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Ab initio and nuclear inelastic scattering studies of FeSi/GaAs heterostructures
The structure and dynamical properties of the FeSi/GaAs(001) interface
are investigated by density functional theory and nuclear inelastic scattering
measurements. The stability of four different atomic configurations of the
FeSi/GaAs multilayers is analyzed by calculating the formation energies and
phonon dispersion curves. The differences in charge density, magnetization, and
electronic density of states between the configurations are examined. Our
calculations unveil that magnetic moments of the Fe atoms tend to align in a
plane parallel to the interface, along the [110] direction of the FeSi
crystallographic unit cell. In some configurations, the spin polarization of
interface layers is larger than that of bulk FeSi. The effect of the
interface on element-specific and layer-resolved phonon density of states is
discussed. The Fe-partial phonon density of states measured for the FeSi
layer thickness of three monolayers is compared with theoretical results
obtained for each interface atomic configuration. The best agreement is found
for one of the configurations with a mixed Fe-Si interface layer, which
reproduces the anomalous enhancement of the phonon density of states below 10
meVComment: 14 pages, 9 figures, 4 table
Inequivalent routes across the Mott transition in V2O3 explored by X-ray absorption
The changes in the electronic structure of V2O3 across the metal-insulator
transition induced by temperature, doping and pressure are identified using
high resolution x-ray absorption spectroscopy at the V pre K-edge. Contrary to
what has been taken for granted so far, the metallic phase reached under
pressure is shown to differ from the one obtained by changing doping or
temperature. Using a novel computational scheme, we relate this effect to the
role and occupancy of the a1g orbitals. This finding unveils the inequivalence
of different routes across the Mott transition in V2O
Maximally localized Wannier functions in LaMnO3 within PBE+U, hybrid functionals, and partially self-consistent GW: an efficient route to construct ab-initio tight-binding parameters for e_g perovskites
Using the newly developed VASP2WANNIER90 interface we have constructed
maximally localized Wannier functions (MLWFs) for the e_g states of the
prototypical Jahn-Teller magnetic perovskite LaMnO3 at different levels of
approximation for the exchange-correlation kernel. These include conventional
density functional theory (DFT) with and without additional on-site Hubbard U
term, hybrid-DFT, and partially self-consistent GW. By suitably mapping the
MLWFs onto an effective e_g tight-binding (TB) Hamiltonian we have computed a
complete set of TB parameters which should serve as guidance for more elaborate
treatments of correlation effects in effective Hamiltonian-based approaches.
The method-dependent changes of the calculated TB parameters and their
interplay with the electron-electron (el-el) interaction term are discussed and
interpreted. We discuss two alternative model parameterizations: one in which
the effects of the el-el interaction are implicitly incorporated in the
otherwise "noninteracting" TB parameters, and a second where we include an
explicit mean-field el-el interaction term in the TB Hamiltonian. Both models
yield a set of tabulated TB parameters which provide the band dispersion in
excellent agreement with the underlying ab initio and MLWF bands.Comment: 30 pages, 7 figure
Systematic Identification of Cell-Cell Communication Networks in the Developing Brain
Since the generation of cell-type specific knockout models, the importance of inter-cellular communication between neural, vascular, and microglial cells during neural development has been increasingly appreciated. However, the extent of communication between these major cell populations remains to be systematically mapped. Here, we describe EMBRACE (embryonic brain cell extraction using FACS), a method to simultaneously isolate neural, mural, endothelial, and microglial cells to more than 94% purity in ∼4 h. Utilizing EMBRACE we isolate, transcriptionally analyze, and build a cell-cell communication map of the developing mouse brain. We identify 1,710 unique ligand-receptor interactions between neural, endothelial, mural, and microglial cells in silico and experimentally confirm the APOE-LDLR, APOE-LRP1, VTN-KDR, and LAMA4-ITGB1 interactions in the E14.5 brain. We provide our data via the searchable “Brain interactome explorer”, available at https://mpi-ie.shinyapps.io/braininteractomeexplorer/. Together, this study provides a comprehensive map that reveals the richness of communication within the developing brain
Strange meson production in Al+Al collisions at 1.9A GeV
The production of K, K and (1020) mesons is studied in Al+Al
collisions at a beam energy of 1.9A GeV which is close or below the production
threshold in NN reactions. Inverse slopes, anisotropy parameters, and total
emission yields of K mesons are obtained. A comparison of the ratio of
kinetic energy distributions of K and K mesons to the HSD transport
model calculations suggests that the inclusion of the in-medium modifications
of kaon properties is necessary to reproduce the ratio. The inverse slope and
total yield of mesons are deduced. The contribution to K production
from meson decays is found to be [17 3 (stat) (syst)]
%. The results are in line with previous K and data obtained for
different colliding systems at similar incident beam energies.Comment: 16 pages, 11 figure
The Orbital Order Parameter in La0.95Sr0.05MnO3 probed by Electron Spin Resonance
The temperature dependence of the electron-spin resonance linewidth in
La0.95Sr0.05MnO3 has been determined and analyzed in the paramagnetic regime
across the orbital ordering transition. From the temperature dependence and the
anisotropy of linewidth and -value the orbital order can be unambiguously
determined via the mixing angle of the wave functions of the -doublet. The linewidth shows a similar evolution with temperature as
resonant x-ray scattering results
Centrality dependence of subthreshold meson production in Ni+Ni collisions at 1.9A GeV
We analysed the meson production in central Ni+Ni collisions at the
beam kinetic energy of 1.93A GeV with the FOPI spectrometer and found the
production probability per event of . This new data point allows for the first time
to inspect the centrality dependence of the subthreshold meson
production in heavy-ion collisions. The rise of meson multiplicity per
event with mean number of participants can be parameterized by the power
function with exponent . The ratio of to
production yields seems not to depend within the experimental
uncertainties on the collision centrality, and the average of measured values
was found to be .Comment: 9 pages, 5 figure
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