Parity-locking effect in a strongly-correlated ring

Orbital magnetism in an integrable model of a multichannel ring with long-ranged electron-electron interactions is investigated. In a noninteracting multichannel system, the response to an external magnetic flux is the sum of many diamagnetic and paramagnetic contributions, but we find that for sufficiently strong correlations, the contributions of all channels add constructively, leading to a parity (diamagnetic or paramagnetic) which depends only on the total number of electrons. Numerical results confirm that this parity-locking effect is robust with respect to subband mixing due to disorder.     

Electronic state of PuCoGa5 and NpCoGa5 as probed by polarized neutrons

By using single crystals and polarized neutrons, we have measured the orbital and spin components of the microscopic magnetization in the paramagnetic state of NpCoGa(5) and PuCoGa(5). The microscopic magnetization of NpCoGa(5) agrees with that observed in bulk susceptibility measurements and the magnetic moment has spin and orbital contributions as expected for intermediate coupling. In contrast, for PuCoGa(5), which is a superconductor with a high transition temperature, the microscopic magnetization in the paramagnetic state is small, temperature-independent, and significantly below the value found with bulk techniques at low temperatures. The orbital moment dominates the magnetization.     

Third-Order Magnetic Susceptibility of an Ideal Fermi Gas

At low temperature and under weak magnetic field, non-interacting Fermi gases reveal both Pauli paramagnetism and Landau diamagnetism, and the magnitude of the diamagnetic susceptibility is 1/3 of that of the paramagnetic one. When the temperature is finite and the magnetic field is also finite, we demonstrate that the paramagnetism and diamagnetism start to deviate from the ratio 1/3. For understanding the magnetic properties of an ideal Fermi gas at quite low temperature and under quite weak magnetic field, we work out explicitly the third-order magnetic susceptibility in three cases, from intrinsic spin, orbital motion and in total. An interesting property is in third-order magnetic susceptibilities:when viewing individually, they are both diamagnetic, but in total it is paramagnetic.     

Current characteristics of mesoscopic rings in quantum Smoluchowski regime

In normal mesoscopic metals of a ring topology persistent currents can be induced by threading the center of the ring with a magnetic flux. This phenomenon is an example of the famous Aharonov-Bohm effect. In the paper we study the current vs the external constant magnetic flux characteristics of the system driven by both the classical and the quantum thermal fluctuations. The problem is formulated in terms of Langevin equations in classical and quantum Smoluchowski regimes. We analyze the impact of the quantum thermal fluctuations on the current-flux characteristics. We demonstrate that the current response can be changed from paramagnetic to diamagnetic when the quantum nature of the thermal fluctuations increases.     

Linear-temperature dependence of static magnetic susceptibility in LaFeAsO from dynamical mean-field theory

In this Letter we report the local density approximation with dynamical mean field theory results for magnetic properties of the parent superconductor LaFeAsO in the paramagnetic phase. Calculated uniform magnetic susceptibility shows linear dependence at intermediate temperatures in agreement with experimental data. Contributions to the temperature dependence of the uniform susceptibility are strongly orbitally dependent. For high temperatures (>1000 K) susceptibility first saturates and then decreases with temperature. Our results demonstrate that linear-temperature dependence of static magnetic susceptibility in pnictide superconductors can be reproduced without invoking antiferromagnetic fluctuations.     

The onset of superconductivity in the time dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory

The fluctuations of the local order parameter above the superconducting transition temperature give rise to singularities in the electrical conductivity and the diamagnetic susceptibility. Using the time dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation the fluctuation of the current density is calculated. By means of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem and a dispersion relation the electromagnetic response function is then determined for small frequencies and wave-numbers. The dynamical conductivity for bulk material, thin films, and thin wires shows an increasing peak at zero frequency the width of which decreases as the transition temperature is approached. This structure should be observable in microwave experiments.     

Incomplete Meissner effect of triplet superconductivity

The magnetic properties of a triplet superconductor are investigated using a phenomenological Ginzburg-Landau theory. Due to the presence of a paramagnetic term in the free energy arising from the energy required to flip the spins of a triplet pair by the magnetic field, the system does not exhibit a complete Meissner effect below T_c. This paramagnetic contribution to the magnetization is stabilized by the non-linear terms in the free energy, and for certain values of the parameters, can even cancel the diamagnetic term. The results are discussed in terms of the Anderson- Morel and Balian-Werthamer states.     

Magnetic response of nonmagnetic impurities in cuprates

A theory of the local magnetic response of a nonmagnetic impurity in a doped antiferromagnet, as relevant to the normal-state in cuprates, is presented. It is based on the assumption of the overdamped collective mode in the bulk system and on the evidence that equal-time spin correlations are only weakly renormalized in the vicinity of the impurity. The theory relates the Kondo-like behavior of the local susceptibility to the anomalous temperature dependence of the bulk magnetic susceptibility.     

The orbital susceptibility of the neutral Hubbard model

Using the test Hamiltonian introduced by Dichtel, Jelitto, and Koppe we calculated the linear response of the model to a small magnetic field, and determined therefrom the static susceptibility for the case of an s. c. lattice. Numerical results were obtained for this type of lattice. The susceptibility is found to be rather independent of temperature in a wide range of absolute temperature. The ratio of the diamagnetic to the paramagnetic susceptibility (which was calculated in a previous paper) goes to zero in the limit of zero hopping.     

Dynamical theory of thermal spin fluctuations in metallic ferromagnets

A self-consistent dynamical theory of thermal spin fluctuations is developed which describes their spatial correlation. It is based on the functional integral method and utilizes the quadratic representation for the electron free energy in a fluctuating exchange field with renormalized susceptibilities allowing for the interaction of various spin fluctuation modes. Interpolation between the single-site and homogeneous susceptibilities is used, where these susceptibilities are found self-consistently. The average over fluctuations takes account of both long-wavelength and local excitations. A closed system of equations is formed for both unknown quantities: the magnetization and the mean-square exchange field at a site. The basic characteristics of a specific magnet are the density of electron states and the atomic magnetic moment at T=0. A method is proposed for separating the relatively slow thermal-spin fluctuations from the rapid zero-spin fluctuations forming the ground state of the magnets. At T=0 we have a system of equations of mean field theory. The temperature excites thermal spin fluctuations, which are described by taking account of correlation in time and space. The magnetization, susceptibility, magnitude of the spin fluctuations and their distribution over momenta, and the degree of magnetic short-range order in iron are calculated as functions of the temperature in the ferromagnetic and paramagnetic phases, and also at the transition between them, the Curie temperature. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 40, 90–98 (January 1998)     

Influence of the regime of plastic deformation on the magnetic properties of single-crystal silicon Cz-Si

A variation has been revealed in electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of single-crystal silicon Cz-Si plates plastically deformed by bending and torsion. The plastic deformation of the silicon plates is accompanied by the introduction of dislocations (∼10⁷ cm⁻²) and leads to the appearance of new lines in the electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum of the sample. The paramagnetic centers introduced during bending and torsion, as well as their electron paramagnetic resonance spectra, differ from those previously studied under conditions of uniaxial deformation. The plastic deformation results in a significant increase in the diamagnetic component of the magnetic susceptibility, which exceeds the increase in the paramagnetic component for the magnetic susceptibility of the Cz-Si crystals.     

Surface magnetism of nanocrystalline copper monoxide

The effect of the surface on the magnetic susceptibility of nanopowders of the CuO semiconducting antiferromagnet was studied. Single-phase nanopowders with nanoparticles 15, 45, and 60 nm in size were prepared through copper vapor condensation in an argon environment, with subsequent oxidation of the copper. The temperature dependences of the magnetic susceptibility of the nanopowders differ qualitatively from the χ (T) relations for bulk samples. In the region 80≤T≤600 K, the magnetic susceptibility of nanopowders is inversely proportional to temperature and is described by the sum of contributions due to the bulk part of CuO and to the Cu²⁺ paramagnetic ions localized in surface layers. The paramagnetic contribution to the total susceptibility is shown to increase with decreasing particle size and sample density. A comparison of the χ (T) relations is made for nanopowders and for a dense CuO nanoceramic with grain size 5≤d≤100 nm prepared using the shock wave technique.     

A quantitative determination of magnetic fluctuations in CuGeO3

A polarised neutron scattering investigation has been carried out on a powder sample of CuGeO₃ within the temperature range of 1.5 K to 600 K. The magnetic scattering has been separated from all other contributions by using polarised neutrons and polarisation analysis and placed onto an absolute scale. At low temperatures the long wavelength components of the paramagnetic response are suppressed consistent with the formation of Cu dimers in which the magnetic moments are correlated antiferromagnetically. This form of the scattering persists to temperatures well above the dimerisation temperature T _sp ∼ 14 K. However as the temperature is raised the intensity of the long wavelength spin fluctuations increases and above ∼150 K they are the dominant feature in the wave vector dependence of the response. At all temperatures the observed scattering extrapolates smoothly to the Q = 0 value given by the uniform susceptibility. Consequently the thermal variation of the uniform susceptibility arises from the evolution of the long wavelength magnetic fluctuations. At large wave vectors the energy dependence of the scattering revealed that the response occurs below 16 meV in agreement with the reported maximum magnetic excitation energy at the zone boundary in the ground state. However the total magnetic scattering is significantly less than that expected for a local moment system suggesting that the spectrum of thermal and quantum fluctuations overlap. Received 30 May 2000 and Received in final form 22 March 2001     

Diamagnetic susceptibility of spin-triplet ferromagnetic superconductors

We calculate the diamagnetic susceptibility in zero external magnetic field above the phase transition from ferromagnetic phase to phase of coexistence of ferromagnetic order and unconventional superconductivity. For this aim we use generalized Ginzburg-Landau free energy of unconventional ferromagnetic superconductor with spin-triplet electron pairing. A possible application of the result to some intermetallic compounds is briefly discussed.     

Rashba spin-orbit interaction effects on thermal and magnetic properties of parabolic GaAs quantum dot in the presence of donor impurity under external electric and magnetic fields

Based on the effective mass approximation, the magnetic and thermal properties of parabolic GaAs quantum dot have been investigated in the presence of Rashba Spin-Orbit interaction (RSOI), donor impurity and applied magnetic and electric fields. The exact diagonalization method has been used to solve the Hamiltonian of an electron confined in a quantum dot (QD) and obtain the eigenenergies and the binding energy of the donor impurity as a function of various QD physical parameters. We have shown the dependence of the average statistical energy, magnetization, magnetic susceptibility and heat capacity of the donor impurity in the QD on: the Rashba interaction parameter, the magnetic and electric fields, confining frequency, and temperature. The results reveal that these parameters can tune the magnetic properties of the GaAs quantum dot and flip the sign of magnetic susceptibility from negative (diamagnetic) to positive (paramagnetic) type material.     

永磁体辅助下单畴GdBCO超导体和永磁体之间的磁悬浮力研究

通过对永磁体辅助下单畴GdBCO超导体和圆柱形永磁体在液氮温度、零场冷、轴对称情况下磁悬浮力的测量,研究了两种不同组态下辅助永磁体对超导体磁悬浮力特性的影响.实验结果表明,当长方体辅助永磁体水平磁化、且磁极N指向超导体时,超导体的最大磁悬浮力从没有引入辅助永磁体的29.8 N增加到61.5 N,增加为没有引入辅助永磁体时的206%.当长方体辅助永磁体的N极与圆柱形永磁体的N极反平行时,超导体的最大磁悬浮力从没有引入辅助永磁体的29.8 N减小到19.6 N,减小为无辅助永磁体时的65.8%.这些研究结果说明,通过科学合理地设计超导体和永磁体的组合方式,能有效地提高超导体的磁悬浮力.该研究结果对促进超导体的应用具有重要的指导意义. 关键词： 单畴GdBCO 永磁体 磁悬浮力     

AC magnetic susceptibility at medium frequencies suggests a paramagnetic behavior of pure water

The AC magnetic susceptibility of water is studied in the frequency range of 1 kHz-1 MHz at a low magnetic field. The results show a paramagnetic behavior between 500 kHz and 1 MHz for samples at 37 °C and 25 °C, which is surprising considering that water is believed to be diamagnetic. AC magnetic susceptibilities for ice and different salt solutions were investigated as well: in such cases the susceptibility is always negative and therefore, such samples remain diamagnetic.     

Thermoluminescence and Magnetic Properties of irradiated Sodium Chloride

The diamagnetic susceptibility of sodium chloride crystal decreases on irradiation with x-rays andγ-rays. This is due to the induced paramagnetic centres in the crystal. The difference in diamagnetic susceptibility of the crystal before and after irradiation obeys Curie Law. On thermal bleaching the diamagnetic susceptibility recovers its original value. The changes in magnetic susceptibilities which occur at different stages of thermal bleaching are found to have correspondence with the integrated intensity of thermoluminescence. It is concluded that the destruction of F-Centres alone can not account for the intensity of thermoluminescence or changes in magnetic property.     

Studying the magnetic properties of CoSi single crystals

The magnetic properties of CoSi single crystals have been measured in a range of temperatures T = 5.5–450 K and magnetic field strengths H ≤ 11 kOe. A comparison of the results for crystals grown in various laboratories allowed the temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibility χ(T) = M(T)/H to be determined for a hypothetical “ideal” (free of magnetic impurities and defects) CoSi crystal. The susceptibility of this ideal crystal in the entire temperature range exhibits a diamagnetic character. The χ(T) value significantly increases in absolute value with decreasing temperature and exhibits saturation at the lowest temperatures studied. For real CoSi crystals of four types, paramagnetic contributions to the susceptibility have been evaluated and nonlinear (with respect to the field) contributions to the magnetization have been separated and taken into account in the calculations of χ(T).     

Screening theory of the specific heat transition in dirty bulk superconductors in a magnetic field

The specific heat of a dirty bulk superconductor in a magnetic field has been calculated using a screening treatment of the order parameter fluctuations. The results agree qualitatively with the measurements of Barnes and Hake. The transition width scales as $\text{H}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>2</mtext><mtext>3</mtext>}}$.