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Two-channel Kondo physics due to As vacancies in the layered compound ZrAs1.58Se0.39
We address the origin of the magnetic-field independent -|A| T^{1/2} term
observed in the low-temperature resistivity of several As-based metallic
systems of the PbFCl structure type. For the layered compound
ZrAs_{1.58}Se_{0.39}, we show that vacancies in the square nets of As give rise
to the low-temperature transport anomaly over a wide temperature regime of
almost two decades in temperature. This low-temperature behavior is in line
with the non-magnetic version of the two-channel Kondo effect, whose origin we
ascribe to a dynamic Jahn-Teller effect operating at the vacancy-carrying As
layer with a C_4 symmetry. The pair-breaking nature of the dynamical defects in
the square nets of As explains the low superconducting transition temperature
T_{\rm{c}}\approx 0.14 K of ZrAs_{1.58}Se_{0.39}, as compared to the
free-of-vacancies homologue ZrP_{1.54}S_{0.46} (T_{\rm{c}}\approx 3.7 K). Our
findings should be relevant to a wide class of metals with disordered pnictogen
layers.Comment: 17 pages, 8 figures; submitte
Microstructural investigations of ternary Cu/Zn/Al oxide catalysts for methanol steam reforming
In situ Investigations of Nanostructured Copper-Zincoxide catalysts for Methanol Steam Reforming
Type-II Superconductivity in Ternary Zirconium Pnictide Chalcogenide Single Crystals
Layered Pnictides are proven to be a great reservoir for superconductors in
the past and ternary zirconium pnictide chalcogenides of ZrXY-type (X = P, As;
Y = S, Se) might be a platform for new superconductors. The superconducting
properties of carefully grown (chemical transport reaction) single crystals of
ZrP1.54S0.46 with a transition temperature of Tc = 3.5 K are investigated.
This compound (PbFCl structure type) contains square planar nets: One of the
nets is completely occupied (no vacancies) by P, the other one characterized
by a random distribution of P and S (full occupation: no vacancies). Besides
zero-field-cooling (zfc), field-cooling (fc), and remanent moment (rem)
measurements, especially magnetization and ac susceptibility measurements are
performed. A nearly ideal type-II behavior with a Ginzburg-Landau parameter κ
= 24 is found. The magnetization curves between Bc1 and Bc2 for increasing
field are in excellent agreement with theoretical calculations performed by E.
H. Brandt based on the Ginzburg-Landau theory. The decreasing branches of the
magnetization curves are asymmetric about the field axis indicating weak
pinning and also large diamagnetic behavior
Towards democratic intelligence oversight: Limits, practices, struggles
Despite its common usage, The meaning of 'democratic' in democratic intelligence oversight has rarely been spelled out. In this paper, we situate questions regarding intelligence oversight within broader debates about the meanings and practices of democracy. We argue that the literature on intelligence oversight has tended to implicitly or explicitly follow liberal and technocratic ideas of democracy, which have limited the understanding of oversight both in academia and in practice. Thus, oversight is mostly understood as an expert, institutional and partially exclusive arrangement that is supposed to strike a balance between individual freedom and collective security with the goal of establishing the legitimacy of, and trust in intelligence work in a national setting. ‘Healthy’ or ‘efficient’ democratic oversight then becomes a matter of technical expertise, non-partisanship, and the ability to guard secrets. By analysing three moments of struggle around what counts as intelligence oversight across Germany, the UK, and the USA, this paper elucidates their democratic stakes. Through a practice-based approach, we argue that oversight takes much more agonistic, contentious, transnational, and public forms. However, these democratic practices reconfiguring oversight remain contested or contained by dominant views on what constitutes legitimate and effective intelligence oversight
Structure and magnetism of Cr2BP3O12: Towards the quantum-classical crossover in a spin-3/2 alternating chain
Magnetic properties of the spin-3/2 Heisenberg system Cr2BP3O12 are
investigated by magnetic susceptibility chi(T) measurements, electron spin
resonance, neutron diffraction, and density functional theory (DFT)
calculations, as well as classical and quantum Monte Carlo (MC) simulations.
The broad maximum of chi(T) at 85K and the antiferromagnetic Weiss temperature
of 139 K indicate low-dimensional magnetic behavior. Below TN = 28 K, Cr2BP3O12
is antiferromagnetically ordered with the k = 0 propagation vector and an
ordered moment of 2.5 muB/Cr. DFT calculations, including DFT+U and hybrid
functionals, yield a microscopic model of spin chains with alternating
nearest-neighbor couplings J1 and J1' . The chains are coupled by two
inequivalent interchain exchanges of similar strength (~1-2 K), but different
sign (antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic). The resulting spin lattice is
quasi-one-dimensional and not frustrated. Quantum MC simulations show excellent
agreement with the experimental data for the parameters J1 ~= 50 K and J1'/J1
~= 0.5. Therefore, Cr2BP3O12 is close to the gapless critical point (J1'/J1 =
0.41) of the spin-3/2 bond-alternating Heisenberg chain. The applicability
limits of the classical approximation are addressed by quantum and classical MC
simulations. Implications for a wide range of low-dimensional S = 3/2 materials
are discussed.Comment: Published version: 13 pages, 7 figures, 5 tables + Supplementary
informatio
Development of measures to prevent the occurrence of an emergency at an automobile gas filling station
В процессе исследования проводились анализ обеспечения безопасности функционирования АГЗС; анализ опасных факторов при эксплуатации АГЗС. В результате исследования произведен анализ опасных факторов на АГЗС. Проведена оценка вероятности возникновения аварийных ситуаций на АГЗС. Предложены мероприятия по предупреждению возникновения чрезвычайной ситуации на объекте.In the course of the researchthe analysis of ensuring the safety of the functioning of the filling station was carried out; analysis of hazardous factors during the operation of gas stations. As a result of the studyan analysis of hazardous factors at the gas station was made. The assessment of the likelihood of emergencies at the filling station was carried out. Measures are proposed to prevent an emergency at the facility
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