequency is approximately , where
is the imaginary part of the corresponding resonant
eigenvalue. For example, a resonant state of the lifetime
ms and of the enhancement factor is
found at the resonant frequency GHz for the Cantor set
of the fourth generation of length L=10cm made of a medium of the dielectric
constant .Comment: 20 pages, 11 figures, to be published in Journal of the Physical
Society of Japa
Eccentricities of Planets in Binary Systems
The most puzzling property of the extrasolar planets discovered by recent
radial velocity surveys is their high orbital eccentricities, which are very
difficult to explain within our current theoretical paradigm for planet
formation. Current data reveal that at least 25% of these planets, including
some with particularly high eccentricities, are orbiting a component of a
binary star system. The presence of a distant companion can cause significant
secular perturbations in the orbit of a planet. At high relative inclinations,
large-amplitude, periodic eccentricity perturbations can occur. These are known
as "Kozai cycles" and their amplitude is purely dependent on the relative
orbital inclination. Assuming that every planet host star also has a (possibly
unseen, e.g., substellar) distant companion, with reasonable distributions of
orbital parameters and masses, we determine the resulting eccentricity
distribution of planets and compare it to observations? We find that
perturbations from a binary companion always appear to produce an excess of
planets with both very high (e>0.6) and very low (e<0.1) eccentricities. The
paucity of near-circular orbits in the observed sample implies that at least
one additional mechanism must be increasing eccentricities. On the other hand,
the overproduction of very high eccentricities observed in our models could be
combined with plausible circularization mechanisms (e.g., friction from
residual gas) to create more planets with intermediate eccentricities
(e=0.1-0.6).Comment: 8 pages, to appear in "Close Binaries in the 21st Century: New
Opportunities and Challenges", ed. A. Gimenez et al. (Springer
Location of the Multicritical Point for the Ising Spin Glass on the Triangular and Hexagonal Lattices
A conjecture is given for the exact location of the multicritical point in
the phase diagram of the +/- J Ising model on the triangular lattice. The
result p_c=0.8358058 agrees well with a recent numerical estimate. From this
value, it is possible to derive a comparable conjecture for the exact location
of the multicritical point for the hexagonal lattice, p_c=0.9327041, again in
excellent agreement with a numerical study. The method is a variant of duality
transformation to relate the triangular lattice directly with its dual
triangular lattice without recourse to the hexagonal lattice, in conjunction
with the replica method.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figure; Minor corrections in notatio
Statistical mechanical analysis of the linear vector channel in digital communication
A statistical mechanical framework to analyze linear vector channel models in
digital wireless communication is proposed for a large system. The framework is
a generalization of that proposed for code-division multiple-access systems in
Europhys. Lett. 76 (2006) 1193 and enables the analysis of the system in which
the elements of the channel transfer matrix are statistically correlated with
each other. The significance of the proposed scheme is demonstrated by
assessing the performance of an existing model of multi-input multi-output
communication systems.Comment: 15 pages, 2 figure
Could the Ultra Metal-poor Stars be Chemically Peculiar and Not Related to the First Stars?
Chemically peculiar stars define a class of stars that show unusual elemental
abundances due to stellar photospheric effects and not due to natal variations.
In this paper, we compare the elemental abundance patterns of the ultra
metal-poor stars with metallicities [Fe/H] to those of a subclass of
chemically peculiar stars. These include post-AGB stars, RV Tauri variable
stars, and the Lambda Bootis stars, which range in mass, age, binarity, and
evolutionary status, yet can have iron abundance determinations as low as
[Fe/H] . These chemical peculiarities are interpreted as due to the
separation of gas and dust beyond the stellar surface, followed by the
accretion of dust depleted-gas. Contrary to this, the elemental abundances in
the ultra metal-poor stars are thought to represent yields of the most
metal-poor supernova and, therefore, observationally constrain the earliest
stages of chemical evolution in the Universe. The abundance of the elements in
the photospheres of the ultra metal-poor stars appear to be related to the
condensation temperature of that element; if so, then their CNO abundances
suggest true metallicities of [X/H]~ -2 to -4, rather than their present
metallicities of [Fe/H] < -5.Comment: Accepted for ApJ. 17 pages, 10 figure
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