Magnetic hyperfine fields in ultrathin Ni films on Cu(100)

The magnetic hyperfine field was measured at ¹¹¹In(¹¹¹Cd) probe atoms in ultrathin Ni films epitaxially grown on Cu(100) utilizing the perturbed -angular correlation (PAC) method. The behaviour of the hyperfine field as a function of temperature was studied for different film thicknesses ranging from 2 up to 10 monolayers. It was found that the strength of the hyperfine fields as well as the critical temperatures are strongly reduced for thin nickel films and approach the bulk value with increasing film thickness. The orientation of the hyperfine field is discussed.     

Precision PAC measurements in Er2O3 and Ho2O3 single crystals and structure refinement

The structure of C-form Ho₂O₃ and Er₂O₃ single crystals and powder samples was investigated by the electric quadrupole hyperfine interaction of¹¹¹In(EC)¹¹¹Cd probe ions using the perturbed - angular correlation method (PAC). The resulting set of refined atomic coordinates is compared to X-ray data and used to calculate the orientations of the electric field gradients (EFG) which are reproduced by the PAC measurements in single crystals. The temperature dependence of the coordinates was measured for both substances.     

PAC investigations of Au(110) 1×2-surfaces

Au(110) surfaces with (1×2)-reconstruction have been investigated using perturbed -angular correlation (PAC) spectroscopy. From the two observed electric-field-gradient tensors at¹¹¹In probe atoms, deposited at room temperature in a concentration of about 10^–4 ML, the occupation of substitutional sites in the densely-packed rows along [110]-directions and ninefold coordinated sites within the (111)-oriented microfacets, respectively, can be concluded. Annealing to about 600 K leads to bulk migration of the In atoms, detected by an increase of probe atoms with cubic surroundings. Due to this behaviour the order-disorder transitions of these surfaces occurring atT _c=649 K cannot be detected in our PAC experiments.     

Hyperfine interaction of111Cd in In-Pd intermetallic compounds

Perturbed - angular correlation (PAC) spectroscopy was applied to study the hyperfine parameters for¹¹¹In probes in In-Pd intermetallic compounds. The PAC spectra measured in In₃Pd, In₃Pd₂ and InPd₂ compounds reflect the number, population and symmetry of nonequivalent indium probe sites predicted by the crystallographic data. The temperature dependence of the observed electric field gradients was measured in the temperature range 80–873 K.     

Measurement of the πmeson polarizabilities via the γp → γπ+n reaction

An experiment on the radiative ^{+}-meson photoproduction from the proton ( p ^{+}n) was carried out at the Mainz Microtron MAMI in the kinematic region 537MeV < E < 817MeV, 140^° 180^°. The ^{+}-meson polarizabilities have been determined from a comparison of the data with the predictions of two different theoretical models, the first one being based on an effective pole model with pseudoscalar coupling while the second one is based on diagrams describing both resonant and nonresonant contributions. The validity of the models has been verified by comparing the predictions with the present experimental data in the kinematic region where the pion polarizability contribution is negligible ( s₁ < 5m²) and where the difference between the predictions of the two models does not exceed 3%. In the region, where the pion polarizability contribution is substantial ( 5 < s₁/m² < 15, -12 < t/m² < - 2), the difference of the electric () and the magnetic () polarizabilities has been determined. As a result we find . This result is at variance with recent calculations in the framework of chiral perturbation theory.     

Non-reactive metal/semiconductor interfaces: a combined AES,AFM andPAC study

Thin In films on Ge(100), Si(100) andSi(111) are investigated using Auger-electron spectroscopy (AES), atomic force microscopy (AFM) andperturbed -angular correlation (PAC) spectroscopy, respectively. The growth mode of the metal films is characterized by in situ AES measurements, indicating distinct differences between the different substrate surfaces. Additional AFM investigations are used to monitor the film topography at higher metal coverage. Finally, the local crystalline structure of the films is studied by the PAC technique.     

Nature of the anomaly in the temperature dependence of the deformation resistance of aged steel Ni36Cr12TiAl

The appearance of an anomaly in the temperature dependence of the deformation resistance of aged steel Ni36Cr12TiAl may be due to: 1) an anomalous temperature change in the yield point of the '-phase; and 2) strain aging. The first cause plays a decisive part in those cases in which dislocations cut through the '-phase particles during deformation. However, in those cases where the '-particles are impenetrable, the anomaly is due to strain aging.     

Directional correlations of γ-rays in149Gd

The- directional correlations for cascades observed in the 4.1 hour¹⁴⁹Tb decay were measured on the multidetector system consisting of 7 Ge (Li) detectors. The results together with the experimental data on the internal electron conversion allowed a model-independent assignment of the spin values at a confidence level higher than 95% for three levels in¹⁴⁹Gd: 325 keV 3/2^–, 817 keV 3/2^– and 1206 keV 1/2^–. Multipole mixing ratios for six-transitions were also derived.On leave fromInstitute of Nuclear Physics, 250 68 e, Czechoslovakia On leave fromInstitute of Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Research, Bulgarian Acad. Sci., 1184 Sofia, Bulgaria     

Nucleation of He clusters at111In in metals

Helium has been implanted in copper. Its interaction with¹¹¹In atoms during isochronal annealing is observed by the perturbed angular correlation (PAC) technique. The results reveal that the nucleation of He-clusters at the¹¹¹In site is accompanied by reactions of intrinsic defects. Therefore, in the case of Cu, where the knowledge of intrinsic defects is nearly complete, the successive building-up of He-clusters can be pursued.This work was supported by the Bundesminister für Forschung und Technologie.     

Defect trapping by100Pd in fcc metals

Lattice defects in Al, Cu, Ag and Au were studied by the perturbed angular correlation technique (PAC) using the probe atom¹⁰⁰Pd/¹⁰⁰Rh. The comparison of data obtained on interstitial trapping in Cu and Au at different probe atoms (¹⁰⁰pd,¹¹¹In) allows defect characterisation less affected by the respective probe. The trapping efficiency of¹⁰⁰Pd for vacancy like defects is quite different to that of¹¹¹In atoms.     

The nature of the C-defects in nickel and their rôle in the interpretation of radiation damage in metals

In previous Perturbed-Angular-Correlation (PAC) studies of the - emission of ¹¹¹In probe nuclei in cold-worked or particle-irradiated nickel, it has been found that thermal annealing in the temperature regime of recovery stage III leads to the formation of so-called C-defects (Cubic defects). This is indicated by the occurrence of a new frequency of about 80 Mrad/s, in addition to the frequency (200 Mrad/s) that is due to ¹¹¹In on substitutional sites. Obviously, the C-defects are complexes consisting of ¹¹¹In and the intrinsic point-defect species that migrates freely in recovery stage III. Therefore, they have played an important rôle in the long-standing controversy on whether the recovery-stage-III defects are vacancies (one-interstitial model) or self-interstitials (two-interstitial model). The present paper reports on a novel experimental effort to reveal the nature of the C-defects by combining PAC studies on nickel samples differently pretreated in a systematic way, investigations of the Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) on In-doped nickel, and measurements of the decay rate of ¹¹¹In nuclei in the Electron-Capture-Induced Decay (ECID). On the basis of the results of these experiments it is concluded that the defects trapped by substitutional ¹¹¹In atoms (In_s) in recovery stage III are self-interstitials (I), as expected according to the two-interstitial model. Moreover, there is evidence that the C-defects are In interstitials on tetrahedral sites (In_i) that form exclusively in the vicinity of the specimen surface from In_s – I pairs via the reaction In_s+I In_i.     

The electric field gradient and its temperature dependence at111Cd in α-Uranium

The magnitude and temperature dependence of the quadrupole interaction at the¹¹¹Cd site in orthorhombic -Uranium was investigated between 293 and 17 K. The parent activity¹¹¹In was implanted into Uranium metal with an energy of 80 keV and the - TDPAC technique, applied to the 245 keV state in¹¹¹Cd, was used to measure the quadrupole interaction frequency. The derived electric field gradient for Cd in Uranium was found to be highly asymmetric (=1) and led to a quadrupole interaction frequency of _Q=7.10(7) MHz at 293 K. The temperature dependence of the quadrupole interaction is very strong, _Q increases to 14.3(2) MHz at 17 K and shows a linear dependence on the temperature.This work has been partially supported by the BMFT, FRG (03B01B0N/2).Work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under contract number W-7405-ENG-48.     

Levels in <Superscript>127</Superscript>La fed by the <Superscript>127</Superscript>Ce beta-decay

The low-lying levels in ¹²⁷La have been studied through the -decay of ¹²⁷Ce ( T_1/2 = 29s) produced by bombarding a ^natMo target with a 185-MeV ³⁵Cl beam. Reaction products were on-line mass-separated, and -ray singles and - coincidence measurements were performed. Conversion electrons were also measured and multipolarities of transitions have been derived. The half-life of the 210.9-keV level was determined to be (1.9±0.3)ns by the - delayed coincidence technique. The level scheme obtained has been compared with calculations based on the Nilsson model.     

Indium-defect complexes in silicon studied by perturbed angular correlation spectroscopy

The formation of molecule-like complexes, consisting of a defect and a radioactive¹¹¹In atom, is studied using the perturbed angular correlation technique (PAC). The complexes are characterized by their defect specific electric field gradients which also contain information on the geometry of the formed complexes. Whereas the complex is formed with the¹¹¹In atom, its electric field gradient is measured after the decay of the radioactive¹¹¹In atom to¹¹¹Cd. Formation and dissolution of the molecule-like complexes is pursued for a variety of different conditions, such as sample temperature, dopant concentration and position of the Fermi level. In particular, the interaction of In atoms with the following defects in Si was investigated: Intrinsic defects, created by particle irradiation; substitutional donor atoms (P, As, Sb, Bi); and interstitial impurity atoms (Li, H, and an unidentified X defect); especially, the latter ones are known to passivate acceptor atoms in Si. Methodology and specific properties of the PAC technique will be illustrated with the help of these examples.     

A dynamical phase transition in a caricature of a spin glass

This paper studies the rate of convergence to equilibrium of Glauber dynamics (Gibbs Sampler) for a system ofN Ising spins with random energy (at inverse temperature >0). For each of the 2 ^N spin configurations the energy is drawn independently from the values 0 and-logN with probabilities 1-N ^–7, resp.N ^– (>0), and is kept fixed during the evolution. The main result is an estimate of the coupling time of two Glauber dynamics starting from different configurations and coupled via the same updating noise. AsN the system exhibits two dynamical phase transitions: (1) at =1 the coupling time changes from polynomial (>1) to stretched exponential (<1) inN; (2) if <1, then at = the almost coupling time [i.e., the first time that the two dynamics are within distanceo(N)] changes from polynomial (<) to stretched exponential (>) inN. The techniques used to control the randomness in the coupling are static and dynamic large-deviation estimates and stochastic domination arguments.     

Behavior at small distances and low temperatures of the ion-ion distribution function of the two-dimensional Coulomb gas

We compute upper and lower bounds for the canonical ion-ion distribution functiong ₁₁ ^(N) (r) of the two-dimensional Coulomb gas for smallr and 1<<2, where is the plasma parameter. Both bounds are proportional tor ^2-/(-1), which proves thatg ₁₁ ^(N) (r) behaves asr ^2-, as conjectured by Hansen and Viot. We conjecture that, in the thermodynamic limit,g ₁₁(r) ~ 2(-1)^-1(r/a)^2-, wherea=(n)^–1/2 is the mean interionic distance. We also compute the canonical one-body distribution function with one pair (+,–) in a disk, for anyr and any.     

Phase segregation dynamics in particle systems with long range interactions. I. Macroscopic limits

We present and discuss the derivation of a nonlinear nonlocal integrodifferential equation for the macroscopic time evolution of the conserved order parameter (r, t) of a binary alloy undergoing phase segregation. Our model is ad-dimensional lattice gas evolving via Kawasaki exchange with respect to the Gibbs measure for a Hamiltonian which includes both short-range (local) and long-range (nonlocal) interactions. The nonlocal part is given by a pair potential ^dJ(|x–y|), >0 x and y in ^d, in the limit 0. The macroscopic evolution is observed on the spatial scale ^–1 and time scale ^–2, i.e., the density (r, t) is the empirical average of the occupation numbers over a small macroscopic volume element centered atr=x. A rigorous derivation is presented in the case in which there is no local interaction. In a subsequent paper (Part II) we discuss the phase segregation phenomena in the model. In particular we argue that the phase boundary evolutions, arising as sharp interface limits of the family of equations derived in this paper, are the same as the ones obtained from the corresponding limits for the Cahn-Hilliard equation.     

The van der Waals limit for classical systems. I. A variational principle

We consider the thermodynamic pressurep(, ) of a classical system of particles with the two-body interaction potentialq(r)+ ^v K(r), where is the number of space dimensions, is a positive parameter, and is the chemical potential. The temperature is not shown in the notation. We prove rigorously, for hard-core potentialsq(r) and for a very general class of functionsK(s), that the limit 0 of the pressurep(, ) exists and is given by where the limit and the supremum can be interchanged. Here is a certain class of nonnegative, Riemann integrable functions,D is a cube of volume |D|, anda ⁰() is the free energy density of a system withK=0 and density . A similar result is proved for the free energy.     

Baryon decays and gamma-spectroscopy of hypernuclei

The applicability of (K ^–,^–) - and (K ^–,^– N)-reactions on^13,14C and^14,15N nuclei to the study of -transitions in primary and daughter -hypernuclei is discussed. The intensity of -deexcitation of ¹³C state |S ¹²C(15·11 MeV; 1⁺1): 1/2⁺ has been shown to be comparable with the intensity of baryon decay. Isospin selection rules are used to distinguish excitation energy ranges of primary hypernuclei, where the identification of the secondary -lines is probable.Presented at the symposium Mesons and Light Nuclei, Bechyn, Czechoslovakia, May 27–June 1, 1985.     

Application of PAC to study equilibrium point defects in intermetallic compounds

A new method has been developed to measure properties of equilibrium, or thermal, defects in intermetallics using the technique of perturbed angular correlations of gamma rays (PAC). After quenching, thermal defects are detected microscopically by distinctive nuclear hyperfine interaction signals produced when they localize next to probe atoms present in high dilution. Using a Schottky defect model and applying the law of mass action to defect equilibria, a linear Arrhenius temperature dependence is predicted for a normalized monovacancy site fraction. We have observed such linear dependences in PAC experiments on NiAl, CoAl and TiAl using the¹¹¹In probe. Features of the method are summarized, of which the most important are the abilities to discriminate between different defects and to determine absolute vacancy concentrations, formation enthalpies and entropies. Extremely large formation entropies have been obtained for NiAl, CoAl and TiAl, suggesting vacancy concentrations of 15% at the melting temperatures.