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Small-Angle X-ray and neutron scattering from diamond single crystals
Results of Small-Angle Scattering study of diamonds with various types of
point and extended defects and different degrees of annealing are presented. It
is shown that thermal annealing and/or mechanical deformation cause formation
of nanosized planar and threedimensional defects giving rise to Small-Angle
Scattering. The defects are often facetted by crystallographic planes 111, 100,
110, 311, 211 common for diamond. The scattering defects likely consist of
clusters of intrinsic and impurity-related defects; boundaries of mechanical
twins also contribute to the SAS signal. There is no clear correlation between
concentration of nitrogen impurity and intensity of the scattering.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures; presented at SANS-YuMO User Meeting 2011, Dubna,
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Universally-composable privacy amplification from causality constraints
We consider schemes for secret key distribution which use as a resource
correlations that violate Bell inequalities. We provide the first security
proof for such schemes, according to the strongest notion of security, the so
called universally-composable security. Our security proof does not rely on the
validity of quantum mechanics, it solely relies on the impossibility of
arbitrarily-fast signaling between separate physical systems. This allows for
secret communication in situations where the participants distrust their
quantum devices.Comment: 4 page
Probing the role of Nd3+ ions in the weak multiferroic character of NdMn2O5 by optical spectroscopies
Raman and infrared spectroscopies are used as local probes to study the
dynamics of the Nd-O bonds in the weakly multiferroic NdMn2O5 system. The
temperature dependence of selected Raman excitations reveals the splitting of
the Nd-O bonds in NdMn2O5. The Nd3+ ion crystal field (CF) excitations in
NdMn2O5 single crystals are studied by infrared transmission as a function of
temperature, in the 1800-8000 cm-1 range, and under an applied magnetic field
up to 11 T. The frequencies of all 4Ij crystal-field levels of Nd3+ are
determined. We find that the degeneracy of the ground-state Kramers doublet is
lifted ({\Delta}0 ~7.5 cm-1) due to the Nd3+-Mn3+ interaction in the
ferroelectric phase, below TC ~ 28 K. The Nd3+ magnetic moment mNd(T) and its
contribution to the magnetic susceptibility and the specific heat are evaluated
from {\Delta}0(T) indicating that the Nd3+ ions are involved in the magnetic
and the ferroelectric ordering observed below ~ 28 K. The Zeeman splitting of
the excited crystal field levels of the Nd3+ ions at low temperature is also
analyzed.Comment: This paper is accepted for publication as a Regular Article in
Physical Review
The Resonance Peak in SrRuO: Signature of Spin Triplet Pairing
We study the dynamical spin susceptibility, , in the
normal and superconducting state of SrRuO. In the normal state, we find
a peak in the vicinity of in agreement with
recent inelastic neutron scattering (INS) experiments. We predict that for spin
triplet pairing in the superconducting state a {\it resonance peak} appears in
the out-of-plane component of , but is absent in the in-plane component.
In contrast, no resonance peak is expected for spin singlet pairing.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, final versio
Low temperature mixed spin state of Co3+ in LaCoO3 evidenced from Jahn-Teller lattice distortions
One- and multi-phonon excitations of the single crystalline LaCoO3 were
studied using Raman spectroscopy in the temperature region of 5 K - 300 K.
First-order Raman spectra show a larger number of phonon modes than allowed for
the rhombohedral structure. Additional phonon modes are interpreted in terms of
activated modes due to lattice distortions, arising from the Jahn-Teller (JT)
activity of the intermediate-spin (IS) state of Co3+ ions. In particular, the
608-cm-1 stretching-type mode shows anomalous behavior in peak energy and
scattering intensity as a function of temperature. The anomalous temperature
dependence of the second-order phonon excitations spectra is in accordance with
the Franck-Condon mechanism that is characteristic for a JT orbital order.Comment: 11 pages, 9 figures, to be published in J. Low. Temp. Physic
The control algorithm of the system 'frequency converter – asynchronous motor' of the batcher
The paper is devoted to the solution of the problem of optimum batching of bulk mixtures according to the criterion of accuracy and maximally possible performance. This problem is solved for applied utilization when running the system 'frequency converter – asynchronous motor' having pulse-width modulation of a screw batcher of agricultural equipment. The developed control algorithm allows batching small components of a bulk mixture with the prescribed accuracy due to the weight consideration of the falling column of the material being in the air after the screw stoppage. The paper also shows that in order to reduce the influence of the mass of the 'falling column' on the accuracy of batching, it is necessary to specify the sequence of batching of components inside of the recipe beginning from the largest component ending with the least one. To exclude the variable error of batching, which arises owing to the mass of the material column, falling into the batcher-bunker, the algorithm of dynamic correction of the task is used in the control system
X-ray Diffraction Study of Superstructure in GdBaCo2O5.5
A single crystal of GdBaCo2O5.47(2) has been studied by means of X-ray
diffraction. Appearance of superstructure reflections at T = 341.5(7) K gives
an evidence of continuous transition to the phase with unit cell doubled along
the shortest edge a1. Critical exponent for the order parameter is found to be
beta=0.33(1). The superstructure reflections are about 2-4 orders of magnitude
weaker than the basic ones. Their systematic extinction indicates the crystal
symmetry change from Pmmm to Pmma. The integrated intensities allow to
calculate displacements of atoms from the positions in the high-temperature
phase. The cobalt-ligand distances in the ordered phase are discussed in terms
of the spin-state/orbital ordering of Co3+ ions.Comment: 4 page
A comparative analysis of the causes of intrapersonal conflicts of high school students and working youth
Исследуется сущность внутриличностных конфликтов, обобщаются результаты пилотажного исследования.Explores the nature of conflict, summarizes the realization of flight research
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