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Register a new userMeasurement of the $B_{1g}$ and $B_{2g}$ components of the elastoresistivity tensor for tetragonal materials via transverse resistivity configurations
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The elastoresistivity tensor $m_{ij,kl}$ relates changes in resistivity to strains experienced by a material. As a fourth-rank tensor, it contains considerably more information about the material than the simpler (second-rank) resistivity tensor; in particular, for a tetragonal material, the $B_{1g}$ and $B_{2g}$ components of the elastoresistivity tensor ($m_{xx,xx}-m_{xx,yy}$ and $2m_{xy,xy}$, respectively) can be related to its nematic susceptibility. Previous experimental probes of this quantity have focused exclusively on differential longitudinal elastoresistance measurements, which determine the induced resistivity anisotropy arising from anisotropic in-plane strain based on the difference of two longitudinal resistivity measurements. Here we describe a complementary technique based on textit{transverse} elastoresistance measurements. This new approach is advantageous because it directly determines the strain-induced resistivity anisotropy from a single transverse measurement. To demonstrate the efficacy of this new experimental protocol, we present transverse elastoresistance measurements of the $2m_{xy,xy}$ elastoresistivity coefficient of BaFe$_2$As$_2$, a representative iron-pnictide that has previously been characterized via differential longitudinal elastoresistance measurements.
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Recent experiments reported an unusual nematic behavior of heavily hole-doped pnictides $A$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$, with alkali $A$ = Rb, Cs. In contrast to the $B_{2g}$ nematic order of the parent $Ae$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ compounds (with alkaline earth $Ae$ = Sr, Ba), characterized by unequal nearest-neighbor Fe-Fe bonds, in the hole-doped systems nematic order is observed in the $B_{1g}$ channel, characterized by unequal next-nearest-neighbor Fe-Fe (diagonal Fe-As-Fe) bonds. In this work, using density functional theory, we attribute this behavior to the evolution of the magnetic ground state along the series $Ae_{1-x}A_{x}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$, from single stripes for small $x$ to double stripes for large $x$. Our simulations using the reduced Stoner theory show that fluctuations of Fe moments are essential for the stability of the double-stripe configuration. We propose that the change in the nature of the magnetic ground state is responsible for the change in the symmetry of the vestigial nematic order that it supports.
We search for the decay $B_{s}^{0}rightarrowgammagamma$ and measure the branching fraction for $B_{s}^{0}rightarrowphigamma$ using 121.4~$textrm{fb}^{-1}$ of data collected at the $Upsilon(mathrm{5}S)$ resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy $e^{+}e^{-}$ collider. The $B_{s}^{0}rightarrowphigamma$ branching fraction is measured to be $(3.6 pm 0.5 (mathrm{stat.}) pm 0.3 (mathrm{syst.}) pm 0.6 (f_{s})) times 10^{-5}$, where $f_{s}$ is the fraction of $B_{s}^{(*)}bar{B}_{s}^{(*)}$ in $bbar{b}$ events. Our result is in good agreement with the theoretical predictions as well as with a recent measurement from LHCb. We observe no statistically significant signal for the decay $B_{s}^{0}rightarrowgammagamma$ and set a $90%$ confidence-level upper limit on its branching fraction at $ 3.1 times 10^{-6}$. This constitutes a significant improvement over the previous result.
The elastoresistivity tensor $m_{ij,kl}$ characterizes changes in a materials resistivity due to strain. As a fourth-rank tensor, elastoresistivity can be a uniquely useful probe of the symmetries and character of the electronic state of a solid. We present a symmetry analysis of $m_{ij,kl}$ (both in the presence and absence of a magnetic field) based on the crystalline point group, focusing for pedagogic purposes on the $D_{4h}$ point group (of relevance to several materials of current interest). We also discuss the relation between $m_{ij,kl}$ and various thermodynamic susceptibilities, particularly where they are sensitive to critical fluctuations proximate to a critical point at which a point group symmetry is spontaneously broken.
In order to make a further confirmation about the assignments of the excited bottom and bottom strange mesons $B_{1}(5721)$, $B_{2}^{*}(5747)$, $B_{s1}(5830)$, $B_{s2}^{*}(5840)$ and meanwhile identify the possible assignments of $B_{J}(5840)$, $B_{J}(5970)$, we study the strong decays of these states with the $^{3}P_{0}$ decay model. Our analysis support $B_{1}(5721)$ and $B_{2}^{*}(5747)$ to be the $1P_{1}$ and $1^{3}P_{2}$ assignments and the $B_{s1}(5830)$, $B_{s2}^{*}(5840)$ to be the strange partner of $B_{1}(5721)$ and $B_{2}^{*}(5747)$. Besides, we tentatively identify the recently observed $B_{J}(5840)$, $B_{J}(5970)$ as the $2^{3}S_{1}$ and $1^{3}D_{3}$ states, respectively. It is noticed that this conclusion needs further confirmation by measuring the decay channel to $Bpi$ of $B_{J}(5840)$ and $B_{J}(5970)$ in experiments.
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