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Aquilegia, Vol. 34 No. 5, Winter 2010, Newsletter of the Colorado Native Plant Society
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Effect of annealing on the specific heat of optimally doped Ba(FeCo)As
We report the temperature dependence of the low-temperature specific heat
down to 400 mK of the electron-doped Ba(FeCo)As
superconductors. We have measured two samples extracted from the same batch:
first sample has been measured just after preparation with no additional heat
treatment. The sample shows =20 K, residual specific heat
=3.6 mJ/mol K and a Schottky-like contribution at low
temperatures. A second sample has been annealed at 800 for two weeks
and shows = 25 K and =1.4 mJ/mol~K. By subtracting
the lattice specific heat, from pure BaFeAs, the temperature
dependence of the electronic specific heat has been obtained and studied. For
both samples the temperature dependence of clearly indicate the
presence of low-energy excitations in the system. Their specific heat data
cannot be described by single clean s- or d-wave models and the data requires
an anisotropic gap scenario which may or may not have nodesComment: SCES 2010, 5 pages, 2 figure
The features of snow loads on building roofs
In this paper the probabilistic model of the snow accumulation on the roofs with height discontinuity was worked out, the decreasing coefficient for the snow load weight was received and the ways of their application in the designing were elaborated. The probabilistic model for impulse stochastic process of snowfall sequence was developed. Data from meteorological stations in Ukraine allow determination of statistical characteristics: average annual snowfall amount and exponential distribution of values of one snowfall. The law of intensity distribution of snow melting has been determined experimentally. The territorial zoning map of Ukraine by characteristic values of the snow load on the roofs that emanate heat was developed
Do interactions increase or reduce the conductance of disordered electrons? It depends!
We investigate the influence of electron-electron interactions on the
conductance of two-dimensional disordered spinless electrons. By using an
efficient numerical method which is based on exact diagonalization in a
truncated basis of Hartree-Fock states we are able to determine the exact
low-energy properties of comparatively large systems in the diffusive as well
as in the localized regimes. We find that weak interactions increase the d.c.
conductance in the localized regime while they decrease the d.c. conductance in
the diffusive regime. Strong interactions always decrease the conductance. We
also study the localization of single-particle excitations close to the Fermi
energy which turns out to be only weakly influenced by the interactions.Comment: final version as publsihed, 4 pages REVTEX, 6 EPS figures include
Physical properties of FeSeTe single crystals grown under different conditions
We report on structural, magnetic, conductivity, and thermodynamic studies of
FeSeTe single crystals grown by self-flux and Bridgman methods.
The samples were prepared from starting materials of different purity at
various temperatures and cooling rates. The lowest values of the susceptibility
in the normal state, the highest transition temperature of 14.5 K, and
the largest heat-capacity anomaly at were obtained for pure (oxygen-free)
samples. The critical current density of A/cm (at 2
K) achieved in pure samples is attributed to intrinsic inhomogeneity due to
disorder at the cation and anion sites. The impure samples show increased
up to A/cm due to additional pinning centers of
FeO. The upper critical field of kOe is estimated
from the resistivity study in magnetic fields parallel to the \emph{c}-axis.
The anisotropy of the upper critical field reaches a value at . Extremely low values of the residual Sommerfeld coefficient for pure
samples indicate a high volume fraction of the superconducting phase (up to
97%). The electronic contribution to the specific heat in the superconducting
state is well described within a single-band BCS model with a temperature
dependent gap K. A broad cusp-like anomaly in the electronic
specific heat of samples with suppressed bulk superconductivity is ascribed to
a splitting of the ground state of the interstitial Fe ions. This
contribution is fully suppressed in the ordered state in samples with bulk
superconductivity.Comment: 11 pages, 11 figures, 3 table
Specific-heat study of superconducting and normal states in FeSe1-xTex (0.6<=x<=1) single crystals: Strong-coupling superconductivity, strong electron-correlation, and inhomogeneity
The electronic specific heat of as-grown and annealed single-crystals of
FeSe1-xTex (0.6<=x<=1) has been investigated. It has been found that annealed
single-crystals with x=0.6-0.9 exhibit bulk superconductivity with a clear
specific-heat jump at the superconducting (SC) transition temperature, Tc. Both
2Delta_0/kBTc [Delta_0: the SC gap at 0 K estimated using the single-band BCS
s-wave model] and Delta C/(gamma_n-gamma_0)Tc [Delta C$: the specific-heat jump
at Tc, gamma_n: the electronic specific-heat coefficient in the normal state,
gamma_0: the residual electronic specific-heat coefficient at 0 K in the SC
state] are largest in the well-annealed single-crystal with x=0.7, i.e., 4.29
and 2.76, respectively, indicating that the superconductivity is of the strong
coupling. The thermodynamic critical field has also been estimated. gamma_n has
been found to be one order of magnitude larger than those estimated from the
band calculations and increases with increasing x at x=0.6-0.9, which is
surmised to be due to the increase in the electronic effective mass, namely,
the enhancement of the electron correlation. It has been found that there
remains a finite value of gamma_0 in the SC state even in the well-annealed
single-crystals with x=0.8-0.9, suggesting an inhomogeneous electronic state in
real space and/or momentum space.Comment: 22 pages, 1 table, 6 figures, Version 2 has been accepted for
publication in J. Phys. Soc. Jp
Electron transport and anisotropy of the upper critical magnetic field in a Ba0.68K0.32Fe2As2 single crystals
Early work on the iron-arsenide compounds supported the view, that a reduced
dimensionality might be a necessary prerequisite for high-Tc superconductivity.
Later, however, it was found that the zero-temperature upper critical magnetic
field, Hc2(0), for the 122 iron pnictides is in fact rather isotropic. Here, we
report measurements of the temperature dependence of the electrical
resistivity, \Gamma(T), in Ba0.5K0.5Fe2As2 and Ba0.68K0.32Fe2As2 single
crystals in zero magnetic field and for Ba0.68K0.32Fe2As2 as well in static and
pulsed magnetic fields up to 60 T. We find that the resistivity of both
compounds in zero field is well described by an exponential term due to
inter-sheet umklapp electron-phonon scattering between light electrons around
the M point to heavy hole sheets at the \Gamma point in reciprocal space. From
our data, we construct an H-T phase diagram for the inter-plane (H || c) and
in-plane (H || ab) directions for Ba0.68K0.32Fe2As2. Contrary to published data
for underdoped 122 FeAs compounds, we find that Hc2(T) is in fact anisotropic
in optimally doped samples down to low temperatures. The anisotropy parameter,
{\gamma} = Habc2/Hcc2, is about 2.2 at Tc. For both field orientations we find
a concave curvature of the Hc2 lines with decreasing anisotropy and saturation
towards lower temperature. Taking into account Pauli spin paramagnetism we
perfectly can describe Hc2(T) and its anisotropy.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figure
Docosahexaenoic acid reduces microglia phagocytic activity via miR-124 and induces neuroprotection in rodent models of spinal cord contusion injury
Microglia are activated after spinal cord injury (SCI), but their phagocytic mechanisms and link to neuroprotection remain incompletely characterized. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) has been shown to have significant neuroprotective effects after hemisection and compression SCI and can directly affect microglia in these injury models. In rodent contusion SCI, we demonstrate that DHA (500 nmol/kg) administered acutely post-injury confers neuroprotection and enhances locomotor recovery, and also exerts a complex modulation of the microglial response to injury. In rodents, at 7 days after SCI, the level of phagocytosed myelin within Iba1-positive or P2Y12-positive cells was significantly lower after DHA treatment, and this occurred in parallel with an increase in intracellular miR-124 expression. Furthermore, intraspinal administration of a miR-124 inhibitor significantly reduced the DHA-induced decrease in myelin phagocytosis in mice at 7 days post-SCI. In rat spinal primary microglia cultures, DHA reduced the phagocytic response to myelin, which was associated with an increase in miR-124, but not miR-155. A similar response was observed in a microglia cell line (BV2) treated with DHA, and the effect was blocked by a miR-124 inhibitor. Furthermore, the phagocytic response of BV2 cells to stressed neurones was also reduced in the presence of DHA. In peripheral monocyte-derived macrophages, the expression of the M1, but not the M0 or M2 phenotype, was reduced by DHA, but the phagocytic activation was not altered. These findings show that DHA induces neuroprotection in contusion injury. Furthermore, the improved outcome is via a miR-124-dependent reduction in the phagocytic response of microglia.US Department of Defence CDMRP/SCIRP award (W81XWH-10-1-1040 to P.K.Y., T.B. and A.M.T.); The Barts and London Charity (to P.K.Y. and A.M.T.); Rod Flower Vacation Scholarship (to A.L.B.); International Spinal Research Trust (to J.H. and P.G.P.); Ray W. Poppleton Endowment (to P.G.P.); Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan (CMRPG3A1051–1054 to Z.-H.L.). M.A.B. is funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity (Programa Ramón y Cajal: RYC-2017-21804)
Range of the t--J model parameters for CuO plane: experimental data constraints
The t-J model effective hopping integral is determined from the three-band
Hubbard model for the charge carriers in CuO plane. For this purpose the
values of the superexchange constant and the charge-transfer gap
are calculated in the framework of the three-band model. Fitting values of
and to the experimental data allows to narrow the uncertainty region
of the three-band model parameters. As a result, the ratio of the t-J
model is fixed in the range for holes and for
electrons. Formation of the Frenkel exciton is justified and the main features
of the charge-transfer spectrum are correctly described in the framework of
this approach.Comment: 20pp., REVTEX 3.0, (11 figures), report 66
Upper critical magnetic field in Ba_0.68K_0.32Fe_2As_2 and Ba(Fe_0.93Co_0.07)_2As_2
We report measurements of the temperature dependence of the radio-frequency
magnetic penetration depth in Ba_0.68K_0.32Fe_2As_2 and
Ba(Fe_0.93Co_0.07)_2As_2 single crystals in pulsed magnetic fields up to 60 T.
From our data, we construct an H-T phase diagram for the inter-plane (H || c)
and in-plane (H || ab) directions for both compounds. For both field
orientations in Ba_0.68K_0.32Fe_2As_2, we find a concave curvature of the
Hc2(T) lines with decreasing anisotropy and saturation towards lower
temperature. Taking into account Pauli spin paramagnetism we can describe
Hc2(T) and its anisotropy. In contrast, we find that Pauli paramagnetic pair
breaking is not essential for Ba(Fe_0.93Co_0.07)_2As_2. For this electron-doped
compound, the data support a Hc2(T) dependence that can be described by the
Werthamer Helfand Hohenberg model for H || ab and a two-gap behavior for H ||
c.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figure
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