Giant volume magnetostriction in the Y2Fe17 single crystal at room temperature

An investigation of the Y2Fe17 compound belonging to the class of intermetallic alloys of rare-earth and 3d-transition metals is presented. The magnetization, magnetostriction, and thermal expansion of the Y2Fe17 single crystal were studied. The forced magnetostriction and magnetostriction constants were investigated in the temperature range of the magnetic ordering close to the room temperature. The giant field induced volume magnetostriction was discovered in the room temperature region in the magnetic field up to 1.2 T. The contributions of both anisotropic single-ion and isotropic pair exchange interactions to the volume magnetostriction and magnetostriction constants were determined. The experimental results were interpreted within the framework of the Standard Theory of Magnetostriction and the Landau thermodynamic theory. It was found out that the giant values of the volume magnetostriction were caused by the strong dependence of the 3d-electron Coulomb charge repulsion on the deformations and width of the 3d-electron energy band

Asymptotically exact dispersion relations for collective modes in a confined charged Fermi liquid

Using general local conservations laws we derive dispersion relations for edge modes in a slab of electron liquid confined by a symmetric potential. The dispersion relations are exact up to $\lambda^{2} q^{2}$, where $q$ is a wave vector and $\lambda$ is an effective screening length. For a harmonic external potential the dispersion relations are expressed in terms of the {\em exact} static pressure and dynamic shear modulus of a homogeneous liquid with the density taken at the slab core. We also derive a simple expression for the frequency shift of the dipole (Kohn) modes in nearly parabolic quantum dots in a magnetic field.Comment: RevTeX4, 4 pages. Revised version with new results on quantum qots and wires. Published in Phys.Rev.

Interaction of the single-particle and collective degrees of freedom in non-magic nuclei: the role of phonon tadpole terms

A method of a consistent consideration of the phonon contributions to mass and gap operators in non-magic nuclei is developed in the so-called g^2 approximation, where g is the low-lying phonon creation amplitude. It includes simultaneous accounting for both the usual non-local terms and the phonon tadpole ones. The relations which allow the tadpoles to be calculated without any new parameters are derived. As an application of the results, the role of the phonon tadpoles in the single-particle strength distribution and in the single-particle energies and gap values has been considered. Relation to the problem of the surface nature of pairing is discussed.Comment: 22 pages, 7 figure

Studies of edge turbulence in the Uragan-3M torsatron

Spatial and temporal behavior of the edge fluctuations and their correlation with plasma density behavior inside the confinement region of the Uragan-3M torsatron are investigated. The key role of the radial electric field in turbulent transport suppression is shown.Досліджено динаміку флуктуацій поблизу межі плазми та їх кореляції з поведінкою щільності усередині об’єму утримання а торсатроні Ураган-3М. показана основна роль радіального електричного поля в пригнічені турбулентного потокуИсследована динамика флуктуаций вблизи границы плазмы и их корреляция с поведением плотности внутри объема удержания в торсатроне Ураган-3М. Показана основная роль радикального электрического поля в подавлении турбулентности поток