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2010-04-26
Chemical Abundances for the Outer Halo Cluster Pal 4 from Co-added High-Resolution Spectroscopy
Context: Chemical element abundances for distant Galactic globular clusters (GCs) hold important clues to the origin of the Milky Way halo and its substructures. Aims: We study the chemical composition of red giant stars in Pal 4 - one of the most remote GCs in the Milky Way - and compare our abundance measurements to ...
1004.4625v1
2010-06-05
Variations in the X-ray eclipse transitions of Cen X-3
We report here an investigation of the X-ray eclipse transitions of the high mass X-ray binary pulsar Cen X-3 in different intensity states. Long term light curve of Cen X-3 obtained with RXTE-ASM spanning for more than 5000 days shows strong aperiodic flux variations with low and high states. We have investigated the ...
1006.1035v1
2010-06-17
The supernova delay time distribution in galaxy clusters and implications for Type-Ia progenitors and metal enrichment
Knowledge of the supernova (SN) delay time distribution (DTD) - the SN rate versus time that would follow a hypothetical brief burst of star formation - can shed light on SN progenitors and physics. We compile recent measurements of the Type-Ia SN (SN Ia) rate in galaxy clusters at redshifts z=0-1.45. Together with the...
1006.3576v3
2010-08-01
Chemical Enrichment in the Faintest Galaxies: the Carbon and Iron Abundance Spreads in the Boötes I Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy and the Segue 1 System
We present an AAOmega spectroscopic study of red giant stars in Bootes I, which is an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy, and Segue 1, suggested to be either an extremely low-luminosity dwarf galaxy or a star cluster. Our focus is quantifying the mean abundance and abundance dispersion in iron and carbon, and searching for dista...
1008.0137v1
2010-11-29
New Atomic Data for Trans-Iron Elements and Their Application to Abundance Determinations in Planetary Nebulae
[Abridged] Investigations of neutron(n)-capture element nucleosynthesis and chemical evolution have largely been based on stellar spectroscopy. However, the recent detection of these elements in several planetary nebulae (PNe) indicates that nebular spectroscopy is a promising new tool for such studies. In PNe, n-captu...
1011.6311v1
2011-03-31
The metal contents of two groups of galaxies
The hot gas in clusters and groups of galaxies is continuously being enriched with metals from supernovae and stars. It is well established that the enrichment of the gas with elements from oxygen to iron is mainly caused by supernova explosions. The origins of nitrogen and carbon are still being debated. Possible cand...
1104.0001v1
2011-04-11
Self-consistent spin-wave theory for a frustrated Heisenberg model with biquadratic exchange in the columnar phase and its application to iron pnictides
Recent neutron scattering studies revealed the three dimensional character of the magnetism in the iron pnictides and a strong anisotropy between the exchange perpendicular and parallel to the spin stripes. We extend studies of the J1-J2-Jc Heisenberg model with S = 1 using self-consistent spin-wave theory. A discussio...
1104.1954v2
2011-04-22
K-shell Emission of Neutral Iron Line from Sgr B2 Excited by Subrelativistic Protons
We investigated the emission of K$\alpha$ iron line from the massive molecular clouds in the Galactic center (GC). We assume that at present the total flux of this emission consists of time variable component generated by primary X-ray photons ejected by Sagittarius A$^\ast$ (Sgr A$^\ast$) in the past and a relatively ...
1104.4484v1
2011-07-05
A giant planet in the triple system HD132563
As part of our radial velocity planet-search survey performed with SARG at TNG, we monitored the components of HD 132563 for ten years. It is a binary system formed by two rather similar solar type stars with a projected separation of 4.1 arcsec, which corresponds to 400 AU at the distance of 96 pc. The two components ...
1107.0918v1
2011-11-21
Iron and alpha-element Production in the First One Billion Years after the Big Bang
We present measurements of carbon, oxygen, silicon, and iron in quasar absorption systems existing when the universe was roughly one billion years old. We measure column densities in nine low-ionization systems at 4.7 < z < 6.3 using Keck, Magellan, and VLT optical and near-infrared spectra with moderate to high resolu...
1111.4843v1
2012-01-04
Synthesis and physical properties of the new potassium iron selenide superconductor K0.80Fe1.76Se2
In this article we review our studies of the K0.80Fe1.76Se2 superconductor, with an attempt to elucidate the crystal growth details and basic physical properties over a wide range of temperatures and applied magnetic field, including anisotropic magnetic and electrical transport properties, thermodynamic, London penetr...
1201.0953v2
2012-02-13
A Variable Partial Covering Model for the Seyfert 1 Galaxy MCG-6-30-15
We propose a simple spectral model for the Seyfert 1 Galaxy MCG-6-30-15 that can explain most of the 1 - 40 keV spectral variation by change of the partial covering fraction, similar to the one proposed by Miller et al. (2008). Our spectral model is composed of three continuum components; (1) a direct power-law compone...
1202.2797v3
2012-02-23
The Similarity of Broad Iron Lines in X-ray Binaries and Active Galactic Nuclei
We have compared the 2001 XMM-Newton spectra of the stellar mass black hole binary XTE J1650-500 and the active galaxy MGC-6-30-15, focusing on the broad, excess emission features at ~4--7 keV displayed by both sources. Such features are frequently observed in both low mass X-ray binaries and active galactic nuclei. Fo...
1202.5193v1
2012-03-02
Testing the effects of opacity and the chemical mixture on the excitation of pulsations in B stars of the Magellanic Clouds
The B-type pulsators known as \beta Cephei and Slowly Pulsating B (SPB) stars present pulsations driven by the \kappa mechanism, which operates thanks to an opacity bump due to the iron group elements. In low-metallicity environments such as the Magellanic Clouds, \beta Cep and SPB pulsations are not expected. Neverthe...
1203.0527v1
2012-03-19
Hot Gas in Galaxy Groups: Recent Observations
Galaxy groups are the least massive systems where the bulk of baryons begin to be accounted for. Not simply the scaled-down versions of rich clusters following self-similar relations, galaxy groups are ideal systems to study baryon physics, which is important for both cluster cosmology and galaxy formation. We review t...
1203.4228v1
2012-03-28
Dependence of the structural and physical properties of Tl1-yFe2-z(Se1-xSx)2 with isovalent substitution of Se by S: decrease of TNeel with S content
The effect of selenium substitution by sulfur or tellurium in the Tl1-yFe2-zSe2 antiferromagnet was studied by x-ray and electron diffraction, magnetization and transport measurements. Tl0.8Fe1.5(Se1-xXx)2 (nominal composition) solid solutions were synthesized in the full x range (0<x<1) for X=S and up to x=0.5 for X=T...
1203.6181v2
2012-05-21
Very High Resolution Solar X-ray Imaging Using Diffractive Optics
This paper describes the development of X-ray diffractive optics for imaging solar flares with better than 0.1 arcsec angular resolution. X-ray images with this resolution of the \geq10 MK plasma in solar active regions and solar flares would allow the cross-sectional area of magnetic loops to be resolved and the coron...
1205.4762v1
2012-07-04
Nematic and meta-nematic transitions in the iron pnictides
Strongly interacting electrons can exhibit novel collective phases, among which the electronic nematic phases are perhaps the most surprising as they spontaneously break rotational symmetry of the underlying crystal lattice. The electron nematicity has been recently observed in the iron-pnictide and cuprate high-temper...
1207.1045v1
2012-08-24
Failed-Detonation Supernovae: Sub-Luminous Low-Velocity Ia Supernovae and Their Kicked Remnant White Dwarfs with Iron-Rich Cores
Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) originate from the thermonuclear explosions of carbon-oxygen (C-O) white dwarfs (WDs). The single-degenerate scenario is a well-explored model of SNe Ia where unstable thermonuclear burning initiates in an accreting, Chandrasekhar-mass WD and forms an advancing flame. By several proposed phy...
1208.5069v2
2012-11-26
Local Structure and Hyperfine Interactions of 57Fe in NaFeAs Studied by Mossbauer Spectroscopy
Detailed 57Fe Mossbauer spectroscopy measurements on superconducting NaFeAs powder samples have been performed in the temperature range 13 K < T < 300 K. The 57Fe spectra recorded in the paramagnetic range (T > TN ~ 46 K) were discussed supposing that most of the Fe2+ ions are located in distorted (FeAs4) tetrahedral o...
1211.5967v3
2012-12-02
Tunable interplay between 3d and 4f electrons in Co-doped iron pnictides
We study the interplay of 3d and 4f electrons in the iron pnictides CeFe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$AsO and GdFe$_{1-y}$Co$_y$AsO, which correspond to two very different cases of $4f$-magnetic moment. Both CeFeAsO and GdFeAsO undergo a spin-density-wave (SDW) transition associated with Fe 3d electrons at high temperatures, which is ...
1212.0221v2
2013-01-15
Pulse phase and precession phase resolved spectroscopy of Her X-1: studying a representative Main-On with RXTE
We performed a detailed pulse phase resolved spectroscopy of the accreting binary X-ray pulsar Her X-1 in the energy range 3.5-75 keV and have established pulse phase profiles for all spectral parameters. For the centroid of the cyclotron line, the photon index and the flux of the 6.4 keV iron line, we have studied the...
1301.3378v1
2013-01-24
The wind of the M-type AGB star RT Virginis probed by VLTI/MIDI
We study the circumstellar environment of the M-type AGB star RT Vir using mid-infrared high spatial resolution observations from the ESO-VLTI focal instrument MIDI. The aim of this study is to provide observational constraints on theoretical prediction that the winds of M-type AGB objects can be driven by photon scatt...
1301.5872v1
2013-03-15
The 69 micron forsterite band in spectra of protoplanetary disks - Results from the Herschel DIGIT programme
Context: We have analysed Herschel-PACS spectra of 32 circumstellar disks around Herbig Ae/Be and T-Tauri stars obtained within the Herschel key programme DIGIT. In this paper we focus on the 69mu emission band of the crystalline silicate forsterite. Aims: This work provides an overview of the 69mu forsterite bands i...
1303.3744v1
2013-04-30
Superconductivity induced by hydrogen anion substitution in 1111-type iron arsenides
Hydrogen is the simplest bipolar element and its valence state can be controlled from +1 to -1. We synthesized the 1111-type CaFeAsH and LnFeAsO1-xHx (Ln = lanthanide) with the ZrCuSiAs type structure by a high-pressure synthesis method. The position and valence state of the substituted H were determined by neutron dif...
1304.7900v1
2013-05-23
On magnetic inhibition of photospheric macro-turbulence generated in the iron-bump opacity zone of O-stars
Massive, hot OB-stars show clear evidence of strong macroscopic broadening (in addition to rotation) in their photospheric spectral lines. This paper examines the occurrence of such "macro-turbulence" in slowly rotating O-stars with strong, organised surface magnetic fields. Focusing on the CIV 5811A line, we find evid...
1305.5549v1
2013-06-14
Dynamic Transcript Profiling of Candida Albicans Infection in Zebrafish: a Pathogen-Host Interaction Study
Candida albicans is responsible for a number of life-threatening infections and causes considerable morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. Previous studies of C. albicans pathogenesis have suggested several steps must occur before virulent infection, including early adhesion, invasion, and late tissue d...
1306.3312v1
2013-10-09
Electron doping evolution of the magnetic excitations in BaFe2-xNixAs2
We use inelastic neutron scattering (INS) spectroscopy to study the magnetic excitations spectra throughout the Brioullion zone in electron-doped iron pnictide superconductors BaFe$_{2-x}$Ni$_{x}$As$_{2}$ with $x=0.096,0.15,0.18$. While the $x=0.096$ sample is near optimal superconductivity with $T_c=20$ K and has coex...
1310.2333v1
2013-10-11
The return to the hard state of GX 339-4 as seen by Suzaku
The microquasar GX 339-4 was observed by Suzaku five times, spaced by a few days, during its transition back to the hard state at the end of its 2010-2011 outburst. The 2-10 keV source flux decreases by a factor ~10 between the beginning and the end of the monitoring. Simultaneous radio and OIR observations highlighted...
1310.3039v2
2013-10-30
On the Origin of the 6.4 keV Line in the Galactic Center Region
We analyse the 6.4 keV iron line component produced in the Galactic Center (GC) region by cosmic rays in dense molecular clouds (MCs) and in the diffuse molecular gas. We showed that this component, in principle, can be seen in several years in the direction of the cloud Srg B2. If this emission is produced by low ener...
1310.8177v1
2013-11-04
On the role of AGN feedback on the thermal and chemodynamical properties of the hot intra-cluster medium
We present an analysis of the properties of the ICM in an extended set of cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy clusters and groups performed with the TreePM+SPH GADGET-3 code. Besides a set of non-radiative simulations, we carried out two sets of simulations including radiative cooling, star formation, met...
1311.0818v1
2013-11-07
GIANO-TNG spectroscopy of red supergiants in the young star cluster RSGC2
The inner disk of the Galaxy has a number of young star clusters dominated by red supergiants that are heavily obscured by dust extinction and observable only at infrared wavelengths. These clusters are important tracers of the recent star formation and chemical enrichment history in the inner Galaxy. During the techni...
1311.1639v1
2013-12-20
Nematic order in iron superconductors - who is in the driver's seat?
Although the existence of nematic order in iron-based superconductors is now a well-established experimental fact, its origin remains controversial. Nematic order breaks the discrete lattice rotational symmetry by making the $x$ and $y$ directions in the Fe plane non-equivalent. This can happen because of (i) a tetrago...
1312.6085v1
2014-03-24
On the fine structure of the Cepheid metallicity gradient in the Galactic thin disk
We present homogeneous and accurate iron abundances for 42 Galactic Cepheids based on high-spectral resolution (R~38,000) high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR>100) optical spectra collected with UVES at VLT (128 spectra). The above abundances were complemented with high-quality iron abundances provided either by our group (...
1403.6128v1
2014-07-03
The Detection of Earth-mass Planets around Active Stars: The Mass of Kepler-78b
Kepler-78b is a transiting Earth-mass planet in an 8.5 hr orbit discovered by the Kepler Space Mission. We performed an analysis of the published radial velocity measurements for Kepler-78 in order to derive a refined measurement for the planet mass. Kepler-78 is an active star and radial velocity variations due to act...
1407.0853v1
2014-08-06
Theory of the evolution of magnetic order in Fe$_{1+y}$Te compounds with increasing interstitial iron
We examine the influence of the excess of interstitial Fe on the magnetic properties of Fe$_{1+y}$Te compounds. Because in iron chalcogenides the correlations are stronger than in the iron arsenides, we assume in our model that some of the Fe orbitals give rise to localized magnetic moments. These moments interact with...
1408.1418v2
2014-11-28
Superconducting properties and pseudogap from preformed Cooper pairs in the triclinic (CaFe$_{1-x}$Pt$_x$As)$_{10}$Pt$_3$As$_8$
Using a combination of muon-spin relaxation ($\mu$SR), inelastic neutron scattering (INS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), we investigated the novel iron-based superconductor with a triclinic crystal structure (CaFe$_{1-x}$Pt$_x$As)$_{10}$Pt$_3$As$_8$ (T$_{\rm c}$ = 13 K), containing platinum-arsenide intermediary...
1411.7858v1
2014-12-30
An XSPEC model to explore spectral features from black-hole sources - II. The relativistic iron line in the lamp-post geometry
In X-ray spectra of several active galactic nuclei and Galactic black hole binaries a broad relativistically smeared iron line is observed. This feature arises by fluorescence when the accretion disc is illuminated by hot corona above it. Due to central location of the corona the illumination and thus also the line emi...
1412.8627v1
2015-03-14
Deep SDSS optical spectroscopy of distant halo stars II. Iron, calcium, and magnesium abundances
We analyze a sample of 3,944 low-resolution (R ~ 2000) optical spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), focusing on stars with effective temperatures 5800 < Teff < 6300 K, and distances from the Milky Way plane in excess of 5 kpc, and determine their abundances of Fe, Ca, and Mg. We followed the same methodolo...
1503.04362v1
2015-05-29
NuSTAR and Suzaku observations of the hard state in Cygnus X-1: locating the inner accretion disk
We present simultaneous Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR ) and Suzaku observations of the X-ray binary Cygnus X-1 in the hard state. This is the first time this state has been observed in Cyg X-1 with NuSTAR, which enables us to study the reflection and broad-band spectra in unprecedented detail. We confir...
1506.00007v1
2015-06-03
The complex accretion geometry of GX 339-4 as seen by NuSTAR and Swift
We present spectral analysis of five NuSTAR and Swift observations of GX 339-4 taken during a failed outburst in summer 2013. These observations cover Eddington luminosity fractions in the range ~0.9-6%. Throughout this outburst, GX 339-4 stayed in the hard state, and all five observations show similar X-ray spectra wi...
1506.01381v1
2015-06-05
NuSTAR and Swift observations of the black hole candidate XTE J1908+094 during its 2013 outburst
The black hole candidate XTE J1908+094 went into outburst for the first time since 2003 in October 2013. We report on an observation with the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and monitoring observations with Swift during the outburst. NuSTAR caught the source in the soft state: the spectra show a broad re...
1506.02001v2
2015-07-28
Probing M subdwarf metallicity with an esdK5+esdM5.5 binary
We present a spectral analysis of the binary G 224-58 AB that consists of the coolest M extreme subdwarf (esdM5.5) and a brighter primary (esdK5). This binary may serve as a benchmark for metallicity measurement calibrations and as a test-bed for atmospheric and evolutionary models for esdM objects. We determine abun...
1507.07740v1
2015-10-16
The Transient Accereting X-Ray Pulsar XTE J1946+274: Stability of the X-Ray Properties at Low Flux and Updated Orbital Solution
We present a timing and spectral analysis of the X-ray pulsar XTE J1946+274 observed with Suzaku during an outburst decline in 2010 October and compare with previous results. XTE J1946+274 is a transient X-ray binary consisting of a Be-type star and a neutron star with a 15.75 s pulse period in a 172 d orbit with 2-3 o...
1510.05032v1
2015-11-02
Electron correlation effects and scattering rates in Fe$_{1+y}$Te$_{1-x}$Se$_x$ superconductor
Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy we have studied the low-energy electronic structure and the Fermi surface topology of Fe$_{1+y}$Te$_{1-x}$Se$_x$ superconductors. Similar to the known iron pnictides we observe hole pockets at the center and electron pockets at the corner of the Brillouin zone (BZ). Howev...
1511.00424v1
2015-12-03
Strong anisotropy in nearly ideal-tetrahedral superconducting FeS single crystals
We report the novel preparation of single crystals of tetragonal iron sulfide, FeS, which exhibits a nearly ideal tetrahedral geometry with S--Fe--S bond angles of 110.2(2) $^\circ$ and 108.1(2) $^\circ$. Grown via hydrothermal de-intercalation of K${_x}$Fe${_{2-y}}$S${_2}$ crystals under basic and reducing conditions,...
1512.01245v3
2016-01-26
Low-energy Population III supernovae and the origin of extremely metal-poor stars
Some ancient, dim, metal-poor stars may have formed in the ashes of the first supernovae (SNe). If their chemical abundances can be reconciled with the elemental yields of specific Population III (Pop III) explosions, they could reveal the properties of primordial stars. But multidimensional simulations of such explosi...
1601.06896v3
2016-02-29
Andreev spectroscopy of iron-based superconductors: temperature dependence of the order parameters and scaling of the $Δ_{L,S}$ with $T_C$
We studied iron-based superconductors of various families with critical temperatures covering almost all range $T_C = 9 - 53$ K. In natural arrays of contacts formed in these materials we observed intrinsic multiple Andreev reflections effect (IMARE). By using IMARE spectroscopy, we detected the two-gap superconductivi...
1602.09114v2
2016-03-01
X-ray-binary spectra in the lamp post model
[Abridged] Context. The high-energy radiation from black-hole binaries may be due to the reprocessing of a lamp located on the black hole axis, emitting X-rays. The observed spectrum is made of 3 components: the direct spectrum; the thermal bump; and the reflected spectrum made of the Compton hump and the iron-line com...
1603.00185v2
2016-09-15
Self-consistent mapping: Effect of local environment on formation of magnetic moment in alpha-FeSi2
We suggest here the method of the mapping of DFT calculations on the multiorbital model in a following way: the parameters of the formulated multiorbital model should be determined from the requirement that the self-consistent charge and spin densities found from the ab initio and model calculations have to be as close...
1609.04624v1
2016-09-26
Phase Transition of Iron-based Single Crystals at Extreme Strain Rates under Dynamic Loadings
Phase transition of iron, as a prototype of martensite phase transition under dynamic loadings, exhibits huge diverges in its TP among experiments with different pressure medium and loading rates, even in the same initial samples. Great achievements are made in understanding strain or stress dependence of the TP under ...
1609.07829v2
2017-01-24
Nucleosynthesis in the Innermost Ejecta of Neutrino-Drive Supernova Explosions in Two Dimensions
We examine the nucleosynthesis in the innermost, neutrino-processed ejecta (a few $10^{-3}\,M_\odot$) of self-consistent, two-dimensional explosion models of core-collapse supernovae for six progenitor stars with different initial masses. Three models have initial masses near the low-mass end of the supernova range, $8...
1701.06786v2
2017-04-04
Competing spin density wave, collinear, and helical magnetism in Fe1+xTe
The Fe1+xTe phase diagram consists of two distinct magnetic structures with collinear order present at low interstitial iron concentrations and a helical phase at large values of x with these phases separated by a Lifshitz point. We use unpolarized single crystal diffraction to confirm the helical phase for large inter...
1704.01111v1
2017-05-07
The peculiar Na-O anticorrelation of the bulge globular cluster NGC 6440
Context. Galactic Globular Clusters (GCs) are essential tools to understand the earliest epoch of the Milky Way, since they are among the oldest objects in the Universe and can be used to trace its formation and evolution. Current studies using high resolution spectroscopy for many stars in each of a large sample of GC...
1705.02684v1
2017-05-10
Direct Measurement of Nuclear Dependence of Charged Current Quasielastic-like Neutrino Interactions using MINERvA
Charged-current $\nu_{\mu}$ interactions on carbon, iron, and lead with a final state hadronic system of one or more protons with zero mesons are used to investigate the influence of the nuclear environment on quasielastic-like interactions. The transfered four-momentum squared to the target nucleus, $Q^2$, is reconstr...
1705.03791v1
2017-05-30
Chemical Complexity in the Eu-enhanced Monometallic Globular Cluster NGC 5986
NGC 5986 is a poorly studied but relatively massive Galactic globular cluster that shares several physical and morphological characteristics with "iron-complex" clusters known to exhibit significant metallicity and heavy element dispersions. In order to determine if NGC 5986 joins the iron-complex cluster class, we inv...
1705.10840v1
2017-07-11
First results from the IllustrisTNG simulations: A tale of two elements -- chemical evolution of magnesium and europium
The distribution of elements in galaxies provides a wealth of information about their production sites and their subsequent mixing into the interstellar medium. Here we investigate the distribution of elements within stars in the IllustrisTNG simulations. In particular, we analyze the abundance ratios of magnesium and ...
1707.03401v2
2017-08-20
Large anomalous Nernst and spin Nernst effects in noncollinear antiferromagnets Mn$_3X$ ($X$ = Sn, Ge, Ga)
Noncollinear antiferromagnets have recently been attracting considerable interest partly due to recent surprising discoveries of the anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in them and partly because they have promising applications in antiferromagnetic spintronics. Here we study the anomalous Nernst effect (ANE), a phenomenon hav...
1708.05933v3
2017-09-15
Investigating the interstellar dust through the Fe K-edge
The chemical and physical properties of interstellar dust in the densest regions of the Galaxy are still not well understood. X-rays provide a powerful probe since they can penetrate gas and dust over a wide range of column densities (up to $10^{24}\ \rm{cm}^{-2}$). The interaction (scattering and absorption) with the ...
1709.05359v1
2017-10-11
Fermi surface with Dirac fermions in CaFeAsF determined via quantum oscillation measurements
Despite the fact that 1111-type iron arsenides hold the record transition temperature of iron-based superconductors, their electronic structures have not been studied much because of the lack of high-quality single crystals. In this study, we completely determine the Fermi surface in the antiferromagnetic state of CaFe...
1710.03938v3
2017-10-26
X-ray reflection from cold white dwarfs in magnetic cataclysmic variables
We model X-ray reflection from white dwarfs (WD) in magnetic cataclysmic variables (mCVs) with a Monte Carlo simulation. A point source with a power-law spectrum or a realistic post-shock accretion column (PSAC) source irradiates a cool and spherical WD. The PSAC source emits thermal spectra of various temperatures str...
1710.09931v1
2017-12-19
Magnetic phase diagram of the iron pnictides in the presence of spin-orbit coupling: Frustration between $C_2$ and $C_4$ magnetic phases
We investigate the impact of spin anisotropic interactions, promoted by spin-orbit coupling, on the magnetic phase diagram of the iron-based superconductors. Three distinct magnetic phases with Bragg peaks at $(\pi,0)$ and $(0,\pi)$ are possible in these systems: one $C_2$ (i.e. orthorhombic) symmetric stripe magnetic ...
1712.07192v4
2018-01-03
Sequential structural and antiferromagnetic transitions in BaFe$_2$Se$_3$ under pressure
The discovery of superconductivity in the two-leg ladder compound BaFe$_2$S$_3$ has established the 123-type iron chalcogenides as a novel and interesting subgroup of the iron-based superconductors family. However, in this 123 series, BaFe$_2$Se$_3$ is an exceptional member, with a magnetic order and crystalline struct...
1801.00877v1
2018-02-12
Superconducting transition temperatures in the electronic and magnetic phase diagrams of Sr2VFeAsO3-delta, a superconductor
We elucidate the magnetic phases and superconducting transition temperatures (Tc) in Sr2VFeAsO3-delta (21113V), an iron-based superconductor with a thick-blocking layer fabricated from a perovskite-related transition metal oxide. At low temperatures (T < 37.1 K), 21113V exhibited a superconducting phase in the range 0....
1802.03907v2
2018-07-20
Measurement of the Iron Spectrum in Cosmic Rays by VERITAS
We present a new measurement of the energy spectrum of iron nuclei in cosmic rays from 20 to 500 TeV. The measurement makes use of a template-based analysis method, which, for the first time, is applied to the energy reconstruction of iron-induced air showers recorded by the VERITAS array of imaging atmospheric Cherenk...
1807.08010v1
2018-07-23
The Quantum Field Of A Magnet Shown By A Nanomagnetic Ferrolens
It has been more than two hundred years since the first iron filings experiment, showing us the 2D macroscopic magnetic imprint of the field of a permanent magnet. However, latest developments in modern nanomagnetic passive direct observation devices reveal in real-time and color a more intriguing 3D dynamic and detail...
1807.08751v1
2018-10-05
(16) Psyche: A mesosiderite-like asteroid?
Asteroid (16) Psyche is the target of the NASA Psyche mission. It is considered one of the few main-belt bodies that could be an exposed proto-planetary metallic core and that would thus be related to iron meteorites. Such an association is however challenged by both its near- and mid-infrared spectral properties and t...
1810.02771v1
2018-11-26
Confirming the presence of second population stars and the iron discrepancy along the AGB of the globular cluster NGC 6752
Asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in the globular cluster NGC6752 have been found to exhibit some chemical peculiarities with respect to the red giant branch (RGB) stars. A discrepancy between [FeI/H] and [FeII/H] (not observed in RGB stars) has been detected adopting spectroscopic temperatures. Moreover, a possible ...
1811.10626v1
2019-03-06
Lattice Disorder Effect on Magnetic Ordering of Iron Arsenides
This study investigates the changes of magnetic ordering temperature via nano- and mesoscale structural features in an iron arsenide. Although magnetic ground states in quantum materials can be theoretically predicted from known crystal structures and chemical compositions, the ordering temperature is harder to pinpoin...
1903.02545v2
2019-05-24
How much of the Solar System should we leave as Wilderness?
"How much of the Solar System should we reserve as wilderness, off-limits to human development?" We argue that, as a matter of policy, development should be limited to one eighth, with the remainder set aside. We argue that adopting a "1/8 principle" is far less restrictive, overall, than it might seem. One eighth of t...
1905.13681v1
2019-07-26
Stabilization of $\varepsilon$-Fe$_2$O$_3$ epitaxial layer on MgO(111)/GaN via an intermediate $γ$-Fe$_2$O$_3$-phase
In the present study we have demonstrated epitaxial stabilization of the metastable magnetically-hard $\varepsilon$-Fe$_2$O$_3$ phase on top of a thin MgO(111) buffer layer grown onto the GaN (0001) surface. The primary purpose to introduce a 4\,nm-thick buffer layer of MgO in between Fe$_2$O$_3$ and GaN was to stop th...
1907.11611v2
2019-08-06
On the use of field RR Lyrae as Galactic probes: I. The Oosterhoff dichotomy based on fundamental variables
We collected a large data set of field RR Lyrae stars (RRLs) by using catalogues already available in the literature and Gaia DR2. We estimated the iron abundances for a sub-sample of 2,382 fundamental RRLs ($\Delta$S method: CaIIK, H$\beta$, H$\gamma$ and H$\delta$ lines) for which are publicly available medium-resolu...
1908.02064v2
2019-08-27
Carbon, oxygen, and iron abundances in disk and halo stars. Implications of 3D non-LTE spectral line formation
The abundances of carbon, oxygen, and iron in late-type stars are important parameters in exoplanetary and stellar physics, as well as key tracers of stellar populations and Galactic chemical evolution. We carried out three-dimensional (3D) non-LTE radiative transfer calculations for CI and OI, and 3D LTE radiative tra...
1908.10319v2
2020-01-03
The chemical composition of the accretion disk and donor star in Ultra Compact X-ray Binaries: A comprehensive X-ray analysis
We have analyzed the X-ray spectra of all known Ultra Compact X-ray Binaries (UCXBs), with the purpose of constraining the chemical composition of their accretion disk and donor star. Our investigation was focused on the presence (or absence) of the Fe K${\alpha}$ emission line, which was used as the probe of chemical ...
2001.00716v2
2020-01-20
The extreme CNO-enhanced composition of the primitive iron-poor dwarf star J0815+4729
We present an analysis of high-resolution Keck/HIRES spectroscopic observations of J0815+4729, an extremely carbon-enhanced, iron-poor dwarf star. These high-quality data allow us to derive a metallicity of [Fe/H]$=-5.49{\pm}0.14$ from the three strongest \ion{Fe}{1} lines and to measure a high [Ca/Fe]~$=0.75{\pm}0.14$...
2001.07257v2
2020-01-21
Observation of magnetic adatom-induced Majorana vortex and its hybridization with field-induced Majorana vortex in an iron-based superconductor
Braiding Majorana zero modes is essential for fault-tolerant topological quantum computing. Iron-based superconductors with nontrivial band topology have recently emerged as a surprisingly promising platform for creating distinct Majorana zero modes in magnetic vortices in a single material and at relatively high tempe...
2001.07376v2
2020-06-05
Chandra View of the LINER-type Nucleus in the Radio-Loud Galaxy CGCG 292-057: Ionized Iron Line and Jet-ISM Interactions
We present an analysis of the new, deep (94\,ksec) {\it Chandra} ACIS-S observation of radio-loud active galaxy CGCG\,292$-$057, characterized by a LINER-type nucleus and a complex radio structure that indicates intermittent jet activity. On the scale of the host galaxy bulge, we detected excess X-ray emission with a s...
2006.03717v2
2020-06-29
No Redshift Evolution in the Broad Line Region Metallicity up to z=7.54: Deep NIR Spectroscopy of ULAS J1342+0928
We present deep (9 hours) Gemini-N/GNIRS near-infrared spectroscopic observations of ULAS J1342+0928, a luminous quasar at z=7.54. Various broad emission lines were detected, as well as the underlying continuum and iron forests over the rest-frame wavelength 970-2930A. There is a clear trend that higher-ionization emis...
2006.16268v1
2020-08-05
Orbital-selective spin waves in detwinned NaFeAs
The existence of orbital-dependent electronic correlations has been recognized as an essential ingredient to describe the physics of iron-based superconductors. NaFeAs, a parent compound of iron based superconductors, exhibits a tetragonal-to-orthorhombic lattice distortion below $T_s\approx 60$ K, forming an electroni...
2008.02314v1
2020-10-26
Simulation of hydrogen permeation through pure iron for trapping and surface phenomena characterisation
There is a need for numerical models capable of predicting local accumulation of hydrogen near stress concentrators and crack tips to prevent and mitigate hydrogen assisted fracture in steels. The experimental characterisation of trapping parameters in metals, which is required for an accurate simulation of hydrogen tr...
2010.13567v1
2020-11-11
Non-stoichiometric amorphous magnesium-iron silicates in circumstellar dust shells. Dust growth in outflows from supergiants
We investigate the dust growth in oxygen-rich stellar outflows for a set of nine well-observed massive supergiants with optically thin dust shells. Models of the infrared emission from their circumstellar dust shells are compared to their observed infrared spectra so as to derive the essential parameters that govern du...
2011.05903v1
2020-11-17
On the Probability that a Rocky Planet's Composition Reflects its Host Star
The bulk density of a planet, as measured by mass and radius, is a result of planet structure and composition. Relative proportions of iron core, rocky mantle, and gaseous envelopes are degenerate for a given density. This degeneracy is reduced for rocky planets without significant gaseous envelopes when the structure ...
2011.08893v4
2021-01-22
Spin dynamics in NaFeAs and NaFe$_{0.53}$Cu$_{0.47}$As probed by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
The parent compounds of iron-based superconductors are magnetically-ordered bad metals, with superconductivity appearing near a putative magnetic quantum critical point. The presence of both Hubbard repulsion and Hund's coupling leads to rich physics in these multiorbital systems, and motivated descriptions of magnetis...
2101.08948v1
2021-02-17
Single particle tunneling spectroscopy and superconducting gaps in layered iron based superconductor KCa$_{2}$Fe$_{4}$As$_{4}$F$_{2}$
We perform scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy study on the layered iron based superconductor KCa$_2$Fe$_4$As$_4$F$_2$ with a critical temperature of about 33.5 K. Two types of terminated surfaces are generally observed after cleaving the samples in vacuum. On one commonly obtained surface, we observe a full gap...
2102.08785v1
2021-03-11
Intertwined charge, spin, and pairing orders in doped iron ladders
Motivated by recent experimental progress on iron-based ladder compounds, we study the doped two-orbital Hubbard model for the two-leg ladder BaFe$_2$S$_3$. The model is constructed by using {\it ab initio} hopping parameters and the ground state properties are investigated using the density matrix renormalization grou...
2103.06407v2
2021-03-11
Enhancement of Superconductivity Linked with Linear-in-Temperature/Field Resistivity in Ion-Gated FeSe Films
Iron selenide (FeSe) - the structurally simplest iron-based superconductor, has attracted tremendous interest in the past years. While the transition temperature (Tc) of bulk FeSe is $\sim$ 8 K, it can be significantly enhanced to 40 - 50 K by various ways of electron doping. However, the underlying physics for such gr...
2103.06512v2
2021-06-08
Atomic iron and nickel in the coma of C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake): production rates, emission mechanisms, and possible parents
Two papers recently reported the detection of gaseous nickel and iron in the comae of over 20 comets from observations collected over two decades, including interstellar comet 2I/Borisov. To evaluate the state of the laboratory data in support of these identifications, we re-analyzed archived spectra of comet C/1996 B2...
2106.04701v2
2021-09-01
No umbrella needed: Confronting the hypothesis of iron rain on WASP-76b with post-processed general circulation models
High-resolution spectra are unique indicators of three-dimensional processes in exoplanetary atmospheres. For instance, in 2020, Ehrenreich et al. reported transmission spectra from the ESPRESSO spectrograph yielding an anomalously large Doppler blueshift from the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-76b. Interpretations of these ob...
2109.00163v2
2021-10-21
Heat Capacity of oxide scale in the range from 0 C to 1300 C: Generalized estimates with account for movability of phase transitions
The known data on the heat capacity of magnetite (Fe3O4), hematite (Fe2O3) and iron (Fe) at different temperatures are approximated by formulas containing phase transition temperatures as varying parameters. This allows to take into account the effect of phase transition shifts, for example, due to impurities, lattice ...
2110.11101v1
2021-11-20
Gaia-ESO Survey: Detailed elemental abundances in red giants of the peculiar globular cluster NGC 1851
Context. NGC 1851 is one of several globular clusters for which multiple stellar populations of the subgiant branch have been clearly identified and a difference in metallicity detected. A crucial piece of information on the formation history of this cluster can be provided by the sum of A(C+N+O) abundances. However, t...
2111.10684v1
2021-12-12
Top-heavy stellar mass distribution in galactic nuclei inferred from the universally high abundance ratio of [Fe/Mg]
Recent observations of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) have shown a high Fe~II/Mg~II line-flux ratio in their broad-line regions, nearly independent of redshift up to $z \gtrsim 6$. The high flux ratio requires rapid production of iron in galactic nuclei to reach an abundance ratio of ${\rm [Fe/Mg]} \gtrsim 0.2$ as high ...
2112.06151v1
2022-03-16
Measurements of protons and charged pions emitted from $ν_μ$ charged-current interactions on iron at a mean neutrino energy of 1.49$\,$GeV using a nuclear emulsion detector
This study conducted an analysis of muons, protons, and charged pions emitted from $\nu_{\mu}$ charged-current interactions on iron using a nuclear emulsion detector. The emulsion detector with a 65$\,$kg iron target was exposed to a neutrino beam corresponding to 4.0$\times$10$^{19}$ protons on target with a mean neut...
2203.08367v3
2022-07-06
Atomic diffusion and turbulent mixing in solar-like stars: Impact on the fundamental properties of FG-type stars
Chemical composition is an important factor that affects stellar evolution. The element abundance on the stellar surface evolves along the lifetime of the star because of transport processes, including atomic diffusion. However, models of stars with masses higher than about 1.2Msun predict unrealistic variations at the...
2207.02779v1
2022-07-28
Symmetry protected 1D chains in mixed-valence iron oxides
During the last decade of high-pressure research a whole new series of iron oxides was discovered, like Fe$_4$O$_5$, Fe$_5$O$_6$, Fe$_7$O$_9$ etc., featuring closely related structures with arrays of one-dimensional (1D) chains of trigonal prisms embedded between slabs of octahedra. Here, we develop a unified approach ...
2207.14111v1
2022-08-01
Sustainable steel through hydrogen plasma reduction of iron ore: process, kinetics, microstructure, chemistry
Fe- and steelmaking is the largest single industrial CO2 emitter, accounting for 6.5% of all CO2 emissions on the planet. This fact challenges the current technologies to achieve carbon-lean steel production and to align with the requirement of a drastic reduction of 80% in all CO2 emissions by around 2050. Thus, alter...
2208.00661v1
2022-09-27
3D non-LTE iron abundances in FG-type dwarfs
Spectroscopic measurements of iron abundances are prone to systematic modelling errors. We present 3D non-LTE calculations across 32 STAGGER-grid models with effective temperatures from 5000 K to 6500 K, surface gravities of 4.0 dex and 4.5 dex, and metallicities from $-$3 dex to 0 dex, and study the effects on 171 Fe ...
2209.13449v3
2022-10-24
High-precision abundances of first population stars in NGC 2808: confirmation of a metallicity spread
Photometric investigations have revealed that Galactic globular clusters exhibit internal metallicity variations amongst the so-called first-population stars, until now considered to have a homogeneous initial chemical composition. This is not fully supported by the sparse spectroscopic evidence, which so far gives con...
2210.13369v1
2023-01-07
Changes in the distribution of circum-binary material around the HMXB GX 301-2 during a rapid spin-up episode of the neutron star
Some accretion powered X-ray pulsars with supergiant companion stars undergo occasional rapid spin-up episodes that last for weeks to a few months. We explore the changes in the accretion environment of the pulsar GX 301-2 during its latest 80 days long spin-up episode in 2019 when the spin frequency of the pulsar incr...
2301.02815v1
2023-03-09
Saline bolus for negative contrast perfusion imaging in magnetic particle imaging
Objective. Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) is capable of high temporal resolution measurements of the spatial distribution of magnetic nanoparticles and therefore well suited for perfusion imaging, which is an important tool in medical diagnosis. Perfusion imaging in MPI usually requires a fresh bolus of tracer materia...
2303.05439v2
2023-03-19
In-situ visualization of local distortions in the high-$T_c$ molecule-intercalated $Li_x(C_5H_5N)_yFe_{2-z}Se_2$ superconductor
A time-resolved synchrotron X-ray total scattering study sheds light on the evolution of the different structural length scales involved during the intercalation of the layered iron-selenide host by organic molecular donors, aiming at the formation of the expanded lattice $Li_x(C_5H_5N)_yFe_{2-z}Se_2$ hybrid supercondu...
2303.10698v1