Correlations between multiplicities and average transverse momentum in the percolating color strings approach

Long range multiplicity-multiplicity, p_T²-multiplicity and p²_T- p²_T correlations are studied in the percolating color string picture under different assumptions of the dynamics of the string interaction. It is found that the strength of these correlations is rather insensitive to these assumptions; nor is it sensitive to the geometry of the fused string clusters that formed, the percolation phase transition in particular. Both multiplicity-multiplicity and p_T²-multiplicity correlations are found to scale and depend only on the string density. p_T²-multiplicity correlations, which are absent in the independent string picture, are found to be of the order of 10% for central heavy ion collisions and can serve as a clear signature of string fusion. In contrast p²_T- p²_T correlations turned out to be inversely proportional to the number of strings and therefore to be very small for realistic collisions.Received: 4 July 2003, Revised: 12 September 2003, Published online: 18 December 2003     

Effective mass and energy-band parameters in InP by magnetophonon effect

We present measurements of the magnetophonon effect in InP from which we derive the effective mass of electrons at the conduction band edge in its temperature dependence. For the first time the measurements are extended well above room temperature up to T = 350 K in quasi-steady magnetic fields up to B = 15 T. The analysis of the measurements which corroborates the three-band interaction for InP allows us to determine the temperature dependence of the square E _p of the momentum matrix element, related to the effective mass, as E _p(T) = (16.6±0.2) eV-(4.8±1.0) [E _g(T)-E _go].     

Low temperature electrical conductivity and magnetoconductivity of Fe39Ni39Mo4Si6B12 and Co58Ni10Fe5Si11B16 metallic glass alloys

A detailed study on the weak localization phenomenon vis-a-vis electron-electron interaction effects in magnetic metallic glasses has been carried out. We measured the electrical conductivity and magnetoconductivity within the temperature range 1.8≤T≤300K. A maximum on the conductivity versus temperature curve exists atT=T _m. The conductivity was observed to follow aT ^1/2 law forT<T _m andT ² law forT>T _m. Magnetoconductivity data of these alloys indicate the prominence of electron-electron interaction at low temperatures. The authors have determined the inelastic scattering field and spin-orbit scattering field from the magnetoconductivity data. The inelastic scattering field obeys aT ^p law (p=2) at low temperatures.     

Evidence for an anisotropic contribution to 3 J FF from the 19F N.M.R. spectrum of hexafluorocyclopropane dissolved in a nematic phase

Analysis of the fluorine N.M.R. spectrum of a sample of hexafluorocyclopropane dissolved in p-ethoxybenzylidene-p-n-butylaniline (EBBA) has given the magnitudes and relative signs of three anisotropic and three isotropic coupling constants. The anisotropic couplings ² T _FF and ³ T _FF(cis) appear to be entirely dipolar in origin, whereas the value of ³ T _FF(trans) can be considered as 86 per cent dipolar, the remaining 14 per cent being attributed to an anisotropy in the electron-coupled spin-spin interaction.     

Time-dependent paths,fictive temperatures and residual entropy of glass

After describing the Clausius limits of entropy, determined from the C _pd ln T integral, and its current use in determining the entropy of metastable (atomic) crystals, we determine two fictive temperature T _f values of four glasses – one from the integral of C _pdT and the other from C _pd ln T. The C _p data of the two metal–alloy glasses are from this calorimetric study; the C _p data of (i) quenched basalt composition glass fibers before and after partial annealing, and (ii) quenched NBS-710 composition glass fibers are taken from the literature. The C _pd ln T integral, which is not the entropy change, and the C _pdT integral yield the same T _f values. Therefore, the effect of the difference between the cooling and heating paths in the liquid–glass transformation range is too small to indicate whether the residual entropy, S _res, is a result of using the C _pd ln T integral. This questions the notion that S _res stems from use of the C _pd ln T integral. Extrapolation of the C _p values of the liquid and glass to high temperatures lead to erroneous T _f values, as do permanent (irreversible) loss of the strain and surface energies of glass on initial heating.     

Role of magnetism in the formation of a short-range order in iron-silicon alloys

The formation of a short-range order in soft magnetic Fe-Si alloys depending on the annealing temperature has been investigated theoretically and experimentally. The B2-type short-range order has been observed in samples quenched from temperatures T > T _C (where T _C is the Curie temperature) with the content c _Si close to the boundary of the two-phase region. Annealing at temperatures T < T _C for the content c _Si ≥ 0.08 leads to an increase in the fraction of regions with the D0₃-type short-range order. The mechanism of the formation of the short-range order in Fe-Si solid solutions has been analyzed by the Monte Carlo simulation with the ab initio calculated interatomic interaction parameters. It has been shown that the energy of the effective Si-Si interaction in bcc iron strongly depends on the magnetic state of the matrix. As a result, the B2-type short-range order is formed at T > T _C and is fixed at quenching, whereas the D0₃-type shortrange order is equilibrium in the ferromagnetic state. The results reveal the decisive role of magnetism in the formation of the short-range order in Fe-Si alloys and allow the explanation of the observed structural features of the alloys depending on the composition and temperature.     

Possibility of T-violating P-conserving magnetism and its contribution to the T-odd P-even neutron–nucleus forward elastic scattering amplitude

T-violating P-even magnetism is considered. The magnetism arises from the T-violating P-conserving vertex of a spin 1/2 particle interaction with the electromagnetic field. The vertex vanishes for a particle on the mass shell. Considering the particle interaction with a point electric charge we have obtained the T-violating P-even spin dependent potential, which is inversely proportional to the cubed distance from the charge. The matrix element of this potential is zero for particle states on the mass shell; nevertheless, the potential contributes to the T-odd P-even neutron forward elastic scattering amplitude by a deformed nucleus with spin . The contribution arises if we take into account incident neutron plane wave distortion by the strong neutron interaction with the nucleus. Received: 29 August 2000 / Revised version: 22 January 2001 / Published online: 23 March 2001     

Freezing Temperature in Dilute Ising Spin Glasses with Long-Range Interactions

The onset of spin-glass freezing in dilute Ising systems with long-range interactions is investigated with the use of numerical simulations. We show that taking pair correlations explicitly into account results in the renormalization of the interaction matrix and suppression of the density of localized states compared with conventional mean field theory. Application of the theory to the RKKY interaction in the dilute limit raises the question of the appropriate boundary eigenvalue of the effective interaction matrix that separates localized and extended states. We identify the onset of spin-glass freezing with the temperature T _g at which this boundary eigenvalue is equal to one. Numerical simulations reproduces the linear concentration dependence of T _g in the very dilute limit, in agreement with scaling relations, and show a significant improvement over the conventional mean-field theory in the value obtained for the freezing temperature.     

Enhanced temperature-independent magnetoresistance below the metal-insulator transition temperature of epitaxial La0.2Nd0.4Ca0.4MnO3 thin films

Epitaxial La_0.2Nd_0.4Ca_0.4MnO₃ thin films have been deposited at 800°C on LaAlO₃ substrate using pulsed laser deposition technique. The structural and magnetotransport properties of the films have been studied. The sharp peak in the temperature dependence of the resistance corresponding to metal-to-insulator transition (T _p) has been observed at a temperature of T _p=82 K, 97 K and 110 K for 0 Oe, 20 kOe and 40 kOe magnetic fields, respectively. The film exhibits a large nearly temperature-independent magnetoresistance around 99% in the temperature regime below T _p. The zero field-cooled (ZFC) and field-cooled (FC) magnetization data at 50 Oe shows irreversibility between the ZFC and FC close to the ferromagnetic transition temperature T _c=250 K. The ZFC temperature data of the film displays ferromagnetic behavior for higher temperature regime T _c=250 K>T>T _p=82 K, and a decrease in magnetization with decreasing temperature up to 5 K below 82 K exhibiting a sort of antiferromagnetic behavior in the low temperature regime (T<82 K=T _p=T _N).     

Restoration of kT factorization for low pT hadron hadroproduction

We discuss the applicability of the k _T factorization theorem to low-p _T hadron production in hadron–hadron collision in a simple toy model, which involves only scalar particles and gluons. It has been shown that the k _T factorization for high-p _T hadron hadroproduction is broken by soft gluons in the Glauber region, which are exchanged among a transverse-momentum-dependent (TMD) parton density and other subprocesses of the collision. We explain that the contour of a loop momentum can be deformed away from the Glauber region at low p _T , so the above residual infrared divergence is factorized by means of the standard eikonal approximation. The k _T factorization is then restored in the sense that a TMD parton density maintains its universality. Because the resultant Glauber factor is independent of hadron flavors, experimental constraints on its behavior are possible. The k _T factorization can also be restored for the transverse single-spin asymmetry in hadron–hadron collision at low p _T in a similar way, with the residual infrared divergence being factorized into the same Glauber factor.     

Elliptic flow and the high <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">T</Emphasis></Subscript> ridge in Au+Au collisions

In this paper we look for correlations between intermediate p _T particle pairs and the v ₂ of the remaining low p _T particles. We find that the shape of the flow vector distribution, which is calculated from all low p _T tracks, depends in a non-trivial way on the angular separation between the high p _T particle pairs in the event. Our analysis is based on 200 GeV Au+Au collisions measured with the STAR detector.     

First result of net-charge jet-correlations from STAR

We presented results on azimuthal correlation of net-charge with high p _T trigger particles. It is found that the net-charge correlation shape is similar to that of total-charge. On the near-side, the net-charge and total-charge p _T spectra have similar shape and both are harder than the inclusives. On the away-side, the correlated spectra are not much harder than the inclusives, and the net-charge/total-charge ratio increases with p _T and is similar to the inclusive ratio.     

Electrochromic device based on tungsten oxide and on Nnfion-H as polymeric electrolyte

We describe the preparation, electrical and optical characterization of a prototype of a nearly solid-state electrochromic device. It is fabricated with Nafion-H, a polymeric electrolyte, and involves cathodically coloring tungsten trioxide doped with molybdenum. The device switches rapidly with the applied potential ranging from –2.4 up to 0.8V, between blue and transparent state. The corresponding integrated photopic (T _p) and solar (T _s transmittance is T _p (bleached) = 70.7%, T _s (bleached) = 59.6%, T _p (colored) = 15.5%, and T _s (colored) = 12.2%.     

Evaluation of Effect of Plastic Injection Molding Process Parameters on Shrinkage Based on Neural Network Simulation

The effects of process parameters, mold temperature (T _mo), melt temperature (T _me), cooling time (t_c ), fill pressure (P_f ), packing pressure (P_p ), and packing time (t_p ) on the shrinkage of injection molded polypropylene were investigated by utilizing a combination of the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) method and Moldflow software. An ANN model is developed to understand the relationship between plastic injection molding process parameters and shrinkage. The test results on the performance of the ANN model show that it can predict the shrinkage with reasonable accuracy. The simulation results show that the most important process parameter affecting shrinkage is P_p , followed by T _me and T _mo, with t_c , P_f , and t_p having the least effect. Shrinkage increases with the elevated T _mo and t_c . In contrast, the increases in P_p , T_me , t_p , and P_f cause shrinkage to decrease. The strongest effect on the shrinkage is the amount of material forced into the mold, followed by the crystallinity and orientation of the material.     

Is There a Hierarchy of the Hadron Low pT Spectra?

A compilation of fits to the low p_T hadron distributions is presented. The universality of the distributions is examined. The p_T distributians of direct pions and resonances in the reaction p p → 2π+2π−π⁰ at 5.7 GeV/c are fitted separately. Indications are found that up to ISR energies there are three types oflow p_T inclusive hadron distributions in hadron-hadron interactions. The inclusive p_T distributions of different particles are divided into these three groups according to the particle mass.     

Pressure effect on magnetic and insulator–metal transition of La0.67Pb0.33Mn0.9Co0.1O2.97 ceramic

In our paper, we study the effect of hydrostatic pressure on the magnetic and insulator–metal transitions of La_0.67Pb_0.33Co_0.1Mn_0.9O_2.97 manganite. The insulator–metal transition does not coincide with the magnetic transition in this ceramic. The compound undergoes the paramagnetic–ferromagnetic phase transition at T _C=260 K and the insulator–metal transition at T _p=184?K at ambient pressure. We have found that both characteristic temperatures T _C and T _p increase with increasing hydrostatic pressure with Δ T _C/Δ p=11.2 K/GPa and Δ T _p/Δ p=20.1 K/GPa, respectively.     

Theory of superconductivity in strongly correlated materials: Application to cuprate superconductors

A microscopic theory of superconductivity in systems with strong electron correlations is considered within the Hubbard model. The Dyson equation for the matrix Green function in terms of the Hubbard operators is derived and solved in the noncrossing approximation for the self-energy. Two channels of superconducting pairing are revealed: mediated by antiferromagnetic (AFM) exchange and spin-fluctuations. It is proved that AFM exchange interaction results in pairing of all electrons in the conduction band and high T _c proportional to the Fermi energy. T _c dependence on lattice constants (or pressure) and an oxygen isotope shift of T _c are explained. The text was submitted by the author in English.     

On the valence band photoemission of highT c superconductors

The valence band photoemission spectrum of highT _c -superconductors is discussed based on the half-filled single band Hubbard Hamiltonian with the strong Coulomb interaction. We discuss how to analyze these valence band and deep core level excitation spectra, concerning particularly with which orbital, Cud or Op state, a hole will occupy in the CuO₂ plane.     

Inelastic scattering of phonons by quadrupole defects with internal degrees of freedom

We solve the quantum mechanical problem of the inelastic scattering of phonons by a quadrupole defect in a crystal lattice for the case of solid parahydrogen whose matrix contains pair complexes of H₂ orthomolecules. By employing the pseudospin approximation for the operator of the energy of quadrupole-quadrupole interaction of the molecules in an orthopair we derive an effective Hamiltonian that describes the interaction of phonons with a pair quadrupole orthodefect in the lattice. We set up the scattering matrix and calculate the effective phonon relaxation time τ(ω, T) as a function of the frequency ω and the crystal temperature T. We also find that a pair quadrupole defect, which has a complicated system of levels, can be replaced by an effective two-level system with temperature-dependent parameters. The fact that a pair quadrupole orthocluster has internal degrees of freedom results in a resonant scattering peak near a certain critical temperature T ₀. Our estimates for H₂ yield T ₀≃ 6–7 K. Finally, we discuss the contribution of this mechanism to the low-temperature thermal conductivity of solid hydrogen. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 114, 555–569 (August 1998)