475 research outputs found
Upper critical field of CeCoIn5
We present a detailed analysis of the upper critical field for CeCoIn5 under
high pressure. We show that, consistently with other measurements, this system
shows a decoupling between maximum of the superconducting transition
temperature Tc and maximum pairing strength. This puts forward CeCoIn5 as an
important paradigm for this class of unconventional, strongly correlated
superconductors.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, author version, published in New J. Phy
Superconducting Gap of UCoGe probed by Thermal Transport
Thermal conductivity measurements in the superconducting state of the
ferromagnet UCoGe were performed at very low temperatures and under magnetic
field on samples of different qualities and with the heat current along the
three crystallographic axis. This allows to disentangle intrinsic and extrinsic
effects, confirm the situation of multigap superconductivity and shed new light
on the situation expected or claimed for the gap in these ferromagnetic
superconductors, like evidences of absence of "partially gapped" Fermi
surfaces.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures. To be appeared in Physical Review Rapid
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Periodic Coherence Peak Height Modulations in Superconducting BSCCO
In this paper we analyze, using scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS), the
local density of electronic states (LDOS) in nearly optimally doped BSCCO in
zero field. We see both dispersive and non-dispersive spatial LDOS modulations
as a function of energy in our samples. Moreover, a spatial map of the
superconducting coherence peak heights shows the same structure as the low
energy LDOS. This suggests that these non-dispersive LDOS modulations originate
from an underlying charge-density modulation which interacts with
superconductivity.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures with 15 total eps file
Software tools for acoustic database management
Digital archiving of bioacoustic data provides both curatorial and scientific benefits. To realize these benefits, key system
requirements must be satisfied. This report discusses these requirements, and describes the software tools developed by the WHOI
bioacoustic laboratory to maintain and utilize an archive of digitized biological sounds. These tools are written in standard C code,
and are designed to run on PC-compatible microcomputers. Both the usage and structure of these programs are described in relation
to the SOUND database of marine animal sounds. These tools include software for analog-to-digital conversion, text header
maintenance, data verification and interactive spectrographic review. Source code listings are supplied.Funding was provided by the Office of Naval Research through the Ocean Acoustics Program (code 11250) Contract N00014-88-K-0273
and Grant N00014-J-1445 with supplemental support from NOARL (code 211)
SOUND database of marine animal vocalizations : structure and operations
The SOUND database system for marine animal vocalizations has been updated to include changes in the structure and
operations that have evolved with use. These include more convenient operations, greater flexibilty in analysis routines, and a
revised database structure. The formats for data sorting and indexing, database structure, and analysis routines have developed into a convenient research tool. This report is a revision of the earlier operating manual for the SOUND databases (Watkins, Fristrup, and Daher 1991.)
The interactive databases that comprise the SOUND system provide comprehensive means for quantitative analyses and statistical comparisons of marine animal vocalizations. These SOUND databases encompass (1) descriptive text databases
cataoging the WHOI collection of underwater sound recordings of marine animals, (2) sets of files of digital sound sequences, (3)
text databases organizing the digital sound cuts, and (4) software for analysis, display, playback, and export of selected sound files.
The text databases index and sort the information about the sounds, and the digital sound cut files are accessed directly from the text record. From the text database, the sound cut data may be analyzed on screen, listened to, and compared or exported as desired.
The objective of this work has been the development of a basic set of tools for the study of marine animal sound. The text
databases for cataloging the recordings provide convenient sorting and selection of sounds of interest. Then, as specific sequences
are digitized from these recordings, they become part of another database system that manages these acoustic data. Once a digital
sound is part of the organized database, several tools are available for interactive spectrographic display, sound playback, statistical
feature extraction, and export to other application programs.Funding was provided by the Office of Naval Research through the Ocean Acoustics Program
(code 11250A) under Contract No. N00014-88-K-0273 and No. N00014-91-J-1445 with supplemental
support by ORINCON/DARPA and NRL (code 211)
STM/STS Study on 4a X 4a Electronic Charge Order of Superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d
We performed low-bias STM measurements on underdoped Bi2212 crystals, and
confirmed that a two-dimensional (2D) superstructure with a periodicity of four
lattice constants (4a) is formed within the Cu-O plane at T<Tc. This 4a X 4a
superstructure, oriented along the Cu-O bonding direction, is nondispersive and
more intense in lightly doped samples with a zero temperature pseudogap (ZTPG)
than in samples with a d-wave gap. The nondispersive 4a X 4a superstructure was
clearly observed within the ZTPG or d-wave gap, while it tended to fade out
outside the gaps. The present results provide a useful test for various models
proposed for an electronic order hidden in the underdoped region of high-Tc
cuprates.Comment: 4 pages, submitted to J. Phys. Soc. Jp
Quasiparticle interference patterns as a test for the nature of the pseudogap phase in the cuprate superconductors
Electrons, when scattered by static random disorder, form standing waves that
can be imaged using scanning tunneling microscopy. Such interference patterns,
observable by the recently developed technique of Fourier transform scanning
tunneling spectroscopy (FT-STS), are shown to carry unique fingerprints
characteristic of the electronic order present in a material. We exploit this
feature of the FT-STS technique to propose a test for the nature of the
enigmatic pseudogap phase in the high- cuprate superconductors. Through
their sensitivity to the quasiparticle spectra and coherence factors, the
FT-STS patterns in principle carry enough information to unambiguously
determine the nature of the condensate responsible for the pseudogap
phenomenon. We argue that the next generation of FT-STS experiments, currently
underway, should be able to distinguish between the pseudogap dominated by the
remnants of superconducting order from the pseudogap dominated by some
competing order in the particle-hole channel. Using general arguments and
detailed numerical calculations, we point to certain fundamental differences
between the two scenarios and discuss the prospects for future experiments.Comment: 15 pages REVTeX + 9 ps figures. For related work and info visit
http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~franz; version 2 to appear in IJMP
Phenomenological lattice model for dynamic spin and charge fluctuations in the cuprates
Motivated by recent neutron scattering experiments on the cuprate
superconductors, we present a phenomenological framework describing the
dynamics of collective spin excitations coupled to charge/bond order
fluctuations. Our quantum lattice model contains two order parameter fields,
and can capture spin excitations both in broken-symmetry states with static
lattice modulations, as well as in homogeneous states where the charge/bond
order is fluctuating. We present results for different types of static
charge/bond order, namely site- and bond-centered stripes, and plaquette
modulation.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures; Proceedings of SNS 2004, Sitges, Spai
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