Dependence of the SWR Linewidth on the Wavevector in Amorphous Thin Films

Work supported in part by the Central Research Project 01.08.B.Zadanie pt. „Digitalizacja i udostępnienie w Cyfrowym Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego kolekcji czasopism naukowych wydawanych przez Uniwersytet Łódzki” nr 885/P-DUN/2014 zostało dofinansowane ze środków MNiSW w ramach działalności upowszechniającej naukę

The physical basis of natural units and truly fundamental constants

The natural unit system, in which the value of fundamental constants such as c and h are set equal to one and all quantities are expressed in terms of a single unit, is usually introduced as a calculational convenience. However, we demonstrate that this system of natural units has a physical justification as well. We discuss and review the natural units, including definitions for each of the seven base units in the International System of Units (SI) in terms of a single unit. We also review the fundamental constants, which can be classified as units-dependent or units-independent. Units-independent constants, whose values are not determined by human conventions of units, may be interpreted as inherent constants of nature.Comment: 17 pages, to be published in European Physical Journal-Plus, The final publication is available at www.epj.or

INSPIRE: INvestigating Stellar Population In RElics -- V. Final Data Release: the first catalogue of relics outside the local Universe

This paper presents the final sample and data release of the INvestigating Stellar Population In RElics (INSPIRE) project, comprising 52 ultra-compact massive galaxies (UCMGs) observed with the ESO-VLT X-Shooter spectrograph. We measure integrated stellar velocity dispersion, [Mg/Fe] abundances, ages, and metallicities for all the INSPIRE objects. We thus infer star formation histories and confirm the existence of a degree of relicness (DoR), defined in terms of the fraction of stellar mass formed by $z=2$, the cosmic time at which a galaxy has assembled 75% of its mass and the final assembly time. Objects with a high DoR assembled their stellar mass at early epochs, while low-DoR objects show a non-negligible fraction of later-formed populations and hence a spread in ages and metallicities. A higher DoR correlates with larger [Mg/Fe], super-solar metallicity, and larger velocity dispersion values. The 52 UMCGs span a large range of DoR from 0.83 to 0.06, with 38 of them having formed more than 75% of their mass by $z=2$, which translates in a lower limit to the number density of relics at $z\sim0.3$ of $\log \rho \approx 2.8 \times 10^{-7} \text{Mpc}^{-3}$.. Nine relics are extreme (DoR$>0.7$), since they formed almost the totality ($>98\%$) of their stellar mass by redshift $z=2$. With INSPIRE, we have increased the number of fully confirmed relics by more than a factor of 10, also pushing the redshift boundaries, hence building the first sizeable sample of relics outside the local Universe, opening up an important window to explain the mass assembly of massive galaxies in the high-z Universe.Comment: submitted to MNRAS, 20 pages, 16 figures, 3 table

On the dynamics of the adenylate energy system: homeorhesis vs homeostasis.

Biochemical energy is the fundamental element that maintains both the adequate turnover of the biomolecular structures and the functional metabolic viability of unicellular organisms. The levels of ATP, ADP and AMP reflect roughly the energetic status of the cell, and a precise ratio relating them was proposed by Atkinson as the adenylate energy charge (AEC). Under growth-phase conditions, cells maintain the AEC within narrow physiological values, despite extremely large fluctuations in the adenine nucleotides concentration. Intensive experimental studies have shown that these AEC values are preserved in a wide variety of organisms, both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Here, to understand some of the functional elements involved in the cellular energy status, we present a computational model conformed by some key essential parts of the adenylate energy system. Specifically, we have considered (I) the main synthesis process of ATP from ADP, (II) the main catalyzed phosphotransfer reaction for interconversion of ATP, ADP and AMP, (III) the enzymatic hydrolysis of ATP yielding ADP, and (IV) the enzymatic hydrolysis of ATP providing AMP. This leads to a dynamic metabolic model (with the form of a delayed differential system) in which the enzymatic rate equations and all the physiological kinetic parameters have been explicitly considered and experimentally tested in vitro. Our central hypothesis is that cells are characterized by changing energy dynamics (homeorhesis). The results show that the AEC presents stable transitions between steady states and periodic oscillations and, in agreement with experimental data these oscillations range within the narrow AEC window. Furthermore, the model shows sustained oscillations in the Gibbs free energy and in the total nucleotide pool. The present study provides a step forward towards the understanding of the fundamental principles and quantitative laws governing the adenylate energy system, which is a fundamental element for unveiling the dynamics of cellular life

Thin Films Investigations by Means of Spin-Wave Resonance

Magnetic resonance technique may successfully be applied to determine some basic parameters such as g-factor, magnetization M$\text{}_{s}$ or anisotropy energy constant K$\text{}_{u}$ in thin magnetic films. These parameters are obtained from a ferromagnetic resonance experiment when uniform precession of M$\text{}_{s}$ takes place. From spin-wave resonance one may extract very valuable information on the exchange constant A or the surface conditions characterized by the surface anisotropy energy (or pinning parameters ρ). In fact, it is only spin-wave resonance or similar techniques which allow for measurements of A, ρ or the coupling constant K$\text{}_{c}$ between ferromagnetic sublayers in multi-layered structure. The magnetic phase diagram, temperature dependence of the spin-waves stiffness constant, and the anisotropy energy constant may also be listed as less common examples of spin-wave resonance technique application for the investigation of thin films. This paper presents a theoretical approach to typical examples of experimental results and their interpretation from spin-wave resonance measurements

Spin-Wave Resonance in Magnetic Semiconductor Thin Films - Experiment

Magnetic properties of polycrystalline thin films of chromium chalcogenide spinels (CdCr$\text{}_{2}$Se$\text{}_{4}$ lightly doped with indium and CdCr$\text{}_{2x}$In$\text{}_{2-2x}$Se$\text{}_{4}$) were studied. The ferromagnetic (FMR) and spin-wave resonance (SWR) techniques were used to investigate the temperature dependences of both the spin-wave stiffness constant D and the saturation magnetization M$\text{}_{s}$. The resonance spectra were recorded in the temperature range extending from 4.2 K to 300 K. The influence of indium concentration on M$\text{}_{s}$(T) and D(T) was studied. It was shown that lightly doped samples (In/Cd < 1% at.) exhibited the ferromagnetic ordering with M$\text{}_{s}$(T) and D(T) being the linear functions of T$\text{}^{3}$ $\text{}^{/}$ $\text{}^{2}$ and T$\text{}^{5}$ $\text{}^{/}$ $\text{}^{2}$, respectively. Higher concentration of indium produced the reentrant transition and spin-glass state of magnetic ordering in CdCr$\text{}_{2x}$In$\text{}_{2-2x}$Se$\text{}_{4}$. The temperature dependence of M$\text{}_{s}$ was also found from the FMR data for these two magnetic phases

STUDIES OF MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF THIN CdCr2Se4 FILMS - EXPERIMENT

A new preparation method of thin CdCr2Se4 : In films by vacuum evaporation technique is proposed. We report and analyse the temperature dependence of magnetization and the effect of Cr2+ and Cr+4 impurity ions on the FMR linewidth. Also the electrical transport properties of these films are studied

H-T Phase Diagram of Magnetic Semiconductor Thin Films - Experiment

We used the irreversibilities between the field cooled and zero field cooled dc magnetization to determine the field and composition dependence of the spin-glass freezing temperature in CdCr$\text{}_{2}$Se$\text{}_{4}$ : In (REE) and CdCr$\text{}_{2-2x}$In$\text{}_{2x}$Se$\text{}_{4}$ (0.15 ≤ x ≤ 0.35) (SG) thin films. The H-T phase diagram of samples with REE has two instability lines: the Gabay-Toulouse-type (G-T) and the De Almeida-Thouless-type (A-T) while samples in SG state are characterized by the A-T line. The A-T line of thin films was used for calculation the normalised internal magnetic field h$\text{}_{m}$ of infinite spin clusters with long range ordering

Dependence of the SWR Linewidth on the Wavevector in Amorphous Thin Films

Work supported in part by the Central Research Project 01.08.B