The European Physical Journal B

Vol. 64 No. 1 (July I 2008)

Colloquium


• Phase diagram of the Holstein polaron in one dimension     p. 1
  O.S. Barisic and S. Barisic
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Solid State and Materials
• Thermomagnetic history effects across the first order magneto-structural transition in the giant magnetocaloric Fe-Rh alloy     p. 19
  M. Manekar and S.B. Roy
  Abstract | PDF file (311.0 KB) | References



• Crystal and magnetic structure of CeVO₃     p. 27
  M. Reehuis, C. Ulrich, P. Pattison, M. Miyasaka, Y. Tokura and B. Keimer
  Abstract | PDF file (458.3 KB) | References



• Electronic and optical properties under pressure effect of alkali metal oxides     p. 35
  M. Moakafi, R. Khenata, A. Bouhemadou, H. Khachai, B. Amrani, D. Rached and M. Rérat
  Abstract | PDF file (586.7 KB) | References



• Weak-coupling treatment of electronic (anti-)ferroelectricity in the extended Falicov-Kimball model     p. 43
  C. Schneider and G. Czycholl
  Abstract | PDF file (519.9 KB) | References



Mesoscopic and Nanoscale Systems
• Spin-orbit coupling and crystal-field splitting in the electronic and optical properties of nitride quantum dots with a wurtzite crystal structure     p. 51
  S. Schulz, S. Schumacher and G. Czycholl
  Abstract | PDF file (569.0 KB) | References



• Monte Carlo simulations of growth modes of Pb nanoislands on Si(111) surface     p. 61
  Z. Kuntová, Z. Chvoj, M.C. Tringides and M. Yakes
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• Shot noise in a quantum dot coupled to non-magnetic leads: effects of Coulomb interaction     p. 67
  S.-H. Ouyang, C.-H. Lam and J.Q. You
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• Transport properties of AB-stacked bilayer graphene nanoribbons in an electric field     p. 73
  T.S. Li, Y.C. Huang, S.C. Chang, Y.C. Chuang and M.F. Lin
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• Ground-state energy of a classical artificial molecule     p. 81
  L. Cândido, T.L. Fonseca, J.N. Teixeira Rabelo and G.-Q. Hai
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• Concentric circular arrays of Josephson junctions as dressed models of granular superconductors     p. 87
  R. De Luca
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• Magnetism of quantum dot clusters: a Hubbard model study     p. 95
  J.-P. Nikkarila, M. Koskinen and M. Manninen
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Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
• Quantum thermodynamic processes: a control theory for machine cycles     p. 105
  J. Birjukov, T. Jahnke and G. Mahler
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• On the mean-field spin glass transition     p. 119
  A. Barra and L. DeSanctis
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• Nonergodic thermodynamics of disordered ferromagnets and ferroelectrics     p. 125
  P.N. Timonin
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Interdisciplinary Physics
• Cell scale self-organisation in the OFC model for earthquake dynamics - Re-rupturing, memory loss and quantisation of strain     p. 139
  M. Naylor and I.G. Main
  Abstract | PDF file (1.315 MB) | References