146 research outputs found
Combining high pressure and coherent diffraction: a first feasibility test
We present a first experiment combining high pression and coherent X-ray
diffraction. By using a dedicated diamond anvil cell, we show that the degree
of coherence of the X-ray beam is preserved when the X-ray beam passes through
the diamond cell. This observation opens the possibility of studying the
dynamics of slow fluctuations under high pressure.Comment: 3 pages, 2 figures, GHPR 2009 conferenc
Friedel Oscillations and Charge-density Waves Pinning in Quasi-one-dimensional Conductors: An X-ray Access
We present an x-ray diffraction study of the Vanadium-doped blue bronze
K0.3(Mo0.972V0.028)O3. At low temperature, we have observed both an intensity
asymmetry of the +-2kF satellite reflections relative to the pure compound, and
a profile asymmetry of each satellite reflections. We show that the profile
asymmetry is due to Friedel oscillation around the V substituant and that the
intensity asymmetry is related to the charge density wave (CDW) pinning. These
two effects, intensity and profile asymmetries, gives for the first time access
to the local properties of CDW in disordered systems, including the pinning and
even the phase shift of FOs.Comment: 4 pages REVTEX, 5 figure
Comment on "Two Dimensional Ordering and Fluctuations in alpha'-NaV2O5"
We claim that the analysis presented by Gaulin et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 84,
3446 (2000)) does not prove the two-dimensional character of the transition in
NaV2O5 nor the charge ordering mechanism of the transition.Comment: 1 pag
Heritage Language Maintenance and Use among 1.5 Generation Khmer College Students
Most studies of heritage language maintenance have reported a steep attrition in heritage language use among the 1.5 and 2nd generation children of immigrants, in particular among East Asian groups. However, not much is known about the role of heritage languages and the patterns of language maintenance within refugee communities. This study focuses on heritage language use and maintenance among 1.5 generation Khmer college students. The findings show that Khmer students report a high frequency of heritage language use within the home with their parents as well as outside of the home with their co-ethnic peers. The data reveal that oral proficiency in Khmer is significantly more developed than literacy skills and is a necessity for bridging communication with parents and participating in co-ethnic peer social networks. The results of the study also indicate that these students development of English oral and literacy skills were significantly higher than their heritage language skills suggesting a similar trajectory of language loss similar to other immigrant groups, but perhaps at a slower rate
Charge and Spin Density Waves observed through their spatial fluctuations by coherent and simultaneous X-ray diffraction
Spatial uctuations of spin density wave (SDW) and charge density wave (CDW)
in chromium have been compared by combining coherent and simultaneous X-ray
diffraction experiments. Despite their close relationship, spatial fluctuations
of the spin and of the charge density waves display a very different behavior:
the satellite reflection associated to the charge density displays speckles
while the spin one displays an impressive long-range order. This observation is
hardly compatible with the commonly accepted magneto-elastic origin of CDW in
chromium and is more consistent with a purely electronic scenario where CDW is
the second harmonic of SDW. A BCS model taking into account a second order
nesting predicts correctly the existence of a CDW and explains why the CDW is
more sensitive to punctual defects.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures; Accepted in Phys. Rev.
The SrTiO displacive transition revisited by Coherent X-ray Diffraction
We present a Coherent X-ray Diffraction study of the antiferrodistortive
displacive transition of SrTiO, a prototypical example of a phase
transition for which the critical fluctuations exhibit two length scales and
two time scales. From the microbeam x-ray coherent diffraction patterns, we
show that the broad (short-length scale) and the narrow (long-length scale)
components can be spatially disentangled, due to 100 m-scale spatial
variations of the latter. Moreover, both components exhibit a speckle pattern,
which is static on a 10 mn time-scale. This gives evidence that the
narrow component corresponds to static ordered domains. We interpret the
speckles in the broad component as due to a very slow dynamical process,
corresponding to the well-known \emph{central} peak seen in inelastic neutron
scattering.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, accepted in PR
X-ray spectrum of a pinned charge density wave
We calculate the X-ray diffraction spectrum produced by a pinned charge
density wave (CDW). The signature of the presence of a CDW consists of two
satellite peaks, asymmetric as a consequence of disorder. The shape and the
intensity of these peaks are determined in the case of a collective weak
pinning using the variational method. We predict divergent asymmetric peaks,
revealing the presence of a Bragg glass phase. We deal also with the long range
Coulomb interactions, concluding that both peak divergence and anisotropy are
enhanced. Finally we discuss how to detect experimentally the Bragg glass phase
in the view of the role played by the finite resolution of measurements.Comment: 13 pages 10 figure
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