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Analytical modeling of demagnetizing effect in magnetoelectric ferrite/PZT/ferrite trilayers taking into account a mechanical coupling
In this paper, we investigate the demagnetizing effect in ferrite/PZT/ferrite
magnetoelectric (ME) trilayer composites consisting of commercial PZT discs
bonded by epoxy layers to Ni-Co-Zn ferrite discs made by a reactive Spark
Plasma Sintering (SPS) technique. ME voltage coefficients (transversal mode)
were measured on ferrite/PZT/ferrite trilayer ME samples with different
thicknesses or phase volume ratio in order to highlight the influence of the
magnetic field penetration governed by these geometrical parameters.
Experimental ME coefficients and voltages were compared to analytical
calculations using a quasi-static model. Theoretical demagnetizing factors of
two magnetic discs that interact together in parallel magnetic structures were
derived from an analytical calculation based on a superposition method. These
factors were introduced in ME voltage calculations which take account of the
demagnetizing effect. To fit the experimental results, a mechanical coupling
factor was also introduced in the theoretical formula. This reflects the
differential strain that exists in the ferrite and PZT layers due to shear
effects near the edge of the ME samples and within the bonding epoxy layers.
From this study, an optimization in magnitude of the ME voltage is obtained.
Lastly, an analytical calculation of demagnetizing effect was conducted for
layered ME composites containing higher numbers of alternated layers (). The
advantage of such a structure is then discussed
Uniaxial anisotropy and enhanced magnetostriction of CoFeO induced by reaction under uniaxial pressure with SPS
In this study, we have compared magnetic and magnetostrictive properties of
polycrystalline CoFeO pellets, produced by three different methods,
focusing on the use of Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS). This technique allows a
very short heat treatment stage while a uniaxial pressure is applied. SPS was
utilized to sinter cobalt ferrite but also to make the reaction and the
sintering (reactive sintering) of the same ceramic composition. Magnetic and
magnetostrictive measurements show that the reactive sintering with SPS induces
a uniaxial anisotropy, while it is not the case with a simple sintering
process. The induced anisotropy is then expected to be a consequence of the
reaction under uniaxial pressure. This anisotropy enhanced the magnetostrictive
properties of the sample, where a maximum longitudinal magnetostriction of
~ppm is obtained. This process can be a promising alternative to the
magnetic-annealing because of the short processing time required (22 minutes)
An Improved Standard Model Prediction Of BR(B -> tau nu) And Its Implications For New Physics
The recently measured B -> tau nu branching ratio allows to test the Standard
Model by probing virtual effects of new heavy particles, such as a charged
Higgs boson. The accuracy of the test is currently limited by the experimental
error on BR(B -> tau nu) and by the uncertainty on the parameters fB and |Vub|.
The redundancy of the Unitarity Triangle fit allows to reduce the error on
these parameters and thus to perform a more precise test of the Standard Model.
Using the current experimental inputs, we obtain BR(B -> tau nu)_SM = (0.84 +-
0.11)x10^{-4}, to be compared with BR(B -> tau nu)_exp = (1.73 +-
0.34)x10^{-4}. The Standard Model prediction can be modified by New Physics
effects in the decay amplitude as well as in the Unitarity Triangle fit. We
discuss how to disentangle the two possible contributions in the case of
minimal flavour violation at large tan beta and generic loop-mediated New
Physics. We also consider two specific models with minimal flavour violation:
the Type-II Two Higgs Doublet Model and the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard
Model.Comment: 7 pages, 13 figures, 1 table. v2: added references and discussion of
B -> D tau nu in the 2HDM. v3: added Bs->mumu in the 2HDM. Final version to
appear in PL
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Sea-quark flavor asymmetry in the nucleon from a relativistic analysis of the Drell-Yan scattering off nuclei
It is shown that accounting for the relativistic structure of the deuteron
allows to explain the ratio of the Drell-Yan pair production cross-section at
the low Bjorken off the deuteron and the proton. Thus, the sea quark
distributions in the nucleon should be studied with accounting for the effects
of the relativistic structure of the deuteron. The suggested approach reduces
theoretical uncertainty in extracting the ratio from the data
and it is important for the clarification of the nature of the sea quark
asymmetry in the nucleon.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figures, Chiral Symmetry in Hadron and Nuclear Physics
November 13-16, 2007, Osak
Study of exclusive processes e^+ e^- \to VP
This paper is devoted to consideration of the hard exclusive processes
, where . Experimental measurement of
the cross section of the process at BaBar collaboration
at large center mass energy GeV and some low energy experimental
data GeV give us the possibility to study the cross section
in the broad energy region. As the result, we have determined the asymptotic
behavior of the cross section of in the limit , which is in agreement with perturbative QCD prediction. Assuming that
the same asymptotic behavior is valid for the other processes under
consideration and using low energy experimental data we have predicted the
cross sections of these processes at energies GeV. In
addition, we have calculated the cross sections of these processes at the same
energies within perturbative QCD. Our results are in agreement with available
experimental data.Comment: 10 pages, 2 tables, 6 figures; minor changes; article accepted to
publication is Phys. Rev.
Exciton spin dynamics and photoluminescence polarization of CdSe/CdS dot-in-rod nanocrystals in high magnetic fields
The exciton spin dynamics and polarization properties of the related emission
are investigated in colloidal CdSe/CdS dot-in-rod (DiR) and spherical
core/shell nanocrystal (NC) ensembles by magneto-optical photoluminescence (PL)
spectroscopy in magnetic fields up to 15 T. It is shown that the degree of
circular polarization (DCP) of the exciton emission induced by the magnetic
field is affected by the NC geometry as well as the exciton fine structure and
can provide information on nanorod orientation. A theory to describe the
circular and linear polarization properties of the NC emission in magnetic
field is developed. It takes into account phonon mediated coupling between the
exciton fine structure states as well as the dielectric enhancement effect
resulting from the anisotropic shell of DiR NCs. This theoretical approach is
used to model the experimental results and allows us to explain most of the
measured features. The spin dynamics of the dark excitons is investigated in
magnetic fields by time-resolved photoluminescence. The results highlight the
importance of confined acoustic phonons in the spin relaxation of dark
excitons. The bare core surface as well as the core/shell interface give rise
to an efficient spin relaxation channel, while the surface of core/shell NCs
seems to play only a minor role.Comment: 18 pages, 15 figure
The UTfit Collaboration Average of D meson mixing data: Spring 2012
We derive constraints on the parameters , and
that describe meson mixing using all available data, allowing
for CP violation. We also provide posterior distributions and predictions for
observable parameters appearing in physics.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
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