Magnetic Excitations and the Curie Temperature of Decamethylchromocenium Tetracyanoethylenide

We describe the molecular ferromagnet decamethylchromocenium tetracyanoethanide [C_rC_p2^*] [TCNE] by a quasi-one-dimensional alternating-spin model with ferromagnetic exchange interaction. The spin-wave theory is used to discuss the magnetic excitation of the molecular ferromagnet. We obtain the magnetizations corresponding to different external magnetic fields without interchain exchange interaction which is consistent with the experimental results. The formula of the Curie temperature T_c is obtained by using the thermodynamic Green's function method. It is found to be related to the spin of donors, to the intrachain exchange interaction and to the spatial anisotropic parameter. The result obtained by this T_c formula is consistent with the experimental result T_c = 3.6 K for [C_rC_p2^*][TCNE].     

磁阱中超冷玻色气体临界行为的观测

超冷玻色气体为研究量子临界现象提供了一个非常干净的实验系统. 弱相互作用下的三维玻色气体的临界行为与⁴He发生超流相变时的临界行为类似, 都属于三维XY型普适类. 从正常流体到超流的量子相变过程中, 系统会经历一个从无序相到长程有序相的转变; 而在相变点附近, 系统参量会表现出一些奇点的特征. 本文从实验上观测到了静磁阱中超冷⁸⁷Rb玻色气体在凝聚体相变温度T_c附近的临界行为. 原子气体从静磁阱中释放, 经过30 ms的自由飞行后, 通过吸收成像得到原子气体的动量分布; 然后从中扣除热原子气体的动量分布, 提取出空间上处于临界区域内的原子气体动量分布, 并对不同温度下的动量分布半高宽进行统计. 统计结果显示: 在非常接近相变温度T_c时, 动量分布的半高宽突然减小, 表现出十分明显的奇点行为.     

铁基超导体的量子临界行为

铁基超导体呈现丰富的电子相图, 各种有序态相互交叠. 本文主要介绍利用核磁共振手段在空穴型和电子型掺杂的BaFe₂As₂以及LaFeAsO_1-xF_x这三种具有代表性的铁基超导体中探测到的反铁磁序与超导序的微观共存、量子临界点和量子临界行为. 实验发现, 无论在空穴型还是电子型掺杂的铁基超导体中, 反铁磁相变温度都随着掺杂被抑制, 并最终在某个掺杂量降到零温而形成量子临界点. 在反铁磁转变温度之上存在结构相变, 其转变温度也随着掺杂而降低. 核磁共振谱证实结构相变也形成一个量子临界点. 本文介绍核磁共振及输运测量揭示的这两种量子临界点附近存在的量子临界行为, 共存态下奇异的超导性质等.     

Quantum Teleportation Through a Two-Qubit Heisenberg XXZ Chain

We consider a two-qubit Heisenberg XXZ chain as a resource for quantum teleportation via the standard teleportation protocol To. The effects of anisotropic on teleportation fidelity and entanglement are studied in detail. We find anisotropic not only improves the criticM temperature Tc and criticM magnetic field Bc, beyond which quantum teleportation is inferior to classicM communication protocol, but also enhances the fidelity for fixed magnetic field B and temperature T. For entanglement teleportation, the effects of magnetic field on average fidelity and output entanglement are studied.     

FeSe基超导单晶与薄膜研究新进展:自旋向列序、电子相分离及高临界参数

FeSe基超导体的超导临界温度可大范围调控,物理现象丰富,是非常规超导机理研究的热点.由于较高的超导临界参数及易于加工等特点,FeSe基超导体在超导应用开发方面也日益受到重视.大尺寸高质量的单晶和薄膜形态的FeSe基超导材料,对于相关基础科学研究和应用开发都极为重要.作者近年来先后开发和发明了水热离子交换（ion-exchange）、离子脱插（ion-deintercalation）、基底辅助水热外延生长方法,成功解决了二元FeSe和插层（Li,Fe）OHFeSe超导体高质量单晶和薄膜的生长和物性调控难题.进而在相关物理问题的研究中取得新进展,包括发现二元FeSe中自旋向列序与超导电性密切相关,观测到（Li,Fe）OHFeSe中的电子相分离现象.此外,（Li,Fe）OHFeSe超导薄膜呈现很高的超导临界电流密度和上临界磁场,其应用前景值得关注.     

Top-Quark Condensate at Finite Temperature and Electroweak Symmetry Restoration

The gap equation at finite temperature in the top-quark condensate scheme of electroweak symmetry breaking is proven to have the identical form in both the imaginary and real time formalisms of thermal field theory. By means of the gap equation, combined with the basic relation to define the vacuum expectation value v of the effective Higgs field, we analyze the dependence on temperature T and chemical potential p of the dynamical top-quark mass as the order parameter characteristic of symmetry breaking, and obtain the p-T criticality curve for symmetry restoration. We find out that the critical temperature T_c = 2υ for μ = 0 and the critical chemical potential μ_c = 2 π υ / √3 for T = 0. When μ = 0, the top-quark mass near T_c has the leading (T_c² - T²)^1/2 behavior with an extra factor dependent on temperature T and the momentum cutoff Λ. However, it is generally argued that the symmetry restoration at T ≥ T_c is still a second-order phase transition.     

插层FeSe高温超导体的高压研究进展

通过对FeSe进行化学插层可以将其超导转变温度（T_c）从约8 K提高到40 K以上,实现高温超导电性.最近,我们对两种插层FeSe高温超导材料（Li_0.84Fe_0.16）OHFe_0.98Se和Li_0.36（NH₃）_yFe₂Se₂开展了高压调控研究,发现压力会首先抑制高温超导相（称为SC-I相）,然后在临界压力P_c以上诱导出第二个高温超导相（称为SC-Ⅱ相）,呈现出双拱形T-P超导相图.这两个体系的P_c分别约为5和2 GPa,两个体系SC-Ⅱ相的最高T_c分别可以达到约52和55 K,比相应SC-I相的初始T_c提高了10 K.对（Li_0.84Fe_0.16）OHFe_0.98Se的正常态电输运性质分析表明,SC-I和SC-Ⅱ相的正常态分别具有费米液体和非费米液体行为,意味着这两个超导相可能存在显著差异.此外,还发现这两个体系的SC-Ⅱ相的T_c与霍尔系数倒数1/R_H（∝载流子浓度n_e）具有很好的线性依赖关系.对（Li_0.84Fe_0.16）OHFe_0.98Se的高压X射线衍射测量排除了其在10 GPa以内发生结构相变的可能,因此P_c以上SC-Ⅱ相的出现和载流子浓度的增加很可能起源于压力导致的费米面重构.     

The Critical Temperature of Quantum Spin Model Determined with Variational-Cumulant Expansion

The variational-cumulant expansion (VCE)methodis used to calculate the quantum XY model, for which the trial action S₀ does not commute with the action S, with arbitrary magnitude of spin on various one-, twe and three-dimensional lattices. The free energy of the model is expanded to the third order and the analytical formulae of critical temperature T_c are given for each order. To testify this method in a wider range, the Heisenberg model on different lattices is also calculated, which has more comparable results. Weighted fitting method of statistical mathematics is adopted to predict T_c of infinite order.     

Mean Field Theory of Ising Model on Sierpinski

We study Ising model on Sierpinski carpets by using mean field theory. We find a phase transition at T_c > 0 which is dependent on the geometrical factors. The critical exponents are calculated and found to be the same as the values for translationally invariant lattices.     

INFLUENCE OF SPIN AND CHARGE FLUCTUATIONS ON THE HIGH-Tc SUPERCONDUCTIVITY

In the framework of the weak coupling theory of superconductivity, we have proved that spin and charge fluctuations in the high-T_c superconductors can pro-duce respectively, pair-breaking and pair-forming effects on the superconductivity resulting from the "generalized BCS mechanism". With the coupling constant for spin fluctuations larger than that for charge fluctuations, they combine to produce a temperature-dependent effective pair-breaking effect, which makes T_c decrease more rapidly than Δ(0), the superconducting gap at T=0, and therefore, enhances the ratio 2Δ(0)/T_c. This provides a reasonable physical interpretation for the relevant experimental results.     

Anisotropy-induced quantum critical behavior of magnetite nanoparticles at low temperatures

The classical, thermally driven transition from ferrimagnets to superparamagnets in Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles can be converted into another quantum phase by a transverse microwave magnetic field or by a strong internal anisotropic field. These fields, perpendicular to the Ising axis, can destroy the magnetic long-range order to quantum paramagnets as the fields exceed some critical values. We have exploited the spin resonance spectrometer to determine the dynamic spin susceptibility and the critical exponent γ, which is a power-law dependent spanning of the quantum critical point. Quantum phase transition observed at low temperatures for small magnetite nanoparticles induced by strong surface anisotropic field illustrates the fascinating interplay between thermal and quantum fluctuations in the vicinity of a quantum critical point.     

Investigation of the ferroelectronic phase transition of CsH2PO4 by the pyroelectric methods

Pyroelectric methods are used for estimation of the polarization of the CDP crystal. The peak value of the pyroelectric coefficient is observed at 154.5 K. The phase of CDP above T_c up to ca. 230 K is revealed to be a polar one with polarization fluctuations in this temperature region.     

Criticality in inhomogeneous magnetic systems: application to quantum ferromagnets

We consider a phi4 theory with a position-dependent distance from the critical point. One realization of this model is a classical ferromagnet subject to nonuniform mechanical stress. We find a sharp phase transition where the envelope of the local magnetization vanishes uniformly. The first-order transition in a quantum ferromagnet also remains sharp. The universal mechanism leading to a tricritical point in an itinerant quantum ferromagnet is suppressed, and in principle, one can recover a quantum critical point with mean-field exponents. Observable consequences of these results are discussed.     

Indelible Rules of Josephson Coupling Energy and Zero-Point Energy in High-Tc Cuprates

This paper shows that the Josephson coupling energy and the zero-point energy have indelible rules on the superfluid density and the superconductivity in the high-T_c cuprates. This paper also shows that the values of T_c at underdoped and overdoped regions are determined by the damage conditions of the phase coherence in the classical and the quantum XY-models, respectively.     

Real-Time Thermal Field Theory Analyses of 2D Gross-Neveu Model

The discrete symmetry breaking and possible restoration at finite temperature T are analyzed in 20 Gross-Neveu model by the real-time thermal field theory in the fermion bubble approximation. The dynamical fermion mass m is proven to, be scale-independent and this fact indicates the equivalence between the fermion bubble diagram approximation and the meanfield approximation used in the auxiliary scalar field approach. Reproducing of the nonzero critical temperature T_c = 0.567m(O), m(0) is the dynamical fermion mass at T = 0, shows the equivalence between the real-time and the imaginary-time thermal. field theories in this problem. However, in the real-time formalism, more results including absence of scalar bound state, the equation of criticality curve of chemical potential-temperature and the ln(T_c/T) behavior of m² at T ≤ T_c can be easily obtained. The last one indicates the second-order phase transition feature of the symmetry restoration.     

Coexistence of ferromagnetism and superconductivity close to a quantum phase transition: the Heisenberg- to Ising-type crossover

A microscopic mean-field theory of the phase coexistence between ferromagnetism and superconductivity in the weakly ferromagnetic itinerant electron system is constructed, while incorporating a realistic mechanism for superconducting pairing due to the exchange of critical spin fluctuations. The self-consistent solution of the resulting equations determines the superconducting transition temperature which is shown to depend strongly on the exchange splitting. The effect of phase crossover from isotropic (Heisenberg-like) to uniaxial (Ising-like) spin fluctuations near the quantum phase transition is analyzed and the generic phase diagram is obtained. This scenario is then applied to the case of itinerant ferromagnet ZrZn2, which sheds light on the proposed phase diagram of this compound. A possible explanation of superconductivity in UGe2 is also discussed.     

Magnetic impurities in amorphous superconductors:TKondo>Tc

Measurements of upper critical field as a function of temperature and Fe-concentration are reported for the amorphous superconductors ((Mo_.6Ru_.4)_.80G_.20)_1−cFe_c, where G is a glass-former. The linear shapes of the H_c2 vs. T curves near T_c agree well with predictions made by Matsura, Ichinose, and Nagaoka, for T_Kondo > T_c.     

Determination of the magnetic transition temperature of dilute ferromagnetic alloys - the Pd(Gd) case

The determination of T_c in dilute alloys is examined. As an example, magnetization vs field data in a Pd_0.95Gd_0.05 alloy are presented. For this alloy, it was not possible to determine a value of T_c using Arrott-Belov-Kouvel (ABK) plots; the conditions for the applicability of ABK plots were not satisfied. Results of very-low-field ac and dc magnetization vs T, which depend mainly on the demagnetization factor, yield a more precise measure of T_c. We conclude that the latter procedures are more useful than ABK plots for determination of T_c in dilute alloys.     

PREPARATION,SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND STRUCTURE OF THE LaBaCaCu3O7-x SUPERCONDUCTORS WITH Tc HIGHER THAN 80 K

In this paper, the preparation process of the tetragonal LaBaCaCu₃O_7-x (LBCCO) superconductor with T_c=84 K is repored. The superconductivity and structure of the LBCCO superconducting phase are investigated by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope(TEM) and superconductivity measurements, The results indicate that the superconducting phase with T_c=82K in the LBCCO system has a tetragonal structure with a=0.3966nm, c=l.1838nm and space group P4/mmm. About 50% of the Ca and La atoms are located in 1d sites (i.e. Y site in the YBCO structure). It is confirmed that there is in fact no orthorhombic to tetragonal transition in this material. The relationship between the oxygen content and T_c is also presented.     

CeAu2In4: A candidate of quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnetic Kondo lattice

Needle-like single crystals of CeAu₂In₄ have been grown from In flux and characterized as a new candidate of quasi-one-dimensional Kondo lattice compound by crystallographic, magnetic, transport, and specific-heat measurements down to very low temperatures. We observe an antiferromagnetic transition at T_N ≈ 0.9 K, a highly non-mean-field profile of the corresponding peak in specific heat, and a large Sommerfeld coefficient γ =369 mJ·mol^-1·K^-2. The Kondo temperature T_K is estimated to be 1.1 K, being low and comparable to T_N. While Fermi liquid behavior is observed deep into the magnetically ordered phase, the Kadowaki-Woods ratio is much reduced relative to the expected value for Ce compounds with Kramers doublet ground state. Markedly, this feature shares striking similarities to that of the prototypical quasi-one-dimensional compounds YbNi₄P₂ and CeRh₆Ge₄ with tunable ferromagnetic quantum critical point. Given the shortest Ce-Ce distance along the needle direction, CeAu₂In₄ appears to be an interesting model system for exploring antiferromagnetic quantum critical behaviors in a quasi-one-dimensional Kondo lattice with enhanced quantum fluctuations.