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Observation of a first-order phase transition deep within the vortex-solid region of YBa2Cu3O7
We have investigated the magnetic phase diagram of a fully oxygenated
detwinned YBa2Cu3O7 single crystal by means of magneto-caloric and
magnetization measurements, and found thermodynamic evidence for a temperature
dependent first-order phase-transition line deep within the vortex-solid
region. The associated discontinuities in the entropy are apparently
proportional to the magnetic flux density, which may hint at a structural
transition of the vortex lattice
Experimental evidence for fast cluster formation of chain oxygen vacancies in YBa2Cu3O7-d being at the origin of the fishtail anomaly
We report on three different and complementary measurements, namely
magnetisation measurements, positron annihilation spectroscopy and NMR
measurements, which give evidence that the formation of oxygen vacancy clusters
is on the origin of the fishtail anomaly in YBa2Cu3O7-d. While in the case of
YBa2Cu3O7.0 the anomaly is intrinsically absent, it can be suppressed in the
optimally doped state where vacancies are present. We therefore conclude that
the single vacancies or point defects can not be responsible for this anomaly
but that clusters of oxygen vacancies are on its origin.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures, submitted to PR
Observation of out-of-phase bilayer plasmons in YBa_2Cu_3O_7-delta
The temperature dependence of the c-axis optical conductivity \sigma(\omega)
of optimally and overdoped YBa_2Cu_3O_x (x=6.93 and 7) is reported in the far-
(FIR) and mid-infrared (MIR) range. Below T_c we observe a transfer of spectral
weight from the FIR not only to the condensate at \omega = 0, but also to a new
peak in the MIR. This peak is naturally explained as a transverse out-of-phase
bilayer plasmon by a model for \sigma(\omega) which takes the layered crystal
structure into account. With decreasing doping the plasmon shifts to lower
frequencies and can be identified with the surprising and so far not understood
FIR feature reported in underdoped bilayer cuprates.Comment: 7 pages, 3 eps figures, Revtex, epsfi
An exact plane-stress solution for a class of problems in orthotropic elasticity
An exact solution for the stress field within a rectangular slab of orthotropic material is found using a two dimensional Fourier series formulation. The material is required to be in plane stress, with general stress boundary conditions, and the principle axes of the material must be parallel to the sides of the rectangle. Two load cases similar to those encountered in materials testing are investigated using the solution. The solution method has potential uses in stress analysis of composite structures
Observation of coherent Josephson response in the non-linear ab-plane microwave impedance of single crystals
We report novel non-linear phenomena in the -plane microwave impedance of
single crystals. The vs. data are well
described by the non-linear RSJ model : . The entire crystal behaves like a single Josephson junction. The
extraordinary coherence of the data suggests an intrinsic mechanism.Comment: 2 pages,1 figure, Submitted to Proc. of M^2SHTSC-V (Beijing), also
available at http://sagar.physics.neu.edu/preprint
Star-forming Galaxies in the 'Redshift Desert'
We describe results of optical and near-IR observations of a large
spectroscopic sample of star-forming galaxies photometrically-selected to lie
in the redshift range 1.4 < z < 2.5, often called the ``redshift desert''
because of historical difficulty in obtaining spectroscopic redshifts in this
range. We show that the former ``redshift desert'' is now very much open to
observation.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the ESO/USM/MPE
Workshop on "Multiwavelength Mapping of Galaxy Formation and Evolution", eds.
R. Bender and A. Renzin
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