Reply to the comment by C. Capan and K. Behnia on "Nernst effect in poor conductors and in the cuprate superconductors" (cond-mat/0501288)
A. S. Alexandrov
The comment criticisms (cond-mat/0501288) are completely out of line with the context of the commented theory (Phys. Rev. Lett. v.93, 217002 (2004)). The comment neglected essential parts of the theory, which actually addressed all relevant experimental observations. I argue that the coexistence of the large Nernst signal and the insulating-like in-plane resistivity in underdoped cuprates rules out the vortex scenario, but agrees remarkably well with our theory.
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cond-mat.supr-con, cond-mat.str-el
On the critical temperature of two-channel Kondo model: Reply to cond-mat/0009283
I. L. Aleiner, B. L. Altshuler, Y. M. Galperin
We discuss the comment by Zarand and Zawadowski (cond-mat/0009283) on our preprint cond-mat/0007430 where it has been shown that the strong coupling regime for the two-channel Kondo model of two level system can be never realized for any realistic microscopic description. The authors of the comment state that the Kondo temperature can be substantially increased due to electron-hole asymmetry. Here we show by direct calculation that the electron-hole asymmetry does not enter the leading logarithmic approximation. Consequently, we disagree with the aforementioned comment.
Erratum: Effective Lorentz Force due to Small-Angle Impurity Scattering: Magnetotransport in High-$T_c$ Superconductors
C. M. Varma, Elihu Abrahams
The equations in cond-mat/0011020 and Phys. Rev, Lett. 86, 4652 (2001) are valid but a numerical estimate in the paper is incorrect.
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cond-mat.supr-con, cond-mat.str-el
Some clarifications on cond-mat/0508763 by M. I. Katsnelson
M. Feldbacher, R. Arita, K. Held
et al.
Katsnelson submitted his Comment on our paper "Projective Quantum Monte Carlo Method for the Anderson Impurity Model and its Application to Dynamical Mean Field Theory" to Phys. Rev. Lett. in May 2005. We proved in our report that this comment was incorrect since there is no orthogonality catastrophe for our calculation in Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 136405 (2004) which is for half-filling. Now in cond-mat/0508763, Katsnelson incorporates our proof of the invalidity of his original Comment, based on Friedel's sum rule. Instead, he now claims that the projective quantum Monte Carlo method is "unpractical" off half-filling, overlooking that our calculations off half-filling (R. Arita and K. Held, LT24 conference proceedings and cond-mat/0508639) employ in practice a noninteracting trial Hamiltonian with the same electron density as the interacting Hamiltonian so that there is again no orthogonality catastrophe. Note added. In the revised version of his comment, Katsnelson gives proper credit to our proof. In our reply, we will present the original proof based on the Friedel sum rule. Moreover, we show that the orthogonality catastrophe does not affect our results. Katsnelson's objection is not valid.
Reply to: ``Comment on `Spurious fixed points in frustrated magnets,' cond-mat/0609285"
B. Delamotte, Yu. Holovatch, D. Ivaneyko
et al.
The Comment of A. Pelissetto and E. Vicari (cond-mat/0610113) on our article (cond-mat/0609285) is based on misunderstandings of this article as well as on unfounded implicit assumptions. We clarify here the controversial points and show that, contrary to what is asserted by these authors, our paper is free of any contradiction and agrees with all well-established theoretical and experimental results. Also, we maintain that our work reveals pathologies in the (treatment of) perturbative approaches performed at fixed dimensions. In particular, we emphasize that the perturbative approaches to frustrated magnets performed either within the minimal substraction scheme without epsilon-expansion or in the massive scheme at zero momentum exhibit spurious fixed points and, thus, do not describe correctly the behaviour of these systems in three dimensions.
Note on cond-mat/0510119: Jarzynski equation for adiabatically stretched rotor
Markus Bier
In a recent article (cond-mat/0510119) it has been argued that the Jarzynski equation is violated for adiabatic stretching processes of a three dimensional rotor system. Here we want to show that the reasoning is not correct. Rather, the Jarzynski equation is fulfilled for this adiabatically stretched rotor.
Comment on ``Dipole transitions and Stark effect in the charge-dyon system,'' by L. Mardoyan et al., cond-mat/0609768
E. A. Tolkachev, L. M. Tomilchik
We comment on recent e-print by L. Mardoyan et al. [cond-mat/0609768]
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cond-mat.mes-hall, hep-th
Few comments on preprint cond-mat/0007430 by Aleiner et al
Alfred Zawadowski, Gergely Zarand
A few comments are made on the recent preprint cond-mat/0007430 by Aleiner et al. We show that the results presented there heavily rely on the assumption of perfect electron-hole symmetry breaking and once we drop this assumption we find a Kondo temperature in the experimentally accessible range.
Reply to comment by S.-K. Yip cond-mat/0611426
Ryan Barnett, Ari Turner, Eugene Demler
We respond to S.-K. Yip's criticism of our work on the classification of spinor condensates. We explain why his criticism is unfounded, emphasizing that the phases he mentions have been addressed in our paper cond-mat/0611230. To provide a constructive aspect to this response, we use it as an opportunity to show how our classification scheme makes explicit not only spin rotations which leave spinor states invariant, but also the phase factors which need to accompany them.
Reply to a Comment on "Is the nonlinear Meissner effect unobservable? (Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5640 (1998))" (Cond-mat/9812290)
Mei-Rong Li, P. J. Hirschfeld, P. Woelfle
We reply to a recent comment by Bhattacharya et. al. (cond-mat/9812290) on our previous Letter (PRL 81, 5640 (1998)).
Reply to Note on cond-mat/0510270: Jarzynski equation for adiabatically stretched rotor
Jaeyoung Sung
Although the analysis in cond-mat/0510270 is correct, this doesn't mean Jarzynski relation holds always for an arbitrary process. There exists a sufficient and necessary condition for Jarzynski relation to hold for an adiabatic parameter switching process. In contradiction to recent assertions, the validity condition of Jarzynski relation for an adiabatic process is not always satisfied.
Comment on "Multiple Bosonic Mode Coupling in Electron Self-Energy of (La$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$)CuO$_4$"
T. Valla
We calculate the photoemission spectral response using the extracted $Ξ±^2F$ of Zhou et al (cond-mat/0405130) as an input and we find that the reported Re$Ξ£$ has more strucure than physically possible. Therefore, the "fine structure" most likely reflects the experimental noise.
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cond-mat.supr-con, cond-mat.str-el
Comment on cond-mat/0107371: ``Dynamical exponents of an even-parity-conserving contact process with diffusion''
Marcio Argollo de Menezes, Ronald Dickman
In cond-mat/0107371, Mendonca proposes that diffusion can change the universality class of a parity-conserving reaction-diffusion process. In this comment we suggest that this cannot happen, due to symmetry arguments. We also present numerical results from lattice simulations which support these arguments, and mention a previous result supporting this conclusion.
Reply to "Comment on "Effects of Point Defects on the Phase Diagram of Vortex States in High-Tc Superconductors in the B//c Axis""
Yoshihiko Nonomura, Xiao Hu
We reply to a recent Comment on our previous article [Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 5140 (2001)] by Olsson and Teitel [cond-mat/0404473]. We point out that their scaling argument to question the possible vortex slush phase in the frustrated XY model with point defects cannot be sufficiently justified by the provided numerical data, and that their data are indeed consistent with our previous article.
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cond-mat.supr-con, cond-mat.dis-nn
Comment to "Packing Hyperspheres in High-Dimensional Euclidean Space"
F. Zamponi
It is shown that the numerical data in cond-mat/0608362 are in very good agreement with the predictions of cond-mat/0601573.
Reply to Comment on "Triviality of the Ground State Structure in Ising Spin Glasses"
Matteo Palassini, A. P. Young
We reply to the comment of Marinari and Parisi [cond-mat/0002457 v2] on our paper [Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 5126 (1999) and cond-mat/9906323]. We show that the data in the comment are affected by strong finite-size corrections. Therefore the original conclusion of our paper still stands.
Reply to the Comment of den Hartog and van Wees on "Conductance Fluctuations in Mesoscopic Normal-Metal/Superconductor Samples"
Klaus Hecker, Helmut Hegger, Alexander Altland
et al.
In their comment cond-mat/9710285 [Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 5024 (1998)] den Hartog and van Wees (HW) raise objections against our analysis of the experimental data presented in cond-mat/9708162 [Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 1547 (1997)]. According to HW, we did not account for the quantum phase incoherence introduced by the Niobium compounds of the investigated Nb/Au hybrid samples. Here we show that and why this criticism is not justified. Some difficulties associated with a precise determination of the coherence lengths are discussed. It is discussed why these uncertainties do not have a qualitative impact on the results reported in our paper.
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cond-mat.supr-con, cond-mat.mes-hall
Comment on "Liquid Limits: The Glass Transition and Liquid-Gas Spinodal Boundaries of Metastable Liquids"
Barbara Coluzzi, Giorgio Parisi, Paolo Verrocchio
In ref. cond-mat/0005372, Sastry studies by numerical simulations the phase diagram of a simple fragile glass-forming liquid, presenting very interesting and clear results. We apply to this system, at various density values, the analytic approach to structural glass thermodynamics recently introduced and we compare our theoretical predictions on the liquid-glass transition temperature with Sastry's data.
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cond-mat.dis-nn, cond-mat.stat-mech
Comment on ``Sound velocity and multibranch Bogoliubov spectrum of an elongated Fermi superfluid in the BEC-BCS crossover"
P. Capuzzi, P. Vignolo, F. Federici
et al.
The work by T. K. Ghosh and K. Machida [cond-mat/0510160 and Phys. Rev. A 73, 013613 (2006)] on the sound velocity in a cylindrically confined Fermi superfluid obeying a power-law equation of state is shown to make use of an improper projection of the sound wave equation. This inaccuracy fully accounts for the difference between their results and those previously reported by Capuzzi et al. [cond-mat/0509323 and Phys. Rev. A 73, 021603(R) (2006)]. In this Comment we show that both approaches lead exactly to the same result when the correct weight function is used in the projection. Plots of the correct behavior of the phonon and monopole-mode spectra in the BCS, unitary, and BEC limits are also shown.
Comment on "Spurious fixed points in frustrated magnets," cond-mat/0609285
Andrea Pelissetto, Ettore Vicari
We critically discuss the arguments reported in cond-mat/0609285 by B. Delamotte, Yu. Holovatch, D. Ivaneyko, D. Mouhanna, and M. Tissier. We show that their conclusions are not theoretically founded. They are contradicted by theoretical arguments and numerical results. On the contrary, perturbative field theory provides a robust evidence for the existence of chiral fixed points in O(2) X O(N) systems with N>=2. The three-dimensional perturbative results are consistent with theory and with all available experimental and Monte Carlo results. They provide a consistent scenario for the critical behavior of chiral systems.