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Microwave-induced Hall resistance in bilayer electron systems
The influence of microwave irradiation on dissipative and Hall resistance in
high-quality bilayer electron systems is investigated experimentally. We
observe a deviation from odd symmetry under magnetic field reversal in the
microwave-induced Hall resistance whereas the dissipative
resistance obeys even symmetry. Studies of as a
function of the microwave electric field and polarization exhibit a strong and
non-trivial power and polarization dependence. The obtained results are
discussed in connection to existing theoretical models of microwave-induced
photoconductivity.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figure
High-resolution wide-band Fast Fourier Transform spectrometers
We describe the performance of our latest generations of sensitive wide-band
high-resolution digital Fast Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FFTS). Their
design, optimized for a wide range of radio astronomical applications, is
presented. Developed for operation with the GREAT far infrared heterodyne
spectrometer on-board SOFIA, the eXtended bandwidth FFTS (XFFTS) offers a high
instantaneous bandwidth of 2.5 GHz with 88.5 kHz spectral resolution and has
been in routine operation during SOFIA's Basic Science since July 2011. We
discuss the advanced field programmable gate array (FPGA) signal processing
pipeline, with an optimized multi-tap polyphase filter bank algorithm that
provides a nearly loss-less time-to-frequency data conversion with
significantly reduced frequency scallop and fast sidelobe fall-off. Our digital
spectrometers have been proven to be extremely reliable and robust, even under
the harsh environmental conditions of an airborne observatory, with
Allan-variance stability times of several 1000 seconds. An enhancement of the
present 2.5 GHz XFFTS will duplicate the number of spectral channels (64k),
offering spectroscopy with even better resolution during Cycle 1 observations.Comment: Accepted for publication in A&A (SOFIA/GREAT special issue
Non-equilibrium hysteresis and spin relaxation in the mixed-anisotropy dipolar coupled spin-glass LiHoErF
We present a study of the model spin-glass LiHoErF using
simultaneous AC susceptibility, magnetization and magnetocaloric effect
measurements along with small angle neutron scattering (SANS) at sub-Kelvin
temperatures. All measured bulk quantities reveal hysteretic behavior when the
field is applied along the crystallographic c axis. Furthermore avalanche-like
relaxation is observed in a static field after ramping from the
zero-field-cooled state up to Oe. SANS measurements are employed to
track the microscopic spin reconfiguration throughout both the hysteresis loop
and the related relaxation. Comparing the SANS data to inhomogeneous mean-field
calculations performed on a box of one million unit cells provides a real-space
picture of the spin configuration. We discover that the avalanche is being
driven by released Zeeman energy, which heats the sample and creates positive
feedback, continuing the avalanche. The combination of SANS and mean-field
simulations reveal that the conventional distribution of cluster sizes is
replaced by one with a depletion of intermediate cluster sizes for much of the
hysteresis loop.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Free-electron Model for Mesoscopic Force Fluctuations in Nanowires
When two metal electrodes are separated, a nanometer sized wire (nanowire) is
formed just before the contact breaks. The electrical conduction measured
during this retraction process shows signs of quantized conductance in units of
G_0=2e^2/h. Recent experiments show that the force acting on the wire during
separation fluctuates, which has been interpreted as being due to atomic
rearrangements. In this report we use a simple free electron model, for two
simple geometries, and show that the electronic contribution to the force
fluctuations is comparable to the experimentally found values, about 2 nN.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, reference correcte
Rotation of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate with and without a quantized vortex
We theoretically examine the rotation of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate
in an elliptical trap, both in the absence and presence of a quantized vortex.
Two methods of introducing the rotating potential are considered -
adiabatically increasing the rotation frequency at fixed ellipticity, and
adiabatically increasing the trap ellipticity at fixed rotation frequency.
Extensive simulations of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation are employed to map out
the points where the condensate becomes unstable and ultimately forms a vortex
lattice. We highlight the key features of having a quantized vortex in the
initial condensate. In particular, we find that the presence of the vortex
causes the instabilities to shift to lower or higher rotation frequencies,
depending on the direction of the vortex relative to the trap rotation.Comment: 15 pages, 8 figure
Charm-sea Contribution to High-p_T \psi Production at the Fermilab Tevatron
The direct production of at large transverse momentum, , at the Fermilab Tevatron is revisited. It is found that the
sea-quark initiated processes dominate in the high- region within the
framework of color-singlet model, which is not widely realized. We think this
finding is enlightening for further investigation on the charmonium production
mechanism.Comment: Conclusions not changed, to appear in J. of Phys.
Heavy Quark Production and PDF's Subgroup Report
We present a status report of a variety of projects related to heavy quark
production and parton distributions for the Tevatron Run II.Comment: Latex. 8 pages, 7 eps figures. Contribution to the Physics at Run II
Workshops: QCD and Weak Boson Physic
Spin susceptibility of charge ordered YBa2Cu3Oy across the upper critical field
The value of the upper critical field Hc2, a fundamental characteristic of
the superconducting state, has been subject to strong controversy in high-Tc
copper-oxides. Since the issue has been tackled almost exclusively by
macroscopic techniques so far, there is a clear need for local-probe
measurements. Here, we use 17O NMR to measure the spin susceptibility
of the CuO2 planes at low temperature in charge ordered
YBa2Cu3Oy. We find that increases (most likely linearly) with
magnetic field H and saturates above field values ranging from 20 to 40 T. This
result is consistent with Hc2 values claimed by G. Grissonnanche et al. [Nat.
Commun. 5, 3280 (2014)] and with the interpretation that the
charge-density-wave (CDW) reduces Hc2 in underdoped YBa2Cu3Oy. Furthermore, the
absence of marked deviation in at the onset of long-range CDW
order indicates that this Hc2 reduction and the Fermi-surface reconstruction
are primarily rooted in the short-range CDW order already present in zero
field, not in the field-induced long-range CDWorder. Above Hc2, the relatively
low values of at T=2 K show that the pseudogap is a ground-state
property, independent of the superconducting gap.Comment: To appea
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