Interaction between large and small signals in a resonant transmission line based on magnetostatic waves

The influence of a large signal on the characteristics of a small signal near the frequency of the former is experimentally studied for the case of their simultaneous propagation through a resonant transmission line based on backward volume magnetostatic waves. The effects observed are caused by the excitation of spin waves in a ferromagnetic film at different large-signal frequencies and by the back influence of excited spin-wave packets on the amplitude and phase characteristics of the small signal.     

Theoretical study of the X-ray Kβ emission spectrum of an argon atom

The influence of many-particle effects on absolute values and the shape of the doubly differential cross section of resonant inelastic scattering of a linearly polarized X-ray photon by a free Ar atom close to the K- and KM ₂₃-ionization thresholds is studied theoretically. The evolution of the spatially extended profile of the scattering cross section to the principal Kβ_1,3 and satellite Kβ₅ structures of the Ar X-ray Kβ emission spectrum is demonstrated. The calculations are performed in the nonrelativistic Hartree-Fock approximation for the wave functions of one-electron states and in the dipole approximation for the anomalous-dispersion amplitude of the scattering probability. The effects of the radial relaxation of electron shells, the correlation loosening, vacuum correlations, the spin-orbit and multiplet splitting, as well as the Auger and radiative decays of the vacancies produced are taken into account. The calculation results have a predictive character and, for the case of the incident photon energies of 3199.2 and 3245.9 eV, they are in good agreement with the results of the synchrotron experiment on measuring the X-ray Kβ emission spectrum of a free Ar atom.     

Control of the temperature hysteresis and diffuse dielectric anomaly in the temperature range of the ferroelectric-antiferroelectric phase transition in PbZr1 − x TixO3 (0.03 ≤ x ≤ 0.05) ceramics

The magnitudes of the temperature hysteresis and diffuse dielectric anomaly corresponding to the transition from the antiferroelectric phase to the ferroelectric phase in PbZr_{1 ? x} Ti_xO₃ (0.03 ≤ x ≤ 0.05) ceramics can be reversibly changed by varying the temperatures of heating and cooling in the course of thermocycling. The results obtained indicate that the antiferroelectric-ferroelectric transition in the PbZr_{1 ? x} Ti_xO₃ ceramics materials is a smeared first-order phase transition.     

A two-fraction model for the calculation of the resonance spectra of the complex permittivity of ice in the far infrared

A two-fraction model that makes it possible to calculate analytically the complex dielectric permittivity of ice in the far infrared and submillimeter wavelength ranges is proposed. The librational and vibrational fractions are considered. The first fraction, consisting of rigid dipoles executing anharmonic reorientations in defects of the structure, gives rise to the librational band of ice at 800 cm^?1. The second fraction consists of elastically vibrating oppositely charged H-bonded molecules. This fraction describes two bands of ice in the range 100–300 cm^?1, and the nonresonant background of dielectric losses in the submillimeter wavelength range. The dielectric permittivity spectra of ice calculated for the temperature of ?7°C are consistent with the experimental spectra. The spectra of ice at the temperature ?30°C are predicted.     

Low-temperature plasticity in nanocrystalline titanium and copper

The stress-strain compressive curves, temperature dependences of the yield stress, and small-inelastic-strain rate spectra of coarse-grained and ultrafine-grained (produced by equal-channel angular pressing) titanium and copper are compared in the temperature range 4.2–300 K. As the temperature decreases, copper undergoes mainly strain hardening and titanium undergoes thermal hardening. The temperature dependences of the yield stress of titanium and copper have specific features which correlate with the behavior of their small-inelastic-strain rate spectra. Under the same loading conditions, the rate of microplastic deformation of ultrafine-grained titanium is lower than that of coarse-grained titanium and the rate peaks shift toward high temperatures. The deformation activation volumes of titanium samples differing in terms of their grain size are (10–35)b ³, where b is the Burgers vector magnitude. The dependences of the yield stress on the grain size at various temperatures are satisfactorily described by the Hall-Petch relation.     

Temperature dependences of the strengths of a carbon fiber and a three-dimensional reinforced carbon-carbon composite

At a fixed tension rate, the ultimate tensile strength of a carbon fiber decreases nonlinearly with increasing temperature T. This nonlinearity is caused by a change in the statistics of atomic vibrations from quantum (at T < 2250 K) to classical (at T > 2250 K) statistics. To take into account the quantum statistics, quantum function F _q is introduced into Zhurkov’s equation instead of temperature; the value of this function is calculated from the temperature dependence of the specific heat of carbon. This equation gives the values of the fracture activation energy (≈16 eV) and parameter γ (≈0.15 nm³). The strength of the three-dimensional reinforced carbon-carbon composite decreases up to ≈1800 K and increases as the temperature grows further. The decrease in the strength is explained by an increase in the rate of fiber and matrix fracture with increasing temperature, and the increase in the strength is explained by a decrease in the strength of the fiber-matrix adhesion bonds at high temperatures. As a result of this decrease, fibers begin to move with respect to each other under load, and the stresses applied to them level off. Although the fiber strength continues to decrease with increasing temperature, this effect increases the composite strength.     

Simulation of the structural,electronic, and magnetic properties of Fe<Subscript>3</Subscript>C<Subscript>1−<Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript>B<Subscript>x</Subscript> borocementites

The structural, electronic, and magnetic properties and the enthalpy of formation of iron borocementites Fe₃C_1?x B_x (x= 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.00) are analyzed using ab initio calculations in the framework of the electron density functional theory. It is found that the unit cell parameter a of the orthorhombic lattice increases linearly and the parameters b and c decrease as the boron concentration increases. The density of states at the Fermi level changes only slightly, and the main variations in the band structure occur in the region of the bottom of the valence bands. The magnetic moment of the iron atoms and the total magnetization and stability of the Fe₃C_1?x B_x phases increase linearly with an increase in the boron concentration.