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Radiation/annealing-induced structural changes in GexAs₄₀-xS₆₀ glasses as revealed from high-energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction measurements
Local atomic structure of GexAs₄₀-xS₆₀ glasses (x = 16, 24, 32, and 36) has
been investigated in the -irradiated (2.41 MGy dose) and annealed after irradiation
states by using the high-energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction technique. The
accumulated dose of 2.41 MGy is chosen to be close to the known in literature focal
point (~2.0 MGy) for the system tested, at which the y-irradiation-induced optical
(darkening) effect does not depend on the composition. It is established that the first
sharp diffraction peak (FSDP) is located at around 1.1 Е - in the structure factors S(Q) of
all the alloys studied. The FSDP position is found to be constant on radiation/annealing
treatment, but the intensity of the FSDP reveals changes under irradiation/annealing only
for the compositions with x = 16 and 24. The radiation/annealing-induced changes are
also observed on the pair distribution functions in the first and second coordination shells
for these compounds. Practically invisible effects on the FSDP and pair distribution
functions are found for the alloys with x = 32 and 36. The radiation/annealing-induced
structural changes detected mainly in the As - S sub-system of the glasses examined are
well explainable within the Tanaka approach for interpretation of the photo-induced
structural changes and related phenomena in As₂S₃ chalcogenide glass and similar
material
Possibility of local pair existence in optimally doped SmFeAsO₁₋х in pseudogap regime
We report the analysis of pseudogap Δ* derived from resistivity experiments in FeAs-based superconductor SmFeAsO₀.₈₅, having a critical temperature Tc=55 K. Rather specific dependence Δ*(T) with two representative temperatures followed by a minimum at about 120 K was observed. Below Ts ≈ 147 K, corresponding to the structural transition in SmFeAsO, Δ*(T) decreases linearly down to the temperature TAFM ≈ 133 K. This last peculiarity can likely be attributed to the antiferromagnetic (AFM) ordering of Fe spins. It is believed that the found behavior can be explained in terms of Machida, Nokura, and Matsubara theory developed for the AFM superconductors
Low-temperature positron annihilation study of B⁺-ion implanted PMMA
Temperature dependent positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) measurements in the range of 50–300 K are carried out to study positronium formation in 40 keV B+-ion implanted polymethylmethacrylate (B:PMMA) with two ion doses of 3.13·10¹⁵ and 3.75·10¹⁶ ions/cm². The investigated samples show the various temperature trends of ortho-positronium (o-Ps) lifetime τ3 and intensity I3 in PMMA before and after ion implantation. Two transitions in the vicinity of ∼150 and ∼250 K, ascribed to γ and β transitions, respectively, are observed in the PMMA and B:PMMA samples in consistent with reference data for pristine sample. The obtained results are compared with room temperature PALS study of PMMA with different molecular weight (Mw) which known from literature. It is found that B⁺-ion implantation leads to decreasing Mw in PMMA at lower ion dose. At higher ion dose the local destruction of polymeric structure follows to broadening of lifetime distribution (hole size distribution)
Study of the process e+e- to pi+pi-pi+pi-pi0 with CMD-2 detector
The process e+e- to pi+ pi- pi+ pi- pi0 has been studied in the center of
mass energy range 1280 -- 1380 MeV using 3.0 1/pb of data collected with the
CMD-2 detector in Novosibirsk. Analysis shows that the cross section of the
five pion production is dominated by the contributions of the eta pi+pi- and
omega pi+pi- intermediate states.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figure. Submitted to Phys. Lett.
Study of the Process in the C.M.Energy Range 1.05-1.38 GeV with CMD-2
The process has been studied with the CMD-2 detector
using about 950 events detected in the center-of-mass energy range from 1.05 to
1.38 GeV. The cross section exceeds the expectation based on the contributions
of the rho(770), omega(782) and phi(1020) mesons only.Comment: 12 pages, 3 figures, uses elsart.cls, submitted to Physics Letters
Observation of the conversion decay at CMD-2
Using 15.1^{-1} of data collected by CMD-2 in the -meson energy range,
the branching ratio of the conversion decay has been
measured for the first time: B(\phi\to\pi^0e^+e^-) = (1.22 \pm 0.34 \pm 0.21)
\cdot 10 ^{-5}.Comment: 13 pages, 6 PostScript figures, uses refmerge.sty. To be published in
Phys. Lett.
Cross section of the reaction below 1 GeV at CMD-2
Using 3.07 of data collected in the energy range 0.60-0.97 GeV by
CMD-2, about 150 events of the process \epm \to \pch have been selected. The
energy dependence of the cross section agrees with the assumption of the
intermediate state which is dominant above 1 GeV. For the first
time \fourpi events are observed at the meson energy. Under the
assumption that all these events come from the meson decay, the value of
the cross section at the meson peak corresponds to the following decay
width:
\Gamma(\rho^0 \to \fourpi) = (2.8 \pm 1.4 \pm 0.5) {keV} or to the branching
ratio
B(\rho^0 \to \fourpi) = (1.8 \pm 0.9 \pm 0.3) \cdot 10 ^{-5}.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figure
Study of the Process e+ e- --> omega pi0 --> pi0 pi0 gamma in c.m. Energy Range 920--1380 MeV at CMD-2
The cross section of the process e+ e- --> omega pi0 --> pi0 pi0 gamma has
been measured in the c.m. energy range 920-1380 MeV with the CMD-2 detector.
Its energy dependence is well described by the interference of the rho(770) and
rho'(1450) mesons decaying to omega pi0. Upper limits for the cross sections of
the direct processes e+ e- --> pi0 pi0 gamma, eta pi0 gamma have been set.Comment: Accepted for publication in PL
Magnetic Fields in the Milky Way
This chapter presents a review of observational studies to determine the
magnetic field in the Milky Way, both in the disk and in the halo, focused on
recent developments and on magnetic fields in the diffuse interstellar medium.
I discuss some terminology which is confusingly or inconsistently used and try
to summarize current status of our knowledge on magnetic field configurations
and strengths in the Milky Way. Although many open questions still exist, more
and more conclusions can be drawn on the large-scale and small-scale components
of the Galactic magnetic field. The chapter is concluded with a brief outlook
to observational projects in the near future.Comment: 22 pages, 5 figures, to appear in "Magnetic Fields in Diffuse Media",
eds. E.M. de Gouveia Dal Pino and A. Lazaria
Formation of dense partonic matter in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions at RHIC: Experimental evaluation by the PHENIX collaboration
Extensive experimental data from high-energy nucleus-nucleus collisions were
recorded using the PHENIX detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
(RHIC). The comprehensive set of measurements from the first three years of
RHIC operation includes charged particle multiplicities, transverse energy,
yield ratios and spectra of identified hadrons in a wide range of transverse
momenta (p_T), elliptic flow, two-particle correlations, non-statistical
fluctuations, and suppression of particle production at high p_T. The results
are examined with an emphasis on implications for the formation of a new state
of dense matter. We find that the state of matter created at RHIC cannot be
described in terms of ordinary color neutral hadrons.Comment: 510 authors, 127 pages text, 56 figures, 1 tables, LaTeX. Submitted
to Nuclear Physics A as a regular article; v3 has minor changes in response
to referee comments. Plain text data tables for the points plotted in figures
for this and previous PHENIX publications are (or will be) publicly available
at http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/papers.htm
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