New Monte Carlo algorithms for classical spin systemsWe describe a number of recently developed cluster-flipping algorithms for the efficient simulation of classical spin models near their critical temperature. These include the algorithms of Wolff,…G. T. Barkema, M. E. J. Newman·Mar 19, 1997SaveLearn
New Class of Random Matrix Ensembles with Multifractal EigenvectorsThree recently suggested random matrix ensembles (RME) are linked together by an exact mapping and plausible conjections. Since it is known that in one of these ensembles the eigenvector statistics…V. E. Kravtsov, K. A. Muttalib·Mar 18, 1997SaveLearn
Valence Bond Mapping of Antiferromagnetic Spin ChainsBoson mapping techniques are developed to describe valence bond correlations in quantum spin chains. Applying the method to the alternating bond hamiltonian for a generic spin chain, we derive an…Jorge Dukelsky, Stuart Pittel·Mar 18, 1997SaveLearn
Phase Transitions of the Flux Line Lattice in High-Temperature Superconductors with Weak Columnar and Point DisorderWe study the effects of weak point and columnar disorder on the vortex-lattice phase transitions in high temperature superconductors. The combined effect of thermal fluctuations and of quenched…Yadin Y. Goldschmidt·Mar 17, 1997SaveLearn
A local approach for global partial density of statesTo apply the scattering approach for the problem of AC transport through coherent quantum conductors, various partial density of states must be evaluated. If the global partial density of states…Jian Wang, Qingrong Zheng, Hong Guo·Mar 15, 1997SaveLearn
Almost-Hermitian Random Matrices: Crossover from Wigner-Dyson to Ginibre eigenvalue statisticsBy using the method of orthogonal polynomials we analyze the statistical properties of complex eigenvalues of random matrices describing a crossover from Hermitian matrices characterized by the…Yan V. Fyodorov, Boris A. Khoruzhenko, H. -J. Sommers·Mar 14, 1997SaveLearn
Implicit Finite-Size Effects in Computer SimulationsThe influence of periodic boundary conditions (implicit finite-size effects) on the anisotropy of pair correlations in computer simulations is studied for a dense classical fluid of pair-wise…A. R. Denton, P. A. Egelstaff·Mar 14, 1997SaveLearn
Theory of colossal magnetoresistanceThe history and recent developments in studying (colossal) magnetoresistance in perovskite manganese oxides is reviewed. We emphasize the growing evidence for strongly coupled spin, charge and…Alan R. Bishop, Heinrich Röder·Mar 14, 1997SaveLearn
Phases in Strongly Coupled Electronic Bilayer LiquidsThe strongly correlated liquid state of a bilayer of charged particles has been studied via the HNC calculation of the two-body functions. We report the first time emergence of a series of structural…V. I. Valtchinov, G. Kalman, K. Blagoev·Mar 14, 1997SaveLearn
Magnetism of CaV2O5, CaV3O7, CaV4O9: quantum effects or orbital ordering?The quasi 2-d spin 1/2 materials CaVnO2n+1 (n=2,3,4) are often treated as systems in which quantum effects play a dominant role: CaV2O5 has a spin gap and is thought to be a spin ladder; CaV3O7…S. Marini, D. Khomskii·Mar 13, 1997SaveLearn
Orthogonal Polynomials and Exact Correlation Functions for Two Cut Random Matrix ModelsExact eigenvalue correlation functions are computed for large N hermitian one-matrix models with eigenvalues distributed in two symmetric cuts. An asymptotic form for orthogonal polynomials for…Nivedita Deo·Mar 13, 1997SaveLearn
Quantum confinement effects on the ordering of the lowest-lying excited states in conjugated chainsThe symmetrized density matrix renormalization group approach is applied within the extended Hubbard-Peierls model (with parameters U/t, V/t, and bond alternation δ) to study the ordering of the…Z. Shuai, J. L. Bredas, S. K. Pati et al.·Mar 13, 1997SaveLearn
Limited Range Fractality of Randomly Adsorbed RodsMultiple resolution analysis of two dimensional structures composed of randomly adsorbed penetrable rods, for densities below the percolation threshold, has been carried out using box-counting…Daniel A. Lidar, Ofer Biham, David Avnir·Mar 13, 1997SaveLearn
Microscopic Model for Sequential Tunneling in Semiconductor Multiple Quantum WellsWe propose a selfconsistent microscopic model of vertical sequential tunneling through a multi-quantum well.The model includes a detailed description of the contacts,uses the Transfer Hamiltonian for…Ramon Aguado, Gloria Platero, Miguel Moscoso et al.·Mar 13, 1997SaveLearn
Only Fermi-Liquids are MetalsAny singular deviation from Landau Fermi-liquid theory appears to lead, for arbitrarily small concentration of impurities coupling to a non-conserved quantity, to a vanishing density of states at the…C. M. Varma·Mar 12, 1997SaveLearn
Dynamical mean-field theory of the small polaronA dynamical mean-field theory of the small polaron problem is presented, which becomes exact in the limit of infinite dimensions. The ground state properties and the one-electron spectral function…S. Ciuchi, F. de Pasquale, S. Fratini et al.·Mar 12, 1997SaveLearn
Projected dynamics for metastable decay in Ising modelsThe magnetization switching dynamics in the kinetic Ising model is projected onto a one-dimensional absorbing Markov chain. The resulting projected dynamics reproduces the direct simulation results…M. Kolesik, M. A. Novotny, P. A. Rikvold et al.·Mar 12, 1997SaveLearn
Enhanced magnetic fluctuations in doped spin-Peierls systems: a single-chain model analysisWe analyze by means of real space Renormalization Group (RG) as well as by exact diagonalizations the properties of a single-chain model of a doped spin-Peierls system, where a major role is played…M. Fabrizio, R. Mélin·Mar 11, 1997SaveLearn
Hot electron relaxation: Exact solution for a many electron modelThe exact nonequilibrium time evolution of the momentum distribution for a finite many particle system in one dimension with a linear energy dispersion coupled to optical phonons is presented. For…K. Schoenhammer, C. Woehler·Mar 11, 1997SaveLearn
Solitons and (spin-)Peierls transition in disordered quasi-one-dimensional systemsWe study the (spin-)Peierls transition in quasi-one-dimensional disordered systems, treating the lattice classically. The role of kinks, induced thermally and by disorder, is emphasized. For weak…M. Mostovoy, D. Khomskii·Mar 11, 1997SaveLearn
Disorder-induced solitons in conjugated polymersWe show that weak off-diagonal disorder in degenerate ground state conjugated polymers results in a finite density of randomly positioned kinks (solitons and antisolitons) in the lattice…Maxim Mostovoy, Marc Thilo Figge, Jasper Knoester·Mar 11, 1997SaveLearn
Dynamics of two interacting particles in classical billiardsThe problem of two interacting particles moving in a d-dimensional billiard is considered here. A suitable coordinate transformation leads to the problem of a particle in an unconventional…Lilia Meza-Montes, Sergio E. Ulloa·Mar 10, 1997SaveLearn
Charge injection instability in perfect insulatorsWe show that in a macroscopic perfect insulator, charge injection at a field-enhancing defect is associated with an instability of the insulating state or with bistability of the insulating and the…Thomas Christen·Mar 10, 1997SaveLearn
The Crossover beteween Aslamazov-Larkin and Short Wavelength Fluctuations Regimes in HTS Conductivity ExperimentsWe present paraconductivity (AL) measurements in three different high temperature superconductors: a melt textured YBa2Cu3O7 sample, a Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 epitaxial thin film and a highly…M. R. Cimberle, C. Ferdeghini, E. Giannini et al.·Mar 10, 1997SaveLearn
Suggested Model for the Origin of Mosaic Structure of DNAIn view of the critical behavior exhibited by a statistical model describing a one dimensional crystal containing isotopic impurities and the fact that for impurity mass parameter 3 times the host…Carla Goldman, Robson Francisco de Souza·Mar 10, 1997SaveLearn