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Electrodynamics of superconducting pnictide superlattices
It has been recently reported (S. Lee et al., Nature Materials 12, 392, 2013)
that superlattices where layers of the 8% Co-doped BaFe2As2 superconducting
pnictide are intercalated with non superconducting ultrathin layers of either
SrTiO3 or of oxygen-rich BaFe2As2, can be used to control flux pinning, thereby
increasing critical fields and currents, without significantly affecting the
critical temperature of the pristine superconducting material. However, little
is known about the electron properties of these systems. Here we investigate
the electrodynamics of these superconducting pnictide superlattices in the
normal and superconducting state by using infrared reflectivity, from THz to
visible range. We find that multi-gap structure of these superlattices is
preserved, whereas some significant changes are observed in their electronic
structure with respect to those of the original pnictide. Our results suggest
that possible attempts to further increase the flux pinning may lead to a
breakdown of the pnictide superconducting properties.Comment: 4 pages, two figure
Multi-gap superconductivity in a BaFe1.84Co0.16As2 film from optical measurements at terahertz frequencies
We measured the THz reflectance properties of a high quality epitaxial thin
film of the Fe-based superconductor BaFeCoAs with
T=22.5 K. The film was grown by pulsed laser deposition on a DyScO
substrate with an epitaxial SrTiO intermediate layer. The measured
spectrum, i.e. the reflectivity ratio between the superconducting and
normal state reflectance, provides clear evidence of a superconducting gap
close to 15 cm. A detailed data analysis shows that a
two-band, two-gap model is absolutely necessary to obtain a good description of
the measured spectrum. The low-energy gap results to be
well determined (=15.50.5 cm), while the value of the
high-energy gap is more uncertain (=557 cm).
Our results provide evidence of a nodeless isotropic double-gap scenario, with
the presence of two optical gaps corresponding to 2 values close
to 2 and 7.Comment: Published Versio
East Asia and the global/transatlantic/Western crisis
This paper introduces the special collection on East Asia and the Global Crisis. After justifying why a focus on East Asia is appropriate, it draws out the main themes that run through the individual contributions. These are the extent to which the region is decoupling from the global economy (or the West), the increasing legitimacy of statist alternatives to neoliberal development strategies, and the impact of crises on the definition of ―region‖ and the functioning of regional institutions and governance mechanisms
Interplay of the electronic and lattice degrees of freedom in A_{1-x}Fe_{2-y}Se_{2} superconductors under pressure
The local structure and electronic properties of RbFeSe
are investigated by means of site selective polarized x-ray absorption
spectroscopy at the iron and selenium K-edges as a function of pressure. A
combination of dispersive geometry and novel nanodiamond anvil pressure-cell
has permitted to reveal a step-like decrease in the Fe-Se bond distance at
GPa. The position of the Fe K-edge pre-peak, which is directly
related to the position of the chemical potential, remains nearly constant
until GPa, followed by an increase until GPa. Here, as in
the local structure, a step-like decrease of the chemical potential is seen.
Thus, the present results provide compelling evidence that the origin of the
reemerging superconductivity in FeSe in vicinity of a
quantum critical transition is caused mainly by the changes in the electronic
structure
Pressure dependence of the charge-density-wave gap in rare-earth tri-tellurides
We investigate the pressure dependence of the optical properties of CeTe,
which exhibits an incommensurate charge-density-wave (CDW) state already at 300
K. Our data are collected in the mid-infrared spectral range at room
temperature and at pressures between 0 and 9 GPa. The energy for the single
particle excitation across the CDW gap decreases upon increasing the applied
pressure, similarly to the chemical pressure by rare-earth substitution. The
broadening of the bands upon lattice compression removes the perfect nesting
condition of the Fermi surface and therefore diminishes the impact of the CDW
transition on the electronic properties of Te.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Molecular ions in L1544. II. The ionization degree
The maps presented in Paper I are here used to infer the variation of the
column densities of HCO+, DCO+, N2H+, and N2D+ as a function of distance from
the dust peak. These results are interpreted with the aid of a crude chemical
model which predicts the abundances of these species as a function of radius in
a spherically symmetric model with radial density distribution inferred from
the observations of dust emission at millimeter wavelengths and dust absorption
in the infrared. Our main observational finding is that the N(N2D+)/N(N2H+)
column density ratio is of order 0.2 towards the L1544 dust peak as compared to
N(DCO+)/N(HCO+) = 0.04. We conclude that this result as well as the general
finding that N2H+ and N2D+ correlate well with the dust is caused by CO being
depleted to a much higher degree than molecular nitrogen in the high density
core of L1544. Depletion also favors deuterium enhancement and thus N2D+, which
traces the dense and highly CO-depleted core nucleus, is much more enhanced
than DCO+. Our models do not uniquely define the chemistry in the high density
depleted nucleus of L1544 but they do suggest that the ionization degree is a
few times 10^{-9} and that the ambipolar diffusion time scale is locally
similar to the free fall time. It seems likely that the lower limit which one
obtains to ionization degree by summing all observable molecular ions is not a
great underestimate of the true ionization degree. We predict that atomic
oxygen is abundant in the dense core and, if so, H3O+ may be the main ion in
the central highly depleted region of the core.Comment: 31 pages, 8 figures, to be published in Ap
Three-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Foreground Polarization
We present a full-sky model of polarized Galactic microwave emission based on
three years of observations by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
at frequencies from 23 to 94 GHz. The model compares maps of the Stokes Q and U
components from each of the 5 WMAP frequency bands in order to separate
synchrotron from dust emission, taking into account the spatial and frequency
dependence of the synchrotron and dust components. This simple two-component
model of the interstellar medium accounts for at least 97% of the polarized
emission in the WMAP maps of the microwave sky. Synchrotron emission dominates
the polarized foregrounds at frequencies below 50 GHz, and is comparable to the
dust contribution at 65 GHz. The spectral index of the synchrotron component,
derived solely from polarization data, is -3.2 averaged over the full sky, with
a modestly flatter index on the Galactic plane. The synchrotron emission has
mean polarization fraction 2--4% in the Galactic plane and rising to over 20%
at high latitude, with prominent features such as the North Galactic Spur more
polarized than the diffuse component. Thermal dust emission has polarization
fraction 1% near the Galactic center, rising to 6% at the anti-center. Diffuse
emission from high-latitude dust is also polarized with mean fractional
polarization 0.036 +/- 0.011.Comment: 9 pages with 8 figures. For higher quality figures, see the version
posted at http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/map/dr2/map_bibliography.cf
Fish Health Unit Report of Activities Undertaken in 2018 and 2019
This report summarises the activities undertaken by the Fish Health Unit (FHU) of the Marine
Institute (MI) in 2018 and 2019. The services of the FHU, undertaken on behalf of the State,
are largely driven by European and national legislation on aquatic animal health. European
Council Directive 2006/88/EC on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals lays
down rules for the control of aquatic animal health within the EU. The directive is enacted in
Irish Law by Statutory Instrument (SI) 261 of 2008. The MI is the Competent Authority (CA)
responsible for implementation of aquatic animal health regulation in Ireland as described in
these statutes.
Aquatic animal health regulations in SI 261 of 2008 apply to finfish farms, shellfish farms, and
put and take fisheries, and require that such aquaculture production businesses (APBs) obtain
a Fish Health Authorisation (FHA) from the CA prior to operation
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