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Spin state of negative charge-transfer material SrCoO3
We employ the combination of the density functional and the dynamical
mean-field theory (LDA+DMFT) to investigate the electronic structure and
magnetic properties of SrCoO3, monocrystal of which were prepared recently. Our
calculations lead to a ferromagnetic metal in agreement with experiment. We
find that, contrary to some suggestions, the local moment in SrCoO3 does not
arise from intermediate spin state, but is a result of coherent superposition
of many different atomic states. We discuss how attribution of magnetic
response to different atomic states in solids with local moments can be
quantified.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Equilibrium properties of the mixed state in superconducting niobium in a transverse magnetic field: Experiment and theoretical model
Equilibrium magnetic properties of the mixed state in type-II superconductors
were measured with high purity bulk and film niobium samples in parallel and
perpendicular magnetic fields using dc magnetometry and scanning Hall-probe
microscopy. Equilibrium magnetization data for the perpendicular geometry were
obtained for the first time. It was found that none of the existing theories is
consistent with these new data. To address this problem, a theoretical model is
developed and experimentally validated. The new model describes the mixed state
in an averaged limit, i.e. %without detailing the samples' magnetic structure
and therefore ignoring interactions between vortices. It is quantitatively
consistent with the data obtained in a perpendicular field and provides new
insights on properties of vortices. % and the entire mixed state. At low values
of the Ginzburg-Landau parameter, the model converts to that of Peierls and
London for the intermediate state in type-I superconductors. It is shown that
description of the vortex matter in superconductors in terms of a 2D gas is
more appropriate than the frequently used crystal- and glass-like scenarios.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figure
Branching ratios of the decays of psi(3770) and Upsilon(10580) into light hadrons
Taking into account the new data on the full width of D^{\ast\pm}(2010) and
the mass difference of the charged and neutral beauty mesons B^\pm, B^0,\bar
B^0, the branching ratios of the decays psi(3770), Upsilon(10580) to pi^+pi^-,
K bar K, rho(omega)pi, rho(omega)eta, rho(omega)eta^prime, K^ast bar K+ c.c,
rho^+ rho^-, and K^ast bar K^ast are re-evaluated in the model in which the
Okubo-Zweig-Iizuka rule is violated due to the real intermediate state D\bar D
in case of psi(3770) and B\bar B in case of Upsilon(10580). The inclusive
annihilation of psi(3770) and Upsilon(10580) into light hadrons is discussed.Comment: 10 page
On the existence of initial data containing isolated black holes
We present a general construction of initial data for Einstein's equations
containing an arbitrary number of black holes, each of which is instantaneously
in equilibrium. Each black hole is taken to be a marginally trapped surface and
plays the role of the inner boundary of the Cauchy surface. The black hole is
taken to be instantaneously isolated if its outgoing null rays are shear-free.
Starting from the choice of a conformal metric and the freely specifiable part
of the extrinsic curvature in the bulk, we give a prescription for choosing the
shape of the inner boundaries and the boundary conditions that must be imposed
there. We show rigorously that with these choices, the resulting non-linear
elliptic system always admits solutions.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figures, RevTeX
Measurement of the energy resolution and calibration of hybrid pixel detectors with GaAs:Cr sensor and Timepix readout chip
This paper describes an iterative method of per-pixel energy calibration of
hybrid pixel detectors with GaAs:Cr sensor and Timepix readout chip. A
convolution of precisely measured spectra of characteristic X-rays of different
metals with the resolution and the efficiency of the pixel detector is used for
the calibration. The energy resolution of the detector is also measured during
the calibration. The use of per-pixel calibration allows to achieve a good
energy resolution of the Timepix detector with GaAs:Cr sensor: 8% and 13% at 60
keV and 20 keV, respectively
Electronic structure of new quaternary superconductors LaONiBi and LaOCuBi from first principles
Based on first-principles FLAPW-GGA calculations, we have investigated the
electronic structure of newly synthesized novel superconductors LaONiBi and
LaOCuBi, the first bismuth-containing compounds from the family of quaternary
oxypnictides which attract now a great deal of interest in search for novel
26-55K superconductors. The band structure, density of states and Fermi
surfaces are discussed. Our results indicate that the bonding inside of the
(La-O) and (Ni(Cu)-Bi) layers is covalent whereas the bonding between the
(La-O) and (Ni(Cu)- Bi) blocks is mostly ionic. For both oxybismuthides, the
DOSs at the Fermi level are formed mainly by the states of the (Ni(Cu)-Bi)
layers, the corresponding Fermi surfaces have a twodimensional character and
the conduction should be strongly anisotropic andhappen only on the (Ni(Cu)-Bi)
layers. As a whole, the new oxybismuthides may be described as low-TC
superconducting non-magnetic ionic metals.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figure
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