Low energy electronic excitations in the layered cuprates studied by copper L3 resonant inelastic x-ray scattering

We have measured the resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) spectra at the Cu L3 edge in a variety of cuprates. Exploiting a considerably improved energy resolution (0.8 eV) we recorded significant dependencies on the sample composition and orientation, on the scattering geometry, and on the incident photon polarization. The RIXS final states correspond to two families of electronic excitations, having local (dd excitations) and nonlocal (charge-transfer) character. The dd energy splitting can be estimated with a simple crystal field model. The RIXS at the L3 edge demonstrates here a great potential, thanks to the resonance strength and to the large 2p spin-orbit splitting.     

High Rydberg resonances in dielectronic recombination of pb(79+)

Dielectronic recombination resonances of Pb (79+) associated with 2s(1/2)-->2p(1/2) excitations were measured at the heavy-ion storage ring ESR at GSI. The fine structure of the energetically lowest resonance manifold Pb (78+)(1s(2)2p(1/2)20l(j)) at around 18 eV could partially be resolved, and rate coefficients on an absolute scale were obtained. A comparison of the experimental data with results of a fully relativistic theoretical approach shows that high-angular-momentum components up to j=31/2 significantly contribute to the total resonance strength demonstrating the necessity to revise the widespread notion of negligible high-angular-momentum contributions at least for very highly charged ions.     

Photoionization Cross Section and Resonance Structure of Mn+

A photoionization cross section calculation of Mn⁺ is performed in the formalism of many-body perturbation theory for photon energies ranging from 48 eV to 56 eV. We consider excitations from the 3p, 3d, and 4s subshells. The effects of the strong 3p→3d and 3p→4s transitions are included as resonant contributions to the total cross sections. Good agreement with experiment is found.     

High-energy spin dynamics in La1.69Sr0.31NiO4

To test the prediction that the dispersion of the magnetic resonance in superconducting YBa2Cu3O(6+x) is similar to magnons in an incommensurate antiferromagnet, we have mapped out the spin dynamics in a stripe-ordered nickelate, La(2-x)SrxNiO4, with x approximately equal to 0.31, using inelastic neutron scattering. We observe spin-wave excitations up to 80 meV emerging from the incommensurate magnetic peaks with a surprisingly large and almost isotropic spin velocity: variant Planck's over 2 pi c(s) approximately 0.32 eV A. A comparison indicates that the inferred spin-excitation spectrum is not, by itself, an adequate model for the magnetic resonance feature of the superconductor.     

Onset of a Boson mode at the superconducting critical point of underdoped YBa2Cu3Oy

The thermal conductivity kappa of underdoped YBa2Cu3Oy was measured in the T-->0 limit as a function of hole concentration p across the superconducting critical point at pSC identical with 5.0%. The evolution of bosonic and fermionic contributions to kappa was tracked as the doping level evolved continuously in each of our samples. For p< or =pSC, we observe a T3 component in kappa which we attribute to the boson excitations of a phase with long-range spin or charge order. Fermionic transport, observed as a T-linear term in kappa which persists unaltered through pSC, violates the Wiedemann-Franz law, since the electrical resistivity varies as log(1/T) and grows with decreasing p.     

The potential energy surface for the lowest quartet state of H3

SCF MO calculations with CI are carried out on the quartet state of H₃ using an extended (4s, 2p STO) basis and all single and double excitations. The ratio of 3-body to 2-body contributions to the potential at short distance is similar in the two calculations, and at 10 a ₀ the ratio is adequately described by Axilrod-Teller theory.     

Electromagnetic fission of238U at 600 and 1000 MeV per nucleon

Electromagnetic fission of²³⁸U projectiles at E/A =600 and 1000 MeV was studied with the ALADIN spectrometer at the heavy-ion synchrotron SIS. Seven different targets (Be, C, Al, Cu, In, Au and U) were used. By considering only those fission events where the two charges added up to 92, most of the nuclear interactions were excluded. The nuclear contributions to the measured fission cross sections were determined by extrapolating from beryllium to the heavier targets with the concept of factorization. The obtained cross sections for electromagnetic fission are well reproduced by extended Weizsäcker-Williams calculations which include E1 and E2 excitations. The asymmetry of the fission fragments' charge distribution gives evidence for the excitation of the double giant-dipole resonance in uranium.Communicated by V. Metag     

稀有类铥铋离子辐射光谱的相对论识别

用全相对论多组态自洽场方法,计算了高离化类铥铋原子BiXV的1s、2s、2p-、2p、3s、3p-、3p、3d-、3d、4s、4p-、4p、4d-、4d、4f-、4f、5s、5p-、5p、5d-、5d、5f-、5f、5g-、5g、6s、6p-、6p、6d-、6d、6f-、6f、6g-、6g、7s、7p-、7p、7d-、7d、7f-、7f、7g-、7g、8s、8p-、8p、8d-、8d轨道的2249个精细结构能级和辐射寿命以及其他各种跃迁参数.能级和波长的计算值和实验值符合得好.另外还发现了一些辐射寿命较长的亚稳态能级.     

Xe I原子6s[3/2]2亚稳态寿命的理论研究

利用多组态Dirac Fock(MCDF)理论方法 ,系统地研究了延迟和相关效应对中性XeI原子5p56s[3/ 2 ]2—5p61S0 (M2 )辐射跃迁的影响 ,给出了亚稳态 6s[3/ 2]2的辐射寿命.与最新的磁光阱实验观测结果比较,目前的计算不仅大大提高了理论计算的精度 ,而且解释了实验和以往理论偏差非常大的原因. The recent high precision measurement on the lifetime of metastable 6s state of atomic xenon shows a difference with previous prediction by a factor of 2-3. In the present work, a new theoretical method which can systematically treat relaxation and correlation effects on the basis of the MCDF method is used to study the M2 transitions between the 5p 56s and 5p 6 configurations. By including the correlation contributions of the single and double excitations from the 5l subshells...     

用类氦双电子复合伴线诊断Ar等离子体电子温度

在电子密度约为ne=10 13 cm-3 条件下计算了类氦Ar的伴线 j(1s2 2 p2 P3 / 2 - 1s2 p2 2 D5/ 2 )与共振线w(1s2 1S0 - 1s2P1P1)的强度比 ,采用Hartree Fork Relativistic (HFR)方法计算了伴线因子和波长 ,从而得到伴线强度以及强度比。根据计算的相对强度比随温度的变化关系可以利用实验诊断电子温度     

Study on the n = 5 complex transitions for ions Nd XIII-Sm XV in Cd I isoelectronic sequence

The energy levels of the n = 5 complex configuration 5s2, 5s5p, 5s5d and 5p2 were computed for Cd I isoelectronic sequence ions from I VI to Sm XV by Hartree-Fock with relativistic corrections (HFR) method. By analyzing the variation of difference deltaE between energy levels calculated by HFR method and the experimental values with Z(c) along this isoelectronic sequence, the authors put forward a new fitting formula for generalized-least-square-fit (LSF) calculation. Using this formula and the FORTRAN programme designed by us, the energy levels of configurations mentioned above were calculated. The unknown energy levels of configuration 5s2 , 5s5p, 5s5d and 5p2 for ions from Nd XIII-Sm XV were predicted by extrapolation (or interpolation). Also, the wavelengths and HFR probabilities of transition 5s2-5s5p, 5s5p-5p2 and 5s5p-5s5d were computed. The calculated energy levels and wavelength results are in good agreement with corresponding experimental data reported in the references.     

Current-driven,electrically detected ferromagnetic resonance in electrodeposited spin valves

We investigate the ferromagnetic resonance of Co/Cu/Co trilayers by use of AC-spin-transfer torque excitations. Magnetic structures are grown in a 6-μm-thick commercial nanoporous polycarbonate membranes by use of electrodeposition in a cobalt/copper single bath. We show that microwave magnetic excitations corresponding to the uniform mode of the two cobalt layers are electrically detected as a change of the DC voltage of the system.     

Resonant magnetic excitations at high energy in superconducting YBa2Cu3O6.85

A detailed inelastic neutron scattering study of the high temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O6.85 provides evidence of new resonant magnetic features, in addition to the well-known resonant mode at 41 meV: (i) a commensurate magnetic resonance peak at 53 meV with an even symmetry under exchange of two adjacent CuO2 layers, and (ii) high-energy incommensurate resonant spin excitations whose spectral weight is around 54 meV. The locus and the spectral weight of these modes provides unrevealed insight about the momentum shape of the electron-hole spin-flip continuum of d-wave superconductors.     

Quantification of surface effects: Monte Carlo simulation of REELS spectra to obtain surface excitation parameter

The surface excitation effect is investigated by using the quantum mechanical frame work of complex self-energy of electrons which interact with a bounded semi-infinite medium. In the self-energy formalism, differential inverse inelastic mean free path (DIIMFP) has contributions from bulk and surface plasmons. Monte Carlo simulation of the interaction of electrons with a solid medium and surface has been performed. The surface excitation parameter (SEP) is then obtained from the simulated reflection electron energy loss spectroscopy (REELS) spectra. The calculated SEP results by Monte Carlo simulation are compared with the previous calculations of total surface excitation probability, which was estimated by a numerical integration of surface term of DIIMFP. The contribution merely due to surface excitations towards REELS spectra is extracted by subtracting the two Monte Carlo simulated REELS spectra that based on the two models of electron inelastic scattering, i.e. a full surface model (SM) and a pure bulk model (BM). The surface excitations found to be significant at low energy losses and diminish at higher energy losses whereas the bulk plasmon contributions show opposite behavior and are negligible at lower energy losses. The average number of surface excitations is then evaluated by the computation of ratio of the integrated surface contribution to the elastic peak. The calculated results for Ag are found to be reasonably in agreement with our previous results for total probability of surface excitations and other reported experimental data for SEP. Surface correction factor (SCF) is calculated using SEP for several metals and is compared with the reported ratio of SCF with Ni sample as reference.     

Energy dependence of electron energy loss processes in Ge 2s photoemission

Deep core Ge 2s photoelectron spectra from polycrystalline Ge films induced by monochromatic synchrotron radiation, of 4, 6 and 8 keV were measured and analysed using two different methods, the partial intensity analysis and the extended Hüfner method to determine the spectral contributions from different electron energy loss processes due to bulk extrinsic, intrinsic and surface excitations. The obtained photon energy dependence of the ratio of these contributions was compared as a function of the photoelectron kinetic energy. It was found that the relative contribution of intrinsic excitations increase with the photon energy.     

Local effect of Na adsorption on Cu(111)

The local effect of Na adsorbed on Cu(111) at very low coverage is studied with the Density Functional Theory. We find that the Na atom and its three nearest neighbor Cu atoms tend to form a small cluster, with the Na effect on surface being localized. The Mulliken occupation, density of state, interatomic energy, and interorbital energy show that the electron transfer mainly occurs from the 2p and 3s orbitals of Na atom to the 3d and 4s orbitals of the nearest neighbor Cu atoms, with the formation of a bond with four components that have different energies. In the anti-bonding state region, the 2p state of Na plays a key role in the bond, while in the bonding state region, not only the 2p state of Na has a very significant contribution, but the 3s state (which is the outermost Na orbital) also contributes to the bond between Na and the Cu(111) surface.     

类锂离子(Z=11～20) 1s22s-1s23p的跃迁能和振子强度

用全实加关联方法计算类锂离子(Z=11～20)偶极跃迁1s22s*"2S-1s23p*"2P1/2,3/2的跃迁能.非相对论能量用Rayleigh-Ritz变分法确定,相对论修正和质量极化效应用微扰论计算,还估算了来自量子电动力学效应的修正.得到的计算结果与现有的实验数据符合得很好,我们关于氯的类锂离子(Z=17)1s23p态的精细结构劈裂的计算结果揭示,相应的实验数据明显偏离等电子序列的物理规律.还算了1s22s-1s23p偶极跃迁的振子强度.     

A semiclassical approach to pairing vibrations and pairing correlation effects on giant resonances

We extend the semiclassical approaches to the dynamics of nuclear collective motions, based on the Wigner transform of quantum mean field theories, to the inclusion of pairing correlation effects. We develop simple analytic equations for the contributions to giant resonance frequencies, which are in general quite small. We are able also to study pairing vibrations, related to oscillations of the superfluid part. Hydrodynamics-like solutions are obtained, without distortion of the Fermi surface, corresponding to low energy excitations.     

Symmetry-dependent multielectron excitations near the C 1s ionization threshold and distortion of the shape resonance in CO(2)

Satellite bands accompanying the C 1s photoline for the CO2 molecule parallel to the electric vector of the incident radiation E are found to be more intense than those for CO2 perpendicular to E in the shape resonance region. This indicates that multielectron excitations are caused in part by the interaction of the outgoing C 1s photoelectron with the valence electrons. The photoelectron-impact valence excitations couple with the C 1s single-hole ionization and distort the shape resonance significantly. We assign the broad resonance at approximately 312 eV to a distorted Sigma(u) shape resonance.     

The thermonuclear reaction rate of 58Si(p,γ)59Cu

The cross sections of ⁵⁸Ni(p, γ)⁵⁹Cu and ⁵⁸Ni(p, p'γ)⁵⁸Ni have been measured over the bombarding energy range 1.18–4.20 MeV. The measurements were based on observation of the yields of ⁵⁹Cu and ⁵⁸Ni deexcitation γ-rays and also on observation of the yield of γ-rays associated with the β⁺ decay of ⁵⁹Cu. The agreement between the two methods used for ⁵⁸Ni(p, γ)⁵⁹Cu is very good. The cross sections have been compared with the predictions of global statistical-model calculations. The calculations overestimated the ⁵⁸Ni(p, γ)⁵⁹Cu cross section by a factor ～ 2.5 and the ⁵⁸Ni(p, p'γ)⁵⁸Ni cross section by a factor ～ 1.5. The energies and (p, γ₀) resonance strengths of sixty-five resonances which feature significant resonance to ground-state transitions were measured. These energies and resonance strengths are compared with other results in the literature and good overall agreement is found. Thermonuclear reaction rates at temperatures representative of those encountered in freeze-out from nuclear statistical equilibrium in exploding stars have been calculated from the data and the results compared with those of four previous measurements reported in the literature, amongst which there is significant disagreement. The present results are in satisfactory agreement with those of the two previous measurements based on stopping-target activation measurements. The significance of the reaction rates for stellar nucleosynthesis calculations is discussed.