Doubly ordered superconducting state in a doped antiferromagnet

In a weakly doped quasi-two-dimensional antiferromagnet with a Fermi contour in the form of small pockets, the Coulomb repulsion gives rise to a doubly ordered superconducting state of coexisting condensates with a large pair momentum and a zero one. The pairing with the large momentum determines the superconducting transition temperature, below which the order with zero momentum coexists as an induced order until the temperature corresponding to the initiation of the phonon pairing mechanism is reached. The superconductivity-induced orbital current density wave eliminates the pairing-repulsion-caused zero points from the two-gap quasiparticle spectrum and leads to a deviation of the relative phase of the superconducting order parameter components from π.     

Pseudogap in the spin-polaron approach for the carrier spectrum of a two-dimensional doped antiferromagnet

In the Kondo model of the two-dimensional lattice with a strong spin-hole antiferromagnetic exchange, the pseudogap behavior of the carrier spectral function A(k, ω) is considered in the optimal and almost dielectric doping limits. A distinctive feature of the analysis is the introduction of the spin polaron even in the mean-field approximation that leads to the formation of two bands (the analogs of the upper and lower Hubbard bands) and makes it possible to immediately take into account the main rearrangement of A(k, ω). The inclusion of the scattering of the mean-field polaron (within the irreducible Green’s functions) describes the further rearrangement of A(k, ω), in particular, the unusual appearance of the pseudogap near the points N = (±π/2, ±π/2).     

Skyrmions in a doped antiferromagnet

Magnetization and magnetoresistance have been measured in insulating antiferromagnetic La2Cu0.97Li0.03O4 over a wide range of temperatures, magnetic fields, and field orientations. The magnetoresistance step associated with a weak ferromagnetic transition exhibits a striking nonmonotonic temperature dependence, consistent with the presence of Skyrmions.     

Instability of the spiral state of the doped Hubbard model

It is shown that the homogeneous spiral state of the doped Hubbard model is unstable for infinitesimal doping concentration. The spin response about the Hartree-Fock spiral state is evaluated, considering both the interband and intraband processes. Driven by long-wavelength, intraband spin fluctuations, the instability towards infinitesimal fluctuations about the mean-field state is inferred from the nature of the static spin response.     

On the Hall effect in a two-dimensional doped antiferromagnet

The conductivity and the Hall coefficient of a doped 2D antiferromagnet in the normal state are considered using the Kondo lattice model in the multimoment approximation. The anomalous temperature dependence of the kinetic coefficients is explained by the strong anisotropic charge-carrier scattering from the spin subsystem and found to be in qualitative agreement with the experimental data for the normal state of high-T _c superconductors.     

Coupling of electrons and phonons in a doped antiferromagnet

It is well-known that low-energy electronic excitations in high-T _c superconductors have energies of the order of the exchange couplingJ, i.e. of the same order as the phonon energies. Therefore, low-energy electronic excitations and phonons should strongly influence each other. To investigate this problem we consider a coupled electron-phonon system. For the electronic degrees of freedom we start from the three band Hubbard or Emery model. In analogy to the transformation of the three band Hubbard model to thet?J model, studied by Zhang and Rice, we derive an effective electron-phonon interaction. Its electronic degrees of freedom are those of thet?J model which couple to the phonons of the original system. The coupling of electrons and phonons is discussed by means of the phonon Green function for a breathing-like mode.     

Excitation spectrum of a supersolid

Conclusive experimental evidence of a supersolid phase in any known condensed matter system is presently lacking. On the other hand, a supersolid phase has been recently predicted for a system of spinless bosons in continuous space, interacting via a broad class of soft-core, repulsive potentials. Such an interaction can be engineered in assemblies of ultracold atoms, providing a well-defined pathway to the unambiguous observation of this fascinating phase of matter. In this Letter, we study by first principles computer simulations the elementary excitation spectrum of the supersolid, and show that it features two distinct modes, namely, a solidlike phonon and a softer collective excitation, related to broken translation and gauge symmetry, respectively.     

Excitation spectrum of a paramagnetic-superconducting contact

A calculation of the bound states in a paramagnetic-superconducting contact, valid at any temperature belowT _c, is performed by using a recently developed method of solving the Bogoliubov equations. The problem of self-consistency of the pair-potentialΔ(x) is being avoided by leaving open the detailed form ofΔ(z), introducing instead the characteristic lenghth for the spatial variation of the pair-potential,d=_O∫ ^D (1?Δ(z)/Δ)dz, as a fit parameter. The energies, the quasiparticle wave-functions and the density of the bound states are calculated for negligible impurity scattering. The energy gap of the excitation spectrum reduces from about one third of its bulk value to practically zero as the thicknessa of the normal film increases froma?d toa?d.     

Excitation spectrum of a Bose-Einstein condensate

We report a measurement of the excitation spectrum omega(k) and the static structure factor S(k) of a Bose-Einstein condensate. The excitation spectrum displays a linear phonon regime, as well as a parabolic single-particle regime. The linear regime provides an upper limit for the superfluid critical velocity, by the Landau criterion. The excitation spectrum agrees well with the Bogoliubov spectrum in the local density approximation, even close to the long-wavelength limit of the region of applicability. Feynman's relation between omega(k) and S(k) is verified, within an overall constant.     

Lattice effects in the bulk-magnon spectrum of a finite low-temperature antiferromagnet

For a plate of a low-temperature antiferromagnet (T _N <T _D , where T _N and T _D are the Néel temperature and the Debye temperature, respectively), it is shown that the effect of the lattice on the magnetic-dipole and exchange spin dynamics in magnetically ordered crystals can lead to anomalies in the spectrum of propagating bulk magnons. These anomalies are absent in the cases of an infinite magnet and of a plate of a high-temperature antiferromagnet (T _N >T _D ).     

Heat capacity and magnetoresistance of a lightly doped two-dimensional antiferromagnet in the noncollinear phase

The energy spectrum of mobile charge carriers in a two-dimensional Antiferromagnet placed in external magnetic field is analyzed. It is shown that allowing for the magnetic sublattice skew the effective mass of mobile charge carriers in a lightly doped Antiferromagnet. This affects substantially the transport and thermodynamic properties of the system. A insulator-semimetal transition is induced with external magnetic field.     

Theory of the reentrant transition in a lamellar antiferromagnet: doped La2CuO4

The effect of impurity-induced states on the long range order in a lamellar antiferromagnet (AF) is studied and the magnetic phase-diagram of a lightly doped La_2–x Sr _x CuO₄ is proposed. It is shown that long range magnetic perturbations and the layered structure cause the shrinkage of AF domain on the phase diagram and lead to the reentrant AF transition. A nonmonotonous dependence of the correlation length _2D on temperatureT is obtained; the dependence _2D (x) is exponential for highT and _2D x ^1/2 for lowT.