Pub Date : 2024-02-06DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/ad26b0
C. Ekuma
Lattice thermal transport properties of heavy fermion YbT$_2$Zn$_{20}$-based (T = Co, Rh, and Ir) 1-2-20 compounds are calculated with single-mode relaxation-time approximation and full solution of linearized phonon Boltzmann transport equation from first-principles anharmonic phonon calculations. We predict low lattice thermal conductivity $kappa_L$ with a maximum value of $sim24.16,$mW/m-K at 85.14 K, 137.29 mW/m-K at 9.67 K, and 23.55 mW/m-K at 67.50 K and $sim12.02,$, 40.04, and 10.30 mW/m-K at room temperature for YbCo$_2$Zn$_{20}$, YbRh$_2$Zn$_{20}$, and YbIr$_2$Zn$_{20}$, respectively. Based on the analysis of the cumulative $kappa_L$ as a function of the phonon mean-free path and the frequency-dependent joint density of states at various temperatures, we attribute the low $kappa_L$ to a rattling mode with an average characteristic rattling frequency $omegasim2.67,$THz that enhanced phonon scattering processes, which reduced the phonon mean-free paths, suppressed the phonon lifetime, and enhanced the probability of three-phonon scattering events. The predicted low $kappa_L$, especially in YbCo$_2$Zn$_{20}$ and YbIr$_2$Zn$_{20}$, are promising for thermoelectric and thermal management applications.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-06DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/ad26b0
C. Ekuma
Lattice thermal transport properties of heavy fermion YbT$_2$Zn$_{20}$-based (T = Co, Rh, and Ir) 1-2-20 compounds are calculated with single-mode relaxation-time approximation and full solution of linearized phonon Boltzmann transport equation from first-principles anharmonic phonon calculations. We predict low lattice thermal conductivity $kappa_L$ with a maximum value of $sim24.16,$mW/m-K at 85.14 K, 137.29 mW/m-K at 9.67 K, and 23.55 mW/m-K at 67.50 K and $sim12.02,$, 40.04, and 10.30 mW/m-K at room temperature for YbCo$_2$Zn$_{20}$, YbRh$_2$Zn$_{20}$, and YbIr$_2$Zn$_{20}$, respectively. Based on the analysis of the cumulative $kappa_L$ as a function of the phonon mean-free path and the frequency-dependent joint density of states at various temperatures, we attribute the low $kappa_L$ to a rattling mode with an average characteristic rattling frequency $omegasim2.67,$THz that enhanced phonon scattering processes, which reduced the phonon mean-free paths, suppressed the phonon lifetime, and enhanced the probability of three-phonon scattering events. The predicted low $kappa_L$, especially in YbCo$_2$Zn$_{20}$ and YbIr$_2$Zn$_{20}$, are promising for thermoelectric and thermal management applications.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/ad3778
A. Sarkar, Buddhadeb Ghosh
We derive an α=1/3-- attractor potential of slow-roll inflation in the warped D brane set-up featuring three intersecting D7 branes under T6 /ZN type of CY3-compactification within type IIB/F theory with some near-conifold regions. The underlying quadratic structure of the kinetic poles is found to arise from a correction in the Kähler potential when an extra contribution of open string moduli is turned on. While the closed string sector of the moduli spectrum is completely stabilized via quantum corrections of perturbative and non-perturbative origin, the open string sector plays the lead role in driving the inflationary expansion in the radial direction. A generic asymptotic behavior of the inflaton field near the pole boundaries manifests as the slow-roll plateau in canonical field space, which becomes responsible for giving universal predictions of the cosmological parameters. We find that the presence of the open strings near conifold regions brings the realization of pole inflation in the present set up.
{"title":"Inflationary α-attractor from type IIB/F theory","authors":"A. Sarkar, Buddhadeb Ghosh","doi":"10.1209/0295-5075/ad3778","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/ad3778","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 We derive an α=1/3-- attractor potential of slow-roll inflation in the warped D brane set-up featuring three intersecting D7 branes under T6 /ZN type of CY3-compactification within type IIB/F theory with some near-conifold regions. The underlying quadratic structure of the kinetic poles is found to arise from a correction in the Kähler potential when an extra contribution of open string moduli is turned on. While the closed string sector of the moduli spectrum is completely stabilized via quantum corrections of perturbative and non-perturbative origin, the open string sector plays the lead role in driving the inflationary expansion in the radial direction. A generic asymptotic behavior of the inflaton field near the pole boundaries manifests as the slow-roll plateau in canonical field space, which becomes responsible for giving universal predictions of the cosmological parameters. We find that the presence of the open strings near conifold regions brings the realization of pole inflation in the present set up.","PeriodicalId":503117,"journal":{"name":"Europhysics Letters","volume":"172 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140464036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/ad219f
T. Jia, Zhi Zeng
Using density functional calculations, we investigate the electronic structure and magnetism of double-perovskite Ba2YIrO6 to explore the origin of its unusual magnetic behavior. Our results show that the breakdown of expected j = 0 nonmagnetic state of Ir5+(5d 4) in Ba2YIrO6 is induced by both bandwidth and exchange interaction. In addition, the bandwidth effect makes the system behave like metal, while the antiferromagnetic interaction between Ir ions should be responsible for the insulator behavior. Moreover, the strong geometrical frustration in Ir triangular unit prevents the formation of long-range magnetic order.
{"title":"Unusual magnetic behavior of cubic double perovskite Ba2YIrO6 with Ir5+(5d\u0000 4) ions","authors":"T. Jia, Zhi Zeng","doi":"10.1209/0295-5075/ad219f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/ad219f","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Using density functional calculations, we investigate the electronic structure and magnetism of double-perovskite Ba2YIrO6 to explore the origin of its unusual magnetic behavior. Our results show that the breakdown of expected j = 0 nonmagnetic state of Ir5+(5d\u0000 4) in Ba2YIrO6 is induced by both bandwidth and exchange interaction. In addition, the bandwidth effect makes the system behave like metal, while the antiferromagnetic interaction between Ir ions should be responsible for the insulator behavior. Moreover, the strong geometrical frustration in Ir triangular unit prevents the formation of long-range magnetic order.","PeriodicalId":503117,"journal":{"name":"Europhysics Letters","volume":"37 14","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140464745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}