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VLBI2010 - The TWIN radio telescope project at Wettzell, Germany
The Twin Telescope Wettzell (TTW) Project is funded to be exec
uted during the period of 2008-2011. The design of the TTW was based on the VLBI2010 vision of the corresponding IVS Working Group. In the first two project years the design passed the simulations with respect to its specifications and was approved for production. At the Geodetic Observatory Wettzell a thorough soil analysis was made in order to define the sites for the towers of the new radio telescopes. Meanwhile the construction work has begun and acceptance tests of several telescope parts, e.g. azimuth bearings, took place. The full assembly of the radio telescopes is scheduled for the next two years. In parallel to the construction work at the Wettzell site, the design work for the different feed options progressed
Photoinduced Fano-resonance of coherent phonons in zinc
Utilizing femtosecond optical pump-probe technique, we have studied transient
Fano-resonance in zinc. At high excitation levels the Fourier spectrum of the
coherent E phonon exhibits strongly asymmetric line shape, which is well
modeled by the Fano function. The Fano parameter (1/Q) was found to be strongly
excitation fluence dependent while depending weakly on the initial lattice
temperature. We attribute the origin of the Fano-resonance to the coupling of
coherent phonon to the electronic continuum, with their transition
probabilities strongly renormalized in the vicinity of the photoinduced
structural transition.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, to be published in Physical Review
Spin Defects in Spin-Peierls Systems
We examine spin-Peierls systems in the presence of spin defects which are
introduced by replacing magnetic ions with non-magnetic ones
in . By using the action for the bosonized Hamiltonian, it
is shown directly that the antiferromagnetic state induced by the spin defects
coexists with the spin-Peierls states. Further the doping dependences of both
transition temperature of spin-Peierls state and the spin gap have been
calculated. The transition temperature of the present estimation shows good
agreement quantitatively with that observed in Cu_{1-\de} Zn_\de O_3 for the
region of the doping rate, \de<0.02.Comment: jpsj style, 11 pages, 2 figure
High-field Electron Spin Resonance of Cu_{1-x}Zn_{x}GeO_{3}
High-Field Electron Spin Resonance measurements were made on powder samples
of Cu_{1-x}Zn_{x}GeO_{3} (x=0.00, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03 and 0.05) at different
frequencies (95, 110, 190, 220, 330 and 440 GHz) at low temperatures. The
spectra of the doped samples show resonances whose positions are dependent on
Zn concentration, frequency and temperature. The analysis of intensity
variation of these lines with temperature allows us to identify them as
originating in transitions within states situated inside the Spin Peierls gap.
A qualitative explanation of the details of the spectra is possible if we
assume that these states in the gap are associated with "loose" spins created
near the Zn impurities, as recently theoreticaly predicted. A new phenomenon of
quenching of the ESR signal across the Dimerized to Incommensurate
phase-boundary is observed.Comment: 4 pages, 5 ps figures in the text, submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Lifetime Adherence to Physical Activity Recommendations and Fall Occurrence in Community-dwelling Older Adults: a Retrospective Cohort Study
Falling is a major health concern for community-dwelling older adults. Regular physical activity has been proposed to prevent falls. The aim of this study was to assess whether the achievement of the 2004 UK Department of Health physical activity recommendations over a lifetime had a protective effect against falling in older people. 313 community-dwelling older adults completed a questionnaire about lifetime physical activity and fall occurrence. There were significantly fewer falls in those who had led an active lifestyle compared to those who had not (χ2Yates=4.568, p=0.033), with a lower relative risk of fall occurrence for the active respondents (RR=0.671) compared to the inactive (RR=1.210). Of those who were sufficiently active in their early adulthood, the decade where there was the biggest decrease in remaining active enough was in the 60s. It is concluded that an active lifestyle may have decreased the likelihood of having a fall in older ag
Separation of the magnetic phases at the N\'{e}el point in the diluted spin-Peierls magnet CuGeO3
The impurity induced antiferromagnetic ordering of the doped spin-Peierls
magnet Cu(1-x)Mg(x)GeO(3) was studied by ESR technique. Crystals with the Mg
concentration x<4% demonstrate a coexistence of paramagnetic and
antiferromagnetic ESR modes. This coexistence indicates the separation of a
macroscopically uniform sample in the paramagnetic and antiferromagnetic
phases. In the presence of the long-range spin-Peierls order (in a sample with
x=1.71%) the volume of the antiferromagnetic phase immediately below the
N\'{e}el point T_N is much smaller than the volume of the paramagnetic phase.
In the presence of the short-range spin-Peierls order (in samples with x=2.88%,
x= 3.2%) there are comparable volumes of paramagnetic and antiferromagnetic
phases at T=T_N. The fraction of the antiferromagnetic phase increases with
lowering temperature. In the absence of the spin-Peierls dimerization (at
x=4.57%)the whole sample exhibits the transition into the antiferromagnetic
state and there is no phase separation. The phase separation is explained by
the consideration of clusters of staggered magnetization located near impurity
atoms. In this model the areas occupied by coherently correlated spins expand
with decreasing temperature and the percolation of the ordered area through a
macroscopic distance occurs.Comment: 7pages, 10 figure
Spin-phonon coupled modes in the incommensurate phases of doped CuGeO
The doping effect of the folded phonon mode at 98 cm was investigated
on the Si-doped CuGeO by magneto-optical measurements in far-infrared (FIR)
region under high magnetic field. The folded phonon mode at 98 cm
appears not only in the dimerized (D) phase but also in the
dimerized-anitiferromagnetic (DAF) phase on the doped CuGeO. The splitting
was observed in the incommensurate (IC) phase and the antiferromagnetically
ordered incommensurate (IAF) phase above . The split-off branches exhibit
different field dependence from that of the pure CuGeO in the vicinity of
, and the discrepancy in the IAF phase is larger than that in the IC
phase. It is caused by the interaction between the solitons and the impurities.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, resubmitted to Phys. Rev.
Temperature Dependence of Spin and Bond Ordering in a Spin-Peierls System
We investigate thermodynamic properties of a one-dimensional S=1/2
antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model coupled to a lattice distortion by a quantum
Monte Carlo method. In particular we study how spin and lattice dimerize as a
function of the temperature, which gives a fundamental process of the
spin-Peierls transition in higher dimensions. The degree of freedom of the
lattice is taken into account adiabatically and the thermal distribution of the
lattice distortion is obtained by the thermal bath algorithm. We find that the
dimerization develops as the temperature decreases and it converges to the
value of the dimerization of the ground state at T=0. Furthermore we find that
the coupling constants of spins fluctuate quite largly at high temperature and
there thermodynamic properties deviate from those of the uniform chain. Doping
of non-magnetic impurities causes cut of the chain into short chains with open
boundary. We investigate thermodynamic properties of open chains taking
relaxation of the lattice into consideration. We find that strong bonds locate
at the edges and a defect of the bond alternation appears in the chain with odd
number of sites, which causes enhancement of the staggered magnetic order. We
find a spreaded staggered structure which indicates that the defect moves
diffusively in the chain even at very low temperature.Comment: 7 pages, 17 figures; added comments on section 2 and 3, corrected
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