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A new triclinic modification of the pyrochlore-type KOs2O6 superconductor
A new modification of KOs2O6, the representative of a new structural type
(Pearson symbol aP18, a=5.5668(1)A, b=6.4519(2)A, c=7.2356(2)A, space group
P-1, no.2) was synthesized employing high pressure technique. Its structure was
determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The structure can be described
as two OsO6 octahedral chains relating to each other through inversion and
forming big voids with K atoms inside. Quantum chemical calculations were
performed on the novel compound and structurally related cubic compound.
High-pressure X-ray study showed that cubic KOs2O6 phase was stable up to
32.5(2) GPa at room temperature.Comment: 23 pages, 9 figures,6 tables. Accepted for J. Solid State Che
Measurement of electron correlations in LixCoO2 (x=0.0 - 0.35) using 59Co nuclear magnetic resonance and nuclear quadrupole resonance techniques
CoO2 is the parent compound for the superconductor NaxCoO2\cdot1.3H2O and was
widely believed to be a Mott insulator. We performed 59Co nuclear magnetic
resonance (NMR) and nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) studies on LixCoO2 (x =
0.35, 0.25, 0.12, and 0.0) to uncover the electronic state and spin
correlations in this series of compounds which was recently obtained through
electrochemical de-intercalation of Li from pristine LiCoO2. We find that
although the antiferromagnetic spin correlations systematically increase with
decreasing Li-content (x), the end member, CoO2 is a non-correlated metal that
well satisfies the Korringa relation for a Fermi liquid. Thus, CoO2 is not
simply located at the limit of x->0 for AxCoO2 (A = Li, Na) compounds. The
disappearance of the electron correlations in CoO2 is due to the three
dimensionality of the compound which is in contrast to the highly two
dimensional structure of AxCoO2.Comment: 4pages, 4figures, to be published in Phys.Rev.B. Rapid
Anharmonicity in one-dimensional electron-phonon system
We investigate the effect of anharmonicity on the one-dimensional half-filled
Holstein model by using the determinant quantum Monte Carlo method. By
calculating the order parameters we find that with and without anharmonicity
there is always an transition from a disorder phase to a dimerized phase.
Moreover, in the dimerized phase a lattice dimerization and a charge density
wave coexist. The anharmonicity represented by the quartic term suppresses the
dimerization as well as the charge density wave, while a double-well potential
favors the dimerization. In addition, by calculating the correlation exponents
we show that the disorder phase is metallic with gapless charge excitations and
gapful spin excitations while in the dimerized phase both excitations are
gapful.Comment: 5 page
Testing the effect of site selection and parameter setting on REVEALS-model estimates of plant abundance using th Czech Quaternary Palynological database
International audiencetypes, PFTs) is used in the LANDCLIM project to assess the effect of human-induced land-cover change on past climate in NW Europe. Using the Czech Quaternary Pollen Database, this case study evaluates the extent to which selection of data and input parameters for the REVEALS model applications would affect reconstruction outcomes. The REVEALS estimates of PFTs (grid-cell based REVEALS PFT estimates, GB REVEALS PFT-s) are calculated for five time windows of the Holocene using fossil pollen records available in each 1°×1°grid cell of the Czech Republic. The input data and parameters selected for testing are: basin type and size, number of 14C dates used to establish the chronology of the pollen records, number of taxa, and pollen productivity estimates (PPE). We used the Spearman correlation coefficient to test the hypothesis that there is no association between GB REVEALS PFT-s using different data and parameter inputs. The results show that differences in the basin size and type, number of dates, number and type of taxa (entomophilous included or not), and PPE dataset do not affect the rank orders of the GB REVEALS PFT-s significantly, except for the cases when entomophilous taxa are included. It implies that, given careful selection of data and parameter and interpretation of results, REVEALS applications can use pollen records from lakes and bogs of different sizes together for reconstruction of past land cover at the regional to sub-continental spatial scales for purposes such as the study of past land cover-climate interactions. Our study also provides useful criteria to set up protocols for data compilation REVEALS applications of this kind
Superconductivity and Rattling under High Pressure in the beta-Pyrochlore Oxide RbOs2O6
Rattling-induced superconductivity in the beta-pyrochlore oxide RbOs2O6 is
investigated under high pressures up to 6 GPa. Resistivity measurements in a
high-quality single crystal show that the superconducting transition
temperature Tc increases gradually from 6.3 K at ambient pressure to 8.8 K at
3.5 GPa, surprisingly remains almost constant at 8.8 \pm 0.1 K in a wide
pressure range between 3.5 (Po) and 4.8 GPa, and suddenly drops to 6.3 K at Ps
= 4.9 GPa, followed by a gradual decrease with further pressure increase. Two
anomalies in the temperature dependence of the normal-state resistivity are
observed at Po Ps, revealing the presence of two high-pressure
phases corresponding to the changes in Tc. The rattling of the Rb ion inside a
cage made of Os and O atoms may be slightly and seriously modified in these
high-pressure phases that probably have cages of reduced symmetry,
respectively, so that electron-rattler interactions that govern the
superconducting and transport properties of beta-RbOs2O6 are significantly
affected.Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1009.035
De Haas-van Alphen effect and Fermi surface properties of single crystal CrB2
We report the angular dependence of three distinct de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA)
frequencies of the torque magnetization in the itinerant antiferromagnet CrB2
at temperatures down to 0.3K and magnetic fields up to 14T. Comparison with the
calculated Fermi surface of nonmagnetic CrB2 suggests that two of the observed
dHvA oscillations arise from electron-like Fermi surface sheets formed by bands
with strong B-px,y character which should be rather insensitive to exchange
splitting. The measured effective masses of these Fermi surface sheets display
strong enhancements of up to a factor of two over the calculated band masses
which we attribute to electron-phonon coupling and electronic correlations. For
the temperature and field range studied, we do not observe signatures
reminiscent of the heavy d-electron bands expected for antiferromagnetic CrB2.
In view that the B-p bands are at the heart of conventional high-temperature
superconductivity in the isostructural MgB2, we consider possible implications
of our findings for nonmagnetic CrB2 and an interplay of itinerant
antiferromagnetism with superconductivity.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figure
Pairing in the iron arsenides: a functional RG treatment
We study the phase diagram of a microscopic model for the superconducting
iron arsenides by means of a functional renormalization group. Our treatment
establishes a connection between a strongly simplified two-patch model by
Chubukov et al. and a five-band- analysis by Wang et al.. For a wide parameter
range, the dominant pairing instability occurs in the extended s-wave channel.
The results clearly show the relevance of pair scattering between electron and
hole pockets. We also give arguments that the phase transition between the
antiferromagnetic phase for the undoped system and the superconducting phase
may be first order
Anomalous Flux Pinning in ?-Pyrochlore Oxide Superconductor KOs2O6
The superconducting transition of the ?-pyrochlore oxide KOs2O6 with Tc =
9.60 K is studied by resistivity measurements under various magnetic fields
using a high-quality single crystal. The reentrant behavior of
superconductivity is observed near Tc in low magnetic fields below 2 T. The
recovered resistance probably due to flux flow exhibits an anomalous angle
dependence, indicating that flux pinning is enhanced in magnetic fields along
certain crystallographic directions such as [110], [001] and [112]. It is
suggested that there is an intrinsic pinning mechanism coming from the specific
crystal structure of the ?-pyrochlore oxide.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., in pres
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