Influence of collisional coupling on the energy extraction from theB,C, andD state in KrF

Collisional coupling between theB, C, andD states of KrF is measured in a discharge pumped KrF laser. Detection of the time resolved populations in the three states via measurement of the side fluorescence in theB→X, C→A, andD→X bands is used to record the collisional relaxation from theC andD state to theB state during laser emission. The experimentally determined limits for the collisional coupling times are τ_B-C≦1 ns and τ_B-D,τ_C-D<20 ns at total pressures of 2 bar. Investigation of theB→X fluorescence band shows that the vibrational manifold of theB state is not thermalized during laser emission. TheV-V,T coupling time is estimated to be τ_V-V,T=4±2 ns. The influence of collisional coupling on energy extraction in the KrF laser is discussed.     

Electron mobility in compensated VPE GaAs films

Electron Hall mobilities were measured on a series of intentionally compensated vapor phase epitaxy (VPE) GaAs layers. Using Sn and Zn as dopants, compensation ratiosK=(N_D+N_A)/(N_D-N_A) as high as 50 were obtained. Already for samples with the lowestK values the 300 K mobilities are higher than the 77 K values. In the range 20<T<100 [K] the data may be represented by μ∼T ^α with α increasing from 0.6 to 1.1 with compensation. The experimental μ values are smaller than those predicted from current models in all cases. It appears that scattering at ionized impurities is the dominant process also at temperatures well above 77 K, and that this scattering process is quantitatively underestimated in current models.     

Numerical study of the directed polymer in a 1 + 3 dimensional random medium

The directed polymer in a 1+3 dimensional random medium is known to present a disorder-induced phase transition. For a polymer of length L, the high temperature phase is characterized by a diffusive behavior for the end-point displacement R² ∼L and by free-energy fluctuations of order ΔF(L) ∼O(1). The low-temperature phase is characterized by an anomalous wandering exponent R²/L ∼L^ω and by free-energy fluctuations of order ΔF(L) ∼L^ω where ω∼0.18. In this paper, we first study the scaling behavior of various properties to localize the critical temperature T_c. Our results concerning R²/L and ΔF(L) point towards 0.76 < T_c ≤T₂=0.79, so our conclusion is that T_c is equal or very close to the upper bound T₂ derived by Derrida and coworkers (T₂ corresponds to the temperature above which the ratio remains finite as L ↦ ∞). We then present histograms for the free-energy, energy and entropy over disorder samples. For T ≫T_c, the free-energy distribution is found to be Gaussian. For T ≪T_c, the free-energy distribution coincides with the ground state energy distribution, in agreement with the zero-temperature fixed point picture. Moreover the entropy fluctuations are of order ΔS ∼L^1/2 and follow a Gaussian distribution, in agreement with the droplet predictions, where the free-energy term ΔF ∼L^ω is a near cancellation of energy and entropy contributions of order L^1/2.     

Ferroelectric phenomena in CdSnO<Subscript>3</Subscript>: A first-principles studies

The phonon spectrum of cubic cadmium metastannate and parameters of the crystal structure of its distorted phases were calculated from first principles within the density functional theory. It is shown that the phonon spectrum and the energy spectrum of the distorted phases in α-CdSnO₃ resemble surprisingly the corresponding characteristics of CdTiO₃. The ground state of α-CdSnO₃ is the ferroelectric Pbn2₁ phase, the energy gain from the phase transition to this phase from the nonpolar phase Pbnm is ∼30 meV, and the spontaneous polarization is 0.25 C/m². The analysis of the eigenvector of the ferroelectric mode in α-CdSnO₃ and the partial densities of states indicates that the ferroelectric instability in this crystal, which does not contain transition d-element atoms, is associated with the formation of a covalent bonding between Cd and O atoms.     

Surface vibrations and the nature of the adsorption state: C2H2 on Pt(111)

Molecular vibrations of C₂H₂ and C₂D₂ adsorbed on Pt(111) at 140 K and ∼300K have been measured by high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy. The comparison of C₂H₂ and C₂D₂ spectra allows an unambiguous assignment of the observed losses to the excitation of C−H bending, C−H stretching, and C−C stretching modes of nondissociatively adsorbed acetylene. From the relative intensities of losses the hybridisation state is determined to be nearsp ². The C−C stretching frequency indicates a C−C bond order of ∼1.8.     

Effect of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction on heat conductivity in one-dimensional quantum Ising chains

The effect of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) interaction on the heat conduction in the quantum Ising chain has been studied by solving the Lindblad master equation. The chain is subject to a uniform transverse field h, while the exchange couplings {J _m } between the nearest-neighbor spins are either uniform, random or quasi-periodic. The average energy-density profile and the average energy current in the non-equilibrium steady state have been numerically calculated. The ballistic transport is observed in the uniform Ising chain with DM interaction. For the random Ising chain with DM interaction, the energy gradient is observed in the bulk of the spin chain whose energy current appears to scale as the system size ⟨Q⟩ ∼ exp(βN) with β < 0. For the quasi-periodic Ising chain with DM interaction, the J _m takes the two values J _A and J _B arranged in the Fibonacci sequence. The energy gradient also exists in the spin chain and the energy current behaves as ⟨Q⟩ ∼ N ^α with α < 0. By increasing the strength of the DM interaction D, a non-trivial transition from the thermal insulator heat transport to anomalous heat conduction is found in the Fibonacci Ising chain with large ratio of couplings λ = J _A /J _B . A rough phase diagram of λ vs. D is given in this paper as well.     

On certain correspondences among various coupled-cluster theories for closed-shell systems

In this paper certain correspondences have been shown among various formulations of coupled-cluster theories for many electron closed-shell systems. Specifically it is shown that (i) the energy functional using unitary ansatz of the form exp (T−T ⁺) is exactly sameorder by order inT with the size-consistent energy functional 〈ψ|H|ψ〉/〈ψ|ψ〉 recently obtained by us in coupled-cluster framework; (ii) in the framework of unitary ansatz of the form exp (T−T ⁺), both non-variational and variational approaches lead to identical equations upto any given order inT andT ⁺ inT∼T ₂ approximation; (iii) variational procedure using our size-consistent energy functional or using the functional obtained in the framework of unitary ansatz (as envisaged by Kutzelnigg) leads to energy in both cases, inT∼T ₂ approximation, for a total of quadratic powers inT andT ⁺, same as Cizek’s linearised coupled pair many electron theory energy; (iv) in case of practical calculation of the energy through the variational procedures using our size-consistent energy functional and the functional in unitary ansatz framework, there is a loss of upper bound.     

Thermopower in quasi-two-dimensional (BEDT-TTF) m X n organic conductors

Thermopower of (BEDT-TTF) _m X _n organic conductors has been studied using a dedicated measurement technique in the temperature range of 4.2 to 300 K. It turned out that some features of the thermopower in quasi-two-dimensional metals, namely the presence of a peak in the thermopower of α-(BEDT-TTF)₂MHg(SCN)₄ and a plateau in κ-(BEDT-TTF)₂Cu(NCS)₂ in the temperature interval between 10 and 50 K, are probably due to the phonon drag effect. Similar temperature dependences of the Seebeck coefficient can be satisfactorily interpreted in terms of a simple model taking into account the real experimental curve of the phonon heat capacity versus temperature, C ∝ T ², which is not described by the Debye formula. One feature distinguishing organic superconductors from magnetically ordered metals is a stronger temperature dependence of the characteristic electron-phonon scattering time τ _e-ph(T). Phonon drag effects also determine the behavior of the thermopower in the (BEDT-TTF)₃Cl₂·2H₂O organic conductor, which is characterized by a metal-insulator transition at T∼150 K. An analysis of measurements of the conductivity and thermopower vs. temperature taken together indicates that the transition in this compound has a complex nature: first (at T∼150 K) a metal-insulator transition occurs, which produces an energy gap in the band spectrum, then at a lower temperature (T∼20 K) a transition to a charge-density wave state takes place. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 113, 323–338 (January 1998)     

Transverse beam asymmetries measured from <Superscript>4</Superscript>He and hydrogen targets

The HAPPEX Collaboration at Jefferson Lab has measured the transverse beam spin asymmetries (A_T) for elastic electron scattering from proton and ⁴He targets. The experiment was conducted using a vertically polarized electron beam of energy ∼ 3 GeV, at a Q ² ∼ 0.1 GeV^2 and a scattering angle θ_lab ∼ 6^° . The preliminary results are reported here. The ⁴He measurement is the first measurement of A_T from a nucleus. A_T for ⁴He is non-negligible; therefore, it will be necessary to make measurements of A_T for future parity-violating experiments using nuclear targets.     

Diffusion Coefficient of a Brownian Particle with a Friction Function Given by a Power Law

Nonequilibrium biological systems like moving cells or bacteria have been phenomenologically described by Langevin equations of Brownian motion in which the friction function depends on the particle’s velocity in a nonlinear way. An important subclass of such friction functions is given by power laws, i.e., instead of the Stokes friction constant γ ₀ one includes a function γ(v)∼v ^2α . Here I show using a recent analytical result as well as a dimension analysis that the diffusion coefficient is proportional to a simple power of the noise intensity D like D ^{(1−α)/(1+α)} (independent of spatial dimension). In particular the diffusion coefficient does not depend on the noise intensity at all, if α=1, i.e., for a cubic friction F _fric=−γ(v)v∼v ³. The exact prefactor is given in the one-dimensional case and a fit formula is proposed for the multi-dimensional problem. All results are confirmed by stochastic simulations of the system for α=1, 2, and 3 and spatial dimension d=1, 2, and 3. Conclusions are drawn about the strong noise behavior of certain models of self-propelled motion in biology.     

Permittivity and conductivity of triglycine sulfate films on Al/SiO2 and α-Al2O3 substrates

Triglycine sulfate (TGS) films have been prepared by evaporation from a saturated aqueous solution on substrates of fused quartz coated by a layer of thermally deposited aluminum (Al/SiO₂) and white sapphire (α-Al₂O₃) on whose surface interdigital electrodes have been deposited by photolithography. The TGS films have a polycrystalline structure made up of blocks measuring 0.1–0.3 mm (Al/SiO₂) and 0.1 × 1.0 mm (α-Al₂O₃). The polar axis in the blocks is mostly confined to the substrate plane. The temperature dependences of the capacitance and dielectric losses normal to and in the film plane have maxima at the temperature coinciding with that of the ferroelectric phase transition in a bulk crystal, T _c . The low-frequency conductivity G in TGS/Al/SiO₂ structures displays a frequency dispersion described by the relation G ∼ ω ^s (s ≈ 0.82). The conduction can be tentatively ascribed to the hopping mechanism involving localized carriers with a ground state energy of 0.8–0.9 eV. At temperatures above and below T _c , the low-frequency conductivity in TGS/α-Al₂O₃ films operates through a thermally-activated mechanism with an activation energy of 0.9–1.0 eV. At the phase transition, an additional contribution to conductivity appears in TGS/α-Al₂O₃ films with a dispersion G ∼ ω^0.5, which can be associated with domain-wall relaxation.     

Diffusion study of nitrogen implanted into <Emphasis Type="Italic">α</Emphasis>-Hf using the nuclear resonance technique

The diffusion of nitrogen in α-Hf was studied in the temperature range of (823–1123) K using the ion implantation and nuclear resonance techniques. The measurements show that the diffusion coefficients follow the Arrhenius behavior D(T)=D ₀exp (−Q/RT) with D ₀=(5.5±2.1)×10⁻⁷ m²/s and Q=(228±1) kJ/mol. A comparison of the present results with the previous one is done.     

Estimation of Kauzmann temperature and isenthalpic temperature of metallic glasses

We propose expressions for the estimation of the isenthalpic temperature T ₀ (T ₀ = αT _m , α is a semi-empirical parameter and 0 ⩽ α < 1, T _m is the solidus temperature) and the Kauzmann temperature T _k (T _k = T _m exp(α−1)) for glass forming alloys. It is found that T _k estimated by T _k = T _m exp(α−1) is in agreement with that directly calculated from the heat capacity data, indicating that T _k = T _m exp(α − 1) can be used to estimate T _k of glass forming alloys. T ₀ estimated by T ₀ = αT _m , on the other hand, widely deviates from that of directly calculated from the heat capacity data. This suggests that the enthalpy difference of the under-cooled liquid and the crystal might be a nonlinear function of the temperature below T _k . Moreover, the Gibbs free energy difference ΔG is not sensitive to the deviation of α.     

QCD coupling constant below 1 GeV in the poincare-covariant model

The behavior of the running coupling constant α _s (Q ²) phenomenologically parameterized in the region of Q < 1 GeV is considered within the framework of the Poincare-covariant quark model in a variety of regimes. An analysis was carried out for pseudoscalar and vector mesons with the lepton masses and decay constants (obtained by the model calculations) required to match their experimental counterparts. It shows that the constant α _s is likely to behave with α_crit = α _s (Q ² = 0) ∼ 0.667 − 0.821 in the case of a frozen regime and α_crit =0.300 − 0.692 for peaked curves, which follows from the experimental values of the leptonic decay constants and masses.     

On the kinetic theory of energy losses in a randomly heterogeneous medium

The equation describing the distribution of energy losses of a particle propagating in a fractal medium with quenched and dynamic heterogeneities has been derived. It has been shown that in the case of the medium with fractal dimension 2 < D < 3, the losses Δ are characterized by the sublinear anomalous dependence Δ ∼ x ^α with a power-law dependence on the distance x from the surface and exponent α = D − 2.     

Mass-spectrometric analysis of diffusion and solubility of helium in cerium-gadolinium ceramics with a submicrocrystalline structure

Diffusion and solubility of helium in Ce_0.8Gd_0.2O_{1.9 − δ} ceramics (δ = 0, 0.015) with a submicrocrystal structure are studied by thermodesorption of helium from preliminarily saturated (in the gas phase) crystals at temperatures of 613 and 673 K in the saturated pressure range 0–21 MPa. It is shown that, in this ceramics (δ = 0), the defect-trap diffusion mechanism operates. The main positions for dissolution are neutral anion vacancies formed as a result of thermal dissociation of impurity-vacancy complexes and saturated up to ∼1 × 10¹⁹ cm⁻³ at P = 6 MPa and T = 673 K. The dissociation energy of the complex and the energy of helium dissolution in the neutral anion vacancy are estimated at ∼2 eV and below −0.3 eV, respectively.     

Microscopic theory of a strongly correlated two-dimensional electron gas

The rearrangement of the Fermi surface in a diluted two-dimensional electron gas beyond the topological quantum critical point has been examined within an approach based on the Landau theory of Fermi liquid and a nonperturbative functional method. The possibility of a transition of the first order in the coupling constant at zero temperature between the states with a three-sheet Fermi surface and a transition of the first order in temperature between these states at a fixed coupling constant has been shown. It has also been shown that a topological crossover, which is associated with the joining of two sheets of the Fermi surface and is characterized by the maxima of the density of states N(T) and ratio C(T)/T of the specific heat to the temperature, occurs at a very low temperature T _⋄ determined by the structure of a state with the three-sheet Fermi surface. A momentum region where the distribution n(p, T) depends slightly on the temperature, which is manifested in the maximum of the specific heat C(T) near T _*, appears through a crossover at temperatures T ∼ T _* > T _⋄. It has been shown that the flattening of the single-particle spectrum of the strongly correlated two-dimensional electron gas results in the crossover from the Fermi liquid behavior to a non-Fermi liquid one with the density of states N(T) ∝ T ^−α with the exponent α }~ 2/3.     

Three-particle recombination coefficient of a weakly nonideal ultracold plasma in a high magnetic field

An expression for the recombination coefficient α _B in a weakly nonideal ultracold plasma in a high magnetic field has been proposed. According to this expression, α _B ∼ T _e ^−1.5 B ⁻², where T _e is the temperature of electrons and B is the strength of the magnetic field. Comparison of calculated values with experimental data including the results of the recent experiments on recombination in antihydrogen confirms the theoretical dependence.     

Medium temperature dependence of quark energy loss

By using the reaction operator approach and the single hard scattering approximation scenario, we study the medium temperature dependence of heavy quark radiation energy loss via introducing the medium temperature into QCD running coupling α _s and Debye mass μ _D . Our results indicate that there exist an equilibrum temperature T = 320 MeV in Au-Au collisions withe energy 130 GeV at RHIC, which is agreement with the prediction from hydrodynamic model. We also find that, in the low p _t region, the color coupling effect dominates the heavy quark radiation energy loss, and the energy loss will be dominated by the Debye screening effect when the quark p _t become large.