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Articles in refereed journals:

Submitted:
  1. "Magnon-mediated interactions depend strongly on the lattice structure", by Mirko Moeller, George A. Sawatzky and Mona Berciu, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett.

  2. "Trapping of three-dimensional Holstein polarons by various impurities", by Hadi Ebrahimnejad and Mona Berciu, submitted to Phys. Rev. B.


2012:
  1. "Efficient computation of lattice Green's functions for models with longer-range hopping", M. Moeller, A. Mukherjee, A. Clemens, D.J.J. Marchand and M. Berciu, to appear in J. Phys. A: Math. Theor.

  2. "Controlling Curie temperature in GaMnAs through location of the Fermi level within the impurity band", M. Dobrowolska, K. Tivakornasithon, X. Liu, J. K. Furdyna, M. Berciu, K. M. Yu and W. Walukiewich, to appear in Nature Materials.

2011:
  1. "Few-particle Green's functions for strongly correlated systems on infinite lattices", Mona Berciu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 246403 (2011);

  2. "Aharonov-Bohm interference for a hole in a two-dimensional Ising antiferromagnet in a transverse magnetic field", Mona Berciu and Holger Fehske, Phys. Rev. B 84, 165104 (2011) (11 pages);

  3. "A computational approach to a doped antiferromagnet: correlations between two spin-polarons in a lightly doped CuO2 plane", Bayo Lau, Mona Berciu and George A. Sawatzky, Phys. Rev. B 84, 165102 (2011) (13 pages);

  4. "A spectral function tour of momentum-dependent electron-phonon coupling", C. N. Veenstra, G. L. Goodvin, M. Berciu and A. Damascelli, Phys. Rev. B 84, 085126 (2011) (14 pages);

  5. "Optical conductivity of the Holstein polaron", Glen L. Goodvin, Andrey S. Mishchenko and Mona Berciu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 076403 (2011);

  6. "Heat transport in quantum spin chains: the relevance of integrability", Jinshan Wu and Mona Berciu, Phys. Rev. B 83, 214416 (2011) (7 pages);

  7. "Impact of spin-orbit coupling on the Holstein polaron", Zhou Li, L. Covaci, M. Berciu, D. Baillie, F. Marsiglio, Phys. Rev. B 83, 195104 (2011) (9 pages);

  8. "High-spin polaron in lightly doped CuO2 planes", Bayo Lau, Mona Berciu and George A. Sawatzky, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 036401 (2011);
2010:
  1. "Sharp transition for single polarons in the one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model", D. Marchand, G. De Filippis, V. Cataudella, M. Berciu, N. Nagaosa, N. V. Prokof'ev, A. S. Mishchenko, and P. C. E. Stamp, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 266605 (2010);

  2. "Efficient computation of lattice Green's functions for models with nearest-neighbour hopping", Mona Berciu and Ashley M. Cook, Europhys. Lett. 92, 40003 (2010);

  3. "The end points in the dispersion of Holstein polarons", Glen L. Goodvin and Mona Berciu, Europhys. Lett. 92, 37006 (2010);

  4. "Kubo formula for finite size systems", Jinshan Wu and Mona Berciu, Europhys. Lett. 92, 30003 (2010);

  5. "Holstein magneto-polarons: from Landau levels to Hofstadter butterflies", Mona Berciu, Phys. Rev. B 82, 201102(R) (2010);

  6. "Efficient Numerical Approach to Inhomogeneous Superconductivity: The Chebyshev Bogoliubov de Gennes Method", Lucian Covaci, Francois M. Peeters and Mona Berciu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 167006 (2010);

  7. "Momentum Average approximation for models with boson-modulated hopping: the role of closed loops in the dynamical generation of a finite quasiparticle mass", Mona Berciu and Holger Fehske, Phys. Rev. B 82, 085116 (2010) (13 pages);

  8. "Elusive electron-phonon coupling in quantitative spectral function analyses", C. N. Veenstra, G. L. Goodvin, M. Berciu and A. Damascelli, Phys. Rev. B 82, 012504 (2010) (4 pages);

  9. "An Octapartite Lattice Based Computational Scheme for the spin 1/2 Square Lattice Heisenberg Antiferromagnet", Bayo Lau, Mona Berciu and George A. Sawatzky, Phys. Rev. B 81, 172401 (2010) (4 pages);

  10. "Holstein polaron in the presence of disorder", Mona Berciu, Andrei S. Mishchenko and Naoto Nagaosa, Europhys. Lett. 89 37007 (2010);

  11. "The effect of impurities on spin polarized Zeeman bound states in dilute magnetic semiconductor-superconductor hybrids", S-H Lin, T. Rappoport, M. Berciu and B. Janko, J. Appl. Phys. 107, 034307 (2010); (8 pages)
2009:
  1. "Holstein polarons near surfaces", Glen L. Goodvin, Lucian Covaci and Mona Berciu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 176402 (2009);

  2. "Theory of optical conductivity for dilute GaMnAs", C. P. Moca, G. Zarand and M. Berciu, Phys. Rev. B 80, 165202 (2009) (17 pages);

  3. "On computing the square lattice Green's function without any integrations", Mona Berciu, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 42, 395207 (2009) (11 pages);

  4. "Origin of magnetic circular dichroism in GaMnAs: giant Zeeman splitting vs. spin dependent density of states", M Berciu, R. Chakarvorty, Y. V. Zhou, M. T. Alam, K. Traudt, R. Jakiela, A. Barcz, T. Wojtowicz, X. Liu, J. K. Furdyna and M. Dobrowolska, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 247202 (2009);

  5. "Electronic polarons and bipolarons in Fe-based superconductors: a pairing mechanism", Mona Berciu, Ilya Elfimov and George Sawatzky, Phys. Rev. B 79, 214507 (2009) (15 pages), featured on the Kaleidoscope and Virt. J. of Appl. of Supercond., 16 issue 12, (2009);

  6. "Ferromagnetic spin-polaron on complex lattices", Mona Berciu and G. A. Sawatzky, Phys. Rev. B 79, 195116 (2009) (11 pages); selected as an Editors' suggestion.

  7. "Polaron formation in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit coupling: implications for spintronics", Lucian Covaci and Mona Berciu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 186403 (2009);
2008:
  1. "Momentum average approximation for models with electron-phonon coupling dependent on the phonon momentum", Glen L. Goodvin and Mona Berciu, Phys. Rev. B 78, 235120 (2008) (13 pages);

  2. "Tunneling conductance of a metal-semiconductor heterostructure with Rasha effect", B. Srisongmuang, P. Pairor and M. Berciu, Phys. Rev. B 78, 155317 (2008) (7 pages) and Virt. J. of Nanoscale Science & Technology, 18 issue 18, (2008);

  3. "Giant proximity effect in a phase-fluctuating superconductor", Dominic Marchand, Lucian Covaci, Mona Berciu, Marcel Franz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 097004 (2008);

  4. "Survival of the Dirac points in rippled graphene", Lucian Covaci and Mona Berciu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 256405 (2008);

  5. "Light polarons and bipolarons for a highly inhomogeneous electron-boson coupling", Mona Berciu and George A. Sawatzky, Europhysics Lett. 81, 57008 (2008) (6 pages);

  6. "Spectral weight transfer in a disorder-broadened Landau level", Chenggang Zhou and Mona Berciu, Nature Physics 4, 24-27 (2008); see file at arXiv:0710.3179.
2007:
  1. "Single polaron properties of the 1D breathing-mode Hamiltonian", Bayo Lau, Mona Berciu and George A. Sawatzky, Phys. Rev. B 76, 174305 (2007) (9 pages);

  2. "Holstein polaron: the effect of multiple phonon modes", Lucian Covaci and Mona Berciu, Europhysics Lett. 80, 67001 (2007) (6 pages);

  3. "Systematic improvement of the Momentum Average approximation for the Green's function of a Holstein polaron", Mona Berciu and Glen L. Goodvin, Phys. Rev. B 76, 165109 (2007) (14 pages);

  4. Berciu replies, Mona Berciu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 209702 (2007);

  5. Experimental evidence of paired hole states in model high-Tc compounds, A. Rusydi, M. Berciu, P. Abbamonte, S. Smadici, H. Eisaki, Y. Fujimaki, S. Uchida, M. Ruebhausen, G. A. Sawatzky, Phys. Rev. B 75, 104510 (2007) (5 pages); and Virt. J. of Nanoscale Science & Technology, 15 issue 13, (2007);

  6. Exact Green's functions for the two-site Hubbard-Holstein model, Mona Berciu, Phys. Rev. B 75, 081101(R) (2007);
2006:
  1. The Green's function of the Holstein polaron, Glen L. Goodvin, Mona Berciu, and George A. Sawatzky, Phys. Rev. B 74, 245104 (2006) (22 pages);

  2. The effect of the Abrikosov vortex phase on spin and charge states in magnetic semiconductor-superconductor hybrids, Tatiana G. Rappoport, Mona Berciu, and Boldizsar Janko, Phys. Rev. B 74, 094502 (2006) (12 pages); and Virt. J. of Appl. of Supercond, 11 issue 6, (2006);

  3. Green's function of a dressed particle, Mona Berciu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 036402 (2006);
2005:
  1. Critical phenomena and quantum phase transition in long range Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chains, Nicolas Laflorencie, Ian Affleck, and Mona Berciu, J. Stat. Mech. P12001 (2005) (37 pages);

  2. Correlated mesoscopic fluctuations in integer quantum Hall transitions, Chenggang Zhou and Mona Berciu, Phys. Rev. B 72, 085306 (2005) (17 pages); and Virt. J. NanoSci & Tech., 12 issue 7, (2005);

  3. Manipulating nanoscale spin and charge textures in diluted magnetic semiconductors using superconducting vortices, M. Berciu, T. Rappoport and B. Janko, Nature 435, 71-75 (2005), see cond-mat/0503353; and Virt. J. NanoSci & Tech., 12 issue 1, (2005); see also News and features - Nature materials

  4. Effects of large disorder on the Hofstadter butterfly, Chenggang Zhou, Mona Berciu and R. N. Bhatt, Phys. Rev. B 71, 125310 (2005) (13 pages);

  5. Resistance fluctuations near integer quantum Hall transitions in mesoscopic samples, Chenggang Zhou and Mona Berciu, Europhys. Lett. 69, 602-608 (2005);

  6. Magnetic susceptibility of diluted magnetic semiconductors at low carrier densities, Adel Kassaian and Mona Berciu, Phys. Rev. B 71, 125203 (2005) (11 pages);

  7. The longitudinal conductance of mesoscopic Hall samples with arbitrary disorder and periodic modulations, Chenggang Zhou and Mona Berciu, Phys. Rev. B 70, 165318 (2004) (12 pages); and Virt. J. NanoSci & Tech., 10 issue 19, (2004);
2004 and earlier:
  1. Magnetic structure factor in cuprate superconductors: evidence for charged meron-vortices, Mona Berciu and Sajeev John, Phys. Rev. B 69, 224515 (2004) (13 pages);

  2. Exchange anisotropy, disorder and frustration in diluted, predominantly ferromagnetic, Heisenberg spin systems, C. Zhou, M.P. Kennett, X. Wan, M. Berciu and R.N. Bhatt, Phys. Rev. B 69, 144419 (2004) (9 pages);

  3. A Laterally Modulated 2D Electron System in the Extreme Quantum Limit, Sorin Melinte, Mona Berciu, C. Zhou, E. Tutuc, S. J. Papadakis, C. Harrison, E. P. De Poortere, Mingshaw Wu, P. M. Chaikin, M. Shayegan, R. N. Bhatt and R. A. Register, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 036802 (2004);

  4. Mean-field approach to disorder effects on ferromagnetism in (III,Mn)V at low carrier densities, Mona Berciu and R. N. Bhatt, Phys. Rev. B 69, 045202 (2004) (14 pages);

  5. Nanoscale Zeeman localization of charge carriers in diluted magnetic semiconductor-permalloy hybrids, Mona Berciu and Boldizsar Janko, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 246804 (2003); and Virt. J. NanoSci & Tech., 7 issue 26, (2003);

  6. Photonic band gaps based on tetragonal lattices of slanted pores, Ovidiu Toader, Mona Berciu and Sajeev John, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 233901 (2003); and Virt. J. NanoSci & Tech., 7 issue 25, (2003);

  7. Berciu and Bhatt reply, Mona Berciu and R. N. Bhatt, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 029702 (2003);

  8. Spin-waves in disordered III-V diluted magnetic semiconductors, Mona Berciu and R. N. Bhatt, Phys. Rev. B 66, 085207 (2002) (13 pages);

  9. Monte Carlo simulations of an impurity-band model for III-V diluted magnetic semiconductors, M. P. Kennett, Mona Berciu and R. N. Bhatt, Phys. Rev. B 66, 045207 (2002) (16 pages);

  10. Two-component approach for thermodynamic properties in diluted magnetic semiconductors, M. P. Kennett, Mona Berciu and R. N. Bhatt, Phys. Rev. B 65, 115308 (2002) (11 pages);

  11. Effects of disorder on ferromagnetism in diluted magnetic semiconductors, Mona Berciu and R. N. Bhatt, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 107203 (2001);

  12. Microscopic model for d-wave pairing in cuprates: what happens when electrons somersault?, Mona Berciu and Sajeev John, Physica B 296, 143-155 (2001);

  13. Microscopic model for d-wave charge carrier pairing and non-Fermi-liquid behavior in a purely repulsive two-dimensional electron system, Mona Berciu and Sajeev John, Phys. Rev. B 61, 16454-16469 (2000);

  14. Quantum dynamics of charged and neutral magnetic solitons: Spin-charge separation in the one-dimensional Hubbard model, Mona Berciu and Sajeev John, Phys. Rev. B 61, 10015-10028 (2000);

  15. Numerical study of multisoliton configurations in a doped antiferromagnetic Mott insulator, Mona Berciu and Sajeev John, Phys. Rev. B 59, 15143-15159 (1999);

  16. Charged bosons in a doped Mott insulator: Electronic properties of domain wall solitons and meron vortices, Mona Berciu and Sajeev John, Phys. Rev. B 57, 9521-9543 (1998);

  17. Midgap states of a two-dimensional antiferromagnetic Mott insulator: Electronic structure of meron-vortices, Sajeev John, Mona Berciu and A. Golubentsev, Europhys. Lett. 41, 31-36 (1998);


    Other contributions:

  18. Viewpoint: Challenging a hole to move through an ordered insulator, Mona Berciu, Physics 2, 55 (2009);


    Conference proceedings in refereed journals:

  19. Momentum Average approximations for the Holstein polaron, Mona Berciu, Can. J. Phys 86, 523-527 (2008) (Theory Canada III, Edmonton, June 2007). Selected as the best paper in condensed matter and materials physics published in the journal that year.

  20. Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors: effects of positional disorder, Mona Berciu, Phil. Mag. 86, 1947 (2006) (26 pages); (3rd Summer School on Strongly Correlated Electrons, Debrecen, Hungary, Sept.5-11, 2004.).

  21. Disorder and frustration in diluted magnetic semicondictors at low carrier densities, R. N. Bhatt, C. Zhou, M. P. Kennett, M. Berciu and X. Wan, Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 19, 5-7 (2005); ( New3SC-5, Chungking, China).

  22. Localization of electronic eigenstates and spin waves in diluted magnetic semiconductors at low carrier densities, Mona Berciu and R. N. Bhatt, phys. stat. sol. (b) 241, 2055-2064 (2004).

  23. Effects of clustering and dimensionality on the magnetic properties of diluted magnetic semiconductors, R. N. Bhatt, M. P. Kennett, M. Berciu and A. Kassaian, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 794, 2004 (Fall MRS 2003, Boston).

  24. Disorder effects on ferromagnetism in diluted, magnetic semiconductors, M. P. Kennett, M. Berciu and R. N. Bhatt, J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 272-276, pp. 1993-1994 (2004); ( ICM 2003, Rome).

  25. Exchange anisotropy effects on ferromagnetism in diluted, magnetic semiconductors, C. Zhou, M. P. Kennett, M. Berciu and R. N. Bhatt, J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 272-276, pp. 2014-2015 (2004); ( ICM 2003, Rome).

  26. Disorder Effects on Ferromagnetism in (III,Mn)V Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors, M. P. Kennett, M. Berciu and R. N. Bhatt, "Proceedings of the Australian Institute of Physics 15th Biennial Congress 2002", edited by D. Neilson, pp. 361-363 (Causal, Adelaide 2002); ( 15th Biennial Congress 2002, AIP, Sydney, Australia).

  27. Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors in the Low Carrier Density Regime, R. N. Bhatt, M. Berciu, M. P. Kennett and Xin Wan, J. of Supercond.: INM 15, pp. 71-83 (2002); ( Spintronics 2001, Washington, USA).

  28. Numerical simulations of random spins (and fermionic) models with a wide distribution of energy scales, R. N. Bhatt, Xin Wan, M. P. Kennett and M. Berciu, Comp. Phys. Comm. 147, pp. 684-689 (2002); ( CCP2001, Aachen, Germany).

  29. Mean-field approach to disorder effects on ferromagnetism in GaMnAs, M. Berciu and R. N. Bhatt, Physica B 312-313 , pp. 815-817 (2002); ( SCES2001, Ann Arbor, MI, USA);