156 research outputs found
Finite-size and pressure effects in YBa_2Cu_4O_8 probed by magnetic field penetration depth measurements
We explore the combined pressure and finite-size effects on the in-plane
penetration depth \lambda_{ab} in YBa_2Cu_4O_8. Even though this cuprate is
stoichiometric the finite-size scaling analysis of \lambda_{ab}^{-2}(T)
uncovers the granular nature and reveals domains with nanoscale size L_{c}
along the c-axis. L_{c} ranges from 33.2 Angstrom to 28.9 Angstrom at pressures
from 0.5 to 11.5 kbar. These observations raise serious doubts on the existence
of a phase coherent macroscopic superconducting state in cuprate
superconductors.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
Probing the field-induced variation of the chemical potential in Bi(2)Sr(2)CaCu(2)O(y) via the magneto-thermopower measurements
Approximating the shape of the measured in
magneto-thermopower (TEP) by asymmetric linear triangle of the
form with positive and defined below and above , we observe that . In order to account for this asymmetry, we
explicitly introduce the field-dependent chemical potential of holes
into the Ginzburg-Landau theory and calculate both an average and fluctuation contributions to the total
magneto-TEP . As a result, we find a rather simple relationship
between the field-induced variation of the chemical potential in this material
and the above-mentioned magneto-TEP data around , viz. .Comment: REVTEX (epsf), 4 pages, 2 PS figures; to be published in JET
EPR study of polycrystalline superconductors with YBa2Cu3O7 structure
Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) of Gd3+, Eu2+, and copper ions has been investigated in the high-Tc superconductor with YBa2Cu3O7-α structure. It has been established that the system is heterogeneous at 0.15≤δ≤0.5 and consists of metallic and dielectric regions. The former arises due to oxygen enrichment while the later due to oxygen deficiency. The integral of exchange interaction between Gd3+ localized moments and conduction electrons Jsf=0.016 eV has been determined from the normal state temperature dependence of Gd3+ EPR linewidth for metallic regions. Tc depression by gadolinium-localized moments for GdBa2Cu3O7-α was estimated to be ΔTc{reversed tilde equals}-2K. Anomalies in linewidth temperature dependence upon transition from the normal to the superconducting state have given information about the value and temperature behavior of the superconductor's energy gap. The model, which gives the opportunity to understand some peculiarities of the EPR signal for YBa2Cu3O7-α samples, is proposed in terms of several bottlenecked spinsubsystems: spin-liquid in CuO planes and Cu2+-O- and Cu2+-O2- fragments in CuO chains. © 1989 Plenum Publishing Corporation
Super-Ehlers in Any Dimension
We classify the enhanced helicity symmetry of the Ehlers group to extended
supergravity theories in any dimension. The vanishing character of the
pseudo-Riemannian cosets occurring in this analysis is explained in terms of
Poincar\'e duality. The latter resides in the nature of regularly embedded
quotient subgroups which are non-compact rank preserving.Comment: 1+55 pages; 15 Tables, 6 Figures; v2 : some clarifications added in
Sec. 1 and in App.
Solvegeometry gravitational waves
In this paper we construct negatively curved Einstein spaces describing
gravitational waves having a solvegeometry wave-front (i.e., the wave-fronts
are solvable Lie groups equipped with a left-invariant metric). Using the
Einstein solvmanifolds (i.e., solvable Lie groups considered as manifolds)
constructed in a previous paper as a starting point, we show that there also
exist solvegeometry gravitational waves. Some geometric aspects are discussed
and examples of spacetimes having additional symmetries are given, for example,
spacetimes generalising the Kaigorodov solution. The solvegeometry
gravitational waves are also examples of spacetimes which are indistinguishable
by considering the scalar curvature invariants alone.Comment: 10 pages; v2:more discussion and result
Monotonic growth of interlayer magnetoresistance in strong magnetic field in very anisotropic layered metals
It is shown, that the monotonic part of interlayer electronic conductivity
strongly decreases in high magnetic field perpendicular to the conducting
layers. We consider only the coherent interlayer tunnelling, and the obtained
result strongly contradicts the standard theory. This effect appears in very
anisotropic layered quasi-two-dimensional metals, when the interlayer transfer
integral is less than the Landau level separation.Comment: 4 pages, no figure
E7(7) formulation of N=2 backgrounds
In this paper we reformulate N=2 supergravity backgrounds arising in type II
string theory in terms of quantities transforming under the U-duality group
E7(7). In particular we combine the Ramond--Ramond scalar degrees of freedom
together with the O(6,6) pure spinors which govern the Neveu-Schwarz sector by
considering an extended version of generalised geometry. We give
E7(7)-invariant expressions for the Kahler and hyperkahler potentials
describing the moduli space of vector and hypermultiplets, demonstrating that
both correspond to standard E7(7) coset spaces. We also find E7(7) expressions
for the Killing prepotentials defining the scalar potential, and discuss the
equations governing N=1 vacua in this formalism.Comment: 40 pages, final version to appear in JHE
Brane Inflation, Solitons and Cosmological Solutions: I
In this paper we study various cosmological solutions for a D3/D7 system
directly from M-theory with fluxes and M2-branes. In M-theory, these solutions
exist only if we incorporate higher derivative corrections from the curvatures
as well as G-fluxes. We take these corrections into account and study a number
of toy cosmologies, including one with a novel background for the D3/D7 system
whose supergravity solution can be completely determined. This new background
preserves all the good properties of the original model and opens up avenues to
investigate cosmological effects from wrapped branes and brane-antibrane
annihilation, to name a few. We also discuss in some detail semilocal defects
with higher global symmetries, for example exceptional ones, that could occur
in a slightly different regime of our D3/D7 model. We show that the D3/D7
system does have the required ingredients to realise these configurations as
non-topological solitons of the theory. These constructions also allow us to
give a physical meaning to the existence of certain underlying homogeneous
quaternionic Kahler manifolds.Comment: Harvmac, 115 pages, 9 .eps figures; v2: typos corrected, references
added and the last section expanded; v3: Few minor typos corrected and
references added. Final version to appear in JHE
Metastability and Transient Effects in Vortex Matter Near a Decoupling Transition
We examine metastable and transient effects both above and below the
first-order decoupling line in a 3D simulation of magnetically interacting
pancake vortices. We observe pronounced transient and history effects as well
as supercooling and superheating between the 3D coupled, ordered and 2D
decoupled, disordered phases. In the disordered supercooled state as a function
of DC driving, reordering occurs through the formation of growing moving
channels of the ordered phase. No channels form in the superheated region;
instead the ordered state is homogeneously destroyed. When a sequence of
current pulses is applied we observe memory effects. We find a ramp rate
dependence of the V(I) curves on both sides of the decoupling transition. The
critical current that we obtain depends on how the system is prepared.Comment: 10 pages, 15 postscript figures, version to appear in PR
Prediction of inorganic superconductors with quasi-one-dimensional crystal structure
Models of superconductors having a quasi-one-dimensional crystal structure
based on the convoluted into a tube Ginzburg sandwich, which comprises a
layered dielectric-metal-dielectric structure, have been suggested. The
critical crystal chemistry parameters of the Ginzburg sandwich determining the
possibility of the emergence of superconductivity and the Tc value in layered
high-Tc cuprates, which could have the same functions in quasi-one-dimensional
fragments (sandwich-type tubes), have been examined. The crystal structures of
known low-temperature superconductors, in which one can mark out similar
quasi-one- dimensional fragments, have been analyzed. Five compounds with
quasi-one-dimensional structures, which can be considered as potential parents
of new superconductor families, possibly with high transition temperatures,
have been suggested. The methods of doping and modification of these compounds
are provided.Comment: 22 pages, 14 figures and 2 table
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