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This theoretical study analyzes quench dynamics in the Kondo model on the Toulouse line in the presence of a local magnetic field. The authors report exact analytical results for local spin dynamics, finding that relaxation timescales are set by the Kondo scale. They also describe damped transient oscillations in…

This condensed-matter physics study examined how high magnetic fields and pressure affect magnetization, transport, and thermodynamic properties of the intermediate-valence compound YbPd. The authors report that the Yb valence state and two first-order transitions are stable up to 55 T, while increasing pressure…

This paper presents a mesoscopic transport modeling framework (NEGF plus a real-space π-orbital model) to study how a uniform perpendicular magnetic field affects electronic transport in armchair graphene nanoribbons. The authors report width-dependent equilibrium current profiles and edge-localized transport under…

This paper describes unusual electronic properties of a graphene antidot created by a piecewise constant potential in a magnetic field. It reports near-complete localization of electron probability within the barrier region under some conditions and a symmetry linking antidot and dot states with identical…

This laboratory/materials study examined deformation and swelling of magnetic field sensitive polymer gels (ferrogels) in a static, uniform magnetic field. The authors report that gels with randomly distributed magnetic particles exhibited weak magnetodeformation, whereas gels with aligned particles showed no…

This paper presents a theoretical model to investigate the origin of a mixed symmetry pairing state in the high-Tc superconductor YBa2Cu3O7-δ under applied magnetic fields between Hc1 and Hc2. The authors report that the model’s results, and their stated agreement with relevant experimental data, suggest orthorhombic…

This paper is a review of two-dimensional electron dynamics in microscopically inhomogeneous magnetic fields, focusing on magnetic potentials varying on scales smaller than the mean free path. It covers early work on localization in random magnetic fields, methods to fabricate magnetic potentials, and drift-diffusion…

This neutron diffraction study quantifies how tetragonal structural domains in SrTiO3 redistribute below 105 K under external electric fields and uniaxial mechanical stress. The authors report that electric field and stress act competitively, and that applying both produces complex domain redistribution. The results…

This laboratory study investigates how magnetic field and pressure affect valence and magnetic transitions in the compound EuPtP. High-field analysis suggests a mixed valence state at low temperature and discontinuous changes in Eu2+ fraction at two transition temperatures. Pressure increases the transition…

This paper theoretically investigates zero- and finite-temperature behavior of an anisotropic antiferromagnetic Heisenberg XXZ spin-1/2 chain under a transverse magnetic field, focusing between the factorizing and critical fields. It reports an entanglement phase transition at the factorizing field where entanglement…

This materials-physics study investigated quadrupolar hyperfine interactions of (111)In→(111)Cd probes in polycrystalline Zr4Al3 and Hf4Al3 containing minority (Zr/Hf)3Al2 phases. The authors observed a strong preference of (111)In solutes for the minority (Zr/Hf)3Al2 phases. Ab initio EFG calculations were used to…

This paper analyzes anomalous magnetic-field and temperature dependences observed in MgB(2) superconductivity experiments using a two-order-parameter Ginzburg-Landau theory with two length scales. The authors numerically solve the nonlinear Ginzburg-Landau equations for arbitrary applied fields between Hc1 and Hc2 to…

A theoretical analysis is presented of electron states in a two-dimensional plane bound to an off-plane donor impurity under a magnetic field. The authors calculate energy levels (ground and first three excited states) variationally and report binding energies and mean orbital radii as functions of donor position and…

This theoretical condensed-matter study examines how an electric field affects the electronic spectrum and localization in quasiperiodic chains modeled with Harper and Fibonacci potentials. It reports localized ladder spectra under strong fields and smoothing with linearly decreasing gaps under weak fields. When…

This theoretical/physics paper examines how an in-plane uniform electric field affects the de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) effect in graphene. It reports that magnetization, magnetic susceptibility, and dHvA oscillation behavior depend on a dimensionless parameter β = E/(vF B), with divergences described at a critical…

This theoretical study uses a nonequilibrium Green function approach to analyze current-induced spin polarization in a two-dimensional heavy-hole system with cubic Rashba spin-orbit coupling under in-plane electric and magnetic fields. The authors report monotonic decreases in longitudinal conductivity with…

This experimental study examined nucleation of superconductivity at the surface of a single-crystal yttrium hexaboride (YB6) in a tilted dc magnetic field. The authors measured Hc3 on each side of the sample as a function of the angle between the field and the surface. They report Hc3/Hc2 ≈ 1.28 for a perpendicular…

This paper discusses the Czjzek model for distributions of electric field gradient (EFG) tensors in disordered solids and highlights its underlying assumptions and characteristics. It then introduces an extended model that combines a defined local EFG environment with an adjustable Gaussian (Czjzek) noise term to…

This study reports slow relaxation of magnetoresistance in selectively doped p-GaAs-AlGaAs structures following application of a magnetic field. The authors emphasize efforts to rule out temperature fluctuation artifacts and state that the main relaxation features remain. They interpret the phenomenon using a…

This laboratory/engineering study examined electric-field-induced structuring in clay-oil suspensions using WAXS, SEM, rheometry, and electrical measurements. Particle orientation was quantified via an orientational order parameter derived from diffraction peak azimuthal changes, and chain versus column formation was…

This engineering-focused study measured ultrasonic propagation velocity in hydrocarbon-based magnetic and magnetorheological fluids under an external magnetic field. The authors report that clustering structures formed in the fluids influence ultrasonic propagation velocity, with observed hysteresis and anisotropy.…

This laboratory study examined how temperature and prior electric-field exposure affect low-field conductivity in the charge density wave material o-TaS3. Conductivity differed between cooling and heating below the CDW transition, and applying increasing electric fields drove the system toward a stable,…

This study characterizes the electrical potential on the surface of ~300 nm SiO2 grown on single-crystalline Si under ambient conditions using electric field microscopy. It reports an inhomogeneous surface potential with fluctuations up to ~0.4 V over ~1 µm regions. The authors propose these fluctuations could affect…

This small clinical case series evaluated TOPAZ radiofrequency coblation microtenotomy for recalcitrant plantar fasciitis in 14 patients. The abstract reports improved AOFAS hindfoot scores at 3 and 6 months and improvements in several SF-36 domains, with most patients reporting good-to-excellent satisfaction. The…