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Phase Transitions and Their Interaction with Dislocations in Silicon
In this paper, phase transformations (PTs) in silicon were investigated through molecular dynamics (MD) using Tersoff potential. In the first step, simulations of PTs in single crystal silicon under various stress-controlled loading were carried out. Results shows that all instability points under various stress states are described by criteria, which are linear in the space of normal stresses. There is a region in the stress space in which conditions for direct and reverse PTs coincide and a unique homogeneous phase transition (without nucleation) can be realized. Finally, phase transition in bi-crystalline silicon with a dislocation pileup along the grain boundary (GB) was carried out. Results showed that the phase transition pressure first decreases linearly with the number of dislocation pileups and then reaches a plateau with the accumulation of dislocations in the pileup. The maximum reduction of phase transition pressure is 30% compared to that for perfect single crystalline silicon
Measurement of ZZ production in leptonic final states at {\surd}s of 1.96 TeV at CDF
In this paper we present a precise measurement of the total ZZ production
cross section in pp collisions at {\surd}s= 1.96 TeV, using data collected with
the CDF II detector corresponding to an integrated luminosity of approximately
6 fb-1. The result is obtained by combining separate measurements in the
four-charged (lll'l'), and two-charged-lepton and two-neutral-lepton (llvv)
decay modes of the Z. The combined measured cross section for pp {\to} ZZ is
1.64^(+0.44)_(-0.38) pb. This is the most precise measurement of the ZZ
production cross section in 1.96 TeV pp collisions to date.Comment: submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Serrated plastic flow during nanoindentation of a bulk metallic glass
The results of nanoindentation tests of bulk glassy Pd40CU30Ni10P20 using a specially designed instrument with high time and spatial resolution are presented. Pronounced serrations of the indenter penetration depth are observed. The parameters of serrated flow (the number of serrations, their amplitude and duration) are dependent on the duration of the loading force pulse. (C) 2001 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved
SOME PECULIARITIES OF DUCTILE SHEAR FAILURE OF AMORPHOUS ALLOY RIBBONS
The kinetics of a shear crack propagation under ductile shear failure of amorphous alloys ribbons is studied experimentally. Some phenomena that accompany this failure are also studied: repeated alternation of the shear crack orientation, plastic corrugation of a ribbon, extreme local heating at the crack front, and the meniscus instability