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Realistic many-body models for Manganese Monoxide under pressure
In materials like transition metals oxides where electronic Coulomb
correlations impede a description in terms of standard band-theories, the
application of genuine many-body techniques is inevitable. Interfacing the
realism of density-functional based methods with the virtues of Hubbard-like
Hamiltonians, requires the joint ab initio construction of transfer integrals
and interaction matrix elements (like the Hubbard U) in a localized basis set.
In this work, we employ the scheme of maximally localized Wannier functions and
the constrained random phase approximation to create effective low-energy
models for Manganese monoxide, and track their evolution under external
pressure. We find that in the low pressure antiferromagnetic phase, the
compression results in an increase of the bare Coulomb interaction for specific
orbitals. As we rationalized in recent model considerations [Phys. Rev. B 79,
235133 (2009)], this seemingly counter-intuitive behavior is a consequence of
the delocalization of the respective Wannier functions. The change of screening
processes does not alter this tendency, and thus, the screened on-site
component of the interaction - the Hubbard U of the effective low-energy system
- increases with pressure as well. The orbital anisotropy of the effects
originates from the orientation of the orbitals vis-a-vis the deformation of
the unit-cell. Within the high pressure paramagnetic phase, on the other hand,
we find the significant increase of the Hubbard U is insensitive to the orbital
orientation and almost exclusively owing to a substantial weakening of
screening channels upon compression.Comment: 13 pages, 6 figure
Space charge and charge trapping characteristics of cross-linked polyethylene subjected to ac electric stresses
This paper reports on the result of space charge evolution in cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) planar samples of approximately 220 ?m thick. The space charge measurement technique used in this study is the PEA method. There are two phases to this experiment. In the first phase, the samples were subjected to dc 30 kVdc/mm and ac (sinusoidal) electric stress level of 30 kVpk/mm at frequencies of 1 Hz, 10 Hz and 50 Hz ac. In addition, ac space charge under 30 kVrms/mm and 60 kVpk/mm electric stress at 50 Hz was also investigated. The volts off results showed that the amount of charge trapped in XLPE sample under dc electric stress is significantly bigger than samples under ac stress even when the applied ac stresses are substantially higher. The second phase of the experiment involves studying the dc space charge evolution in samples that were tested under ac stress during the first phase of the experiment. Ac ageing causes positive charge to become more dominant over negative charge. It was also discovered that ac ageing creates deeper traps, particularly for negative charge. This paper also gave a brief overview of the data processing methods used to analyse space charge under ac electric stress
Realization of odd-frequency p-wave spin-singlet superconductivity coexisting with antiferromagnetic order near quantum critical point
A possibility of the realization of the p-wave spin-singlet superconductivity
(SS), whose gap function is odd both in momentum and in frequency, is
investigated by solving the gap equation with the phenomenological interaction
mediated by the antiferromagnetic spin fluctuation. The SS is realized
prevailing over the d-wave singlet superconductivity (SS) in the vicinity of
antiferromagnetic quantum critical pint (QCP) both on the paramagnetic and on
the antiferromagnetic sides. Off the QCP in the paramagnetic phase, however,
the SS with line-nodes is realized as \textit{conventional} anisotropic
superconductivity. For the present SS state, there is no gap in the
quasiparticle spectrum everywhere on the Fermi surface due to its odd
frequency. These features can give a qualitative understanding of the anomalous
behaviors of NQR relaxation rate on CeCuSi or CeRhIn where the
antiferromagnetism and superconductivity coexist on a microscopic level.Comment: 20 pages with 12 figures. To appear in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. Vol. 72,
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Low-energy excitations in electron-doped metal phthalocyanine from NMR in LiMnPc
Li and H NMR and magnetization measurements in \lpc
(PcCHN), recently proposed as a strongly correlated
metal, are presented. Two different low-frequency dynamics are evidenced. The
first one, probed by H nuclei gives rise to a slowly relaxing magnetization
at low temperature and is associated with the freezing of MnPc spins.
This dynamic is similar to the one observed in pristine -MnPc and
originates from Li depleted chain segments. The second one, evidenced by Li
spin-lattice relaxation rate, is associated with the hopping of the electrons
along Li-rich chains. The characteristic correlation times for the two dynamics
are derived and the role of disorder is briefly discussed.Comment: 7 two-columns pages, 11 figure
A theory of new type of heavy-electron superconductivity in PrOs_4Sb_12: quadrupolar-fluctuation mediated odd-parity pairings
It is shown that unconventional nature of superconducting state of
PrOs_4Sb_12, a Pr-based heavy electron compound with the filled-Skutterudite
structure, can be explained in a unified way by taking into account the
structure of the crystalline-electric-field (CEF) level, the shape of the Fermi
surface determined by the band structure calculation, and a picture of the
quasiparticles in f-configuration with magnetically singlet CEF ground
state. Possible types of pairing are narrowed down by consulting recent
experimental results. In particular, the chiral "p"-wave states such as
p_x+ip_y is favoured under the magnetic field due to the orbital Zeeman effect,
while the "p"-wave states with two-fold symmetery such as p_x can be stabilized
by a feedback effect without the magnetic field. It is also discussed that the
double superconducting transition without the magnetic field is possible due to
the spin-orbit coupling of the "triplet" Cooper pairs in the chiral state.Comment: 12 pages, 2 figures, submitted to J. Phys.: Condens. Matter Lette
Real-space observation of current-driven domain wall motion in submicron magnetic wires
Spintronic devices, whose operation is based on the motion of a magnetic
domain wall (DW), have been proposed recently. If a DW could be driven directly
by flowing an electric current instead of a magnetic field, the performance and
functions of such device would be drastically improved. Here we report
real-space observation of the current-driven DW motion by using a well-defined
single DW in a micro-fabricated magnetic wire with submicron width. Magnetic
force microscopy (MFM) visualizes that a single DW introduced in the wire is
displaced back and forth by positive and negative pulsed-current, respectively.
We can control the DW position in the wire by tuning the intensity, the
duration and the polarity of the pulsed-current. It is, thus, demonstrated that
spintronic device operation by the current-driven DW motion is possible.Comment: Accepted and published in PR
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