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2006-10-23
Theory of quasiparticle spectra for Fe, Co, and Ni: bulk and surface
The correlated electronic structure of iron, cobalt and nickel is investigated within the dynamical mean-field theory formalism, using the newly developed full-potential LMTO-based LDA+DMFT code. Detailed analysis of the calculated electron self-energy, density of states and the spectral density are presented for these...
0610621v1
2006-10-25
High quality Fe3-deltaO4/InAs hybrid structure for electrical spin injection
Single Crystalline Fe3-deltaO4 (0<=delta<=0.33) films have been epitaxially grown on InAs (001) substrates by molecular beam epitaxy using O2 as source of active oxygen. Under optimum growth conditions in-situ real time reflection high-energy electron diffraction patterns along with ex-situ atomic force microscopy indi...
0610697v1
2004-02-14
Effects of a cosmological constant on the X-ray fluorescence spectra of black hole accretion disks
We investigate the effects of cosmological constant on the characteristic peaks in the iron line profile in the black hole accretion disk X-ray spectrum. Our results show that for a fixed mass black hole, the peaks become less pronounced and closer together with increasing cosmological constant. This effect is mainly d...
0402066v1
1997-06-26
KARMEN: Present Neutrino-Oscillation Limits and Perspectives after the Upgrade
The neutrino experiment KARMEN is situated at the beam stop neutrino source ISIS. It provides nu_mu's, nu_e's and nu_mu_bar's in equal intensities from the pi+ mu+ decay at rest. The oscillation channels nu_mu->nu_e and nu_mu_bar->nu_e_bar are investigated with a 56t liquid scintillation calorimeter at a mean distance ...
9706023v1
1999-10-14
Search for nucleon decay into lepton + K0 final states using Soudan 2
A search for nucleon decay into two-body final states containing K^0 mesons has been conducted using the 963 metric ton Soudan 2 iron tracking calorimeter. The topologies, ionizations, and kinematics of contained events recorded in a 5.52 kiloton-year total exposure (4.41 kton-year fiducial volume exposure) are examine...
9910026v2
2002-05-28
Search for Neutron-Antineutron Oscillations Using Multiprong Events in Soudan 2
We have searched for neutron-antineutron oscillations using the 5.56 fiducial kiloton-year exposure of the Soudan 2 iron tracking calorimeter. We require candidate n-nbar occurrences to have .GE. 4 prongs (tracks and showers) and to have kinematics compatible with nbar-N annihilation within a nucleus. We observe five c...
0205093v1
1999-09-28
Detection of Slow Magnetic Monopole
Numerous and all unsuccessful attempts of experimental search for monopole in cosmic rays and on accelerators in high energy particle collisions have been done since the possibility of existence of a magnetic monopole has been surveyed in 1931. Also the searches have been carried out in mica for monopole tracks as well...
9909528v1
2005-05-03
Exploration prospects of a long baseline Beta Beam neutrino experiment with an iron calorimeter detector
A high intensity source of a single neutrino flavour with known spectrum is most desirable for precision measurements, the consensus direction for the future. The beta beam is an especially suitable option for this. We discuss the prospects of a very long baseline beta beam experiment with a magnetized iron calorimeter...
0505015v2
2002-12-17
Destabilization of fronts in a class of bi-stable systems
In this article, we consider a class of bi-stable reaction-diffusion equations in two components on the real line. We assume that the system is singularly perturbed, i.e. that the ratio of the diffusion coefficients is (asymptotically) small. This class admits front solutions that are asymptotically close to the (stabl...
0212231v1
1994-02-03
Complete 0 hbar omega calculations of Gamow-Teller strengths for nuclei in the iron region
Gamow-Teller strengths for selected nuclei in the iron region (A~56) have been investigated via shell-model Monte Carlo calculations with realistic interactions in the complete fp basis. Results for all cases show significant quenching relative to single-particle estimates, in quantitative agreement with (n,p) data. Th...
9402006v1
2000-03-27
The role of $ν$-induced reactions on lead and iron in neutrino detectors
We have calculated cross sections and branching ratios for neutrino induced reactions on ^{208}Pb and ^{56}Fe for various supernova and accelerator-relevant neutrino spectra. This was motivated by the facts that lead and iron will be used on one hand as target materials in future neutrino detectors, on the other hand h...
0003060v2
2005-03-17
The Muon System of the Run II D0 Detector
We describe the design, construction and performance of the upgraded DO muon system for Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron collider. Significant improvements have been made to the major subsystems of the DO muon detector: trigger scintillation counters, tracking detectors, and electronics. The Run II central muon detector...
0503151v1
2007-04-10
Compton thick AGN in the Suzaku era
Suzaku observations of two hard X-ray (> 10 keV) selected nearby Seyfert 2 galaxies are presented. Both sources were clearly detected with the PIN Hard X-ray Detector up to several tens of keV, allowing for a fairly good characterization of the broad band X-ray continuum. Both sources are heavily obscured, one of which...
0704.1253v1
2007-05-30
Two Modes of Magnetization Switching in a Simulated Iron Nanopillar in an Obliquely Oriented Field
Finite-temperature micromagnetics simulations are employed to study the magnetization-switching dynamics driven by a field applied at an angle to the long axis of an iron nanopillar. A bi-modal distribution in the switching times is observed, and evidence for two competing modes of magnetization-switching dynamics is p...
0705.4454v1
2007-06-27
Reconstructing WIMP properties with neutrino detectors
If the dark matter of the Universe is constituted by weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP), they would accumulate in the core of astrophysical objects as the Sun and annihilate into particles of the Standard Model. High-energy neutrinos would be produced in the annihilations, both directly and via the subsequent ...
0706.3909v2
2007-07-06
Muon Identification at ATLAS and CMS
Muonic final states will provide clean signatures formany physics processes at the LHC. The two LHC experiments ATLAS and CMS will be able to identify muons with a high reconstruction efficiency above 96% and a high transverse momentum resolution better than 2% for transverse momenta below 400 GeV/c and about 10% at 1 ...
0707.0905v1
2007-07-16
Zener double exchange from local valence fluctuations in magnetite
Magnetite (Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$) is a mixed valent system where electronic conductivity occurs on the B-site (octahedral) iron sublattice of the spinel structure. Below $T_{V}=122$ K, a metal-insulator transition occurs which is argued to arise from the charge ordering of 2+ and 3+ iron valences on the B-sites (Verwey trans...
0707.2253v1
2007-07-16
Search for medium modification of the $ρ$ meson
The photoproduction of vector mesons on various nuclei has been studied using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) at Jefferson Laboratory. The vector mesons, $\rho$, $\omega$, and $\phi$, are observed via their decay to $e^+e^-$, in order to reduce the effects of final state interactions in the nucleus. Of p...
0707.2324v3
2007-07-17
New homogeneous iron abundances of double-mode Cepheids from high-resolution echelle spectroscopy
Aims: We define the relationship between the double-mode pulsation of Cepheids and metallicity in a more accurate way, determine the empirical metallicities of double-mode Cepheids from homogeneous, high-resolution spectroscopic data, and study of the period-ratio -- metallicity dependence. Methods: The high S/N echell...
0707.2530v1
2007-07-19
Nuclear Georeactor Generation of Earth's Geomagnetic Field
The purpose of this communication is to suggest that the mechanism for generating the geomagnetic field and the energy source for powering it are one and the same, a nuclear georeactor at the center of the Earth. Toward this end, I: i) Present evidence that the nuclear georeactor fission-product sub-shell is fluid; ii)...
0707.2850v4
2007-08-07
Near Optimal Broadcast with Network Coding in Large Sensor Networks
We study efficient broadcasting for wireless sensor networks, with network coding. We address this issue for homogeneous sensor networks in the plane. Our results are based on a simple principle (IREN/IRON), which sets the same rate on most of the nodes (wireless links) of the network. With this rate selection, we give...
0708.0975v1
2007-08-08
The Near-Infrared Broad Emission Line Region of Active Galactic Nuclei -- I. The Observations
We present high quality (high signal-to-noise ratio and moderate spectral resolution) near-infrared (near-IR) spectroscopic observations of 23 well-known broad-emission line active galactic nuclei (AGN). Additionally, we obtained simultaneous (within two months) optical spectroscopy of similar quality. The near-IR broa...
0708.1083v1
2007-09-26
High-resolution saturation spectroscopy of singly-ionized iron with a pulsed uv laser
We describe the design and realization of a scheme for uv laser spectroscopy of singly-ionized iron (Fe II) with very high resolution. A buffer-gas cooled laser ablation source is used to provide a plasma close to room temperature with a high density of Fe II. We combine this with a scheme for pulsed-laser saturation s...
0709.4032v1
2007-10-01
nu-Process Nucleosynthesis in Population III Core-Collapse Supernovae
We investigate the effects of neutrino-nucleus interactions (the nu-process) on the production of iron-peak elements in Population III core-collapse supernovae. The nu-process and the following proton and neutron capture reactions produce odd-Z iron-peak elements in complete and incomplete Si burning region. This react...
0710.0251v1
2007-11-02
Chandra Observations of Early-type Galaxies
We have performed uniform analysis of a sample of 54 nearby, early-type galaxies observed with \emph{Chandra}. In this work we present the spectral results for both the diffuse Interstellar Medium, ISM, and low-mass X-ray binaries, LMXBs. We determine the metallicity of the hot ISM in the 22 brightest galaxies and find...
0711.0395v1
2007-11-19
A Time-Variable X-Ray Echo: Indications of a Past Flare of the Galactic-Center Black Hole
A time-variability study of the neutral iron line flux at 6.40keV in the Sgr B2 region from data of Suzaku and Chandra is presented. The highly ionized iron line at 6.68keV is due to Galactic Center Diffuse X-rays (GCDX), and is thus time invariable. By comparing the 6.68keV and 6.40keV line fluxes, we found that the 6...
0711.2853v1
2007-11-26
Cepheids as tracers of the metallicity gradient across the Galactic disk
We present iron abundance measurements, based on high resolution spectroscopy, and accurate distance determinations, based on near infrared photometry, for 34 Galactic Cepheids. The new data are used to constrain the Galactic iron abundance gradient in the outer disk, namely from 10 to 14 kpc. We confirm the flattening...
0711.3988v1
2007-12-03
Signatures of Granulation in the Spectra of K-Dwarfs
Very high resolution (R>150,000) spectra of a small sample of nearby K-dwarfs have been acquired to measure the line asymmetries and central wavelength shifts caused by convective motions present in stellar photospheres. This phenomenon of granulation is modeled by 3D hydrodynamical simulations but they need to be conf...
0712.0387v1
2007-12-30
Specific heat evidence for two-gap superconductivity in ternary-iron silicide Lu$_{2}$Fe$_{3}$Si$_{5}$
We report low-temperature specific heat studies on single-crystalline ternary-iron silicide superconductor Lu$_{2}$Fe$_{3}$Si$_{5}$ with$T_c$ = 6.1 K down to $\sim T_c/20$. We confirm a reduced normalized jump in specific heat at $T_c$, and find that the specific heat divided by temperature $C/T$ shows sudden drop at $...
0801.0111v1
2008-01-07
DC transferred arc thermal plasma assisted growth of nanoparticles with different crystalline phases
The control of the crystalline phases of the nanoparticles grown in a direct-current transferred-arc plasma-assisted reactor is reported. The crystalline phases of the as synthesized nanoparticles are shown to critically depend on the operating gas pressure. The paper reports about the change in the crystalline phases ...
0801.0945v1
2008-01-25
Ab initio study of spin-dependent transport in carbon nanotubes with iron and vanadium adatoms
We present an ab initio study of spin dependent transport in armchair carbon nanotubes with transition metal adsorbates, iron or vanadium. We neglect the effect of tube curvature and model the nanotube by graphene with periodic boundary conditions. A density functional theory based nonequilibrium Green's function metho...
0801.3997v1
2008-03-01
Search For Iron, Nickel, and Fluorine in PG1159 Stars
A possible origin of the iron-deficiency in PG1159 stars could be neutron captures on Fe nuclei. A nickel overabundance would corroborate this idea. Consequently we are looking for nickel lines in PG1159 stars. Prime targets are relatively cool objects, because Ni VI is the dominant ionisation stage and the spectral li...
0803.0066v1
2008-03-09
Upper critical field, Hall effect and magnetoresistance in the iron-based layered superconductor LaFeAsO_{0.9}F_{0.1-δ}
By using a two-step method, we successfully synthesized the iron based new superconductor LaFeAsO_{0.9}F_{0.1-\delta}$. The resistive transition curves under different magnetic fields were measured, leading to the determination of the upper critical field Hc2(T) of this new superconductor. The value of Hc2 at zero temp...
0803.1288v2
2008-03-24
Tracing the [FeII]/[NeII] ratio within star forming dwarf galaxies: a Spitzer IRS archival study
Archival Spitzer observations of 41 starburst galaxies that span a wide range in metallicity reveal for the first time a correlation between the [FeII]/[NeII] 26.0/12.8 micron ratio and the electron gas density as traced by the 18.7/33.4 micron [SIII] ratio, with the [FeII]/[NeII] ratio decreasing with increasing gas d...
0803.3403v1
2008-04-05
Doubly degenerate orbital system in honeycomb lattice: implication of orbital state in layered iron oxide
We study a doubly-degenerate orbital model on a honeycomb attice. This is a model for orbital states in multiferroic layered iron oxides. The classical and quantum models are analyzed by spin-wave approximation, Monte-Carlo simulation and Lanczos method. A macroscopic number of degeneracy exists in the classical ground...
0804.0843v1
2008-04-08
Models of the iron K_alpha fluorescence line and the Compton shoulder in irradiated accretion disk spectra
We present a full set of model atmosphere equations for the accretion disk around a supermassive black hole irradiated by hard X-ray lamp of power-law spectral distribution. Model equations allow for multiple Compton scattering of radiation on free electrons, and for large relative photon-electron energy exchange at th...
0804.1232v1
2008-04-08
Nernst effect of the new iron-based superconductor LaO$_{1-x}$F$_{x}$FeAs
We report the first Nernst effect measurement on the new iron-based superconductor LaO$_{1-x}$F$_{x}$FeAs $(x=0.1)$. In the normal state, the Nernst signal is negative and very small. Below $T_{c}$ a large positive peak caused by vortex motion is observed. The flux flowing regime is quite large compared to conventional...
0804.1324v2
2008-04-13
Superconductivity at 55 K in iron-based F-doped layered quaternary compound Sm[O1-xFx]FeAs
Here we report the superconductivity in the iron-based oxyarsenide Sm[O1-xFx]FeAs, with the onset resistivity transition temperature at 55.0 K and Meissner transition at 54.6 K. This compound has the same crystal structure as LaOFeAs with shrunk crystal lattices, and becomes the superconductor with the highest critical...
0804.2053v2
2008-04-16
Strong Correlations and Magnetic Frustration in the High Tc Iron Pnictides
We consider the iron pnictides in terms of a proximity to a Mott insulator. The superexchange interactions contain competing nearest-neighbor and next-nearest-neighbor components. In the undoped parent compound, these frustrated interactions lead to a two-sublattice collinear antiferromagnet (each sublattice forming a ...
0804.2480v2
2008-04-16
Ab initio approach of the hydrogen insertion effects on the magnetic properties of $ {\bf ScFe_2} $
The electronic and magnetic structures of $ {\rm ScFe_2} $ and of its dihydride $ {\rm ScFe_2H_2} $ are self-consistently calculated within the density functional theory (DFT) using the all electron augmented spherical wave (ASW) method with the local spin density approximation (LSDA) for treating effects of exchange a...
0804.2537v1
2008-04-23
Superconductivity of powder-in-tube LaO0.9F0.1FeAs wires
We demonstrate that Fe sheathed LaO0.9F0.1FeAs wires with Ti as a buffer layer were successfully fabricated by the powder-in-tube (PIT) method. Comparing to the common two-step vacuum quartz tube synthesis method, the PIT method is more convenient and safe for synthesizing the novel iron-based layered superconductors. ...
0804.3738v2
2008-04-25
Spin Fluctuations, Interband Coupling, and Unconventional Pairing in Iron-based Superconductors
Based on an effective two-band model and using the fluctuation-exchange (FLEX) approach, we explore spin fluctuations and unconventional superconducting pairing in Fe-based layer superconductors. It is elaborated that one type of interband antiferromagnetic (AF) spin fluctuation stems from the interband Coulomb repulsi...
0804.4166v3
2008-04-28
Ising and Spin orders in Iron-based Superconductors
Motivated by recent neutron scattering experiments, we study the ordering of spins in the iron-based superconductors La(O_{1-x}F_x)FeAs, assuming them in proximity to a Mott insulator in the phase diagram. The ground state of the parent system with x = 0 is a spin density wave with ordering wave vector Q = (0, \pi) or ...
0804.4293v4
2008-05-07
Pairing symmetry and properties of iron-based high temperature superconductors
Pairing symmetry is important to indentify the pairing mechanism. The analysis becomes particularly timely and important for the newly discovered iron-based multi-orbital superconductors. From group theory point of view we classified all pairing matrices (in the orbital space) that carry irreducible representations of ...
0805.0923v3
2008-05-16
Iron-60 evidence for early injection and efficient mixing of stellar debris in the protosolar nebula
Among extinct radioactivities present in meteorites, 60Fe (t1/2 = 1.49 Myr) plays a key role as a high-resolution chronometer, a heat source in planetesimals, and a fingerprint of the astrophysical setting of solar system formation. A critical issue with 60Fe is that it could have been heterogeneously distributed in th...
0805.2607v1
2008-05-17
Unusual Pseudogap-like Features Observed in Iron Oxypnictide Superconductors
We have performed a temperature-dependent angle-integrated laser photoemission study of iron oxypnictide superconductors LaFeAsO:F and LaFePO:F exhibiting critical transition temperatures (Tc's) of 26 K and 5 K, respectively. We find that high-Tc LaFeAsO:F exhibits a temperature-dependent pseudogap-like feature extendi...
0805.2647v2
2008-05-20
Superconducting Gap and Pseudogap in Iron-Based Layered Superconductor La(O$_{1-x}$F$_x$)FeAs
We report high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy of newly-discovered iron-based layered superconductor La(O$_{0.93}$F$_{0.07}$)FeAs (Tc = 24 K). We found that the superconducting gap shows a marked deviation from the isotropic s-wave symmetry. The estimated gap size at 5 K is 3.6 meV in the s- or axial p-wave case,...
0805.3001v1
2008-05-23
Discoveries of 3 K-shell Lines of Iron and a Coherent Pulsation of 593-sec from SAX J1748.2-2808
SAX J1748.2$-$2808 is a unique X-ray object with a flat spectrum and strong emission lines at 6.4--7.0 keV. The Suzaku satellite resolved the emission lines into 3 K-shell lines from neutral and highly ionized irons. A clear coherent pulsation with a period of 593-sec was found from the Suzaku and XMM-Newton archives. ...
0805.3608v2
2008-05-28
Photonic Dipole Contours of Ferrofluid Hele-Shaw Cell
This investigation describes and demonstrates a novel technique for the visualization of magnetic fields. Two ferrofluid Hele-Shaw cells have been constructed to facilitate the imaging of magnetic field lines. We deduce that magnetically induced photonic band gap arrays similar to electrostatic liquid crystal operation...
0805.4364v2
2008-05-30
Multiband effects on the conductivity for a multiband Hubbard model
The newly discovered iron-based superconductors have attracted lots of interests, and the corresponding theoretical studies suggest that the system should have six bands. In this paper, we study the multiband effects on the conductivity based on the exact solutions of one-dimensional two-band Hubbard model. We find tha...
0805.4669v1
2008-05-31
Doping-insensitive density-of-states suppression in polycrystalline iron-based superconductor SmO$_{1-x}$F$_{x}$FeAs
We investigated the temperature dependence of the density-of-states in the iron-based superconductor SmO_1-xF_xFeAs (x=0, 0.12, 0.15, 0.2) with high resolution angle-integrated photoemission spectroscopy. The density-of-states suppression is observed with decreasing temperature in all samples, revealing two characteris...
0806.0078v1
2008-06-20
The Fermi surface of Ba(1-x)K(x)Fe2As2 and its evolution with doping
We use angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) to investigate the electronic properties of the newly discovered iron-arsenic superconductor, Ba(1-x)K(x)Fe2As2 and non-supercondcuting BaFe2As2. Our study indicates that the Fermi surface of the undoped, parent compound BaFe$_2$As$_2$ consists of hole pocket(s) ...
0806.3453v1
2008-06-22
Electronic structures of ternary iron arsenides AFe$_2$As$_2$ (A=Ba, Ca, or Sr)
We have studied the electronic and magnetic structures of the ternary iron arsenides AFe$_2$As$_2$ (A = Ba, Ca, or Sr) using the first-principles density functional theory. The ground states of these compounds are in a collinear antiferromagnetic order, resulting from the interplay between the nearest and the next-near...
0806.3526v3
2008-06-27
75As NMR study of the ternary iron arsenide BaFe2As2
We report 75As-NMR measurements of the ternary iron arsenide BaFe2As2. 75As-NMR spectra clearly revealed that magnetic transition occurs at around 131 K in our samples, which corresponds to the emergence of spin density wave. Temperature dependence of the internal magnetic field suggests that the transition is likely o...
0806.4514v3
2008-06-30
Quantum oscillations in the parent magnetic phase of an iron arsenide high temperature superconductor
We report quantum oscillation measurements in SrFe2As2 - which is an antiferromagnetic parent of the iron-arsenide family of superconductors - known to become superconducting under doping and the application of pressure. The magnetic field and temperature dependences of the oscillations between 20 and 55 T in the liqui...
0806.4726v2
2008-06-29
Structural and magnetic phase transitions in the ternary iron arsenides SrFe2As2 and EuFe2As2
The structural and magnetic phase transitions of the ternary iron arsenides SrFe2As2 and EuFe2As2 were studied by temperature-dependent x-ray powder diffraction and 57-Fe Moessbauer spectroscopy. Both compounds crystallize in the tetragonal ThCr2Si2-type structure at room temperature and exhibit displacive structural t...
0806.4782v2
2008-06-30
LDA + Negative U Solves a Puzzle of too Large Calculated Magnetic Moment in Iron-based Superconductor LaFeAsO_{1-x}F_x
A puzzle in the iron-based superconductor LaFeAsO_{1-x}F_x is that the magnetic moment obtained by first-principle electronic structure calculations is unexpectedly much larger than the experimentally observed one. For example, the calculated value is ~ 2.0 \mu_B in the mother compound, while it is ~ 0.3 \mu_B in exper...
0806.4804v1
2008-07-21
Superconductivity at 34.7 K in the iron arsenide Eu0.7Na0.3Fe2As2
EuFe2As2 is a member of the ternary iron arsenide family. Similar to BaFe2As2 and SrFe2As2, EuFe2As2 exhibits a clear anomaly in resistivity near 200 K. It suggests that EuFe2As2 is another promising parent compound in which superconductivity may be realized by appropriate doping. Here we report the discovery of superc...
0807.3293v3
2008-08-05
Local antiferromagnetic correlations in the iron pnictide superconductors LaFeAsO{1-x}F{x} and Ca(Fe,Co)2As2 as seen via normal-state susceptibility
We have studied the interplay of magnetism and superconductivity in LaFeAsO$_{1-x}$F$_x$ and Ca(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$. While antiferromagnetic spin density wave formation is suppressed and superconductivity evolves, all samples show a doping independent strong increase of the normal state susceptibility upon heat...
0808.0708v2
2008-08-07
Sheet Dependence on Superconducting Gap in Oxygen-Deficient Iron-based Oxypnictide Superconductors NdFeAs0.85
Photoemission spectroscopy with low-energy tunable photons on oxygen-deficient iron-based oxypnictide superconductors NdFeAsO0.85 (Tc=52K) reveals a distinct photon-energy dependence of the electronic structure near the Fermi level (EF). A clear shift of the leading-edge can be observed in the superconducting states wi...
0808.1063v1
2008-08-08
Electronic states and pairing symmetry in the two-dimensional 16 band d-p model for iron-based superconductor
The electronic states of the FeAs plane in iron-based superconductors are investigated on the basis of the two-dimensional 16-band d-p model, where the tight-binding parameters are determined so as to fit the band structure obtained by the density functional calculation for LaFeAsO. The model includes the Coulomb inter...
0808.1192v3
2008-08-10
Heavy anion solvation of polarity fluctuations in Pnictides
Once again the condensed matter world has been surprised by the discovery of yet another class of high temperature superconductors. The discovery of iron-pnictide (FeAs) and chalcogenide (FeSe) based superconductors with a $T_c$ of up to 55 K is again evidence of how complex the many body problem really is, or in anoth...
0808.1390v1
2008-09-01
Competition between antiferromagnetic instability and frustrations in Fe-Se
Using linear-response density-functional theory, we obtain the magnetic interactions in the several iron pnictides. The ground state has been found to be non-collinear in FeSe, with a large continuum of nearly degenerate states lying very close to the magnetic "striped" structure. The presence of non-collinearity also ...
0809.0283v2
2008-09-18
Magnetism and Superconductivity in the Two-Dimensional 16 Band d-p Model for Iron-Based Superconductors
The electronic states of the Fe2As2 plane in iron-based superconductors are investigated on the basis of the two-dimensional 16-band d-p model which includes the Coulomb interaction on a Fe site: the intra- and inter-orbital direct terms U and U', the Hund's coupling J and the pair-transfer J'. Using the random phase a...
0809.3189v5
2008-09-20
Effect of magnetic state on the $γ-α$ transition in iron: First-principle calculations of the Bain transformation path
Energetics of the fcc ($\gamma$) - bcc ($\alpha$) lattice transformation by the Bain tetragonal deformation is calculated for both magnetically ordered and paramagnetic (disordered local moment) states of iron. The first-principle computational results manifest a relevance of the magnetic order in a scenario of the $\g...
0809.3515v1
2008-09-23
Universal linear-temperature dependence of static magnetic susceptibility in iron-pnictides
A universal linear-temperature dependence of the uniform magnetic susceptibility has been observed in the nonmagnetic normal state of iron-pnictides. This non-Pauli and non-Curie-Weiss-like paramagnetic behavior cannot be understood within a pure itinerant picture. We argue that it results from the existence of a wide ...
0809.3874v3
2008-09-24
A Unified Theory for the Cuprates, Iron-Based and Similar Superconducting Systems: Application for Spin and Charge Excitations in the Hole-Doped Cuprates
A unified theory for the cuprates and the iron-based superconductors is derived on the basis of common features in their electronic structures including quasi-two-dimensionality, and the large-U nature of the electron orbitals close to E_F (smaller-U hybridized orbitals reside at bonding and antibonding states away fro...
0809.4237v3
2008-10-02
Iron Emission Lines on the Galactic Ridge Observed with Suzaku
In order to elucidate origin of the Galactic Ridge X-ray Emission, we analyzed Suzaku data taken at various regions along the Galactic plane and studied their Fe-K emission line features. Suzaku resolved the Fe line complex into three narrow lines at ~6.4 keV,~6.7 keV and ~6.97 keV, which are K-lines from neutral (or l...
0810.0317v1
2008-10-03
Small anisotropy, weak thermal fluctuations, and high field superconductivity in Co-doped iron pnictide Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2
We performed high-field magnetotransport and magnetization measurements on a single crystal of the 122-phase iron pnictide Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2. Unlike the HTS cuprates and 1111-phase oxypnictides, Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 showed practically no broadening of the resistive transitions under magnetic fields up to 45 T. The mass anis...
0810.0699v2
2008-10-10
Pseudogap and Superconductivity in Iron-Based Layered Superconductor studied by Fluctuation-Exchange Approximation
We investigate interplay between magnetic fluctuations and superconductivity in the effective five-band Hubbard model for iron-oxypnictide superconductors on the basis of the fluctuation-exchange approximation. As for the normal-state properties, we find the pseudogap behavior in the NMR relaxation rate and the spectra...
0810.1828v2
2008-10-15
Electronic Structure, Magnetism and Superconductivity of Layered Iron Compounds
The layered iron superconductors are discussed using electronic structure calculations. The four families of compounds discovered so far, including Fe(Se,Te) have closely related electronic structures. The Fermi surface consists of disconnected hole and electron cylinders and additional hole sections that depend on the...
0810.2682v2
2008-10-15
Temperature dependence and resonance effects in Raman scattering of phonons in NdFeAsO$_{x}$F$_{1-x}$ single crystals
We report plane-polarized Raman scattering spectra of iron oxypnictide superconductor NdFeAsO$_{1-x}$F$_x$ single crystals with varying fluorine $x$ content. The spectra exhibit sharp and symmetrical phonon lines with a weak dependence on fluorine doping $x$. The temperature dependence does not show any phonon anomaly ...
0810.2735v1
2008-10-18
Elastic theory for the vortex-lattice melting in iron-based high-Tc superconductors
The vortex-lattice melting transitions in two typical iron-based high-Tc superconductor $Ba(Fe_{1-x}Co_{x})_{2}As_{2}$ (122-type) and$Nd(O_{1-x}F_{x})FeAs$ (1111-type) for magnetic fields both parallel and perpendicular to the anisotropy axis are studied within the elastic theory. Using the parameters from experiments,...
0810.3292v2
2008-10-24
Interplay between magnetic properties and Fermi surface nesting in iron pnictides
The wave-vector q and doping (x,y) dependences of the magnetic energy, iron moment, and effective exchange interactions in LaFeAsO{1-x}F{x} and Ba{1-2y}K{2y}Fe2As2 are studied by self-consistent LSDA calculations for co-planar spin spirals. For the undoped compounds (x=0, y=0), the minimum of the calculated total energ...
0810.4469v2
2008-11-01
Synthesis and Microstructural Studies of Iron Oxypnictide LaO1-xFxFeAs Superconductors
We report on the synthesis and structural/ microstructural studies of iron based fluorine doped LaOFeAs superconductors. We have successfully synthesized fluorine doped superconducting LaO1-xFxFeAs materials by choosing lower temperature (1150^0C) and longer synthesis duration (60 hours) as compared to the standard val...
0811.0094v1
2008-11-11
Unconventional superconductivity originating from disconnected Fermi surfaces in the iron-based compound
The iron-based LaFeAsO$_{1-x}$F$_x$ recently discovered by Hosono's group is a fresh theoretical challenge as a new class of high-temperature superconductors. Here we describe the electronic structure of the material and the mechanism of superconductivity. We start with constructing a tight-binding model in terms of th...
0811.1656v1
2008-11-17
Perturbation Theory of High-Tc Superconductivity in Iron Pnictides
The high-transition-temperature (high-Tc) superconductivity discovered recently in iron pnictides is analyzed within a perturbation theory. Specifically, the probable pairing symmetry, the doping dependence of the transition temperature and the pairing mechanism are studied by solving the Eliashberg equation for multi-...
0811.2462v2
2008-11-25
Spin-orbital frustrations and anomalous metallic state in iron-pnictide superconductors
We develop an understanding of the anomalous metal state of the parent compounds of recently discovered iron based superconductors starting from a strong coupling viewpoint, including orbital degrees of freedom. On the basis of an intermediate-spin (S=1) state for the Fe^{2+} ions, we derive a Kugel-Khomskii spin-orbit...
0811.4104v1
2008-11-25
Coexistence of Itinerant Electrons and Local Moments in Iron-Based Superconductors
In view of the recent experimental facts in the iron-pnictides, we make a proposal that the itinerant electrons and local moments are simultaneously present in such multiband materials. We study a minimal model composed of coupled itinerant electrons and local moments to illustrate how a consistent explanation of the e...
0811.4111v4
2008-12-15
Collective modes and emergent SO(6) symmetry in the iron pnictides
We show the existence of an emergent SO(6) symmetry in the low energy description of the iron pnictides. This approximate symmetry provides a unifying framework for the occurrence of spin density wave (SDW) and superconductivity (SC) in these materials. We use this symmetry to make several predictions for future experi...
0812.2907v2
2008-12-16
Hard (State) Problems
For microquasars, the one time when these systems exhibit steady and powerful jets is when they are in the hard state. Thus, our understanding of this state is key to learning about the disk/jet connection. Recent observational and theoretical results have led to questions about whether we really understand the physica...
0812.2980v1
2008-12-19
Evidence for nodal superconductivity in LaFePO
In several iron-arsenide superconductors there is strong evidence for a fully gapped superconducting state consistent with either a conventional s-wave symmetry or an unusual $s_\pm$ state where there the gap changes sign between the electron and hole Fermi surface sheets. Here we report measurements of the penetration...
0812.3858v1
2008-12-22
The role of striction at magnetic and structural transitions in iron-pnictides
We discuss the role of striction in the intertwined magnetic and structural phase transitions in the underdoped iron-pnictides. The magneto-elastic coupling to acoustic modes is then derived and estimated in framework of the multiband spectrum for itinerant electrons with nesting features. We argue that the 1-st order ...
0812.4277v2
2008-12-30
Structure and magnetism in ultrathin iron oxides characterized by low energy electron microscopy
We have grown epitaxial films a few atomic layers thick of iron oxides on ruthenium. We characterize the growth by low energy electron microscopy. Using selected area diffraction and intensity vs. voltage spectroscopy, we detect two distinct phases which are assigned to wustite and magnetite. Spin polarized low energy ...
0812.5049v2
2009-01-01
Multiple Bands - A Key to High - Temperature Superconductivity in Iron Arsenides?
In the framework of four-band model of superconductivity in iron arsenides proposed by Barzykin and Gor'kov we analyze the gap ratios on hole - like and electron - like Fermi - surface cylinders. It is shown that experimentally observed (ARPES) gap ratios can be obtained only within rather strict limits on the values o...
0901.0164v1
2009-01-07
Band renormalization and Fermi surface reconstruction in iron-based superconductors
Using the fluctuation exchange approximation and a three-orbital model, we study the band renormalization, Fermi surface reconstruction and the superconducting pairing symmetry in the newly-discovered iron-based superconductors. We find that the inter-orbital spin fluctuations lead to the strong anisotropic band renorm...
0901.0821v1
2009-01-22
Fermi surface in BaNi$_2$P$_2$
We report measurements of the de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) oscillation and a band structure calculation for the pnictide superconductor BaNi$_2$P$_2$, which is isostructural to BaFe$_2$As$_2$, the mother compound of the iron-pnictide high-$T_c$ superconductor (Ba$_{1-x}$K$_x$)Fe$_2$As$_2$. Six dHvA-frequency branches with...
0901.3394v3
2009-01-26
Quantum Oscillation Studies of the Fermi Surface of LaFePO
We review recent experimental measurements of the Fermi surface of the iron-pnictide superconductor LaFePO using quantum oscillation techniques. These studies show that the Fermi surface topology is close to that predicted by first principles density functional theory calculations, consisting of quasi-two-dimensional e...
0901.3976v2
2009-02-03
Anharmonic softening of Raman active phonons in Iron-Pnictides; estimating the Fe isotope effect due to anharmonic expansion
We present Raman measurements on the iron-pnictide superconductors CeFeAsO_{1-x}F_{x} and NdFeAsO{1-x}F_{x}. Modeling the Fe-As plane in terms of harmonic and a cubic anharmonic Fe-As interaction we calculate the temperature dependence of the energy and lifetime of the Raman active Fe B_{1g} mode and fit to the observe...
0902.0505v2
2009-02-13
Dominant role of local-moment interactions in the magnetism in iron pnictides : comparative study of arsenides and antimonides from first-principles
The magnetic properties of various iron pnictides are investigated using first-principles pseudopotential calculations. We consider three different families, LaFePnO, BaFe$_2$Pn$_2$, and LiFePn with Pn=As and Sb, and find that the Fe local spin moment and the stability of the stripe-type antiferromagnetic phase increas...
0902.2359v2
2009-02-16
The f-spin physics of rare-earth iron pnictides: influence of d-electron antiferromagnetic order on the heavy fermion phase diagram
Some of the high Tc iron pnictides contain magnetic rare-earth elements, raising the question of how the existence and tunability of a d-electron antiferromagnetic order influences the heavy fermion behavior of the f-moments. With CeOFeP and CeOFeAs in mind as prototypes, we derive an extended Anderson lattice model ap...
0902.2423v2
2009-02-16
Point contact Andreev reflection spectroscopy of superconducting energy gaps in 122-type family of iron pnictides
A brief overview of the superconducting energy gap studies on 122-type family of iron pnictides is given. It seems that the situation in the hole-doped Ba1-xKxFe2As2 is well resolved. Most of the measurements including the presented here point-contact Andreev reflection spectra agree on existence of multiple nodeless g...
0902.2667v1
2009-02-19
Quantum Entanglement in Nitrosyl Iron Complexes
Recent magnetic susceptibility measurements for polycrystalline samples of binuclear nitrosyl iron complexes [Fe_2(C_3H_3N_2S)_2(NO)_4] (I) and [Fe_2(SC_3H_5N_2)_2(NO)_4] (II), suggest that quantum-mechanical entanglement of the spin degrees of freedom exists in these compounds. Entanglement E exists below the temperat...
0902.3337v1
2009-02-19
Theory of Multiband Superconductivity in Iron Pnictides
The precise nature of unconventional superconductivity in Iron Pnictides is presently a hotly debated issue. Here, using insights from normal state electronic structure and symmetry arguments, we show how an unconventional SC emerges from the bad metal "normal" state. Short-ranged, multi-band spin- and charge correlati...
0902.3400v2
2009-02-27
Probing the pairing symmetry of the iron pnictides with electronic Raman scattering
An important issue in the study of the iron-arsenic based superconductors is the symmetry of the superconducting gap, a problem complicated by multiple gaps on different Fermi surface sheets. Electronic Raman scattering is a flexible bulk probe which allows one in principle to determine gap magnitudes and test for gap ...
0902.4745v1
2009-02-28
Influence of Magnetism on Phonons in CaFe2As2 Via Inelastic X-ray Scattering
In the iron pnictides, the strong sensitivity of the iron magnetic moment to the arsenic position suggests a significant relationship between phonons and magnetism. We measured the phonon dispersion of several branches in the high temperature tetragonal phase of CaFe2As2 using inelastic x-ray scattering on single-cryst...
0903.0017v2
2009-03-04
Resistivity Anisotropy of $AE$Fe$_2$As$_2$ ($AE$ =Ca, Sr, Ba): direct versus Montgomery technique measurements
The anisotropy of electrical resistivity was measured in parent compounds of the iron-arsenic high temperature superconductors, AEFe2As2 with Alkali Earth elements AE=Ca,Sr, Ba. Measurements were performed using both the Montgomery technique and direct resistivity measurements on samples cut along principal crystallogr...
0903.0820v1
2009-03-09
Theory of Magnetic Fluctuations in Iron Pnictides
Magnetic fluctuations in an unconventional superconductor (U-SC) can distinguish between distinct proposals for the symmetry of the order parameter. Motivated thereby, we undertake a study magnetic fluctuations in Iron pnictides, tracking their evolution from the incoherent normal, pseudogapped metal, to the U-SC state...
0903.1568v1
2009-03-10
Quasiparticle Scattering Interference in Superconducting Iron-pnictides
Using both two orbital and five orbital models, we investigate the quasiparticle interference (QPI) patterns in the superconducting (SC) state of iron-based superconductors. We compare the results for nonmagnetic and magnetic impurities in sign-changed s-wave $\cos(k_x)\cdot\cos(k_y)$ and sign-unchanged $|\cos(k_x)\cdo...
0903.1694v1
2009-03-11
Magnetic Properties of the Superconducting State of Iron-Based Superconductors
We show that features of the dynamical spin susceptibility can unambiguously distinguish between different pairing symmetries of the superconducting state in iron-based superconductors. A magnetic resonance is a unique feature for the extended $s_{x^2y^2}$-wave $\cos k_x\cos k_y$ pairing symmetry. It is present in the ...
0903.2025v1