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Novel dynamical effects and glassy response in strongly correlated electronic system
We find an unconventional nucleation of low temperature paramagnetic metal
(PMM) phase with monoclinic structure from the matrix of high-temperature
antiferromagnetic insulator (AFI) phase with tetragonal structure in strongly
correlated electronic system . Such unconventional
nucleation leads to a decease in resistivity by several orders with relaxation
at a fixed temperature without external perturbation. The novel dynamical
process could arise from the competition of strain fields, Coulomb
interactions, magnetic correlations and disorders. Such competition may
frustrate the nucleation, giving rise to a slow, nonexponential relaxation and
"physical aging" behavior.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
A 3D Numerical Method for Studying Vortex Formation Behind a Moving Plate
In this paper, we introduce a three-dimensional numerical method for computing the wake behind a flat plate advancing perpendicular to the flow. Our numerical method is inspired by the panel method of J. Katz and A. Plotkin [J. Katz and A. Plotkin, Low-speed Aerodynamics, 2001] and the 2D vortex blob method of Krasny [R. Krasny, Lectures in Appl. Math., 28 (1991), pp. 385--402]. The accuracy of the method will be demonstrated by comparing the 3D computation at the center section of a very high aspect ratio plate with the corresponding two-dimensional computation. Furthermore, we compare the numerical results obtained by our 3D numerical method with the corresponding experimental results obtained recently by Ringuette [M. J. Ringuette, Ph.D. Thesis, 2004] in the towing tank. Our numerical results are shown to be in excellent agreement with the experimental results up to the so-called formation time
Electronic, dynamical, and thermal properties of ultra-incompressible superhard rhenium diboride: A combined first-principles and neutron scattering study
Rhenium diboride is a recently recognized ultra-incompressible superhard
material. Here we report the electronic (e), phonon (p), e-p coupling and
thermal properties of ReB from first-principles density-functional theory
(DFT) calculations and neutron scattering measurements. Our calculated elastic
constants ( = 641 GPa, = 159 GPa, = 128 GPa,
= 1037 GPa, and = 271 GPa), bulk modulus ( 350 GPa) and
hardness ( 46 GPa) are in good agreement with the reported
experimental data. The calculated phonon density of states (DOS) agrees very
well with our neutron vibrational spectroscopy result. Electronic and phonon
analysis indicates that the strong covalent B-B and Re-B bonding is the main
reason for the super incompressibility and hardness of ReB. The thermal
expansion coefficients, calculated within the quasi-harmonic approximation and
measured by neutron powder diffraction, are found to be nearly isotropic in
and directions and only slightly larger than that of diamond in terms of
magnitude. The excellent agreement found between calculations and experimental
measurements indicate that first-principles calculations capture the main
interactions in this class of superhard materials, and thus can be used to
search, predict, and design new materials with desired properties.Comment: submitted to pr
Giant isotope effect and spin state transition induced by oxygen isotope exchange in (
We systematically investigate effect of oxygen isotope in
which shows a crossover with x from
ferromagnetic metal to the insulator with spin-state transition. A striking
feature is that effect of oxygen isotope on the ferromagnetic transition is
negligible in the metallic phase, while replacing with leads
to a giant up-shift of the spin-state transition temperature () in the
insulating phase, especially shifts from 36 to 54 K with isotope
component for the sample with x=0.175. A metal-insulator
transition is induced by oxygen isotope exchange in the sample x=0.172 being
close to the insulating phase. The contrasting behaviors observed in the two
phases can be well explained by occurrence of static Jahn-Teller distortions in
the insulating phase, while absence of them in the metallic phase.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in Charge-Ordering :Strong Spin-Charge Coupling and Spin Ordering
Angular-dependent in-plane magnetoresistance (AMR) for single crystal
with charge ordering is studied systematically.
The anisotropic magnetoresistance shows a twofold symmetry at high temperature
with rotating H in the Co-O plane, while a sixfold symmetry below a certain
temperature (). At , the symmetry of AMR changes from twofold
to fourfold with rotating magnetic field (H) in the plane consisting of the
current and c-axis. The variation of AMR symmetry with temperature arises from
the subtle changes of the spin structure. These results give a direct evidence
for the itinerant electrons directly coupled to the localized spins.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
The Crimean Solar Maximum Year Workshop, selected reports
Problems associated with the transport of energy and acceleration of charged particles in solar flares are considered. Existing theories are compared with observation with a view to either discriminating between rival theories (such as whether hard X-rays are emitted by thermal or nonthermal bremsstrahlung), constraining existing theories (such as deduction of the number of nonthermal electrons present from spectroscopic diagnostics in the soft X-ray part of the spectrum), or suggesting theories (such as attempting to explain the observed spatial structure of microwave emission relative to alpha)
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