Spin waves in an Invar alloy (Fe0.65Ni0.35)

The spin wave dispersion relation in an Invar alloy Fe_0.65Ni_0.35 has been measured at 4.2 K in the [111] direction by neutron inelastic scattering.Well defined magnon groups have been observed up to an energy transfer of about 80 meV. The spin wave dispersion is well described by ?ω=Dq²(1?βq²) with $\text{D=143}\text{meV}\text{A}\text{?}$ and $\text{β=0.12}\text{A}\text{?}{}^2$. The value of D is in accord with the value extrapolated from other neutron scattering results at higher contents of Ni and disagrees with spin wave resonance results.No trace of γ-iron type antiferromagnetic order could be detected at 4.2 K in this alloy by elastic neutron scattering measurements.     

Exchange and hyperfine fields acting on dilute Eu In SmCo5, Sm2(Co1-xFex)17 and Sm2CoxMy( rm M = Fe, Cu, Zn, Zr)

Mössbauer source experiments of dilute ¹⁵³Eu and ⁵⁷Fe in SmCo₅ and ¹⁵³Eu in Sm₂(Co_1-xFe_x)₁₇ and Sm₂ Co_x M_y at 4.1 K were performed. After the ${}^{153}\text{Sm}\text{→β?}{}^{153}$ decay the Eu ion is trivalent and exhibits extremely large hyperfine interactions due to strong exchange fields. Since the exchange interactions are comparable to the Eu³⁺ spin-orbit coupling, we calculated the expectation values of the Eu³⁺ spin, magnetic hyperfine field and electric field gradient as a function of exchange field and second order crystalline field, by diagonalization of the full Hamiltonian of spin orbit, exchange and crystalline field. For SmCo₅ and Sm₂(Co_1-xFe_x)₁₇ the exchange and crystalline fields are known and thus allow us to analyze our experimental results and obtain the polarized conduction electron contributions to the magnetic hyperfine field. The contribution due to magnetic neighbour polarization of conduction electrons is found to be linear in exchange field. The experimental results together with the theoretical analysis yield the Eu electric field gradient 4f Sternheimer shielding factor R_Q to be 0.26±04. It is shown that Mössbauer studies of two probes (¹⁵⁵Gd and Eu³⁺) in magnetic systems yield directly the second order crystalline field, the exchange field and the various contributions to the hyperfine field acting on the Eu nucleus. From the experimentally measured magnetic hyperfine fields alone, approximate values for the exchange fields in the mixed systems Sm₂Co_xM_y were determined.     

Spin and lifetime of the ω− hyperon

A total of 101 ω^? decays have been found in K^?p interactions at 10 and $\text{16 GeV}\text{c}$. The decay angular distribution has been fitted under the assumptions that the ω^? has spin either $\text{1}\text{2}\text{or}\text{3}\text{2}$. It has been found that the probability of isotropy (spin$\text{1}\text{2}\text{)}$ is less than one in a thousand, whereas the probability for spin $\text{3}\text{2}$ is about 70%. Thus, we exclude the spin $\text{1}\text{2}$ assignment. The lifetime of the ω^? is found to be (1.41_?0.24^+0.15) × 10^?10s, in agreement with our earlier result based on about $\text{1}\text{5}$ of the present sample.     

Structure,vibrational study and conductivity of the trihydrated uranyl bis(dihydrogenophosphate): UO2(H2PO4)2·3H2O

The X-ray structure (293 K) of UO₂(H₂PO₄)₂·3H₂O has been refined (R = 0.062): M_r = 518g, space group: P2₁/c (Z = 4); $\text{a = 10.816(1)}\text{A}\text{?}$, $\text{b = 13.896(2)}\text{A}\text{?}$, $\text{c = 7.481(1)}\text{A}\text{?}$, β = 105.65(1)^°, $\text{V = 1082.7(2)}\text{A}\text{?}{}^3$; D_c = 3.17 Mg m^?3. The structure consists of infinite chains along the (101) axis with U atoms bridged by two H₂PO₄ groups. The U atom is surrounded by a pentagonal bipyramid of oxygen atoms, one of them being an equatorial water molecule. The cohesion between the chains is ensured by hydrogen bonds involving the two last water molecules. An assignment of IR and Raman bands with isotopic substitution spectra is proposed. A phase transition at 128 K was made evident by DSC and spectroscopy. The room-temperature phase is characterized by a high disorder of the OH bond orientation while in the low-temperature phase H₂O and POH species appear well oriented. The conductivity seems to occur by proton transfer and protonic-species rotation at the POH-water molecular interface between the chains. ac conductivity has been determined by means of the complex-impedance method ($\text{σ}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>RT</mtext>}}\text{～ (3?12) × 10}{}^{\mathrm{?5}}\text{Ω}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{cm}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$; E ～ 0.20 eV).     

Relaxation of the 4G92 state of Nd3+ in LaCl3 and Nd3+ in La(Cl99.6Br0.4)3

The decay of the ⁴G_{$\text{9}\text{2}$} state of Nd³⁺ in LaCl₃ and La(Cl_99.6 Br_0.4)₃ was measured after pulsed laser excitation as a function of temperature. The decay rate is shown to depend besides the radiative transition on single-phonon relaxation between the states ⁴G_{$\text{9}\text{2}$} ($\text{μ =}\text{1}\text{2}$) and ⁴G_{$\text{9}\text{2}$} ($\text{μ =}\text{3}\text{2}$) and on multiphonon orbit-lattice relaxation from ⁴G_{$\text{9}\text{2}$} to ²G_{$\text{9}\text{2}$}. Partial substitution of Cl by Br only alters the radiative lifetime.     

Linear-chain antiferromagnetism in Ni(N2H5)2(SO4)2

The compound dihydrazinium bis(sulfato) niccolate(II), Ni(N₂H₅)₂(SO₄)₂, containing sulfato-bridged chains of Ni(II) ions, can be described as an antiferromagnetic Heisenberg linear-chain system. A reasonable agreement of susceptibility measurements in the temperature region 2–80K, with a theory developed by Weng for antiferromagnetic Heisenberg linear chains with spin S=1, is obtained for a value of the intra-chain interaction $\text{J}\text{k}\text{=?3.35K}$. Preliminary results of specific heat measurements, on the other hand, do not fit quite well using this model. The origin of this discrepancy is suggested to be a zero-field splitting of the single ion.     

A monte-carlo/molecular dynamics study of the diffusional recombination kinetics of C(a) + O(a) → CO(g) on Pt(111)

The diffusion constants for C and O adsorbates on Pt(111) surfaces have been calculated with Monte-Carlo/Molecular Dynamics techniques. The diffusion constants are determined to be D_C(T)=(3.4 × 10^?3e^{$\text{?13156}\text{T}$})cm²s^?1 for carbon and D_O(T) = (1.5×10^?3 e^{$\text{?9089}\text{T}$}) cm² s^?1 for oxygen. Using a recently developed diffusion model for surface recombination kinetics an approximate upper bound to the recombination rate constant of C and O on Pt(111) to produce CO_(g) is found to be (9.4×10^?3 e^{$\text{?9089}\text{T}$}) cm² s^?1.     

The crystal structures of the ion conductors (NH+4)Zr2(PO4)3and (H3O+)Zr2(PO4)3

The crystal structures of (NH⁺₄)Zr₂(PO₄)₃ and (H₃O⁺)Zr₂(PO₄)₃ have been determined from neutron time-of-flight powder diffraction data obtained at 15 K. Both compounds are rhombohedral, $\text{R}\text{3}\text{c}$, with cell parameters a=8.7088(1) and c=24.2197(4) Å for the ammonium compound and a=8.7528(2), c=23.6833(11) Å for the hydronium compound. In both cases the ions are completely localized in the type I cavities and hydrogen bonded to lattice oxygens. The measured unit cell parameters are relatively large for this class of compounds but the entrance ways into the cavities are still too small to allow for unrestricted movement of the ions. Thus the low conductivity of the hydronium ion is related to this and other structural features.     

Mössbauer and magnetic studies of BaVS3 and V5S8 doped with 57Fe

Iron can be easily introduced in BaVS₃ and V₅S₈. It is located at the vanadium sites and has been used as a probe to analyse by Mössbauer effect the magnetic properties of its surrounding matrix. The electronic state of iron in this matrix has also been studied. It was found that in BaVS₃, the iron is in a low spin Fe³⁺ configuration $\text{(S =}\text{1}\text{2}\text{)}$. In V₅S₈ at 4.2 K, the iron is in low spin Fe²⁺ configuration (S = 0). The rapid decrease of quadrupole splitting observed between 50 and 200 K is attributed to a thermally activated change in electronic structure. The high temperature configuration (above 200 K) seems to be neither pure low spin Fe³⁺ nor high spin Fe²⁺, but a mixture of configurations fluctuating at a rate which is faster than the characteristic time of Mössbauer measurements.     

Magnetic field dependent optical dephasing in LaF3:Er3+

Optical dephasing of the 5388 Å transition between the lowest Kramers doublets of the ⁴S_{$\text{3}\text{2}$} and ⁴I_{$\text{15}\text{2}$} multiplets of Er³⁺:LaF₃ has been studied by photon echo, optical phase switching and optical free induction decay. Er³⁺?¹⁹F hyperfine interactions produce dephasing which is two orders of magnitude faster than in previously studied non-Kramers systems, but at high field changes in the spin dynamics result in microsecond dephasing. For the lower Zeeman component of ⁴S_{$\text{3}\text{2}$}, T₂ (=6μs) is independent of H₀ whereas for the upper component the dephasing is rapid and strongly field dependent. This is quantitatively accounted for by spin lattice relaxation of the upper component of ⁴S_{$\text{3}\text{2}$}. Below 20 kG concentration and temperature dependent dephasing due to electron spin diffusion is observed.     

Specific heat of (C6H11NH3) CuCl3 (CHAC), a system of ferromagnetic chains

The heat capacity of (C₆H₁₁NH₃) CuCl₃ (CHAC) has been measured for 0.45 < T < 60 K. Three-dimensional ordering is observed at T = 2.214 K. The data in the paramagnetic region can be described by a ferromagnetic $\text{S =}\text{1}\text{2}$ Heisenberg linear chain model system with J/k = +45 ± 5K.     

Analysis of the (ν1 + ν2) and (ν2 + ν3) combination bands of ozone

The fine structures of the (ν₁ + ν₂) and (ν₂ + ν₃) combination bands of ozone in the 5.7-μm region have been recorded and analyzed. The two vibrational states are coupled through Coriolis and second-order distortion terms. The interaction has been treated by the numerical diagonalization of the secular determinant for the two coupled states. With the centrifugal distortion parameters fixed to the ground state values, the following constants have been obtained: ν₁ + ν₂ = 1796.26₆, A₁₁₀ = 3.610₄, B₁₁₀ = 0.4414₅, $\text{C}{}^1{}_{110}\text{= 0.3902}{}_9$, ν₂ + ν₃ = 1726.52₆, A₀₁₁ = 3.553₇, B₀₁₁ = 0.4398₂, $\text{C}{}^1{}_{011}\text{= 0.3884}{}_4$, Y₁₃ = ?0.46₆, and X₁₃ = ?0.01₀ cm^?1. In addition, the following anharmonic constants have been obtained: x₁₂ = ?7.82₁ and x₂₃ = ?16.49₄ cm^?1. The value of the dipole moment ratio, $\text{R =}\text{〈011|μ}{}_{\mathrm{z}}\text{|0〉}\text{〈110|μ}{}_{\mathrm{x}}\text{|0〉}$, is 1.30 ± 0.10.     

Conductivite ionique des systemes Kx(Znx/2Ge1-x/2)O2 et Kx(GaxGe1-x)O2 de structure cristobalite

The crystal chemistry of the K_x(Zn_x/2Ge_{1-$\text{x}\text{2}$})O₂ and K_x(Ga_xGe_1-x)O₂ systems has been investigated. In each of them a solid solution with a cristobalite-type structure has been obtained with a 0.90?×?1 range. The K⁺ conductivity increases strongly with vacancy content, while the activation energy remains nearly constant.Influence of various crystal chemical parameters on the conductivity (lattice covalency, size of the bottlenecks, etc...) is discussed.     

Absorption spectra of Ni2+ in (NH4)2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O and Co2+ in Na2Zn(SO4)2·4H2O

Optical absorption spectra of Ni²⁺ in (NH₄)₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O and Co²⁺ in Na₂Zn(SO₄)₂·4H₂O single crystals have been studied at room and liquid nitrogen temperatures. From the nature and position of the observed bands, a successful interpretation could be made assuming octahedral symmetry for both the ions in the crystals. The splitting observed for ${}^3\text{T}{}_{\mathrm{1g}}\text{(F)}$ band in Ni²⁺ and ${}^4\text{T}{}_{\mathrm{2g}}\text{(F)}$ band in Co²⁺ at liquid nitrogen temperature have been explained as due to spin-orbit interaction. The extra band observed at 16,325 cm^-1 in the case of Ni²⁺ at low temperature has been interpreted to be the superposition of vibrational mode of SO^2-₄ radical on ${}^3\text{T}{}_{\mathrm{1g}}\text{(F)}$ band. The observed band positions in both the crystals have been fitted with four parameters B, C, Dq and ζ.     

High-resolution laser spectroscopy of the Swan system (d3Πg-a3Πu) of C2 in an organic halide-alkali metal flame

The 0–1 band of the Swan system (d³Π_g-a³Π_u) of C₂ has been recorded by laser-induced fluorescence of C₂ formed by reaction between Na and C₂Cl₄. Most of the spectrum was recorded at Doppler-limited resolution, but overlapped lines were resolved using sub-Doppler techniques. The Q branches of the $\text{ΔΩ = 0}$ subbands and rotational lines for which $\text{ΔΩ = ±1}$ are observed for the first time. Molecular parameters defined in the effective Hamiltonian of Brown and Merer are obtained for both ³Π states.     

Formation and lithuim ionic conduction of the antifluorite type solid electrolytes,Li2+x-y-z[(NH)1-x-y-zNxClyHz]

Antifluorite type solid electrolytes, Li_2+x-y-z[(NH)_1-x-y-zN_xCl_yH_z] have been synthesized from Li₃N, LiCl and LiCl·H₂O or $\text{Li}{}_2\text{[(}\text{NH}\text{)}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{N}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>4</mtext>}}\text{H}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>4</mtext>}}$]. Either of the last two compounds introduces NH^2- ions into the product and is indispensable to form the antifluorite type structure. The lattice parameter decreases with increasing amount of NH^2- ions in the compound, reflecting the difference of anion sizes between Cl^- and NH^2- ions. Activation energies of Li⁺ diffusive motion, derived from both conductivity and NMR measurements, increase with concentration of NH^2- ions, although the values differ by a factor of ≈2 netween the both methods.     

Time-resolved site-selection spectroscopy studies of NdAl3(BO3)4 crystals

A pulsed, tunable dye laser was used to selectively excite Nd³⁺ ions in nonequivalent crystal field sites in NdAl₃(BO₃)₄ crystals and energy transfer between ions in different types of sites was studied by monitoring the time evolution of the fluorescence spectrum. The results show that the energy transfer rate varies as t^{$\text{-1}\text{2}$} and increases with temperature. The predictions of various models of phonon-assisted energy transfer are compared to the results.     

Optical line narrowing by nuclear spin decoupling in Pr3+: LaF3

We have applied the technique of nuclear spin decoupling to the optical regime. In these experiments we selectively eliminated the role of ¹⁹F spin fluctuations as the dominant source of dephasing in the 5925A (¹D₂ / ³H₄)Pr³⁺ optical transition in 0.05% Pr³⁺: LaF₃ at 2K. The homogeneous optical linewidth (FWHM), measured by photon echoes, was reduced from 56 kHz to 6 kHz by on-resonance nutation of ¹⁹F in an external magnetic field of 375G. Further reduction of the linewidth to 4.1 kHz was observed by off-resonance irradiation of the fluorines such that their effective field in the rotating frame was at the ‘magic angle’ ($\text{cos}{}^{-1}\text{1}\text{3}$) with respect to the external field.     

Reentrant superconductivity in the orthorhombic system (Tm1−xLux)RuB2

The boundaries between the paramagnetic, superconducting and magnetically ordered phases in the orthorhombic pseudoternary system (Tm_1?xLu_x)RuB₂ have been established by means of ac magnetic susceptibility measurements down to 1.2 K. Reentrant superconductivity occurs between x = 0.52 and x ? 0.68. The absence of coexistence between superconductivity and long range magnetic order in this region suggests a ferromagnetic-like nature of the magnetic state. The initial linear depression of superconducting transition temperature (T_c) gives a coupling constant value N(E_F)$\text{J}$² between conduction electrons and magnetic Tm³⁺ moments of 6.7 × 10^?4 eV-atom-states/ spin direction.     

Electrical conductivity of (Bi,Pb)2MO4 (M = Pd,Pt) linear chain compounds

Partial oxidation of Pd in Bi₂PdO₄ is achieved by substitution of Pb²⁺ for Bi³⁺ up to Bi₁₉₁Pb₀₀₉PdO₄, partial oxidation is necessary to stabilize the isostructural Pt compound, Bi_1?xPb_xPtO₄ within the range 0.33 ? x ? 0.52. In both cases, the tetragonal cell c parameter, therefore metal-metal distance $\text{(d}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>M?M</mtext>}}\text{=}\text{c}\text{2}\text{)}$, decreases linearly with increasing mean oxidation degree (MOD) of transition metal atom For the insulator B1₂CuO₄, no substitution occurs Powder electrical conductivity measurements of the partially oxidized compounds show that these materials are semiconductors Platinum compounds exhibit relatively high conductivities $\text{(σ?10 (Ω}\text{cm}\text{)}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{)}$ and low activation energies (?0 02 eV) with small variations with x Palladium compounds exhibit lower conductivities which linearly increases with MOD These electronic properties are comparable with those of the most one-dimensional Pt or Pd chain conductors.