Low-Temperature Specific Heat of the Underdoped La2-xSrxCuO4 Single Crystals

We report the low-temperature specific heat of La2-xSrxCuO4(x=0.063) single crystals before and after annealing in the temperature region of 2-10K and magnetic fields up to 12T.The data confirm the √H dependence of the linear term coefficient γ predicted for d-wave paring in the Volovik theory at T=0 K.However,the data do not satisfy the proposed Simon-Lee scaling law at finite temperatures,i.e.CDOS/(T^2)=fT√H),where f is an unknown scaling function and CDOS is the extra specific heat contributed by the nodal quasiparticles due to the Doppler effect.Possible reasons for this failure are presented.     

Nucleon—Nucleon Phase Shifts in the Extended Quark—Delocalization Colour—Screening Model

An alternative method is applied to the study of nocleon-nucleon scattering phase shifts within the framework of the extended quark delocalization colour-screening model,in which the one-pion exchange with short-range cutoff is included.