Hopping conductivity in amorphous carbon films

The electrical resistivity of amorphous carbon films getter-sputtered at 95°K is well fitted between 300 and 20°K by the relation $\text{? = ?}{}_0\text{exp}\text{[(T}{}_0\text{/T)}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>4</mtext>}}\text{]}$ with T₀ ? 7 × 10⁷K. This behavior suggests a hopping conductivity very similar to that found in other amorphous semiconductors.     

Spontaneous birefringence and order parameter of KMnF3 below the 186°K transition point

The birefringence of KMnF₃ was measured in a temperature range between 130 and 186°K. It is shown that the birefringence is proportional to the square of displacement of F^- ion and fits closely to $\text{(T}{}_{\mathrm{a}}\text{?T)}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>2</mtext><mtext>3</mtext>}}$ near the transition point, where T_a lies at about 1.5°K above the transition temperature. Values of the order parameter are determined at each temperature.     

Electron spin relaxation of irradiated ferroelectric KDP: K2SeO4

Electron spin resonance relaxation times were measured for the radiation induced radical ion SeO₄^3? in selenium doped KDP single crystals. The spin-lattice relaxation time was found to obey the relation $\text{T}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>R</mtext>}}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{= AT + BT}{}^5\text{∫}{}_0{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>\theta </mtext><mtext>2T</mtext>}}\text{x}{}^4\text{csch}{}^2\text{x}\text{d}\text{x}$ from 7 K to 200 K except in the neighborhood of the transition temperature where the data fit the expression T₁^?1 = T_1R^?1b_±T ? T_c^m± where θ is the Debye temperature and the plus and minus signs refer to data at temperatures above and below T_c respectively.     

Nuclear spin-lattice relaxation of Co59 in CoB

We report the result of the Co⁵⁹ nuclear spin-lattice relaxation time T₁ measurements in the diamagnetic monoboride CoB. The analysis of the data, in the 4.2–300 K temperature range, allows us to separate three contributions to the relaxation rate: first a Korringa process, (T_1KT)^?1= 0.21 sec^?1K^?1 (in good agreement with the temperature independent isotropic Knight shift) from which we deduced the Co⁵⁹ hyperfine constant A=6.2 ×10^?6eV, second an impurity contribution independent of temperature and third a quadrupolar term, $\text{T}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}{}_{\mathrm{1Q}}\text{=3560 (}\text{T}\text{θ}{}_{\mathrm{D}}\text{)}{}^2\text{E(}\text{T}\text{θ}{}_{\mathrm{D}}\text{) sec}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$, which is predominant at high temperature and well explained by the Van Kranendonk theory. It seems that it was the first time that such a quadrupolar effect was detected in a metallic compound. A remarkable coherency between Lundquist's three bands model and our experimental results has to be noted.     

Temperature and pressure dependence of the elastic property of GeS2 glass

The sound velocities in GeS₂ glass have been measured by means of ultrasonic interferometry as a function of temperature or pressure up to 1.8 kbar. The bulk modulus K_s = 117.6 kbar and shear modulus G = 60.60 kbar were obtained for GeS₂ glass at 15°C and 1 atm. The temperature derivatives of both sound velocities and elastic moduli are negative :

$\text{(}\text{?ν}{}_1\text{?T}\text{)}$

_p =

$\text{?1.54 × 10}{}^{\mathrm{?4}}\text{km}\text{sec}$

°C,

$\text{(}\text{?ν}{}_1\text{?T}\text{)}$

_p =

$\text{?1.27× 10}{}^{\mathrm{?4}}\text{km}\text{sec}$

°C and

$\text{(}\text{?K}{}_{\mathrm{s}}\text{?T}\text{)}$

_p =

$\text{?1.27 × 10}{}^{\mathrm{?2}}\text{kbar}\text{°C}$

,

$\text{(}\text{?G}\text{?T}\text{)}$

_p = ?1.23 × 10^?2 kbar/°C,

$\text{(}\text{?Y}\text{?T}\text{)}$

_p = ?2.93 × 10^?2 their pressure derivatives are positive:

$\text{(}\text{?ν}{}_1\text{?P}\text{)}$

_T = 4.43× 10^?2km/kbar,

$\text{(}\text{?ν}{}_1\text{?P}\text{)}$

_T =

$\text{0.633 × 10}{}^{\mathrm{?2}}\text{km}\text{kbar}$

and (?K_s?P0)_T=6.81,

$\text{(}\text{?G}\text{?P)}{}_{\mathrm{T}}$

= 1.03, (?Y?T_T= 3.57. The Grüneisen parameter, γ_th= 0.298, and the second Grüneisen parameter, δ_s = 3.27, have also been calculated from these data. The elastic behavior of GeS₂ glass has proved to be normal despite the structural similarity among the tetrahedrally coordinated SiO₂, GeO₂ and GeS₂ glasses.     

Investigation of the central component of SrTiO3 by neutron scattering with eV resolution

We studied the energy width and the width in reciprocal space Δq of the central mode of SrTiO₃ above T_c. At T_c+4° we observed an energy width of about 6×10^?7 eV. If the measured Δq is interpreted by a correlation length $\text{Δq}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{= ξ = ξ}{}_0\text{?}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>?</mtext><mtext>2</mtext><mtext>3</mtext>}}$ we obtain $\text{ξ}{}_0\text{= 75}\text{A}\text{?}$.     

Electron mobility in high density neon Gas

Preliminary results on electron drift velocity in neon gas at T = 293 K and T = 77.4 K are reported. At the lower temperature, values of field-independent mobility at five different densities have been obtained. From these data the momentum-transfer cross section at ? = 0.01 eV can be calculated to be $\text{σ}{}_{\mathrm{MT}}\text{= 0.29 ± 0.01}\text{A}\text{?}{}^2$.     

A study of the excited electronic states of 9-fluorenone

Some spectroscopic properties of the low-energy electronic states of 9-fluorenone have been examined. The spectra in paraffin matrices at 4.2°K show detailed vibrational spectra. Two fluorescence spectra are observed; a diffuse emission arises from 9-fluorenone crystals in the paraffin matrix, and a sharp emission is characteristic of the molecule. The sharp fluorescence is analyzed in terms of known a₁ vibrational fundamentals. The sharp absorption is a near mirror-image to the fluorescence, so Herzberg-Teller vibrations are not prominent. The polarization in the crystal spectrum allows this low-energy transition near 23 000 cm^?1 to be assigned ${}^1\text{B}{}_2\text{←}{}^1\text{A}{}_1$. Because there is no vibronic perturbation in fluorescence, and certainly no out-of-plane modes, a $\text{π}{}^1\text{← n}$ transition seen at about 26 000 cm^?1 is tentatively assigned ${}^1\text{B}{}_1\text{←}{}^1\text{A}{}_1$. Another sharp absorption system is seen at 31 000 cm^?1 in the paraffin matrices at 4.2°K (linewidth 6 cm^?1) but no fluorescence was detected. The polarized crystal spectrum indicated the assignment of this system and another very strong system at 40 000 cm^?1 to be ${}^1\text{B}{}_2\text{←}{}^1\text{A}{}_1$, while other systems at about 34 000 cm^?1 and 44 000 cm^?1 are ${}^1\text{A}{}_1\text{←}{}^1\text{A}{}_1$.The phosphorescence spectrum of pyrene-d₁₀ held in a single crystal of 9-fluorenone at 4.2°K has been recorded. No delayed fluorescence from the host crystal is observed at 4.2°K but is intense at 77°K. The energy difference between host and guest triplet levels is estimated to be about 900 cm^?1 allowing the lowest triplet state of 9-fluorenone to be placed at 17 800 cm^?1.     

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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 measurement of the rotational relaxation times of OCS from the nutation signals

The time dependence of microwave absorption was measured for the J = 2-1 and J = 3-2 transitions of OCS under on- and off-resonant conditions utilizing Stark and source modulation, respectively. The two effective pressure parameters obtained under the two conditions, which correspond to $\text{(T}{}_2{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{+ T}{}_1{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{)}\text{4πP}$ and $\text{(2πT}{}_2\text{P)}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$, respectively, according to the Bloch equation, are different beyond experimental error; the difference $\text{(T}{}_2{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{? T}{}_1{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{)}\text{2πP}$ is 0.94 ± 0.38 (2.5σ) MHz/Torr for J = 2?1. This difference was also determined to be 1.19 ± 0.30 MHz/Torr from the dependence of the nutation frequency on the microwave power.     

A Mössbauer study of amorphous Fe40Ni40B20

Amorphous Fe₄₀Ni₄₀B₂₀ (VITROVAC 0040) alloy has been investigated using ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopy. The Curie temperature T_c is found to be well defined and is 695 ± 1 K. The quadrupole splitting just above T_c is 0.64 mm sec^?1. The crystallization temperature is 698 ± 2 K, close to but definitely above T_c. The average hyperfine field H_eff(T) of the glassy state shows a temperature dependence of $\text{H}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>eff</mtext>}}\text{(0)[1 ? B}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{(T/T}{}_{\mathrm{c}}\text{)}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{? C}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>5</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{(T/T}{}_{\mathrm{c}}\text{)}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>5</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{? …]}$ indicative of the existence of spin wave excitations. The values of $\text{B}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ and $\text{C}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>5</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ are found to be 0.40 and 0.06, respectively, for T/T_c ? 0.72. At temperatures close to T_c, H_eff(T) varies as (1 ? T/T_c)^β where β is one of the critical exponents and its value is found to be 0.29 ± 0.02.     

Critical slowing down of fluctuations in squaric acid (H2C4O4) at the phase transition observed by 13C spin-lattice relaxation

Spin lattice relaxation T₁ of naturally abundant ¹³C nuclei in squaric acid was measured close to the antiferroelectric-paraelectric phase transition temperature T_c = 373 K. A rapid increase in $\text{1}\text{T}{}_1$ is observed close to T_c coming from above, which follows the power law $\text{1}\text{T}{}_1\text{～ ε}{}^{\mathrm{?1.4}}$ where $\text{ε =}\text{(T ? T}{}_{\mathrm{c}}\text{)}\text{T}{}_{\mathrm{c}}$. This behaviour is explained on the basis of the two-dimensional character of the fluctuations.     

Average polarization of 12B in 12C(μ, ν)12B(g.s.) reaction: Helicity of the π-decay muon and nature of the weak coupling

The helicity, h^?, of μ^? in π-decay has been determined as positive (h^??+0.90) from the average polarization, P_av≡〈J_B·s_μ〉, of ¹²B produced in the $\text{μ}{}^{\mathrm{?}}\text{+}{}^{12}\text{C}\text{→ν}{}_{\mathrm{\mu }}\text{+}{}^{12}\text{B}$ reaction. We obtain also dynamical information on μ-capture: (i) the weak magnetism form factor, μ=4.5±1.1, and (ii) the sum of the induced pseudoscalar (g_p) and the 2nd class induced tensor (g_T) couplings versus g_A, ($\text{g}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>P</mtext>}}\text{+g}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>T</mtext>}}\text{)}\text{g}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>A</mtext>}}\text{=7.1±2.7}$. The latter result, adopting the “canonical” value of $\text{g}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>P</mtext>}}\text{g}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>A</mtext>}}$, leads to $\text{g}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>T</mtext>}}\text{g}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>A</mtext>}}\text{=+1±2.7}$ which is compatible with zero and in strong contradiction with the value ?—6 recently advocated by Kubodera, Delorme and Rho.     

Inclusive production of Ξ+ and Ξ− in K+ p interactions at 32 GeV/c

The inclusive production of $\text{Ξ}{}^{\mathrm{+}}$ and Ξ^? hyperons is investigated in K⁺ p interactions at 32 GeV/c. The production cross sections, 36.4±9 μb for the $\text{Ξ}{}^{\mathrm{+}}$ and 6.5±3 μb for the Ξ^?, are rising strongly with energy similarly to $\text{Λ}$ and Λ production in K⁺ p interactions. The $\text{Ξ}{}^{\mathrm{+}}$ are produced preferentially in the forward direction in the c.m.s., while the Ξ^? are produced dominantly backwards. The average transverse momenta and 〈p_T〉_Ξ^?=0.58±0.09 GeV/c.     

Low temperature specific heats of nearly one-dimensional antiferromagnet: CuCl2·2NC5H5

Transition temperature to LRO state was found at T_N=1.14K for nearly one-dimensional antiferromagnet CuCl₂ · 2NC₅H₅. Intra- and inter-chain exchange constants J and J′ were estimated, $\text{kT}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>N</mtext>}}\text{J}\text{=0.082}$ and $\text{J′}\text{J}\text{=3×10}{}^{\mathrm{?3}}$, respectively. Comparison with those of TMMC implies highly one-dimensional character.     

Coriolis intensity perturbations in the SO2 molecule: Experimental determination of the relative signs of (∂μ∂Qi)

The Coriolis interactions between ν₁ and ν₃, and between ν₂ and ν₃ in SO₂ have been analyzed to obtain the signs of the products $\text{ζ}{}_{3.1}{}^{\mathrm{c}}\text{(}\text{?μ}{}^{\mathrm{a}}\text{?Q}{}_3\text{)(}\text{?μ}{}^{\mathrm{b}}\text{?Q}{}_1\text{)}$ and $\text{ζ}{}_{3.2}{}^{\mathrm{c}}\text{(}\text{?μ}{}^{\mathrm{a}}\text{?Q}{}_3\text{)(}\text{?μ}{}^{\mathrm{b}}\text{?Q}{}_2\text{)}$. It has been found that both of the signs of these products are positive. Then, relative signs of ($\text{?μ}\text{?Q}{}_1$) have been determined using the calculated values of the Coriolis zeta constants for the present definition of the normal coordinates. The obtained sign combination of ($\text{?μ}\text{?Q}{}_{\mathrm{i}}$) is ±(+?+), which agrees with the one predicted by the molecular orbital calculations. Using the sign combination (+?+), the polar tensors of S and O atoms were also calculated.     

The law of corresponding states for metals

Using the similarity of the effective potentials seen by ions in metals a reduced phonon equation of state is derived. It is shown that the melting point T_m(0) and the atomic volume Ω₀ at T = 0 K and at p = 0 are suitable macroscopic parameters for scaling ? and σ characterizing the interatomic potentials of metals having similar structures. The temperature and pressure dependence of thermodynamical quantities reduced with the above parameters are discussed and the results are compared with the experiment. It is shown that the pressure dependence of the reduced thermodynamic quantities can be described by the pressure dependence of the scaling parameters T_m(p) and Ω₀(p).The general form of the reduced equation of state (containing the electronic contributions as well) obtained gives that the reduced pressure is a universal function of the following reduced variables: the volume, temperature, de Broglie wavelength, Gibbs free energy of electrons $\text{3}\text{5}\text{zE}{}_{\mathrm{fo}}\text{?}$ (E_fo is the Fermi energy at T = 0 K) and depe of the valence z as well. It is shown that $\text{E}{}_{\mathrm{fo}}\text{?}$ is a function of $\text{Ω}{}_{\mathrm{o}}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>?1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ and $\text{(}\text{E}{}_{\mathrm{fo}}\text{/?}\text{)Ω}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ is approximately constant within the same sub-group of the periodic table.     

Catalytic decomposition of DCOOD studied by reactive scattering of a modulated DCOOD nozzle beam by a polycrystalline platinum surface in ultra high vacuum

The catalytic decomposition of formic acid by a polycrystalline platinum surface was studied by use of modulated molecular beam techniques with mass spectrometric phasesensitive detection. Kinetic information about elementary surface reaction steps was obtained. The formation of CO₂ was found to be a monomolecular, whereas that of D₂ was a bimolecular process. The resulting reaction mechanism may be described as follows:

The rate constants in dependence from the surface temperature t₀ are $\text{η = 7.1 × 10}{}^3\text{exp}\text{(?}\text{9.9}\text{RT}{}_0\text{kcal/mole}\text{),}$ The sticking probability η is provided by the temperature dependence of the intensity of the nonreactive scattered formic acid molecules; the rate constants k_d1 and k_d2 are derived from the measured phase shift between reactive and nonreactive scattered particles. From the phase angle ?, the average surface residence time τ of the intermediates is computed: 3.7 ? τ_DCOO ? 0.41 msec (418 ? T₀ ? 505 K), 31.8 ? τ_D ? 11.6 msec (418 ? T₀ ? 460 K). The difference between τ_D and τ_DCOO is because of the different molecularity of desorption.     

Some observations on the collisional broadening and shift of the Sr 4607.33 Å line in H2/O2/Ar flames

Spectral profiles of the 4607.33 Å Sr emission line $\text{(}{}^1\text{P}{}_1\text{?}{}^1\text{S}{}_0\text{transition}\text{)}$ were measured with a pressure-scanned Fabry-Pérot interferometer in a set of pre-mixed, laminar shielded H₂/O₂/Ar flames at 1 atm with temperatures ranging from 1765 to 2365 K. Some additional integrated line profile measurements were carried out.From the full width at one-half maximum (FWHM), δλ_T, and shift of the optically thin line profiles, adiabatic cross sections for broadening and for shift were determined for SrAr and SrH₂O.     

Study by brillouin scattering of the C33 constant of thiourea submitted to an electric field

The C₃₃ constant is discontinuous for the lock-in transition at T₁ = 169 K. The variation ΔT₁ of the temperature of transition is a linear function of the applied electric field E and we find $\text{d}\text{T}{}_1\text{d}\text{E}\text{=0.82 deg.cm kV}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$.Above a mean field E = 10 kV cm^?1 the transition observed for a first heating spreads on several degrees because damages appear in the incommensurate phase and the electric field becomes inhomogeneous.The results obtained at low fields are in very good accordance with the value of $\text{d}\text{T}{}_1\text{d}\text{E}$ calculated from the Clapeyron formula.Taking into account of the incommensurability of the phase above T₁, it can be shown that

$\text{dT}{}_1\text{dE}\text{=}\text{C}\text{2πP}{}_{\mathrm{o}}\text{3}\text{3}\text{?}\text{2}$

The knowledge of the spontaneous polarisation P₀ gives for the Curie constant C = 2.1 × 10³ K in qualitative agreement with the value deduced from measurements of the dielectric constant in the ferroelectric direction.