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New aspects of the Slug Mucosal Irritation assay: predicting nasal stinging, itching and burning sensations
Weak magnetism phenomena in heavy-fermion superconductors: selected SR studies
The behavior of the so-called weak moment antiferromagnetic states, observed
in the heavy-fermion superconductors UPt and URuSi, is discussed in
view of recent SR results obtained as function of control parameters like
chemical substitution and external pressure. In UPt, the Pd substitution
for Pt reveals the dynamical character of the weak moment order. On the other
hand, SR measurements performed on samples in which Th substitutes U
suggest that crystallographic disorder on the magnetic sites deeply affects the
fluctuation timescale. In URuSi, a phase separation between the
so-called hidden order state, present at ambient pressure, and an
antiferromagnetic state, occurring under pressure, is observed. In view of the
pressure-temperature phase diagram obtained by SR, it is deduced that the
respective order parameters have different symmetries.Comment: To appear in: J. Phys.: Cond. Matte
Studies of superconductivity in U(Pt1-xPdx)3 for x < 0.006
We report measurements of the specific heat and resistivity (T < 1 K) for
high quality polycrystals of U(Pt1-xPdx)3 with x < 0.006. The Tc-x phase
diagram can be constructed, and superconductivity is destroyed for x = 0.006;
this is approximately the same concentration above which the onset of
large-moment antiferromagnetism is observed to occur. The splitting of the
double superconducting transition increases smoothly with increasing Pd
content, and is large enough that for Pd concentrations 0.004 < x < 0.006 only
the superconducting A-phase will be present.Comment: 8 pages total, 3 figures(proceedings SCES 98
Weighted Supermembrane Toy Model
A weighted Hilbert space approach to the study of zero-energy states of
supersymmetric matrix models is introduced. Applied to a related but
technically simpler model, it is shown that the spectrum of the corresponding
weighted Hamiltonian simplifies to become purely discrete for sufficient
weights. This follows from a bound for the number of negative eigenvalues of an
associated matrix-valued Schr\"odinger operator.Comment: 18 pages, 2 figures; to appear in Lett. Math. Phys
Magnetic quantum critical point and superconductivity in UPt3 doped with Pd
Transverse-field muon spin relaxation measurements have been carried out on
the heavy-fermion superconductor UPt3 doped with small amounts of Pd. We find
that the critical Pd concentration for the emergence of the large-moment
antiferromagnetic phase is ~0.6 at.%Pd. At the same Pd content,
superconductivity is completely suppressed. The existence of a magnetic quantum
critical point in the phase diagram, which coincides with the critical point
for superconductivity, provides evidence for ferromagnetic spin-fluctuation
mediated odd-parity superconductivity, which competes with antiferromagnetic
order.Comment: 4 pages (includes 3 figures); postscript fil
Muon localization site in U(Pt,Pd)3
The angular and temperature (10-250 K) variation of the Knight shift of
single-crystalline U(Pt0.95Pd0.05)3 has been measured in transverse field
(B=0.6 T) mSR experiments. By analysing the temperature variation of the Knight
shift with a modified Curie-Weiss expression the muon localization site in this
hexagonal material is determined at (0,0,0).Comment: 12 pages (including 4 figures); postscript file; Proc. 8th Int. Conf.
on Muon Spin Rotation, Relaxation and Resonance (Aug.30-Sept.3, Les
Diablerets); 2nd version with minor correction
Magnetic quantum critical point and superconductivity in UPt3 doped with Pd
Transverse-field muon spin relaxation measurements have been carried out on
the heavy-fermion superconductor UPt3 doped with small amounts of Pd. We find
that the critical Pd concentration for the emergence of the large-moment
antiferromagnetic phase is ~0.6 at.%Pd. At the same Pd content,
superconductivity is completely suppressed. The existence of a magnetic quantum
critical point in the phase diagram, which coincides with the critical point
for superconductivity, provides evidence for ferromagnetic spin-fluctuation
mediated odd-parity superconductivity, which competes with antiferromagnetic
order.Comment: 4 pages (includes 3 figures); postscript fil
Search for a quantum phase transition in U(Pt_(1-x)Pd_x)_3
Pd in U(Pt_{1-x}Pd_x)_3 suppresses the superconducting T_c to 0 K at critical
concentration x_c of 0.007 and induces a conventional AFM state for x > x_c.
The resistivity below 1 K shows a deviation from Fermi liquid behavior
described by a power law where the exponent ranges from 2 at x=0 to 1.6 for x =
x_c. This suggests that a quantum phase transition (QPT) may exist near x_c
associated with either the magnetic or superconducting transition temperature =
0 K. Transport for a sample with x = 0.004 < x_c has constant exponent of 1.77
as increasing pressure suppresses T_c to 0 K, suggesting that if a QPT exists
it may be associated with the magnetic transition.Comment: 2 pages, proceedings of LT2
The Casas-Alvero conjecture for infinitely many degrees
Over a field of characteristic zero, it is clear that a polynomial of the
form (X-a)^d has a non-trivial common factor with each of its d-1 first
derivatives. The converse has been conjectured by Casas-Alvero. Up to now there
have only been some computational verifications for small degrees d. In this
paper the conjecture is proved in the case where the degree of the polynomial
is a power of a prime number, or twice such a power.
Moreover, for each positive characteristic p, we give an example of a
polynomial of degree d which is not a dth power but which has a common factor
with each of its first d-1 derivatives. This shows that the assumption of
characteristic zero is essential for the converse statement to hold.Comment: 7 pages; v2: corrected some typos and references, and added section
on computational aspect
Phase-field-crystal model for liquid crystals
Based on static and dynamical density functional theory, a
phase-field-crystal model is derived which involves both the translational
density and the orientational degree of ordering as well as a local director
field. The model exhibits stable isotropic, nematic, smectic A, columnar,
plastic crystalline and orientationally ordered crystalline phases. As far as
the dynamics is concerned, the translational density is a conserved order
parameter while the orientational ordering is non-conserved. The derived
phase-field-crystal model can serve for efficient numerical investigations of
various nonequilibrium situations in liquid crystals
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