Electron irradiation effects in doped high temperature superconductors YBa2Cu3? x M x O y (M = Fe, Ni; x=0; x =0:01)

The influence of irradiation by electrons with an energy of 8 MeV, at dose intervals between 10¹³ and 2×10¹⁸el/cm², on the properties of impurity doped, high-temperature superconductor YBa₂Cu_3−x M _x O _y (M = Fe, Ni; x=0; x=0:01) ceramics has been studied. It has been established that, as the irradiation dose is increased, the onset temperature of the transition to the superconducting state (T _c ^on ), and the intergranular weak link coupling temperature between granules (T _m ^J ), exhibit an oscillation around their initial values of approximately about 1–1.5 K. This oscillation indicates that the process of radiation defect formation in HTSC occurs in multiple stages. It was also found that the critical current (J _c )decreases with an increase of the irradiation dose, and exhibits a local minimum at a dose of 8×10¹⁶el/cm²coinciding with minima for T _c ^on and T _m ^J at this dose. It was found that the introduction of Fe atoms to the ceramic decreases T _m ^J , while introducing Ni atoms decreases both T _c ^on and T _m ^J ; it is suggested that this is a result of Ni substitution of Cu both in Cu2 plane sites and Cu1 chain sites. The introduction of Ni causes a large change in the intergranular critical current density, J _c . A critical irradiation dose is obtained (2×10¹⁸)after which all HTSC parameters strongly decrease, i. e. the superconductivity of HTSC is destroyed.      

Combustion Behaviour of Nitrocellulose and its Complexes with Copper Oxide. Hot stage microscopic studies

Complexes of nitrocellulose (NC – low and high nitrogen content) with copper oxide (CuO) have been synthesized and studied for morphological behaviour on heating from room temperature to 500°C with the help of hot stage microscopy (HSM). During decomposition, NC:CuO complexes show contraction of fibrous boundaries followed by mass movement of matrix, with the evolution of brown yellow colour gas at higher temperatures as compared to NC alone. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

The vortex dynamics of a Ginzburg-Landau system under pinning effect

It is proved that the vortices of a Ginzburg-Landau system are attracted by impurities or inhomo-geneities in the super-conducting materials. The strong H1-convergence for the system is also studied.     

The Susceptibility of the Square Lattice Ising Model: New Developments

We have made substantial advances in elucidating the properties of the susceptibility of the square lattice Ising model. We discuss its analyticity properties, certain closed form expressions for subsets of the coefficients, and give an algorithm of complexity O(N⁶) to determine its first N coefficients. As a result, we have generated and analyzed series with more than 300 terms in both the high- and low-temperature regime. We quantify the effect of irrelevant variables to the scaling-amplitude functions. In particular, we find and quantify the breakdown of simple scaling, in the absence of irrelevant scaling fields, arising first at order |T–T_c|^9/4, though high-low temperature symmetry is still preserved. At terms of order |T–T_c|^17/4 and beyond, this symmetry is no longer present. The short-distance terms are shown to have the form (T–T_c)^p (log |T–T_c|)^q with pq². Conjectured exact expressions for some correlation functions and series coefficients in terms of elliptic theta functions also foreshadow future developments.     

各向异性超导体电阻转变的修正Kosterlitz-Thouless相变模型

从二维系统的Kosterlitz-Thouless (KT) 相变理论出发，在关联长度中引入热激活能和平均钉扎高度，提出了修正的KT相变模型.该模型与库伦气体标度理论和Halperin-Nelson关系具有一致性.应用修正的KT相变模型研究磁场下Tl₂Ba₂CaCu₂O_x(Tl-2212)薄膜电阻转变的标度行为，发现由电阻转变计算得到的平均钉扎高度与温度具有线性依赖关系，实验结果支持修正的KT相变模型. 关键词： 标度行为 各向异性超导体 电阻转变     

量子线/绝缘层/p波超导体结的隧道谱

用Bogoliubov-de Gennes方程来研究量子线/绝缘层/p波超导体结(q/I/p)中的准粒子输运过程，利用推广的Blonder，Tinkham和Klapwijk模型计算绝对零度和有限温度下q/I/p的一级谐波隧道谱.和量子线/绝缘层/d波超导体结的一级谐波隧道谱不同的是q/I/p的一级谐波隧道谱中存在零偏压电导峰.随着q/I/p中绝缘层的势垒散射增强，q/I/p的一级谐波隧道谱中零偏压电导峰变高.     

飞秒时间分辨光抽运探测技术及进展

文章简要介绍了飞秒时间分辨光抽运探测技术以及作者所在实验室的最新研究进展．灵敏度和信噪比是实验中的重要参数，文章着重介绍了作者在这两方面的改进，从而可检测到更微弱信号，并降低了使用的激光功率．配合具有光学窗口的液氦低温系统，还可对更多领域的材料进行研究，其中包括高温超导、生物化学样品和纳米材料等，并可给出物质内部结构等方面的重要信息．     

钕铁硼在高温超导磁悬浮技术实验中的应用

将新材料钕铁硼作为磁导轨引入到高温超导磁悬浮技术实验中,介绍了高温超导悬浮技术实验的基本原理、仪器及钕铁硼对实验的改进.     

手征对称性动力学破缺和铜氧化物超导体相变的三维量子电动力学研究

利用三维量子电动力学理论中的Dyson-Schwinger方程方法, 研究了零温情况下平面铜氧化合物超导体的反铁磁相和d波超导相之间的相变. 通过在朗道规范下近似解析求解和数值求解完全耦合的Dyson-Schwinger方程、并将所得结果与1/N展开方法的结果相比较, 发现在半填充准费密子味道数约小于等于4的情况下, 通过手征对称性自发破缺, d波超导相可以演化到反铁磁相, 并且反铁磁相有可能与d波超导相共存. 通过进一步比较不同相的压强, 还说明反铁磁与d波超导共存相为稳定相, 从而反铁磁相确实可以与d波超导相共存.     

High-pressure Raman study of MgV2O6 synthesized at high pressure and high temperature

A new structural phase of MgV2O6 was obtained by a high-pressure,high-temperature(HPHT) synthesis method.The new phase was investigated by the Rietveld analysis of X-ray powder diffraction data,showing space group Pbcn(No.60) symmetry and a = 13.6113(6) (1 = 0.1 nm),b = 5.5809(1) ,c = 4.8566(3) ,V = 368.93(2) 3(Z = 4).High pressure behavior was studied by Raman spectroscopy at room temperature.Under 22.5 GPa,there was no sign of a structural phase transition in the spectra,demonstrating stability of the HPHT phase up to the highest pressure.