Maximum entropy mobility spectrum analysis for the type-I Weyl semimetal TaAs

Due to non-saturating magnetoresistance (MR) and the special compensation mechanism, the Weyl semimetal TaAs single crystal has attracted considerable attention in condensed matter physics. Herein, we use maximum entropy mobility spectrum analysis (MEMSA) to extract charge carrier information by fitting the experimentally measured longitudinal and transverse electric transport curves of TaAs. The carrier types and the number of bands are obtained without any hypothesis. Study of the temperature dependence shows details of carrier property evolution. Our quantitative results explain the non-saturated magnetoresistance and Hall sign change phenomena of TaAs.     

Re-explanation of Weyl Quantization Scheme via Weyl Ordering Approach

We re-explain the Weyl quantization scheme by virtue of the technique of integration within Weyl ordered product of operators, i.e., the Weyl correspondence rule can be reconstructed by classical functions＇ Fourier transformation followed by an inverse Fourier transformation within Weyl ordering of operators. As an application of this reconstruction, we derive the quantum operator coresponding to the angular spectrum amplitude of a spherical wave.     

Re-explanation of Weyl Quantization Scheme via Weyl Ordering Approach

We re-explain the Weyl quantization scheme by virtue of the technique of integration within Weyl ordered product of operators, i.e., the Weyl correspondence rule can be reconstructed by classical functions' Fourier transformation followed by an inverse Fourier transformation within Weyl ordering of operators. As an application of this reconstruction, we derive the quantum operator coresponding to the angular spectrum amplitude of a spherical wave.     

经典函数与量子算符的Weyl对应

提出了通过定义一种算符编序来处理含有不对易因子的积分的思想,研究了经典函数与量子算符的Weyl对应问题,得到了计算简捷的Weyl对应规则之数学显式,并给出了一种证明量子力学表象完备性关系的新方法.以实例支持了Weyl对应规则的正确性,说明了Weyl对应规则理论是自洽的.     

Construction of a Weyl Representation from a Weak Weyl Representation of the Canonical Commutation Relation

Weak Weyl representations of the canonical commutation relation (CCR) with one degree of freedom are considered in relation to the theory of time operator in quantum mechanics. It is proven that there exists a general structure through which a weak Weyl representation can be constructed from a given weak Weyl representation. As a corollary, it is shown that a Weyl representation of the CCR can be constructed from a weak Weyl representation which satisfies some additional property. Some examples are given. The work is supported by the Grant-in-Aid No.17340032 for Scientific Research from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).     

Gravitational Potentials of Triaxial Ellipsoids in Weyl Gravity

We present analytic expressions for the gravitational potentials associated with triaxial ellipsoids, spheroids, spheres and disks in Weyl gravity. The gravitational potentials of these configurations in Newtonian gravity, i.e. the potentials derived by integration of the Poisson equation Green's function 1/|r – r| over the volume of the configuration, are well known in the literature. Herein we present the results of the integration of |r – r|, the Green's function associated with the fourth order Laplacian ⁴ of Weyl gravity, over the volume of the configuration to obtain the resulting gravitational potentials within this specific theory. As an application of our calculations, we solve analytically Euler's equations pertaining to incompressible rotating fluids to show that, as in the case of Newtonian gravity, homogeneous prolate configurations are not allowed within Weyl gravity either.     

Organic magnetoresistance and spin diffusion in organic semiconductor thin film devices

We review recent work in the field of organic spintronics, focusing on our own contributions to this field. There are two principle magnetoresistance effects that occur in organic devices. (i) Organic magnetoresistance (OMAR), which occurs in nonmagnetic organic semiconductor devices. For example, in devices made from the prototypical small molecule Alq₃ OMAR reaches values of 10% or more at room temperature. (ii) Organic spin‐valve effects that occur in devices that employ ferromagnetic electrodes for spin‐polarized current injection and detection. We undertake an analysis of these two types of magnetoresistance with the goal of identifying the dominant spin‐scattering mechanism. Analysis of OMAR reveals that hyperfine coupling is the dominant spin‐coupling mechanism. Spin–orbit coupling, on the other hand, is important only in organic semiconductor materials containing heavy atoms. We explore the reasons why spin–orbit coupling is relatively unimportant in hydrocarbon materials. Next, we present a theory for spin diffusion in disordered organic semiconductors based on hyperfine coupling, taking into account a combination of incoherent carrier hopping and coherent spin precession in the random hyperfine magnetic fields. We compare our findings with experimental values for the spin‐diffusion length. Finally, we demonstrate a criterion that allows the determination whether the organic spin‐valves operate in the tunneling or injection regimes. (© 2012 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Automorphisms of the Weyl Algebra

We discuss a conjecture which says that the automorphism group of the Weyl algebra in characteristic zero is canonically isomorphic to the automorphism group of the corresponding Poisson algebra of classical polynomial symbols. Several arguments in favor of this conjecture are presented, all based on the consideration of the reduction of the Weyl algebra to positive characteristic Mathematics Subject Classification (2000) 13N10, 16S32, 16H05     

New Application of Weyl Correspondence in Studying Husimi Operator

In this paper, the so-cMled Husimi operator △h（q,p; κ）, which is introduced by smoothing out the Wigner operator △ω（q,p） br averaging over the ＂coarse graining＂ function exp[-κ（q＇ - q）^2- （p＇- p）^2/κ], is now regarded as a Weft correspondence connecting the Husimi operator △h（q, p; κ） with its classical correspondence, since the integration kernel is just the Wigner operator. In this way we can easily identify ｜p, q; κ ） such that △ h （ q, p; κ ） = ｜p, q;κ ） （P, q; κ｜, where ｜P, q;κ） is a new kind of squeezed coherent states. The entangled Husimi operator is also treated in this way. Thus a simple way to tnd the Husimi operator is presented.     

Magneto-transport properties of dilute granular ferromagnets

We present magnetoresistance (MR) measurements performed on quench-condensed granular Ni thin films which are on the verge of electric continuity. In these systems, the electric conductivity is believed to be governed by the resistance between a very small number of grains. The films exhibit sharp resistance jumps as a function of magnetic field. We interpret these findings as being the result of magneto-mechanical distortions that occur in single grains which act as bottlenecks in the dilute percolation network. The observed features provide a unique measure of magnetostriction effects in nano-grain structures as well as being able to shed light on some of the properties of regular granular magnetic films.     

On the Newtonian limit of the Weyl tensor

In this note we wish to complement some recent work in the cosmological literature concerning the Weyl conformal curvature tensor and its parts. In particular, we shall give a clear-cut definition of the Newtonian limits of electric and magnetic parts of the Weyl tensor. We also discuss that only a subset of the relativistic equations is needed to obtain a closed system of equations in the Newtonian limit.     

On an Alignment Condition of the Weyl Tensor

We generalize an alignment condition of the Weyl tensor given by Barnes and Rowlingson. The alignment condition is then applied to Petrov type D perfect fluid spacetimes. In particular, purely magnetic, Petrov type D, shear-free perfect fluids are shown to be locally rotationally symmetric.     

The Weyl Tensor and Equilibrium Configurations of Self-Gravitating Fluids

It is shown that (except for two well defined cases), the necessary and sufficient condition for any spherically symmetric distribution of fluid to leave the state of equilibrium (or quasi-equilibrium), is that the Weyl tensor changes with respect to its value in the state of equilibrium (or quasi-equilibrium).     

A New Algorithm for the Petrov Classification of the Weyl Tensor

A new algorithm for the Petrov classification of the Weyl tensor is introduced. It is similar to the Letniowski-McLenaghan algorithm [1] when some of the 's are zero, but offers a completely new approach when all of the 's are nonzero. In all cases, new code in Maple has been implemented.     

Comment: The Square of the Weyl Tensor Can Be Negative

We show that the square of the Weyl tensor can be negative by giving an example:

Letter: Note on Invariants of the Weyl Tensor

Algebraically special gravitational fields are described using algebraic and differential invariants of the Weyl tensor. A type III invariant is also given and calculated for Robinson-Trautman spaces.     

New Formulation of Weyl Quantization Scheme in Coherent State Representation

By virtue of the technique of integration within an ordered product of operators we present a new formulation of the Weyl quantization scheme in the coherent state representation, which not only brings convenience for calculating the Weyl correspondence of normally ordered operators, but also directly leads us to find both the coherent state representation and the Weyl ordering representation of the Wigner operator.     

Collective modes of type-ⅡWeyl fermions with repulsive S-wave interaction

Three-dimensional type-ⅡWeyl fermions possess overtilted cone-like low-energy band dispersion.Unlike the closed ellipsoidal Fermi surface for type-ⅠWeyl fermions,the Fermi surface is an open hyperboloid for type-ⅡWeyl fermions.We evaluate the spin and density susceptibility of type-ⅡWeyl fermions with repulsive S-wave interaction by means of Green’s functions.We obtain the particle–hole continuum along the tilted momentum direction and perpendicular to the tilted momentum direction respectively.We find the zero sound mode in some repulsive interaction strengths by numerically solving the pole equations of the susceptibility within the random-phase approximation.