48 research outputs found
Electric field dependence of pairing temperature and tunneling
Using the Bethe-Salpeter equation including high electric fields, the
dependence of the critical temperature of onsetting superconductivity on the
applied field is calculated analytically. The critical temperature of pairing
is shown to increase with the applied field strength. This is a new field
effect and could contribute to the explanation of recent experiments on field
induced superconductivity. From the field dependence of the Bethe-Salpeter
equation, the two--particle bound state solution is obtained as a resonance
with a tunneling probability analogous to the WKB solution of a single particle
confined in a potential and coupled to the electrical field.Comment: 4 pages 1 figure, revised version from 29.10.02, Rev. B in pres
Modifying the surface electronic properties of YBa2Cu3O7-delta with cryogenic scanning probe microscopy
We report the results of a cryogenic study of the modification of
YBa2Cu3O7-delta surface electronic properties with the probe of a scanning
tunneling microscope (STM). A negative voltage applied to the sample during STM
tunneling is found to modify locally the conductance of the native degraded
surface layer. When the degraded layer is removed by etching, the effect
disappears. An additional surface effect is identified using Scanning Kelvin
Probe Microscopy in combination with STM. We observe reversible surface
charging for both etched and unetched samples, indicating the presence of a
defect layer even on a surface never exposed to air.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures. To appear in Superconductor Science and
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A Theory for High- Superconductors Considering Inhomogeneous Charge Distribution
We propose a general theory for the critical and pseudogap
temperature dependence on the doping concentration for high- oxides,
taking into account the charge inhomogeneities in the planes. The well
measured experimental inhomogeneous charge density in a given compound is
assumed to produce a spatial distribution of local . These differences
in the local charge concentration is assumed to yield insulator and metallic
regions, possibly in a stripe morphology. In the metallic region, the
inhomogeneous charge density yields also spatial distributions of
superconducting critical temperatures and zero temperature gap
. For a given sample, the measured onset of vanishing gap
temperature is identified as the pseudogap temperature, that is, , which
is the maximum of all . Below , due to the distribution of
's, there are some superconducting regions surrounded by insulator or
metallic medium. The transition to a superconducting state corresponds to the
percolation threshold among the superconducting regions with different
's. To model the charge inhomogeneities we use a double branched
Poisson-Gaussian distribution. To make definite calculations and compare with
the experimental results, we derive phase diagrams for the BSCO, LSCO and YBCO
families, with a mean field theory for superconductivity using an extended
Hubbard Hamiltonian. We show also that this novel approach provides new
insights on several experimental features of high- oxides.Comment: 7 pages, 5 eps figures, corrected typo
Critical and non-critical coherence lengths in a two-band superconductor
We study the peculiarities of coherency in a two-gap superconductor. The both
intraband couplings, inducing superconductivity in the independent bands, and
interband pair-transfer interaction have been taken into account. On the basis
of the Ginzburg-Landau equations derived from the Bogoliubov-de Gennes
equations and the relevant self-consistency conditions for a two-gap system, we
find critical and non-critical coherence lengths in the spatial behaviour of
the fluctuations of order parameters. The character of the temperature
dependencies of these length scales is determined by the relative contributions
from intra- and interband interaction channels.Comment: Accepted for publication in Journal of Superconductivity and Novel
Magnetis
Additive QTLs on three chromosomes control flowering time in woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca L.)
Flowering time is an important trait that affects survival, reproduction and yield in both wild and cultivated plants. Therefore, many studies have focused on the identification of flowering time quantitative trait locus (QTLs) in different crops, and molecular control of this trait has been extensively investigated in model species. Here we report the mapping of QTLs for flowering time and vegetative traits in a large woodland strawberry mapping population that was phenotyped both under field conditions and in a greenhouse after flower induction in the field. The greenhouse experiment revealed additive QTLs in three linkage groups (LG), two on both LG4 and LG7, and one on LG6 that explain about half of the flowering time variance in the population. Three of the QTLs were newly identified in this study, and one co-localized with the previously characterized FvTFL1 gene. An additional strong QTL corresponding to previously mapped PFRU was detected in both field and greenhouse experiments indicating that gene(s) in this locus can control the timing of flowering in different environments in addition to the duration of flowering and axillary bud differentiation to runners and branch crowns. Several putative flowering time genes were identified in these QTL regions that await functional validation. Our results indicate that a few major QTLs may control flowering time and axillary bud differentiation in strawberries. We suggest that the identification of causal genes in the diploid strawberry may enable fine tuning of flowering time and vegetative growth in the closely related octoploid cultivated strawberry.Peer reviewe