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Kinetic arrest of the first order ferromagnetic to antiferromagnetic transition in Ce(FeRu) : formation of a magnetic-glass
We present results of dc magnetization and magnetic relaxation study showing
the kinetic arrest of a first order ferromagnetic to antiferromagnetic
transition in Ce(FeRu). This leads to the formation of a
non-ergodic glass-like magnetic state. The onset of the magnetic-glass
transformation is tracked through the slowing down of the magnetization
dynamics. This glassy state is formed with the assistance of an external
magnetic field and this is distinctly different from the well known
'spin-glass' state.Comment: 10 pages of text and 4 figure
Studies on Magnetic-field induced first-order transitions
We shall discuss magnetization and transport measurements in materials
exhibiting a broad first-order transition. The phase transitions would be
caused by varying magnetic field as well as by varying temperature, and we
concentrate on ferromagnetic to antiferromagnetic transitions in magnetic
materials. We distinguish between metastable supercooled phases and metastable
glassy phase.Comment: 50th Golden Jubilee Solid State Physics Symposium during Dec.5-9
(2005) in Mumbai - manuscript of Invited tal
Pressure-energy correlations in liquids. V. Isomorphs in generalized Lennard-Jones systems
This series of papers is devoted to identifying and explaining the properties
of strongly correlating liquids, i.e., liquids with more than 90% correlation
between their virial W and potential energy U fluctuations in the NVT ensemble.
Paper IV [N. Gnan et al., J. Chem. Phys. v131, 234504 (2009)] showed that
strongly correlating liquids have "isomorphs", which are curves in the phase
diagram along which structure, dynamics, and some thermodynamic properties are
invariant in reduced units. In the present paper, using the fact that
reduced-unit radial distribution functions are isomorph invariant, we derive an
expression for the shapes of isomorphs in the WU phase diagram of generalized
Lennard-Jones systems of one or more types of particles. The isomorph shape
depends only on the Lennard-Jones exponents; thus all isomorphs of standard
Lennard-Jones systems (with exponents 12 and 6) can be scaled onto to a single
curve. Two applications are given. One is testing the prediction that the
solid-liquid coexistence curve follows an isomorph by comparing to recent
simulations by Ahmed and Sadus [J. Chem. Phys. v131, 174504 (2009)]. Excellent
agreement is found on the liquid side of the coexistence, whereas the agreement
is worse on the solid side. A second application is the derivation of an
approximate equation of state for generalized Lennard-Jones systems by
combining the isomorph theory with the Rosenfeld-Tarazona expression for the
temperature dependence of potential energy on isochores. It is shown that the
new equation of state agrees well with simulations.Comment: 12 pages, 14 figures, Section on solid-liquid coexistence expande
Identical temperature dependence of the time scales of several linear-response functions of two glass-forming liquids
The frequency-dependent dielectric constant, shear and adiabatic bulk moduli,
longitudinal thermal expansion coefficient, and longitudinal specific heat have
been measured for two van der Waals glass-forming liquids,
tetramethyl-tetraphenyl-trisiloxane (DC704) and 5-polyphenyl-4-ether. Within
the experimental uncertainties the loss-peak frequencies of the measured
response functions have identical temperature dependence over a range of
temperatures, for which the Maxwell relaxation time varies more than nine
orders of magnitude. The time scales are ordered from fastest to slowest as
follows: Shear modulus, adiabatic bulk modulus, dielectric constant,
longitudinal thermal expansion coefficient, longitudinal specific heat. The
ordering is discussed in light of the recent conjecture that van der Waals
liquids are strongly correlating, i.e., approximate single-parameter liquids.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, Substantially revised versio
Strong pressure-energy correlations in van der Waals liquids
Strong correlations between equilibrium fluctuations of the configurational
parts of pressure and energy are found in the Lennard-Jones liquid and other
simple liquids, but not in hydrogen-bonding liquids like methanol and water.
The correlations, that are present also in the crystal and glass phases,
reflect an effective inverse power-law repulsive potential dominating
fluctuations, even at zero and slightly negative pressure. In experimental data
for supercritical Argon, the correlations are found to be approximately 96%.
Consequences for viscous liquid dynamics are discussed.Comment: Phys. Rev. Lett., in pres
Effect of androgen treatment during foetal and/or neonatal life on ovarian function in prepubertal and adult rats
We investigated the effects of different windows of testosterone propionate (TP) treatment during foetal and neonatal life in female rats to determine whether and when excess androgen exposure would cause disruption of adult reproductive function. Animals were killed prepubertally at d25 and as adults at d90. Plasma samples were taken for hormone analysis and ovaries serial sectioned for morphometric analyses. In prepubertal animals, only foetal+postnatal and late postnatal TP resulted in increased body weights, and an increase in transitory, but reduced antral follicle numbers without affecting total follicle populations. Treatment with TP during both foetal+postnatal life resulted in the development of streak ovaries with activated follicles containing oocytes that only progressed to a small antral (smA) stage and inactive uteri. TP exposure during foetal or late postnatal life had no effect upon adult reproductive function or the total follicle population, although there was a reduction in the primordial follicle pool. In contrast, TP treatment during full postnatal life (d1-25) resulted in anovulation in adults (d90). These animals were heavier, had a greater ovarian stromal compartment, no differences in follicle thecal cell area, but reduced numbers of anti-Mullerian hormone-positive smA follicles when compared with controls. Significantly reduced uterine weights lead reduced follicle oestradiol production. These results support the concept that androgen programming of adult female reproductive function occurs only during specific time windows in foetal and neonatal life with implications for the development of polycystic ovary syndrome in women
Frequency Dependent Rheology of Vesicular Rhyolite
Frequency dependent rheology of magmas may result from the presence of inclusions (bubbles, crystals) in the melt and/or from viscoelastic behavior of the melt itself. With the addition of deformable inclusions to a melt possessing viscoelastic properties one might expect changes in the relaxation spectrum of the shear stresses of the material (e.g., broadening of the relaxation spectrum) resulting from the viscously deformable geometry of the second phase. We have begun to investigate the effect of bubbles on the frequency dependent rheology of rhyolite melt. The present study deals with the rheology of bubble-free and vesicular rhyolite melts containing spherical voids of 10 and 30 vol %. We used a sinusoidal torsion deformation device. Vesicular rhyolite melts were generated by the melting (at 1 bar) of an Armenian obsidian (Dry Fountain, Erevan, Armenia) and Little Glass Mountain obsidian (California). The real and imaginary parts of shear viscosity and shear modulus have been determined in a frequency range of 0.005–10 Hz and temperature range of 600°–900°C. The relaxed shear viscosities of samples obtained at low frequencies and high temperatures compare well with data previously obtained by parallel plate viscometry. The relaxed shear viscosity of vesicular rhyolites decreases progressively with increasing bubble content. The relaxation spectrum for rhyolite melt without bubbles has an asymmetric form and fits an extended exponent relaxation. The presence of deformable bubbles results in an imaginary component of the shear modulus that becomes more symmetrical and extends into the low-frequency/high-temperature range. The internal friction Q −1 is unaffected in the high-frequency/low-temperature range by the presence of bubbles and depends on the bubble content in the high-temperature/low-frequency range. The present work, in combination with the previous study of Stein and Spera (1992), illustrates that magma viscosity can either increase or decrease with bubble content, depending upon the rate of style of strain during magmatic flow
Excess specific heat and evidence of zero point entropy in magnetic glassy state of half-doped manganites
We show that specific heat C has non-Debye behavior for glassy states in
half-doped manganites. Irrespective of the magnetic order or electronic states,
these magnetic glasses have higher C compared to their equilibrium
counterparts. The excess C contributed by the glassy state varies linearly
with temperature similar to conventional glasses indicating tunneling in the
two-level systems. These glassy states show signature of zero point entropy.
Magnetic glasses can be produced simply by different field cooling protocols
and may be considered ideal magnetic counterpart of the conventional glass
A model for the generic alpha relaxation of viscous liquids
Dielectric measurements on molecular liquids just above the glass transition
indicate that alpha relaxation is characterized by a generic high-frequency
loss varying as , whereas deviations from this come from one or
more low-lying beta processes [Olsen et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 86} (2001)
1271]. Assuming that long-wavelength fluctuations dominate the dynamics, a
model for the dielectric alpha relaxation based on the simplest coupling
between the density and dipole density fields is proposed here. The model,
which is solved in second order perturbation theory in the Gaussian
approximation, reproduces the generic features of alpha relaxation
Use of the cell cycle progression (CCP) score for predicting systemic disease and response to radiation of biochemical recurrence
BACKGROUND:
Determining the optimal treatment for biochemical recurrence (BCR) after radical prostatectomy (RP) is challenging.
OBJECTIVE:
We evaluated the ability of CCP score (a prognostic RNA expression signature) to discriminate between systemic disease and local recurrence in patients with BCR after RP.
METHODS:
Sixty patients with BCR after RP were selected for analysis based on: 1) metastatic disease, 2) non-response to salvage external beam radiotherapy (EBRT), and 3) durable response to salvage EBRT. CCP scores were generated from the RNA expression of 46 genes. Logistic regression assessed the association between CCP score and patient group.
RESULTS:
Passing CCP scores were generated for 47 patients with complete clinical and pathologic data. CCP score predicted clinical status when comparing patients with metastatic disease or non-responders to salvage therapy to patients with durable response (p = 0.006). CCP score remained significantly predictive of clinical status after accounting for time to BCR, PSA level at BCR, and Gleason score (p = 0.0031).
CONCLUSIONS:
Elevated CCP score was associated with increased risk of systemic disease, indicating that CCP score may be useful in identifying patients with BCR who are most likely to benefit from salvage radiation therapy
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