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Equilibrium magnetization in the vicinity of the first order phase transition in the mixed state of high-Tc superconductors
We present the results of a scaling analysis of isothermal magnetization M(H)
curves measured in the mixed state of high-Tc superconductors in the vicinity
of the established first order phase transition. The most surprising result of
our analysis is that the difference between the magnetization above and below
the transition may have either sign, depending on the particular chosen sample.
We argue that this observation, based on M(H) data available in the literature,
is inconsistent with the interpretation that the well known first order phase
transition in the mixed state of high-Tc superconductors always represents the
melting transition in the vortex system.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Current distribution inside Py/Cu lateral spin-valve device
We have investigated experimentally the non-local voltage signal (NLVS) in
the lateral permalloy (Py)/Cu/Py spin valve devices with different width of Cu
stripes. We found that NLVS strongly depends on the distribution of the
spin-polarized current inside Cu strip in the vicinity of the Py-detector. To
explain these data we have developed a diffusion model describing spatial (3D)
distribution of the spin-polarized current in the device. The results of our
calculations show that NLVS is decreased by factor of 10 due to spin
flip-scattering occurring at Py/Cu interface. The interface resistivity on
Py/Cu interface is also present, but its contribution to reduction of NLVS is
minor. We also found that most of the spin-polarized current is injected within
the region 30 nm from Py-injector/Cu interface. In the area at Py-detector/Cu
interface, the spin-polarized current is found to flow mainly close on the
injector side, with 1/e exponential decay in the magnitude within the distance
80 nm.Comment: 10 pages, 14 figure
Electronic Structures of Fe_x$Si Probed by Photoemission Spectroscopy
The electronic structures of the Heusler type compounds Fe_x$Si in
the concentration range between x = 0 and x = 1 have been probed by
photoemission spectroscopy (PES). The observed shift of Si 2p core- level and
the main valence band structres indicate a chemical potential shift to higher
energy with increasing x. It is also clarified that the density of state at
Fermi edge is owing to the collaboration of V 3d and Fe 3d derived states.
Besides the decrease of the spectral intensity near Fermi edge with increasing
x suggests the formation of pseudo gap at large x.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, 5 reference
Topology Change of Coalescing Black Holes on Eguchi-Hanson Space
We construct multi-black hole solutions in the five-dimensional
Einstein-Maxwell theory with a positive cosmological constant on the
Eguchi-Hanson space, which is an asymptotically locally Euclidean space. The
solutions describe the physical process such that two black holes with the
topology of S^3 coalesce into a single black hole with the topology of the lens
space L(2;1)=S^3/Z_2. We discuss how the area of the single black hole after
the coalescence depends on the topology of the horizon.Comment: 10 pages, Some comments are added. to be published as a letter in
Classical and Quantum Gravit
AERODYNAMIC STUDY FOR THE GROUND EFFECT OF SKI JUMPING
We investigated the aerodynamic forces just before taking telemark of the landing phase. The full size model was employed to measure the lift area, the drag area and the moment volume, which was mounted in a 3-meter low speed wind tunnel. The ground plate was set in the test section of the wind tunnel. The height between the ground plate and the toe of the model was from 0.4 m to 1.0 m. In the case of the V style flight, the lift area with the ground plate is always larger than that without the ground plate, though the drag area with the ground plate is comparable to that without the ground plate. The ground effect of V style flight contributes to making the larger lift in the latter half of the flight. In the case of the parallel style, the lift and the drag areas with the ground plate are comparable to that without the plate
Time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of the allyl radical: The lifetimes of the ultraviolet bands
We report [1+1 ???] picosecond time-resolved pump-probe photoelectron spectra of the UV bands of the allyl radical. The experiments are performed in a molecular beam of allyl radicals, generated by supersonic jet flash pyrolysis. Photoelectron spectroscopy in a magnetic bottle is shown to be a suitable method for investigating the photophysics of organic radicals. Lifetimes were obtained for all vibronic bands between 250 and 238 nm previously assigned by MPI spectroscopy to the electronically excited B 2A 1, C 2B 1, and D 2B 2 states, with values ranging from 20 ps to 9 ps. The nonradiative decay is due to internal conversion to the electronic ground state. Information on the structure of the allyl cation is deduced from the photoelectron spectrum.open423
Quasiparticle Interactions for f-Impurity Anderson Model with Crystalline-Electric-Field: Numerical Renormalization Group Study
The aspect of the quasiparticle interaction of a local Fermi liquid, the
impurity version of f-based heavy fermions, is studied by the Wilson
numerical renormalization group method. In particular, the case of the
f-singlet crystalline-electric-field ground state is investigated assuming
the case of UPt with the hexagonal symmetry. It is found that the
interorbital interaction becomes larger than the intraorbital one in contrast
to the case of the bare Coulomb interaction for the parameters relevant to
UPt. This result offers us a basis to construct a microscopic theory of the
superconductivity of UPt where the interorbital interactions are expected
to play important roles.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figure
Mechanism of Lattice-Distortion-Induced Electric-Polarization Flop in the Multiferroic Perovskite Manganites
Magnetoelectric phase diagrams of the perovskite manganites, Eu1-xYxMnO3 and
Gd1-xTbxMnO3, are theoretically studied. We first construct a microscopic
model, and then analyze the model using the Monte-Carlo method. We reproduce
the diagrams, which contain two different multiferroic states, i.e., the
ab-plane spin cycloid with electric polarization P//a and the bc-plane spin
cycloid with P//c. We reveal that their competition originates from a conflict
between the single-ion anisotropy and the Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction,
which is controlled by the second-neighbor spin exchanges enhanced by the
GdFeO3-type distortion. This leads to a P flop from a to c with increasing x in
agreement with the experiments.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures. Recalculated results after correcting errors in
the assignment of DM vectors. The conclusion is not affecte
Nonuniform Spin Triplet Superconductivity due to Antisymmetric Spin-Orbit Coupling in Noncentrosymmetric Superconductor CePtSi
We show that the nonuniform state (Fulde-Ferrel-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO)
state) of the spin triplet superconductivity in noncentrosymmetric systems is
stabilized by antisymmetric spin-orbit coupling even if the magnetic field is
absent. The transition temperature of the spin triplet superconductivity is
reduced by the antisymmetric spin-orbit coupling in general. This pair breaking
effect is shown to be similar to the Pauli pair breaking effect due to magnetic
field for the spin singlet superconductivity, in which FFLO state is stabilized
near the Pauli limit (or Chandrasekhar-Clogston limit) of external magnetic
field. Since there are gapless excitations in nonuniform superconducting state,
some physical quantities such as specific heat and penetration depth should
obey the power low temperature-dependences. We discuss the possibility of the
realization of nonuniform state in CePtSi.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figure
Microscopic Mechanism and Pairing Symmetry of Superconductivity in the Noncentrosymmetric Heavy Fermion Systems CeRhSI and CeIrSi
We study the pairing symmetry of the noncentrosymmetric heavy fermion
superconductors CeRhSi and CeIrSi under pressures, which are both
antiferromagnets at ambient pressure. We solve the Eliashberg equation by means
of the random phase approximation and find that the mixed state of extended
s-wave and p-wave rather than the wave state could be realized by
enhanced antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations. It is elucidated that the gap
function has line nodes on the Fermi surface and the resulting density of state
in the superconducting state shows a similar character to that of usual d-wave
superconductors, resulting in the NMR relaxation rate that exhibits
no coherence peak and behaves like at low temperatures
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