Synthesis and physical properties of new superconducting Chevrel phases HgxMo6S8

New ternary molybdenum chalcogenides Hg_xMo₆S₈ (0 < x < 1) have been synthesized and investigated for their structural, magnetic, and superconducting behavior. These new phases prepared at low temperature by reaction of mercury with Mo₆S₈ (obtained from oxidation of Cu₂Mo₆S₈ by iodine) have been characterized by x-ray diffraction, static Faraday susceptibility, and superconducting transition temperature studies. HgMo₆S₈ crystallizes in the rhombohedral space group $\text{R}\text{3 (}\text{a}{}_{\mathrm{r}}\text{= 6.51}\text{A}\text{?}\text{, α}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>r</mtext>}}\text{= 92.53°)}$, has a paramagnetic, temperature dependent susceptibility, and superconducts at 8.1K. As the mercury content decreases, a continuous decrease in T_c from 8.1K to 1.7K for x=0 (Mo₆S₈) is observed.     

Estimates of the s-d interaction in CdCr from superconducting transition temperature and magnetic susceptibility

Cr has a well developed magnetic moment in a Cd host and the superconducting transition temperature, T_c, is strongly depressed. We estimate a spin, S = 1.5 leading to a depression rate - $\text{dT}{}_{\mathrm{c}}\text{dc}\text{= 140 K/at.\%}$. The s-d interaction strength is estimated to 0.5–0.7 eV leading to a Kondo temperature in the milliKelvin range.     

An algebraic approach to (3, 3)⊕(3, 3)⊕(8, 8) chiral-symmetry breaking

We examine the Hamiltonian

$\text{H = H}{}_0\text{+ε}{}_0\text{u}{}_0\text{+ε}{}_8\text{u}{}_8\text{+A S}{}_{\mathrm{\alpha \alpha }}\text{+B d}{}_{\mathrm{8\alpha \beta }}\text{S}{}_{\mathrm{\alpha \beta }}$

, where u_o, u₈ belong to $\text{(3,}\text{3}\text{)+(}\text{3}\text{,3)}$ and S_αα, S_αβ belong to (8,8), following a purely algebraic approach due to Michel and Radicati and obtain B/A = 2√3 if ε₈/ε₀ = ?√2.     

Powder EPR of Gd3+ in the superconductors SnMo6S8 and PbMo6S8

EPR spectra at 35 and 60 GHz of Gd³⁺ diluted (～1%) in powdered SnMo₆S₈ and PbMo₆S₈ are presented and interpreted. The crystal field is found to be axial, with D = b₂⁰=-760 gauss and -740 Gauss for the tin and lead compounds respectively. Values are obtained for <J(q)> and J(q = 0). Below T_c the impurity to conduction electron relaxation rate is no longer proportional to temperature but decreases more rapidly. From this temperature dependence we extract a value for $\text{2Δ}\text{kT}{}_{\mathrm{c}}$ of roughly 5 for both compounds.     

Critical field and specific heat of the anisotropic superconductor Nb3S4

We report on the first measurements of the critical field B_c2 and the specific heat of Nb₃S₄, which is a linear structured compound with a superconducting transition temperature of 3.65 K. The angular dependence of B_c2 is well described by the effective-mass model. The ratio of the critical fields parallel and perpendicular to the c-axis gives a value of 4.6. The small value of the specific heat jump at $\text{T}{}_{\mathrm{c}}\text{(}\text{Δc}\text{γT}{}_{\mathrm{c}}\text{= 0.95)}$ can be explained with an anisotropic gap function.     

A cubic antiferromagnet for which the ground state is known exactly

Nearest neighbour anisotropic exchange is characterized by $\text{K}{}_{\mathrm{ij}}\text{= J}{}_6\text{S}{}_{\mathrm{ix}}\text{S}{}_{\mathrm{jx}}\text{+ J}{}_{\mathrm{\perp }}\text{(S}{}_{\mathrm{iy}}\text{S}{}_{\mathrm{jy}}\text{+S}{}_{\mathrm{iz}}\text{S}{}_{\mathrm{jz}}\text{)}$ for a bond along the x-axis. For J₆ = ?J_⊥ < 0 the ground configuration of the total exchange hamiltonian is a two-sublattice antiferromagnet which is an eigenstate of the problem.     

The g-factor difference for the 61+ and 88+ states in 210Po

The difference in g-factors for the 6₁⁺ and 8₁⁺$\text{(πh}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>9</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}{}^2\text{)}$ states in ²¹⁰Po has been measured as $\text{(g}{}_6\text{? g}{}_8\text{)}\text{g}{}_8\text{= 2.0 ± 0.7\%}$. This result represents a small violation of additivity. A value of g₈ = 0.909 ± 0.011, independent of g₆, was also obtained.     

Etude des proprietes thermodynamiques d'un groupement tetranucleaire: Application au compose Na3RuO4

The exact eigenvalues spectrum of the spin hamiltonian $\text{H}\text{= ?2}\text{∑}\text{(i, j)}\text{J}{}_{\mathrm{ij}}\text{S}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{S}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{j}}$ have been calculated for a tetranuclear cluster formed by four spins 3/2 at the vertices of a lozenge. Two isotrope exchange interactions J₁ and J₂ are able to explain the thermodynamic properties (magnetic susceptibility, entropy, specific heat). A ground state transition from singlet to triplet state occurs when the $\text{J}{}_2\text{J}{}_1$ ratio reaches the value $\text{4}\text{3}$. The magnetic susceptibility data of Na₃RuO₄ fit well with the theoretical values proposed for $\text{J}{}_1\text{K}\text{= (?19,5 K)}$ and J₂/k (?22,5 K).     

Remeasurement of the low-energy cross section for the 15N(p, α0)12C reaction

The cross section for the ${}^{15}\text{N(p}\text{, α}{}_0\text{)}{}^{12}\text{C}$ reaction has been measured at θ_lab = 135° over the proton energy range 93 ≦ E_p ≦ 418 keV. The results are in good agreement with the less precise but much earlier measurements of Schardt, Fowler and Lauritsen (1952). An analysis of the present data in terms of a two-level calculation including the 338 keV (1^?) and 1028 keV (1^?) resonances determines a zero-energy intercept for the astrophysical S-factor of S(0) = 78 ± 6 MeV · b.     

Long-lived non-equilibrium population of Fe3+ electronic states after the K-capture of 57Co

Mössbauer emission spectra of a frozen aqueous solution of ⁵⁷CoCl₂ show contributions from the $\text{S}{}_{\mathrm{z}}\text{= +}\text{5}\text{2}$ and the $\text{S}{}_{\mathrm{z}}\text{= +}\text{3}\text{2}$ Zeeman levels of Fe³⁺ ions at T = 4.2 K in H ? 30 kG. The K-capture results in a non-equilibrium state of relaxation time comparable to the lifetime of the nuclear excited state (～ 10^?7 s).     

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The emission and excitation spectra of the aromatic thioketone xanthione have been measured in Shpolskii matrices at 15 K. Under these conditions a sharp and rich vibrational structure is observed in the lowest triplet and the first and second excited singlet states. The phosphorescence excitation spectrum places the origin of the T₁ ← S₀ transition at 15 143 cm^?1, while that of the $\text{S}{}_1\text{(n, π}{}^1\text{) ← S}{}_0$ absorption is tentatively assigned to the band at 16 093 cm^?1. The phosphorescence spectrum, which shows only a weak CS stretch vibrational band, is dominated by ring vibrations. In accordance with the previous analysis of ODMR measurements, it is suggested that T₁ and T₂ states are energetically very close, thereby resulting in a lowest triplet state of heavily mixed n, $\text{π}{}^1\text{-π}$, $\text{π}{}^1$ character. No mirror-image relationship is found between the relatively strong S₂ → S₀ fluorescence and the excitation spectrum of the $\text{S}{}_2\text{(π, π}{}^1\text{) ← S}{}_0$ transition. The latter is dominated by a long, pronounced 336-cm^?1 progression.     

The reaction 55Mn(d, t)54Mn

Neutron pick-up cross sections and vector analyzing powers have been measured for the reaction ⁵⁵Mn($\text{d}$, t)⁵⁴Mn at 17 MeV. The mixture of $\text{p}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ to $\text{p}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ transfer to the low-lying l_n = 1 states has been found. Evidence of the $\text{f}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>7</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ hole nature of several strong l_n = 3 states above 1 MeV has been obtained.     

Excited states of Ag and Cu acceptors in CdTe

We report on resonantly excited luminescence (REL) at 1.8 K and infrared absorption (IRA) between 6–12 K of CdTe doped with Ag and Cu impurities. The luminescence was excited with a tunable dye laser. Two hole transitions up to $\text{6}\text{S}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ state have been observed, the bound exciton lines have been identified. $\text{2}\text{P}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>5</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ states have been observed in IRA measurements. The binding energies as deduced from REL experiments are 107.5 meV for Ag and 146 meV for Cu. The fitted values of the valence band parameters are Ro = 27 ± 3 meV μ = 0.73 ± 0.03 and δ = 0.12 ± 0.01.     

Infrared optical properties of MoSe2

The infrared absorption spectrum of a single crystal of MoSe₂ is reported. A damped oscillator fit to the fundamental band gives the transverse optic frequency, $\text{Ω}{}_{\mathrm{TO}}\text{= 277}\text{cm}{}^{-1}$ at 300° K and $\text{Ω}{}_{\mathrm{TO}}\text{= 283}\text{cm}{}^{-1}$ at 77° K. The static and high frequency dielectric constants have been determined as K_s = 16.81 and K_∞ = 10.24 respectively. An absorption band appears in the i.r. spectrum at 482 cm^-1, and has been attributed to the oxygen impurity in the crystal.     

The reactivity and auger chemical shift of oxygen adsorbed on platinum

The reaction of carbon monoxide with oxygen chemisorbcd on polycrystalline platinum has been studied using Auger spectroscopy. Two types of chemisorbed oxygen are distinguished on the basis of Auger electron chemical shifts and reactivity towards carbon monoxide. When the substrate is below 800 K, a single very reactive type of chemisorbed oxygen is formed. Above 800 K a new species begins to form which is characterized by an Auger chemical shift of about 6 eV and by low reactivity. The decay of the oxygen Auger signal using several fixed pressures of carbon monoxide was measured. The reaction is first order in carbon monoxide pressure but no clear decision can be made about the order with respect to oxygen coverage. With the reaction $\text{CO +}\text{1}\text{20}{}_2\text{→ CO}{}_2$ operating at steady-state, the oxygen coverage was measured as a function of CO pressure. In the region 363–600 K, the steady state oxygen coverage began to decline measurably when reached 0.1. When p_CO>p_O2the oxygen coverage became immeasurably small. A simple model is used to relate these phenomena to observed carbon dioxide production rates.     

Chemical diffusion in nonstoichiometric chromium sulfide,Cr2+yS3

Using the re-equilibration kinetic method the chemical diffusion coefficient in nonstoichiometric chromium sesquisulfide, Cr_2+yS₃, has been determined as a function of temperature (1073–1373 K) and sulphur vapour pressure (10?10⁴ Pa). It has been found that this coefficient is independent of sulphur pressure and can be described by the following empirical equation: $\text{D}\text{?}\text{Cr}{}_{\mathrm{2+y}}\text{S}{}_3\text{=50.86}\text{exp(-39070 cal/mole/}\text{RT)}\text{(cm}{}^2\text{s}{}^{\mathrm{?1)}}$. It has been shown that the mobility of the point defects inCr_2+yS₃ is independent of their concentration and that the self-diffusion coefficient of chromium in this sulfide has the following function of temperature and sulphur pressure: . (cm²s^?1).     

The microwave spectrum of MnO3F

The microwave spectrum of MnO₃F has been remeasured and several corrections and new results have been obtained: B₀ = 4129.141 MHz, D_J = 1.12 kHz, D_JK = 1.87 kHz; $\text{α}{}_3{}^{\mathrm{B}}\text{= 8.622}$, $\text{α}{}_5{}^{\mathrm{B}}\text{= ? 11.994}$, $\text{α}{}_6{}^{\mathrm{B}}\text{= 6.042}$, |q₅| = 16.005, and |q₆| = 8.456 MHz.     

Unitary operators with discrete spectrum induced by measure preserving transformations

The purpose of this paper is to prove the following theorem.Theorem. Given a countable subset Λ on the circle K and an integer-valued function n(λ) on Λ, there exists a dynamical system with discrete spectrum (X,$\text{F}$,μ,T) such that Λ is the set of all eigenvalues of T and n(λ) is the multiplicity function of T if and only if there exist two systems of subgroups {G_i}_i∈N and $\text{{S}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{}}{}_{\mathrm{j\in M}}\text{(}\text{N}\text{??}{}_0\text{,}\text{M}\text{??}{}_0\text{)}$ of the circle such that Λ = G ∪ S and

$\text{n(λ)=}\text{∞}\text{for}\text{λ∈S,}\text{{i∈N; λ∈G}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{}}\text{for}\text{λ∈G?S,}$

where $\text{G =}\text{?}\text{i∈N}\text{G}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{, S =}\text{?}\text{j∈M}\text{S}{}_{\mathrm{j}}$.     

Magnetic phase transitions,anisotropic susceptibility and dipolar interactions in antiferromagnetic MnNb2O6

The magnetic properties of MnNb₂O₆ single crystals have been studied in the temperature range 1.6–300 K (T_N = 4.4 K), in fields up to 220 kOe. The high field saturation at low temperature, as well as the paramagnetic susceptibility at high temperature, agree well with a ${}^6\text{S}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>5</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ state for Mn²⁺ ions. From 1.6 to 3.8 K a spin flop is induced by fields ranging from 17 to 21 kOe, applied in the direction of the a-axis. Elements of the magnetic susceptibility tensors up to rank 12, measured below the spin flop field, are in accordance with a magnetic anisotropy originating mainly from magnetic dipolar interactions.     

Superconductivity and crystal structure of ternary CuxMo3S4 compounds with 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 prepared by anodic oxidation of Cu1.0Mo3S4

Superconductivity and crystal structure data are reported for a series of ternary Cu_xMo₃S₄ samples with 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 which were prepared by anodic oxidation of Cu_1.0Mo₃S₄. A phase with the composition Cu_0.5Mo₃S₄ was found to have rhombohedral lattice parameters $\text{a}{}_{\mathrm{R}}\text{= 6.447(5)}\text{A}\text{?}$ and α_R = 93.74(4) ° and a superconducting critical temperature T_c = 5.8 K. The dependence of T_c on pressure for Cu_0.5Mo₃S₄ has been measured between 0 and 19 kbar.