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2015-06-18
Robustness of s-wave pairing symmetry in iron-based superconductors and its implications to fundamentals on magnetically-driven high temperature superconductivity
Under the assumption that the superconducting state belongs to a single irreducible representation of lattice symmetry, we argue that the pairing symmetry in all measured iron-based superconductors is universally consistent with the A_{1g} s-wave. The robust s-wave pairing throughout the different families of iron-base...
1506.05791v1
2015-07-07
SD 1313-0019 -- Another second-generation star with [Fe/H] = -5.0, observed with the Magellan Telescope
We present a Magellan/MIKE high-resolution (R ~ 35,000) spectrum of the ancient star SD 1313-0019 which has an iron abundance of [Fe/H] = -5.0, paired with a carbon enhancement of [C/Fe] ~ 3.0. The star was initially identified by Allende Prieto et al. in the BOSS survey. Its medium-resolution spectrum suggested a high...
1507.01973v2
2015-07-15
Impact of Uniaxial Pressure on Structural and Magnetic Phase Transitions in Electron-Doped Iron Pnictides
We use neutron resonance spin echo and Larmor diffraction to study the effect of uniaxial pressure on the tetragonal-to-orthorhombic structural ($T_s$) and antiferromagnetic (AF) phase transitions in iron pnictides BaFe$_{2-x}$Ni$_{x}$As$_{2}$ ($x=0,0.03,0.12$), SrFe$_{1.97}$Ni$_{0.03}$As$_2$, and BaFe$_2$(As$_{0.7}$P$...
1507.04191v2
2015-08-24
Critical current density and microstructure of iron sheathed multifilamentary Sr1-xKxFe2As2/Ag composite conductors
Iron-based superconductors have been considered to be very promising in high-field applications, for which multifilamentary wire and tape conductors with high mechanical strength are essential. In this work, 7-,19- and 114-filament Sr0.6K0.4Fe2As2 (Sr-122) superconducting wires and tapes with silver as matrix and iron ...
1508.05781v1
2015-09-29
Chemical analysis of Asymptotic Giant Branch stars in M62
We have collected UVES-FLAMES high-resolution spectra for a sample of 6 asymptotic giant branch (AGB) and 13 red giant branch (RGB) stars in the Galactic globular cluster M62 (NGC6266). Here we present the detailed abundance analysis of iron, titanium, and light-elements (O, Na, Al and Mg). For the majority (5 out 6) o...
1509.08917v1
2015-11-08
Magnetic ground state of FeSe
Elucidating the nature of the magnetism of a high-temperature superconductor is crucial for establishing its pairing mechanism. The parent compounds of the cuprate and iron-pnictide superconductors exhibit N\'eel and stripe magnetic order, respectively. However, FeSe, the structurally simplest iron-based superconductor...
1511.02485v2
2015-11-13
Spin nematic susceptibility studied by inelastic neutron scattering in FeSe
Mechanism of unconventional superconductivity in FeSe has been intensely scrutinized recently because of a variety of exotic properties unprecedented for other iron-based superconductors. A central unanswered question concerns the origin of the interaction that causes the nematic transition at $T_s=90\,K$ without accom...
1511.04267v4
2015-12-08
Interface control by homoepitaxial growth in pulsed laser deposited iron chalcogenide thin ilms
Thin film growth of iron chalcogenides by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is still a delicate issue in terms of simultaneous control of stoichiometry, texture, substrate/film interface properties, and superconducting properties. The high volatility of the constituents sharply limits optimal deposition temperatures to a n...
1512.02524v1
2015-12-19
What makes the Tc of monolayer FeSe on SrTiO3 so high: a sign-problem-free quantum Monte Carlo study
Monolayer FeSe films grown on SrTiO3 (STO) substrate show superconducting gap-opening temperatures (Tc) which are almost an order of magnitude higher than those of the bulk FeSe and are highest among all known Fe-based superconductors. Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) observed "replica bands" suggestin...
1512.06179v4
2016-01-11
High-temperature superconductivity from fine-tuning of Fermi-surface singularities in iron oxypnictides
In the family of the iron-based superconductors, the $RE$FeAsO-type compounds (with $RE$ being a rare-earth metal) exhibit the highest bulk superconducting transition temperatures ($T_{\mathrm{c}}$) up to $55\ \textrm{K}$ and thus hold the key to the elusive pairing mechanism. Recently, it has been demonstrated that th...
1601.02686v1
2016-01-20
Orbital Order and Spin Nematicity in the Tetragonal Phase of Electron-doped Iron-Pnictides NaFe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$As
In copper-oxide and iron-based high temperature (high-$T_{\rm c}$) superconductors, many physical properties exhibit in-plane anisotropy, which is believed to be caused by a rotational symmetry-breaking nematic order, whose origin and its relationship to superconductivity remain elusive. In many iron-pnictides, a tetra...
1601.05293v1
2016-01-29
Weak-coupling superconductivity in a strongly correlated iron pnictide
Iron-based superconductors have been found to exhibit an intimate interplay of orbital, spin, and lattice degrees of freedom, dramatically affecting their low-energy electronic properties, including superconductivity. Albeit the precise pairing mechanism remains unidentified, several candidate interactions have been su...
1601.08195v1
2016-02-16
Surface terminations and layer-resolved spectroscopy in 122 iron pnictide superconductors
The surface terminations of 122-type alkaline earth metal iron pnictides AEFe2As2 (AE = Ca, Ba) are investigated with scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/STS). Cleaving these crystals at a cryogenic temperature yields a large majority of terminations with atomically resolved square-root-two (rt2) or 1*2 lat...
1602.04937v1
2016-02-25
ARPES view of orbitally resolved quasiparticle lifetimes in iron pnictides
We study with ARPES the renormalization and quasiparticle lifetimes of the $d_{xy}$ and $d_{xz}$/$d_{yz}$ orbitals in two iron pnictides, LiFeAs and Ba(Fe$_{0.92}$Co$_{0.08}$)$_2$As$_2$ (Co8). We find that both quantities depend on orbital character rather than on the position on the Fermi Surface (for example hole or ...
1602.07986v1
2016-03-07
The intercalation chemistry of layered iron chalcogenide superconductors
The iron chalcogenides FeSe and FeS are superconductors composed of two-dimensional sheets held together by van der Waals interactions, which makes them prime candidates for the intercalation of various guest species. We review the intercalation chemistry of FeSe and FeS superconductors and discuss their synthesis, str...
1603.02334v1
2016-03-15
Iron in galaxy groups and clusters: Confronting galaxy evolution models with a newly homogenised dataset
We present an analysis of the iron abundance in the hot gas surrounding galaxy groups and clusters. To do this, we first compile and homogenise a large dataset of 79 low-redshift (|z| = 0.03) systems (159 individual measurements) from the literature. Our analysis accounts for differences in aperture size, solar abundan...
1603.04858v1
2016-03-16
Tracing the electronic pairing glue in unconventional superconductors via inelastic Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
The origin of Cooper pairing in high-temperature superconductors, such as the copper-oxide and iron-based system, is still under debate. High transition temperatures together with unconventional pairing states support the picture of an electronic pairing glue in the cuprates, where superconductivity is mediated by coll...
1603.05288v3
2016-04-26
Surface Nematic Order in Iron Pnictides
Electronic nematicity plays important role in iron-based superconductors. These materials have layered structure and theoretical description of their magnetic and nematic transitions has been well established in two-dimensional approximation, i.e., when the layers can be treated independently. However, the interaction ...
1604.07757v3
2016-05-28
Hubbard interactions in iron-based pnictides and chalcogenides: Slater parametrization, screening channels and frequency dependence
We calculate the strength of the frequency-dependent on-site electronic interactions in the iron pnictides LaFeAsO, BaFe2As2, BaRu2As2, and LiFeAs and the chalcogenide FeSe from first principles within the constrained random phase approximation. We discuss the accuracy of an atomic-like parametrization of the two-index...
1605.08918v1
2016-06-15
Iron K$α$ line of Kerr black holes with scalar hair
Recently, a family of hairy black holes in 4-dimensional Einstein gravity minimally coupled to a complex, massive scalar field was discovered~\cite{hbh}. Besides the mass $M$ and spin angular momentum $J$, these objects are characterized by a Noether charge $Q$, measuring the amount of scalar hair, which is not associa...
1606.04654v2
2016-07-05
Two new parent compounds for FeSe-based superconducting phases
It is well established that the occurrence of superconductivity in iron pnictides is closely related to the tetragonal to orthorhombic structural and antiferromagnetic (AFM) phase transitions. It, however, has not been clear whether the same scenario is appropriate for iron chalcogenide counterparts due to the absence ...
1607.01103v1
2016-07-11
Effect of local environment on moment formation in iron silicides
The effect of local environment on the formation of magnetic moments on Fe atoms in iron silicides are studied by combination of ab initio and model calculations. The suggested model includes all Fe d- and Si p-orbitals, intra-atomic Coulomb interactions, inter-atomic Fe-Fe exchange and hopping of electrons to nearest ...
1607.02856v2
2016-07-12
Simulation study of the correlation ($X_{max}^μ$, $N^μ$) in view of obtaining information on primary mass of the UHECRs
In this paper we study, using Monte Carlo simulations, the possibility to discriminate the mass of the Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) by combining information obtained from the maximum $X_{max}^{\mu}$ of the muon production rate longitudinal profile of Extensive Air Showers (EAS) and the number of muons, $N^{\m...
1607.03244v1
2016-07-17
Testing the Kerr metric with the iron line and the KRZ parametrization
The spacetime geometry around astrophysical black holes is supposed to be well approximated by the Kerr metric, but deviations from the Kerr solution are predicted in a number of scenarios involving new physics. Broad iron K$\alpha$ lines are commonly observed in the X-ray spectrum of black holes and originate by X-ray...
1607.04893v2
2016-08-19
Optical observation of spin-density-wave fluctuations in Ba122 iron-based superconductors
In iron-based superconductors, a spin-density-wave (SDW) magnetic order is suppressed with doping and unconventional superconductivity appears in close proximity to the SDW instability. The optical response of the SDW order shows clear gap features: substantial suppression in the low-frequency optical conductivity, alo...
1608.05474v1
2016-08-23
Non-LTE line formation of Fe in late-type stars - III. 3D non-LTE analysis of metal-poor stars
As one of the most important elements in astronomy, iron abundance determinations need to be as accurate as possible. We investigate the accuracy of spectroscopic iron abundance analyses using archetypal metal-poor stars. We perform detailed 3D non-LTE radiative transfer calculations based on 3D hydrodynamic Stagger mo...
1608.06390v2
2016-09-04
Iron K$α$ line of boson stars
The present paper is a sequel to our previous work [Y. Ni et al., JCAP 1607, 049 (2016)] in which we studied the iron K$\alpha$ line expected in the reflection spectrum of Kerr black holes with scalar hair. These metrics are solutions of Einstein's gravity minimally coupled to a massive, complex scalar field. They form...
1609.00901v2
2016-10-13
TOPoS: III. An ultra iron-poor multiple CEMP system
One of the primary objectives of the TOPoS survey is to search for the most metal-poor stars. Our search has led to the discovery of one of the most iron-poor objects known, SDSS\,J092912.32+023817.0. This object is a multiple system, in which two components are clearly detected in the spectrum. We have analysed 16 hig...
1610.04106v1
2016-11-01
Experimental evidence for the importance of Hund's exchange interaction for the incoherence of the charge carriers in iron-based superconductors
Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) is used to study the scattering rates of charge carriers from the hole pockets near Gamma in the iron-based high-Tc hole doped superconductors KxBa1-xFe2As2 x=0.4 and KxEu1-xFe2As2 x=0.55$ and the electron doped compound Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 x=0.075. The scattering rate for...
1611.00239v1
2016-11-10
A new migration mechanism for oversized solutes in cubic lattices: correlation effects
Recent ab-initio calculations showed that oversized solute atoms (OSA) in BCC and FCC iron exhibit a very strong attraction with a nearby vacancy (V) at first neighbour distance (1NN). The attraction it is so large that the 1NN pair OSA+V is no longer stable and relaxes spontaneously towards a new configuration where t...
1611.03230v2
2016-11-10
Lattice Parameters Guide Superconductivity in Iron-Arsenides
The discovery of superconducting materials has led to their use in technological marvels such as magnetic-field sensors in MRI machines, powerful research magnets, short transmission cables, and high-speed trains. Despite such applications, the uses of superconductors are not widespread because they function much below...
1611.03400v1
2016-12-01
Spin anisotropy due to spin-orbit coupling in optimally hole-doped Ba$_{0.67}$K$_{0.33}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$
We use polarized inelastic neutron scattering to study the temperature and energy dependence of spin space anisotropies in the optimally hole-doped iron pnictide Ba$_{0.67}$K$_{0.33}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ ($T_{{\rm c}}=38$ K). In the superconducting state, while the high-energy part of the magnetic spectrum is nearly isotro...
1612.00379v2
2016-12-22
Unravelling incommensurate magnetism and its emergence in iron-based superconductors
We focus on a broad class of tetragonal itinerant systems sharing a tendency towards the spontaneous formation of incommensurate magnetism with ordering wavevectors $\mathbf{Q}_{1,2}=(\pi-\delta,0)/(0,\pi-\delta)$ or $\mathbf{Q}_{1,2}=(\pi,\delta)/(-\delta,\pi)$. Employing a Landau approach, we obtain the generic magne...
1612.07633v3
2017-01-04
Origin of the Galactic Diffuse X-ray Emission: Iron K-shell Line Diagnostics
This paper reports detailed K-shell line profiles of iron (Fe) and nickel (Ni) of the Galactic Center X-ray Emission (GCXE), Galactic Bulge X-ray Emission (GBXE), Galactic Ridge X-ray Emission (GRXE), magnetic Cataclysmic Variables (mCVs), non-magnetic Cataclysmic Variables (non-mCVs), and coronally Active Binaries (AB...
1701.00884v1
2017-02-07
Supernova of 1006 (G327.6+14.6)
SN 1006 (G327.6+14.6) was the brightest supernova (SN) witnessed in human history. As of one thousand years later, it stands out as an ideal laboratory to study Type Ia SNe and shocks in supernova remnants (SNRs). The present state of knowledge about SN 1006 is reviewed in this article. No star consistent with a surviv...
1702.02054v1
2017-02-13
Electron-Capture and Low-Mass Iron-Core-Collapse Supernovae: New Neutrino-Radiation-Hydrodynamics Simulations
We present new 1D (spherical) and 2D (axisymmetric) simulations of electron-capture (EC) and low-mass iron-core-collapse supernovae (SN). We consider six progenitor models: the ECSN progenitor from Nomoto (1984, 1987); two ECSN-like low-mass low-metallicity iron core progenitors from Heger (private communication); and ...
1702.03927v2
2017-02-25
Serum protein resistant behavior of multisite-bound poly(ethylene glycol) chains onto iron oxide surfaces
Recent surveys have shown that the number of nanoparticle-based formulations actually used at the clinical level is significantly lower than expected a decade ago. One reason for this is that the nanoparticle physicochemical properties fall short for handling the complexity of biological environments and for preventing...
1702.07857v1
2017-03-11
Non-LTE line formation of Fe in late-type stars IV: Modelling of the solar centre-to-limb variation in 3D
Our ability to model the shapes and strengths of iron lines in the solar spectrum is a critical test of the accuracy of the solar iron abundance, which sets the absolute zero-point of all stellar metallicities. We use an extensive 463-level Fe atom with new photoionisation cross-sections for FeI as well as quantum mech...
1703.04027v1
2017-03-25
Electronic structure of FeS
Here we report the electronic structure of FeS, a recently identified iron-based superconductor. Our high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy studies show two hole-like ($\alpha$ and $\beta$) and two electron-like ($\eta$ and $\delta$) Fermi pockets around the Brillouin zone center and corner, respecti...
1703.08682v1
2017-04-03
Nucleosynthesis in thermonuclear supernovae
The explosion energy of thermonuclear (Type Ia) supernovae is derived from the difference in nuclear binding energy liberated in the explosive fusion of light 'fuel' nuclei, predominantly carbon and oxygen, into more tightly bound nuclear 'ash' dominated by iron and silicon group elements. The very same explosive therm...
1704.00415v1
2017-04-07
High Radiation Pressure on Interstellar Dust Computed by Light-Scattering Simulation on Fluffy Agglomerates of Magnesium-silicate Grains with Metallic-iron Inclusions
Recent space missions have provided information on the physical and chemical properties of interstellar grains such as the ratio $\beta$ of radiation pressure to gravity acting on the grains in addition to the composition, structure, and size distribution of the grains. Numerical simulation on the trajectories of inter...
1704.02066v2
2017-05-05
X-ray Magnetic and Natural Circular Dichroism from first principles: Calculation of K- and L1-edge spectra
An efficient first principles approach to calculate X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) and X-ray natural circular dichroism (XNCD) is developed and applied in the near edge region at the K-and L1-edges in solids. Computation of circular dichroism requires precise calculations of X-ray absorption spectra (XAS) for...
1705.02192v1
2017-05-05
Constraining The Single-Degenerate Channel of Type Ia Supernovae With Stable Iron-Group Elements in SNR 3C 397
Recent Suzaku X-ray spectra of SNR 3C 397 indicate enhanced stable iron-group element abundances of Ni, Mn, Cr, and Fe. Seeking to address key questions about the progenitor and explosion mechanism of 3C 397, we compute nucleosynthetic yields from a suite of multidimensional hydrodynamics models in the near-Chandrasekh...
1705.02339v1
2017-05-09
Chemical abundances in the nucleus of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy
We present Iron, Magnesium, Calcium, and Titanium abundances for 235 stars in the central region of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy (within 9.0 arcmin ~70 pc from the center) from medium-resolution Keck/DEIMOS spectra. All the considered stars belong to the massive globular cluster M54 or to the central nucleus...
1705.03251v1
2017-05-12
Orbital-selective Mott phase in multiorbital models for iron pnictides and chalcogenides
There is increasing recognition that the multiorbital nature of the 3d electrons is important to the proper description of the electronic states in the normal state of the iron-based superconductors. Earlier studies of the pertinent multiorbital Hubbard models identified an orbital-selective Mott phase, which anchors t...
1705.04541v1
2017-07-04
Apparent Trend of the Iron Abundance in NGC 3201: the Same Outcome with Different Data
We further study the unusual trend we found at statistically significant levels in some globular clusters, including NGC 3201: a decreasing iron abundance in red giants towards the cluster centers. We first show that recently published new estimates of iron abundance in the cluster reproduce this trend, in spite of the...
1707.00786v1
2017-07-05
Switching Magnetism and Superconductivity with Spin-Polarized Current in Iron-Based Superconductor
We have explored a new mechanism for switching magnetism and superconductivity in a magnetically frustrated iron-based superconductor using spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy (SPSTM). Our SPSTM study on single crystal Sr$_2$VO$_3$FeAs shows that a spin-polarized tunneling current can switch the Fe-layer magne...
1707.01191v2
2017-07-10
Explosive nucleosynthesis of ultra-stripped Type Ic supernovae: application to light trans-iron elements
We investigate the explosive nucleosynthesis during two dimensional neutrino-driven explosion of ultra-stripped Type Ic supernovae evolved from 1.45 and 1.5 M$_\odot$ CO stars. These supernovae explode with the explosion energy of $\sim 10^{50}$ erg and release $\sim 0.1$ M$_\odot$ ejecta. The light trans-iron elements...
1707.02685v1
2017-07-26
Shock-darkening in ordinary chondrites: determination of the pressure-temperature conditions by shock physics mesoscale modeling
We determined the shock-darkening pressure range in ordinary chondrites using the iSALE shock physics code. We simulated planar shock waves on a mesoscale in a sample layer at different nominal pressures. Iron and troilite grains were resolved in a porous olivine matrix in the sample layer. We used equations of state (...
1707.08422v1
2017-08-03
Orbital-selective spin excitation of a magnetic porphyrin
Scattering of electrons by localized spins is the ultimate process enabling electrical detection and control of the magnetic state of a spin-doped material. At the molecular scale, this scattering is mediated by the electronic orbitals hosting the spin. Here we report the selective excitation of a molecular spin by ele...
1708.01268v2
2017-08-09
Measurement of the Iron Spectrum in Cosmic Rays with VERITAS
The elemental energy spectra of cosmic rays play an important role in understanding their acceleration and propagation. Most current results are obtained either from direct measurements by balloon or satellite detectors, or from indirect measurements by air shower detector arrays on the Earth's surface. Imaging Air Che...
1708.02960v2
2017-09-05
On the Iron Abundance Anomaly in K-dwarf and Hyades Stars
Using standard 1D-LTE model atmosphere analysis, we provide an in-depth investigation of iron abundance as derived from neutral and singly ionization iron lines (Fe {\scriptsize{I, II}}) in nearby star clusters. Specifically, we replicate the discrepancy regarding $\Delta$[Fe/H], wherein the difference of Fe {\scriptsi...
1709.01244v1
2017-09-21
Analysis of Ultra High Energy Muons at the INO-ICAL Using Pair-Meter Technique
The proposed ICAL detector at INO is a large sized underground magnetized iron detector. ICAL is designed to reconstruct muon momentum using magnetic spectrometers. Energy measurement using magnets fail for muons in TeV range, since the angular deflection of the muon in the magnetic field is negligible and the muon tra...
1709.07445v1
2017-10-04
Pop III $\textit{i}$-process Nucleosynthesis and the Elemental Abundances of SMSS J0313-6708 and the Most Iron-Poor Stars
We have investigated a highly energetic H-ingestion event during shell He burning leading to H-burning luminosities of $\log(L_\mathrm{H}/\mathrm{\Lsun}) \sim 13$ in a $45 \Msun$ Pop III massive stellar model. In order to track the nucleosynthesis which may occur in such an event, we run a series of single-zone nucleos...
1710.01763v4
2017-10-07
Simulations of Electron Capture and Low-Mass Iron Core Supernovae
The evolutionary pathways of core-collapse supernova progenitors at the low-mass end of the spectrum are beset with major uncertainties. In recent years, a variety of evolutionary channels has been discovered in addition to the classical electron capture supernova channel of super-AGB stars. The few available progenito...
1710.02641v1
2017-10-24
Recent advances in iron-based superconductors toward applications
Iron with a large magnetic moment was widely believed to be harmful to the emergence of superconductivity because of the competition between the static ordering of electron spins and the dynamic formation of electron pairs (Cooper pairs). Thus, the discovery of a high critical temperature (Tc) iron-based superconductor...
1710.08574v1
2017-10-24
Mössbauer study of Eu0.57Ca0.43Fe2As2 and Eu0.73Ca0.27(Fe0.87Co0.13)2As2: A comparison to 122 iron-based superconductors parent compounds EuFe2As2 and CaFe2As2
57Fe and 151Eu Moessbauer spectra were obtained versus temperature for Eu0.57Ca0.43Fe2As2 compound with 3d and 4f magnetic order and Eu0.73Ca0.27(Fe0.87Co0.13)2As2 re-entrant superconductor, where the finite resistivity reappears while approaching the ground state. They were compared with previously obtained spectra fo...
1710.08887v3
2017-11-01
Spectroscopic properties of a two-dimensional time-dependent Cepheid model II. Determination of stellar parameters and abundances
Standard spectroscopic analyses of variable stars are based on hydrostatic one-dimensional model atmospheres. This quasi-static approach has theoretically not been validated. We aim at investigating the validity of the quasi-static approximation for Cepheid variables. We focus on the spectroscopic determination of the ...
1711.00236v2
2017-11-08
Chemical Study of the Metal-rich Globular Cluster NGC 5927
Globular Clusters (GCs) are natural laboratories where stellar and chemical evolution can be studied in detail. In addition, their chemical patterns and kinematics can tell us wich Galactic structure (Disk, Bulge, Halo or extragalactic) the cluster belongs to. NGC 5927 is one of most metal-rich GCs in the Galaxy and it...
1711.03176v1
2017-12-25
Discovery of 6.4 keV line and soft X-ray emissions from G323.7$-$1.0 with Suzaku
In this paper, the Suzaku X-ray data of the Galactic Supernova Remnant (SNR) candidate G323.7$-$1.0 are analyzed to search for X-ray emission. Spatially-extended enhancements in the 6.4 keV line and in soft X-rays are found inside or on the radio shell. The soft X-ray enhancement would be the hottest part of the shell-...
1712.09024v1
2018-02-06
Odd and even modes of neutron spin resonance in the bilayer iron-based superconductor CaKFe$_4$As$_4$
We report an inelastic neutron scattering study on the spin resonance in the bilayer iron-based superconductor CaKFe$_4$As$_4$. In contrast to its quasi-two-dimensional electron structure, three strongly $L$-dependent modes of spin resonance are found below $T_c=35$ K. The mode energies are below and linearly scale wit...
1802.01901v2
2018-03-02
Neutron spin resonance in the 112-type iron-based superconductor
We use inelastic neutron scattering to study the low-energy spin excitations of 112-type iron pnictide Ca$_{0.82}$La$_{0.18}$Fe$_{0.96}$Ni$_{0.04}$As$_{2}$ with bulk superconductivity below $T_c=22$ K. A two-dimensional spin resonance mode is found around $E=$ 11 meV, where the resonance energy is almost temperature in...
1803.00779v2
2018-04-12
Lateral manipulation with combined atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopy using CO-terminated tips
CO-terminated tips currently provide the best spatial resolution obtainable in atomic force microscopy. Due to their chemical inertness, they allow to probe interactions dominated by Pauli repulsion. The small size and inertness of the oxygen front atom yields unprecedented resolution of organic molecules, metal cluste...
1804.04382v3
2018-05-03
Uncertainties in s-process nucleosynthesis in low mass stars determined from Monte Carlo variations
The main s-process taking place in low mass stars produces about half of the elements heavier than iron. It is therefore very important to determine the importance and impact of nuclear physics uncertainties on this process. We have performed extensive nuclear reaction network calculations using individual and temperat...
1805.01250v1
2018-05-20
High-pressure effects on isotropic superconductivity in the iron-free layered pnictide superconductor BaPd2As2
While the layered 122 iron arsenide superconductors are highly anisotropic, unconventional, and exhibit several forms of electronic orders that coexist or compete with superconductivity in different regions of their phase diagrams, we find in the absence of iron in the structure that the superconducting characteristics...
1805.07838v1
2018-05-24
Antiferromagnetically assisted electron-phonon coupling and spin-lattice interaction in Fe-based superconductors
We present a theoretical ab-initio approach that allows us to explicitly calculate the superconducting transition temperatures (Tc) of the iron-based superconductors of LaFeAsO1-xFx, SmFeAsO1-xFx, NdFeAsO1-xFx, Ba1-xKxFe2As2, FeSe and LiFeAs that fit perfectly with the experiments. We consider recent evidence that elec...
1805.09754v5
2018-05-25
Room Temperature Magnetic Order in Air-Stable Ultra-Thin Iron Oxide
Certain two-dimensional (2D) materials exhibit intriguing properties such as valley polarization, ferroelectricity, superconductivity and charge-density waves. Many of these materials can be manually assembled into atomic-scale multilayer devices under ambient conditions, owing to their exceptional chemical stability. ...
1805.10372v1
2018-06-21
A numerical study on the softening process of iron ore particles in the cohesive zone of an experimental blast furnace using a coupled CFD-DEM method
Reduced iron-bearing materials start softening in the cohesive zone of a blast furnace due to the high temperature and the weight of the burden above. Softening process causes a reduction of void space between particles. As a result, the pressure drop and gas flow change remarkably in this particular zone. As a consequ...
1806.08114v1
2018-07-02
Time-Variability of equivalent width of 6.4 keV line from the Arches Complex: reflected X-rays or charged particles?
Molecular gas in Arches cloud located near the Arches cluster is one of the emitters of K-$\alpha$ line of neutral iron and X-ray continuum in the Galactic center (GC). Similarly to the cloud Sgr B2, another well-known emitter of the iron line in the GC, the Arches cloud demonstrates temporal decline of the X-ray emiss...
1807.00526v1
2018-07-24
Orbital selectivity versus Pomeranchuk instability in the iron-chalcogenide superconductors: A two-loop renormalization group study
We perform a two-loop renormalization group (RG) analysis of a 2D effective multiband model, which is relevant for describing the low-energy properties of some iron-chalcogenide superconducting materials. Crucial ingredients in this analysis are the calculation of higher-order contributions in the RG scheme that go bey...
1807.09007v2
2018-08-09
Blocking of iron magnetic moments and Spin density wave in FeTi2S4 and Fe2TiS4
Iron-titanium sulfides FeTi2S4 and Fe2TiS4 have been structurally and magnetically characterized using powder X Ray Diffraction with Rietveld refinement method and 57Fe M\"ossbauer spectroscopy at variable temperature. Both sulfides have the same crystallographic phase, based on the monoclinic Cr3S4 type structure and ...
1808.03362v1
2018-08-22
Coexistence of ferromagnetic and stripe-type antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations in YFe$_2$Ge$_2$
We report neutron scattering measurements of single-crystalline YFe$_2$Ge$_2$ in the normal state, which has the same crystal structure to the 122 family of iron pnictide superconductors. YFe$_2$Ge$_2$ does not exhibit long range magnetic order, but exhibits strong spin fluctuations. Like the iron pnictides, YFe$_2$Ge$...
1808.07262v1
2018-08-26
Phase transition in CaFeAsH: bridging 1111 and 122 iron-based superconductors
Iron-based superconductors can be categorized as two types of parent compounds by considering the nature of their temperature-induced phase transitions; namely, first order transitions for 122- and 11-type compounds and second-order transitions for 1111-type compounds. This work examines the structural and magnetic tra...
1808.08564v1
2018-09-23
Electronic structure and spin dynamics of ACo2As2 (A=Ba, Sr, Ca)
The electronic structures, charge and spin dynamics of the cobalt pnictide compounds ACo2As2 (A=Ba, Sr, Ca) in the paramagnetic state are investigated by using density functional theory combined with dynamical mean-field theory. In contrast to their iron counterparts, these cobalt pnictide compounds have three-dimensio...
1809.08550v1
2018-10-15
The Limited Contribution of Low- and High-Luminosity Gamma-Ray Bursts to Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays
The acceleration site for ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) is still an open question despite extended research. In this paper, we reconsider the prompt phase of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) as a possible candidate for this acceleration and constrain the maximum proton energy in optically thin synchrotron and photospher...
1810.06579v2
2018-10-24
Simulation of the electromagnetic wall response during Vertical Displacement Events (VDE) in ITER tokamak
The key basis for tokamak plasma disruption modeling is to understand how currents flow to the plasma facing surfaces during plasma disruption events. In ITER tokamak, the occurrence of a limited number of major disruptions will definitively damage the chamber with no possibility to restore the device. In the current e...
1810.10277v1
2018-11-07
Stabilizing spin systems via symmetrically tailored RKKY interactions
The spin of a single atom adsorbed on a substrate is a promising building block for future spintronics and quantum computation schemes. To process spin information and also for increased magnetic stability, these building blocks have to be coupled. For a single atom, a high symmetry of the environment is known to lead ...
1811.02807v1
2018-11-20
Topological Fermi-arc surface resonances in bcc iron
The topological classification of matter has been extended to include semimetallic phases characterized by the presence of topologically protected band degeneracies. In Weyl semimetals, the foundational gapless topological phase, chiral degeneracies are isolated near the Fermi level and give rise to the Fermi-arc surfa...
1811.08178v1
2018-12-07
Optimal Dynamic Auctions are Virtual Welfare Maximizers
We are interested in the setting where a seller sells sequentially arriving items, one per period, via a dynamic auction. At the beginning of each period, each buyer draws a private valuation for the item to be sold in that period and this valuation is independent across buyers and periods. The auction can be dynamic i...
1812.02993v1
2018-12-14
Multitude of iron lines including a Compton scattered component in OAO 1657--415 detected with Chandra
We present a high resolution X-ray spectrum of the accreting X-ray pulsar, OAO 1657--415 with HETG+ACIS-S onboard \emph{Chandra},revealing the presence of a broad line component around $\sim$ 6.3 keV associated with the neutral iron K$_\alpha$ line at 6.4 \rm{keV}. This is interpreted as Compton shoulder arising from t...
1812.06108v1
2018-12-20
Storing magnetic fields in pre-collapse cores of massive stars
We argue that the radiative zone above the iron core in pre-collapse cores of massive stars can store strong magnetic fields. To reach this conclusion we use the stellar evolutionary code MESA to simulate the evolution of two stellar models with initial masses of 15Mo and 25Mo, and reveal the entropy profile above the ...
1812.08518v2
2019-01-31
Intertwined magnetic and nematic orders in semiconducting KFe$_{0.8}$Ag$_{1.2}$Te$_2$
Superconductivity in the iron pnictides emerges from metallic parent compounds exhibiting intertwined stripe-type magnetic order and nematic order, with itinerant electrons suggested to be essential for both. Here we use X-ray and neutron scattering to show that a similar intertwined state is realized in semiconducting...
1901.11206v1
2019-02-18
The antiferromagnetic and phonon-mediated model of the NaFeAs, LiFeAs and FeSe superconductors
Recently it has been suggested that the role of electron-phonon coupling in the mechanism of iron-based superconductors may have been underestimated and that the antiferromagnetism and the induced xy potential may even have a dramatic amplification effect on electron-phonon coupling. To substantiate the recently announ...
1902.06463v4
2019-02-18
On the iron ionization balance of cool stars
High-resolution spectroscopic studies of solar-type stars have revealed higher iron abundances derived from singly ionized species compared to neutral, violating the ionization equilibrium under the assumption of local thermodynamic equilibrium. In this work, we investigate the overabundances of FeII lines reported in ...
1902.06769v1
2019-02-27
Intertwined spin-orbital coupled orders in the iron-based superconductors
The underdoped phase diagram of the iron-based superconductors exemplifies the complexity common to many correlated materials. Indeed, multiple ordered states that break different symmetries but display comparable transition temperatures are present. Here, we argue that such a complexity can be understood within a simp...
1902.10831v2
2019-03-08
Local Superconductivity in Vanadium Iron Arsenide
We investigate the chemical substitution of group 5 into BaFe2As2 (122) iron arsenide, in the effort to understand why Fe-site hole doping of this compound (e.g., using group 5 or 6) does not yield bulk superconductivity. We find an increase in c-lattice parameter of the BaFe2As2 with the substitution of V, Nb, or Ta; ...
1903.03660v3
2019-03-12
Zero Field Assembly of Long Magnetic Dipolar Chains in 2D Polymer Nanocomposite Films
The existence of magnetic dipolar nanoparticle chains at zero field has been predicted theoretically for decades, but these structures are rarely observed experimentally. A prerequisite is a permanent magnetic moment on the particles forming the chain. Here we report on the observation of magnetic dipolar chains of sph...
1903.04877v1
2019-04-09
Back to the Lithium Plateau with J0023+0307 with [Fe/H]<-6
We present an analysis of the UVES high-resolution spectroscopic observations at the 8.2m VLT of J0023+0307, a main-sequence extremely iron-poor dwarf star. We are unable to detect iron lines in the spectrum but derive [Fe/H]<-6.1 from the Ca II resonance lines assuming [Ca/Fe]>0.40. The chemical abundance pattern of J...
1904.04892v1
2019-05-28
Strain-derivative of thermoelectric properties: a sensitive probe for nematicity
The nematic instability of iron-based superconductors is an undebatable ingredient of the physics of iron-based superconductors. Yet, its origin remains enigmatic as it involves a fermiology with an intricate interplay of lattice-, orbital- and spin- degrees of freedom. It is well known that thermoelectric transport is...
1905.11660v2
2019-06-07
Identification of nutrient deficiency in bean plants by prompt chlorophyll fluorescence measurements and Artificial Neural Networks
The deficiency of macro (N, P, S, Ca, Mg and K) and micro (Zn, Cu, B, Mo, Cl, Mn and Fe) minerals has a major effect on plant development. The lack of some nutrient minerals especially of nitrogen, potassium, calcium, phosphorus and iron is a huge problem for agriculture and early warning and prevention of the problem ...
1906.03312v1
2019-07-29
Imaging Nematic Transitions in Iron-Pnictide Superconductors with a Quantum Gas
The SQCRAMscope is a recently realized Scanning Quantum CRyogenic Atom Microscope that utilizes an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate to measure magnetic fields emanating from solid-state samples. The quantum sensor does so with unprecedented DC sensitivity at micron resolution from room-to-cryogenic temperatures. An addi...
1907.12601v2
2019-08-17
Homogeneous Analysis of Hot Earths: Masses, Sizes, and Compositions
Terrestrial planets have been found orbiting Sun-like stars with extremely short periods --- some as short as 4 hours. These "ultra-short-period planets" or "hot Earths" are so strongly irradiated that any initial H/He atmosphere has probably been lost to photoevaporation. As such, the sample of hot Earths may give us ...
1908.06299v2
2019-09-03
Effects of spin-orbit coupling on spin-fluctuation induced pairing in iron-based superconductors
We perform a theoretical study of the leading pairing instabilities and the associated superconducting gap functions within the spin-fluctuation mediated pairing scenario in the presence of spin-orbit coupling (SOC). Focussing on iron-based superconductors (FeSCs), our model Hamiltonian consists of a realistic density ...
1909.01313v1
2019-10-08
Silicon and iron dust in gamma-ray burst host galaxy absorbers
Depletion studies provide a way to understand the chemical composition of interstellar dust grains. We here examine 23 gamma-ray bursts (GRB) optical afterglow spectra (spanning 0.6<z<5.0) and compare their silicon and iron dust-phase column densities with different extinction curve parameters to study the composition ...
1910.03207v1
2019-10-18
Trapping and electrical characterization of single core/shell iron-based nanoparticles in self-aligned nanogaps
We report on the fabrication and measurements of platinum-self-aligned nanogap devices containing cubed iron (core)/iron oxide (shell) nanoparticles (NPs) with two average different sizes (13 and 17 nm). The nanoparticles are deposited by means of a cluster gun technique. Their trapping across the nanogap is demonstrat...
1910.08326v2
2020-02-17
The Chandra High Resolution X-ray Spectrum of Quiescent Emission from Sgr A*
In quiescence, Sgr A* is surprisingly dim, shining 100,000 times less than expected for its environment. This problem has motivated a host of theoretical models to explain radiatively inefficient accretion flows (RIAFs). The Chandra Galactic Center (GC) X-ray Visionary Program obtained approximately 3 Ms (one month) of...
2002.07198v1
2020-03-03
Non-local correlations in Iron Pnictides and Chalcogenides
Deviations of low-energy electronic structure of iron-based superconductors from density functional theory predictions have been parametrized in terms of band- and orbital-dependent mass renormalizations and energy shifts. The former have typically been described in terms of a local self-energy within the framework of ...
2003.01638v2
2020-03-27
Distant sequence similarity between hepcidin and the novel coronavirus spike glycoprotein: a potential hint at the possibility of local iron dysregulation in COVID-19
The spike glycoprotein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, has attracted attention for its vaccine potential and binding capacity to host cell surface receptors. Much of this research focus has centered on the ectodomain of the spike protein. The ectodomain is anchored to a transmembrane region, followed by...
2003.12191v3
2020-03-27
Boundary-obstructed topological high-T$_c$ superconductivity in iron pnictides
Non-trivial topology and unconventional pairing are two central guiding principles in the contemporary search for and analysis of superconducting materials and heterostructure compounds. Previously, a topological superconductor has been predominantly conceived to result from a topologically non-trivial band subject to ...
2003.12204v2
2020-05-11
Accurate Treatment of Comptonization in X-ray Illuminated Accretion Disks
A large fraction of accreting black hole and neutron stars systems present clear evidence of the reprocessing of X-rays in the atmosphere of an optically-thick accretion disk. The main hallmarks of X-ray reflection include fluorescent K-shell emission lines from iron ($\sim 6.4-6.9$ keV), the absorption iron K-edge ($\...
2005.04852v1