113 research outputs found
A new species of the planthopper genus Conosimus associated with an endemic shrub in southern Spain
The poorly-known genus Conosimus Mulsant et Rey, 1855 (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Issidae)
includes six species and is briefly reviewed. Adults and fifth instars of a new species, Conosimus
baenai n. sp., are described and compared with other species in the genus. The new species is
associated with an endemic shrub, Echinospartum boissieri, in Jaen, Spain, in the south of the
Iberian Peninsula, one of the richest botanical areas of the Mediterranean Basin.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Topologically protected charge transfer along the edge of a chiral -wave superconductor
The Majorana fermions propagating along the edge of a topological
superconductor with pairing deliver a shot noise power of
per eV of voltage bias. We calculate the full
counting statistics of the transferred charge and find that it becomes
trinomial in the low-temperature limit, distinct from the binomial statistics
of charge- transfer in a single-mode nanowire or charge- transfer
through a normal-superconductor interface. All even-order correlators of
current fluctuations have a universal quantized value, insensitive to disorder
and decoherence. These electrical signatures are experimentally accessible,
because they persist for temperatures and voltages large compared to the
Thouless energy.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures. v3 [post-publication]: added an appendix on the
effect of a tunnel barrier at the normal-superconductor contac
First record of Scorlupella montana (Hem.: Fulgoroidea: Issidae) from Iran
در بررسی زنجرک‌ها‌ی خانواده‌ی Issidae در ایران، نمونه‌هایی متعلق به گونه‌ی Scorlupella montana (Becker) جمع‌آوری و شناسایی گردید که جنس و گونه‌ی آن اولین گزارش از ایران می‌باشد
muSR investigation of magnetism and magnetoelectric coupling in Cu2OSeO3
A detailed zero and transverse field (ZF&TF) muon spin rotation (muSR)
investigation of magnetism and the magneto-electric coupling in Cu2OSeO3 is
reported. An internal magnetic field B_int(T=0) = 85.37(25) mT was found, in
agreement with a ferrimagnetic state below Tc = 57.0(1) K. The temperature
dependence of the magnetic order parameter is well described by the relation
B_int = B(0)(1-(T/Tc)^2)^b with an effective exponent b = 0.39(1) which is
close to the critical exponent B ~ 1/3 for a three dimensional (3D) magnetic
system. Just above Tc the muon relaxation rate follows the power low \lambda
(T)\propto (T/Tc - 1)^\omega with \omega = 1.06(9), which is characteristic for
3D ferromagnets. Measurements of B_int(T) with and without an applied
electrostatic field E = 1.66 x 10^5 V/m suggest a possible electric field
effect of magnitude \Delta Bv = Bv(0 V)-Bv(500 V) = - 0.4(4) mT.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
Magnetic excitations and phonons in the spin-chain compound NaCu2O2
We report an inelastic light scattering study of single-crystalline
NaCuO, a spin-chain compound known to exhibit a phase with helical
magnetic order at low temperatures. Phonon excitations were studied as a
function of temperature and light polarization, and the phonon frequencies are
compared to the results of ab-initio lattice dynamical calculations, which are
also reported here. The good agreement between the observed and calculated
modes allows an assignment of the phonon eigenvectors. Two distinct high-energy
two-magnon features as well as a sharp low-energy one-magnon peak were also
observed. These features are discussed in terms of the magnon modes expected in
a helically ordered state. Their polarization dependence provides evidence of
substantial exchange interactions between two closely spaced spin chains within
a unit cell. At high temperatures, the spectral features attributable to
magnetic excitations are replaced by a broad, quasielastic mode due to
overdamped spin excitations
Phase separation and phase transitions in undoped and Rh3+ doped iron pnictide CaFe2As2: a Raman scattering study
Iron-pnictides Ca(Fe1-xRhx)2As2 (x = 0, 0.035, and 0.19) were studied across
the tetragonal-orthorhombic and uncollapsed to collapsed tetragonal phase
transitions using Raman spectroscopy. The effect of the phase separation was
observed in the high-temperature phase for the first time. Two phases with the
low-spin and high-spin states of the Fe2+ ions coexist in the undoped (x = 0)
and doped (x = 0.035) samples at ambient conditions. These two phases are
present on a larger length scale and they are not limited to the local
distortions. Both phases in the undoped sample successfully undergo
tetra-to-ortho phase transitions approximately at the same temperature T0 = 160
K. In doped samples, a cascade of phase transitions is observed at temperatures
T* = 100 K and Tc = 72 K with cooling for the first time. A complex type of the
re-entrant magnetic structure is realized in the x = 0.035 sample at
temperatures below Tc, which is distinct from the usual orthorhombic twofold
one. The overdoped sample (x = 0.19) also shows phase separation at
temperatures 7 - 295 K in Raman spectra similar to these of the remnant phase.Comment: 18 pages, 8 figure
Electron-phonon interaction in the lamellar cobaltate NaCoO
We study theoretically and experimentally the dependence of the
electron-phonon interaction in NaCoO on the sodium concentration .
For the two oxygen phonon modes found in Raman experiments, and
, we calculate the matrix elements of the electron-phonon interaction.
Analyzing the feedback effect of the conduction electrons on the phonon
frequency we compare the calculated and experimentally observed doping
dependence of the mode. Furthermore, due to the momentum dependence of
the electron-phonon coupling for the symmetry we find no
renormalization of the corresponding phonon frequency which agrees with
experiment. Our results shed light on the possible importance of the
electron-phonon interaction in this system.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures (submitted to PRB
Coupling of spin and lattice modes in the S=1/2 two-dimensional antiferromagnet KVO with magneto-dielectric couplings
Lattice dynamics and magnetic excitations are investigated to elucidate the
origin of magneto-dielectric effects in the S=1/2 two-dimensional quantum spin
compound KVO. We find evidence for lattice instabilities at 110 K
and 60 K as optical phonon anomalies and a soft mode at 26 cm in A
symmetry. Two-magnon excitations in B symmetry show an unconventional
double-peak structure and temperature dependence. This suggests the existence
of a split mode near the zone boundary caused by a mixing of spin and lattice
modes.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in PR
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