Superconducting phase transitions in ErcY1−cRh4B4

The superconducting transition temperature T_c1 and the reentering temperature T_c2 to the normal ferromagnetically ordered state in the system Er_cY_1?cRh₄B₄ were determined as a function of the concentration of Er. Comparing our results with the recent theory of Maekawa et al., the exchange interactions J′ among local spins and I between local spins and superconducting electrons were estimated as J′ ? 0.30 K and I²N(0) ? 0.046 K, where N(0) is the density of states. A sudden decrease of H_c2 at T_c2 was observed in a high concentration region suggesting the first order transition.     

Magnetism and superconductivity in R1.5Ce0.5MSr2Cu2O10‐δ (M=Ru and Fe) compounds

It is shown here, that the superconducting (SC) R_1.5Ce_0.5RuSr₂Cu₂O_10-δ (RCeRuSCO, R= Eu and Gd) materials (T_c ～ 32 and 42 K) are also antiferromagnetically (AFM) ordered at T _N(Ru) ～ 122 and 180 K, respectively, thus, T_N ? T_c, a trend which is contrary to that obtained in “magnetic‐SC” intermetallic systems. Mössbauer spectroscopy (MS) on 0.5% ⁵⁷Fe doped samples shows that all Fe ions reside in the Ru site which is magnetically ordered, whereas SC is confined to the CuO₂ planes. On the other hand, for Y_1.5Ce_0.5FeSr₂Cu₂O₉ (YCeFSCO) no SC is found and the Cu–O planes order AFM at T _N(Cu)=31 K. MS studies reveal two in equivalent Fe sites, and that Fe resides predominantly (60%) in the Cu(1) site. In both sites, the Fe does not order magnetically, and the low T _N(Cu) obtained is due to frustration of the Cu moments by the presence of Fe. T _N is sensitive to oxygen concentration and shifts toward 260 K when oxygen is depleted.     

奇点zph与超导临界温度级数

基于对复变函数F_α(y)=∫₀^(ω_ph-α)(ω²y)/(ω²y+1)g(ω)dω解析性质的分析,本文认为:在决定的收敛半径以外,吴杭生等提出的T_c级数解的部分和作为近似T_c公式仍可用于1/λ的适当范围。但它可能达到的精度依赖于谱形,一般来说是有限的。 关键词：     

On the chiral phase transition in hadronic matter

A qualitative analysis of the chiral phase transition in QCD with two massless quarks and nonzero baryon density is performed. It is assumed that, at zero baryonic density, ρ=0, the temperature phase transition is of the second order. Due to a specific power dependence of baryon masses on the chiral condensate, the phase transition becomes of the first order at the temperature T=T_ph(ρ) for ρ>0. At temperatures T_cont(ρ)> _T>_Tph(ρ), there is a mixed phase consisting of the quark phase (stable) and the hadron phase (unstable). At the temperature T=T_cont(ρ), the system experiences a continuous transition to the pure chirally symmetric phase.     

Anomalous magnetism of La2CuO4+x single crystals

Measurements of the differential magnetic susceptibility are performed to study the changes in the magnetic properties of La₂CuO_4+x due to oxygen doping in the concentration interval 0<x<0.011. For crystals with 0.005<x<0.011, a ferromagnetic-type phase transition is observed at T _c >T _N , and it occurs even in crystals with T _N ～0. The concentration dependence of the transition temperature T _c (x) is obtained.     

Electron density of states and superconducting Tc in A15-compounds

We compare the superconductivity parameters of V₃Ga and V₃Ge by the method of McMillan with the help of new neutron diffraction data obtained by P. Schweiss. We consider the strongly varying density of states in V₃Ga at the Fermi energy, a complication suggested by Labbé, Barisic, and Friedel. We find that increased electronic density of states contributes about equally with lattice softening to the enhancement of T_c in V₃Ga as compared to V₃Ge, although the values of N(O)J² = Mλ〈ω²〉 are roughly consistent with those obtained for some other metals by McMillan. The reason N(O) is not more effective in raising T_c is the partial compensation obtained from averaging over the narrow density-of-states peak which gives N ? 0.6N(O).     

Charge transport near pressure-induced antiferromagnetic quantum critical point in Magnéli-phase vanadium oxides

Resistivity (ρ) measurements on Magnéli phases V₇O₁₃ and V₈O₁₅ were performed under high pressures up to 3.5GPa. We have achieved a pressure-induced transition from an antiferromagnetic metal to a paramagnetic metal (PM) at critical pressures P_c≈3.4 and 3.3 GPa for V₇O₁₃ and V₈O₁₅, respectively. The critical behavior of ρ(T) near P_c turned out to be quite unusual in that no noticeable precursor effect was observed. This strongly contrasts with the canonical quantum critical point behavior observed in chemically modified systems such as Ni(S,Se)₂ and V₂O₃. We propose that the presence of two distinct Fermi surface segments is responsible for the observed unusual behaviors.     

Thermal expansion of dysprosium tetraboride

The temperature variations of the interplanar spacings a(T) and c(T) in the crystal lattice of dysprosium tetraboride have been studied using X-ray diffraction in the temperature range 5?C300 K. Anomalous variations of a(T) and c(T) in the temperature range of magnetic transformations, anisotropy of the thermal expansion of DyB₄, and the monoclinic distortion of the crystal structure at low temperatures have been revealed. The magnitudes of the spontaneous magnetostriction, the thermal expansion coefficients ??a and ??c, and the exchange integrals Y _a and Y _c have been determined.     

Superconductivity of vanadium and vanadium-titanium alloys at high pressure

The effect of pressure on the superconducting transition temperature T _c of vanadium and V₉₄Ti₆, V₈₅Ti₁₅, V₆₇Ti₃₃, and V₄₈Ti₅₂ (at %) bcc alloys has been studied. It has been found that the T _c(P) dependence of pure vanadium is close to linear in the pressure ranges 0–14 and 23–32 GPa, whereas dT _c/dP decreases to zero with a pressure increase in the 14–23 GPa range. The T _c(P) curves for all alloys are nonmonotonic and have two features in the respective pressure ranges of 3–11 and (a peak-shaped feature) 15–25 GPa.     

Superconductivity and electronic specific heat in V-Mo system

The parameters of superconductivity and specific heat are determined from the low temperature specific heat measurements of V_(1−x)Mo_x (0 ⩽ x ⩽ 1) solid solutions. The coefficient of electronic specific heat γ decreases with increasing Mo concentration and shows a minimum around 80 at. %Mo. Debye temperature θ_D varies slightly over the whole composition range. The superconducting transition temperature T_c also decreases with increasing Mo concentration. The variation of T_c is explained by the variation of γ and discussed in terms of the band structure.     

Some parameters of superconductors with an extreme singularity in the density of state: (s+d) model

We study some parameters of superconductors with δ-function type singularities in the electronic density of states (DOS), exhibiting (s+d)-wave symmetry of the order parameter. Starting with a pure s-wave pairing potential V_s, the critical temperature T_c at first slightly increases with increasing the d-wave interaction potential V_d, being determined by this interaction only for stronger V_d values. The ratio R=2|Δ(0)|/k_BT_c of the mean value of the zero temperature energy gap |Δ(0)| to T_c increases with increasing V_d, reaching a maximum which depends on the mixing interaction term. The maximum values of R are comparable with very high values obtained in some gap measurements. The jump in the specific heat at critical temperature is by a factor 2.4 higher for the extreme singularity of pure s-wave symmetry, as compared with the BCS theory with constant DOS. Such higher values of the jump are in agreement with the experimentally observed values, as well as with the calculations determined by extended saddle points in the electronic bands. By switching the d-wave channel, the value of the jump decreases. The results show the usefulness of calculations with δ-type singularities as a limiting case of very strong singularities in the DOS.     

Synthesis and excess conductivity analysis of TlBa2(Ca3−y Be y )Cu4O12−δ superconductors

TlBa₂(Ca_3?y Be _y )Cu₄O_12?δ (y = 0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2) samples are synthesized at normal pressure and the influence of doped Be-atoms on the superconductivity parameters at the microscopic level is investigated by carrying out excess conductivity analyses of conductivity data. The samples have shown tetragonal structure and the unit cell volume decreases with increased Be-doping. The onset temperature of superconductivity [T _c(onset)] and zero resistivity critical temperature [T _c(R = 0)] decrease with increased Be, however, the magnitude of diamagnetism is enhanced with Be (except for Be-doping of y = 1.0). The apical oxygen mode of the type Tl–O_A–Cu(2) and CuO₂ planar oxygen mode are softened as observed in FTIR absorption measurements. The FIC analyses of conductivity data have shown an increase in the coherence length along the c-axis and inter-plane coupling. The values of B _c0(T), B _c1(T), J _c(0), τ _φ are improved with the doping of Be. These observations suggested that due to the proximity effect there is less suppression in the value of the order parameter of the Cooper pairs from |ψ|² = 1 value in the CuO₂ planes in Be-doped samples that maintains the density of carriers in the conducting CuO₂ planes [since the |ψ|² = n/2] which promotes enhancement in the magnitude of superconductivity.     

SrTb2Fe2O7 studied by mössbauer spectra of 57Fe

The temperature dependence of the hyperfine parameters of ⁵⁷Fe in SrTb₂Fe₂O₇ gave a magnetic ordering temperature T_N=542 K, saturation effective magnetic fieldH_eff(0)=552 kGand Debye temperature θ_D=330 K. The princip al axis of the PFG tensorV_zzis angled at 9° to the crystallographic c axis. Mössbauer spectra at 4.2 K reveal reorientation of iron spin.     

Superconducting state parameters of Cu C Zr100−C metallic glasses

The theoretical investigation of the superconducting state parameters (SSP) viz. electron-phonon coupling strength λ, Coulomb pseudopotential μ*, transition temperature T _c, isotope effect exponent α and effective interaction strength N ₀ V of ten Cu _C Zr_100?C metallic glasses have been reported using Ashcroft’s empty core (EMC) model potential. Three local field correction functions proposed by Hartree (H), Taylor (T) and Ichimaru-Utsumi (IU) are used in the current investigation to study the screening influence on the aforesaid properties. It is observed that the electron-phonon coupling strength λ and the transition temperature T _C are quite sensitive to the selection of the local field correction functions, whereas the Coulomb pseudopotential μ*, isotope effect exponent α and effective interaction strength N ₀ V show weak dependences on local field correction functions. The T _c obtained from IU-local field correction function are found an excellent agreement with available theoretical or experimental data. Also, the present results are found in qualitative agreement with other such earlier reported data, which confirms the superconducting phase in metallic glasses.     

Ultrasonic Studies of (CH3)2NH2Al(SO4)2 · 6H2O crystals irradiated by γ quanta and electrons

The temperature dependence of the longitudinal-ultrasound velocities in (CH₃)₂NH₂Al(SO₄)₂ · 6H₂O crystals was studied using the echo-pulse technique in the 90–300 K range. The measurements were carried out along mutually perpendicular crystallographic directions X, Y, Z on samples both unirradiated and irradiated to various doses by γ quanta and an electron beam. The ultrasound velocity V in this crystal was shown to be anisotropic, with V _YY >V _XX >V _ZZ . The V _XX =f(T), V _YY =f(T), and V _ZZ =f(T) curves exhibit anomalies in the form of breaks at the ferroelectric phase transition (PT) at T _c1=152 K, as well as in the region of T _c2=218 K. It was established that as the irradiation dose increases, the PT temperature T _c1 decreases and the anomalies in the temperature dependences of the ultrasound velocities are smeared.     

关于一级近似Tc级数解的收敛问题

本文通过一个实例说明:μ^*=0时,一级近似T_c级数解的收敛半径既不是由z_ph=-∫₀^(ω_ph)dωg(ω)dω·ω²/(ω_ph²-ω²),也不是由z_ph=∫₀^(ω_ph)dωg(ω)dω·ω^{2< 关键词：}     

A holographic model of deconfinement and chiral symmetry restoration

We analyze the finite temperature behavior of the Sakai-Sugimoto model, which is a holographic dual of a theory which spontaneously breaks a U(N_f)_L × U(N_f)_R chiral flavor symmetry at zero temperature. The theory involved is a 4 + 1 dimensional supersymmetric SU(N_c) gauge theory compactified on a circle of radius R with anti-periodic boundary conditions for fermions, coupled to N_f left-handed quarks and N_f right-handed quarks which are localized at different points on the compact circle (separated by a distance L). In the supergravity limit which we analyze (corresponding in particular to the large N_c limit of the gauge theory), the theory undergoes a deconfinement phase transition at a temperature T_d = 1/2πR. For quark separations obeying L > L_c ? 0.97 ∗ R the chiral symmetry is restored at this temperature, but for L < L_c ? 0.97 ∗ R there is an intermediate phase which is deconfined with broken chiral symmetry, and the chiral symmetry is restored at T_χSB ? 0.154/L. All of these phase transitions are of first order.     

On the size dependence of melting parameters for silicon

Using the dependences of melting point T_m and crystallization point T_c on the number of atoms (N) in a spherical silicon crystal that were calculated elsewhere [6] by the method of molecular dynamics, (i) the number of atoms at which the latent heat of the solid–liquid phase transition disappears and (ii) temperature T₀ = T_m(N₀) = _Tc(N₀) below which solidifying nanoclusters remain noncrystalline are estimated. These values are found to be N₀ = 22.8156 and T₀ = 400.851 K. The N dependences for silicon melting parameters, namely, a jump of entropy of melting, latent melting heat, slope of the melting line, and jumps in the surface energy and volume, are derived.     

Electron transport in diborides: Observation of superconductivity in ZrB2

We report on syntheses and electron transport properties of polycrystalline samples of diborides (AB₂) with different transition metals atoms (A=Zr, Nb, Ta). The temperature dependence of resistivity, ρ(T), and ac susceptibility of these samples reveal a superconducting transition of ZrB₂ with T _c =5.5 K, while NbB₂ and TaB₂ have been observed to be nonsuperconducting up to 0.37K. H _c2(T) is linear in temperature below T _c , leading to a rather low H _c2(0)=0.1 T. At T close to T _c , H _c2(T) demonstrates a downward curvature. We conclude that these diborides, as well as MgB₂ samples, behave like simple metals in the normal state with usual Bloch-Grüneisen temperature dependence of resistivity and with Debye temperatures 280, 460, and 440 K for ZrB₂, NbB₂, and MgB₂, respectively, rather than T ² and T ³, as previously reported for MgB₂.     

Ultrasonic studies of the high Tc superconductor (La1−xSrx)2CuO4−δ

We synthesized (La_1−xSr_x)₂CuO_4−δ crystals with 0 ≦ x ≦ 0.4 by the sintering method, and obtained several samples with good homogeneity, high onset superconducting transition temperature T_c ≲ 38 K and narrow transition width ΔT_c. For the sample with the maximum T_c among them, ultrasonic measurements were performed. In the curve of the sound velocity change ΔV_s(T) versus temperature T, there was observed an anomalously large decrease of sound velocity as T decreases in the range 150 K < T < 240 K. Furthermore, in the plots of the ultrasonic attenuation coefficient α(T) as a function of T, there were observed a broad and large peak located at T ∼ 100 K and a small peak located at T ∼ 200 K. These results show the existence of an optical mode of the energy ℏω_op/k_B ∼ 100 K and, probably, also of that of ∼ 200 K. On the basis of these experimental results of elastic properties, we suggest the origin of high T_c of this material.