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Oscillatory instability of radiative shocks with multiple cooling processes
The stand-off shock formed in the accretion flow on to a stationary wall, such as the surface of a white dwarf, may be thermally unstable, depending on the cooling processes which dominate the post-shock flow. Some processes lead to instability, while others tend to stabilize the shock. We consider competition between the destabilizing influence of thermal bremsstrahlung cooling, and a stabilizing process which is a power law in density and temperature. Cyclotron cooling and processes which are of order 1, 3/2 and 2 in density are considered. The relative efficiency and power-law indices of the second mechanism are varied, and particular effects on the stability properties and frequencies of oscillation modes are examined
Giant isotope effect and spin state transition induced by oxygen isotope exchange in (
We systematically investigate effect of oxygen isotope in
which shows a crossover with x from
ferromagnetic metal to the insulator with spin-state transition. A striking
feature is that effect of oxygen isotope on the ferromagnetic transition is
negligible in the metallic phase, while replacing with leads
to a giant up-shift of the spin-state transition temperature () in the
insulating phase, especially shifts from 36 to 54 K with isotope
component for the sample with x=0.175. A metal-insulator
transition is induced by oxygen isotope exchange in the sample x=0.172 being
close to the insulating phase. The contrasting behaviors observed in the two
phases can be well explained by occurrence of static Jahn-Teller distortions in
the insulating phase, while absence of them in the metallic phase.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Intrinsic electron-doping in nominal "non-doped" superconducting (La,Y)CuO thin films grown by dc magnetron sputtering
The superconducting nominal "non-doped" (LYCO) thin
films are successfully prepared by dc magnetron-sputtering and in situ
post-annealing in vacuum. The best more than 13K is achieved in the
optimal LYCO films with highly pure c-axis oriented T'-type structure. In the
normal state, the quasi-quadratic temperature dependence of resistivity, the
negative Hall coefficient and effect of oxygen content in the films are quite
similar to the typical Ce-doped T'-214 cuprates, suggesting that T'-LYCO shows
the electron-doping nature like known n-type cuprates, and is not a band
superconductor as proposed previously. The charge carriers are considered to be
induced by oxygen deficiency.Comment: 5 pages, 7 figure
Thermodynamic properties of Ba1-xMxFe2As2 (M = La and K)
The specific heat of BaFeAs single crystal, electron-doped
BaLaFeAs and hole-doped BaKFeAs
polycrystals were measured. For undoped BaFeAs single crystal, a very
sharp specific heat peak was observed at 136 K. This is attributed to the
structural and antiferromagnetic transitions occurring at the same temperature.
of the electron-doped non-superconducting
BaLaFeAs also shows a small peak at 120 K, indicating a
similar but weaker structural/antiferromagnetic transition. For the hole-doped
superconducting BaKFeAs, a clear peak of was
observed at = 36 K, which is the highest peak seen at superconducting
transition for iron-based high- superconductors so far. The electronic
specific heat coefficient and Debye temperature of these
compounds were obtained from the low temperature data
Origin of superconductivity in nominally "undoped" T'-LaYCuO films
We have systematically studied the transport properties of the
LaYCuO(LYCO) films of T'-phase (). In
this nominally "undoped" system, superconductivity was acquired in certain Y
doping range (). Measurements of resistivity, Hall
coefficients in normal states and resistive critical field ()in
superconducting states of the T'-LYCO films show the similar behavior as the
known Ce-doped n-type cuprate superconductors, indicating the intrinsic
electron-doping nature. The charge carriers are induced by oxygen deficiency.
Non-superconducting Y-doped Pr- or Nd-based T'-phase cuprate films were also
investigated for comparison, suggesting the crucial role of the radii of A-site
cations in the origin of superconductivity in the nominally "undoped" cuptates.
Based on a reasonable scenario in the microscopic reduction process, we put
forward a self-consistent interpretation of these experimental observations.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figure
Electronic, dynamical, and thermal properties of ultra-incompressible superhard rhenium diboride: A combined first-principles and neutron scattering study
Rhenium diboride is a recently recognized ultra-incompressible superhard
material. Here we report the electronic (e), phonon (p), e-p coupling and
thermal properties of ReB from first-principles density-functional theory
(DFT) calculations and neutron scattering measurements. Our calculated elastic
constants ( = 641 GPa, = 159 GPa, = 128 GPa,
= 1037 GPa, and = 271 GPa), bulk modulus ( 350 GPa) and
hardness ( 46 GPa) are in good agreement with the reported
experimental data. The calculated phonon density of states (DOS) agrees very
well with our neutron vibrational spectroscopy result. Electronic and phonon
analysis indicates that the strong covalent B-B and Re-B bonding is the main
reason for the super incompressibility and hardness of ReB. The thermal
expansion coefficients, calculated within the quasi-harmonic approximation and
measured by neutron powder diffraction, are found to be nearly isotropic in
and directions and only slightly larger than that of diamond in terms of
magnitude. The excellent agreement found between calculations and experimental
measurements indicate that first-principles calculations capture the main
interactions in this class of superhard materials, and thus can be used to
search, predict, and design new materials with desired properties.Comment: submitted to pr
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