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Structure and superconductivity in the binary ReMo alloys
The binary ReMo alloys, known to cover the full range of solid
solutions, were successfully synthesized and their crystal structures and
physical properties investigated via powder x-ray diffraction, electrical
resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, and heat capacity. By varying the Re/Mo
ratio we explore the full ReMo binary phase diagram, in all its
four different solid phases: hcp-Mg (), -Mn
(), -CrFe (), and bcc-W (),
of which the second is non-centrosymmetric with the rest being centrosymmetric.
All ReMo alloys are superconductors, whose critical temperatures
exhibit a peculiar phase diagram, characterized by three different
superconducting regions. In most alloys the is almost an order of
magnitude higher than in pure Re and Mo. Low-temperature electronic
specific-heat data evidence a fully-gapped superconducting state, whose
enhanced gap magnitude and specific-heat discontinuity suggest a moderately
strong electron-phonon coupling across the series. Considering that several
-Mn-type Re alloys ( = transition metal) show time-reversal
symmetry breaking (TRSB) in the superconducting state, while TRS is preserved
in the isostructural MgIrB or NbOs, the
ReMo alloys represent another suitable system for studying the
interplay of space-inversion, gauge, and time-reversal symmetries in future
experiments expected to probe TRSB in the Re family.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication on Physical Review
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High- superconductivity in undoped ThFeAsN
Unlike the widely studied ReFeAsO series, the newly discovered iron-based
superconductor ThFeAsN exhibits a remarkably high critical temperature of 30 K,
without chemical doping or external pressure. Here we investigate in detail its
magnetic and superconducting properties via muon-spin rotation/relaxation
(SR) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques and show that ThFeAsN
exhibits strong magnetic fluctuations, suppressed below 35 K, but no magnetic
order. This contrasts strongly with the ReFeAsO series, where stoichiometric
parent materials order antiferromagnetically and superconductivity appears only
upon doping. The ThFeAsN case indicates that Fermi-surface modifications due to
structural distortions and correlation effects are as important as doping in
inducing superconductivity. The direct competition between antiferromagnetism
and superconductivity, which in ThFeAsN (as in LiFeAs) occurs at already zero
doping, may indicate a significant deviation of the -wave superconducting
gap in this compound from the standard scenario.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Direct comparison between surface imaging and orthogonal radiographic imaging for SRS localization in phantom
Room-temperature structural phase transition in the quasi-2D spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet Cu(pz)(ClO)
Cu(pz)(ClO) (with pz denoting pyrazine CHN) is a
two-dimensional spin-1/2 square-lattice antiferromagnet with =
4.24 K. Due to a persisting focus on the low-temperature magnetic properties,
its room-temperature structural and physical properties caught no attention up
to now. Here we report a study of the structural features of
Cu(pz)(ClO) in the paramagnetic phase, up to 330 K. By employing
magnetization, specific heat, Cl nuclear magnetic resonance, and neutron
diffraction measurements, we provide evidence of a second-order phase
transition at = 294 K, not reported before. The absence of a
magnetic ordering across in the magnetization data, yet the
presence of a sizable anomaly in the specific heat, suggest a structural
order-to-disorder type transition. NMR and neutron-diffraction data corroborate
our conjecture, by revealing subtle angular distortions of the pyrazine rings
and of ClO counteranion tetrahedra, shown to adopt a configuration of
higher symmetry above the transition temperature.Comment: 10 pages, 12 figure
Nodeless superconductivity in the noncentrosymmetric MoRhN superconductor: a SR study
The noncentrosymmetric superconductor MoRhN, with K,
adopts a -Mn-type structure (space group 432), similar to that of
MoAlC. Its bulk superconductivity was characterized by magnetization
and heat-capacity measurements, while its microscopic electronic properties
were investigated by means of muon-spin rotation and relaxation (SR). The
low-temperature superfluid density, measured via transverse-field (TF)-SR,
evidences a fully-gapped superconducting state with , very close to 1.76 - the BCS gap value for
the weak coupling case, and a magnetic penetration depth nm.
The absence of spontaneous magnetic fields below the onset of
superconductivity, as determined by zero-field (ZF)-SR measurements, hints
at a preserved time-reversal symmetry in the superconducting state. Both TF-and
ZF-SR results evidence a spin-singlet pairing in MoRhN.Comment: 5 figures and 5 pages. Accepted for publication as a Rapid
Communication in Phys. Rev.
Exclusive Lambda_b -> Lambda l^+ l^- decay in two Higgs doublet model
Rare Lambda_b -> Lambda l^+ l^- decay is investigated in framework of general
two Higgs doublet model, in which a new source of CP violation exists (model
III). The polarization parameter, CP asymmetry and decay width are calculated.
It is shown that CP asymmetry is a very sensitive tool for establishing model
III.Comment: 16 pages, 3 figures, LaTeX formatte
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