Arrays of Charged (±2π)-Twist Disclinations in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

The notion of an electrostatic charge of (±2)-twist disclinations is used to approximate the evaluation of the electrostatic interaction energy among disclinations forming arrays in finite samples of ferroelectric chiral smectic C liquid crystals. Screening effects of free charges in a material surrounding the disclination are taken into account by introducing a phenomenological depolarisation factor.The electrostatic interaction energy is important in chiral smectic C materials with high values of the spontaneous polarisation when screening effects of free charges are small. Then the electrostatic interaction leads to elimination of disclinations from the sample. When there is a high concentration of free charges in the sample (smaller value of depolarisation factor), the electrostatic interaction energy is of the order of the elastic interaction energy of disclinations what influences the equilibrium of disclination arrays in the sample. Two disclination configurations are considered. In the Brunet-Williams configuration the disclinations of opposite topological charge have also the opposite electrostatic charge so their attraction is augmented. This attraction can be balanced by the helical structure in the central part of the sample when the sample thickness is rather high.On the contrary, in the Glogarová-Pavel configuration the disclinations of opposite topological charge have the electrostatic charge of the same sign. The equilibrium in this configuration is either a balance of elastic attraction and electrostatic repulsion if elastic and Coulomb forces are of the same order or it is governed by the value of the anchoring energy when electrostatic interaction prevails over the elastic one.     

The Landau–Khalatnikov Relaxation Mechanism in Smectic Liquid Crystals

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics - The idea proposed and implemented by Landau and Khalatnikov to describe the dispersion and absorption of sound in superfluid helium is applied to...     

Phase Conjugation by Degenerate Four-wave Mixing in Nematic Liquid Crystals

1.IntroductionOpticalphaseconjugationhasbeeninvestigatedextensivelybecauseofitswideapplicationsinimagingtechnology,phase--conjugationlasers,andopticalassociativememorysystems.Notedfortheirlargeopticalreorientationnonlinearities[IJ,nematicliquidcrystals(NLC)havebecomepromisingopticalmediaforapplicationsinthefieldofnonlinearopticsincludingnonlinearphaseconjugation.In1980,Feketectal.[2)firstrealizedphase--conjugationbydegeneratefour--wavemixing(DFWM)inNLCintheisotropicphase.Sincethen,thefie…     

Search for CP violation in D± meson decays to ϕπ±

We search for CP violation in Cabibbo-suppressed charged D meson decays by measuring the difference between the CP-violating asymmetries for the Cabibbo-suppressed decays D(±)→K(+)K(-)π(±) and the Cabibbo-favored decays D(s)(±)→K(+)K(-)π(±) in the K(+)K(-) mass region of the ? resonance. Using 955 fb(-1) of data collected with the Belle detector, we obtain A(CP)(D+→?π+)=(+0.51±0.28±0.05)%. The measurement improves the sensitivity of previous searches by more than a factor of 5. We find no evidence for direct CP violation.     

Charged particles in ℤ2 gauge theories

In the free charge phase of the ₂ gauge-Higgs model on a lattice charged particles are shown to exist.Supported by DAADHeisenberg fellow     

τ→π~±2π~0v结构函数的测量

首次对τ→π2π0v衰变的结构函数进行了模型无关的实验测量,并与KS模型、IMR模型和Feindt模型进行了比较,在误差范围内,三种理论模型与实验结果一致．与OPAL组测量的τ→3π±v道的结构函数相比,在0．5＜Q2＜2．75GeV2范围内未发现明显差异．     

Topological Aspect and Bifurcation of Disclination Lines in Two—Dimensional Liquid Crystals

Using φ-mapping method and topological current theory,the topological structure and bifurcation of disclination lines in two-dimensional liquid crystals are studied.By introducing the strength density and the topological current of many disclination lines,the total disclination strength is topologically quantized by the Hopf indices and Brouwer degrees at the singularities of the director field when the Jacobian determinant of director field does not vanish.When the Jacobian determinant vanishes,the origin,annihilation and bifurcation processes of disclination lines are studied in the neighborhoods of the limit points and bifurcation points,respectively.The branch solutions at the limit point and the different directions of all branch curves at the bifurcation point are calculated with the conservation law of the topological quantum numbers.It is pointed out that a disclination line with a higher strength is unstable and it will evolve to the lower strength state through the bifurcation process.     

Ultraviolet Photoelectric Effect in ZrO2 Single Crystals

Nanosecond photoelectric effect is observed in a ZrO2 single crystal at ambient temperature for the first time. The rise time is 20ns and the full width at half maximum is about 30ns for the photovoltaic pulse when the wafer surface of the ZrO2 single crystal is irradiated by 248 nm KrF laser pulses. The experimental results show that ZrO2 single crystals may be a potential candidate in UV photodetectors.     

Dynamic Statistical Scaling in the Landau–de Gennes Theory of Nematic Liquid Crystals

In this article, we investigate the long time behaviour of a correlation function $c_{\mu _{0}}$ which is associated with a nematic liquid crystal system that is undergoing an isotropic-nematic phase transition. Within the setting of Landau–de Gennes theory, we confirm a hypothesis in the condensed matter physics literature on the average self-similar behaviour of this correlation function in the asymptotic regime at time infinity, namely $$\begin{aligned} \left\| c_{\mu _{0}}(r, t)-e^{-\frac{|r|^{2}}{8t}}\right\| _{L^{\infty }(\mathbb {R}^{3}, \,dr)}=\mathcal {O}(t^{-\frac{1}{2}}) \quad \mathrm as \quad t\longrightarrow \infty . \end{aligned}$$ In the final sections, we also pass comment on other scaling regimes of the correlation function.     

Polarization Fatigue in Ferroelectric Thin Films

The fatigue problem in ferroelectric thin films is investigated based on the switched charge per unit area versus switching cycles.The temperature,dielectric permittivity,voltage bias,frequency and defect valence dependent switching polarization properties are calculated quantitatively with an extended Dawber-Scott model.The results are in agreement with the recent experiments.     

Observation of a Ubiquitous(π,π)-Type Nematic Superconducting Order in the Whole Superconducting Dome of Ultra-Thin BaFe_(2-x)Ni_xAs_2 Single Crystals

In iron-based superconductors,the(0,π) or(π,0) nematicity,which describes an electronic anisotropy with a fourfold symmetry breaking,is well established and believed to be important for understanding the superconducting mechanism.However,how exactly such a nematic order observed in the normal state can be related to the superconducting pairing is still elusive.Here,by performing angular-dependent in-plane magnetoresistivity using ultra-thin flakes in the steep superconducting transition region,we unveil a nematic superconducting order along the(π,π) direction in electron-doped BaFe_(2-x)Ni_xAs_2 from under-doped to heavily overdoped regimes with x=0.065-0.18.It shows superconducting gap maxima along the(π,π) direction rotated by 45° from the nematicity along(0,π) or(π,0) direction observed in the normal state.A similar(π,π)-type nematicity is also observed in the under-doped and optimally doped hole-type Ba_(1-y)K_yFe_2 As_2,with y=0.2-0.5.These results suggest that the(π,π) nematic superconducting order is a universal feature that needs to be taken into account in the superconducting pairing mechanism in iron-based superconductors.     

τ→π±2π0v结构函数的测量

首次对τ→π^±2π⁰v衰变的结构函数进行了模型无关的实验测量,并与KS模型、IMR模型和Feindt模型进行了比较,在误差范围内,三种理论模型与实验结果一致.与OPAL组测量的τ→3π^±v道的结构函数相比,在0.52范围内未发现明显差异.     

News on PHOTOS Monte Carlo:γ*→π+π-(γ)and K±→π+π-e±ν(γ)

PHOTOS Monte Carlo is widely used for simulating QED effects in decay of intermediate particles and resonances.It can be easily connected to other main process generators.In this paper we consider decaying processes γ*→π+π-(γ)and K±→π+π-e±ν(γ)in the framework of Scalar QED.These two processes are interesting not only for the technical aspect of PHOTOS Monte Carlo,but also for precision measurement ofαQED(Mz),g-2,as well as ππ scattering lengths.     

Search for CP violation in τ±→K(S)0π±ντ decays at Belle

We report on a search for CP violation in τ(±)→K(S)(0)π(±)ν(τ) decays using a data sample of 699 fb(-1) collected by the Belle experiment at the KEKB electron-positron asymmetric-energy collider. The CP asymmetry is measured in four bins of the invariant mass of the K(S)(0)π(±) system and found to be compatible with zero with a precision of O(10(-3)) in each mass bin. Limits for the CP violation parameter Im(η(S)) are given at the 90% confidence level. These limits are |Im(η(S))| < 0.026 or better, depending on the parametrization used to describe the hadronic form factors, and improve upon previous limits by 1 order of magnitude.     

Reorientation of Defect Dipoles in Ferroelectric Ceramics

We investigate the frequency, temperature, tetragonality and quenched temperature dependences of the hysteresis loops in Pb[(Zr0.52 Ti0.48)0.95 (Mn1/3Nb2/3)0.05]O3 (PMnN-PZT) ceramics. It has been demonstrated that the polarization-field hysteresis curves show “pinched” shapes when tested at room temperature, higher frequency or using the large-tetragonality specimen. While normal square-like loops are observed at 200℃ and 0.01 Hz or using the small-tetragonality one. Meanwhile, close relations between the P-E loops and the applied frequency,temperature or tetragonality reveal that there exists a typical relaxation time corresponding to the reorientation of the defect dipoles. It can be seen further from the quenched temperature dependences of the loops that the reorientation of the defect dipoles may influence the pinching. Compared to the intrinsic depinning procedure induced by changes of the distribution of defect dipoles, we provide new evidence for extrinsic depinning mechanism of the defect dipoles in the ferroelectric ceramics.     

Observation of the “Burst-Like Growth” Mode on 4He Crystals Nucleated in a Metastable Liquid

JETP Letters - On crystals containing growth defects, the “burst-like growth” mode, i.e., a sharp acceleration of the growth of facets, has been implemented. This has confirmed the...     

＝4．03GeV下τ~±→π~＋π~－π~±υ_τ衰变的测量

利用北京谱仪（ＢＥＳ）在４．０３ＧｅＶ正负电子对撞能量下获取的数据，［研究了，τ＋τ－产生过程．借助双标记方法分析了τ±→π＋π－π±υτ衰变事例．测定分支比Ｂｒ（τ±→ａ１±υτ→ρ０π±υτ，ρ０→π＋π－＝（７．３±０．５）％，Ｂｒ（τ±→Ｋ＊±υτ→Ｋｓ０π±υτ，Ｋｓ０→π＋π－）＝（０．６±１．５）×１０－３．并由Ｄａｌｉｚ投影分布的分析，确认ａ１的主要衰变方式ρπ．同时，也观察到ａ１衰变中以Ｓ波贡献为主的现象．采用Ｋｕｈｎ模型拟合实验数据，得到：ｍａ１＝１．２４±０．０２ＧｅＶ，Γａ１Ｔ＝０．５７±０．０７ＧｅＶ．