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Superconducting phase diagram of the filled skuterrudite PrOs4Sb12
We present new measurements of the specific heat of the heavy fermion
superconductor PrOs4Sb12, on a sample which exhibits two sharp distinct
anomalies at Tc1= 1.89K and Tc2= 1.72K. They are used to draw a precise
magnetic field-temperature superconducting phase diagram of PrOs4Sb12 down to
350 mK.
We discuss the superconducting phase diagram of PrOs4Sb12 and its possible
relation with an unconventional superconducting order parameter. We give a
detailed analysis of Hc2(T), which shows paramagnetic limitation (a support for
even parity pairing) and multiband effects
Validation of CFD Codes for the Helicopter Wake in Ground Effect
When a helicopter takes off, lands, or makes hovering or taxiing flights in ground effect, its downwash
interferes with the ground. Encounters with such highly turbulent helicopter wakes have been blamed for two
fixed-wing aircraft crashes in the United Kingdom. Additional incidents including tents blown away are
reported in Japan. Due to these accidents, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the
University of Glasgow (UoG) are investigating the helicopter wake structure in ground effect, especially
during taxiing, by means of computational fluid dynamics (CFD). In this study, CFD codes of UoG and JAXA
are validated through comparing numerical results of each party and flight experiment data. As a result, it is
found that the CFD codes show qualitatively the same results each other and they are also close to the
experiment
Effects of the Zero-Mode Landau Level on Inter-Layer Magnetoresistance in Multilayer Massless Dirac Fermion Systems
We report on the experimental results of interlayer magnetoresistance in
multilayer massless Dirac fermion system -(BEDT-TTF)I under
hydrostatic pressure and its interpretation. We succeeded in detecting the
zero-mode Landau level (n=0 Landau level) that is epected to appear at the
contact points of Dirac cones in the magnetic field normal to the
two-dimensional plane. The characteristic feature of zero-mode Landau carriers
including the Zeeman effect is clearly seen in the interlayer
magnetoresistance.Comment: 2 pages, 2 figure
Study of electro-absorption effects in 1300nm In(Ga)As/GaAs quantum dot materials
No abstract available
Electric-field-induced lifting of the valley degeneracy in alpha-(BEDT-TTF)_2I_3 Dirac-like Landau levels
The relativistic Landau levels in the layered organic material
alpha-(BEDT-TTF)_2I_3 [BEDT-TTF=bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene] are
sensitive to the tilt of the Dirac cones, which, as in the case of graphene,
determine the low-energy electronic properties under appropriate pressure. We
show that an applied inplane electric field, which happens to be in competition
with the tilt of the cones, lifts the twofold valley degeneracy due to a
different level spacing. The scenario may be tested in infrared transmission
spectroscopy.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure; version with minor corrections published in EP
Transport properties of the heavy fermion superconductor PrOsSb
We have measured the electrical resistivity, thermoelectric power, Hall
coefficient, and magnetoresistance (MR) on single crystals of
PrOsSb, LaOsSb and NdOsSb. All the
transport properties in PrOsSb are similar to those in
LaOsSb and NdOsSb at high temperatures, indicating
the localized character of 4-electrons. The transverse MR both in
LaOsSb and PrOsSb tends to saturate for wide field
directions, indicating these compounds to be uncompensated metals with no open
orbit. We have determined the phase diagram of the field induced ordered phase
by the MR measurement for all the principle field directions, which indicates
an unambiguous evidence for the singlet crystalline electric
field ground state.Comment: 7 pages, 10 figures, to appear in Physical Review
High magnetic field phase diagram of PrOs4Sb12
The magnetic phase diagram of PrOsSb has been investigated by
specific heat measurements between 8 and 32 T. A new Schottky anomaly due to
excitations between two lowest crystalline-electric-field (CEF) singlets, has
been found for both and above the field
where the field-induced ordered phase (FIOP) is suppressed. The constructed
phase diagram shows weak magnetic anisotropy and implies a crossing of
the two CEF levels at about 8 - 9 T for both field directions. These results
provide an unambiguous evidence for the singlet being the CEF ground
state and suggest the level crossing (involving lowest CEF levels) as the
driving mechanism of FIOP.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
On Type II strings in exact superconformal non-constant RR backgrounds
An explicitly exact superconformal description is provided to some classes of
Type II string theories in non constant RR backgrounds. This is done by
applying the manifest (2,2) approach of Berkovits and Maldacena to Type II
strings and by studying the condition of exact conformal invariance of certain
supersymmetric backgrounds. We find a new set of exact type IIA strings with
non constant RR 2-form and 4-form curvatures and for type IIB with non constant
3-form curvature.Comment: 15 pages; typos and a reference adde
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