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Bernoulli Potential, Hall Constant and Cooper Pairs Effective Masses in Disordered BCS Superconductors
It is analyzed what fundamental new information for the properties of the
superconductors can be obtained by systematic investigation of the Bernoulli
effect. It is shown that it is a tool to determine the effective mass of Cooper
pairs, the volume density of charge carriers, the temperature dependence of the
penetration depth and condensation energy. The theoretical results for
disordered and anisotropic gap superconductors are systematized for this aim.
For clean-anisotropic-gap superconductors is presented a simple derivation for
the temperature dependence of the penetration depthComment: 13 pages, 3 figures, LaTeX 2e, New figure and reference
High Precision Measurement of the Thermal Exponent for the Three-Dimensional XY Universality Class
Simulations results are reported for critical point of the two-component
field theory. The correlation length exponent is measured to high
precision with the result . This value is in agreement with
recent simulation results [Campostrini \textit{et al}., Phys. Rev. B
\textbf{63}, 214503 (2001)], and marginally agrees with the most recent
space-based measurements of the superfluid transition in He [Lipa
\textit{et al}., Phys. Rev. B \textbf{68}, 174518 (2003)].Comment: a reference adde
The Recurrent Eclipse of an Unusual Pre--Main-Sequence Star in IC 348
The recurrence of a previously documented eclipse of a solar-like
pre--main-sequence star in the young cluster IC 348 has been observed. The
recurrence interval is 4.7 yr and portions of 4 cycles have now been
seen. The duration of each eclipse is at least 3.5 years, or % of a
cycle, verifying that this is not an eclipse by a stellar companion. The light
curve is generally symmetric and approximately flat-bottomed. Brightness at
maximum and minimum have been rather stable over the years but the light curve
is not perfectly repetitive or smooth and small variations exist at all phases.
We confirm that the star is redder when fainter. Models are discussed and it is
proposed that this could be a system similar to KH 15D in NGC 2264.
Specifically, it may be an eccentric binary in which a portion of the orbit of
one member is currently occulted during some binary phases by a circumbinary
disk. The star deserves sustained observational attention for what it may
reveal about the circumstellar environment of low-mass stars of planet-forming
age.Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ (Letters
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