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Inversion symmetry in the spin-Peierls compound NaV2O5
At room-temperature NaV2O5 was found to have the centrosymmetric space group
Pmmn. This space group implies the presence of only one kind of V site in
contrast with previous reports of the non-centrosymmetric counterpart P21mn.
This indicates a non-integer valence state of vanadium.
Furthermore, this symmetry has consequences for the interpretation of the
transition at 34 K, which was ascribed to a spin-Peierls transition of one
dimensional chains of V4+.Comment: Revtex, 3 pages, 2 postscript pictures embedded in the text.
Corrected a mistake in one pictur
Field-Effect Transistors on Tetracene Single Crystals
We report on the fabrication and electrical characterization of field-effect
transistors at the surface of tetracene single crystals. We find that the
mobility of these transistors reaches the room-temperature value of $0.4 \
cm^2/Vs$. The non-monotonous temperature dependence of the mobility, its weak
gate voltage dependence, as well as the sharpness of the subthreshold slope
confirm the high quality of single-crystal devices. This is due to the
fabrication process that does not substantially affect the crystal quality.Comment: Accepted by Appl. Phys. Lett, tentatively scheduled for publication
in the November 24, 2003 issu
Soil biological quality of grassland fertilized with adjusted cattle manure slurries in comparison with organic and inorganic fertilizers
We studied the effect of five fertilizers (including two adjusted manure slurries) and an untreated control on soil biota and explored the effect on the ecosystem services they provided. Our results suggest that the available N (NO3- and NH4+) in the soil plays a central role in the effect of fertilizers on nematodes and microorganisms. Microorganisms are affected directly through nutrient availability and indirectly through grass root mass. Nematodes are affected indirectly through microbial biomass and grass root mass. A lower amount of available N in the treatment with inorganic fertilizer was linked to a higher root mass and a higher abundance and proportion of herbivorous nematodes. A higher amount of available N in the organic fertilizer treatments resulted in a twofold higher bacterial activity (measured as bacterial growth rate, viz. thymidine incorporation), a higher proportion of bacterivorous nematodes, a 30% higher potential N mineralization (aerobic incubation), and 25–50% more potentially mineralizable N (anaerobic incubation). Compared to inorganic fertilizer, organic fertilization increased the C total, the N total, the activity of decomposers, and the supply of nutrients via the soil food web. Within the group of organic fertilizers, there was no significant difference in C total, abundances of soil biota, and the potential N mineralization rate. There were no indications that farmyard manure or the adjusted manure slurries provided the ecosystem service “supply of nutrients” better than normal manure slurry. Normal manure slurry provided the highest bacterial activity and the highest amount of mineralizable N and it was the only fertilizer resulting in a positive trend in grass yield over the years 2000–2005. The number of earthworm burrows was higher in the treatments with organic fertilizers compared to the one with the inorganic fertilizer, which suggests that organic fertilizers stimulate the ecosystem service of water regulation more than inorganic fertilizer. The trend towards higher epigeic earthworm numbers with application of farmyard manure and one of the adjusted manure slurries, combined with the negative relation between epigeic earthworms and bulk density and a significantly lower penetration resistance in the same fertilizer types, is preliminary evidence that these two organic fertilizer types contribute more to the service of soil structure maintenance than inorganic fertilize
Anomaly-free dark matter models with one-loop neutrino masses and a gauged U(1) symmetry
We systematically study and classify scotogenic models with a local U(1)
gauge symmetry. These models give rise to radiative neutrino masses and a
stable dark matter candidate, but avoid the theoretical problems of global and
discrete symmetries. We restrict the dark sector particle content to up to four
scalar or fermionic SU(2) singlets, doublets or triplets and use theoretical
arguments based on anomaly freedom, Lorentz and gauge symmetry to find all
possible charge assignments of these particles. The U(1) symmetry can be broken
by a new Higgs boson to a residual discrete symmetry, that still stabilizes the
dark matter candidate. We list the particle content and charge assignments of
all non-equivalent models. Specific examples in our class of models that have
been studied previously in the literature are the U(1) scotogenic and
singlet-triplet scalar models breaking to . We also briefly discuss the
new phenomenological aspects of our model arising from the presence of a new
massless dark photon or massive boson as well as the additional Higgs
boson.Comment: 23 pages, 1 figure, 5 table
Influence of the gate leakage current on the stability of organic single-crystal field-effect transistors
We investigate the effect of a small leakage current through the gate
insulator on the stability of organic single-crystal field-effect transistors
(FETs). We find that, irrespective of the specific organic molecule and
dielectric used, leakage current flowing through the gate insulator results in
an irreversible degradation of the single-crystal FET performance. This
degradation occurs even when the leakage current is several orders of magnitude
smaller than the source-drain current. The experimental data indicate that a
stable operation requires the leakage current to be smaller than $10^{-9} \
\mathrm{A/cm}^2$. Our results also suggest that gate leakage currents may
determine the lifetime of thin-film transistors used in applications.Comment: submitted to Appl. Phys. Let
Resistivity of non-Fermi liquid U2Pt2In under pressure
Non-Fermi liquid behaviour in single-crystalline U2Pt2In has been studied by
means of resistivity experiments (I||c) under hydrostatic pressure (P<1.5 GPa).
At ambient pressure the resistivity rho(T) follows a power law rho~T^alpha with
alpha~0.5. Upon applying pressure alpha increases. For P>1 GPa a minimum
develops in rho(T). A study of the field dependence of the minimum confirms its
magnetic origin. The ratio c/a is proposed as the effective control parameter,
rather than the unit cell volume.Comment: 5 pages (incl. 2 figures), submitted to SCES'99, Nagan
Infrared Quasi Fixed Points and Mass Predictions in the MSSM II: Large tan(beta) Scenario
We consider the infrared quasi fixed point solutions of the renormalization
group equations for the Yukawa couplings and soft supersymmetry breaking
parameters in the MSSM in the \underline{large } regime. The
existence of IR quasi fixed points together with the values of gauge couplings,
third generation quarks, lepton and Z-boson masses allows one to predict masses
of the Higgs bosons and SUSY particles as functions of the only free parameter,
, or the gluino mass. The lightest Higgs boson mass for TeV is found to be GeV for and
GeV for .Comment: 15 pages, LateX file with 4 eps figures, corrected numbers, new
column in table, last versio
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