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Neutron Scattering Studies of the Magnetic Fluctuations in YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-\delta}
Neutron scattering measurements have been made on the spin fluctuations in
YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-\delta} for different oxygen doping levels. Incommensurability is
clearly observed for oxygen concentrations of 6.6 and 6.7 and is suggested for
the 6.93. Measurements of the resonance for the O_{6.6} concentration show that
it exists in a broadened and less intense form at temperatures much higher than
T_c.Comment: 9 pages, 4 gif figures, Proceedings of Spectroscopies in Novel
Superconductors, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Sept, 199
GRB 030226 in a Density-Jump Medium
We present an explanation for the unusual temporal feature of the GRB 030226
afterglow. The R-band afterglow of this burst faded as ~ t^{-1.2} in ~ 0.2 days
after the burst, rebrightened during the period of ~ 0.2 - 0.5 days, and then
declined with ~ t^{-2.0}. To fit such a light curve, we consider an
ultrarelativistic jetted blast wave expanding in a density-jump medium. The
interaction of the blast wave with a large density jump produces relativistic
reverse and forward shocks. In this model, the observed rebrightening is due to
emissions from these newly forming shocks, and the late-time afterglow is
caused by sideways expansion of the jet. Our fitting implies that the
progenitor star of GRB 030226 could have produced a stellar wind with a large
density jump prior to the GRB onset.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in ApJ Letter
Pseudogap and incommensurate magnetic fluctuations in YBa_2Cu_3O_{6. 6}
Unpolarized inelastic neutron scattering is used to study the temperature and
wave vector dependence of the dynamical magnetic susceptibility,
, of a well characterized single crystal
( K). We find that a pseudogap opens in the spin fluctuation spectrum
at temperatures well above . We speculate that the appearance of the low
frequency incommensurate fluctuations is associated with the opening of the
pseudogap. To within the error of the measurements, a gap in the spin
fluctuation spectrum is found in the superconducting state.Comment: 6 pages, 3 ps figs, Proceedings of ICNS, Physica B, to be publishe
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