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    On the origin of magnetoresistance in Sr2_2FeMoO6_6

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    We report detailed magnetization (MM) and magnetoresistance (MRMR) studies on a series of Sr2_2FeMoO6_6 samples with independent control on anti-site defect and grain boundary densities. These results, exhibiting a switching-like behavior of MRMR with MM, establish that the MRMR is controlled by the magnetic polarization of grain boundary regions, rather than of the grains within a resonant tunnelling mechanism.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure

    Formation of Short-Period Binary Pulsars in Globular Clusters

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    We present a new dynamical scenario for the formation of short-period binary millisecond pulsars in globular clusters. Our work is motivated by the recent observations of 20 radio pulsars in 47 Tuc. In a dense cluster such as 47 Tuc, most neutron stars acquire binary companions through exchange interactions with primordial binaries. The resulting systems have semimajor axes in the range \~0.1-1 AU and neutron star companion masses ~1-3 Msun. For many of these systems we find that, when the companion evolves off the main sequence and fills its Roche lobe, the subsequent mass transfer is dynamically unstable. This leads to a common envelope phase and the formation of short-period neutron star - white dwarf binaries. For a significant fraction of these binaries, the decay of the orbit due to gravitational radiation will be followed by a period of stable mass transfer driven by a combination of gravitational radiation and tidal heating of the companion. The properties of the resulting short-period binaries match well those of observed binary pulsars in 47 Tuc.Comment: To appear in ApJ Letters, slightly abbreviated version with only minor change
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