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2010-01-19
High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Extremely Metal-Poor Stars in the Least Evolved Galaxies: Leo IV
We present high-resolution Magellan/MIKE spectroscopy of the brightest star in the ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Leo IV. We measure an iron abundance of [Fe/H] = -3.2, adding to the rapidly growing sample of extremely metal-poor stars being identified in Milky Way satellite galaxies. The star is enhanced in the alpha elemen...
1001.3137v2
2010-02-16
Electron-doping evolution of the low-energy spin excitations in the iron arsenide BaFe$_{2-x}$Ni$_{x}$As$_{2}$ superconductors
We use elastic and inelastic neutron scattering to systematically investigate the evolution of the low-energy spin excitations of the iron arsenide superconductor BaFe2-xNixAs2 as a function of nickel doping x. In the undoped state, BaFe2As2 exhibits a tetragonal-to-orthorhombic structural phase transition and simultan...
1002.3133v2
2010-04-07
Iron oxide doped boron nitride nanotubes: structural and magnetic properties
A first-principles formalism is employed to investigate the interaction of iron oxide (FeO) with a boron nitride (BN) nanotube. The stable structure of the FeO-nanotube has Fe atoms binding N atoms, with bond length of roughly $\sim$2.1 \AA, and binding between O and B atoms, with bond length of 1.55 \AA. In case of sm...
1004.1151v2
2010-04-20
Terzan 5: an alternative interpretation for the split horizontal branch
We consider the horizontal branch (HB) of the Globular Cluster Terzan 5, recently shown to be split into two parts, the fainter one (delta M_K ~ 0.3mag) having a lower metallicity than the more luminous. Both features show that it contains at least two stellar populations. The separation in magnitude has been ascribed ...
1004.3426v1
2010-04-26
A strong and broad iron line in the XMM-Newton spectrum of the new X-ray transient and black-hole candidate XTE J1652-453
We observed the new X-ray transient and black-hole candidate XTE J1652-453 simultaneously with XMM-Newton and the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). The observation was done during the decay of the 2009 outburst, when XTE J1652-453 was in the hard-intermediate state. The spectrum shows a strong and broad iron emission...
1004.4442v2
2010-04-28
Are C-rich ultra iron poor stars also He-rich?
(abridged) The three most iron poor stars presently known ([Fe/H] equal to -5.96, -5.4 and -4.75) are carbon-rich, they are called C-Rich Ultra-Metal Poor Stars (CRUMPS). The origin of their peculiar surface abundances is not understood. We propose a synthetic view of the different models so far proposed to explain the...
1004.5024v1
2010-05-08
Non-Resonant X-ray Magnetic Scattering on Rare-Earth Iron Borates RFe$_3$(BO$_3$)$_4$
Hard x-ray scattering (HXS) experiments with a photon energy of 100keV were performed as a function of temperature and applied magnetic field on selected compounds of the RFe$_3$(BO$_3$)$_4$ family. The results show the presence of several unexpected diffraction features, in particular non-resonant magnetic reflections...
1005.1333v2
2010-05-13
Vacancy ordering and electronic structure of gamma-Fe2O3 (maghemite): a theoretical investigation
The crystal structure of the iron oxide gamma-Fe2O3 is usually reported in either the cubic system (space group P4332) with partial Fe vacancy disorder or in the tetragonal system (space group P41212) with full site ordering and c/a\approx 3. Using a supercell of the cubic structure, we obtain the spectrum of energies ...
1005.2370v1
2010-05-13
Competing order and nature of the pairing state in the iron pnictides
We show that the competition between magnetism and superconductivity can be used to determine the pairing state in the iron arsenides. To this end we demonstrate that the itinerant antiferromagnetic phase (AFM) and the unconventional $s^{+-}$ sign-changing superconducting state (SC) are near the borderline of microscop...
1005.2437v3
2010-05-18
Spectral variability of the peculiar A-type supergiant 3Pup
Optical spectra of the peculiar supergiant 3Pup taken in 1997-2008 are used to analyze the spectral peculiarities and velocity field in its atmosphere. The profiles of strong FeII lines and of the lines of other iron-group ions have a specific shape: the wings are raised by emissions, whereas the core is sharpened by a...
1005.3098v1
2010-05-18
A New Limit on the Distances of Nuclei UHECRs Sources
Recent evidence from the Pierre Auger Observatory suggests a transition, at 5 EeV-10EeV in the composition of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs), from protons to heavier nuclei such as iron. I consider here the implications of the heavier composition on the sources of UHECRs. The smaller magnetic rigidity implies t...
1005.3311v1
2010-05-19
Thermodynamic Limits on Magnetodynamos in Rocky Exoplanets
To ascertain whether magnetic dynamos operate in rocky exoplanets more massive or hotter than the Earth, we developed a parametric model of a differentiated rocky planet and its thermal evolution. Our model reproduces the established properties of Earth's interior and magnetic field at the present time. When applied to...
1005.3523v1
2010-05-21
Observation of Lattice and Andreev Bound States of Vortices in Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 Single Crystals with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Spectroscopy
For a type-II superconductor, when the applied magnetic field is higher than the lower critical value Hc1, the magnetic flux will penetrate into the superconductor and form quantized vortices, which usually are arranged in an Abrikosov lattice. For the newly discovered iron pnictide superconductors, previous measuremen...
1005.4038v1
2010-05-25
The pairing state in KFe2As2 studied by measurements of the magnetic vortex lattice
Understanding the mechanism and symmetry of electron pairing in iron-based superconductors represents an important challenge in condensed matter physics [1-3]. The observation of magnetic flux lines - "vortices" - in a superconductor can contribute to this issue, because the spatial variation of magnetic field reflects...
1005.4468v2
2010-06-11
Scaling of normal-state transport properties of 1111 iron-pnictide superconductors
We show that the zero field normal-state resistivity above Tc for various levels of electron doping-both for underdoped, optimally, and overdoped LaO1-xFxFeAs, i.e. (x=0.05-0.075 and 0.1-0.2) and underdoped SmO1-xFxFeAs (x=0.06- 0.1) members of the 1111-iron-pnictide superconductor family-can be scaled in a broad tempe...
1006.2350v2
2010-07-12
Magnetic order in orbital models of the iron pnictides
We examine the appearance of the experimentally-observed stripe spin-density-wave magnetic order in five different orbital models of the iron pnictide parent compounds. A restricted mean-field ansatz is used to determine the magnetic phase diagram of each model. Using the random phase approximation, we then check this ...
1007.1949v2
2010-07-15
Spectroscopic survey of M--type asteroids
M-type asteroids, as defined in the Tholen taxonomy (Tholen, 1984), are medium albedo bodies supposed to have a metallic composition and to be the progenitors both of differentiated iron-nickel meteorites and enstatite chondrites. We carried out a spectroscopic survey in the visible and near infrared wavelength range (...
1007.2582v1
2010-07-16
High-Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy of the Interstellar Medium
The interstellar medium (ISM) has a multiphase structure characterized by gas, dust and molecules. The gas can be found in different charge states: neutral, low-ionized (warm) and high-ionized (hot). It is possible to probe the multiphase ISM through the observation of its absorption lines and edges in the X-ray spectr...
1007.2796v1
2010-07-16
Crystal Symmetry and Magnetic Order in Iron Pnictides: a Tight Binding Wannier Function Analysis
To perform a local orbital analysis of electronic and magnetic interactions, we construct the Wannier functions (WFs) of the Fe $3d$ orbitals in the parent compound of the recently discovered iron pnictide superconductors, LaFeAsO, and a comparison material LaFePO. Comparing the WFs for the stripe antiferromagnetic ord...
1007.2878v1
2010-07-21
Pseudogap of Superconducting correlation origin in iron-pnictide superconductor Ba0.6+δK0.4-δFe2As2
Pseudogap (PG), a phenomenon of opening of gap like features above superconducting (SC) transition temperature (Tc), has been universally observed in the high-Tc cuprates (HTC) (1,2), some heavy fermion superconductors (3), and iron pnictides (4-7). Here, we report the observation of PG behavior in optical conductivity...
1007.3617v1
2010-07-29
Dissimilarities between the electronic structure of chemically doped and chemically pressurized iron pnictides from an angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy study
We have studied the electronic structure of EuFe2As2-xPx using high resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Upon substituting As with the isovalent P, which leads to a chemical pressure and to superconductivity, we observe a non-rigid-band like change of the electronic structure along the center of the Br...
1007.5205v1
2010-07-29
Spectral analysis for the iron-based superconductors: Anisotropic spin fluctuations and fully gapped s^{\pm}-wave superconductivity
Spin fluctuations are considered to be one of the candidates that drive a sign-reversed s^{\pm} superconducting state in the iron pnictides. In the magnetic scenario, whether the spin fluctuation spectrum exhibits certain unique fine structures is an interesting aspect for theoretical study in order to understand exper...
1007.5321v3
2010-09-22
3D MHD simulations of subsurface convection in OB stars
During their main sequence evolution, massive stars can develop convective regions very close to their surface. These regions are caused by an opacity peak associated with iron ionization. Cantiello et al. (2009) found a possible connection between the presence of sub-photospheric convective motions and small scale sto...
1009.4462v1
2010-10-05
Renormalization group flow, competing phases, and the structure of superconducting gap in multi-band models of Iron based superconductors
We perform an analytical renormalization group (RG) study to address the role of Coulomb repulsion, the competition between extended s-wave superconducting order (s+-) and the spin-density wave (SDW) order and the angular dependence of the superconducting gap in multi-pocket models of Iron based superconductors. Previo...
1010.0984v3
2010-10-08
Parity-odd multipoles, magnetic charges and chirality in haematite (alfa-Fe2O3)
Collinear and canted magnetic motifs in haematite were investigated by Kokubun et al. (2008) using x-ray Bragg diffraction magnified at the iron K-edge, and analyses of observations led to various potentially interesting conclusions. We demonstrate that the reported analyses for both non-resonant and resonant magnetic ...
1010.1686v3
2010-11-02
Electron transport and anisotropy of the upper critical magnetic field in a Ba0.68K0.32Fe2As2 single crystals
Early work on the iron-arsenide compounds supported the view, that a reduced dimensionality might be a necessary prerequisite for high-Tc superconductivity. Later, however, it was found that the zero-temperature upper critical magnetic field, Hc2(0), for the 122 iron pnictides is in fact rather isotropic. Here, we repo...
1011.0698v1
2011-01-18
Microturbulent velocity from stellar spectra: a comparison between different approaches (Research Note)
Context --- The classical method to infer microturbulent velocity in stellar spectra requires that the abundances of the iron lines are not correlated with the observed equivalent widths. An alternative method, requiring the use of the expected line strength, is often used to by-pass the risk of spurious slopes due to ...
1101.3426v1
2011-01-24
Distinct Fermi Surface Topology and Nodeless Superconducting Gap in (Tl0.58Rb0.42)Fe1.72Se2 Superconductor
High resolution angle-resolved photoemission measurements have been carried out to study the electronic structure and superconducting gap of the (Tl$_{0.58}$Rb$_{0.42}$)Fe$_{1.72}$Se$_2$ superconductor with a T$_c$=32 K. The Fermi surface topology consists of two electron-like Fermi surface sheets around $\Gamma$ point...
1101.4556v1
2011-02-10
An effective quantum parameter for strongly correlated metallic ferromagnets
The correlated motion of electrons in multi-orbital metallic ferromagnets is investigated in terms of a realistic Hubbard model with {\cal N}-fold orbital degeneracy and arbitrary intra- and inter-orbital Coulomb interactions U and J using a Goldstone-mode-preserving non-perturbative scheme. An effective quantum parame...
1102.2115v1
2011-03-05
Physics and measurements of magnetic materials
Magnetic materials, both hard and soft, are used extensively in several components of particle accelerators. Magnetically soft iron-nickel alloys are used as shields for the vacuum chambers of accelerator injection and extraction septa; Fe-based material is widely employed for cores of accelerator and experiment magnet...
1103.1069v1
2011-03-22
Dipolar Interactions between Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles in Frozen Ferrofluids and Ferronematics
We present a detailed study of the magnetic behavior of iron-oxide (gamma-Fe2O3 and Fe3O4) nanoparticles constituents of ferrofluids (FF's) with average particle sizes <d> = 2.5 and 10 nm. The particles were dispersed in the frozen liquid carrier (pure FF) and in a frozen lyotropic liquid crystalline matrix in the nema...
1103.4403v1
2011-04-04
X-ray Spectroscopy of MXB 1728-34 with XMM-Newton
We have analysed an XMM-Newton observation of the low mass X-ray binary and atoll source MXB 1728-34. The source was in a low luminosity state during the XMM-Newton observation, corresponding to a bolometric X-ray luminosity of 5*10E36 d^2 erg/s, where d is the distance in units of 5.1 kpc. The 1-11 keV X-ray spectrum ...
1104.0566v1
2011-04-22
Non-LTE line formation for Fe I and Fe II in the atmospheres of A-F type stars
Non-local thermodynamical equilibrium (non-LTE) line formation for neutral and singly-ionized iron is considered through a range of spectral types when the effective temperature varies from 6500 K up to 8500 K, the gravity from log g = 4 down to log g = 3, and the metallicity is solar one. The non-LTE calculations were...
1104.4403v1
2011-05-11
Doping-induced vertical line nodes in the superconducting gap of the iron arsenide K-Ba122 from directional thermal conductivity
The thermal conductivity k of the iron-arsenide superconductor K-Ba122 was measured down to 50 mK in a magnetic field up to 15 T, for a heat current parallel and perpendicular to the tetragonal c axis. In the range from optimal doping (x ~ 0.4) down to x = 0.16, there is no residual linear term in k(T) at T = 0, showin...
1105.2232v2
2011-05-21
Specific Heat Discontinuity, deltaC, at Tc in BaFe2(As0.7P0.3)2 - Consistent with Unconventional Superconductivity
We report the specific heat discontinuity, deltaC/Tc, at Tc = 28.2 K of a collage of single crystals of BaFe2(As0.7P0.3)2 and compare the measured value of 38.5 mJ/molK**2 with other iron pnictide and iron chalcogenide (FePn/Ch) superconductors. This value agrees well with the trend established by Bud'ko, Ni and Canfie...
1105.4289v1
2011-06-03
Iron-based n-type electron-induced ferromagnetic semiconductor
Carrier-induced ferromagnetic semiconductors (FMSs) have been intensively studied for decades as they have novel functionalities that cannot be achieved with conventional metallic materials. These include the ability to control magnetism by electrical gating or light irradiation, while fully inheriting the advantages o...
1106.0561v3
2011-06-06
Correlation of conductivity and angle integrated valence band photoemission characteristics in single crystal iron perovskites for 300 K < T < 800 K: Comparison of surface and bulk sensitive methods
A single crystal monolith of La0.9Sr0.1FeO3 and thin pulsed laser deposited film of La0.8Sr0.2Fe0.8Ni0.2O3 were subject to angle integrated valence band photoemission spectroscopy in ultra high vacuum and conductivity experiments in ambient air at temperatures from 300 K to 800 K. Except for several sputtering and anne...
1106.1034v1
2011-06-15
No X-Ray Excess from the HESS J1741-302 Region except a New Intermediate Polar Candidate
With the Suzaku satellite, we observed an unidentified TeV gamma-ray source HESS J1741$-$302 and its surroundings. No diffuse or point-like X-ray sources are detected from the bright southern emission peak of HESS J1741$-$302. From its neighborhood, we found a new intermediate polar candidate at the position of $(\alph...
1106.2861v1
2011-06-15
Electronic identification of the actual parental phase of KxFe2-ySe2 superconductor and its intrinsic mesoscopic phase separation
While the parent compounds of the cuprate high temperature superconductors (high-Tc's) are Mott insulators, the iron-pnictide high-Tc's are in the vicinity of a metallic spin density wave (SDW) state, which highlights the difference between these two families. However, insulating parent compounds were identified for th...
1106.3026v1
2011-06-19
Iron Based Superconductors: Pnictides versus Chalcogenides
We present a brief review of the present day situation with studies of high-temperature superconductivity in iron pnictides and chalcogenides. Recent discovery of superconductivity with T_c > 30 K in A_xFe_{2-x/2}Se_2 (A=K,Cs,Tl,...) represents the major new step in the development of new concepts in the physics of Fe ...
1106.3707v1
2011-06-24
Unprecedented anisotropic metallic state in BaFe2As2 revealed by optical spectroscopy
An ordered phase showing remarkable electronic anisotropy in proximity to the superconducting phase is now a hot issue in the field of high-transition-temperature superconductivity. As in the case of copper oxides, superconductivity in iron arsenides competes or coexists with such an ordered phase. Undoped and underdop...
1106.4967v1
2011-06-27
Silicon and Oxygen Abundances in Planet-Host Stars
The positive correlation between planet detection rate and host star iron abundance lends strong support to the core accretion theory of planet formation. However, iron is not the most significant mass contributor to the cores of giant planets. Since giant planet cores are thought to grow from silicate grains with icy ...
1106.5509v1
2011-06-28
Pressure-induced isostructural phase transition and correlation of FeAs coordination with the superconducting properties of 111-type Na1-xFeAs
The effect of pressure on the crystalline structure and superconducting transition temperature (Tc) of the 111-type Na1-xFeAs system using in situ high pressure synchrotron x-ray powder diffraction and diamond anvil cell techniques is studied. A pressure-induced tetragonal to tetragonal isostructural phase transition w...
1106.5640v1
2011-06-30
Suzaku Observation of the Intermediate Polar V1223 Sagittarii
We report on the Suzaku observation of the intermediate polar V1223 Sagittarii. Using a multi-temperature plasma emission model with its reflection from a cold matter, we obtained the shock temperature to be 37.9^{+5.1}_{-4.6} keV. This constrains the mass and the radius of the white dwarf (WD) in the ranges 0.82^{+0.0...
1106.6111v1
2011-08-09
Magnetic spots on hot massive stars
Hot luminous stars show a variety of phenomena in their photospheres and winds which still lack clear physical explanation. Among these phenomena are photospheric turbulence, line profile variability (LPV), non-thermal emission, non-radial pulsations, discrete absorption components (DACs) and wind clumping. Cantiello e...
1108.2030v1
2011-08-23
Fine-Grid Calculations for Stellar Electron and Positron Capture Rates on Fe-Isotopes
The acquisition of precise and reliable nuclear data is a prerequisite to success for stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis studies. Core-collapse simulators find it challenging to generate an explosion from the collapse of the core of massive stars. It is believed that a better understanding of the microphysics of cor...
1108.4569v1
2011-10-09
Preemptive nematic order, pseudogap, and orbital order in the iron pnictides
Starting from a microscopic itinerant model, we derive and analyze the effective low-energy model for collective magnetic excitations in the iron pnictides. We show that the stripe magnetic order is generally preempted by an Ising-nematic order which breaks $C_{4}$ lattice symmetry but preserves O(3) spin-rotational sy...
1110.1893v2
2011-11-08
Two Populations of X-ray Pulsars Produced by Two Types of Supernovae
Two types of supernova are thought to produce the overwhelming majority of neutron stars in the Universe. The first type, iron-core collapse supernovae, occurs when a high-mass star develops a degenerate iron core that exceeds the Chandrasekhar limit. The second type, electron-capture supernovae, is associated with the...
1111.2051v1
2011-11-22
Microstructural magnetic phases in superconducting FeTe0.65Se0.35
In this paper, we address a number of outstanding issues concerning the nature and the role of magnetic inhomogenities in the iron chalcogenide system FeTe1-xSex and their correlation with superconductivity in this system. We report morphology of superconducting single crystals of FeTe0.65Se0.35 studied with transmissi...
1111.5176v2
2011-11-27
Evolution of structural properties of iron oxide nano particles during temperature treatment from 250°C - 900°C: X-ray diffraction and Fe K-shell pre-edge X-ray absorption study
Iron oxide nano particles with nominal Fe2O3 stoichiometry were synthesized by a wet, soft chemical method with the heat treatment temperatures from 250{\deg}C to 900{\deg}C in air. The variation in the structural properties of the nano particles with the heat treatment temperature was studied by X-ray diffraction and ...
1111.6204v1
2011-11-29
A J-band detection of the donor star in the dwarf nova OY Carinae, and an optical detection of its `iron curtain'
Purely photometric models can be used to determine the binary parameters of eclipsing cataclysmic variables with a high degree of precision. However, the photometric method relies on a number of assumptions, and to date there have been very few independent checks of this method in the literature. We present time-resolv...
1111.6775v1
2011-12-08
Influence of high permeability disks in an axisymmetric model of the Cadarache dynamo experiment
Numerical simulations of the kinematic induction equation are performed on a model configuration of the Cadarache von-K\'arm\'an-Sodium dynamo experiment. The effect of a localized axisymmetric distribution of relative permeability {\mu} that represents soft iron material within the conducting fluid flow is investigate...
1112.1780v2
2011-12-20
Spin Dynamics of a J1-J2-K Model for the Paramagnetic Phase of Iron Pnictides
We study the finite-temperature spin dynamics of the paramagnetic phase of iron pnictides within an antiferromagnetic J_1-J_2 Heisenberg model on a square lattice with a biquadratic coupling $-K (S_i \cdot S_j)^2$ between the nearest-neighbor spins. Our focus is on the paramagnetic phase in the parameter regime of this...
1112.4785v3
2012-01-16
Universal heat conduction in the iron-arsenide superconductor KFe2As2 : Evidence of a d-wave state
The thermal conductivity of the iron-arsenide superconductor KFe2As2 was measured down to 50 mK for a heat current parallel and perpendicular to the tetragonal c-axis. A residual linear term (RLT) at T=0 is observed for both current directions, confirming the presence of nodes in the superconducting gap. Our value of t...
1201.3376v3
2012-01-26
Very fast photometric and X-ray observations of the intermediate polar V2069 Cygni (RX J2123.7+4217)
We present fast timing photometric observations of the intermediate polar V2069 Cygni (RX J2123.7+4217) using the Optical Timing Analyzer (OPTIMA) at the 1.3 m telescope of Skinakas Observatory. The optical (450-950 nm) light curve of V2069 Cygni was measured with sub-second resolution for the first time during July 20...
1201.5629v1
2012-02-14
Nernst effect of iron pnictide and cuprate superconductors: signatures of spin density wave and stripe order
The Nernst effect has recently proven a sensitive probe for detecting unusual normal state properties of unconventional superconductors. In particular, it may sensitively detect Fermi surface reconstructions which are connected to a charge or spin density wave (SDW) ordered state, and even fluctuating forms of such a s...
1202.2959v1
2012-04-04
A New Disintegrative Capture Theory for the Origin of the Moon
The object that resulted in the creation of the Moon started in the same orbital path as Earth around the Sun, but at Earth's L4. This proto-Moon (PM) was 4 times less massive than the usual Giant Impact (GI) object "Theia" and was captured into Earth orbit. It had a 32% Iron-Nickel-Sulfur core supporting a dynamo, whi...
1204.0980v2
2012-05-02
Negative thermal expansion and antiferromagnetism in the actinide oxypnictide NpFeAsO
A neptunium analogue of the LaFeAsO tetragonal layered compound has been synthesized and characterized by a variety of experimental techniques. The occurrence of long-range magnetic order below a critical temperature T_N = 57 K is suggested by anomalies in the temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility, electrical r...
1205.0438v1
2012-05-14
The Central Engine Structure of 3C120: Evidence for a Retrograde Black Hole or a Refilling Accretion Disk
The broad-line radio galaxy 3C120 is a powerful source of both X-ray and radio emission including superluminal jet outflows. We report on our reanalysis of 160 ks of Suzaku data taken in 2006, previously examined by Kataoka et al. (2007). Spectral fits to the XIS and HXD/PIN data over a range of 0.7-45 keV reveal a wel...
1205.3175v1
2012-05-21
Impact of the 2 Fe unit cell on the electronic structure measured by ARPES in iron pnictides
In all iron pnictides, the positions of the ligand alternatively above and below the Fe plane create 2 inequivalent Fe sites. This results in 10 Fe 3d bands in the electronic structure. However, they do not all have the same status for an ARPES experiment. There are interference effects between the 2 Fe that modulate s...
1205.4513v1
2012-05-27
Neutron-Diffraction Measurements of an Antiferromagnetic Semiconducting Phase in the Vicinity of the High-Temperature Superconducting State of K$_x$Fe$_{2-y}$Se$_2$
The recently discovered K-Fe-Se high temperature superconductor has caused heated debate regarding the nature of its parent compound. Transport, angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, and STM measurements have suggested that its parent compound could be insulating, semiconducting or even metallic [M. H. Fang, H.-D....
1205.5992v2
2012-05-30
The silicate model and carbon rich model of CoRoT-7b, Kepler-9d and Kepler-10b
Possible bulk compositions of the super-Earth exoplanets, CoRoT-7b, Kepler-9d, and Kepler-10b are investigated by applying a commonly used silicate and a non-standard carbon model. Their internal structures are deduced using the suitable equation of state of the materials. The degeneracy problems of their compositions ...
1205.6554v2
2012-06-18
Impact of Dynamic Orbital Correlations on Magnetic Excitations in the Normal State of Iron-Based Superconductors
We show here that orbital degrees of freedom produce a distinct signature in the magnetic excitation spectrum of iron-based superconductors above the magnetic ordering temperature. Because $d_{xz}$ and $d_{yz}$ orbitals are strongly connected with the Fermi surface topology, the nature of magnetic excitations can be mo...
1206.4095v2
2012-06-29
Laser spectroscopy of finite size and covering effects in magnetite nanoparticles
The experiments on the impact of the size of magnetite clusters on various magnetic properties (magnetic moment, Curie temperature, blocking temperature etc.) have been carried out. The methods of magnetic separation, centrifuging of water suspensions of biocompatible iron oxide nanoparticles (NPs) allow producing frac...
1206.6985v5
2012-07-03
Two-dome structure in electron-doped iron arsenide superconductors
Iron arsenide superconductors based on the material LaFeAsO1-xFx are characterized by a two-dimensional Fermi surface (FS) consisting of hole and electron pockets yielding structural and antiferromagnetic transitions at x = 0. Electron doping by substituting O2- with F- suppresses these transitions and gives rise to su...
1207.0583v2
2012-07-13
The nature of the multi-wavelength emission of 3C 111
We attempt to determine the nature of the high energy emission of the radio galaxy 3C 111, by distinguishing between the effects of the thermal and non-thermal processes. We study the X-ray spectrum of 3C 111 between 0.4 keV and 200 keV, and its spectral energy distribution, using data from the Suzaku satellite combine...
1207.3308v2
2012-07-16
Searching for Massive Outflows in Holmberg IX X-1 and NGC 1313 X-1: The Iron K Band
We have analysed all the good quality XMM-Newton data publicly available for the bright ULXs Holmberg IX X-1 and NGC 1313 X-1, with the aim of searching for discrete emission or absorption features in the Fe K band that could provide observational evidence for the massive outflows predicted if these sources are accreti...
1207.3839v1
2012-08-01
Coronae above accretion disks around black holes: The effect of Compton cooling
The geometry of the accretion flow around stellar mass and supermassive black holes depends on the accretion rate. Broad iron emission lines originating from the irradiation of cool matter can indicate that there is an inner disk below a hot coronal flow.These emission lines have been detected in X-ray binaries. Observ...
1208.0265v1
2012-08-18
Gap-dependent quasiparticle dynamics and coherent acoustic phonons in parent iron pnictide CaFe2As2 across the spin density wave phase transition
We report ultrafast quasiparticle (QP) dynamics and coherent acoustic phonons in undoped CaFe_2As_2 iron pnictide single crystals exhibiting spin-density wave (SDW) and concurrent structural phase transition at temperature TSDW ~ 165 K using femtosecond time-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy. The contributions in transi...
1208.3742v2
2012-08-29
Interpreting the near-infrared spectra of the 'golden standard' Type Ia supernova 2005cf
We present nine near-infrared (NIR) spectra of supernova (SN) 2005cf at epochs from -10 d to +42 d with respect to B-band maximum, complementing the existing excellent data sets available for this prototypical Type Ia SN at other wavelengths. The spectra show a time evolution and spectral features characteristic of nor...
1208.5949v1
2012-09-03
The Black Hole Spin and Soft X-ray Excess of the Luminous Seyfert Galaxy Fairall 9
We present an analysis of all XMM-Newton and Suzaku X-ray spectra of the nearby luminous Seyfert galaxy Fairall 9. Confirming previous analyses, we find robust evidence for a broad iron line associated with X-ray reflection from the innermost accretion disk. By fitting a spectral model that includes a relativistically ...
1209.0468v1
2012-09-04
The enrichment history of the intracluster medium: a Bayesian approach
This work measures the evolution of the iron content in galaxy clusters by a rigorous analysis of the data of 130 clusters at 0.1<z<1.3. This task is made difficult by a) the low signal-to-noise ratio of abundance measurements and the upper limits, b) possible selection effects, c) boundaries in the parameter space, d)...
1209.0565v1
2012-10-04
Manipulation and detection of spin state of Iron-Porphyrin by dedicated chemisorption on magnetic substrates
One of the key factors behind the rapid evolution of molecular spintronics is the efficient realization of spin manipulation of organic molecules with a magnetic center. The spin state of such molecules may depend crucially on the interaction with the substrate on which they are adsorbed. In this letter, we demonstrate...
1210.1376v1
2012-12-07
Poly(acrylic acid)-coated iron oxide nanoparticles : quantitative evaluation of the coating properties and applications for the removal of a pollutant dye
In this work, 6 to 12 nm iron oxide nanoparticles were synthesized and coated with poly(acrylic acid) chains of molecular weight 2100 g/mol. Based on a quantitative evaluation of the dispersions, the bare and coated particles were thoroughly characterized. The number densities of polymers adsorbed at the particle surfa...
1212.1580v1
2012-12-07
Magneto-optic Faraday effect in maghemite nanoparticles/silica matrix nanocomposites prepared by the Sol-Gel method
Bulk monolithic samples of {\gamma}-Fe2O3/SiO2 composites with different iron oxide/silica ratios have been prepared by the sol-gel technique. Iron oxide nanoparticles are obtained in-situ during heat treatment of samples and silica matrix consolidation. Preparation method was previously optimized to minimize the perce...
1212.1690v1
2012-12-13
Dopant Clustering, Electronic Inhomogeneity, and Vortex Pinning in Iron-Based Superconductors
We use scanning tunneling microscopy to map the surface structure, nanoscale electronic inhomogeneity, and vitreous vortex phase in the hole-doped superconductor Sr$_{0.75}$K$_{0.25}$Fe$_2$As$_2$ with $T_c$=32 K. We find the low-$T$ cleaved surface is dominated by a half-Sr/K termination with $1\times 2$ ordering and u...
1212.3240v3
2013-01-07
Persistent high-energy spin excitations in iron pnictide superconductors
Motivated by the premise that superconductivity in iron-based superconductors is unconventional and mediated by spin fluctuations, an intense research effort has been focused on characterizing the spin excitation spectrum in the magnetically ordered parent phases of the Fe-pnictides2,3 and - chalcogenides4. For these u...
1301.1289v1
2013-02-21
The Mid-Infrared and Optical Decay of SN 2011fe
We measure the decay rate of the mid-IR luminosity from type Ia supernova 2011fe between six months and one year after explosion using Spitzer/IRAC observations. The fading in the 3.6 micron channel is 1.48+/-0.02 mag/100d, which is similar to that seen in blue optical bands. The supernova brightness fades at 0.78+/-0....
1302.5421v1
2013-02-24
The X-ray Spectrum Of The Black Hole Candidate Swift J1753.5-0127
We present a spectral analysis of the black hole candidate and X-ray transient source Swift J1753.5 0127 making use of simultaneous observations of XMM-Newton and Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) in 2006, when the source was in outburst. The aim of this paper is to test whether a thermal component due to the accretio...
1302.5882v2
2013-03-04
Soft lags in neutron star kHz Quasi Periodic Oscillations: evidence for reverberation?
High frequency soft reverberation lags have now been detected from stellar mass and super massive black holes. Their interpretation involves reflection of a hard source of photons onto an accretion disk, producing a delayed reflected emission, with a time lag consistent with the light travel time between the irradiatin...
1303.0750v2
2013-03-07
Abundances of neutron-capture elements in stars of the galactic disk substructures
The aim of this work is to present and discuss the observations of the iron peak (Fe, Ni) and neutron-capture element (Y, Zr, Ba, La, Ce, Nd, Sm, and Eu) abundances for 276 FGK dwarfs, located in the galactic disk with metallicity -1 < [Fe/H] < +0.3. Atmospheric parameters and chemical composition of the studied stars ...
1303.1730v1
2013-03-28
New Diluted Ferromagnetic Semiconductor isostructural to 122 type iron pnictide superconductor with TC up to 180 K
Diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS) have received much attention due to its potential applications to spintronics devices. A prototypical system (Ga,Mn)As has been widely studied since 1990s. The simultaneous spin and charge doping via hetero-valence (Ga3+,Mn2+) substitution, however, resulted in severely limited sol...
1303.7157v1
2013-03-29
Seeing the orbital ordering in Iron-based superconductors with magnetic anisotropy
The orbital fluctuation of the conduction electrons in the Iron-based superconductors is found to contribute significantly to the magnetic response of the system. With the use of a realistic five-band model and group theoretical analysis, we have determined the orbital magnetic susceptibility in such a multi-orbital sy...
1303.7302v2
2013-04-01
Carbon and Oxygen Abundances in the Hot Jupiter Exoplanet Host Star XO-2N and its Binary Companion
With the aim of connecting the compositions of stars and planets, we present the abundances of carbon and oxygen, as well as iron and nickel, for the transiting exoplanet host star XO-2N and its wide-separation binary companion XO-2S. Stellar parameters are derived from high-resolution, high-signal-to-noise spectra, an...
1304.0395v1
2013-04-03
Molybdenum, Ruthenium, and the Heavy r-process Elements in Moderately Metal-Poor Main-Sequence Turnoff Stars
The ratios of elemental abundances observed in metal-poor stars of the Galactic halo provide a unique present-day record of the nucleosynthesis products of its earliest stars. While the heaviest elements were synthesized by the r- and s-processes, dominant production mechanisms of light trans-ironic elements were obscu...
1304.1050v1
2013-04-04
Learning from Nature to Improve the Heat Generation of Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles for Magnetic Hyperthermia Applications
The performance of magnetic nanoparticles is intimately entwined with their structure, mean size and magnetic anisotropy. Besides, ensembles offer a unique way of engineering the magnetic response by modifying the strength of the dipolar interactions between particles. Here we report on an experimental and theoretical ...
1304.1298v1
2013-04-18
Hadron energy response of the Iron Calorimeter detector at the India-based Neutrino Observatory
The results of a Monte Carlo simulation study of the hadron energy response for the magnetized Iron CALorimeter detector, ICAL, proposed to be located at the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) is presented. Using a GEANT4 modeling of the detector ICAL, interactions of atmospheric neutrinos with target nuclei are si...
1304.5115v2
2013-04-19
Understanding the re-entrant superconducting phase diagram of an iron-pnictide Ca$_4$Al$_2$O$_6$Fe$_2$(As$_{1-x}$P$_x$)$_2$
Recently, a very rich phase diagram has been obtained for an iron-based superconductor Ca4Al2O6Fe2(As1-xPx)2. It has been revealed that nodeless (x=0) and nodal (x = 1) superconductivity are separated by an antiferromagnetic phase. Here we study the origin of this peculiar phase diagram using a five orbital model const...
1304.5360v1
2013-04-24
Deriving precise parameters for cool solar-type stars. Optimizing the iron line list
Temperature, surface gravity, and metallicitity are basic stellar atmospheric parameters necessary to characterize a star. We aim to improve the description of the spectroscopic temperatures especially for the cooler stars where the differences with the Infrared Flux Method are higher, as presented in previous work. Ou...
1304.6639v1
2013-04-28
Point Contact Spectroscopy of Fe Pnictides & Chalcogenides In The Normal State
We review the current status of point contact spectroscopy on the iron based superconductors, focusing on their normal state. Point contact spectroscopy is generally used to study superconductors via Andreev reflection, but in recent years it has also proved to be a useful bulk probe of strongly correlated electron sys...
1304.7426v1
2013-05-08
A fully quantum mechanical calculation of the diffusivity of hydrogen in iron using the tight binding approximation and path integral theory
We present calculations of free energy barriers and diffusivities as functions of temperature for the diffusion of hydrogen in bcc-Fe. This is a fully quantum mechanical approach since the total energy landscape is computed using a new self consistent, transferable tight binding model for interstitial impurities in mag...
1305.1772v1
2013-05-10
Carbon Deflagration in Type Ia Supernova: I. Centrally Ignited Models
A leading model for Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) begins with a white dwarf near the Chandrasekhar mass that ignites a degenerate thermonuclear runaway close to its center and explodes. In a series of papers, we shall explore the consequences of ignition at several locations within such dwarfs. Here we assume central ign...
1305.2433v1
2013-05-16
Effect of doping on the magnetostructural ordered phase of iron arsenides: A comparative study of the resistivity anisotropy in the doped BaFe$_2$As$_2$ with doping into three different sites
In order to unravel a role of doping in the iron-based superconductors, we investigated the in-plane resistivity for BaFe$_2$As$_2$ doped at either of the three different lattice sites, Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$, BaFe$_2$(As$_{1-x}$P$_x$)$_2$, and Ba$_{1-x}$K$_x$Fe$_2$As$_2$, focusing on the doping effect in the l...
1305.3744v1
2013-05-31
Supernova Ejecta in the Youngest Galactic Supernova Remnant G1.9+0.3
G1.9+0.3 is the youngest known Galactic supernova remnant (SNR), with an estimated supernova (SN) explosion date of about 1900, and most likely located near the Galactic Center. Only the outermost ejecta layers with free-expansion velocities larger than about 18,000 km/s have been shocked so far in this dynamically you...
1305.7399v1
2013-05-31
Space Velocities of Southern Globular Clusters VII. NGC 6397, NGC 6626 (M 28) and NGC 6656 (M 22)
We have measured the absolute proper motions of globular clusters NGC 6397, NGC 6626 (M 22) and NGC 6656 (M 28) as part of our ongoing Southern Proper-Motion Program. The reference system is the ICRS via Hipparcos stars for these three low galactic latitude clusters. Formal errors range between ~0.3 and 0.7 mas/yr. Not...
1305.7431v1
2013-06-26
Are there missing bond paths in Trimethylenemethane-Iron-tri-carbonyl [(CO)3Fe-(C4H6)] complex?
In a recent paper [J. Organomet. Chem. (2013) doi: 10.1016 /j.jorganchem. 2013.03.047] analyzing the bonding mode of Trimethylenemethane (TMM) with some metal carbonyls, Mousavi and Frenking have declared the absence of bond paths, the so-called missed bond paths, between metal atoms and terminal carbon atoms in severa...
1306.6350v2
2013-07-01
SWEET-Cat: A catalogue of parameters for Stars With ExoplanETs I. New atmospheric parameters and masses for 48 stars with planets
Due to the importance that the star-planet relation has to our understanding of the planet formation process, the precise determination of stellar parameters for the ever increasing number of discovered extra-solar planets is of great relevance. Furthermore, precise stellar parameters are needed to fully characterize t...
1307.0354v1
2013-07-17
The role of the Gamma-Eddington ratio relation on the X-ray Baldwin effect in Active Galactic Nuclei
The X-ray Baldwin effect is the inverse correlation between the equivalent width (EW) of the narrow component of the iron Kalpha line and the X-ray luminosity of active galactic nuclei (AGN). A similar trend has also been observed between Fe Kalpha EW and the Eddington ratio (lambda_Edd). Using Chandra/HEG results of S...
1307.4507v2
2013-07-23
Variable X-ray reflection from 1H~0419--577
We present detailed broadband X-ray spectral variability of a Seyfert 1 galaxy 1H~0419--577 based on an archival \suzaku{} observation in July 2007, a new \suzaku{} observation performed in January 2010 and the two latest \xmm{} observations from May 2010. All the observations show soft X-ray excess emission below $2\k...
1307.6223v1
2013-08-15
Structural and optical investigations of the iron-chalcogenide superconductor Fe$_{1.03}$Se$_{0.5}$Te$_{0.5}$ under high pressure
Iron-chalcogenide superconductor Fe$_{1.03}$Se$_{0.5}$Te$_{0.5}$ has been investigated under high pressure using synchrotron based x-ray diffraction and mid-infrared reflectance measurements at room temperature. Pressure dependence of the superconducting transition temperature (T$_c$) of the same sample has been determ...
1308.3367v1