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First results from the VIMOS-IFU survey of gravitationally lensing clusters at z~0.2
We present the on-going observational program of a VIMOS Integral Field Unit
survey of the central regions of massive, gravitational lensing galaxy clusters
at redshift z~0.2. We have observed six clusters using the low-resolution blue
grism (R about 200), and the spectroscopic survey is complemented by a wealth
of photometric data, including Hubble Space Telescope optical data and near
infrared VLT data. The principal scientific aims of this project are: the study
of the high-z lensed galaxies, the transformation and evolution of galaxies in
cluster cores and the use of multiple images to constrain cosmography. We
briefly report here on the first results from this project on the clusters
Abell 2667 and Abell 68.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures. To appear in "Sciences Perspectives for 3D
Spectroscopy. ESO Astrophysics Symposia". Ed by M.Kissler-Patig, M.M. Roth
and J.R. Wals
Mapping the band structure of a surface phononic crystal
We map the band structure of surface acoustic modes of a periodic array of copper lines embedded in a SiO2 film on a silicon substrate by means of the laser-induced transient grating technique. A detailed map of the lowest sheet of the ω(k) surface and partial maps of two higher-order sheets are obtained. We discuss the topology of the ω(k) surface and explain how it arises from the Rayleigh and Sezawa modes of the film/substrate system. In the vicinity of the bandgap formed at the Brillouin zone boundary, the first and second dispersion sheets take the form of a saddle and a bowl, respectively, in agreement with a weak perturbation model. The shape of the third dispersion sheet, however, appears to defy expectations based on the perturbation approach. In particular, it contains minima located off the symmetry directions, which implies the existence of zero group velocity modes with an obliquely directed wavevector.United States. Dept. of Energy (Office of Science, and Office of Basic Energy Sciences, S3TEC Energy Frontier Research Center under award no. DE-SC0001088
Magnetic field effects and magnetic anisotropy in lightly doped La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4
The effects of the application of a magnetic field on the diagonal stripe
spin-glass phase is studied in lightly doped La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4 (x=0.014 and
0.024). With increasing magnetic field, the magnetic elastic intensity at the
diagonal incommensurate (DIC) positions (1,\pm\epsilon,0) decreases as opposed
to the increase seen in superconducting samples. This diminution in intensity
with increasing magnetic field originates from a spin reorientation transition,
which is driven by the antisymmetric exchange term in the spin Hamiltonian. On
the other hand, the transition temperature, the incommensurability, and the
peak width of the diagonal incommensurate correlations are not changed with
magnetic field. This result suggests that the magnetic correlations are
determined primarily by the charge disproportionation and that the geometry of
the diagonal incommensurate magnetism is also determined by effects, that is,
stripe formation which are not purely magnetic in origin. The
Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya antisymmetric exchange is nevertheless important in
determining the local spin structure in the DIC stripe phase.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Distribution of partition function zeros of the model on the Bethe lattice
The distribution of partition function zeros is studied for the model
of spin glasses on the Bethe lattice. We find a relation between the
distribution of complex cavity fields and the density of zeros, which enables
us to obtain the density of zeros for the infinite system size by using the
cavity method. The phase boundaries thus derived from the location of the zeros
are consistent with the results of direct analytical calculations. This is the
first example in which the spin glass transition is related to the distribution
of zeros directly in the thermodynamical limit. We clarify how the spin glass
transition is characterized by the zeros of the partition function. It is also
shown that in the spin glass phase a continuous distribution of singularities
touches the axes of real field and temperature.Comment: 23 pages, 12 figure
Anomalous Flux Flow Resistivity in Two Gap Superconductor MgB_2
The flux flow resistivity associated with purely viscous motion of vortices
in high-quality MgB_2 was measured by microwave surface impedance. Flux flow
resistivity exhibits unusual field dependence with strong enhancement at low
field, which is markedly different to conventional s-wave superconductors. A
crossover field which separates two distinct flux flow regimes having different
flux flow resistivity slopes was clearly observed in H//ab-plane. The unusual
H-dependence indicates that two very differently sized superconducting gaps in
MgB_2 manifest in the vortex dynamics and almost equally contribute to energy
dissipation. The carrier scattering rate in two different bands is also
discussed with the present results, compared to heat capacity and thermal
conductivity results.Comment: 4 pages, 3figure
The role of clustering and gridlike ordering in epidemic spreading
The spreading of an epidemic is determined by the connectiviy patterns which
underlie the population. While it has been noted that a virus spreads more
easily on a network in which global distances are small, it remains a great
challenge to find approaches that unravel the precise role of local
interconnectedness. Such topological properties enter very naturally in the
framework of our two-timestep description, also providing a novel approach to
tract a probabilistic system. The method is elaborated for SIS-type epidemic
processes, leading to a quantitative interpretation of the role of loops up to
length 4 in the onset of an epidemic.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev. E; 15 pages, 11 figures, 5 table
Quasi-two-dimensional hole ordering and dimerized state in the CuO2-chain layers in Sr14Cu24O41
Neutron scattering experiments have been performed on
SrCuO which consists of both chains and ladders of copper
ions. We observed that the magnetic excitations from the CuO chain have two
branches and that both branches are weakly dispersive along the and
axes. The - dispersion relation as well as the intensities can be
reasonably described by a random phase approximation with intradimer coupling
between next-nearest-neighbor copper spins =11 meV, interdimer coupling
along the c axis =0.75 meV, and interdimer coupling along the a axis
=0.75 meV. The dimer configuration indicates a quasi-two-dimensional hole
ordering, resulting in an ordering of magnetic Cu with spin-1/2 and
nonmagnetic Cu, which forms the Zhang-Rice singlet. We have also studied the
effect of Ca substitution for Sr on the dimer and the hole ordering.Comment: 7 pages, Revtex, 10 figures, Submitted to Phys. Rev.
29-Si NMR and Hidden Order in URu2Si2
We present new 29-Si NMR spectra in URu2Si2 for varying temperature T, and
external field H. On lowering T, the systematics of the low-field lineshape and
width reveal an extra component (lambda) to the linewidth below T_N ~ 17 K not
observed previously. We find that lambda is magnetic-field independent and
dominates the low-field lineshape for all orientations of H with respect to the
tetragonal c axis. The behavior of lambda indicates a direct relationship
between the 29-Si spin and the transition at T_N, but it is inconsistent with a
coupling of the nuclei to static antiferromagnetic order/disorder of the U-spin
magnetization. This leads us to conjecture that lambda is due to a coupling of
29-Si to the system's hidden-order parameter. A possible coupling mechanism
involving charge degrees of freedom and indirect nuclear spin/spin interactions
is proposed. We also propose further experiments to test for the existence of
this coupling mechanism.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, submitted to PR
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