| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M70476/01 |
| Title: |
(PRF) APPLICATIONS OF FIELD THEORETICAL METHODS TO GEOMETRICALLY FRUSTRATED QUANTUM SPIN SYSTEMS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Hooley, Professor CA |
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School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Organisation: |
University of Birmingham |
| Scheme: |
Postdoc Res Fellowship PreFEC |
| Starts: |
01 September 2000 |
Ends: |
31 August 2003 |
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90,291
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I propose to continue working in the field of frustrated magnetism and those related to it (particularly high-Tc superconductivity and heavy fermion physics). My main hope is to work on some systematic approach to spin ladders with frustrating couplings, a field currently awash with isolated cases of various unusual types of behaviour. The aim, as well as gaining some further insight into the possible deviations from normal behaviour caused by frustration, is to investigate what these systems can tell us about the transition from one- to two-dimensional physics.It would also be interesting to do some work on models of high-Tc superconductivity (in particular the relevance or otherwise of the three-dimensionality of the compounds in question, and a theoretical analysis of the anomalous resistivity and quasi-particle properties of the `normal' state) and on the role of the quantum critical point in heavy fermion problems.The Birmingham group would be an excellent choice for some or all of this work, and a visit to Rutgers to collaborate with Piers Coleman would make the conditions more or less perfect.
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