67 research outputs found
Normal state properties of high angle grain boundaries in (Y,Ca)Ba2Cu3O7-delta
By lithographically fabricating an optimised Wheatstone bridge geometry, we
have been able to make accurate measurements of the resistance of grain
boundaries in Y1-xCaxBa2Cu3O7-d between the superconducting transition
temperature, Tc, and room temperature. Below Tc the normal state properties
were assessed by applying sufficiently high currents. The behaviour of the
grain boundary resistance versus temperature and of the conductance versus
voltage are discussed in the framework charge transport through a tunnel
barrier. The influence of misorientation angle, oxygen content, and calcium
doping on the normal state properties is related to changes of the height and
shape of the grain boundary potential barrier.Comment: 17 pages, 1 table, 5 figures, submitted to PR
Mobile kinks and half-integer zero-field-like steps in highly discrete alternating Josephson junction arrays
The dynamics of a one-dimensional, highly discrete, linear array of
alternating and Josephson junctions is studied numerically, under
constant bias current at zero magnetic field. The calculated current - voltage
characteristics exhibit half-integer and integer zero-field-like steps for even
and odd total number of junctions, respectively. Inspection of the
instantaneous phases reveals that, in the former case, single kink
excitations (discrete semi-fluxons) are supported, whose propagation in the
array gives rise to the step, while in the latter case, a pair of
kink -- antikink appears, whose propagation gives rise to the
step. When additional kinks are inserted in the array, they are
subjected to fractionalization, transforming themselves into two closely spaced
kinks. As they propagate in the array along with the single kink or
the kink - antikink pair, they give rise to higher half-integer or
integer zero-field-like steps, respectively.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figures, submitted to Supercond. Sci. Techno
Korte mededeling
Leucojum aestivum L. In het verspreidingskaartje van het genus Leucojum (Gorteria 2, no. 12, p. 152) is het areaal van L. aestivum gearceerd aangegeven. Niet gearceerd zijn de Balearen en Sardinië, waar L. aestivum L. var. pulchellum (Salisb.) Fiori voorkomt. Deze gebieden zijn binnen het areaal van het genus Leucojum wit gelaten, omdat niet met zekerheid kon worden vastgesteld, dat L. pulchellum Salisb. inderdaad moet worden beschouwd als een variëteit van L. aestivum. Mocht dit zo zijn, dan heeft het gearceerde deel van het verspreidingskaartje betrekking op L. aestivum L. var. aestivum
Arenaria serpyllifolia L. var. macrocarpa Lloyd in Nederland niet eerder herkend
The first attention to Arenaria serpyllifolia var. macrocarpa in the Netherlands is paid in 1980, as the editors of Atlas Florae Europaeae asked for data of this neglected taxon. Dr. F.H. Perring (Oundle, Great-Britain) kindly controled the determinations of specimens of 'macrocarpa' in the collections of the Rijksherbarium (Leiden). The taxon only occurs in the coastal area of the Netherlands (fig. i). The differences of the infraspecific taxa of Arenaria serpyllifolia are given (table i). Awaiting 'closer study to clear up the taxonomical delimination and the range of this coastal ecotype' (Jalas & Suominen, 1983), the taxon has been considered subsp. serpyllifolia var. macrocarpa. closely related to var. serpyllifolia
Boekaankondigingen
* Anonymus, Veldbiologische waarnemingen op het landgoed Schothorst bij Hoogland in 1985 en 1986, Centrum voor Natuur en Milieu van de Gemeente Amersfoort, Schothorsterlaan 3a, 3828 NT Hoogland, 1987, 25 pag. * Anonymus, Naar een groenere binnenstad, groenplan voor de binnenstad van Den Haag, Dienst Groenvoorzieningen en Milieueducatie, Den Haag, 1987, 48 pag
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