Analysis of magnetization transition in perpendicular magnetic recording for narrow transition width

In order to achieve high linear density recording, a narrow transition width or small transition parameter, a, is imperative. Reducing the grain size improves transition jitter and also reduces the transition width. The correlation between transition width and transition jitter was examined. The observed discrepancy from simple, analytical expressions introduces more realistic magnetization transitions with island magnetization reversals. It was found that island reversals increase the transition width, rather than the transition jitter, which must be suppressed to attain high linear density.     

Verwey相变处Fe3O4的结构、磁性和电输运特性

作为典型的金属–绝缘体转变,Fe3O4的Verwey相变蕴涵的丰富物理现象与微观机制,因而受到了人们的广泛关注.在Verwey相变处,Fe3O4的晶体结构、电子结构以及磁各向异性等均发生转变,但其磁基态并未发生改变.与其他强关联体系相比,Fe3O4的Verwey相变不需要考虑磁交换耦合作用的变化,有利于揭示强关联体系中金属–绝缘体转变的物理本质.本文从晶体结构、电荷有序、电输运特性、磁性和铁电特性等方面简要地介绍了Fe3O4的Verwey相变的研究历史和现状.     

后掠机翼的横流不稳定性分析及转捩预测

后掠机翼边界层的流动稳定性及转捩对翼型的设计及优化有着重要的参考价值,而横流失稳是引起后掠机翼边界层转捩的关键因素之一.以NLF（2）-0415翼型为研究对象,采用三维可压缩Navier-Stokes方程并结合γ-Re_θt转捩模式计算了展向无限长后掠机翼的基本流场.由于原始γ-Re_θt模式只能预测流向边界层转捩,因此在原始转捩模式中添加横流间歇因子项,进而对复杂构型进行横流不稳定性转捩预测.计算结果显示,利用改进后γ-Re_θt转捩模式预测得到的后掠翼型的转捩位置与实验数据吻合较好,证明了修正的转换模式的合理性和实用性.      

Squeezing superfluid from a stone: coupling superfluidity and elasticity in a supersolid

Starting from the assumption that the normal solid to supersolid (NS-SS) phase transition is continuous, we develop a phenomenological Landau theory of the transition in which superfluidity is coupled to the elasticity of the crystalline lattice. We find that the elasticity does not affect the universal properties of the superfluid transition, so that in an unstressed crystal the well-known anomaly in the heat capacity of the superfluid transition should also appear at the NS-SS transition. We also find that the onset of supersolidity leads to anomalies in the elastic moduli and thermal expansion coefficients near the transition and, conversely, that inhomogeneous lattice strains can induce local variations of the superfluid transition temperature, leading to a broadened transition.     

Chiral Phase Transition at Finite Isospin Density in Linear Sigma Model

Using the linear sigma model, we have introduced the pion isospin chemical potential. The chiral phase transition is studied at finite temperatures and finite isospin densities. We have studied the μ-T phase diagram for the chiral phase transition and found the transition cannot happen below a certain low temperature because of the Bose-Einstein condensation in this system. Above that temperature, the chiral phase transition is studied by the isotherms of pressure versus density. We indicate that the transition, in the chiral limit, is a first-order transition from a low-density phase to a high-density phase like a gas-liquid phase transition.     

Mott transition of the electron-hole liquid in Ge

A treatment is given of the Mott transition of a gas of excitons in equilibrium with electron-hole droplets in Ge. We find that transition occurs near 4K. We can come to no firm conclusion whether the Mott transition is a first-order transition separate from the liquid-gas transition, as has been suggested.     

A polymerization-depolymerization model for generation of contractile force during bacterial cell division

We have investigated the pressure-induced phase transition of NiO and other structural properties using three-body potential approach. NiO undergoes phase transition from B1 (rocksalt) to B2 (CsCl) structure associated with a sudden collapse in volume showing first-order phase transition. A theoretical study of high pressure phase transition and elastic behaviour in transition metal compounds using a three-body potential caused by the electron shell deformation of the overlapping ion was carried out. The phase transition pressure and other properties predicted by our model is closer to the phase transition pressure predicted by Eto et al.      

金属玻璃液体中的强脆转变现象

强脆转变是玻璃形成液体在从低温到高温升温过程中由强性液体转变为脆性液体的现象,反之从高温到低温冷却过程即为脆强转变.由于其意味着液体的结构发生了某种快速、非连续的变化,强脆转变现象成为异常动力学的典型代表.自1999年《Nature》杂志首次报道了水的强-脆转变现象之后,液体的强脆转变现象就作为凝聚态物理和材料科学领域中的前沿和热点问题被广泛关注.越来越多的研究表明,强脆转变现象在金属玻璃形成液体中普遍存在.为阐明金属玻璃强-脆转变现象对于深入理解玻璃转变本质、探讨液固遗传微观结构特征、揭示晶化过程相互竞争规律、提高玻璃形成能力、促进金属玻璃制备和处理工艺标准化等方面的重要意义,综合评述了强脆转变现象在金属玻璃形成液体中的普遍性、特殊性、定量表征、热力学表现以及结构起源等研究领域的最新进展,并指出了该领域今后的发展方向.     

Precursor phenomena in frustrated systems

To understand the origin of the dynamical transition, between high-temperature exponential relaxation and low-temperature nonexponential relaxation, that occurs well above the static transition in glassy systems, a frustrated spin model, with and without disorder, is considered. The model has two phase transitions, the lower being a standard spin glass transition (in the presence of disorder) or fully frustrated Ising (in the absence of disorder), and the higher being a Potts transition. Monte Carlo results clarify that in the model with (or without) disorder the precursor phenomena are related to the Griffiths (or Potts) transition. The Griffiths transition is a vanishing transition which occurs above the Potts transition and is present only when disorder is present, while the Potts transition which signals the effect due to frustration is always present. These results suggest that precursor phenomena in frustrated systems are due either to disorder and/or to frustration, giving a consistent interpretation also for the limiting cases of Ising spin glass and of Ising fully frustrated model, where also the Potts transition is vanishing. This interpretation could play a relevant role in glassy systems beyond the spin systems case.     

水的玻璃化转变的研究

本文用我们液态低频力学谱方法对玻璃化转变研究领域中一个持续半个多世纪、十分令人困扰的热点水的玻璃化转变问题进行了研究。用表征玻璃化转变最直接的参量力学模量，首次实现对水的玻璃化转变过程的明确表征，得出水的玻璃化转变温度是163K，而不是长期一直认为的136K。另外，水的玻璃化转变表现出不同于传统玻璃化转变的反常耗散行为。研究还表明，水的玻璃化转变温度表现出重要的同位素效应，这是水的玻璃化转变奇异特征的一个反映，也是在玻璃化转变研究中首次观测到同位素效应。     

Structural phase transition of vanadium at 69 GPa

A phase transition was observed at 63-69 GPa and room temperature in vanadium with synchrotron x-ray diffraction. The transition is characterized as a rhombohedral lattice distortion of the body-centered-cubic vanadium without a discontinuity in the pressure-volume data, thus representing a novel type of transition that has never been observed in elements. Instead of driven by the conventional s-d electronic transition mechanism, the phase transition could be associated with the softening of C44 trigonal elasticity tensor that originates from the combination of Fermi surface nesting, band Jahn-Teller distortion, and electronic topological transition.     

轨道诱导Peierls相变材料MgTi2O4的电子自旋共振研究

用变温电子自旋共振手段,对轨道诱导Peierls相变MgTi2O4体系进行了研究。研究发现,轨道诱导Peierls相变所伴随的自旋二聚相变对ESR谱产生了影响。在相变温度以上,MgTi2O4的磁性为顺磁行为。而在相变温度以下,ESR谱显示MgTi2O4的磁性偏离了顺磁行为。对ESR谱线的参数拟合结果显示,MgTi2O4在发生轨道诱导Peierls相变时,自旋耦合作用逐渐增强。这说明:自旋耦合作用的增强很有可能是导致相变的一个重要的因素。     

轨道诱导Peierls相变材料MgTi_2O_4的电子自旋共振研究

用变温电子自旋共振手段(Electron Spin Resonance,ESR),对轨道诱导Peierls相变MgTi_2O_4体系进行了研究.研究发现,轨道诱导Peierls相变所伴随的自旋二聚相变对ESR谱产生了影响.在相变温度以上,MgTi_2O_4的磁性为顺磁行为.而在相变温度以下,ESR谱显示MgTi_2O_4的磁性偏离了顺磁行为.对ESR谱线的参数拟合结果显示,MgTi_2O_4在发生轨道诱导Peierls相变时,自旋耦合作用逐渐增强.这说明:自旋耦合作用的增强很有可能是导致相变的一个重要的因素.     

Hydrogen-bond topology and the ice VII/VIII and ice Ih/XI proton-ordering phase transitions

The existence of an ice Ih/XI proton-ordering transition to a low-temperature ferroelectric phase has sparked considerable debate in the literature. Electronic density functional theory calculations, extended using graph invariants, confirm that a transition to a low-temperature ferroelectric phase should occur. The predicted transition at 98 K is in qualitative agreement with the observed transition at 72 K, and the low-temperature phase is the ferroelectric phase determined in diffraction experiments. The theoretical methods used to predict the phase transition are validated by comparing their prediction to the well-characterized ice VII/VIII proton-ordering transition.     

光磁共振实验中双量子跃迁及射频场谐波干扰

由于射频场谐波的存在,致使其二次谐波的共振跃迁与双量子跃迁信号重叠。因此观察双量子跃迁,必须首先排除射频场二次谐波共振的影响,本文分析了光磁双共振实验中关于双量子跃迁产生的条件、判断和观测,并分析了多频率共振的原因。     

Design of a Rectangular to Circular Groove Waveguide Transition by Finite Element Method

A rectangular to circular groove waveguide transition is described in millimeter-wave band. The transition maintains a constant cutoff wavelength. Using the Finite Element Method, the size of the variable cross-section throughout the transition are calculated and the transition is designed.     

Atomic homodyne detection of weak atomic transitions

We have developed a two-color, two-pathway coherent control technique to detect and measure weak optical transitions in atoms by coherently beating the transition amplitude for the weak transition with that of a much stronger transition. We demonstrate the technique in atomic cesium, exciting the 6s(2)S(1/2) --> 8s(2)S(1/2) transition via a strong two-photon transition and a weak controllable Stark-induced transition. We discuss the enhancement in the signal-to-noise ratio for this measurement technique over that of direct detection of the weak transition rate, and project future refinements that may further improve its sensitivity and application to the measurement of other weak atomic interactions.     

Phase behavior of DODAB aqueous solution

Phase behavior of DODAB aqueous solution, prepared without sonication, was studied by adiabatic scanning calorimetry. Measurements revealed four phase transitions with the temperatures 35.2, 39.6, 44.6, and 52.4°C at heating and one transition at the temperature 40.4°C at cooling. The first three transitions at heating occur in unilamellar vesicles. The first and third transitions correspond to the subgel-gel and gelliquid phase transitions, corresponding enthalpy jumps are equal to 33 and 49 kJ/mol. The second transition appears after some aging and is similar to gel-ripple phase transition in a DPPC solution, with the enthalpy jump under the transition exceeding 7.4 kJ/mol. The transition occurs in unilamellar vesicles. The transition at the temperature 52.4°C occurs in another subsystem of the solution, which we believe to be multilamellar vesicles. The enthalpy jump at this transition is equal to 97 kJ/mol, and data analysis suggests that this is a subgel-liquid transition. The phase transition at cooling is the liquid-gel transition in unilamellar vesicles. During the measurements, a slow evolution of the solution occurs, consisting in a change of concentrations of unilamellar and multilamellar vesicles. This transformation mainly occurs at low temperatures.