28 research outputs found
Evidence for nonmonotonic magnetic field penetration in a type-I superconductor
Polarized neutron reflectometry (PNR) provides evidence that nonlocal
electrodynamics governs the magnetic field penetration in an extreme low-k
superconductor. The sample is an indium film with a large elastic mean free
path (11 mkm) deposited on a silicon oxide wafer. It is shown that PNR can
resolve the difference between the reflected neutron spin asymmetries predicted
by the local and nonlocal theories of superconductivity. The experimental data
support the nonlocal theory, which predicts a nonmonotonic decay of the
magnetic field.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, LaTex, corrected typos and figure
Luminescent and scintillation properties of Ce3+ doped Ca2RMgScSi3O12 (R = Y, Lu) single crystalline films
The work is dedicated to the growth and investigation of the luminescent and scintillation properties of single crystalline films (SCFs) of Ca2-xR1+xMg1+xSc1-xSi3O12:Ce (R = Y, Lu) mixed garnets with x = 0-0.25, grown using the liquid phase epitaxy method onto Y3Al5O12 substrates from PbO-B2O3 based flux. The absorption, luminescent and scintillation properties of Ca2-xY1+xMg1+xSc1-xSi3O12:Ce and Ca2-xLu1+xMg1+xSc1-xSi3O12:Ce SCFs with x = 0 and 0.25 were investigated and compared with the reference YAG:Ce and LuAG:Ce SCFs. Using the Ca2+, Mg2+ and Si4+ alloying, the Ce3+ emission spectra in Ca2-xR1+xMg1+xSc1-xSi3O12:Ce (R = Y, Lu; x = 0-0.25) SCFs can be notably extended in the red range in comparison with YAG: Ce and LuAG: Ce SCFs due to the increase of crystal field strength and Ce3+ multicenter creation in the dodecahedral positions of the lattices of these mixed garnet compounds. Due to the formation of Ce4+ ions, the as-grown Ca2-xR1+xMg1+xSc1-xSi3O12:Ce (R = Y, Lu) SCFs at x = 0 and 0.25 show relatively low light yield. However, after annealing in reducing atmosphere (95% N-2 + 5% H-2) at T > 1000 degrees C, a recharging Ce4+ -> Ce3+ takes place. After that, these SCFs possess the light yield about of 30% and 31% in comparison with the reference YAG: Ce and LuAG: Ce SCFs, respectively, and a fast scintillation response with the decay times in the ns range under a-particles excitation by Pu-239 (5.15 MeV) source
The spatial string tension from the field correlator method
The behaviour of spatial string tension as a function of the temperature T is found in the framework of the Field Correlator Method (FCM). Here the string tension is calculated using the gluelump Greenâs function, where gluons in the gluelump are interacting via the same spatial string tension. The resulting T-dependence was obtained without extra parameters in the region using the formalism of elliptic functions , demonstrating good agreement with available lattice data