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2006-11-03
Suzaku Spectroscopy Study of Hard X-Ray Emission in the Arches Cluster
We present the results of a Suzaku study of the Arches cluster. A high S/N spectrum in the 3-12 keV band was obtained with the XIS. We found that the spectrum consists of a thermal plasma, a hard power-law tail, and two Gaussian lines. The plasma component (kT~2.2 keV) is established from the presence of CaXIX and FeXX...
0611104v1
2001-02-16
Finite-temperature magnetism of transition metals: an LDA+DMFT approach
We present an ab initio quantum theory of the finite temperature magnetism of iron and nickel. A recently developed technique which combines dynamical mean-field theory with realistic electronic structure methods, successfully describes the many-body features of the one electron spectra and the observed magnetic moment...
0102297v1
2002-03-07
Segmented Band Mechanism for Itinerant Ferromagnetism
We introduce a novel mechanism for itinerant ferromagnetism, which is based on a simple two-band model, and using numerical and analytical methods, we show that the Periodic Anderson Model (PAM) contains this mechanism. We propose that the mechanism, which does not assume an intra-atomic Hund's coupling, is present in ...
0203172v1
2002-04-08
Determining the Saddle Point in Micromagnetic Models of Magnetization Switching
A numerical model of single-domain nanoscale iron magnets fabricated using scanning-microscope-assisted chemical vapor deposition is simulated using finite-temperature micromagnetics. A Projective-dynamics method is used to determine the magnetization at the saddle point as a function of temperature. This magnetization...
0204180v1
2002-09-06
Electric conductivity of lead iron niobate
Results of d.c. electric conductivity and Seebeck coefficient measurements for PFN, PFN+Li ceramic samples and PFN single crystals are presented. Marked influence of doping with lithium on the value of electric conductivity, and on the type of electric conductance has been found.
0209154v1
2002-09-12
Some physical properties of lead iron niobate
The results of the X-ray, microscopic, magnetic, and dielectric measurements performed for PFN single crystals and ceramic samples are presented. The influence of the technological conditions on selected physical properties of the materials examined is shown.
0209289v1
2004-09-10
Reversal Modes of Simulated Iron Nanopillars in an Obliquely Oriented Field
Stochastic micromagnetic simulations are employed to study switching in three-dimensional magnetic nanopillars exposed to highly misaligned fields. The switching appears to proceed through two different decay modes, characterized by very different average lifetimes and different average values of the transverse magneti...
0409277v1
2006-09-29
Negative four-terminal resistance as a probe of crossed Andreev reflection
We report on the experimental investigation of electronic transport in superconductor-ferromagnet spin-valve structures. Our samples consist of two ferromagnetic iron leads forming planar tunnel contacts to a superconducting aluminum wire. At energies below the superconducting gap, we observe a negative four-probe resi...
0609766v1
2005-05-23
The Cyborg Astrobiologist: Scouting Red Beds for Uncommon Features with Geological Significance
The `Cyborg Astrobiologist' (CA) has undergone a second geological field trial, at a red sandstone site in northern Guadalajara, Spain, near Riba de Santiuste. The Cyborg Astrobiologist is a wearable computer and video camera system that has demonstrated a capability to find uncommon interest points in geological image...
0505058v1
1998-05-27
Signals of phase transition in atmospheric showers
We discuss collective effects like percolation, quark gluon plasma, or string fusion and their effect on the longitudinal development of high energy showers in air. It is shown that iron-air showers could develop more slowly than expected and produce the observed change in the slope of $X_max$ at the highest energies.
9805475v1
2007-06-01
Unveiling the broad band X-ray continuum and iron line complex in Mkr 841
Mkr 841 is a bright Seyfert 1 galaxy known to harbor a strong soft excess and a variable K$\alpha$ iron line. It has been observed during 3 different periods by XMM for a total cumulated exposure time of $\sim$108 ks. We present in this paper a broad band spectral analysis of the complete EPIC-pn data sets. We were abl...
0706.0134v1
2007-10-04
Broad band X-ray spectroscopy of A0535+262 with SUZAKU
The transient X-ray binary pulsar A0535+262 was observed with Suzaku on 2005 September 14 when the source was in the declining phase of the August-September minor outburst. The ~103 s X-ray pulse profile was strongly energy dependent, a double peaked profile at soft X-ray energy band (<3 keV) and a single peaked smooth...
0710.0961v1
2008-04-16
Discovery of superstrong, fading, iron line emission and double-peaked Balmer lines of the galaxy SDSSJ0952+2143 - the light echo of a huge flare
We report the discovery of superstrong, fading, high-ionization iron line emission in the galaxy SDSSJ095209.56+214313.3 (SDSSJ0952+2143 hereafter), which must have been caused by an X-ray outburst of large amplitude. SDSSJ0952+2143 is unique in its strong multiwavelength variability; such a broadband emission-line and...
0804.2670v1
2008-05-26
Around the Pair Instability Valley - Massive SN Progenitors
The discovery of the extremely luminous supernova SN 2006gy, possibly interpreted as a pair instability supernova, renewed the interest in very massive stars. We explore the evolution of these objects, which end their life as pair instability supernovae or as core collapse supernovae with relatively massive iron cores,...
0805.3874v1
2008-06-05
Cu, Pu and Fe high Tc superconductors: all the same mechanism!
The new iron based high Tc superconductors with Tc up to 55 K have stirred new interest in this field. It is consensus that the BCS mechanism is not able to explain the high Tc's. In the following we propose that spin holes in antiferromagnetic clusters combine to make nonmagnetic bipolarons, which can condense and lea...
0806.0900v1
2008-06-22
The most massive core collapse supernova progenitors
The discovery of the extremely luminous supernova SN 2006gy, possibly interpreted as a pair instability supernova, renewed the interest in very massive stars. We explore the evolution of these objects, which end their life as pair instability supernovae or as core collapse supernovae with relatively massive iron cores,...
0806.3544v2
2008-07-08
The influence of chemical composition on the properties of Cepheid stars. II-The iron content
The Cepheid period-luminosity (PL) relation is unquestionably one of the most powerful tools at our disposal for determining the extragalactic distance scale. While significant progress has been made in the past few years towards its understanding and characterization both on the observational and theoretical sides, th...
0807.1196v2
2008-09-21
The Suzaku Observations of SS Cygni in Quiescence and Outburst
We present results from the Suzaku observations of the dwarf nova SS Cyg in quiescence and outburst in 2005 November. Owing to high sensitivity of the HXD PIN detector and high spectral resolution of the XIS, we have determined parameters of the plasma with unprecedented precision. The maximum temperature of the plasma...
0809.3559v2
2008-10-14
Probing the accretion disk and central engine structure of NGC4258 with Suzaku and XMM-Newton observations
[abridged] We present an X-ray study of the low-luminosity active galactic nucleus (AGN) in NGC4258 using data from Suzaku, XMM-Newton, and the Swift/BAT survey. We find that signatures of X-ray reprocessing by cold gas are very weak in the spectrum of this Seyfert-2 galaxy; a weak, narrow fluorescent-Kalpha emission l...
0810.2543v1
2008-11-24
Fe-based superconductors: unity or diversity?
Does the high temperature superconductivity observed in the newly discovered iron-pnictide materials represent another example of the same essential physics responsible for superconductivity in the cuprates, or does it embody a new mechanism?
0811.3973v1
2008-12-06
Piezonuclear Neutrons
We report the results of neutron measurements carried out during the application of ultrasounds to a solution containing only stable elements like Iron and Chlorine, without any other radioactive source of any kind. These measurements, carried out by CR39 detectors and a Boron TriFouride electronic detector, evidenced ...
0812.1272v1
2009-03-01
Excitonic spin density wave state in iron pnictides
We examine the appearance of a spin density wave in the FeAs parent compounds due to an excitonic instability. Using a realistic four-band model, we show that the magnetic state depends very sensitively upon the details of the band structure. We demonstrate that an orthorhombic distortion of the crystal enhances the st...
0903.0124v1
2009-03-25
Isotropic superconducting state and high critical currents in Fe1+yTe1-xSx single crystals
We report single crystal growth and a study of superconducting properties in Fe_{1+y}Te_{1-x}S_{x}. We demonstrate the smallest upper critical field anisotropy, gamma=H_{c2}^{//c}/H_{c2}^{//a}, among all iron based superconductors, the value of gamma reaches 1.05 at T=0.65T_{C} for Fe_{1.09}Te_{0.89}S_{0.11}, while sti...
0903.4430v2
2009-10-21
Correspondence on "Electronic correlations in the iron pnictides"
I point out that the observed discrepancy between the measured and calculated Drude weights in LaFePO may be caused not only by mass renormalization, but also by a DFT inaccuracy in determining the relative positions of the hole and electron band.
0910.4117v1
2009-10-28
Experimentally Realized Correlated Electron Materials: From Superconductors to Topological Insulators
Recent discoveries, as well as open questions, in experimentally realized correlated electron materials are reviewed. In particular, high temperature superconductivity in the cuprates and in the recently discovered iron pnictides, possible chiral p-wave superconductivity in strontium ruthenate, the search for quantum s...
0910.5513v1
2009-12-09
Pairing mechanism in Fe pnictide superconductors
By applying an exact unitary transformation to a two-band hamiltonian which also includes the effects due to large pnictogen polarizabilities, we show that an attractive spin-mediated Hubbard term appears in the $d_{xz}$, $d_{yz}$ nearest-neighbour channel. This pairing mechanism implies a singlet superconducting order...
0912.1811v1
2009-12-18
Nodes to the grindstone: viewpoint on ``Band- and momentum-dependent electron dynamics in superconducting Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$ as seen via electronic Raman scattering" [arXiv:0910.0898]
Raman spectroscopy of a cobalt-doped iron-pnictide superconductor reveals the complex electronic structure of the superconducting state in this material. [Viewpoint on Phys. Rev. B 80, 180510 (2009), arXiv:0910.0898]
0912.3756v1
2010-03-19
New Baade-Wesselink distances and radii for four metal-rich Galactic Cepheids
We provided accurate estimates of distances, radii and iron abundances for four metal-rich Cepheids, namely V340 Ara, UZ Sct, AV Sgr and VY Sgr. The main aim of this investigation is to constrain their pulsation properties and their location across the Galactic inner disk. We adopted new accurate NIR (J,H,K) light curv...
1003.3854v1
2010-05-17
Interatomic exchange coupling of BCC iron
We performed first-principle calculations on the exchange interaction (EI) between atoms in BCC-Fe strained volumetrically. Our results show that the volume-dependence of the EI deviates considerably from the Bethe-Slater curve. This behavior is discussed in terms of the on-site and/or inter-site direct exchange intera...
1005.2931v1
2010-06-16
Apparent high metallicity in 3-4 keV galaxy clusters: the inverse iron-bias in action in the case of the merging cluster Abell 2028
Recent work based on a global measurement of the ICM properties find evidence for an increase of the iron abundance in galaxy clusters with temperature around 2-4 keV up to a value about 3 times larger than that typical of very hot clusters. We have started a study of the metal distribution in these objects from the sa...
1006.3255v2
2010-06-18
The Type Ia Supernova Rate in Redshift 0.5--0.9 Galaxy Clusters
Supernova (SN) rates are potentially powerful diagnostics of metal enrichment and SN physics, particularly in galaxy clusters with their deep, metal-retaining potentials and relatively simple star-formation histories. We have carried out a survey for supernovae (SNe) in galaxy clusters, at a redshift range 0.5<z<0.9, u...
1006.3757v1
2010-07-09
The broad-band X-ray spectrum of the Seyfert 1 galaxy, MCG+8-11-11
We present a long (100 ks) Suzaku observation of one of the X-ray brightest AGN, MCG+8-11-11. These data were complemented with the 54-month Swift BAT spectrum, allowing us to perform a broad-band fit in the 0.6-150 keV range. The fits performed in the 0.6-10 keV band give consistent results with respect to a previous ...
1007.1638v1
2010-07-16
Magnetism and Charge Dynamics in Iron Pnictides
In a wide variety of materials, such as copper oxides, heavy fermions, organic salts, and the recently discovered iron pnictides, superconductivity is found in close proximity to a magnetically ordered state. The character of the proximate magnetic phase is thus believed to be crucial for understanding the differences ...
1007.2867v1
2010-10-29
The Stellar Abundances for Galactic Archaeology (SAGA) Database II - Implications for Mixing and Nucleosynthesis in Extremely Metal-Poor Stars and Chemical Enrichment of the Galaxy
We discuss the characteristics of known extremely metal-poor (EMP) stars in the Galaxy using the Stellar Abundances for Galactic Archaeology (SAGA) database (Suda et al. 2008, PASJ, 60, 1159).The analyses of carbon-enhanced stars in our sample suggest that the nucleosynthesis in AGB stars can contribute to the carbon e...
1010.6272v1
2011-01-18
Discovery of strong Iron Kα emitting Compton thick quasars at z=2.5 and 2.9
We report the detection of the 6.4 keV Iron K{\alpha} emission line in two infrared-luminous, massive, star-forming BzK galaxies at z = 2.578 and z = 2.90 in the CDF-S. The Chandra 4 Ms spectra of BzK4892 and BzK8608 show a reflection dominated continuum with strong Iron lines, with rest-frame equivalent widths EW-2.3 ...
1101.3478v1
2011-02-02
Gold slows down the growth of helium bubble in iron
We predict by first-principles calculations that Au have strong affinity to He in bcc Fe. The Au-Au bonding in the segregated Au layer at the He bubble surface is stronger than Fe-Fe and Au-Fe interactions; therefore this layer becomes an effective barrier to further He and slows down the bubble growth.
1102.0355v1
2011-03-07
Reversibly tuning the insulating and superconducting state in KxFe2-ySe2 crystals by post-annealing
Since the discovery of superconductivity at 26 K in oxy-pnictide LaFeAsO1-xFx, enormous interests have been stimulated in the field of condensed matter physics and material sciences. Among the many kind of structures in the iron pnictide superconductors, FeSe with the PbO structure has received special attention since ...
1103.1347v1
2011-04-07
Insight Into the Formation of the Milky Way Through Cold Halo Substructure. II. The Elemental Abundances of ECHOS
We determine the average metallicities of the elements of cold halo substructure (ECHOS) that we previously identified in the inner halo of the Milky Way within 17.5 kpc of the Sun. As a population, we find that stars kinematically associated with ECHOS are chemically distinct from the background kinematically smooth i...
1104.1424v1
2011-05-10
Superconductivity in the Honeycomb-Lattice Pnictide SrPtAs
We report superconductivity in the honeycomb-lattice pnictide SrPtAs with Tc = 2.4 K. To our knowledge, SrPtAs is the first superconducting pnictide with a honeycomb lattice structure. Our finding opens up new playground to develop pnictide superconductors with honeycomb lattices, in addition to square lattices known i...
1105.1848v1
2011-05-18
Specifics of impurity effects in ferropnictide superconductors
Effects of impurities and disorder on quasiparticle spectrum in superconducting iron pnictides are considered. Possibility for occurrence of localized energy levels due to impurities within the superconducting gap and the related modification of band structure and of superconducting order parameter are discussed. The e...
1105.3608v1
2011-06-02
X-ray Spectroscopy of the High Mass X-ray Binary Pulsar Centaurus X-3 over its Binary Orbit
We present a comprehensive spectral analysis of the high mass X-ray binary (HMXB) pulsar Centaurus X-3 with the Suzaku observatory covering nearly one orbital period. The light curve shows the presence of extended dips which are rarely seen in HMXBs. These dips are seen up to as high as ~40 keV. The pulsar spectra duri...
1106.0370v1
2011-06-29
Phase Separation and Superconductivity in Fe1+xTe0.5Se0.5
Fe1+xTe0.5Se0.5 is the archetypical iron-based superconductor. Here we show that the superconducting state is controlled by the stacking of its anti-PbO layers, such that homogeneous ordering hinders superconductivity and the highest volume fractions are observed in phase separated structures as evidenced by either a d...
1106.5955v1
2011-12-19
XMM-Newton observation of 4U 1820-30: Broad band spectrum and the contribution of the cold interstellar medium
We present the analysis of the bright X-ray binary 4U 1820-30, based mainly on XMM-Newton-RGS data, but using complementary data from XMM-Epic, Integral, and Chandra-HETG, to investigate different aspects of the source. The broad band continuum is well fitted by a classical combination of black body and Comptonized emi...
1112.4349v1
2012-02-27
Testing the No-Hair Theorem with Observations in the Electromagnetic Spectrum. IV. Relativistically Broadened Iron Lines
According to the no-hair theorem, astrophysical black holes are fully characterized by their masses and spins and are described by the Kerr metric. This theorem can be tested observationally by measuring (at least) three different multipole moments of the spacetimes of black holes. In this paper, we calculate the profi...
1202.6069v2
2012-03-20
Neutrino cooling rates due to $^{54,55,56}$Fe for presupernova evolution of massive stars
Accurate estimate of neutrino energy loss rates are needed for the study of the late stages of the stellar evolution, in particular for cooling of neutron stars and white dwarfs. Proton-neutron quasi-particle random phase approximation (pn-QRPA) theory has recently being used for a microscopic calculation of stellar we...
1203.4344v1
2012-03-21
Ground and excited states Gamow-Teller strength distributions of iron isotopes and associated capture rates for core-collapse simulations
This paper reports on the microscopic calculation of ground and excited states Gamow-Teller (GT) strength distributions, both in the electron capture and electron decay direction, for $^{54,55,56}$Fe. The associated electron and positron capture rates for these isotopes of iron are also calculated in stellar matter. Th...
1203.4675v1
2012-03-22
Thermal and electrical conductivity of iron at Earth's core conditions
The Earth acts as a gigantic heat engine driven by decay of radiogenic isotopes and slow cooling, which gives rise to plate tectonics, volcanoes, and mountain building. Another key product is the geomagnetic field, generated in the liquid iron core by a dynamo running on heat released by cooling and freezing to grow th...
1203.4970v1
2012-03-22
Enhancement of superconducting transition temperature of FeSe by intercalation of a molecular spacer layer
The recent discovery of high temperature superconductivity in a layered iron arsenide has led to an intensive search to optimize the superconducting properties of iron-based superconductors by changing the chemical composition of the spacer layer that is inserted between adjacent anionic iron arsenide layers. Until now...
1203.5046v2
2012-04-05
"Cigar" Fermi surface as a possible requisite for superconductivity in iron-based superconductors
Recently discovered A-Fe-Se (A - alkali metal) materials have questioned the most popular theories of iron-based superconductors because of their unusual electronic structure [1]. Controversial photoemission data taken in the superconducting state [2-7] are in conflict with highly magnetic state seen by neutron-, muSR-...
1204.1316v1
2012-06-03
Fe-C and Fe-H systems at pressures of the Earth's inner core
The solid inner core of the Earth is predominantly composed of iron alloyed with several percent Ni and some lighter elements, Si, S, O, H, and C being the prime candidates. There have been a growing number of papers investigating C and H as possible light elements in the core, but the results are contradictory. Here, ...
1206.0467v1
2012-06-28
High-spin low-spin transition
Temperature dependent nuclear inelastic-scattering (NIS) of synchrotron radiation was applied to investigate both spin states of the spin-crossover complex [Fe(tpa)(NCS)(2)] (tpa = tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine). A remarkable increase of the iron-ligand bond stretching upon spin crossover has unambiguously been identified...
1206.6683v1
2012-08-03
The effect of frame dragging on the iron K alpha line in X-ray binaries
The clear characteristic timescale picked out by the low frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) seen in many black hole and neutron star binaries has the potential to provide a very powerful diagnostic of the inner regions of the accretion flow. However, this potential cannot be realised without a quantitative mo...
1208.0728v1
2012-08-06
The UV/optical spectra of the Type Ia supernova SN 2010jn: a bright supernova with outer layers rich in iron-group elements
Radiative transfer studies of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) hold the promise of constraining both the time-dependent density profile of the SN ejecta and its stratification by element abundance which, in turn, may discriminate between different explosion mechanisms and progenitor classes. Here we present a detailed analy...
1208.1267v3
2012-09-07
Phase relations in K_xFe_{2-y}Se_2 and the structure of superconducting K_xFe_2Se_2 via high-resolution synchrotron diffraction
Superconductivity in iron selenides has experienced a rapid growth, but not without major inconsistencies in the reported properties. For alkali-intercalated iron selenides, even the structure of the superconducting phase is a subject of debate, in part because the onset of superconductivity is affected much more delic...
1209.1650v1
2012-10-10
Composition of Near-Earth Asteroid (4179) Toutatis
Surface composition of near-Earth asteroid (4179) Toutatis is consistent with an undifferentiated L-chondrite composition. This is inconsistent with early observations that suggested high pyroxene iron content and a differentiated body.
1210.2853v1
2012-11-14
Timing and Spectral Analysis of the Unusual X-Ray Transient XTE J0421+560/CI Camelopardalis
We present a detailed X-ray study of the 2003 XMM-Newton observation of the High Mass X-ray Binary XTE J0421+560/CI Cam. The continuum of the X-ray spectrum is well described by a flat power law (Gamma=1.0+/-0.2) with a large intrinsic absorbing column (N_H=(4.4+/-0.5)\times10^{23} cm^{-2}). We have decomposed the broa...
1211.3400v1
2013-01-22
First principles study of helium, carbon and nitrogen in austenite, dilute austenitic iron alloys and nickel
An extensive set of first-principles density functional theory calculations have been performed to study the behaviour of He, C and N solutes in austenite, dilute Fe-Cr-Ni austenitic alloys and Ni in order to investigate their influence on the microstructural evolution of austenitic steel alloys under irradiation.
1301.5317v1
2013-03-25
Broad iron line in the fast spinning neutron-star system 4U 1636-53
We analysed the X-ray spectra of six observations, simultaneously taken with XMM-Newton and Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE), of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1636-53. The observations cover several states of the source, and therefore a large range of inferred mass accretion rate. These six observations s...
1303.6337v1
2013-04-03
Universal formula for the muon-induced neutron yield
The experimental data on the yield of muon-induced neutrons for liquid scintillator, iron and lead accumulated during 60 years of muon interaction underground study have been analyzed. A universal formula connecting the yield with muon energy loss in the matter and neutron production in hadronic and electromagnetic sho...
1304.0919v1
2013-06-20
Unexpected radial trend of the iron abundance in a sample of monometallic Galactic globular clusters
We study the relationship between the iron abundance (IA) in red giant branch (RGB) stars and their radial distribution (RD) in Galactic globular clusters (GCs). We relied on publicly available archival data on IA in red giants (RGs) of GCs. We built a sample of ten target GCs in which the number of these RGs exceeded ...
1306.4930v1
2013-07-29
Effect of surface hydrogen on the anomalous surface segregation behavior of Cr in Fe-rich Fe-Cr alloys
The segregation behavior of Cr in dilute Fe-Cr alloys is known to be anomalous since the main barrier for surface segregation of Cr in these alloys arises not from the topmost surface layer but from the subsurface layer where the solution energy of Cr is much more endothermic as compared to the topmost surface layer. T...
1307.7588v1
2013-09-23
The diagnostic potential of Fe lines applied to protostellar jets
We investigate the diagnostic capabilities of the iron lines for tracing the physical conditions of the shock-excited gas in jets driven by pre-main sequence stars. We have analyzed the 300-2500 nm X-shooter spectra of two jets driven by the pre-main sequence stars ESO-Halpha 574 and Par-Lup 3-4. Both spectra are very ...
1309.5827v1
2014-07-03
The Composition of M-type asteroids II: Synthesis of spectroscopic and radar observations
This work updates and expands on results of our long-term radar-driven observational campaign of main-belt asteroids (MBAs) focused on Bus-DeMeo Xc- and Xk-type objects (Tholen X and M class asteroids) using the Arecibo radar and NASA Infrared Telescope Facilities (Ockert-Bell et al. 2008; 2010; Shepard et al. 2008; 20...
1407.0750v1
2014-08-05
Collective Mode at Lifshitz Transition in Iron-Pnictide Superconductors
We obtain the exact low-energy spectrum of two mobile holes in a t-J model for an isolated layer in an iron-pnictide superconductor. The minimum d xz and d yz orbitals per iron atom are included, with no hybridization between the two. After tuning the Hund coupling to a putative quantum critical point (QCP) that separa...
1408.0864v4
2014-08-09
Structure determination and coexistence of superconductivity and antiferromagnetic order in (Li0.8Fe0.2)OHFeSe
FeSe-derived superconductors show some unique behaviors relative to iron-pnictide superconductors, which are very helpful to understand the mechanism of superconductivity in high-Tc iron-based superconductors. The low-energy electronic structure of the heavily electron-doped AxFe2Se2 (A=K, Rb, Cs) demonstrates that int...
1408.2006v1
2014-12-22
Fe-based superconductors: seven years later
Iron-based superconductors were discovered seven years ago, in 2008. This short review summarizes what we learned about these materials over the last seven years, what are open questions, and what new physics we expect to extract from studies of this new class of high-temperature superconductors.
1412.7104v1
2015-01-07
Superoxide reductase from Desulfoarculus baarsii: reaction mechanism and role of glutamate 47 and lysine 48 in catalysis
Superoxide reductase (SOR) is a small metalloenzyme that catalyzes reduction of O(2)(*)(-) to H(2)O(2) and thus provides an antioxidant mechanism against superoxide radicals. Its active site contains an unusual mononuclear ferrous center, which is very efficient during electron transfer to O(2)(*)(-) [Lombard, M., Font...
1501.01442v1
2015-09-02
Energy and matter
Our work is an approach between matter and energy. Using the famous equation E = mc^2, Einstein and the Law of Universal Gravitation of Newton, we estimate that a small amount matter converted into energy is needed to lift, using the gravitational potential energy equation on the surface, a mountain of solid iron or ev...
1509.02892v1
2015-10-27
Constraining distance and inclination angle of V4641 Sgr using ${\it SWIFT}$ and ${\it NuSTAR}$ observations during low soft spectral state
We present results from ${\it NuSTAR}$ and ${\it SWIFT}$/XRT joint spectral analysis of V4641 Sgr during a disk dominated or soft state as well as a powerlaw dominated or hard state. The soft state spectrum is well modeled by a relativistically blurred disk emission, a powerlaw, a broad Iron line, two narrow emission l...
1510.07837v1
2015-12-17
Disorder-promoted $C_4$-symmetric magnetic order in iron-based superconductors
In most iron-based superconductors, the transition to the magnetically ordered state is closely linked to a lowering of structural symmetry from tetragonal ($C_{4}$) to orthorhombic ($C_{2}$). However, recently, a regime of $C_{4}$-symmetric magnetic order has been reported in certain hole-doped iron-based superconduct...
1512.05747v1
2016-01-22
Revised Masses and Densities of the Planets around Kepler-10
Determining which small exoplanets have stony-iron compositions is necessary for quantifying the occurrence of such planets and for understanding the physics of planet formation. Kepler-10 hosts the stony-iron world Kepler-10b (K10b), and also contains what has been reported to be the largest solid silicate-ice planet,...
1601.06168v1
2016-01-13
On electrical conductivity of melts of boron and its compounds under pressure
The electrical conductivity of melts of boron and its carbide (B4C), nitride (BN), and phosphide (BP) has been studied at pressures to 7.7 GPa and temperatures to 3500 K. It has been shown that these melts are good conductors with specific electrical conductivity values comparable with that of iron melt at ambient pres...
1601.06828v1
2016-03-04
FeS: Structure and Composition Relations to Superconductivity and Magnetism
Structure and composition of iron chalcogenides have a delicate relationship with magnetism and superconductivity. In this report we investigate the iron sulfide layered tetragonal phase (t-FeS), and compare with three-dimensional hexagonal phase (h-FeS). X-ray diffraction reveals the absence of structural transitions ...
1603.01598v1
2016-04-21
Transition from sign-reversed to sign-preserved Cooper-pairing symmetry in sulfur-doped iron selenide superconductors
An essential step toward elucidating the mechanism of superconductivity is to determine the sign/phase of superconducting order parameter, as it is closely related to the pairing interaction. In conventional superconductors, the electron-phonon interaction induces attraction between electrons near the Fermi energy and ...
1604.06222v1
2016-06-03
Quantum Transitions of Nematic Phases in a Spin-$1$ Bilinear-Biquadratic Model and Their Implications for FeSe
Since its discovery, iron-based superconductivity has been known to develop near an antiferromagnetic order, but this paradigm fails in the iron chalcogenide FeSe, whose single-layer version holds the record for the highest superconducting transition temperature in the iron-based superconductors. The striking puzzle th...
1606.01235v4
2016-07-04
Low-energy microscopic models for iron-based superconductors: a review
The development of sensible microscopic models is essential to elucidate the normal-state and superconducting properties of the iron-based superconductors. Because these materials are mostly metallic, a good starting point is an effective low-energy model that captures the electronic states near the Fermi level and the...
1607.00865v2
2016-10-04
Optical signatures of low spin Fe3+: a new probe for the spin state of bridgmanite and post-perovskite
Iron spin transition directly affects properties of lower mantle minerals and can thus alter geophysical and geochemical characteristics of the deep Earth. While the spin transition in ferropericlase has been vigorously established at P ~ 60 GPa and 300 K, experimental evidence for spin transitions in other rock-formin...
1610.01048v1
2016-12-22
The AMBRE project: Iron-peak elements in the solar neighbourhood
The aim of this paper is to characterise the abundance patterns of five iron-peak elements (Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, and Zn) for which the stellar origin and chemical evolution are still debated. We automatically derived iron peak (Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, and Zn) and alpha element (Mg) chemical abundances for 4666 stars. We used the bi...
1612.07622v2
2017-01-31
Heterodiffusion coefficients in α-iron
The diffusion of tungsten in {\alpha}-iron is important for the application of ferritic-iron alloys to thermal power plants. These data, over a wide temperature range across the Curie temperature, have been recently reported. We show that these diffusion coefficients can be satisfactory reproduced in terms of the bulk ...
1701.08993v1
2017-08-18
Diffuse X-Ray Sky in the Galactic Center
The Galactic Diffuse X-ray Emission (GDXE) in the Milky Way Galaxy is spatially and spectrally decomposed into the Galactic Center X-ray Emission (GCXE), the Galactic Ridge X-ray Emission (GRXE) and the Galactic Bulge X-ray Emission (GBXE). The X-ray spectra of the GDXE are characterized by the strong K-shell lines of ...
1708.05501v1
2017-10-09
Pressure-induced spin pairing transition of Fe$^{3+}$ in oxygen octahedra
High pressure can provoke spin transitions in transition metal-bearing compounds. These transitions are of high interest not only for fundamental physics and chemistry, but also may have important implications for geochemistry and geophysics of the Earth and planetary interiors. Here we have carried out a comparative s...
1710.03192v1
2018-01-03
Reconciling Magma-Ocean Crystallization Models with the present-day Structure of the Earth's mantle
Terrestrial planets are thought to experience episode(s) of large-scale melting early in their history. Fractionation during magma-ocean freezing leads to unstable stratification within the related cumulate layers due to progressive iron enrichment upward, but the effects of incremental cumulate overturns during MO cry...
1801.00991v1
2018-01-03
The formation of the heaviest elements
The rapid neutron-capture process needed to build up many of the elements heavier than iron seems to take place primarily in neutron-star mergers, not supernova explosions.
1801.01190v1
2018-01-10
Lifshitz transitions induced by magnetic field
The Fermi surface can be changed by different external conditions like, e.g., pressure or doping. It can lead to a change in the Fermi surface topology, called as the Lifshitz transition. Here, we briefly describe the Lifshitz transitions induced by the external magnetic field in a one-dimensional optical lattice and i...
1801.03556v1
2018-01-22
Alternative explanations for extreme supersolar iron abundances inferred from the energy spectrum of Cygnus X-1
Here we study a 1-200 keV energy spectrum of the black hole binary Cygnus X-1 taken with NuSTAR and Suzaku. This is the first report of a NuSTAR observation of Cyg X-1 in the intermediate state, and the observation was taken during the part of the binary orbit where absorption due to the companion's stellar wind is min...
1801.07267v1
2018-09-25
Multiple topological states in iron-based superconductors
Topological insulators and semimetals as well as unconventional iron-based superconductors have attracted major recent attention in condensed matter physics. Previously, however, little overlap has been identified between these two vibrant fields, even though the principal combination of topological bands and supercond...
1809.09977v1
2018-12-11
Variable stars in Terzan 5: additional evidence of multi-age and multi-iron stellar populations
Terzan 5 is a complex stellar system in the Galactic bulge, harboring stellar populations with very different iron content ({\Delta}[Fe/H] ~1 dex) and with ages differing by several Gyrs. Here we present an investigation of its variable stars. We report on the discovery and characterization of three RR Lyrae stars. For...
1812.04325v1
2019-02-06
Iron oxide nanoparticles for magnetic hyperthermia
Assemblies of magnetic nanoparticles show a great potential for application in biomedicine, in particular, in magnetic hyperthermia. However, to achieve desired therapeutic effect in magnetic hyperthermia the assembly of nanoparticles should have a sufficiently high specific absorption rate in alternating magnetic fiel...
1902.02220v1
2019-07-01
A new Majorana platform in an Fe-As bilayer superconductor
Recently, iron-chalcogenide superconductors have emerged as a new and promising platform for studying and manipulating Majorana zero mode (MZM). By combining topological band structure and superconductivity in a multiband material, they provide significant advantages such as higher superconducting transition temperatur...
1907.00904v1
2020-01-13
Spectroscopic Evidence of Bilayer Splitting and Interlayer Pairing in an Iron Based Superconductor
In high temperature cuprate superconductors, the interlayer coupling between the CuO$_2$ planes plays an important role in dictating superconductivity, as indicated by the sensitive dependence of the critical temperature (T$_C$) on the number of CuO$_2$ planes in one structural unit. In Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta...
2001.04082v1
2020-04-14
Trans-iron Ge, As, Se, and heavier elements in the dwarf metal-poor stars, HD~19445, HD~84937, HD~94028, HD~140283, and HD~160617
Spectra of unevolved metal-poor halo stars uniquely reflect the elemental abundances incorporated during the earliest Galactic epoch. Their heavy-element content is well understood as the products of neutron capture on iron-peak elements. However, the lightest elements just past the iron peak, with atomic number 30<Z<5...
2004.06359v1
2020-04-23
Neutral Iron Emission Lines From The Day-side Of KELT-9b -- The GAPS Programme With HARPS-N At TNG XX
We present the first detection of atomic emission lines from the atmosphere of an exoplanet. We detect neutral iron lines from the day-side of KELT-9b (Teq $\sim$ 4, 000 K). We combined thousands of spectrally resolved lines observed during one night with the HARPS-N spectrograph (R $\sim$ 115, 000), mounted at the Tel...
2004.11335v1
2020-04-26
Resolving the soft X-ray ultra fast outflow in PDS 456
Past X-ray observations of the nearby luminous quasar PDS 456 (at $z=0.184$) have revealed a wide angle accretion disk wind (Nardini et al. 2015), with an outflow velocity of $\sim-0.25c$, as observed through observations of its blue-shifted iron K-shell absorption line profile. Here we present three new XMM-Newton obs...
2004.12439v1
2020-06-09
The lively accretion disk in NGC 2992. I. Transient iron K emission lines in the high flux state
We report on one of the brightest flux levels of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 2992 ever observed in X-rays, on May 2019. The source has been monitored every few days from March 26, 2019 to December 14, 2019 by Swift-XRT, and simultaneous XMM-Newton (250 ks) and NuSTAR (120 ks) observations were triggered on May 6, 2019. Th...
2006.05280v1
2020-08-14
New luminous blue variable candidates in the NGC 247 galaxy
We search for LBV stars in galaxies outside the Local Group. Here we present a study of two bright $H\alpha$ sources in the NGC 247 galaxy. Object j004703.27-204708.4 ($M_V=-9.08 \pm 0.15^m$) shows the spectral lines typical for well-studied LBV stars: broad and bright emission lines of hydrogen and helium He I with P ...
2008.06215v1
2020-09-11
An Extraordinary Response of Iron Emission to the Central Outburst in a Tidal Disruption Event Candidate
Understanding the origin of \feii\ emission is important because it is crucial to construct the main sequence of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs). Despite several decades of observational and theoretical effort, the location of the optical iron emitting region and the mechanism responsible for the positive correlation bet...
2009.05243v2
2020-12-01
Variability in NGC 3201 giant stars and its impact on their spectroscopic [Fe/H] determination
We present the analysis of 34 light curves in $V$ and $I$ of 17 giant stars in the globular cluster NGC 3201, to check if such stars are variable and if their variability has some kind of impact on the iron abundance as obtained from spectroscopic measurements. First, we computed the Generalized Lomb-Scargle and Phase ...
2012.00520v1
2020-12-09
First measurement using a nuclear emulsion detector of the $ν_μ$ charged-current cross section on iron around the 1$\,$GeV energy region
We have carried out $\nu_{\mu}$ charged-current interaction measurement on iron using an emulsion detector exposed to the T2K neutrino beam in the J-PARC neutrino facility. The data samples correspond to 4.0$\times$10$^{19}$ protons on target, and the neutrino mean energy is 1.49$\,$GeV. The emulsion detector is suitab...
2012.05221v2
2021-01-03
Magnetic surface reconstruction in the van-der-Waals antiferromagnet Fe$_{1+x}$Te
Fe$_{1+x}$Te is a two dimensional van der Waals antiferromagnet that becomes superconducting on anion substitution on the Te site. The parent phase of Fe$_{1+x}$Te is sensitive to the amount of interstitial iron situated between the iron-tellurium layers displaying collinear magnetic order coexisting with low temperatu...
2101.00569v1
2021-03-04
Crater shape as a possible record of the impact environment of metallic bodies: Effects of temperature, impact velocity and impactor density
Metallic bodies that were the cores of differentiated bodies are sources of iron meteorites and are considered to have formed early in the terrestrial planet region before migrating to the main asteroid belt. Surface temperatures and mutual collision velocities differ between the terrestrial planet region and the main ...
2103.03128v2