412 research outputs found
Magneto-electric effect in NdCrTiO5
We have measured the dielectric constant and the pyroelectric current of
orthorhombic (space group ) NdCrTiO polycrystalline samples. The
dielectric constant and the pyroelectric current show features associated with
ferroelectric transitions at the antiferromagnetic transition temperature
( = 21 K). The effect of magnetic fields is to enhance the
features almost linearly up to the maximum measured field (7 T) with a
spontaneous polarization value of C/m. Two possible
scenarios, the linear magnetoelectric effect and multiferroicity
(antiferromagnetism + ferroelectricity), are discussed as possible explanations
for the observations.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
Prediction for new magnetoelectric fluorides
We use symmetry considerations in order to predict new magnetoelectric
fluorides. In addition to these magnetoelectric properties, we discuss among
these fluorides the ones susceptible to present multiferroic properties. We
emphasize that several materials present ferromagnetic properties. This
ferromagnetism should enhance the interplay between magnetic and dielectric
properties in these materials.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figures, To appear in Journal of Physics: Condensed
Matte
Spin Josephson effect in ferromagnet/ferromagnet tunnel junctions
We consider the tunnel spin current between two ferromagnetic metals from a
perspective similar to the one used in superconductor/superconductor tunnel
junctions. We use fundamental arguments to derive a Josephson-like spin tunnel
current . Here the phases are
associated with the planar contribution to the magnetization,
. The crucial step in our
analysis is the fact that the -component of the spin is canonically
conjugate to the phase of the planar contribution: . This is
analogous to the commutation relation in superconductors, where
is the phase associated to the superconducting order parameter and
is the Cooper pair number operator. We briefly discuss the experimental
consequences of our theoretical analysis.Comment: LaTex, seven pages, no figures; version to appear in Europhys. Lett.;
in order to make room for a more extended microscopic analysis, the
phenomenological discussion contained in v2 was remove
Spin wave resonances in antiferromagnets
Spin wave resonances with enormously large wave numbers corresponding to wave
vectors 10^5-10^6 cm^{-1} are observed in thin plates of FeBO3. The study of
spin wave resonances allows one to obtain information about the spin wave
spectrum. The temperature dependence of a non-uniform exchange constant is
determined for FeBO3. Considerable softening of the magnon spectrum resulting
from the interaction of magnons, is observed at temperatures above 1/3 of the
Neel temperature. The excitation level of spin wave resonances is found to
depend significantly on the inhomogeneous elastic distortions artificially
created in the sample. A theoretical model to describe the observed effects is
proposed.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figure
Methodological aspects of the use of dry components of chicken eggs for feeding children with phenylketonuria
Currently, one of the most important tasks facing science and production is the creation of functional product technologies for use in different diets of the population in order to preserve and improve health, as well as reduce the risks and consequences of various diseases, including hereditary ones, such as phenylketonuria (PKU). The All-Russian Research Institute of Starch Products develops technologies for the production of low-protein starch-based products/semi-products enriched with functional ingredients and intended for therapeutic nutrition of patients with PKU. As part of the pilot production, the production of these products is organized. Purpose of work:to justify the possibility of using dry components of chicken eggs (melange, protein, yolk) to enrich low-protein starch products (noodles, vermichel, «spider») intended for feeding children over 3 years old with phenylketonuria;evaluate organoleptic properties and efficiency of low-protein starch products enriched in hypophenylalanine diet of patients with phenylketonuria older than 3 years
Temperature-Dependent Magnetoelectric Effect from First Principles
We show that nonrelativistic exchange interactions and spin fluctuations can give rise to a linear magnetoelectric effect in collinear antiferromagnets at elevated temperatures that can exceed relativistic magnetoelectric responses by more than 1 order of magnitude. We show how symmetry arguments, ab initio methods, and Monte Carlo simulations can be combined to calculate temperature-dependent magnetoelectric susceptibilities entirely from first principles. The application of our method to Cr2O3 gives quantitative agreement with experiment.
Solution of the problem of catastrophic relaxation of homogeneous spin precession in superfluid He-B
The quantitative analysis of the "catastrophic relaxation" of the coherent
spin precession in He-B is presented. This phenomenon has been observed
below the temperature about 0.5 T as an abrupt shortening of the induction
signal decay. It is explained in terms of the decay instability of homogeneous
transverse NMR mode into spin waves of the longitudinal NMR. Recently the cross
interaction amplitude between the two modes has been calculated by Sourovtsev
and Fomin \cite{SF} for the so-called Brinkman-Smith configuration, i.e. for
the orientation of the orbital momentum of Cooper pairs along the magnetic
field, . In their treatment, the interaction is
caused by the anisotropy of the speed of the spin waves. We found that in the
more general case of the non-parallel orientation of corresponding to
the typical conditions of experiment, the spin-orbital interaction provides the
additional interaction between the modes. By analyzing experimental data we are
able to distinguish which contribution is dominating in different regimes.Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure, submited to JETP letter
Phonons in magnon superfluid and symmetry breaking field
Recent experiments [1],[2] which measured the spectrum of the Goldstone
collective mode of coherently precessing state in 3He-B are discussed using the
presentation of the coherent spin precession in terms of the Bose-Einstein
condensation of magnons. The mass in the spectrum of the Goldstone boson --
phonon in the superfluid magnon liquid -- is induced by the symmetry breaking
field, which is played by the RF magnetic fieldComment: 2 pages, JETP Letters style, no figures, version accepted in JETP
Letter
The ionization of Mg by electron impact at 1000 eV studied by (e, 2e) experiments
The ionization of Mg 3s and 2p and He 1s has been studied in (e, 2e) experiments at about 1000 eV incident energy and 20 eV ejected electron energy for a momentum transfer between 0.5 and 2.1 au. The comparison with the predictions of the distorted wave Born approximation model shows a generally good agreement between experiment and theory. The differences observed between the He and Mg angular distributions can be explained as an initial state effect and are attributed to the differences between the He 1s and Mg 3s wavefunctions in the momentum space
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