Spin-triplet superconductivity driven by finite-momentum spin fluctuations
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Exchange field effect in the crystal-field ground state of Ce M Al 4 Si 2
The crystal-field ground-state wave functions of the tetragonal, magnetically ordering Kondo lattice materials CeMAl 4 Si 2 (M = Rh, Ir, and Pt) are determined in this paper with low-temperature linearly polarized soft-x-ray absorption spectroscopy, and estimates for the crystal-field splittings are given from the temperature evolution of the linear dichroism. Values for the dominant exchange field in the magnetically ordered phases can be obtained from fitting the influence of magnetic order on the linear dichroism. The direction of the required exchange field is || c for the antiferromagnetic Rh and Ir compounds, with the corresponding strength of the order of λ ex ≈ 6 meV (65 K). Finally and furthermore, the presence of Kondo screening in the Rh and Ir compound is demonstrated on the basis of the absorption due to f 0 in the initial state.
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Measurements of the NMR Knight shift tensor and nonlinear magnetization in URu 2 Si 2
URu 2 Si 2 exhibits an anomalous peak in the nonlinear magnetic susceptibility at the hidden order transition. In order to investigate this anomaly, we conducted direct magnetization measurements and investigated the detailed angular dependence of the 29 Si nuclear magnetic resonance Knight shift tensor. We nd that the nonlinear magnetization is smaller than previously reported, and the analogous nonlinear Knight shift tensor is below the detection limit. Our results suggest that the magnitude of the anomalous peak is sample dependent.
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Nernst thermopower of time-reversal breaking type-II Weyl semimetals
Weyl semimetals host linear energy dispersions around Weyl nodes, as well as monopoles of Berry curvature in momentum space around these points. These features give rise to unique transport signatures in a Weyl semimetal, such as transverse transport without an applied magnetic field, known as anomalous transport. The type-II Weyl semimetal, recently experimentally demonstrated in several materials, is classified by a tilting of the Weyl nodes. Furthermore, this paper provides a theoretical study on thermoelectric transport in time-reversal breaking type-II Weyl semimetals. Our results examine the balance between anomalous and nonanomalous contributions to the Nernst effect when subject to an external magnetic field. We also show how increasing scattering times have an enhancing effect on thermoelectric transport in these materials. Since a temperature-dependent chemical potential has been theoretically shown to be paramount when considering anomalous transport, we also study how similar considerations impact the Nernst thermopower in the nonanomalous case.
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Microwave Meissner screening properties of proximity-coupled topological-insulator / superconductor bilayers
The proximity-coupled topological-insulator / superconductor (TI/SC) bilayer system is a representative system to realize topological superconductivity. In order to better understand this unique state and enable future applications of the TI/SC bilayer, a comprehensive characterization and understanding of the microscopic properties of the bilayer are required. In this work, a microwave Meissner screening study, which exploits a high-precision microwave resonator technique, is conducted on the SmB 6 /YB 6 thin-film bilayers as an example TI/SC system. The study reveals spatially dependent electrodynamic screening response of the TI/SC system that is not accessible to other techniques, from which the corresponding microscopic properties of a TI/SC bilayer can be obtained. The TI thickness dependence of the effective penetration depth suggests the existence of a bulk insulating region in the TI layer. The spatially dependent electrodynamic screening model analysis provides an estimate for the characteristic lengths of the TI/SC bilayer: normal penetration depth, normal coherence length, and the thickness of the surface states.
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Field-Angle Dependence Reveals Odd-Parity Superconductivity in CeRh 2 As 2
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Phases of inflation
Motivated by the 4d effective field theories for closed string axions in Type II string compactifications with D-branes, we consider chiral gauge theories coupled to multiple axions. We discuss how well-known non-perturbative dynamical phenomena, such as gauge instantons, fermion confinement and Nambu-Jona-Lasinio interactions, give rise to non-trivial vacuum configurations in the IR. The fluctuations about the IR vacuum are captured by some remaining closed string axions and infladrons (scalar chiral condensate excitations), which acquire dynamical masses. By employing the full power of the effective field theory, we investigate the applicability of these IR theories as inflationary models (natural, monodromy, Starobinsky) and connect different types of inflationary scenarios to different phases of the non-Abelian gauge theory or the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio four-fermion couplings. The back-reaction of the infladrons flattens the axion potential in natural-like inflationary models, such that the tension with current CMB data with respect to the spectral index and the tensor-to-scalar ratio can be partially alleviated.
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Separation of the contributions to the magnetization of Tm{sub 1-x}Yb{sub x}B{sub 12} solid solutions in steady and pulsed magnetic fields
The magnetization of substitutional Tm{sub 1-x}Yb{sub x}B{sub 12} solid solutions is studied in the composition range 0 < x {<=} 0.81. The measurements are performed at low temperatures (1.9-300 K) in steady (up to 11 T) and pulsed (up to 50 T, pulse duration of 20-100 ms) magnetic fields. An analysis of the experimental data allowed the contributions to the magnetization of the paramagnetic phase of the Tm{sub 1-x}Yb{sub x}B{sub 12} compounds to be separated. These contributions include a Pauli component, which corresponds to the response of the heavy-fermion manybody states that appears in the energy gap in the vicinity of the Fermi level (density of states (3-4) Multiplication-Sign 10{sup 21} cm{sup -3} meV{sup -1}), and a contribution with saturation in high magnetic fields attributed to the localized magnetic moments ((0.8-3.7){mu}{sub B} per unit cell) of the nanoclusters formed by rare-earth ions with an antiferromagnetic interaction.
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Temperature dependence of the electronic structure of La{sub 2}CuO{sub 4} in the multielectron LDA+GTB approach
The band structure of La{sub 2}CuO{sub 4} in antiferromagnetic and paramagnetic phases is calculated at finite temperatures by the multielectron LDA+GTB method. The temperature dependence of the band spectrum and the spectral weight of Hubbard fermions is caused by a change in the occupation numbers of local multielectron spin-split terms in the antiferromagnetic phase. A decrease in the magnetization of the sublattice with temperature gives rise to new bands near the bottom of the conduction band and the top of the valence band. It is shown that the band gap decreases with increasing temperature, but La{sub 2}CuO{sub 4} remains an insulator in the paramagnetic phase as well. These results are consistent with measurements of the red shift of the absorption edge in La{sub 2}CuO{sub 4} with increasing temperature.
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Polarized spin and valley transport across ferromagnetic silicene junctions
We study ballistic transport of Dirac fermions through silicene barriers, of width d, with an exchange field M and metallic gates above them that provide tunable potentials of height U. Away from the Dirac point (DP), the spin- and valley-resolved conductances, as functions of U, exhibit resonances and close to it a pronounced dip that becomes a transport gap when an appropriate electric field E{sub z} is applied. The charge conductance g{sub c} of such a junction changes from oscillatory to a monotonically decreasing function of d beyond a critical E{sub z}. This change of g{sub c} can be used to realize electric-field-controlled switching. The field M splits each resonance of g{sub c} in two spin-resolved peaks. The spin p{sub s} and valley p{sub v} polarizations of the current near the DP increase with E{sub z} or M and become nearly perfect above certain of their values. We also show that p{sub s} and p{sub v} can be inverted either by reversing the polarity of U or the direction of M. For two barriers, there is no splitting in g{sub c} when the fields M are in opposite directions. Most of these phenomena have no analogs in graphene.
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Discovery of topological nodal-line fermionic phase in a magnetic material GdSbTe
Topological Dirac semimetals with accidental band touching between conduction and valence bands protected by time reversal and inversion symmetry are at the frontier of modern condensed matter research. A majority of discovered topological semimetals are nonmagnetic and conserve time reversal symmetry. Here we report the experimental discovery of an antiferromagnetic topological nodal-line semimetallic state in GdSbTe using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Our systematic study reveals the detailed electronic structure of the paramagnetic state of antiferromagnetic GdSbTe. We observe the presence of multiple Fermi surface pockets including a diamond-shape, and small circular pockets around the zone center and high symmetry X points of the Brillouin zone (BZ), respectively. Furthermore, we observe the presence of a Dirac-like state at the X point of the BZ and the efect of magnetism along the nodal-line direction. Interestingly, our experimental data show a robust Dirac-like state both below and above the magnetic transition temperature (TN =13K). Having a relatively high transition temperature, GdSbTe provides an archetypical platform to study the interaction between magnetism and topological states of matter.
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Tuning the work function of graphene by ultraviolet irradiation
Graphene layers grown by chemical vapor deposition were, respectively, irradiated for 0, 20, 40, and 60 min by an ultraviolet light source in order to experimentally study the change in the work function of graphene. The dependences of the work function and carrier concentration upon ultraviolet irradiation have been found. It is shown that ultraviolet irradiation may lead to oxygen desorption, thus reducing the hole density and work function of graphene. Based on the well-known expression for the Fermi energy of Dirac fermions, the Fermi velocity of graphene was extracted to be about 5.2 Multiplication-Sign 10{sup 5} m/s.
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Multiband electronic transport in α -Yb 1₋ x Sr x AlB 4 [ x = 0, 0.19(3)] single crystals
Here we report on the evidence for the multiband electronic transport in α- YbAlB 4 and α-Yb 0.81(2) Sr 0.19 (3)AlB 4 . Multiband transport reveals itself below 10 K in both compounds via Hall effect measurements, whereas anisotropic magnetic ground state sets in below 3 K in α-Yb 0.81(2) Sr 0.19(3) AlB 4 . Our results show that Sr 2+ substitution enhances conductivity, but does not change the quasiparticle mass of bands induced by heavy fermion hybridization.
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Exploring the Dirac nature of RbBi 2
Characteristics of topological semimetals such as a nonsaturating magnetoresistance (MR), a field-induced metal to semiconducting crossover and a robust resistivity plateau are observed under a magnetic field in type-I RbBi 2 bulk superconductor with $\mathrm{T}$ c = 4.15 K. The MR exhibits a notable 3500% increase at 2 K and 9 T and the resistivity follows a power law temperature dependence, while the MR ∝ $\mathrm{H}$ 1.26 , indicating weak carrier compensation. Further, first principles calculations provided insights into the dynamical stability of the cubic structure at 0 K. Both hole and electron pockets are observed at the Fermi surface. The electron-phonon interaction constant indicates weak coupling strength (<1) that leads to a maximum predicted $\mathrm{T}$ c of 2.852 K. Just below the Fermi level, E F , the electronic band structure consists of linear band crossings at the $\mathrm{X}$ points in the Brillouin zone (BZ) corresponding to massless, symmetry-protected Dirac fermions.
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TASI Lectures on Applications of Gauge/Gravity Duality
We introduce the gauge/gravity, or AdS/CFT, correspondence with an eye towards its application to strongly coupled systems. We provide an overview of the duality, including the AdS/CFT dictionary and holographic renormalization. We then discuss simple correlation functions in the context of renormalization group flow geometries, holographic thermodynamics and an application to the phase diagram of QCD, real-time correlators and the shear viscosity of strongly coupled field theories, holographic superconductors, and the application of holographic fermionic response to strange metals. These lectures were delivered at TASI 2017.
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Nanoscale heterogeneity induced by nonmagnetic Zn dopants in the quantum critical metal CeCoIn 5 : 115 In NQR/NMR and 59 Co NMR study
We report antiferromagnetism in a prototypical quantum critical metal CeCoIn 5 is known to be induced by slight substitutions of nonmagnetic Zn atoms for In. In nominally 7% Zn-substituted CeCoIn 5 , an antiferromagnetic (AFM) state coexists with heavy fermion superconductivity. Heterogeneity of the electronic states is investigated in Zn-doped CeCoIn 5 by means of nuclear quadrupole and magnetic resonances (NQR and NMR). Site-dependent NQR relaxation rates 1/T 1 indicate that the AFM state is locally nucleated around Zn substituents in the matrix of a heavy fermion state, and percolates through the bulk at the AFM transition temperature T N . At lower temperatures, an anisotropic superconducting (SC) gap below the SC transition temperature Tc, and the SC state permeates through the AFM regions via a SC proximity effect. Applying an external magnetic field induces a spin-flop transition near 5T, reducing the volume of the AFM regions. Consequently, a short-ranged inhomogeneous AFM state survives and coexists with a paramagnetic Fermi liquid state at high fields.
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Fermi surface, possible unconventional fermions, and unusually robust resistive critical fields in the chiral-structured superconductor AuBe
The noncentrosymmetric superconductor (NCS) AuBe is investigated using a variety of thermodynamic and resistive probes in magnetic fields of up to 65 T and temperatures down to 0.3 K. Despite the polycrystalline nature of the samples, the observation of a complex series of de Haas–van Alphen (dHvA) oscillations has allowed the calculated band structure for AuBe to be validated. This permits a variety of BCS parameters describing the superconductivity to be estimated, despite the complexity of the measured Fermi surface. In addition, AuBe displays a nonstandard field dependence of the phase of dHvA oscillations associated with a band thought to host unconventional fermions in this chiral lattice. Overall, this result demonstrates the power of the dHvA effect to establish the properties of a single band despite the presence of other electronic bands with a larger density of states, even in polycrystalline samples. In common with several other NCSs, we find that the resistive upper critical field exceeds that measured by heat capacity and magnetization by a considerable factor. We suggest that our data exclude mechanisms for such an effect associated with disorder, implying that topologically protected superconducting surface states may be involved.
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Dirac composite fermion theory of general Jain sequences
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