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The fundamental group and torsion group of Beauville surfaces
We give a survey on the fundamental group of surfaces isogenous to a higher
product. If the surfaces are regular, e.g. if they are Beauville surfaces, the
first homology group is a finite group. We present a MAGMA script which
calculates the first homology groups of regular surfaces isogenous to a
product.Comment: 14 pages; MAGMA script included; v2: minor corrections, final version
to appear in the Proceedings of the Conference "Beauville Surfaces and
Groups", Newcastle University (UK), 7-9th June 201
Large magnetoresistance in the antiferromagnetic semi-metal NdSb
There has been considerable interest in topological semi-metals that exhibit
extreme magnetoresistance (XMR). These have included materials lacking
inversion symmetry such as TaAs, as well Dirac semi-metals such as Cd3As2.
However, it was reported recently that LaSb and LaBi also exhibit XMR, even
though the rock-salt structure of these materials has inversion symmetry, and
the band-structure calculations do not show a Dirac dispersion in the bulk.
Here, we present magnetoresistance and specific heat measurements on NdSb,
which is isostructural with LaSb. NdSb has an antiferromagnetic groundstate,
and in analogy with the lanthanum monopnictides, is expected to be a
topologically non-trivial semi-metal. We show that NdSb has an XMR of 10^4 %,
even within the AFM state, illustrating that XMR can occur independently of the
absence of time reversal symmetry breaking in zero magnetic field. The
persistence of XMR in a magnetic system offers promise of new functionality
when combining topological matter with electronic correlations. We also find
that in an applied magnetic field below the Neel temperature there is a first
order transition, consistent with evidence from previous neutron scattering
work.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figure
The X-ray Properties of the Cometary Blue Compact Dwarf galaxies Mrk 59 and Mrk 71
We present XMM-Newton and Chandra observations of two low-metallicity
cometary blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxies, Mrk 59 and Mrk 71. The first BCD,
Mrk 59, contains two ultraluminous X-ray (ULX) sources, IXO 72 and IXO 73, both
associated with bright massive stars and H II complexes, as well as one fainter
extended source associated with a massive H II complex at the head of the
cometary structure. The low-metallicity of Mrk 59 appears to be responsible for
the presence of the two ULXs. IXO 72 has varied little over the last 10 yr,
while IXO 73 has demonstrated a variability factor of ~4 over the same period.
The second BCD, Mrk 71, contains two faint X-ray point sources and two faint
extended sources. One point source is likely a background AGN, while the other
appears to be coincident with a very luminous star and a compact H II region at
the "head" of the cometary structure. The two faint extended sources are also
associated with massive H II complexes. Although both BCDs have the same
metallicity, the three sources in Mrk 71 have X-ray luminosities ~1-2 orders of
magnitude fainter than those in Mrk 59. The age of the starburst may play a
role.Comment: 14 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in MNRA
Effect of hydrostatic pressure on the ambient pressure superconductor CePt_3Si
We studied the evolution of superconductivity (sc) and antiferromagnetism
(afm) in the heavy fermion compound CePt_3Si with hydrostatic pressure. We
present a pressure-temperature phase diagram established by electrical
transport measurements. Pressure shifts the superconducting transition
temperature, T_c, to lower temperatures. Antiferromagnetism is suppressed at a
critical pressure P_c=0.5 GPa.Comment: 2 pages, 2 figures, proceedings SCES'0
A laser technique for characterizing the geometry of plant canopies
The interception of solar power by the canopy is investigated as a function of solar zenith angle (time), component of the canopy, and depth into the canopy. The projected foliage area, cumulative leaf area, and view factors within the canopy are examined as a function of the same parameters. Two systems are proposed that are capable of describing the geometrical aspects of a vegetative canopy and of operation in an automatic mode. Either system would provide sufficient data to yield a numerical map of the foliage area in the canopy. Both systems would involve the collection of large data sets in a short time period using minimal manpower
Field research on the spectral properties of crops and soils, volume 1
The experiment design, data acquisition and preprocessing, data base management, analysis results and development of instrumentation for the AgRISTARS Supporting Research Project, Field Research task are described. Results of several investigations on the spectral reflectance of corn and soybean canopies as influenced by cultural practices, development stage and nitrogen nutrition are reported as well as results of analyses of the spectral properties of crop canopies as a function of canopy geometry, row orientation, sensor view angle and solar illumination angle are presented. The objectives, experiment designs and data acquired in 1980 for field research experiments are described. The development and performance characteristics of a prototype multiband radiometer, data logger, and aerial tower for field research are discussed
Metamagnetism and Lifshitz Transitions in Models for Heavy Fermions
We investigate metamagnetic transitions in models for heavy fermions by
considering the doped Kondo lattice model in two dimensions. Results are
obtained within the framework of dynamical mean field and dynamical cluster
approximations. Universal magnetization curves for different temperatures and
Kondo couplings develop upon scaling with the lattice coherence temperature.
Furthermore, the coupling of the local moments to the magnetic field is varied
to take into account the different Land\'e factors of localized and itinerant
electrons. The competition between the lattice coherence scale and the Zeeman
energy scale allows for two interpretations of the metamagnetism in heavy
fermions: Kondo breakdown or Lifshitz transitions. By tracking the
single-particle residue through the transition, we can uniquely conclude in
favor of the Lifshitz transition scenario. In this scenario, a quasiparticle
band drops below the Fermi energy which leads to a change in topology of the
Fermi surface.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figure
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