Metal-insulator and magnetic phase transitions: A thermodynamic model

A thermodynamic model of magnetic insulator-to-metal transitions is presented. As the parameters are varied it shows with increasing temperatures; (a) antiferromagnetic insulator → paramagnetic insulator; or (b) antiferromagnetic insulator → metal → paramagnetic insulator; or (c) antiferromagnetic insulator → metal; or (d) metal at all temperatures. Behaviors (b) and (c) are separated by a classical critical point. The model reproduces well the behavior encounted in (V_1-xCr_x)₂O₃ and can be applied to magnetic semiconductors in general.     

Effect of radiofrequency on the sheath-plasma resonance in a low-density plasma

Summary Bohm's theory on plasma probes has been modified, by taking into account the effect of the applied RF voltage on the ion saturation current, for explaining the experimentally detected behaviour of the plasma sheath resonance frequency in a low-temperature and low-density plasma

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Riassunto La teoria di Bohm sulle sonde nei plasmi è stata modificata, tenendo conto dell'effetto dovuto alla tensione RF applicata sulla corrente ionica di saturazione. Si spiega cosi l'andamento della frequenza di risonanza plasma-guaina ionica, rilevato sperimentalmente, in un plasma a bassa temperatura e bassa densità.

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Резюме Предлагается модификация теории Бома для плазменных зондов, которая учитывает влияние приложенного радиочастотного напряжения на ионный ток насыщения. Предложенная модификация позволяет объяснить экспериментально обнаруженное поведение резонансной частоты плазменной оболочки при низкой температуре и при низкой плотности плазмы.

     

Ovatifolin,a sesquiterpene lactone

Ovatifolin, C₁₇H₂₂O₅, is a sesquiterpene lactone isolated from the aerial parts ofPodanthus mitiqui Lindl. (Compositae) collected near Pichidangui, Chile. Extracts of the plant exhibit cytotoxic activity against KB cell cultures. The pale yellow crystals belong to the orthorhombic space groupP2₁2₁2₁ with cell dimensionsa = 8.159(1),b = 6.640(1), andc = 29.314(4) Å. Data were collected on an automatic diffractometer and the structure was solved by direct methods. The model was refined anisotropically to anR value of 0.047 using all 1742 measured intensities. The 10-memberedtrans-trans-germacradiene ring adopts a chair-chair conformation with C(4) and C(10) methyl groups orientedsyn on the face of the molecule. The conformation leads to a crossed double-bond system in which transannular interactions shift the ultraviolet absorption to 210 nm. The five-membered lactone ring adopts a distorted chair conformation and istrans-fused to the 10-membered ring.FASTBIOS contribution number 36.     

Einstein gravitation from scalar nonsingular sources alone

In the light of Einstein's equations a system only containing two scalar fields is considered: One is of long range and attractive, the other is of short range and repulsive. The sources of these fields are taken to be nonsingular and spherically symmetric. All components of the energy-momentum tensor are continuous. A static solution of the equations is obtained in the weak-field approximation. The source of the gravitational field shows a finite concentration on the center of symmetry and dilutes monotonically to zero outwards. A Schwarzschild-type gravitation is found at infinity.     

Note On the equality of star products

We study the problem of finding conditions for two star products of n vectors to be equal when the vectors in each star product are not linearly independent, and the problem of finding conditions for one star product to be zero. We reprove results of M. Marcus and J. Chollet in a very simple way. We present also some open problems.     

Spectral density of surface states: Clean W(001) surface

The transfer matrix approach is applied to calculate the spectral density of electronic states for the W(001) surface. We use a tight-binding hamiltonian with a nine function basis: 6s, 6p and 5d. Results for $\text{k}$ points along the Σ and ? symmetry lines are presented for occupied states. Both surface and bulk features of the spectral density are in good agreement with angularly resolved photoemission spectra.     

Hyperfine spectroscopic study of the metal-insulator transition in V2O3

The metal-insulator (M-I) transition in vanadium sesquioxide V₂O₃ has been investigated by time differential perturbed angular correlation measurements of the electric fieldgradient (EFG) and the magnetic hyperfine field at dilute¹¹¹Cd impurities. The EFG undergoes a first-order change at the M-I transition at T_t=160 K, but does not reflect the high temperature resistivity anomaly. The increase of the EFG with temperature in the metallic phase can be attributed to thermal variations of the oxygen sublattice. The temperature dependence of the magnetic hyperfine field in the insulating phase follows a Brioullin function with a saturation value of H_hf(O)=15 KOe and an extrapolated Neel temperature, which, depending on the impurity concentration, varies between 188 and 230 K.     

Magnon instability in the free-carrier absorption in magnetic semiconductors under a strong d.c. magnetic field

The magnon damping in an electron-magnon system in the presence of a laser beam and a d.c. magnetic field is discussed. It is shown that near the laser-cyclotron resonance, and for the laser beam propagating perpendicularly to the magnetic field the magnon population in a relatively narrow range of k may grow with time.     

Spin wave amplification by a radiation field in free-carrier magnetic semiconductors

The rate of change in the magnon population due to scattering by free carriers in the presence of a laser field is calculated. It is found that spin waves propagating parallel to the direction of propagation of the radiation field may be amplified over a relatively narrow band of q values.